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Speaker 1: and Dan Barelly. I'll put us out as well as
Speaker 1: we inch closer to a full squad on the field
Speaker 1: practice time, maybe in the next week and a half
Speaker 1: or so. As Modified Training Camp twenty twenty rolls now.
Speaker 1: We're setting the stage for you in a very hopeful
Speaker 1: about the twenty twenty season. It goes out without a hitch.
Speaker 1: Heard Danny Javathan yesterday, Tom, you know they're going about
Speaker 1: this not knowing for sure if they're even gonna play. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but I was really inspired by the response of Danny
Speaker 1: Trevathan saying that these guys are a bunch of professionals
Speaker 1: and they're all going to go about their business the
Speaker 1: right way inside the building and outside the building. Probably
Speaker 1: more importantly, and as we heard on Thursday, fourteen assistant
Speaker 1: coaches were available. I mean, it was a Smorger sport. Tom.
Speaker 1: You know, I've always liked when the assistants get to
Speaker 1: talk because they get real in depth with their guys.
Speaker 1: So we're gonna hear a bunch from Mike Fury, We're
Speaker 1: gonna hear from John d. Filippo, Jay Rogers, Chris Taber
Speaker 1: on this call. We're also going to hear a little
Speaker 1: road Kuan Smith and Danny Trevathan throughout the show. And
Speaker 1: then Happy Hank. Happy Hank. Does everybody know who Happy
Speaker 1: Hank was? Circa two thousand and two? Hey, you know,
Speaker 1: they're gonna have to jog your memory because there's probably
Speaker 1: not a lot of positive reflections in terms of football.
Speaker 1: But what he was able to accomplish is a Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame career right in the Canadian Football League. Henry Burris,
Speaker 1: who's now part of the Bill Walsh Minority Fellowship program
Speaker 1: with the Bears, so he's up at Hattisaw working with
Speaker 1: the offense and Matt Naggie and the quarterbacks, and so
Speaker 1: that'll be a insightful conversation with a very engaging player
Speaker 1: here at that time. But as Tom pointed out, he's
Speaker 1: now in his forties and he put together a Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame career in the Canadian football. He does some
Speaker 1: TV work up at TSN in Canada, which is a
Speaker 1: big network, not unlike ESPN here in the States. I
Speaker 1: want to focus though on Bill Laser, Tom, because the
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator trying to learn everybody and get to know
Speaker 1: what exactly the plan is going to be. Another run
Speaker 1: game means a lot to you and I. We're old
Speaker 1: school football guys, and that was right up your alley
Speaker 1: as an offensive lineman for the Bears during your time
Speaker 1: with Chicago and Notre Dame career two and at Juliet Catholic.
Speaker 1: So the run game resonates with us before I play.
Speaker 1: What he has to say about what's critical in designing
Speaker 1: a run game just from what you've been able to
Speaker 1: piece together, and what do you think the run game
Speaker 1: will look like that it didn't look like last year? Well,
Speaker 1: I think outside the new approach by Wanca, still the
Speaker 1: offensive line code assisted by Brown, the tight ends coach.
Speaker 1: You know, I think it's the opportunity to put David
Speaker 1: and Montgomery into the second year of the system because
Speaker 1: Matt Naggie was trying to build an offense and really
Speaker 1: didn't know what David Montgomery was capable of. So I
Speaker 1: really think that increases the profile the offense because David
Speaker 1: Montgomery can do it all. He can block, he could
Speaker 1: run the ball, he can avoid tackles, and he can
Speaker 1: catch the ball equally as well. And I think that's
Speaker 1: a really important starting point of the combination a new
Speaker 1: oh line approach approach to David Montgomery. All Right. Bill
Speaker 1: Lazier earlier this week on the critical aspects of designing
Speaker 1: the run game Personally, I think it's critical. I think
Speaker 1: the real critical part of it is that everyone's together
Speaker 1: on how it's designed. Because there are different ways to
Speaker 1: get it done. There's some teams that are great run
Speaker 1: teams that are zone schemes. There are some teams that
Speaker 1: are great run teams that are more man schemes. So
Speaker 1: there are a lot of ways to do it. I
Speaker 1: think the key is that you have everyone understanding this
Speaker 1: is our philosophy of how we're going to run the ball,
Speaker 1: this is what's important to us. This is how your
Speaker 1: technique has to match it and how we coordinate everyone
Speaker 1: together with the calls, with the timing, with the formations.
Speaker 1: To me, more than the specific and I hope I'm
Speaker 1: answering your question more than the specific, run is how
Speaker 1: you install it, how you teach it, how you practice
Speaker 1: it so everyone is together and that the techniques that
Speaker 1: they work on during their individual periods and then their
Speaker 1: competition periods against the defense. You know, O line versus
Speaker 1: D line, tight end versus out tobacker, they're all those things,
Speaker 1: streamline and direct towards this is how we want to
Speaker 1: run the football. The next level for the coaches then
Speaker 1: is okay, this is what we want to be. Here
Speaker 1: are the players we have. Right, to some degree in
Speaker 1: a given year, you can direct your player acquisition towards
Speaker 1: the vision you have of running the ball, but to
Speaker 1: some degree you don't. You also have to evaluate the
Speaker 1: players you have once you finally put pads on. I
Speaker 1: believe we will eventually right and then make decisions. Tom,
Speaker 1: what do you think? You know he's saying the right things,
Speaker 1: because that's how you have to go the evaluation process
Speaker 1: of properly putting together a running game. It's really complicated.
Speaker 1: I know it seems easy, like run that way and
Speaker 1: throw the ball to David Montgomery. It's more intricately designed.
Speaker 1: It is very choreographed. So to take these guys from
Speaker 1: the classroom to the grass field with cleats on and
Speaker 1: no equipment, and then to the equipment and the battlegrounds
Speaker 1: of the offense and defensive line. It's totally three different
Speaker 1: teaching phases. But everything that he's taken to an account
Speaker 1: in terms of you have to first of all evaluate
Speaker 1: your weaponry. That you have to see what you can
Speaker 1: do and how aggressive you can be. So heard Wan
Speaker 1: Castillo the other day, and he mentioned Brian Westbrook as
Speaker 1: David Montgomery, and that means a lot more. In the
Speaker 1: passing game, which you and I both have discussed, is
Speaker 1: a very real possibility of David Montgomery. You know, yes,
Speaker 1: you have to recoon, You definitely have to recon in
Speaker 1: that regard too, But David Montgomery in the passing game
Speaker 1: is also a weapon. You know, the greatest thing about
Speaker 1: David Montgomery, Jeff, is his toughness has already been tested.
