WEBVTT - Offensive line, cornerback breakdowns | All Access 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:03.080 Welcome in, everybody. Do another edition of Bears All Access 0:00:03.120 --> 0:00:05.640 brought to you by IGS Energy with the broadcast partner 0:00:05.640 --> 0:00:07.640 from news radio seven eighty and one oh five point 0:00:07.640 --> 0:00:10.600 at FM WBBM. Mister Tom, they are starting guard for 0:00:10.600 --> 0:00:13.920 the eighty five Super Bowl Bears. I'm Jeff Joniac Pullmer 0:00:13.960 --> 0:00:16.520 Chicago Bears starting quarterback Jim Miller. He's down to the 0:00:16.560 --> 0:00:19.680 Senior Bowl Hall of Fame ceremonies this week big time. 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:22.160 So a lot of big names down there from guys 0:00:22.160 --> 0:00:25.280 that have played the game and then have become NFL 0:00:25.400 --> 0:00:27.520 stars in many cases, that's a great place to be. 0:00:27.560 --> 0:00:29.600 I heard, no, I heard, And how you doing, by 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:32.559 the way, I'm doing good. I'm doing good. Just you know, 0:00:32.560 --> 0:00:34.360 I listened to some of that show, listen to the 0:00:34.360 --> 0:00:36.479 introduction of some of the stars that were able to 0:00:36.479 --> 0:00:39.040 come up on stage with Jim and Pat, and you know, 0:00:39.040 --> 0:00:41.360 with Jim being an alumni of that game and sell, 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:44.200 it's got to be a big thrill to be able 0:00:44.240 --> 0:00:46.640 to make one contact with a lot of those guys 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:48.880 now as they scout. I always wondered this as well, 0:00:48.920 --> 0:00:51.640 because you know, the scouting combine is such a big 0:00:52.120 --> 0:00:56.080 interview process. But I heard former Bears quarterback Jason Campbell, 0:00:56.120 --> 0:00:57.960 and I also heard Fred Taylor say, you know, the 0:00:58.000 --> 0:01:00.960 Senior Bowl was so much more important because you actually 0:01:01.000 --> 0:01:03.680 got to play football. You have to actually, you know, 0:01:03.840 --> 0:01:06.840 put on the pads. And I know that that doesn't 0:01:06.920 --> 0:01:10.280 happen at the scouting Combine in terms of actual contact 0:01:10.280 --> 0:01:12.240 in a game, but boy, that would make the evaluation 0:01:12.280 --> 0:01:15.520 process a little more intriguing. Well, you know, all right, 0:01:15.760 --> 0:01:17.520 we had two subjects here. We got to talk about 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:19.800 the scouting Combine because it's going to be able to 0:01:19.800 --> 0:01:23.000 move around the landscape of the NFL. Notice, however, you 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:24.959 know when I came out of college, Jeff, you had 0:01:24.959 --> 0:01:27.119 the Hula Bowl, you had the East West Shrine Game, 0:01:27.480 --> 0:01:30.080 you had the Japan Bowl, and then that's when they 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:32.920 introduced you to the Senior Bowl, where they were paying 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:37.199 future NFL players to come and participate in that game. 0:01:37.480 --> 0:01:40.040 But it was a much more serious of an atmosphere 0:01:40.319 --> 0:01:42.959 than those other All Star games that I talked about. 0:01:43.360 --> 0:01:46.440 I had a huge thrill of playing with Dan Marino 0:01:46.600 --> 0:01:49.640 and Jimbo Covert and some of the stars from the 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:53.480 from the West side of the country. So you know, 0:01:53.680 --> 0:01:56.000 you kind of picked and choose where you wanted to 0:01:56.040 --> 0:01:58.520 go to and I wanted to go to the Hula ball. 0:01:58.560 --> 0:02:00.720 It was always a dream of mine. I was glad 0:02:00.760 --> 0:02:02.960 I went to that one. Well it's now why you 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:07.960 I go to Maria here? Yeah? True, true, But you 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:10.760 know that was always the you know, the fantasy location. 0:02:10.880 --> 0:02:13.320 You know, my brother in law, John Scully played eleven 0:02:13.400 --> 0:02:15.160 years in the NFL. He went to the East West 0:02:15.200 --> 0:02:19.079 Shrine game. So it's different, and you're scouted differently, and 0:02:19.280 --> 0:02:21.880 the approach to the practices and stuff are are a 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:24.840 little bit different to each of the games. Special thanks 0:02:24.840 --> 0:02:27.040 to our producers Jordan trut Up and Damn really for 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:29.680 helping us out as always into the folks at the score. 