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Speaker 1: bottom of the hour where NFL Networks, Adam Rank and boys,
Speaker 1: good to talk to you. We are back. It's coming back,
Speaker 1: Big Tommy, coming up. Rookies reporting this weekend, getting acclimated,
Speaker 1: and then the Vets report on Tuesday. That's when we
Speaker 1: get a state of the Union from GM Ryan Pulls
Speaker 1: and head coach Mattie Reflus. Tommy. Yeah, but you know, Jeff,
Speaker 1: the offseason nowadays, it presents so many topics of interest,
Speaker 1: whether you're going through a coaching change, the draft, free agency,
Speaker 1: what's going on in a weekly basis in the landscape
Speaker 1: of the NFL. But then you know, you kind of
Speaker 1: you don't ease in the NFL season. You get punched
Speaker 1: in the face by the beginning of beginning of training camp.
Speaker 1: And when that gets under way, you know there isn't
Speaker 1: you know, kind of a ramp up period. It's the
Speaker 1: point where you go to training camp and everything that
Speaker 1: you did throughout your ota is in the mandatory mini camp.
Speaker 1: Is so much more serious now than it was two
Speaker 1: months ago, a month ago, because this is the determining
Speaker 1: factor on the coaches and players alike. Hey, big Jim,
Speaker 1: the one thing Tom is right about the intensity and
Speaker 1: all that, but it is different from what you guys
Speaker 1: want to do because the punch in the face isn't
Speaker 1: the same because you don't get into pads until a
Speaker 1: few days later. I think it's a four day period.
Speaker 1: So I think Saturday, July thirtieth starts the pads on
Speaker 1: the on the all training camps. It's collectively bargained. Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: like you said, that's the quote unquote acclamation period. Right,
Speaker 1: Remember Tom, we used to show up, we had our physicals,
Speaker 1: we did our you know, agility test or you know,
Speaker 1: you had to make sure you were in shape, so
Speaker 1: you had to pass your test. The next day we
Speaker 1: were in pads, right, Tom, two days Right, it never stopped,
Speaker 1: and it used to go six weeks. It's just it's
Speaker 1: not that way anymore. They have this acclamation period and
Speaker 1: all these guys are doing is working out all years.
Speaker 1: So I advise them to come in and shape. This
Speaker 1: group of coaches and this GM, I think has made
Speaker 1: it very clear you better be ready to compete and
Speaker 1: if you're if you're not in shape, you're not even
Speaker 1: giving yourself a chance a chance to make the team.
Speaker 1: So I'd be serious as a heart attack about it
Speaker 1: for any Bears players showing up to camp and I
Speaker 1: was up there today for a preview of how it's
Speaker 1: all going to go down from a media perspective, but
Speaker 1: fans now fully back interacting with players. Work being done
Speaker 1: to set it all up. Practices will generally start around
Speaker 1: at ten am. There are different times, but eleven public practices.
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Speaker 1: parking at Hawthorne, Mau and Vernon Hills shuttle buses to
Speaker 1: get you to Hollisaw. And that's another part of this.
Speaker 1: When you guys are on the practice field, whether you
Speaker 1: were dreading the second of the two days or the
Speaker 1: first one in the morning, not sure which one, but
Speaker 1: the fans that turned out for your camps, it really
Speaker 1: created a whole different environment than what everyone has used to,
Speaker 1: right guys. And Jimmy, well, yeah, for me, it definitely,
Speaker 1: well it was it was it was twofold, you know,
Speaker 1: when you know, obviously we're up in Platteville. My first
Speaker 1: couple of training camps and that was great. You know,
Speaker 1: I always enjoyed going away to camp. Because you really
Speaker 1: can just focus in the door room and just you know,
Speaker 1: focus on what you need to do. You're jelly as
Speaker 1: a team. And then of course we moved to bourbon
Speaker 1: A and that was really just an explosion of fans.
Speaker 1: I remember that first Saturday open practice in bourbon A.
Speaker 1: It just seemed like the fans were in droves and
Speaker 1: they were about ten deep all around the practice field
Speaker 1: and wherever we moved to. And it is I think
Speaker 1: it's special, and it's you know, and most teams aren't
Speaker 1: going away anymore. I think we understand that. But I'm
Speaker 1: glad the Bears are able to bring the fans into
Speaker 1: Hallisaul where they can experience that atmosphere. But maybe I'm
Speaker 1: old school. I did somewhat like going away because to me,
Speaker 1: it was not that you're away from your family and
Speaker 1: you like that, but it really to me got me
Speaker 1: in the mood of what I was there to do.
Speaker 1: You know, I really could get focused in and get
Speaker 1: the routine of what I needed to do, and it's
Speaker 1: just nice just to focus on football. That's a quarterbacks perspective, Tim,
Speaker 1: what's yours? Um? You know, I hated going to Platteville
Speaker 1: because when we were in Platteville for training camp. There
Speaker 1: was a road that separated the practice fields and you
Speaker 1: would have these people that would drive their car through
Speaker 1: the middle of practice and they would yell out bear
Speaker 1: saw Go Packer that you had to listen to that everything.
Speaker 1: But I did like the fans support. I love the
Speaker 1: opportunity to get the fans that would take their time.
Speaker 1: Maybe they can many vacation out of it and come there,
Speaker 1: but you know, on the plattefield days, they were guaranteed
Speaker 1: there might be two padded practices every day. When if
Speaker 1: we went down to a bourbon A when things went
Speaker 1: down to Urbane as a broadcaster, then they had you know,
Speaker 1: separated practices, but it was still the Bears. Fans were
Speaker 1: surrounding those practice fields and thousands of a day would
Speaker 1: come and there'd be plenty of parking and plenty of
Speaker 1: standing in seating areas, and I just I love the support,
Speaker 1: you know, being an ex player and walking out there
Speaker 1: and just hear the sound of the crowd and seeing
Speaker 1: those guys that would show up there to be first
Speaker 1: in line every single day throughout training camp. It was
Speaker 1: an awesome sight to see. But you know, Jim and
Speaker 1: I never really had facilities like the modern day Hollis
Speaker 1: Hall Is And when you have four practice fields, you
Speaker 1: have an indoor facility, you have your cafeteria or your
Speaker 1: weight room, your media accessible or the video department where
Speaker 1: it was, it was better for that crew. I don't know.
Speaker 1: It seems like an easier way to go about your business.
