WEBVTT - Josh McCown on young NFL quarterbacks | All Access Podcast 0:00:00.480 --> 0:00:03.360 Welcome and everybody. Jeff Joniac along with Tom thare from 0:00:03.440 --> 0:00:06.240 Habisa and Lake Forest. This is Bear's All Access, brought 0:00:06.240 --> 0:00:09.119 to you by IGS Energy. Pleasant, good evening, everybody, and 0:00:10.000 --> 0:00:12.959 my broadcast partner, the Super Bowl winning Bear from nineteen 0:00:13.000 --> 0:00:15.960 eighty five, headed back out to Jersey later this week 0:00:16.160 --> 0:00:20.079 after his Thanksgiving meal. What's on the menu first and foremost, 0:00:20.160 --> 0:00:23.880 because you're one heck of a cook? Number one? So 0:00:23.920 --> 0:00:25.400 what do you bring in? What are you bring into 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:28.600 the festivities on Thursday? You know, Jeff, I got three 0:00:28.640 --> 0:00:31.960 older sisters and an older brother who's married. So that's 0:00:32.000 --> 0:00:34.680 one thing I'm Thanksgiving. I don't have to cook. I 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:38.839 just get to enjoy all of what they offer us. 0:00:38.880 --> 0:00:43.159 And my problem is is trying obviously trying not to overeat, 0:00:43.240 --> 0:00:46.000 having some self control. So I'm gonna watch a lot 0:00:46.080 --> 0:00:49.400 of football. I'm gonna eat food and just see how 0:00:49.400 --> 0:00:52.239 the week goes. Three games, tripleheader, that's number one. But 0:00:52.320 --> 0:00:55.640 you guys, when the family was all together mama's house, 0:00:55.920 --> 0:00:57.840 it was a turkey first thing in the morning, right, 0:00:58.040 --> 0:01:01.080 and then another one later in the afternoon. Yes, my 0:01:01.120 --> 0:01:04.320 mom made two turkeys and it was a it was 0:01:04.360 --> 0:01:06.319 a double meal for all of us, but you know, 0:01:06.400 --> 0:01:09.919 we probably had, you know, twenty five to thirty people 0:01:10.080 --> 0:01:12.840 per holiday that would come and eat of when you 0:01:12.959 --> 0:01:15.920 include all the family members. And when my mom and 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:19.200 dad were alive, it was everybody's priority to be at 0:01:19.240 --> 0:01:21.319 their house. And that's the way my mom wanted it, 0:01:21.360 --> 0:01:23.720 and that was a great thing about the holidays. We'll 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:28.160 help everybody out there will celebrate with their family, enjoy themselves, 0:01:28.680 --> 0:01:31.839 and enjoy every bit of your Thanksgiving holiday. The Bears 0:01:31.840 --> 0:01:35.120 are not playing on Thanksgiving this year, but we've gotten 0:01:35.160 --> 0:01:36.840 used to it a little bit over the last few 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:40.360 years with those trips to Detroit, but thankfully not this year. 0:01:40.440 --> 0:01:42.520 It'll be a trip against the New York Jets, a 0:01:42.560 --> 0:01:46.759 team that is six and four. They've played some good 0:01:46.760 --> 0:01:50.480 football tom but last week and a couple of weeks earlier, 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:54.560 the Patriots of hung some bad juju on them and 0:01:54.640 --> 0:01:56.880 continue to do so. They've lost I think fourteen or 0:01:56.920 --> 0:02:00.360 fifteen in a row now to the Patriots, and that's 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:03.640 raising a ruckiss out there out east about the quarterback position. 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:07.120 Yeah it is. You know, this is a highly motivated 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:10.800 coach that it has a high level of expectations for 0:02:10.880 --> 0:02:14.080 every single one of these guys, and so he wants 0:02:14.120 --> 0:02:17.520 these guys to kind of be attached to his personality 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:22.440 and his desire and willingness and accomplishments. So, you know, 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:25.400 he puts a lot on these guys, and you know, 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:29.079 so I think going forward, it's going to be interesting 0:02:29.080 --> 0:02:32.360 to see the growth and the development of the team 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:34.600 as a whole. But they got a lot of question 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:37.040 marks about their quarterback. This is a guy that they 0:02:37.120 --> 0:02:40.239 took really high in the draft, and you know, because 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:43.280 he didn't answer some questions at the podium. Now, you know, 0:02:43.440 --> 0:02:47.480 everybody is kind of attacking him on the social media. 0:02:47.840 --> 0:02:51.440 But you know, Zach Wilson has a lot of improvements 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:53.800 to make and I maybe he does have to capture 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:57.680 the brotherhood of the locker room to make sure they're 0:02:57.720 --> 0:03:01.120 all fighting for the same thing. He ranks last in 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:05.160 quarterback creating, thirty third in completion percentage, thirty first in 0:03:05.280 --> 0:03:10.400 TD to interception ratio, and thirty first in passing touchdown percentage. 