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Good to be with you once again, everybody. 0:00:33.040 --> 0:00:36.400 We start our twenty nineteen training camp version of Bears 0:00:36.400 --> 0:00:38.880 All Access here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The 0:00:38.880 --> 0:00:41.559 Score Jeff Jonny Acolong, my broadcast partner Tom Thayer from 0:00:41.600 --> 0:00:43.479 News Radio seven eighty and one oh five point nine 0:00:43.560 --> 0:00:47.120 FM WBM, and our special guest to kickoff training camp, 0:00:47.400 --> 0:00:50.599 quarterback Mitchell Trubisky. Good to see you. Good to see you, guys. 0:00:50.640 --> 0:00:53.600 Thanks for having big smile on the face. Took care 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:56.960 of took care of some of your media responsibilities today. 0:00:57.480 --> 0:00:59.520 Typical line of questioning, you know for the start of 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:02.120 training camp, up a lot of bit about expectations, your goals, 0:01:02.120 --> 0:01:06.160 your progress in the greater scheme of the entire team. 0:01:06.680 --> 0:01:09.800 And as is the case every time we talk to you, 0:01:09.800 --> 0:01:12.600 you always have a genuine thrill about being with your 0:01:12.680 --> 0:01:14.959 with your guys, and this team is as tight as 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:18.040 they come. It is, it is, it's it's a privilege 0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:19.759 to be a part of this team, especially the special 0:01:19.760 --> 0:01:22.280 guys we got, and it makes coming to work today 0:01:22.280 --> 0:01:26.160 every really fun. So a lot of people think training 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:28.360 camp is is hard work and it's tough. It is. 0:01:28.640 --> 0:01:30.280 It has to be, that's what's supposed to be. But 0:01:30.640 --> 0:01:32.360 for us, it's a lot of fun. Just another opportunity 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:34.400 to be around each other every single day, have a 0:01:34.440 --> 0:01:36.680 lot of fun, make some memories, and get better as 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:38.759 a team. You know, I was reading a quote from 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:42.480 Ryan Pace and he says that you've made incremental improvement 0:01:42.840 --> 0:01:46.240 and he says steady incremental improvement as long as he 0:01:46.319 --> 0:01:48.880 keeps up that pace. Do you have the patience for that? 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:51.760 Or you a guy that wants to make and it's 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:54.200 just the word incremental improvement. Do you want to make 0:01:54.360 --> 0:01:58.520 faster improvement than just that statement by Ryan Pace? For sure? 0:01:59.240 --> 0:02:01.640 I think that's kind of our theme. And Ryan told 0:02:01.680 --> 0:02:04.600 me that a while ago. We spoke about this, and 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:09.120 I can't agree more because I think that's that's not 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:11.240 how everybody wants it. But sometimes That's that's how it 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:15.680 needs to be. And everybody wants big years statistical wise, 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:17.440 but I think we had a big year last year 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:19.640 as a team. I didn't I didn't individually have the 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:21.760 best season, but we had a pretty successful season as 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:23.720 a team. And for me, I just need to keep 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:27.160 getting better, keep improving my game, and in that steady 0:02:27.440 --> 0:02:30.560 incremental progress is definitely a key to that. So it's 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:34.080 all about, Um, It's all about consistency and longevity and 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:38.080 how can you get better every single day throughout training 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:42.000 camp and the grueling heat, Um? Going through practice? Are 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:44.360 you getting better in meetings? Um? Are you taking care 0:02:44.360 --> 0:02:48.679 of your body? Are you stronger the next day than 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:51.920 you were the day before? Was that adaptive thinking for 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:54.840 you though? As an athlete? Have you always been that 0:02:54.880 --> 0:02:58.200 way or had you been an impatient person regardless of 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:00.360 what stage of football you were in or whatever sport 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:03.239 you play? Yeah? I think, oh um, Over the years, 0:03:03.600 --> 0:03:06.919 I've kind of grown to like that kind of mindset 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:10.639 because I mean as a society and as a young kid, 0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:12.880 for me, like I just wanted to be the best 0:03:12.960 --> 0:03:15.400 right away, and you don't really understand what it takes 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:21.200 as a kid, but for me, um, sit. Sitting um 0:03:21.240 --> 0:03:24.880 behind a quarterback in at North Carolina taught me patients. 