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:34.000 We got to talk about that scouting combine because I'm 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:36.639 a big fan of its staying in Indianapolis because it's 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:39.600 such a convenient process. It's like a conveyored belt. They 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:42.000 just go about their process, all the medical everything in 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:45.480 one place, one stop shop, and it's just you know me, 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:47.919 I'm a traditionalist. It's been there since nineteen seventy eight. 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:51.560 I've been to like twenty eight of them, and I 0:02:51.600 --> 0:02:53.919 will won't like the idea that it's going to now 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:56.600 become something that is moving all over the country and 0:02:56.639 --> 0:02:58.720 it will be something to bid starting in the twenty 0:02:58.760 --> 0:03:02.799 twenty three off season. So that'll be great for fans 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:04.760 that can't make it to Indianapolis, and I'll move it 0:03:04.800 --> 0:03:08.160 around similar to the NFL Draft and whatnot. But how 0:03:08.160 --> 0:03:11.120 do you feel about it? Well, you know, I'm forth 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:13.600 staying in Indianapolis. I thought they did a nice job. 0:03:13.680 --> 0:03:16.040 All the pieces were in place. They knew the hotel, 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:19.200 they knew the routine of getting to and from camp, 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:21.600 and that was the one thing that you got to 0:03:21.639 --> 0:03:25.560 put these players at ease, in a comfortable position as 0:03:25.639 --> 0:03:27.680 much as you can. When I came out of college, 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:29.760 we had to go to one in Tampa, one in Detroit, 0:03:29.840 --> 0:03:32.880 in one in Seattle, and the one in Seattle seemed 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:36.320 so far away. It changed the whole complexion of the 0:03:36.360 --> 0:03:40.120 competitiveness of the combine. So I like the one camp 0:03:40.280 --> 0:03:43.840 centrally located, easy for everybody to get to, and they 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:47.800 had a great facility to get everything done. And as 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:50.560 we approach to start a training camp on July twenty seventh, 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:53.440 earlier than that for rookies and quarterbacks up at Hoti 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:55.920 saw for the first time, by the way training camp 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:57.960 at Hatis Hall that that is going to be interesting. 0:03:57.960 --> 0:04:01.120 A limited number of fans will have an opportunity to attend. 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:03.560 Don't know the total yet, but it'll be a great 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:06.960 experience for everybody who goes there. But with that, some 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:11.160 of the new regulations and protocols are starting to trickle out. 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:14.200 So we learned that players have until July second to 0:04:14.240 --> 0:04:16.440 opt out for the season. The higher risk players, they're 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:19.320 entitled to a three hundred and fifty thousand out of stipend. 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:22.120 Voluntary opt outs getting no pay this year. There were 0:04:22.120 --> 0:04:24.360 sixty seven opt outs a year ago. One of them 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:28.159 included Eddie Goldman and there were some others including Marquis Goodwin, 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:30.880 who's who is now on the Bears. How do you 0:04:30.920 --> 0:04:34.680 feel about that second goal round because obviously the pandemic 0:04:35.240 --> 0:04:38.520 a quieting down, but not going to go away. You 0:04:38.560 --> 0:04:40.400 know what happens if you want to opt out, you 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:43.080 really don't have a reason, but you language some type 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:45.520 of reason that they have to trust that you're telling 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:48.400 the truth. I don't like it. I think it