Speaker 1: Welcome in, everybody. Do another edition of Bears All Access
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Speaker 1: the eighty five Super Bowl Bears. I'm Jeff Joniac Pullmer
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears starting quarterback Jim Miller. He's down to the
Speaker 1: Senior Bowl Hall of Fame ceremonies this week big time.
Speaker 1: So a lot of big names down there from guys
Speaker 1: that have played the game and then have become NFL
Speaker 1: stars in many cases, that's a great place to be.
Speaker 1: I heard, no, I heard, And how you doing, by
Speaker 1: the way, I'm doing good. I'm doing good. Just you know,
Speaker 1: I listened to some of that show, listen to the
Speaker 1: introduction of some of the stars that were able to
Speaker 1: come up on stage with Jim and Pat, and you know,
Speaker 1: with Jim being an alumni of that game and sell,
Speaker 1: it's got to be a big thrill to be able
Speaker 1: to make one contact with a lot of those guys
Speaker 1: now as they scout. I always wondered this as well,
Speaker 1: because you know, the scouting combine is such a big
Speaker 1: interview process. But I heard former Bears quarterback Jason Campbell,
Speaker 1: and I also heard Fred Taylor say, you know, the
Speaker 1: Senior Bowl was so much more important because you actually
Speaker 1: got to play football. You have to actually, you know,
Speaker 1: put on the pads. And I know that that doesn't
Speaker 1: happen at the scouting Combine in terms of actual contact
Speaker 1: in a game, but boy, that would make the evaluation
Speaker 1: process a little more intriguing. Well, you know, all right,
Speaker 1: we had two subjects here. We got to talk about
Speaker 1: the scouting Combine because it's going to be able to
Speaker 1: move around the landscape of the NFL. Notice, however, you
Speaker 1: know when I came out of college, Jeff, you had
Speaker 1: the Hula Bowl, you had the East West Shrine Game,
Speaker 1: you had the Japan Bowl, and then that's when they
Speaker 1: introduced you to the Senior Bowl, where they were paying
Speaker 1: future NFL players to come and participate in that game.
Speaker 1: But it was a much more serious of an atmosphere
Speaker 1: than those other All Star games that I talked about.
Speaker 1: I had a huge thrill of playing with Dan Marino
Speaker 1: and Jimbo Covert and some of the stars from the
Speaker 1: from the West side of the country. So you know,
Speaker 1: you kind of picked and choose where you wanted to
Speaker 1: go to and I wanted to go to the Hula ball.
Speaker 1: It was always a dream of mine. I was glad
Speaker 1: I went to that one. Well it's now why you
Speaker 1: I go to Maria here? Yeah? True, true, But you
Speaker 1: know that was always the you know, the fantasy location.
Speaker 1: You know, my brother in law, John Scully played eleven
Speaker 1: years in the NFL. He went to the East West
Speaker 1: Shrine game. So it's different, and you're scouted differently, and
Speaker 1: the approach to the practices and stuff are are a
Speaker 1: little bit different to each of the games. Special thanks
Speaker 1: to our producers Jordan trut Up and Damn really for
Speaker 1: helping us out as always into the folks at the score.
Speaker 1: We got to talk about that scouting combine because I'm
Speaker 1: a big fan of its staying in Indianapolis because it's
Speaker 1: such a convenient process. It's like a conveyored belt. They
Speaker 1: just go about their process, all the medical everything in
Speaker 1: one place, one stop shop, and it's just you know me,
Speaker 1: I'm a traditionalist. It's been there since nineteen seventy eight.
Speaker 1: I've been to like twenty eight of them, and I
Speaker 1: will won't like the idea that it's going to now
Speaker 1: become something that is moving all over the country and
Speaker 1: it will be something to bid starting in the twenty
Speaker 1: twenty three off season. So that'll be great for fans
Speaker 1: that can't make it to Indianapolis, and I'll move it
Speaker 1: around similar to the NFL Draft and whatnot. But how
Speaker 1: do you feel about it? Well, you know, I'm forth
Speaker 1: staying in Indianapolis. I thought they did a nice job.
Speaker 1: All the pieces were in place. They knew the hotel,
Speaker 1: they knew the routine of getting to and from camp,
Speaker 1: and that was the one thing that you got to
Speaker 1: put these players at ease, in a comfortable position as
Speaker 1: much as you can. When I came out of college,
Speaker 1: we had to go to one in Tampa, one in Detroit,
Speaker 1: in one in Seattle, and the one in Seattle seemed
Speaker 1: so far away. It changed the whole complexion of the
Speaker 1: competitiveness of the combine. So I like the one camp
Speaker 1: centrally located, easy for everybody to get to, and they
Speaker 1: had a great facility to get everything done. And as
Speaker 1: we approach to start a training camp on July twenty seventh,
Speaker 1: earlier than that for rookies and quarterbacks up at Hoti
Speaker 1: saw for the first time, by the way training camp
Speaker 1: at Hatis Hall that that is going to be interesting.
Speaker 1: A limited number of fans will have an opportunity to attend.
Speaker 1: Don't know the total yet, but it'll be a great
Speaker 1: experience for everybody who goes there. But with that, some
Speaker 1: of the new regulations and protocols are starting to trickle out.
Speaker 1: So we learned that players have until July second to
Speaker 1: opt out for the season. The higher risk players, they're
Speaker 1: entitled to a three hundred and fifty thousand out of stipend.
Speaker 1: Voluntary opt outs getting no pay this year. There were
Speaker 1: sixty seven opt outs a year ago. One of them
Speaker 1: included Eddie Goldman and there were some others including Marquis Goodwin,
Speaker 1: who's who is now on the Bears. How do you
Speaker 1: feel about that second goal round because obviously the pandemic
Speaker 1: a quieting down, but not going to go away. You
Speaker 1: know what happens if you want to opt out, you
Speaker 1: really don't have a reason, but you language some type
Speaker 1: of reason that they have to trust that you're telling
Speaker 1: the truth. I don't like it. I think it creates
Speaker 1: a really uncomfortable dividing line between a guy that maybe
Speaker 1: in the last year of his contract or a guy
Speaker 1: that's on the fringe of getting cut and maybe not
Speaker 1: even making the team. Going, Hey, I can opt out,
Speaker 1: and I can say it's a medical reason why I'm
Speaker 1: opting out and still get three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Speaker 1: That's more salary money than I made in any one year.
