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Speaker 1: We've hit the bye week in Bears football. On the
Speaker 1: other end of it, it'll be week twelve already against
Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers. I'm Jeff Jonny Acolong, a broadcast
Speaker 1: partner from news Radio seven eighty and one oh five
Speaker 1: point ATWBBM. Mister Tom Fairtown, we got a pack show tonight.
Speaker 1: Pack show. Well, it's good that's in the middle of
Speaker 1: the bye week because we needed a pack show. And
Speaker 1: I think, you know, when I look at the bye
Speaker 1: week at the start of the season, I was excited
Speaker 1: that it was this far along in the season because
Speaker 1: I thought it would be a perfect time for a
Speaker 1: little break in the middle of this football sea. And
Speaker 1: you know, here it is. They got a break. They
Speaker 1: got the huge opponent coming up the next time they
Speaker 1: take the field. So listen, you have to approach this
Speaker 1: with the positive mind You can approach this with any
Speaker 1: negativity infiltrating the locker room or your mindset. And that's
Speaker 1: a hard thing to do. I mean, you got a
Speaker 1: group of guys thought gotta I say this all the time.
Speaker 1: I'm not just saying this. It's a team that likes
Speaker 1: working with each other. Unfortunately, they can't bond like they
Speaker 1: used to do because of COVID protocols, which are are
Speaker 1: going to be intensive now for the entire league thirty
Speaker 1: two teams with new rule by the NFL yesterday. But
Speaker 1: they like working with each other and you don't hear
Speaker 1: any negativity. You hear a lot of positive vibe out
Speaker 1: of there. But they're clearly frustrated. Though. Oh they gotta be,
Speaker 1: you know, because you know, when you think about the
Speaker 1: performance and the attitude and the mental mind frame of
Speaker 1: this defense, they need to be complimented. And unfortunately, right
Speaker 1: now they're not being complimented by an offense that has
Speaker 1: time of possession existence. They don't have a solid running
Speaker 1: game right now. It's obviously something they can develop as
Speaker 1: time goes on, because the development of offensive football never stops.
Speaker 1: You may consider yourself good or perfect, but there's things
Speaker 1: you can do along the way to get better. And
Speaker 1: I think Matt Nagee said it at the podium at
Speaker 1: the beginning of this week. We will look different when
Speaker 1: we come back after the bye week. So I think
Speaker 1: that better get the attention of a lot of players
Speaker 1: if you're not playing up to code. But it could
Speaker 1: be a change in the philosophical thinking of how they're
Speaker 1: going to run their offense. Could be a combination. Anthony
Speaker 1: Harron will be joining us here in moments at six ten.
Speaker 1: We've got Bears defensive lineman Brent Urban coming up at
Speaker 1: six thirty, and our special guest tonight Tom six forty five,
Speaker 1: We've got the Bears fan of the Year, Paul Vida
Speaker 1: Tech will be joining us from New Lennox. We'll tell
Speaker 1: you all about him. That'll be about six forty five
Speaker 1: to night. Walso here at chunk of our feature interview
Speaker 1: that we'll be airing this Sunday on Bears Game Day
Speaker 1: Life ten am on Fox thirty two Chicago with Tarik Cohen.
Speaker 1: It was done before he got injured, so I got
Speaker 1: alert you to that, but it was right after he
Speaker 1: got his contract extension, so we'll revisit that. And here
Speaker 1: from Tarik Cohen News of the day. Really it's Dwayne
Speaker 1: Harris goes out. I are the punt returner who looks
Speaker 1: like he had a triceps injury, reportedly a torn triceps.
Speaker 1: The Bears added a return specialist yesterday. I have waivers
Speaker 1: DeAndre Carter from the Texans. Thirty nine games in his
Speaker 1: career in nine and a half yards on average on
Speaker 1: his punt returns. He's worked with the Eagles as well
Speaker 1: and the Houston Texans. So Anthony Miller did a nice
Speaker 1: job though on sounding I don't know if they want
Speaker 1: to just give it to Anthony, maybe not because of
Speaker 1: the risk of injury, because he looked out standing. You
Speaker 1: get the ball in his hands like that. As a receiver, wow,
Speaker 1: that's foam booth quickness there. It's very very good. But
Speaker 1: where's his highest upside? Is it as a receiver for
Speaker 1: multiple plays during the course of the game or is
Speaker 1: it as a punt returner. So you always have to
Speaker 1: evaluate that kind of funny. Yesterday, I had an opportunity
Speaker 1: to talk to Cordarrel Patterson and I asked him about
Speaker 1: him being a punt returner, and he goes, well, I
Speaker 1: don't know Chris Tabor trusts me enough in catching the ball,
Speaker 1: so there is a difference in the way you catch
Speaker 1: it as a kickoff returner, and obviously in the multiple
Speaker 1: floats they can have in a punt. But I got
Speaker 1: a kick out of it because he smiled, because I
Speaker 1: think he would do anything that's asked of him. Put
Speaker 1: my hand up, what can I do? Coach? That's what
Speaker 1: he Yeah, he's doing just about everything already, so you
Speaker 1: gotta make sure the trend stays on the tires. All
Speaker 1: the assistant coaches spoke yesterday. I've mentioned as many times
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Speaker 1: Energy that it's always informative. Mark de Leone can't say
Speaker 1: enough great things about Roe quant Smith Right now, Tom
Speaker 1: he is really, really, really increasing his profile. He plays
Speaker 1: angry every single play. He plays angry, and I think
Speaker 1: he plays like he's got a chip on his shoulder.
Speaker 1: And I think, you know, he wants to be He
Speaker 1: wants to be great, And I think when you have
Speaker 1: a player like that who wants to be great, he
Speaker 1: finds ways to motivate himself. I tell those guys all
Speaker 1: the time. The only person that control is the way
Speaker 1: you play is you, and roll Kuan's doing that right
Speaker 1: now with a very positive attitude. He's not patting himself
Speaker 1: on the back at any time he's asked questions. It's
Speaker 1: always about just wanting to get better and deferring to
Speaker 1: his teammates and Danny Trevathan. But you know, I went
Speaker 1: back and look, he's got fifteen tackles for lost right now.
Speaker 1: Brian Urlacher's best season tackles for lost and granted two
Speaker 1: different systems, two different defenses. Brian made a lot more
Speaker 1: interceptions in big plays to this point in their careers,
Speaker 1: but his best ever was nineteen. So it's quite the
Speaker 1: season for ro Kuan Bruin. You know about ro Quan
Speaker 1: Before the season ever started, Jeff I was comparing the
Speaker 1: Roquan Smith to Luke Keekley, and I said, he has
Speaker 1: that type of talent in him, that type of ability,
Speaker 1: that type of desire to grow into a great player,
Speaker 1: that's been expected of him according to where he was drafted.
