WEBVTT - Dalton, Free Agency | All Access 0:00:01.160 --> 0:00:04.560 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:08.640 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:11.639 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:16.279 day and now welcome to Bears All Access. Your all 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:21.040 access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:25.040 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:25.079 --> 0:00:30.319 Physical Therapy and CDW. Good aiting everybody, and welcome to 0:00:30.360 --> 0:00:33.200 Free Agency Week. All the big deals that were discussed 0:00:33.320 --> 0:00:36.360 now in place across the board. I think better than 0:00:36.360 --> 0:00:39.519 two hundred players already have signed contracts either with their 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:43.960 own teams, extensions, moved in deals, or free agency, including 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:47.480 Andy Dalton, the Bears starting quarterback as he announced today 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:49.919 and a zoom session with the media this afternoon at 0:00:49.920 --> 0:00:51.760 around two thirty that he will be He's got the 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:53.519 assurances and it will be the starting quarterback for the 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:55.560 Bears in twenty twenty one. Good to have you alongside 0:00:55.720 --> 0:00:57.920 with her Blawrence Art producer and in the Score studios. 0:00:57.960 --> 0:01:01.720 I'm Jeff Jony Acolong, my broadcast partner on Bears Game Day. 0:01:02.040 --> 0:01:05.000 The former Chicago Bear News Radio seven eighty and one 0:01:05.120 --> 0:01:07.440 or five point nine f w BBM timp there. So 0:01:07.680 --> 0:01:11.240 did that announcement that, yes, the Bears assured me that 0:01:11.280 --> 0:01:13.520 I am your starting quarterback in twenty twenty one take 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:16.800 you off off guard a little bit. Well a little bit, Jeff, 0:01:16.840 --> 0:01:19.360 because if I was the backup, I would want the 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:22.040 assurance that I'm going to have the opportunity to compete 0:01:22.120 --> 0:01:24.839 for the starting position. And I would like to see 0:01:24.880 --> 0:01:28.520 what's the Nick Folds frame of mind in those terms, 0:01:28.880 --> 0:01:32.559 because last year you could see what happened with Mitchell 0:01:32.600 --> 0:01:36.480 Trubisky getting the starting nod because of such a condensed preseason. 0:01:36.959 --> 0:01:40.039 But here, if you have the equal amount of reps 0:01:40.080 --> 0:01:43.360 for both of these quarterbacks, and Nick Folds really have 0:01:43.480 --> 0:01:45.800 in the upper hand because he understands this offense a 0:01:45.880 --> 0:01:48.720 little bit better. And that's what every quarterback needs to 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:51.720 do is master the system that they're going to play. 0:01:52.440 --> 0:01:56.120 And so, you know, I want there to be competition. 0:01:56.320 --> 0:01:58.440 I don't want anybody to be handed a job. I 0:01:58.480 --> 0:02:01.600 want every player from a Kam Hicks to Khalil Mack 0:02:01.680 --> 0:02:04.040 to have to earn their job and not a right 0:02:04.120 --> 0:02:07.200 to have it on day one. Dunton telling reporters today 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:10.600 he had options, but certainly that's a big hook to 0:02:10.639 --> 0:02:14.239 be the starting quarterback. That's his experience. Nine years in Cincinnati, 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:17.400 is the starter nine games with the Dallas Cowboys last 0:02:17.480 --> 0:02:20.760 year and his whole last year and a half or so. 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:24.480 Kind of hectic, kind of humbling, I guess, And as 0:02:24.480 --> 0:02:26.080 he looked at it, he says he grew quite a 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:29.639 bit because you know, it didn't finish well obviously in Cincinnati. 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:32.000 Let go in May so who was behind the eight 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:34.320 ball a little bit, gets into Dallas. Grew up in 0:02:34.400 --> 0:02:37.400 Texas outside of Houston. You know, a lot of family 0:02:37.400 --> 0:02:39.240 and friends there, so it was intriguing for him to 0:02:39.240 --> 0:02:44.160 play there as Dak Prescott's backup. Dak Prescott, a durable guy, 0:02:44.600 --> 0:02:46.800 didn't expect to go out for the rest of the season. 