creates 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:52.839 a really uncomfortable dividing line between a guy that maybe 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:54.640 in the last year of his contract or a guy 0:04:54.680 --> 0:04:56.960 that's on the fringe of getting cut and maybe not 0:04:57.000 --> 0:04:59.400 even making the team. Going, Hey, I can opt out, 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:01.360 and I can say it's a medical reason why I'm 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:04.680 opting out and still get three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:07.599 That's more salary money than I made in any one year. 0:05:08.160 --> 0:05:12.840 So again, I don't like it. I wish that they 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:16.839 would get back to normalcy as much as you possibly can, 0:05:16.880 --> 0:05:21.479 and you know, and get everybody that's under contract into camp. 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:24.360 All right. So the Bears ninety man roster included three 0:05:24.480 --> 0:05:28.680 veteran additions tom after they veteran mini camp. So one 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:30.679 of them a tight end Jake Butt. Now, Jake Butt 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:34.880 was at Michigan, very celebrated player, but towards Aco dropped 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:37.279 to a fifth round pick, has had nothing but injuries, 0:05:37.960 --> 0:05:43.320 and they obviously did enough to become an intriguing possibility 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:45.599 for the Bears because the tight end position with Jimmy 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:49.040 Graham and Cole Commet and JP Holtz and Jesper horsted's 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:51.680 been here since twenty nineteen. They have an undrafted in 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:55.760 Scooter Harrington and another undrafted rookie free agent and Tyrone 0:05:55.760 --> 0:06:00.000 Wheatley Junior, a former running back son, How do you 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:03.400 feeld about it? I think it's a nice move. You know, 0:06:03.440 --> 0:06:05.640 anybody that follows football and as a fan of the 0:06:05.640 --> 0:06:07.720 college game in the pro game. When Jake Butt was 0:06:07.760 --> 0:06:10.159 going through his years at Michigan, he was a really 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:14.280 good football player and it was kind of a really unfortunate, 0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:17.640 ugly incident that he got hurt so close to what 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:20.120 was going to be his rookie year. But now it's 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:22.719 a matter of you know, you've had guys that have 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:25.560 struggled to stay healthy throughout their NFL career. But if 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:28.240 he can put together a couple of seasons where he 0:06:28.320 --> 0:06:30.440 has the ability to stay healthy, he can be an 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:34.120 asset to anybody's program. He's the type of guy I'm 0:06:34.160 --> 0:06:38.080 really pulling for because that's the determination you like to 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:41.360 see in some of these guys that haven't had the 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:45.320 easiest road to the NFL. Another one, because it is 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:48.760 hard to find defensive lineman. Everybody wants them, They want 0:06:48.760 --> 0:06:52.440 those rotation pieces. And you know, we expect Eddie Goldman 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:55.320 to be there at training camp, but the veteran Mike Pennell, 0:06:56.279 --> 0:07:00.400 Colorado State Pueblo undrafted rookie back in twenty fourteen played 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:03.400 with Kansas City, the Packers, the Jets, the Patriots, back 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:07.320 with Kansas City and now with the Bears. A big 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:10.440 guy at six four plus three thirty two. That's a 0:07:10.560 --> 0:07:13.680 nice addition at this point in the offseason. Yeah, yes, 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:16.520 you know. I mean, he's got versatility, he's got strength 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:18.840 in the middle of the defense because of the uncertainty 0:07:18.880 --> 