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:28.959 Not getting what you want right away taught me patients. UM. 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:31.560 And then not having success right away in the NFL 0:03:31.720 --> 0:03:35.080 taught me patients. And but how how you're able to 0:03:35.120 --> 0:03:40.360 overcome that and and and see incremental progress even when 0:03:40.400 --> 0:03:42.600 you're going through failures. I think that's what separates you 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:45.040 in the long run. And then um, when you keep 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:47.720 when you when you just play the game with a 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:51.400 certain type of consistency, I think, uh, that's when you 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:56.080 have long term success. So it's it's it's definitely you 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:58.240 have to wrap your mind around that mindset and you 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:00.400 have to buy into it. And I think if you 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:02.040 get other guys that buy into it, I think that's 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:04.040 how you're a better team. Is just who's going to 0:04:04.080 --> 0:04:06.040 be more consistent every day in the long run. And 0:04:06.080 --> 0:04:08.160 I think those teams win the most games in general, 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:11.800 and the most consistent quarterbacks definitely have better play across 0:04:11.840 --> 0:04:14.480 the board. You see, you guys have up and down years, 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:16.839 but the guys who just steadily get better and better 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:20.760 and better, and those guys are normally viewed at some 0:04:21.080 --> 0:04:22.520 of the best who's play the game, and that's what 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:24.240 we're all trying to do. Just be the best we 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:26.360 possibly beat can be, and you play the game to 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:28.520 be the best at it. You know, when you talk 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:30.440 about up and down years, a lot of times that 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:32.520 has to do with change. This is going to be 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:34.640 the first year in a long time in your quarterback 0:04:34.720 --> 0:04:37.640 life you don't have change. You're within the same system, 0:04:37.720 --> 0:04:39.880 you're within the same terminology, you have a lot of 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:43.480 the personnel groupings that will be the same. How much more? 0:04:44.400 --> 0:04:47.279 How much does knowledge help you be a better quarterback? 0:04:48.040 --> 0:04:50.280 It's I mean, knowledge is the name of the game. 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:52.839 Knowledge is power. It helps you when you go onto 0:04:52.880 --> 0:04:54.520 the field, You're not thinking about what you have to do. 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:56.840 You already know what you have to do. You're not 0:04:56.920 --> 0:04:59.320 thinking about what is the defense going to show me here? 0:04:59.360 --> 0:05:02.680 You kind of can anticipate. You're anticipating what they're doing 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:05.520 instead of reacting, so you're a step ahead of instead 0:05:05.520 --> 0:05:08.080 of a step behind. When it when it comes to 0:05:08.200 --> 0:05:11.599 just reacting and just being in the same offense and 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:15.240 knowing my guys like inside now having those um really 0:05:15.440 --> 0:05:19.400 deep relationships with them, and then knowing this offense and 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:21.400 you want to get to the point where you can 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:24.200 master an offense and know it how coach Nagi does 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:26.640 and see the game and then all the plays through 0:05:26.680 --> 0:05:29.920 his eyes. M But that's going to take a lot 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:32.480 more studying and a lot more days, and but I 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:35.480 think it definitely gives us an advantage this year, just 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:39.400 as an offense that everybody knows exactly what to do, 0:05:39.440 --> 0:05:43.000 we just gotta um dive in even more to the details, 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:47.400 get better at every single play and execute it when 0:05:47.440 --> 0:05:49.039 we get there on the field. And I think that's 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:51.719 how you see even more progress and even more success. 