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Speaker 1: Free Agency Week. All the big deals that were discussed
Speaker 1: now in place across the board. I think better than
Speaker 1: two hundred players already have signed contracts either with their
Speaker 1: own teams, extensions, moved in deals, or free agency, including
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton, the Bears starting quarterback as he announced today
Speaker 1: and a zoom session with the media this afternoon at
Speaker 1: around two thirty that he will be He's got the
Speaker 1: assurances and it will be the starting quarterback for the
Speaker 1: Bears in twenty twenty one. Good to have you alongside
Speaker 1: with her Blawrence Art producer and in the Score studios.
Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Jony Acolong, my broadcast partner on Bears Game Day.
Speaker 1: The former Chicago Bear News Radio seven eighty and one
Speaker 1: or five point nine f w BBM timp there. So
Speaker 1: did that announcement that, yes, the Bears assured me that
Speaker 1: I am your starting quarterback in twenty twenty one take
Speaker 1: you off off guard a little bit. Well a little bit, Jeff,
Speaker 1: because if I was the backup, I would want the
Speaker 1: assurance that I'm going to have the opportunity to compete
Speaker 1: for the starting position. And I would like to see
Speaker 1: what's the Nick Folds frame of mind in those terms,
Speaker 1: because last year you could see what happened with Mitchell
Speaker 1: Trubisky getting the starting nod because of such a condensed preseason.
Speaker 1: But here, if you have the equal amount of reps
Speaker 1: for both of these quarterbacks, and Nick Folds really have
Speaker 1: in the upper hand because he understands this offense a
Speaker 1: little bit better. And that's what every quarterback needs to
Speaker 1: do is master the system that they're going to play.
Speaker 1: And so, you know, I want there to be competition.
Speaker 1: I don't want anybody to be handed a job. I
Speaker 1: want every player from a Kam Hicks to Khalil Mack
Speaker 1: to have to earn their job and not a right
Speaker 1: to have it on day one. Dunton telling reporters today
Speaker 1: he had options, but certainly that's a big hook to
Speaker 1: be the starting quarterback. That's his experience. Nine years in Cincinnati,
Speaker 1: is the starter nine games with the Dallas Cowboys last
Speaker 1: year and his whole last year and a half or so.
Speaker 1: Kind of hectic, kind of humbling, I guess, And as
Speaker 1: he looked at it, he says he grew quite a
Speaker 1: bit because you know, it didn't finish well obviously in Cincinnati.
Speaker 1: Let go in May so who was behind the eight
Speaker 1: ball a little bit, gets into Dallas. Grew up in
Speaker 1: Texas outside of Houston. You know, a lot of family
Speaker 1: and friends there, so it was intriguing for him to
Speaker 1: play there as Dak Prescott's backup. Dak Prescott, a durable guy,
Speaker 1: didn't expect to go out for the rest of the season.
Speaker 1: He starts nine games, suffers a concussion himself on a
Speaker 1: nasty hit big tim and then he also had COVID,
Speaker 1: so all sorts of things went on. He managed to
Speaker 1: go four and five through, fourteen touchdowns, eight interceptions, and
Speaker 1: now he's a free agent, a real free agent. The
Speaker 1: start a free agency and there he goes right. You know,
Speaker 1: there's nothing I dislike about Andy Dalton. You know, he
Speaker 1: is the face of a football team for a lot
Speaker 1: of years in Cincinnati. I don't know if they necessarily
Speaker 1: surrounded him with top tier defensive talent to get the
Speaker 1: most out of him and have him the ability to
Speaker 1: execute a career into more playoff opportunities. But you know,
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton is an interesting character when you have the
Speaker 1: pieces in place, and now all is he needs to do.
Speaker 1: He needs to accent the talent that they have in place.
Speaker 1: When you Alan Robinson, Darnell Mooney, hopefully Riley Ridley takes
Speaker 1: another step forward, and then you got to look at
Speaker 1: what they're offered in the backfield with David Montgomery and
Speaker 1: Tari Cohen and then the tight end position. So I
Speaker 1: think Andy Dalton has the ability to kind of use
Speaker 1: his skill set with the good understanding of Bill Lazor
Speaker 1: and you know what, Bill Lasor can kind of force
Speaker 1: feed him into that quarterback position. So I think it's
Speaker 1: interesting to see how the competitiveness of the position, how
Speaker 1: Matt and Maggie factors in the career of Nick Folds,
Speaker 1: and how Bill Lasor filters factors in the career of
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton. So I think there's a lot of moving
Speaker 1: forward here. But I think it's better to have the
Speaker 1: pieces in place this far in advance, especially if you
Speaker 1: have a normal training camp. I'm gonna tell you, folks,
Speaker 1: but a little behind the scenes in live radio, my
Speaker 1: system went completely dead. But Tom and I are looking
Speaker 1: at each other on an iPad and I just kept saying,
Speaker 1: keep talking, my friend. I didn't hear a word you said,
Speaker 1: but I'm glad you informed everybody else in a plus
Speaker 1: TU form playing radio with this No, you know, I'm
Speaker 1: just saying, you know, the reflection I got from Andy Dalton,
Speaker 1: I thought when he was in Cincinnati he was never
Speaker 1: really supported by top tier defensive talent, and there's a
Speaker 1: lot of obstacles to overcome throughout his career. The career there,
Speaker 1: but he was always considered a franchise type cornerback throughout
Speaker 1: the early parts of his career and when he took
Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Bengals over. It's just I do think there's
Speaker 1: a lack of a support system in Cincinnati over his
Speaker 1: years there that didn't allow him to take that next step. Well,
Speaker 1: there were time, you know, the fifteen season that he
Speaker 1: you know, there was talk of him be an MVP
Speaker 1: at some point in that season. They had they did
Speaker 1: have some good weaponry butt over the course of Marvin
Speaker 1: Lewis's stay there, you know they were always hovering around. Yes,
Speaker 1: a playoff team four times anyway under Andy Dalton, but
Speaker 1: you know, never could really get over that hump consistently.
Speaker 1: So here he's got to say, you know, he's talking
Speaker 1: about the second half of his career. It's funny because
Speaker 1: he's already this is this is you, this is your
Speaker 1: number eleven. How long do you want to keep going?
Speaker 1: And we'll hear from Andy Dalton as well, had a
Speaker 1: chance to visit him with him after that zoom one
Speaker 1: on one, so we'll play a chunk of that coming
Speaker 1: up a bit later on. We also got Jim Miller
Speaker 1: coming up from Sirius x MFL radio as one of
Speaker 1: our guests here in the next segment and for a
Speaker 1: few so Andy Dawnton certainly is the story. Lots of
Speaker 1: criticism out there from some of the fans, but it's
Speaker 1: what you'd expect when some of the talk was considered
Speaker 1: around guys like Russell Wilson and Deshaun Watson. Those were
Speaker 1: not a current possibility. So the Bears zeroed in on this.
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton zero down the Bears and the rest is history.
Speaker 1: You move forward now and you start going about trying
Speaker 1: to get this team to a super Bowl number one,
Speaker 1: and trying to get this team to get the offense
Speaker 1: scoring touchdowns. And that's building around whatever quarterbacks you have
Speaker 1: on this roster and using whatever assets you have left.
