WEBVTT - Jakeem Grant Sr. on return game, Steelers preview | All Access 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:02.440 And good even to everybody. Welcome into another edition of 0:00:02.520 --> 0:00:05.400 Bears All Access when a broadcast partner from News Radio 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:08.840 one h five NINEBM. It's Tom Fair, the Super Bowl Guard, 0:00:09.000 --> 0:00:10.639 and good to talk to you once again. We're getting 0:00:10.640 --> 0:00:12.920 ready for the Hines Field trip to take on the 0:00:12.960 --> 0:00:15.480 Steelers here in week nine. Bears with a three game 0:00:15.520 --> 0:00:18.040 slide at three and five, Steelers a three game winning 0:00:18.079 --> 0:00:20.239 streak and they are now four and three. They come 0:00:20.239 --> 0:00:21.840 out of the bye week and beat Cleveland, one of 0:00:21.880 --> 0:00:25.160 their divisional rivals, and head coach Mike Tomlum's got them 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:28.080 back and rolling. Big Tom Coming up on tonight show, 0:00:28.080 --> 0:00:30.080 We'll be joined by Bill Hillgrove, the voice of the 0:00:30.120 --> 0:00:33.160 Pittsburgh Steelers, and we please to be joined by jackiem Grant, 0:00:33.159 --> 0:00:36.000 the Bears return specialist and wide receiver. Tom how are 0:00:36.040 --> 0:00:38.159 you framing this game? Oh, it's a big game. It's 0:00:38.200 --> 0:00:41.080 a national TV game. May have Monday Night Football. It's 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:43.400 something that we've been watching since we are kids. It's 0:00:43.400 --> 0:00:46.240 a great opportunity to get things back on track in 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:48.920 a national scope. So I don't think you have to 0:00:48.960 --> 0:00:52.080 have any other approach to this game. Understanding what it 0:00:52.120 --> 0:00:54.600 means for the future, your football team and regards of 0:00:54.680 --> 0:00:58.200 this season, but how you know how positive it could 0:00:58.240 --> 0:01:01.000 be going forward? Tom, this is mattah you the Bears 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:03.160 head coach. You would turn to work on Tuesday, cleared 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:05.560 from protocol. So he is back in a rolling seems 0:01:05.600 --> 0:01:08.640 to be energized. But urgency the keyword for this team 0:01:08.680 --> 0:01:10.680 at the moment. It's definite urgency. And I think that 0:01:10.680 --> 0:01:13.280 that's that's that's okay. You need to have that. UM. 0:01:14.000 --> 0:01:15.720 We always talk about the you know, the fork in 0:01:15.760 --> 0:01:18.200 the road and going left or going going right. And 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:21.240 we've been in other times throughout the years where we've 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:23.399 had that decision to make and we've been pressed up 0:01:23.440 --> 0:01:25.400 against it and you gotta go, and so we got 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:27.399 we have this game coming up, and then you gotta 0:01:27.440 --> 0:01:30.520 buy and then you got eight games left after that. UM. 0:01:30.560 --> 0:01:32.840 But the only thing that matters is making sure that 0:01:32.880 --> 0:01:36.279 we get that win. The winds change everything. It definitely 0:01:36.360 --> 0:01:40.119 deutorizes things that that you don't do well. But it's 0:01:40.160 --> 0:01:43.000 okay to do that because you're winning. And so you 0:01:43.080 --> 0:01:45.679 look at the Steelers for example, right they started out 0:01:45.680 --> 0:01:48.480 one and three, they are four and three, they won 0:01:48.560 --> 0:01:50.960 three in a row. They fall through it. Um, they 0:01:51.000 --> 0:01:53.760 probably had pretty good leaders and probably have guys that 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:57.280 care about playing and they don't point fingers, they don't blame, 0:01:57.320 --> 0:02:00.240 they're not negative, they're positive. We got a positive room 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:04.600 in there, the players are. They're positive, they care. And again, 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:07.880 like I said, let's we want to we want to 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:10.320 start a different streak. You know, let's let's win one 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:12.320 and then win another and continue to go and see 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:15.000 where it leads. But that's kind of the mindset that 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:17.480 we have. And there's, without a doubt, an urgency and 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:20.000 that's okay. And so it's a similar tone as to 0:02:20.160 --> 0:02:22.720 other years when you're now talking about a season where 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:24.440 you're trying to go one and oh every week and 0:02:24.480 --> 0:02:26.280 that will be the theme the rest of the season. Yeah, 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:28.600 but you know, Jeff, when you're in professional sports, you 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:31.800 never leave the sense of urgency that's one week to 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:34.359 the next. If you're on a five game winning streak, 0:02:34.440 --> 0:02:36.560 you've got a bigger sense of urgency because you gotta 0:02:36.639 --> 0:02:39.440 keep on that winning streak. When you're suffering through a 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:41.960 losing streak, you have that sense of urgency to get 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:44.679 it turned around and get onto that winning path. So 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:48.600 a sense of urgency is a constant theme throughout your career. 