WEBVTT - Robinson talks rookie debut | All Access 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:02.840 It is Packer Week and welcome to it, game number 0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:05.000 two oh five of a great rivalry, and we're gonna 0:00:05.000 --> 0:00:07.200 break it down for you here on Bears All Access. 0:00:07.280 --> 0:00:10.080 It's brought to you by IGS Energy with Tom Thayer, 0:00:10.160 --> 0:00:13.920 the Super Bowl Bear and long time analyst of this series, 0:00:13.960 --> 0:00:17.680 both as a player watching tape of that team you're 0:00:17.720 --> 0:00:20.440 in and you're out, and then as a analyst on 0:00:20.480 --> 0:00:23.079 the radio side. He's got a lot of knowledge to share. 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:25.639 I'm Jeff Joniac coming up in the program, will visit 0:00:25.720 --> 0:00:29.080 with Bears rookie defensive end Dominique Robinson. W Also here 0:00:29.120 --> 0:00:32.960 from Packers radio analyst Larry McCarron, who spent some fifty 0:00:33.040 --> 0:00:36.479 years in that organization as a player and broadcaster. Not 0:00:36.720 --> 0:00:39.560 unlike Tommy over here, I always tease you, but it's 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:42.240 a reality though too. You do get your game face 0:00:42.320 --> 0:00:44.760 on for this week. You're tired of getting beat twenty 0:00:44.800 --> 0:00:47.199 one and three. The Packers are over the Bears in 0:00:47.240 --> 0:00:49.919 the last twenty four games. Yeah, it's crazy to think 0:00:49.960 --> 0:00:53.680 about because even the preaching points by Mike Ditk in 0:00:53.720 --> 0:00:57.840 the eighties when we are dominating this series, he always mentioned, 0:00:58.280 --> 0:01:00.360 you know, a week in advance, you can ever take 0:01:00.400 --> 0:01:04.200 these guys lightly. So it is that cliche, you can 0:01:04.360 --> 0:01:06.440 the records can go out the window. Yeah, they can. 0:01:06.560 --> 0:01:09.319 Because both teams play hard. It means a lot to 0:01:09.440 --> 0:01:13.280 both fan bases. There's a lot of excitement that goes 0:01:13.319 --> 0:01:16.480 along with one franchise that's either sustained a bunch of 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:20.080 victories or a franchise up and coming. And may you 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:24.039 turn the page. So, I, honestly, I don't know what 0:01:24.160 --> 0:01:27.160 to expect. I'm encouraged from what I saw to San Francisco. 0:01:27.640 --> 0:01:30.880 I still think Aaron Rodgers is a great football player, 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:34.080 but I think they have a lot of vulnerabilities that 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:36.800 the Bears as a coaching staff can take advantage of. 0:01:37.040 --> 0:01:39.759 What are they And before you answer that part of it, 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:44.080 can you explain to people, because you're born in Brett Chicagoan, 0:01:45.200 --> 0:01:48.480 you grew up hating the Packers, you grew up playing them, 0:01:48.960 --> 0:01:52.520 and while respecting them, you dominated them most of your career. 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:55.080 And then you become an announcer and you are getting 0:01:55.080 --> 0:01:58.360 dominated by Brett Favan, Aaron Rodgers. They thrown one hundred 0:01:58.360 --> 0:02:00.680 and twenty one touchdown passes by the two of them 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:03.920 against the Bears. But so when you see green you 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:08.080 really see red in your ice just because the people 0:02:08.120 --> 0:02:10.760 that are involved in the rivalry. When you know Mike 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:14.480 Dicka hated Forrest Gray, and then you had a late 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:17.000 hit of Walter Payton out of bounds. You had the 0:02:17.040 --> 0:02:20.080 seconds after the play was over, late hit against Matt Suey. 0:02:20.400 --> 0:02:23.280 He had Charles Martin at the end of a play 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:26.920 grabbed Jim McMahon around the shoulders and slam them to 0:02:26.960 --> 0:02:29.960 the ground and injured his shoulders. And there's a lot 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:32.360 of other things. And I remember the first game I 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:35.679 ever went to as a Chicago Bear fan was Chicago 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:39.200 Bears against the Green Bay Packers. But it's the violence 0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:42.920 and the voices of the fans from either team, and 0:02:43.000 --> 0:02:46.520 then for us, the disappointment of walking out of that 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:50.160 radio booth down to the team bus and you look 0:02:50.200 --> 0:02:54.000 at the negative expressions on every single person's face over 0:02:54.080 --> 0:02:58.799 the course and the career of those losses. So I mean, 0:02:58.840 --> 0:03:01.000 I just want to walk out of that stadium with 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:04.400 my feet ten feet off the ground with a smile. 0:03:04.520 --> 0:03:07.120 That's gonna last the entire drive home, and it's going 0:03:07.160 --> 0:03:10.359 to carry me through the whole week. But you never 0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:13.720 know the outcome. You saw what happened this past week. 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:16.200 And when I talk about the vulnerabilities and you talk 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:19.320 about the offensive line of the Green Bay Packers, if 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:22.639 they have substitutes in there for Jenkins and Boti Are 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:25.400 you never really know how they're gonna play and they're 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:29.280 gonna react. They gave up some pressure with the Minnesota Vikings. 0:03:29.639 --> 0:03:32.200 But if they take these two guys and they insert 0:03:32.280 --> 0:03:34.960 them in the lineup, so now you think that bat 0:03:34.960 --> 0:03:37.240 the Ari after not playing for a couple of years 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:40.920 and Jenkins after not you know, playing the last few weeks, 0:03:40.960 --> 0:03:43.440 they're going to be right back to where they were 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:46.880 and they're all pro lives of their career. And then 0:03:47.320 --> 0:03:51.240 obviously it's hard to ignore Davante Adams. He was targeted 0:03:51.280 --> 0:03:55.400 so many times by Aaron Rodgers that it's impossible to 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:59.360 ignore when he leaves the football team. That's a relationship 0:03:59.440 --> 0:04:03.520 that takes years to develop. It's not just something that's 0:04:03.520 --> 0:04:06.200 going to take plays over drafting a kid a couple 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:08.760 months ago, in putting him on the field and all 0:04:08.800 --> 0:04:12.720 sudden he's gonna be Davante Adams. That's impossible. You need 0:04:12.920 --> 0:04:16.640 thousands of reps between a quarterback in a receiver to 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:19.880 know what you're thinking against every single coverage. Well, Sunday. 0:04:20.400 --> 0:04:24.080 As regards Baktiari, six hundred and twenty five days since 0:04:24.120 --> 0:04:27.320 he tore his ACL in a practice, and it'll be 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:30.320 two hundred and fifty two days since he made an appearance. 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:32.680 Late last season. He had twenty seven snaps in the 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:36.480 finale at Detroit, but he's had complications. He was seen 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:40.800 gingerly walking around at practice, and Matt Lafleur this week 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:43.160 said he did not have a setback, and even during 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:46.080 the season, he's not going to practice three straight days. 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:49.520 This is going to be you know, he's highly regarded. Obviously, 0:04:49.640 --> 0:04:53.520 everybody thinks he's arguably one of the top left tackles 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:56.400 in football. And then on the other side of it, 0:04:56.440 --> 0:04:59.480 you're looking at Elton Jenkins. I mean that ACL tear 0:04:59.640 --> 0:05:03.159 was week eleven last year, So you're right, these guys 0:05:03.200 --> 0:05:06.359 are not going to be a hondo mentally. Even having 0:05:06.360 --> 0:05:08.960 those guys back, does that give your quarterback a different 0:05:08.960 --> 0:05:12.480 comfort zone? No, it gives you concern because when you 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:15.080 look at what you have to do, the multiple jobs 0:05:15.080 --> 0:05:18.520 at an offensive lineman is required to do their side 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:21.760 to side movement. They're back with a little bit of 0:05:21.880 --> 0:05:25.200 force to be able to stop the rusher, the understanding 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:27.320 how they have to work with the tight ends to 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:29.640 their left. If you're a left hack on the guard 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:33.240 to your right. You know, there's so many aspects of 0:05:33.240 --> 0:05:37.480 offensive line player that takes years of developing. Just like 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:40.720 we talked about Davante Adams and Aaron Rodgers, the five 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:43.400 guys on the offensive line, it takes time for those 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:47.400 guys to develop their relationships and they're understanding how each 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:50.920 other works. And it's impossible just to insert a