Speaker 1: And they are challenged by that right now with a
Speaker 1: salary cap and draft extremely well, and you just whatever's
Speaker 1: happened has happened. Now. You just got to worry about
Speaker 1: what's in front of you right now. Is the twenty
Speaker 1: twenty one season with a quarterback that has familiarity will
Speaker 1: build laser. Yeah, you know the thing about it is
Speaker 1: really unfair to the Bears because everybody jumped to the
Speaker 1: conclusion as soon as they started the Russell Wilson conversation,
Speaker 1: and anybody they picked other than Russell Wilson was going
Speaker 1: to fail and was gonna kind of not live up
Speaker 1: to the excitement of what Russell Wilson's track record has
Speaker 1: been so far in the NFL. But to think that
Speaker 1: you can bring in a guy lose so much talent
Speaker 1: on your football team and then have him have the
Speaker 1: production that he's you know, shown early in his career.
Speaker 1: I still think it's it's about a full team, the
Speaker 1: supporting cast, and with the weaponry the Bears have on offense,
Speaker 1: you know they do have an opportunity to move the ball.
Speaker 1: Other additions today before we get to Jim Miller will
Speaker 1: take a breakcare the readdition again. Another one year contract
Speaker 1: for the long snapper Patrick Scales with the kicking operation
Speaker 1: is all in place. There and more moves to come
Speaker 1: as the Bears get ready for what is going to
Speaker 1: be an important draft for the Bears with the twentieth
Speaker 1: pick in round one and eight overall picks. Let's step away.
Speaker 1: Jim Miller coming up next from Serious x M NFL Radio.
Speaker 1: We'll hear from Eddy Dunton as well with Tom There.
Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Joni ak Hrbloer. It's our producer and this
Speaker 1: is Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. Hey, welcome
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Speaker 1: a better world. Jeff Joningac along with Tom Fair, good
Speaker 1: to have you alongside everybody, and now joined by our
Speaker 1: weekly guests from Serious ex M NFL Radio. The former
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears starting quarterback and had great two thousand and
Speaker 1: one season. Big Jim Miller joined us for a few segments. Jim,
Speaker 1: it has been crazy this week. We thought it would be,
Speaker 1: and we thought the quarterbacks would be the big part
Speaker 1: of the puzzle, and it certainly has been the case.
Speaker 1: That carousel has been spinning and it spins into a
Speaker 1: new starting quarterback for the Bears today. How'd you feel
Speaker 1: about I don't I don't know if you probably on
Speaker 1: the air when the news conference happened on if you
Speaker 1: had a chance to listen to any of the Andy
Speaker 1: Dawton introduction. But he said he's been a short he's
Speaker 1: been the starter and this is the team he wanted
Speaker 1: to be with theet other options, but he's excited about
Speaker 1: what's in place, excited about working with Bill Laser and
Speaker 1: Matt Nagge and the staff. Yeah. I think, well one, Jeff,
Speaker 1: glad you could join us. Don't worry, Tom, I won't
Speaker 1: let you down. But you know, I think you know
Speaker 1: the Bears are kind of they're in a holding pattern
Speaker 1: right now because I think we I think we knew
Speaker 1: when we talked about it last week. You just worry
Speaker 1: that they didn't have enough ammo. I think you tried
Speaker 1: to take a swing at the plate. You try to
Speaker 1: contact Seattle and offer putting, you know, proposal offer that
Speaker 1: you think it is good enough. It's just it's not
Speaker 1: good enough for Seattle. I mean, realistically, I don't think
Speaker 1: the Bears had enough because they're sitting at the twenty
Speaker 1: spot in the first round. If any team's got the
Speaker 1: ammo to do it, it's the Jets at number two,
Speaker 1: you know, because the Jets legitimately, if if the Seattle
Speaker 1: Seahawks thought Zach Wilson or whatever quarterback that they were
Speaker 1: looking at, they'd still get the three first rounders. They'd
Speaker 1: have a better picking spot selection that they think is
Speaker 1: the ammo to go up and get you know, your
Speaker 1: quarterback there. And so it's I just think it's kind
Speaker 1: of pieing this guy type of stuff. But they took
Speaker 1: their swing. They did the best they could. They're doing
Speaker 1: their due diligence, just like every other team has done that.
Speaker 1: The Bears weren't the only team that called Seattle and
Speaker 1: they have. The Bears aren't the only team that is
Speaker 1: called about the Houston Texas and Deshaun Watson. There's been
Speaker 1: a lot of teams very open that they've contacted Nick Casserio,
Speaker 1: who's not taking any offers because they're not going anywhere.
Speaker 1: I mean, those two good A quarterbacks for them to
Speaker 1: shuffle away from their teams, So I think the Bears
Speaker 1: are in a holding pattern. Now you got to turn
Speaker 1: to your next scenario. You had guys like Ryan Fitzpatrick here,
Speaker 1: you got Alex Smith that obviously has a background, and
Speaker 1: then they ultimately select on Andy Dalton, who's got a
Speaker 1: background with Bill Laser. Fitzpatrick's now off the board. He
Speaker 1: signed early with the Washington football team. That's a one year,
Speaker 1: basically ten million dollars deal that kind of set the
Speaker 1: stage for Andy Dalton one year, ten million to the
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears. So I think they did the best they
Speaker 1: could for the standpoint it makes a good fit. I mean, clearly,
Speaker 1: Mitch Turbisky signing a two and a half million dollar
Speaker 1: deal with Buffalo, it tells you where his market was
Speaker 1: at out there in the NFL. And I think you know,
Speaker 1: it doesn't preclude the Bears from drafting a quarterback or
Speaker 1: even if they have the ability to move up to
Speaker 1: maybe target a guy if they if they like a
Speaker 1: quarterback in this year's draft. You know, you know, to me,
Speaker 1: I think that you know, Andy Dalton because of his
Speaker 1: relationship with Bill Azor says he has a past relationship
Speaker 1: with Nick Folds. That isn't a it is a positive
Speaker 1: quarterback working room. You know, Jim, One thing I was
Speaker 1: saying the different positions that you've been on rosters, and
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton did claim that he's going to be given
Speaker 1: the opportunity to be the starting quarterback here at the
Speaker 1: beginning of the season. What attitude do you expect out
Speaker 1: of Nick Folds in those terms, because I don't think
Speaker 1: no matter where you were on the roster at the
Speaker 1: start of the season, you never came in here saying, Okay,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be content with being the backup, so I
Speaker 1: only have to work so hard. So what do you
Speaker 1: think is the frame of mind between the two? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think if you're if the coach tells you what
Speaker 1: your role is going to be, and you have to
Speaker 1: be acceptable to that like a new Like when I
Speaker 1: signed with New England. You know, obviously I was getting healthy,
Speaker 1: but you know, basically Bill Belichick pulled me in his
Speaker 1: office said, Jim, we kind of need you to be
Speaker 1: a sounding board. You know, you'll be the number two.