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:50.520 He starts nine games, suffers a concussion himself on a 0:02:50.639 --> 0:02:53.600 nasty hit big tim and then he also had COVID, 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:55.840 so all sorts of things went on. He managed to 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:58.240 go four and five through, fourteen touchdowns, eight interceptions, and 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:00.760 now he's a free agent, a real free agent. The 0:03:00.880 --> 0:03:04.360 start a free agency and there he goes right. You know, 0:03:04.400 --> 0:03:08.120 there's nothing I dislike about Andy Dalton. You know, he 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:11.320 is the face of a football team for a lot 0:03:11.360 --> 0:03:14.560 of years in Cincinnati. I don't know if they necessarily 0:03:14.600 --> 0:03:18.520 surrounded him with top tier defensive talent to get the 0:03:18.560 --> 0:03:21.079 most out of him and have him the ability to 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:25.800 execute a career into more playoff opportunities. But you know, 0:03:25.919 --> 0:03:30.080 Andy Dalton is an interesting character when you have the 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:33.640 pieces in place, and now all is he needs to do. 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:37.600 He needs to accent the talent that they have in place. 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:41.800 When you Alan Robinson, Darnell Mooney, hopefully Riley Ridley takes 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:44.440 another step forward, and then you got to look at 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:48.080 what they're offered in the backfield with David Montgomery and 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:50.960 Tari Cohen and then the tight end position. So I 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:54.360 think Andy Dalton has the ability to kind of use 0:03:54.440 --> 0:03:58.200 his skill set with the good understanding of Bill Lazor 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:03.400 and you know what, Bill Lasor can kind of force 0:04:03.520 --> 0:04:07.360 feed him into that quarterback position. So I think it's 0:04:07.440 --> 0:04:13.040 interesting to see how the competitiveness of the position, how 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:15.800 Matt and Maggie factors in the career of Nick Folds, 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:19.960 and how Bill Lasor filters factors in the career of 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:23.120 Andy Dalton. So I think there's a lot of moving 0:04:23.160 --> 0:04:26.479 forward here. But I think it's better to have the 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:30.000 pieces in place this far in advance, especially if you 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:32.840 have a normal training camp. I'm gonna tell you, folks, 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:35.200 but a little behind the scenes in live radio, my 0:04:35.240 --> 0:04:37.760 system went completely dead. But Tom and I are looking 0:04:37.760 --> 0:04:40.239 at each other on an iPad and I just kept saying, 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:43.240 keep talking, my friend. I didn't hear a word you said, 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:45.760 but I'm glad you informed everybody else in a plus 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:48.159 TU form playing radio with this No, you know, I'm 0:04:48.160 --> 0:04:51.159 just saying, you know, the reflection I got from Andy Dalton, 0:04:51.400 --> 0:04:53.640 I thought when he was in Cincinnati he was never 0:04:53.640 --> 0:04:57.080 really supported by top tier defensive talent, and there's a 0:04:57.080 --> 0:05:01.240 lot of obstacles to overcome throughout his career. The career there, 0:05:01.480 --> 0:05:05.799 but he was always considered a franchise type cornerback throughout 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:08.320 the early parts of his career and when he took 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:11.960 the Cincinnati Bengals over. It's just I do think there's 0:05:11.960 --> 0:05:14.880 a lack of a support system in Cincinnati over his 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:18.800 years there that didn't allow him to take that next step. Well, 0:05:18.839 --> 0:05:20.840 there were time, you know, the fifteen season that he 0:05:21.040 --> 0:05:22.880 you know, there was talk of him be an MVP 0:05:23.279 --> 0:05:25.440 at some point in that season. They had they did 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:28.200 have some good weaponry butt over the course of Marvin 0:05:28.279 --> 0:05:31.200 Lewis's stay there, you know they were always hovering around. Yes, 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:34.920 a playoff team four times anyway under Andy Dalton, but 0:05:35.200 --> 0:05:38.120 you know, never could really get over that hump consistently. 