WEBVTT - Returning to the field | All Access 0:00:01.080 --> 0:00:04.519 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.600 --> 0:00:08.560 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.560 --> 0:00:11.560 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.640 --> 0:00:16.200 day and now welcome to Bears All Access. You're All 0:00:16.280 --> 0:00:20.959 Access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:21.000 --> 0:00:24.959 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:25.000 --> 0:00:30.880 Physical Therapy and CDW. Welcome in everybody too. Bears All 0:00:30.960 --> 0:00:33.600 Access brought to you by IGS Energy. With Tom Thayer, 0:00:33.640 --> 0:00:36.360 I'm Jeff Jonyacho to have our producers Jordan tread Up 0:00:36.400 --> 0:00:38.279 and Dan Barelly. I'll put us out as well as 0:00:38.320 --> 0:00:40.800 we inch closer to a full squad on the field 0:00:40.800 --> 0:00:43.320 practice time, maybe in the next week and a half 0:00:43.479 --> 0:00:46.640 or so. As Modified Training Camp twenty twenty rolls now. 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:49.919 We're setting the stage for you in a very hopeful 0:00:49.960 --> 0:00:52.360 about the twenty twenty season. It goes out without a hitch. 0:00:53.000 --> 0:00:56.760 Heard Danny Javathan yesterday, Tom, you know they're going about 0:00:56.760 --> 0:00:59.560 this not knowing for sure if they're even gonna play. Yeah, 0:00:59.600 --> 0:01:02.240 but I was really inspired by the response of Danny 0:01:02.240 --> 0:01:05.160 Trevathan saying that these guys are a bunch of professionals 0:01:05.200 --> 0:01:07.039 and they're all going to go about their business the 0:01:07.160 --> 0:01:10.920 right way inside the building and outside the building. Probably 0:01:10.959 --> 0:01:15.280 more importantly, and as we heard on Thursday, fourteen assistant 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:18.160 coaches were available. I mean, it was a Smorger sport. Tom. 0:01:18.480 --> 0:01:20.720 You know, I've always liked when the assistants get to 0:01:20.760 --> 0:01:24.200 talk because they get real in depth with their guys. 0:01:24.200 --> 0:01:26.640 So we're gonna hear a bunch from Mike Fury, We're 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:30.160 gonna hear from John d. Filippo, Jay Rogers, Chris Taber 0:01:30.240 --> 0:01:31.759 on this call. We're also going to hear a little 0:01:31.800 --> 0:01:34.080 road Kuan Smith and Danny Trevathan throughout the show. And 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:38.199 then Happy Hank. Happy Hank. Does everybody know who Happy 0:01:38.240 --> 0:01:40.760 Hank was? Circa two thousand and two? Hey, you know, 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:43.840 they're gonna have to jog your memory because there's probably 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:47.040 not a lot of positive reflections in terms of football. 0:01:47.319 --> 0:01:50.000 But what he was able to accomplish is a Hall 0:01:50.080 --> 0:01:52.960 of Fame career right in the Canadian Football League. Henry Burris, 0:01:53.000 --> 0:01:56.360 who's now part of the Bill Walsh Minority Fellowship program 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:59.760 with the Bears, so he's up at Hattisaw working with 0:01:59.800 --> 0:02:02.520 the offense and Matt Naggie and the quarterbacks, and so 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:06.960 that'll be a insightful conversation with a very engaging player 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:10.040 here at that time. But as Tom pointed out, he's 0:02:10.240 --> 0:02:12.520 now in his forties and he put together a Hall 0:02:12.520 --> 0:02:14.360 of Fame career in the Canadian football. He does some 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:16.680 TV work up at TSN in Canada, which is a 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:20.280 big network, not unlike ESPN here in the States. I 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:23.120 want to focus though on Bill Laser, Tom, because the 0:02:23.160 --> 0:02:26.320 offensive coordinator trying to learn everybody and get to know 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:29.600 what exactly the plan is going to be. Another run 0:02:29.639 --> 0:02:31.200 game means a lot to you and I. We're old 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:34.200 school football guys, and that was right up your alley 0:02:34.360 --> 0:02:37.320 as an offensive lineman for the Bears during your time 0:02:37.360 --> 0:02:40.880 with Chicago and Notre Dame career two and at Juliet Catholic. 0:02:40.919 --> 0:02:44.040 So the run game resonates with us before I play. 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:46.600 What he has to say about what's critical in designing 0:02:46.600 --> 0:02:49.040 a run game just from what you've been able to 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:52.040 piece together, and what do you think the run game 0:02:52.160 --> 0:02:55.880 will look like that it didn't look like last year? Well, 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:58.920 I think outside the new approach by Wanca, still the 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:03.280 offensive line code assisted by Brown, the tight ends coach. 