Speaker 1: At times, We're gonna put Rohan Davy at number two
Speaker 1: because he may we want to may want to give
Speaker 1: him some reps in certain games. And I was fine
Speaker 1: with that because the coach laid it out for me
Speaker 1: and I knew what was expected. And I'm sure for
Speaker 1: the Bears to give assurances to Andy Dalton, I guarantee
Speaker 1: you Nick Foles in that release ship that he has
Speaker 1: with Andy Dalton, I think that role has been cleared
Speaker 1: up there too, because you know, typically for Nick Foles,
Speaker 1: his role where he's excelled in the NFL is coming
Speaker 1: off the bench and he's been extremely well. And Andy's
Speaker 1: legitimately always been a starter until last year in Dallas
Speaker 1: until Dak got hurt and then where he's thrust in
Speaker 1: the lineup. I think he's a good point guard. I
Speaker 1: think he's a very good decision maker when you look
Speaker 1: at Andy Dalton, so I think the Bears did the
Speaker 1: best that they could do in a holding pattern. And
Speaker 1: what's Andy trying to do? And he's trying to play
Speaker 1: his best football? Why because he wants to hit free
Speaker 1: agency next year. I mean, realistically, Andy could play another
Speaker 1: ten years the way quarterbacks are lasting right now. So
Speaker 1: I think for him, you're gonna get Andy Dalton's best
Speaker 1: football moving forward because a salary cap is going to
Speaker 1: go up next year, and maybe Andy Dalton can position
Speaker 1: himself where, hey, maybe the Bears want to resign me,
Speaker 1: maybe I can hit free agency next year coming off
Speaker 1: a good year. If he's able to succel as a
Speaker 1: starter for the Chicago Bears. Yeah, he's also talking about,
Speaker 1: you know, if it works out, drop anchor here, never
Speaker 1: have to pack his bags again. That would be a
Speaker 1: dream scenario. That means things went very well. And you
Speaker 1: know a lot of these guys who get moved at
Speaker 1: the end of their careers, there's a lot of pride
Speaker 1: in here too, and they want to prove again that hey,
Speaker 1: I am still capable of leading a team to where
Speaker 1: they want to go. And there is leadership qualities that
Speaker 1: we're very much discussed, because that's what Matt Nage talked about.
Speaker 1: He used it a lot just a couple of weeks ago.
Speaker 1: What he was looking for was leadership, not just rah
Speaker 1: rah in the locker room, but specifics in the athlene
Speaker 1: Is scrimmage on Mondays on Tuesdays on Wednesdays. What's everything
Speaker 1: gonna do to help this team move forward? And you know,
Speaker 1: what are we getting here, guys? What are we getting
Speaker 1: here in terms of breaking it all down? Because I
Speaker 1: look at it as a he said, point guard. Indeed,
Speaker 1: because he's a he's a rhythm guy. Ye, intermediate to
Speaker 1: short or short to intermediate, whoever you want to phrase it.
Speaker 1: Can't can't throw a deep ball, but that's not his uh,
Speaker 1: that's not his Bailey Wick, so to speak. And he's
Speaker 1: gonna process quickly diagnosed it the line of scrimmage. And
Speaker 1: as long as you have those weapons that could take
Speaker 1: the ball and move the chains, guys to make things
Speaker 1: happen after the catching. And I know Tim's gonna bring
Speaker 1: up the running game for sure. You gotta have it.
Speaker 1: You gotta have it. He's talking about it too. You
Speaker 1: gotta have that balance and not be predictable and be
Speaker 1: as versatile as possible. Fellas. Yeah, I think it's gonna
Speaker 1: change the philosophical approach of the offensive line because you
Speaker 1: lose the versatility in the athleticism of the quarterback when
Speaker 1: you had Mitchell Traubisky in there, a little different when
Speaker 1: they had Nick Foles there. So you know, that's one
Speaker 1: of the preach elements of Juan Castillo is physical and finish,
Speaker 1: and I think that's going to be have to be
Speaker 1: the mantra of this offensive line because to get out
Speaker 1: of David Montgomery, who is a true asset in the NFL,
Speaker 1: you're gonna be able to have that power running game
Speaker 1: that computes in the play action passing, in the downfield
Speaker 1: passing game that Andy Dalton's used to throughout his career.
Speaker 1: I think the Bears third down offense is definitely going
Speaker 1: to be better. They were thirty first in the NFL
Speaker 1: in their third down offense. And I think we know
Speaker 1: red zone has to be better. And he will make
Speaker 1: quick decisions. He's a very good processor of information and
Speaker 1: I'll tell you where he's going to help. Also from
Speaker 1: that standpoint, the development of the receivers. Okay, whether it's
Speaker 1: Riley Ridley, go look at Cede Lamb last year for Dallas. Okay,
Speaker 1: granted Andy had the concussion, got back in there, a
Speaker 1: Cede Lamb finished with seventy four receptions, nine hundred and
Speaker 1: thirty five yards and I think five touchdowns. Okay, So
Speaker 1: Andy can communicate to the receiver this is what I
Speaker 1: need from you that experience. He's been around the block.
Speaker 1: He'll already get a great rapport with Alan Robinson and
Speaker 1: the veterans that are there, and they'll build one with
Speaker 1: Mooney or say whether if Anthony Miller is here. A
Speaker 1: rumor is he's out on the trade block potentially, but
Speaker 1: maybe Andy Dalton's the guy to reach him. No, no, Anthony,
Speaker 1: we need this against this particular coverage. This is how
Speaker 1: I need you to come out of the route, your break,
Speaker 1: all those type of things, because Andy has been around
Speaker 1: the block, and I think if you go look at
Speaker 1: Dallas last year, look how Cede Lamb performed. When Andy
Speaker 1: Dalton got into the lineup there, he excelled. And that
Speaker 1: was a rookie receiver grand a lot of talent, he's
Speaker 1: a first rounder out of Oklahoma, but I think a
Speaker 1: lot of that was having the veteran quarterback bringing that
Speaker 1: guy along. All Right, we're gonna take a break here shortly.
Speaker 1: Other news of the day, Mitchell Trubisky, the former Bears quarterback,
Speaker 1: now a Buffalo bill and a one year deal to
Speaker 1: back up Josh Allen at two and a half million,
Speaker 1: and Trubisky goes there. Brent Urban reportedly going to the
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys. The Bears reportedly signed Angelo Blacks in a
Speaker 1: defensive lineman that has not been official by the organization yet.
Speaker 1: I mentioned Patrick Scales as well a lot of other
Speaker 1: things on the burner across the leagu We're going to
Speaker 1: dive into all of that. Mike Lennon with the New
Speaker 1: York Giants. Those veteran quarterbacks, Jim, veteran quarterbacks make a
Speaker 1: lot of money. That new TV deal came in today,
Speaker 1: Wait two years from now. Whoo oh, I know we'll
Speaker 1: talk about that too, Yes, a blockbuster TV deal. And
Speaker 1: we'll hear from Maddy Dalton himself with Tom there, Jim Miller.
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Speaker 1: With Tom Fair, Jim Miller, Jeff Joniac, Jim Our, guests
Speaker 1: from Serious x M NFL Radio, Moving the Chains with
Speaker 1: Pat Kerwin. You guys have been breaking it down from
Speaker 1: d going through player by player, and Ian Rappaport reporting
Speaker 1: just moments ago that the Bears are releasing Kyle Fuller.