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:40.799 So here he's got to say, you know, he's talking 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:43.520 about the second half of his career. It's funny because 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:45.839 he's already this is this is you, this is your 0:05:45.920 --> 0:05:48.280 number eleven. How long do you want to keep going? 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:50.680 And we'll hear from Andy Dalton as well, had a 0:05:50.760 --> 0:05:53.280 chance to visit him with him after that zoom one 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:55.279 on one, so we'll play a chunk of that coming 0:05:55.320 --> 0:05:56.960 up a bit later on. We also got Jim Miller 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:59.880 coming up from Sirius x MFL radio as one of 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:01.839 our guests here in the next segment and for a 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:06.800 few so Andy Dawnton certainly is the story. Lots of 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:09.800 criticism out there from some of the fans, but it's 0:06:09.800 --> 0:06:12.600 what you'd expect when some of the talk was considered 0:06:13.279 --> 0:06:16.599 around guys like Russell Wilson and Deshaun Watson. Those were 0:06:16.640 --> 0:06:20.359 not a current possibility. So the Bears zeroed in on this. 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:23.080 Andy Dalton zero down the Bears and the rest is history. 0:06:23.080 --> 0:06:26.320 You move forward now and you start going about trying 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:28.800 to get this team to a super Bowl number one, 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:30.760 and trying to get this team to get the offense 0:06:30.760 --> 0:06:34.120 scoring touchdowns. And that's building around whatever quarterbacks you have 0:06:34.160 --> 0:06:38.039 on this roster and using whatever assets you have left. 0:06:38.360 --> 0:06:40.760 And they are challenged by that right now with a 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:44.760 salary cap and draft extremely well, and you just whatever's 0:06:44.839 --> 0:06:47.080 happened has happened. Now. You just got to worry about 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:49.279 what's in front of you right now. Is the twenty 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:51.960 twenty one season with a quarterback that has familiarity will 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:54.159 build laser. Yeah, you know the thing about it is 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:56.599 really unfair to the Bears because everybody jumped to the 0:06:56.640 --> 0:06:59.760 conclusion as soon as they started the Russell Wilson conversation, 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:03.039 and anybody they picked other than Russell Wilson was going 0:07:03.120 --> 0:07:06.000 to fail and was gonna kind of not live up 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:10.120 to the excitement of what Russell Wilson's track record has 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:13.240 been so far in the NFL. But to think that 0:07:13.320 --> 0:07:16.360 you can bring in a guy lose so much talent 0:07:16.440 --> 0:07:19.160 on your football team and then have him have the 0:07:19.240 --> 0:07:22.920 production that he's you know, shown early in his career. 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:25.880 I still think it's it's about a full team, the 0:07:25.960 --> 0:07:29.560 supporting cast, and with the weaponry the Bears have on offense, 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:33.160 you know they do have an opportunity to move the ball. 0:07:33.560 --> 0:07:35.600 Other additions today before we get to Jim Miller will 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:39.320 take a breakcare the readdition again. Another one year contract 0:07:39.560 --> 0:07:42.320 for the long snapper Patrick Scales with the kicking operation 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:45.800 is all in place. There and more moves to come 0:07:45.840 --> 0:07:48.080 as the Bears get ready for what is going to 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:50.440 be an important draft for the Bears with the twentieth 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:53.679 pick in round one and eight overall picks. Let's step away. 0:07:54.120 --> 0:07:56.800 Jim Miller coming up next from Serious x M NFL Radio. 