Speaker 1: So again, I don't like it. I wish that they
Speaker 1: would get back to normalcy as much as you possibly can,
Speaker 1: and you know, and get everybody that's under contract into camp.
Speaker 1: All right. So the Bears ninety man roster included three
Speaker 1: veteran additions tom after they veteran mini camp. So one
Speaker 1: of them a tight end Jake Butt. Now, Jake Butt
Speaker 1: was at Michigan, very celebrated player, but towards Aco dropped
Speaker 1: to a fifth round pick, has had nothing but injuries,
Speaker 1: and they obviously did enough to become an intriguing possibility
Speaker 1: for the Bears because the tight end position with Jimmy
Speaker 1: Graham and Cole Commet and JP Holtz and Jesper horsted's
Speaker 1: been here since twenty nineteen. They have an undrafted in
Speaker 1: Scooter Harrington and another undrafted rookie free agent and Tyrone
Speaker 1: Wheatley Junior, a former running back son, How do you
Speaker 1: feeld about it? I think it's a nice move. You know,
Speaker 1: anybody that follows football and as a fan of the
Speaker 1: college game in the pro game. When Jake Butt was
Speaker 1: going through his years at Michigan, he was a really
Speaker 1: good football player and it was kind of a really unfortunate,
Speaker 1: ugly incident that he got hurt so close to what
Speaker 1: was going to be his rookie year. But now it's
Speaker 1: a matter of you know, you've had guys that have
Speaker 1: struggled to stay healthy throughout their NFL career. But if
Speaker 1: he can put together a couple of seasons where he
Speaker 1: has the ability to stay healthy, he can be an
Speaker 1: asset to anybody's program. He's the type of guy I'm
Speaker 1: really pulling for because that's the determination you like to
Speaker 1: see in some of these guys that haven't had the
Speaker 1: easiest road to the NFL. Another one, because it is
Speaker 1: hard to find defensive lineman. Everybody wants them, They want
Speaker 1: those rotation pieces. And you know, we expect Eddie Goldman
Speaker 1: to be there at training camp, but the veteran Mike Pennell,
Speaker 1: Colorado State Pueblo undrafted rookie back in twenty fourteen played
Speaker 1: with Kansas City, the Packers, the Jets, the Patriots, back
Speaker 1: with Kansas City and now with the Bears. A big
Speaker 1: guy at six four plus three thirty two. That's a
Speaker 1: nice addition at this point in the offseason. Yeah, yes,
Speaker 1: you know. I mean, he's got versatility, he's got strength
Speaker 1: in the middle of the defense because of the uncertainty
Speaker 1: of Eddie Goldman. When you look at having the rookie
Speaker 1: that they drafted Tonga from BYU and now you have
Speaker 1: another big body guy that can come in and compete
Speaker 1: along with the rest of those guys. So he has experience,
Speaker 1: he knows how to play the NFL game, and he's
Speaker 1: a guy that could be a contributor in the depth
Speaker 1: of that position where sometimes you need it the most.
Speaker 1: All Right, this is in the intriguing Okay, NFL comes
Speaker 1: up with ideas because of the alternative uniforms. Now they
Speaker 1: are coming out with a new policy allowing teams to
Speaker 1: use two different helmets during that during the twenty two
Speaker 1: season though twenty two seasons, so teams compare a second
Speaker 1: helmet with the alternate So we're talking throwback of those
Speaker 1: color Rush uniforms. As long as it all follows the
Speaker 1: league policy. So the Bears did have a different logo,
Speaker 1: the white sea with the helmet, the blue helmet. Would
Speaker 1: you like to see that come back? You know, Um,
Speaker 1: a helmet is so personal because you you break in
Speaker 1: a helmet, you have it form fitted around your head
Speaker 1: and it you know, it kind of it goes on
Speaker 1: like a glove. You know. Now you've got to start incorporating. Okay,
Speaker 1: we're gonna use this helmet for these practices. Now we
Speaker 1: want to use these helmets for these practices. It's just
Speaker 1: not interchangeable like shoes or gloves. It's something about never
Speaker 1: considered that it's something that you need to break in
Speaker 1: and you know, and it is. Man, it's something that
Speaker 1: takes a while. You know. One thing we talk about,
Speaker 1: oh the you know, the third day of training camp
Speaker 1: is when you're gonna be your sorest. But the way
Speaker 1: that your helmet fits around your head and stuff, it
Speaker 1: also takes a while for your to become comfortable inside
Speaker 1: that helmet. So again, I know it's a marketing tool,
Speaker 1: but I but I'm you know, really personable personal about
Speaker 1: my helmet. All right, So as we get closer to
Speaker 1: training camp, the questions are not stopping about Justin fields
Speaker 1: the regal quarterback from the House state. It is a
Speaker 1: constant question he's being ranked among the division quarterbacks, you know,
Speaker 1: and that's you know, there's time right now to do
Speaker 1: these types of things and to talk about these things.
Speaker 1: But I know I asked you about this earlier this week.
Speaker 1: You know you are you still as you look at it,
Speaker 1: he's still comfortable with the plan that is in place
Speaker 1: with Matt Neeggie. Yeah, just like what you know what
Speaker 1: rookie is elevated to the immediate starting role, and across
Speaker 1: the board in every single team, there's always a pecking
Speaker 1: order that you have to work your way up, unless
Speaker 1: you're an emergency situation like the Cincinnati Bengals last year
Speaker 1: with Joe Burrow and then you see what happened really
Speaker 1: in the long one. So I think Andy Dalton is
Speaker 1: a profess I really was excited to hear about the
Speaker 1: way that he has taken Justin under his wings and
Speaker 1: brought him into that group and it has helped him
Speaker 1: develop and be the quarterback ultimately he's going to be.