Speaker 1: But I always feel bad because I love the fans
Speaker 1: support in the reward of it gave the guys on
Speaker 1: the practice field, but it also gave the fans that
Speaker 1: showed up. All Right, guys, gonna take a break. We'll
Speaker 1: be coming back to you shortly. We have coming up
Speaker 1: at the bottom of the hour, Adam Rank from NFL Network,
Speaker 1: big Bears fan, and he's got a lot of opinions
Speaker 1: about what the Bears are going to be here in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty two. We'll break down some roster battles, talk
Speaker 1: about what we fully expect at training camp. Coming up
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Speaker 1: They're getting ready for training camp, significant roster turnover. Tom,
Speaker 1: We're getting to know. We're going to get to know
Speaker 1: a lot of new faces, guys that you know are
Speaker 1: undrafted guys that could be coming in throughout the course
Speaker 1: of training camp waiting to see what the development is
Speaker 1: of the offense and how the new defense is gonna look.
Speaker 1: There's so much to break down. It is really gonna
Speaker 1: be a challenge to take it all in. Where are
Speaker 1: your eyes going to go on the first few practices
Speaker 1: and throughout the first week of training camp. You know
Speaker 1: there's a specific position battles obviously that we're gonna have
Speaker 1: to look at because you know, yeah, you're gonna have
Speaker 1: to look and see how the scheme ultimately comes into shape.
Speaker 1: But to me, I'm looking at individuals. I want to see.
Speaker 1: I need an answer to the offensive tackle position almost
Speaker 1: first and foremost. I need to know what group of
Speaker 1: these offensive tackles. And I don't care where your drafted.
Speaker 1: I don't care what school you played, what your background is,
Speaker 1: can you play at the NFL level within this system?
Speaker 1: And for the first week, I'm gonna pay attention to
Speaker 1: the offensive tackle position primarily to see, Okay, who do
Speaker 1: I believe can play and who do I know I
Speaker 1: don't think can play? And so some of those types
Speaker 1: of things are gonna rear its ugly head. If do
Speaker 1: you see guys out there that just don't have the bendability,
Speaker 1: the athleticism, the snap count, anticipation, the mental part of
Speaker 1: it that you need to be that you have to
Speaker 1: be as sharp as anybody out there. When I look
Speaker 1: also kind of at the athleticism portion of it the cornerbacks,
Speaker 1: because not necessarily how the cornerback fits into the scheme
Speaker 1: of the down and distance, I want to see if
Speaker 1: they have the hit movement, do they have the feet
Speaker 1: to play that position? Because all those elements, if you
Speaker 1: do have the athleticism, that makes you coachable. And so
Speaker 1: you gotta see where is that next group of defensive back.
Speaker 1: Cornerbacks specifically gonna step up and show their athleticism within
Speaker 1: the first couple non padded practices that lead into into
Speaker 1: the padded practices, and then I got to see the
Speaker 1: tight end position, Jeff, because their inclusion of the offense
Speaker 1: is serious. They gotta be online blockers, they gotta be
Speaker 1: h backs, they have to be moving tight ends. They
Speaker 1: got to be tight ends that are lined up off
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. And then I think all of
Speaker 1: us know that if they don't provide some type of
Speaker 1: spark in the red zone, which is a drill they
Speaker 1: do with the regularity at practices, that's gonna hurt the
Speaker 1: tight end position. So you're gonna have to have performance
Speaker 1: from some tackles from some cornerbacks that maybe that we're
Speaker 1: not aware of yet. And then the tight end position
Speaker 1: as a whole, from first down to the red zone.
Speaker 1: So Jimmy's looking at tackles, corners and tight ends. Where
Speaker 1: are your eye is gonna be going? I know they're
Speaker 1: going to number one. Well, well here I'm gonna start
Speaker 1: with this one, Jeff. All the reporters that wrote about
Speaker 1: the first OTA practice, make sure you're out there to
Speaker 1: write about this first training camp practice and see how
Speaker 1: far this group has gone to where they are now,
Speaker 1: and then see where they are at the end of
Speaker 1: training camp. For these groups, one just how they practice
Speaker 1: the tempo of it, how the intensity of it, because
Speaker 1: it's gonna be ratcheted up big time. In my opinion,
Speaker 1: this isn't gonna be a very competitive training camp. And
Speaker 1: I'm with Tom. I think when you're watching like offensive
Speaker 1: line groups, if a guy's screwing up a man, next
Speaker 1: guy in, I think it's gonna be that grueling of
Speaker 1: a training camp. Hey, that you missed that opportunity. Next
Speaker 1: man up, Let's go, because that's how they're gonna be
Speaker 1: testing guys to see if they're ready. All right, you
Speaker 1: don't want to be missing those reps. It's gonna be
Speaker 1: highly competitive, and the pressure will be cranked up big
Speaker 1: time on these players. And yes, of course, Jeff, I'll
Speaker 1: be watching justin fields, just how smooth he is, just
Speaker 1: how he's grown as a quarterback. I want to see
Speaker 1: where his footwork is, how it marries up with the
Speaker 1: plast plays, whether it's play action or drop back that
Speaker 1: he's doing. I want to see his command. I want
Speaker 1: to see his leadership. I want to see him raising
Speaker 1: the level of player, raising the level of players play
Speaker 1: on the offensive side of the ball, and doing all
Speaker 1: the things that you need to do for him to
Speaker 1: grow as a quarterback, but his command and how the
Speaker 1: team responds to him is what I'm gonna be following
Speaker 1: big time when I'm at camp. I'll be looking at
Speaker 1: just the overall attitude, effort and consistency of that effort
Speaker 1: throughout the course of training camp. Because it's a clean slate.
Speaker 1: We've heard everybody's got a clean slate, doesn't matter as
Speaker 1: Tommy indicated, receive or where where you came from, what
Speaker 1: round traded acquired, picked up off of waivers, it. They're
Speaker 1: gonna evaluate the guys that are going to give the
Speaker 1: best effort and can play in the final fifty three.
