WEBVTT - Talking Coaching Staff | All Access 0:00:00.760 --> 0:00:04.200 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.280 --> 0:00:08.240 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.280 --> 0:00:11.240 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.320 --> 0:00:15.880 day and now welcome to Bears All Access. You're All 0:00:15.960 --> 0:00:20.639 Access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:20.680 --> 0:00:24.640 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:24.680 --> 0:00:30.240 Physical Therapy and CDWUY. Everybody, Jeff, Jonny Act, and Tom Fare. 0:00:30.280 --> 0:00:31.920 Good to be with you again as we get you 0:00:32.000 --> 0:00:34.879 set for championship weekend of the National Football League. I 0:00:34.920 --> 0:00:37.519 know that just rubs Bears fans the wrong way, right. 0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:39.920 You want to be there, You definitely want to be there. 0:00:40.159 --> 0:00:41.680 But we're here to talk about some of that and 0:00:41.720 --> 0:00:43.239 what's going on with the Bears and what to look 0:00:43.280 --> 0:00:45.559 forward to here in the offseason. We'll be with you 0:00:45.640 --> 0:00:48.200 every week of this offseason with Tom Fare. I'm Jeff, 0:00:48.240 --> 0:00:49.959 Jony Act, your Miller will be along for a few 0:00:49.960 --> 0:00:53.440 segments as well from Sirius XM NFL Radio, the former 0:00:53.440 --> 0:00:56.200 Bears quarterback that I mean, tell me how you doing, Jeff, 0:00:56.200 --> 0:00:59.760 I'm good, I'm with you. Super jealous about watching football 0:00:59.800 --> 0:01:03.200 over the weekend, envious of all the fun they're having, 0:01:03.240 --> 0:01:05.800 and you know it's kind of twofold because you still 0:01:05.840 --> 0:01:07.679 remember back in the day when we did go to 0:01:07.720 --> 0:01:10.040 the Super Bowl and just all the surrounding fun as 0:01:10.080 --> 0:01:14.120 a team you have. But then selfishly as broadcasters, I 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:16.160 want to live through that same fun. I want to 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:19.440 live on this end of the accomplishments of the players 0:01:19.480 --> 0:01:22.280 in the coaches and see what you know, that type 0:01:22.280 --> 0:01:26.360 of success is all about. So I mean, every year 0:01:26.400 --> 0:01:29.440 your farther removed, the jealousy just grows. Yeah, you know, 0:01:29.480 --> 0:01:32.000 I always talk about playoff games and the drama of 0:01:32.080 --> 0:01:35.400 every snap, but honestly, when you get deeper into it 0:01:35.440 --> 0:01:36.800 and you know you got a chance to go to 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:41.000 a super Bowl, the drama is just so thick and 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:44.680 it's palpable, and you're just leaning on every single play 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:47.840 in the game and every near miss or every big play, 0:01:48.000 --> 0:01:50.920 and your mind starts working. Boy, as you get through 0:01:50.960 --> 0:01:53.880 the first half, Okay, now can they close this out, 0:01:53.920 --> 0:01:56.080 can they come whatever the case may be, and it's 0:01:56.120 --> 0:01:58.440 that drama that we love is announced. Well, well you 0:01:58.480 --> 0:02:01.840 gotta turn that that drama into a positive because you 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:05.040 can have drama that can tear a football team apart. 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:09.440 Throughout the playoffs as jealousy amongst each other grows between 0:02:09.720 --> 0:02:13.839 the different appearances or opportunities that may be given or 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:19.320 thrust upon one person that another person is envious experience. Well, no, 0:02:19.440 --> 0:02:22.440 I mean yeah, we because you did see it. You 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:25.000 did see the different types of offerings that you had 0:02:25.120 --> 0:02:28.200 throughout the course of our success. But just getting to 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:31.919 the modern day drama because it's so much more, it's 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:36.120 increased so much with all the social network additive of 0:02:36.160 --> 0:02:39.240 the drama that we didn't have to live through. I 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:42.440 think the coach has a really important role of keeping 0:02:42.440 --> 0:02:45.320 a football team together the deeper they go into the playoffs, 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:48.240 and then when they have that two week window of opportunity, 0:02:48.800 --> 0:02:51.000 you better make sure that the guys stay focused at 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:53.639 what's at hand, not get caught up in what their 0:02:53.680 --> 0:02:57.440 opportunities could possibly be. Our producer tonight, Rick Camp in 0:02:57.480 --> 0:02:59.320 our Score studio is good to have him along, Hun 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:02.040 Thanks for listening everybody, as we get you set. Were 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:04.480 brought to you by IGS Energy, and we'll be with 0:03:04.520 --> 0:03:07.400 you here until seven o'clock tonight. One thing I've always 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:09.840 talked about, I'll never forget being on the team plane 0:03:09.880 --> 0:03:12.280 after coming home from the super Bowl the following day. 