WEBVTT - Campbell talks player engagement | All Access 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:03.520 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:07.560 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:07.560 --> 0:00:10.559 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:10.640 --> 0:00:15.200 day and now welcome to Bears All Access. You're All 0:00:15.240 --> 0:00:19.959 Access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:19.960 --> 0:00:23.959 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:24.000 --> 0:00:29.680 Physical Therapy and cd W. Good evening, everybody, Jeff Joni Accolong, 0:00:29.800 --> 0:00:33.520 a broadcast partner on Chicago Bears Radio on WVM, Tom 0:00:33.560 --> 0:00:36.720 Thrett Super Bowl Bear, and Jim Miller, a former Bears 0:00:36.800 --> 0:00:40.280 quarterback on Sirius x M NFL Radio with Pat Kerwin. 0:00:40.840 --> 0:00:43.480 Good to have you alongside once again our hour long 0:00:43.560 --> 0:00:46.040 conversation on Bears football. Going to recap a little bit 0:00:46.040 --> 0:00:49.159 of yesterday with a Chim Hicks, Allen Robinson, Danny Trevathan 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:52.000 and Matt Naggie at the mic on the Zoom. Calls 0:00:52.000 --> 0:00:54.520 with the media every Wednesday in the month of June 0:00:54.600 --> 0:00:58.840 during the OTA sessions, and it's obviously different right now, 0:00:58.960 --> 0:01:02.760 there is not a typical OTA XS and o's football 0:01:02.800 --> 0:01:08.040 conversation And leading into our six ten segment, Lamar Soup Campbell, 0:01:08.040 --> 0:01:10.280 the Bears director of the Engagement, will join the program 0:01:10.280 --> 0:01:12.880 for a couple of segments to talk about his impact 0:01:13.000 --> 0:01:16.080 on the team, what's going on in that Zoom meeting 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:18.959 room on a daily basis at this point, given our 0:01:19.040 --> 0:01:22.080 civil rights situation going on right now across the country. 0:01:22.200 --> 0:01:24.679 Felt it's good to have you alongside Tom. How you're 0:01:24.680 --> 0:01:27.600 holding up, Jim, How are you guys? You know, holding 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:30.880 up as well as everybody else. You know, nothing's fun, 0:01:31.000 --> 0:01:34.080 nothing's exciting, It's all filled with concern. But I like 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:36.600 the message that Matt and Aggie let off with and 0:01:36.680 --> 0:01:39.160 he talked about the message with his team on that 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:43.039 meeting Monday was about listening and love, and I think 0:01:43.120 --> 0:01:46.120 that's what has to happen. I think Ears have to 0:01:46.200 --> 0:01:50.840 be open, people have to listen, the conversations has to continue. 0:01:51.200 --> 0:01:54.920 It's got to be about growth and solutions. So I 0:01:55.040 --> 0:01:57.800 like the fact that it was important for Matt and 0:01:57.840 --> 0:02:01.280 Naggie to hold that meeting Monday, that the full contents 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:07.600 of that meeting was the Tom to allow everybody to 0:02:07.800 --> 0:02:11.200 voice their concerns and opinions. And June, this is in 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:13.880 the category of two years and one mouth at this point, 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:16.919 right listen, maybe twice as much as as we speak 0:02:17.000 --> 0:02:20.440 these days. And I've said this repeatedly throughout this process 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:24.959 that leadership is critical now into in our world is 0:02:25.000 --> 0:02:28.560 the sports world right now, but uh, the leadership at 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:32.240 the coaching level, the general manager level, the presidential level, 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:35.880 the chairman of the board level of every one of 0:02:35.880 --> 0:02:39.760 these thirty two NFL teams to allow for it to 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:43.680 be a safe place for players of all kinds, to 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:48.600 allow themselves to be heard and not to be judged. 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:50.560 And and and I think that's the case that a 0:02:50.560 --> 0:02:52.800 lot of NFL teams are going on right now. And 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:55.720 Matt Nagie was very smart to do that on Monday. Yeah, 0:02:55.720 --> 0:02:58.000 I think a lot of teams are listening. I think 0:02:58.000 --> 0:03:01.680 the whole nation is listening quite in my opinion, Jeff, 0:03:01.680 --> 0:03:04.000 and I think teams have been very you know, have 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:07.640 shown that leadership have stepped out. There's been very powerful 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:12.080 messages sent by not only ownership, whether it's the McCaskey 0:03:12.160 --> 0:03:14.760 family and the Chicago Bears, or look at Bill O'Brien 0:03:15.320 --> 0:03:17.880 down there for the Houston Texans. He was a very 0:03:17.919 --> 0:03:20.760 powerful message from his standpoint. I think the players have 0:03:20.840 --> 0:03:23.800 done it as well. Other coaches like Brian Flores. The 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:26.280 Miami Dolphins have been very vocal about this, and I 0:03:26.320 --> 0:03:30.080 think even today the players meeting there for the New 0:03:30.200 --> 0:03:34.160 Orleans Saints, you know, the tolerance of those players in 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:37.400 the statement made by by Drew Brees and their players 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:40.360 in their forgiveness and what they're going to do moving 0:03:40.400 --> 0:03:42.960 forward for Drew Brees to leave, you know, to lead 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:45.160 to action. And I think that's what everybody's talking about 0:03:45.240 --> 0:03:48.800 right now, as all this talk and all these things, 0:03:48.840 --> 0:03:51.920 statements that are mean, it has to lead to action. 