WEBVTT - Evaluating Draft Prospects | All Access 0:00:01.120 --> 0:00:04.560 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.640 --> 0:00:08.600 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:11.600 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.680 --> 0:00:16.239 day and now welcome to Bears All Access. You're All 0:00:16.320 --> 0:00:21.000 Access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:25.000 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:25.040 --> 0:00:31.240 Physical Therapy and CDW. Pleasant Good evening, everybody, and welcome 0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:34.000 into Bears All Access. You're on Chicago Sports Radio six 0:00:34.040 --> 0:00:36.920 seventy to score. I'm Jeff Joniac along the broadcast partner 0:00:36.960 --> 0:00:40.159 from Bears Radio News Radio seven eighty and one oh 0:00:40.200 --> 0:00:43.760 five point nine FMWVBM. Mister Tom Thair. Tom, the clock 0:00:43.960 --> 0:00:48.680 is ticking. Drafts just twenty two days away. Getting ready? Oh, 0:00:48.760 --> 0:00:51.880 I can't wait. I think this has been an amazing offseason, Jeff, 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:55.440 because of the way the season concluded last year, all 0:00:55.440 --> 0:00:59.240 the changes for this upcoming season, all of the attention 0:00:59.280 --> 0:01:03.280 that's being paid by one position. I mean, if it 0:01:03.400 --> 0:01:05.760 wasn't for Pits that tight end out of Florida, we 0:01:05.800 --> 0:01:09.319 may not be talking about anybody else but quarterbacks and frankly, 0:01:09.440 --> 0:01:12.080 no offense. To our next guest, Jim Miller, I am 0:01:12.120 --> 0:01:14.560 a little tired of it. I want to see who 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:18.039 else are we talking about in this draft. I mean, look, 0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:20.240 you know not every team is going to pick a 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:24.880 quarterback in the first round. Well, listen, there's gonna be 0:01:24.920 --> 0:01:28.440 a ton of conversation about tackles, my friend, because I 0:01:28.480 --> 0:01:30.920 think that's an area of the Bears will likely focus 0:01:30.959 --> 0:01:33.040 on it at some point early in the draft, whether 0:01:33.080 --> 0:01:35.520 it be first round or second round. And so I 0:01:35.560 --> 0:01:38.440 think you'll get your fill to tackle talking. Just for you, Tom, 0:01:38.520 --> 0:01:41.119 We're gonna give you a little present tonight. We are 0:01:41.200 --> 0:01:45.319 going to talk tackles in our next segment exclusively. Okay, 0:01:45.360 --> 0:01:48.040 So I hopefully you've done a little homework, and I 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:51.560 know my man Jim Miller from Serious Sex Admit Radio 0:01:51.600 --> 0:01:54.760 has been doing his homework. Jim, are you doing Welcome 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:58.800 in once again our special guest here tonight. You got 0:01:58.800 --> 0:02:02.040 your tackle already this was We're gonna do quarterbacks too. 0:02:02.040 --> 0:02:03.520 But I mean, are you ready to talk a little 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:06.040 tack Yeah? I think, Hey, we're gonna give Tom but 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:09.160 we're gonna create a buffet here where he can just 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:11.840 pick any tackle that he wants. They come in all 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:15.080 shapes and sizes, So here'll be plenty fed because there 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:16.919 are a lot of tackles that I think a lot 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:20.080 of people are underrating in this upcoming draft. You know 0:02:20.080 --> 0:02:22.240 what we have to do right off the top here though, 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:24.560 And we talk about a lot of people in the 0:02:24.880 --> 0:02:30.200 building at House Hall, and one guy is so beloved 0:02:30.240 --> 0:02:33.240 in that building that we gotta wish a happy ninetieth 0:02:33.240 --> 0:02:36.880 birthday to the one and only, the legend Clyde Emrick. 