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:14.040 I don't know. You may have gotten a red eye 0:03:14.040 --> 0:03:17.000 out of there because you wanted to keep Miami behind. 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:20.000 But a couple of things I remember about that is 0:03:20.160 --> 0:03:24.040 one or the build up to the game was so exhausting, 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:27.919 like you had so many responsibilities that day at getting 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:30.200 to the stadium super early. And then now you're waiting 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:34.040 opening kickoffs as the darkness falls and Devon returns the 0:03:34.040 --> 0:03:36.680 opening kickoff, and I remember you smacked me on the 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:39.400 rear end as hard as you possibly could, and you 0:03:39.440 --> 0:03:42.080 looked at me, say, the game hasn't even started yet, 0:03:42.520 --> 0:03:46.040 and that's that turned out to be the truth. But 0:03:46.120 --> 0:03:49.560 then getting on that team plane and Olan Creutz walking over, 0:03:50.200 --> 0:03:54.000 don't worry, Joniac, we'll be back. We'll be back, And yeah, 0:03:54.040 --> 0:03:56.440 you know, you hope that's true. You felt you had 0:03:56.440 --> 0:04:00.000 a really good team. You had terrific offensive, lie great defense. 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:04.720 It's great players erlak Or Briggs, Peanut, offensive lineman like Owl. 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:08.360 And then you don't get back, and it's just it's 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:11.280 got to be really difficult when you pour yourself into it. 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:13.800 And that's why every snap does matter for all these guys, 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:17.080 and you don't really realize what you're missing when you 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:20.000 don't get it back, you know. I was recently talking 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:22.440 to Clyde Emeric and I was recently talking to Halton 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:24.400 about this, because when they got beat in the NFC 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:27.760 Championship Game in nineteen eighty four, he got on the 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:31.520 microphone on the airplane to address the team about remember 0:04:31.560 --> 0:04:34.080 how you feel, because we are never going to feel 0:04:34.120 --> 0:04:37.599 like this again leaving an NFC Championship game, and we 0:04:37.720 --> 0:04:40.320 have to put our mind to it right now about 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:43.200 what we're going to accomplish next year, a lot like 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:46.360 the players felt when we're flying away from the Super 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:50.080 Bowl down in Miami, but that that message is kind 0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:52.280 of resonated with a lot of players and a lot 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:54.839 of people that were around the organization, and then you 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:57.719 see what was able to happen the next year. So 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:02.039 it's really interesting the course of action throughout a history 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:07.520 and or a history of an organization, how those two 0:05:07.720 --> 0:05:11.440 moments can go in such different directions after you either 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:15.040 lose a Super Bowl or you lose an NFC Championship game, 0:05:15.080 --> 0:05:17.400 all right, Teams that lose the Super Bowl usually have 0:05:17.480 --> 0:05:20.599 a hard time with that process, you know, because things, 0:05:20.640 --> 0:05:23.640 you know, maybe decisions are made out of a rash, 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:26.599 thinking Okay, maybe we aren't good enough, and then now 0:05:26.680 --> 0:05:29.280 we're really not good enough because we're taking many steps 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:32.240 backwards and they never get back to that plateau. That's 0:05:32.240 --> 0:05:34.479 why it's so hard to repeat unless you were the 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:37.040 Green Bay excuse me, the New England Patriots or the 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:42.040 Pittsburgh Steelers. Are those great teams forty nine ers for you? 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:44.960 You were not there in eighty four. You were there 0:05:45.000 --> 0:05:47.039 in eighty five. You were learning what it was like. 0:05:47.120 --> 0:05:50.039 Did you What was the sense when you got into 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:52.880 that team from the inside out, as you were trying 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:55.400 to find your way and find your fit on a 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:58.560 very tight football team, one that really did have Super 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:01.400 Bowl aspirations from the because of what happened in eighty four. 