0:03:03.680 --> 0:03:06.160 You know, I think it's the opportunity to put David 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:08.760 and Montgomery into the second year of the system because 0:03:08.840 --> 0:03:11.080 Matt Naggie was trying to build an offense and really 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:14.280 didn't know what David Montgomery was capable of. So I 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:18.440 really think that increases the profile the offense because David 0:03:18.480 --> 0:03:20.639 Montgomery can do it all. He can block, he could 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:22.960 run the ball, he can avoid tackles, and he can 0:03:23.000 --> 0:03:25.480 catch the ball equally as well. And I think that's 0:03:25.480 --> 0:03:28.880 a really important starting point of the combination a new 0:03:28.880 --> 0:03:32.800 oh line approach approach to David Montgomery. All Right. Bill 0:03:32.880 --> 0:03:36.560 Lazier earlier this week on the critical aspects of designing 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:39.560 the run game Personally, I think it's critical. I think 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:43.600 the real critical part of it is that everyone's together 0:03:44.080 --> 0:03:47.120 on how it's designed. Because there are different ways to 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:49.520 get it done. There's some teams that are great run 0:03:49.520 --> 0:03:52.520 teams that are zone schemes. There are some teams that 0:03:52.520 --> 0:03:54.720 are great run teams that are more man schemes. So 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:56.520 there are a lot of ways to do it. I 0:03:56.560 --> 0:04:03.160 think the key is that you have everyone understanding this 0:04:03.280 --> 0:04:05.640 is our philosophy of how we're going to run the ball, 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:08.280 this is what's important to us. This is how your 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:11.760 technique has to match it and how we coordinate everyone 0:04:11.800 --> 0:04:14.680 together with the calls, with the timing, with the formations. 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:17.360 To me, more than the specific and I hope I'm 0:04:17.360 --> 0:04:20.840 answering your question more than the specific, run is how 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:23.359 you install it, how you teach it, how you practice 0:04:23.400 --> 0:04:26.320 it so everyone is together and that the techniques that 0:04:26.360 --> 0:04:29.160 they work on during their individual periods and then their 0:04:29.279 --> 0:04:32.440 competition periods against the defense. You know, O line versus 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:35.599 D line, tight end versus out tobacker, they're all those things, 0:04:35.720 --> 0:04:40.159 streamline and direct towards this is how we want to 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:44.760 run the football. The next level for the coaches then 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:47.800 is okay, this is what we want to be. Here 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:51.880 are the players we have. Right, to some degree in 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:56.080 a given year, you can direct your player acquisition towards 0:04:56.240 --> 0:04:58.680 the vision you have of running the ball, but to 0:04:58.800 --> 0:05:01.320 some degree you don't. You also have to evaluate the 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:04.400 players you have once you finally put pads on. I 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:08.920 believe we will eventually right and then make decisions. Tom, 0:05:08.960 --> 0:05:11.240 what do you think? You know he's saying the right things, 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:13.960 because that's how you have to go the evaluation process 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:17.320 of properly putting together a running game. It's really complicated. 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:20.159 I know it seems easy, like run that way and 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:23.800 throw the ball to David Montgomery. It's more intricately designed. 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:26.680 It is very choreographed. So to take these guys from 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:29.560 the classroom to the grass field with cleats on and 0:05:29.640 --> 0:05:34.160 no equipment, and then to the equipment and the battlegrounds 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:37.280 of the offense and defensive line. It's totally three different 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:41.839 teaching phases. But everything that he's taken to an account 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:44.360 in terms of you have to first of all evaluate 0:05:44.400 --> 0:05:46.920 your weaponry. That you have to see what you can 0:05:46.960 --> 0:05:49.600 do and how aggressive you can be. So heard Wan 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:53.840 Castillo the other day, and he mentioned Brian Westbrook as 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:57.200 David Montgomery, and that means a lot more. In the 0:05:57.200 --> 0:06:00.440 passing game, which you and I both have discussed, is 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:03.000 a very real possibility of David Montgomery. You know, yes, 0:06:03.080 --> 0:06:05.840 you have to recoon, You definitely have to recon in 0:06:05.839 --> 0:06:09.239 that regard too, But David Montgomery in the passing game 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:12.880 is also a weapon. You know, the greatest thing about 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:16.520 David Montgomery, Jeff, is his toughness has already been tested. 