WEBVTT - Voice of the Chargers on what Allen, Everett bring to the Bears | Bears Weekly 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:04.720 Welcome in Tumble Bears Weekly, a Chicago Bears Network production 0:00:05.080 --> 0:00:08.160 download the Chicago Bears Official Act, brought to you by 0:00:08.320 --> 0:00:11.320 Verizon to follow the team on the go. Bears Weekly 0:00:11.440 --> 0:00:15.360 is brought to you by African Healthcare, Athletico Physical Therapy, 0:00:15.560 --> 0:00:20.119 bet Rivers, CD Telling, Connie's Pizza by Gas Energy, and 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:24.560 Miller Life Kira. Your hosts, Jeff Chiloniak aka the Mayor 0:00:24.560 --> 0:00:28.080 of Bearsville and his sidekick Tom the Surfmaster. There. 0:00:29.000 --> 0:00:32.080 Good to be with you once again. Five weeks from tonight, 0:00:33.320 --> 0:00:35.720 the Bears are going to be on the clock. Number 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:38.720 one pick in the NFL Draft, number nine pick in 0:00:38.760 --> 0:00:40.960 the NFL Draft. We discussed it all here on Bears 0:00:40.960 --> 0:00:44.040 Weekly out of ESPN one thousand and the Bears Radio Network. 0:00:44.080 --> 0:00:46.440 My name is Jeff Joniyak with Super Bowl winning Chicago 0:00:46.520 --> 0:00:49.800 Bears guard Tom Thayer coming up. Jim Miller from Serious 0:00:49.880 --> 0:00:52.640 X NFL Radios moving the chain, so join us special 0:00:52.640 --> 0:00:54.720 thanks to our producers Jordan tread Up and Dan Brially 0:00:55.160 --> 0:00:59.040 and the ESPN one thousand studios. Charlie Bevins, the executive 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:02.240 Pretty Sure of the Bears Radio Network, Eric Ostrasiti coming 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:05.480 up tonight Our guest is going to be Chargers radio 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:08.720 voice Matt money Smith. He'll discuss with us the additions 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:11.640 of Keenan Allen, Gerald Everett, and of course thoughts on 0:01:11.720 --> 0:01:14.160 Caleb Williams workout on the campus at the University of 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:18.160 Southern California yesterday, which Tom and good evening Tom. Everybody 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:21.000 had eyes on, everybody reading about it, and it was 0:01:21.560 --> 0:01:24.120 It's just it's an exciting time. It's an exciting time 0:01:24.160 --> 0:01:24.920 for Bears fans. 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:27.840 Yeah, you know, I watched the entrance of Caleb Willilliams 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:31.200 walking out to the field getting ready to put his 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:38.520 talents on display, comes walking out with the football super confidently. 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:40.520 And I just kind of wonder what that is like. 0:01:40.720 --> 0:01:43.200 Is it like an actor that's going on to do 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:46.800 his part of a movie. Is like an actor and 0:01:46.840 --> 0:01:50.080 a play, but this is more real life and sports. 0:01:50.600 --> 0:01:53.600 And so when you kind of understand what you've already 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:55.360 lived through as an athlete and you. 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:58.080 See a guy like this going out there on a. 0:01:57.760 --> 0:02:02.120 Pro day, which it's it's hard to really assess what 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:06.280 that's all about. But I mean, it's amazing nowadays and 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:08.520 it's covered all over the world and you have a 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:12.560 chance to go out there and watch not only Caleb Williams, 0:02:12.560 --> 0:02:14.280 but some of the other guys that are going to 0:02:14.320 --> 0:02:17.840 be draft eligible go out there and you know, put 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:21.360 their talents on display for all the talent evaluators of 0:02:21.400 --> 0:02:21.880 the NFL. 0:02:22.120 --> 0:02:23.480 Right, what do you take out of those? 0:02:25.440 --> 0:02:28.480 You know, I like to excuse me, I like to 0:02:28.480 --> 0:02:33.239 look at his personality, his confidence, his mechanics, his foot 0:02:33.320 --> 0:02:41.519 foundation fundamentals, his accuracy, the the display of arm strength 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:46.040 in terms of difficult out patterns to long patterns downfield, 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:48.799 and just kind of things that sometimes you can look 0:02:48.800 --> 0:02:51.919 at the for the exact same thing every single rep, 0:02:52.280 --> 0:02:56.240 but then sometimes you look at different types of accomplishments 0:02:56.280 --> 0:02:59.200 according to the type of route they're running. 0:02:59.360 --> 0:03:02.440 Right, and he kept pretty straightforward, you know what you 0:03:02.440 --> 0:03:05.040 would expect in the National Football League. Some checkdowns to 0:03:05.080 --> 0:03:07.520 the backs, some work over the middle, some deep throws 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:10.480 ending it on a deep throat connection. 