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:54.279 Mitch Trubiski our guest here on Bears All Access brought 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:56.719 to you by IGF Energy with Paul's Ranger Engineering Greig 0:05:56.760 --> 0:05:58.800 Miller helping us out here at training camp in Bourbon 0:05:58.839 --> 0:06:02.000 at as our producer with Tom there, I'm Jeff Joniac. 0:06:02.080 --> 0:06:05.200 What are you reading these days? Because last year he 0:06:05.240 --> 0:06:06.640 had a great book and it kind of set the 0:06:06.680 --> 0:06:08.480 platform for the year. What are you reading now? Yeah, 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:13.760 I'm actually reading a book called Legacy and UM it's 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:17.120 a book about the New Zealand All Blacks, the rugby team, 0:06:17.160 --> 0:06:21.320 probably the most successful UM sports team in all sports, 0:06:21.360 --> 0:06:23.960 just because they're win percentage. How many championships they've won, 0:06:24.080 --> 0:06:26.480 the type of players that came through there. And I 0:06:26.520 --> 0:06:31.440 got the book from Ryan Pace yea. So he always 0:06:31.520 --> 0:06:34.760 has like a book, um like as like a theme 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:36.360 for each year. And last year we had our book, 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:38.120 and this year this is kind of our book. And 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:40.080 whatever I'm reading before that, I kind of put to 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:43.599 the side and read what he gives me, um. And 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:45.240 and it's a great book. It has a bunch of 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:47.720 great themes and lessons that could help you in sports 0:06:47.720 --> 0:06:49.960 and business and definitely applies a lot to our team. 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:52.440 And um, I think it's going to help just our 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:54.719 overhall mindset. And I think one of those things, and 0:06:55.080 --> 0:06:57.960 it comes up in the book, is that steady incremental progress. 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:02.720 And everybody wants to be the flashy team, the highest statistical, 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:06.360 but are you winning consistently, are you doing the right 0:07:06.400 --> 0:07:09.520 things in your building, at training camp, at practice, in 0:07:09.560 --> 0:07:11.520 the locker room on the daily basis, that's going to 0:07:11.600 --> 0:07:14.480 separate your culture and put you in the best position 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:17.960 to win games on a regular basis. So there's a 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:19.680 lot of good stuff in the book and I like 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:22.280 it and I'm still going through it, but yeah, it's 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:24.040 kind of like one of our themes for this year, 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:28.600 and it really dives into their culture and how you 0:07:28.640 --> 0:07:32.720 get guys to buy into the culture. And I think 0:07:32.840 --> 0:07:35.080 we have just built like a really special culture here 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:39.240 with Ryan Pace and all the guys he's brought in 0:07:39.320 --> 0:07:42.080 and bringing coaching age in and the type of players 0:07:42.080 --> 0:07:44.840 that he wants in his system and in his organization, 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:48.080 and them two working together have just brought in the 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:50.800 right guys. They've gotten everybody to buy into it. And 0:07:50.960 --> 0:07:53.200 I think that's really what was a big part of 0:07:53.240 --> 0:07:55.360 our turnaround from last year, and it is going to 0:07:55.400 --> 0:07:59.280 help us build off of last year going into this year. 0:07:59.320 --> 0:08:01.320 And I think that's a great way how you deal 0:08:01.360 --> 0:08:06.640 with expectations, pressure, all that stuff on the outside that yeah, 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:09.560 exact complacency exactly, all those things on the outside that 0:08:09.600 --> 0:08:12.760 everyone else is worried about. I think we're just worried 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:14.360 about taking care of each other. If you take care 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:16.320 of the people in your building, you do the little 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:20.240 things on a daily basis. I think the culture produces 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:22.840 the results you want. Myself, remember, Phil Jackson used to 0:08:22.840 --> 0:08:25.520 give out books, you know, he hand picked up particular 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:28.800 book that might motivate even Michael Jordan of all people, 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:30.800 and it seemed to have a great effect that you're 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:33.080 looking forward to the books. But yeah, individually, when you 0:08:33.120 --> 0:08:35.200 only have twelve different players on a team, it's a 0:08:35.200 --> 0:08:38.679 lot easier to hand out different subject matter for the 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:40.960 way it's going to help a person grow. When you 0:08:41.040 --> 0:08:44.160 read this book legacy and you hear understand the sport 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:49.160 that they're playing, is it relatable to offense, defense, special teams? 