WEBVTT - Ryan Griffin on toughness instilled by Eberflus | All Access 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:02.680 Talking Bears once again here on Bears All Access on 0:00:02.759 --> 0:00:05.240 Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score. It's brought to 0:00:05.280 --> 0:00:08.600 you by IGS Energy. Good to have you along along 0:00:08.600 --> 0:00:12.040 with Tom Fayer, I'm Jeff Joniac and Jim Miller from 0:00:12.039 --> 0:00:15.280 Sirius Sex m NFL Radios moving the chains our weekly 0:00:15.320 --> 0:00:18.040 guest thanks to our producers Jordan trud Up, Dan Billing 0:00:18.040 --> 0:00:19.880 and the folks here at the Score. Coming up at 0:00:19.880 --> 0:00:21.800 the bottom of the hour, were joined by veteran tight 0:00:21.880 --> 0:00:25.439 end Ryan Griffin. Boys, good to see it, Good to 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:29.240 talk to you. This is the downtime, as it is 0:00:29.640 --> 0:00:31.720 every year, the quiet time of year. But it's still 0:00:31.760 --> 0:00:35.200 not quiet, is it. Jim, No way, no, how no. 0:00:35.760 --> 0:00:38.080 You know, players, you know they got to be smart. 0:00:38.120 --> 0:00:40.320 You know, this is when you got some free time, 0:00:41.320 --> 0:00:43.080 some money in the bank, and you got to make 0:00:43.120 --> 0:00:45.640 some wise decisions. You know. This is I always bring 0:00:45.640 --> 0:00:47.680 it up that this was a point where I kind 0:00:47.680 --> 0:00:50.120 of cranked it up in terms of my training. You're 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:52.720 expected to be in shape when you arrived to camp. 0:00:53.000 --> 0:00:55.440 A camp isn't sometime that you you're starting to get 0:00:55.440 --> 0:00:58.440 in shape. You've already built this foundation. So for me, 0:00:58.520 --> 0:01:00.880 I want to crank it up. But you know, again, 0:01:00.960 --> 0:01:03.320 time on your hands, be careful, just spend it with 0:01:03.400 --> 0:01:06.759 family and friends and no foolishness. I mean, the task 0:01:06.840 --> 0:01:09.080 at hand is just around the corner. And Tom the 0:01:09.120 --> 0:01:12.119 league would love twenty four to seven NFL headlines, and 0:01:12.440 --> 0:01:15.680 they still do. There's always something going on, something either 0:01:15.720 --> 0:01:17.480 inside the game or outside the game, and that has 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:19.760 been the case again this week. And then you know, 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:22.720 you talk about the unveiling of the training camp schedule. 0:01:22.800 --> 0:01:26.279 That's another milestone, so fans are gonna get eleven shots 0:01:26.280 --> 0:01:28.640 at seeing the Bears up at hallisall. We all agree 0:01:29.080 --> 0:01:32.279 that it was a wonderful experience to have a home 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:35.280 camp without having to pack everything up and go a 0:01:35.280 --> 0:01:38.600 lot more efficient. Fans are up close, great opportunity. The 0:01:38.600 --> 0:01:41.080 first one they'll be able to see for themselves is 0:01:41.160 --> 0:01:43.480 July twenty eighth, so we're a little more than a 0:01:43.480 --> 0:01:46.080 month away from that. But just to reflect on what 0:01:46.200 --> 0:01:48.440 training camp and there's adjustments to another Bear is going 0:01:48.480 --> 0:01:50.920 to tweak how and the interactions with the players are 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:52.920 going to be back with autographs and everything. Just what 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:55.000 it would be like at house. On the efficiency of 0:01:55.000 --> 0:01:58.200 it all, well, you know, continue the familiarity that you've 0:01:58.240 --> 0:02:00.760 been able to build upon by bringing this whole rookie 0:02:00.760 --> 0:02:03.160 class in the Hollis Hall. They know how to get there, 0:02:03.200 --> 0:02:04.880 they know how to get home, they know where their 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:08.120 locker is, they know all the inner workings of the building. 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:10.800 That's so no one's ever late for meetings or trying 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:13.600 to transition from one area to the next, and they 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:16.640 know the distances in between. The one thing about it, 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:19.399 and I think in the next six weeks is everybody 0:02:19.560 --> 0:02:21.880 was up in arms when they asked Justin about is 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:24.240 he ready to play a game, and Justin said, no, 0:02:24.360 --> 0:02:27.520 I'm not ready, but I'll be ready in ten weeks 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:31.160 when it's or however many weeks September eleventh. Is so 0:02:31.400 --> 0:02:33.760 when Jim talks about what you have to do during 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:36.920 this next six weeks, yeah, it's time off from being 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:39.760 required to be in the building every day, but it's 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:44.720 not time off from your football responsibility. That's physically and mentally. 