WEBVTT - Montez Sweat arrival, Bears vs. Saints preview | Bears, etc. Podcast 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:02.679 Right justin middle of the field forty five to fifteen. 0:00:03.040 --> 0:00:06.000 Bring Russ in front of all leaving lions in his way. 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:08.119 I am Jeff Joniya Whitz. 0:00:07.920 --> 0:00:13.800 Is not Donny go r Wolves like playing for coach Bogdom. 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:16.560 I don't want to answer any questions like that. Sixty 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:17.439 one yards? 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:20.119 What's Sunday stroll for? Justin Fields? 0:00:25.320 --> 0:00:28.400 Yea Bears et Cetera with the voices of the Chicago 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:34.600 Bears Jeff Joniac post trade deadline, the Bears get stronger 0:00:34.640 --> 0:00:37.640 on the defensive line. They also keep cornerback Jalen Johnson. 0:00:37.680 --> 0:00:39.920 How will this impact the Bears moving forward and into 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:42.479 Sunday's matchup down in New Orleans against the Saints? Hi 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:45.599 Everybody Jeff Joniac and Super Bowl winning Bears guard Tom 0:00:45.680 --> 0:00:48.400 Thayer in episode thirty. The Bears et Cetera podcast brought 0:00:48.479 --> 0:00:51.000 you in part today by Bette Rivers. Take a chance 0:00:51.120 --> 0:00:52.840 download the Bette Rivers app. 0:00:52.920 --> 0:00:53.360 Today. 0:00:53.440 --> 0:00:55.640 Coming up, we're going to replay the entire twelve minute 0:00:55.640 --> 0:00:59.640 news conference from Wednesday with gentle manager Ryan Poles. Active Day, 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:02.480 active storyline, but the biggest is that Montes Sweat is 0:01:02.520 --> 0:01:04.680 the Chicago Bear six ' six. 0:01:04.440 --> 0:01:06.280 And we can talk about the combine all you want. 0:01:06.280 --> 0:01:08.160 He's four years deep in his league, but when he 0:01:08.240 --> 0:01:11.920 ran a four to forty at six six, two hundred 0:01:11.920 --> 0:01:15.280 and seventy pounds, caught everybody's attention. Great athlete. He's had 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:17.479 a really good year. Second the quarterback in his career 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:18.959 expects to do the same here. 0:01:19.040 --> 0:01:21.080 Yeah, but you know one thing about the combine. 0:01:21.120 --> 0:01:23.039 You can see these guys and they go out and 0:01:23.040 --> 0:01:26.000 they run an impressive forty, or they jump high, or 0:01:26.040 --> 0:01:28.920 they bench a two twenty five a bunch of times. 0:01:29.200 --> 0:01:32.840 But like you said, it's how they put that talent 0:01:32.959 --> 0:01:35.400 in motion. And I think to me, that's been the 0:01:35.440 --> 0:01:38.840 most impressive thing about Montest Sweat since he's come aboard 0:01:38.840 --> 0:01:43.479 into the NFL, is that. Yeah, he caught everybody's attention immediately, 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:47.600 he was on everybody's radar. He played, had the speed 0:01:47.720 --> 0:01:51.320 that he plays a very unique position. And then can 0:01:51.360 --> 0:01:54.680 you put all that together, Because we've seen guys that 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:57.880 have special skills that weren't the football players that they 0:01:57.920 --> 0:02:00.840 had hoped to be. But Montes Sweb has been able 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:04.080 to scratch the surface of ultimately where he can go. 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:06.000 And Bears to give up a high second round pick 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:08.280 as it stands right now anyway, We'll see how the 0:02:08.320 --> 0:02:11.120 season winds up, but that will be an impact to 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:12.880 the story as well. But the Bears are trying to 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:16.120 sign him. We'll see if he's interested in signing right now. 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:20.000 He it would be under Bears control regardless because they 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:22.600 could easily franchise tag him. But Ryan Poet says they 0:02:22.600 --> 0:02:24.919 hope to get something done on the near termy home. 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:27.400 More about that in what Ryan had to say. And 0:02:27.760 --> 0:02:29.480 that's what you'd like to do. You give up that 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:31.720 kind of draft choice capital, Tom you want to sign 0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:32.799 him long term. 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:33.240 Of course you do. 0:02:33.360 --> 0:02:35.359 You want a guy come in here that you made 0:02:35.360 --> 0:02:39.440 a trade mid season of a portion an area of 0:02:39.480 --> 0:02:41.800 the game that you need a lot of help, and 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:45.120 he comes in here and performs at a high level. 