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:40.200 I know, Tom, he's one of your closest friends and 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:43.600 good deceies, in great health and ready to return to 0:02:43.639 --> 0:02:46.160 the building once the green light is given for everybody, 0:02:46.560 --> 0:02:49.440 and a man who just loves what he does, and 0:02:49.480 --> 0:02:51.960 he's always around that rate room and he's made a 0:02:52.000 --> 0:02:54.440 big difference in so many players lives over the course 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:57.520 of his career, the first strength and conditioning coach in 0:02:57.720 --> 0:03:00.920 NFL history. And Tom, if you could put into some words, 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:03.280 I know Bred Biggs did a tremendous job and the 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:06.440 Tribune on an article for his ninetieth birthday, and you 0:03:06.440 --> 0:03:10.280 were heavily quoted in that article, but just in a 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:15.600 real meaningful way, explain what he means to you. You know, 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:17.760 he's a guy in that building no matter if you're 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:20.200 a player, if you're a broadcaster, or if you're an 0:03:20.200 --> 0:03:25.000 ex has been you never you never avoid eye contact 0:03:25.080 --> 0:03:28.280 from Clyde Emeric because he's a guy throughout your career, 0:03:28.360 --> 0:03:30.840 whether you're a first round draft choice or a seventh 0:03:30.880 --> 0:03:34.600 round draft choice, he pays equal attention to you. He 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:37.880 cares as much about your career no matter where you 0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:40.640 were drafted or if you're a free agent. He's the 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:44.119 type of guy that wants you to improve yourself, not 0:03:44.200 --> 0:03:46.920 only for right now, but he wants to improve yourself 0:03:46.960 --> 0:03:49.840 for the future. And so you know, I I there's 0:03:49.880 --> 0:03:53.320 so many sayings that I'm reminded of when I when 0:03:53.320 --> 0:03:57.800 I think of Clyde Emeric, and they they're all meaningful. 0:03:57.840 --> 0:04:01.720 And he had He's had a tremendous impact on hundreds 0:04:01.760 --> 0:04:06.760 of players lives and hundreds of people lives inside that 0:04:06.840 --> 0:04:10.720 facility because, like I said, he is a constant encourager. 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:13.160 And you know, Jeff, if you have a bad broadcast, 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:15.320 you don't want to look Matt Maggie in the eye. 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:17.240 If you have a bad game, you don't want to 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:20.159 look your position coach in the eye. You never shy 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:23.080 away from eye contact with Clyde Emrick, because it's always 0:04:23.120 --> 0:04:26.040 going to be a positive reflection. Well, you know, one 0:04:26.120 --> 0:04:28.520 of the one of the coach Jim Miller is that 0:04:28.680 --> 0:04:30.839 tom always tells me, and Clyde's told me too, you 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:34.200 can't shoot a cannon from a canoe. So maybe he 0:04:34.240 --> 0:04:36.000 told you that once or twice in the weight room. Well, 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:38.080 what were your experiences with him back when you play 0:04:38.160 --> 0:04:40.440 with the Bears. Yeah, I agree with Tommy. He was 0:04:40.480 --> 0:04:43.520 always positive and one you knew from Clyde because he's 0:04:43.520 --> 0:04:46.320 been with the Chicago Bears for so long. He's seen everything. 0:04:46.640 --> 0:04:49.279 He's seen the ups and downs of seasons. He's seen 0:04:49.360 --> 0:04:52.799 the hot streaks, the losing streaks, how you work yourself 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:55.200 out of a hole when when maybe things are going 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:58.039 so well, the adjustments you got to make. I think 0:04:58.080 --> 0:05:01.599 he was always he could always answer all your questions, Hey, Clyde, 0:05:01.640 --> 0:05:03.200 I'm looking to do this in the weight room to 0:05:03.279 --> 0:05:06.039 improve a certain area. And if he'd have just great 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:09.440 suggestions and really knowledge that he was just going to 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:13.440 bless and bestow upon you to be better. And I think, 0:05:13.680 --> 0:05:15.520 you know, like we all say, he's a great teammate. 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:19.240 I think for for Clyde, he really touched every player, 0:05:19.320 --> 0:05:22.479 every person in the building the least through through my experience, 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:25.880 is always in a positive way that Tom had mentioned. 