0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:13.400 So it has not worked with a very good defense 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:16.080 that many are saying is arguably the best in the 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:21.480 National Football League front to back. Do you agree, Yeah, yeah, 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:24.040 you know, And unfortunately, I know you're gonna bring it 0:03:24.120 --> 0:03:26.280 up at some time during the show because an Iowa 0:03:26.320 --> 0:03:29.440 State product was injured in the whole process in the 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:33.800 development of the New York Jets. And his name is 0:03:35.960 --> 0:03:38.560 I'm well aware of that. I listened to you compliment 0:03:38.640 --> 0:03:41.160 him all last year and you know, and he's a 0:03:41.160 --> 0:03:43.560 heck of a football player. And so you know, when 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:47.160 you're developing a young quarterback, you have to have a 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:50.040 total awareness of what the offense could offer you to 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:53.160 help a young guy like that grow. And when you 0:03:53.240 --> 0:03:54.800 go up and your draft and what was he the 0:03:54.880 --> 0:03:59.520 second pick in the draft, Zach Wilson is. I don't 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:03.760 think he ignore him this quickly. So you know, to 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:07.280 me from out from the way outside, and I still 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:10.200 think he'll be the starting quarterback this week. Who will 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:12.760 be the starting quarterback for the Bears, we don't know 0:04:12.840 --> 0:04:15.640 at this juncture. We'll find out more tomorrow when everybody 0:04:15.680 --> 0:04:19.240 gathers up here in have us Hall. With a shoulder 0:04:19.279 --> 0:04:22.200 injury of some nature, he is day to day. That 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:25.159 would be QB one justin fields. What would you like 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:28.560 to see happen tom even if it's banged up, If 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:30.600 he's a you know, he is tough. The kid wants 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:32.520 to play. He doesn't want to miss it down. He 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:35.479 was not able to finish last season. He missed five 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:38.880 of six for a variety of reasons, and you'd hate 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:42.239 to see that happen again in this key developmental year. Well. 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:45.680 Number one, if he's not one hundred percent healthy, I'm 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:49.760 gonna be reluctant to play him. If they are going 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:52.480 to play him and he's less than one hundred percent healthy, 0:04:52.800 --> 0:04:55.040 I'm almost going to encourage him or not let him 0:04:55.080 --> 0:04:57.440 run the ball. And I know that's what everybody wants 0:04:57.440 --> 0:04:59.960 to see out of Justin, But ultimately it's gonna be 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:04.159 about how he develops as a passer, and that puts 0:05:04.200 --> 0:05:07.440 more stress and straining on the offensive line because these 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:10.320 guys are great, are really good pass rushers. They have 0:05:10.520 --> 0:05:13.559 multiple guys that can come at you from not only 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:15.960 the level of the defensive line, but level two and 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:20.400 level three. So I want Justin to be healthy because 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:22.520 I think he's a huge part of the future of 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:25.240 the Bears. And if Trevor Simeon had to come in 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:28.400 and play, I would be interested to see how he 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:32.480 interacts with the receivers that the Bears have brought a board, 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:37.240 so they can develop and they can provide a serious, 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:41.039 a big man passing attack. The Northwestern product is the 0:05:41.080 --> 0:05:44.359 backup quarterback David Montgomery yesterday. And what it would be 0:05:44.440 --> 0:05:48.520 like with Trevor Simeon versus Justin Fields in this current 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:51.000 situation would be very different, you know, especially losing a 0:05:51.040 --> 0:05:53.920 guy like that, especially losing Justin and who he is 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:56.600 and what he means to his team into his office especially. Yeah, 0:05:56.600 --> 0:06:00.279 it's going to be super difficult to not have. But 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:04.280 you know, coach getson um. You know, the offense, we 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:07.760 prepare all those guys the same. So whether it's Nat 0:06:07.880 --> 0:06:10.280 or trev Or, whoever it is, you know we are 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:13.680 prepared to roll. You know, Justin's always ready to roll too. 0:06:14.400 --> 0:06:16.080 You know. The thing about it is what you want 0:06:16.080 --> 0:06:19.920 to prevent is losing Justin if he does have some 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:23.160 type of an injury issue, you don't want to lose him. 