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:48.639 He's a good guy inside the locker room. He can 0:02:48.680 --> 0:02:52.760 help young guys maybe achieve what ultimately they want to 0:02:52.800 --> 0:02:57.040 achieve by getting some tutoring on the field, and you 0:02:57.160 --> 0:03:00.840 work well with the organization, the linebackers and the Yeah, 0:03:00.919 --> 0:03:03.840 you definitely want to be able to have this guy 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:06.320 impress you, and then you want to get him signed 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:07.360 to a long term deal. 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:09.920 Bears weren't sure he'd be available for a minute. He 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:12.200 wasn't than he was, and other teams were involved, so 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:14.560 they took the swing at it. We talk about the 0:03:14.560 --> 0:03:16.120 pass rush all the time, but they got to be 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:19.040 edgsetters well in the run game. And I you know, 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:21.960 going back and watching every snap of that game against 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:25.360 Washington the Bears won, and just some other clips, he 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:27.640 is a good run defender. Tim, what is your professional 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:28.800 opinion of his run defense? 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:30.040 You know what the thing about it. 0:03:30.120 --> 0:03:33.240 He has length, he has speed, and he has athleticism, 0:03:33.520 --> 0:03:36.640 everything that you need to be a good defensive end 0:03:37.120 --> 0:03:40.720 that plays every portion of the game first, second, and 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:43.720 third down. And I think that's what impressed me most 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:48.320 about Montese Sweat is that we all became noticed of 0:03:48.400 --> 0:03:51.320 him because of the forty he ran. But I think 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:53.760 when you look at his game over the course of 0:03:53.880 --> 0:03:58.160 years and his development is his willingness to play the run. 0:03:58.520 --> 0:04:00.520 Because you know, Jeff, when you look at some of 0:04:00.560 --> 0:04:03.840 these defensive ends that you become familiar with over your 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:06.800 last thirty years in the league, you have guys that 0:04:06.880 --> 0:04:08.920 want to run on the field on third down and 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:11.520 they want to rush the passer. But then you have 0:04:11.680 --> 0:04:13.880 these guys that are willing to stay on the field 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:16.919 in first and second down and be contributors in the 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:20.120 running game. And that's what I see about Montes and 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:24.000 whether he's you know, being blocked by a tight end 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:27.640 or an offensive tackle, he's able to use his traits 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:31.880 and his skills and his length equally as effectively against 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:33.760 all pieces. 0:04:34.000 --> 0:04:35.520 Jalen Johnson remains with the Bears. 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:37.640 He took the podium on Wednesday as well, gave a 0:04:37.760 --> 0:04:41.040 very detailed explanation of where he's at. Your first impuls is, well, 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:43.480 you know, he couldn't get a trade done. The asking 0:04:43.520 --> 0:04:45.760 price not quite what the Bears were looking for, and 0:04:45.839 --> 0:04:47.960 Ryan Pols will talk about that here in a minute, 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:50.760 but he basically asked for a late first, early second 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:52.880 and he was not going to budge from that, but 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:56.200 he granted the wish the Jalen side had said if 0:04:56.240 --> 0:04:59.040 they didn't get a contract done after meeting on Sunday 0:04:59.040 --> 0:05:01.159 in La, you know, he asked for a trade, so 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:02.880 he said, you know, go take a look. 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:03.840 So they took a look. 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:05.919 They're still communicating though it doesn't mean they're not going 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:09.400 to sign him, but he is still here. But you wonder, 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:13.400 you know, is he going to have the same desire 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:16.920 to be great as a Bear without the safety net 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:19.400 and the security of a long term contract. We'll hear 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:21.720 from Jalen Johnson on that here in a few minutes 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:24.760 as well. I was convinced he'll be fine, Tom, he 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:27.920 will be fine. So he feels he's the best cornerback 0:05:27.920 --> 0:05:30.440 in the league. He feels he's playing the best ball 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:34.320 of his career, and so he continues to make that clear. 