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Speaker 1: We start our twenty nineteen training camp version of Bears
Speaker 1: All Access here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The
Speaker 1: Score Jeff Jonny Acolong, my broadcast partner Tom Thayer from
Speaker 1: News Radio seven eighty and one oh five point nine
Speaker 1: FM WBM, and our special guest to kickoff training camp,
Speaker 1: quarterback Mitchell Trubisky. Good to see you. Good to see you, guys.
Speaker 1: Thanks for having big smile on the face. Took care
Speaker 1: of took care of some of your media responsibilities today.
Speaker 1: Typical line of questioning, you know for the start of
Speaker 1: training camp, up a lot of bit about expectations, your goals,
Speaker 1: your progress in the greater scheme of the entire team.
Speaker 1: And as is the case every time we talk to you,
Speaker 1: you always have a genuine thrill about being with your
Speaker 1: with your guys, and this team is as tight as
Speaker 1: they come. It is, it is, it's it's a privilege
Speaker 1: to be a part of this team, especially the special
Speaker 1: guys we got, and it makes coming to work today
Speaker 1: every really fun. So a lot of people think training
Speaker 1: camp is is hard work and it's tough. It is.
Speaker 1: It has to be, that's what's supposed to be. But
Speaker 1: for us, it's a lot of fun. Just another opportunity
Speaker 1: to be around each other every single day, have a
Speaker 1: lot of fun, make some memories, and get better as
Speaker 1: a team. You know, I was reading a quote from
Speaker 1: Ryan Pace and he says that you've made incremental improvement
Speaker 1: and he says steady incremental improvement as long as he
Speaker 1: keeps up that pace. Do you have the patience for that?
Speaker 1: Or you a guy that wants to make and it's
Speaker 1: just the word incremental improvement. Do you want to make
Speaker 1: faster improvement than just that statement by Ryan Pace? For sure?
Speaker 1: I think that's kind of our theme. And Ryan told
Speaker 1: me that a while ago. We spoke about this, and
Speaker 1: I can't agree more because I think that's that's not
Speaker 1: how everybody wants it. But sometimes That's that's how it
Speaker 1: needs to be. And everybody wants big years statistical wise,
Speaker 1: but I think we had a big year last year
Speaker 1: as a team. I didn't I didn't individually have the
Speaker 1: best season, but we had a pretty successful season as
Speaker 1: a team. And for me, I just need to keep
Speaker 1: getting better, keep improving my game, and in that steady
Speaker 1: incremental progress is definitely a key to that. So it's
Speaker 1: all about, Um, It's all about consistency and longevity and
Speaker 1: how can you get better every single day throughout training
Speaker 1: camp and the grueling heat, Um? Going through practice? Are
Speaker 1: you getting better in meetings? Um? Are you taking care
Speaker 1: of your body? Are you stronger the next day than
Speaker 1: you were the day before? Was that adaptive thinking for
Speaker 1: you though? As an athlete? Have you always been that
Speaker 1: way or had you been an impatient person regardless of
Speaker 1: what stage of football you were in or whatever sport
Speaker 1: you play? Yeah? I think, oh um, Over the years,
Speaker 1: I've kind of grown to like that kind of mindset
Speaker 1: because I mean as a society and as a young kid,
Speaker 1: for me, like I just wanted to be the best
Speaker 1: right away, and you don't really understand what it takes
Speaker 1: as a kid, but for me, um, sit. Sitting um
Speaker 1: behind a quarterback in at North Carolina taught me patients.
Speaker 1: Not getting what you want right away taught me patients. UM.
Speaker 1: And then not having success right away in the NFL
Speaker 1: taught me patients. And but how how you're able to
Speaker 1: overcome that and and and see incremental progress even when
Speaker 1: you're going through failures. I think that's what separates you
Speaker 1: in the long run. And then um, when you keep
Speaker 1: when you when you just play the game with a
Speaker 1: certain type of consistency, I think, uh, that's when you
Speaker 1: have long term success. So it's it's it's definitely you
Speaker 1: have to wrap your mind around that mindset and you
Speaker 1: have to buy into it. And I think if you
Speaker 1: get other guys that buy into it, I think that's
Speaker 1: how you're a better team. Is just who's going to
Speaker 1: be more consistent every day in the long run. And
Speaker 1: I think those teams win the most games in general,
Speaker 1: and the most consistent quarterbacks definitely have better play across
Speaker 1: the board. You see, you guys have up and down years,
Speaker 1: but the guys who just steadily get better and better
Speaker 1: and better, and those guys are normally viewed at some
Speaker 1: of the best who's play the game, and that's what
Speaker 1: we're all trying to do. Just be the best we
Speaker 1: possibly beat can be, and you play the game to
Speaker 1: be the best at it. You know, when you talk
Speaker 1: about up and down years, a lot of times that
Speaker 1: has to do with change. This is going to be
Speaker 1: the first year in a long time in your quarterback
Speaker 1: life you don't have change. You're within the same system,
Speaker 1: you're within the same terminology, you have a lot of
Speaker 1: the personnel groupings that will be the same. How much more?
Speaker 1: How much does knowledge help you be a better quarterback?
Speaker 1: It's I mean, knowledge is the name of the game.
Speaker 1: Knowledge is power. It helps you when you go onto
Speaker 1: the field, You're not thinking about what you have to do.
Speaker 1: You already know what you have to do. You're not
Speaker 1: thinking about what is the defense going to show me here?
Speaker 1: You kind of can anticipate. You're anticipating what they're doing
Speaker 1: instead of reacting, so you're a step ahead of instead
Speaker 1: of a step behind. When it when it comes to
Speaker 1: just reacting and just being in the same offense and
Speaker 1: knowing my guys like inside now having those um really
Speaker 1: deep relationships with them, and then knowing this offense and
Speaker 1: you want to get to the point where you can
Speaker 1: master an offense and know it how coach Nagi does
Speaker 1: and see the game and then all the plays through
Speaker 1: his eyes. M But that's going to take a lot
Speaker 1: more studying and a lot more days, and but I
Speaker 1: think it definitely gives us an advantage this year, just
Speaker 1: as an offense that everybody knows exactly what to do,
Speaker 1: we just gotta um dive in even more to the details,
Speaker 1: get better at every single play and execute it when
Speaker 1: we get there on the field. And I think that's
Speaker 1: how you see even more progress and even more success.
Speaker 1: Mitch Trubiski our guest here on Bears All Access brought
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Speaker 1: at as our producer with Tom there, I'm Jeff Joniac.