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:51.240 Because you know, when when you have a rugby team, 0:08:51.280 --> 0:08:54.240 you have Australian rules football, it's kind of a game 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:57.360 that moves up and down the field, everybody together. Here 0:08:57.480 --> 0:09:01.439 there's the offensive portion, defensive portion, and the special teams contributions. 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:04.480 Is the book relatable in those terms? Do you guys? 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:09.760 It's I would say it's relatable not because of the 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:13.520 X X and os, but because of everything else. Obviously 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:16.480 they're two totally different games, but I just think the 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:20.120 themes are relatable and they applied to what we're trying 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:23.000 to do in sports and also in business. It's more 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:26.760 about leadership, UM, culture building and how to get by 0:09:26.760 --> 0:09:29.920 guys bought in UM. Rugby is obviously a total, totally 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:32.360 different game. I don't even know exactly how the game 0:09:32.400 --> 0:09:34.679 works ever, seen more the ins and out. I mean, 0:09:34.720 --> 0:09:36.880 I've watched like clips and stuff in highlights, but I 0:09:36.920 --> 0:09:40.320 don't know the scoring system and all that happens. But 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:43.120 there are lessons that go on throughout this book that 0:09:43.240 --> 0:09:46.600 definitely applied to football, and it's definitely not about x's 0:09:46.640 --> 0:09:48.360 and OS. I don't I don't think I'm halfway through 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:51.080 the book. They haven't mentioned an X root one time, 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:53.120 and I think that I think that in itself is 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:55.880 a lesson. It's not about the plays we draw up 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:59.520 in the meeting rooms. It's not about how how great 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:03.720 a play is, or it's about the people and who's 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:06.640 running this play and how bought in are they together 0:10:06.720 --> 0:10:08.480 and do they have each other's backs and are they 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:10.960 willing to do whatever it takes on every single play 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:13.040 to help you be successful. And I think that goes 0:10:13.080 --> 0:10:15.560 back to the culture instead of x's and OS. And 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:17.920 obviously I think we have an advantage of x's and 0:10:17.960 --> 0:10:19.920 o's because we have coach Naggy and his brilliance and 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:22.720 what he brings to the table. But I'd love the 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:26.120 fact that they him and pace Bos embrace the culture 0:10:26.200 --> 0:10:30.120 side of it and how people when people and players 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:33.040 and coaches that they win games. They make the plays. 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:35.960 You can't just draw up something and make it work. 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:37.960 The players got to make it work, all right. Let's 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:40.480 take our first break here on Bears All Access from 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:43.120 Bourbon at with mister Tramisky Jeff Jonnyak in town Fare 0:10:43.200 --> 0:10:49.000 on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. Welcome back 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:51.440 to Bears All Access, brought to you by IGS Energy, 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:54.680 a proud partner of the Chicago Bears, providing electricity, natural gas, 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:57.720 and home warranty products to over one million customers across 0:10:57.760 --> 0:11:01.280 the country. Learn more about IGS Energy at igs dot 0:11:01.280 --> 0:11:03.360 com our conversation kind enough to join us on the 0:11:03.440 --> 0:11:06.880 opening at training camp. Mitch Trubiska, you've been here since Monday. 