Speaker 1: But I also like every competition at every single position
Speaker 1: as high profile as the quarterback position or any offensive
Speaker 1: defensive lineman I like to see the competitiveness out there
Speaker 1: and you earning your opportunity. First segment in the books.
Speaker 1: Here on Bears All Access, this week's version brought to
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Speaker 1: I'm Jeff joni Ac. Thanks for sitting by and watching
Speaker 1: the things we talk about leading up to training camp.
Speaker 1: It should be an exciting time to be a Bears
Speaker 1: fan here in twenty twenty one. Back after this on
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Speaker 1: Radio six seventy The Score. I hope everybody had a
Speaker 1: great week. What a great telethon on the Score this week,
Speaker 1: Danny Parkins at Sam Acho and the entire Score broadcast
Speaker 1: crew raised what will be upwards of six hundred and
Speaker 1: sixty seven thousand, or six hundred seventy thousand dollars for
Speaker 1: the Austin neighborhood and that grocery store. I mean, unbelievable
Speaker 1: commitment from better than four thousand listeners at the Score.
Speaker 1: I know Bears chairman George McCaskey was on the show.
Speaker 1: The commissioner was also on the show for the NFL,
Speaker 1: mister Roger Goodell. So a lot of great stuff, a
Speaker 1: lot of great conversation, a lot of great things happened.
Speaker 1: So hats off to Danny Parkins, Sam Matcho on the
Speaker 1: higher fan base that participated in that big time. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, to the adults who took part in organizing
Speaker 1: this thing, and once they had the dream and the
Speaker 1: idea of getting it done, they stayed whip it until
Speaker 1: the completion of the Valda Radio on. But some of
Speaker 1: the young people that Danny Parkins and all the cast
Speaker 1: and crew of The Score interviewed in their contribution to
Speaker 1: the Austin District and this store in what the future
Speaker 1: is I'm telling you, man, I was as inspired by
Speaker 1: the kids, the young people I don't want to call
Speaker 1: them kids, as the young people that are participating in
Speaker 1: this opportunity as I was all the other big names
Speaker 1: that you just mentioned. Because these young people are level headed, energetic,
Speaker 1: they're learning so many different trades and traits of business.
Speaker 1: What it can do for their neighborhood. Man, I'm telling
Speaker 1: you I was, and and I listened to it. I
Speaker 1: drove home from Sheboygan this morning, got in my car
Speaker 1: at five o'clock this morning, and I listened to it
Speaker 1: for a few hours, and I was inspired. Yes, certainly
Speaker 1: the case in the Austin harvests food martin the Austin
Speaker 1: neighborho the benefit and the residence around there. So again,
Speaker 1: congratulations on that. All right, we turn our attention to
Speaker 1: the Bears. At this point in the offseason, we start
Speaker 1: to do previews. We do position previews. We'll start talking
Speaker 1: to some of the our cohorts in the NFC Central
Speaker 1: time to break down the division, which should be up
Speaker 1: until this moment, a wild ride with or without Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers up in Green Bay. But then also previews some
Speaker 1: of the matchups early in the season that the Bears
Speaker 1: will have. But I'd like to start in your specialty,
Speaker 1: the offensive line, because as much of the conversation as
Speaker 1: they're going to be about quarterback, the defense will turn
Speaker 1: back into that takeaway, devastating unit that we saw in
Speaker 1: twenty eighteen. Honestly, what matters most is to me is
Speaker 1: that offensive line. How that offensive line is going to
Speaker 1: be put together, how they're going to perform, will it
Speaker 1: stay healthy, and who will emerge in various roles on
Speaker 1: that offensive line. And I think we're both very excited
Speaker 1: about the interior three. We're going to talk about those
Speaker 1: guys right out of the gate because Sam Mustaffer has
Speaker 1: added a significant amount of strength and size. Confidence has
Speaker 1: always been there. He is a leader in that locker room,
Speaker 1: a leader on that offensive line, and flanked by Cody
Speaker 1: white Hair on the left and James Daniels on the right.
Speaker 1: You know, but the key element here is the coach
Speaker 1: is familiar with the talent. You know, when you bring
Speaker 1: in a new offensive line coach, it's it's almost like
Speaker 1: a pitching coach where he has to observe every single
Speaker 1: one of these pitchers and see how they fit in
Speaker 1: the staff. And that's similar to an offensive line because
Speaker 1: there aren't a lot of similarities between the build, the stance,
Speaker 1: the balance, the structure, the strength and the weaknesses of
Speaker 1: five different individuals on the offensive line, and then you
Speaker 1: add another five with all the backups. So I think
Speaker 1: it's important that the coach is familiar with the talent.
Speaker 1: And now when you talk about Sam muster for Cody
Speaker 1: white Hair, James Daniels inside. That's a very strong, intelligent group.
Speaker 1: These guys are good athletes. They bring a lot of
Speaker 1: strength to the table. And when you look at Jermain
Speaker 1: Effetti what he's been able to turn into, what he's
Speaker 1: been able to morph into at that right tackle position.
Speaker 1: He brings a big body, he's a good athlete. He'll
Speaker 1: work well with James Daniels over there. And then hey,
Speaker 1: we're gonna have to probably give your reports almost daily
Speaker 1: from training camp about the development of the left tackle position,
Speaker 1: one of the most difficult positions in all of football
Speaker 1: to play. It's a whole different balance than any right
Speaker 1: handed guy that you put on the right side of
Speaker 1: the offensive line because everything is natural to him. When
Speaker 1: you talk about the balance on the left hand side
Speaker 1: of it, especially out of the tackle position, you're talking
Speaker 1: about a whole different balance that you have to perfect
Speaker 1: because it doesn't come naturally. And when you look at
Speaker 1: the group over there that's going to compete for that
Speaker 1: left tackle position, it's gonna take us, jeff every single
Speaker 1: day at training camp to sit there and pay specific
Speaker 1: attention to that position. I know, really that doesn't is
Speaker 1: not where your eyes wander to me? It does nine
Speaker 1: on seven, one on ones. I'm gonna live at that position.
Speaker 1: How often do I stand shoulder to shoulder with you?