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:35.960 And now he's got to show it the rest of 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:36.520 this season. 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:38.839 Yeah, you're right, he's got to show with the rest 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:41.120 of the season and him going up to the podium 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:43.919 and saying that he feels that he's one of or 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:47.560 not the best cornerback in the league. Then you're talking 0:05:47.600 --> 0:05:51.000 about what are the teams that are trading for you, 0:05:51.040 --> 0:05:53.960 What do they think? What do they think your value 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:56.680 is in terms of getting a long term deal done 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:58.240 with Jalen if you went and. 0:05:58.200 --> 0:05:59.000 Traded for him. 0:05:59.279 --> 0:06:02.279 Listen, I want every guy to have a high opinion 0:06:02.360 --> 0:06:05.159 of themselves, but I also want them to go out 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:07.440 and prove it. And that's where the kind of where 0:06:07.520 --> 0:06:10.560 Jalen is right now. If he thinks that he is 0:06:10.680 --> 0:06:14.680 this type of playmaking cornerback that can really go out 0:06:14.680 --> 0:06:18.279 there and play at a blocking down a number one 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:21.000 receiver on any team in the league. And if you 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:23.520 continue to show it, you're either going to be rewarded 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:27.560 here or somewhere else. And he understands about the franchise 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:31.640 tag as well. So I hope Jalen comes out here 0:06:32.200 --> 0:06:36.719 and continues to make the types of plays that cornerbacks 0:06:36.839 --> 0:06:40.039 need to make in order to be considered one of 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:41.520 the tops in the league. 0:06:41.600 --> 0:06:44.560 Well, when sweat gets down the field, you presumably will 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:48.080 get a bigger impact up front. Guys will get slotted differently, 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:50.440 the rotation gets a little more experience and a. 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:52.240 Lot of production. It will help the dB. 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:55.680 So that'll be an interesting connection with Jalen Johnson. For 0:06:55.760 --> 0:06:58.080 all your journeys ahead, go with a partner who's been 0:06:58.120 --> 0:07:00.120 on your team from the beginning, the one members and 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:03.039 communities have trusted for over eighty five years. Blue Cross 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:06.159 and Blue Shield of Illinois, always standing by you, with you, 0:07:06.640 --> 0:07:09.280 for you through it all. Also the news of the 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:12.440 daytime the removal of running back coach David Walker dismissed 0:07:12.480 --> 0:07:17.120 for repeated violations that involved the HR department and workplace conduct. 0:07:17.200 --> 0:07:20.040 So the new running backs coach now will be Omar Young, 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:24.160 who's been here under Eberflus, working with wide receivers and 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:28.520 also other aspects of the Bears passing offense. So the 0:07:28.640 --> 0:07:32.119 running game certainly is something he's been around and that'll 0:07:32.120 --> 0:07:34.960 be the transition. But you know, as a second coach 0:07:35.000 --> 0:07:38.360 in six weeks, better than to just say, let's just 0:07:38.440 --> 0:07:41.680 ignore that and move on. You got to make these decisions. 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:44.160 They're not easy decisions at this point in the season. 0:07:44.520 --> 0:07:45.160 What's your thought. 