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna I'm gonna be watching that. But how
Speaker 1: quickly the defense develops a consistency and a chemistry because
Speaker 1: they're a bunch of young guys blending with some some veterans,
Speaker 1: and what they're gonna be able to do up front
Speaker 1: and how they can develop some sort of confidence and
Speaker 1: swagger collectively right down the middle obviously is going to
Speaker 1: be big. There's some big, big names were being replaced
Speaker 1: on this defense. And just how they all settle in
Speaker 1: with this unit and what their their eyes and what
Speaker 1: their feet are going to tell them and then, and
Speaker 1: of course the wide receivers, there will be a lot
Speaker 1: of discussion. I believe what they're nineteen receivers on the
Speaker 1: roster right now or something like that. It's going to
Speaker 1: be interesting to see how that all shakes out, where
Speaker 1: they stack up one, two, three, four, five, and who
Speaker 1: emerges and what Nikkil Harry brings the table. But Guy's
Speaker 1: getting a great opportunity for a second chance. He's a
Speaker 1: beast of an athlete. He's a big dude. He's got
Speaker 1: a great, great athleticism, and not only does he have
Speaker 1: untapped potential in the passing game and to make big plays,
Speaker 1: he's an outstanding run blocker. So this team is likely
Speaker 1: going to be a team that sets up the offense
Speaker 1: with that running game. So those are some of the
Speaker 1: things I'm looking forward to over the course of the
Speaker 1: beginning of camp and taking it right straight through. And
Speaker 1: but isn't it isn't it crazy that we're talking about
Speaker 1: wide receivers and how good of a run blocker they are. Yeah,
Speaker 1: because you know Springle, but in the offenses that Jim
Speaker 1: and I grew up, for the most part, it was
Speaker 1: a point of attack, an isolation inside running game, inside
Speaker 1: the shoulders of the tackles. So if a wide receiver
Speaker 1: was required to make a block, you hope he made
Speaker 1: a block down field. Here. These guys are required to
Speaker 1: make a block because they're at or near the point
Speaker 1: of attack. So what they do and how they shut
Speaker 1: down their defender is going to be instrumental to the
Speaker 1: success of the outside zone running play. And Jim's talked
Speaker 1: about it a great deal. So here David Montgomery here
Speaker 1: working here, working more more more pictures of him working,
Speaker 1: working at the backs at Northwestern, just working every last chance,
Speaker 1: and we come to expect that from him. But for Jim,
Speaker 1: you know what happens up from for him to hit
Speaker 1: those holes with this offensive line developing and Herbert and
Speaker 1: the rest of the guys. He's had the seventh month
Speaker 1: rushing yard since twenty twenty in the NFL, and I
Speaker 1: you know he's in a contract here. Yeah, well, I
Speaker 1: mean there are there are landmarks you have to hit,
Speaker 1: you know, I always say it if they you know, again,
Speaker 1: this is the Packers outside zone scheme that's coming or
Speaker 1: not that they're not going to run inside zone, but
Speaker 1: they want to get you going laterally on defense. But
Speaker 1: there's landmarks that these running backs are looking for all right,
Speaker 1: So if I call stretch eight, which is the outside zone,
Speaker 1: run play to the right, or Stretch nine, which is
Speaker 1: to left, really their aiming point is two yards. So
Speaker 1: if I call, say, you know, I write stretch eight,
Speaker 1: David Montgomery's aiming points gonna be two yards outside that
Speaker 1: tight end. So his starting point, and as a quarterback,
Speaker 1: you're busted out from underneath the center to get the
Speaker 1: ball to him because he wants to target two yards
Speaker 1: outside the tight end. Now he's reading the tight end.
Speaker 1: If that tight end and that defensive end start getting
Speaker 1: the battle where it goes wide, now he'll look at
Speaker 1: that landmark, put his foot in the ground and cut
Speaker 1: up field. If the tight end is able to hook him,
Speaker 1: he'll stay on that two yard path right outside that
Speaker 1: tight end and continue on that path. And then he's
Speaker 1: onto the second level where maybe there's a linebacker scraping
Speaker 1: or the corners out there now convergent, and he'll deal
Speaker 1: with that. But you know, he has these aiming points
Speaker 1: and things that he's reading from that tight end that's
Speaker 1: really going to tell him what to do. And it
Speaker 1: could be that block that Tom's talking about by the
Speaker 1: receiver on the outside. Does he got to bounce it
Speaker 1: even outside that corner. If that corner has inside technique,
Speaker 1: maybe that the flanker is now forcing and collapsing that
Speaker 1: corner inside where he's going to bounce it out even
Speaker 1: more to take it up the sideline. Or if the
Speaker 1: flanker has a kickout block and is able to maybe
Speaker 1: muscle the corner into the sideline the same thing. He'll
Speaker 1: put his foot in the ground, he'll cut inside, and
Speaker 1: now he's working up the field that way. So there's
Speaker 1: numerous things going on, but he's eating all these things
Speaker 1: and has his landmarks that he has to follow. You know.
Speaker 1: I think it's a great explanation of the outside zone
Speaker 1: running play and how effective it is, because if the
Speaker 1: Bears are great at it, not good, not decent, not
Speaker 1: averaging course at the end fact, if they're great at it,
Speaker 1: it's going to open up so many more opportunities for
Speaker 1: this offense, for the athleticism of justin field, for the
Speaker 1: backside of the offense, if their defense is so determined
Speaker 1: to laterally chase this outside zone running plays, and then
Speaker 1: you get a couple of guys on the backside of
Speaker 1: an opponent's defense that they don't have the discipline to
Speaker 1: stay home. Just in case that happens, look for some
Speaker 1: backside plays to open up significant long distance pass routes
Speaker 1: for the receiver, possibly a running lane for justin you know,
Speaker 1: naked bootlegs to the outside. So it's a it's a
Speaker 1: play that if they do it perfectly, it's going to
Speaker 1: open up a lot more opportunities for this offense. Time
Speaker 1: take another break, Tom There, Jim Meller, Jeff Jonny act
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Speaker 1: Jeff Jonny ACLT with Tom There and Jim Meller, former
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears, getting you ready for training camp next week. Jim,
Speaker 1: what are you expecting from Luke Getsy as a first
Speaker 1: time offensive coordinator? Column place in twenty twenty two. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think it's you know, I think he's gonna structure
Speaker 1: it similarly, but yet it's different than Green Bay. I
Speaker 1: think the movement plays, I think you're gonna see even
Speaker 1: quarterback draws. I think you're gonna see an r Peel
Speaker 1: influence things that Justin Fields did very well in college.
Speaker 1: But definitely use the assets. Aaron Rodgers is an athletic player,
Speaker 1: There's no doubt about that. But it's not like they're
Speaker 1: going into game plans with quarterback draws, you know, lined up,
Speaker 1: and I think you can you can create packages, much
Speaker 1: like say Buffalo does with Josh Allen. They actually do
Speaker 1: have check with Me's where he'll audible to a quarterback draw.