0:02:48.680 --> 0:02:51.640 David Montgomery a knee injury against Detroit, so it's a 0:02:51.680 --> 0:02:54.120 three week window to get back on the field. Sounds 0:02:54.120 --> 0:02:56.040 like if he's ready to practice Thursday, he might have 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:58.000 a chance to play this week. I hope he does. Man, 0:02:58.040 --> 0:02:59.840 that dude, you know he means a lot to this 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:03.200 football team. And you talk about a positive energy inside 0:03:03.240 --> 0:03:06.720 the team meeting room, I think Daved Montgomery is one 0:03:06.760 --> 0:03:10.200 of the instigators of a positive feeling because he always 0:03:10.240 --> 0:03:13.560 has that sense of preparedness, of toughness, of give me 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:17.120 another carry, and from what he's seen being delivered by 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:19.840 Khalil Herbert, it's got to be exciting for David to 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:21.600 get back on the field. But at the time of 0:03:21.600 --> 0:03:23.760 his injury, he was top five in the league in 0:03:23.880 --> 0:03:26.560 terms of rushing the football and yards per carry, so 0:03:26.800 --> 0:03:30.440 that was very good. And obviously his leadership and his 0:03:30.560 --> 0:03:33.120 style of play is inspiring for those guys, and Herbert 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:36.680 the best in the NFC since he took over here 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:39.240 the last four weeks in terms of rushing yards. Both 0:03:39.280 --> 0:03:42.120 of everybody on this defense for the Pittsburgh Steelers know 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:45.080 that these two guys are not easy to tackle, so 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:47.720 that's what's going to be the point of emphasis delivered 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:51.240 to the Steelers defense by their coaches. So hey, I 0:03:51.280 --> 0:03:54.200 would love to see a one two, maybe a one 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:57.160 two three punch when you add in Damian Williams, because 0:03:57.400 --> 0:04:00.840 you talk about a fresh running game that inspires an 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:04.680 entire team. Dan Bush, Jermain Effetti. They still remain out seven, 0:04:04.760 --> 0:04:07.720 Jenkins remains out. Kilil Mactommy will be day to day. Yeah. 0:04:07.760 --> 0:04:09.920 I just hope the best for klill Mac. But if 0:04:10.080 --> 0:04:12.240 he's not on the field, I want the other guys 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:16.279 to play in his spot, inspired football, to be a 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:21.039 part of the solution defensively speaking, not part of you know, 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:24.640 the problem. So I again, I want Khalil on the field, 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:26.960 but if he's not there, the other guy's got to 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:28.880 step up to the play. Coming up next, we'll be 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:31.960 joined by Jachim Grant, the Bears return specialist and wide receiver, 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:34.640 an in season trade from Miami bringing some juice and 0:04:34.760 --> 0:04:37.800 energy to the Bears offense and special teams unit. We'll 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:40.080 have that coming up next here on Chicago Sports Radio 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:42.920 six seventy The Score. Welcome back to Bears All Access, 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:45.320 brought to you by IGS Energy. Choose Clean Energy, for 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:47.800 your home at igs dot com, because every good choice 0:04:47.960 --> 0:04:50.040 adds up to a better world. With Tom there, I'm 0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:52.560 Jeff Joniak. Please to be joined here on Bears All 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:56.040 Access by return man and wide receiver Jachim Grant. Jachim, 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:58.159 good to see you. You started out with a big 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:00.760 smile on your face. I think that's your personality. Man. 0:05:00.839 --> 0:05:03.360 You just light up a room, You light up the field. 0:05:03.440 --> 0:05:06.680 Your teammates dig you already. What's your story, man, What's 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:10.080 what's with the big grin? I mean, I'm just happy, man, 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:13.640 just uh happy to be here, be in this great organization, 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:17.760 especially man, great teammates, great coaches. I mean that's why. 