Speaker 1: What are you reading these days? Because last year he
Speaker 1: had a great book and it kind of set the
Speaker 1: platform for the year. What are you reading now? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm actually reading a book called Legacy and UM it's
Speaker 1: a book about the New Zealand All Blacks, the rugby team,
Speaker 1: probably the most successful UM sports team in all sports,
Speaker 1: just because they're win percentage. How many championships they've won,
Speaker 1: the type of players that came through there. And I
Speaker 1: got the book from Ryan Pace yea. So he always
Speaker 1: has like a book, um like as like a theme
Speaker 1: for each year. And last year we had our book,
Speaker 1: and this year this is kind of our book. And
Speaker 1: whatever I'm reading before that, I kind of put to
Speaker 1: the side and read what he gives me, um. And
Speaker 1: and it's a great book. It has a bunch of
Speaker 1: great themes and lessons that could help you in sports
Speaker 1: and business and definitely applies a lot to our team.
Speaker 1: And um, I think it's going to help just our
Speaker 1: overhall mindset. And I think one of those things, and
Speaker 1: it comes up in the book, is that steady incremental progress.
Speaker 1: And everybody wants to be the flashy team, the highest statistical,
Speaker 1: but are you winning consistently, are you doing the right
Speaker 1: things in your building, at training camp, at practice, in
Speaker 1: the locker room on the daily basis, that's going to
Speaker 1: separate your culture and put you in the best position
Speaker 1: to win games on a regular basis. So there's a
Speaker 1: lot of good stuff in the book and I like
Speaker 1: it and I'm still going through it, but yeah, it's
Speaker 1: kind of like one of our themes for this year,
Speaker 1: and it really dives into their culture and how you
Speaker 1: get guys to buy into the culture. And I think
Speaker 1: we have just built like a really special culture here
Speaker 1: with Ryan Pace and all the guys he's brought in
Speaker 1: and bringing coaching age in and the type of players
Speaker 1: that he wants in his system and in his organization,
Speaker 1: and them two working together have just brought in the
Speaker 1: right guys. They've gotten everybody to buy into it. And
Speaker 1: I think that's really what was a big part of
Speaker 1: our turnaround from last year, and it is going to
Speaker 1: help us build off of last year going into this year.
Speaker 1: And I think that's a great way how you deal
Speaker 1: with expectations, pressure, all that stuff on the outside that yeah,
Speaker 1: exact complacency exactly, all those things on the outside that
Speaker 1: everyone else is worried about. I think we're just worried
Speaker 1: about taking care of each other. If you take care
Speaker 1: of the people in your building, you do the little
Speaker 1: things on a daily basis. I think the culture produces
Speaker 1: the results you want. Myself, remember, Phil Jackson used to
Speaker 1: give out books, you know, he hand picked up particular
Speaker 1: book that might motivate even Michael Jordan of all people,
Speaker 1: and it seemed to have a great effect that you're
Speaker 1: looking forward to the books. But yeah, individually, when you
Speaker 1: only have twelve different players on a team, it's a
Speaker 1: lot easier to hand out different subject matter for the
Speaker 1: way it's going to help a person grow. When you
Speaker 1: read this book legacy and you hear understand the sport
Speaker 1: that they're playing, is it relatable to offense, defense, special teams?
Speaker 1: Because you know, when when you have a rugby team,
Speaker 1: you have Australian rules football, it's kind of a game
Speaker 1: that moves up and down the field, everybody together. Here
Speaker 1: there's the offensive portion, defensive portion, and the special teams contributions.
Speaker 1: Is the book relatable in those terms? Do you guys?
Speaker 1: It's I would say it's relatable not because of the
Speaker 1: X X and os, but because of everything else. Obviously
Speaker 1: they're two totally different games, but I just think the
Speaker 1: themes are relatable and they applied to what we're trying
Speaker 1: to do in sports and also in business. It's more
Speaker 1: about leadership, UM, culture building and how to get by
Speaker 1: guys bought in UM. Rugby is obviously a total, totally
Speaker 1: different game. I don't even know exactly how the game
Speaker 1: works ever, seen more the ins and out. I mean,
Speaker 1: I've watched like clips and stuff in highlights, but I
Speaker 1: don't know the scoring system and all that happens. But
Speaker 1: there are lessons that go on throughout this book that
Speaker 1: definitely applied to football, and it's definitely not about x's
Speaker 1: and OS. I don't I don't think I'm halfway through
Speaker 1: the book. They haven't mentioned an X root one time,
Speaker 1: and I think that I think that in itself is
Speaker 1: a lesson. It's not about the plays we draw up
Speaker 1: in the meeting rooms. It's not about how how great
Speaker 1: a play is, or it's about the people and who's
Speaker 1: running this play and how bought in are they together
Speaker 1: and do they have each other's backs and are they
Speaker 1: willing to do whatever it takes on every single play
Speaker 1: to help you be successful. And I think that goes
Speaker 1: back to the culture instead of x's and OS. And
Speaker 1: obviously I think we have an advantage of x's and
Speaker 1: o's because we have coach Naggy and his brilliance and
Speaker 1: what he brings to the table. But I'd love the
Speaker 1: fact that they him and pace Bos embrace the culture
Speaker 1: side of it and how people when people and players
Speaker 1: and coaches that they win games. They make the plays.
Speaker 1: You can't just draw up something and make it work.
Speaker 1: The players got to make it work, all right. Let's
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Speaker 1: com our conversation kind enough to join us on the
Speaker 1: opening at training camp. Mitch Trubiska, you've been here since Monday.
Speaker 1: I assume a quarterback school and the rookies. Um, you
Speaker 1: mentioned about teaching other players how things are done here,
Speaker 1: both xs and o's, or where you want guys on
Speaker 1: the offense and so forth. But again that culture that
Speaker 1: is going to be a huge theme this year. Is
Speaker 1: it easier now for you in your position now to
Speaker 1: be that guy? Also? How you guys can come to
Speaker 1: me with questions I have answers? Yeah, definitely, I think
Speaker 1: just my knowledge of the offense and the respect I've
Speaker 1: earned from my teammates over the last couple of years
Speaker 1: and all the work I put in and just the
Speaker 1: respect I had from them. They, especially the young guys,
Speaker 1: are able to come with me for a questions with
Speaker 1: questions like what do you want on this play? How
Speaker 1: do you want me to run this route? Um? What
Speaker 1: do you want to do with protection on these on
Speaker 1: these plays? And I do have the answers, UM, and
Speaker 1: I know what coach wants, and so I'm able to
Speaker 1: relay that and make sure everyone's on the same page.
Speaker 1: And I think that's what good quarterbacks across this league do.
Speaker 1: They're they're able to be an extension of the coach
Speaker 1: per se and and are a teacher at the same time.
Speaker 1: So I'm helping these young guys pick up the offense,
Speaker 1: helping the new guys UM get in it and whatever
Speaker 1: coach n you wants. We have that constant communication and UM,
Speaker 1: I'm relaying to the other guys what exactly I want
Speaker 1: on the field, and we're making it happen. And I
Speaker 1: think that's helped us a lot from your one year
Speaker 1: two just knowing offense and knowing what we want to
Speaker 1: get out of it, everything can play. I was reading
Speaker 1: another article, so at the end of minute, camp be
Speaker 1: a thorough grasp of the play, now becoming more detailed
Speaker 1: with each one. That's kind of almost what you're saying
Speaker 1: is that last year you can go out and you
Speaker 1: can call the play in the huddle and you can
Speaker 1: run the play, but now you have to know. Now
Speaker 1: you know how everybody's job fits exactly to every single play.