Speaker 1: It depends on the box numbers and things like that
Speaker 1: where you can get to the play. So I think
Speaker 1: it's gonna get to that point with Justin Fields. I
Speaker 1: don't know how in depth it is now, but I
Speaker 1: think as it grows along and the offense starts to grow,
Speaker 1: I think you're going to see more package plays, but
Speaker 1: it's going to be an emphasis on the athleticism of fields.
Speaker 1: That outside zone stretch play that we just taught. That's
Speaker 1: gonna set up a lot of things that Tom just
Speaker 1: talked about, from the bootleg naked to the waggles, and
Speaker 1: then you're gonna branch off of that. You're gonna have
Speaker 1: the dash plays that he's gonna be able to do
Speaker 1: to take advantage of his feet as well, and just
Speaker 1: really utilizes that athleticism because that's a strength of justin fields,
Speaker 1: you don't want to hide that. It's an asset that
Speaker 1: needs to be utilized. You don't want to be hit
Speaker 1: to be to his detriment that he's getting hit. He's
Speaker 1: got to be smart to get down and get out
Speaker 1: of bounds. But I think we see other offenses that
Speaker 1: have done that, you know, And that's why I bring
Speaker 1: up Buffalo so it will have the flare of Green Bay,
Speaker 1: the staple of things that they do. They want to
Speaker 1: bring that run game down here. But offensively, it's gonna
Speaker 1: to me have a tone of like what Josh Allen
Speaker 1: and the Buffalo Bills do offensively to take advantage of
Speaker 1: his athleticism. Go looking up that guy's numbers running the
Speaker 1: ball and his touchdown scored for Josh Allen, and I expect,
Speaker 1: you know, a mixture of that for the Chicago Bears
Speaker 1: and gets. He will be fine. He's just got to
Speaker 1: find that sweet spot of where he wants it to
Speaker 1: get to Tom and the RPO. If it's a throw,
Speaker 1: who do you anticipate being the biggest benefactor this year
Speaker 1: in terms of catches off RPO because of the way
Speaker 1: that works. To me, I hope it's Cole commanding Dave Montgomery.
Speaker 1: I'm looking for field opportunities, no doubt about it. That's
Speaker 1: gonna be your first desired target. However, if you get
Speaker 1: a you have the respect that David and Montgomery has
Speaker 1: been able to build over the first couple of years
Speaker 1: of his career. You know, no, there's not always a
Speaker 1: guy that can cover him. And now if Luke Etsy
Speaker 1: starts to get an appreciation for how good David Montgomery's
Speaker 1: hands are, then you're gonna see these overinfluenced excuse me,
Speaker 1: You're gonna see these overinfluenced defenses maybe get Daved Montgomery
Speaker 1: out in the open. But then if you get these
Speaker 1: tight ends starting with Cole Commet, if they get the
Speaker 1: reputation of being these power blockers and they have these
Speaker 1: defenders in front of them that are gonna stop this
Speaker 1: outside zone running play by putting a defensive end out there,
Speaker 1: and then Cole Commet is able to run from the
Speaker 1: mismatch and the coverages. I like those guys in their
Speaker 1: opportunities because and I repeat it a year in a
Speaker 1: year out. I'm not looking for seventy five yard touchdown passes.
Speaker 1: I'm looking for repeated first downs. And if this team
Speaker 1: can really produce significantly more first downs on the offensive
Speaker 1: side of the ball, it's going to help your defense.
Speaker 1: And now you're talking about guys like mc montgomery and
Speaker 1: Cole Commett involved in the passing game. A little bit
Speaker 1: more than downfield strikes and keep increasing that catch right
Speaker 1: down the catchable throws ten yards or more downfield. That'll
Speaker 1: give you those first downs and stretch the field all right. Nationally,
Speaker 1: media outlets not showing the Bears a ton of love.
Speaker 1: That probably is an expectation given the fact it is
Speaker 1: brand new, a lot of new bodies not in new faces,
Speaker 1: a lot of question marks. But there is one man
Speaker 1: who's got an optimistic view of things ahead. He is
Speaker 1: Adam Rank. We'll join him next here on Chicago Sports
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Speaker 1: Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. Our guest is
Speaker 1: one of the biggest Bears fans around, based out in
Speaker 1: LA from NFL Network. His name Adam Rank. I call
Speaker 1: them the inimitable and excitable Adam Rank the Sick Podcast.
Speaker 1: At Sick Pod Adam Rank. Check it out. He is
Speaker 1: entertaining and we see him mind good morning football and
Speaker 1: a lot of good stuff. Adam, how are you doing?
Speaker 1: Good to talk to you again? What's going on? Oh
Speaker 1: my gosh, It's an honor and a privilege when I
Speaker 1: get it. When I get an email from the actual
Speaker 1: Bears PR department, it raises an alarm. It's like getting
Speaker 1: an email from the White House or something. You're like,
Speaker 1: oh my gosh, drop everything. What do you need me
Speaker 1: to do? You need me to come in and be
Speaker 1: on the show. I'm on there, so I gotta tell you,
Speaker 1: I'm honored to be on with all three of you.
Speaker 1: All right, well, good to have you, Thanks for taking
Speaker 1: the time. It's the busy season. Now you know you've
Speaker 1: been creating commentary is online, talking about what ifs and maybes,
Speaker 1: and now we get to see everything play out with
Speaker 1: a training camp at Hallis Hall with the fans coming in,
Speaker 1: a lot of battles, of battles, a lot of discussions
Speaker 1: about the Bears from national media, not a lot of
Speaker 1: love for even some of the players that would be
Speaker 1: put in the star category as they look at things.
Speaker 1: What is your perspective on what you've been reading about
Speaker 1: the Bears from everybody other than you? Yeah, you know what,
Speaker 1: there's a huge disappointment for me. Now. Obviously if you
Speaker 1: want to look at the offensive line, there is not
Speaker 1: a lot of clarity there. We don't know who's playing where.
Speaker 1: We haven't seen a lot of these guys and pads yet.
Speaker 1: If you want to have some skepticism or at least
Speaker 1: some questions, that's fair. If you don't think Justin Fields
Speaker 1: has it, I don't know what you've been watching over
Speaker 1: the last five years, but whatever, you can have some skepticism.
Speaker 1: I think the things where I really get upset, excuse me,
Speaker 1: he is where you start talking about guys like Darnell
Speaker 1: Mooney and I know it's only mad ratings or PFF
Speaker 1: ratings or anything like that. I just don't think he's
Speaker 1: getting the respect that he deserves. Yeah, yeah, and Town
Speaker 1: both have you and Town both hacking it up tonight,
Speaker 1: you guys. Okay, you guys need some oxygen. Um, Well,
Speaker 1: I got, I picked up a little something in New York.