0:07:22.920 of Eddie Goldman. When you look at having the rookie 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:25.960 that they drafted Tonga from BYU and now you have 0:07:26.000 --> 0:07:29.080 another big body guy that can come in and compete 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:33.160 along with the rest of those guys. So he has experience, 0:07:33.440 --> 0:07:35.880 he knows how to play the NFL game, and he's 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:38.920 a guy that could be a contributor in the depth 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:41.239 of that position where sometimes you need it the most. 0:07:42.080 --> 0:07:46.119 All Right, this is in the intriguing Okay, NFL comes 0:07:46.200 --> 0:07:49.440 up with ideas because of the alternative uniforms. Now they 0:07:49.680 --> 0:07:52.080 are coming out with a new policy allowing teams to 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:56.160 use two different helmets during that during the twenty two 0:07:56.160 --> 0:07:59.640 season though twenty two seasons, so teams compare a second 0:07:59.640 --> 0:08:02.040 helmet with the alternate So we're talking throwback of those 0:08:02.040 --> 0:08:05.120 color Rush uniforms. As long as it all follows the 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:08.160 league policy. So the Bears did have a different logo, 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:11.280 the white sea with the helmet, the blue helmet. Would 0:08:11.280 --> 0:08:14.680 you like to see that come back? You know, Um, 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:18.280 a helmet is so personal because you you break in 0:08:18.360 --> 0:08:22.280 a helmet, you have it form fitted around your head 0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:24.440 and it you know, it kind of it goes on 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:28.240 like a glove. You know. Now you've got to start incorporating. Okay, 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:30.640 we're gonna use this helmet for these practices. Now we 0:08:30.680 --> 0:08:33.520 want to use these helmets for these practices. It's just 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:39.320 not interchangeable like shoes or gloves. It's something about never 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:42.440 considered that it's something that you need to break in 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:46.240 and you know, and it is. Man, it's something that 0:08:46.320 --> 0:08:48.559 takes a while. You know. One thing we talk about, 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:50.560 oh the you know, the third day of training camp 0:08:50.640 --> 0:08:54.160 is when you're gonna be your sorest. But the way 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:57.000 that your helmet fits around your head and stuff, it 0:08:57.040 --> 0:09:01.880 also takes a while for your to become comfortable inside 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:06.160 that helmet. So again, I know it's a marketing tool, 0:09:06.400 --> 0:09:10.120 but I but I'm you know, really personable personal about 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:12.360 my helmet. All right, So as we get closer to 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:15.319 training camp, the questions are not stopping about Justin fields 0:09:15.559 --> 0:09:18.079 the regal quarterback from the House state. It is a 0:09:18.120 --> 0:09:22.640 constant question he's being ranked among the division quarterbacks, you know, 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:25.160 and that's you know, there's time right now to do 0:09:25.200 --> 0:09:27.280 these types of things and to talk about these things. 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:30.360 But I know I asked you about this earlier this week. 0:09:30.440 --> 0:09:32.679 You know you are you still as you look at it, 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:35.360 he's still comfortable with the plan that is in place 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:40.000 with Matt Neeggie. Yeah, just like what you know what 0:09:40.080 --> 0:09:43.840 rookie is elevated to the immediate starting role, and across 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:47.000 the board in every single team, there's always a pecking 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:49.720 order that you have to work your way up, unless 0:09:49.760 --> 0:09:53.400 you're an emergency situation like the Cincinnati Bengals last year 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:57.040 with Joe Burrow and then you see what happened really 0:09:57.040 --> 0:09:59.559 in the