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:47.560 So I think what Justin Fields can do with the 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:50.280 information that he's been able to put on the video 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:53.959 and where he's going to go when they start up again, 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:57.360 I think it can be as big as a building 0:02:57.400 --> 0:03:00.640 block as anything that he's faced since he was introduced 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:04.480 to Matt Eberflus and this whole coaching staff in this offense. 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:09.160 Tammgat injury, so we knew that Dakota Dozier, the veteran 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:13.799 offensive lineman, suffered a leg injury in the minicamp and 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:16.000 now had to be placed on injured reserve. He was 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:20.359 getting first team reps at right guard. Does that impact 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:23.120 you in any way at what the end result will 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:27.360 be with that starter at that right guard position. Oh, significantly, 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:31.080 because it's rookies or a converted center trying to play 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:34.720 right guard. To me, I hope that they still keep 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:38.120 in the consideration that Lucas Patrick may be the best 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:41.760 to play right guard if the rookies don't pan out, 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:44.960 or Sam Mustaffer is better fit for center than he 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:48.600 is offensive guard. You gotta keep at an open mind 0:03:48.640 --> 0:03:52.240 when you're talking about developing five guys that can play 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:55.880 alongside each other for the long haul. And Lucas Patrick 0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:59.760 has experience at right guard, Sam Mustaffer does not have 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:03.040 a experience at right guard. So you got to keep 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:06.000 an open mind, Jeff, when they bring these players aboard. 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:09.000 If you don't have a rookie that is really impressing 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:11.720 you from day one. You may have to make some 0:04:11.800 --> 0:04:14.880 veteran moves to put the best offensive line out there, 0:04:15.320 --> 0:04:18.800 or like I said, consider Tavin Jenkins. Here's a guy 0:04:18.839 --> 0:04:21.479 that if he can't play right or left tackle, can 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:24.200 he play right guard. Jim, how do you feel about 0:04:24.240 --> 0:04:27.120 it and are you okay with having a super young 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:31.039 offensive line versus some veterans that are thrown in the mix. Well, 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:34.279 I think it's it's going to be crucial for Justin Fields. 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:36.520 He's got to know his blitz packages and he's got 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:38.760 to know his hunts, so you know, if a block 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:40.800 is missed, he's got to get the ball out of 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:44.960 his hands. So normally you like with a young quarterback, 0:04:45.040 --> 0:04:47.680 you like a veteran offensive line, but that may not 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:49.800 be the case here with the Bears. So I think 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:52.960 it puts added pressure on Justin Fields to know the 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:56.839 ins and out so the past protections, way to check plays, 0:04:56.880 --> 0:04:59.560 you know, to and from, to put his offensive lineman 0:04:59.600 --> 0:05:02.440 in the best position. And as Tom mentioned, I mean 0:05:02.480 --> 0:05:05.440 the real you're gonna find out how it really sorts 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:08.279 out once the pads come on, once the live bullets, 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:10.760 when they go through blitz period and blitz pick up 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:14.760 and inside run. It's gonna sort itself out. It always 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:17.480 does on the offensive line. But I do think it's 0:05:17.480 --> 0:05:20.400 gonna be imperative if they do go young, that it's 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:22.840 going to put more pressure on Justin to really know 0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:25.880 where his blitz pickups are. And it's some and at 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:28.640 some point you know they're gonna they're gonna have to 0:05:28.720 --> 0:05:31.680 go with what they go with at the tackle position 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:34.360 while keeping an eye and they will because this is 0:05:34.400 --> 0:05:36.600 how it's going to be. Ryan Poles would be constantly 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:38.960 having his guys