Speaker 1: So okay, trying to battle through that. We're back from
Speaker 1: Good Morning Football. Lest I will, I will, but but
Speaker 1: listen I um but yeah. But like some of the
Speaker 1: the thing with Darnell, I think that's what offends me
Speaker 1: the most, Like why people don't think he's the number
Speaker 1: one receiver. I'll never understand, Tommy, are you there? But yeah, yeah, Adam.
Speaker 1: But when when you think about what they you know,
Speaker 1: the perception of Darnell Mooney, that's kind of a wait
Speaker 1: and see how they fit in the offense. When you
Speaker 1: start thinking about the team a couple months ago when
Speaker 1: they announced the schedule, do you go over the schedule
Speaker 1: with the fine too fine tooth comb or is it
Speaker 1: too far in advance to even think about where that
Speaker 1: each team, all the teams will be at the time
Speaker 1: of the season. Yeah, that's a very interesting question. And
Speaker 1: it's one of the weird things about having to do
Speaker 1: schedule predictions because you're projecting something that we don't know
Speaker 1: what's going to happen. We don't know what injuries are
Speaker 1: going to happen. We don't know how players pan out
Speaker 1: or anything like that, so it's it is a working theory,
Speaker 1: so to speak. And some people might think that I
Speaker 1: draw a very similar parallel to the young lady who
Speaker 1: is on homeland coming up with these crazy you know,
Speaker 1: these crazy series and whatnot. And that's fine, but you know,
Speaker 1: you're trying to figure out, like where does this Where
Speaker 1: do you expect this team to be? And I think
Speaker 1: one of the things that I look at with the
Speaker 1: Bears is last season they won six games. That's it.
Speaker 1: You can't dispute that they won six games. There are
Speaker 1: three very winnable games against good teams against Baltimore, the
Speaker 1: Steelers and the forty nine Ers that had they improved
Speaker 1: or if they've been able to make a couple of stops,
Speaker 1: would have ended up winning those games. Now I look
Speaker 1: at the team and this is I guess this is
Speaker 1: one of the things. Jeff, And sorry Tommy, now you
Speaker 1: ask the question. But you know when people ask, they
Speaker 1: just assume that the team got worse. They're liked, well,
Speaker 1: the team's not any better. I'm like, how are they
Speaker 1: not better? Like they I thought one of the biggest
Speaker 1: deficiencies last year was in the secondary, and I thought
Speaker 1: that Ryan Poles were out there and did a great
Speaker 1: job getting Kyler Gordon one of the top cornerbacks in
Speaker 1: the draft. I expected us to draft a cornerback in
Speaker 1: the second round, and Kyler Gordon is one of the
Speaker 1: better ones. I'm surprised he was even there. I think
Speaker 1: teams are going to end up regretting that mistake, much
Speaker 1: like they regretted letting Jalen Johnson fall as far as
Speaker 1: he did. Jaquon Brisker is another player who, admittingly, you know,
Speaker 1: I did not know a ton about him coming into
Speaker 1: the draft. I think it was a good player. He's
Speaker 1: from Penn Stages for a good program. But obviously once
Speaker 1: the Bear's draft, I spend a little bit more time
Speaker 1: going through the tape and I can't help but draw
Speaker 1: comparisons to a guy like Mike Brown, and not that
Speaker 1: a playing style is exactly the same, but like the
Speaker 1: football IQ of like always being in the right place
Speaker 1: at the right time, and you add those elements to
Speaker 1: a team that could be improved on defense. Matt ever
Speaker 1: Flus is shown over the course of his career, especially
Speaker 1: recently in Indianapolis. That he can take defenses and make
Speaker 1: them good immediately. That's I think where I'm coming from.
Speaker 1: Where I'm like, I start projecting wins, like I think
Speaker 1: this team is better than this team because even like
Speaker 1: if you put them up against the Jets, for instance,
Speaker 1: and if you're a Jets fan, you might feel differently,
Speaker 1: But the Jets still need to do a lot of
Speaker 1: different things. Like they did a good they did a
Speaker 1: nice job too, Like they put together a good draft
Speaker 1: plan one out there settled them to some things, and
Speaker 1: you know, you hope that it comes through. But at
Speaker 1: the same time, I am a believer in what the
Speaker 1: Bears did, and I think that there is an opportunity,
Speaker 1: you know, all things being healthy, that the injuries are
Speaker 1: turned off on Madden or what have you, that they
Speaker 1: could still end up getting close to nine to ten wins. Adam,
Speaker 1: Jim Miller, good to talk to you. I love your honesty.
Speaker 1: You You legitimately got choked up talking about Darnell Mooney,
Speaker 1: so I think you're brutally honest with me. I'm upset,
Speaker 1: you know what, Jim, I'll tell you, Like I have
Speaker 1: two small children, a seven and a four year old
Speaker 1: and a lot of times when you're dealing with children,
Speaker 1: you got to tell them like, hey, is this something
Speaker 1: worth getting upset over? Like step back and ask yourself
Speaker 1: the question is this worth getting upset for? I need
Speaker 1: to ask myself that question, Like I need to start
Speaker 1: like why am I so irrationally upset? Why do I
Speaker 1: let people on Twitter say stop? Like why does it
Speaker 1: bother me? I don't know? But then I get fired up,
Speaker 1: I lose my voice listen. Yeah, and you know, being
Speaker 1: in front of the three of you say it's a
Speaker 1: holy trinity, like I can't help but be a little nervous. Yeah, Well,
Speaker 1: this is where my question is going because I get
Speaker 1: that way too now, you know, because you know here,
Speaker 1: because I do radio every single day, and some things
Speaker 1: are realistic and some things aren't, you know, Like I'll
Speaker 1: talk to forty nine er fans and they legitimately think
Speaker 1: Trey Lance is going to step in there and lead
Speaker 1: him to the super Bowl and that he's better than
Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo. So when I step back and I'm realistic
Speaker 1: and I'm saying, all right, what is realistic for Bears
Speaker 1: fans to think about justin fields and where his growth
Speaker 1: could be in year two in a new offense, in
Speaker 1: a new scheme from what he did a season season ago.