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:05.039 I was intimidated because I was a Bears fan, and 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:07.440 I was playing with guys in the USFL that kept 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:10.280 telling me how great the Bears were on the defensive 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:13.119 side of the line of scrimmage or the offensive line, 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:15.159 and how are you going to make that team? So 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:18.440 I was like being forewarned about it, but I also 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:21.440 had the envy as a fan, and so when I 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:24.080 was going, oh my god, I'm driving on my way 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:27.359 to try out for the Chicago Bears. You know, you 0:06:27.440 --> 0:06:30.240 just have hope and desire and everything that's needed in 0:06:30.320 --> 0:06:34.560 you because it's your lifelong dream. But you know, when 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:37.640 you go to a team that's returning from the NFC 0:06:37.760 --> 0:06:40.080 Championship game, there's not going to be a lot of turnover, 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:43.279 and so you just sit there and we kind of 0:06:43.320 --> 0:06:46.040 grinded it out every single day, and you know, you're 0:06:46.080 --> 0:06:49.039 a enamored because you're seeing Walter Pyton, You're meeting guys 0:06:49.160 --> 0:06:53.200 like William Perry, you know, from being an offensive lineman 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:55.919 and reading a lot about the Bears defense and finally 0:06:56.000 --> 0:07:00.040 seeing you know, Otis Wilbur and Singletary in person and 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:02.840 seeing a little bit what Halfen the McMichael are like. 0:07:03.120 --> 0:07:06.159 And glad Doug Plank left the team because I was 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:09.520 worried about getting hit by Doug Plank. So you know, 0:07:09.560 --> 0:07:11.520 there's a lot of things that come into play when 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:14.119 you're a fan of the team that you're getting ready 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:16.360 to go try out for. I was thinking about you 0:07:16.400 --> 0:07:19.960 in a Brown's guard this week was going out. It 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:23.880 was miked up Tyron Matthew of the Chiefs, and he 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:25.760 was coming right for him, and man, he just put 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:27.760 him on his back, but it was still a tackle 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:29.480 for loss on the play. And I was thinking about 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:32.960 you because you loved those one on one opportunities with 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:36.400 a little dB. But you know, Tyron Matthew gets right 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:38.640 back up on his feet, took his medicine, said, man, 0:07:38.680 --> 0:07:41.640 that guy kicked my booty. But hey, you know it 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:44.680 was still a loss on the plank he ty tackle 0:07:44.760 --> 0:07:48.000 for loss. Tyrone Matthews got up because he was underneath 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:50.280 the player. He patted him on the head and then 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:53.880 pointed to the tackle so he was able to accept 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:58.960 the responsibility. But again, so Tyron Matthew was blitzing. The 0:07:59.000 --> 0:08:00.880 guy that made the tackle was the guy the garden 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:04.480 was responsible for. So it was a good defensive call 0:08:04.560 --> 0:08:07.640 by Kansas City at that point. That really mess that 0:08:07.720 --> 0:08:10.800 play up. Chiefs in Buffalo in Kansas City and Green 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:14.320 Bay taking on Tampa Bay and the Brady Rodgers matchup. 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:17.080 And today the passing of Ted Thompson, a ten year 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:21.239 NFL player, Tim a linebacker and a well known scout, 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:25.640 very very respected man. Was not one to really put 0:08:25.720 --> 0:08:28.200 himself out there with the media. Was very quiet guy. 0:08:28.600 --> 0:08:31.160 But you know, you think about his legacy and his 0:08:31.240 --> 0:08:34.480 first draft pick was Aaron Rodgers. Yeah, you know, you 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:37.120 think of the guys like Ron Wolf and Bob Harland 0:08:37.120 --> 0:08:41.400 that he learned a lot about organization and the green 0:08:41.440 --> 0:08:44.280 Bay Packers and how it ran and how they went 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:47.240 through the protocol. Ted Thompson was a hell of a guy. 