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:54.320 That's what's been ignored in the past, and I think 0:03:54.360 --> 0:03:58.000 everybody is listening to make sure that that conversation leads 0:03:58.000 --> 0:04:00.840 to that action in the future. The chairman of the board, 0:04:00.880 --> 0:04:04.200 George Hollis McCaskey, with a great statement that was put 0:04:04.240 --> 0:04:08.680 out this week. Tom and Jim really capsualized what he 0:04:08.800 --> 0:04:11.640 feels and what the city feels, and what they've done 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:15.440 as an organization to support organizations like Build Chicago and 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:18.240 I Grow Chicago and my Block and my Hood, my 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:21.200 City and Youth Guidance. There's a lot of communities that 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:25.000 they are trying to get into and half for many years. Well, 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:27.000 I gotta imagine it probably had to be one of 0:04:27.040 --> 0:04:31.400 the more difficult emails for George to ever put the 0:04:31.440 --> 0:04:35.479 thoughts together and how you type things correctly, how you 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:38.240 put all you know, the message out there clearly that 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:44.960 this is the issue is about supporting everybody. This is 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:48.760 not a football issue. This is a humanity issue, and 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:53.120 I think that everybody here has that concerns. And the 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:56.599 more it's talked about, the more listening that is occurring. 0:04:57.200 --> 0:05:00.919 Along with that listening, there also has to be education 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:05.200 that goes along with it. Jim, from your conversations on 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:09.719 your daily work there on Sirius x M NFL Radio, 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:13.160 you know, are you talking to players and how can 0:05:13.200 --> 0:05:15.839 they because even yesterday and we'll hear from some of 0:05:15.839 --> 0:05:19.840 the comments because this show will also focus on some 0:05:19.880 --> 0:05:24.320 of the football readiness. And when those conversations came up yesterday, 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:27.680 one or two questions. You heard the excitement in the players, 0:05:27.720 --> 0:05:29.880 you heard it from a team, You hood from Alan Robinson, 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:31.800 you heard it from Danny Trevathan, you heard it from 0:05:31.800 --> 0:05:35.200 Matt Naggie. Are these guys going to be able to 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:40.120 make that transition when this process quiets down a little 0:05:40.120 --> 0:05:43.160 bit and you can and then get your mind on 0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:46.160 football A little bit when the time is right. Yeah, 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:48.719 I think so. I think, you know, football locker rooms 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:51.719 they are a pretty forgiving place in my opinion. Guys 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:55.280 have been exposed. Everybody's from all different walks of life, 0:05:55.320 --> 0:05:58.240 and you know, you have to come together to work 0:05:58.320 --> 0:06:02.680 together to acomplish a common goal. You know. So I 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:06.080 do think players are very understanding for that from that standpoint. 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:09.040 I do think players are very talent for that. Tolerant 0:06:09.040 --> 0:06:11.720 from that standpoint, I do think players are very forgiving. 