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:10.799 There. 0:03:11.120 --> 0:03:13.080 He had some of those guys that will be in 0:03:13.120 --> 0:03:16.440 the NFL draft, and Lloyd the running back and Rice 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:21.480 the wide receiver. Very very impressive. But I you notice 0:03:21.520 --> 0:03:24.680 it because the ball literally does jump off his hand, 0:03:25.080 --> 0:03:26.960 like that ball just explodes. 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:29.640 You know it's it does when you see those types 0:03:29.680 --> 0:03:34.640 of long passes, the difficult out patterns, the long patterns downfield. Yeah, 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:39.000 there's kind of a simplicity to the delivery. But you 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:41.200 think through a quarterback's mind when they have to let 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:43.960 make that last second position of the checkdown to the 0:03:44.040 --> 0:03:48.480 running back the third receiver, and sometimes that is the 0:03:48.640 --> 0:03:51.080 oar mechanics that you like to look at the most 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:55.280 because there there is a change from snap to decision. 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:57.800 And so I think that's. 0:03:57.640 --> 0:04:00.600 As interesting as a throw as if he threw sixty 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:05.280 five yard bomb that land perfectly into the striding wide 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:06.240 receiver's hands. 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:09.360 These are routes on air, of course, no defenders in 0:04:09.400 --> 0:04:11.600 your face. But he saw it on tape, and he 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:17.040 doesn't need to show that his acrobatic Houdini like moves 0:04:17.400 --> 0:04:19.360 that he gets out of trouble with his eyes downfield. 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:21.479 And again we'll talk more in depth about that too 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:23.440 with Matt Muney Smith later out of the program. But 0:04:24.240 --> 0:04:27.200 how about the other analysis here, And this is under 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:29.280 the assumption, of course, that the Bears are going to 0:04:29.360 --> 0:04:32.520 use that number one pick on Caleb Williams. He's going 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:35.359 to still have a visit here at Hallis Hall. They'll 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:38.679 take his physical here they'll get down into the nitty gritty. 0:04:39.040 --> 0:04:42.040 But everything's been kind of set for his arrival here now, 0:04:42.440 --> 0:04:44.800 and I wanted to see the body type. I saw 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:48.360 it a little bit in Indianapolis walking with him as 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:52.760 he walked from interview to interview. But he's a strong guy. 0:04:52.800 --> 0:04:55.000 He's got a thick lower half and he's got a 0:04:55.040 --> 0:04:58.279 strong upper body. And the name that keeps popping in 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:01.960 my head of a similar frame, I guess you would 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:04.760 say is Russell Wilson. And I think he's taller than 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:08.440 Russell wils Yes, yeah, yeah, you know, there's a lot 0:05:08.480 --> 0:05:11.279 of about six to one, five to eleven for Russell. 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:14.880 But he's got good strength there. You could see it 0:05:14.920 --> 0:05:16.680 in his body, and that's only gonna get better as 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:17.279 time goes on. 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:19.719 Well, I mean, he was two fourteen at the combine 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:23.080 and he weighed in two seventeen yesterday, So you gained 0:05:23.120 --> 0:05:26.120 three pounds and you have the ability to add a 0:05:26.120 --> 0:05:29.080 little bit of weight, which I'm sure adds muscle from 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:32.719 the strength training that you're doing behind closed doors. But 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:36.599 I I see of a of a bigger I don't 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:40.239 look I look at Russell Wilson into a kind of 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:45.159 a similar frame When I look at Caleb Williams, I see, 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:49.000 you know, a sturdy bottom half, a good foundation that 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:51.440 you have, and there adds to a lot of the 0:05:51.480 --> 0:05:53.039 strengths of his throws. 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:53.440 And so. 0:05:55.080 --> 0:05:56.920 You know six ' to one. Is that what we're 0:05:56.920 --> 0:05:57.799 gonna call him? 