Speaker 1: Not quite because I'm a short guy. How I'm there
Speaker 1: for the one on ones. That's what we may be
Speaker 1: going shoulder to shoulder, but you're facing one on ones
Speaker 1: and seven on seven and how faceing the offensive lineman
Speaker 1: defensive lineman one ers But no to get back to
Speaker 1: that position, you know, one Castillo has been getting his
Speaker 1: message across since he's had a hands on approach with
Speaker 1: some of these young guys. He see their their traits
Speaker 1: and their talents right now, and he understands the veterans
Speaker 1: because he's been around him for so much time now.
Speaker 1: So UM, it's gonna be a fun battle to pay
Speaker 1: attention to. UM. I love the fact that there's depth
Speaker 1: when you got guys like Larry Borham that you were
Speaker 1: introduced to in the fifth round, who when you look
Speaker 1: at him, he has all the qualifications when you look
Speaker 1: at an offensive lineman that should be able to come
Speaker 1: and have a superpetitive competitive career. And it's gonna be
Speaker 1: fun to watch the development. I really think that the
Speaker 1: battles even for the swing positions, and the depth on
Speaker 1: that will be very, very heated. It's it's going to
Speaker 1: be a very interest because guys had a taste of
Speaker 1: starting like Alex Bars. You know, once you get a taste,
Speaker 1: you know you're gonna fight right. You're gonna fight for
Speaker 1: that because you know you can do it. And Alex
Speaker 1: Bars did a nice job last year at Garret. You
Speaker 1: know one thing about Alex Spars, Jeff I'm almost gonna
Speaker 1: change him daily at what position he's going to practice at.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give him snaps at left tackle. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: give him snaps at left guard, at center, at right guard.
Speaker 1: You know. The only one I wouldn't probably is right
Speaker 1: tackle because there's a nice depth line behind Jermaine Effetti.
Speaker 1: But Alex Bars and I'm glad you brought that up
Speaker 1: because it's really an important role in the success of
Speaker 1: a game day roster when you have that swing position. Man,
Speaker 1: if you have a guy that can play every one
Speaker 1: of them, you know that's a role at Alex Barr
Speaker 1: can take on. He's a super intelligent guy and he
Speaker 1: knows the assignments at every single position. And I really
Speaker 1: believe he can play him. His rookie year, he was
Speaker 1: playing competitively at the left tackle position in training camp.
Speaker 1: We saw what he did at center last year with
Speaker 1: a moment's notice, and you know he was doing the
Speaker 1: same at OTAs and the mini camp as a couple
Speaker 1: of weeks ago. Tremendous value and a guy like that
Speaker 1: as versatile as he can be and as talented as
Speaker 1: he can be. Right there, I bring back you know
Speaker 1: what you said about familiarity. So from an organizational standpoint,
Speaker 1: aside from one castio, they have a fourteen offensive lineman.
Speaker 1: Eleven of them are homegrown, meaning they were brought in
Speaker 1: this is their first place, this has been their stop.
Speaker 1: They were either drafted or undrafted free agents. Do you
Speaker 1: see any significance in that, Oh, of course, you know
Speaker 1: these guys that have been scouted for months by multiple
Speaker 1: viewing eyes before they ever got here. If you're home grown,
Speaker 1: you're homegrown because of they identified you throughout your college career,
Speaker 1: back to your high school background, and to have the
Speaker 1: talents and the traits to come in here and create
Speaker 1: competitiveness on the offensive line. I'm not dismissing the guys
Speaker 1: that aren't home growing, but there's a lot more eyes
Speaker 1: on scouting approach to this whole group of the homegrown
Speaker 1: guys that the Bears are brought in than of Wilkinson,
Speaker 1: who I like what I saw out of him throughout
Speaker 1: OTAs in the mini camp. He's a good athlete over
Speaker 1: there competing at the left tackle position. That's time there.
Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Joniac and this is Bears All Access time
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Speaker 1: Thanks for being with us, everybody. Hope your week went well. Uh.
Speaker 1: Speaking of Anthony Adams, you know, you never know what
Speaker 1: you're gonna find. He's been kind of quiet on his
Speaker 1: own Twitter handle, Tom, since you don't have one, you
Speaker 1: wouldn't know. But I saw him doing a promo with
Speaker 1: Laurence Greeden and promoting Inside the Bears. And here he's singing. Now,
Speaker 1: he's doing a lot of singing, serenade the audience to
Speaker 1: turn him on. You know, I was up and, like
Speaker 1: I said, in Wisconsin, and I thought I saw a
Speaker 1: commercial with him sat introducing some type of interview with
Speaker 1: an athlete from a different sport. And because I asked
Speaker 1: the people I was sitting with, do you know who
Speaker 1: that guy is? You know, that's Anthony Anthony Adams. He's
Speaker 1: a hell of a football player. But now, by the
Speaker 1: way it was shot, yeah, yeah, there you go, there
Speaker 1: you go. I bet you the two of them could
Speaker 1: have a good time up about NBA basketball and whatnot.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's the beauty of double A. He can
Speaker 1: he can relate to just about anybody super still nobody.
Speaker 1: There's a lot of personalities in NFL locker rooms like
Speaker 1: Anthony Adams. Uh you know he's but he's brought it
Speaker 1: to a whole different level from any time I ever
Speaker 1: get a chance to see him. His humor is second
Speaker 1: the nonymy. He was a great football player as well.