0:06:11.960 --> 0:06:15.880 But again, all all talk and no action. Players feel 0:06:15.880 --> 0:06:18.200 like that as players too. You may talk a good game, 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:20.000 but you got to go out and play a good game. 0:06:20.320 --> 0:06:22.560 You got to show it. You've got to earn it 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:25.320 from your teammate. And I used to, you know, I 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:28.760 always remember that that. You know, when Dick Geron, that 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:30.800 was one of his first statements as a head coach 0:06:30.839 --> 0:06:35.080 about respecting one another in the building. Everybody's got a 0:06:35.240 --> 0:06:37.240 got a purpose there for that common goal, which is 0:06:37.240 --> 0:06:40.159 to what win a world championship? Right, And you know 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:42.920 he always talk about, you know, respect everybody in the building, 0:06:43.279 --> 0:06:45.680 you know, because everybody's got a job to do, you know, 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:48.840 even the say the equipment staff where you have all 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:51.400 these these young men that are interns and come out 0:06:51.400 --> 0:06:54.080 to training camp to to help you. H you know, 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:56.760 because there's a lot more guys, right, there's ninety guys there. 0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:58.839 They got to clean up all the pads and get 0:06:58.880 --> 0:07:01.160 all the jerseys and whitman, he goes, don't don't leave 0:07:01.200 --> 0:07:03.320 that stuff on the ground in the locker room. You know, 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:06.640 they work with you, they don't work for you. You know, 0:07:06.720 --> 0:07:09.720 you have to respect what other people, you know, what 0:07:09.760 --> 0:07:12.520 they have to do in order to accomplish their job. 0:07:12.560 --> 0:07:15.240 And you have to respect people their backgrounds, where they 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:17.720 come from, get to know them. Work with one another 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:19.960 because if you're able to work with one other, you 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:22.680 may not always agree, but you have to work with 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:27.240 one another in order to accomplish that common goal. All right, 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:30.280 that's Jim Miller, Tom Day or Jeff Joniac. This is 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:33.120 Bears All Access. It's brought to you by IGS Energy. 0:07:33.440 --> 0:07:35.680 Coming up after the break, we'll be joined by Lamar 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:38.880 Soup Campbell, former NFL player himself, and the Bears Director 0:07:38.880 --> 0:07:41.040 of Engagement. Does a great job up at Hallisaw and 0:07:41.160 --> 0:07:44.640 Lake Forest. Thanks to our producer tonight, Jordan Malley, Jordan 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:46.720 trut Up, Dan Billy, I'll helping us out. Thank you 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:49.920 for listening as well. Back with more on the score. 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:58.600 Welcome back to Bears All Access brought to you by 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:02.200 IGS Energy, a pro partner of the Chicago Bears, providing electricity, 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:04.800 natural gas, and home warranty products to over one million 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:08.040 customers across the country. Learn more about IGS Energy at 0:08:08.040 --> 0:08:10.960 igs dot com. Jeff Joning act time there, Jim Miller. 0:08:11.360 --> 0:08:14.920 Welcoming Lamar soup Campbell, the Bears director of Engagement, to 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:17.560 the program tonight for a couple of segments. He'll join 0:08:17.640 --> 0:08:20.000 us here for the next ten fifteen minutes or so. 0:08:20.000 --> 0:08:22.440 Soup Bug, good to talk to you. Thanks for taking 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:24.840 the time out of your busy day to join us 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:27.840 and talk a little Bears football right now, and just 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:31.280 your position and how things are going up there in 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:33.840 the most unique of circumstances. You're not out of the building, 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:36.600 but here you are meeting with players on a daily 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:40.559 basis by zoom. And we're gonna talk a lot about 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:43.240 the meeting on Monday. But first of all, how are you, 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:45.760 How are you handling everything? And I hope you and 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:48.559 your family are all well. Good to talk to you. Hey, Well, 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:51.520 I'm definitely good guys. Good to hear from you guys. 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:53.439 Good to hear that you guys are well as well. 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:57.040 Missing you guys around Hollis Hall, looking forward for things 0:08:57.040 --> 0:08:59.360 to get back to normal. But you know, we're moving forward. 