look at seeing what's out there, who's 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:41.480 still available, and if things aren't going in the right 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:44.600 direction at some point in camp, So Tom, for example, 0:05:44.800 --> 0:05:48.440 there's some tackles out there still available, guys like Dwayne Brown, 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:53.159 Eric Fisher and Riley Reef, two veterans that come to 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:55.120 mind that have played the tackle position for a long 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:58.040 time in the NFL. Would that be an area that 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:01.520 you'd be okay with if you're not comfortable with what 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:04.240 you're getting at the tackle position and the development of 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:07.560 those young tackles at the moment, you know, Jeff, what 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:11.320 at all three of us experienced last year. Eleven days 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:13.880 ten days before camp, they bring in an eighteen year 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:18.000 vet who said he's been sitting on a lake shore fishing. 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:20.919 So if you look at those players that you just mentioned, 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:25.120 they do have experience. Will they take a responsible amount 0:06:25.160 --> 0:06:28.719 of money or because they know it's a desperation sign? 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:31.640 Are they looking to break the bank one more time? 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:34.240 If that's the case, I don't want to bring in 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:36.839 a guy that's money hungry. I want to bring in 0:06:36.920 --> 0:06:40.640 a player that's hungry. So, yeah, the veterans are nice 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:43.440 to mention Dwayne Brown. He's been a heck of a 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:45.640 player and he's had a heck of a career. But 0:06:45.960 --> 0:06:48.840 I'm going to exhaust every single guy that I have 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:52.159 on this roster to tell me, Okay, you cannot play. 0:06:52.360 --> 0:06:54.440 Then we got to look to make a change him. 0:06:55.040 --> 0:06:58.240 One team that's out there that I think Bryan Poles 0:06:58.360 --> 0:07:01.919 is very familiar with is Kansas City. They've got linemen 0:07:02.040 --> 0:07:04.880 to give, all right, They're gonna have Orlando Brown's probably 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:07.520 gonna be the highest paid left tackle in the league. 0:07:07.600 --> 0:07:10.800 Joe Thuney is the highest paid left guard. Creed Humphreys 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:13.760 an All Pro as a rookie as a center. Trey 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:16.880 Smith started every game and playoffs as a right guard, 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:20.440 and then you've got they've got penciled in Andrew Wiley 0:07:20.520 --> 0:07:24.880 at the right tackle. But Wiley is competing against Lucas Niang, 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:27.600 who they drafted a couple of years ago. They are 0:07:27.720 --> 0:07:31.239 loaded at their offensive lines, So maybe there a deal 0:07:31.320 --> 0:07:34.040 can be struck with Kansas City that have more than 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:38.160 enough guys to give at both guard and tackle. Jim Miller, 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:40.800 Jeff Johnny Act, Tom Fair, We're gonna take our first break. 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:43.240 Coming up, we'll take a look at the defense or 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:45.560 the Bears and the status of Robert Quinn. It's all 0:07:45.600 --> 0:07:48.320 ahead here on Bears on Access on Chicago Sports Radio 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:52.520 six seventy to score. Welcome ack to Bears All Access 0:07:52.560 --> 0:07:54.880 brought to you by IGS Energy. Choose clean energy for 0:07:54.960 --> 0:07:57.800 your home at igs dot com because every good choice 0:07:57.840 --> 0:08:00.000 adds up to a better world. With Jim Miller toomp there, 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:02.520 Jeff Jonahac, good to have you alongside as we break 0:08:02.520 --> 0:08:05.679 things down. We'll be back with you on Monday as well. 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:08.400 So a quick turnaround, well, Jim, as much as we 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:10.840 can in to discuss the Bears of twenty twenty two. 