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:49.439 He was. He was a super nice guy. He was 0:08:49.480 --> 0:08:52.320 a good football player. I think he was the perfect 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:56.400 low key management position for green Bay and brought him 0:08:56.440 --> 0:09:01.280 through the Far era into the Rogers era pretty successfully. Yeah, 0:09:01.360 --> 0:09:03.280 just sixty eight years old, and many of the guys 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:05.640 he picked are going to be in that championship game 0:09:05.679 --> 0:09:07.360 this weekend. All right. When we come back, we'll be 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:10.280 joined by Jim Miller, a former Bears quarterback in Sirius 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:12.480 Sex m NFL radio host. He'll join us as we 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:14.560 take a look at the Bears and the coaching carousel. 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:17.280 So I'll come it up next here on Bears All 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:20.080 Access brought to you by IGS Energy on Chicago Sports 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:23.960 Radio six seventy The Score. Welcome back to Bears on 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:26.760 Access brought to you by IGS Energy. Choose clean energy 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:29.120 for your home at igs dot com because every good 0:09:29.200 --> 0:09:31.319 choice adds up to a better world. With Tom Farem, 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:33.920 a broadcast partner from news Radio seven eighty and one 0:09:34.000 --> 0:09:37.600 oh five point outfmw BBM, mister Tom Thayer, and our 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:40.480 good pal Jim Miller from Sirius sex M NFL Radio. 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:44.200 Moving the chains with Pat Kerwin joins us. Now, Jim, 0:09:44.240 --> 0:09:47.720 how you doing. Lots going on, obviously, even not Bears 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:50.480 related bub We'll start with that. In the coaching carousel, 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:53.120 looks like Mannegge is gonna have to add a few 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:56.000 more offensive coaches with where Today Dave Ragone headed down 0:09:56.040 --> 0:09:59.880 to Atlanta to become offensive coordinator for Arthur Smith. Break 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:02.640 that one down for you, because he also maybe bringing 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:05.920 along the running backs coach as well, Charles London. And 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:07.920 I'm reading where and I don't have any of this, 0:10:07.960 --> 0:10:10.160 and none of this is official in terms of Charles London. 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:12.520 It is with Dave were gone, but that he'd be 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:15.760 quarterback coach. Yeah, yeah, I did see that one. Good 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:17.560 to be with you guys again, and yeah, it's I mean, 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:19.679 it's hard to keep up with it, yeah, a lot 0:10:19.679 --> 0:10:21.679 of the times. I mean, there's so many coaching moves 0:10:21.720 --> 0:10:23.520 going on right now, and these are a lot of 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:26.880 uh promotions for a lot of these guys. Obviously, Dave 0:10:26.920 --> 0:10:29.520 were going to the call plays down there, and it'd 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:32.400 obviously be with Arthur Smith who's getting his first out. 0:10:32.400 --> 0:10:34.160 And then if shot at being a head coach. And 0:10:34.200 --> 0:10:36.160 I saw Dean Peas coming out of retirement for the 0:10:36.160 --> 0:10:38.240 second time. You know what I thought of you today, Jim, 0:10:39.000 --> 0:10:42.000 you when you you love Dean pas And and properly so. 0:10:42.160 --> 0:10:44.959 He's an outstanding defensive corder had really that Tennessee defense 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:48.640 was playing outstanding before he retired. But yet when the 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:52.079 naive Michigander, I know Dean personally, he coached at Michigan 0:10:52.120 --> 0:10:54.520 State and obviously he got great job for the Ravens 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:57.640 and uh he was retired at Devil's Lake, Michigan, I 0:10:57.640 --> 0:11:00.280 think for ten minutes. Uh yeah, I think it's a 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:03.200 world record for a coach coming out of retirement. But 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:06.360 this is happening at time or two because it's in 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:08.319 the blood and you can't get rid of it. There's 0:11:08.440 --> 0:11:11.719 nothing that's going to have the exhilaration. Yes, you want 0:11:11.760 --> 0:11:13.439 to be with your family, you want to see your grandkid, 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:16.400 you all that, but you know it's in the blood. 0:11:16.400 --> 0:11:18.800 And if some young coach in this case Arthur Smith, 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:20.240 who by the way, I'm reading he's going to be 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:23.920 the play caller still for for Atlanta. But if you 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:26.319 get the call from somebody you respect, you're going to 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:29.040 try and help him out. But you know, Jim and Jeff. 