0:07:56.840 --> 0:07:58.640 We'll hear from Eddy Dunton as well with Tom There. 0:07:58.680 --> 0:08:01.000 I'm Jeff Joni ak Hrbloer. It's our producer and this 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:05.239 is Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. Hey, welcome 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:07.160 back to everybody to Bears All Access brought to you 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:10.000 by IGS Energy. Choose clean energy for your home at 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:12.840 IGS dot com because every good choice adds up to 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:15.640 a better world. Jeff Joningac along with Tom Fair, good 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:18.040 to have you alongside everybody, and now joined by our 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:21.000 weekly guests from Serious ex M NFL Radio. The former 0:08:21.120 --> 0:08:23.920 Chicago Bears starting quarterback and had great two thousand and 0:08:23.960 --> 0:08:27.960 one season. Big Jim Miller joined us for a few segments. Jim, 0:08:28.000 --> 0:08:31.640 it has been crazy this week. We thought it would be, 0:08:32.160 --> 0:08:34.760 and we thought the quarterbacks would be the big part 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:36.480 of the puzzle, and it certainly has been the case. 0:08:37.280 --> 0:08:40.320 That carousel has been spinning and it spins into a 0:08:40.360 --> 0:08:43.120 new starting quarterback for the Bears today. How'd you feel 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:44.400 about I don't I don't know if you probably on 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:46.320 the air when the news conference happened on if you 0:08:46.320 --> 0:08:48.280 had a chance to listen to any of the Andy 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:51.360 Dawton introduction. But he said he's been a short he's 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:53.600 been the starter and this is the team he wanted 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:56.320 to be with theet other options, but he's excited about 0:08:56.360 --> 0:08:58.320 what's in place, excited about working with Bill Laser and 0:08:58.360 --> 0:09:01.240 Matt Nagge and the staff. Yeah. I think, well one, Jeff, 0:09:01.440 --> 0:09:03.480 glad you could join us. Don't worry, Tom, I won't 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:06.920 let you down. But you know, I think you know 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:09.120 the Bears are kind of they're in a holding pattern 0:09:09.280 --> 0:09:11.680 right now because I think we I think we knew 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:13.959 when we talked about it last week. You just worry 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:16.720 that they didn't have enough ammo. I think you tried 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:18.440 to take a swing at the plate. You try to 0:09:18.480 --> 0:09:23.280 contact Seattle and offer putting, you know, proposal offer that 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:25.240 you think it is good enough. It's just it's not 0:09:25.280 --> 0:09:28.040 good enough for Seattle. I mean, realistically, I don't think 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:30.079 the Bears had enough because they're sitting at the twenty 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:32.960 spot in the first round. If any team's got the 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:35.000 ammo to do it, it's the Jets at number two, 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:38.959 you know, because the Jets legitimately, if if the Seattle 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:42.520 Seahawks thought Zach Wilson or whatever quarterback that they were 0:09:42.559 --> 0:09:45.280 looking at, they'd still get the three first rounders. They'd 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:48.160 have a better picking spot selection that they think is 0:09:48.480 --> 0:09:52.120 the ammo to go up and get you know, your 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:54.640 quarterback there. And so it's I just think it's kind 0:09:54.640 --> 0:09:56.480 of pieing this guy type of stuff. But they took 0:09:56.520 --> 0:09:58.679 their swing. They did the best they could. They're doing 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:01.440 their due diligence, just like every other team has done that. 