Speaker 1: When you talk about the details of the offense, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1: And I think that's just an advantage for us because
Speaker 1: instead of me just hanging on the first or second
Speaker 1: option to play, I could either get to the third,
Speaker 1: fourth option or fifth option within the play or change
Speaker 1: it or making adjustment really quickly to our know Okay,
Speaker 1: this is what I'm in anticipating from the defense, this
Speaker 1: is what I think is gonna work. I'm gonna get
Speaker 1: to this right away a lot faster. So we're having
Speaker 1: more successes offense. And that's just through knowledge, knowing the
Speaker 1: ins and outs, knowing where all the pieces fit against
Speaker 1: the defense. That what we're anticipating that they're going to
Speaker 1: bring on that play. So when you talk about the details,
Speaker 1: will you run the ball less or can you become
Speaker 1: more threatening when you know when and how to run
Speaker 1: the ball. As a quarterback, you keeping in the ball. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I think a lot of the runs last year were
Speaker 1: just me deciding I had to pull it down. We
Speaker 1: really didn't have a lot of quarterback designed runs. I
Speaker 1: think you may see something this year just to keep
Speaker 1: the defense honest, and for me, it's just keeping that
Speaker 1: aggressive mindset that it did help our team a lot
Speaker 1: last year. Me being able to run in the run game,
Speaker 1: those runs, I appreciate it. They were and I think
Speaker 1: I think it opened a lot of things up for
Speaker 1: us and obviously kept us on the field, especially after
Speaker 1: third downs. But I think, um, that's part of my
Speaker 1: game that I used where I could still make improvements
Speaker 1: at other parts of my games to where I don't
Speaker 1: have to use that just getting to the third or
Speaker 1: fourth guy so and instead of me running it, I'm
Speaker 1: getting the ball to the fourth or fifth option to
Speaker 1: play and letting them run with it in open space.
Speaker 1: So we just got a lot of playmakers and it's
Speaker 1: my job to get them to the ball. But that's
Speaker 1: something to where I just gotta stay healthy. I gotta
Speaker 1: be smart running the ball, and it's it's always going
Speaker 1: to be an in the moment kind of decision because
Speaker 1: sometimes I'm just pulling it down and trying to make
Speaker 1: a play. Because the defense there, they get paid to
Speaker 1: do what they do too, and sometimes they have a
Speaker 1: better call than us and U sometimes you just gotta
Speaker 1: out athleticize them on the field. Run DMC. He excited
Speaker 1: about this group and all the different things they can
Speaker 1: do on the field. Yeah, I'm I'm pumped about it. Um,
Speaker 1: I'm really excited about our running backs Threek obviously coming back, Um,
Speaker 1: Mike Davis and David Montgomery, and I can't wait to
Speaker 1: see these guys with pads on. I think David has
Speaker 1: told me every day since we got out here. We're
Speaker 1: still in helmets and shorts. He's like, I can't wait
Speaker 1: to get the pads on, and we really can't wait
Speaker 1: to see it. Um, But we got to take care
Speaker 1: of our guys throughout camps. You don't want a lot
Speaker 1: of mileage and hits on your running backs. You want
Speaker 1: to get them into the season so they're able to
Speaker 1: help us carry the load there and use these three
Speaker 1: guys Trek, Mike and David. They can do it all
Speaker 1: and they all are kind of similar, but within their
Speaker 1: games they're also very different. So, um, I think the
Speaker 1: thing that helps us that then being similar, they can
Speaker 1: all do they can all do everything, which the defense
Speaker 1: won't be able to key off. Okay, this back is
Speaker 1: in the game, they're gonna have this certain type of play.
Speaker 1: I don't think they'll be able to key off things
Speaker 1: like that. They'll whatever running backs in the game. The defense,
Speaker 1: we'll never know what we're doing. And I think just
Speaker 1: the element of surprise will help us alone. And then
Speaker 1: obviously just getting the ball in their hands and letting
Speaker 1: letting them do what they do best with our five
Speaker 1: big guys up frontly in the way, and really everything
Speaker 1: ultimately starts with those guys up front, the five guys
Speaker 1: who don't get enough credit for what they do. Um,
Speaker 1: but these running backs are definitely gonna run wild and
Speaker 1: are going to help us big kind in the past
Speaker 1: game as well. I'll let the big guy handle the
Speaker 1: offensive line that it might be because I mean, I
Speaker 1: think it's one of the strengths of the team. Oh,
Speaker 1: you know, these guys have played together. I think it's
Speaker 1: going to be an incredible strength because you're really solid
Speaker 1: at the offensive tackle position. Cody white Hair is going
Speaker 1: to be more bigger and stronger, more dominant because I
Speaker 1: hear some of what he's been able to do in
Speaker 1: the weight room. Because you you you kind of control
Speaker 1: your body differently as a center than Cody, as the
Speaker 1: ability to as a guard or any other position you
Speaker 1: can play sinse. So for the average person, um you're
Speaker 1: there's different bendabilities, there's different responsibility at center. You know,
Speaker 1: there's a different explosiveness after the snap of the ball
Speaker 1: before center can explode into a defensive lineman. And I
Speaker 1: think when you take some of those restrictions away from Cody,
Speaker 1: he can be as dominant at the point of attack
Speaker 1: is anybody. But I said it to you the other day,
Speaker 1: I feel that with an offseason that Kyle Long had,
Speaker 1: he could be the best interior offensive lineman in the NFL.
Speaker 1: In Cody's not far behind. So I just think it's
Speaker 1: it's a great matchup for the Bears. Power game passing,
Speaker 1: game protection, everything that goes along with their responsibilities. And
Speaker 1: it's nice to see that Mitch recognizes them. But you know,
Speaker 1: when you talk about the early portions of the season,
Speaker 1: this offense's ability to score a lot of points, I
Speaker 1: think that can be the most beneficial, helpful thing to
Speaker 1: the defense, because whether you want to believe it or not,
Speaker 1: there's gonna be a period of an adjustment with coach Pagano,
Speaker 1: the way he gets to understand his talent in the
Speaker 1: way he understands how to put his playmakers in the
Speaker 1: best position possible. If the offense can score earlier in
Speaker 1: the game with more frequency, it's going to allow the
Speaker 1: defense to be a little bit more aggressive and help
Speaker 1: you guys to be aggressive in the latter part of
Speaker 1: the game. Do you find that to be true? Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 1: Common sense would say the who scores more points wins
Speaker 1: the game. And I think if you score more points,
Speaker 1: that definitely helps our defense out and takes pressure off
Speaker 1: of them. I mean, I think a lot of the
Speaker 1: time last year they took the pressure off of us, right,
Speaker 1: But well that's what that's what I was saying, is
Speaker 1: now you can take the pressure off them absolutely. I
Speaker 1: mean great teams, I mean we want to win forty
Speaker 1: to nothing. I mean that's the ultimate goal. Score a
Speaker 1: lot of points and hold them to nothing. And whether
Speaker 1: there's an adjustment period or not, I think they're I
Speaker 1: mean there might be with the new head coach. I
Speaker 1: mean defense coordinator and stuff, but they're still a super
Speaker 1: talented defense. The best defense crossed the board and they're
Speaker 1: all bought into this defense. I wouldn't be surprised if
Speaker 1: if they just hit the ground rolling and are great
Speaker 1: from the jump. But I mean that it's we definitely
Speaker 1: have to do our thing on offense. There's no question
Speaker 1: about that. We want to come out score and just
Speaker 1: be a complete team from top to bottom offense, special
Speaker 1: teams and defense. Score a lot of points and be
Speaker 1: able to just make sure we're taking a knee in
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter and we don't want it to be close.