Speaker 1: But if I'm going to look at the season, I'm
Speaker 1: more inspired by Danny Trevathan than I am Roquan Smith
Speaker 1: because there was a lot of question marks about Danny Trevathan,
Speaker 1: his speed as ability after that Detroit game. That's week
Speaker 1: one of a pandemic shortened training camp, and everybody wanted
Speaker 1: to do with the final evaluation Danny Trevathan, and that
Speaker 1: was wrong. What I've seen Danny Trevathan do in a
Speaker 1: complimentary kind of linebacker role, the dude's impressive. And I
Speaker 1: am totally impressed with with Roquan has been doing. But
Speaker 1: I'm super impressed with what Danny Trevathan has grown into
Speaker 1: and the way he's competed this season. All Right, we're
Speaker 1: gonna take a step away. Thanks to our producer tonight,
Speaker 1: Julio root Sayo. For weeks, I've been saying raw says.
Speaker 1: I mean, I apologize, Julio. I'm awful with names, always
Speaker 1: have been and probably always will. So God bless you.
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Speaker 1: thirty two Bears Postgame Live, Bears Unleashed and all things serious,
Speaker 1: XEM college football, you name it, He's doing it and
Speaker 1: good to have him back on the show. What's your
Speaker 1: bye week gonna be? Like? I know you're working, I
Speaker 1: know you are. Yeah. Yeah, the football season never stops
Speaker 1: this time of the year. You gotta know how that operates.
Speaker 1: Plenty a big ten going on between radio and television.
Speaker 1: Up the Bear's Unleashed tomorrow Over on Fox thirty two.
Speaker 1: They having a good time with kayl Sharkia were there
Speaker 1: and the folks. So yeah, there's always something cooking here
Speaker 1: in football season. Oh yeah. I always get a laugh
Speaker 1: out of it when with the fans, my buddies, they
Speaker 1: look at this, gay, what are you doing all week?
Speaker 1: What are you got going? Yeah? I think you don't
Speaker 1: do anything anything else, But that's not the case, and
Speaker 1: we don't want it any other way, and no way.
Speaker 1: This is the way we like it, all right, take
Speaker 1: stock of the situation for us as we continue to
Speaker 1: break things down up at we look at the very
Speaker 1: positive aspect of things. The defense. The defense is killing it.
Speaker 1: They're doing the yeoman's work. The stars are shining pretty
Speaker 1: much across the board as we had hoped before the
Speaker 1: season began, and we just talked about it going into
Speaker 1: the break. I don't know if you were listening or not,
Speaker 1: but the player ro Quan has certainly caught our attention.
Speaker 1: And Danny Trevathan, yeah, I mean Roquan, you know, to
Speaker 1: me every every week of the season. I think the
Speaker 1: Rams game was probably the low point for ro Quan.
Speaker 1: It's really the only sort of minus I think on
Speaker 1: his resume this season. He's played at a Pro Bowl
Speaker 1: at least Pro Bowl level every game of the season
Speaker 1: beyond that one even all Pro. When you're looking at
Speaker 1: some of the efforts that have been made out there,
Speaker 1: and I think that one thing I've tried to remind
Speaker 1: folks of as we've seen, you know, there've been sort
Speaker 1: of some plays where it's like Roquin one on one
Speaker 1: in the hole and a running back and he'll miss
Speaker 1: a tackle. As a Ronald Jones spinds away for a game.
Speaker 1: But I think Bears fans have noticed a different times
Speaker 1: this season where maybe Roquin misses a tackle. But the
Speaker 1: thing is he is at or at least around the
Speaker 1: ball so frequently this season. I can't imagine there's been
Speaker 1: another linebacker in the NFL who's been more consistently with
Speaker 1: a higher rate of frequency around the football this year
Speaker 1: from him and run plays, in tackles for lost in
Speaker 1: pass coverage on running backs and tight ends and receivers.
Speaker 1: He has done it at every level of this Bears
Speaker 1: defense throughout the season. Here what I mean, You know,
Speaker 1: you guys have been around him even more than I have.
Speaker 1: I'm sure he's just he's a likable guy where it's
Speaker 1: very easy to wonder whether or not he's sort of
Speaker 1: got that that sort of you know, historic Bears mental
Speaker 1: linebacker mentality, because he is a bit of a soft
Speaker 1: spoken and an easygoing guy off the field, but on
Speaker 1: the field between the white line, he'd have got everything
Speaker 1: you want a modern linebacker to have. No, I think
Speaker 1: he's playing like an animal right now. That's what they're
Speaker 1: they're calling it too. But the thing about it, if
Speaker 1: he does miss that tackle, what he's doing, and what's
Speaker 1: impressive is he's still tracking it down down the field.
Speaker 1: I mean his range and ability to play at a
Speaker 1: high level right now. I think he's contributing to the
Speaker 1: is attributable to that I don't even know. I just
Speaker 1: made up a word, probably to the idea that, Okay,
Speaker 1: we hand you the reins as a third year player
Speaker 1: to make all the calls. You got the green dot
Speaker 1: on the helmet. And I think that's given him a
Speaker 1: major boost of confidence fellas. I think there's a lot
Speaker 1: of respect that goes with that wellout a doubt and
Speaker 1: especially at that position in the midst of the defense.
Speaker 1: And as the organization has watched him grow. You know,
Speaker 1: you think back to the last season, whether there's been
Speaker 1: other injuries, that linebacker and the introbate, the missing certain
Speaker 1: times he was formerly the green dot guy. And even
Speaker 1: when Nick Wikowski and Roeklan Smith were on the field
Speaker 1: together for a stret Quikowski was the guy, you know,
Speaker 1: making the calls, being the green dot guy. And the
Speaker 1: organization has watched Roquon grow in his overall understanding of
Speaker 1: the scheme of the defense, of fitting blocks with the
Speaker 1: immediacy that you really need to be able to fit
Speaker 1: them to play linebacker at a high level in the
Speaker 1: National Football League. And so all those physical traits of
Speaker 1: those attributes and the natural instincts that are there are
Speaker 1: now being combined just with an overall understanding of the
Speaker 1: position and how you play it versus the run and
Speaker 1: the past. And he's playing it downhill, and I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, he's he's maybe two twenty five, two thirty,
Speaker 1: but he's playing downhill, attacking blockers, whether leave blockers where
Speaker 1: their offensive linemen, you name it. He's able to do
Speaker 1: that and combine it with those very special skills and
Speaker 1: pass coverage. And I'm sure you guys talked about it
Speaker 1: a lot early in the season when Danny Surveyson wasn't
Speaker 1: quite his old self early, but that wasn't necessarily negating
Speaker 1: the productivity of Roquan Smith. And now that you've got
Speaker 1: both guys back to playing at a high level, with
Speaker 1: Danny Trevathan looked like the Danny Trevatan we sort of
Speaker 1: expected before that kind of grew someome elbow injury last year.