player 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:55.120 at any position after a significant time off and think 0:05:55.120 --> 0:05:57.520 they're gonna pick up right where they left off. I 0:05:58.000 --> 0:05:59.680 think you can take advantage of it. First of all, 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:01.960 you got to stop the run. I think coming into 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:04.080 this game, Jeff, before I said okay, we got to 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:08.000 stop the relationship of Aaron and Davante, this is stopping 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:10.839 the running game. And you can do it as a 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:15.680 pass rusher. I had a defensive line coach, John Tierley 0:06:15.800 --> 0:06:18.520 that always used to say, stop the running back while 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:21.280 you're sacking the quarterback. And so that means make sure 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:24.720 you play your run responsibilities and you have to hold 0:06:24.800 --> 0:06:26.880 up to that end of the job, but make sure 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:30.000 you're almost rushing the passer every time. And when you 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:32.200 talk about four defensive ends, and when you talk about 0:06:32.279 --> 0:06:36.760 Robert Quinn, al Quentin Muhammad, Travis Gibson, and Dominique Robinson, 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:40.560 there's a variety of rushers there. There's a big arsenal 0:06:40.640 --> 0:06:44.159 that these guys have to be ready for so and 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:46.560 then you're going to be able to hear the snap 0:06:46.600 --> 0:06:48.839 count from Aaron Rodgers and it may give these guys 0:06:48.839 --> 0:06:52.320 a better jump with secured footing after last week, but 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:55.480 that snap count's dangerous as we know. Yeah, that's not there. 0:06:55.480 --> 0:06:57.920 I'm Jeff Joniya Coming up next. We visited with one 0:06:57.960 --> 0:07:00.760 of those defensive ends. He came on the scenes strong 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:03.039 in his first game, Dominique Robinson. Coming up next. This 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:06.120 is Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:08.960 The Score. Welcome back to Bears All Access, brought to 0:07:08.960 --> 0:07:11.560 you by IGS Energy. Choose clean energy for your home 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:14.160 at igs dot com because every good choice adds up 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:16.280 to a better world. Jeff joni Act Tom there here 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:18.880 on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score our special 0:07:18.880 --> 0:07:22.280 guest this week before the Bears meet the Packers, Dominie Robinson. 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:25.000 The six five two hundred and fifty three pounder. We've 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:27.400 had you on the show before, but not face to face. 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:31.200 So it's good to meet Canton McKinley, Canton Timpkin product. 0:07:31.240 --> 0:07:33.600 And that's Tom Fair of course, super Bowl Bear. I 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:36.680 usually lead off the questions, but you know I'm gonna 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:39.040 I'm gonna defer to the vet right here. I'm gonna 0:07:39.040 --> 0:07:41.680 defer to Tom there to lead the conversation here. So Tom, 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:44.200 you get first crack at Domedy. Throughout my career in 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:46.560 the NFL, I used to play against the player for 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:49.720 the Detroit Lions. His name was Eric Williams, and he 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:53.400 did a double hand slap and it was almost so 0:07:53.480 --> 0:07:56.000 much mentally in your mind that you had to think 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:58.520 about it because he was so good at it. Your 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:02.720 first sack against mc lynchi was that double hands flap 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:05.520 he got off balance. Boom, you turned it into a sack. 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:09.360 Did you know you were gonna use that move before 0:08:09.680 --> 0:08:13.400 you did it? Because it's a reusable move that you 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:16.680 can use multiple times in your career. Yeah. So when 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:18.360 I moved to d N that was the first thing 0:08:18.360 --> 0:08:22.320 that I worked on, the double hand swipe. So that's 0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:25.520 something that's I've been I've been repping for two years, 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:27.760 two or three years now, so I'm that's like my 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:29.280 go to. I don't even have to think about it 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:31.680 whenever I get close on the guy that's coming out. 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:35.839 So yeah, when that when he overset, it happened immediately. 0:08:36.240 --> 0:08:38.959 So now let's talk about your other sack. So you're 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:42.000 going against Trent Williams. He doesn't give up sack man, 0:08:42.040 --> 0:08:44.800 he's a bad guy. Did you know what you were 0:08:44.840 --> 0:08:48.480 gonna do or did you just kind of fall into 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:51.320 the rhythm of the play in your vision? I fell 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:54.120 into the rhythm. The tight end was so close that 0:08:54.160 --> 0:08:56.199 I thought he was going to chip. They showed on 0:08:56.320 --> 0:08:58.360 tape that when they're that close, they chipped. So I 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:02.079 took a step down so that I don't get chipped. 0:09:02.080 --> 0:09:04.360 But he didn't. He didn't chip me. So after that, 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:06.880 I just converted into my pass rush, put two hands 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:09.400 on him. He overset a little bit, and then the 0:09:09.440 --> 0:09:11.800 quarterback stepped up and I just felt fell back. You mean, 0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:13.400 I know this, but he didn't give up a sack 0:09:13.520 --> 0:09:15.720 last year. You certainly know it's a nine time consecutive 0:09:15.720 --> 0:09:18.559 Pro bowler. But coach Eberflus on The Coaches Show Monday, night. 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:20.880 We were discussing that very play, and he goes the 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:24.280 level rush as opposed to going way outside beyond the 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:27.199 quarterback like a lot of great pass rushers do, you know, 0:09:27.280 --> 0:09:29.680 feed him to the wolves in the middle of the defense. 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:33.400 But that level rush made total sense with me as 0:09:33.440 --> 0:09:36.880 tim as an offensive lineman. A level rush the dominique 0:09:36.920 --> 0:09:40.240 did there forced that quarterback to just kind of, you know, 0:09:40.679 --> 0:09:42.760 stand in there, and then Trent Williams had to make 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:44.959 a decision too, right, right right. So that's something I've 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:48.880 been working on ever since I got here. Coach Trive 0:09:48.960 --> 0:09:51.720 has been on us about level rushing. For d lineman 0:09:51.800 --> 0:09:54.120 has one you know, don't get too high on the 0:09:54.200 --> 0:09:56.840 quarterback and open up a huge B gap to let 0:09:56.840 --> 0:09:59.200 in a quarterback escape. And you know that's gonna be 0:09:59.240 --> 0:10:01.439 big this week. As you know Aaron Rodger loves to 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:04.480 escape through the B gap, especially with these running quarterbacks. 0:10:04.480 --> 0:10:06.880 We learned I with Justin throughout camp and everything, so 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:09.880 I can always keep that in the back of my mind. 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:11.600 I try not to get too high and loop around 0:10:11.640 --> 0:10:13.840 to open up a be gap. That makes the job 0:10:13.880 --> 0:10:16.520 harder for the two inside guys and the guy on 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:18.559 the other side. Rushing. So you know, I try to 0:10:18.600 --> 0:10:21.160 I try to incorporate everything that I learned time with 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:23.800 a level rush for an offensive lineman. What does that 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:27.400 do to you? It makes me paranoid if I'm not 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:30.920 kicking inside er know where my help's gonna come from? Yeah, 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:33.760 because as you mentioned there, I think the play before 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:36.760 you got that sack, there was multiple tight ends lined 0:10:36.840 --> 0:10:39.600 up over you, and the two tight ends locked you. 0:10:39.960 --> 0:10:43.320 So I like your process of thinking, making sure you 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:47.679 know where where the tackles help can come from, or 0:10:47.720 --> 0:10:51.120 where the chippers can come from against you, right right? 