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:03.840 The Bears weren't the only team that called Seattle and 0:10:03.880 --> 0:10:06.480 they have. The Bears aren't the only team that is 0:10:06.480 --> 0:10:09.040 called about the Houston Texas and Deshaun Watson. There's been 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:13.320 a lot of teams very open that they've contacted Nick Casserio, 0:10:13.360 --> 0:10:16.000 who's not taking any offers because they're not going anywhere. 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:19.559 I mean, those two good A quarterbacks for them to 0:10:20.160 --> 0:10:22.240 shuffle away from their teams, So I think the Bears 0:10:22.240 --> 0:10:24.160 are in a holding pattern. Now you got to turn 0:10:24.200 --> 0:10:27.200 to your next scenario. You had guys like Ryan Fitzpatrick here, 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:30.000 you got Alex Smith that obviously has a background, and 0:10:30.040 --> 0:10:32.400 then they ultimately select on Andy Dalton, who's got a 0:10:32.840 --> 0:10:36.280 background with Bill Laser. Fitzpatrick's now off the board. He 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:39.800 signed early with the Washington football team. That's a one year, 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:42.520 basically ten million dollars deal that kind of set the 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:45.080 stage for Andy Dalton one year, ten million to the 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:47.240 Chicago Bears. So I think they did the best they 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:51.000 could for the standpoint it makes a good fit. I mean, clearly, 0:10:51.040 --> 0:10:53.240 Mitch Turbisky signing a two and a half million dollar 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:56.200 deal with Buffalo, it tells you where his market was 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:59.679 at out there in the NFL. And I think you know, 0:10:59.720 --> 0:11:02.520 it doesn't preclude the Bears from drafting a quarterback or 0:11:02.520 --> 0:11:05.120 even if they have the ability to move up to 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:07.319 maybe target a guy if they if they like a 0:11:07.400 --> 0:11:11.560 quarterback in this year's draft. You know, you know, to me, 0:11:11.640 --> 0:11:14.560 I think that you know, Andy Dalton because of his 0:11:14.679 --> 0:11:17.959 relationship with Bill Azor says he has a past relationship 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:21.040 with Nick Folds. That isn't a it is a positive 0:11:21.120 --> 0:11:24.559 quarterback working room. You know, Jim, One thing I was 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:28.000 saying the different positions that you've been on rosters, and 0:11:28.600 --> 0:11:31.200 Andy Dalton did claim that he's going to be given 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:34.320 the opportunity to be the starting quarterback here at the 0:11:34.320 --> 0:11:37.480 beginning of the season. What attitude do you expect out 0:11:37.480 --> 0:11:40.400 of Nick Folds in those terms, because I don't think 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:42.439 no matter where you were on the roster at the 0:11:42.480 --> 0:11:45.480 start of the season, you never came in here saying, Okay, 0:11:45.480 --> 0:11:48.200 I'm gonna be content with being the backup, so I 0:11:48.240 --> 0:11:50.560 only have to work so hard. So what do you 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:52.920 think is the frame of mind between the two? Yeah, 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:55.200 I think if you're if the coach tells you what 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:57.640 your role is going to be, and you have to 0:11:57.640 --> 0:12:00.440 be acceptable to that like a new Like when I 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:03.120 signed with New England. You know, obviously I was getting healthy, 0:12:03.160 --> 0:12:06.160 but you know, basically Bill Belichick pulled me in his 0:12:06.240 --> 0:12:08.440 office said, Jim, we kind of need you to be 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:10.960 a sounding board. You know, you'll be the number two. 0:12:11.800 --> 0:12:14.400 At times, We're gonna put Rohan Davy at number two 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:16.640 because he may we want to may want to give 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:19.120 him some reps in certain games. And I was fine 0:12:19.120 --> 0:12:20.880 with that because the coach laid it out for me 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:23.640 and I knew what was expected. And I'm sure for 0:12:23.760 --> 0:12:27.080 the