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As we 0:00:36.560 --> 0:00:39.640 approach Jim Miller's arrival as well and our next segment, 0:00:39.680 --> 0:00:41.760 he'll join us as our guests for a few segments. 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:43.920 We got a full show again, did I? Kiro Santos, 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:46.879 the freshly resigned Bears kicker, would join us at the 0:00:46.880 --> 0:00:49.400 bottom of the hour, and we'll touch base with him 0:00:49.400 --> 0:00:51.440 and talk about a lot of different things about the 0:00:51.479 --> 0:00:54.280 Bears moving forward. Good to have you alongside Sean Anderson, 0:00:54.280 --> 0:00:56.960 our producer tonight and our Score Studios. Good even Tommy, 0:00:56.960 --> 0:00:59.360 how you doing? I'm doing good, Jeff. You know it 0:00:59.400 --> 0:01:01.440 seems like each week we get a chance to talk 0:01:01.520 --> 0:01:04.679 like this and the season picks up a little momentum 0:01:04.680 --> 0:01:08.000 and whether we're talking about the rebound from a COVID 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:11.200 filled year last year, and maybe there'll be some fans 0:01:11.200 --> 0:01:14.160 in the stands, But now they're starting to talk about 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:17.200 the draft and the Pro days that are going on 0:01:17.280 --> 0:01:20.880 at such a rapid rate, and free agency is still 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:23.759 a topic. So there's a lot to talk about in 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:26.800 the NFL, a lot to talk about. With the Chicago Bears, 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:29.440 they've brought on some new personnel that it's going to 0:01:29.520 --> 0:01:31.880 be interesting to put those guys in place and see 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:34.440 how they fit in this team. And there's young guys 0:01:34.480 --> 0:01:36.600 that are still developing that it's going to be interesting 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:40.199 to see how they come into their second and third 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:42.920 years in their career. Right just in the last week 0:01:43.040 --> 0:01:46.120 or so, some names that will touch on and discuss. 0:01:46.200 --> 0:01:49.680 But today we heard from new cornerback Desmond Trufon, was 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:52.320 with the Lions last year, had a hamstring problem, so 0:01:52.400 --> 0:01:55.120 he was out after six games. But a veteran, a 0:01:55.160 --> 0:01:58.160 guy's on the other side of thirty. Earlier today, had 0:01:58.200 --> 0:02:01.320 a zoom call with the media and we were or 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:05.559 not me, but they the media asked what the recruiting 0:02:05.600 --> 0:02:08.359 pitch was by the Bears. For this veteran player who 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:10.959 took other visits as well, including to the Washington Football Club. 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:13.800 I mean, obviously they loved my game, but they say 0:02:13.880 --> 0:02:16.440 it ain't too many guys walking around like too little Matt, 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:20.040 So I know you want to play with him, So 0:02:20.240 --> 0:02:22.560 I mean, yeah, that was right. I mean you don't 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:25.399 get too many opportunities to play with a guy like him. 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:28.760 You know, he's a you know, Hall of Fame type player, 0:02:28.840 --> 0:02:31.320 you know, so none but respect for what he's been 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:33.520 able to do. I know he's gonna continue to do 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:35.920 what he does, and that makes my life easier, you know, 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:38.240 as a corner you know, when you got guys up 0:02:38.240 --> 0:02:41.640 front that's getting pressure like that. So, like I said, 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:45.240 I'm really excited for this opportunity and I'm gonna I'm 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:47.359 gonna take advantage of it. For sure. Hey, when you 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:50.000 got an asset like Khalil Mac, yeah, you throw that 0:02:50.040 --> 0:02:53.639 on the table. Because it's all about marrying pressure and coverage. 0:02:53.840 --> 0:02:57.080 And you get a primetime player like that, cornerbacks around 0:02:57.080 --> 0:03:00.280 the league certainly will get their attention. So what this 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:03.800 means he's a you know, loved him coming out of college. 0:03:03.840 --> 0:03:07.639 He's had a nice career He's had some good handles 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:11.560 on the balls a ball corner, but he's also had 0:03:11.600 --> 0:03:15.680 some injuries. He's in his thirty plus age and a 0:03:15.800 --> 0:03:17.960 great experience with a young guy on the other side 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:20.600 in Jalen Johnson. I'm sure they will do more to 0:03:20.680 --> 0:03:22.919 try and reinforce that position. You can never have enough 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:25.080 depth at the corner position, as we know. But Kyle 0:03:25.120 --> 0:03:28.160 Flier was a very durable piece to the puzzle after 0:03:28.560 --> 0:03:31.320 a slower start to his career, but really settled in nicely. 