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:19.440 That's why you see the big grin on my face, 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:22.120 Like I love it. It's just cold, I know. And 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:24.719 there's nothing there's nothing easier about getting moved in the 0:05:24.720 --> 0:05:27.040 middle of a season, especially with the family. But that 0:05:27.279 --> 0:05:29.080 is the life of an NFL player and that's the 0:05:29.120 --> 0:05:31.800 way it goes in all sports. But uh, to find 0:05:31.839 --> 0:05:34.279 the right chemistry, the white fit, to have guys that 0:05:34.320 --> 0:05:38.000 appreciate you and vice versa. Otherwise you'd be miserable if 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:42.640 it was anything other than that. Yeah, absolutely, Yeah, that's 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:45.240 the biggest. I'll say that's the hardest partner, just being 0:05:45.279 --> 0:05:49.040 able to come here and adjust to not being away 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:52.960 from family and friends and and just relocating and trying 0:05:53.000 --> 0:05:55.279 to figure out where am I going to stay, where 0:05:55.320 --> 0:05:58.000 I'm going to do this. But I mean, Bear's work 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:01.240 for me with open arm. So man, it was it 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:04.440 was just like a new family that that that loves me. 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:07.760 And I love these guys because they're great, especially everybody 0:06:07.760 --> 0:06:10.400 around the building. Hey, J came, you know, I kind 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:12.599 of binge watched Friday Night Lights when it was a 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:16.000 big topic about Texas football. How big was the role 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:19.960 that Texas football played and not only your confidence but 0:06:20.080 --> 0:06:24.880 also the real reality that you could be an NFL player. Man, 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:28.799 Texas football is big, Like we shut down cities towns. 0:06:28.920 --> 0:06:30.680 I mean just to go to a Friday night light 0:06:30.760 --> 0:06:35.560 game and just knowing that, you know that how big 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:38.880 it is a Texas It's like every Texas kid or 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:41.120 dreaming of going to the pros, like if especially if 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:44.279 you're playing football, and I know that was that was 0:06:44.320 --> 0:06:47.040 one of my one of my dreams. I mean I 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:48.839 was just like, man, I have to make it to 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:51.560 the next the next level and just continue to climb 0:06:51.600 --> 0:06:54.279 that mountain and show enough I did. And so with 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:57.679 everything you know going against me, with my heightening size 0:06:57.680 --> 0:07:02.479 and so um man, it was just it was It's 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:07.360 just the relentless effort that I had and um just 0:07:07.400 --> 0:07:08.960 thinking that I was gonna make it to the league 0:07:08.960 --> 0:07:11.720 and I did. You know, so through all my career 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:13.920 I was an offensive lineman. So I can go back 0:07:13.920 --> 0:07:16.840 and I can study tape of every other offensive lineman 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:19.360 to see how they go about their business. When you 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:21.760 think about the Chicago Bears or the league wide, when 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:24.640 you think about gayl Stairs, and you think about Devin Hester, 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:28.520 and you think about recently Cordarrel Patterson. Can a returner 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:32.600 watch tape of another returner and learn or is it 0:07:32.680 --> 0:07:37.040 all your innatability that you have stored that that's that's 0:07:37.080 --> 0:07:39.680 the way you go about your business. Um, I would 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:42.680 say a little bit of both. Um definitely coming from 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:44.280 you know, a quarter up house and and you know 0:07:44.400 --> 0:07:48.440 Devin Hester. Um, just just guys that I would say, 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:50.560 you know Devin Hester would he did both you know, 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:53.840 punt return and kick return and just saying away like 0:07:53.920 --> 0:07:58.160 he hit the whole and see, um, how he how 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:02.480 explosive he was and no hesitation, just flat out just 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:04.760 running and everything that he sees. He's just hitting the hole. 