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:00.160 Well, yeah, let's just call it six to one. I 0:06:00.200 --> 0:06:03.320 mean because I never understand weight. I never understand like, 0:06:03.360 --> 0:06:06.160 I only go on combine numbers. So I mean, that's 0:06:06.240 --> 0:06:09.720 because that is universal, right, every you come through with 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:14.120 thirty forty years of combine numbers and that's your height 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:15.760 and weight and it stays with you for the rest 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:18.360 of your career. It's in the media. Guys sometimes wait, 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:21.880 hang on a second. Sometimes they alter the weights. But 0:06:22.200 --> 0:06:25.280 you're the same size from the combine. But if you 0:06:25.440 --> 0:06:28.280 measured at the Senior Bowl, it's different at the combine. 0:06:28.279 --> 0:06:30.920 Then you measure it your pro day. These guys are all. 0:06:30.839 --> 0:06:33.360 Coming in at different Now the weight will fluctuate because 0:06:33.640 --> 0:06:36.279 these guys got ready to run forties of the combine, 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:38.919 not saying him, but they run forties of the combine 0:06:38.920 --> 0:06:39.640 at a certain weight. 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:41.640 Then at the pro day they're a little. 0:06:41.440 --> 0:06:43.680 Thicker because then I gotta run the forty again. If 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:46.080 they already had run it. So you're trying to, you know, 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:48.840 and hopefully that time period you've gained some muscle weight, 0:06:49.160 --> 0:06:52.080 which weighs more than fat, so you know, it's a 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:54.640 lot to look at. I know you don't care about 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:56.159 that at all, and you certainly don't want to hear 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:58.320 about arm length or hand size or anything like that, 0:06:58.480 --> 0:07:01.839 do you, because that'll just aggravate I'm just telling you. 0:07:01.880 --> 0:07:05.880 The hype porton stays with The hype porton stays portion stays. 0:07:05.600 --> 0:07:06.799 With you the rest of your life. 0:07:06.960 --> 0:07:08.880 Because the first time I went to the combine and 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:10.880 they stuck that ruler on the top of my head 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:14.440 and they said, faire six three and three quarters. 0:07:14.320 --> 0:07:17.120 I go, no way, I'm taller than that, and I 0:07:17.200 --> 0:07:17.760 never was. 0:07:18.080 --> 0:07:22.640 You go back nowadays, And I remember because Doug Flutie 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:24.400 and I used to lock her next to each other 0:07:24.440 --> 0:07:26.680 when he was with the Bears, and I was kind 0:07:26.720 --> 0:07:30.160 of teasing him a little bit about remember how they 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:32.960 used to call, you know, say something about his height 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:36.080 and then he would immediately go up by three quarters 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:39.720 of an inch or an inch. So it stays with 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:42.800 you when you've always kind of felt that you are 0:07:42.920 --> 0:07:44.880 taller than what they do. 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:47.840 I mean, what what were you in the Notre Dame media, No? 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:50.320 Six five six? 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:53.240 I know, but I didn't think I was six three 0:07:53.240 --> 0:07:56.120 and three quarters, you know, even when I went to 0:07:56.160 --> 0:07:58.840 the Hula Bowl and I was there with a selection 0:07:59.000 --> 0:08:02.680 of you know, high profile first rounders, and I think 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:05.400 they measured measured me at six ' four, you know. 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:07.960 So I was happy there. But when I went to 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:10.680 the combine and s sixty three and three quarters cost. 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:12.760 Me money, Well, and you had hair then too, so 0:08:12.800 --> 0:08:13.800 you lost a little bit and. 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:16.160 Brought it they bring it right down to the scale. 0:08:16.640 --> 0:08:19.640 And I was already developing a bad mullet at that point, 0:08:19.680 --> 0:08:22.440 so it was going it was going straight to the skull. 0:08:22.640 --> 0:08:25.040 Well, yeah, five seven and a half on a good 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:27.840 day for me. And that's about it. No, you know, no, 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:31.280 no movement in any direction. But it's it's always interesting 0:08:31.320 --> 0:08:33.200 to discuss, that's for sure. All Right, let's take our 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:35.360 first break when we come back, we'll take a look 0:08:35.360 --> 0:08:37.880 at what the Bears have brought in and look at 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:40.559 the rest of the division as well, because that matters. 