0:03:31.919 --> 0:03:35.400 But Toufont is a big corner. He's north to six feet. 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:38.000 That's what I like, and he wants to be physical, 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:40.600 and that's also what I like. You know, he's six feet, 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:43.800 he's one ninety. He can run man to man coverage 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:46.680 with you, with any receiver down the field. He has 0:03:46.720 --> 0:03:49.880 a good ability to work with defensive backs and multiple 0:03:49.960 --> 0:03:55.000 offensive receiver formations. He knows how to play his zone coverage. Nowadays, 0:03:55.400 --> 0:03:58.160 these defensive backs they got to be ready to be 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:01.200 considered the point of attack at times when they throw 0:04:01.240 --> 0:04:04.040 those screens at him. And he's got the size and 0:04:04.080 --> 0:04:06.880 the strength to withstand the types of blocks that he's 0:04:06.880 --> 0:04:09.400 gonna have to fight through and he's been around the 0:04:09.440 --> 0:04:11.360 league for a long time. I think the first thing 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:14.760 when a cornerback compliments the outside rusher they're going to 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:18.039 be working with. You know, it's it's pretty high praise 0:04:18.080 --> 0:04:21.920 for Khalil Mack, but it's also the defensive back understanding 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:25.240 that the effect of Khalil Mack is going to be 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:28.159 able to work some of these receivers into his skill set. 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:30.680 And you got to look for you know, health, and 0:04:30.720 --> 0:04:32.680 you got to look for interceptions. And I think the 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:36.800 Bear Sports science department will get into that hamstring immediately. 0:04:37.120 --> 0:04:39.039 They'll know how to feed them, they'll know how to 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:41.640 hydrate them, and out of the weight room, they'll know 0:04:41.680 --> 0:04:44.640 how to work that part of his body. So if 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:47.279 he stays healthy, I expect him to pick up in 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:51.440 this defense exactly where he's left off in some of 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:54.440 his brighter moments. It was a discussion point today and 0:04:54.560 --> 0:04:57.120 what hampered him last season? Yeah, I mean pretty much. 0:04:57.160 --> 0:05:00.159 You know, I just was dealing with the hemmy. You know, 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:03.560 it's a it was just a lingering injury for me. 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:06.200 I think I came back a little too early the 0:05:06.240 --> 0:05:09.400 first time I tweeked it and it kind of just 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:12.120 lingered on play on a run of like four or 0:05:12.120 --> 0:05:15.640 five games, play pretty solid and then you know, and 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:17.680 then it went out on me again. So it just 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:20.800 one of those years. Bro. It's hard to explain, but 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:24.960 you know, I'm doing different things with my recovery and 0:05:25.640 --> 0:05:28.919 you know, just training those areas, my hits, my hamstrings, 0:05:28.960 --> 0:05:31.440 just a whole pelvis area, you know, to have more 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:35.960 strength endurability. But you know, I'm healthy now, I'm working grinding, 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:38.359 so you know, I'm I'm looking forward and ready to 0:05:38.400 --> 0:05:41.000 make an impact. You know what I like about this too? 0:05:41.080 --> 0:05:43.160 He says he's hungry and that that's what I You know, 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:45.400 you gotta now back it up when you show up 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:47.760 a training camp and the way you play anching every week. 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:51.119 But you know, from Atlanta now to Detroit now, Bear, 0:05:51.400 --> 0:05:53.440 I'd like to hear that hunger still be there for 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:55.680 a guy who's you know, just hit thirty years of age. 