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:07.640 And especially and I'll say going to Cordell Patterson, I mean, 0:08:07.840 --> 0:08:11.640 the guys as aggressive as you can you can get. 0:08:11.920 --> 0:08:14.520 I mean, I'll kind of like mimic kids game as 0:08:14.560 --> 0:08:17.080 far as bringing everything out, because as you can see, 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:20.720 Cordell was bringing everything out. I mean, it doesn't matter. 0:08:20.760 --> 0:08:23.600 It could be on the back of his heels, on 0:08:23.600 --> 0:08:26.600 the back of the goal line and he's like, I'm 0:08:26.680 --> 0:08:29.920 not letting any kicker get get off, not in one game. 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:34.320 And so with him, he was straight down the line. 0:08:34.360 --> 0:08:37.000 He's a big guy and and I mean he hits 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:40.280 the whole like like a bullet coming out of a barrel. 0:08:41.000 --> 0:08:42.360 But you know, it kind of leads me to the 0:08:42.360 --> 0:08:45.640 next question is how fortunate are you have to have 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:49.240 a coach like Chris Tabor that gives you the freedom 0:08:49.559 --> 0:08:52.040 to do that, Because nowadays it's all put your hands 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:54.640 up and if it's one foot deep into the end zone, 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:56.760 don't take it out. But no way, you got the 0:08:56.800 --> 0:08:59.440 freedom to bring it out wherever you are. Man, That's 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:03.760 exactly what I've been dreaming for. A coach like coach 0:09:03.840 --> 0:09:06.559 Tay man, and whenever he told me, hey, j Kim, 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:08.960 you have the green light, I was just I felt like, 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:13.120 you know, Steph Curry would go to state like I'm like, oh, yeah, 0:09:13.160 --> 0:09:15.400 I'm bringing everything out that I can and he trusts 0:09:15.440 --> 0:09:17.080 that I'm going to get a great return. And so 0:09:17.480 --> 0:09:21.439 with especially the guys on the unit, are are trusting 0:09:21.440 --> 0:09:23.040 me to you know, get a great return as one, 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:25.120 and I'm trusting those guys to get their block. So 0:09:25.360 --> 0:09:29.360 there's no indecisiveness of not bringing it out. So I'm like, hey, 0:09:29.840 --> 0:09:32.959 anytime he kicks it back here, it's coming out unless 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:37.559 it's yeah, exactly. Jackiem Grant, our guest here on Bears 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:40.440 All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score 0:09:41.080 --> 0:09:44.520 with you until the top of the hour. Listen. We're 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:47.120 used to it here. So that excitement, so I you know, 0:09:47.480 --> 0:09:50.200 Cordaro is a freight train coming out right, just you know, 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:52.680 getting north and south. And then you got the ballet 0:09:53.200 --> 0:09:56.280 of Devin Hester, who, by the way, celebrating a birthday 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:58.319 today is luck with him and so happy both day 0:09:58.360 --> 0:10:01.680 to the ridiculous one. Have you ever had a chance 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:05.880 meeting with Devin Hester to discuss his style and what 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:08.760 he saw because he always I did many interviews with him. 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:12.280 I called almost every one of his return touchdowns. He 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:14.640 said to me all the time. I said, what what 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:17.560 makes you realize when to make that cut? He says, 0:10:17.640 --> 0:10:19.640 whenever I see color in the hole, I go the 0:10:19.679 --> 0:10:22.960 other way. He kept it that simple, other jersey boom 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:25.360 going the other way. It's not that simple, as we know. 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:27.720 There's there's other instincts involved and when to hit the 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:30.800 gas and went to Oaky dooke somebody to get the edge. 0:10:31.320 --> 0:10:32.920 But have you ever had a chance to talk with 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:36.080 Devin Um? I didn't. I actually got a chest to 0:10:36.160 --> 0:10:38.320 play against him. I think it was a year he 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:45.360 was in was in Baltimore, Atlanta. U. Yeah, Baltimore. UM. 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:47.560 I was back there of a pre game returning kids, 0:10:47.600 --> 0:10:50.000 and I'm like, that's Devin Hester. I'll start strug So, 0:10:50.120 --> 0:10:52.280 I mean, I I kind of didn't. I kind of 0:10:52.280 --> 0:10:54.360 didn't go go up to him or anything. I was 0:10:54.360 --> 0:10:57.959 just like, I was like, Yo, Devin, big fan, that's it. 