Speaker 1: You know that if he has to carry the ball
Speaker 1: up the middle of the field twenty or thirty times
Speaker 1: a game. He's willing to do that repeatedly, and he
Speaker 1: can do it very well. However, if he can bring
Speaker 1: that dynamic of catching the ball out of the backfield
Speaker 1: away from eight to nine man lines of scrimmage, you're
Speaker 1: going to see open territory form. He know, they know
Speaker 1: he's the tough guy. Now they got to make sure
Speaker 1: they understand that he can be the receiver that they
Speaker 1: want in a running back. I don't remember what play
Speaker 1: it was a team. I know the play, but he
Speaker 1: was running down the seam out of the backfield and
Speaker 1: he had to adjust, turned completely around, twisted his body
Speaker 1: and make the catch. I think he's a really good
Speaker 1: ball tracker, and I think he is able to then
Speaker 1: get his feet and shoulders back in line and get
Speaker 1: up field and makes yards after the catch. In that regard,
Speaker 1: How flexible is he in your opinion with that in
Speaker 1: terms of his hips and whatnot. You know we've seen
Speaker 1: that from when he got here, how fluid he was
Speaker 1: in catching balls just as easy as you know playing
Speaker 1: catch between he and the quarterback and running distance routes.
Speaker 1: You know one thing about David Montgomery when you see
Speaker 1: that type of play, he can go to the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage, line up in the backfield or the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage and be the primary or receiver of the route.
Speaker 1: And that's a great trait to have because when you
Speaker 1: think of the wheel route and the history of Soldier Field, Jeff,
Speaker 1: there's one play that comes to mind, and you know
Speaker 1: how effective it was. So if we can see David
Speaker 1: Montgomery do that once a game, you know, three times
Speaker 1: every five games, you're talking about the possibility of a
Speaker 1: big play. Now we also hear that there is going
Speaker 1: to be plenty of opportunities for the very explosive Cordell Patterson.
Speaker 1: Mike Fury said, so, do we anticipate him being in
Speaker 1: the backfield? I think he wants to be. You and
Speaker 1: I have had the opportunity to interview him before and
Speaker 1: Bears all access, and we asked him, do you want
Speaker 1: to play at the line of scrimmager in the backfield?
Speaker 1: And he said in the backfield. So I think he's
Speaker 1: capable of offering you a lot more. He can be
Speaker 1: a ball carrier, he can take a pitch get to
Speaker 1: the outside. They can throw him a screen, or they
Speaker 1: can have a matchup that's favorable to Cordarrel and send
Speaker 1: him down Heeld. So you know the offense may expand
Speaker 1: in terms of the defense's fear of it when they
Speaker 1: got Cordarrel in the backfield. That's top there. I'm Jeff,
Speaker 1: Joni yak. We're gonna step away. When we come back.
Speaker 1: We'll listen in to John D. Filippo on his view
Speaker 1: and trust of Nick Foles and also here more Bill
Speaker 1: Lazier on Mitch Drobiscio and his initial impressions are as.
Speaker 1: The Bears quarterback battle will be one of the top
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Speaker 1: Jeff and Tim with you as you break down the
Speaker 1: Bears and getting ready for their on field performances. Can't
Speaker 1: wait to get up to Alasaw and check things out.
Speaker 1: A lot too clear in terms of hurdles and so far,
Speaker 1: so good. You know, the COVID testing of the league
Speaker 1: has gone on daily and only about two point two
Speaker 1: percent of players have been tested positive. They got to
Speaker 1: keep it now, They got to be vigilant about it.
Speaker 1: Everybody seems to be on board with this and this
Speaker 1: is what they gotta do, and you just hope they
Speaker 1: can sustain over the course of the season. That that's
Speaker 1: really my biggest concern. Yeah, you know, you have to
Speaker 1: treat everybody as an equal though, Jeff. You know one
Speaker 1: thing about football, and you earn seniority, You kind of
Speaker 1: earn a little bit of priorities inside and outside the
Speaker 1: building in terms of the team. So when you have this,
Speaker 1: you have to make sure that everybody is understand how
Speaker 1: important they are to the outside the building success of
Speaker 1: this football team. So you want to make number one
Speaker 1: feel like sixty, and you want to make sixty feel
Speaker 1: like number one. John d. Philippo, the Bear's new quarterback coach,
Speaker 1: spent a lot of time talking about the quarterbacks, as
Speaker 1: you might expect, but also other things about his coaching
Speaker 1: style of whatnot this week, and he's a very hands on,
Speaker 1: engaging coach. He speaks his mind. He's not afraid to
Speaker 1: tell a guy when he's doing something incorrect, and he'll
Speaker 1: get on you a bit, but he also pat you
Speaker 1: on the back as well. He does both, and that's
Speaker 1: the definition of a teacher. John D. Philippo an expansive
Speaker 1: answer Tom on why he trusts Nick Foles from his
Speaker 1: experience with him in Philadelphia. First off, I think number one,
Speaker 1: Nick is a great person, and so obviously that gives
Speaker 1: you trust that he's doing the right things, not only
Speaker 1: in our building but outside our building. You know, he's
Speaker 1: not going to be one of those guys that's you know,
Speaker 1: he's got two young kids. He's just had a son
Speaker 1: born not long ago, so you know, his wife, Tory's awesome.
Speaker 1: So he's going to be doing the right things on
Speaker 1: and off the field, which I think games you respect
Speaker 1: not only of the building, but of your teammates more importantly.
Speaker 1: And then you know, obviously he's been around you know,
Speaker 1: the guys that are touched him the most during the day,
Speaker 1: whether it be our head coach, whether it be our
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator, myself, you know, we all have different experiences.
Speaker 1: You know with Nick from you know, Matt being his
Speaker 1: quarterback coach, and from coach Laser being his quarterback coach
Speaker 1: when he was younger to me being his quarterback coach,
Speaker 1: we want a super Bowl, and he was a little
Speaker 1: bit more of a veteran, so we all kind of
Speaker 1: seeing Nick in different stages, so we kind of know
Speaker 1: what we're getting there from a you know, from a
Speaker 1: growth standpoint, and what he can handle from a growth
Speaker 1: standpoint mentally and physically. And then you know, Nick does
Speaker 1: such a great job of taking care of his body. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, he's always going to be there and available.
Speaker 1: Uh you know, he's he's just a guy that that
Speaker 1: you really trust in and he knows the offense and
Speaker 1: you know, the majority of it, not all of it,
Speaker 1: but most of it. And there's some new things he's
Speaker 1: got to learn and we're challenging him to do that
Speaker 1: and do some things are a different way than he's
Speaker 1: been used to and he's been totally open and honest
Speaker 1: with that. So that's all you can ask for a
Speaker 1: guy when you're trying to, you know, engage the trust factor.
Speaker 1: You know, one thing about Nick folds in his further
Speaker 1: advancement is going to be understanding the talent. He knows
Speaker 1: this offense and he can make tweaks and changes the
Speaker 1: better he learns it, or it's repetitiously presented in front
Speaker 1: of him. But he doesn't know how Jimmy Graham runs around.