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:58.400 Oh me too. You know one thing you understand, you 0:05:58.440 --> 0:06:00.960 have to have balanced body and strength if you're going 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:03.960 to stay away from those types of injuries, especially when 0:06:04.000 --> 0:06:05.960 you do get on the other side of thirty. And 0:06:06.040 --> 0:06:09.640 I think sometimes nowadays in the NFL in the offseason, 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:14.280 you have these guys that work with these talented body personnel, 0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:19.160 that they understand how to get an area of in 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:21.880 m in tune to go through the rigors of an 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:24.799 NFL season, but how to get your strength and balance. 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:27.440 And I think that's it's better that you know it 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:30.000 well in advance so you can put yourself in a 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:34.360 position when training, training camp starts. You are a competitive 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:37.280 cornerback in this team. He's gonna lead by example, he says. 0:06:37.279 --> 0:06:39.120 And that's exactly what your your role is as a 0:06:39.200 --> 0:06:42.400 veteran player and a guy you're replacing in Kyle Fuller, 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:46.600 who definitely led by example. Less about his voice and 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:50.880 his style which was one to be one in his 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:55.159 iPad constantly and that's how he led. And many people 0:06:55.160 --> 0:06:57.479 that have played with him say the same thing about 0:06:57.560 --> 0:06:59.880 Kyle Fuller. Wish him well in Denver. All right, well 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:02.160 come back. Jim Miller would join the program This is 0:07:02.200 --> 0:07:05.040 Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to 0:07:05.080 --> 0:07:09.360 score everybody, Welcome back to Bears All Access or a 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:12.120 brought you by IGS Energy. Choose clean energy for your 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:15.080 home at IGS dot com because every good choice adds 0:07:15.160 --> 0:07:17.120 up to a better world. It's a better show when 0:07:17.200 --> 0:07:20.400 Jim Miller drops in our weekly guest here on Bears 0:07:20.440 --> 0:07:22.400 All Access. Good to have them along from serious x 0:07:22.560 --> 0:07:26.040 MFL radios Moving the chains with Pat Kerwin. What was 0:07:26.080 --> 0:07:28.440 on your docket today, Big Jim? What was the big topic? 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:31.480 A lot of one year deals be inside right now, 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:33.960 That's what's going on. So but you know what, there's 0:07:33.960 --> 0:07:36.320 no surprise about that, you know, I'm really you know, 0:07:36.360 --> 0:07:39.560 it's interesting because obviously this is a whole this is 0:07:39.600 --> 0:07:42.680 a domino of the salary cap, but it's not just 0:07:42.720 --> 0:07:45.080 this year. Maybe a little more acute here because a 0:07:45.160 --> 0:07:47.040 lot of deals now it's it's gonna be a one 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:49.800 year deal. That's the way it's gonna be. And I 0:07:49.840 --> 0:07:53.000 feel bad for veteran players, I do, but we knew 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:56.560 it was coming. The agents shouldn't be surprised yet I'm 0:07:56.600 --> 0:07:59.400 reading and hearing a lot of discord from them, But 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:01.440 the fact of the matter is everybody knew what the 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:04.120 score was here. Yeah, I mean, and it's you know, 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:06.040 because you know they're going to sign a one year deal. 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:07.560 And I think for a player you do, you want 0:08:07.560 --> 0:08:11.480 to secure yourself, at least secure yourself an employer and 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:13.320 hopefully you can get you know, as much you can 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:16.040 get guaranteed deal if that's the case, so it guarantees 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:18.560 you a roster spot, and some players are able to 0:08:19.160 --> 0:08:20.840 do that. But you're just trying to get to free 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:23.440 agency next year. I mean, that's really what it is. 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:25.880 And you hope that the market forces may be changed 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:28.280 a little bit a year from now. The landscape is 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:30.760 different with the salary cap going down. And you're right, 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:33.040 I don't think it's a it's a surprise at all. 0:08:33.040 --> 0:08:34.560 I mean, look at some of the guys that are 0:08:34.559 --> 0:08:36.520 still out there right now. Look at the running back position. 