WEBVTT - GM, HC search begins | All Access 0:00:00.680 --> 0:00:04.120 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.240 --> 0:00:08.160 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.200 --> 0:00:11.119 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.240 --> 0:00:15.840 day and now welcome to Bears All Access, your all 0:00:15.880 --> 0:00:20.560 access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:20.600 --> 0:00:24.560 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:24.600 --> 0:00:30.160 Physical Therapy and CDW well the searches ivred OGM head 0:00:30.160 --> 0:00:32.880 Coaching Combo for the Chicago Bears. We talk about it 0:00:32.920 --> 0:00:35.880 tonight here on Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio 0:00:35.920 --> 0:00:38.400 six seventy. The scorts brought to you by IGS Energy. 0:00:38.600 --> 0:00:40.720 Good to be with you once again. I'm Jeff Jonaghac 0:00:41.000 --> 0:00:43.479 with Tom Tharem, my broadcast partner from news Radio one 0:00:43.520 --> 0:00:46.720 oh five nine w BBM at our producer tonight, Sean Adderson, 0:00:46.720 --> 0:00:48.680 thanks as well to Dan Billy and Jordan tread Up. 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:51.360 Tom Good evening. How are you doing, Big Jeff. There's 0:00:51.360 --> 0:00:53.200 been a lot going on the last couple of days. 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:56.400 Oh my gosh. I'm glad they're in the process early. 0:00:56.800 --> 0:00:58.840 I hope they can get themselves in front of the 0:00:58.880 --> 0:01:02.880 best candidates possible for both positions GM and head coach, 0:01:03.640 --> 0:01:07.440 let each other sell each side and see who they 0:01:07.440 --> 0:01:13.160 can come into the best possible football people agreement they can. Well, 0:01:13.200 --> 0:01:16.520 I think there's probably a strategy to it with the 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:20.520 people involved on that committee and namely George McCaskey, with 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:24.280 the help obviously of a Hall of fame general manager 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:28.120 and his career mister Polian. As to what the chemistry 0:01:28.200 --> 0:01:30.440 might be between the candidates for head coach, and I 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:34.120 believe I think there's nine of those or might have 0:01:34.120 --> 0:01:36.520 it swift, but there's like twenty people involved here, so 0:01:36.760 --> 0:01:39.120 you're trying to get the best chemistry with the head 0:01:39.120 --> 0:01:42.520 coach and general manager. How it all plays out, I 0:01:42.520 --> 0:01:44.560 mean the thinking is would be best you hire a 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:46.679 GM first, you can have a little bit of a say, 0:01:46.760 --> 0:01:50.360 year in the head coach. And this is what they're 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:53.400 trying to find out right now. These initial interviews are coaches, 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:56.240 Tom are all zoom interviews. If they really like him, 0:01:56.240 --> 0:01:58.960 if it's impressive and there's a mutual attraction here, they're 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:01.680 going to be invited back at us. Yeah, you know, Jeff, 0:02:01.720 --> 0:02:04.040 you have to ask yourself though, which side of the 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:06.440 ball and who are you trying to attract the most, 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:10.480 because obviously if you're looking at a defensive candidate for 0:02:10.520 --> 0:02:13.280 the head coaching positions, then you've got to start thinking 0:02:13.320 --> 0:02:17.440 about the defensive line row Quan Smith, Robert Quinn, Jalen Johnson, 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:20.000 and the rest of the defensive backfield. If you're looking 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:23.480 at an offensive guy, what is his immediate philosophy with 0:02:23.639 --> 0:02:26.560 Justin Fields? And I think that's really something you have 0:02:26.600 --> 0:02:29.320 to research in depth because if you're going to have 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:32.240 success over the next five to ten years with the 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:35.760 quarterback positions, it's because you have a guy with the 0:02:35.800 --> 0:02:38.560 traits of Justin Fields, and you got to see how 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:41.200 that head coach candidate on the offensive side of the 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:45.600 ball is formulating a plan that involves Justin. Jeff and 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:47.720 Tim with you here on Bears All Access brought you 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:50.200 by Giff Sanders. She coming up on tonight showed around 0:02:50.320 --> 0:02:52.200 a few minutes from now actually six oz eight. We'll 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:54.600 be joined by Barm Bears quarterback and current co hosted 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:58.200 Sirius XM NFL Radios Jim Miller from Moving the Chains 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:00.280 