Speaker 1: He doesn't know the value of Alan Robinson, the Tree Collins,
Speaker 1: that David Montgomery's and all the other cast of characters.
Speaker 1: So when you go through these reps on the field,
Speaker 1: you're paying attention not only the player calling, but you're
Speaker 1: paying attention to the type of talent that you're seeing.
Speaker 1: He did also admit that the man has at a
Speaker 1: disadvantage taking the words of Matteggie from not being here
Speaker 1: during the offseason as the case was. Do you agree, Oh,
Speaker 1: I agree one hundred percent. But that's every position, every
Speaker 1: player in the NFL. There's going to be some type
Speaker 1: of setback that you're going to have to overcome. But
Speaker 1: the veterans know how to do it best. All right, Now,
Speaker 1: let's look at Bill Laser's view of Mitchell Trubisky so far.
Speaker 1: Really get to understand what he's all about. Just not
Speaker 1: from watching take He's shown his great recall, which I
Speaker 1: think is a critical part for the quarterback. I mean,
Speaker 1: when when we're talking about install on a play, he
Speaker 1: can talk about you know when it was put in,
Speaker 1: why it was put in, what the situations were, even
Speaker 1: even what happened. And I just think, you know, one
Speaker 1: of the keys, like when a quarterback, here's a play
Speaker 1: in the huddle, there's got to be recall, and the
Speaker 1: recall has got to be not only what is this
Speaker 1: play that's called right? To put it simply, but the
Speaker 1: reason why the best quarterbacks in the league are typically,
Speaker 1: you know, the older quarterbacks. The reason why the older quarterbacks,
Speaker 1: if they can do it physically, just get better and
Speaker 1: better and better is because their recall is also a
Speaker 1: library of all the experiences they've had playing that play.
Speaker 1: Right when you get to the point where it's hard
Speaker 1: to fool them anymore because they've seen all the defenses. Well,
Speaker 1: Mitch has shown me that he has that ability to recall.
Speaker 1: So I'd say that that would be one thing that
Speaker 1: stands out on the field. Again, he hasn't been in
Speaker 1: a situation where the quarterbacks can go full speed yet,
Speaker 1: but in our walk through situations, if we ask them
Speaker 1: to do something that's different, he's able to do it.
Speaker 1: If if something comes up and he said, you know what,
Speaker 1: I don't we don't want to do that situation this year.
Speaker 1: Maybe it's a brand new cadence. You know, it sounds
Speaker 1: like a simple thing, but he can he can take
Speaker 1: it and change it and make the correction and go
Speaker 1: with it. And so, just like with any learner, you
Speaker 1: want a guy that you can get through too, or
Speaker 1: a guy that can take it from the classroom and
Speaker 1: then walk out onto the walk through grass and put
Speaker 1: it right into action. And he's shown that so far
Speaker 1: in uh, you know, next level will be when it
Speaker 1: gets to be full speed exactly. You know, first stage
Speaker 1: of evaluation is the classroom, But how do you transfer
Speaker 1: recall to onto the field? Because you know, we can
Speaker 1: all sit there and understand something that's drawn up on
Speaker 1: the board in front of us, and we can answer
Speaker 1: the questions. But when you take the snap of the
Speaker 1: ball and you feel that rush coming at you, now
Speaker 1: you see how officially are you having this recall where
Speaker 1: you can go from A to B to C with
Speaker 1: great immediacy. Which brings up another question. Because he's worked
Speaker 1: on his footwork, he's altered things in how he goes
Speaker 1: about his mechanics. In a situation like that, that's a
Speaker 1: lot maybe new that he's thinking about and he's understanding
Speaker 1: the offense because he's been in it, but they've tweaked it.
Speaker 1: They've got a new coaches, he's got new voices in
Speaker 1: his head. Will you be watching that early on in
Speaker 1: camp to see how he's processing all of that if
Speaker 1: you think you're beat right, And I think when you
Speaker 1: talk about all the processes that Mitch went through throughout
Speaker 1: the offseason to get himself better, it's not something he
Speaker 1: can be thinking about. He just has to be doing
Speaker 1: naturally because he wrapped them so many times. He's just
Speaker 1: fluid at it now. Okay, then you take the information,
Speaker 1: you bring that to the line of scrimmage. Mitche also
Speaker 1: has to go through that process of knowing what he
Speaker 1: just said, not thinking as the balls being snapped. That
Speaker 1: could be the most destructive thing to him. So again
Speaker 1: it's about taking that recall and put any in motion.
Speaker 1: We know what want Casto wants to the run game.
Speaker 1: He wants he wants to mesh, he wants to get
Speaker 1: up there, be physical. Can you be as physical in
Speaker 1: the past game? You know what, Jeff. If they are
Speaker 1: physical in the running game, that's going to help every
Speaker 1: element of the further parts of the offense and So
Speaker 1: what I mean there if the defensive front has to
Speaker 1: respect the dominance of the run game of the Chicago Bears,
Speaker 1: now Walson, you get a team and you start throwing
Speaker 1: a little bit more play action in there that can
Speaker 1: expose Mitch to the running game or easy passes because
Speaker 1: there's focusing on stopping the run. That's an offensive lineman's
Speaker 1: dream right there. That's a head coach's goal in life
Speaker 1: is to run the ball so well that if it
Speaker 1: puts fear in the defense. And then when you run
Speaker 1: the ball, it opens up that downfield passing game even
Speaker 1: better because there's a lot of guys playing at the
Speaker 1: line of Scrimma is trying to slow it down. Then
Speaker 1: all of sudden you take an advantage up because there's
Speaker 1: limited numbers trying to cover that staff there, I'm Jeff
Speaker 1: Jonahac come it up next. Former Bears quarterback one NFL
Speaker 1: start in his entire career and then a huge takeoff
Speaker 1: in the Canadian Football League. Henry Burrus, now one of
Speaker 1: the Bears assistant coaches helping out in training camp. Will
Speaker 1: talk to him next on Bears All Access here on
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Speaker 1: there here on Bears All Access, brought to you by
Speaker 1: IGS Energy and joined by a man we last saw
Speaker 1: here in Chicago anyway, And if I'm not right, you
Speaker 1: gotta correct me. Henry. Back in two thousand and two
Speaker 1: with the Chicago Bears, the quarterback Henry Burris, who went
Speaker 1: on to have a Hall of Fame career in the
Speaker 1: Canadian Football League kind enough to spend some time now
Speaker 1: a member of the Bears coaching staff here during training camp.