0:08:36.480 --> 0:08:38.920 You've got Leveon Bell, You've got a ton of guys 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:41.040 that are still out there looking for work. And you're 0:08:41.040 --> 0:08:44.000 probably going to see some more players released here in 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:47.080 the next couple of weeks, you know what. You know, 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:50.080 it seems like it's interesting because when you look at 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:53.000 some of these one year deals, the guys like somebody 0:08:53.040 --> 0:08:56.840 has sent a benchmark whatever position we're talking about, And 0:08:57.200 --> 0:09:00.120 I know there's a fluctuation between Mitch getting two and 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:02.800 a half million and some of these guys getting ten 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:06.600 million per year. They're a little difference of an opening there. 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:09.040 But when you talk about the receivers, and you talk 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:11.600 about the running backs, these guys have to be willing 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:14.480 to accept a certain amount because they're not going to 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:18.240 break the bank. But but some higher profile players in 0:09:18.240 --> 0:09:21.000 front of them have already taken deals that they're not 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:23.880 going to get more than. Yeah, I don't know about 0:09:23.920 --> 0:09:25.440 you guys, because I know the Bears were in the 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:28.360 mix for Kenny Galladay. I was shocked at what he 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:32.080 got from the New York Giants. Absolutely shocked that deal 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:35.200 where he got eighteen million, this guy coming off an injury. Now, 0:09:35.200 --> 0:09:37.720 I do think he's a really good receiver, and I 0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:39.560 think the Bears were in the mix for a one 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:41.520 year deal, but for him to get the multi year 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:44.000 and what the well just and it tells you that 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:47.000 they had targeted a certain guy because Daniel Jones need 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:49.920 needs help. I mean, I think they're more desperate for 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:53.000 that situation, probably why they were willing to pay more. 0:09:53.040 --> 0:09:54.720 But I think at some point they were kind of 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:58.320 bidding against themselves because I don't think Baltimore or Chicago 0:09:58.360 --> 0:10:00.600 We're going to go any higher with with their offers 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:03.000 were what I thought were fair offers. You know, one 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:05.440 year tend to tend to eleven million, dollars from a 0:10:05.440 --> 0:10:08.240 guy coming off injury. I think that's a pretty good 0:10:08.280 --> 0:10:10.640 offer for a guy who who has to show that 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:13.280 he's healthy and can prove himself. And and that's why 0:10:13.320 --> 0:10:14.400 I thought it was going to be for him a 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:16.360 kind of a prove it deal. But the Giants ultimately 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:19.440 ended up paying him, and I thought overpaid a little 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:21.960 bit for his services. Jim and Jeff. I would have 0:10:22.000 --> 0:10:23.800 a question for both of you guys, do you think 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:26.800 that he could have possibly gotten more money if they 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:29.520 would have had a hands, hands on approach to the 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:34.439 evaluation of his injury, because I don't know how investigative 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:37.480 and how in depth of that investigation that they can 0:10:37.480 --> 0:10:41.679 get with these players through the COVID situation and free 0:10:41.679 --> 0:10:45.040 agency as it is today. Yeah, well they did. I 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:47.760 mean he did take visits, visited the Bears, he visited 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:49.360 the New York Giants. I don't know if he want 0:10:49.360 --> 0:10:51.720 anywhere else, Jim, but yeah, they did have a chance 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:53.679 to take a look at him. I don't know. Are 0:10:53.679 --> 0:10:55.760 they giving him physicals, well, that's what I'm saying. Are 0:10:55.800 --> 0:10:59.040 they are they putting him MRI too? Yeah? And X 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:01.840 rays and everything that they used to do years ago. 0:11:02.040 --> 0:11:04.440 If you're in the building, they can give you a physical. 