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:25.160 So you don't want to put him in harm's way. 0:06:25.640 --> 0:06:30.159 And you know, the consistent development of Justin Fields is 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:33.479 where this team is ultimately going. When they're competing for 0:06:33.520 --> 0:06:36.520 the division crown and their division, they're competing in the 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:40.200 playoffs and stuff like that. It's it's gonna be with justin. 0:06:40.400 --> 0:06:43.919 But if they do have to go in with Trevor Simeon, 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:48.080 I don't expect anything less. I just think there's gonna 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:52.479 be a different type of format to the way the 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:54.880 Bears are going to go back, go out there and 0:06:55.120 --> 0:07:00.040 call plays and run this offense. Matt Eberflus earlier this 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:03.320 week talked about the sting of a losing streak, which 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:05.839 now the Bears have only had one win since the 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:10.160 last trip to East Rutherford and MetLife Stadium against the Giants. 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:12.120 To go through adversity, you have to be hard. You 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:15.520 have to be mentally tough, you have to be and 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:18.880 be physically tough to go through that. And we're going 0:07:18.880 --> 0:07:21.640 through it right now. And it's important that guys are 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:24.720 really good in terms of having their eyes forward. And 0:07:24.800 --> 0:07:26.520 I thought we had a real good response for those 0:07:26.560 --> 0:07:29.920 guys today. And I'm excited about this week in terms 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:32.440 of preparing for the Jets and getting going here for 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:34.400 this week of work we have ahead of us. Well, 0:07:34.440 --> 0:07:36.600 I'll be back here tomorrow at hallis how to start 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:39.760 that process. Thanksgiving, of course we'll be a little bit 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:42.880 of a different day with families involved than visitors, and 0:07:42.920 --> 0:07:44.640 then you know, get right down to it Friday and 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:47.720 leave Saturday. Yeah. You know, one thing I'm interested in 0:07:48.000 --> 0:07:50.760 is when the Bear sent out the media schedule for 0:07:50.960 --> 0:07:56.440 the week just revised, is Justin is meeting the media tomorrow? 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:59.600 And you know, if it was a foregone conclusion that 0:07:59.640 --> 0:08:02.240 he isn't gonna play this week, would he still have 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:06.200 to meet the media. But are they gonna make him 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:10.760 answer some questions that maybe is you don't want to answer. 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:14.160 So I'm a little bit I am very interested to 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:16.600 see what he says when he meets the media tomorrow. 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:20.120 Conflicting reports from the national NFL media about what that 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:22.920 could be separated show, They're not a separated show there, 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:25.880 so we don't know. We're gonna wait, wait and find 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:28.880 out like everybody else tomorrow. But we want to thank 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:31.680 our producer, Caesar Perez, our good friend who used to 0:08:31.680 --> 0:08:34.079 work with us on Bears radio broadcast, does a great 0:08:34.120 --> 0:08:36.880 job here at the score and coming up at six thirty, 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:40.120 we'll be joined by former Bears quarterback Josh mccount. See 0:08:40.120 --> 0:08:42.000 what he's up to you down there in the heart 0:08:42.000 --> 0:08:44.400 of Texas. You know, I gotta say it was great 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:47.679 talking to Mark Sanchez last week because we you know, 0:08:48.320 --> 0:08:51.840 when we're broadcasters and the guys are active players, we 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:54.679 don't really get a lot of chances to have post 0:08:54.920 --> 0:08:58.760 career conversations. And I'm looking forward to talking to him 0:08:58.800 --> 0:09:02.760 because you know, yeah, you admire these guys from afar 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:05.040 and then you kind of get to talk to them 0:09:05.080 --> 0:09:08.360 when they kind of get into the normal realm of 0:09:08.480 --> 0:09:12.240 human life like we all do as ex players. All Right, 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:14.280 we'll visit with him coming up in just a while. 