0:10:51.240 --> 0:10:53.400 I just you know, I'm to the point where I'm like, 0:10:53.760 --> 0:10:56.160 I know my role in this team, and I going 0:10:56.200 --> 0:10:58.200 into the game, I was like, as long as somebody 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:01.640 gets to quarterback, I'll be good, you know, whether because 0:11:01.720 --> 0:11:04.120 I know I contributed to at some point, you know. 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:06.680 That's that's how my mindset is. I know, if I 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:09.200 don't get past the level of the quarterback and I 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:11.319 don't let him escape, somebody else is gonna get to him. 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:14.000 That's how I trust my guys, and that's how we 0:11:14.000 --> 0:11:16.520 are in the room. So when you had the one hand, 0:11:16.920 --> 0:11:19.280 I was talking about it today with Dan Hampton. One 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:22.000 of the Hall of Fame defensive linemen in the history 0:11:22.040 --> 0:11:24.840 of the Chicago Bears. When you had that one handed 0:11:24.880 --> 0:11:30.000 grip on Trey Lance, where you're going, okay, I can't 0:11:30.040 --> 0:11:31.840 let him go, And I got a good grip because 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:34.840 you think of your gloves a little wet, the jerseys 0:11:34.880 --> 0:11:37.600 of the opponents are tight. You don't have a lot 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:40.600 of material in your hand. So tell me what you 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:43.080 are thinking. Once you had a grab on him. Yeah, 0:11:43.120 --> 0:11:47.000 So I literally hooked on to the little cuff in 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:49.320 the back where his arm comes out of the shoulder. 0:11:49.360 --> 0:11:51.840 So I my fingers, two fingers literally just hooked onto that. 0:11:52.200 --> 0:11:53.760 And in my mind, I'm like, I just got to 0:11:53.800 --> 0:11:56.440 hold on. I was like, even if I accidentally let 0:11:56.480 --> 0:11:59.160 him go, I know I held him for a long 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:01.560 enough time to wear. My boys can rally and we'll 0:12:01.559 --> 0:12:03.480 get somebody's gonna get the sack. So I was like, 0:12:03.559 --> 0:12:05.320 I just got to hold on, you know. And then 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:08.520 it was lucky enough that he failed that at that moment, 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:10.400 I just gotta hold on, just hold on. Well, you 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:12.600 made people think that you have super strong hands, and 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:15.200 maybe you do have great grip, because that guy is 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:18.520 not exactly a tiny quarterback at six four two thirty. Yeah, 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:22.160 I wouldn't say my hand grip is that okay crazy, 0:12:22.200 --> 0:12:26.760 but you know, just tell people about Yeah, you know 0:12:26.800 --> 0:12:30.800 what's it's not hilarious but funny though. How quickly in 0:12:30.840 --> 0:12:35.199 the NFL you can become somebody. Right, you were a 0:12:35.280 --> 0:12:40.640 draft pick right, twenty eight reps, you get seven tackles, 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:43.120 a sack and a half. You can arm Russell real 0:12:43.160 --> 0:12:45.679 quand for the full sack if you'd like. But so, 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:48.160 there's an interview that's gonna be played later on in 0:12:48.160 --> 0:12:50.800 our show Tonight with Larry McCarron, the veteran analyst on 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:53.360 radio does time's job for the Green Bay Packers, and 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:55.400 he goes, I got a question for you. You gotta 0:12:55.440 --> 0:12:59.680 tell me about ninety one this guy Dominique Robinson. Wow, 0:12:59.679 --> 0:13:02.600 he lashed. But you know, and I was reading through 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:06.800 your bio from other um articles written about you, and 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:11.640 it's always been that way. Yeah, whatever position, Dominique Robinson flashed. 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:15.640 Coaches you know, uh, you go to camps. They didn't 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:17.680 know what to do with you. You're such an athlete. 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:20.200 But when I told him that you were a former 0:13:20.320 --> 0:13:24.680 quarterback turned wide receiver and have not played the position 0:13:24.880 --> 0:13:29.000 very long, he was flabbergasted. Yeah, yeah, I'll I'll take 0:13:29.040 --> 0:13:31.160 a transition. Man, it's been a it's been a journey, 0:13:31.440 --> 0:13:34.559 and you know, God has different things that had different 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:35.959 things in store for me, and I'm just trying to 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:38.760 go along with it. Dominique, your dad was a great 0:13:38.760 --> 0:13:43.400 basketball player. Did anybody ever discourage you from playing football? 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:45.920 Because you know, there's a lot of different influences in 0:13:46.040 --> 0:13:48.520 the course of our lives. You know, when you're when 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:51.240 you're kind of built like an offensive lineman, that's kind 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:54.640 of your only choice in life for you. You're blessed 0:13:54.679 --> 0:13:58.640 with athleticism, size and structure and everything. Did anybody ever 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:00.640 try to talk you out of it? Man, that's a 0:14:00.640 --> 0:14:04.840 funny story. So, uh, I went to Tempken first for 0:14:04.880 --> 0:14:07.200 two years. They closed my school down and they forced 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:10.280 everybody to go to McKinley in high school. That first 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:12.600 year that we moved over, I wasn't going to play football. 0:14:12.840 --> 0:14:15.439 I was gonna play basketball because I thought, you know, 0:14:15.720 --> 0:14:19.280 I was solid at basketball. Don't get me wrong, but 0:14:20.880 --> 0:14:22.480 I thought I was. I thought I was trying to 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:24.920 make it in basketball. So I literally was not gonna 0:14:24.920 --> 0:14:28.360 play football that season season. I was not gonna play football. 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:32.479 Got a couple of guys that, you know, no football. 0:14:33.440 --> 0:14:35.280 I thank him to this day. He texts me every 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:38.280 once in a while. Um he was like he texts 0:14:38.280 --> 0:14:41.280 my dad and was like, Yo, this guy doesn't play football, 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:45.040 Like he'll get a scholarship for football. At that point, 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:47.560 I was like, you know, I gotta put my pride 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:49.320 aside and you know, go out here and do this. 0:14:49.560 --> 0:14:52.520 So you know what then happened though at Foston Stadium, Tammy, 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:54.800 where we did our first game, just you and I 0:14:54.880 --> 0:14:58.320 together in Canton at the Hall of Fame game. You 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:02.320 played the final game October thirty. First you're a quarterback 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:04.320 and you flipped into the end zone. There's a still 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:06.480 shot of you in mid air, you know, your head head, 0:15:06.960 --> 0:15:09.200 head over heels type of thing. It was twenty eight 0:15:09.200 --> 0:15:12.280 seconds left. I think we did. We scored. I think 0:15:12.280 --> 0:15:14.560 they kicked off and they tried to go you know, 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:17.440 a long bond. But other than that, that was the 0:15:17.520 --> 0:15:19.520 last touchdown. I had a lot of touchdown But growing 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:22.600 up there, does that mean something to you? And you 0:15:22.800 --> 0:15:25.440 certainly saw a lot of great players come through that building. 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:27.880 You watched a lot of those games, didn't you. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:30.680 My brother played, Um, I think from he graduated two 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:34.760 two thousand and six. So great, great teams came out 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:38.160 of camp. McKinley honestly got a lot of great players, 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:40.880 you know, many more that should have made it, but 0:15:41.040 --> 0:15:47.320 you know, uh, just circumstances. Yeah. Yeah, So I'm blessed 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:50.480 to be here and represent the city and everybody there. 0:15:50.520 --> 0:15:53.080 So were you blessed with the body you have or 0:15:53.160 --> 0:15:56.200 did you have to get into weightlifting from the basketball 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:59.800 transition to get the size that you that you have it. 0:16:00.240 --> 0:16:02.800 I'm surprised at the way that Jeff introduced you ask 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:05.480 because everybody as they get to know you, you know, 0:16:05.520 --> 0:16:07.720 they it's hard to see your size when you're in 0:16:07.760 --> 0:16:10.360 the jersey and stuff up against the other football players. 0:16:10.480 --> 0:16:13.000 How did that transition go for you? Yeah? So my 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:17.400 dad is six six. As you said, he played basketball. Uh, 0:16:17.840 --> 0:16:20.600 you know he was. He was a solid basketball player. 