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:28.159 So it's great role model for everybody to look up to, 0:05:28.279 --> 0:05:31.600 and certainly with not only his off the field exploits 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:33.840 and what he's done in weightlifting and all that, but 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:37.280 really was a benefit to everybody inside the entire building 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:40.599 at hallis all. Jim, what kind of weightlifting did you do? 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:44.080 I was pretty aggressive in there, at least I believe 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:46.360 I was, and and Clyde was always there to give 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:48.359 me some tips, you know, whether it's you know, I 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:50.440 didn't go in there to squat as much as I 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:53.760 could or bench as much as I could, but certainly 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:55.680 wanted to be able to take the pounding and have 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:59.240 the pliability for the position of quarterback. And I think 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:02.560 Clyde was very helpful for me and that from that standpoint, 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:05.279 and actually got me into the pool work and getting 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:08.240 more a pool for cardio and things like that, and 0:06:08.279 --> 0:06:12.159 more dumbbell work that definitely strengthened my shoulder for areas 0:06:12.160 --> 0:06:16.600 of concern that I had concerning my shoulder. If you 0:06:16.640 --> 0:06:19.880 didn't love the weight room as a player, could Clyde 0:06:19.960 --> 0:06:23.120 bring that love of weight training to you if you're 0:06:23.160 --> 0:06:26.080 one of those guys, yeah, of course, And that's what 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:28.600 I'm saying. You know, he had such a strong attachment 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:31.200 to no matter where you were, where you were drafted, 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:33.360 what type of strength you came to the Bears with, 0:06:33.839 --> 0:06:36.440 you were always going to lead stronger. But it is 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:40.800 always something he instilled an attitude in you that weightlifting 0:06:41.000 --> 0:06:43.080 and is going to be an important part of your 0:06:43.120 --> 0:06:47.520 life the afterlife of football. He always used to say, 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:49.440 you know, you got to think about the big picture 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:53.080 and that was the entirety of your life. Do what 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:55.320 you can do to become a better, more durable football 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:57.919 player during your time in the Bears weight room. But 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:01.320 when you leave the Bears, when people see you, let 0:07:01.360 --> 0:07:03.839 them know that you are an ex football player. Allow 0:07:03.920 --> 0:07:06.599 them to see what you have learned in the weight 0:07:06.680 --> 0:07:09.080 room at the Bears facility and carry it to that 0:07:09.200 --> 0:07:12.320 afterlife and through every one of my nieces and nephews. 0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:16.600 We've talked about weightlifting. In every bit of instructions I've 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:20.280 ever given another person, it's the instructions that I've learned 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:23.640 from Clyde Emrick and it's still is as important today 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:26.720 as it was thirty years ago, and it will be 0:07:26.760 --> 0:07:30.080 that important thirty years from now. No, it's interesting too 0:07:30.120 --> 0:07:35.320 because at age ninety he's still lifting weights, right right, 0:07:37.080 --> 0:07:40.400 We shall be so lucky. And what does he always 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:43.840 tell Jeff Joniac, Look, you're not a good student, not 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:47.080 having tough time with you? Now he said, well, no, 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:51.040 I'm not, I'm not coachable. That's yes, there you go, 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:54.440 there you got coachable. Him and Dave Hendrickson from the 0:07:54.520 --> 0:07:58.160 