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:47.680 I think it's some of the most difficult decisions you'll 0:07:47.720 --> 0:07:51.240 ever have to make in an assistant coach's life because Jeff, 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:53.800 like I always say, how long you been around the game, 0:07:53.840 --> 0:07:55.680 And you see how many hours that a lot of 0:07:55.720 --> 0:07:59.920 these assistant coaches put in to ultimately getting the job 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:03.760 job that pays for all the dues that they put 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:06.760 in in life and in time in the moving that 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:09.840 they've had to do throughout their career, and then they 0:08:09.920 --> 0:08:13.320 finally get the opportunity to get a high profile job 0:08:13.400 --> 0:08:16.520 in the NFL market, it seems like you'd want to 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:20.280 do everything you possibly could to present yourself in the 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:22.920 proper way in order to hold on to that job 0:08:22.960 --> 0:08:27.000 as long as possible. These guys are paid very handsomely 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:31.040 when they do achieve this type of success, and you know, 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:34.240 that's what I think. Matt Eberflus has a really high 0:08:34.360 --> 0:08:39.120 expectation of every one of these guys, from character to coaching. 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:40.760 Has to that's the only way it's going to work 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:44.400 for sure. Injury report today. They did not practice on Wednesday, 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:47.320 but there was an injury report. Eddie Jackson would be 0:08:47.600 --> 0:08:50.800 clear to go the entire day, Brisker, Edmunds, Terrell Smith, 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:54.280 Nay Davis all out, justin fields out limited for Brexton Jones, 0:08:54.320 --> 0:08:56.880 that twenty one day window still open for his return 0:08:57.360 --> 0:09:00.200 from his neck injury. I'd like to see him out there, 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:01.600 but I don't want to see a less than one 0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:03.720 hundred percent Braxton Jones at this point. 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:07.560 You yeah, now with the neck issue, and you're talking 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:11.479 about a position that your neck comes into play almost 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:15.760 every single play, and sometimes it can have an extremely 0:09:15.880 --> 0:09:19.040 high impact to it if you're pulling or if you're 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:20.080 on the mover, you're. 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:21.160 Going to the second level. 0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:24.800 So Braxton Jones is a super young man in his 0:09:25.000 --> 0:09:28.120 career with a super bright future ahead of him. So 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:31.360 coming back from this issue, you got to make sure 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:36.080 that you're one hundred percent confident rather than being uncertain 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:37.320 about your ability. 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:41.360 Busy heart Seltzer the official heart Seltzer of the Chicago Bears. 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:45.360 As indicated Ryan Poe's met the media on Wednesday, we'll 0:09:45.360 --> 0:09:48.120 give you the whole thing right here on Bears et cetera. 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:50.680 We expect him to come here and help our entire 0:09:50.720 --> 0:09:53.679 team get better. We see him as a long, fast, explosive, 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:56.480 relentless defensive end that can help us both in the 0:09:56.520 --> 0:09:59.800 run in the past game, and really I see him 0:09:59.800 --> 0:10:00.560 as a multiplier. 0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:03.000 He's gonna allow everyone to play better. 0:10:03.040 --> 0:10:06.280 Our entire defensive front, our corners are safeties and again, 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:08.680 hopefully we talk about the ball all the time, creating 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:12.200 turnovers and stops so we can be better In terms 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:15.520 of our process, really was a situation where you know, 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:18.959 you try to forecast forward, you look at the draft potential. 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:20.839 Our guys have been doing a really good job being 0:10:20.840 --> 0:10:24.240 the information in as well as free agency, and we 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:26.280 felt like this was a really good opportunity to get 0:10:26.280 --> 0:10:29.000 ahead of that and get a top pass rusher in 0:10:29.040 --> 0:10:32.000 the building. And again that's short term, but also for 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:36.400 long term, we're currently working on getting a contract done now. 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:38.800 Too. 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:40.680 I got a lot of questions about Jalen. 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:44.679 First, Jayalen I have a really good relationship, a lot 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:45.480 of transparency. 