Speaker 1: Now he got two guys at a high level leading
Speaker 1: the pack, being roal crime Smith to the plan at
Speaker 1: that level It just makes it very difficult for folks
Speaker 1: to run on the Bears defense in the manner that
Speaker 1: they were able too early in the season. Hey, Anthony
Speaker 1: quick subject outside the box, Indiana. Do they have a
Speaker 1: chance against Ohio State? They've got a chance. I think
Speaker 1: they do have a chance. When you look at where
Speaker 1: Ohio State has struggled this season time, it's been with
Speaker 1: the ability to descend the explosive past, to descend the
Speaker 1: big play. And I think the Hoosiers that's going to
Speaker 1: be the marquee game of the weekend. There some other
Speaker 1: rivalry games Oklahoma okahom State that beblin that's going on too,
Speaker 1: But I do think that for the Hoosiers because they
Speaker 1: have a quarterback in Michael Pennicks junior playing at a
Speaker 1: really high level. They've got a variety of weapons at receiver,
Speaker 1: mister Elias de'angelo' Phillier, he goes by the name Wipe Philliers.
Speaker 1: They've got a guy in ty Fry Fogel, They've got
Speaker 1: Pennicks at quarterbacklack of reference. They've even got a running
Speaker 1: back it in Stevie Scotts. I think overall it's the
Speaker 1: most well rounded offense Ohio State will likely face during
Speaker 1: the regular season and perhaps even going into the Big
Speaker 1: Ten Championship game, to where Ohio State has given up
Speaker 1: a lot of explosive passes this season, folks kind of
Speaker 1: make fun of Michigan. Ohio States gives gives up as
Speaker 1: many explosive passes per game as the Wolverines due and
Speaker 1: they've got some NFL talent on the back end. So
Speaker 1: I think we'll perhaps see a better execution from the
Speaker 1: Buckeyes in the secondary, but the Hoosiers, if it turns
Speaker 1: into a shootout, Indiana definitely has a chance. And we
Speaker 1: cannot count out Indiana's defense either, because they get after
Speaker 1: the quarterback. They leave the Big Ten in sacks all right.
Speaker 1: Back to the Bears. We're in the midst of a
Speaker 1: bye week, and when a lot of the topic of
Speaker 1: conversation throughout the week I've been listening to all over
Speaker 1: and reading about is they're trying to avoid a splintered
Speaker 1: locker room. When you look at that, and I've been
Speaker 1: a part of a losing team before, and I've been
Speaker 1: a part of an offense defense kind of an atmosphere,
Speaker 1: who is it who controls this locker room right now?
Speaker 1: Do you think the Marquee players the leaders on this
Speaker 1: team or is this something that has to be a
Speaker 1: message sent from the coaches to keep everybody kind of
Speaker 1: on the same plate playing field. Well, I think that
Speaker 1: you know, you know how Matt Nakie is is very
Speaker 1: consistently glass half full, very consistently a positive guy in
Speaker 1: his approach to things with the way he communicates that
Speaker 1: to the teams, So I think that comes across in
Speaker 1: a consistent manner. But within the locker room, I mean,
Speaker 1: I've certainly been on teams on both ends of that spectrum,
Speaker 1: does you know, playoff teams and NFC Championship game locker
Speaker 1: rooms also been our teams that are just struggling the
Speaker 1: long one of the years that I was in Detroit,
Speaker 1: we started and twelve had what we felt like was
Speaker 1: a quality defense of guys like you know, like Luther
Speaker 1: Ellis and Robert porch Sche and you know, playmakers up
Speaker 1: fronts and just looking across the locker room and thinking,
Speaker 1: many can we get a little something out of Charlie
Speaker 1: back and we get a little more out of tight
Speaker 1: defer whoever they're rotating through a quarterbacks in the locker
Speaker 1: room did begin to split. I've really got to give
Speaker 1: a lot of credit to the defense, and it's part
Speaker 1: of where I think the bye week does come at
Speaker 1: a quality time for the Bears, because not only can
Speaker 1: you sort of lick some some physical and some mental wounds,
Speaker 1: but also you can just sort of assess where things
Speaker 1: are at with this squad, Assess what's happening at quarterback,
Speaker 1: Assess what's going on with the defense. With the urgents.
Speaker 1: I mean, those guys laid it out there, they do
Speaker 1: it every week. But you know how it is where
Speaker 1: there's there's that extra heartbeat that you can kind of
Speaker 1: play with when you're playing hard, but then when you're
Speaker 1: really given it that extra nth degree. Special teams brought it,
Speaker 1: defense brought it Offense, especially on third down, just couldn't
Speaker 1: get over the hump to make the necessary play. And
Speaker 1: I think it's natural, it's human for that to at
Speaker 1: times maybe be a little bit dejecting or frustrating. And
Speaker 1: I think the credit to the Bears defenders, where especially
Speaker 1: the leadership, the vocal guys, the A team Hickses and
Speaker 1: Eddie Jackson's of the world. They haven't had bupcuts to
Speaker 1: say negative about the Bears offense. It's been continuing the
Speaker 1: challenge each other, sounds, the entire locker room to find
Speaker 1: a way to make the plays necessarily winning. That's not
Speaker 1: an easy thing to do when you're all laying it
Speaker 1: out there when you know there might be a specific
Speaker 1: position group or even a side of the ball that
Speaker 1: may be sort of, you know more at fault for
Speaker 1: not leading to wins. So I really got to credit
Speaker 1: the mentality of the Bear's defense, the leadership of Chet
Speaker 1: Pagano and Matt Maggie. We know the Bear's offense is
Speaker 1: really what's got to get cooked here, and they have it.