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:02.360 You know, I'm okay, My family is good. You know, 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:05.600 we're dedicated to pushing forward, dedicated to the cause that 0:09:05.679 --> 0:09:07.760 are ahead of us as a team. And you know, 0:09:07.880 --> 0:09:09.679 just like ANBIA person and life, you got it to 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:13.559 pushing I think that's what everybody's doing right now. And Lamar, 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:16.600 you know, in addition to your position here with the Bears, 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:19.080 you've had for many years, you did play in the 0:09:19.160 --> 0:09:22.480 NFL for the Detroit Lions, a nice six year career, 0:09:22.800 --> 0:09:26.480 so you have a great perspective on what players deal 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:29.000 with on a daily basis and what they're dealing with 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:34.760 right now. How is that reinforced your position in terms 0:09:34.800 --> 0:09:37.840 of how you do your job every day? You know, 0:09:37.880 --> 0:09:39.640 I think it's just been more of a you know, 0:09:39.840 --> 0:09:42.640 not having the guys around this time of year, you know, 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:45.040 that's that's the time that you build the camaraderie, you 0:09:45.080 --> 0:09:48.320 build a trust. Yeah, you get to know the guys 0:09:48.360 --> 0:09:50.000 on a personal level, but you get to spend a 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:52.960 lot of time with them, So I've never FaceTime as much. 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:57.640 I really wasn't a facetimer until COVID nineteen hit, but 0:09:57.679 --> 0:09:59.600 I've been FaceTime and a lot of the guys, especially 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:01.800 the new guys, get into note them. But also make 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:04.760 sure the core guys that we had in the building 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:07.920 says i've been here, are okay, and it kind of 0:10:07.920 --> 0:10:09.960 fits with their era a little bit. They text mentions 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:13.000 a lot, they FaceTime, so when covidhead, that was something 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:15.760 that they were very easily adaptable to. And that's what 0:10:15.800 --> 0:10:17.520 we've been doing, is make sure these guys are staying 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:20.640 in contact. Whether it's a joke, whether it's a motivational quote, 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:22.920 whether it's something that I know a guy likes to read, 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:25.720 you know, just making sure that the players and are 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:28.360 in the right mindset, right because everybody right now we're 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:32.160 asking you to do usual things and unusual times. So 0:10:32.240 --> 0:10:34.440 just making sure that they're mental because as you guys 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:36.280 thought that played the game as well, that the mental 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:38.679 aspect is really the biggest parts of making sure that 0:10:38.760 --> 0:10:41.320 mentally these guys are prepared to go into their ZOOM 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:44.280 meetings every day and soak up the Notti from their 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:45.880 coaches that make sure that they're ready to go once 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:49.520 we get back in the building. Hey, Lamar soup, this 0:10:49.720 --> 0:10:51.480 Tom Fair. It's good to talk to you. I miss 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:54.840 seeing you myself. Hey, you know, I was reading this 0:10:55.000 --> 0:10:58.040 article in Sports Business Daily and they had your whole 0:10:58.080 --> 0:11:00.840 schedule from the time you wake up at four o'clock 0:11:00.880 --> 0:11:03.559 and you hit the snooze alarm one time. You probably 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:06.640 don't have that luxury anymore. But in the article they 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:09.240 talk about how you make sure that these players have 0:11:09.360 --> 0:11:13.600 their minds right and their priorities focused. What is the 0:11:13.600 --> 0:11:18.160 biggest challenged right now to those two elements that you 0:11:18.200 --> 0:11:21.040 know sometimes you have this act of contact with these 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:22.840 guys right now you don't, But how do you make 0:11:22.880 --> 0:11:26.840 sure their minds and priorities are focused? Ryan? I think 0:11:26.920 --> 0:11:29.800 just having those intimate conversations. I know, you know you 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:32.760 guys mentioned I had had a chance to play in 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:34.480 this league and be a part of the brotherhood of 0:11:34.600 --> 0:11:37.840 the NFL. So a lot of times I look at 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:40.240 the cues that I learned as the former player and 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:43.720 things that distracted me off the field and kind of 0:11:43.760 --> 0:11:46.000 take those lessons to try to learn as I get 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:48.080 to know my guys. You know, it's important that you 0:11:48.160 --> 0:11:50.040 know what's going on in their lives. You know, before 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:53.560 COVID hit. You know, people always have family issues. Nobody's 0:11:53.600 --> 0:11:56.080 really immute to that. You know, people have financial issues. 