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:47.559 We sit down and we talk, We go through different things. 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:52.839 And heard a lot about not wanting Jalen here long term, 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:55.360 and that couldn't be further from the truth. He knows 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:58.120 that we want him here and we've talked about that 0:10:58.880 --> 0:10:59.800 our process there. 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:02.120 I'll just kind of pull back on that whole deal. 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:04.160 Anytime we do an extension, I bring players in to 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:06.800 sit down and have a conversation to really go over 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:09.400 what an extension looks like, what does it feel like. 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:12.400 Because the biggest thing is you can take things personal 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:17.080 when you're negotiating through an agent. So there's the club 0:11:17.120 --> 0:11:21.040 side starts one side, the agent starts the other, and 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:23.120 you try to find that sweet spot in the middle 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:24.400 to get the deal done. 0:11:25.240 --> 0:11:27.520 And in that sense, you can take it personal. 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:29.480 And the big thing, I want our guys and the 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:31.200 guys here to be able to come in my office 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:34.000 and talk about if they feel disrespected anyway, and we 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:36.400 can talk through it to go because it's a tough situation. 0:11:36.800 --> 0:11:38.560 So I want them to know that my phone's on 0:11:38.679 --> 0:11:40.080 my door's open. We talk through that. 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:41.760 So we've been able to do that with Jalen and 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:43.520 go through that process. 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:46.280 Really with that one, we've. 0:11:46.080 --> 0:11:49.439 Exchanged a couple of times and it was one of 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:51.400 those situations. A lot of times it happens when you 0:11:51.440 --> 0:11:55.359 exchange emails back and forth with deals. Tone can be misunderstood, 0:11:55.440 --> 0:11:56.880 emotions can be misunderstood. 0:11:56.880 --> 0:11:57.240 We all know that. 0:11:57.280 --> 0:11:58.880 I'm sure we've all texted and it's like, no, I 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:02.240 didn't mean it to be that way. So on Sunday 0:12:02.280 --> 0:12:05.760 we met with his side. I had really good meetings 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:09.760 in La I thought we made progress. I talked at 0:12:09.760 --> 0:12:11.240 text of my group. I'm like, we'll be able to 0:12:11.240 --> 0:12:14.480 get this deal done in a matter of days. We 0:12:14.559 --> 0:12:17.839 come back from the trip and his team wants to 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:21.760 explore a trade situation. So I'm fine with that. But 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:24.120 I brought Jalen in, we sat down, we talked about it. 0:12:24.360 --> 0:12:27.520 I granted permission to do that. Here's the thing I'm 0:12:27.559 --> 0:12:30.520 not I don't want to lose Jalen Johnson. If I 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:33.120 were to lose Jalen Johnson, I would like to have 0:12:33.160 --> 0:12:36.160 a high percentage of hitting on another Jalen Johnson, which 0:12:36.760 --> 0:12:40.360 to me is a late first, and it's an early second, 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:42.240 so really simple there. 0:12:42.640 --> 0:12:43.440 That didn't happen. 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:46.680 So we are still open to getting a contract done 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:49.400 and I'm going to follow Jalen's lead on how he 0:12:49.440 --> 0:12:50.520 wants to go about doing that. 0:12:50.880 --> 0:12:51.680 But we're still open. 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:53.640 And again, Jalen and I have talked as recently as 0:12:53.720 --> 0:12:57.040 today and. 0:12:57.000 --> 0:12:58.840 That's what I got there. So those are two topics 0:12:59.080 --> 0:13:00.000 open up for questions. 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:03.160 How would you characterize the state of extension talks with 0:13:03.200 --> 0:13:05.040 Montes and where you're at a that. 0:13:05.400 --> 0:13:08.560 Yeah, so he just signed up, got the physical done, 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:12.319 so you know, we just kick that off. It's hard 0:13:12.360 --> 0:13:13.880 to put a timeline on it, but I'm hoping it 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:14.600 won't take too long. 