Speaker 1: Tune in inside the Bears. Can you imagine today's world
Speaker 1: of opportunity and all these social platforms? What your bunch,
Speaker 1: the eighty five world champion Bears, who would have been
Speaker 1: having national TV shows and whatnot if there was a
Speaker 1: different time and place. Honestly, it would be the cupboard
Speaker 1: wouldn't be bear. There was a lot of talented individuals
Speaker 1: who can open their mouth and make something funny happen,
Speaker 1: for sure. You know, you see guys like Dan Hampton,
Speaker 1: how talented he is. You know he has a band
Speaker 1: that played at an event the other day a couple
Speaker 1: of weeks ago. For Steve McMichael, a guy like Steve McMichael,
Speaker 1: his personality, he was second to none. If you gave
Speaker 1: him a platform that allowed him to use his colorful language,
Speaker 1: Oh yikes for you know, and and hey, when you
Speaker 1: when you put guys you know, like you know McMahon
Speaker 1: on you know, all the nighttime late night television shows,
Speaker 1: along with Mike Dick, along with William Perry, all right,
Speaker 1: there are so many personalities in that room that they
Speaker 1: could they could have filled a week of TV. Well
Speaker 1: before we went to the break, we're diving into the
Speaker 1: offensive line. I was focused on the interior, but you know,
Speaker 1: we touched down the tackles as well. And I'm bringing
Speaker 1: this up because earlier this week news of David DeCastro
Speaker 1: getting let go by the Steelers looks like he's got
Speaker 1: an ankle problem that may force him to retire. It's
Speaker 1: a six time Pro Bowl or two time All Pro
Speaker 1: and so you look at that because the Bears are
Speaker 1: playing the Steelers, you know, in mid season in Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: on a Monday night, and you talk about a Super
Speaker 1: Bowl contender. That division has several teams, including the Ravens
Speaker 1: and Browns that you can always put in that categor
Speaker 1: glory because of the quarterbacks they have right now and
Speaker 1: the defenses they play with. But again, the offensive line
Speaker 1: they got, Marquise Pouncey retired, David DeCastro cut, Alejandro Vienneueva
Speaker 1: left in free agency, I believe for the Ravens, Matt
Speaker 1: Feiler left in free agency. So that's a total remake there.
Speaker 1: Do you feel more comfortable with a team like the
Speaker 1: Bears bringing everybody back with the addition of Tevin Jenkins
Speaker 1: and Larry Borham through the draft to develop and make
Speaker 1: an immediate impact somehow, some way, or a situation like that,
Speaker 1: where you're starting, you know, a bunch of new guys
Speaker 1: on an offensive line with an aging quarterback. I'm not
Speaker 1: going to say he's it's past him, but you know,
Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger coming back for another season with a brand
Speaker 1: new offensive line. You know, before they got rid of DeCastro,
Speaker 1: I was looking at an evaluation of that division and
Speaker 1: they had Pittsburgh last in the division already before the
Speaker 1: season never start. So I think there's a little suspicion
Speaker 1: about Ben Roethlisberger. How mobile is he because he's gonna
Speaker 1: have to be more mobile this year with a developing
Speaker 1: offensive line then in a lot and that he has
Speaker 1: been for years. I know they brought new running backs
Speaker 1: on board, so they're going to have to be able
Speaker 1: to run the ball effectively in order to either have
Speaker 1: a really good play action pass to protect Ben Roethlisberger
Speaker 1: a little bit. But yeah, I it's a scary division
Speaker 1: to be playing in when you're trying to put together
Speaker 1: five guys. To me, I feel more confidence in what
Speaker 1: the Bears that were able to accomplish last year, kind
Speaker 1: of the positive note that they finished the season on
Speaker 1: and now with one Castillo having a better understanding of
Speaker 1: his talent group and how everything's you know, when you're
Speaker 1: talking about the offensive line, you can never talk about
Speaker 1: the offensive line and only talk about the interior three.
Speaker 1: You got to talk about him as a group. So
Speaker 1: I'm talking about the tackles here though, too, because you
Speaker 1: know what happens with training camp, whether the fans or
Speaker 1: if it doesn't go well, out of the game for somebody. Okay,
Speaker 1: there's on a red flags pop up a training camp.
Speaker 1: And when you got two rookies like this, Tevan and
Speaker 1: Larry and they're gonna go do their one on ones
Speaker 1: and they're facing you know, Khalil Mack and accomplished past
Speaker 1: Rusher and Robert Quinn and you know, you've got Eddie Boldman,
Speaker 1: you got a Keem Hicks inside. They're gonna be stunting.
Speaker 1: There's gonna be a whole lot of competitive If a
Speaker 1: guy gets beat, it's not the end of the world.
Speaker 1: You know, you're you're working your craft, you're working your
Speaker 1: technique to get better. So what advice would you give
Speaker 1: both for him and Jenkins. They go to work for
Speaker 1: their first NFL training camp and Jenkins making a position
Speaker 1: change over to left tackle from his college days at right,
Speaker 1: you know you have. First of all, when you talk
Speaker 1: about eleven on eleven football, you've got to know your assignments.
Speaker 1: That's non negotiable, Jeff, because if you don't know your assignments,
Speaker 1: you're gonna put the other ten guys in jeopardy. You're
Speaker 1: gonna kill that play. But when you talk about a
Speaker 1: drill like one on ones, you go to the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage and you have such a great understanding the
Speaker 1: rhythm of that snap count that you're moving before that
Speaker 1: defensive lineman. If you're late and you're thinking up there
Speaker 1: and you're getting off the ball slowly, the defensive players
Speaker 1: already going to be in a winning position, whether you're
Speaker 1: talking all the talented guys that they have coming off
Speaker 1: the edge. So number one, it's going to make sure
Speaker 1: that you invest a lot of time in your tablet
Speaker 1: during this downtime to understand the assignments of the offense.
Speaker 1: But when you go to those individual drills, you go
Speaker 1: there confidently to the offensive line, get in your stance,
Speaker 1: become balanced, and know how to react to that snap count,
Speaker 1: because that's the way that you're going to put yourself
Speaker 1: in a winning position. And then the coaching starts when
Speaker 1: Wan's going to observe you in real time and he's
Speaker 1: not going to be able to go in depth to
Speaker 1: coach you at that moment. The coaching is going to
Speaker 1: come when you get into the meeting room where you're
Speaker 1: coaching yourself and you're also being coached by veterans and
Speaker 1: the offensive line coach. Talk to me about Jamaina Fetti,
Speaker 1: what you thought of his performance last season? Now going
Speaker 1: back to right tackle. You know, I like the size
Speaker 1: that he brings to the offensive line. He's got a
Speaker 1: good power base. He works well with his interior offensive
Speaker 1: lineman and has a good understanding of his role in
Speaker 1: working with a tight end and h back or a
Speaker 1: running back in a blocking position. He didn't make menelaires.