0:11:56.120 --> 0:11:59.079 Nobody's really immute to that. But when the COVID, when 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:02.160 COVID nineteen hit, and it's affecting a lot of our 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:04.600 locker room. I mean our locker room is eighty percent 0:12:04.679 --> 0:12:10.439 African American and especially hitting the hard hit African American communities. 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:13.559 People are losing jobs and that's that's the entire locker room. 0:12:13.600 --> 0:12:15.520 We have people that are losing jobs. We have people 0:12:15.520 --> 0:12:17.720 that are not working. We have a lot of players 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:20.240 that may be stuck supporting members of their families and 0:12:20.320 --> 0:12:23.600 they also have to focus on being a professional football player. 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:27.319 So just having intimate conversations and then helping helping them 0:12:27.320 --> 0:12:29.240 when I can, you know, and those instances. We have 0:12:29.280 --> 0:12:31.200 a great team. We have a great support staff and 0:12:31.240 --> 0:12:34.360 to build them. Myself call a super word director to 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:38.000 our security job, Tarphy amazing. We all work together. We 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:40.320 communicated really well, and as I told the guys the 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:45.360 other day, you know, finding anti racism, focusing on football 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:48.840 and being a professional athlete. They are mutually exclusive. You 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:50.840 can do all of those things together, but you have 0:12:50.880 --> 0:12:53.520 to really focus on things one at a time, take 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:55.560 a one day at a time, and know that together 0:12:55.600 --> 0:12:58.920 we're going to get through it all. Hey, Lamart, you 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:01.880 know the important each of your role. It's it's a 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:05.240 face to face, it's a handshake, it is eye contact. 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:08.080 But you know, like you saw now, it's video screens 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:11.559 and texting. How have you been able to introduce this 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:15.320 incoming class, Introduce them to the bears, introduce them to 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:19.640 the building, and introduce them to the organization. You know, 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:23.760 I think what coach nagi did early when we started campus, 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:25.600 we had a chance to really get to know each 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:29.719 other as a team. Ob the football was a high priority, 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:31.560 but you know, you need to know what your players are, 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:33.320 and I think coach Nagie is a lad, did an 0:13:33.320 --> 0:13:36.839 amazing job of introducing himself and the staff or let 0:13:36.880 --> 0:13:39.920 the players kind of feel to be you atmosphere over 0:13:40.040 --> 0:13:42.679 zoom and that really gave you a lot of input. 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:44.440 You know, I talked to my scouts. I talked to 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:46.920 them as far as when they look at these guys 0:13:46.920 --> 0:13:49.679 and what their personality types were, and just kind of 0:13:49.679 --> 0:13:51.200 get to know them, you know, the first week of 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:53.600 my rookie programming. You know, it's really get to know 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:55.400 you space, get to know the building, get to know 0:13:55.440 --> 0:13:59.120 the people that will impact you every day, whether it's 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:02.640 the news and staff, to train his staff, the security staff, 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:05.760 the PR team, how to handle yourself on social media. 