Speaker 1: What a great, great, great career you've had at a
Speaker 1: great journey, Henry. How the heck did that all fall
Speaker 1: into place? Well, first of all, deep time, I mean,
Speaker 1: thank you both for having me off. And yeah, it's
Speaker 1: been a long time since we've gotten together and chatted
Speaker 1: about football. But you know what I mean, it was
Speaker 1: a different world for me when I was here. You know,
Speaker 1: I was still a young quarterback, a young kid who's
Speaker 1: still trying to understand the game, still trying to find
Speaker 1: a place to get comfortable and you know, you also
Speaker 1: as a quarterback, you want to be in that place
Speaker 1: with people that believe in you and give you that
Speaker 1: opportunity to overcome your struggles and and learn from that,
Speaker 1: because that's the only way you truly can grow in
Speaker 1: this game. But you know, for myself, I was given
Speaker 1: that opportunity in candidate where guys believed in me and
Speaker 1: they gave me an opportunity to build my career and
Speaker 1: not only as a man off the field, but also
Speaker 1: as an athlete and quarterback and leader on the field.
Speaker 1: And honestly, once I had that belief and I had
Speaker 1: that support behind me, you know, things just really took
Speaker 1: off an elevator for myself. And and you know, we
Speaker 1: all have that envision that we want to succeed as
Speaker 1: far as that what we're doing and that goal that
Speaker 1: we want to reach. And thankfully, my game was able
Speaker 1: to ascend in the right direction and really take off
Speaker 1: once I went up and and uh, you know, got
Speaker 1: the opportunity to show just to get to God to
Speaker 1: give him. You know, Henry, when when we look at
Speaker 1: your resume, it's unmatched by a lot of football players
Speaker 1: in the US or in the Canadian league. But I
Speaker 1: would like to know, what's the foundation of your resiliency. Well,
Speaker 1: I think there's just that that inner desire I've I've
Speaker 1: had to to I guess I might have gotten that
Speaker 1: from my father. You know, he was a you know,
Speaker 1: a black man who was you know, one of I
Speaker 1: guess in the area at the time. Him growing up,
Speaker 1: he was one of the top baseball players in the
Speaker 1: state of Oklahoma, you know, in a collegiate level, and
Speaker 1: especially in the conference that he played in at Southeastern
Speaker 1: Oklahoma State University UM and uh. But you know, when
Speaker 1: he came to this opportunity to work out for professional teams,
Speaker 1: you know, when scouts would show up and they find
Speaker 1: out that, you know, he was a black man playing
Speaker 1: on a white team, a lot of scouts turned their
Speaker 1: back on him. And I think just from having that
Speaker 1: past being in my DNA now to never say die attitude.
Speaker 1: And of course my father went on to serve in
Speaker 1: Vietnam after getting drafted into the war, and instead of
Speaker 1: spending time by bars for saying no, you know, he
Speaker 1: said he would never do that, and thankfully he went
Speaker 1: over there for fourteen months and came back and just
Speaker 1: hearing those types of stories and seeing other people go
Speaker 1: through different things like that, and you know, seeing so
Speaker 1: many different black quarterbacks like Jefferson Street, Joe Gillham and
Speaker 1: Bernie Cutters and so many others who played the game
Speaker 1: back in the day and reading books about just their journeys,
Speaker 1: you know, for me to see those men do the
Speaker 1: thing that things that they went through or make the
Speaker 1: sacrifice that they made, and for me to get this opportunity,
Speaker 1: and just when people said no, for me to sit
Speaker 1: there and look at it as Okay, no, I can't
Speaker 1: take it for grant for what they say. I can't
Speaker 1: let them define my legacy. Only I can define my
Speaker 1: legacy to finding ways to make myself better, learning from
Speaker 1: the mistakes I made and making sure I don't make
Speaker 1: those mistakes to give because for me to get to
Speaker 1: this point, somebody had to put their hand on me
Speaker 1: and blessing with this gift, and I was not for
Speaker 1: me to perfect it the best that I can and
Speaker 1: give myself the best opportunity to help and only make
Speaker 1: myself successful, but to make my teammates successful, which for
Speaker 1: me was either more important. Former Bears quarterback Henry Burris
Speaker 1: our guest here on Bears All Access with Tom Fair.
Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Joni joining former Bear John Timu, the former
Speaker 1: Washington Star linebacker as an assistant here for the Bears.
Speaker 1: This is part of the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship.
Speaker 1: It's been quite bountiful in terms of numbers of people
Speaker 1: over the years, Henry, but it's a it's a great
Speaker 1: way to break into the coaching ranks. And is this
Speaker 1: a path you'd like to take. I know you're doing
Speaker 1: media work as well with the Sports Network up in Canada,
Speaker 1: and you've done some radio and television after your playing career,
Speaker 1: but is this something you'd like to pursue Totally something
Speaker 1: I knew at some point I definitely was going to
Speaker 1: get involved in. And it's one of those things where
Speaker 1: you never knowing that you're going to reach that junction
Speaker 1: on the train. But I think now it's pulled up
Speaker 1: to the station because honestly, happening in this world for
Speaker 1: a reason, and you know, and it's calling for change,
Speaker 1: and I know now more than ever, more strong men
Speaker 1: are out there are needed to make a presence in
Speaker 1: young men's live and and for me, I've always found
Speaker 1: a way to do that through the game of football.
Speaker 1: And you know, what better stage and what better brand
Speaker 1: to affiliate with, and the NFL and also with the
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears, one the most is not the most storied
Speaker 1: organization as far as in all of football, and and
Speaker 1: so for me to have a chance to come down
Speaker 1: here and start the journey and to show my commitment
Speaker 1: by going to the NFL Combine and meeting with a
Speaker 1: number of different coaches from different teams and starting that networking,
Speaker 1: and especially being in the league for playing twenty years
Speaker 1: of professional football as a player, you know, you know,
Speaker 1: I've made some great connections over those years, and so
Speaker 1: for people to see that I'm putting that lesson right
Speaker 1: foot forward now, to put that effort out there and
Speaker 1: show that I'm not a guy who's you know, banking
Speaker 1: on the fact of just what my resume is in
Speaker 1: the past. Yes, I hope that experience, should you know,
Speaker 1: create some comfort to showing that at least this guide
Speaker 1: you know, has been out there, he understands the whole
Speaker 1: ramifications and the process of putting together game plans and
Speaker 1: XS and those and all that. But to me, it's
Speaker 1: about the person that I've become. All the things that
Speaker 1: I've experienced, I've been with good coaching. I've been with
Speaker 1: bad coaching, and I understand what it takes you to help.