Speaker 1: I think at the longer he played at right tackle,
Speaker 1: the more of a comfortable position he got in. He
Speaker 1: was durable. He was there every day in practice, and
Speaker 1: I think when he gets an opportunity to work alongside
Speaker 1: James Daniels, he's going to understand his traits better. And
Speaker 1: so you've got a big you know, you're talking about
Speaker 1: a three hundred and twenty five, you know, two three
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty pounders on the right side. That is
Speaker 1: a big offensive line. And now as long as you
Speaker 1: talk about the development of this offensive line, you're also
Speaker 1: going to have to under Matt Maggie's going to have
Speaker 1: to understand what is the strength of the offensive line.
Speaker 1: Where are the we the most competitive for a bread
Speaker 1: and butter play that whether it's third and one, third
Speaker 1: and two, they know we have to run it, where
Speaker 1: do you want to run behind? And what type of
Speaker 1: power is on display? That's Tim there, I'm Jeff Joni Yak.
Speaker 1: Time to step away once again. Our third segment coming up,
Speaker 1: we'll take a look at some of the defensive battles
Speaker 1: at the cornerback position and that is a big one
Speaker 1: as well because two spots are open, including the nickel spot,
Speaker 1: and we'll look bet and break that down as well.
Speaker 1: As the Bears gear up for training camp starting on
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Speaker 1: Thanks to our producers Jordan Trutup, Dan Bally, and the
Speaker 1: folks at the Score. I alluded to it coming out
Speaker 1: of the last break. I want to talk about the
Speaker 1: cornerback position because it is one of the three spots
Speaker 1: that I'm looking at position wise of significance. There's a
Speaker 1: special team component to this because those guys are also
Speaker 1: very significant on a special team side of things. We
Speaker 1: know we got Jalen Johnson coming back, feels he's healthy
Speaker 1: from his shoulder injury he's had several Is there anything
Speaker 1: let's start with him. Is there anything that he needs
Speaker 1: to do physically to kind of ease that concern about
Speaker 1: shoulder injuries and all, because you know, he didn't show
Speaker 1: any events of it last year, from the beginning of
Speaker 1: the season against Detroit all the way to the end
Speaker 1: when he did have a little bit of a hiccup.
Speaker 1: I think Jayleen Johnson is a good place. I think
Speaker 1: he provided probably a little bit more than what was
Speaker 1: expected of him out of Bears fans because you don't
Speaker 1: know a lot about him, considering where he played his
Speaker 1: college career. Then all of a sudden, he's thrust into
Speaker 1: a starting role Week one of the NFL, and he's
Speaker 1: able to put up against every single challenge at his face.
Speaker 1: I think he is a good, courageous tackler. I don't think,
Speaker 1: even when we are listening to him on his final
Speaker 1: Zoom interview, that he has any concerns about his shoulder.
Speaker 1: And that's the key ingredient is is you can't go
Speaker 1: and play football and have a lingering thought always in
Speaker 1: the back of your mind about some injury that you've
Speaker 1: already suffered. If he's not thinking about it, nor should we.
Speaker 1: I think Jalen Johnson has a super bright future ahead
Speaker 1: of him, and I think defensive coordinator Shawn Decide is
Speaker 1: really fortunate to have a young guy in the early
Speaker 1: development stages of ultimately what he's gonna be. But he's
Speaker 1: already taken on a roll of a veteran in the
Speaker 1: early stages, right. I think being around Kyle Fuller, watching
Speaker 1: him being in his tablet every day every day, I
Speaker 1: mean every day, also helps. He admitted that, and I
Speaker 1: do think he's a mentally tough guy. He's not going
Speaker 1: to put that injury concern in his head. I think
Speaker 1: his next step is obviously he made plays on the ball.
Speaker 1: Now the next step is to take those balls away. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know. And he's fortunate to have a defensive back
Speaker 1: coach that has experienced in the NFL that can give
Speaker 1: him some predetermined thinking processes about how to play different quarterbacks,
Speaker 1: different systems, and different receivers. And he's the first guy
Speaker 1: to tell you that every defensive back thrives on interceptions.
Speaker 1: And I think if you can get the front to
Speaker 1: match the cornerbacks, you will provide more opportunities for all
Speaker 1: the defensive backs to get them to create those turnovers.
Speaker 1: And I think when you talk about, you know, the
Speaker 1: influence of Vic Fangio on Sean to say and what
Speaker 1: the defensive was capable of a couple of years ago. Hey,
Speaker 1: if Eddie Jackson is the one that's getting the interceptions
Speaker 1: because Jalen Johnson is doing a good job and his
Speaker 1: outside coverage, I'm okay with that too. I want everybody
Speaker 1: to get their hand in it. But you know, when
Speaker 1: you look at the good fortunes that Jalen Johnson had
Speaker 1: throughout his rookie season. I think getting the judgment is
Speaker 1: when you take that next step, it's going to be
Speaker 1: about grabbing some turnovers. Bears have eighteen defensive backs on
Speaker 1: the roster right now, the ninety man roster. At the
Speaker 1: safety position, you've got six. So the other group is
Speaker 1: a large one, and I think they put a lot
Speaker 1: of bodies in here, some undrafted guys, some guys that
Speaker 1: have been around the NFL with experience. In fact, there's
Speaker 1: quite a few. There's only one undrafted rookie in that
Speaker 1: secondary on this roster at the moment. Otherwise they're drafted
Speaker 1: or they're guys with veteran experience. At the cornerback position,
Speaker 1: you obviously begin with Desmond Truffont, the former Detroit Lion
Speaker 1: cap casualty up there. He would be a prime candidate
Speaker 1: to compete for that starting job. You got Alreadie Burns,
Speaker 1: who unfortunately suffered an injury last year. You've got also
Speaker 1: Michael Joseph coming off an injury, but he's been exposed
Speaker 1: to Sean de sign how since the twenty eighteen seasons,
Speaker 1: so he got a chance last year in preseason to
Speaker 1: make some plays. Xavier Crawford, who was a very good
Speaker 1: special teams player. He's competing. Thomas Graham is the draft
Speaker 1: pick competing, that's all at the cornerback position, along with
Speaker 1: Duke Shelley, Kendallville Door, Trey Robertson, Jalen Tabor, Tease Tabor
Speaker 1: who also was NFL experience, and rojesterman Ferris a free agent.