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:07.800 These are the people that will interact with these players 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:09.800 every day. So it was important for me to make 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:12.040 sure that they knew all the people in the film 0:14:12.080 --> 0:14:14.040 that I an't going to help them be successful and 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:17.960 do those meetings. The personalities came through, the smiles came through, 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:20.160 the jokes came through, and it doesn't and it just 0:14:20.160 --> 0:14:22.080 doesn't happen and zoom. You know. I texted my guys 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:25.400 every day. We're a constant concert. And it just became natural, 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:27.200 you know, just the way that things are now. And 0:14:27.240 --> 0:14:30.360 it became a situation where as ball players and as 0:14:30.360 --> 0:14:32.800 an organization to either adapt or get left behind. I 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:36.360 think everybody bought it to the adapt model. Lamar, Jim Miller, 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:38.360 here a pleasure to talk to you, and I must 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:41.800 share this story first because when I was at the Bears, 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:44.720 Dwayne Joseph was a player development I'll never forget this 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:48.000 one day. Yeah, he's with the Raiders now. He's a 0:14:48.040 --> 0:14:51.000 great guy. And so I say thank to him, thank 0:14:51.000 --> 0:14:52.600 you to him every time I see him, because it 0:14:52.680 --> 0:14:55.440 was I don't know, it's about them. Literally literally the 0:14:55.480 --> 0:14:57.760 first start of the offseason, he comes down. He says, Jim, 0:14:58.240 --> 0:15:00.200 you got one class to get to get your agree 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:01.720 And I had already been in the NFL eight or 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:05.200 nine years, and Dwayne Joseph stayed on my fannie and 0:15:05.320 --> 0:15:08.040 I'd finally just relented because he knew I needed to 0:15:08.040 --> 0:15:10.520 take this class. And I think of every day that 0:15:10.600 --> 0:15:12.920 I got my degree at Michigan State, all due to 0:15:13.000 --> 0:15:15.120 his efforts in his hard work. And I want to 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:17.480 ask you about that, because you do You've got to 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:20.200 know how every player ticks. You got to know, almost 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:23.360 have a scouting report about every player. What is their 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:26.560 educational background? What can I do to help this player, 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:28.800 maybe to get his degree. Maybe it's to help him 0:15:28.800 --> 0:15:32.480 with an offseason internship, to think about life after football 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:35.240 and maybe talk about that challenge from yourself and keeping 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:39.200 up to date on everything. Yeah. Absolutely, And that's my 0:15:39.320 --> 0:15:42.120 funny quick story about Dwayne Joseph. So, Dwayne was it 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:46.120 college coach coach and assisive Backstatuan the Russian Wisconsin when 0:15:46.120 --> 0:15:49.200 I was there phil Alpation. So I actually knew Djo 0:15:49.360 --> 0:15:52.160 when I was in college, had a chance to follow 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:54.240 his career, you know when he got here to the Bears, 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:57.240 and I remember when I left football, I knew why 0:15:57.240 --> 0:15:58.800 I wanted to be a scout. I had talked to 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:01.760 the Bears and I remember short about the combine and 0:16:01.800 --> 0:16:03.760 I had a golf shirt and some jeans on and 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:06.680 I ran into a Dwayne but he made me go 0:16:06.720 --> 0:16:08.160 to the mall to get a slack in the button 0:16:08.320 --> 0:16:12.600 up before I called to Endy and the scout. So 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:15.800 Duayne Jose has been a mentor of mine. Um I 0:16:15.880 --> 0:16:18.360 looked back to my brief career as a scout. I 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:20.480 had a chance to come back to Detroit, and the 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:22.240 day that I got cut in Detroit, I asked for 0:16:22.280 --> 0:16:25.800 a job, and the gym at the time laughed at 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:27.880 me and said, hey, if you don't get picked up 0:16:27.920 --> 0:16:30.320 this year, you know we'll bring you back. And sure enough, 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:33.080 you know, in December they called me and I had 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:34.760 a chance to get my first taste that as a 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:37.920 scout in the funt office, as a Detroit as an intern, 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:41.440 you know, So having that scouting background and understanding what 0:16:41.560 --> 0:16:44.080 makes players tick, and you know once they jim, you 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:45.800 know that when you're in the locker room, you're always 0:16:45.840 --> 0:16:49.720 around a player that reminds you of a player. And 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:51.280 when I'm in the locker room with these guys, all 0:16:51.320 --> 0:16:53.560 these guys remind me of someone that I eiven played 0:16:53.600 --> 0:16:56.960 with or played against personality wise, and it's cool to 0:16:57.000 --> 0:16:59.080 share stories. And like you said, you need to know 0:16:59.200 --> 0:17:02.160 these things. We're a little