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:22.960 I coming out of high school, second team All American 0:16:22.960 --> 0:16:24.880 coming out of high school play basketball. BG had a 0:16:24.880 --> 0:16:26.920 shout out the NBA. You know, things and work out 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:29.960 for him. So I got my frame from him, honestly, 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:34.080 So putting on and taking off weight, it's not hard 0:16:34.120 --> 0:16:37.560 for me. While I played quarterback coming came out of 0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:39.760 high school. I think at two twenty five. When I 0:16:39.840 --> 0:16:41.840 moved to right receiver, I got up to two thirty four. 0:16:42.400 --> 0:16:44.920 When I moved to d N I got up to 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:47.520 two fifty two, and now I'm at two sixty. So 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:51.520 two sixty yeah, smoking, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's feel good. 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:53.240 Does it feel good? It's up in Oh yeah, yeah, 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:55.960 I feel I feel normal. Nice. All right, we're gonna 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:57.520 take a break. We got one more second to go. 0:16:57.560 --> 0:17:00.600 With Dominique Robinson sack and a half and seven tackles 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:03.120 in the opener against San Francisco, will tap his brain 0:17:03.200 --> 0:17:05.879 on how he feels about heading up to legendary lambeau 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:08.320 Field to take on the rival Packers. It's all just 0:17:08.440 --> 0:17:11.040 ahead here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the score 0:17:11.320 --> 0:17:13.240 this second of Bears All Access. It is brought to 0:17:13.240 --> 0:17:16.359 you by Athletico Physical Therapy. Visit Athletico dot com to 0:17:16.440 --> 0:17:19.399 request an employment in clinic or virtually and start feeling 0:17:19.400 --> 0:17:22.240 better tomorrow. Tom There Jeff Joni act with Dominique Robinson 0:17:22.280 --> 0:17:25.760 out of Miami of Ohio. The rookie defensive lineman showed 0:17:25.800 --> 0:17:29.080 out against San Francisco and his twenty eight reps. It 0:17:29.160 --> 0:17:32.199 leaves you hungry for more, I'm certain, But you know, 0:17:32.240 --> 0:17:35.800 they want the rotation, they want fresh bodies. They'd love 0:17:35.840 --> 0:17:38.280 to have a two deep of guys just coming at 0:17:38.320 --> 0:17:41.399 the offense and making it really difficult for those offensive linemens. 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:44.320 So you know, whatever the role becomes, whatever it is, 0:17:45.320 --> 0:17:47.720 it's going to be partially that captain mind, right, that 0:17:47.760 --> 0:17:50.679 you guys got to stay fresh. Yeah. Yeah, So you know, 0:17:50.960 --> 0:17:53.359 it was a lot of people didn't didn't like the 0:17:53.400 --> 0:17:57.679 decision in college that I wasn't the starter. But I 0:17:57.760 --> 0:18:00.199 knew my role on the team, you know. I we 0:18:00.320 --> 0:18:02.600 did the same thing in college, were looking forward defensive 0:18:02.680 --> 0:18:05.879 ends that were great at the position. They didn't do 0:18:05.880 --> 0:18:08.240 anything wrong, they were capable of playing the position, and 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:10.720 we rotated well. So I came into this year and 0:18:10.840 --> 0:18:13.640 knowing that I wasn't going to start, and I knew 0:18:13.680 --> 0:18:16.119 my role, and I know my role now. So you know, 0:18:16.280 --> 0:18:19.080 it's great that I had that experience in college to 0:18:19.160 --> 0:18:22.040 come into this and knowing that when I get on 0:18:22.080 --> 0:18:25.160 the field, I gotta you know, handle my business. Bull 0:18:25.200 --> 0:18:29.360 tank you well, yeah, you know, Dominique. So the first 0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:32.199 game you play at home, you got a really supportive crowd, 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:35.200 you really can't hear the cadence of the opponent's quarterback, 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:37.480 so you just got to watch the ball. It's gonna 0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:40.280 be the exact opposite in lambeau Field. It's gonna be 0:18:40.359 --> 0:18:43.080 a quiet crowd when Aaron Rodgers is going through his 0:18:43.200 --> 0:18:47.440 cadence and he's got one of the most difficult cadences 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:51.800 that have discipline against. Have have you talked about it 0:18:51.880 --> 0:18:54.400 yet in meetings? And is it something that you've ever 0:18:54.480 --> 0:18:58.119 experienced in your college life with a quarterback that really 0:18:58.240 --> 0:19:02.480 can take advantage of a silent crowd, so you don't 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:06.000 listen to the count, you just watch the football. I 0:19:06.080 --> 0:19:09.200 have not experienced that in college, and we have talked 0:19:09.240 --> 0:19:12.159 about that in the meeting. And you know, our our keys, 0:19:13.359 --> 0:19:16.000 our main thing on defensive lineman assignment, key and technique. 0:19:16.040 --> 0:19:19.560 So our key as d lineman, we try not to 0:19:19.560 --> 0:19:21.399 watch the ball. That's what our coach teaches us. We 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:25.320 watched the opponent, you know, So when I'm in my stance, 0:19:25.359 --> 0:19:28.119 I watched the knee of that opponent and whenever he moves, 0:19:28.160 --> 0:19:30.200 I move. So I try not to even listen to cadence. 0:19:30.640 --> 0:19:33.120 So if you're watching the knee of the opponent. How 0:19:33.160 --> 0:19:36.000 do you dissect pass the run so quickly? Because I 0:19:36.040 --> 0:19:39.400 think that's one of the determining factors of what your 0:19:39.440 --> 0:19:42.399 overall ability can be throughout your career. You got to 0:19:42.440 --> 0:19:45.000 play the run as much as you're a pass rusher. 0:19:45.520 --> 0:19:47.879 A lot of that has to do with stance. Some 0:19:47.960 --> 0:19:49.960 of that has to do with the formation. You know, 0:19:50.000 --> 0:19:52.320 you gotta kind of look at diagnostic formation to see 0:19:52.320 --> 0:19:54.960 what they can do from certain formations. But I mean 0:19:55.000 --> 0:19:58.199 there's a lot of tell a lot of tips. You 0:19:58.200 --> 0:20:00.199 look at the don't give us an age, just no, 0:20:00.280 --> 0:20:03.760 I'm not. You gotta look at the yardage. You know, 0:20:04.480 --> 0:20:07.359 if it's third and eight, you know us they're gonna pass, 0:20:07.440 --> 0:20:11.800 so you know certain things. Uh, but they get off 0:20:11.880 --> 0:20:14.640 is still the same they get off doesn't change. Um, 0:20:14.720 --> 0:20:16.680 you still have to strike if it's run and if 0:20:16.680 --> 0:20:19.120 he's if it's passed and you get into your pass rush. 0:20:19.760 --> 0:20:21.679 You know what. I tell you what. I love that answer, 0:20:21.720 --> 0:20:23.840 and I didn't know how you were going to answer 0:20:23.920 --> 0:20:27.520 it because it's one of the most difficult things for 0:20:27.800 --> 0:20:33.120 defensive linemen of being disciplined to pay attention to that. Yeah, 0:20:33.200 --> 0:20:36.480 our coaches, I've been on a coach Drivis taught since 0:20:36.520 --> 0:20:38.600 we got here. He tried to tell us, don't watch 0:20:38.640 --> 0:20:40.680 the ball, you know, try to watch your man, because 0:20:40.880 --> 0:20:43.680 you know, sometimes the ball doesn't the move, the man 0:20:43.800 --> 0:20:46.359 typically moves first. Uh, if you watch a lot of 0:20:46.520 --> 0:20:48.080 a lot of players, they get out of there. Man, 0:20:48.119 --> 0:20:50.200 those tackles get out of there, and the ball hasn't 0:20:50.200 --> 0:20:52.159 even moved yet, but the refs aren't calling it. So 0:20:52.359 --> 0:20:54.400 if you watch your man, you move on your man, 0:20:54.480 --> 0:20:56.960 you move when when when somebody else moves? Oh? Dommedy 0:20:57.000 --> 0:21:00.280 Grabbinson our guests here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy score. 0:21:00.320 --> 0:21:02.880 This is Bears All Access. They went into the locker 0:21:02.960 --> 0:21:05.960 room today and talk with Robert Quinn about a lot 0:21:05.960 --> 0:21:08.560 of different things. But he was unaware that you played 0:21:08.600 --> 0:21:10.480 wide receiver just a couple of years. I mean, you 0:21:10.480 --> 0:21:12.600 would think that would be coming up in the meeting room. 0:21:12.640 --> 0:21:14.480 Hey did you did you know that? This guy? You know? 0:21:14.520 --> 0:21:17.040 But no, it didn't. As an offensive guy in a quarterback, 0:21:17.240 --> 0:21:19.280 you had to know the game. You gotta you gotta 0:21:19.359 --> 0:21:23.359 know defenses. So I'm assuming that transition to defense and 0:21:23.400 --> 0:21:26.239 how you look at offenses started way back when when 0:21:26.280 --> 0:21:28.200 you were a QB. Yeah, it's slowed thing down. Its 0:21:28.240 --> 0:21:30.000 slowed things down a lot for me and made things 0:21:30.000 --> 0:21:33.960 a little easier, especially with tight ends and how they're 0:21:34.400 --> 0:21:37.560 set in the formation with them coming back and stuff 0:21:37.600 --> 0:21:42.040 like that. It's easy tells. So, I mean, that's that's 0:21:42.080 --> 0:21:45.399 really the most with it. Nothing easy about going up 0:21:45.400 --> 0:21:48.240 to lambeau It's kind of cool when you're in a 0:21:48.240 --> 0:21:51.320 Bears Packers rivalry for the first time. There's gets a 0:21:51.359 --> 0:21:53.400 lot of attention out of the longer year here. It 0:21:53.440 --> 0:21:57.280 becomes more meaningful time he's angry already on Monday. He's 0:21:57.320 --> 0:21:59.239 got a smile on on the zoom call right now. 0:21:59.280 --> 0:22:02.840 But believe me, he takes these things seriously because he 0:22:02.920 --> 0:22:04.880 was in the war so to speak with the Green 0:22:04.880 --> 0:22:08.560 Bay Packer for so many years. I know Flus's big messages, 0:22:08.920 --> 0:22:11.880 don't you worry about us? Right? And it does begin there. 