with Pat Crwin and then near the bottom of our 0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:02.280 joun by the Hall of Fame NFL writer from the 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:06.400 Athletic Damn Pompey interviews announced by the club todaytime we 0:03:06.520 --> 0:03:09.040 know one of them. Champ Kelly a real a guy 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:10.680 who's always got a smile on his face up at 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:13.640 how To Saw, super optimistic guy. Assistant director of player 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:16.720 Personnel the last two years and prior to that two 0:03:16.760 --> 0:03:19.359 years as director of pro scouting. So he earned himself 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:22.679 a promotion here during this four year run. He's got 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:25.880 a lot of great insight to the locker room. Very 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:29.800 close to players, always has been. He's always talking to 0:03:29.840 --> 0:03:33.359 players at practice, three four games. He's got a great 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:36.320 connection to the locker room. Yeah, he knows the building, 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:38.320 he knows how to get in and out. He knows 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:42.240 kind of the setting behind all the scenes and of 0:03:42.320 --> 0:03:45.440 the elements of a successful franchise a you want to 0:03:45.480 --> 0:03:47.840 be able to put on the field and commit compete with. 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:51.040 So Champ has paid a lot of dues and I'm 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:53.960 glad that he's getting an opportunity to sit in front 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:57.920 of the Bears decision makers and get an interview and 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:02.119 present his case. He's interviewed with Carolina and Denver last year, 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:04.520 and then before that in nineteen before the Jets hired 0:04:04.600 --> 0:04:08.160 Joe Douglas, he interviewed with the Jets. Also Cleveland Browns 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:11.800 vice president of football Operations, quesse Adolpho Mensa Hope, I 0:04:11.840 --> 0:04:16.560 said that, right, this is an intriguing candidate, super bright guy, 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:19.839 not a football background. He was a Princeton basketball player 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:22.760 turned commodities trader. He started working for the forty nine 0:04:22.800 --> 0:04:26.520 ers back in twenty thirteen in their research and development department. 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:28.960 Joined the Bronze in twenty twenty. Interviewed for the GM 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:33.880 job at Carolina last year. Another intriguing guy. I know 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:36.520 what's gonna happen. He's gonna get lumped into the analytics 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:38.920 angle to it, and that is a part of it. 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:43.120 And without a football background in terms of playing it 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:47.520 or where he started from, there's gonna be some thought 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:50.520 about that. But he has now been with two organizations 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:53.280 and people thought of him enough, said he's a candidate. 0:04:53.960 --> 0:04:55.640 You just have to look at the players that he's 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:59.039 instrumental and picking the guys that he's scouted, maybe some 0:04:59.160 --> 0:05:01.480 of the free agent that he was interested in bringing 0:05:01.480 --> 0:05:03.680 into the program. And I think you can you can 0:05:03.800 --> 0:05:06.200 learn a little bit about the candidate by the types 0:05:06.240 --> 0:05:10.279 of athletes attract their attention. And yesterday they interviewed another 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:14.080 Browns front office guy, Vice President of player Personnel Glenn Cook, 0:05:14.160 --> 0:05:17.800 also interviewing Doug Peterson. Coming up next, Jim Miller joins 0:05:17.880 --> 0:05:20.520 us here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score. 