Speaker 1: Fellas the veteran cornerback and a salary cap cut. That's
Speaker 1: a big, big part of the defense. Obviously, the way
Speaker 1: he played in the last few years earned himself a
Speaker 1: long term extension with the Bears after Green Bay made
Speaker 1: a run at him and really did a lot of
Speaker 1: good things. A tough, physical player and a lot of
Speaker 1: folks may not understand that move, but the cap is
Speaker 1: the cap. We'll start with Jim Jim m Well, yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't think they wanted to release him. I guarantee
Speaker 1: the Bears probably went to him and asked him to
Speaker 1: take a reduction or a restructure, and sometimes the players
Speaker 1: are not going to agree to that. That's why I
Speaker 1: think you're seeing a lot of players getting dumped right now,
Speaker 1: and that will be out there on the open market.
Speaker 1: Because I think the Bears they respect Kyle Fuller, they
Speaker 1: drafted him, they know how hard he's played, they actually
Speaker 1: resigned him to that big deal, so that probably as
Speaker 1: a restructure or reduction, and the player refused, and once
Speaker 1: you refused, and it's happened to a lot of guys,
Speaker 1: say Kyle Rudolph for the Minnesota Vikings, he was not
Speaker 1: going to take a reduction, thought he could do better
Speaker 1: out on the open market. Ultimately, ultimately they got signed
Speaker 1: today with the New York Giants. So I think his
Speaker 1: nine million salary now was at seven million for the Giants.
Speaker 1: And that's probably the case with Kyle Fuller Bears. He
Speaker 1: knows what the number of the Bears would resign him at,
Speaker 1: but he's going to go shop his wearers to other
Speaker 1: teams hoping that he can do better. He's seen, you know,
Speaker 1: Patrick Peterson and some other corners today that got signed
Speaker 1: and they're one year deals or one year ten million bucks.
Speaker 1: And you saw a couple other guys get three year deals.
Speaker 1: So it depends on what Kyle Fuller is looking for
Speaker 1: number wise. But I think we know a lot of
Speaker 1: teams are salary cap strapped and we'll see if you know,
Speaker 1: he's betting that he thinks he can get more on
Speaker 1: the open market. Or close to what the Bears were
Speaker 1: going to pay him here in twenty twenty one. Well,
Speaker 1: you know, if I was Vic Fangio, I would be
Speaker 1: in his radar. You know, he likes whatever the impression
Speaker 1: that Kyle Fuller left on him, and what Kyle Fuller,
Speaker 1: the impression he's left on everybody in the organization because
Speaker 1: his work ethic and his work effort is second to none,
Speaker 1: and so his study habits are legendary, and so what
Speaker 1: he's been able to accomplish throughout the early portion of
Speaker 1: his career, he's got a really well respected reputation around
Speaker 1: the league. So it's not one of these guys that
Speaker 1: you're going to take a flyer on and see what
Speaker 1: happens down the road or injury rehabilitation. This is a guy,
Speaker 1: if you bring him aboard, or if the Bears were
Speaker 1: able to bring him back aboard, that he is a
Speaker 1: day one starter. He's not a guy that you're gonna
Speaker 1: go and you're gonna he's gonna be in the back
Speaker 1: of the line at the cornerback position. He's gonna move
Speaker 1: right up to the front of the line and go
Speaker 1: and compete as a team starter. I know they're releasing
Speaker 1: buster screen as well. So opportunities here for Kendallville Door
Speaker 1: and Duke Shelley right out of the gate and whatever
Speaker 1: the Bears may do in the draft and in free agency.
Speaker 1: So a change on the defense for the Bears. Maybe
Speaker 1: you're gonna get a little younger on the outside at
Speaker 1: the cornerback position with Jalen Johnson becoming the man coming
Speaker 1: off injury last year. Also multiple reports that Kenny Galladay,
Speaker 1: the Saint Rita product and Northern Illinois product, finishing his
Speaker 1: career at NIU and a draft pick of the Lions,
Speaker 1: visited with the Bears reportedly yesterday visiting with the Giants today.
Speaker 1: How do you guys handicap that situation and what does
Speaker 1: that mean? Jim? I think for the market has been
Speaker 1: kind of slow for receivers, and we're starting to see
Speaker 1: a lot of one year deals coming in right now
Speaker 1: for receivers. Clearly there's interests. Giants don't have a lot
Speaker 1: of salary cap money to spend either now, and these
Speaker 1: one year deals have been anywhere from one year five
Speaker 1: million down to one year two and a half million.
Speaker 1: I think Galladay will be a little bit higher. I think,
Speaker 1: you know, if I think he's hoping for, like anywhere
Speaker 1: from six to seven million a year is what he's
Speaker 1: probably looking at. So there's interest. But I think the
Speaker 1: teams because with the latest deals that have come in,
Speaker 1: it's probably going to be in the three and a
Speaker 1: half four million range. I think for Kenny Galladay, I'd
Speaker 1: be shocked if he gets more in that. But you know,
Speaker 1: it could surprise you that he gets a three year
Speaker 1: because you have to worry about him because he missed
Speaker 1: a lot of games last year. That hip injury was legitimate,
Speaker 1: So that's why I think it'll be more of a
Speaker 1: one year deal, prove it type of deal, and then
Speaker 1: maybe Kenny Galladay can jump back in free agency next
Speaker 1: year and hope he can do better. But Bars definitely
Speaker 1: should be interested in Kenny Galladay. Yeah, I mean, I agree,
Speaker 1: he's got all the talent in the world. He's a
Speaker 1: legitimate number one receiver for any team he goes to,
Speaker 1: even if they have a bona fide number one. However,
Speaker 1: he's kind of at the opposite end of the spectrum
Speaker 1: of Kyle Fuller. He hasn't been healthy, he hasn't been
Speaker 1: able to stay on the field. He's got the most
Speaker 1: perfect of playing conditions inside the Detroit inside the Detroit
Speaker 1: Stadium in terms of running and speed and all that.
Speaker 1: So I would really hurt Une. Yeah, I would have
Speaker 1: to investigate his health though, because I can have a guy.
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna sign the guy that's gonna be active
Speaker 1: for two to five games a year. I'm just not
Speaker 1: gonna do it. It tells you a lot that he
Speaker 1: moved on to the Giants, right, because if you want him,
Speaker 1: you don't let him out of your building, right. So
Speaker 1: they probably offered him. He's looking for more, So he's
Speaker 1: going to explore with the Giants, which the Giants are
Speaker 1: probably gonna offer something similar the Bears have offered, and
Speaker 1: it's not really what he wants it at this point
Speaker 1: for Kenny Golladay, So Cincinnati apparently offered him a one
Speaker 1: year proved deal as well. So what what would the
Speaker 1: domino effect be if if that does happen? Um, how
Speaker 1: do we look at this with Alan Robinson be enfranchised
Speaker 1: at the moment? What I mean if you brought Kenny,
Speaker 1: if you brought Kenny Galladay aboard here at the Chicago Bears,
Speaker 1: I would expect immediately the point production on the offense
Speaker 1: that would go up. It would it would offer opportunities
Speaker 1: to the tight end position. It would help your running
Speaker 1: game especial. Actually when you include Darnell Mooney and and
Speaker 1: Allen Robinson Galladay, three receivers set in Darnell Mooney and
Speaker 1: then the other side. So I would expect it to
Speaker 1: be able to be a super positive in the both
Speaker 1: of the red zone. But in points for this offense, yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean you lose Quardurell Patterson, you know, if they're
Speaker 1: able to bring a Gala day on board one, I don't.