Speaker 1: But you haven't necessarily seen Bears defenders going out publicly
Speaker 1: saying things to that extent that can make the locker
Speaker 1: room look fractured. When you look at the remaining schedule,
Speaker 1: five of six games outdoors, you don't know what the
Speaker 1: conditions can be, and you need the single biggest improvement
Speaker 1: on the offensive side of the ball. So if you're
Speaker 1: looking at the wide receivers and the development of those guys,
Speaker 1: if you look at what they have at the tight
Speaker 1: end position, even though they haven't given colcom At that
Speaker 1: much of an opportunity or the role the running game
Speaker 1: has to play in this and hopefully David Montgomery being
Speaker 1: back on the field. Where is the biggest jump and
Speaker 1: improvement that you need to see made at the latter
Speaker 1: part of the season. Well, one thing that this strikes me,
Speaker 1: you know, the staff after the game, is where coach
Speaker 1: Maggie he did leave the door open. You know, he
Speaker 1: up until this past game had been fairly definitive when
Speaker 1: asked about the quarterback position and whether or not, you know,
Speaker 1: you stick with Nick Foles and mister biscuit. He's fairly
Speaker 1: definitive about Nick Fole continuing to be the guy. My
Speaker 1: impression from the way he's addressing thing since then that
Speaker 1: the door is opened pretty much for anyone, but specifically
Speaker 1: and especially where quarterbacks can be reevaluated as well as
Speaker 1: far as who will be on the field, of course,
Speaker 1: depending on health. So I think if an adjustment ends
Speaker 1: up being made, then maybe if ter Bisky's back in
Speaker 1: the line, that that happens. Some adjustments to the offense
Speaker 1: could be key. But I think overall, just the mobility
Speaker 1: that Mitz brings to the table can be something that
Speaker 1: even just in a supplementary manner where that backside defender
Speaker 1: that hang defender. Maybe a couple individuals at the second
Speaker 1: or third level have to pay him a little bit
Speaker 1: of extra attention to Traubisky at that mess point. Maybe
Speaker 1: that opens up a cutback lane for David Montgomery or
Speaker 1: whoever the running back may be in the game. Perhaps
Speaker 1: that gets a little bit of extra juice in the
Speaker 1: rushing attacking, and doing that gets a little bit more
Speaker 1: out of the play action. You know, I don't necessarily
Speaker 1: think we need to look at it if Mitch's QB
Speaker 1: where you know, he is the savior and suddenly he
Speaker 1: turns into a pro bowler. But maybe there are a
Speaker 1: couple of things schematically that adds some juice to the
Speaker 1: offense that we just haven't seen able to get going
Speaker 1: with Nick Foles in there, regardless of who the QB is,
Speaker 1: though I would like to see it. Actually heard Coach
Speaker 1: Launstead addressing this on the score not too long ago.
Speaker 1: Here with Danny Parkins do some additional things to help
Speaker 1: protect that offensive line. I've been using the Tennessee Titans
Speaker 1: a sort of a comparable for the Bears offense for
Speaker 1: a couple of years now, where I think it would
Speaker 1: be good to see the Bears offense do a few
Speaker 1: more things that the Titans do with the consistent movement
Speaker 1: of the pocket, with sprint action and boots and some
Speaker 1: max protection on third down like we see Tennessee do
Speaker 1: at a really consistent level. There's things like that I
Speaker 1: think would really give your offensive line a better chance
Speaker 1: and hopefully as guys can continue to get more healthy,
Speaker 1: give them a chance to really have, you know, a
Speaker 1: battling opportunity when you have all these one on one
Speaker 1: matchups that can be there within the system. As the
Speaker 1: Bears run it right now, you sort of give the
Speaker 1: guys a little bit more of a break where you
Speaker 1: make sure if you've got more double teams available and
Speaker 1: ship blocks available and things with that sort. Maybe it's
Speaker 1: always some two men routes here and there, But you
Speaker 1: know what I got, Faith and Allen Robinson and Darnelle movie,
Speaker 1: they can still make a play, Yeah, more than a play.
Speaker 1: As Anthony here and breaks it down here on Chicago
Speaker 1: Sports Radio six seventy to score. This is Bears All
Speaker 1: Access with the until seven o'clock tonight we turn it
Speaker 1: over to Thursday Night Football. Anthony, let's take a look
Speaker 1: at the special Teams unit. The reason I bring it
Speaker 1: up because I do believe with Cordel Patterson there's going
Speaker 1: to be more attention obviously to keeping it away from him,
Speaker 1: but comes in waves. Teams get stubborn. The last few weeks,
Speaker 1: teams dn't kicked to m or made it very difficult
Speaker 1: to get the rhythm of a return. Then last week
Speaker 1: Boom Vikings get burned. Special teams coach gets hit up
Speaker 1: by Mike Zimmer because Cardio is just flat out dangerous
Speaker 1: and he's he's a beast back there. The way he
Speaker 1: attacks the game, I think just gives you such an
Speaker 1: advantage and field position acquisition and the hope that guys
Speaker 1: are going to start thinking like, Okay, he's not Hester.
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say he's Devin Hester, but they wanted
Speaker 1: to block for Devin Hester. These guys are gonna want
Speaker 1: a block for him. He's got a record waiting out there. Yes,
Speaker 1: it's a selfish pursuit, but in the broad scope of
Speaker 1: the team, everybody wins a little bit in that one. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's he's certainly he's ridiculous, but I think that is
Speaker 1: reserved for the He's Anthony, but he is he is
Speaker 1: a beast back there into the game, there's no doubt
Speaker 1: about it. And when you look at how it affects everything,
Speaker 1: and you know, it goes to what what can I
Speaker 1: think at times perhaps to make the play calling for
Speaker 1: the Bears offense, Yeah, maybe a little bit difficult where
Speaker 1: you're like, you know what, we need that extra yardage
Speaker 1: out of the return game for starting field position, and
Speaker 1: we need last first down to get in the scoring territory.
Speaker 1: Or before you really saw Cayrod Santos come into his
Speaker 1: own all right, I'm not sure how deep we can really,
Speaker 1: you know, attempt a field goal from. And now we
Speaker 1: see all those aspects from the Bears feeling like they're
Speaker 1: performing at a high level where you're getting all those
Speaker 1: things out of the special teams and they have covered
Speaker 1: kicks in the NFL as well. You know, when you
Speaker 1: are on the kick cover unit and you're still focused
Speaker 1: on initially you're you're in the getoffs zone where the
Speaker 1: kicker strikes the ball and you're trying to hit top
Speaker 1: speeds and maybe you're in the avoid zone around midfield
Speaker 1: or maybe you can make a move on that return man.