long one. So I think Andy Dalton is 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:04.000 a profess I really was excited to hear about the 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:06.920 way that he has taken Justin under his wings and 0:10:07.440 --> 0:10:10.000 brought him into that group and it has helped him 0:10:10.320 --> 0:10:13.120 develop and be the quarterback ultimately he's going to be. 0:10:13.600 --> 0:10:17.400 But I also like every competition at every single position 0:10:17.760 --> 0:10:22.640 as high profile as the quarterback position or any offensive 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:25.840 defensive lineman I like to see the competitiveness out there 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:29.400 and you earning your opportunity. First segment in the books. 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:32.120 Here on Bears All Access, this week's version brought to 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:35.040 you by IGS Energy. When the broadcast partner top there, 0:10:35.040 --> 0:10:37.640 I'm Jeff joni Ac. Thanks for sitting by and watching 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:40.840 the things we talk about leading up to training camp. 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:42.720 It should be an exciting time to be a Bears 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:44.760 fan here in twenty twenty one. Back after this on 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:48.440 Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score, Welcome back to 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:51.360 Bears All Access, brought to you by IGS Energy. Choose 0:10:51.360 --> 0:10:54.200 clean energy for your home at igs dot com because 0:10:54.240 --> 0:10:56.559 every good choice adds up to a better world. And 0:10:56.640 --> 0:10:59.840 broadcast partner top there. Jeff Joniac here on Chicago Sports 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:02.080 Radio six seventy The Score. I hope everybody had a 0:11:02.120 --> 0:11:07.040 great week. What a great telethon on the Score this week, 0:11:07.120 --> 0:11:10.280 Danny Parkins at Sam Acho and the entire Score broadcast 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:14.960 crew raised what will be upwards of six hundred and 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:19.080 sixty seven thousand, or six hundred seventy thousand dollars for 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:24.040 the Austin neighborhood and that grocery store. I mean, unbelievable 0:11:24.720 --> 0:11:27.760 commitment from better than four thousand listeners at the Score. 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:33.079 I know Bears chairman George McCaskey was on the show. 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:36.360 The commissioner was also on the show for the NFL, 0:11:36.640 --> 0:11:39.760 mister Roger Goodell. So a lot of great stuff, a 0:11:39.840 --> 0:11:42.360 lot of great conversation, a lot of great things happened. 0:11:42.360 --> 0:11:44.600 So hats off to Danny Parkins, Sam Matcho on the 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:49.160 higher fan base that participated in that big time. Yeah, 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:51.920 you know, to the adults who took part in organizing 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:54.480 this thing, and once they had the dream and the 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:57.960 idea of getting it done, they stayed whip it until 0:11:58.080 --> 0:12:01.680 the completion of the Valda Radio on. But some of 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:05.880 the young people that Danny Parkins and all the cast 0:12:05.960 --> 0:12:10.000 and crew of The Score interviewed in their contribution to 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:13.240 the Austin District and this store in what the future 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:16.199 is I'm telling you, man, I was as inspired by 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:19.160 the kids, the young people I don't want to call 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:23.240 them kids, as the young people that are participating in 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:27.079 this opportunity as I was all the other big names 0:12:27.120 --> 0:12:33.800 that you just mentioned. Because these young people are level headed, energetic, 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:38.840 they're learning so many different trades and traits of business. 