0:22:11.920 --> 0:22:15.760 But you'll appreciate this more as you're in this much longer, 0:22:15.880 --> 0:22:17.520 you know, not just your rookie year, but you'll never 0:22:17.560 --> 0:22:19.720 forget the first time going to Lambeau Field. Are you 0:22:19.720 --> 0:22:22.159 excited about facing a future Hall of Famer and a 0:22:22.240 --> 0:22:25.960 legendary QB. Of course. I think it was during one 0:22:26.000 --> 0:22:30.119 of the combine interviews, I said that I wanted to 0:22:30.160 --> 0:22:32.520 sack Aaron Rodgers. There was one of the questions like 0:22:32.560 --> 0:22:34.119 which quarterback do you want to sack the most, and 0:22:34.119 --> 0:22:36.159 I said Aaron Rodgers because at the time time Bertie was, 0:22:36.240 --> 0:22:38.960 I think, was about the retire so I said the 0:22:39.000 --> 0:22:41.280 next best and now I got a chance to do it, 0:22:41.359 --> 0:22:44.600 So it'll be cool, happy hunting. What were you what 0:22:44.720 --> 0:22:47.080 was going through your mind in the pregame warmups. Did 0:22:47.119 --> 0:22:49.399 you feel you had the right cleats on? Did you 0:22:49.480 --> 0:22:53.000 have good footing? Were you confident in your getoffs? Because 0:22:53.880 --> 0:22:56.480 one thing about Lambeau they got the most perfect playing 0:22:56.520 --> 0:22:59.479 conditions that you may ever be a part of. So 0:22:59.520 --> 0:23:03.000 what were you thinking pregame in Chicago on Sunday, I 0:23:03.040 --> 0:23:06.879 had everything right. It was it was perfect. I mentioned 0:23:06.880 --> 0:23:09.800 I stood out there. It was raining. I was going 0:23:09.880 --> 0:23:12.320 out to, you know, do my regular pregame warm up. 0:23:12.600 --> 0:23:15.399 They're pulling the tarps off the field, you know, and 0:23:15.440 --> 0:23:17.679 it's porn it's coming down and I think it's me, 0:23:18.200 --> 0:23:21.120 Brian Pringle and Pettis We're kind of just standing there 0:23:21.119 --> 0:23:23.960 watching the rain come down, and I was like, man, 0:23:24.000 --> 0:23:28.000 this is crazy. It was this is crazy. And then 0:23:28.119 --> 0:23:29.800 once they got the tarp stuff and I stepped out 0:23:29.800 --> 0:23:32.400 there and I got the moving around. It was perfect. 0:23:32.640 --> 0:23:34.840 You know, I knew, I knew I had had a 0:23:34.840 --> 0:23:38.119 good feeling. I talked to Khalil Herbert too today, Tommy 0:23:38.240 --> 0:23:40.960 as well, and you know, I didn't see anybody slipping 0:23:41.080 --> 0:23:44.439 even with the puddles. That that thing, it really held up. 0:23:44.480 --> 0:23:46.840 So it's going to be a good service for you guys. Yeah, 0:23:46.880 --> 0:23:49.160 the puddles, I mean, that's that's a whole I mean, 0:23:49.440 --> 0:23:51.320 you guys did look like a bunch of kids playing 0:23:51.320 --> 0:23:53.639 out a slipping slide. Right did you go? Did you go? 0:23:53.720 --> 0:23:56.280 Full body? I went full body on one of the 0:23:56.280 --> 0:23:59.760 players that uh Trey Lance got out the got out 0:23:59.760 --> 0:24:03.760 of the pocket. Me and uh Row kind of doubled 0:24:03.800 --> 0:24:05.360 up on him, try to hit him on the sidelines. 0:24:05.400 --> 0:24:07.080 That's one of one of them. And then I did 0:24:07.080 --> 0:24:08.360 at the end of the game. Yeah, that's what I'm 0:24:08.359 --> 0:24:11.320 talking about. Yeah, I did. I did. Once I tried 0:24:11.320 --> 0:24:15.000 to see I can't I can't swim, so I don't like, 0:24:15.840 --> 0:24:17.600 I don't like water getting in my face. So when 0:24:17.640 --> 0:24:19.520 I did mine, I like turn my shoulder and went 0:24:19.800 --> 0:24:21.639 kind of on the shoulder so the water didn't splashing 0:24:21.720 --> 0:24:26.000 my face even a puddle. May you crazy? Oh man? Yeah, 0:24:26.040 --> 0:24:29.520 really bad experience or what happened? No, you're just you're 0:24:29.520 --> 0:24:33.280 just afraid to go in there. Oh yeah yeah. Interesting. Interesting. Hey, listen, 0:24:33.320 --> 0:24:35.800 not everybody knows how to swim. I'm another one who's 0:24:35.800 --> 0:24:38.880 in that category. So but but the funny thing is 0:24:39.320 --> 0:24:41.399 watching Justin. I just thought he was running to the 0:24:41.400 --> 0:24:43.280 locker room when I'm calling the game and finishing up, 0:24:43.280 --> 0:24:46.440 and there he goes, and then it's just one afternoon. Yeah, 0:24:46.440 --> 0:24:51.200 everybody's going So everybody needs that still photo and keep 0:24:51.240 --> 0:24:55.879 it for posterity, because that was a snapshot moment that 0:24:56.040 --> 0:24:59.520 you guys are never gonna for the statement. What was 0:24:59.520 --> 0:25:02.479 the statement we were having. We knew, we knew from 0:25:02.520 --> 0:25:05.359 the jump that we were gonna win. You can say, oh, 0:25:06.000 --> 0:25:07.520 you don't do that, you don't do that if it 0:25:07.600 --> 0:25:09.240 was an upset, you know, if it was one of 0:25:09.280 --> 0:25:10.800 those things where it's just like, oh man, that was 0:25:10.800 --> 0:25:15.080 supposed to happen. They knew, we knew. It's kind of 0:25:15.119 --> 0:25:17.840 like a big exhale, you know, because everything you guys 0:25:17.840 --> 0:25:20.720 went through and OTAs and throughout training camp and Matt 0:25:20.840 --> 0:25:23.239 never took it easy on you. Guys. Then you go 0:25:23.280 --> 0:25:26.840 out there and play in those conditions. No one picked you, 0:25:26.840 --> 0:25:28.880 guys to win. You win the game, and that's kind 0:25:28.880 --> 0:25:32.160 of what it's like. Okay, let's exhale, let's have our 0:25:32.960 --> 0:25:36.480 twelve twenty four hours of celebration and then get back 0:25:36.520 --> 0:25:39.520 on track for Green Bay. So I'm glad you guys 0:25:39.520 --> 0:25:41.600 were able to do that. If I would have done it, 0:25:41.640 --> 0:25:44.879 I would have probably hit face mask first and stopped writing. 0:25:45.560 --> 0:25:48.320 So you know, the lot goes through your money, and 0:25:48.440 --> 0:25:51.600 you may never in your career. You may never play 0:25:51.640 --> 0:25:55.840 the game under those conditions again. Yeah, that is You're right, 0:25:56.400 --> 0:26:01.040 very unlikely. So can you bottle that potion and reserved 0:26:01.160 --> 0:26:04.200 for the other sixteen games this year? That feeling? Oh yeah, 0:26:04.600 --> 0:26:06.920 I've been telling people all week. I didn't do anything 0:26:07.680 --> 0:26:10.440 throughout this throughout that game though, it was like strat 0:26:10.560 --> 0:26:13.320 out of the ordinary. You know, I did. I do 0:26:13.400 --> 0:26:17.080 the same thing in practice. Um, it wasn't that wasn't 0:26:17.160 --> 0:26:19.520 nothing new. You know, I didn't have to do I 0:26:19.560 --> 0:26:22.040 didn't have to go to this level to play the 0:26:22.040 --> 0:26:25.520 way I did, you know, So hopefully, you know, prayerfully 0:26:25.560 --> 0:26:27.520 I can do I can put to put that together 0:26:27.680 --> 0:26:30.320 each week and I'm even talking about the team. You said, 0:26:30.320 --> 0:26:32.080 you know, you guys just knew you had to win. 0:26:32.440 --> 0:26:34.480 You guys knew you were gonna win. Can you bottle 0:26:34.520 --> 0:26:36.360 that up? Honestly, this is the most levelhead of team 0:26:36.359 --> 0:26:39.879 I've been on sore where it'll it'll be bottled up. 0:26:39.880 --> 0:26:43.880 Where do you think that comes from? All the coaches? Yeah? 0:26:43.920 --> 0:26:47.840 You know, since since since I've been here, we've been 0:26:47.840 --> 0:26:49.960 preaching the same thing over and over and over again, 0:26:50.040 --> 0:26:51.600 taking it one day at a time, be where your 0:26:51.600 --> 0:26:54.720 feet are. It is interesting because I even Tevin Jenkins 0:26:54.760 --> 0:26:58.280 the other day, everything Maddieberflus has been telling us is 0:26:58.320 --> 0:27:01.800 starting to come true. Yea, literally, you know that's Tommy. 0:27:01.840 --> 0:27:04.000 That's a powerful statement. Yeah, you know That's why I 0:27:04.640 --> 0:27:06.960 like when we got to see Matt Aberflus in the 0:27:07.000 --> 0:27:09.480 locker room after the game. That I wasn't an overreaction 0:27:09.520 --> 0:27:13.640 of excitement. It was just, hey, congratulations, count on each other. 0:27:13.760 --> 0:27:16.280 This is a foundation of what we want to build here, 0:27:16.720 --> 0:27:21.399 and let's move this thing forward and increase our in 0:27:21.720 --> 0:27:25.240 the expectations of the team. And so I think it's 0:27:25.280 --> 0:27:28.879 a great opportunity to get back to work and nationally 0:27:28.960 --> 0:27:32.440 televised Sunday night game, Dominique. Everybody that you know in 0:27:32.560 --> 0:27:35.399 your past is going to be watching this game and 0:27:35.560 --> 0:27:39.120 watching for ninety one specifically. It'll be fun. It'll be fun. 0:27:39.160 --> 0:27:42.160 I'm looking I'm looking forward to the experience and being 0:27:42.200 --> 0:27:43.760 able to be a part of this drivery all right. 0:27:43.840 --> 0:27:46.280 Last thing, I know you're a few credits away from 0:27:46.280 --> 0:27:49.879 your master's in educational psychology. I like to give a 0:27:49.880 --> 0:27:52.879 shout out to that. You know, the whole COVID. You 0:27:52.920 --> 0:27:54.560 know era, you guys didn't play a lot of game, 0:27:54.640 --> 0:27:56.800 but you guys could still go to school and you know, 0:27:56.840 --> 0:27:59.199 and was that a big reason that you're able to 0:27:59.200 --> 0:28:01.879 add the masters to the mix? And what do you 0:28:01.880 --> 0:28:03.679 want to do with that one day? So yeah, that 0:28:03.800 --> 0:28:07.600 was a huge reason. Um, because I my last year, 0:28:07.720 --> 0:28:09.959 that last season, I only played three games. You know, 0:28:10.000 --> 0:28:12.000 the COVID they granted us another year, so I was like, 0:28:12.000 --> 0:28:14.159 I might as well started, and you know, I'll be 0:28:14.200 --> 0:28:16.159 able to finish it at some point. And what I 0:28:16.200 --> 0:28:18.080 played on doing with it is getting back into schools. 