Speaker 1: I'd like to hear your thoughts on that of expectations
Speaker 1: for Justin Fields and are they realistic right now? You know,
Speaker 1: when I was looking at the quarterbacks last season, Trevor
Speaker 1: Lawrence being a saying onto himself he was going to
Speaker 1: be the number one pick regardless everybody's wanted him to
Speaker 1: be the number one pick since he was a freshman
Speaker 1: at Clemson. So I take him out of the equation. Well,
Speaker 1: when you look at the quarterbacks between Justin Fields, Mac Jones,
Speaker 1: Zach Wilson, and Trey Lance, to me, I and this
Speaker 1: is the the snobbery that I come from, is like,
Speaker 1: who are the guys who dominated in Power five conferences? Okay,
Speaker 1: so I have Justin Fields and Mac Jones is better quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: Now there's upside for Trey Lance, there's upside for Zach Wilson.
Speaker 1: But Jack Wilson played in it and for an independent
Speaker 1: team that was playing like not even Mountain West level competition,
Speaker 1: Like they left the Mountain West and somehow their their
Speaker 1: conference or their vision or their playing schedule got worse.
Speaker 1: And then Trey Lance didn't even play his last year
Speaker 1: and he played in at North Dakota State, and you're like, okay,
Speaker 1: Like they need more time to develop. We've seen Justin
Speaker 1: Fields and Mac Jones play very well at high levels
Speaker 1: of competition. And last year when Justin Fields was given
Speaker 1: an opportunity, just look at his passer rating on play
Speaker 1: action using a ski team that fits his strength, Like
Speaker 1: he had a passer rating well above a hundred when
Speaker 1: he was on when he was on the run, his
Speaker 1: air yards were close to ten air yards per a
Speaker 1: tenth when he was on the run. If you would
Speaker 1: have taken if you had a coaching staff there was
Speaker 1: taking advantage of what he is good at, then I
Speaker 1: think that we would have seen a more promising rookie season.
Speaker 1: Now there are some legitimate concerns with him. I don't
Speaker 1: think it's the interceptions. I don't know where I don't
Speaker 1: know where ESPN gets off saying that he's going to
Speaker 1: throw a ton of interceptions. That's never been part of
Speaker 1: his game. He's not an interception guy. He's had trouble
Speaker 1: holding onto the football. That's a fair criticism. That's something
Speaker 1: the coaching staff needs to correct, and I think that
Speaker 1: you know we can be honest with that. We can
Speaker 1: still believe in our guy. We just have to be
Speaker 1: honest that he's got to do a better job of
Speaker 1: protecting the football. But his in rhythm throws, his on
Speaker 1: the run throws like he has shown the promise and
Speaker 1: even that game against the Steelers, I thought that was
Speaker 1: the biggest thing of like where they were, you know,
Speaker 1: in a bind, it's the two minute drill, like, Okay,
Speaker 1: Jessin has to just go out and play football. That's
Speaker 1: where he showed what he could do. The touchdown throw
Speaker 1: that he threw the Darnell Mooney, I mean he rolls out,
Speaker 1: he extends the play. He and Darnell are on the
Speaker 1: same page of like you need to be in this
Speaker 1: spot in the end zone. I'm gonna put it in
Speaker 1: the only place where you can find it. He found him,
Speaker 1: I think at the time, like in the short window
Speaker 1: throws like the one he threw the Jessper Horstead against
Speaker 1: Las Vegas. Like there's enough plays where you're like this
Speaker 1: guy knows what he's doing, Like some of the Trey
Speaker 1: Lances touchdowns, Like when they show us highlights, like it's
Speaker 1: very telling, Like it's like, oh it's Deebo Samuel with
Speaker 1: nobody around him within twenty yards, who's swallowing up for
Speaker 1: a football like I don't know, like you know, I
Speaker 1: think that with a coaching staff, it's now designing an
Speaker 1: offense for him. I think we're going to see a
Speaker 1: better version of justin Fields this year. Adam Rank our
Speaker 1: guest here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy. Are you
Speaker 1: willing to hang around for another few minutes? Absolutely? All right.
Speaker 1: We're gonna take a break back with more with Adam
Speaker 1: Rank of NFL Network here on Chicago Sports Radio six
Speaker 1: seventy to score. This segment of Bears All Access is
Speaker 1: brought to you by CDW people to get it former
Speaker 1: Bears quarterback Jim Metal from Sirius XM, NFL Radios moving
Speaker 1: the chains with Pat Curwing along with broadcast partner Town There.
Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Jonac Adam Rank from NFL Network. Check out
Speaker 1: his podcast he loves Talking Bears Sick podcast. Would you
Speaker 1: come up with the sick part? Oh my gosh, that
Speaker 1: was a company. I was working with, this company out
Speaker 1: of Montreal. They were doing Sick Highlights and they started
Speaker 1: launching a couple of podcasts and they found out that
Speaker 1: team based podcasts did well, and I was doing some
Speaker 1: fantasy stuff for them and there like, Hey, would you
Speaker 1: ever want to do one about a team? And I'm like,
Speaker 1: I would like what team would you like it to be?
Speaker 1: And I'm like, of course the Bears. So it's an
Speaker 1: opportunity to go out there and talk some Bears. I've
Speaker 1: been having a asked with it. All Right, So you
Speaker 1: are also a big fantasy guy. Who are you circling?
Speaker 1: Give me give me three guys, Give me like fifteen
Speaker 1: seconds each on three guys that you are thinking high
Speaker 1: about for for fantasy. Do you want it to be
Speaker 1: from Bears or just from from absolutely Bears? Uh? You know,
Speaker 1: Darnell Mooney is obviously somebody who's being slept on. He's
Speaker 1: going to be the most targeted player in this offense.