Bears football video operations. I always ask me, Jim, you 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:00.960 always ask are you coachable today? And some days yes, 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:03.360 and some days now yeah. Well I can see that 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:05.280 from both of you and Dave. You guys kind of 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:07.200 go to the beat of a different drum. And so 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:11.560 I'm sure Clyde in terms of it all his discipline 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:14.480 in his Olympic training, I'm sure that wouldn't have floated 0:08:14.480 --> 0:08:17.760 too well with his a weightlifting team that he was 0:08:17.800 --> 0:08:19.920 a part of. Hey, there's still hope for me, that's 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:23.520 for sure. All right. As we look at what's going 0:08:23.600 --> 0:08:25.480 on this week, I guess you know, we take a 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:28.640 broad view of things here in our first segment, But 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:32.320 the Sam Donald trade and what that means to the 0:08:32.320 --> 0:08:35.480 top of the draft Jim Miller, Well, I would say this. 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:38.160 I think when you look at Carolina to make that 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:41.880 move to trade for Sam Darnold, it tells you where 0:08:41.920 --> 0:08:44.160 they feel about where the quarterbacks are in this draft. 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:46.520 Because if we feel that Trevor Lawrence is going one, 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:49.880 obviously the Jets feel good about about a quarterback at 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:53.320 number two and that's kind of resetting their football team. 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:56.439 And then of course San Francisco trading up to number three, 0:08:57.360 --> 0:08:59.920 it tells you that they're taking a quarterback. Now Carol 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:02.880 sitting at the eighth spot, they feel that they can't 0:09:02.920 --> 0:09:05.360 move with anybody to get up to get to number four. 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:09.000 Potentially Atlanta's at number four, that would be a trade 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:12.120 in division, and it tells you that they probably grade 0:09:12.480 --> 0:09:16.280 Sam Darnold higher than what their fourth and fifth quarterbacks are. 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:18.640 So I think it was very telling what Carolina did. 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:22.160 It's Jim Miller, I'm Jeff Johnny ac Alongo with Tom Fair. 0:09:22.280 --> 0:09:25.160 This is bears All Access brought to you by IGS Energy, 0:09:25.200 --> 0:09:27.680 our first break ahead here on Chicago Sports Radio six 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:36.480 seventy to score. Welcome back to Bears Out Access, brought 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:39.000 to you by IGS Energy. Choose clean energy for your 0:09:39.040 --> 0:09:42.000 home at igs dot com because every good choice adds 0:09:42.080 --> 0:09:44.080 up to a better world. Jeff johnny Ac along with 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:47.400 Tom Bair and Big Jim Miller from Serious XM NFL 0:09:47.559 --> 0:09:51.319 Radio moving the chains with his partner there. You guys 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:54.360 do mock drafts every week. Who do you have the 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:57.000 Bears selecting in around one at number twenty? Should they 0:09:57.000 --> 0:09:59.679 stay there? Well? If if he keeps on going up 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:01.360 the draft boards, and I do think he is, I 0:10:01.400 --> 0:10:04.200 had him taking the South Carolina cornerback j C. Horn, 0:10:04.760 --> 0:10:07.720 But man, his numbers were terrific on his pro day. 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:11.120 He's got the NFL bloodlines with his father, who's Joe Former, 0:10:11.320 --> 0:10:14.280 a New Orleans Saint wide receiver, Joe Horn, And I 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:16.560 guess all his interviews have just been through the roof. 0:10:16.600 --> 0:10:19.280 So I think the way the corners are going right now, 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:22.600 probably it could be j C. Horn. One Patrick Surtan 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:26.640 out of Alabama. Two Caleb Farley out of Virginia Tech. 