Speaker 1: But obviously you just gotta feel out every single game.
Speaker 1: But the name of the game is scoring points. We're
Speaker 1: in this as an offense to score every temp we
Speaker 1: get the ball to stay on the field, take pressure
Speaker 1: off our defense, and when they get on the field,
Speaker 1: they have to do their job. But for our job
Speaker 1: as an offense, it is to score a lot of points. Definitely,
Speaker 1: we have to go to a break here, But real quick,
Speaker 1: give me thirty sick. You thrive on tempo as a quarterback, yeah, definitely.
Speaker 1: I think tempo and rhythm or it's pretty much everything
Speaker 1: when it when it comes to quarterback play, if you're
Speaker 1: in a rhythm on a drive, the tempo of getting
Speaker 1: in out of the huddle, that's something I talked about
Speaker 1: a little bit ago and my press conference, just like
Speaker 1: the little things like getting out the huddle quickly, get
Speaker 1: into line of scrimmage so you're able to make adjustments,
Speaker 1: communicate with your guys, get everyone in the right spot,
Speaker 1: get everybody on same page so that the player running
Speaker 1: is going to be successful. So I think that's a
Speaker 1: point of emphasis for us. And just keeping that tempo,
Speaker 1: keeping the defense on their heels, never know when we're
Speaker 1: gonna hit them, and hit him often and just keep
Speaker 1: them off balance and uh and then tempo. You can
Speaker 1: also bring that to quarterback play. Are you throwing in
Speaker 1: tempo and rhythm um to get your playmakers the ball?
Speaker 1: So there's there's a lot of ways you can use
Speaker 1: that word. Keep going back for your first series in
Speaker 1: preseason in your rookie year, you got out there in
Speaker 1: a two minute situation and you look so comfortable. That's
Speaker 1: that's kind of your thing. We'll pick it up when
Speaker 1: we come back from the break. Mitch Drubisky, our guest here,
Speaker 1: on Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy
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Speaker 1: Joni Act, Tom there, Mitch Drubisky, you want to pick
Speaker 1: it up out of this segment and we finish up
Speaker 1: talking about is remember that series right before half time? Was?
Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's what you love seeing, you know,
Speaker 1: the confidence right away at the line of scream boom,
Speaker 1: get your get your bottle, the playmakers and exploit matchups
Speaker 1: right the tempo with the type of talent you have though,
Speaker 1: I mean, you can. You know, it's interesting because we
Speaker 1: think of last year when Alan Robinson got here and
Speaker 1: he's recovering from a knee injury, and it's hard to
Speaker 1: develop great timing and tempo when a guy is, you know,
Speaker 1: recovering from an injury. Alan Robins should should be better,
Speaker 1: faster or more of a weapon faster because you guys
Speaker 1: have had a complete offseason to work and you're gonna
Speaker 1: training camp healthy. So I mean, can you just talk
Speaker 1: about what he means to the offense, what he means
Speaker 1: to the rest of the offense, not only his performance. Yeah,
Speaker 1: for sure, Um Allen's an incredible talent um and when
Speaker 1: he when he's on the field and when he's at
Speaker 1: his best, he can't be covered one on one, So
Speaker 1: defensees have to pay more attention to that that the
Speaker 1: double team of him zone his side and find ways
Speaker 1: to Um to take the ball out of his hands.
Speaker 1: In As an offense, we're gonna find his way as
Speaker 1: many ways as we can to get him the getting
Speaker 1: to them one and one opportunities, get him down the
Speaker 1: field and let him run the routes that he feels
Speaker 1: best at, and just being able to develop a lot
Speaker 1: more chemistry throwing this offseason and um going back through
Speaker 1: the timing him having a full off season, being healthy
Speaker 1: and he's looking great and I'm excited to see what
Speaker 1: he can do right from the jump. But he's definitely
Speaker 1: gonna be a big time target for us. An indicator,
Speaker 1: Matt said that your ability now to read the rotation
Speaker 1: of the safeties throughout your snap count and at the
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage is something like that's super helpful to
Speaker 1: a quarterback to kind of make a decision of where
Speaker 1: the ball's gonna go no matter how they're moving, or
Speaker 1: you have a better indicator because now you understand what
Speaker 1: their movement means. Yeah, definitely. You gotta try to anticipate
Speaker 1: what the defense is doing so you're you're a step
Speaker 1: ahead of them, not a step behind. And throughout the
Speaker 1: off season, I think we have some of the two
Speaker 1: of the best safeties uh Haha and Eddie who are
Speaker 1: the best at disguise and showing you one thing but
Speaker 1: doing another. And there are times throughout practice they got us.
Speaker 1: But throughout film study and seeing a lot of different
Speaker 1: looks and the off season, I think it helped us
Speaker 1: progress as an offense and it definitely helped me as
Speaker 1: a quarterback um just to stay ahead of defense and
Speaker 1: have an answer to go with the ball when when
Speaker 1: when you start to see rotation or when you see
Speaker 1: it start to see them go back to a to
Speaker 1: a two high shell set um and the name of
Speaker 1: the game is finding completions and just getting the ball
Speaker 1: to your playmakers and getting into their hands, and the
Speaker 1: quicker you're able to id defenses, um, the the easier
Speaker 1: it is for me to get out of my hands
Speaker 1: and make plays and make sure it's getting to them.