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:17.200 Thanks for joining us, everybody. We'll take a break here first. 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:20.040 This is Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:28.600 seventy the Score. Welcome back to Bears All Access. It's 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:31.160 brought to you by IGS Energy. Choose clean energy for 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:33.680 your home at igs dot com because every good choice 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:36.240 adds up to a better world. Jeff Jony Axtim Fair 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:39.320 On another Tuesday, as we count you down to Bears 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:42.599 football against the Jets. Coming up at the bottom of 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:45.840 the hour, we'll be joined by former Bears quarterback Josh 0:09:45.920 --> 0:09:47.920 McCown and it'll be good to talk to him. He's 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:51.600 always great to everybody. As an article that I read 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:55.080 a while back, Damn Pompey Road Time, Josh McCown won 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:58.000 three Good Guy Awards for three different teams of the 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:01.840 ninety flight for so well well thought of individual not 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:04.240 just as just a dude, but a heck of a 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:08.080 football player as well. So the New York Jets, what's 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:11.200 the plan of attack for a Bears defense that doesn't 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:13.640 know who will be the quarterback? They'll probably know a 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:15.880 little bit more tomorrow, if not for sure, if it's 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:18.440 going to be the young man, or if it's gonna 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:21.320 be Mike White you through for a four hundred yard 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:24.680 game last year, or they go he's the number two. Really, 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:27.560 Joe Flacco has been inactive the past few weeks, but 0:10:27.840 --> 0:10:30.440 he opened the season and had three pretty good games. 0:10:31.320 --> 0:10:34.000 Whomever it is, I'm gonna take some chances from the 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:36.360 defensive side of the ball because you have a lot 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:39.240 of really interesting moving parts that you can blitz, and 0:10:39.520 --> 0:10:43.000 from the cornerback position, from you know, the safety position. 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:47.240 Both Jaquon Brisker and Eddie Jackson. Jack Sanborn has proved 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:50.160 to be a really good power blitzer. They have good speed. 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:54.400 And Nicholas Morrow I'm gonna I'm gonna encourage my defensive 0:10:54.440 --> 0:10:56.680 line to be more aggressive at the snap of the 0:10:56.720 --> 0:10:59.360 ball and try to get a field. If it is 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:02.280 Zach will wol and you put him in a compromise 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:05.880 position where he doesn't have all of his perfect fundamentals 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:10.280 within each throw, he leaves throw short, sometimes he sails 0:11:10.360 --> 0:11:13.920 him over the top. You can create inaccuracies against him, 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:16.720 and he has an enormous amount of pressure on him. 0:11:16.840 --> 0:11:19.440 If he is the start starting quarterback this week in 0:11:19.520 --> 0:11:22.800 New York, and if he doesn't have the type of 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:26.679 effort that the press expects out of him, then he 0:11:26.720 --> 0:11:29.160 will You know, he is going to be questioned and 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:32.240 attacked on the podium for the way he answered some 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:35.080 questions last year. And then if it is Mike White 0:11:35.120 --> 0:11:37.760 or Joe Flacco, I'm gonna have the same template of 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:40.720 attack that I would against Zach Wilson. I want to 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:43.280 challenge each and every one of these guys, and I 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:46.640 want to encourage and open up the excitement