Speaker 1: You know, from a coaching perspective, to get through to
Speaker 1: your players, it's bigger than just sitting in office. It's
Speaker 1: all about what takes place outside the office. So to
Speaker 1: be able to share those things and help impact men
Speaker 1: is not only becoming better players, that more importantly better people,
Speaker 1: better husband's, better community ambassadors, better fathers. I mean, that's
Speaker 1: all encapsulated as far as in what coaching does. But
Speaker 1: also look at the people you can impact, not only
Speaker 1: in this great, great community here in a place like Chicago,
Speaker 1: but really all over the US because so many eyes
Speaker 1: are watching you and your journey and it's time for
Speaker 1: us men to make great decisions. So therefore the ones
Speaker 1: that looked up us can follow follow in our footsteps
Speaker 1: and take the baton and continue to run in that
Speaker 1: next generation. So now you've been introduced to the Bears
Speaker 1: offense a little bit, and throughout all your time in
Speaker 1: the different offenses you've seen, is there one offense that
Speaker 1: you play in and that resembles this Bear offense or
Speaker 1: was it all new information to you? Well, it's something
Speaker 1: that actually the last office that played, and it's very
Speaker 1: similar because a lot of the concepts are the same,
Speaker 1: and it's something just how interconnected, you know, the things
Speaker 1: that we did in the Canadian Football League and here
Speaker 1: in the NFL, it's pretty much a lot of the
Speaker 1: same stuff now. And and the pretty much offense I
Speaker 1: ran up North was Mark Trestman's old offense, so it's
Speaker 1: definitely the West Coast style offense that he's been able
Speaker 1: to build over the years. And but then when you
Speaker 1: look at it, I'm seeing like, wow, if Brad Children's
Speaker 1: offense is the same as as what you know, the
Speaker 1: offense I ran last year, just how the teaching is.
Speaker 1: But again, the different mechanisms that takes places mainly through terminology,
Speaker 1: and that's kind of the biggest as a aspect of
Speaker 1: this offense that I have to make the adjustments with.
Speaker 1: It's making sure I'm speaking the same sheet of music
Speaker 1: as the coaching staff, but as far as understanding you know,
Speaker 1: the reads, the footwork and different things that come into
Speaker 1: executing this offense as a quarterback, you know, pretty much
Speaker 1: everything is status quo as far as what I've learned
Speaker 1: in the past. So it's it's pretty refreshing to know
Speaker 1: that all that I've been through is all for none
Speaker 1: and now, and I'm seeing different things being inserted on
Speaker 1: a daily basis. I'm like, Okay, I remember that play
Speaker 1: and then maybe something pops in my head. Okay, but
Speaker 1: this is what I learned from that play. And so
Speaker 1: I mean, it's like I said, it's refreshing and it's
Speaker 1: pretty outstanding. The fact that you know, all the experience
Speaker 1: I'm able to bring to the table. It definitely I
Speaker 1: can definitely refer back to that, especially when addressing the
Speaker 1: coaches or even the players to that aspect. Well, Henry,
Speaker 1: it's no secret there's a quarterback derby going on here
Speaker 1: in Chicago. When I look at your stats, sixty eight
Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns, you ever over five thousand yards five point
Speaker 1: nine yards per carry. Why is Canadian quarterback so successful?
Speaker 1: Because Damon Allen is the leader in the Canadian Football
Speaker 1: League with ninety three rushing touchdowns. Why is that such
Speaker 1: a such a big part of Canadian quarterback play. Well,
Speaker 1: I mean, I think the Canadian quarterback was kind of
Speaker 1: the coming of what is now the more athletic style
Speaker 1: quarterback that you're now seeing down South. You know, you
Speaker 1: looked at this past draft. I mean all the kids,
Speaker 1: the majority of the kids that were being drafted, even
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow, their kids who not only can pick you
Speaker 1: apart in the pocket, you know, just with their mental
Speaker 1: progression and understanding how to manage an offense from the pocket,
Speaker 1: but making good decisions, but also using their feet because
Speaker 1: defensive athletes is you guys can see and Tom, I
Speaker 1: know definitely you just can see this just how much
Speaker 1: faster and more athletic you know, these these at the
Speaker 1: defensive linemen are. I mean, you can't be a statute
Speaker 1: quarterback without an offense, a great offensive line and be
Speaker 1: able to survive in today's game. And it just isn't possible.
Speaker 1: And I mean right now the successful quarterbacks of the
Speaker 1: guys who can drop back and go through their progression,
Speaker 1: but really within three seconds, if nothing's there, you need
Speaker 1: to either use your feet and run for your life
Speaker 1: or throw the ball away. So it's always a major component,
Speaker 1: especially with that huge field because it's down here. You
Speaker 1: got a fifty two fifty three yard wide field in
Speaker 1: the NFL up there the field to sixty five yards
Speaker 1: wide and you only have three downs, so you got
Speaker 1: first down, second down, and if you're not manageable situation
Speaker 1: a second and short, you're gonna be punting on third down,
Speaker 1: so you have to be very efficient, make good decisions.
Speaker 1: But hey, let's not get as few guys. I was slow.
Speaker 1: I was never known as the Canada. Majority of my
Speaker 1: touchdowns came on one yard sneaks because, as you know,
Speaker 1: in the CFL, the defensive line is a yard off
Speaker 1: the ball. So when you get to the one yard line,
Speaker 1: our pluns was just the quarterback keeping it and driving
Speaker 1: a seat and running quarterback sneaks, finding a gap and
Speaker 1: making sure you plug in their stay low and get
Speaker 1: into that zone. So that's probably where all my touchdowns
Speaker 1: came from. Henry Burrus our guest here remaining moments with
Speaker 1: the former Bearers quarterback, but more importantly, a Canadian Football
Speaker 1: League Hall of Famer out makes his home if I'm
Speaker 1: not mistaken, in Ottawa, and you fell in love with
Speaker 1: that place up there. But you know, what did that
Speaker 1: one NFL start do for you? How did it manifest
Speaker 1: itself for the rest of your career because you had
Speaker 1: to play with last minute notice. If I'm not mistaken,
Speaker 1: John Shoop was the offensive coordinator. We're playing in champagne
Speaker 1: A Memorial Stadium, the eventual Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay
Speaker 1: Buccaneers are your opponent. Wow. I mean I went back
Speaker 1: at that game and you know, after peeting my pants
Speaker 1: one finding out like the day before, I'm starting a
Speaker 1: good Tampa and I'm like, oh my gosh. And then
Speaker 1: You're looking at TV and people are saying this is
Speaker 1: the best defense probably ever in the NFL. I'm thinking, great, thanks,
Speaker 1: you know, But I always ask myself, man, if I
Speaker 1: could have known then what I know right now, it
Speaker 1: would have been I think it would have been a
Speaker 1: much different game. But you know, especially from a confident standpoint.