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:32.360 One thing about this year uniquely enough, you may get 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:35.880 an opportunity to interview guys that you may never before 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:37.800 in the history of the NFL be able to because 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:39.960 they got to fly from wherever they are to wherever 0:11:40.000 --> 0:11:42.800 they're going. When I look at the list in the 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:47.079 NFL app of the amount of interviews for all these teams, 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:50.199 it wouldn't be able to happen logistically if they had 0:11:50.240 --> 0:11:52.760 to fly to every one of these sites to sit 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:55.800 in front of them and get interviews. So all these 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:59.120 guys that are doing these zoom interviews, I may say, Hey, 0:11:59.240 --> 0:12:02.120 let me just get the temperature of Gary Kubiak. Let 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:06.200 me see if Dean Peace is a piece is interested 0:12:06.240 --> 0:12:08.920 at all in coaching anymore. Hey, let me scratch the 0:12:08.960 --> 0:12:11.280 surface of this old offensive line coach of the New 0:12:11.320 --> 0:12:14.240 England Patriots to see if he'd be interested in coming 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:16.880 out because we work together at one point. So to me, 0:12:17.360 --> 0:12:20.200 I think you're seeing a lot of these interviews because 0:12:20.440 --> 0:12:23.480 of the situation we're in and they're all being done 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:26.600 through skyper Zoom. Yeah, and it seems like, you know, 0:12:26.679 --> 0:12:28.880 with all the first year coach i'd say, other than 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:32.439 urban Meyer, I mean, let's face it, for Nick Sirianni 0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:35.559 to get the job in Philly, I mean, congratulations to him, 0:12:35.600 --> 0:12:37.680 but that's going to come with a lot of oversight. 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:40.360 I think everybody knows that that's about getting the quarterback 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:43.120 right and all the moves, and Howie Roseman is kind 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:45.520 of going to be controlling the controlling this thing. And 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:48.520 i'd say that for the Lions or any other teams, 0:12:48.520 --> 0:12:51.160 are even Arthur Smith. You know, let's be honest, these 0:12:51.200 --> 0:12:54.640 guys are first time coaches. They've elevated very quickly, and 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:56.840 those organizations aren't just going to give the keys to 0:12:56.880 --> 0:12:59.320 the car. Let's just be honest. That seems to be 0:12:59.440 --> 0:13:02.600 what's happening right now, and we'll see what happens with Houston. 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:04.480 Houston to me, has a little bit of leverage right 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:07.240 now because everybody's fighting for one spot, so they'll be 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:09.520 able to dictate who they want to hire, and it 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:12.760 is probably leaning towards Eric Bienemy. I would think, well, 0:13:12.760 --> 0:13:15.679 with Nick Sirianni, did that come out of left field 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:18.240 for you because it happened quickly unless he was on 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:20.480 their radar for a while and they just waited for 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:24.240 the end because he interviewed Monday and basically hired yesterday. Yeah, 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:27.000 I think some team some people turn him down. Like 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:30.680 I said, there's going to be heavy oversight there for 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:34.400 the next head coach. That's why Doug Peterson wanted out. 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:36.600 He even want to be told who to play, want 0:13:36.640 --> 0:13:39.000 to play him, all those type of things, and he 0:13:39.120 --> 0:13:42.040 wanted out and he got granted his wish. And I 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:44.680 think the guys that interviewed for that job, a few 0:13:44.679 --> 0:13:47.400 of them had already turned him down because there's going 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:49.640 to be heavy oversight. And so how do you make 0:13:49.679 --> 0:13:51.600 it attractive. You go after a first year guy, you 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:53.200 don't pay him a lot of money and say hey, 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:55.280 we're gonna make you a head coach and you're okay 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:57.080 with