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:29.400 You don't know about him because he's got a medical 0:10:29.480 --> 0:10:33.679 He had a dyssectomy surgery with his back. Supposedly he's 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:36.079 one hundred percent, but teams are gonna have to get 0:10:36.080 --> 0:10:38.400 all the medical on him. And so a player like 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:40.480 him could be dropping a little bit, but man, boy, 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:44.559 that JC horn sure looks like a surefire hot draft pick. 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:47.280 That's going to be a you know, a no you 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:50.040 know for him, he's not. There's not any really bad 0:10:50.080 --> 0:10:53.080 marks on him at all. So he's a pure football player, 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:57.120 all right and self proclaimed pretty well, maybe not self proclaimed, 0:10:57.160 --> 0:11:01.520 but known around the SEC. Is a pretty good trash talker. Yeah, 0:11:01.559 --> 0:11:03.120 oh yeah, he can do it. He learned from the 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:05.319 best his father. We got a lot of father son 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:07.080 duels that are that are going to be coming in 0:11:07.080 --> 0:11:09.800 this draft. I just talked to Lorenz O'Neill, remember the 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:12.400 fullback for Baltimore for so many years. His son's a 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:14.880 defensive tackle at Purdue. But you're going to see a 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:18.199 lot of sons whose fathers are former NFL players, So 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:21.280 a lot of bloodlines in this draft. T'm are you 0:11:21.360 --> 0:11:23.560 okay with the Bears going with a corner in round 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:27.880 one if necessary? I am? You know, the two offensive edges, 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:31.160 I'm looking at offensive tackle and cornerback. I think cornerback 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:33.800 is an important role. But you know, I'm interested to 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:37.000 see where is Trey Roberson. What is already Burns going 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:40.360 to contribute because when we had small snippets to see 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:43.319 these guys last year. They look like they belonged in 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:47.600 an NFL uniform and they have true fond So if they, 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:51.520 you know, get an evaluation through you know, the weight 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:54.560 room and through some on field work that these guys 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:58.120 can come in here and compete. I think both positions 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:02.800 are desperate for starting caliber players and depth. And so 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:06.440 when you look at the eight or ten offensive tackles 0:12:06.480 --> 0:12:09.520 that are valuable to you, and Jim mentions the you know, 0:12:09.559 --> 0:12:11.599 the top two guys are not going to fall to 0:12:11.760 --> 0:12:15.760 the Bears at twenty. But if they identify another corner 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:20.400 out there that Ryan and Matt thinks as a media contributor, 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:23.679 I wouldn't shy away from that position as well as 0:12:23.720 --> 0:12:26.680 offensive tackle. All right, let's start breaking down some of 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:29.720 these tackles. We'll start with Jim, because Pennay Sewell out 0:12:29.720 --> 0:12:32.680 of Oregon appears to be the top dog with maybe 0:12:32.720 --> 0:12:36.240 some strong consideration from the local crowd here and Rashaun 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:39.160 Slater of Northwestern a lot of love for him as well. 0:12:40.800 --> 0:12:43.880 Maybe different players. A little bit Sewell, a little bit thicker, 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:47.040 a little bit heavier, but by all accounts, just an 0:12:47.040 --> 0:12:49.559 animal there at tackle. Yeah, he looks to be the 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:52.679 real deal. Penney Sewell and I talked to Paul Alexander, 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:55.520 who he's a former NFL offensive line coach for thirty years. 