Speaker 1: The thing is usually after you make the avoid moving,
Speaker 1: you're getting closer and closer to maybe that twenty yard
Speaker 1: lining in where you're thinking, all right, I got to
Speaker 1: make sure I attack if there's still a blocker here,
Speaker 1: because I don't want to open up a running rane.
Speaker 1: Thing is with Pordero Patterson. He's such a combination of
Speaker 1: speed and power. When you have someone in the coverage
Speaker 1: unit getting off of a block late, they can't arm
Speaker 1: tackle Cordarol Pattison, or if they do make an avoid
Speaker 1: move and they thinking they're gonna have a pursuit angle
Speaker 1: on him. He's so fast, you know, especially in the
Speaker 1: open field where he's not sort of in those convinced,
Speaker 1: confined areas, you know, like running backs can be. When
Speaker 1: you get that guy in the open field with the
Speaker 1: combination of power, speed, ferocity out here you're talking about
Speaker 1: it on the radio Alive Jeph where he's just he
Speaker 1: has no fear of trying to barrel through any tackler
Speaker 1: who might be between him and the goal line. And
Speaker 1: it's really unlike most kick returners in the league, because
Speaker 1: maybe you got a guy who's got that straight line speed,
Speaker 1: maybe you got someone who's got no fear of contact.
Speaker 1: But he's just so big and physical and Burnley with
Speaker 1: his running style that he runs like a short yard.
Speaker 1: It's back with that mentality. He's just got this sleek
Speaker 1: ability in the build while combining that with speed that
Speaker 1: just makes him really unique in his ability to return
Speaker 1: the football. I think it does sort of catch the
Speaker 1: coverage team off guard in certain ways because they really
Speaker 1: don't know even once they be a blocker, they don't
Speaker 1: know how to go about trying to tackle Cornero pattises
Speaker 1: because he's feel different than most return man. Well, it's
Speaker 1: tough to stop a freight train. He's the best Chick
Speaker 1: returner hit in his era, no question about it. Hopes
Speaker 1: to be the number one all time leader in passing
Speaker 1: Gaye Sayers and average. But I'm most importantly scoring that
Speaker 1: ninth touchdown and beyond. All Right, we're gonna let you go, Anthony,
Speaker 1: appreciate it. We'll see you on the weekend on Fox
Speaker 1: thirty two Chicago. Thanks for joining us, Thanks Anthony, Ye
Speaker 1: have tome. Appreciate you guys, great stuff. All right, we'll
Speaker 1: talk to you down the road. This is Bears All
Speaker 1: Access coming up next. We'll be joined by Brent Urban,
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Speaker 1: be joined now by Bears defensive lineman Brent Urban, the
Speaker 1: Urbanator joining us. Now, Hey, how many times have you
Speaker 1: been called the Urbanator? Or is that you're true blue nickname?
Speaker 1: That was actually my nickname from my old decordinator in Virginia. Actually,
Speaker 1: so I heard it a couple of times. Yeah. Nice here.
Speaker 1: I thought it was something I crafted, but uh it's
Speaker 1: already been taken. Uh likely story, because that's exactly what
Speaker 1: you are, man. You play with emotion out there. We've
Speaker 1: been joining your your performances here with the Chicago Bears.
Speaker 1: Hope this is a long term place for you, because
Speaker 1: I know you've you've bounced around a little bit after Baltimore,
Speaker 1: down to Tennessee and now with the Bears, and I
Speaker 1: think you and I have discussed this. This this is
Speaker 1: a system that fits you and your personality and your
Speaker 1: and your skill set absolutely, man, It's it's a place
Speaker 1: where you know, you can really let your personality show
Speaker 1: and um, you know, coach kind of lets us do
Speaker 1: that show emotion and we can feed off each other
Speaker 1: obviously obviously the great tradition of defense. And you know
Speaker 1: it's it's awesome, man. You I feel really comfortable ever
Speaker 1: since I got here. Um, the guys welcome me with
Speaker 1: open arms, and it's been I'm just blessed to be here. Hey, Brent,
Speaker 1: kind of two questions here. Um, drafted in the second
Speaker 1: round in the CFL. Did you ever consider the CFL
Speaker 1: since you are from Canadian? From Canada? And number two?
Speaker 1: Is there extra pressure on a Canadian born football player
Speaker 1: that decides he wants to go to the US to succeed. Um, well,
Speaker 1: by kind of growing up, I all I watched was
Speaker 1: the NFL. Really, I was a little bit of a
Speaker 1: CFL fan, like I did go to a couple of games,
Speaker 1: but the ultimate goal was to go to the NFL. So,
Speaker 1: you know, I think I got drafted my red shirt
Speaker 1: junior year of Virginia and they kind of just called
Speaker 1: me and said, hey, you drafted me any type of thing,
Speaker 1: and then you know, I told him my ultimate goal.
Speaker 1: They completely understood and they've kind of gotten that response before.
Speaker 1: So I think as far as pressure goes, it's I
Speaker 1: think that I think people in Canada do understand that.
Speaker 1: You know, the NFL is so huge and it is
Speaker 1: the best league to face football there, there is a
Speaker 1: level of understanding where it's not really not really a
Speaker 1: ton of pressure that it's just kind of known type
Speaker 1: of thing. Hey, when we see the reaction of a
Speaker 1: tackle for loss of deflective passes sack, is that the
Speaker 1: same guy that we see on the field that's in
Speaker 1: the locker room with his teammates. I think to a
Speaker 1: certain level, man, I'm definitely the type of personality where
Speaker 1: when I'm in a competitive environment, it kind of my
Speaker 1: personality changes to a lot more like energetic, excited, you know,
Speaker 1: definitely louder type of guy where I'm a lot more
Speaker 1: laid back when it's when I'm not in that type
Speaker 1: of atmosphere. So you can say I kind of do
Speaker 1: switch to a degree. And you know, so the last
Speaker 1: two weeks, I was watching a lot of highlights of
Speaker 1: your I was watching the whole game, but I was
Speaker 1: watching you specifically, and there's a couple of plays you
Speaker 1: made the last week. But it reminds me what of
Speaker 1: an offensive lineman should be doing to a defensive lineman.