0:12:39.320 --> 0:12:42.160 What it can do for their neighborhood. Man, I'm telling 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:45.080 you I was, and and I listened to it. I 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:48.440 drove home from Sheboygan this morning, got in my car 0:12:48.559 --> 0:12:51.360 at five o'clock this morning, and I listened to it 0:12:51.440 --> 0:12:56.560 for a few hours, and I was inspired. Yes, certainly 0:12:56.800 --> 0:12:59.600 the case in the Austin harvests food martin the Austin 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:03.160 neighborho the benefit and the residence around there. So again, 0:13:03.200 --> 0:13:06.199 congratulations on that. All right, we turn our attention to 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:08.480 the Bears. At this point in the offseason, we start 0:13:08.559 --> 0:13:11.240 to do previews. We do position previews. We'll start talking 0:13:11.240 --> 0:13:14.080 to some of the our cohorts in the NFC Central 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:16.720 time to break down the division, which should be up 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:20.120 until this moment, a wild ride with or without Aaron 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:23.080 Rodgers up in Green Bay. But then also previews some 0:13:23.080 --> 0:13:25.640 of the matchups early in the season that the Bears 0:13:25.640 --> 0:13:29.120 will have. But I'd like to start in your specialty, 0:13:29.200 --> 0:13:31.960 the offensive line, because as much of the conversation as 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:36.200 they're going to be about quarterback, the defense will turn 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:39.600 back into that takeaway, devastating unit that we saw in 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:43.920 twenty eighteen. Honestly, what matters most is to me is 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:47.120 that offensive line. How that offensive line is going to 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:50.240 be put together, how they're going to perform, will it 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:53.840 stay healthy, and who will emerge in various roles on 0:13:53.880 --> 0:13:57.160 that offensive line. And I think we're both very excited 0:13:57.200 --> 0:13:59.520 about the interior three. We're going to talk about those 0:13:59.559 --> 0:14:02.120 guys right out of the gate because Sam Mustaffer has 0:14:02.120 --> 0:14:05.360 added a significant amount of strength and size. Confidence has 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:07.840 always been there. He is a leader in that locker room, 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:10.199 a leader on that offensive line, and flanked by Cody 0:14:10.200 --> 0:14:13.040 white Hair on the left and James Daniels on the right. 0:14:13.040 --> 0:14:15.480 You know, but the key element here is the coach 0:14:15.600 --> 0:14:18.240 is familiar with the talent. You know, when you bring 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:20.800 in a new offensive line coach, it's it's almost like 0:14:20.840 --> 0:14:24.080 a pitching coach where he has to observe every single 0:14:24.120 --> 0:14:26.400 one of these pitchers and see how they fit in 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:29.920 the staff. And that's similar to an offensive line because 0:14:29.920 --> 0:14:35.400 there aren't a lot of similarities between the build, the stance, 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:39.440 the balance, the structure, the strength and the weaknesses of 0:14:39.560 --> 0:14:42.720 five different individuals on the offensive line, and then you 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:45.880 add another five with all the backups. So I think 0:14:45.920 --> 0:14:48.440 it's important that the coach is familiar with the talent. 0:14:48.680 --> 0:14:51.040 And now when you talk about Sam muster for Cody 0:14:51.080 --> 0:14:56.600 white Hair, James Daniels inside. That's a very strong, intelligent group. 0:14:56.920 --> 0:14:59.560 These guys are good athletes. They bring a lot of 0:14:59.600 --> 0:15:02.960 strength to the table. And when you look at Jermain 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:06.120 Effetti what he's been able to turn into, what he's 0:15:06.120 --> 0:15:09.480 been able to morph into at that right tackle position. 