Bears to give assurances to Andy Dalton, I guarantee 0:12:27.080 --> 0:12:29.079 you Nick Foles in that release ship that he has 0:12:29.240 --> 0:12:31.559 with Andy Dalton, I think that role has been cleared 0:12:31.600 --> 0:12:35.800 up there too, because you know, typically for Nick Foles, 0:12:36.000 --> 0:12:38.920 his role where he's excelled in the NFL is coming 0:12:38.960 --> 0:12:42.319 off the bench and he's been extremely well. And Andy's 0:12:42.400 --> 0:12:45.959 legitimately always been a starter until last year in Dallas 0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:48.480 until Dak got hurt and then where he's thrust in 0:12:48.559 --> 0:12:51.680 the lineup. I think he's a good point guard. I 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:53.920 think he's a very good decision maker when you look 0:12:53.920 --> 0:12:56.160 at Andy Dalton, so I think the Bears did the 0:12:56.200 --> 0:12:58.079 best that they could do in a holding pattern. And 0:12:58.200 --> 0:13:00.520 what's Andy trying to do? And he's trying to play 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:03.560 his best football? Why because he wants to hit free 0:13:03.600 --> 0:13:06.800 agency next year. I mean, realistically, Andy could play another 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:10.439 ten years the way quarterbacks are lasting right now. So 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:12.840 I think for him, you're gonna get Andy Dalton's best 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:15.800 football moving forward because a salary cap is going to 0:13:15.880 --> 0:13:18.560 go up next year, and maybe Andy Dalton can position 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:20.920 himself where, hey, maybe the Bears want to resign me, 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:23.600 maybe I can hit free agency next year coming off 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:25.720 a good year. If he's able to succel as a 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:28.840 starter for the Chicago Bears. Yeah, he's also talking about, 0:13:29.200 --> 0:13:31.199 you know, if it works out, drop anchor here, never 0:13:31.280 --> 0:13:33.400 have to pack his bags again. That would be a 0:13:33.480 --> 0:13:36.440 dream scenario. That means things went very well. And you 0:13:36.480 --> 0:13:39.000 know a lot of these guys who get moved at 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:41.360 the end of their careers, there's a lot of pride 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:43.640 in here too, and they want to prove again that hey, 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:46.240 I am still capable of leading a team to where 0:13:46.240 --> 0:13:48.920 they want to go. And there is leadership qualities that 0:13:49.080 --> 0:13:52.760 we're very much discussed, because that's what Matt Nage talked about. 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:54.439 He used it a lot just a couple of weeks ago. 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:56.720 What he was looking for was leadership, not just rah 0:13:56.840 --> 0:14:00.760 rah in the locker room, but specifics in the athlene 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:05.559 Is scrimmage on Mondays on Tuesdays on Wednesdays. What's everything 0:14:05.640 --> 0:14:09.240 gonna do to help this team move forward? And you know, 0:14:09.360 --> 0:14:10.960 what are we getting here, guys? What are we getting 0:14:11.000 --> 0:14:12.600 here in terms of breaking it all down? Because I 0:14:12.640 --> 0:14:15.600 look at it as a he said, point guard. Indeed, 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:19.160 because he's a he's a rhythm guy. Ye, intermediate to 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:22.520 short or short to intermediate, whoever you want to phrase it. 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:25.960 Can't can't throw a deep ball, but that's not his uh, 0:14:26.120 --> 0:14:28.280 that's not his Bailey Wick, so to speak. And he's 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:31.360 gonna process quickly diagnosed it the line of scrimmage. And 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:33.320 as long as you have those weapons that could take 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:36.040 the ball and move the chains, guys to make things 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:38.120 happen after the catching. And I know Tim's gonna bring 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:40.040 up the running game for sure. You gotta have it. 