Speaker 1: So Kendall Vildor is the guy, the name that everyone
Speaker 1: is talking about right now, and he did impress during
Speaker 1: that mini camp showing that he's got some some veteran experience,
Speaker 1: are ready to be have that swagger a little bit
Speaker 1: on the outside, which is vitally important. Well, you know,
Speaker 1: you know the veterans that you brought up. We're still
Speaker 1: getting introduced to these guys like Trey Roberson, like already burns,
Speaker 1: true fat and stuff. But when you look at it,
Speaker 1: a guy like kendallville Door, you got to know a
Speaker 1: little bit about him last year and throughout the training,
Speaker 1: the mandatory mini camp, he looked different. He looked more confident.
Speaker 1: He carried himself in a way that he wanted to
Speaker 1: put himself in consideration for that starting role. And that's
Speaker 1: what I want, because listen, man, this is not a
Speaker 1: shy group. This is not a group of guys, the cornerbacks,
Speaker 1: the defensive back that kind of walk around with their
Speaker 1: head down. No, man, they want to come up here,
Speaker 1: they want to make plays in practice, they want to celebrate.
Speaker 1: So I like the fact that you know Jayalen Johnson,
Speaker 1: He's the type of personality you like at the cornerback position,
Speaker 1: because Kyle Floller wasn't a super outgoing guy. He just
Speaker 1: played football a day in and day out, and that's
Speaker 1: what I kind of give the reflection from Jayleen Johnson.
Speaker 1: But when I saw kimdle Vildor go through his paces
Speaker 1: at the mandatory camp, Hey, that's why there's a lot
Speaker 1: of tension focused on him. Because he was making plays.
Speaker 1: He did stand out. He looked bigger, and that's the
Speaker 1: type of investment that I want these guys to be
Speaker 1: making in themselves. But the list of the other guys,
Speaker 1: I still have a lot of interest because before Artie
Speaker 1: Burns got hurt, he looked fast, he looked low it,
Speaker 1: he looked like he belonged on an NFL football field.
Speaker 1: I want to see what Trey Robertson can bring from
Speaker 1: the Canadian Football League down to the NFL. So I'm still,
Speaker 1: you know, interested to look at a lot of these
Speaker 1: characters that are going to get a lot of reps
Speaker 1: in training camp. Luke Shelley obviously got some reps at
Speaker 1: the nickel spot, and we can't underscore enough the importance
Speaker 1: of that position. So to me, that's one of the
Speaker 1: most important battles. It's a very difficult position to play.
Speaker 1: You got to know what the other ten guys are
Speaker 1: doing at all times. You got to be able to
Speaker 1: deal with a big tight end. You gotta deal with
Speaker 1: a running back, you gotta deal with a receiver, you
Speaker 1: gotta deal with everything. So that's going to be a
Speaker 1: hard one to call until somebody really shows that, you
Speaker 1: know what, I'm up for the job, you know. But
Speaker 1: I think they're really fortunate, Jeff. But they are bringing
Speaker 1: back both starting safeties for the first time in quite
Speaker 1: a while because the role in which they communicate with
Speaker 1: the safeties that that inner slot cornerback or that nickel cornerback,
Speaker 1: whatever title you want to give them. I think they
Speaker 1: combine their relationship really well together. So I think Eddie Jackson,
Speaker 1: with the years of experience that he has in this
Speaker 1: system with Shawn to sid with Gibson himself. Now, I
Speaker 1: think it's really important the role that these two safeties
Speaker 1: can help in the development of that nickel corner. And hey,
Speaker 1: if Duke Shelley is first in line, he's the type
Speaker 1: of guy that walks around. He's got a little bit
Speaker 1: of swagger in himself, and it's something you need at
Speaker 1: that position. All right, that's Tim there. I'm Jeff Joni Ech.
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Speaker 1: You laugh, but you know he's starting to make plans,
Speaker 1: making plans. We're gonna be at games this year, somehow,
Speaker 1: some way, we're gonna hit the road. And it is
Speaker 1: excited to think about what we're gonna do. But you
Speaker 1: know there are hurdles to climb still, obviously, so you
Speaker 1: can't diffuse the excitement level right now. Full stadiums and
Speaker 1: getting back in those stadiums to call games town. I
Speaker 1: think you and I are both very excited about that.
Speaker 1: Oh I can't wait. I you know, I can't wait
Speaker 1: to see the role that the fans play. Well, you know,
Speaker 1: and because there's gonna be some away games that you're
Speaker 1: gonna go to, like that Rams game the opening week
Speaker 1: of the season, I think there's gonna be as many
Speaker 1: Chicago Bear Fans supporters there as there will be LA fans,
Speaker 1: and they haven't had the opportunity to go inside their
Speaker 1: new palatialist state of this their new stadium. So I'm
Speaker 1: excited for football fans to get back into that frenzied
Speaker 1: atmosphere that they create. And we're at the stadiums went
Speaker 1: home and away so early that you get that we
Speaker 1: get to watch that intensity build up. Is once they
Speaker 1: sound the horn in the door, the front doors are open,
Speaker 1: and those people that are running to their seats and
Speaker 1: they're surrounding the lower ball. It kind of gives you
Speaker 1: chills when you think about the importance the role of
Speaker 1: the fans play in the NFL. All right, this was
Speaker 1: many weeks ago. I don't know who put this together,
Speaker 1: but somebody ranked the quarterbacks in the division, backups and starters,
Speaker 1: the projected backups and starters. So when you look at it,
Speaker 1: you get so you got golf, you got mind. Jordan loved,
Speaker 1: Nick Foles, Andy Dalton, Kirk Cousins, justin fields, and we'll
Speaker 1: throw Aaron Rodgers a bone and say he's gonna be bad.