Speaker 1: That's what you're looking for, potential hype, high volume offense
Speaker 1: with high targets. We love David Montgomery. I think that
Speaker 1: if this is a run based scheme, when you look
Speaker 1: at kind of what the Packers did where Luke Getsy
Speaker 1: came from, you know, Aaron Jones did very well not
Speaker 1: only as a runner but also a receiver out of
Speaker 1: the backfield. David Montgomery shown that he is he can
Speaker 1: catch the football, so we loved him as well. And
Speaker 1: you know, speaking of that Packers comparison, we're still looking
Speaker 1: for Cole Commeet to jump out. And I think that
Speaker 1: he has a lot of ability as well. And if again,
Speaker 1: you know the lazy like cross comparison Bob Tunny and
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago, I think he had eleven touchdowns,
Speaker 1: kind of came out of nowhere. I think Cole Comet
Speaker 1: has that kind of ability. So those are some late
Speaker 1: round guys. And of course, justin Fields, I'm gonna give
Speaker 1: you flour justin of course, I'm not gonna let him
Speaker 1: go either, just in case, you know, he puts up
Speaker 1: the monster fantasy sets because of his running abilities. You know, Adam,
Speaker 1: I'm kind of flabbergacid that I recently talked to some
Speaker 1: people in San Francisco and they kind of believe it's
Speaker 1: a foregone conclusion that Trey Lance is gonna come in
Speaker 1: here week one and beat the Bears convincingly when you
Speaker 1: look at the Bears support of the crowd on the road,
Speaker 1: making the snap count difficult for Trey Lance to get
Speaker 1: to get it to the offensive line and then he
Speaker 1: got justin field starting at home. If you just look
Speaker 1: at the two quarterbacks week one of the regular season,
Speaker 1: give me a little bit of your feelings on each
Speaker 1: of them. You know, I'm not ready to concede this
Speaker 1: at all. I think that, again, the Trey Lance has
Speaker 1: a lot of ability. I think he's got a lot
Speaker 1: of promise. I'd think that he would probably be a
Speaker 1: player who would benefit again from maybe taking a little
Speaker 1: bit more time in a perfect situation, if they could
Speaker 1: have Jimmy Garoppolo return. I know they've given him an
Speaker 1: opportunity to seek a trade. And to be honest, you know,
Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo has had trouble, you know, being on the field. Though,
Speaker 1: I would think that at some point Trey Lance would
Speaker 1: get a chance even if Jimmy was still there as
Speaker 1: the starter, although he's battled, you know, he might not
Speaker 1: even be ready for the start of the season. But
Speaker 1: I think it's a little much. I understand he was
Speaker 1: the third overall selection of the draft, but sometimes picking
Speaker 1: a guy ahead of another, I mean, you know, Bears
Speaker 1: fans can speak well on this, like just because your
Speaker 1: guy gets drafted before other quarterbacks in a draft, doesn't
Speaker 1: mean that he's better. So I think that the forty
Speaker 1: nine er fans need to just slow their role a
Speaker 1: little bit. And let's look at what Justin Field did
Speaker 1: last time these two teams met up. Everybody knows that
Speaker 1: when you start going through the highlight film of Justin
Speaker 1: Fields from last season. We talked about the Pittsburgh before,
Speaker 1: we also talk about that incredible fourth down run that
Speaker 1: he turned from a fourth and short into a touchdown,
Speaker 1: And I think that kind of ability and that was
Speaker 1: a game that had the Bears been able to make
Speaker 1: a couple of stops, should have actually won that game.
Speaker 1: That was a winnable game for the Bears had things
Speaker 1: broken in their favor. Obviously they did it. And if
Speaker 1: you want to take this one step further, you can
Speaker 1: go ahead and look at what happened last season when
Speaker 1: Indianapolis played the San Francisco forty nine ers. Matt Eberflus
Speaker 1: and his defense shut down the forty nine ers. So,
Speaker 1: of anything that gives me the most confidence in that
Speaker 1: game in Week one, it's the Eberflus effect and what
Speaker 1: that defense is going to be able to do to
Speaker 1: slow down Kyle Shanahan, which is something that he's been
Speaker 1: able to do in the past. Interesting, I loved it. Well,
Speaker 1: I'm coming to you from Detroit, all right, So I
Speaker 1: deal with Detroit Lion fans all day and they're like
Speaker 1: Jets fans. They're the eternal optimists that this is going
Speaker 1: to be the year right and uh, and they're fired
Speaker 1: up about what Dan Campbell is doing. But how do
Speaker 1: you see the division here? You got Kevin O'Connell, he's, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, kind of a foundational year there. Mattieberflus takes
Speaker 1: over the Bears. Certainly what the Packers have done, They've
Speaker 1: got the raining MVP the past couple of years. But
Speaker 1: just what do you see the landscape of the division
Speaker 1: this year? With a couple of new coaches in the
Speaker 1: NFC North. Well, you know what, I hate to say it,
Speaker 1: but at this point of time, I think I think
Speaker 1: the Packers might have the edge. I don't like them.
Speaker 1: They'd met this. I didn't come on the air to
Speaker 1: give the the DOMI Steason. You know, I think there's
Speaker 1: there's three teams that have still a lot of question marks.
Speaker 1: I thought that the Detroit Lions played very hard at
Speaker 1: the end of last season. It really seemed like the
Speaker 1: players responded to Dan Campbell. They really you know, they
Speaker 1: took his message, his fiery demeanor and everything, and it
Speaker 1: showed I have to give them a little bit of credit.
Speaker 1: They also, you know, at the end of the season,
Speaker 1: ended up firing their offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn, and they're
Speaker 1: gonna go in a new direction. But to me, again,
Speaker 1: it's like, you still have Jared goff Is still the quarterback.
Speaker 1: Like I, I'm kind of shocked that they didn't try
Speaker 1: to take another run. Maybe this wasn't the draft class
Speaker 1: for that to happen, so maybe they were prudent to
Speaker 1: wait and not try to you know, wedge in at
Speaker 1: a Molique Willis or Desmond Ritter or somebody like that,
Speaker 1: or even Kenny Tickett. I just still think that there's
Speaker 1: some question marks with the Detroit Lions. Like I again,
Speaker 1: I love that every year that is gonna be their
Speaker 1: year to turn it around. And I'm happy for him.
Speaker 1: Like that's a that's an organization you can just never
Speaker 1: get mad at. You're like, yeah, okay, like I get it.
Speaker 1: They they come chirping at you a little bit and
Speaker 1: you're like, okay, likes, we'll listen to you. And you're
Speaker 1: like Okay, you know, like one of your neighbors, so
Speaker 1: you know that when you walk past, they're gonna they're
Speaker 1: gonna say something, They're gonna bother you for a couple
Speaker 1: of minutes, but ultimately they're harmless and you just walk away.
Speaker 1: It's the Vikings, though, Like everybody will sit the Vikings
Speaker 1: and they act like it's a faye to complete, like
Speaker 1: they're already better in the Bears. Oh they got it there,
Speaker 1: they nailed it. I'm like O'Connor, like, I'm sure he
Speaker 1: hopefully is going to be a good code, a good coach,
Speaker 1: but it's like it's not automatic that he's coming in
Speaker 1: and you know, turning around this team instantly, like there's
Speaker 1: still you know, some questions with them as well. You
Speaker 1: know they wasn't all you know, just the coaching staff.