0:28:18.440 --> 0:28:21.640 You know, I see back home, I just see how 0:28:21.720 --> 0:28:25.360 much being a male in the schools or and being 0:28:25.400 --> 0:28:30.440 able to talk to kids and help them understand life. 0:28:30.880 --> 0:28:34.080 You know, it's because it's it's it's not easy. It's 0:28:34.080 --> 0:28:37.000 not easy. And I had I had so many people 0:28:37.000 --> 0:28:39.480 in my corner that helped me out. So I kind 0:28:39.480 --> 0:28:41.080 of want to be that guy that's, you know, in 0:28:41.080 --> 0:28:43.680 the schools, helping people out, being that guy in the 0:28:43.720 --> 0:28:46.880 corner when they don't have anybody. And I'm certain, because 0:28:46.880 --> 0:28:49.640 you alluded to it earlier in this interview, that there 0:28:49.640 --> 0:28:51.680 were a lot of guys, maybe as talented as you were, 0:28:51.760 --> 0:28:54.160 as athletic as you were, that that did not find 0:28:54.200 --> 0:28:57.000 the right path right And it clearly bothers you that 0:28:57.040 --> 0:28:59.000 that's the case too. Yeah, I mean, it's so much, 0:28:59.080 --> 0:29:02.800 it's so much talented. It's crazy, it's so much talented 0:29:02.840 --> 0:29:06.160 camp but you know, you can't you don't see it 0:29:06.200 --> 0:29:07.560 all the time. It's been good talking to you, Hope. 0:29:07.640 --> 0:29:09.320 We talked to you down the road again. You got 0:29:09.320 --> 0:29:11.560 it all put together. You're a married man with a 0:29:11.600 --> 0:29:14.720 college degree, looking for a master's and in your first 0:29:14.840 --> 0:29:18.000 NFL game. You're a story. Whether you say you know 0:29:18.120 --> 0:29:20.320 it's nothing I haven't done, didn't expect to do, you're 0:29:20.320 --> 0:29:22.840 still a story. And congratulations, good luck keep it going. 0:29:23.480 --> 0:29:27.000 That is Dominique Robinson. Coming up next, Tom and I 0:29:27.080 --> 0:29:30.360 talk with the color analyst of the Green Bay Packers. 0:29:30.720 --> 0:29:32.760 That's coming up next with Larry McCarron. This is six 0:29:32.840 --> 0:29:35.240 seventy the Score and this is Bears All Access back 0:29:35.240 --> 0:29:37.520 in a moment. Game Day is Guac Day, Bears fans 0:29:37.600 --> 0:29:42.240 and good foods. Guacomaldi uses hand scooped perfectly ripened avocados 0:29:42.360 --> 0:29:46.040 available at Jewel pick up Da Guac Today. Welcome back 0:29:46.040 --> 0:29:48.600 to Bears All Access here on Chicago Sports Radio six 0:29:48.680 --> 0:29:50.960 seventy the Score. This segment of Bears All Access is 0:29:50.960 --> 0:29:53.680 brought to you by CDW people who get it. With 0:29:53.800 --> 0:29:58.280 Larry McCarron, the legendary figure in Green Bay Packer's history 0:29:58.320 --> 0:30:01.320 both as player and analyt, I gotta tell you, I 0:30:01.360 --> 0:30:05.000 saw what the Packers did for you for fifty years 0:30:05.000 --> 0:30:08.160 of service to that organization. I don't know them during 0:30:08.200 --> 0:30:11.520 training camp to share how it made you feel as 0:30:11.560 --> 0:30:13.800 a former player, but also as somebody who's been a 0:30:13.800 --> 0:30:16.840 part of that for over five decades. No, Jeff, it 0:30:17.680 --> 0:30:19.880 was right at the end of training camp, kind of 0:30:19.880 --> 0:30:24.240 their last training camp practice, and they kind of gave 0:30:24.280 --> 0:30:26.640 me a game ball. They didn't kind of they gave 0:30:26.680 --> 0:30:29.560 me a game ball because all of a sudden had 0:30:29.640 --> 0:30:34.320 donned somebody that that was my fiftieth Packer training camp, 0:30:34.440 --> 0:30:37.680 and maybe it means I'm not such a swallow guy, 0:30:37.720 --> 0:30:41.320 but I have no life, but it was my fifties. 0:30:41.360 --> 0:30:44.320 So they had a game ball painted up and everything 0:30:44.360 --> 0:30:47.880 like that, and Matt Lafleur said some kind words. And 0:30:48.640 --> 0:30:51.360 then here was the hard part. Jeff like, I had 0:30:51.440 --> 0:30:54.240 no idea this was going on. And one of the 0:30:54.320 --> 0:30:57.960 public relations guys says, coach wants to see after practice. 0:30:58.080 --> 0:30:59.800 I said, what's he need? He goes, well, you just 0:30:59.800 --> 0:31:02.040 want us to see you. So I said, well, okay, 0:31:02.080 --> 0:31:04.280 I'll wait over here, you know, and you know they're 0:31:04.280 --> 0:31:07.240 having the team huddle. That's none of my business. That's private, 0:31:07.560 --> 0:31:10.400 and he goes, no, no, he needs to talk out here. 0:31:10.760 --> 0:31:14.800 And I'm walking out there and I've seen some people 0:31:14.880 --> 0:31:17.120 look at me, and then I see one of our 0:31:17.160 --> 0:31:23.480 digital camera people kind of buy me, and I'm thinking, oh, 0:31:23.520 --> 0:31:26.560 this this may not end well. And so they have, 0:31:26.760 --> 0:31:30.600 you know, the coach the floor says some really nice things, 0:31:30.960 --> 0:31:33.280 and the guys you know, I've been around forever. I mean, 0:31:33.360 --> 0:31:35.960 you know, they're good at me and they got involved. 0:31:36.000 --> 0:31:40.240 Then they go speech speech, speech, so I blurted out 0:31:40.280 --> 0:31:43.880 whatever came to mind. I hope it wasn't too stupid. 0:31:44.400 --> 0:31:48.200 I'm not sure, but it was a thanks for bringing 0:31:48.200 --> 0:31:52.160 it up, Jeff. It was a very humbling moment. And 0:31:52.520 --> 0:31:54.600 I didn't I couldn't, Jeff, to be honest with you, 0:31:54.760 --> 0:31:57.720 I really couldn't get over it for quite a while. 0:31:57.920 --> 0:32:00.920 Like I just I was walking around in a days. 0:32:01.040 --> 0:32:04.320 They can I can't believe they just did that. I 0:32:04.360 --> 0:32:06.760 just can't believe they just did that, because you know, 0:32:06.800 --> 0:32:10.880 a lot of these kids, they have no idea if 0:32:10.880 --> 0:32:14.960 you were a player, if you've been around, or if 0:32:15.000 --> 0:32:18.280 you're just a pain in the net fucking them after 0:32:18.360 --> 0:32:21.800 games or after practice. So it was real nice. I 0:32:22.240 --> 0:32:26.680 appreciate acknowledging it, but very humbling as well. And h 0:32:26.960 --> 0:32:29.120 it's been a privilege. It's been a great ride. As 0:32:29.160 --> 0:32:34.720 you know, it's it's not something everybody has access to 0:32:35.320 --> 0:32:39.960 or or the opportunity to be around all the time. 0:32:40.040 --> 0:32:42.960 So it's very nice. I've learned more and more every year. 0:32:43.080 --> 0:32:45.440 Some of these guys, you know, just in passing in 0:32:45.480 --> 0:32:48.320 the lunchroom or whatever. You know. I've never been to 0:32:48.360 --> 0:32:52.680 an NFL game. You know, I don't watch football. I 0:32:52.720 --> 0:32:54.760 mean there's a lot of players. I mean, Pean at 0:32:54.800 --> 0:32:57.600 Tillman for years used to tell me, swear to me 0:32:57.680 --> 0:33:01.280 that he never watched a football game. I tell on television, 0:33:01.720 --> 0:33:04.080 you know, growing up. And I'm like, gosh, you know, 0:33:04.280 --> 0:33:07.520 we have such passion for it. They have passion to 0:33:07.600 --> 0:33:11.680 play it, but we assume too much because a lot 0:33:11.720 --> 0:33:13.760 of them, ay didn't have the means to go to 0:33:13.800 --> 0:33:17.959 an NFL game. It is costly. And secondly, you know, 0:33:18.000 --> 0:33:20.600 you just assume they have that kind of love of 0:33:20.640 --> 0:33:22.400 the game. But they love playing the game. They love 0:33:22.440 --> 0:33:25.440 the competitive aspect of it. But I'm sure you've run 0:33:25.480 --> 0:33:28.280 across that too in your career, from just casual conversation. 0:33:29.080 --> 0:33:32.800 That's another humbling thing. You know, you think you you've 0:33:33.160 --> 0:33:38.800 made some kind of mark. And after this is burial, Jeff, 0:33:39.120 --> 0:33:43.240 after something like that little ceremony, you know, I had 0:33:43.280 --> 0:33:45.760 more than one young fella come up to me. I 0:33:45.760 --> 0:33:50.240 didn't know you played really? Wow, Yeah, when what's that? 0:33:50.800 --> 0:33:53.640 And I say, when were you born? You know, tell 0:33:53.720 --> 0:33:56.479 me the year And I say, but twenty years before 0:33:56.520 --> 0:33:58.920 you were born. So don't worry about it. We'll just 0:33:59.040 --> 0:34:01.600 move on Larry mccarre and our guest here the veteran 0:34:01.640 --> 0:34:04.440 analyst of the Green Bay Packers. So this is a 0:34:04.560 --> 0:34:07.400 meeting two oh five, they tell us, hard to imagine 0:34:07.520 --> 0:34:10.080 the longest running rivalry in the NFL, and I always 0:34:10.120 --> 0:34:13.000 feel it's the best whether it's there or here. Well, 0:34:13.000 --> 0:34:15.239 what do you think the theme of meeting two oh 0:34:15.320 --> 0:34:18.680 five might be? I think, Jeff, already we're at the 0:34:18.760 --> 0:34:22.560 point where they got to worry about the team in 0:34:22.560 --> 0:34:27.839 the mirror. And we cannot assume because last year they 0:34:27.920 --> 0:34:31.480 laid an egg in their opener and got hammered by 0:34:31.520 --> 0:34:35.160 New Orleans and then repeated that this year got hammered 0:34:35.200 --> 0:34:39.279 by Minnesota, that we cannot assume that all things will 0:34:39.280 --> 0:34:42.360 work out because we did it last year. No, you 0:34:42.440 --> 0:34:45.000 can't assume that. You got to look at the team 0:34:45.000 --> 0:34:48.239 in the mirror. And I appreciate the rivalry and I 0:34:48.280 --> 0:34:50.879 agree with everything you say about it, but they got 0:34:50.880 --> 0:34:53.760 to look at the team in the mirror and fix 0:34:54.080 --> 0:34:58.240 their problems and right their wrongs before they can worry 0:34:58.480 --> 0:35:02.759 about meeting. What'd you say to five? Hey, terrific? Some 0:35:02.920 --> 0:35:05.960 of these guys that they don't know anything about the 0:35:06.000 --> 0:35:08.560 previous two four But I'll tell you what we're reading 0:35:08.560 --> 0:35:11.000 two o five. You got to take care of your 0:35:11.040 --> 0:35:14.200 own business, do your own job well, and try to 0:35:14.239 --> 0:35:18.000 get this thing back on track against the Bear team. Hey, 0:35:18.040 --> 0:35:21.279 I started watching the table. They were impressive. They were 0:35:21.320 --> 0:35:26.799 opportunists against the San Francisco forty nine ers and a wonderful, 0:35:27.040 --> 0:35:31.280 wonderful win for the new regime. I mean, you couldn't 0:35:31.320 --> 0:35:34.160 ask for a better scenario. So they're gonna have a 0:35:34.520 --> 0:35:36.960 you know, a tiger by the tail. So we say, 0:35:36.960 --> 0:35:39.280 as the Bears come in here in your tape review, 0:35:39.360 --> 0:35:42.239 what caught your attention about the Bears? You know what? 0:35:42.280 --> 0:35:45.200 I've got number one, Jeff, and and this is kind 0:35:45.200 --> 0:35:49.560 of a selfish thing for our business, as Wow, they 0:35:49.600 --> 0:35:52.040 have a lot of new guys, you know, before you 0:35:52.120 --> 0:35:54.120 get down with the lineup and it's like, oh I 0:35:54.160 --> 0:35:57.799 remember this, I remember that, and and and in the 0:35:58.520 --> 0:36:02.880 just preliminary stuff I've done Dominique Robinson, Now, is that 0:36:03.000 --> 0:36:06.120 young fellaw for real? I want to know, Jeff, just 0:36:06.360 --> 0:36:11.120 between us, does that get for real? Because we we 0:36:12.120 --> 0:36:16.799 had issues, We've got hurt people up front, and at 0:36:16.800 --> 0:36:18.959 this point, you know, I don't know if they're gonna 0:36:19.000 --> 0:36:22.200 be back, but we allowed four sacks and number of 0:36:22.239 --> 0:36:26.200 hits against the Viking. So this Dominique Robinson is he 0:36:26.360 --> 0:36:30.560 for real? Well, if you haven't done your total homework yet, 0:36:30.600 --> 0:36:33.600 you may be surprised to learn that he's just three 0:36:33.680 --> 0:36:37.120 years removed from being a quarterback. He was a quarterback 0:36:37.400 --> 0:36:40.719 and wide receiver, so he's raw. He has played very 0:36:40.760 --> 0:36:43.719 little defensive line, but he's got some natural stuff. Now. 0:36:43.760 --> 0:36:47.919 As a former offensive lineman, you had to appreciate going 0:36:48.000 --> 0:36:51.640 up against Mike McGlinchey at right tackle, the hand swipe, 0:36:51.800 --> 0:36:54.360 the cut across your face, get to the quarterback, and 0:36:54.440 --> 0:36:58.600 then taking out a nine time consecutive pro bowler, getting 0:36:58.680 --> 0:37:00.600 him on his heels a little bit and getting a 0:37:00.640 --> 0:37:03.440 half a sack with real quant smith. Yeah, he impressed. 