of the 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:51.040 defense to allow them to be more of an attacking defense, 0:11:51.440 --> 0:11:54.959 to see if they can produce some pressure that doesn't 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:57.840 necessarily have to be sacks. But if you can compromise 0:11:57.880 --> 0:12:00.920 the throwing position of any of the quarterback, maybe you 0:12:00.960 --> 0:12:05.400 can turn some of that compromise into interceptions. The Jets 0:12:05.679 --> 0:12:09.320 they have a stretch here of difficulty coming up after 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:13.360 this game, so you can look at their playoff chances 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:16.000 and say, okay, they're still in pretty good shape. But 0:12:16.040 --> 0:12:18.520 they got road games the next two weeks at Minnesota 0:12:18.600 --> 0:12:21.400 and Buffalo and four their final six around the road, 0:12:21.440 --> 0:12:24.000 so they are at a crossroads what they do at 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:26.880 that position for sure. Yeah, it's interesting, you know, having 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:29.520 the same record as the New England Patriots. So the 0:12:30.160 --> 0:12:34.160 message by Robert Salo, their head coach, has gotta be lookuys, 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:37.640 we're still in this. We can really you know, push 0:12:37.720 --> 0:12:40.800 forward and get to ourselves and keep ourselves in a 0:12:40.880 --> 0:12:44.280 position where we can possibly keep the playoffs alive. So 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:47.360 the Bears have to take all that enthusiasm away from them. 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:51.080 They have to go in there and treat the New 0:12:51.160 --> 0:12:54.199 York Jets like the team that played the New England 0:12:54.240 --> 0:12:57.840 Patriots last year. Last week, if you look at their stats, 0:12:57.880 --> 0:13:00.800 they were less than impressive, and they put themselves in 0:13:00.840 --> 0:13:03.240 a position on the offensive side of the ball that 0:13:03.400 --> 0:13:05.679 they had to rely on a punt return for a 0:13:05.679 --> 0:13:08.880 touchdown from the New England Patriots to win that game. 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:12.120 So I think it's about you know, the attitude of 0:13:12.200 --> 0:13:15.840 both coaches, And I like Matt Eberflus because because being 0:13:15.920 --> 0:13:18.440 the head coach here and he's gonna be back next year. 0:13:18.520 --> 0:13:21.800 And Ryan Poles and making the decision about all these 0:13:21.800 --> 0:13:24.600 guys in the type of effort that they give during 0:13:24.600 --> 0:13:27.720 the game and making sure they're all mentally prepared for 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:30.280 if they do get an opportunity to play in the game. 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:33.760 That each one of these guys they're not auditioning for 0:13:33.800 --> 0:13:37.400 the other teams. They're auditioning for the for the leadership 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:40.200 of the Bears. And here's how the Bears are dealing 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:43.640 with these losses. The veteran and running back again David Montgomery. 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:46.720 I mean, anybody who's a competitor, you know get you 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:50.400 don't like losing. Um, so you just kind of it sucks. 0:13:50.480 --> 0:13:53.360 You prepare, you prepared it best way as you feel 0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:57.319 like you should, and um you just fall short. But 0:13:57.679 --> 0:14:00.000 you know, is your professional You still got coming here 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:02.000 and do your job. Still gotta be a professional. Still 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:04.000 gotta you know, walking around with your heah, I know 0:14:04.040 --> 0:14:07.280 your job, man. Justin Jones and finding ways to win, Tommy, 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:11.360 he takes it as an individual pursuit first before a 0:14:11.480 --> 0:14:14.040 team effort. I feel like I feel like winning. It's 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:17.120 like an extrinsic motivation, Like you gotta have some menu. 0:14:17.760 --> 0:14:19.360 You play this game, you know, go through the uts 0:14:19.400 --> 0:14:21.320 and downs and still be able to work hard and 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:23.120 still you have to come to work, you know, with 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:24.680 the spoiling your face. Has got to be some kind 0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:27.600 of intrinsic motivation, you know, to while you played this game, 0:14:27.600 --> 0:14:29.200 and you know when the season not going your way, 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:31.440 but you like trending in the right direction. You know, 0:14:31.520 --> 0:14:33.600 you still have faith in your team, you know, and 0:14:33.640 --> 0:14:35.480 you just you just want to put the best fool 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:37.400 forward and keep pushing, you