that, and he'll say, yeah, there's only thirty two 0:13:57.080 --> 0:14:01.040 of them, I'll take that job. What's both you guys 0:14:01.080 --> 0:14:04.640 jump in, But Tom, what's the impact? Okay, you turned 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:07.640 over the offensive staff a year ago. I had great 0:14:07.679 --> 0:14:11.319 detail to focus on the quarterback and now the passing 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:13.959 game coordinator that is respected coach, and Dave were going 0:14:14.000 --> 0:14:16.520 and we do wish him well. Love Dave, love his insight, 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:21.920 love his ability to talk talk ball. And then with 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:25.840 Charles London, very respected running back coach too in that room, 0:14:25.880 --> 0:14:28.680 all those guys love Charles London. So what does that 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:30.960 for two years in a row due to a staff 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:33.560 where you're trying to get on the same page. Well, 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:35.800 I mean, as long as John D. Philippo and Bill 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:38.080 Laser are still here, I don't think just because you're 0:14:38.080 --> 0:14:40.520 removing Dave are going out of the room, it's gonna 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:43.960 have any impact on the quarterback position at all, because 0:14:44.280 --> 0:14:46.760 both of these guys understand the position, they understand how 0:14:46.760 --> 0:14:49.400 to coach it. Matt Nagee still is a big influence 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:53.960 on the quarterback position, so I don't think it'll be 0:14:54.080 --> 0:14:57.400 much of a distraction on when you're talking about inserting 0:14:57.440 --> 0:15:00.720 the offense to whomever the quarterback is or and then 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:03.080 on the running back side of it. It seems like 0:15:03.200 --> 0:15:06.960 running back is a unique kind of coach because it's 0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:10.160 running backs have the innate ability to understand how they're 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:12.440 gonna run the football, but then they got to be 0:15:12.480 --> 0:15:14.800 able to someone's got to be there teaching them the 0:15:14.840 --> 0:15:18.760 system in all the intricacies of you know, coming breaking 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:21.720 the huddle with two different plays, breaking the huddle, going 0:15:21.800 --> 0:15:24.360 from a pass play to a run play to a 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:28.160 pass blocking responsibility, blitz pick up, and all these things. 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:31.960 So London did a good job of getting the entire 0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:35.800 backfield ready, because everybody's a little different, you know, Tree 0:15:35.840 --> 0:15:38.760 Cone's nothing like Cordail Patterson, and Corderyl is a lot 0:15:38.800 --> 0:15:41.320 different than Dave and Montgomery. So I think he did 0:15:41.320 --> 0:15:43.360 a nice job. But I do think there's a lot 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:47.520 of really relatable, good young running back coaches out there 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:49.560 that first of all need to come in and learn 0:15:49.640 --> 0:15:52.440 the system themselves, and then how they get that message 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:56.600 across to their running back room. Jimbo, Yeah, I think. Well, 0:15:56.640 --> 0:15:59.360 I mean that's the challenge you got one you're gonna 0:15:59.400 --> 0:16:01.720 hire guys. You know, Ragon was down in Tennessee right 0:16:01.760 --> 0:16:03.440 before he arrived with Bears, so he already had a 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:06.800 relationship with Arthur Smith. So I think that that typically 0:16:07.240 --> 0:16:10.080 is how it happens where you connect, especially now with 0:16:10.720 --> 0:16:12.800 like what Tom said, with all the you know, you're 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:14.880 really just doing these zoom in interviews. A lot of 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:17.560 it you're going to trust on the really the relationship 0:16:18.600 --> 0:16:21.760 that you have with the with the coach over time, 0:16:21.800 --> 0:16:23.360 and why you want to add them because you feel 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:26.640 you're gonna have your best success as a football coach. 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:29.000 And that's true for all these new coaches, the teams 0:16:29.040 --> 0:16:33.240 that now have their guys leaving the building, Jay Rogers 0:16:33.280 --> 0:16:36.320 and the coaches you'd s mentioned Charles London and Dave 0:16:36.360 --> 0:16:39.080 are gone. Now you know, is there enough quality out 0:16:39.120 --> 0:16:40.800 there that you can bring in? And I think there is. 