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:58.680 He actually has worked with Penney Sewell out of Oregon. 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:02.320 Basically six foot four or almost six five, let's just 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:05.040 put it there. Three hundred and thirty one pounds, did 0:13:05.120 --> 0:13:08.880 his forty and just over five flat thirty three quarter 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:10.840 inch arms, so he got plenty of arm length there, 0:13:11.120 --> 0:13:14.679 ten and three eights hands, so he passes that drill 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:17.600 as well. So, but he knocked his pro day everything 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:20.400 out of the park. He showed his acceleration, his punch. 0:13:20.440 --> 0:13:23.480 He's got a vicious punch that time can talk about. 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:26.480 But he's just a big, powerful quick man, has high 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:29.640 production grades from from his standpoint. He's smart on the 0:13:30.040 --> 0:13:33.480 video and he's advanced technically. With the really strong punch 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:36.640 that I mentioned. He looks like a sheer, you know, 0:13:36.720 --> 0:13:39.480 just a sheer draft pick. Probably the top tackle in 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:42.320 this draft. Then you'd have to talk about Slater. One 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:45.760 guy we're going to get into is Christian Darasa because 0:13:45.760 --> 0:13:48.120 he is really flying up the draft boards and we'll 0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:50.720 see where he falls. Maybe it's a person the Bears, 0:13:50.880 --> 0:13:53.600 if they do think about tackle and what Time's talk about, 0:13:53.800 --> 0:13:56.120 maybe they could trade up a couple of spots Land, 0:13:56.120 --> 0:13:59.280 a good tackle and Christian Darassau, who also looks like 0:13:59.559 --> 0:14:02.800 a camp this prospect. You know, one thing about Sewel. 0:14:03.040 --> 0:14:05.760 One thing about Sewel is if you're going to have 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:08.920 those heavy hands they talk about that big punch, you 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:11.080 have to have the feet that match up with it, 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:14.760 because the one of the things that can really destroy 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:17.839 your confidence. If you go for that punch and you 0:14:17.880 --> 0:14:20.480 miss and you don't have the feet to recover, that's 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:22.800 going to get you in a lot of trouble. At 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:25.800 the NFL level. Maybe in college you can recover a 0:14:25.840 --> 0:14:28.440 little bit. But when they talk about the you know, 0:14:28.640 --> 0:14:30.840 the best for a gap scheme, the best for a 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:34.320 zone scheme, you know, Sewel has got the ability and 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:36.640 the tangibles that you need for every one of them. 0:14:36.680 --> 0:14:41.280 So that's what I'm always concerned about, is how does 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:44.320 your feet recover from a miss with the hands? And 0:14:44.520 --> 0:14:46.720 that's the one thing I liked most about him at 0:14:46.760 --> 0:14:50.160 this level is his tenaciousness and his ability for his 0:14:50.280 --> 0:14:55.280 feet to keep up. Is it more challenging for us 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:59.400 from the outside looking in to find the type of 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:03.520 tackle that would best suit whatever the Bears offensive scheme 0:15:03.640 --> 0:15:06.600 ultimately is going to be. Because it's clearly been tweaked, 0:15:06.720 --> 0:15:11.000 it's it's been adjusted the collaboration of everybody involved with 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:14.120 those offensive coaches. They're coming up with their new plan 0:15:14.200 --> 0:15:17.080 here for twenty twenty one to have the Bears offense, 0:15:17.120 --> 0:15:19.720 whatever that might look like. Does that does it make 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:22.720 it a little