Speaker 1: I don't anticipate that Alan Robinson would be traded. He'd
Speaker 1: have to sign his franchise tender in order to do that,
Speaker 1: unless his agent is in contact with where he would
Speaker 1: be traded to a team that he'd want to be
Speaker 1: traded to. So I don't see that happen. And I
Speaker 1: think this is more a Quardurell Patterson is now a
Speaker 1: free agent. You bring in a guy who is a size,
Speaker 1: speed type of receiver where you go opposite and then
Speaker 1: you still got the speed of Mooney. So I think
Speaker 1: he'd definitely be a help from that standpoint, just from
Speaker 1: his size that he brings to me. I always wanted
Speaker 1: you know, like like when I was with the Bears,
Speaker 1: we had Bobby Ingram right, the quick slot guy, and
Speaker 1: then you know, for us, Robinson was the big guy
Speaker 1: on the outside, had a couple of thousand yard seasons
Speaker 1: and he was tremendous. And you know, to me, you
Speaker 1: got kind of role players in galadies that size, that
Speaker 1: red zone presence type of guy that I think has
Speaker 1: kind of been missing for the Chicago Bears. Led the
Speaker 1: NFL and eleven touchdown receptions back in twenty nineteen, but
Speaker 1: the hip flix or knocked him out the end of
Speaker 1: last season with the Lions again, Saint rita south Side
Speaker 1: product NIU after North Dakota, big impact player, could be
Speaker 1: joining the Chicago Bears if all things work out all right,
Speaker 1: We're gonna step away when we come back. We'll hear
Speaker 1: our interview with Andy Dalton earlier today the Bears new
Speaker 1: starting quarterback. As he says, that's the assurances he's been given.
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Speaker 1: with Tom there, with Jim Miller from Serious x MNF Radios,
Speaker 1: moving the chains with Pat Kerwin, I am Jeff Joniac.
Speaker 1: Earlier today had a chance after his Zoom meeting with
Speaker 1: the media to visit with Bears new starting quarterback Andy Dalton.
Speaker 1: This was going to be the big quarterback carousel offseason,
Speaker 1: you know that talks of so many teams looking for
Speaker 1: quarterbacks or making changes. As you charted your future course
Speaker 1: here for twenty twenty one, were you excited about that carousel?
Speaker 1: And obviously in the game of musical chairs you landed here.
Speaker 1: But what was that whole process like for you? Yeah,
Speaker 1: it was one of those things you don't know how
Speaker 1: it's all going to play out. You saw that there's
Speaker 1: a lot of guys that have been on teams for
Speaker 1: a long time that could be traded in, getting released,
Speaker 1: getting you know, in different spots, and so with looking
Speaker 1: at the market and looking everything going into free agency,
Speaker 1: I was I was hoping that this was going to
Speaker 1: work out here in Chicago, and so m just going
Speaker 1: through the whole process of it all and getting to
Speaker 1: talk with Matt and Bill Laser and just Ryan and
Speaker 1: just all the different you know, coaches and different things.
Speaker 1: I was glad that this thing worked out and this
Speaker 1: was a great fit for me and for this organization.
Speaker 1: All right, let's hit on some of those keywords. You
Speaker 1: said you hoped you liked the fit, and obviously the
Speaker 1: starting job is a big component of that. At this
Speaker 1: point in your career, those three words right there, tell
Speaker 1: us a little bit about that and why that was
Speaker 1: a hope, and what did you like about the organization? Yeah,
Speaker 1: for me, you know, I went from starting nine years
Speaker 1: in Cincinnati to getting a release late in the process,
Speaker 1: and then you know, took the role as a backup
Speaker 1: last year and then you know, part of the season
Speaker 1: I get, I get the opportunity to play again with
Speaker 1: with Dad getting hurt, and so at that point, you know,
Speaker 1: I wasn't sure exactly how this whole thing was going
Speaker 1: to play out. And so for me, going into the offseason,
Speaker 1: you look at the teams that you'd you'd like to
Speaker 1: go to, but there's got to be that mutual interest.
Speaker 1: And so going into this this thing worked out, you know,
Speaker 1: I was hoping that the like I said, I was
Speaker 1: hoping that the Bears were going to be a possibility,
Speaker 1: and as this thing got closer, realized that it was
Speaker 1: going to work. And so I'm excited about the opportunity
Speaker 1: that I have here. I know Matt Naggie talked about
Speaker 1: leadership quite a bit in the in the search for
Speaker 1: a quarterback or a plan for a quarterback, whatever it
Speaker 1: was going to be entering this twenty twenty one off season.
Speaker 1: And leadership takes out many forms. It's not just a
Speaker 1: raw rod guy or a guy everybody looks to. That's
Speaker 1: almost a given at the quarterback position, but it's about
Speaker 1: leadership in the huddle, leadership at the line of scrimmage,
Speaker 1: leadership and clutch key moments. Why do you have that
Speaker 1: leadership component he's looking for. Yeah, I think you named
Speaker 1: a lot of the things that you want as you
Speaker 1: want for your quarterback and you want to have as
Speaker 1: this a teammate, and so I think it won It
Speaker 1: just comes with how you come to work every day.
Speaker 1: Let everybody know that they can trust you. You're gonna
Speaker 1: know what's going on. You can always make sure that
Speaker 1: you can help anybody out with anything going on, whether
Speaker 1: it be football related or something else. And you know,
Speaker 1: just kind of get to get to know your teammates
Speaker 1: and get to know these guys, and I think it's
Speaker 1: it's more than, like I said, more than just football.
Speaker 1: I saw on a personal level. And so when you
Speaker 1: build that trust and that with all your teammates, you
Speaker 1: can lead from a different perspective and lead from a
Speaker 1: different area. And so now that's what I'm excited about.
Speaker 1: I'm excited to get to meet my teammates, get to
Speaker 1: be part of this thing, and you know, to really
Speaker 1: push this whole team to be the best that we
Speaker 1: can be. It's always good to have an advocate in
Speaker 1: the building where you're going to and you got one
Speaker 1: obviously in Bill Laser, a man you respect and worked
Speaker 1: with for several years in Cincinnati. Does that mean a
Speaker 1: lot to you right now? And is that short of
Speaker 1: shortened gap in digesting what you're going to be asked
Speaker 1: to learn in this new Bears offense. That's been great
Speaker 1: to have Bill here and for us, we've had we
Speaker 1: have a great relationship from our time in Cincinnati together.
Speaker 1: We've stayed in constant contact even throughout the seasons that
Speaker 1: he wasn't in Cincinnati. And so I think that's you're
Speaker 1: gonna make this whole transition easier. A guy that already
Speaker 1: understands how I work, understands how I operate, I understand
Speaker 1: how he works too, And so I think when you
Speaker 1: and you already have that familiarity with somebody, and especially
Speaker 1: as him being the coordinator and everything, I think that
Speaker 1: just makes the whole transition easier. There's a lot offensive
Speaker 1: minds in that meeting room, and then you throw yours
Speaker 1: into the mix as well, because you got to tip
Speaker 1: the cap to any veteran quarterback that's put in a
Speaker 1: decade of work already and you've seen everything possible. Is
Speaker 1: that enticing as well for you? Because you know it's
Speaker 1: easy to characterize this offense is Kansas City or Philadelphia,
Speaker 1: but this is the Bears offense. There's a lot of
Speaker 1: collective influences here. And is that kind of a pulpyri
Speaker 1: that excites you as a quarterback in this at this
Speaker 1: point in your career? It does? You know, being in
Speaker 1: Cincinnati for so long and then getting a going through
Speaker 1: different coordinators there and then being in Dallas this past year,
Speaker 1: it's like, okay, let's I love the part of okay,
Speaker 1: what can we do differently? Or what's something different that
Speaker 1: I haven't done in the past. I've seen it on film,
Speaker 1: I've seen these guys do it, But how is this taught?