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:10.320 I assume a quarterback school and the rookies. Um, you 0:11:10.400 --> 0:11:14.120 mentioned about teaching other players how things are done here, 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:17.320 both xs and o's, or where you want guys on 0:11:17.360 --> 0:11:19.640 the offense and so forth. But again that culture that 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:24.120 is going to be a huge theme this year. Is 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:27.000 it easier now for you in your position now to 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:29.000 be that guy? Also? How you guys can come to 0:11:29.000 --> 0:11:32.080 me with questions I have answers? Yeah, definitely, I think 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:34.679 just my knowledge of the offense and the respect I've 0:11:34.679 --> 0:11:36.480 earned from my teammates over the last couple of years 0:11:36.880 --> 0:11:39.000 and all the work I put in and just the 0:11:39.040 --> 0:11:41.920 respect I had from them. They, especially the young guys, 0:11:41.920 --> 0:11:43.719 are able to come with me for a questions with 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:45.720 questions like what do you want on this play? How 0:11:45.720 --> 0:11:47.679 do you want me to run this route? Um? What 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:49.320 do you want to do with protection on these on 0:11:49.360 --> 0:11:52.320 these plays? And I do have the answers, UM, and 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:54.760 I know what coach wants, and so I'm able to 0:11:54.800 --> 0:11:56.520 relay that and make sure everyone's on the same page. 0:11:56.520 --> 0:11:59.240 And I think that's what good quarterbacks across this league do. 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:03.640 They're they're able to be an extension of the coach 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:07.800 per se and and are a teacher at the same time. 0:12:07.880 --> 0:12:10.360 So I'm helping these young guys pick up the offense, 0:12:10.360 --> 0:12:13.720 helping the new guys UM get in it and whatever 0:12:13.760 --> 0:12:17.839 coach n you wants. We have that constant communication and UM, 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:21.560 I'm relaying to the other guys what exactly I want 0:12:21.559 --> 0:12:23.920 on the field, and we're making it happen. And I 0:12:23.960 --> 0:12:25.800 think that's helped us a lot from your one year 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:29.360 two just knowing offense and knowing what we want to 0:12:29.360 --> 0:12:31.160 get out of it, everything can play. I was reading 0:12:31.160 --> 0:12:33.000 another article, so at the end of minute, camp be 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:36.079 a thorough grasp of the play, now becoming more detailed 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:38.679 with each one. That's kind of almost what you're saying 0:12:38.800 --> 0:12:41.360 is that last year you can go out and you 0:12:41.400 --> 0:12:43.120 can call the play in the huddle and you can 0:12:43.240 --> 0:12:45.760 run the play, but now you have to know. Now 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:50.320 you know how everybody's job fits exactly to every single play. 0:12:50.440 --> 0:12:53.679 When you talk about the details of the offense, yeah, exactly. 0:12:53.840 --> 0:12:56.400 And I think that's just an advantage for us because 0:12:56.800 --> 0:12:59.360 instead of me just hanging on the first or second 0:12:59.360 --> 0:13:02.520 option to play, I could either get to the third, 0:13:02.559 --> 0:13:05.439 fourth option or fifth option within the play or change 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:08.280 it or making adjustment really quickly to our know Okay, 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:10.800 this is what I'm in anticipating from the defense, this 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:12.559 is what I think is gonna work. I'm gonna get 0:13:12.559 --> 0:13:14.640 to this right away a lot faster. So we're having 0:13:14.640 --> 0:13:17.480 more successes offense. And that's just through knowledge, knowing the 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:21.000 ins and outs, knowing where all the pieces fit against 0:13:21.200 --> 0:13:23.800 the defense. That what we're anticipating that they're going to 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:26.560 bring on that play. So when you talk about the details, 0:13:26.640 --> 0:13:29.480 will you run the ball less or can you become 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:32.240 more threatening when you know when and how to run 0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:38.319 the ball. As a quarterback, you keeping in the ball. Yeah, yeah, 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:40.800 I think a lot of the runs last year were 0:13:40.840 --> 0:13:42.880 just me deciding I had to pull it down. We 0:13:42.880 --> 0:13:45.960 really didn't have a lot of quarterback designed runs. I 0:13:46.000 --> 0:13:47.720 think you may see something this year just to keep 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:51.079 the defense honest, and for me, it's just keeping that 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:53.320 aggressive mindset that it did help our team a lot 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:55.319 last year. Me being able to run in the run game, 0:13:56.160 --> 0:13:59.959 those runs, I appreciate