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:13.280 We'll start looking into the division as well. Take a 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:15.320 trip around the NFC North to see what's going on 0:08:15.360 --> 0:08:18.720 with our friends in Minnesota, Detroit and Green Bay. Fellas 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:21.240 before the break, I said, we're gonna talk a little defense, 0:08:21.280 --> 0:08:24.720 but you know, the elephant in the room really is 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:27.440 Robert Quinn right now, a veteran pass rusher who said 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:30.560 a single season sack record for the Bears last year 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:33.440 and an unbelievable bounce back year should have been a 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:36.040 candidate as well for Comeback Player of the Year in 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:40.959 the NFL. By far the most consistent pass rusher around 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:44.439 the team, and he still has a lot of value 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:48.160 to him. Missed the minicamp, missed the entire offseason. Jim, 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:51.760 where does that put him in your eyes? And what 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:54.200 he may or may not want to be. I mean, 0:08:54.240 --> 0:08:58.000 we don't have all the details of exactly what is 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:00.440 going on or if he will be counted on for 0:09:00.480 --> 0:09:02.240 the Bears in twenty twenty two, and how does that 0:09:02.280 --> 0:09:05.600 impact the Bears moving forward? Yeah, I mean, certainly he's 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:07.800 a veteran. His role is going to be his role 0:09:07.880 --> 0:09:11.600 if if he elects to report and shows up in shape, 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:13.439 you know he's going to be counted on, I think, 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:16.200 to be a leader of the defense. But you know 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:18.520 from that standpoint. He's been in both A four to 0:09:18.600 --> 0:09:21.680 three and the three four. He's had production in both 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:24.680 of those. He obviously is coming off a monster year 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:27.559 and probably a little upset that he in a defense 0:09:27.559 --> 0:09:29.520 that he had a lot of success in. They're going 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:32.720 to change it up and do some different things, so 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:34.959 he has to be a professional about it. He may 0:09:35.000 --> 0:09:38.839 not be happy. He may ultimately not be with the Bears. 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:42.040 I personally think he's a trading chip. If some younger 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:45.000 guys emerge, they're going to have an opportunity and maybe 0:09:45.000 --> 0:09:48.000 they feel comfortable where the Bears can move on from 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:50.560 Robert Quinn. So I think it's there's a lot of 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:53.600 things still up in the air, but hopefully he'll come in, 0:09:53.760 --> 0:09:57.280 be a professional about it and play is hard and 0:09:57.400 --> 0:10:00.520 be prepared to lead a team and bring a young 0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:03.360 defense along. But we'll see where it ends up. I 0:10:03.400 --> 0:10:06.400 think it's it's open ended, is where this could go. 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:08.960 Tom I'm torn on it personally, because you never can 0:10:09.000 --> 0:10:11.200 have enough good players, certainly in the front seven. You 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:14.720 want to have rotating bodies in there, have fresh waves 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:16.240 and go at him and the way they want to 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:19.160 attack defenses. You know this guy, this guy is a 0:10:19.200 --> 0:10:21.520 turnover maker too. It's not just the sex, it's the 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:24.680 force fumbles. Where are you sitting on it? You know, 0:10:24.720 --> 0:10:28.880 I always think about Mike ditka Ace attitude, character, enthusiasm, 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:31.120 and that's the approach I need in this locker room 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:33.800 with a new coaching staff, with the young guys on 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:36.880 this roster. We mentioned that he and Ryan Griffin are 0:10:36.920 --> 0:10:39.440 the only two guys with double digit year as a service. 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:41.600 So I need to hinder him to come into the 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:44.280 locker room every day, go out to the practice field 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:47.319 with a positive attitude. That's going to carry over to 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:50.559 Dominic Robinson, that's going to carry over to Travis Gibson 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:53.280 and the rest of his defensive ends. That's the attitude 0:10:53.320 --> 0:10:55.200 I need him to have. And then if I'm looking 0:10:55.240 --> 0:10:58.040 at Robert Quinn, I'd be licking my chops to stay 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:01.040 in this division. This is a group of left tackles 0:11:01.080 --> 0:11:03.960 that are there's so much uncertainty in this division that 0:11:04.040 --> 0:11:07.280 he could have another huge year just within the division. 