Speaker 1: How is this run? All that kind of stuff. So
Speaker 1: I think that's it's gonna be fun for me to
Speaker 1: kind of dive into this offense, dive into the playbook
Speaker 1: and see, Okay, what do we want to be. I
Speaker 1: can bring some of the stuff from you know, my past,
Speaker 1: my experiences and things that I like, and uh yeah,
Speaker 1: I think that's just comes to the working relationship with
Speaker 1: all these guys. And so, like I said, I'm looking
Speaker 1: forward to this. It's it's gonna be fun to start
Speaker 1: this whole process. And it starts immediately. It's already started. Jim,
Speaker 1: He's done a lot of work. He did it a
Speaker 1: lot in advance to find out exactly what the Bears
Speaker 1: were doing offensive. We watch a lot of tape and
Speaker 1: getting in this position to be a starter again. He's
Speaker 1: gonna be wearing number fourteen. I realized that has been
Speaker 1: his number in Dallas Sin Sincecinnati. So I asked him
Speaker 1: about that. He says that's a significant number because his
Speaker 1: dad wore that number back and playing high school football
Speaker 1: in Texas and he's writing with that and uh and
Speaker 1: certainly the hair matches the orange right the orange c
Speaker 1: on the Bears logo and had a good laugh about
Speaker 1: that too. But Jim as a quarterback coming in through
Speaker 1: free agent, to put yourself in his shoes with this
Speaker 1: team right now as it's currently constructed, not what it's
Speaker 1: going to be when they had the training camp. What
Speaker 1: is his big as hurder hurdle to adapt quickly or
Speaker 1: would you say there are any hurdles? No, I don't
Speaker 1: think there's any hurdles for Andy. You know, he's been around,
Speaker 1: He's learned a lot of football. He's been under a
Speaker 1: lot of different offensive coordinators that he's had to learn
Speaker 1: new offenses. So I don't think that'll be a challenge
Speaker 1: for him at all. He's got a relationship and it
Speaker 1: kind of understands what the coaches want from him, and
Speaker 1: I think he feels that they'll have the ability to win.
Speaker 1: You know, Andy Dalton, I know his record is seven
Speaker 1: and twenty one in his last twenty eight games, all right,
Speaker 1: but it's really what's been around him. I think everybody
Speaker 1: knows that Cincinnati was deteriorating as an organization. You know,
Speaker 1: they made the playoffs five times, and he's experienced that.
Speaker 1: He guided him there. He wasn't the reason why they
Speaker 1: lost all those games, let's just put it that way.
Speaker 1: He was actually the reason why they were in the
Speaker 1: playoffs and then signs the one year deal in Dallas,
Speaker 1: where I don't think anybody anticipated him playing. You know,
Speaker 1: he's just trying to hope for another opportunity in free
Speaker 1: agency this year that would come out and it probably
Speaker 1: without anything on his resume. But he had the ability
Speaker 1: to play last year when he stepped on the field,
Speaker 1: he played, and Dallas was a better team with him
Speaker 1: guiding the football team. Now he comes to the Bears,
Speaker 1: I think there's pieces to the puzzle around him. He's
Speaker 1: a good decision maker. You got a good defense in place,
Speaker 1: that wasn't the case in Dallas last year. And I
Speaker 1: think he feels he can win. He can win, and
Speaker 1: whether it's with the Bears that we mentioned earlier or
Speaker 1: with another team, he's trying to position himself to solidify
Speaker 1: a starting spot for you know, another long term contract,
Speaker 1: so to speak. So this is you know, to me,
Speaker 1: it's it's the best of the Bears could do. This
Speaker 1: guy will give the bears the ability to win, and
Speaker 1: I think it's just it's just his decision making and
Speaker 1: his situational play. I kind of compare Andy Dalton to
Speaker 1: Alex Smith, meaning it's very rarely he's going to make
Speaker 1: a decision that caused you a game. He's just not
Speaker 1: that type of quarterback. He'll keep you in every game
Speaker 1: and that's all you can ask for is to have
Speaker 1: a chance to win. But you know, one thing I
Speaker 1: like about the relationship the quarterback room Nick Folds and
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton right now is everything that's coached and taught
Speaker 1: is transferable to every guy. It's not like you have
Speaker 1: a rollout pattern, a rollout scheme that you want to
Speaker 1: put in for this athletic quarterback, and then you have
Speaker 1: this scheme that you want to put into a taller
Speaker 1: pocket passing quarterback. I think Andy Dalton and Nick Folds
Speaker 1: are so similar in their styles of play, their athleticism,
Speaker 1: and their background that you're only teaching one system. And
Speaker 1: I think that's important because when you go for the
Speaker 1: limited amount of time that you have in front of
Speaker 1: these players, whether it's by zoom or in an actual
Speaker 1: meeting room, everything you're saying you only have to say
Speaker 1: it once and it's going to pertain to everybody in
Speaker 1: that room. And I think that's super beneficial to the
Speaker 1: quarterback coaches that are gonna have a hands on approach
Speaker 1: with these guys. Hey, you're looking at that too, precisely
Speaker 1: about the offensive line, Yeah right, exactly, yeah, exactly. You're
Speaker 1: you're gonna you're gonna follow one scheme that best fits
Speaker 1: the quarterback that can make you the most threatening downfield
Speaker 1: in whether that includes a powerful running game that includes
Speaker 1: play action, or these guys develop a good relationship with
Speaker 1: all the receiver assets that the Bears have at this point.
Speaker 1: All right, talk about receivers real quick, because Jim pointed
Speaker 1: out the market down a little bit o receivers, so
Speaker 1: it's a very saturated market, no question. There's a lot
Speaker 1: of guys thought there were gonna strike it big. I
Speaker 1: know Will Fuller was one of those guys. He settled
Speaker 1: in Miami. I don't know what he got today, Jim,
Speaker 1: But there really isn't the neat to overpay because there's
Speaker 1: a bunch of great receivers potentially coming out of the draft,
Speaker 1: so there's less tread on those tires. You can draft
Speaker 1: a young, fast talent and certainly in those upper twelve
Speaker 1: picks and maybe in the first to two rounds you
Speaker 1: get about a dozen different players. You know, he talked
Speaker 1: about Jamar Chase and Jalen Wattle and DeVante Smith for starters.
Speaker 1: But is that part of this now? And I know
Speaker 1: people are upset about it, especially agents just reading on
Speaker 1: Twitter today some of the agents around the league, I know.
Speaker 1: I mean it's self motivated because they want to make
Speaker 1: their cash and get their clients the best possible deals.