0:05:26.640 --> 0:05:30.280 Welcome back everybody to Fairs All access here on Chicago 0:05:30.400 --> 0:05:33.320 Sports Radio six seventy The Score. Jeff, Jonnick and Tom 0:05:33.360 --> 0:05:36.440 Thayer with you. Good to have you alongside, and please 0:05:36.480 --> 0:05:40.520 to be welcome by our good pal Jim Miller, special 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:44.800 guest each week during our off season. I guess this 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:46.760 is the off season. Far from it, though, Jim, so 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:51.599 much going on. Just before we get your overall thoughts 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:55.360 on the collection of candidates and what we've already seen 0:05:55.400 --> 0:05:59.080 interviewed here, what were your thoughts on the decisions made 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:01.280 by by George Kaski, chairman of the board and the 0:06:01.320 --> 0:06:04.080 Bears organization. Yeah, I think everybody kind of felt it 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:06.719 was was heading in that direction from you know, the 0:06:06.800 --> 0:06:09.480 offensive standpoint. You got a young quarterback and it just 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:13.039 it hasn't looked right the past a few years or 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:16.440 growth in that area. You know, you're still calling timeouts, 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:20.080 you know, not getting lined up in things that that nature, 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:22.719 and you know, I just think they felt a move 0:06:22.800 --> 0:06:24.760 needed to be made and you know from the growth 0:06:24.800 --> 0:06:28.840 process from whether it's Michell Mitchell Trubisky and who had 0:06:28.880 --> 0:06:31.320 a winning record and he moves on and and now 0:06:31.440 --> 0:06:34.000 Justin Fields. Uh, I think they felt it was time 0:06:34.000 --> 0:06:35.800 to make a change. They've got a great resource and 0:06:35.880 --> 0:06:39.000 obviously a Hall of Famer and Bill Polian to help 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:41.280 them out from from this. But there's a lot of candidates. 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:43.680 Like you said, this is covering a wide net here 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:46.680 to try and find the right guy. Now. Is it 0:06:46.760 --> 0:06:48.600 going to be a first year coach, will it be 0:06:48.640 --> 0:06:51.480 a more established guy? And you know, there's they're kind 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:53.960 of covering all the bases here of what they're searching 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:56.279 for right now to come up with the right general 0:06:56.279 --> 0:06:58.160 manager and head coach. And good to be with you 0:06:58.160 --> 0:07:00.800 guys as always, Hey, good Jim, Good to be with 0:07:00.839 --> 0:07:02.719 you also. So, Jim, would you like to see a 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:06.480 general manager first then allow him to have a little 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:10.920 bit of input on the head coaching position, or would 0:07:10.960 --> 0:07:13.240 if there was a head coaching candidate out there that 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:16.640 was super attracted to the skills of Justin Fields and 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:21.880 what Darnell Mooney and Cole commet, Dave Montgomery, Khalil Herbert 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:24.360 can offer you or even if you are on the 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:26.040 other side of the ball and a guy came in 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:28.720 here and said, look, I can turn Roquan Smith and 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:32.840 do a defensive MVP candidate, and I think Jalen Johnson's 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:35.200 a good starting point in the defensive back. So, first 0:07:35.240 --> 0:07:38.320 of all, you think it's GM before coach, And do 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:41.720 you think the other elements are enough to help make 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:44.480 that decision. Yeah, they're all different kinds. We see guys 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:46.440 that are kind of involved in all of it, and 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:49.920 Bill Belichick and obviously Andy Reid. I don't think that'll 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:51.640 be the case in Chicago. I think you're right. I 0:07:51.640 --> 0:07:55.240 think it'll be a symbiotic relationship with the general manager 0:07:55.280 --> 0:07:59.560 in the coach that are on board together, working together, 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:01.560 because I think that the last thing you want to 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:03.560 go through is like what the Giants just went through 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:07.320 here Dave Gentleman retires, then they have you know, they 0:08:07.400 --> 0:08:09.720 kind of leave Joe Judge hanging out in the wind, 0:08:09.880 --> 0:08:13.760 and they start interviewing general manager candidates and what does 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:16.720 the general manager say bringing in my own coach and 0:08:16.760 --> 0:08:19.440 here are the reasons why? You know, and you know 0:08:19.520 --> 0:08:21.280 they'll go through their list or what they liked or 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:24.640 didn't like about Joe Judge and lo and behold George 0:08:24.720 --> 0:08:27.600 Judges or Joe Judge, excuse me, is relieved of his 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:30.840 duties and then John Merrin and