0:11:07.679 --> 0:11:09.600 And then you talk about the other teams are going 0:11:09.640 --> 0:11:12.120 to play around the league. When you talk about the 0:11:12.200 --> 0:11:16.880 Jets and the Giants and teams like that, So you know, 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:20.760 Robert Quinn It's all about attitude. If you come in 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:23.280 here and you have a sour attitude from the first 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:26.320 day you have to report, I think that really creates 0:11:26.320 --> 0:11:30.319 a negative vibe in the defensive preparation room, especially in 0:11:30.360 --> 0:11:34.960 the defensive line room. So I've totally impressed what Robert 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:38.000 Quinn did last year, and I hope he comes in 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:41.280 with that same determination and that same attitude. All right, Tom, 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:43.440 let's have some fun here, because you you just said 0:11:43.520 --> 0:11:46.800 something that kind of opened You said there's uncertainty at 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:50.640 the tackle position in the division. So now why do 0:11:50.679 --> 0:11:54.040 you say that? And I trust you because you know 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:57.600 offensive line so well. So in the division you got 0:11:57.600 --> 0:12:00.640 Taylor Decker at left tackle in Detroit and a suet 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:05.760 right tackle David BACHTIERI assuming in Jaredy. He's got to 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:08.400 be helping now, right he recovered that Now there that 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:11.679 there's I was just reading a report. They're still uncertainty 0:12:11.679 --> 0:12:16.360 about his health status. Elton Jenkins is assumed right tackle. 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:19.120 He played left tackle. Christian Derris saw the young tackle 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:22.800 at Minnesota, Brian O'Neill pretty good right tackle at Minnesota. 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:26.400 So where where are you? How are you feeling about 0:12:26.440 --> 0:12:28.840 these Why do you feel this way. I guess because 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:32.520 Kirk Cousins and Jared Golf are slow quarterbacks. They get 0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:35.840 out to their descent and they're not the fastest of 0:12:35.960 --> 0:12:39.439 decision makers are on their feet. If you put pressure 0:12:39.480 --> 0:12:43.000 on Kirk Cousins, he's liable to throw an interception or 0:12:43.160 --> 0:12:45.920 just you know, get in his own way. Same thing 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:48.880 with Jared Golf, Aaron Rodgers. He's the best player in 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:52.520 the division, but if you can disrupt his flow because 0:12:52.600 --> 0:12:56.240 of the other offensive lineman, So if Robert Quinn's here, 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:59.880 they're gonna have to focus their slide to the left 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:02.960 so they can have multiple eyes on Robert Quinn. So 0:13:03.040 --> 0:13:05.959 that should open up the other pass rushers to the backside. 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:09.320 And we've seen Robert Quinn being able to compliment the 0:13:09.360 --> 0:13:12.800 rest of the defensive lineman. But to me, I still 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:16.440 think that Robert Quinn is a better pass rusher than 0:13:16.520 --> 0:13:19.520 the talent at left tackle within our division. Jim, do 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:22.840 you have any thoughts on Tom's analysis there? No, I 0:13:23.400 --> 0:13:25.080 you know, I think a lot of things gotta scored 0:13:25.160 --> 0:13:28.400 itself out. You know, when you look at Bactieri, you 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:31.439 know he was basically practicing all the way up to 0:13:31.559 --> 0:13:34.040 the end, and then his knee blew up on him again. 0:13:34.120 --> 0:13:36.319 So I'm with Tom. I don't think he's one hundred 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:38.880 percent healthy yet. Yeah, they're going to say all the 0:13:38.960 --> 0:13:41.200 right things in the timetable that he'll be ready to 0:13:41.240 --> 0:13:43.719 go week one, but there's not a certainty in that. 0:13:43.840 --> 0:13:47.120 So he's already had a cleanup surgery and for an 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:49.920 I understand, still really hasn't been on the field for 0:13:50.040 --> 0:13:53.000 the Green Bay Packers. I think Christian Derrisau is going 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:55.400 to be a really good left tackle for Minnesota, and 0:13:55.440 --> 0:14:00.199 Brian O'Neill's pretty good, but was going on his second year. 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:03.200 He was injured early, much like Tevin Jenkins. He had 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:06.120 to get a core muscle surgery so really didn't play. 