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:13.040 He brings a big body, he's a good athlete. He'll 0:15:13.040 --> 0:15:16.520 work well with James Daniels over there. And then hey, 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:20.320 we're gonna have to probably give your reports almost daily 0:15:20.360 --> 0:15:24.080 from training camp about the development of the left tackle position, 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:27.480 one of the most difficult positions in all of football 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:30.760 to play. It's a whole different balance than any right 0:15:30.760 --> 0:15:32.760 handed guy that you put on the right side of 0:15:32.800 --> 0:15:36.360 the offensive line because everything is natural to him. When 0:15:36.400 --> 0:15:38.840 you talk about the balance on the left hand side 0:15:38.840 --> 0:15:42.080 of it, especially out of the tackle position, you're talking 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:45.560 about a whole different balance that you have to perfect 0:15:45.800 --> 0:15:48.760 because it doesn't come naturally. And when you look at 0:15:48.800 --> 0:15:50.760 the group over there that's going to compete for that 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:54.400 left tackle position, it's gonna take us, jeff every single 0:15:54.480 --> 0:15:57.200 day at training camp to sit there and pay specific 0:15:57.360 --> 0:16:01.160 attention to that position. I know, really that doesn't is 0:16:01.200 --> 0:16:04.600 not where your eyes wander to me? It does nine 0:16:04.640 --> 0:16:07.920 on seven, one on ones. I'm gonna live at that position. 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:11.320 How often do I stand shoulder to shoulder with you? 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:15.160 Not quite because I'm a short guy. How I'm there 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:18.160 for the one on ones. That's what we may be 0:16:18.280 --> 0:16:21.720 going shoulder to shoulder, but you're facing one on ones 0:16:21.800 --> 0:16:24.880 and seven on seven and how faceing the offensive lineman 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:27.320 defensive lineman one ers But no to get back to 0:16:27.360 --> 0:16:30.400 that position, you know, one Castillo has been getting his 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:33.120 message across since he's had a hands on approach with 0:16:33.240 --> 0:16:36.320 some of these young guys. He see their their traits 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:39.000 and their talents right now, and he understands the veterans 0:16:39.280 --> 0:16:42.280 because he's been around him for so much time now. 0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:45.640 So UM, it's gonna be a fun battle to pay 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:48.600 attention to. UM. I love the fact that there's depth 0:16:49.000 --> 0:16:51.720 when you got guys like Larry Borham that you were 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:54.960 introduced to in the fifth round, who when you look 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:58.000 at him, he has all the qualifications when you look 0:16:58.040 --> 0:17:00.520 at an offensive lineman that should be able to come 0:17:00.560 --> 0:17:03.800 and have a superpetitive competitive career. And it's gonna be 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:06.800 fun to watch the development. I really think that the 0:17:06.880 --> 0:17:09.879 battles even for the swing positions, and the depth on 0:17:09.960 --> 0:17:12.520 that will be very, very heated. It's it's going to 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:14.879 be a very interest because guys had a taste of 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:18.040 starting like Alex Bars. You know, once you get a taste, 0:17:18.080 --> 0:17:20.520 you know you're gonna fight right. You're gonna fight for 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:22.760 that because you know you can do it. And Alex 0:17:22.800 --> 0:17:25.399 Bars did a nice job last year at Garret. You 0:17:25.440 --> 0:17:28.320 know one thing about Alex Spars, Jeff I'm almost gonna 0:17:28.400 --> 0:17:31.760 change him daily at what position he's going to practice at. 0:17:32.040 --> 0:17:34.680 I'm gonna give him snaps at left tackle. I'm gonna 0:17:34.680 --> 0:17:37.919 give him snaps at left guard, at center, at right guard. 0:17:38.200 --> 0:17:40.280 You know. The only one I wouldn't probably is right 0:17:40.320 --> 0:17:44.120 tackle because there's a nice depth line behind Jermaine Effetti. 