0:37:03.480 --> 0:37:05.640 And I think he's just scratching the surface, to be 0:37:05.680 --> 0:37:07.839 honest with you. No, he just kind of jumped off 0:37:07.880 --> 0:37:11.120 the table, just jumped off the table, and I'm thinking, 0:37:11.200 --> 0:37:14.520 and I had no idea of the backstory that he 0:37:14.719 --> 0:37:19.200 is just a kid, just a babe when it comes 0:37:19.239 --> 0:37:22.319 to rushing the passer and playing defensive line. Had no 0:37:22.440 --> 0:37:25.920 idea And I'm sure I'll steal that for during the 0:37:25.960 --> 0:37:29.759 brook comes to you tonight, it's all yours, buddy. This 0:37:29.880 --> 0:37:32.840 is Larry McCarron, Green Bay Packers analyst here on Bears 0:37:32.840 --> 0:37:35.520 All Access in Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. 0:37:35.840 --> 0:37:38.319 All right, So you got a young group of receivers 0:37:38.600 --> 0:37:42.040 and he got a veteran quarterback, and it's always painted 0:37:42.080 --> 0:37:45.120 as though he doesn't have the patience for the development. 0:37:45.200 --> 0:37:49.440 Is that real or imagined? Oh? I think some of 0:37:49.480 --> 0:37:53.839 it is real. It's not like he doesn't provide positive 0:37:54.400 --> 0:37:57.839 reinforcement to him. He does. He gives them a lot 0:37:57.880 --> 0:38:01.479 of individual attention. It's not like he just seeks his head, 0:38:01.840 --> 0:38:05.439 walks away and throws up his hands and say, why 0:38:05.480 --> 0:38:07.839 can't they get some people in here that I can 0:38:07.880 --> 0:38:11.720 work with? Now? He's not that way at all. He's 0:38:11.760 --> 0:38:14.880 really a good leader in that regard. But every once 0:38:14.920 --> 0:38:18.279 in a while he will say something and say it 0:38:18.320 --> 0:38:24.000 publicly because I think it encourage his accountability. Like they're 0:38:24.040 --> 0:38:27.520 aware of what's being said. They know what number twelve 0:38:27.600 --> 0:38:30.279 says because it's all over the place. So if he's 0:38:30.400 --> 0:38:34.640 not happy with an individual or a group's approach, and 0:38:34.760 --> 0:38:36.400 that's what gets the more than anything. It's not so 0:38:36.480 --> 0:38:40.399 much production, it's the approach. Are you a professional? Are 0:38:40.440 --> 0:38:44.120 you doing the little thing? Are you coming to work prepared? 0:38:44.920 --> 0:38:48.719 Do you take time on your own time and look 0:38:48.760 --> 0:38:53.799 at film and do everything possible that you can to 0:38:53.960 --> 0:38:57.680 be ready for that moment when it comes. And for 0:38:57.800 --> 0:39:01.360 Christian Watson and as I'm sure you're right, that moment 0:39:01.719 --> 0:39:07.040 came on the very first play. And Jeff, you know, 0:39:07.360 --> 0:39:11.440 it's just one play, but it's not just play. It 0:39:11.600 --> 0:39:13.960 might have been a little different game. Who knows, you know, 0:39:14.400 --> 0:39:18.680 it could be a crazy thing. And momentum's an interesting commodity. 0:39:18.920 --> 0:39:21.319 It could have been a different game. I don't know 0:39:21.440 --> 0:39:24.360 that Minnesota. They beat us in a lot of different ways, 0:39:24.440 --> 0:39:27.879 but on that very first play, I think I think 0:39:27.960 --> 0:39:30.359 Christian Watson kind of knew it was going to come 0:39:30.400 --> 0:39:32.160 to him. I think it had been better off if 0:39:32.160 --> 0:39:34.480 you knew, you know, they were just going to be 0:39:34.520 --> 0:39:37.440 a read. They thought they had something, they went after it. 0:39:37.440 --> 0:39:40.880 It was their beautiful throw in the drop. What are 0:39:40.880 --> 0:39:42.920 you gonna do? Hey, you subscribe to the theory as 0:39:42.920 --> 0:39:45.759 a veteran NFL analyst and player, at five or six 0:39:45.840 --> 0:39:49.399 plays determined every outcome And you're right, that's seven off 0:39:49.400 --> 0:39:51.200 the board. And at what would have been a tight 0:39:51.280 --> 0:39:53.759 game from the stretch, from the start, and instead it 0:39:53.800 --> 0:39:56.960 became something other than that. So are the Vikings a 0:39:56.960 --> 0:39:59.640 problem right now for the NFC North? Oh? I think 0:39:59.640 --> 0:40:02.919 they're better than folks give them credit for because they've 0:40:02.920 --> 0:40:05.239 had a couple of losing seasons and they had a 0:40:05.280 --> 0:40:08.719 big regime change. Jeff, I didn't realize this that this 0:40:08.760 --> 0:40:11.359 is one of those dorky stats I come up with 0:40:11.400 --> 0:40:14.600 when I didn't see what happened or something. But the 0:40:14.719 --> 0:40:18.799 Vikings on that team, they got eleven guys who've been 0:40:18.880 --> 0:40:22.000 to the Pro Bowl one year or another. And yeah, 0:40:22.000 --> 0:40:25.840 it's one of those dorky stats that I realize that 0:40:25.920 --> 0:40:30.879 they've got a lot of players and I don't think 0:40:30.920 --> 0:40:33.799 that end of it is given enough credit. And you 0:40:33.920 --> 0:40:36.880 look at their offense. They got a quarterback. Yeah he 0:40:37.000 --> 0:40:39.920 may not be he may not be Tom Brady, but 0:40:40.040 --> 0:40:43.239 he's not bad. They got a running back, they got 0:40:43.239 --> 0:40:47.799 a receiver, and their offensive line they've invested two number ones, 0:40:47.880 --> 0:40:51.120 three number two's that has a chance to get better, 0:40:51.160 --> 0:40:54.279 although I'm not totally sold on it yet, but that 0:40:54.400 --> 0:40:57.520 has a chance to get better. And then defensively they've 0:40:57.520 --> 0:41:00.799 got some players there too, So add it all up, 0:41:00.840 --> 0:41:03.720 and I think the Vikings are a little bit better 0:41:03.800 --> 0:41:06.320 than given credit for. How do you feel about mobile 0:41:06.400 --> 0:41:10.480 quarterbacks these days and how it impacts the Packers defense? 0:41:10.520 --> 0:41:12.600 How do they handle those those guys more and more 0:41:12.600 --> 0:41:15.120 coming into the league, and what's your opinion a Justin Fields. 0:41:15.360 --> 0:41:18.759 Justin Fields, I was watching him because Luke Getsy. I'm 0:41:18.800 --> 0:41:22.200 sure brought a lot of the Packers offensive package. I'm 0:41:22.239 --> 0:41:24.640 sure he put his own wrinkles on it, but a 0:41:24.680 --> 0:41:27.719 lot of the Packers offensive package with him. But the 0:41:27.840 --> 0:41:36.080 thing I noticed is taking advantage of Justin Fields athleticism, mobility, 0:41:36.480 --> 0:41:41.240 that that's a bigger part, a significant part of the offense. 0:41:41.320 --> 0:41:46.000 And that's a dimension you can't help but appreciate. You know, 0:41:46.040 --> 0:41:49.359 when you talk about defending the entire field, I mean 0:41:49.560 --> 0:41:53.799 that's a whole another You're not playing against ten guys, 0:41:53.840 --> 0:41:57.480 you're playing against a full eleven. Because the quarterback is 0:41:57.560 --> 0:42:01.279 not going to be a stationary target. He's you know, 0:42:01.400 --> 0:42:03.959 he's in the mix when it comes to running the ball, 0:42:04.120 --> 0:42:06.760 when it comes to gadget treat he's in the mitch. 0:42:06.840 --> 0:42:09.400 He's a piece of the puzzle that you have to 0:42:09.400 --> 0:42:12.040 account for it. You just can't say, well, this guy 0:42:12.160 --> 0:42:15.640 can't hurt us with his feet, justin fields can. And 0:42:15.680 --> 0:42:20.640 I remember watching him last year. I mean the consistency 0:42:21.000 --> 0:42:24.319 maybe not there yet, but there was times when he 0:42:24.440 --> 0:42:27.640 threw that ball It's like, Wow, that is a big 0:42:27.680 --> 0:42:30.600 time throw. And he's still got that going for him. 0:42:30.640 --> 0:42:35.520 So he is like, is he the finished product? As 0:42:35.560 --> 0:42:38.280 I'm sure you'd agree, Jeff, Not by a long shot. 0:42:38.440 --> 0:42:42.480 But does he have some tools that are really fascinating 0:42:42.840 --> 0:42:47.319 and intriguing and for a defense can be challenging. You bet, Jeff, 0:42:47.320 --> 0:42:49.760 appreciate it as always, and we'll see you up there Lambo. 0:42:49.920 --> 0:42:51.919 All right, Jeff, thanks for having me every good week. 0:42:52.120 --> 0:42:54.799 Larry McCarron our guest here on Bears All Access. Coming 0:42:54.880 --> 0:42:57.000 up next, we'll break down what it's going to look 0:42:57.000 --> 0:43:00.600 like potentially on Sunday night in Green Bay. Tom rejoins 0:43:00.640 --> 0:43:03.000 the show. This is Bears All Access on Chicago Sports 0:43:03.120 --> 0:43:06.440 Radio six seventy The Score Calling. All Bears fans get 0:43:06.440 --> 0:43:10.000 the Ultimate VIP fan package with Chicago Bears VIP. Secure 0:43:10.040 --> 0:43:12.560 a game ticket and appearance from Bears legends and more 0:43:12.600 --> 0:43:15.640 by visiting Chicago Bears vip dot Com. Tom there, Jeff 0:43:15.719 --> 0:43:18.960 Joniac just heard from Larry McCarron, the color analyst for 0:43:19.040 --> 0:43:22.400 the Green Bay Packers, who was very impressed with Dominique Robbinson. 