hard to find guys that could potentially 0:15:22.760 --> 0:15:25.160 plug and play. Certainly at right tackle is one of 0:15:25.160 --> 0:15:29.240 the key spots. Yeah, go ahead, Jim, Oh, well, no, 0:15:29.360 --> 0:15:31.600 I think there are a couple of guys that are 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:34.600 plug and play candidates here. And you look at their 0:15:34.640 --> 0:15:38.960 coaching background from college, what was their coach's influence on 0:15:39.320 --> 0:15:42.440 their career. If you look at Pat Fitzgerald and you 0:15:42.480 --> 0:15:46.360 look at what he means of the Northwestern program, and 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:48.600 then you go and you look at Slater, you look 0:15:48.640 --> 0:15:52.360 at his ability to move, how bendable he is out 0:15:52.360 --> 0:15:55.360 of his stance, how intelligent he is at a really 0:15:55.400 --> 0:15:58.280 fast paced system. If they want to go at that 0:15:58.440 --> 0:16:02.520 high octane out there Northwestern. I really like everything that 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:05.520 he's been able to develop over the last couple of years. 0:16:05.520 --> 0:16:08.960 He's gotten bigger and stronger each year. But I do think, 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:13.320 you know, the influence because we're we we see Pat 0:16:13.360 --> 0:16:16.840 Fitzgerald more than maybe we see the position coach of 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:19.680 Oregon or the head coach of Oregon. So I like 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:24.720 the influences that the coaches have put into the minds 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:28.080 of these guys as their time and development. Yeah, I 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:30.680 think there's you know, every guy is going to fit 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:33.440 a scheme differently because you know, you look at Mayfield, 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:36.240 who's strictly a right tack a lot of University of Michigan. 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:38.240 You know they're going to run a little bit more 0:16:38.240 --> 0:16:41.560 power football from that Stamptook point you got. You know, 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:45.080 you got big centers, guards like a Creed Humphrey who 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:48.360 he's more of a gap system center, and things like 0:16:48.360 --> 0:16:51.680 like that. Slater, I agree with Tom is probably the 0:16:51.720 --> 0:16:54.320 more athletic type that if you're in a wide open 0:16:54.440 --> 0:16:58.440 offense that truly really does a lot of RPOs and 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:00.840 things like that. I think is going to have a 0:17:00.920 --> 0:17:03.400 perfect fit in the NFL. And we see more teams 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:06.359 that are doing that. Other guys that I'm going to 0:17:06.440 --> 0:17:10.240 bring up, like Christian Darisaw from Virginia Tech. This guy 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:13.040 is probably a can't miss prospect. That's what everybody thinks 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:15.280 about him. So I wouldn't be shocked if even if 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:17.880 he goes ahead of Slater. But he's six six three 0:17:17.960 --> 0:17:20.440 or two out of Virginia Tech. He ran a four 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:24.000 eight five forty yard dash for that size, So this 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:26.840 is a big, athletic guy who can move. Had a 0:17:26.920 --> 0:17:29.120 ridiculous pro dad that I mentioned. He had a ten 0:17:29.160 --> 0:17:32.800 foot four broad jump. He's got thirty three inch arms, 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:36.000 so he's just got a great frame. NFL tackle just 0:17:36.040 --> 0:17:40.520 looks like the prototypical tackle, very productive player. His athleticisms 0:17:40.560 --> 0:17:43.320 off the charge, and he only had six pressures and 0:17:43.440 --> 0:17:46.960 no sacks in twenty games that he performed in so 0:17:47.440 --> 0:17:50.680 excellent speed in jumping skills as well. So he's got 0:17:50.720 --> 0:17:54.040 the body and athleticism, all the things that Tom is 0:17:54.080 --> 0:17:56.960 talking about in terms of the left tackle position. And 0:17:57.000 --> 0:17:59.560 there's plenty other guys like him in this draft that 0:17:59.600 --> 0:18:05.640 probably won't be taken till round two. You know one 0:18:05.680 --> 0:18:07.520 thing about this, Jeff, is because you and I have 0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:10.040 talked about it a lot, is that if we're going 0:18:10.080 --> 0:18:13.520 to identify an offensive tackle, that's what I want identified. 