0:17:44.400 --> 0:17:46.840 But Alex Bars and I'm glad you brought that up 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:49.800 because it's really an important role in the success of 0:17:49.800 --> 0:17:53.760 a game day roster when you have that swing position. Man, 0:17:53.800 --> 0:17:55.760 if you have a guy that can play every one 0:17:55.800 --> 0:17:59.960 of them, you know that's a role at Alex Barr 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:02.320 can take on. He's a super intelligent guy and he 0:18:02.400 --> 0:18:05.440 knows the assignments at every single position. And I really 0:18:05.440 --> 0:18:08.040 believe he can play him. His rookie year, he was 0:18:08.200 --> 0:18:12.400 playing competitively at the left tackle position in training camp. 0:18:12.600 --> 0:18:14.800 We saw what he did at center last year with 0:18:14.880 --> 0:18:17.520 a moment's notice, and you know he was doing the 0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:21.480 same at OTAs and the mini camp as a couple 0:18:21.480 --> 0:18:24.040 of weeks ago. Tremendous value and a guy like that 0:18:24.560 --> 0:18:28.000 as versatile as he can be and as talented as 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:30.359 he can be. Right there, I bring back you know 0:18:30.400 --> 0:18:34.280 what you said about familiarity. So from an organizational standpoint, 0:18:34.359 --> 0:18:38.760 aside from one castio, they have a fourteen offensive lineman. 0:18:38.760 --> 0:18:41.040 Eleven of them are homegrown, meaning they were brought in 0:18:41.359 --> 0:18:43.560 this is their first place, this has been their stop. 0:18:44.040 --> 0:18:47.120 They were either drafted or undrafted free agents. Do you 0:18:47.160 --> 0:18:51.560 see any significance in that, Oh, of course, you know 0:18:52.080 --> 0:18:56.399 these guys that have been scouted for months by multiple 0:18:56.560 --> 0:19:00.320 viewing eyes before they ever got here. If you're home grown, 0:19:00.400 --> 0:19:04.800 you're homegrown because of they identified you throughout your college career, 0:19:04.920 --> 0:19:08.440 back to your high school background, and to have the 0:19:08.520 --> 0:19:11.520 talents and the traits to come in here and create 0:19:11.640 --> 0:19:15.480 competitiveness on the offensive line. I'm not dismissing the guys 0:19:15.480 --> 0:19:18.480 that aren't home growing, but there's a lot more eyes 0:19:18.600 --> 0:19:22.199 on scouting approach to this whole group of the homegrown 0:19:22.280 --> 0:19:26.040 guys that the Bears are brought in than of Wilkinson, 0:19:26.080 --> 0:19:28.399 who I like what I saw out of him throughout 0:19:28.400 --> 0:19:32.080 OTAs in the mini camp. He's a good athlete over 0:19:32.119 --> 0:19:35.800 there competing at the left tackle position. That's time there. 0:19:35.880 --> 0:19:38.920 I'm Jeff Joniac and this is Bears All Access time 0:19:38.960 --> 0:19:41.199 for a break. We're brought to you by IGS Energy 0:19:41.600 --> 0:19:44.600 here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy. The score be 0:19:44.640 --> 0:19:47.440 back in a few Welcome back to Bears All Access. 0:19:47.520 --> 0:19:50.200 The Chicago Bears Network presents Inside the Bears, brought to 0:19:50.240 --> 0:19:52.800 you by Verizon. Anthony Adams and Lauren Screeden cover the 0:19:52.840 --> 0:19:54.920 world of Bears football on and off the field every 0:19:54.920 --> 0:19:57.600 Sunday night at ten thirty five pm on Fox thirty 0:19:57.640 --> 0:20:00.840 two Chicago, or watch anytime at Chicago Bears dot Com 0:20:00.880 --> 0:20:04.960 around the Bears official app. With Tom There, I'm Jeff Joniac. 0:20:05.040 --> 0:20:08.080 Thanks for being with us, everybody. Hope your week went well. Uh. 0:20:08.320 --> 0:20:10.520 Speaking of Anthony Adams, you know, you never know what 0:20:10.560 --> 0:20:12.840 you're gonna find. He's been kind of quiet on his 0:20:12.880 --> 0:20:14.960 own Twitter handle, Tom, since you don't have one, you 0:20:14.960 --> 0:20:17.280 wouldn't know. But I saw him doing a promo with 0:20:17.359 --> 0:20:19.960 Laurence Greeden and promoting Inside the Bears. And here he's singing. Now, 0:20:19.960 --> 0:20:23.760 he's doing a lot of singing, serenade the audience to 0:20:24.080 --> 0:20:30.119 turn him on. You know, I was up and, like 0:20:30.160 --> 0:20:32.640 I said, in Wisconsin, and I thought I saw a 0:20:32.640 --> 0:20:36.800 commercial with him sat introducing some type of interview with 0:20:37.400 --> 0:20:41.359 an athlete from a different sport. And because I asked 0:20:41.359 --> 0:20:42.800 the people I was sitting with, do you know who 0:20:42.840 --> 0:20:47.159 that guy is? You know, that's Anthony Anthony Adams. He's 0:20:47.200 --> 0:20:49.840 a hell of a football player. But now, by the 0:20:49.880 --> 0:20:52.480 way it was shot, yeah, yeah, there you go, there 0:20:52.520 --> 0:20:55.840 you go. I bet you the two of them could 0:20:55.840 --> 0:20:59.760 have a good time up about NBA basketball and whatnot. 0:20:59.800 --> 0:21:01.800 I mean, that's the beauty of double A. He can 0:21:01.920 --> 0:21:06.560 he can relate to just about anybody super still nobody. 0:21:07.000 --> 0:21:10.119