Speaker 1: You have the six seven frame that you have a
Speaker 1: lot of power behind it, but you really use your
Speaker 1: length as an asset. Is that something that you can
Speaker 1: find when you're watching tape of your opponent or is
Speaker 1: that just part of the weapons that you bring with
Speaker 1: you at the line of scrimmage. I think the biggest
Speaker 1: thing is when I'm watching offensive lineman, I do check
Speaker 1: to see what type of blocker there. Are they going
Speaker 1: to come out and get me or are they going
Speaker 1: to be more of like a zone type guy to
Speaker 1: just kind of stand in my way. So it does
Speaker 1: kind of alter my technique. But at the end of
Speaker 1: the day, I think, you know, my biggest asset is
Speaker 1: my length right where if I get extension, it's going
Speaker 1: to help me make a play on the ball. So
Speaker 1: the biggest thing I do try to do is kind of,
Speaker 1: you know, back up off the ball, make sure my
Speaker 1: feet are on the right place, and just get immediately
Speaker 1: to extension, and that kind of helps me get in
Speaker 1: plays either in my gap or the gap next to it.
Speaker 1: Has anybody ever tried to turn you into an offensive lineman? Yes,
Speaker 1: This is funny. Actually, Coach Bill Laser was my offensive
Speaker 1: coordinator at Virginia and he would constantly be like, Brank,
Speaker 1: come of this side of the ball, man, there's a
Speaker 1: lot more money at offensive line, and you ever frame,
Speaker 1: I know, I know, it's just I think just in
Speaker 1: terms of my mindset and just getting after the ball
Speaker 1: and in that type of thing, it's just I just
Speaker 1: feel like a defender, you know. It's that was never
Speaker 1: a consideration for me, where you know, I want to
Speaker 1: get around someone or get through someone as opposed to
Speaker 1: you know, blocking or getting in front of someone. Brent Urban,
Speaker 1: our guest, you're on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score.
Speaker 1: It just occurred to me as well with Henry Burris
Speaker 1: on the Bears coaching staff. The Canadian Football League called
Speaker 1: a famer. So you entered the league in fourteen with
Speaker 1: the Ravens. You say the Canadian Football EA, and it
Speaker 1: was Hamilton the dress, did you correct? So you guys
Speaker 1: could have been guys could have been teammates, did you
Speaker 1: know that? Because he played for Hamilton in twenty twelve thirteen,
Speaker 1: so that would have been your thirteen season as Richard
Speaker 1: junior or Richard sophomore. Right, that's right. Yeah, I actually, uh,
Speaker 1: it was funny seeing Henry Burris. So I didn't know
Speaker 1: he had been with our coaching staff, kind of going
Speaker 1: into training camp and immediately recognized him. Man cfl legend.
Speaker 1: Everyone in Canada notes to Henry Burris is So that
Speaker 1: was always funny. And I'll talk to him, you know,
Speaker 1: about stuff back home and you know, kind of kind
Speaker 1: of the Canadian differences and that type of thing. So
Speaker 1: it's awesome that he's a part of the staff and
Speaker 1: great to see him every day. Happy Hank when he
Speaker 1: was with the Bears, never a bad day, smile on
Speaker 1: his face. Kind of like you, Brent. You know you
Speaker 1: play with a motion. I'm sure you play with a
Speaker 1: lot of fire and nastiness in there. We know you do,
Speaker 1: but you're just kind of a happy dude, aren't you.
Speaker 1: That's right, man. I just you know, try to approach
Speaker 1: every day with even keel and you know, no bad days.
Speaker 1: It's the best way to approach things. And you know,
Speaker 1: a bad mood, she's not going to get anything accomplished
Speaker 1: that way. So I try to try to stay positive
Speaker 1: and just live my life that way. Man. Hey, Brent,
Speaker 1: I've been in every locker room from a Super Bowl
Speaker 1: locker room to a six and ten locker room, and
Speaker 1: there's been a lot of conversations in between. And I'm
Speaker 1: trying to think about your locker room right now. Are
Speaker 1: there offensive players that you have regular conversations with just
Speaker 1: to try to keep everybody together in the positive, in
Speaker 1: a positive mood and a positive working atmosphere. Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: I think the strength of our team is the locker room.
Speaker 1: Like you wouldn't know what our record is by going
Speaker 1: into the locker room. Like, guys are still guys are
Speaker 1: still positive, man. And you know I talked to a
Speaker 1: lot of guys on offense. You know I see them
Speaker 1: every day and you know, obviously the results aren't there,
Speaker 1: but as far as attitude goes, we're still attacking each
Speaker 1: day and staying positive and know that you know, once
Speaker 1: things do fully click on all three shagses, man, it's
Speaker 1: gonna be h it's gonna be impressive. When you look
Speaker 1: at your defensive line, you guys have every size shaped
Speaker 1: body style across the league. When you are studying tape
Speaker 1: of your defense is there, do your eyes ever gravitate
Speaker 1: towards any of the the a teams or the blow
Speaker 1: Nickels or whomever it is to not necessarily get pointers,
Speaker 1: but just to see how they play the same position
Speaker 1: you're playing. Absolutely, Yeah, I mean I think in terms
Speaker 1: of myself when I'm watching, I guess scouting upcoming games
Speaker 1: and type of things. I'll look at guys with more
Speaker 1: similar body types. But it is interesting to see how
Speaker 1: everyone else plays, right, Like, you know, a team's just
Speaker 1: great to watch with his immense power and he's flying
Speaker 1: off the ball and very unorthodox in kind of how
Speaker 1: he plays certain blocks and that type of thing. He
Speaker 1: switches stuff up a lot, which is very different from
Speaker 1: how I play. So he's a great guy to watch
Speaker 1: to see, you know, how to just have a little
Speaker 1: bit of variance and how I'm playing each block and
Speaker 1: that type of thingum balall as well. He's a great technician,
Speaker 1: great footwork. He's a guy that's fun to watch every
Speaker 1: day work man, He's an amazing work ethic and you know,
Speaker 1: just everybody man, it is. It is fun being a
Speaker 1: part of this group where there's so many guys from
Speaker 1: different backgrounds, different sizes and types of things and seeing
Speaker 1: what works for them, and yeah, borrowing parts of the
Speaker 1: game for sure, Brent Urban a couple of more moments
Speaker 1: with you as you get into your bye week, first
Speaker 1: day off in a while, and imagine, but like all
Speaker 1: good pros and you have a lot of experience, certain
Speaker 1: you're getting your work into to just to stay sharp
Speaker 1: mentally and physically, even though you're gonna get a four
Speaker 1: day break. Do you feel the team needed it? And secondly,
Speaker 1: what's your expectation Monday when you show up at how
Speaker 1: I saw and what the what the attitude will be
Speaker 1: like for this team with six to go? Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think having a byeweek around this time is great. You know,
Speaker 1: it's we played a lot of football and I'm sure
Speaker 1: everybody's body to use a little bit of a break,
Speaker 1: a little mental refresher, you know. Obviously losing the past
Speaker 1: couple of games will definitely help going in the Monday.