Steve Tish come out 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:32.720 and say, yeah, our general manager is going to choose 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:35.280 our next head coach. So I think you do want 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:37.680 it to be a symbiotic relationship because you just don't 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:41.480 want it, you know, stair stepping. You know. You think 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:44.440 about when I came in with when Dick Guron came in, 0:08:44.720 --> 0:08:46.960 the Bears didn't have a general manager in place, and 0:08:47.000 --> 0:08:49.920 then Gerry Angelo comes on board, and they kind of 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:52.679 would never you know. I think they worked well together, 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:55.120 but I don't think they were always eye to eye 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:57.880 because normally the general manager does come first if you 0:08:57.960 --> 0:09:01.560 want the traditional style of how things are done in 0:09:01.600 --> 0:09:04.199 the NFL. If it's more of a veteran coach, they're 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:07.040 probably gonna have more input from that standpoint. But I 0:09:07.120 --> 0:09:08.960 think the Bears are gonna go with the more traditional 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:11.679 style of things. You know, Jim, even outside the Bears, 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:15.040 is there any other college candidates other than Jim Harball 0:09:15.120 --> 0:09:18.160 that will get consideration or a look see or maybe 0:09:18.280 --> 0:09:23.280 even evaluated or interviewed, or is he like the top 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:27.600 guy in college that is has programs looking at him, 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:30.200 and is he looking at programs? Yeah, I think he's 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:33.240 definitely looking at programs. Even said that to a recruit 0:09:33.320 --> 0:09:36.040 that you know he would be interested if the NFL 0:09:36.120 --> 0:09:38.200 came calling again in his name has been out there. 0:09:40.000 --> 0:09:41.720 I don't know, man. I think you look at Urban 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:44.880 Urban Meyer. I think he just set back college coach. 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:48.040 It's about five years. You know, you would think Lincoln Riley, 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:52.079 a lot of teams have courted him, but with him 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:54.160 taking the job that he did, you would think he's out. 0:09:54.320 --> 0:09:57.280 You got Marvin Lewis back there at Arizona State, obviously, 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:01.120 I think he would be a consideration or even right 0:10:01.160 --> 0:10:03.360 there close to home. You know, it's been rumored and 0:10:03.440 --> 0:10:07.360 talked about would Pat Fitzgerald be a guy that whether 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:09.840 I think Green Bay had looked at him a couple 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:11.960 of years ago. Would the Bears be interested in that? 0:10:12.800 --> 0:10:14.839 But I think from the Kyle's level is kind of 0:10:14.840 --> 0:10:17.920 cooled off with the Urban Meyer situation. But I would 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:20.640 think Jim Harbaugh definitely has the leverage with how we 0:10:20.720 --> 0:10:24.000 performed this year at Michigan, There's no doubt about that. 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:26.679 Because he can come with a package, right. I know 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:29.840 coaches that have already called Vic Fangio to add him 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:31.280 to his staff. You know, he had a lot of 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:34.000 success out in San Francisco with Vic Fangio as his 0:10:34.120 --> 0:10:37.200 defensive coordinator, and I would think, you know, he could 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:39.560 come with a pretty good DC right away if he 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:42.080 makes a phone call. And Jim one of the candidates 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:44.320 today Jim Miller with us here on Bears All Access 0:10:44.360 --> 0:10:46.280 with Tom there, Jeff Jonnyak were brought to you by 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:49.200 IGS Energy. Choose clean energy for your home at IGS 0:10:49.280 --> 0:10:51.280 dot com because every good choice adds up to a 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:54.480 better world. What do you know about Cleveland Brown's vice 0:10:54.520 --> 0:10:58.120 president of football operations, quesse A Dopo Mensa interviewed for 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:02.160 the Carolina job last year. He was with VIC at 0:11:02.200 --> 0:11:04.960 the end of VIC stay in San Francisco as part 0:11:05.000 --> 0:11:08.560 of their research and development project. Yeah, no, he's highly respected. 