know, so we can go 0:14:37.520 --> 0:14:40.280 get those wins, you know, towards the end. You know, 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:43.800 it's two different types of personalities of NFL experience. There 0:14:44.000 --> 0:14:46.560 you got David Montgomery, who was drafted by the Bears, 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:48.760 and that's the only team he's ever been with. But 0:14:49.040 --> 0:14:52.000 the reflection of his work ethic and his desire to 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:55.560 be great, his power style of running, his ability to 0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:58.479 catch the ball out of the backfield, and his willingness 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:00.880 to do what's ever asked of them to help this 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:04.040 team be better. You know, that's Dave Montgomery, who was 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:06.720 born in bred here as a Chicago Bear in his 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:10.560 NFL life, Justin has a little bit more experience around 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:13.520 the league and he understands the ups and downs of 0:15:13.600 --> 0:15:17.280 different organizations and different teams. But he comes in here 0:15:17.520 --> 0:15:21.200 and he's encouraging his teammates to make sure they stay focused, 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:24.280 They work hard, they put in the effort making sure 0:15:24.320 --> 0:15:27.800 they're prepared. And I think the way that Justin's played 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:30.280 in the last not you know, since he's been here, 0:15:30.280 --> 0:15:32.800 but most certainly in the last couple of weeks, you 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:35.520 can see that the game is important to him. But 0:15:35.880 --> 0:15:39.080 to me, I love the leadership of David Montgomery, and 0:15:39.160 --> 0:15:42.720 you know, in these last couple interviews, he speaks as 0:15:42.840 --> 0:15:46.720 as a super confident, you know, football player, and I 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:49.280 think that's the same reflection that we get out of 0:15:49.320 --> 0:15:52.080 when we when we get to watch him play. The 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:54.880 game means a lot to David Montgomery, sure does. We'll 0:15:54.920 --> 0:15:57.960 take another break here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy 0:15:57.960 --> 0:16:00.240 the Score. This is Bears All Access and it's to 0:16:00.240 --> 0:16:02.200 you by Igs Energy. Coming up at the bottom of 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:04.840 the hour, former Bears quarterback Josh McCown. Stick around and 0:16:04.840 --> 0:16:07.480 thanks for listening tonight here on six seventy the Score. 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:13.280 This segment of Bears. All the access is brought to 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:16.920 you by Athletico Physical Therapy. Visit Athletico dot com to 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:20.200 requested employment in clinic or virtually and start feeling better tomorrow. 0:16:20.320 --> 0:16:22.400 Jeff Joni Actom there coming out at the bottom of 0:16:22.440 --> 0:16:25.360 the hour. Josh McCown, the former Bears quarterback of veteran 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:28.400 of nineteen NFL seasons, will join the program. I want 0:16:28.440 --> 0:16:33.560 to touch on something Albert Breer of SI saying that 0:16:34.320 --> 0:16:38.040 he's heard that Justin apologized to his teammates after the 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:40.760 loss in the locker room and telling them the defense 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:44.200 gave the offense a chance and the offense didn't get 0:16:44.240 --> 0:16:46.800 it done, and the defense says, no, we got you, Justin, 0:16:47.040 --> 0:16:50.360 we got you. So whether or not that that's something 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:53.800 that happened, could I could see it. This team is 0:16:53.920 --> 0:16:57.240 very close and they do pick each other up, and 0:16:57.440 --> 0:17:00.200 there's none of the weirdness that's going out apparently in 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:03.240 New York going out here in Chicago. Yeah, but Justin 0:17:03.280 --> 0:17:08.320 doesn't auto apology to anybody. They understand Justin's commitment. They 0:17:08.359 --> 0:17:11.480 see a reflection of his work ethic on the practice field, 0:17:12.080 --> 0:17:14.840 getting there early and staying late. That you can see 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:17.639 the expression on his face and how much it means 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:20.520 to him to be the leader of this football team 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:23.399 and take them to a new level that they haven't 0:17:23.400 --> 0:17:26.680 seen in quite a long time. When I first became 0:17:26.720 --> 0:17:31.160 aware and I read that, I felt, I mean, I 0:17:31.160 --> 0:17:33.879 I just didn't think Justin was a guy that needed 0:17:33.920 --> 0:17:38.000 to apologize. And I hope someone stopped him and said, Justin, listen, 