0:06:17.000 --> 0:06:18.840 You know that if he has to carry the ball 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:21.120 up the middle of the field twenty or thirty times 0:06:21.120 --> 0:06:24.080 a game. He's willing to do that repeatedly, and he 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:27.200 can do it very well. However, if he can bring 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:30.200 that dynamic of catching the ball out of the backfield 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:32.880 away from eight to nine man lines of scrimmage, you're 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:35.479 going to see open territory form. He know, they know 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:38.120 he's the tough guy. Now they got to make sure 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:40.440 they understand that he can be the receiver that they 0:06:40.480 --> 0:06:42.400 want in a running back. I don't remember what play 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:44.520 it was a team. I know the play, but he 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:46.279 was running down the seam out of the backfield and 0:06:46.279 --> 0:06:49.239 he had to adjust, turned completely around, twisted his body 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:51.640 and make the catch. I think he's a really good 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:55.120 ball tracker, and I think he is able to then 0:06:55.400 --> 0:06:59.080 get his feet and shoulders back in line and get 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:02.159 up field and makes yards after the catch. In that regard, 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:05.359 How flexible is he in your opinion with that in 0:07:05.480 --> 0:07:07.800 terms of his hips and whatnot. You know we've seen 0:07:07.839 --> 0:07:10.240 that from when he got here, how fluid he was 0:07:10.320 --> 0:07:13.239 in catching balls just as easy as you know playing 0:07:13.280 --> 0:07:16.480 catch between he and the quarterback and running distance routes. 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:19.080 You know one thing about David Montgomery when you see 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:21.240 that type of play, he can go to the line 0:07:21.280 --> 0:07:23.480 of scrimmage, line up in the backfield or the line 0:07:23.520 --> 0:07:26.200 of scrimmage and be the primary or receiver of the route. 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:29.480 And that's a great trait to have because when you 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:32.320 think of the wheel route and the history of Soldier Field, Jeff, 0:07:32.600 --> 0:07:34.560 there's one play that comes to mind, and you know 0:07:34.600 --> 0:07:37.240 how effective it was. So if we can see David 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:41.000 Montgomery do that once a game, you know, three times 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:43.560 every five games, you're talking about the possibility of a 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:46.640 big play. Now we also hear that there is going 0:07:46.680 --> 0:07:50.160 to be plenty of opportunities for the very explosive Cordell Patterson. 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:53.000 Mike Fury said, so, do we anticipate him being in 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:55.360 the backfield? I think he wants to be. You and 0:07:55.440 --> 0:07:57.600 I have had the opportunity to interview him before and 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:00.160 Bears all access, and we asked him, do you want 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:02.160 to play at the line of scrimmager in the backfield? 0:08:02.160 --> 0:08:04.360 And he said in the backfield. So I think he's 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:07.040 capable of offering you a lot more. He can be 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:09.400 a ball carrier, he can take a pitch get to 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:12.040 the outside. They can throw him a screen, or they 0:08:12.040 --> 0:08:15.200 can have a matchup that's favorable to Cordarrel and send 0:08:15.240 --> 0:08:18.800 him down Heeld. So you know the offense may expand 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:22.640 in terms of the defense's fear of it when they 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:26.360 got Cordarrel in the backfield. That's top there. I'm Jeff, 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:28.600 Joni yak. We're gonna step