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:08.280 Got his feet went last year, but didn't play top 0:14:08.320 --> 0:14:10.480 tier football. But I do think he's going to be 0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:13.000 a solid tackle when it's all said and done. But 0:14:13.160 --> 0:14:15.640 Tom's right, you can take advantage of him because he's young. 0:14:15.760 --> 0:14:19.920 He's still a second year tackle in the NFL. Taylor Decker, 0:14:20.000 --> 0:14:23.760 they were probably the Lion's strength to me is their 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:26.800 offensive line, and they ran the football and were committed 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:29.680 to running the football a lot more. Penney Sewel's a 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:32.880 stud Taylor Decker's getting up there, and he came back 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:37.520 from shoulder surgery last year. But Detroit's new theme is 0:14:37.600 --> 0:14:40.480 running the football. They want more balance, and I think 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:42.880 you just got to come in with those expectations. But 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:47.480 they're still young tackles, whether it's derrisau Penney Sewell, and 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:50.200 if Bok Tier he's not in there, you're going against backup. 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:53.680 So but that's a savvy quarterback who can normally negotiate 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:55.920 it up there in the Great White North. All right, Now, 0:14:55.920 --> 0:15:00.560 how does impact Travis Gibson if Quinn moves Because he 0:15:00.560 --> 0:15:03.880 had seven sacks, five force fumbles, and I think less 0:15:03.880 --> 0:15:06.760 than five hundred snaps last year, so seemingly he's going 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:08.880 to get more snaps, or maybe that the rotation is 0:15:08.880 --> 0:15:10.880 good enough where they have enough depth to keep that 0:15:11.240 --> 0:15:14.040 in that same wheelhouse to keep him fresh. But Pro 0:15:14.120 --> 0:15:18.520 Football Focus Tom just named him a top five breakout 0:15:18.560 --> 0:15:23.040 player projection for twenty twenty two, likely because he's gonna 0:15:23.080 --> 0:15:24.800 put his hand down, he's gonna go get the quarterback. 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:27.160 He don't have to drop into coverage like he used 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:30.960 to and those sorts of things. So there's a great 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:36.040 expectation for Trevis Gibson that's it. Yeah, there's great expectation 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:38.960 for Travis Gibson mentally and physically. That puts a lot 0:15:39.000 --> 0:15:42.000 more pressure on you as a player. As we stood 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:44.720 on the sidelines of training camp last year and we 0:15:44.760 --> 0:15:47.600 saw the improvement in Travis Gibson, you were going, Wow, 0:15:47.880 --> 0:15:50.360 I hope this relates to the field, and it did 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:53.240 in the limited amount of snaps. Now, if he's the 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:57.440 bona fide starter and now the offensive coordinator, the offensive 0:15:57.480 --> 0:16:00.520 line coach, they devise a plan, a scheme of how 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:04.240 to slow him down. It's a bigger challenge for Trevis 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:06.720 out of his stance weekend and week out. And if 0:16:06.760 --> 0:16:09.320 he has to carry a load from a guy that 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:14.160 just set Chicago Bears sack record for one season, that's 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:19.040 a tremendous amount of responsibility. So everything that we hear 0:16:19.080 --> 0:16:21.560 from Trevis, it's what you want to hear out of 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:25.360 a guy that's climbing the veteran ladder. So hopefully he 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:29.520 has another offseason of improvement like he showed and proved 0:16:29.520 --> 0:16:33.120 to us last year. He's gonna yeah, he's gonna get opportunities. 0:16:33.160 --> 0:16:36.840 If Quinn is in camp and the opposite starter, he's 0:16:36.840 --> 0:16:39.840 gonna get all the slides. As Tom mentioned, so Gibson's 0:16:39.840 --> 0:16:42.840 gonna have opportunities, one on one opportunities to get to 0:16:42.880 --> 0:16:46.240 the quarterback. This is a show me league. You've got 0:16:46.240 --> 0:16:48.680 to see it to believe it. You've got to show me, 0:16:49.080 --> 0:16:52.280 and I think the coaches want him to show them 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:56.120 as long as well as his teammates. Who'll get those opportunities. 