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:19.600 When it came down to Montese versus Chase Young, we 0:13:19.679 --> 0:13:22.920 know now that both were on the market, how'd. 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:24.280 You come to the decision to, you know, shout. 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:27.840 Out as a two for Montes versus you know, Chase 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:29.280 Young going for for three. 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:31.800 Yeah, I'll be honest. 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:34.839 I really didn't think Tes was available for a while, 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:38.840 so that door was kind of closed and it was 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:40.400 gonna be kind of quiet, and then it popped back 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:42.960 up in the last couple of hours. 0:13:43.160 --> 0:13:46.080 Ryan Ran, we talked to him Matt earlier today, you 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:49.760 had your second assistant coach leave in six weeks? 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:52.440 Yep? Does he have a culture problem? Did bears have 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:54.960 a culture problem? And if no, why why not? 0:13:55.120 --> 0:13:58.120 Because these things don't happen you know it's happening twice 0:13:58.120 --> 0:13:58.800 in six days. 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:01.679 Yeah, Well I can be really clear with that one. 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:08.640 We have a expectations here and this comes from me, Kevin, 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:12.240 George and Matt. If you don't meet those expectations or 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:14.360 how you move around this building, how you treat people, 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:17.280 how you talk to people, how you act, you don't 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:20.800 belong here. So the alternative is you do nothing and 0:14:20.840 --> 0:14:23.560 you just kind of brush around the rug and you're 0:14:23.600 --> 0:14:27.360 cool with that, which we're not, or you act accordingly 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:29.920 to make sure that your culture is strong. So unfortunately, 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:32.040 just I feel like every time I talk, it's like 0:14:32.840 --> 0:14:35.880 the easy way the quiet way. The hard way is 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:37.720 a loud way, and we have to deal with this. 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:40.600 But that's how we're going to do business here. 0:14:40.680 --> 0:14:43.000 So right, how certain are you that you can get 0:14:43.000 --> 0:14:45.560 a deal done with Sweat without using the franchise tag 0:14:45.600 --> 0:14:47.960 because when you spend a second obviously it's a long 0:14:48.040 --> 0:14:49.400 term thing. Is that put you in a little bit 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:53.200 of a tough situation leverage wise, trying to get knowing 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:55.480 that you need to have this guy here long term. 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:57.880 Yeah, I feel really confident that we can get a 0:14:57.920 --> 0:14:58.400 deal done. 0:14:58.680 --> 0:14:58.840 Right. 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:02.040 What is the benefit being able to negotiate with him now, 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:05.240 essentially paying the second round pick to do that, as 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:09.080 opposed to waiting till March and getting involved in that situation. 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:11.960 Yeah, I think it's capitalizing right now because you start 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:17.040 to lose opportunities. It's really hard to see, you know. 0:15:17.520 --> 0:15:18.840 It's like we talked about it, like if you look 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:22.600 at the phrasing and stack now, it's going to look 0:15:22.720 --> 0:15:25.360 very different by the time you get to that point 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:28.160 of the year because there's so many different opportunities that 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:30.440 can pop up in terms of extensions, tax different things 0:15:30.480 --> 0:15:33.640 like that. So we decided with that type of player, 0:15:33.640 --> 0:15:35.440 we want to capitalize on that now. 0:15:35.560 --> 0:15:37.400 And you've got a sense that if you guys weren't 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:39.440 the ones to trade from yesterday, somebody else. 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:40.120 Yes. 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:42.880 Are you surprised that the pass rush up until this point, 0:15:43.120 --> 0:15:47.160 given how many draft resources free agent resources that you've utilized, 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:48.960 that hasn't hand out the way that you might have 0:15:49.000 --> 0:15:49.960 been hopeful for. 