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:07.480 Because I can give you an example because Kyle Rudolph, 0:11:07.520 --> 0:11:09.800 who was also signed by the Giants, he did not 0:11:09.880 --> 0:11:12.920 pass their physical. They found an injury to his foot 0:11:13.000 --> 0:11:15.520 that's going to need surgery. So if they're in the building, 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:17.720 you are able to give them a physical. And even 0:11:17.760 --> 0:11:20.720 prior to them signing. Say, if a guy's not visiting 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:24.200 your and you strike a deal, that deal, even though 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:26.880 the players signed it, it is not official until the 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:30.040 team gets the full physical on the player and then 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:34.040 it's basically you know, completes it. The completes the contract 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:36.000 from that standard. He here's the weird part of this 0:11:36.000 --> 0:11:40.720 whole thing because obviously with a second wave of free 0:11:40.720 --> 0:11:44.000 agency and the visits, you can do that. The first 0:11:44.040 --> 0:11:48.120 wave you're just you're not You're hoping you're getting good 0:11:48.160 --> 0:11:50.920 merchandise and that they are but a pass your physical 0:11:50.960 --> 0:11:55.280 before they make that contract official. But it is really 0:11:56.080 --> 0:11:57.920 an interesting thing when you come down to it in 0:11:57.960 --> 0:12:01.199 free agency because you're you're circling some guys and you're 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:05.440 hoping your agents are telling the truth. Right. Yeah, But 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:08.960 I think first and foremost, I mean every player, even 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:11.079 in the first way, they will get a physical by 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:13.080 by the team that signs him. I mean that this 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:17.320 goes back to even remember Roger Saffold of the LA Rams. 0:12:17.320 --> 0:12:20.120 He signs the big deal with the Raiders, and I think, uh, 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:23.680 you know, mister Davis, Well wasn't Al Davis at that point. 0:12:23.720 --> 0:12:26.440 It was his son who took over the team. At 0:12:26.480 --> 0:12:28.920 that point, they were getting killed because they gave a 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:31.720 guard and tackle money and I think Davis started to 0:12:31.720 --> 0:12:35.199 have buyer's remorris and so they didn't ask Roger on 0:12:35.360 --> 0:12:39.400 his physical and his rights went back to at that point, 0:12:39.400 --> 0:12:44.200 the what were the Rams back in Saint Louis, And 0:12:44.240 --> 0:12:46.200 they ended up giving a long term deal. He didn't 0:12:46.200 --> 0:12:47.800 get near as much what he got for the Raiders, 0:12:47.800 --> 0:12:50.400 but he got close. But stuff like that happens all 0:12:50.440 --> 0:12:52.440 the time. Happened last year or two years ago with 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:57.080 Michael Brocker's Baltimore signs him to a big deal, They 0:12:57.160 --> 0:12:59.480 find an injury, he didn't pass his physical, thus his 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:02.000 rights go back to the LA Rams. He ended up 0:13:02.040 --> 0:13:04.160 signing a big deal with the Rams, and thus he 0:13:04.200 --> 0:13:06.040 was just because they have no salary cap room, they 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:08.280 just traded him to the Detroit Lions. So the Bears 0:13:08.280 --> 0:13:11.840 will be facing Michael Brockers on the defensive line of 0:13:11.880 --> 0:13:14.400 the Detroit Lions this year, so it definitely happens. All 0:13:14.440 --> 0:13:16.600 players will get a physical to make sure that deal 0:13:16.679 --> 0:13:18.960 is good. You want to make sure your goods that 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:22.559 you purchased are wholesome. How do you guys feel about 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:25.079 the addition of Damian Williams, Because when he was let 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:28.080 go by Kansas City, and not just because he was 0:13:28.120 --> 0:13:30.080 familiar with the chief system and whatever the Bears are 0:13:30.120 --> 0:13:31.800 planning on doing. And Matt Now he did not coach 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:34.280 him in Kansas City. He was there in eighteen with 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:36.559 the Chiefs. I thought that was an ideal got to 0:13:36.640 --> 0:13:41.240 go after because he did opt out because of COVID concerns. 