Speaker 1: We talked to you about this at the one hundred celebration,
Speaker 1: but the final drive in the playoff that when you
Speaker 1: and Alan were just in sync, you get that that
Speaker 1: it was what everybody wants to see from from a
Speaker 1: great quarterback. Is that drive put yourself in a position
Speaker 1: to win. It almost probably felt to you like, Okay,
Speaker 1: it would be great to just pick up where we
Speaker 1: left off from that moment. Right as a quarterback, you
Speaker 1: guys probably were frustrated the season ended that obviously because
Speaker 1: it ended, but that you couldn't play another sixteen games
Speaker 1: with that kind of momentum from that drive. How big
Speaker 1: was ed drive to you? Yeah? It was big, And
Speaker 1: I think not only that drive, but there were a
Speaker 1: lot of drives throughout the season where we just felt
Speaker 1: leg's an offense like we could not be stopped. And
Speaker 1: that's where the consistency part of it comes into, where
Speaker 1: we want to feel like that every time we take
Speaker 1: the field, on every single drive, And how can you
Speaker 1: duplicate that feeling and that temple of offense every single
Speaker 1: time you're out in the field, because I think that's
Speaker 1: when you become a really, really dangerous offense and the
Speaker 1: defense does not have any answers. But that was just
Speaker 1: one of those drives to where our backs were against
Speaker 1: the wall and we had to make the plays, and
Speaker 1: we did, and everybody was on the same page. Nobody blinked,
Speaker 1: nobody was worried about what we had to do. We
Speaker 1: just marched right down the fields and the plays were
Speaker 1: made because we believed in it and we trusted our
Speaker 1: preparation and we made the same plays we made in practice.
Speaker 1: So that's what's going to come down to, just putting
Speaker 1: in a lot of work, um, making the players at practice,
Speaker 1: and then translating it to the game and when you
Speaker 1: get those opportunities to just allow yourself to shine. But um,
Speaker 1: in the grand scheme of things, you want to have
Speaker 1: more drives just like that to be more consistent, more explosive,
Speaker 1: um dominant offense. So I think I mean in all
Speaker 1: the statistical categories looking back, we're around the middle top
Speaker 1: half better in the NFL, But we really like to
Speaker 1: be like a top five offense, just like our defense
Speaker 1: is top five. I think that's where you see the
Speaker 1: dominant teams and stats don't tell the whole picture, but
Speaker 1: I think they could. They can show what areas we
Speaker 1: needed improving, and that's just staying on the field, converting
Speaker 1: third downs and obviously scoring more points. And that drive
Speaker 1: was great, but we had a lot of opportunities throughout
Speaker 1: that game that we could have been better and we
Speaker 1: left points out on the field, and that's where we
Speaker 1: need to take the next step as an offense. And
Speaker 1: I think that's where we picked back up in the offseason.
Speaker 1: We'd like to pick back up, like you said, with
Speaker 1: that momentum, but you can't. You just got to go
Speaker 1: back to work and pick back up with that. Just
Speaker 1: are you going to embrace the everyday grind and the
Speaker 1: challenges that you need to do to get better every
Speaker 1: single day? You know, it was fun for us at
Speaker 1: the hundred year celebration for you to see you get
Speaker 1: introduced to McMahon on stage and giving you the headband
Speaker 1: and the sunglasses and everything. But then you had a
Speaker 1: chance to meet generations of ex players throughout Bears history.
Speaker 1: Was there any one common question or any common theme
Speaker 1: that when guys of the past had a chance to
Speaker 1: be introduced or meet you. Was there any one topic
Speaker 1: that they brought up or was it all over the
Speaker 1: board of football and X Chicago Bears. Yeah, a lot
Speaker 1: of the guys, I think just being in that room,
Speaker 1: we all realized like how special it was to be
Speaker 1: a Chicago Bear. And the theme was just just enjoy
Speaker 1: your time because it goes fast and it's a special
Speaker 1: opportunity to play in Chicago. That was the overall theme,
Speaker 1: and you could you could see the how genuine and
Speaker 1: how excited everybody was to be back together and we
Speaker 1: were just happy to be part of it. Did the
Speaker 1: momentum of the season kind of blow you away when
Speaker 1: you went to away stadiums and you saw that Lower
Speaker 1: Bowl become filled with Chicago Bears fans, Because you know,
Speaker 1: being around the team now for almost forty years or
Speaker 1: thirty whatever ever years, it inspires me when I see
Speaker 1: the away stadium being filled with orange and blue jerseys
Speaker 1: scattered all throughout. I mean, that's kind to be cool
Speaker 1: for the momentum of an active player to hear it
Speaker 1: from the stands and to see it, you know, after
Speaker 1: that one hundred years celebration because it kind of gives
Speaker 1: you a little bit understanding. Okay, this is why it's
Speaker 1: special to these guys that under eighty seventy sixties and
Speaker 1: so on, and why it's special for you guys that
Speaker 1: are active players. Yeah, it's it's it's a big time.
Speaker 1: It's it's special to play in Chicago. And we've realized
Speaker 1: that having the year we did last year, seeing all
Speaker 1: the fans come out, and I've realized Bear fans are everywhere,
Speaker 1: like across the country. Wherever you go, you will run
Speaker 1: into a Bears fan. And that's how it kind of is.
Speaker 1: After a winning season, you walk around town or you
Speaker 1: see people downtown Chicago and everybody's wearing blue and orange,
Speaker 1: they got Bears gear on. They're they're proud of this team.
Speaker 1: And that's what exactly what you want as a player.
Speaker 1: You want the fans to be proud of the product
Speaker 1: that you're putting out on the field because we put
Speaker 1: everything we have into this blood, sweat, and tears, and
Speaker 1: for them to be behind us and support this team,
Speaker 1: it means a lot to us. And to see them
Speaker 1: come out to the games and take over those stadiums
Speaker 1: at away stadiums, it just gives us the drive them. Amentum,
Speaker 1: we need to finish games. And we're definitely proud to
Speaker 1: play here in Chicago, and we're proud to play for
Speaker 1: the best fans, and we just want them to be
Speaker 1: proud of us in return. Do you feel good when
Speaker 1: you go downtown and you're part of the fabric of
Speaker 1: the city. Now, you're going to Cubs games, you're going
Speaker 1: to white sacks, You're having fun with the fellas, You're
Speaker 1: I don't know if you go out much downtown at
Speaker 1: all with the fellas or your girlfriend or whatever. I mean,
Speaker 1: is it fun to be Mitch Trabisky right now? Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's cool. I mean, there's a certain responsibility and
Speaker 1: I don't like to be out too much, But as
Speaker 1: much as I could be downtown with my guys or
Speaker 1: my family and really enjoy it, it's it's a special city,
Speaker 1: and I think it's the city is definitely excited about
Speaker 1: the team as well. Mitch Drubisky our guest here on
Speaker 1: Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy score
Speaker 1: back with you at training camp here in Bourbona at
Speaker 1: Alive at Nazarene University. Jeff Joni Actim Fair and Mitch
Speaker 1: Drobisky the Bears starting quarterback with us with Paul Zing
Speaker 1: and Greg Miller, and good to have you along with
Speaker 1: us everybody as we kick off our training camp part
Speaker 1: of the season and you I think we're on the
Speaker 1: first time last year that was before we got to
Speaker 1: know Matt Naggy as a coach during practice on the field,
Speaker 1: and we quickly learned how competitive that man is. Super
Speaker 1: as a quarterback himself, I get it, but he's intense. Man,
Speaker 1: tell us, did it even surprise you once the training
Speaker 1: camp hit, how how intense he is and how competitive
Speaker 1: he is. He's right up your alley. Yeah, it's awesome.