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:00.160 And then I didn't even chat with him because I 0:11:00.200 --> 0:11:01.960 was I didn't know what to say at the time, 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:05.080 because like I'm a rookie and I'm like, man, like 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:06.600 this is a guy that I looked up to for 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:08.520 a long time, and it's just like I couldn't get 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:11.120 my words out, Like I'm just like, hey, I just 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:13.600 introduced myself. I didn't want to, like I was just like, 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:16.120 it's so, it's whatever. I'm gonna let him do his game. 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:18.160 I'm I'm gonna watch him throughout the course of the 0:11:18.200 --> 0:11:21.200 game and try to, you know, study him live. Well. 0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:24.120 The thing about Devin and I do agree that he's 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:26.760 Hall of Fame caliber should be in there. I sent 0:11:26.800 --> 0:11:29.120 a tweet out today. You know that's the next step 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:31.840 in his journey the Hall of Fame because he revolutionized 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:36.560 how teams prepared for special teams before the rule changes. 0:11:36.960 --> 0:11:39.440 You had to beef up your special team's coverage. You 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:41.480 had to do it, and you had to determine at 0:11:41.559 --> 0:11:44.240 key points in the game situationally, are we kicking to him? 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:47.559 Are we not? And everybody got up off the bench 0:11:47.600 --> 0:11:49.800 to watch him, And I kind of feel the same 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:52.120 way when Corderel was here and when you're here now, 0:11:52.240 --> 0:11:55.920 there's an excitement expectation with you, and we appreciate the return. 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:58.120 We're old school guys. We don't want to see you, 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:01.199 don't don't legislate out of the game. I know we 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:04.280 got to keep people safe, no question about it. But 0:12:04.400 --> 0:12:07.960 it's still the excitement. It's the Grand Slam in the 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:10.120 ninth inning with the basis juice. You know, it's it's 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:14.040 the big one. And you know, as as a football player, 0:12:14.080 --> 0:12:17.360 do you appreciate still that kind of thinking, like, yeah, 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:20.120 it's still a major part of our game. Absolutely, it's 0:12:20.160 --> 0:12:24.040 a It's definitely a tone setter and a change of momentum, 0:12:24.800 --> 0:12:28.640 like you um, I mean, they could flip the course 0:12:28.640 --> 0:12:31.320 of the game just like that. And I feel like 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:33.640 at any given the moment that you know, I get 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:36.880 a return that it could swing the momentum or we 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:39.240 could just continue to take the you know, take the 0:12:39.240 --> 0:12:42.320 air out of the stadium. So you got five of 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:44.200 them here, yet four in college? Who made you have 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:49.199 in high school touchdowns? I never did pup return ever 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:51.240 in my life since I got to National Football League. 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:55.200 That's a missed opportunity over there in missquit Thus, So 0:12:56.720 --> 0:12:59.600 Adam skate horn Um, I'm not sure how many I had. 0:12:59.720 --> 0:13:01.679 I think I had a. I had a I had 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:06.280 a good decent amount. So um, But man, like I said, 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:07.880 I never did a point return every in my life 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:10.160 until I got to National Football League. I'm not gonna lie. 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:12.360 I was scared. I was scared. I was absolutely scared. 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:14.680 I'm not gonna I'm not gonna lie to you because 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:19.079 I can. Let's say a quick story my rookie season. 0:13:19.640 --> 0:13:23.720 I was there with Dan Rizzy, which awesome coach. Um. 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:25.520 I get there and they're like, Kim, you gonna be 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:27.520 a punt returner. In my head, I'm like, man, this 0:13:27.679 --> 0:13:29.800 is not gonna go well. Like I've never called a punt. 0:13:29.800 --> 0:13:31.440 I don't know how to judge him. I don't know 0:13:31.480 --> 0:13:34.200 what you want me to do back there. So um, 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:37.640 we get to the preseason game against Giants and we 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:40.120 double vice to guys and I just let the ball 0:13:40.120 --> 0:13:44.440 bounce and go out of bounce. Rizzy is like red hot, 0:13:44.679 --> 0:13:46.960 red hot, and it is like, gave me a mouthful. 