away. When we come back. 0:08:28.680 --> 0:08:32.960 We'll listen in to John D. Filippo on his view 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:35.640 and trust of Nick Foles and also here more Bill 0:08:35.720 --> 0:08:38.640 Lazier on Mitch Drobiscio and his initial impressions are as. 0:08:38.640 --> 0:08:40.640 The Bears quarterback battle will be one of the top 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:43.240 stories in the national football legge this year. This is 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:45.839 Bears All Access, brought to you by IGS Energy on 0:08:46.000 --> 0:08:53.320 Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score. Welcome back to 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:55.880 Bears All Access brought to you by IGS Energy, a 0:08:55.920 --> 0:08:59.160 proud partner of the Chicago Bears, providing electricity, natural gas, 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:02.240 and home warranty products to over one million customers across 0:09:02.280 --> 0:09:05.600 the country. Learn more about IGS Energy at igs dot com. 0:09:05.679 --> 0:09:07.360 Jeff and Tim with you as you break down the 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:10.080 Bears and getting ready for their on field performances. Can't 0:09:10.080 --> 0:09:12.560 wait to get up to Alasaw and check things out. 0:09:12.559 --> 0:09:15.640 A lot too clear in terms of hurdles and so far, 0:09:15.720 --> 0:09:18.040 so good. You know, the COVID testing of the league 0:09:18.240 --> 0:09:21.760 has gone on daily and only about two point two 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:24.880 percent of players have been tested positive. They got to 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:26.880 keep it now, They got to be vigilant about it. 0:09:26.920 --> 0:09:29.360 Everybody seems to be on board with this and this 0:09:29.440 --> 0:09:31.320 is what they gotta do, and you just hope they 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:34.240 can sustain over the course of the season. That that's 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:36.600 really my biggest concern. Yeah, you know, you have to 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:39.079 treat everybody as an equal though, Jeff. You know one 0:09:39.080 --> 0:09:41.600 thing about football, and you earn seniority, You kind of 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:44.840 earn a little bit of priorities inside and outside the 0:09:44.880 --> 0:09:47.360 building in terms of the team. So when you have this, 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:50.559 you have to make sure that everybody is understand how 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:53.679 important they are to the outside the building success of 0:09:53.760 --> 0:09:56.600 this football team. So you want to make number one 0:09:57.280 --> 0:09:59.679 feel like sixty, and you want to make sixty feel 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:03.280 like number one. John d. Philippo, the Bear's new quarterback coach, 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:05.600 spent a lot of time talking about the quarterbacks, as 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:07.760 you might expect, but also other things about his coaching 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:11.160 style of whatnot this week, and he's a very hands on, 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:14.840 engaging coach. He speaks his mind. He's not afraid to 0:10:14.840 --> 0:10:18.640 tell a guy when he's doing something incorrect, and he'll 0:10:18.679 --> 0:10:20.480 get on you a bit, but he also pat you 0:10:20.520 --> 0:10:22.960 on the back as well. He does both, and that's 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:26.640 the definition of a teacher. John D. Philippo an expansive 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:29.840 answer Tom on why he trusts Nick Foles from his 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:33.120 experience with him in Philadelphia. First off, I think number one, 0:10:33.200 --> 0:10:36.040 Nick is a great person, and so obviously that gives 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:38.480 you trust that he's doing the right things, not only 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:40.560 in our building but outside our building. You know, he's 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:42.439 not going to be one of those guys that's you know, 0:10:42.520 --> 0:10:44.120 he's got two young kids. He's just had a son 0:10:44.200 --> 0:10:47.800 born not long ago, so you know, his wife, Tory's awesome. 0:10:48.600 --> 0:10:51.240 So he's going to be doing the right things on 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:53.160 and off the field, which I think games you respect 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:55.679 not only of the building, but of your teammates more importantly. 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:58.840 And then you know, obviously he's been around you know, 0:10:58.920 --> 0:11:01.840 the guys that are touched him the most during the day, 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:04.120 whether it be our head coach, whether it be our 0:11:04.160 --> 0:11:07.320 offensive coordinator, myself, you know, we all have different experiences. 