0:08:40.600 --> 0:08:44.400 And what about rookie quarterbacks? What are they embracing, what 0:08:44.640 --> 0:08:48.160 do they have to be wary of As NFL history shows, 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:50.720 there's a lot of different ways to skin a cat. 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:51.439 That's Tom there. 0:08:51.440 --> 0:08:54.320 I'm Jeff Jonihak and this is Bears Weekly on ESPN 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:56.720 one thousand of the Bears Radio networks. 0:08:56.840 --> 0:08:59.440 Bears Weekly with the voice of the Bears for twenty 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:06.080 three years is Jeff Junior on the Bears Radio Network. 0:09:06.800 --> 0:09:08.880 This segment of Bears Weekly is brought to you by 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:12.800 Igs Energy. Jeff in time with you on another edition 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:18.360 after the un USC Pro Day yesterday Michigan tomorrow and 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:22.160 where it is from Brad Biggs from Tribune that that's 0:09:22.200 --> 0:09:25.200 where the Bears Brass, Ryan Polls, he and cunning Yam 0:09:25.200 --> 0:09:28.640 matt E Vic Blush will be headed tomorrow. JJ McCarthy, 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:32.080 of course, you know, boy, I don't see JJ McCarthy 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:34.840 getting out of the top five of the draft. After 0:09:35.440 --> 0:09:40.720 listen man, Minnesota and Denver. These are two teams that 0:09:40.760 --> 0:09:42.840 are gonna, I think, make moves to get into the 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:46.079 top five, and I think quarterbacks are going to go 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:46.800 in the top four. 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:49.439 What turned for him? 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:53.480 Since the National Championship Game and pre National Championship Game, 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:57.679 there was rumors that he would go a high second round. 0:09:58.200 --> 0:10:00.760 All of a sudden you go to the co and 0:10:00.920 --> 0:10:04.040 then you're gonna have your pro day. Now there's teams 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:07.360 making pre draft trades to try to get up there 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:08.360 to get you. 0:10:08.440 --> 0:10:10.160 I mean, did he all of. 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:12.920 A sudden grow a bunch or you know, did he 0:10:13.320 --> 0:10:17.120 I'm not against JJ at all. I'm all for him 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:21.160 one hundred percent, but I just don't know why, because 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:24.120 before we went to break, you talked about the rookie 0:10:24.200 --> 0:10:27.439 quarterbacks and what's expected of them, and all of a 0:10:27.480 --> 0:10:30.439 sudden you do have the success. But again, I think 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:33.400 a lot of JJ. What I would like about the 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:36.880 most is playing for a head coach like Jim Harball, 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:40.560 because you have that, you have that development, you have 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:44.840 that toughness, you have that you know a coach that's 0:10:44.920 --> 0:10:46.160 not easy on you. 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:49.199 So that's what you know would endure me the most. 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:51.920 To JJ McCarthy, I think the biggest thing just from 0:10:52.160 --> 0:10:55.480 uh just the average person, the average fan or and 0:10:55.800 --> 0:10:59.439 analyzing those things. I'm sure scouts were way ahead of 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:01.920 it and all of it, but you know he didn't. 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:03.440 He was not asked to do a ton. 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:06.840 They ran the football a lot, so in those moments 0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:10.120 when he did, he did shine. So I like the player, 0:11:10.800 --> 0:11:15.960 and it'll be interesting to see how he ultimately, you know, 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:18.079 shows people what he can do with the prote how 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:20.760 his protea might look a little different than Caleb Williams. 0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:23.520 Can he make all the throws? Can he hit every 0:11:23.520 --> 0:11:25.880 blade of grass? Can he make it horizontally and vertically 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:28.520 across the field? I say yes, but we'll see. But 0:11:28.679 --> 0:11:31.680 in addition to that, you know, again, we talk about 0:11:31.720 --> 0:11:35.280 this so much, so many quarterback moves here on this 0:11:37.280 --> 0:11:42.280 almost a quilt of quarterbacks moving around, and you're moving 0:11:42.320 --> 0:11:45.480 pieces around from the backups to the starters. And you know, 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:50.480 a guy like Sean Payton in Denver with all those 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:53.360 years with Drew Brees, would love a quarterback that just 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:56.720 finds completions like a or a guy like Bo Nicks. 