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:52.800 Yeah, you're always hopeful with the guys that you're bringing in, 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:57.040 but sometimes you just need, you know, someone that can 0:15:57.080 --> 0:16:00.520 come in and create some disruption where you have to 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:02.680 slide the offensive line a certain way, you have to 0:16:02.720 --> 0:16:05.320 double team certain people, and then that starts again. We're 0:16:05.320 --> 0:16:08.320 talking about multipliers where it can open up different situations 0:16:08.400 --> 0:16:09.520 for different guys to get home. 0:16:09.680 --> 0:16:11.320 So I'm hoping that this improves that. 0:16:11.320 --> 0:16:14.600 We're aggressive again this year, same situation, second round. Pick 0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:16.920 what gives you confidence that this time this move of 0:16:16.960 --> 0:16:17.760 the trade deadline is. 0:16:17.720 --> 0:16:20.360 Going to work out. Yeah, it's one of those things. Again. 0:16:20.400 --> 0:16:21.920 I try to take a lot of pride in it, 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:24.640 but you know, you look at things that you do. 0:16:24.920 --> 0:16:27.920 If they fail or you make mistakes, can you look 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:32.400 back at why and address those? And then I think 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:34.400 the key is like sometimes you become a little bit 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:38.200 shy to make aggressive moves as you move forward, but 0:16:38.240 --> 0:16:40.000 that's just not how we're wired. So it took a 0:16:40.000 --> 0:16:45.080 lot of those things from that situation and kind of 0:16:45.200 --> 0:16:47.840 went through that process and said, Okay, here's where we 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:50.800 may have messed up this and then for this one 0:16:50.920 --> 0:16:53.320 not not making the same mistake and learn from that. 0:16:53.720 --> 0:16:56.160 It was obviously a significant move on your part to 0:16:56.200 --> 0:16:58.680 open the door for Galing in his camp to go 0:16:58.760 --> 0:16:59.440 seek a trade. 0:17:00.200 --> 0:17:01.000 What was in that for you? 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:03.480 Philosophical philosophically, what were you? 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:04.200 Can you say that one more time? 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:04.720 I'm sorry. 0:17:05.560 --> 0:17:08.240 Obviously a significant measure by you to open the doors 0:17:08.240 --> 0:17:10.120 for jail And in his camp to explore a trade 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:14.040 possibility yesterday from from your vantage point philosophically, what was 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:17.359 advantageous to you to allowing them to do that? 0:17:17.840 --> 0:17:19.360 So you didn't have to grant that if you didn't want. 0:17:21.520 --> 0:17:24.119 I think again, it's a respect that I have for 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:27.560 Jalen too. It's like, if that's in your heart, then 0:17:27.560 --> 0:17:29.560 you want to go check that out. Go check that 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:32.760 out and see what comes back. If if everything lines 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:36.320 up perfectly well, if you want to go somewhere else, 0:17:36.800 --> 0:17:40.040 then that can happen. If that brought the pick where 0:17:40.040 --> 0:17:42.920 I felt like we could get another Jalen Johnson, then 0:17:43.400 --> 0:17:45.199 we can do that too. So it's really just to 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:47.720 have clarity on the situation. But it had to work 0:17:47.720 --> 0:17:50.160 out perfectly for both sides to. 0:17:49.720 --> 0:17:53.199 It's such a financial divide between what he is looking 0:17:53.200 --> 0:17:54.280 for and what you're willing to do. 0:17:55.080 --> 0:17:59.360 That's the thing we never got to that point. That's 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:02.160 what we meant in terms of let's close the gap 0:18:02.280 --> 0:18:04.880 and figure out where to go next. Because when you negotiate, you, 0:18:04.960 --> 0:18:06.560 just like anything else that you guys have done it, 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:08.479 you go back and forth a couple of steps. 0:18:08.760 --> 0:18:11.760 So there was only a few steps. No one was final. 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:13.920 Does that makes sense? 0:18:14.200 --> 0:18:15.960 Yeah, I mean I guess obviously there's still. 0:18:15.840 --> 0:18:17.640 I don't know what the gap is. 0:18:17.760 --> 0:18:20.400 Does that frustrate you not having clarity? 0:18:20.480 --> 0:18:23.200 I guess he was a surprise because we were working 0:18:23.240 --> 0:18:24.120 to close the gap. 0:18:24.160 --> 0:18:26.160 So there had not been an offer extended. 0:18:27.200 --> 0:18:29.119 They were offers, but there was no last and final 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:29.840