Speaker 1: I mean, as players, we feed off that energy and
Speaker 1: that passion and every single drill is super competitive and
Speaker 1: that's how it's built. And he wants to win, and
Speaker 1: you could feel that in the games where he gets
Speaker 1: a little mad, he gets upset, and you feel that
Speaker 1: energy and like, all right, we need to turn this round.
Speaker 1: Coaches in it, Let's get behind him and let's start
Speaker 1: to make plays because he wants to win as bad
Speaker 1: as anybody. And if if your coach wants it more
Speaker 1: than the players, then you're in trouble. You gotta have
Speaker 1: the players want it just as bad as your coach.
Speaker 1: So that's when you take the batime definitely from him
Speaker 1: to do that. And who did that for you guys, Jim,
Speaker 1: everybody just did it? Yeah, I mean we because our
Speaker 1: position coach was such a great player himself. He kind
Speaker 1: of like Matt Maggie. He's played quarterback before. He can
Speaker 1: explain the position and details to what he expects out
Speaker 1: of Mitch. An interesting thing about it for me would
Speaker 1: be what's the difference between Mark Helfrich and Matt Maggie
Speaker 1: Because we know a little bit about Dave or Gone.
Speaker 1: We've watched Dave Orgone as a player and kind of
Speaker 1: understand he's kind of been around old school offense more
Speaker 1: than the new school stuff, and Helfrich and Matt have
Speaker 1: been around new school offense. How does how does Mark
Speaker 1: um insert himself into the development of Mitchell Trubisky. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's he's very very smart. And do they work on
Speaker 1: the same tempo, Matt and Mark Helfritz. They they all
Speaker 1: work together and there's no idea too crazy outside the box.
Speaker 1: That's it's a it's a cooperative everyone in the same direction,
Speaker 1: pulling together plays. Obviously it's Coach Naggi, but hell, Fritsch
Speaker 1: and Ragone or they have their input and he respects that.
Speaker 1: And everyone's bringing different ideas to the table and bringing
Speaker 1: ideas and stuff that worked in the past and what
Speaker 1: they have in their back background and they're bringing to
Speaker 1: the table. Mark is really involved in the run game
Speaker 1: and in the RPO stuff and stuff that's helped him
Speaker 1: in the past, and he brings amazing concepts to the
Speaker 1: past game and they kind of just all bring it
Speaker 1: together and it's kind of formed into Coach Naggie's offense.
Speaker 1: But he's just super smart and he's a great teacher.
Speaker 1: The way he's able to like break things down and
Speaker 1: explain things to our guys out in the field, out
Speaker 1: in the meeting rooms. He just puts it in a
Speaker 1: way that's really understanding to the players where guys can
Speaker 1: pick up on it and that relates to them and
Speaker 1: they really hits their brains so they're able to remember
Speaker 1: it and then just use it onto the field. So
Speaker 1: all of our coaches are really like that. They're really
Speaker 1: great teachers, and that's what you want on your coaches,
Speaker 1: someone who can teach the game inside and out and
Speaker 1: help Rich is. He's brought so many great ideas, concept
Speaker 1: and plays that have helped us, and we kind of
Speaker 1: just like intertwine them into Naggi's grand scheme. So there's
Speaker 1: not like it's not like Health has his stuff, Naggie
Speaker 1: has his stuff, and Rags has his stuff. They're all
Speaker 1: in this together and they're all coming up with ways
Speaker 1: to how we can make this offense better. And they're
Speaker 1: just like mad scientists in the lab, just putting you
Speaker 1: throwing your two cents into hopefully oh yeah, all the time.
Speaker 1: You have to because it's it's my offense as well,
Speaker 1: and it's also to have coaches like that that want
Speaker 1: the quarterback to have ownership of the plays and of
Speaker 1: the offense. So I'm always in there drawing stuff up
Speaker 1: as well, coming up with ideas and count concepts and
Speaker 1: routes that I love to throw and how we can
Speaker 1: put those together to make our offense even better and
Speaker 1: and throw some new stuff in there as well. So
Speaker 1: it's there's no ego, which is the best thing about it.
Speaker 1: It's not like, no, that's if I didn't come up
Speaker 1: with this play, like they can't go in. They're not
Speaker 1: like that at all. They're just great teachers, great humans.
Speaker 1: There are all some people to be around. It's so
Speaker 1: much fun to be in meetings with them, just learning
Speaker 1: from them. And there's so much knowledge, hum and experience
Speaker 1: being around the game from so long and so many
Speaker 1: different directions. It's it's a fun group to be around.
Speaker 1: And they just have so much knowledge that is able
Speaker 1: to bring together. And I think the best part about
Speaker 1: them is that they do do a great job of
Speaker 1: bringing it together and making it sure, making sure it
Speaker 1: fits our personnel and the type of people we have
Speaker 1: in offense. You know, in nineteen eighty five, when Dick
Speaker 1: conserted William Perry into the backfield, it was kind of
Speaker 1: to get of a little bit of a jab back
Speaker 1: at Bill Walsh and the forty nine ers. But we've
Speaker 1: seen what it's been able to contribute to the Bears,
Speaker 1: and it's kind of fun for all of us to
Speaker 1: see defensive personnel in the huddle and whatever they do.
Speaker 1: Are there defensive players that kind of come up to
Speaker 1: you and say, hey, match, I can do this, and
Speaker 1: you know, tell Nags about this, or do they sit
Speaker 1: there and tell coach Nag himself that look, I got
Speaker 1: I have these offensive capabilities, give me a whirl. Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 1: I heard it a lot during the season last year,
Speaker 1: especially when red zone Day rolls around, because they don't
Speaker 1: want to be out like when we're in the field.
Speaker 1: They want to be close to the the red zones. They
Speaker 1: could score a touchdown. And a lot of those players
Speaker 1: we came up with last year were to honor the
Speaker 1: teams of the past. We had the handoff to a
Speaker 1: team Hicks to kind of the ice spots. He's the freezer. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: Perry was a fridge. Um. Yeah, the T formation up
Speaker 1: as good football play. Yeah, keep it going. Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: uh we got some good chunk yards out of that. So,
Speaker 1: um where are we at? But you mean, you know,
Speaker 1: you know, the whole defensive crew up there and in
Speaker 1: the red zone in the plus territory, it's kind of defense.