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:12.040 Like I believe, he doesn't really have a football background now, 0:11:12.080 --> 0:11:14.120 so the analytics side of it, not that he doesn't 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:16.800 know players and strengths in all those things. I think 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:21.000 we know you can grow in those areas. But the 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:24.839 other names that I know of that are really qualified 0:11:24.880 --> 0:11:28.280 guys obviously you're going to point out Jeff Ireland, you know, 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:30.280 you have to point him out not only the picks 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:32.680 he made for Miami, but what he's done for the 0:11:32.720 --> 0:11:37.480 New Orleans Saints. Omar Khan of Pittsburgh that that is 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:41.000 a very good candidate, I will say from that standpoint, 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:43.600 But you know, it depends on what you're looking for. 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:47.360 Say Detroit last year when they tapped into the rams 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:51.720 in Brad Holmes. Brad Holmes basically conducted the last eight 0:11:51.840 --> 0:11:55.040 drafts for the LA Rams, and you just look at 0:11:55.080 --> 0:11:58.200 how aggressive he was for Detroit right or he trades away. 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:01.200 Matthew Stafford requires a lot of ass sets and you know, 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:03.839 and it's granted their season was for now, but he 0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:06.160 drafted pretty good this year. Penney Sewell and the guys 0:12:06.200 --> 0:12:09.600 that they played all played right away for that team. 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:12.240 So you know, you're looking at those type of things 0:12:12.760 --> 0:12:15.679 as well as how guys can identify talent and go 0:12:15.760 --> 0:12:19.079 and get talent to acquire and build your football team. 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:21.600 And you know there's some guys that have done that 0:12:21.600 --> 0:12:24.520 that they're they're looking at. And again it'll have you know, 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:28.440 Bill Polian comes as a great resource as h talk 0:12:28.520 --> 0:12:30.640 talk about that and more, a little more, because obviously 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:32.520 he's a part of your family there at Sirius Sex. 0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:34.280 Sam heard him last night on the radio, and he's 0:12:34.320 --> 0:12:36.400 done a lot over the years at ESPN and and 0:12:36.679 --> 0:12:41.319 stayed involved, and I hear his connections and his passion 0:12:41.440 --> 0:12:44.360 for this is off the charts. He's connected for a 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:47.520 lot of these search interviews, whether it's at say Notre 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:51.240 Dame or every other colleges that are recommending coaches or 0:12:51.440 --> 0:12:54.679 at the NFL level. A lot of people, you know, 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:58.119 tap him as a resource. He has a huge rolodex 0:12:58.520 --> 0:13:01.280 where he can tap into what he believes could be 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:04.480 a good fit for your football team. And he's had 0:13:04.520 --> 0:13:07.240 some disciples of his go on. Some have done well, 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:09.280 some haven't. You know, you look at David Caldwell down 0:13:09.280 --> 0:13:11.760 there for the Jacksonville Jaguards that did not go well, 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:14.800 but you'd have to say Tom Tolesco, that's not bad 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:18.360 out there in La Chargers Land, right, you know, they 0:13:18.440 --> 0:13:22.280 identified their quarterback in Justin Herbert and all those type 0:13:22.280 --> 0:13:25.920 of things. So very well respected, very deep in terms 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:29.240 of his rolodecks and who he can tap into, and 0:13:29.280 --> 0:13:31.720 he knows a lot of people that really can steer 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:34.439 organizations in the right direction. And I know for a 0:13:34.480 --> 0:13:39.439 fact the Bears have had other calls placed to them 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:43.840 that have given him good, really good advice of potential candidates. Jim, 0:13:44.080 --> 0:13:46.320 Let's look at the Bears over the next two years, 0:13:46.400 --> 0:13:49.160 because you think about a new general manager, new head 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:52.080 coach coming in, what the record was at the end 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:54.440 of this year, and then you think of the limited 0:13:54.480 --> 0:13:58.760 amount of draft choices they have with a complicated salary 0:13:58.800 --> 0:14:02.480 cap issues, and then next year. So is the pressure 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:05.959 start for the GM next year? And almost he has 0:14:06.000 --> 0:14:08.040 to get through this year and gets value out of 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:11.080 the limited amount of picks he has, or you think 0:14:11.120 --> 0:14:15.280 it's immediate, like the pressure starts the day before he 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:18.240 gets to the job. Yeah, I think there's always pressure. 