0:18:13.600 --> 0:18:15.960 I don't want a tweener. I don't want a gap guy. 0:18:16.000 --> 0:18:17.920 I don't want a guy that say, wow, if he 0:18:18.000 --> 0:18:20.879 fails at tackle, he can play guard. The Bears have 0:18:21.040 --> 0:18:24.120 enough centers and guards, and shall just give me an 0:18:24.119 --> 0:18:28.520 offensive tackle. That's what I'm evaluating, pure and simple, all right. 0:18:28.560 --> 0:18:31.359 It's as important a position as any in the National 0:18:31.359 --> 0:18:33.880 Football League, and it's worthy of another segment. We're gonna 0:18:33.880 --> 0:18:35.760 pick up a tackle talk with Jim and time after 0:18:35.800 --> 0:18:45.840 this on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. The 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:48.800 Chicago Bears Network presents Inside the Bears, brought to you 0:18:48.840 --> 0:18:51.320 by a Verison, Anthony Adams, and Lauren Screeden cover the 0:18:51.320 --> 0:18:53.360 world of Bears football. I Don't Off the Field every 0:18:53.400 --> 0:18:56.200 Sunday night at ten thirty five pm on Fox thirty 0:18:56.200 --> 0:18:59.600 two Chicago, or watch anytime at Chicago Bears dot Com 0:18:59.720 --> 0:19:02.439 or on a Bears official app. Welcome back to the 0:19:02.480 --> 0:19:06.280 program without producer Jordan Tredap, Dan really appreciate you joining 0:19:06.320 --> 0:19:09.000 us tonight with Jim Miller in Tim there, I'm Jeff 0:19:09.080 --> 0:19:12.320 Joniac As we break down the tackle position. There's so 0:19:12.359 --> 0:19:15.680 many apparently available in the upper rounds of this year's draft. 0:19:15.760 --> 0:19:19.119 Jim and you were amplifying or about to anyway about 0:19:19.160 --> 0:19:22.880 something Tom said about wanting tackle. You get a tackle 0:19:22.920 --> 0:19:25.600 guy who's played his entire career tackle, not a guy 0:19:25.640 --> 0:19:29.200 that maybe will you know, project as a tackle after 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:32.600 being a really good guard or vice versa. And I'm 0:19:32.600 --> 0:19:34.200 in line with that as well. How do you feel 0:19:34.200 --> 0:19:37.439 about it? Yeah, well again I think yeah, depending on 0:19:37.520 --> 0:19:39.560 what you're asking them to do. I do think this 0:19:39.640 --> 0:19:42.960 is a really good tackle draft. That we mentioned guys 0:19:42.960 --> 0:19:45.359 who are wide open and guys who are more in 0:19:45.400 --> 0:19:47.880 the power mode. So as we know, they all come 0:19:48.040 --> 0:19:52.040 in different shapes and sizes, but legitimately, you know, just prototypical, 0:19:52.080 --> 0:19:55.439 you want your left tackle to typically be probably about 0:19:55.480 --> 0:19:58.439 six to five and above. You know, that's really the 0:19:58.440 --> 0:20:00.679 starting point. They've got to have long ms, got to 0:20:00.720 --> 0:20:03.960 have quick feet that Tom mentioned, got to have the punch. 0:20:04.320 --> 0:20:06.280 You know, you want him to be the sole quote 0:20:06.320 --> 0:20:10.200 unquote Walter Jones, the dancing bear that has that type 0:20:10.200 --> 0:20:13.119 of athleticism. And there are guys in this draft that 0:20:13.200 --> 0:20:16.200 really check all those boxes. I think I think Sam 0:20:16.320 --> 0:20:20.399 Cosmi of Texas, he checks that box. Six six three, 0:20:20.880 --> 0:20:24.720 fourteen pounds, He's got thirty four inch arms, four eight 0:20:24.920 --> 0:20:27.919 seven in his forty. So here's a guy close to 0:20:28.000 --> 0:20:31.520 three twenty who's running close to a four to eight 0:20:31.600 --> 0:20:34.439 in terms of his forty thirty six on his bench press. 0:20:34.600 --> 0:20:38.600 So this is a strong, big left tackle. Other guys 0:20:38.600 --> 0:20:40.920 that are going to be talked about Tevin Jenkins from 0:20:40.920 --> 0:20:45.040 Oklahoma State, very similar from that standpoint in Sam Cosmi. 0:20:45.400 --> 0:20:49.840 Probably the best athlete overall in this draft at left 0:20:49.840 --> 0:20:53.800 tackle is Spencer Brown out of Northern Iowa. And look 0:20:54.040 --> 0:20:57.080 look about to his numbers. This guy's over six eight, 0:20:57.400 --> 0:20:59.320 so he's almost like big Cab Williams. So you know, 0:20:59.320 --> 0:21:02.280 he's almost a six nine guy four eight in his 0:21:02.400 --> 0:21:06.400 forty at almost six nine six nine three kN droll 0:21:06.720 --> 0:21:09.639 with his That's ridiculous for a big guy to have 0:21:09.720 --> 0:21:12.720 the change of direction that he has four to three 0:21:12.720 --> 0:21:15.320