older. So right now a 0:17:02.200 --> 0:17:05.200 lot of schools are playing Our pay kids to come 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:07.760 back and come to school and finish their degrees. So 0:17:08.080 --> 0:17:09.760 they didn't do that when we were playing, but now 0:17:09.800 --> 0:17:11.120 I know a lot of schools will pay for those 0:17:11.160 --> 0:17:13.199 guys to come back. So those are one of the 0:17:13.200 --> 0:17:15.560 first things that I talk about with those guys. And honestly, 0:17:15.600 --> 0:17:18.440 you know why life after football is truly important and 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:20.880 we spend time on that. I tell these guys from 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:23.439 day one, if you're not on the football team, I 0:17:23.480 --> 0:17:26.040 can't help you with anything else, right, So it's a 0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:28.679 productive mindset to make sure that not only am I 0:17:28.680 --> 0:17:30.959 helping to focus off being a professional athlete and being 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:35.240 a good representative representative for the Chicago Bears, but also understanding, 0:17:35.359 --> 0:17:37.359 letting them know that this this is a springboard to 0:17:37.440 --> 0:17:39.639 your future. And if you take care of this and 0:17:39.800 --> 0:17:41.280 take care of all the things that laid out in 0:17:41.320 --> 0:17:44.320 front of you, going back to school will come, Endorsements 0:17:44.359 --> 0:17:47.200 will come, national transitions will come because the shield will 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:49.160 take care of you and you can carry that shield 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:52.960 with you towards life. Well, how has this week gone 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:57.320 in terms of the conversations. They've obviously been very powerful. Yeah, 0:17:57.359 --> 0:17:59.760 I think everybody is in agreement, and I think everybody 0:17:59.840 --> 0:18:02.359 is is listening. I think Brian Flores made a great 0:18:02.359 --> 0:18:04.440 statement today about hey, it's the first time I think 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:07.920 everybody has been in agreement. But how have the conversations 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:11.960 been with the players and what potentially they've shared. Man, 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:14.760 you know, when you go back to Monday, I'm sure 0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:16.879 you guys have heard a lot of ads etives on 0:18:16.960 --> 0:18:20.200 how to describe. But it was it was powerful, it 0:18:20.280 --> 0:18:24.280 was emotional, it was honest, and then Coach Nagie's leadership, 0:18:24.280 --> 0:18:26.719 you know, it was love right. But I guess if 0:18:26.720 --> 0:18:28.120 I had to use the word, I guess it would 0:18:28.119 --> 0:18:31.440 be transformational. You know, I think a lot of guys 0:18:31.920 --> 0:18:34.760 open up their eyes to what their teammates were going through. 0:18:35.119 --> 0:18:38.400 I think everyone was educated, and for the first time 0:18:38.520 --> 0:18:41.600 this offseason, I felt as though on that call we 0:18:41.640 --> 0:18:43.520 all were in the same room. I mean, it was 0:18:43.560 --> 0:18:45.760 that powerful of a call that you felt like you 0:18:45.800 --> 0:18:47.560 were sitting next to the guys that were on that 0:18:47.680 --> 0:18:49.920 zoom meeting. So when you look at what we want 0:18:49.920 --> 0:18:52.440 to accomplish as a football team and what coach Nagie 0:18:52.440 --> 0:18:54.480 wants to accomplish as a leader of our football club, 0:18:54.840 --> 0:18:57.200 I think we accomplished that with that leadership. I think 0:18:57.240 --> 0:19:00.240 we took a step ahead. I think we're stronger. I 0:19:00.240 --> 0:19:01.800 think we're more open. I guess I want to pay 0:19:01.840 --> 0:19:06.160 diffidences down at on a football field. Souper Campbell, our guests, 0:19:06.240 --> 0:19:08.719 Lamar Souper Campbell, the Bears Director of Engagement, Soup, can 0:19:08.720 --> 0:19:10.479 you hang through a commercial break in and one more 0:19:10.520 --> 0:19:13.600 segment with us? Appreciate you guys, Absolutely, yeah, hang out 0:19:13.600 --> 0:19:15.879 all right, Souper Campbell with top there, Jim Miller, I'm 0:19:15.920 --> 0:19:21.960 Jeff Joniak back with more on the score. This segment 0:19:22.000 --> 0:19:24.280 of Bears All Access is brought to you by CDW. 0:19:24.280 --> 0:19:26.879 People will get it learn more at CDW dot com. 0:19:26.960 --> 0:19:29.520 Jeff time and Jim with Lamar Souper Campbell, the Bears 0:19:29.600 --> 0:19:32.600 director of engagement. Just as in a side before we 0:19:32.600 --> 0:19:34.600 continue the interview, I went back and looked up your 0:19:34.600 --> 0:19:37.320 stats as an NFL player. You got one career interception, 0:19:37.720 --> 0:19:40.000 and you know, just for just for yucks. I was 0:19:40.040 --> 0:19:43.320 hoping it was against Jim Miller, but it wasn't. Do 0:19:43.359 --> 0:19:48.160 you remember your on a career interception? Because go ahead, Soup, 0:19:48.240 --> 0:19:49.840 I got it from breath Farve. Did you know he 0:19:49.920 --> 0:19:55.560 saw him? Everybody back there and you took it to 0:19:55.640 --> 0:20:00.280 the house forty two yards? Yeah? Nice job, sup. Yeah. 0:20:00.359 --> 0:20:03.919