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:41.800 You gotta have it. He's talking about it too. You 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:45.160 gotta have that balance and not be predictable and be 0:14:45.600 --> 0:14:49.480 as versatile as possible. Fellas. Yeah, I think it's gonna 0:14:49.560 --> 0:14:52.520 change the philosophical approach of the offensive line because you 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:56.200 lose the versatility in the athleticism of the quarterback when 0:14:56.240 --> 0:14:58.960 you had Mitchell Traubisky in there, a little different when 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:01.800 they had Nick Foles there. So you know, that's one 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:06.920 of the preach elements of Juan Castillo is physical and finish, 0:15:06.960 --> 0:15:08.600 and I think that's going to be have to be 0:15:08.640 --> 0:15:11.560 the mantra of this offensive line because to get out 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:14.440 of David Montgomery, who is a true asset in the NFL, 0:15:14.960 --> 0:15:17.520 you're gonna be able to have that power running game 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:21.280 that computes in the play action passing, in the downfield 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:24.720 passing game that Andy Dalton's used to throughout his career. 0:15:25.160 --> 0:15:27.480 I think the Bears third down offense is definitely going 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:29.840 to be better. They were thirty first in the NFL 0:15:29.880 --> 0:15:31.480 in their third down offense. And I think we know 0:15:31.560 --> 0:15:33.840 red zone has to be better. And he will make 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:37.720 quick decisions. He's a very good processor of information and 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:40.320 I'll tell you where he's going to help. Also from 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:44.120 that standpoint, the development of the receivers. Okay, whether it's 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:48.360 Riley Ridley, go look at Cede Lamb last year for Dallas. Okay, 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:51.400 granted Andy had the concussion, got back in there, a 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:54.200 Cede Lamb finished with seventy four receptions, nine hundred and 0:15:54.240 --> 0:15:57.160 thirty five yards and I think five touchdowns. Okay, So 0:15:57.680 --> 0:16:01.000 Andy can communicate to the receiver this is what I 0:16:01.040 --> 0:16:04.040 need from you that experience. He's been around the block. 0:16:04.280 --> 0:16:07.080 He'll already get a great rapport with Alan Robinson and 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:09.560 the veterans that are there, and they'll build one with 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:12.720 Mooney or say whether if Anthony Miller is here. A 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:16.640 rumor is he's out on the trade block potentially, but 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:20.400 maybe Andy Dalton's the guy to reach him. No, no, Anthony, 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:22.800 we need this against this particular coverage. This is how 0:16:22.800 --> 0:16:24.680 I need you to come out of the route, your break, 0:16:24.920 --> 0:16:27.840 all those type of things, because Andy has been around 0:16:27.840 --> 0:16:29.760 the block, and I think if you go look at 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:34.000 Dallas last year, look how Cede Lamb performed. When Andy 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:36.960 Dalton got into the lineup there, he excelled. And that 0:16:37.040 --> 0:16:39.000 was a rookie receiver grand a lot of talent, he's 0:16:39.000 --> 0:16:41.440 a first rounder out of Oklahoma, but I think a 0:16:41.440 --> 0:16:44.080 lot of that was having the veteran quarterback bringing that 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:46.880 guy along. All Right, we're gonna take a break here shortly. 0:16:46.920 --> 0:16:49.680 Other news of the day, Mitchell Trubisky, the former Bears quarterback, 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:51.560 now a Buffalo bill and a one year deal to 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:53.640 back up Josh Allen at two and a half million, 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:57.160 and Trubisky goes there. Brent Urban reportedly going to the 0:16:57.200 --> 0:17:01.640 Dallas Cowboys. The Bears reportedly signed Angelo Blacks in a 0:17:01.680 --> 0:17:04.679 defensive lineman that has not been official by the organization yet. 