Speaker 1: But uh, you know what, it's one of those situations
Speaker 1: where I always say that, man, I learned so much
Speaker 1: from that evening and it's just unfortunately I didn't have
Speaker 1: a chance to follow up off of that because, yeah,
Speaker 1: I turned the ball over, I did those things. But
Speaker 1: my thing was the moment was bigger than me. And
Speaker 1: you know, for me starting my first game in that situation,
Speaker 1: you know, I felt I shouldn't prepared better. I felt
Speaker 1: I should have done a lot of things better. Uh,
Speaker 1: and the moment was too big for me then. But again,
Speaker 1: you know, It took those moments to help me grow
Speaker 1: into the person and the player that I became, and
Speaker 1: I was truly thankful for that, And you know, that's
Speaker 1: something I'll always look back on. I'll probably never watch
Speaker 1: the game because it's one of those things because they're
Speaker 1: always replaying in my mind, but you know, that'll be
Speaker 1: a memory that I'll always hold on to forever, and hopefully,
Speaker 1: you know, for one day I can get a chance
Speaker 1: to be a coach. You know, I'll make sure that
Speaker 1: you know, any young quarterback that's coming up looking for
Speaker 1: that opportunity, I'll make sure all my quarterbacks are coached
Speaker 1: up ready to go, just as the starters, and that
Speaker 1: any you know, you know that they can cross their
Speaker 1: teas and dot their eyes, so whatever situation that they're
Speaker 1: faced with, they'll know exactly how to respond, because it's
Speaker 1: all about being confident. If you can be confident, rehearsal
Speaker 1: those things mentally and you step out on the football field,
Speaker 1: that's the easy part. On game days, practice is always hard.
Speaker 1: Game days are easy. But for me on that night, guys,
Speaker 1: that was a tough game night. I could probably do that.
Speaker 1: That's what I definitely don't want to relive again. I
Speaker 1: have a great time with the Bears this training camp,
Speaker 1: and you never know, you never know where the journey
Speaker 1: takes you. But it's gonna be good to see you
Speaker 1: up here, and thanks for joining us. Hey, guys, thanks
Speaker 1: for having me, and hopefully we can talk against him sometimes.
Speaker 1: We'd love it. We'd love it. Henry Burris our guest.
Speaker 1: Let's take a break here on Chicago Sports Radio six
Speaker 1: seventy the Score. This segment of Bears All Access is
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Speaker 1: on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score on Bears
Speaker 1: All Access, brought to you by IGS Energy, as we
Speaker 1: break down the entire Bears team. Defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano
Speaker 1: Tom talked earlier in the week. First of all, his
Speaker 1: view of the defense after having a year to get
Speaker 1: to know his guys. I'm expecting some adjustments. I'm expecting
Speaker 1: some tweaks. I'm expecting some additions on how he goes
Speaker 1: about using his personnel. Do you a hundred percent, Jeff,
Speaker 1: I see Chuck Bagano being able to be the aggressive
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator that we all want to see. If you
Speaker 1: put all the bodies in place that Chuck Bagano was
Speaker 1: game planned without, it's a completely different defense. Just a
Speaker 1: team in Khalil and now Robert Quinn backed up by
Speaker 1: ro Quan and m Roquan and Danny Trevath and then
Speaker 1: not to and the other guys also. However, the aggressiveness
Speaker 1: of the upfront personnel can overwhelm the quarterback. And I
Speaker 1: think Chuck can really capitalize on that. He's got a
Speaker 1: potential All Pro safety back there and Eddie Jackson. Eddie,
Speaker 1: who is an outstanding Bahawk, can get off the hash,
Speaker 1: he can range the field. He can also move into
Speaker 1: the box, as we learned last year, and the question
Speaker 1: was raised for Pagano if he's going to spend more
Speaker 1: time keeping Eddie on the back end of the defense
Speaker 1: as opposed to closer to the line of scrimmage like
Speaker 1: was the case often in twenty nineteen. You just don't
Speaker 1: want to be Okay, we got a free and we
Speaker 1: got a strong you know, because we just don't want
Speaker 1: to line up. And you know, Tom Brady comes from
Speaker 1: down on a Thursday night, you know, and just tell him,
Speaker 1: you know, because if they turn on the tape and
Speaker 1: every time we're in single high defense, it's always thirty nine.
Speaker 1: It's always thirty nine. No matter what we're doing. If
Speaker 1: he always ends up there, um, that's not good for
Speaker 1: our disguise. So uh, he's really good in the deep parts.
Speaker 1: He's good down low, he's good Blitzer. Um, we're gonna
Speaker 1: we're gonna play to his strengths, and we're gonna do
Speaker 1: We're gonna play to all their strengths. You know. I
Speaker 1: got to do a better job you know, as a
Speaker 1: as a play caller of putting all the guys, all
Speaker 1: eleven guys in the right spots to make plays. And
Speaker 1: then as far as you know, the competition there um,
Speaker 1: the trades part, I mean, uh, you know, ball skills, Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, anticipation range, they've got to be able to
Speaker 1: tackle Blitz. We're gonna ask him to do a lot
Speaker 1: of things. So um, you know all those things we're
Speaker 1: looking for. They both can do that, you know, Dion
Speaker 1: and get Um. But it's gonna be it's gonna be
Speaker 1: a great competition, you know. And and the great thing
Speaker 1: was coach you know, Ryan, Coach Naggy, myself, Sean, when
Speaker 1: we talked to Sean about coming. You know, we laid
Speaker 1: we laid it all out there, and we talked to
Speaker 1: Dan and said, Okay, here's here's how it's going to roll.
Speaker 1: And they're gonna get equal number snaps with the ones.
Speaker 1: They're gonna have to come in here and compete, you know,
Speaker 1: day after day after day. It's gonna be a little
Speaker 1: bit different, obviously with no preseason, but we're going to
Speaker 1: create the competition and create the situations to where, um,
Speaker 1: we can we can do honesty, Bell and those guys
Speaker 1: can give them both an opportunity, you know, win that job. Yeah.
Speaker 1: So that's Deon Bush and to Sean Gibson competing for
Speaker 1: that position at safety opposite Eddie Jackson. Let's take to
Speaker 1: Eddie Jackson first. How would you prefer to see Eddie
Speaker 1: used exactly? How Chuck says. You know, Eddie Jackson is
Speaker 1: talented enough as a safety where he can play at
Speaker 1: or near the line of scrimmage. He can blitz, or
Speaker 1: he can play the run. He can play the deep
Speaker 1: end of the football field and be most preventative against
Speaker 1: the big play. And he's got really good vision where
Speaker 1: he can understand his responsibility. But kind of keep a
Speaker 1: little bit of vision that underneath route and we've seen
Speaker 1: him before capitalize on and take it to the house.