Speaker 1: But it is what it is. And I know with
Speaker 1: the new TV contracts that we'll get into in a minute,
Speaker 1: that it looks like things are better off than what
Speaker 1: they're dealing with right now. But those TV deals don't
Speaker 1: go into effect until twenty twenty three. Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: that's what the agents are barking about. They think now
Speaker 1: that they know that what that was going to come
Speaker 1: in at ten billion a year, Hey, why couldn't the
Speaker 1: KAPA been over a little over two hundred million? But
Speaker 1: the NFL had already agreed with the NFLPA. No, we're
Speaker 1: going to take the hit early this year, and next
Speaker 1: year they'll take a hit and then it'll finally settle
Speaker 1: back out and I think that's what the agents are
Speaker 1: upset about because now it really constrains them of what
Speaker 1: they can do for their clients since everybody's trimming the fat,
Speaker 1: so to speak. So I agree with you those market
Speaker 1: forces are there. I mean, Darnell Mooney is a case
Speaker 1: in point. He's a fifth round draft pick. Look how
Speaker 1: he performed for the Bears. And there's a boatload of
Speaker 1: great receivers in the in the NFL. So first round
Speaker 1: I brought up Ceedee Lamb. Look at the guy up
Speaker 1: in Minnesota, justin Jefferson. How did he play as a rookie.
Speaker 1: And you know, there's going to be a lot of
Speaker 1: receivers in every round that teams will have the ability
Speaker 1: to pluck. And then if they don't get one in
Speaker 1: the draft, then there'll be a second wave of free
Speaker 1: agency after the draft where teams will say, oh, okay,
Speaker 1: we need another receiver. Let's go sign so and so
Speaker 1: is still on the street and be able to bring
Speaker 1: that person on a one year deal. All right, we'll
Speaker 1: break into this in great detail a little bit more
Speaker 1: about the TV deal and what it means moving forward
Speaker 1: as well. If you're just joining us, we got news
Speaker 1: that Kyle foot are. According to Irrappaport of NFL Network,
Speaker 1: that the Bears have really East the veteran cornerback for
Speaker 1: the number one cornerback on the Bears in the last
Speaker 1: few years and not able to get a deal on
Speaker 1: a trade to to get something in return, so he
Speaker 1: is a free agent. Reportedly, according to Ian Rappaport, with
Speaker 1: Tom Fair, I'm Jeff Joniak and Jim Miller from Serious
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Speaker 1: There you go. That's Jim Miller with Tom Fair. I'm
Speaker 1: Jeff Joniak. A few more minutes with m before we
Speaker 1: cut him loose, and thank you as always from Serious
Speaker 1: x MNFL Radio. As you guys heard about the one
Speaker 1: hundred ten billion dollars deal earlier today, as you talked
Speaker 1: to folks around the league overall, what's your impressions of that? Yeah, hey,
Speaker 1: it's gonna make everybody a little happier in the wallet, obviously,
Speaker 1: that's number one. The TV networks are gonna dish out
Speaker 1: a lot, but they're gonna expect a lot. So there's
Speaker 1: little things in this deal that spread over multiple platforms.
Speaker 1: Obviously Amazon's a big part of this. ESPN gets a
Speaker 1: Super Bowl, but also there the Monday Night package. They're
Speaker 1: gonna be able to flex games that they don't want.
Speaker 1: That's a big difference this year, all right, and they
Speaker 1: when it takes effect in twenty twenty three, well you
Speaker 1: know really quick. I know Jim knows a lot more
Speaker 1: about it, but I'm kind of interested. The last year's
Speaker 1: pandemic scheduling actually help the negotiations because when they went
Speaker 1: across the board and they were able to use almost
Speaker 1: every day of the week. They saw a little bit
Speaker 1: the role of the NFL in the times when they
Speaker 1: need it most, and the viewing audiences that they had
Speaker 1: in some of these games, whether they're played on Tuesday
Speaker 1: or Wednesday. So you always knew that there's gonna be big,
Speaker 1: big dollar figures with all the different players in place
Speaker 1: now that can help the negotiations. But I do thought,
Speaker 1: I do think that they got a little bit of
Speaker 1: an understanding of the role of the NFL through the
Speaker 1: crisis that we lived through last year and how much
Speaker 1: relief it gave people. Yeah, and well, I just think
Speaker 1: obviously streaming is different and how people consume games. So Jeff,
Speaker 1: when you're at the local hardware store picking up two
Speaker 1: gallons of paint, maybe you got to sit there on
Speaker 1: your iPhone where you're checking out everything out, and you
Speaker 1: know there are some different players where they think it
Speaker 1: can expand. From that standpoint, Amazon is obviously one of them,
Speaker 1: and I wouldn't be surprised here in the near future
Speaker 1: if Amazon is probably going to purchase its own broadcasting network,
Speaker 1: whether they buy out somebody or something like that, which
Speaker 1: will boost it from that standpoint. But in terms of
Speaker 1: the calculations and how it affects the players, and this
Speaker 1: will blow Tom's mind, probably blow your mind. It blows
Speaker 1: my mind. So imagine a salary cap next year that
Speaker 1: will probably jump from one eighty five this year up
Speaker 1: to two twenty one, and then the following year it's
Speaker 1: going to jump up to about probably two seventy five
Speaker 1: two eighty and then the following year it's going to
Speaker 1: jump up over three hundred billion dollars. So about three
Speaker 1: years from now, there will be a salary cap of
Speaker 1: about three hundred and twenty million, and the prices are
Speaker 1: just the salaries are gonna explode through the roof, which
Speaker 1: the players are gonna love, and you know you're gonna
Speaker 1: see legitimately fifty million dollar quarterbacks, you know, if not
Speaker 1: more than that. So it's it's definitely this is an
Speaker 1: incredible deal. It's it's an incredible deal, Yes it is,
Speaker 1: And it just sounderscores what this league is and the
Speaker 1: health of the league in general. If they're still willing
Speaker 1: to pay that kind of dough certainly out of a
Speaker 1: pandemic and a lot of uncertainty in the business world
Speaker 1: and in people's lives. It's it is crazy. The numbers
Speaker 1: are going to be eye popping. So whatever the players
Speaker 1: are giving up a little bit, now, I get it.
Speaker 1: Some of these guys won't be around and there are
Speaker 1: going to be a lot more st that's the problem.
Speaker 1: The next player voting on the next uh labor agreement, Well,
Speaker 1: he's he's in junior high right now. Okay, so let's
Speaker 1: just think about that. That's who's that's who will be
Speaker 1: voting on the next collective bargaining breem He's not even
Speaker 1: in the NFL. And so you know, you got to
Speaker 1: keep that in perspective because that's you know, that's just
Speaker 1: the way it works. You know, Tom, I'm sure you're
Speaker 1: you're where you know. When I arrived in the NFL,
Speaker 1: I didn't get to vote on that collective bargaining agreement.
Speaker 1: Those were the players before me that voted on it.
Speaker 1: So I kind of had to live with it, you know.
Speaker 1: And then then when you're out of the NFL another
Speaker 1: collective bargaining agreement in the last two to be ten years.
Speaker 1: It's surprising that from the NFLPA side that they'd want
Speaker 1: such long agreements. That's that's really was what's surprising. When
Speaker 1: you go back and look at this deal, and a
Speaker 1: lot of labor law lawyers that are out there that'll
Speaker 1: tell you this is one of the worst deals in
Speaker 1: sports history from a player's side of things, But it's
Speaker 1: looking pretty good for the players when you're getting this
Speaker 1: type of big of a salary cap and how the
Speaker 1: pious split. It's just a lot different than what it was,
Speaker 1: and it definitely tilts in the owner's favors. You know.