Speaker 1: They're they're like, oh, they can do everything. They'll be like,
Speaker 1: you know what, whyn't you guys just sit down? Like
Speaker 1: Prince will come in, He'll want to throw it pass,
Speaker 1: Eddie will want to run a route like Khalil's like, yeah,
Speaker 1: put me in the backfield. So, I mean they all
Speaker 1: want to get um an opportunity to score touchdown and
Speaker 1: Coach's he's like, all right, draw it up, Like he's like,
Speaker 1: let's see what you got And no idea is is
Speaker 1: outside the box. Are too crazy and and it's a
Speaker 1: lot of fun to see. And I think it just
Speaker 1: has helped bought into this defense um that like it's
Speaker 1: it's not just offense and defense, Like we're a team,
Speaker 1: we intertwine, we're in this together, and I think it
Speaker 1: just brings us closer overall. But you definitely have those
Speaker 1: guys coming up to you on a daily basis saying, hey,
Speaker 1: let me get this play and I could do this
Speaker 1: a lot of fun. It creates a certain sense of
Speaker 1: camaraderie and breaks up the monotony of just having the
Speaker 1: same offensive guys in there exactly. Yeah, you know you
Speaker 1: can't replicate obviously every season because there are new people
Speaker 1: and new circumstances and new but boy, if you could
Speaker 1: bottle up what that fun was like. Forget about performance
Speaker 1: for just a minute, but the fun that you guys
Speaker 1: have playing practicing the personalities and like we've seen and
Speaker 1: you know, defensive players you're friends with you. You know,
Speaker 1: I've been in locker rooms and covering this team over
Speaker 1: the years were times when the two sides and they
Speaker 1: just didn't mix. This team mixes. That's where the special
Speaker 1: comes in, right right, I'm being that's a that's a
Speaker 1: huge point, and that's something I tell people all this time,
Speaker 1: all the time, Like aside from like the wins, the
Speaker 1: success we had last year, like last year and the
Speaker 1: football season was the most fun I've ever had play football.
Speaker 1: And to say that at this level with all the
Speaker 1: pressure and expectations on the outside and just put that aside,
Speaker 1: like we had so much fun, like every day, coming
Speaker 1: to work, being around each other. Winning games is obviously
Speaker 1: part of it, but it was so much fun. Analytics
Speaker 1: it's the hot thing in all sports, even in business
Speaker 1: right now. How much are you into it? Do you
Speaker 1: listen to some of the analytical research being done in
Speaker 1: the front office and with your staff and how it
Speaker 1: trickles down to you as a player. Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: it's I think it's important, Um because stats analytics they
Speaker 1: could show, um, they could show the picture, but not
Speaker 1: always show the big picture, or necessarily it doesn't. It
Speaker 1: doesn't show exactly what you want to see or progress
Speaker 1: or failure. Um. But I think it is important and
Speaker 1: I definitely look at the analytics that we collect inside
Speaker 1: the building. I don't pay attention to anything on the outside.
Speaker 1: So you'll see stats that, um, these other companies or
Speaker 1: I don't know, there's a bunch of outside that there
Speaker 1: much yeah, um, And I don't really pay attention to
Speaker 1: that or what to come up with because you don't
Speaker 1: know how they're looking at it, what they're what they
Speaker 1: how they're grading it, or how they view our plays.
Speaker 1: They don't even know what my job is or assignment
Speaker 1: is on every single play as yet. You're grading what
Speaker 1: we're doing and how we're doing it. Um. But yeah,
Speaker 1: that's stuff that goes on the outside. So I'm not
Speaker 1: worried about that. But if they bring something to me
Speaker 1: that's like, hey, this is this is the number we're
Speaker 1: at and that's not good enough, this is what we
Speaker 1: need to be at, yeah, totally, I'll buy into it
Speaker 1: and um and and see ways to get better. And
Speaker 1: you're always trying to track progress and what you need
Speaker 1: to get better at, and I think sometimes numbers and
Speaker 1: analytics is the best way to keep track with that
Speaker 1: because sometimes you just get lost in and not need um.
Speaker 1: Like like Tom says, like you you just gotta Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's illustrative. It shows the picture. It shows, Okay, we
Speaker 1: got better from here to here. We're we're better in yardage,
Speaker 1: we're in scoring and stuff like that, and this is
Speaker 1: what's going to help you be a better quarterback and
Speaker 1: help us win more games. And we'll look at that
Speaker 1: and go with it. But at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: it's are you doing your job every single play? You know,
Speaker 1: Mitch Trubisky segment, we'll get into your Madden rating. I'm
Speaker 1: just kidding. I'm just kidding. I don't know anything about it,
Speaker 1: but I've heard a lot of them. Yeah, he's not
Speaker 1: on social media, never will be, so he thinks, you know,
Speaker 1: like three days later, you know, yeah, it's awesome, it is.
Speaker 1: But I wish I was right right with him. That's
Speaker 1: Mitch Trubiski top there, Jeff Joning act with with you
Speaker 1: on Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy
Speaker 1: The Score Back with you on Bears All Access here
Speaker 1: on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy score Our final moments
Speaker 1: with Mitch Trubisky. Kind enough to give us an hour
Speaker 1: here at Football Conversation. We really could talk to you
Speaker 1: for three or four hours because your knowledge and your
Speaker 1: input and your charisma, and the way you answer questions
Speaker 1: is maybe we can get fresh air, maybe we can
Speaker 1: get him back the week leading up to Super Bowl.
Speaker 1: You know, since I have the two weeks, we'll do
Speaker 1: that all access and the two weeks before. You know,
Speaker 1: that's everybody's goal. Obviously it doesn't even need to be stated,
Speaker 1: but I thought it was interesting Tom. I don't know
Speaker 1: if you saw his news conference with the media when
Speaker 1: they came in here earlier today. They got their goals.
Speaker 1: You guys know what you want to accomplish, but it's
Speaker 1: private matter. Is this is going to be kept in house.
Speaker 1: This is this, This is what I feel about this
Speaker 1: team match, and you tell me if I'm on target
Speaker 1: or a little off face. But the energy that is
Speaker 1: in the in the in the locker room and what
Speaker 1: it takes to the football field is all genuine. Everything's organic.
Speaker 1: There's nothing that's manufactured, which makes it more real for everybody.
Speaker 1: These are you guys when you were drafted, especially your class,
Speaker 1: that kind of set the tone for world we're at
Speaker 1: right now. You guys wanted to be the changers, the
Speaker 1: culture changers. There's so much about culture that is the
Speaker 1: answer I think it's actually the answer to getting things
Speaker 1: done here the right way, and that feeds the beast,
Speaker 1: so to speak. Do I have it right? Yeah? Exactly,
Speaker 1: that is right. Everything we're doing here is real and
Speaker 1: we like to keep things in house. It's there's a
Speaker 1: certain business approach, but we're having really really fun while
Speaker 1: we're doing it. But you know what, I just to
Speaker 1: say one thing because I talked asked the coach Nagie
Speaker 1: a lot of times about the roller coaster schedule, and
Speaker 1: he says, that's a reflection of success. And he said
Speaker 1: Andy re taught him if you have every game that
Speaker 1: starts at noon, you're you're not the team they want
Speaker 1: to put you on in in a a national scope, when
Speaker 1: you talk about starting the season on the Thursday night,
Speaker 1: you talk about a Monday night game right after that
Speaker 1: another Sunday night game. That is kind of a reflection
Speaker 1: of where the team wants to be. They want to
Speaker 1: have that schedule right. Well, but how did you handle it?