Speaker 1: You know, you think about it. I would take any
Speaker 1: number of these quarterbacks in the top four as as
Speaker 1: the best quarterbacks in the division, and they're on the
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears. I'm inside of Rodgers, of course, oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1: So to me, I'm still Aaron Rodgers to me, is
Speaker 1: still one of the best two players in the National
Speaker 1: Football League if he plays. When you look at what
Speaker 1: the Bears can put out there, I think the Bears
Speaker 1: if you want to put a number two out there
Speaker 1: and you give a normal training camp, I think what
Speaker 1: the Bears have been able to do the Minnesota Vikings.
Speaker 1: I think when they beat him five out of the
Speaker 1: last six times. I think Andy Dalton could take a
Speaker 1: command of this offense and you know, and be a
Speaker 1: huge part of a early season spark for this football team.
Speaker 1: And hey, there's no denying what justin fields is going
Speaker 1: to offer the Bears and what the experience of Nick
Speaker 1: Foles has already been in the NFL. But again, I
Speaker 1: like what the Bears are going to put out there
Speaker 1: in the quarterback position, and I think it's going to
Speaker 1: be super competitive and it's gonna make it overall a
Speaker 1: better football team and a better offense. All right, this
Speaker 1: is in the weird category. I saw this from Mike Tannenbaum,
Speaker 1: former executive. So this twenty seventeen draft class, all right,
Speaker 1: pass rushers like Sona Reddick, t J. Watt, Miles Garrett,
Speaker 1: Trey Hendrickson, Carl Lawson, a lot of guys. The top
Speaker 1: three players in sacks from that class. So t J.
Speaker 1: Watt number one at forty nine and a half for Pittsburgh,
Speaker 1: Miles Garrett forty two and a half. The third player
Speaker 1: is not a pass rusher. Do you care to guess
Speaker 1: who it might be? Third highest sack total of the
Speaker 1: twenty seventeen draft class. I know you're putting yeah, you're
Speaker 1: putting me out. You're putting me on the spot. Now
Speaker 1: you'd have to tell me. Adams at safety twenty one
Speaker 1: and a half sacks, which which leads me to this conversation,
Speaker 1: I get the sense because we don't know, we won't
Speaker 1: know until we actually see these guys play games in
Speaker 1: the regular season. They're not gonna give it all up
Speaker 1: in the preseason. They're not going to show it in practice.
Speaker 1: But do you have any suspicion that even though Vic
Speaker 1: Fangio was not this type of guy that brings pressure
Speaker 1: outside of looking forward from four up front, that this
Speaker 1: might be a team become very aggressive and have the
Speaker 1: types of players that I love, the corner blitz, the
Speaker 1: safety blitz, a Roquan blitz. Do you suspect that that
Speaker 1: might happen at all? Well, I'll tell you this, if
Speaker 1: Khalil Mack and Robert Quinn, if they come up and
Speaker 1: they you know, they don't necessarily have to have career years,
Speaker 1: but they have to have a lot of influence and
Speaker 1: how the offensive blocking scheme is constructed against them, the
Speaker 1: better they are, the more chances for exactly you want
Speaker 1: is going to happen. Because now you got these offensive
Speaker 1: tackle and offensive guard that are so concentrated on stopping
Speaker 1: Khalil or making sure you get feet in front of
Speaker 1: Robert Quinn. That opens those outside opportunities and it gives
Speaker 1: more of a threatening opportunity for a quick dB to
Speaker 1: run over a lackluster blocking back. Different topic, now, Thomas,
Speaker 1: you're there's so many things tied to the Bears right now.
Speaker 1: With the exploration of Arlington Park's facility. There, you've got
Speaker 1: the new Bette Rivers and the Rivers Casino multi year
Speaker 1: exclusive partnership, the official sports book partner and official casino
Speaker 1: partner of the Bears. They've been looking for those deals.
Speaker 1: But the Bears and the Chicago Public League launching girls
Speaker 1: flag football in conjunction with the NFL Flag Slash Nike program.
Speaker 1: They're going to kick it off in September with twenty
Speaker 1: two teams from across Chicago Public school System, the first
Speaker 1: football league flag at the high school level in Illinois.
Speaker 1: There are six of them throughout the country. And you
Speaker 1: got a former Bear helping out spearhead this in the
Speaker 1: Public School's director of sports, Mickey Pruit. What do you
Speaker 1: think about this? Six states, it's a varsity sport and
Speaker 1: Matt Nagee is donating cleats providing for all players thanks
Speaker 1: to hid donation and a grant from Bears Care. I
Speaker 1: think it's one. I think it's awesome. I love it,
Speaker 1: you know, because I want to tell you I do.
Speaker 1: I do have a family that our friends of mine
Speaker 1: from Canada, and their daughter plays in a flag football
Speaker 1: league up there. She's one of the most talented pass
Speaker 1: catching athletes I've ever seen. And I kind of sent
Speaker 1: her a note and I go, hey, Johnny, they're opening
Speaker 1: flag football here. Can you come down and you know,
Speaker 1: play in the US. But I think it's awesome. But
Speaker 1: you know, hey, listen, go to any female sports. You
Speaker 1: go to look at the wrestling program, and you go
Speaker 1: look at some of the female Olympians that are going
Speaker 1: to participate in the Olympics. Listen, they have they have
Speaker 1: great athleticism. They I think it's super exciting and I
Speaker 1: can't wait then. And I hope that Mickey Pruitt, you know,
Speaker 1: he's been involved with the Chicago public school system now
Speaker 1: for a long time. I hope they put a great
Speaker 1: deal of effort into it. I'm excited to watch it.
Speaker 1: I'm excited to go see him. Hey, a lot of
Speaker 1: bragging rights out there, and I still brag about the
Speaker 1: performance in my high school football team, and I would
Speaker 1: like to see it start bragging about that program, all right,
Speaker 1: Sam it's gonna wrap us up, appreciate all your time,
Speaker 1: and we're back next week talk more Beers football. They'll
Speaker 1: head up to training camp for our producers Jordan trude
Speaker 1: Up and Dan Barelli and everybody at the Score. Thank
Speaker 1: you all for listening for Tom there, I'm Jeff jonih xing.
Speaker 1: Good night. This is Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score.