it. They were and I think 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:01.960 I think it opened a lot of things up for 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:05.560 us and obviously kept us on the field, especially after 0:14:05.640 --> 0:14:08.640 third downs. But I think, um, that's part of my 0:14:08.720 --> 0:14:14.160 game that I used where I could still make improvements 0:14:14.160 --> 0:14:15.600 at other parts of my games to where I don't 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:17.520 have to use that just getting to the third or 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:20.040 fourth guy so and instead of me running it, I'm 0:14:20.080 --> 0:14:21.920 getting the ball to the fourth or fifth option to 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:24.480 play and letting them run with it in open space. 0:14:25.720 --> 0:14:27.600 So we just got a lot of playmakers and it's 0:14:27.600 --> 0:14:29.800 my job to get them to the ball. But that's 0:14:30.080 --> 0:14:33.240 something to where I just gotta stay healthy. I gotta 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:35.360 be smart running the ball, and it's it's always going 0:14:35.400 --> 0:14:37.360 to be an in the moment kind of decision because 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:39.160 sometimes I'm just pulling it down and trying to make 0:14:39.200 --> 0:14:42.640 a play. Because the defense there, they get paid to 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:44.760 do what they do too, and sometimes they have a 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:47.440 better call than us and U sometimes you just gotta 0:14:47.520 --> 0:14:51.520 out athleticize them on the field. Run DMC. He excited 0:14:51.520 --> 0:14:54.680 about this group and all the different things they can 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:57.160 do on the field. Yeah, I'm I'm pumped about it. Um, 0:14:57.400 --> 0:15:01.360 I'm really excited about our running backs Threek obviously coming back, Um, 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:04.360 Mike Davis and David Montgomery, and I can't wait to 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:06.920 see these guys with pads on. I think David has 0:15:06.960 --> 0:15:09.440 told me every day since we got out here. We're 0:15:09.480 --> 0:15:12.480 still in helmets and shorts. He's like, I can't wait 0:15:12.480 --> 0:15:14.240 to get the pads on, and we really can't wait 0:15:14.240 --> 0:15:16.600 to see it. Um, But we got to take care 0:15:16.600 --> 0:15:18.600 of our guys throughout camps. You don't want a lot 0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:20.720 of mileage and hits on your running backs. You want 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:22.840 to get them into the season so they're able to 0:15:22.840 --> 0:15:26.880 help us carry the load there and use these three 0:15:26.920 --> 0:15:29.680 guys Trek, Mike and David. They can do it all 0:15:30.000 --> 0:15:32.880 and they all are kind of similar, but within their 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:36.480 games they're also very different. So, um, I think the 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:38.640 thing that helps us that then being similar, they can 0:15:38.680 --> 0:15:41.640 all do they can all do everything, which the defense 0:15:41.680 --> 0:15:44.200 won't be able to key off. Okay, this back is 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:47.160 in the game, they're gonna have this certain type of play. 0:15:47.240 --> 0:15:49.160 I don't think they'll be able to key off things 0:15:49.160 --> 0:15:52.840 like that. They'll whatever running backs in the game. The defense, 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:55.480 we'll never know what we're doing. And I think just 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:57.760 the element of surprise will help us alone. And then 0:15:57.800 --> 0:15:59.640 obviously just getting the ball in their hands and letting 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:03.359 letting them do what they do best with our five 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:07.080 big guys up frontly in the way, and really everything 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:09.880 ultimately starts with those guys up front, the five guys 0:16:09.920 --> 0:16:12.200 who don't get enough credit for what they do. Um, 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:14.480 but these running backs are definitely gonna run wild and 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:15.960 are going to help us big kind in the past 0:16:16.000 --> 0:16:17.640 game as well. I'll let the big guy handle the 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:19.920 offensive line that it might be because I mean, I 0:16:19.920 --> 0:16:22.560 think it's one of the strengths of the team. Oh, 0:16:22.560 --> 0:16:25.320 you know, these guys have played together. I think it's 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:27.560 going to be an incredible strength because you're really solid 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:30.400 at the offensive tackle position. Cody white Hair is going 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:33.000 to be more bigger and stronger, more dominant because I 0:16:33.040 --> 0:16:34.960 hear some of what he's been able to do in 0:16:35.000 --> 0:16:38.080 the weight room. Because you you you kind of control 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:40.400 your body differently as a center than Cody, as the 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:42.960 ability to as a guard or any other position you 0:16:42.960 --> 0:16:46.440 can play sinse. So for the average person, um you're 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:49.840 there's different bendabilities, there's different responsibility at center. You know, 0:16:49.840 --> 0:16:52.800 there's a different explosiveness after the snap of the ball 0:16:53.040 --> 0:16:55.920 before center can explode into a defensive lineman. And I 0:16:55.920 --> 0:16:58.480 think when you take some of those restrictions away from Cody, 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:00.840 he can be as dominant at the point of attack 0:17:00.960 --> 0:17:03.200 is anybody. But I said it to you the other day, 0:17:03.520 --> 0:17:06.000 I feel that with an offseason that Kyle Long had, 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:09.800 he could be the best interior offensive lineman in the NFL. 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:13.080 In Cody's not far behind. So I just think it's 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:17.600 it's a great matchup for the Bears. Power game passing, 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:21.240 game protection, everything that goes along with their responsibilities. And 0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:23.960 it's nice to see that Mitch recognizes them. But you know, 0:17:24.000 --> 0:17:26.119 when you talk about the early portions of the season, 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:30.479 this offense's ability to score a lot of points, I 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:32.960 think that can be the most beneficial, helpful thing to 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:36.440 the defense, because whether you want to believe it or not, 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:39.720 there's gonna be a period of an adjustment with coach Pagano, 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:42.320 the way he gets to understand his talent in the 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:44.679 way he understands how to put his playmakers in the 0:17:44.720 --> 0:17:49.119 best position possible. If the offense can score earlier in 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:52.280 the game with more frequency, it's going to allow the 0:17:52.359 --> 0:17:54.560 defense to be a little bit more aggressive and help 0:17:54.600 --> 0:17:56.399 you guys to be aggressive in the latter part of 0:17:56.440 --> 0:17:59.480 the game. Do you find that to be true? Yeah, definitely. 0:18:01.119 --> 0:18:04.160 Common sense would say the who scores more points wins 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:06.200 the game. And I think if you score more points, 0:18:06.200 --> 0:18:08.840 that definitely helps our defense out and takes pressure off 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:10.000 of them. I mean, I think a lot of the 0:18:10.000 --> 0:18:12.320 time last year they took the pressure off of us, right, 0:18:12.359 --> 0:18:13.840 But well that's what that's what I was saying, is 0:18:14.359 --> 0:18:16.800 now you can take the pressure off them absolutely. I 0:18:16.800 --> 0:18:19.879 mean great teams, I mean we want to win forty 0:18:19.920 --> 0:18:21.800 to nothing. I mean that's the ultimate goal. Score a 0:18:21.800 --> 0:18:24.359 lot of points and hold them to nothing. And whether 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:27.879 there's an adjustment period or not, I think they're I 0:18:27.920 --> 0:18:29.960 mean there might be with the new head coach. I 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:33.119 mean defense coordinator and stuff, but they're still a super 0:18:33.119 --> 0:18:37.160 talented defense. The best defense crossed the board and they're 0:18:37.160 --> 0:18:39.680 all bought into this defense. I wouldn't be surprised if 0:18:39.720 --> 0:18:42.200 if they just hit the ground rolling and are great 0:18:42.240 --> 0:18:45.120 from the jump. But I mean that it's we definitely 0:18:45.160 --> 0:18:47.119 have to do our thing on offense. There's no question 0:18:47.119 --> 0:18:49.600 about that. We want to come out score and just 0:18:49.640 --> 0:18:53.359 be a complete team from top to bottom offense, special 0:18:53.359 --> 0:18:58.560 teams and defense. Score a lot of points and be 0:18:58.640 --> 0:19:01.639 able to just make sure we're taking a knee in 0:19:01.680 --> 0:19:03.800 the fourth quarter and we don't want it to be close. 0:19:04.160 --> 0:19:07.120 But obviously you just gotta feel out every single game. 0:19:07.560 --> 0:19:09.320 But the name of the game is scoring points. We're 0:19:09.400 --> 0:19:12.080 in this as an offense to score every temp we 0:19:12.160 --> 0:19:14.399 get the ball to stay on the field, take pressure 0:19:14.400 --> 0:19:16.200 off our defense, and when they get on the field, 0:19:16.240 --> 0:19:18.600 they have to do their job. But for our job 0:19:18.600 --> 0:19:21.280 as an offense, it is to score a lot of points. Definitely, 0:19:21.400 --> 0:19:23.120