Speaker 1: All right, Now, the battle with Dion Bush. He is
Speaker 1: now a veteran. He has not had a ton of
Speaker 1: defensive snaps. He is a special team stud. He does
Speaker 1: help out that unit significantly, but he really feels he's
Speaker 1: going to get a fair shake here against a veteran
Speaker 1: who's been a ballhawk in his career with twenty three
Speaker 1: interceptions and has been to the Pro Bowl. Hey man,
Speaker 1: I love identified competitions. I think they're great for a
Speaker 1: football team because they involve a lot of people. When
Speaker 1: these guys are competing, they're encouraging the group they're playing
Speaker 1: with or practicing with, the play harder because they're in
Speaker 1: this battle, and I think that's a positive for the
Speaker 1: locker room and for the team. So hey, you know,
Speaker 1: just like the quarterback battle, I'm as excited to see
Speaker 1: this safety battle and the way it works itself out
Speaker 1: because if I was a safety and had the opportunity
Speaker 1: to play with this group of pass rushers up front,
Speaker 1: I'd be licking my chops for interception. Hey, how would
Speaker 1: you rank all these battles? Give me. Let's pick five,
Speaker 1: because there's I think there's a good five. There's a
Speaker 1: good five obviously, QB, you know, ranked ranked the five battles,
Speaker 1: you gotta put QB number one. Are you gonna go
Speaker 1: offensive line, right guard? No, I'm going that's a great
Speaker 1: question though too. I'm going QB corner. I'm going right guard. Safety. Um,
Speaker 1: you got throwing wide receiver situation, that's what you know.
Speaker 1: I was gonna say wide receiver, but I was almost
Speaker 1: gonna throw you know, candidates in there. But well, you know,
Speaker 1: let's let's talk about that because you got Alan Robinson.
Speaker 1: Anthony Miller should be the two, but he's gonna get
Speaker 1: pushed by Riley Ridley. You got Cordarrell Patterson, who they
Speaker 1: feel is gonna get the ball more this year. You
Speaker 1: got Darnell Mooney, and you got Javon Wims. So there
Speaker 1: is a battle going on there and how they're all
Speaker 1: going to be placed. You know, a full buffet of
Speaker 1: sizes there too. Again, you're right from six to five
Speaker 1: to world class speed to smaller, quicker guys inside. You know,
Speaker 1: I think it's going to be an interesting partial of it.
Speaker 1: But yeah, to me, quarterback and cornerback are one two.
Speaker 1: We're gonna hear from Chris Tabor on Eddie Pinnetto when
Speaker 1: we come back. But his first impression was he got stronger,
Speaker 1: he got more weight on him. It's to sustain himself
Speaker 1: over the course of a season, and it's all about
Speaker 1: battling that wind that he's going to encounter a soldier
Speaker 1: field and other outdoor facilities in the in the winter months,
Speaker 1: because we know he's got a big leg. He has
Speaker 1: a big leg and when things are right and he's
Speaker 1: always talking about the wind, Pinnetto and now Chris Tabor
Speaker 1: is as well. Yeah, but you know what, the wind
Speaker 1: has got to be a conversation for every day. It's
Speaker 1: not necessary. You can't talk about the wind in three
Speaker 1: months today because you don't know what you're gonna have.
Speaker 1: I think the biggest thing for us to do is
Speaker 1: stand in front of Eddie Pinero when he's kicking and
Speaker 1: listening to his foot hit the football. If you hear
Speaker 1: that popping sound, then you know there's been leg speed
Speaker 1: in muscle improvement, just to have to have the direction
Speaker 1: in the distance. My man, let's take a break top
Speaker 1: there with us here on bears all access coming up next,
Speaker 1: we'll hear from some other Bears assistant coaches, including Mike
Speaker 1: Fury and Wine Castio. It's on next on Chicago Sports
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Speaker 1: Jeff Jony Actom there here on Bears All Access on
Speaker 1: Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to Score, brought to you
Speaker 1: by IGS Energy. Tom. We're gonna start with Want Castile,
Speaker 1: the Bears offensive line coach, on his plans, because he
Speaker 1: was asked, you know, are you're gonna keep Cody at
Speaker 1: center and as James Daniel's going to be your guard.
Speaker 1: If you can play center, you're gonna line up at
Speaker 1: guard because you don't have to snap the football. I
Speaker 1: think they're both very talented. I think that Cody had
Speaker 1: had already lined up at center before, and I think
Speaker 1: they're both are going to have to play center. I
Speaker 1: think that James can lay center if he needs to.
Speaker 1: I like James's link at the guard position. Really, I
Speaker 1: like Cody's leadership at the center position. You know, Cody
Speaker 1: has already proved himself that he's as versatile as a
Speaker 1: one snap notice, so you got to grow on that potential.
Speaker 1: But then you have to really look at what James
Speaker 1: Daniels is capable of, and if he can have equal
Speaker 1: value at guard and center, that just increases the value
Speaker 1: of the offensive line, all right. Mike Fiery Bear's a
Speaker 1: receiver's coach talking Anthony Miller, he really feels at the
Speaker 1: addition a Ted gain in the presence of Alan Robinson
Speaker 1: going to really pay dividends on this kid. It's gonna
Speaker 1: help him grow. And I'm so excited about that because
Speaker 1: now you have myself Alan Ted and it's kind of like,
Speaker 1: you know, the light's got to go off eventually, Like
Speaker 1: these guys are all doing it and and he's been
Speaker 1: he's been so receptive of that already, and so it's exciting.
Speaker 1: And it's all about being professional. It's being consistently professional
Speaker 1: and how you go about your day to day work, right.
Speaker 1: You know, Jeff, we've watched the sports specials throughout the
Speaker 1: pandemic about players that have been so prepared and gotten
Speaker 1: so much better throughout their career. They became legends. And
Speaker 1: that's what they're saying about Anthony Miller. They're saying, look, man,
Speaker 1: you got skill, you got speed, You're a tough guy,
Speaker 1: and you've already showed it. If you go in there
Speaker 1: and let the quarterback trust you on every single down
Speaker 1: year in there, you're gonna see his catches increased dramatically.
Speaker 1: He certainly has the potential to have a great year. Also,
Speaker 1: Alan Robinson, you know you got the contract simmering in
Speaker 1: the background. He's letting it off play out. He's not
Speaker 1: letting it bother him. And Mike Fury who has asked
Speaker 1: if this is part of his motivation to have a
Speaker 1: big year. You just keep playing the game. You know,
Speaker 1: things keep take care of themselves. There's a bunch of
Speaker 1: reasons that you and I have no idea about, and
Speaker 1: so you know, it's hard for me to comment on that,
Speaker 1: but from a players standpoint, you got you gotta go play.
Speaker 1: You gotta go play the game and let everything fall.