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:42.840 You know, I think the Bears have already interviewed a 0:16:42.880 --> 0:16:45.320 couple of good guys. Gannon has very well thought of 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:48.640 the DB's coach for the Indianapolis Colts that that seems 0:16:48.640 --> 0:16:50.560 to be getting to look see. George Edwards was with 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:53.000 Mike Zimmer up there. I think you make a call 0:16:53.080 --> 0:16:55.560 even he said, see this tells you it was going 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:58.600 bad in Philly because Jim Schwartz made it this announcement 0:16:58.640 --> 0:17:00.680 before the end of the season, so you knew that 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:02.960 was going south there and I think they felt like 0:17:03.520 --> 0:17:05.400 they were hanging the coach out to dry. And Jim 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:08.359 Schwartz is a very principled guy and he made that statement. 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:10.240 Maybe you make a call of Jim Schwartz. That's a 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:12.639 hell of a defensive coordinator that's out there right now, 0:17:12.640 --> 0:17:14.840 and convince him to not take a year off and 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:17.280 come back. The last thing I'd say is I had 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:20.719 the opportunity to interview Chuck Pagano today on Sirious, and 0:17:21.000 --> 0:17:24.440 he was fantastic. He is not good even remotely think 0:17:24.480 --> 0:17:27.239 about coming back in He's a lifer, and he had 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:28.840 just had a lot of great things to say and 0:17:28.880 --> 0:17:30.920 all the great memories that he had, and he certainly 0:17:31.200 --> 0:17:33.800 wanted to think the McCaskey family in the great time 0:17:34.160 --> 0:17:36.399 that he had in Chicago with the staff of the 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:39.919 Chicago Bears. So but we couldn't coach because he was 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:41.639 under Dean Peace. I said, well, are you gonna be 0:17:41.680 --> 0:17:44.320 like Dean and decided to come out of return. He said, no, 0:17:44.400 --> 0:17:47.280 that's not happening. Dean's he said, Dean Peace has always 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:50.560 been a waffler. He goes, I'm not so no chance 0:17:50.600 --> 0:17:53.280 that Pagano's coming back. Jim just outline a couple of 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:56.560 guys up for the defensive quarter job. According to multiple reports, 0:17:56.640 --> 0:18:00.320 nothing official from the organization. James Betcher another one three 0:18:00.359 --> 0:18:03.440 years at Arizona with top ten defenses, a very blitz 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:06.240 minded guy coming from that Todd Bowles tree a little 0:18:06.280 --> 0:18:08.240 bit and with the Giants for a couple of years, 0:18:08.240 --> 0:18:11.480 and then Tommy Mike Singletary's name has come up as 0:18:11.480 --> 0:18:14.080 well as somebody that reportedly has interviewed for that position 0:18:14.119 --> 0:18:18.240 as well. Yeah, hey, Mike's got a super intelligence, He's 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:21.280 got a lot of skill's was one of the most 0:18:21.680 --> 0:18:25.560 well prepared professional athletes I ever played around, and mentally, 0:18:25.600 --> 0:18:28.000 at that point, you had to understand a lot more 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:32.120 information than you do nowadays, because nowadays you have that 0:18:32.800 --> 0:18:35.760 device in your helmet where you're getting all the information 0:18:35.840 --> 0:18:39.800 from the sideline and you're getting reminders there. Mike Single, 0:18:40.240 --> 0:18:42.960 Mike Singletary and that defense had to know the personnel 0:18:43.000 --> 0:18:45.720 they had to make the adjustments, and they weren't getting 0:18:45.760 --> 0:18:49.080 signs held up on the sidelines to tell every position 0:18:49.560 --> 0:18:53.240 front to back what to do. But like Jim mentioned, 0:18:53.280 --> 0:18:56.560 Jim Schwartz and then you got Mike Singletary, they have 0:18:56.600 --> 0:18:58.879 a different style of defense in mind than what the 0:18:58.880 --> 0:19:01.600 Bears play right now. So if you're gonna bring in 0:19:01.640 --> 0:19:05.200 a defensive coordinator that wants to play a four man 0:19:05.280 --> 0:19:09.800 front in the well Jim. Yeah, Jim was. Jim was 0:19:09.840 --> 0:19:12.000 three four in Tennessee and he was three four when 0:19:12.000 --> 0:19:15.560 he was in Cleveland with Bill Belichick. So but you know, 0:19:15.600 --> 0:19:19.960 he's that y nine single in Singletary's a four man front. 0:19:20.000 --> 0:19:23.680 So if you're gonna bring in both defensive coordinators that 0:19:23.880 --> 0:19:25.680 like to play both fronts, you have to make sure 0:19:25.680 --> 0:19:28.119 that you have the personnel that they can form in 0:19:28.160 --> 0:19:30.159 the defenses they want to run. There's gonna be some 0:19:30.200 --> 0:19:33.920 internal candidates as well. Sean Deshai's name has been speculated 0:19:33.920 --> 0:19:35.720 as one as well. All right, we're gonna take a 0:19:35.720 --> 0:19:37.879 break more with Jim Miller coming up. This is Bears 0:19:37.880 --> 0:19:40.880 All Access, brought to you by IGS Energy on Chicago 0:19:40.920 --> 0:19:45.280 Sports Radio six seventy. The Score, The Chicago Bears Network 0:19:45.320 --> 0:19:48.960 presents Inside the Bears, brought to you by Verizon. Anthony 0:19:49.000 --> 0:19:51.479