0:14:18.400 --> 0:14:20.600 You know, free agency is going to be big, Like 0:14:20.680 --> 0:14:24.160 you said, can you parlay more picks from that standpoint 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:27.720 when you can strike a deal with another team? And 0:14:27.880 --> 0:14:30.240 I just think the development of these young players. I 0:14:30.240 --> 0:14:33.120 think we're well aware that we feel pretty good about 0:14:33.120 --> 0:14:36.080 the tackles, we feel good about the young quarterback. You 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:39.320 feel good about you know where Roquan Smith careers at. 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:41.960 They have Darnell Mooney. I mean, we'll get into these 0:14:41.960 --> 0:14:44.800 players that you know, a lot of people are excited 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:48.360 about that the Bears are young in certain areas, but 0:14:48.560 --> 0:14:51.320 I think the development those players is going to be crucial. 0:14:51.560 --> 0:14:54.720 And I think that's where the head coach, his staff, 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:58.160 all those really playing you know, you know, come and 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:00.560 come to the fold of how those players are going 0:15:00.560 --> 0:15:02.800 to be developed because you're not getting rid of all 0:15:02.800 --> 0:15:05.040 these players. This isn't like Houston last year where they 0:15:05.080 --> 0:15:08.680 signed forty eight free agents. That's not happening in Chicago. 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:11.760 So I do think those are going to be critical 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:14.120 areas that the Bears are going to uncover, and it's just, 0:15:14.920 --> 0:15:16.720 you know, do you trust a first year coach to 0:15:17.080 --> 0:15:19.680 be the guy to do that? I think those are 0:15:20.000 --> 0:15:22.040 some areas where the Bears have struggled where you go 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:24.320 through those growing pains with the first year head coach 0:15:24.400 --> 0:15:27.080 and you know, our first time coach, I should say, 0:15:27.080 --> 0:15:30.160 in the NFL, and you know, I think you're seeing 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:32.400 the brunt of that with some other teams that are 0:15:32.400 --> 0:15:34.800 already going in a different direction where they probably feel 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:37.640 we need a little bit more experience. I'll use Joe 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:40.200 Judge as an example. Again, was that really the best 0:15:40.240 --> 0:15:43.760 move to fire Jason Garrett. How did their offense look 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:47.600 after he left? It looked atrocious? I mean atrocious. So, 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:49.520 I mean those are the things you got to be 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:52.320 a leery of. And is a veteran guy more the 0:15:53.000 --> 0:15:54.800 way you want to go or is somebody just going 0:15:54.880 --> 0:15:57.600 to blow your socks off that you say, Man, this 0:15:57.680 --> 0:16:00.160 is our Mike Tomlin type of interview. This is going 0:16:00.160 --> 0:16:02.400 to be our guy for the next fifteen years, we believe. 0:16:02.720 --> 0:16:04.960 I think it would take that type of candidate to 0:16:05.000 --> 0:16:08.200 really choose a first time head coach. Jim, I've been 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:10.040 waiting to ask you this all season, and it's a 0:16:10.080 --> 0:16:13.280 completely different direction away from the Bears right now. But 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:17.560 you hear a little a lot about the roster of 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:19.880 coaches that are going to be coaching the Senior Bowl 0:16:19.880 --> 0:16:25.560 and everything. Does the new um moneymaking nil agreements for 0:16:25.640 --> 0:16:30.360 the college players? Does that take hurt your roster or 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:35.160 does it not affect your roster for the Senior Bowl? I? Wow, 0:16:35.240 --> 0:16:39.160 that's a great question because I still think for this 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:41.880 year it's not going to affect the roster. Here's why, 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:45.200 because you know COVID and everything. You know, you think 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:47.960 all the opt outs, I mean, players were begging to 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:49.880 play in that game because that really was the only 0:16:49.960 --> 0:16:52.560 game that was available for them to put stuff on tape, 0:16:53.240 --> 0:16:55.600 you know, and it still was an issue this year 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:59.440 at the college level. So I still think players will 0:16:59.480 --> 0:17:01.720 want to be in that game. You know, ninety percent 0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:04.520 of those players that go down there get drafted, and 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:07.040 in my opinion, if you do go down there and 0:17:07.600 --> 0:17:10.840 play and perform in the practices during the week, you 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:13.440 can increase your stock anywhere from one to two rounds. 