Speaker 1: I think we should all be refreshed. Guys are excited
Speaker 1: to attack these you know, last six games, a lot
Speaker 1: of divisional games, a lot of very important football obviously,
Speaker 1: So the biggest thing is just I'm expecting a positive attitude,
Speaker 1: hard working and just excited to really attack it and
Speaker 1: really get things rolling. Right when you in preparation for
Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers, how do you keep your eyes
Speaker 1: off of Aaron Rodgers? Because to me, if you I'm
Speaker 1: playing against a great player in preparation, sometimes it's hard
Speaker 1: to drag your eyes away from that person specifically. So
Speaker 1: when you prepare for Green Bay, how is it you
Speaker 1: keep your eyes against the offensive line? Yeah, it's tough. Man.
Speaker 1: The way he ends plays and pushes the ball down field,
Speaker 1: it's you got you know, keeping a pocket on him
Speaker 1: is is very important to type pocket. And um, he
Speaker 1: does amazing things of the football. Man. It's you know
Speaker 1: you're playing you're playing against players like that. It's you know,
Speaker 1: you get a little you get a little star stork
Speaker 1: with how amazing they play the game. And um, really
Speaker 1: the biggest thing is, yeah, we got to get after
Speaker 1: him up front and try our best to keep him
Speaker 1: in the pocket, not able to extend plays, and um
Speaker 1: you get him on the ground hopefully. So it's a
Speaker 1: it's a tall task, but you know, that's that's part.
Speaker 1: That's a great part of playing in the NFL is
Speaker 1: just these great challenges and great players you play along
Speaker 1: the way. When you're a Bears fan, he's at once
Speaker 1: the most aggravating, irritating player that you'll see much like
Speaker 1: Brett Fireboys for us, but also one you respect so much.
Speaker 1: It's just the greatness can get you so frustrated as
Speaker 1: a as a fan wanting your team to win. So
Speaker 1: I'm sure that same way for you as a player. Brent,
Speaker 1: thank you so much for joining us. Enjoy the balance
Speaker 1: of your bye week here and enjoy some time with family. Thanks, guys,
Speaker 1: I really appreciate it. Thank you, Brent Urban our guest
Speaker 1: here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score. Coming
Speaker 1: up next, we'll be joined by the Fan of the
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Speaker 1: Sports Radio six seventy The Score with producer Julio Rosso,
Speaker 1: and we are very pleased to be joined by the
Speaker 1: Fan of the Year. Saw this today on Twitter Chicago
Speaker 1: Bear at Chicago Bears Paul Vitetec, a season ticket holder
Speaker 1: since nineteen ninety two. He's all about Sunday's Big Tom,
Speaker 1: and he's joining us right now on the phone. Paul,
Speaker 1: Good evening. Congratulations. I understand you got a visit from
Speaker 1: Staley and former Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Haney and you
Speaker 1: were pretty shocked. Hey. First of all, I just want
Speaker 1: to say, hey, guys, shock wasn't the word. First of all,
Speaker 1: I worked mid nights and I just happened to get
Speaker 1: up and I went to the door or somebody's banging
Speaker 1: on my door, and I opened the door. You're Staley
Speaker 1: with his big head. I'm like, what's going on? And
Speaker 1: Caleb Haney, and they told me I want Fan of
Speaker 1: the Year. I said, you've got to be kidding me.
Speaker 1: I had no idea. I was shocked. Well, you were
Speaker 1: dressed for the occasion. You had a Peyton jersey on right,
Speaker 1: and you had your Bears hat ready to go. But
Speaker 1: I wanted you to beyond tonight because it's so strange
Speaker 1: for Tom and I call in games at Soldier Field.
Speaker 1: We're not traveling to the road games and not to
Speaker 1: see any fans, and I just think things would be
Speaker 1: different record wise this year if they were fans in
Speaker 1: the stands, especially when that defense is on the field.
Speaker 1: And I know it's a big hole in everybody's heart
Speaker 1: as Bears fans an NFL fans, So I wanted to
Speaker 1: bring your attention to you and congratulations on your retirement,
Speaker 1: which was what thirteen days ago. So you got a
Speaker 1: lot of road ahead of yain a lot of Bears games.
Speaker 1: I sure hope so. And I just can't get over
Speaker 1: It's weird I going to a Bears home game. I've
Speaker 1: been doing this since the eighties, and I missed all
Speaker 1: my friends in section two fifty six and we're in
Speaker 1: context still, and I just think I have to agree
Speaker 1: it has It would be different with fans there. I
Speaker 1: mean that place gets loud, as you guys know, and
Speaker 1: I just missed doing it and I'm down here in
Speaker 1: my basement screaming and by myself. But keep on sharing
Speaker 1: for the Bears. Paul's what started your fand ammonium And
Speaker 1: is there the greatest moment in your fan history? Well,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you so. Tom Back in the eighty
Speaker 1: Super Bowl year, a friend of mine that I worked
Speaker 1: with at season tickets, he because you ever been to
Speaker 1: a Barris game? I said no, and I went to
Speaker 1: a couple of games and that's all it took. So
Speaker 1: the following year, after the Super Bowl, I went to
Speaker 1: a preseason game and Tommy, I used to work with
Speaker 1: your sister years ago, and she took me down in
Speaker 1: the parking lot and I met you and some of
Speaker 1: the other players. I said, I gotta do this every Sunday,
Speaker 1: and I got on the waiting list, and in nineteen
Speaker 1: ninety two I was lucky enough to get my season
Speaker 1: tickets and I've been there ever since. So you have
Speaker 1: something to do with it. My favorite moment, without a doubt.
Speaker 1: January twenty first the VO seven when we beat the
Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints, when we scored those three touchdowns in
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, the ryaner Lacker was hole in the
Speaker 1: atrophy in front of Virginia with the snow. I'll never
Speaker 1: forget it as long as I lived, you know, Paul.
Speaker 1: It's kind of weird because, and I always say this
Speaker 1: to people that when it's a full time commitment being
Speaker 1: a fan of any team, whomever you are, wherever you're from.