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:48.400 When I got to the side, I looked there. I 0:13:48.440 --> 0:13:50.720 looked at coach as I said, Coach, I was scared, 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:52.280 I'm not gonna lie to you. I don't know what 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:54.160 you want me to do. And then he was like, listen, 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:57.040 just just calm down. That the team that's gonna block 0:13:57.120 --> 0:13:59.280 for you catch the ball. I caught the next one, 0:13:59.280 --> 0:14:01.000 I went for you and and I was just like, 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:02.760 you know, you know what, maybe I do got a 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:05.800 knack for this. Well, what do you what do you 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:09.280 think about insight Soldier Field? Is it a difficult judgment 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:12.520 of the flight of the football, both on kickoffs and 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:16.400 punts because of you know, the conditions that can happen there, 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:18.560 the wind that can happen and even that the fact 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:23.600 that it's an outdoor stadium with a natural surface. Um yeah, 0:14:23.600 --> 0:14:26.320 it's it is quick. It is quite a difference because 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:28.000 of the wind and how much how long it could 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:30.760 hang up or it could drop at any given moment, 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:34.680 especially you know with the wind going either way east 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:38.520 or west. Um, I think it's you get that, you know, 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:41.080 get get that practice doing, you know, during practice time. 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:44.120 So um, I think Patio does a great job with 0:14:44.520 --> 0:14:46.720 me coming out here early and kicking something to me, 0:14:47.000 --> 0:14:49.360 especially when it's a windy day I practice and just 0:14:49.480 --> 0:14:52.360 you know, getting getting those reps in so I can 0:14:52.400 --> 0:14:55.000 know come game time how the wind is gonna play 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:57.160 and how it's gonna hang up or if it's gonna 0:14:57.200 --> 0:15:00.920 dive down. And so um, yes, it is different from 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:04.520 from what I've experienced. So when you practiced here a 0:15:04.600 --> 0:15:07.120 training camp. Jeff and I were out there every practice, 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:09.560 and you know, your name was already on the radar. 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:12.280 Did you know that week that the Bears had interest 0:15:12.360 --> 0:15:15.080 in you wasn't kind of a different type of a 0:15:15.120 --> 0:15:18.400 training camp practice week because of that and what we're 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:22.480 you know, what do you remember from that week of practice? Um? 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:25.360 I did get a tip off from my agent that 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:28.360 the Bears were interested in me, and it was the 0:15:28.400 --> 0:15:31.120 same I approached the training camp the same way. But 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:32.920 I told my agent, I said, hey, man, what are 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:34.640 we waiting for? It? Like, go ahead, pull the trigger, 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:37.360 Like let's let's do this, Like, let's let's get it 0:15:37.440 --> 0:15:39.440 rolling so I can get caught up to speed learning 0:15:39.520 --> 0:15:43.680 playbook and you know, get get rolling and so enough. 0:15:43.720 --> 0:15:47.240 They didn't pull a trigger quick enough and I wouldn't 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:51.000 be having to, you know, jump around find an apartment 0:15:51.000 --> 0:15:52.840 and doing all this and find the house and stuff 0:15:52.880 --> 0:15:56.280 like that. But man, it's better late than never. And 0:15:56.800 --> 0:15:59.040 he took the words right out of my mouth. The 0:15:59.120 --> 0:16:01.840 dream is here. That's his Twitter handle, folks, The dream 0:16:02.040 --> 0:16:05.960 is here, jakeem The dream will continue our conversation with 0:16:06.000 --> 0:16:09.000 the Bears wide receiver and kick returner after this break 0:16:09.040 --> 0:16:13.480 on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. This segment 0:16:13.480 --> 0:16:15.520 of Bears All Access is brought to you by Athletico 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:18.400 Physical Therapy. Visit Athletico dot com to request an appointment 0:16:18.400 --> 0:16:21.480 in clinic or virtually and start feeling better tomorrow. Tom there, 0:16:21.520 --> 0:16:24.400 Jeff Joniac with you. Our guest this week, jackem Grant 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:26.720 kind enough to join us. So you got quite the history. 