Speaker 1: And I think obviously we all know that Alan's probably
Speaker 1: one of the best pros that we've ever been around,
Speaker 1: and I'm sure he'll handle that the same way. You know,
Speaker 1: Alan Robinson needs to prove nothing to me. I respect
Speaker 1: him for his work ethic is rebounding from a knee
Speaker 1: injury and how with a positive person he is inside
Speaker 1: the locker room. Let's talk Danny Krevathan. He was on
Speaker 1: Zoom with media this week on Friday, aiming to hit
Speaker 1: the restart button time because he really was at a
Speaker 1: high point and his playing, you know, coming back from
Speaker 1: those injuries a couple of fourteen and sixteen and then
Speaker 1: unfortunately he had the season cut to just nine games
Speaker 1: due to an elbow. Man, I was just getting started.
Speaker 1: You have an I'm like, I'm being serious. I was
Speaker 1: just touching the tip of the bird. UM started to
Speaker 1: feel for the defense. Um started to get a feel
Speaker 1: for that the inside backup for the defense and no
Speaker 1: player playing with my guys and understand it. Um, Now
Speaker 1: you know I understand football, So will I know how
Speaker 1: to you know, play the game mentally and beat people mentally,
Speaker 1: you know, as as well as physically. So I feel
Speaker 1: like I was definitely gonna turning it out a couple
Speaker 1: of Nazis last year, and so I get excited when
Speaker 1: he talks like that. Because he is. He is one
Speaker 1: of the guys that puts together heartpee to that locker
Speaker 1: room in that defense, and I honestly think he's underrated.
Speaker 1: If he stays healthy. If he stays healthy, this is
Speaker 1: gonna be his fifth year with a Bear, so he
Speaker 1: surpassed his Denver career. He wants to be a Bear forever.
Speaker 1: He wants a Super Bowl, He wants to create his
Speaker 1: own legacy as one of the best linebackers in Bears history.
Speaker 1: You know, go to the Bear's website and listen to
Speaker 1: the entire idea of that interview, because at one point
Speaker 1: Danny Trevathan was asked, what do you have to do
Speaker 1: to get back to that level? His first response immediately
Speaker 1: as I've never left that level. I had an injury
Speaker 1: that was a setback, but I'm still playing at the
Speaker 1: same level. But I felt I was getting to last year,
Speaker 1: and I like that about Dan come in with that
Speaker 1: type of confidence, and you know who else has confidence
Speaker 1: right now is running buddy this As a tandem, they
Speaker 1: could be one of the best in the National Football League.
Speaker 1: It's roll Kuan Smith. Oh. I definitely feel like the
Speaker 1: better shape you in, that's the better, better player you'll be.
Speaker 1: So I was definitely thinking coming into the season, I
Speaker 1: wanted to be this my best year to the day,
Speaker 1: and so I was just like, I'm gonna do whatever
Speaker 1: it takes to make sure that happened, regardless of how
Speaker 1: much work I have to put in. So just putting
Speaker 1: in work each and every day, and that's just tends to,
Speaker 1: uh what happened when you putting in some good work,
Speaker 1: good work. I think he said he came in at
Speaker 1: two hundred and thirty four pounds. He can carry every
Speaker 1: bit of that. Roll Kuan Smith that he stays on
Speaker 1: the field. Again, I've mentioned him and the same breath
Speaker 1: as a guy like Luke Keekley with that type of
Speaker 1: impact to a defense, and I still believe Roll Kuan
Speaker 1: can have it all right, So two guys apped out.
Speaker 1: It's Eddie Goldman and Jordan Lucas. So we're placing Goldman
Speaker 1: obviously a starter of note for Jay Rogers. Guys get
Speaker 1: an opportunity. We've trained Blo out the knows, We've trained
Speaker 1: Abdula Anderson at the nose. We've trained in the past,
Speaker 1: John Jenkins at the nose. Brent Urban has never played nose.
Speaker 1: We're training him at the nose position. We'd like to
Speaker 1: have options at the end of the day. Which you'd
Speaker 1: like to have is the best you know, two three,
Speaker 1: four guys out there on the field that you could
Speaker 1: possibly put out there with the ability to substitute when
Speaker 1: you need to and not have any drop off. You know,
Speaker 1: John Jenkins is kind of in a category of his
Speaker 1: own in terms of his size and structure, But when
Speaker 1: he mentions, is every single one of those other guys
Speaker 1: they can play up and down the line of scrimmage
Speaker 1: with equal effectiveness. They all have to increase the production
Speaker 1: of their play. But I think Jay is a good
Speaker 1: guy for the job to have that group of athletes
Speaker 1: on the d line. All right. Lastly, let's end it
Speaker 1: with Chris Tabor, the special team's coordinator, who's very high
Speaker 1: on Eddie Pinetto. You know, anytime that there's other people
Speaker 1: in your position group competing, it's always a competition. But
Speaker 1: at the same time, I think that you have to
Speaker 1: stay focused on what you're doing, and that's that's what
Speaker 1: Eddie's really good at. I'm gonna be honest with the
Speaker 1: first day we went out and kicked, and I hadn't
Speaker 1: seen him kick since the last since the Minnesota game
Speaker 1: of looking at you know, a bigger and stronger Eddie
Speaker 1: Pinero and I was very impressed and just you can
Speaker 1: tell that that he's matured, he's becoming more comfortable and uh,
Speaker 1: we're not done yet, and he knows he's not done yet.
Speaker 1: So we'll ratchet things up in practice. And he knows
Speaker 1: that he has to produce and I know that he
Speaker 1: will because he's he's just he's that type of guy.
Speaker 1: He's done. The nice thing is I know, uh, he's done.
Speaker 1: He's done it once and he had an opportunity where
Speaker 1: he didn't get it done, and those things eat at
Speaker 1: him and he knows. But the good thing for us
Speaker 1: is he's been in those situations and we've seen him
Speaker 1: come through. Now we want to see him take the
Speaker 1: next step. And because he's learning how to handle the
Speaker 1: win here much better and I'm real proud of him.
Speaker 1: But we did we we still have a lot of
Speaker 1: work to go and there's so much more growth that
Speaker 1: this player can really take off, and I'm excited to
Speaker 1: watch where that goes. Yeah, I think confidence is a
Speaker 1: huge part of the battle when you're talking about Kicker,
Speaker 1: because you have the experiences at practice of earning the
Speaker 1: confidence of your teammates on the practice field, you have
Speaker 1: to transition that the soldier field. But there's also growth
Speaker 1: expected out of a kicker, just like there is an
Speaker 1: offensive guard. If you were at one strength level last year,
Speaker 1: we need you to be at this strength level this year,
Speaker 1: and it's going to be evident when you look at them.
Speaker 1: All right, Tom, that's out of time we have for
Speaker 1: you tonight. Thank you everybody. Jordan tread Up, Dan Burrelly
Speaker 1: and Henry Buris our guest tonight, and all the assistant coaches.
Speaker 1: Those dropins really helped create the show for us today.
Speaker 1: So we'll talk to you next week, Big timid Ye
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