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:43.160 So the tread on the tires. He's gonna be a 0:13:43.200 --> 0:13:46.600 fresh guy who can do multiple things, very productive in 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:49.640 both in the ground game but also as a guy 0:13:49.640 --> 0:13:51.920 out of the backfield catching the football. Will start with Tommy, 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:54.080 you know, I like it just because he is a 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:56.920 running back. That's exactly what he does. His skill set 0:13:57.040 --> 0:14:01.120 is very similar to David Montgomery. He's not an investigative 0:14:01.160 --> 0:14:05.000 Swiss army knife like Cordarrell Patterson, where you don't put 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:08.080 him at receiver as much as we liked him, And 0:14:08.120 --> 0:14:10.720 then when you put him at running back, he's specific 0:14:10.800 --> 0:14:14.280 about what his role is at that position. So I 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:18.000 think that you have two very similar players in Williams 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:22.480 and Montgomery that can be interchangeable. I don't think that 0:14:22.560 --> 0:14:24.680 you're going to fall into a pattern with one of 0:14:24.680 --> 0:14:28.000 these guys or the other. David Montgomery is still going 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:31.000 to be the workhorse. However, I think that makes a 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:34.680 position more powerful when you have two guys that you're 0:14:34.720 --> 0:14:37.800 not giving indicators to your defensive coordinator when the player 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:40.360 comes in the game. Yeah, would he elected to opt 0:14:40.360 --> 0:14:43.000 out last year for the Kansasee Chiefs. We a pet Kerwin, 0:14:43.240 --> 0:14:46.720 my partner on Serious sexm We interviewed Damian the next 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:49.240 the next day, and I just want Bears fans at 0:14:49.240 --> 0:14:51.760 all of Chicago to know the type of player that 0:14:51.800 --> 0:14:54.440 you're getting, what a high character guy is. He didn't 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:57.080 opt out because he didn't want to play football. Okay, 0:14:57.240 --> 0:14:59.720 he opted out because his mom had stage four cancer. 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:03.560 This guy has his priorities in order, and realistically, I 0:15:03.640 --> 0:15:06.640 know Patrick Mahomes got the MVP of the Super Bowl. 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:10.000 Damian Williams was the MVP of that football game. He 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:12.640 drove it home, he sealed the deal, and he drove 0:15:12.720 --> 0:15:15.600 that team through the playoffs. It's a quality player, quality 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:18.680 football player, a quality man who definitely has a great 0:15:18.680 --> 0:15:21.240 head on his shoulders and that his priorities are in 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:23.520 line with what he needs to do. And I think 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:25.920 he'll come back and be a focused player and Bears 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:27.760 fans are gonna like what they get out of this 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:29.880 player from Kansas City. One hundred and thirty three total 0:15:30.000 --> 0:15:32.080 yards in that game and two touchdowns and a big 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:34.640 run that will go down in Kansas City, Laura for 0:15:34.680 --> 0:15:37.200 sure for one of that Super Bowl. But I love 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:39.440 what he does in the passing game as well. He's 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:41.760 been very productive and a nice thick back and he's 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:43.640 not he's not small. He's a two hundred and twenty 0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:47.200 pound back. Love the size, love the grind, love the grit. 0:15:47.880 --> 0:15:52.440 An excellent addition Tommy DeAndre Houston Carson keeps coming back 0:15:52.520 --> 0:15:55.320 my man as now it's gonna be six years. Does 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:58.240 an outstanding job on special teams, but really made some 0:15:58.520 --> 0:16:02.480 key key plays as a dime defender last year in 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:05.520 back to back games, we complimented his end of game 0:16:05.560 --> 0:16:08.440 play and that's somebody that's going to be quite useful 0:16:08.480 --> 0:16:10.920 and familiar to Sean Decay, like an extra coach on 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:13.560 the field and a very smart player, you know, But 0:16:13.640 --> 0:16:15.640 he's come to a pivotal point in his career. The 0:16:15.680 --> 0:16:18.880 Bears did go and signed DeAndre Houston Carson. But if 0:16:18.880 --> 0:16:20.800 you're ever really going to be considered to come in 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:23.120 here and compete as a starter, then this has got 0:16:23.120 --> 0:16:26.080 to be the year. He's got plenty of experience in 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:30.640 the NFL around multiple defenses, around the coaching staff, and 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:33.560 they've seen what his traits and his qualities are, so 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:36.760 I think he's got he should put a lot of 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:39.440 pressure on himself, just like other players that do that 0:16:39.600 --> 0:16:43.040 want to come in and be considered to be competing 0:16:43.080 --> 0:16:45.960 as a starter. He is a starter on special teams 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:48.800 on all on every special teams the Bears have, and 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:51.320 he's super competitive. And then what he does have an 0:16:51.320 --> 0:16:55.880 opportunity to play regular snaps. He's always mentally and physically prepared. 