0:17:13.800 --> 0:17:16.639 So I still think it's a very attractive game that 0:17:16.680 --> 0:17:19.359 you're gonna want it. And we've seen quarterbacks do it, right. 0:17:19.440 --> 0:17:22.840 Carson Wentz goes down there, Philadelphia trades up to number 0:17:22.880 --> 0:17:25.080 two to pick him. I mean, you look at some 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:26.959 of the quarterbacks that have been picked. Who has been 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:29.080 hurt going down there to play as a quarterback? Did 0:17:29.200 --> 0:17:31.920 Daniel Jones get hurt? He got picked sixteenth overall? And 0:17:31.960 --> 0:17:33.880 there was like, dude, the guy played at Duke, He's 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:36.800 he's nothing, and he went, you know, sixteenth overall to 0:17:37.240 --> 0:17:39.920 the Giants. So I think, if I'm a player, I'm 0:17:39.960 --> 0:17:42.680 playing in that game. I'm playing in that game, and 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:46.000 I don't care what my agent says. That's Jim Miller 0:17:46.160 --> 0:17:48.479 Jeff Jonny Act, Tom Pare with you. I'm Bears All 0:17:48.480 --> 0:17:51.280 Access here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score 0:17:51.960 --> 0:17:55.280 the Texans move of David Cutty's dismissal. Today. It's drawn 0:17:55.280 --> 0:17:58.520 a lot of very strong opinions and criticism. What do 0:17:58.560 --> 0:18:01.720 you think? Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:04.560 people felt that, you know, he was thrown into a 0:18:04.640 --> 0:18:06.679 lot of bad circumstances, but I think he had an 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:11.080 understanding of what was going to happen. I do think 0:18:11.200 --> 0:18:14.600 Nick Casserio, the general manager, he was waiting on a 0:18:14.720 --> 0:18:18.680 certain candidate, and some are speculating its Brian Flores. I 0:18:18.760 --> 0:18:21.280 do not think it was Brian Flores because he took 0:18:21.320 --> 0:18:24.080 the job as GM when Brian Flores already had a 0:18:24.080 --> 0:18:26.920 six year contract in Miami. So I do not think 0:18:27.000 --> 0:18:33.560 that as Brian Flores. Now, Gerard Mayo, Josh McDaniels, you know, potentially, 0:18:34.000 --> 0:18:36.000 I would think there, and I think from what I understand, 0:18:36.440 --> 0:18:39.640 you look at Gerard Merrill may have the inside track there, 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:43.040 but I think, you know, David Culley was under no 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:45.639 delusions of grandeur. He's a twenties year I was with 0:18:45.760 --> 0:18:47.840 him in Pittsburgh. He was our wide receivers coach. No, 0:18:48.040 --> 0:18:50.720 David's he's tremendous, but I think he was under no 0:18:50.840 --> 0:18:54.000 delusions of grander and if anything, the situation he was 0:18:54.040 --> 0:18:57.439 put in is probably people are coming away giving him 0:18:57.520 --> 0:18:59.560 more pelts on the wall with what he dealt with. 0:19:00.000 --> 0:19:02.879 I mean, they were playing literally all their young players, 0:19:03.000 --> 0:19:06.040 Davis Millsey on quarterback, who they drafted in the third 0:19:06.160 --> 0:19:09.480 round out of Stanford. All those young players were playing 0:19:09.600 --> 0:19:11.760 and David came on serious not even a week and 0:19:11.760 --> 0:19:14.080 a half ago. It was raving about. He said, hey, 0:19:14.160 --> 0:19:16.280 our young players are playing well. Nobody even thought they'd 0:19:16.320 --> 0:19:19.720 win four games. So I think he overachieved with the 0:19:19.800 --> 0:19:22.960 one year opportunity he had down there in Houston. Any 0:19:23.400 --> 0:19:25.560 bank rolled quite a bit of money, so that's the 0:19:25.640 --> 0:19:27.720 good news about it. And he'll he'll find his way 0:19:27.800 --> 0:19:31.760 somewhere else. And the Baltimore Ravens get compensatory pick last year. 0:19:31.760 --> 0:19:34.480 I get another third round compic this year because a 0:19:34.600 --> 0:19:38.359 team hired a minority only to find him leave and 0:19:38.680 --> 0:19:40.920 be dismissed in Houston. Coming up next, we'll be joined 0:19:40.960 --> 0:19:43.159 by Dan Pompey at the Athletic we'll talk about a 0:19:43.280 --> 0:19:47.240 number of topics, including What's what's up with the potential 0:19:47.320 --> 0:19:51.439 Hall of Fame first ballot Devin Hester. That'll be one 0:19:51.440 --> 0:19:53.280 of our topics coming up next here on Bears All 0:19:53.320 --> 0:20:00.040 Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to Score. 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