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:07.760 I mentioned Patrick Scales as well a lot of other 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:09.600 things on the burner across the leagu We're going to 0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:12.359 dive into all of that. Mike Lennon with the New 0:17:12.440 --> 0:17:16.280 York Giants. Those veteran quarterbacks, Jim, veteran quarterbacks make a 0:17:16.280 --> 0:17:21.560 lot of money. That new TV deal came in today, 0:17:21.720 --> 0:17:24.400 Wait two years from now. Whoo oh, I know we'll 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:27.520 talk about that too, Yes, a blockbuster TV deal. And 0:17:27.520 --> 0:17:29.680 we'll hear from Maddy Dalton himself with Tom there, Jim Miller. 0:17:29.680 --> 0:17:32.280 I'm Jeff Joniac. This is Bears All Access, brought to 0:17:32.280 --> 0:17:35.080 you by IGS Energy on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:39.679 The Score. Hey, The Chago Bears Network presents Inside the Bears, 0:17:39.680 --> 0:17:42.000 brought to you by Bryans Go Anthony Adams and Lauren 0:17:42.040 --> 0:17:43.879 Screed and cover the world of Bears football on and 0:17:43.920 --> 0:17:45.800 off the field, every Sunday night at ten thirty five 0:17:45.840 --> 0:17:48.760 pm on Fox thirty two Chicago, or watch anytime at 0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:51.400 Chicago Bears dot Com or on the Bears official app. 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:54.560 With Tom Fair, Jim Miller, Jeff Joniac, Jim Our, guests 0:17:54.560 --> 0:17:56.679 from Serious x M NFL Radio, Moving the Chains with 0:17:56.720 --> 0:17:59.080 Pat Kerwin. You guys have been breaking it down from 0:17:59.119 --> 0:18:03.440 d going through player by player, and Ian Rappaport reporting 0:18:03.640 --> 0:18:06.840 just moments ago that the Bears are releasing Kyle Fuller. 0:18:06.880 --> 0:18:12.320 Fellas the veteran cornerback and a salary cap cut. That's 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:15.840 a big, big part of the defense. Obviously, the way 0:18:15.880 --> 0:18:18.399 he played in the last few years earned himself a 0:18:18.440 --> 0:18:20.840 long term extension with the Bears after Green Bay made 0:18:20.840 --> 0:18:23.240 a run at him and really did a lot of 0:18:23.280 --> 0:18:27.399 good things. A tough, physical player and a lot of 0:18:27.400 --> 0:18:31.000 folks may not understand that move, but the cap is 0:18:31.040 --> 0:18:34.120 the cap. We'll start with Jim Jim m Well, yeah, 0:18:34.160 --> 0:18:36.720 I don't think they wanted to release him. I guarantee 0:18:36.800 --> 0:18:39.080 the Bears probably went to him and asked him to 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:44.080 take a reduction or a restructure, and sometimes the players 0:18:44.080 --> 0:18:45.600 are not going to agree to that. That's why I 0:18:45.640 --> 0:18:48.639 think you're seeing a lot of players getting dumped right now, 0:18:48.720 --> 0:18:51.200 and that will be out there on the open market. 0:18:51.760 --> 0:18:54.679 Because I think the Bears they respect Kyle Fuller, they 0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:57.399 drafted him, they know how hard he's played, they actually 0:18:57.400 --> 0:19:00.119 resigned him to that big deal, so that probably as 0:19:00.160 --> 0:19:04.160 a restructure or reduction, and the player refused, and once 0:19:04.200 --> 0:19:05.800 you refused, and it's happened to a lot of guys, 0:19:05.840 --> 0:19:08.960 say Kyle Rudolph for the Minnesota Vikings, he was not 0:19:09.000 --> 0:19:10.920 going to take a reduction, thought he could do better 0:19:10.960 --> 0:19:14.359 out on the open market. Ultimately, ultimately they got signed 0:19:14.400 --> 0:19:17.720 today with the New York Giants. So I think his 0:19:17.880 --> 0:19:21.320 nine million salary now was at seven million for the Giants. 0:19:21.520 --> 0:19:25.520 And that's probably the case with Kyle Fuller Bears. He 0:19:25.560 --> 0:19:27.880 knows what the number of the Bears would resign him at, 0:19:28.480 --> 0:19:30.360 but he's going to go shop his wearers to other 0:19:30.400 --> 0:19:33.359 teams hoping that he can do better. He's seen, you know, 0:19:33.400 --> 0:19:36.600 Patrick Peterson and some other corners today that got signed 0:19:36.800 --> 0:19:39.320 and they're one year deals or one year ten million bucks. 0:19:39.359 --> 0:19:41.600 And you saw a couple other guys get three year deals. 0:19:41.600 --> 0:19:44.280 So it depends on what Kyle Fuller is looking for 0:19:44.520 --> 0:19:46.840 number wise. But I think we know a lot of 0:19:46.840 --> 0:19:50.199 teams are salary cap strapped and we'll see if you know, 0:19:50.280 --> 0:19:52.440 he's betting that he thinks he can get more on 0:19:52.560 --> 0:19:55.280