0:16:56.280 --> 0:16:59.800 But you know, just like every other guy in the NFL, 0:17:00.000 --> 0:17:01.920 when you sign them to your team, you want these 0:17:01.960 --> 0:17:04.560 guys to have the attitude to come in here as 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:09.680 a competitive starter, not being content with having a role 0:17:09.720 --> 0:17:13.159 on special teams and being a backup. Yeah, and you 0:17:13.200 --> 0:17:15.480 know right now to Sean Gibson is still out there, right, 0:17:15.520 --> 0:17:18.560 so you got you need some safety help to protect yourself. 0:17:18.560 --> 0:17:22.240 And with resigning to Dion Bush and now DeAndre Houston 0:17:22.280 --> 0:17:24.359 Carson and what he does on the special team's aspect 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:26.000 of it, I don't think the Bears are done there, 0:17:26.600 --> 0:17:28.679 but uh, you know, we'll see what'll work because that's 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:31.080 you know, because I think as the draft approaches, you're 0:17:31.119 --> 0:17:34.840 starting to see that some positions that need to be dressed, 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:36.919 and I would think that secondary would be one of them. 0:17:36.920 --> 0:17:39.600 So we'll see what work they do prior to the draft, 0:17:39.640 --> 0:17:41.880 but we'll see what happens during the draft as well, 0:17:41.880 --> 0:17:44.879 because I think corner safety definitely is maybe in the 0:17:44.880 --> 0:17:47.360 mix for from this where it stands at this point 0:17:47.480 --> 0:17:50.680 right now. Yeah, outside of things like the quarterback position, 0:17:51.400 --> 0:17:54.879 the full back position in the league I'm talking now, kicker, punter. 0:17:55.240 --> 0:17:58.560 The list of unrestricted free agents on the street right 0:17:58.600 --> 0:18:02.040 now is still a significant number. There's a lot of 0:18:02.080 --> 0:18:04.919 guys out there that can fill some some holes on 0:18:04.960 --> 0:18:07.399 your roster still if you're having the room and you 0:18:07.440 --> 0:18:09.639 can really get some good deals out there on some 0:18:09.800 --> 0:18:13.359 still some really good football players, many of which still 0:18:13.400 --> 0:18:15.800 intend on playing here in the National Football League. Weren't 0:18:15.880 --> 0:18:18.080 oh you want to say one more thing, big time see, 0:18:18.119 --> 0:18:21.320 I would be interested. So if last year's um taxi 0:18:21.440 --> 0:18:25.120 squad was going into the future, you know you're really 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:28.440 sounding old right now when you call it the taxi squad? Well, 0:18:28.520 --> 0:18:33.640 I right, Okay, practice when you have to practice squad 0:18:33.920 --> 0:18:35.919 like last year, where you have a veterans on the 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:38.960 practice squad that they could become a valuable immediately. Would 0:18:39.040 --> 0:18:41.960 some of these guys fill those holes if they went 0:18:42.000 --> 0:18:47.040 back to that plan of the practice squad? Yeah, everything 0:18:47.040 --> 0:18:48.840 you're on table. I don't know what the eligibility will 0:18:48.880 --> 0:18:53.240 be and if the COVID protocols will extend that opportunity 0:18:53.240 --> 0:18:54.840 even further for the Bears. We'll get into all that 0:18:54.880 --> 0:18:57.440 coming up next bottom of the hour. Cairo Santos joins 0:18:57.440 --> 0:18:59.840 the program as well with Jim Miller in town there, 0:19:00.040 --> 0:19:02.320 Jeff Joniak, And this is Bears All Access, brought to 0:19:02.320 --> 0:19:05.439 you by IGS Energy on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy 0:19:05.480 --> 0:19:12.159 to score Chicago Bears Network present Inside of the Bears, 0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:14.320 brought to you by Verizon and Anthony Adams and Lauren 0:19:14.400 --> 0:19:16.479 Screeden cover the world of Bears football on and off 0:19:16.520 --> 0:19:18.720 the field every Sunday night at ten thirty five pm 0:19:18.720 --> 0:19:21.880 on Box thirty two Chicago, or watch anytime at Chicago 0:19:21.920 --> 0:19:24.119 bears dot com or on the Bears official app. With 0:19:24.200 --> 0:19:27.760 our guest Jim Miller, my broadcast partner from WBBM Tom 0:19:27.840 --> 0:19:31.600 Bear as a Jim good news. Oh no, not good, 0:19:31.840 --> 0:19:34.480 not good news for you if you had FI aspirations 0:19:34.560 --> 0:19:37.439 my bed, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Let me rephrase that 0:19:38.520 --> 0:19:40.680