0:43:22.440 --> 0:43:25.640 Tom as, we were let's peel back the onion a 0:43:25.640 --> 0:43:29.399 little bit because we've got perspective here while we've analyzed 0:43:29.440 --> 0:43:31.960 Aaron Rodgers and you've known people that have worked with 0:43:32.040 --> 0:43:36.160 him in that building in the past, former friends, Bears, whatever, 0:43:36.680 --> 0:43:40.080 Tom Clement's back there as quarterback coach. The former quarterback 0:43:40.080 --> 0:43:43.200 coach Luke gets he was asked about doing that peel 0:43:43.239 --> 0:43:45.240 back the onion a little bit on what Aaron Rodgers 0:43:45.280 --> 0:43:48.840 is all about. He challenges you every day to be 0:43:49.040 --> 0:43:54.120 on it right your details. There's no like maybe kinda 0:43:54.280 --> 0:43:56.840 sortas you know, you gotta bring in, you gotta know it, 0:43:57.120 --> 0:43:59.640 and the dude's intelligence level is really high, so you 0:43:59.719 --> 0:44:02.680 better bring it at the same time, but he loves 0:44:02.680 --> 0:44:04.360 to have fun and so do I. So that was 0:44:04.400 --> 0:44:07.319 refreshing to like, here's the best in the business. I'd 0:44:07.360 --> 0:44:09.920 like to have fun and can always kind of come 0:44:10.000 --> 0:44:12.000 back and be centered and focused and stuff, and so 0:44:12.200 --> 0:44:14.120 like that was really cool. You know, he's a young 0:44:14.160 --> 0:44:16.200 coach getting up there early on in my career and 0:44:16.239 --> 0:44:19.680 being able to you know, just be that's really cool. 0:44:20.280 --> 0:44:21.880 You can do this and I still have a lot 0:44:21.920 --> 0:44:24.600 of success and people, you know what the good teammate 0:44:24.680 --> 0:44:26.320 that he was like all that stuff is just I 0:44:26.400 --> 0:44:29.040 relate to that a lot. So what he's trying to do, 0:44:29.239 --> 0:44:31.440 and that was in reference in context to what he's 0:44:31.440 --> 0:44:33.840 trying to do with Justin Fields, right, And you know, 0:44:34.000 --> 0:44:36.319 it's all about the know when we always talk about 0:44:36.360 --> 0:44:38.560 we probably joke about it every show if you think 0:44:38.680 --> 0:44:41.440 you're beat, and that's the no part for a guy 0:44:41.560 --> 0:44:45.520 like Aaron Rodgers. And he developed that relationship with Davante 0:44:45.560 --> 0:44:47.960 Adams where he's trying to go through those countless amount 0:44:48.000 --> 0:44:51.919 of practice reps to develop that knowing relationship with all 0:44:51.960 --> 0:44:55.319 of his receivers. So when you're Luke Getzy and you're 0:44:55.400 --> 0:44:57.840 a young quarterback coach that's coming in to work with 0:44:57.960 --> 0:45:00.719 the mind and the brain and the arm talent of 0:45:00.840 --> 0:45:03.719 Aaron Rodgers, it's got to be super beneficial. But you 0:45:03.800 --> 0:45:05.960 got to know every single guy you coach is not 0:45:06.120 --> 0:45:08.160 going to be like Aaron Rodgers. Earlier in the week, 0:45:08.280 --> 0:45:11.680 the topic of tackling and finishing your blocks at Big 0:45:11.760 --> 0:45:15.440 One for Matt Eberflew so despite how well the Bears 0:45:15.520 --> 0:45:18.040 finished and beating the forty nine ers, there was a 0:45:18.120 --> 0:45:20.200 lot of meat left on the bone. Is he getting 0:45:20.239 --> 0:45:22.800 all the way up to the runner, okay, hitting with 0:45:22.880 --> 0:45:26.000 the proper pad level, rapping and running his feet three 0:45:26.080 --> 0:45:28.399 hard steps, you know, pulling in the hamstrings and then 0:45:28.480 --> 0:45:30.960 finishing the tackle. Well, we saw a couple of those yesterday. 0:45:31.000 --> 0:45:34.440 We didn't see enough there. There was some lunging going on. 0:45:34.640 --> 0:45:37.000 There was some some things going on there. So we 0:45:37.080 --> 0:45:39.239 have to improve that. And that's typical of the first game. 0:45:39.400 --> 0:45:41.960 You know. It's like guys finishing blocks, you know, when 0:45:42.000 --> 0:45:44.239 you finished blocks on the backside. Great example that would 0:45:44.280 --> 0:45:46.400 have been EQ on the touchdown with Dante Pettis. He 0:45:46.520 --> 0:45:49.840 finished that block, came all across the field and finished 0:45:49.880 --> 0:45:52.120 and it was legal. You know, he did it a 0:45:52.200 --> 0:45:55.239 legal way, you know. So and Dante set it up 0:45:55.280 --> 0:45:58.040 with a nice stem inside into the pylon. So you know, 0:45:58.120 --> 0:46:01.000 this thing's like that. It's just fundamental those details to that. 0:46:01.320 --> 0:46:03.000 And no, we want to get better. And there is 0:46:03.040 --> 0:46:07.880 an unbelievable example almost Matt by example. So on the 0:46:08.000 --> 0:46:12.440 sideline they throw a pass towards Jalen Johnson. Jalen Johnson 0:46:12.520 --> 0:46:14.880 hits the receiver with the right shoulder and hits them 0:46:14.880 --> 0:46:17.759 out of bounds. If you look right on the sideline, 0:46:17.800 --> 0:46:20.960 there's Matt Eberflu's telling him to wrap up and come through. 0:46:21.440 --> 0:46:26.480 It's almost like he's coaching and teaching all his fundamentals constantly. 0:46:27.000 --> 0:46:28.600 And that's what you need to beat a team like 0:46:28.719 --> 0:46:30.960 Green Bay Packers. Jeff, you're not gonna do it with 0:46:31.080 --> 0:46:33.560 a half hearted effort. You're gonna do it by doing 0:46:33.640 --> 0:46:36.160 every single thing they've been teaching you since they got 0:46:36.239 --> 0:46:39.040 here perfectly. All right, let's tick down four or five things, 0:46:39.160 --> 0:46:42.160 real quick, short answers from both of us. Here. I 0:46:42.239 --> 0:46:44.920 got to throw the turnover thing on the table. Obviously, 0:46:44.960 --> 0:46:46.840 the Bears want to take the ball away. That is 0:46:46.880 --> 0:46:49.400 their culture now. They want to hang out of the football, 0:46:50.000 --> 0:46:53.040 But Green Bay has an interesting way of making it difficult. 0:46:53.120 --> 0:46:57.839 So against the Bears of late major theme with the turnovers, 0:46:58.160 --> 0:47:01.520 they are plus twelve against the Bears with thirteen takeaways 0:47:01.520 --> 0:47:03.640 and giving a ball away once. Do you need to 0:47:03.719 --> 0:47:05.920 win the turnover battle or at least stay even with 0:47:06.040 --> 0:47:08.879 them on Sunday Night. You can't give Aaron Rodgers extra 0:47:08.960 --> 0:47:12.080 opportunities to leave his offense on the field because that's 0:47:12.120 --> 0:47:14.440 a recipe for a disaster, and I think the running 0:47:14.480 --> 0:47:17.319 back's got to secure it the wide receivers and tight 0:47:17.480 --> 0:47:19.920 ends after they make the catch in Justin with his 0:47:20.080 --> 0:47:23.800 downfield vision, Where do you rate that home field advantage 0:47:23.800 --> 0:47:27.120 because they've won thirteen in a row at home, significant 0:47:27.560 --> 0:47:30.480 it's a hostile environment unless you're beating the Green Bay 0:47:30.560 --> 0:47:33.080 Packers by double digits. Towards the end of the game. 0:47:33.120 --> 0:47:35.160 The crowd is going to stay in the game. They 0:47:35.160 --> 0:47:37.560 are going to be loud and violent. This is gonna 0:47:37.600 --> 0:47:42.360 be an unbelievable look into the line of scrimmage disciplined 0:47:42.480 --> 0:47:44.800 by the Bears, both on the offensive line and the 0:47:44.920 --> 0:47:47.000 defensive line. I don't want to steal your thunder because 0:47:47.080 --> 0:47:50.000 typically in this matchup, you give a number that has 0:47:50.080 --> 0:47:53.440 to be obtained by either the Bears or what the 0:47:53.520 --> 0:47:55.840 Packers can't do. And I'm thinking it's going to be 0:47:55.920 --> 0:47:58.200 related to the running game for both teams. What do 0:47:58.320 --> 0:47:59.880 the Bears have to get to and what do the 0:48:00.000 --> 0:48:02.840 Bears have to do in terms of yards for scrimmage 0:48:02.840 --> 0:48:05.920 because frankly, all four running backs that will be involved 0:48:06.040 --> 0:48:08.640 from both sides of the fence, Montgomery and Herbert, maybe 0:48:08.680 --> 0:48:12.600 Ebner and then Dylan and Aaron Jones. All can catch 0:48:12.680 --> 0:48:15.640 the football, all can pile up pretty significant yards from 0:48:15.640 --> 0:48:17.600 scrimmage throughout the course of a game. What do you 0:48:17.640 --> 0:48:20.000 need to see on paper at the end in the 0:48:20.120 --> 0:48:22.880 run games of stopping it and then also producing and 0:48:22.920 --> 0:48:26.040 it by the Bears, David Montgomery has to trust the 0:48:26.120 --> 0:48:29.360 point of attack and be able to hit holes like 0:48:29.560 --> 0:48:32.640 Justin Herbert did to get those significant six to eight 0:48:32.760 --> 0:48:35.600 yard games. So the Bears need one hundred and twenty 0:48:35.640 --> 0:48:38.920 five yards rushing minimum, and they need to keep the 0:48:39.120 --> 0:48:43.320 Green Bay Packers down to sixty to eighty yards rushing 0:48:43.440 --> 0:48:45.560 between the two of them. Give me one more key. 0:48:45.840 --> 0:48:48.360 Eddie Jackson's got to get an interception. You set it 0:48:48.400 --> 0:48:50.640 as soon as he got It's the first interception he's 0:48:50.680 --> 0:48:53.040 adding a long time, and the Bears are eleven at 0:48:53.040 --> 0:48:56.960 all when he picks off of the quarterback. So Eddie Jackson, 0:48:57.360 --> 0:49:00.279 give us one from a rob You know you don't 0:49:00.280 --> 0:49:01.840 have to take it to the house. Just give the 0:49:01.920 --> 0:49:04.359 Bears an extra possession, All right, big time, we'll talk 0:49:04.400 --> 0:49:07.120 down the radio. Our pregame gets underway at four o'clock 0:49:07.160 --> 0:49:10.200 with Ron, Jim and Jay kickoff at seven twenty on WVBM. 0:49:10.520 --> 0:49:12.799 Thank you so much. Thanks to our producers. We got 0:49:12.880 --> 0:49:15.000 Dan Billy and Jordan Trent up the folks at the score. 0:49:15.000 --> 0:49:17.440 Also to our guest Dominique Robinson the Bears defensive end, 0:49:17.480 --> 0:49:19.800 and Larry McCarron up there and north of the border 0:49:20.000 --> 0:49:22.640 with the green Bay Packers Radio Network. This has been 0:49:22.719 --> 0:49:25.520 Bears All Access. It's been brought to you by IGS Energy. 0:49:25.760 --> 0:49:27.920 We'll talk to down the radio Sunday night from green Bay. 0:49:27.960 --> 0:49:30.440 Thanks for listening to everybody. For Tom Thayer, I'm Jeff Joniak. 0:49:30.719 --> 0:49:31.800 Have a pleasant evening.