0:11:57.240 --> 0:12:00.320 And then you think of what Minnesota's doing, What are 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:02.199 they trying to do? They got the two first rounders, 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:04.680 now they have Sam Darnold, and we're talking about the 0:12:04.679 --> 0:12:07.880 division right here. But are they gonna are they gonna 0:12:07.880 --> 0:12:09.800 make a play and move even higher up and try 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:12.839 and get Drake May out of the mix. Because his 0:12:12.920 --> 0:12:15.680 high school coach was Josh McCown, who's now the quarterback 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:18.760 coach of the Viking. So it's all these crazy things 0:12:18.760 --> 0:12:20.800 you can think of here, but I think there could 0:12:20.800 --> 0:12:21.400 be some movement. 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:23.360 I do too. 0:12:24.440 --> 0:12:27.360 And you know what, so JJ McCarthy, do you know 0:12:27.400 --> 0:12:30.040 what his hut what he was measured at at the Combine, 0:12:30.040 --> 0:12:32.440 Because when I listened to some of the critics, not 0:12:32.559 --> 0:12:36.280 criticisms of just some of the conversation about JJ, they 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:39.800 talk about him, Oh, he doesn't They always start the conversation, Oh, 0:12:39.840 --> 0:12:43.640 he doesn't have that rocket arm, but you know he can. 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:44.720 Still make the throws. 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:47.360 To me, if I can have a quarterback that can 0:12:47.440 --> 0:12:51.080 intelligently throw the ball from behind the line of scrimmage 0:12:51.360 --> 0:12:55.560 to fifteen yards downfield and he does it at such 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:58.520 an efficient rate, I'm fine with that. So I'm not 0:12:58.600 --> 0:13:02.080 looking for a guy that can throw it eighty five 0:13:02.240 --> 0:13:05.400 yards but he can't hit a target within a ten 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:06.400 yard range. 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:11.480 JJ at the combine six two and a half two nineteen. 0:13:13.000 --> 0:13:14.760 So that's what he was at. 0:13:15.080 --> 0:13:17.720 A little a little taller than a Drew Brees type 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:21.120 of guy. But you know, Drew Brees also didn't have, 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:25.120 you know, a rocket arm, but he was super efficient, 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:31.360 intelligent and ran systems as efficiently and kind of you know, 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:34.000 was able to change some of the offense that he 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:37.920 was using because he was so involved in the development 0:13:37.960 --> 0:13:39.080 of the weekly game plan. 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:41.360 I also just I think of one thing. I think 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:44.000 a toughness, Yeah, I think a toughness with this guy, 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:48.400 and very efficient throwing the football in the pocket. So yeah, 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:51.560 you know, I just again, the quarterbacks always move up 0:13:51.559 --> 0:13:55.000 a couple of notches more than people anticipate on draft day, 0:13:55.000 --> 0:13:58.240 and that goes for the backups included, or you know, 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:01.720 but right now, it'll be interesting, it'll be interesting, and 0:14:01.720 --> 0:14:04.560 in the division, in the division, what's going to happen 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:06.880 as well. But I talk about rookie quarterbacks because we're 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:10.360 and we'll hear in our next segment from Matt mney Smith. 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:15.480 But Tyrod Taylor in his career started over, Josh Allen 0:14:16.559 --> 0:14:21.320 started over, Baker Mayfield started over, Justin Herbert when they 0:14:21.320 --> 0:14:24.640 were all rookies. Again, everybody does it differently, but he 0:14:24.880 --> 0:14:27.200 he it was that veteran just to try to get 0:14:27.240 --> 0:14:30.720 things going in the right direction, like Alex Smith did 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:33.200 with Patrick Mahomes and others have done in the past. 0:14:33.920 --> 0:14:38.160 But that was always that whole discussion about Okay, justin 0:14:38.680 --> 0:14:43.160 you know, and having a veteran here and now it's 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:47.000 Tyson Bagent for the time being, and we'll see what 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:47.680 happens Andrew. 