Speaker 1: So again, me being the eternal optimist, I guess, uh
Speaker 1: and obviously a little biased, I still I still just
Speaker 1: look at this Bears team, I just I guess the
Speaker 1: biggest thing is like I just don't like the insinuation
Speaker 1: that they didn't do anything to get better when they
Speaker 1: certainly did. They certainly improved defensively. I know they trade it.
Speaker 1: I know that brand names. We lost them big time
Speaker 1: players name recognition wise, but like I love Khalil Mack
Speaker 1: he played seven games, okay, Like I love a Team
Speaker 1: Hicks he played but nine days. I don't know. But
Speaker 1: it's like these guys aren't really playing all that much,
Speaker 1: like I love them, Like there, I'll let my kids
Speaker 1: still wear their jerseys. But like we weren't losing, We're
Speaker 1: not losing productive players from that Alan Robinson, who I love,
Speaker 1: love Alan Robinson, but I'm like, all right, like it
Speaker 1: was time to go, like it wasn't working out anymore,
Speaker 1: and that's fine. I have nothing but length in respect
Speaker 1: for you, but it was time to go. I think
Speaker 1: will be. I think it's gonna be okay. I think
Speaker 1: everybody needs to understand it's gonna be okay. And by
Speaker 1: the way, for all the Packers fans who are making
Speaker 1: memes about our receiving corps, like do you ever want
Speaker 1: to do a point counterpoint on receiving course, because I
Speaker 1: will tell you right now, if you put the Bears
Speaker 1: receiving corps up against the Packers receiving corps, there is
Speaker 1: not a receiver better than Darnell Mooney. Like the Packers
Speaker 1: don't have a Darnell Mooney like you. You have a
Speaker 1: lot of faith in Alan Lazzard. Maybe the four games
Speaker 1: that Sammy Watkins plays, he's all right, but you cannot
Speaker 1: tell me that they have a better receiving core than I.
Speaker 1: I won't, I won't, I won't listen to it. He
Speaker 1: bleeds navy blue and orange. His name is anonymous with entertainment.
Speaker 1: Adam Rank, Thank you so much. You had key dates
Speaker 1: for the Bears this year. Week one, nine, Ers, Week ten, Lions,
Speaker 1: Week eleven, Falcons, week tel Jets, and you actually wrote
Speaker 1: that the Week thirteen matchup against the Packers is gonna
Speaker 1: be a big one because there are winnable games throughout here,
Speaker 1: and when you know, you theoretically hope that when they
Speaker 1: get you know that, listen. Week one is the great unknown.
Speaker 1: We say it every year for every team in the league.
Speaker 1: You don't know what's gonna happen in a a Week one.
Speaker 1: But if they get their feet under them and they
Speaker 1: get some sort of chemistry brewing, you never know what's
Speaker 1: gonna happen. You just don't know. So we'll be watching
Speaker 1: from your perspective as well. Thank you so much for
Speaker 1: joining us. We'll talk to you down the road. Thank you,
Speaker 1: Thank you. By the way, another thank you, guys, another
Speaker 1: key date August three. I'll be out of Bears trading
Speaker 1: camp with the NFL network. So I hope the better
Speaker 1: I say hello, you better say hello. Of course. All right,
Speaker 1: we'll be looking forward to seeing you. Adam Rank, our
Speaker 1: guest here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score,
Speaker 1: thanking him so much. All right, some quick hitters, Jim,
Speaker 1: we'll start with you the development today again the emphasis
Speaker 1: sound quick, so quick hitters. Kyler Murray's deal Arizona two
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty North, the two hundred and thirty million,
Speaker 1: it's it is shocking. And now Lamar Jackson is going
Speaker 1: to be the next in line. You would think Lamar
Speaker 1: is gonna want more because he's done more than Kyler Murray.
Speaker 1: You know, this was an odd offseason because his agent
Speaker 1: throws out the number, and you know, actually Arizona was
Speaker 1: kind of insulted about it. No, we're the one that
Speaker 1: throws out the offer, not you, you know so, and
Speaker 1: then they had to retract it, and they're going back
Speaker 1: and forth and he's not at OTAs. And then after
Speaker 1: the draft it started to soften and go in another
Speaker 1: direction where they were communicating. Steve Kims soften the stance
Speaker 1: and said, hey, typically these deals get done before training camp,
Speaker 1: and what is he gonna have. He's got to have
Speaker 1: the grace of ownership, right, So they give Steve Kim
Speaker 1: an extension the GM. They give the coach the extension,
Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury. So it makes sense they chose this quarterback
Speaker 1: and that this deal was going to get done. So no,
Speaker 1: the numbers don't surprise me, and Lamar Jackson's will be
Speaker 1: even bigger, all right, Tom in New England. Still no
Speaker 1: official offensive or defensive coordinator, but titles given Joe Judge
Speaker 1: offensive assistant quarterbacks, Matt Patricia football a senior advisor and
Speaker 1: offensive line Steve Belichick, Jeron Mayo linebacker coaches. Is this
Speaker 1: a new wave? No, it's not a new wave. It's
Speaker 1: just a way of Bill Belichick acts with the media.
Speaker 1: There is a long time before we're gonna call any plays,
Speaker 1: so we don't need to designate any guys with these
Speaker 1: types of titles. It's weird, but it's Belichick, all right.
Speaker 1: Last question, You gotta be quick, big Jim the player
Speaker 1: you most want to see at training camp when you
Speaker 1: come to visit on the twenty eighth. Well, you know
Speaker 1: the answer to that, justin fields. This is easy. Tom,
Speaker 1: give me one again. I probably sound like a broken record,
Speaker 1: but I want to see Cole comet. I want to
Speaker 1: see that here because that first game of the year
Speaker 1: you're gonna be playing again, George Kittle. I want I
Speaker 1: want Cole to go out there and fill this, you know,
Speaker 1: go toe to toe, all right. I want to see
Speaker 1: what Nick call Harry looks like in terms of this
Speaker 1: offense and how he fits in. Is he gonna get
Speaker 1: the new fresh slate and feel good about where he's at.
Speaker 1: That'll be exciting to watch. Well, Jim, we'll be seeing
Speaker 1: you coming up to camp. I'm imagine that your first
Speaker 1: trip right of the of the tour this year, always
Speaker 1: kicking off with Chicago Bears, will be you and I together. Buddy.
Speaker 1: All right, good, good to talk to you. Thanks again
Speaker 1: as always, Tom taking that, buddy, I think you've been
Speaker 1: working too hard today. I'm ready to roll. All right,
Speaker 1: we'll see a training camp. Thanks as well to Adam
Speaker 1: Rank from NFL Network our producers. Jordan Trudup is always
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