Speaker 1: I have you know. I was born here in sixty
Speaker 1: one and I've been a Bears fan in my whole life,
Speaker 1: and you've been a Bears fan your whole life. A
Speaker 1: season ticket holder then a little differently, but it is
Speaker 1: a it's a commitment to the Bears that you make
Speaker 1: and you know you don't you don't deviate from it
Speaker 1: if they're having a bad year or you know, whatever
Speaker 1: the case is. That once you decide that you're going
Speaker 1: to be a Bears fan, it's something that you've decided
Speaker 1: for life. WHOA without a doubt. I remember growing up
Speaker 1: watching the Bears of my dad on Hicco Street because
Speaker 1: I was born in Joliet, and good or bad, and
Speaker 1: I want to help season ticket holders. At the end
Speaker 1: of a bad game on the losing side, when they
Speaker 1: show a few fans of the stand that to me,
Speaker 1: I will not leave board the games over. I have
Speaker 1: friends say, you're going to the Bears. Gave them out.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be like ten degrees and snowing. So I'm going,
Speaker 1: and I'm there and we appreciate it. Southwest Lot and
Speaker 1: I don't care what I've been to the fog ball.
Speaker 1: The worst game ever was that Monday night game when
Speaker 1: I retired buckets and Sayer's number. Yeah, against the Packers,
Speaker 1: and of course we kind of lost Aaron Rodgers, but
Speaker 1: that was by part of the worst weather ever. But
Speaker 1: I say, for the last second, well, we appreciate it,
Speaker 1: and we appreciate you, and again, congratulations on the honor
Speaker 1: and more importantly, congratulations now on retirement after forty three
Speaker 1: years working at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lennox. And yes,
Speaker 1: I mentioned your name the time, and he goes, well,
Speaker 1: my mom and sister worked there, so you definitely know.
Speaker 1: I worked with your sister many years back in the day.
Speaker 1: And I just want to give a shout out to
Speaker 1: by CT. People that work in the CT department are awesome.
Speaker 1: I missed you. We miss you, guys, but uh yeah,
Speaker 1: life goes on and the bears. I'll go up there
Speaker 1: until I can't no more. I hope it's a lot
Speaker 1: of years. And hey, Jeff and Tiers want to say
Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks if I kind of up.
Speaker 1: But it seems like you guys always say something to
Speaker 1: make us feel better. I just appreciate that you gotta.
Speaker 1: We're with you right right there, shoulder to shoulder, buddy,
Speaker 1: looking forward to see you next year. It sold your
Speaker 1: feel when everything settles down. Paul videtec our guest here
Speaker 1: on Chicago Sports Radio six second need to score the
Speaker 1: Bears Fan of the year. Congratulations and go Bears. Good night.
Speaker 1: Thank you. I love the passion of Bears fans. Let's
Speaker 1: take a break, we come back, We'll wrap things up.
Speaker 1: We'll here a little Tarik Cohen and get you set
Speaker 1: for Thursday night football. Here on Chicago Sports Radio six
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Speaker 1: I sit down with Terik Cohen just days after signing
Speaker 1: his long term contract extension and before he suffered his
Speaker 1: torn ACL Did you ever, in your wildest imagination ever
Speaker 1: think when you were playing football that you would ever
Speaker 1: get a contract of this magnitude? You know, I had
Speaker 1: my doubts at Tom's certainly been a long journey. I've
Speaker 1: been thinking about this every day since you know, I
Speaker 1: probably in middle school, so it's been a long road.
Speaker 1: But I always had a thought of my mind, did
Speaker 1: I get someday? And I felt like that's what drove
Speaker 1: me to get here. I went back to all your
Speaker 1: high school tapes in your college just for fun. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's it's really something what you did. Oh yeah, definitely.
Speaker 1: I feel like, you know, I just I've run like
Speaker 1: the world's chasing me, and I feel like that's what
Speaker 1: I've been doing, you know, since I was little, playing
Speaker 1: the game where you know, it's killed a man with
Speaker 1: the ball and it's just you against everybody else in
Speaker 1: the field. And I feel like, you know, just having
Speaker 1: that mentality it's great, goes along with being a running back.
Speaker 1: You know. On your Twitter, I think it says something
Speaker 1: the effect overlooked and underappreciated. Do you still feel that
Speaker 1: way now that the Chicago Bears have given you a
Speaker 1: second contract and a and a big one at that.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I feel like, you know, that's just the
Speaker 1: way I carry myself. I feel like I've never been
Speaker 1: you know, the file star recruit or you know, the
Speaker 1: best at doing something. So I still feel like, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm overlooked and underrated. So I feel like I got
Speaker 1: to carry that with me the rest of my life,
Speaker 1: and I will, and I'll show that on the field.
Speaker 1: You carry that message on to your nonprofit you work
Speaker 1: with in Chicago, you're very attached to kids. Kids. I
Speaker 1: know there's a great push by you to work with them.
Speaker 1: Why them? Why that group? What resonates with you? Working
Speaker 1: with children? I definitely feel like that's when you need
Speaker 1: to have someone in your corner. And I feel like
Speaker 1: those years when you're a kid, you know, you really
Speaker 1: listening to, you know, the guys you look up to,
Speaker 1: anybody that comes to your life, those are the messages
Speaker 1: stick with you. And I just remember, you know, having
Speaker 1: very little people to look for, you know, when I
Speaker 1: was little, just being around kids. I feel like I
Speaker 1: can connect with him a lot. You know. I like
Speaker 1: to play video games. I probably still watch cartoons if
Speaker 1: i'm you know, I'm up and they come on and
Speaker 1: I see one, you know that I know, so I
Speaker 1: just you know, I connect with kids, you know, in
Speaker 1: a special way, and every one strikes me in a
Speaker 1: certain way that you know, I'm just live boys, you know,
Speaker 1: pull him a heart out to him and just show
Speaker 1: him a lot of love. Yeah, he is a great
Speaker 1: interview and a great guy, fun guy, and I understand
Speaker 1: that he's attacking his rehab time with the Aco, which
Speaker 1: happened in the Atlanta game when the Atlanta's Bryant Hill
Speaker 1: got shoved into the back of his right leg, which
Speaker 1: was unfortunate. Interesting that two and punt returners both got
Speaker 1: hurt on punt returns this year you played is He's
Speaker 1: always felt like the world has been chasing him. And
Speaker 1: I think that's the same for every athlete outside the
Speaker 1: five star guys that just are better than anybody every
Speaker 1: every anyway, so you always have to continue to work.
Speaker 1: And I think he associates with kids because he's the
Speaker 1: same size. I mean, I mean that serious, because they're
Speaker 1: intimidated by huge bodies. All Right, we gotta wrap things up.
Speaker 1: Thursday night football coming up a good one Arizona in Seattle.
Speaker 1: Thanks Tom, Thanks to Anthony Herron and also Brent Urban,
Speaker 1: Julio Rousseo, Jordan tread Up, Dan Burrealty. This has been
Speaker 1: Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the score.
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