0:16:56.360 --> 0:16:59.320 And as Tom mentioned, he's got to take advantage of 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:02.240 those opportun when he's too. Date he has, but now 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:05.159 he's going to be required to do it potentially down 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:08.520 in and down out on a consistent basis, and we'll 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:11.080 see if he can earn that. Jim Miller, Jeff jony Yac, 0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:13.320 Tom Fair here on Bears All Access. Let's take a 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:16.720 break on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the score. The 0:17:16.840 --> 0:17:18.800 segment of Bears All Access is brought to you by 0:17:18.960 --> 0:17:22.080 Athletico Physical Therapy. Visit Athletico dot com to request an 0:17:22.080 --> 0:17:24.960 employment in clinic or virtually and start feeling better tomorrow. 0:17:25.359 --> 0:17:28.560 Tom Fair, Jim Miller, two former Chicago Bears, Jeff jony 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:31.080 Aac here getting excited about the start of training cap 0:17:31.119 --> 0:17:34.240 at the end of July. We'll see out there fans. 0:17:34.400 --> 0:17:39.040 No question about we got also the family fest that 0:17:39.200 --> 0:17:41.600 is always a popular thing, going to be ten thirty 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:43.960 five in the morning on a Tuesday. I believe it 0:17:44.080 --> 0:17:46.879 Soldier Field in August. So that'll be exciting for the 0:17:46.920 --> 0:17:49.000 young folks to come out and watch the new version 0:17:49.000 --> 0:17:51.240 of the Chicago Bear. So I've been racking ahead to 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:54.280 try to find a couple of guys that are kind 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:57.960 of under the radar, not discussed a lot, but may 0:17:58.040 --> 0:18:01.280 have to make much bigger your impact, And maybe people 0:18:01.280 --> 0:18:04.280 are counting on and maybe maybe I'm off on these, 0:18:04.320 --> 0:18:05.879 but I'm gonna throw a couple of names at you. 0:18:06.280 --> 0:18:09.360 Let's start with Tommy as you stick on the defensive 0:18:09.400 --> 0:18:12.200 side of the ball. He only signed a one year contract. 0:18:12.359 --> 0:18:15.040 He was injured with an ankle injury missed all of 0:18:15.119 --> 0:18:18.800 twenty twenty one. Nicholas Morrow is expected to be a 0:18:18.880 --> 0:18:21.879 starter where they put him exactly. He worked out a 0:18:21.880 --> 0:18:24.840 lot of inside linebacker at the middle linebacker position now 0:18:24.840 --> 0:18:28.280 in the new defense, could be the green dot guy 0:18:28.640 --> 0:18:31.160 and let Roquan run wild over there on the week side. 0:18:31.400 --> 0:18:33.960 All yet to be determined, but would you count him 0:18:33.960 --> 0:18:38.439 among those high expectation as well? Despite signing a one 0:18:38.520 --> 0:18:41.720 year contract here in this defense. Well, Jeff, you know 0:18:41.800 --> 0:18:44.199 you just said something that kind of wasn't alert to 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:46.600 me when we were talking about Nicholas Morrow and allowing 0:18:46.640 --> 0:18:51.040 a linebacker to run wild. Because as an offensive guard, 0:18:51.080 --> 0:18:53.679 if I was preparing to play against a linebacker that 0:18:53.760 --> 0:18:57.160 was six foot two twenty five, I would be encouraged 0:18:57.200 --> 0:19:00.000 throughout the course the week to run right at him 0:19:00.200 --> 0:19:03.119 and see if he can withstand the abuse of having 0:19:03.560 --> 0:19:07.080 three hundred and thirty pounders from three hundred pounders running 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:10.480 at him or two hundred and sixty five pound tight ends. 0:19:10.880 --> 0:19:14.720 If Nicholas Morrow stays healthy in this lower body and 0:19:14.800 --> 0:19:17.639 he can run to the speed that he's capable of running, 0:19:17.640 --> 0:19:20.440 and then I give him the advantage if he ever 0:19:20.560 --> 0:19:24.480 has to take on blockers at the isolation place with 0:19:24.800 --> 0:19:28.720 blasting game of fullback or you know fullbacks around the league, 0:19:28.920 --> 0:19:31.040 and then that's where I see the challenge is going 0:19:31.080 --> 0:19:34.000 to come from. But if you're gonna get a team 0:19:34.000 --> 0:19:37.119 that's gonna try to run sideline to sideline against the 0:19:37.160 --> 0:19:40.919 Bears Morrow Roquan Smith, I think they're two of the 0:19:41.000 --> 0:19:45.240 fastest best interior linebackers within the division. It's gonna be 0:19:46.119 --> 0:19:50.640 to see how teams are to determine to run at him. 0:19:51.040 --> 0:19:53.320 You think of the first regular season game of the 0:19:53.400 --> 0:19:56.880 year and talking to some guys from San Francisco, they 0:19:56.920 --> 0:20:00.199 believe Trey Lance is going to be the starter. What 0:20:00.280 --> 0:20:02.280 does that do to the game plan of the San 0:20:02.320 --> 0:20:05.680 Francisco forty nine ers. Is he gonna be attacked with 0:20:05.880 --> 0:20:09.440 George Kittle? Is he gonna be attacked by offensive linemen? 0:20:09.720 --> 0:20:13.960 So to me, it's how does this Nicholas Morrow disengage 0:20:14.160 --> 0:20:18.080 from being attacked or how is he able to run sideline? 0:20:18.119 --> 0:20:22.200 The sideline when you talk about linebackers running free. Jimmy 0:20:22.240 --> 0:20:24.960 had a couple of seventy plus tackle seasons there with 0:20:25.000 --> 0:20:27.840 the Raiders before suffering that injury last year. So he 0:20:27.960 --> 0:20:30.719 was he was on the rise, and you can't you 0:20:30.720 --> 0:20:32.800 can't replace the speed. And he's born with the speed. 0:20:32.840 --> 0:20:37.200 He's got speed, Yeah, I mean, and that's what Matt Aberflus, 0:20:37.440 --> 0:20:39.320