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:28.720 Now we're gonna get into a bunch of different things 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:31.720 here because at Texas Tech you broke records. You were 0:16:31.760 --> 0:16:35.400 in an offense with Cliff Kingsbury before that, Tommy Tubberville, 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:41.000 you had Patrick Mahomes throwing your passes. Baker Mayfield was there, 0:16:41.440 --> 0:16:43.560 was Davis Webb there as well. When you were at 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:47.200 Texas Tech. Yeah, I mean, and you broke Michael Crabtree's 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:50.360 school record for career yardage. There's a lot to unpack 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:52.840 right there. What was that experience like in an air 0:16:52.920 --> 0:16:55.480 raid offense to put you on the map. And I'll 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:58.200 tell you. I know you're probably gonna disagree with this, 0:16:58.280 --> 0:17:01.400 but coming out of Tech Tech, I had yet five 0:17:01.600 --> 0:17:08.480 five and seven eighths. Are we on target? Definitely not. 0:17:08.640 --> 0:17:12.399 I always tell people I'm I'm five six without my 0:17:12.400 --> 0:17:16.600 shoes off and five seven with my shoes on. So therefore, 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:19.800 like I'll tell everybody I'm five seven, but I play 0:17:19.960 --> 0:17:26.400 like I'm six, you know foot whatever, a giant. So yeah, man, 0:17:26.800 --> 0:17:30.960 like Noah, I feel like I'm a tall guy. Yeah, 0:17:31.080 --> 0:17:32.840 I'm five seven and a half and I hang out 0:17:32.880 --> 0:17:35.919 for that half every chance. Eight Yeah, no question about it. 0:17:36.520 --> 0:17:38.800 But what about all that experience your head over there? 0:17:38.800 --> 0:17:40.560 How did it make you? Because we keep talking about 0:17:40.600 --> 0:17:42.840 you return guy, but but you know you're getting your 0:17:42.880 --> 0:17:46.480 your Beakwe a little bit on offense here too, um 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:49.160 Man offense. I always want to show people that I'm 0:17:49.200 --> 0:17:52.879 a receiver first slash uh, you know, return man, because 0:17:52.920 --> 0:17:55.320 I want to show people with me in my height, 0:17:55.480 --> 0:17:58.600 I knew that I already had the odds going against me. 0:17:58.640 --> 0:18:01.119 So I want to add a little something extra to 0:18:01.200 --> 0:18:05.240 my game with which was the return. And so um Man, 0:18:05.840 --> 0:18:08.119 coach Kingsbury he's seen that that I could be a 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:13.159 great receiver, and so um, I mean he utilized me 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:16.159 in ways that you know to give me Mitch max On. 0:18:16.480 --> 0:18:20.720 You know, linebackers um their worst corners and stuff like that. 0:18:20.760 --> 0:18:23.640 And also I had, you know, Patty Patty Holmes throwing 0:18:23.720 --> 0:18:26.960 me the ball, so it was also a great thing. Um. 0:18:27.280 --> 0:18:29.320 But yeah, man, when I stepped in the building, I 0:18:29.359 --> 0:18:31.639 see all the Hall of Fame Texas Tech Hall of 0:18:31.640 --> 0:18:34.680 Famers on the wall inside the facility, and I looked 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:38.320 to Eric Morris, was my you know, my receivers coach, 0:18:38.760 --> 0:18:42.359 and I told him. I told him I'm gonna be 0:18:42.359 --> 0:18:45.320 on the wall one day, like that's for sure, I'm 0:18:45.320 --> 0:18:46.720 gonna be on the wall one day. And I asked 0:18:46.840 --> 0:18:48.840 him one day, I was like, hey, who has the 0:18:48.840 --> 0:18:51.480 school record for receiving yards? And he was like Crabtree 0:18:51.800 --> 0:18:53.399 And I was like, I'm I'm gonna break his record 0:18:53.440 --> 0:18:56.200 this year, Like I'm there's no doubt in my mom 0:18:56.400 --> 0:19:00.200 break it. And so, um, that was always my mentality 0:19:00.240 --> 0:19:02.520 to leave a mark and leave a legacy. And so 0:19:02.680 --> 0:19:04.639 no matter my height or size, I want to be 0:19:05.200 --> 0:19:07.560 the best guy on the field at any get them 0:19:07.560 --> 0:19:09.080 on any time I stopped on the field, I wanted 0:19:09.080 --> 0:19:11.200 to be the best guy. And I want to show 0:19:11.200 --> 0:19:14.320 people that, like when you stand up and say, man, 0:19:14.800 --> 0:19:17.000 Jachim is by far the best guy on the field 0:19:17.040 --> 0:19:19.919 at all times. And so that's my whole mentality and 0:19:20.080 --> 0:19:22.359 That's how I approached the game. And so with you know, 0:19:22.400 --> 0:19:26.000 coach Kingsbury, you know, pushing me to you know, to 0:19:26.119 --> 0:19:29.160 be the best that I can be and asking me, 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:31.560 you know, hey, Jachim, I'm I'm gonna ask a lot 0:19:31.600 --> 0:19:33.600 of you. So you have to give me. You don't 0:19:33.640 --> 0:19:35.240