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:10.520 You know with Nick from you know, Matt being his 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:15.360 quarterback coach, and from coach Laser being his quarterback coach 0:11:15.400 --> 0:11:17.280 when he was younger to me being his quarterback coach, 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:18.560 we want a super Bowl, and he was a little 0:11:18.559 --> 0:11:21.040 bit more of a veteran, so we all kind of 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:23.200 seeing Nick in different stages, so we kind of know 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:25.640 what we're getting there from a you know, from a 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:28.000 growth standpoint, and what he can handle from a growth 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:30.760 standpoint mentally and physically. And then you know, Nick does 0:11:30.800 --> 0:11:32.920 such a great job of taking care of his body. Uh, 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:34.920 you know, he's always going to be there and available. 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:38.600 Uh you know, he's he's just a guy that that 0:11:38.640 --> 0:11:40.760 you really trust in and he knows the offense and 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:42.880 you know, the majority of it, not all of it, 0:11:42.960 --> 0:11:45.920 but most of it. And there's some new things he's 0:11:45.960 --> 0:11:48.040 got to learn and we're challenging him to do that 0:11:48.160 --> 0:11:50.920 and do some things are a different way than he's 0:11:50.960 --> 0:11:53.319 been used to and he's been totally open and honest 0:11:53.360 --> 0:11:54.680 with that. So that's all you can ask for a 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:57.880 guy when you're trying to, you know, engage the trust factor. 0:11:58.640 --> 0:12:01.080 You know, one thing about Nick folds in his further 0:12:01.160 --> 0:12:04.840 advancement is going to be understanding the talent. He knows 0:12:04.880 --> 0:12:07.480 this offense and he can make tweaks and changes the 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:10.840 better he learns it, or it's repetitiously presented in front 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:13.679 of him. But he doesn't know how Jimmy Graham runs around. 0:12:13.800 --> 0:12:16.640 He doesn't know the value of Alan Robinson, the Tree Collins, 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:19.600 that David Montgomery's and all the other cast of characters. 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:22.360 So when you go through these reps on the field, 0:12:22.720 --> 0:12:25.760 you're paying attention not only the player calling, but you're 0:12:25.760 --> 0:12:28.360 paying attention to the type of talent that you're seeing. 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:30.800 He did also admit that the man has at a 0:12:30.880 --> 0:12:33.679 disadvantage taking the words of Matteggie from not being here 0:12:33.760 --> 0:12:36.640 during the offseason as the case was. Do you agree, Oh, 0:12:36.679 --> 0:12:39.160 I agree one hundred percent. But that's every position, every 0:12:39.200 --> 0:12:41.960 player in the NFL. There's going to be some type 0:12:42.000 --> 0:12:44.560 of setback that you're going to have to overcome. But 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:47.079 the veterans know how to do it best. All right, Now, 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:50.200 let's look at Bill Laser's view of Mitchell Trubisky so far. 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:53.320 Really get to understand what he's all about. Just not 0:12:53.559 --> 0:12:56.920 from watching take He's shown his great recall, which I 0:12:56.960 --> 0:12:59.760 think is a critical part for the quarterback. I mean, 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:04.080 when when we're talking about install on a play, he 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:06.320 can talk about you know when it was put in, 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:09.080 why it was put in, what the situations were, even 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:11.839 even what happened. And I just think, you know, one 0:13:11.880 --> 0:13:13.920 of the keys, like when a quarterback, here's a play 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:15.520 in the huddle, there's got to be recall, and the 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:19.480 recall has got to be not only what is this 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:22.760 play that's called right? To put it simply, but the 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:27.719 reason why the best quarterbacks in the league are typically, 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:30.520 you know, the older quarterbacks. The reason why the older quarterbacks, 0:13:30.559 --> 0:13:32.600 if they can do it physically, just get better and 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:35.240 better and better is because their recall is also a 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:38.960 library of all the experiences they've had playing that play. 