0:17:38.240 --> 0:17:41.080 we have all the respect in the world for you 0:17:41.280 --> 0:17:44.440 and with you, and we got your back. And one 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:46.480 of the key connections right now, the work put in 0:17:46.640 --> 0:17:49.920 is starting to bloom in a way that is getting 0:17:50.000 --> 0:17:52.639 him in the end zone. For one is Darnel Mooney 0:17:52.720 --> 0:17:55.800 and Justin Fields the work that's been done there Monday 0:17:55.840 --> 0:17:58.840 out of the Bears coaches showing WBBM, those guys spend 0:17:59.080 --> 0:18:02.800 every practice, you know, forty five minutes afterward on the field, 0:18:03.160 --> 0:18:05.400 you know, throwing and catching, running the routes that we're 0:18:05.440 --> 0:18:07.679 running for that particular week, you know, going through the 0:18:07.720 --> 0:18:10.640 plays and making sure they have their timing down. And 0:18:11.040 --> 0:18:14.880 they've been working every single week, you know, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 0:18:14.920 --> 0:18:17.480 Saturday after practice, And I think it's important and it's 0:18:17.520 --> 0:18:20.080 paying off. Tim it is and I'd like to say 0:18:20.440 --> 0:18:23.800 one more aspect of that that justin starting to get 0:18:25.000 --> 0:18:27.800 in a position where he's challenging his receivers to make 0:18:27.840 --> 0:18:30.840 the tough catch. We saw that from cole Comet last week, 0:18:31.080 --> 0:18:33.760 Eberflus on that top. Yeah. I mean those guys are 0:18:33.840 --> 0:18:36.040 really doing a good job. Like I said, we're building chemistry. 0:18:36.600 --> 0:18:39.240 It's important that we keep doing that, you know, and 0:18:39.280 --> 0:18:41.280 we spread the ball around. It's important that we keep 0:18:41.280 --> 0:18:43.480 spreading the ball around to the backs, all the receivers 0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:46.360 and the tight ends. I look at it as trust 0:18:46.720 --> 0:18:51.040 because two examples of it, Darnel Mooney's touchdown catch. Justin 0:18:51.280 --> 0:18:54.600 let that ball leave his hand eleven yards before Darnell 0:18:54.680 --> 0:18:57.160 Mooney was able to make the catch. So he put 0:18:57.200 --> 0:19:00.000 the ball on the spot and he trusted that Darnel 0:19:00.119 --> 0:19:03.120 Mooney would be exactly at that spot when the ball 0:19:03.280 --> 0:19:06.320 was catchable, and Darnell Mooney focused on it and made 0:19:06.320 --> 0:19:09.120 a difficult catch, had a hard landing on his back, 0:19:09.960 --> 0:19:12.359 but ended up with six points. And then it's a 0:19:12.440 --> 0:19:15.760 trust catch for cole Commet. He threw the ball up 0:19:15.800 --> 0:19:20.040 above anywhere a defensive back ultimately could touch it. He 0:19:20.160 --> 0:19:22.600 knew that cole Commet was going to take a little 0:19:22.600 --> 0:19:25.240 bit of a shot from the side, but he knew 0:19:25.280 --> 0:19:28.520 that he was going to be able to excuse me, 0:19:28.560 --> 0:19:29.800 he knew that he was going to be able to 0:19:29.840 --> 0:19:32.560 touch the football and Cole went up and just made 0:19:32.680 --> 0:19:36.200 an amazing catch. All right, So this was also on 0:19:36.240 --> 0:19:40.040 the Coaching Show on Monday night. Mattie Berflus decided to 0:19:40.040 --> 0:19:43.160 show the team the game tape in sequence. Because typically 0:19:43.240 --> 0:19:46.280 offense goes together, defense goes together. You don't see the 0:19:46.320 --> 0:19:49.080 game as it's unfolding in real time. So I pressed 0:19:49.160 --> 0:19:51.200 him on why that was the case, why that was 0:19:51.280 --> 0:19:53.199 benefit when you show it that way in front of 0:19:53.200 --> 0:19:56.320 your peers. I think that's very powerful because guys want 0:19:56.359 --> 0:19:58.160 to perform, they want to do well for the guy 0:19:58.160 --> 0:20:00.920 it's standing next to him. Because we got type football team, 0:20:00.960 --> 0:20:03.440 you know, the guys really care about each other. We 0:20:03.600 --> 0:20:05.880 work hard for each other, and I think it's important 0:20:05.880 --> 0:20:09.760 to him. Jeff twice in my career we did the 0:20:09.840 --> 0:20:13.280 exact same thing. One time we had a snow game 0:20:13.359 --> 0:20:16.200 that we weren't able to travel home, so Dicka put 0:20:16.280 --> 0:20:19.359 us all in the main ballroom and we watched the 0:20:19.480 --> 0:20:22.480 game in real time and he ran the projector. It 0:20:22.600 --> 0:20:25.000 was not easy because we did not win the game, 0:20:25.560 --> 0:20:29.080 and Coach Dick did not take it easy on us 0:20:29.160 --> 0:20:32.320 when we were watching tape under those circumstances. And it 0:20:32.359 --> 0:20:35.760 was only twice in my career, but I remember him 0:20:35.800 --> 0:20:38.959 as if we are sitting there today, I think, man, 0:20:39.000 --> 0:20:42.240 in this case, Matt's idea, well, that's probably part of it, 0:20:42.280 --> 0:20:46.399 was that it is complimentary football. So what happens early 0:20:46.440 --> 0:20:49.200 in a game is as important as what happened late 0:20:49.200 --> 0:20:51.760 in the game when they could not score a touchdown late, 0:20:52.000 --> 0:20:55.280 or they gave up the kick return touchdown, or the 0:20:55.320 --> 0:20:57.960 idea that there have been four return touchdowns in the 0:20:58.040 --> 0:21:01.399 last four weeks that have made a major difference in 0:21:01.440 --> 0:21:03.920