Speaker 1: You know, I think anytime throughout your career, if you're
Speaker 1: involved in a collective bargaining agreement negotiation, it's always about
Speaker 1: paying it forward because you know, a lot of the
Speaker 1: guys that are making the decisions on behalf of the players.
Speaker 1: They're usually well respected, super educated players within the locker
Speaker 1: room that are helping bring that information to the rest
Speaker 1: of the guys on the team. But you know, a
Speaker 1: lot of it is we're gonna be out of the
Speaker 1: league by the time that these things really start paying
Speaker 1: dividends to, like you said, Jim, to the guys that
Speaker 1: are in junior high right now and waiting for working
Speaker 1: for it towards their opportunity. Hey, Jim, before we let
Speaker 1: you go, and appreciate it. As always, each week making
Speaker 1: yourself available, broad Sculp. Let's look in the division with
Speaker 1: what's been done in free agency, what's been released and
Speaker 1: brought in. Let's try to tick through the teams quickly
Speaker 1: because I know we're on a time crunch here. Let's
Speaker 1: start from your view on what the Minnesota Bankings have
Speaker 1: done so far. Yeah, I think when well they added
Speaker 1: Patrick Peterson today, I think they wanted the veteran there
Speaker 1: to help out some of the younger players in that
Speaker 1: secondary that struggled last year. You know, think of Jeff Gladney,
Speaker 1: he was a rookie. Cameron Danceler was also a rookie.
Speaker 1: I mean, literally, Green Bay, it's one player, it's Aaron Jones, right.
Speaker 1: I mean, because they have no salary cap room, they're
Speaker 1: actually gonna have to they may have to think about
Speaker 1: extending Aaron Rodgers to get more salary cap. From that standpoint,
Speaker 1: Delvin Tomlinson, I do like that signing for Minnesota because
Speaker 1: they'll have Michael pierceback. They're going to be a tough
Speaker 1: team to run the football against. So like what they've
Speaker 1: done and Detroit's they're just reshaping everything. You know, with
Speaker 1: Jared golf in that trade finally going through they've signed
Speaker 1: some marginal players. Oakwara is a good player that they
Speaker 1: basically signed a three year deal too. He's been kind
Speaker 1: of their key sack guy, uh there, and so they're
Speaker 1: they're you know, this for them with having a new
Speaker 1: coach and everything is kind of the foundational year. So there,
Speaker 1: they still have a lot of work to do to
Speaker 1: really see what they're gonna come down to and really
Speaker 1: what they're going to be as a team. But I
Speaker 1: think the Bears are right there. I think the Bears
Speaker 1: have done fine. None of the other teams, especially Green Bay,
Speaker 1: really can't break the bank because they've got no salary
Speaker 1: cap space to move man. Troy brought in Michael Brockers also,
Speaker 1: didn't they Yeah, yeah, Brockers Rockers Jamal Williams from Kansas City.
Speaker 1: You know, that's a excuse me um from the Green
Speaker 1: Bay Packers. So that's a very good pick up right
Speaker 1: there for a team that we always talk about doesn't
Speaker 1: run the pall the way we envision for to help
Speaker 1: out their quarterback in the years in the past and
Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford. Now will they do that with Jared Goff
Speaker 1: and the backup quarterback of the Packers, Tim Boyle is
Speaker 1: now a detroit lyon back up and Chase Daniel is
Speaker 1: out of there. So a lot of interesting things done overall.
Speaker 1: Who's hit the home run, Jim, and I'll let you go,
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay keeping the band together in New England. Man,
Speaker 1: New England. I've never seen this from Bill Belichick's spend
Speaker 1: two thousand since they dove into free agency this much.
Speaker 1: They've already got one hundred million dollars and guaranteed contracts
Speaker 1: that are out there. So they are looking to rebound
Speaker 1: in the AFC's but definitely for Tampa to keep and
Speaker 1: they'll get him Dominican Sue back, and I wouldn't be
Speaker 1: shocked if they get Antonio brownback. That team will be
Speaker 1: exactly what it was from a season ago. With all
Speaker 1: the guys they've resigned. All right, Jim, we'll let you go.
Speaker 1: We'll talk to you next week. Appreciate it. You bet guys.
Speaker 1: Have a good one, Jim. Jim Miller form Bears quarterback
Speaker 1: from Serious XM NFL Radio on with his host guest
Speaker 1: host as well here on our Bears All Access show,
Speaker 1: Tom A couple of minutes to go real quick. Um,
Speaker 1: let's go back to the report on Kyle Fuller, because
Speaker 1: you know, we got to know him earlier in his
Speaker 1: rookie year, we did events with him. We understood he's
Speaker 1: all business there. He's all about preparation. He's not a
Speaker 1: guy that's gonna put himself out there on the in
Speaker 1: the public eye a lot or with the media. Very
Speaker 1: quiet guy, humble guy, but very respected in that locker room.
Speaker 1: But just if in fact, this is an accurate report
Speaker 1: by inter Rappaport from NFL Network, and I don't doubt
Speaker 1: that it is. But putting his career in perspective, nineteen
Speaker 1: career interceptions, he had seven in that twenty eighteen season
Speaker 1: that was so good and went to the Pro Bowl.
Speaker 1: Very important player in that defense. Just what his impact
Speaker 1: wound up being here for the Chicago Bears. He had
Speaker 1: a salary cap hit at twenty million, so right now
Speaker 1: that's the only salary cap cut the Bears have had
Speaker 1: to make. Yeah, that's unfortunate because the person Kyle Fuller,
Speaker 1: I've really grown to admire over the last couple of
Speaker 1: years being around him. When I go back and I
Speaker 1: think about the Tampa game this past year and his
Speaker 1: legal hit on the wide receiver, that kind of changed
Speaker 1: the entire flow of that game, and the Bears dominated
Speaker 1: from that point on. He's super willing to be a
Speaker 1: physical cornerback. That is one thing that avoids most guys
Speaker 1: at that position because they don't have the physical willingness
Speaker 1: that Kyle Fuller already always has. So whomever signs him
Speaker 1: is gonna get a quality locker room person. He studies hard,
Speaker 1: and he's a heck of a player. So he's the
Speaker 1: type of guy you'd come across throughout your career and
Speaker 1: you always wish the best for. And lastly, so Brent
Speaker 1: Urban's gone, Roy Robertson Harris, you get Eddie Goldman coming back.
Speaker 1: Your Resa Murray Edwards Junior. There's a report the Bears
Speaker 1: of San Angelo Blackson. He's a six year VET, played
Speaker 1: with Houston and Arizona. Big guy six four three nineteen.
Speaker 1: Pushed the pocket a little bit, pressure of the quarterback.
Speaker 1: You just want to keep that defensive line rotational pieces
Speaker 1: Tom because that is as important as anything obviously on
Speaker 1: that d Yeah, and the Sean new defensive coordinator, Seawan Decay,
Speaker 1: that's what he needs. He needs an aggressive front so
Speaker 1: he can get the linebackers attacking the quarterback. All right,
Speaker 1: that's gonna wrap us up tonight's show. Appreciate your time, everybody,
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening. For Tim there, Jim Miller, I'm Jeff
Speaker 1: Jonahjac Shady. We'll talk to you next week on Bears
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