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:41.160 Right when you get to the point where it's hard 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:43.800 to fool them anymore because they've seen all the defenses. Well, 0:13:43.800 --> 0:13:46.920 Mitch has shown me that he has that ability to recall. 0:13:47.000 --> 0:13:48.680 So I'd say that that would be one thing that 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:53.080 stands out on the field. Again, he hasn't been in 0:13:53.120 --> 0:13:56.199 a situation where the quarterbacks can go full speed yet, 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:59.600 but in our walk through situations, if we ask them 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:04.400 to do something that's different, he's able to do it. 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:06.280 If if something comes up and he said, you know what, 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:09.719 I don't we don't want to do that situation this year. 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:12.559 Maybe it's a brand new cadence. You know, it sounds 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:15.480 like a simple thing, but he can he can take 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:17.400 it and change it and make the correction and go 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:20.560 with it. And so, just like with any learner, you 0:14:20.600 --> 0:14:22.240 want a guy that you can get through too, or 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:24.520 a guy that can take it from the classroom and 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:28.120 then walk out onto the walk through grass and put 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:31.080 it right into action. And he's shown that so far 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:34.080 in uh, you know, next level will be when it 0:14:34.080 --> 0:14:36.800 gets to be full speed exactly. You know, first stage 0:14:36.800 --> 0:14:39.840 of evaluation is the classroom, But how do you transfer 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:43.960 recall to onto the field? Because you know, we can 0:14:44.000 --> 0:14:47.360 all sit there and understand something that's drawn up on 0:14:47.400 --> 0:14:49.200 the board in front of us, and we can answer 0:14:49.240 --> 0:14:51.840 the questions. But when you take the snap of the 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:54.880 ball and you feel that rush coming at you, now 0:14:54.960 --> 0:14:58.080 you see how officially are you having this recall where 0:14:58.080 --> 0:15:00.280 you can go from A to B to C with 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:03.360 great immediacy. Which brings up another question. Because he's worked 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:06.840 on his footwork, he's altered things in how he goes 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:10.920 about his mechanics. In a situation like that, that's a 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:14.920 lot maybe new that he's thinking about and he's understanding 0:15:14.920 --> 0:15:16.960 the offense because he's been in it, but they've tweaked it. 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:18.960 They've got a new coaches, he's got new voices in 0:15:19.000 --> 0:15:21.880 his head. Will you be watching that early on in 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:25.640 camp to see how he's processing all of that if 0:15:25.680 --> 0:15:29.120 you think you're beat right, And I think when you 0:15:29.200 --> 0:15:32.000 talk about all the processes that Mitch went through throughout 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:34.880 the offseason to get himself better, it's not something he 0:15:34.920 --> 0:15:37.320 can be thinking about. He just has to be doing 0:15:37.440 --> 0:15:40.920 naturally because he wrapped them so many times. He's just 0:15:40.960 --> 0:15:44.200 fluid at it now. Okay, then you take the information, 0:15:44.240 --> 0:15:47.240 you bring that to the line of scrimmage. Mitche also 0:15:47.320 --> 0:15:51.080 has to go through that process of knowing what he 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:54.800 just said, not thinking as the balls being snapped. That 0:15:54.920 --> 0:15:57.760 could be the most destructive thing to him. So again 0:15:57.800 --> 0:16:00.680 it's about taking that recall and put any in motion. 0:16:01.400 --> 0:16:03.200 We know what want Casto wants to the run game. 