Speaker 1: It was awesome because it meant we were a good team.
Speaker 1: As a young guy, you don't think about where you're playing.
Speaker 1: You just think about winning the game. But the reason
Speaker 1: you're all over the place is because you're a good
Speaker 1: team and they want to recognize you on a national scope.
Speaker 1: And I think that is a reward of the team
Speaker 1: for being good, but it's also the result of being
Speaker 1: a good team. And the other aspect of it is
Speaker 1: this is a team of big personalities. And every time
Speaker 1: I've covered the Super Bowl the last twenty three years,
Speaker 1: I've covered these super Bowls, and you spend a week
Speaker 1: with these guys and that's not enough to get a
Speaker 1: true indication, but they get the show off a little
Speaker 1: bit at the podium. Whatever is the charisma, the swag
Speaker 1: and the personalities pop. The Bears have a lot of
Speaker 1: that right now. Yeah, who are some of them than
Speaker 1: maybe are ready to emerge? We have different level and
Speaker 1: Eddie Treek, Eddie and guys in my class, we have
Speaker 1: a very charismatic offensive line. But like they like to
Speaker 1: keep it in the house. They're very like they're very
Speaker 1: a close knit growt. They got their inside jokes, they
Speaker 1: got their group chat, they got the things they do
Speaker 1: on in their meeting and they say and do things
Speaker 1: that only they understand and none of the outside world
Speaker 1: really knows it. But like that's part of the technic group.
Speaker 1: They guys in the offensive line, Kyle Long Um James,
Speaker 1: You guys might not even ever heard him talk. He
Speaker 1: is hilarious, but you only would not have known that.
Speaker 1: You only know those things like being around him. Um.
Speaker 1: The running backs are great. The receiver room probably has
Speaker 1: the most chrisma. Of course, the uh Anthony Miller, Um,
Speaker 1: Cordell Patterson, Taylor Gabriel, Like, these guys are just hilarious,
Speaker 1: great people to be around. Obviously, they always think they're
Speaker 1: open and um, get me the ball, and it's fun
Speaker 1: stuff like that. But they keep every day coming to work.
Speaker 1: They keep it fun. And then you have the guys
Speaker 1: on defense, Dan Trevethan, Akim Hicks, h Prince and Mukamara. Like,
Speaker 1: these guys are characters, you know what you know, ro
Speaker 1: Quan Leonard and Khalil they're kind of introverted at the podium.
Speaker 1: And Danny Trevathan, He's got a really fun tempo and
Speaker 1: he speaks a lot of all of his experiences. And
Speaker 1: I think that more exposure that Roquan gets, the more
Speaker 1: people are going to be exposed to his personality. And
Speaker 1: I think he's a guy that's on the verse of
Speaker 1: having a lot of fun in his football life. We
Speaker 1: all have, we all have our roles, we all have
Speaker 1: our personalities, and I think the most important thing is
Speaker 1: we all we're all real and genuine by it. We're
Speaker 1: not here, we're not out here trying to be somebody.
Speaker 1: We're not We're not trying to go outside the box
Speaker 1: or we're just all ourselves and we all fit into
Speaker 1: this like family. And you have everybody who who does
Speaker 1: their job and has their role within this family. And um,
Speaker 1: it's like you said, it's not offense and defense, it's
Speaker 1: it's the Chicago Bears where a team. We're a family. Offense, defense,
Speaker 1: special teams. We're all in one. We have each other's backs.
Speaker 1: And every day coming to work is just a great
Speaker 1: opportunity to have fun, be around these guys and UH
Speaker 1: and go to work and work for that ultimate end goal, um,
Speaker 1: which which is to play in that Super Bowl. But
Speaker 1: we also realize that it's not just going to happen.
Speaker 1: It's it's gonna be an everyday grind. And what are
Speaker 1: you taking advantage of the day in front of you
Speaker 1: and the opportunities you have today to get better to
Speaker 1: give ourselves that opportunity to long run. And it's just
Speaker 1: the people we have in this building. Everybody has a purpose,
Speaker 1: a reason why they're here to be a part of
Speaker 1: this team, to be a part of this culture, and
Speaker 1: I think everyone's bought into that and everyone everyone loves
Speaker 1: being here. I think one of the most difficult things
Speaker 1: to do in any walk of life, whatever your career is,
Speaker 1: especially one's high pressured or a performance based. You're on
Speaker 1: a stage, so Tom and I know different it's performance
Speaker 1: is living in the moment. And I thought it was
Speaker 1: interesting that Taylor Gabriel has been in your ear about
Speaker 1: living in the moment this year, because everybody's senses something
Speaker 1: special brewing. Obviously, guys, we're knocking on that door already
Speaker 1: last year. Is that easy for you to do or
Speaker 1: is this going to also have to be a trained
Speaker 1: move in that direction to live in the moment? You
Speaker 1: like what he had to say about it. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: loved it because we were like, we really enjoyed last year.
Speaker 1: But I think it's like anything else in life, you
Speaker 1: can you can do it a little bit more, you
Speaker 1: can work a little bit harder, you can have extra meetings,
Speaker 1: you can get extra routes after practice. I think we
Speaker 1: can keep keep an open to mind and have perspective
Speaker 1: about how special this is that we get to do
Speaker 1: it on everyday basis and just really enjoy every opportunity
Speaker 1: a little bit more because last year we had so
Speaker 1: much fun, and we know this year is going to
Speaker 1: be even more fun. So why don't we take a
Speaker 1: step back every once in a a while and be like, Wow,
Speaker 1: this is this is really special. Let's live in the moment.
Speaker 1: Let's enjoy it, and even if it's just like something
Speaker 1: as small as a meeting or getting together at lunch
Speaker 1: or a conversation with Jeff and Town for an hour exactly.
Speaker 1: And I think just going back to the Bears one hundred,
Speaker 1: it kind of showed us that because those guys, we
Speaker 1: realize how special it was, that all the all they
Speaker 1: talk about is like, it's never gonna be how it
Speaker 1: is right now, so make sure you enjoy it. You
Speaker 1: have to enjoy the opportunity you have and realize how special.
Speaker 1: And if you do it now, you're able to enjoy
Speaker 1: it now more than you will later. And I think
Speaker 1: that's where everything starts. And it's the best time here
Speaker 1: and we're happy to be back here and we're just
Speaker 1: all like super excited, and they're hungry, agains are hungry.
Speaker 1: Good luck, you have a great time, great season, and
Speaker 1: thank you so much for your time here to day.
Speaker 1: I know you're business for Tom there, Mitch Trabisky, I'm
Speaker 1: Jeff Joniac. Thanks for listening, everybody. Thanks to Paul's Orange
Speaker 1: and Greg Rather and the guys back in the studio.
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