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:05.280 He wants he wants to mesh, he wants to get 0:16:05.360 --> 0:16:08.080 up there, be physical. Can you be as physical in 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:10.960 the past game? You know what, Jeff. If they are 0:16:11.040 --> 0:16:13.440 physical in the running game, that's going to help every 0:16:13.480 --> 0:16:16.400 element of the further parts of the offense and So 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:18.920 what I mean there if the defensive front has to 0:16:18.960 --> 0:16:22.280 respect the dominance of the run game of the Chicago Bears, 0:16:22.680 --> 0:16:24.520 now Walson, you get a team and you start throwing 0:16:24.560 --> 0:16:27.160 a little bit more play action in there that can 0:16:27.440 --> 0:16:30.920 expose Mitch to the running game or easy passes because 0:16:30.960 --> 0:16:34.760 there's focusing on stopping the run. That's an offensive lineman's 0:16:34.840 --> 0:16:38.080 dream right there. That's a head coach's goal in life 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:41.000 is to run the ball so well that if it 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:43.680 puts fear in the defense. And then when you run 0:16:43.720 --> 0:16:46.360 the ball, it opens up that downfield passing game even 0:16:46.400 --> 0:16:48.800 better because there's a lot of guys playing at the 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:51.480 line of Scrimma is trying to slow it down. Then 0:16:51.480 --> 0:16:53.440 all of sudden you take an advantage up because there's 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:56.160 limited numbers trying to cover that staff there, I'm Jeff 0:16:56.200 --> 0:16:59.760 Jonahac come it up next. Former Bears quarterback one NFL 0:16:59.800 --> 0:17:04.159 start in his entire career and then a huge takeoff 0:17:04.280 --> 0:17:06.720 in the Canadian Football League. Henry Burrus, now one of 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:09.120 the Bears assistant coaches helping out in training camp. Will 0:17:09.160 --> 0:17:11.480 talk to him next on Bears All Access here on 0:17:11.560 --> 0:17:21.200 Chicago Sports Radio six seven. 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Back in two thousand and two 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:45.359 with the Chicago Bears, the quarterback Henry Burris, who went 0:17:45.359 --> 0:17:47.080 on to have a Hall of Fame career in the 0:17:47.080 --> 0:17:49.920 Canadian Football League kind enough to spend some time now 0:17:49.960 --> 0:17:53.280 a member of the Bears coaching staff here during training camp. 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:56.480 What a great, great, great career you've had at a 0:17:56.480 --> 0:17:59.240 great journey, Henry. How the heck did that all fall 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:02.880 into place? Well, first of all, deep time, I mean, 0:18:03.000 --> 0:18:04.680 thank you both for having me off. And yeah, it's 0:18:04.680 --> 0:18:07.639 been a long time since we've gotten together and chatted 0:18:07.680 --> 0:18:10.119 about football. But you know what I mean, it was 0:18:10.160 --> 0:18:11.879 a different world for me when I was here. You know, 0:18:11.920 --> 0:18:14.080 I was still a young quarterback, a young kid who's 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:17.080 still trying to understand the game, still trying to find 0:18:17.080 --> 0:18:19.480 a place to get comfortable and you know, you also 0:18:19.560 --> 0:18:21.040 as a quarterback, you want to be in that place 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:23.159 with people that believe in you and give you that 0:18:23.200 --> 0:18:26.520 opportunity to overcome your struggles and and learn from that, 0:18:26.560 --> 0:18:28.240 because that's the only way you truly can grow in 0:18:28.280 --> 0:18:31.040 this game. But you know, for myself, I was given 0:18:31.080 --> 0:18:33.520 that opportunity in candidate where guys believed in me and 0:18:33.840 --> 0:18:37.639 they gave me an opportunity to build my career and 0:18:37.640 --> 0:18:39.760 not only as a man off the field, but also 0:18:39.800 --> 0:18:42.200 as an athlete and quarterback and leader on the field. 0:18:42.800 --> 0:18:45.080 And honestly, once I had that belief and I had 0:18:45.080 --> 0:18:47.480 that support behind me, you know, things just really took 0:18:47.560 --> 0:18:50.240 off an elevator for myself. And and you know, we 0:18:50.320 --> 0:18:52.880 all have that envision that we want to succeed as 0:18:52.880 --> 0:18:54.720 far as that what we're doing and that goal that 0:18:54.760 --> 0:18:57.120 we want to reach. And thankfully, my game was able 0:18:57.119 --> 0:18:59.200 to ascend in the right direction and really take off 0:18:59.200 --> 0:19:01.600 once I went up and and uh, you know, got 0:19:01.640 --> 0:19:03.840 the opportunity to show just to get to God to 0:19:03.880 --> 0:19:06.480 give him. You know, Henry, when when we look at 0:19:06.480 --> 0:19:09.320 your resume, it's unmatched by a lot of football players 0:19:09.640 --> 0:19:12.040 in the US or in the Canadian league. But I 0:19:12.040 --> 0:19:16.320 would like to know, what's the foundation of your resiliency. Well, 0:19:16.600 --> 0:19:19.400 I think there's just that that inner desire I've I've 0:19:19.440 --> 0:19:22.760 had to to I guess I might have gotten that 0:19:22.840 --> 0:19:25.280 from my father. You know, he was a you know, 0:19:25.320 --> 0:19:27.359 a black man who was you know, one of I 0:19:27.359 --> 0:19:29.119 guess in the area at the time. Him growing up, 0:19:29.160 --> 0:19:30.800 he was one of the top baseball players in the 0:19:30.840 --> 0:19:33.560 state of Oklahoma, you know, in a collegiate level, and 0:19:33.640 --> 0:19:35.919 especially in the conference that he played in at Southeastern 0:19:35.960 --> 0:19:40.640 Oklahoma State University UM and uh. But you know, when 0:19:40.640 --> 0:19:43.280