0:14:48.320 --> 0:14:48.880 You know, CJ. 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:52.280 Stroud changed the bar of quarterback and what's expected out 0:14:52.320 --> 0:14:55.040 of rookie quarterbacks now. And you talk about a rookie 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:57.720 quarterback that was the second pick in the draft. He 0:14:57.840 --> 0:15:00.440 was a little overlooked when they thought Bryce Young was 0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:03.320 gonna be the go to guy. And he put that 0:15:03.440 --> 0:15:07.280 performance on with a rookie defensive minded head coach. So 0:15:07.360 --> 0:15:11.320 that means the offensive coordinator is in charge of and 0:15:11.520 --> 0:15:13.560 is in charge of the offense, but then he's also 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:16.080 in charge in the development of CJ. 0:15:16.240 --> 0:15:16.680 Stroud. 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:23.000 So now are the expectations of rookie quarterbacks now elevated 0:15:23.080 --> 0:15:29.240 to CJ. Stroud you know type of performance or is 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:32.880 it still you know the Jordan Love template where you 0:15:32.960 --> 0:15:35.760 get drafted, you sit there for a little while and 0:15:35.840 --> 0:15:39.640 then you know you you play somewhere down the road. 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:42.160 All right, we're gonna take another break. That's top there. 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:44.600 I'm Jeff Jonnyick And when we return, Matt money Smith 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:47.560 joins the program here on Bears Weekly on ESPN one 0:15:47.600 --> 0:15:49.040 thousand of the Bears Radio Network. 0:15:49.360 --> 0:15:52.080 This is Bears weekly with a Voice of the Bears 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:57.200 for twenty three years Jeff on the Bears Radio network. 0:16:03.720 --> 0:16:07.120 Atholitical Physical Therapy visit athletical dot com to requested in 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:08.400 clinic or virtual deppointment. 0:16:08.400 --> 0:16:09.720 That's Star feeling better tomorrow. 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:13.120 We're feeling better today as Tom and I get to 0:16:13.160 --> 0:16:16.560 sit and visit with the voice of the Los Angeles Chargers, the. 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:19.240 One and only Matt money Smith. Matt, how you feeling? 0:16:19.240 --> 0:16:22.120 Because Tom wants to know for some reason, he's not 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:24.760 familiar with the money angle, So you know, I told 0:16:24.840 --> 0:16:27.200 him he missed the big math for guards in the 0:16:27.320 --> 0:16:32.120 NFL now because it's spiraled out of control because of 0:16:32.160 --> 0:16:35.760 the defensive tackles who have spiral dollar the control and Matt, 0:16:36.080 --> 0:16:38.720 poor Tom was just gonna earn his salary working nine 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:41.000 years for the Bears at right guard blocking for Walter 0:16:41.040 --> 0:16:42.840 Payton in the Fellas. 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:45.760 Right and now he's looking at that Robert Hunt contract, going, 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:49.480 you got to be kidding exactly, going to get a 0:16:49.560 --> 0:16:53.680 hundred million bucks for five years Tom in average football. 0:16:53.760 --> 0:16:57.000 In all seriousness, Tom, could you have imagined it mushrooming 0:16:57.080 --> 0:17:00.840 that big for the guard position interior line. 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:02.040 They'll listen. 0:17:02.120 --> 0:17:03.800 We sat in the locker room, and we talked to 0:17:03.880 --> 0:17:06.960 the generation before us, and that's Gail Stairs and Dick 0:17:07.040 --> 0:17:11.040 Buckets in the in at Ol Bradovitch and those types 0:17:11.040 --> 0:17:14.280 of guys, and they talked about salary in getting a 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:16.720 job during the week of the offseason so they can 0:17:16.760 --> 0:17:20.840 help support themselves. But as you know, I guess you've 0:17:20.880 --> 0:17:24.280 always in an envious position when you see what these 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:27.520 guys are making. However, I look at the guys that 0:17:27.560 --> 0:17:29.800 have made a lot of money that have never had 0:17:29.840 --> 0:17:32.359 the opportunity to live the day of a Super Bowl. 0:17:32.720 --> 0:17:35.359 They live the two weeks of leading up to the 0:17:35.400 --> 0:17:39.399 Super Bowl after you win the NFC Championship game, and 0:17:39.480 --> 0:17:41.600 I think that's almost worth what. 0:17:41.480 --> 0:17:42.560 The guys are making. 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:45.959 Yeah, I would probably have more dogs with the fenced 0:17:46.000 --> 0:17:51.639 in the yard, but I've had experiences that some of 0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:54.159 the guys that are making this big money have not 0:17:54.440 --> 0:17:56.120 been able to have as of yet. 0:17:56.800 --> 0:17:57.119 Yeah. 0:17:57.160 --> 0:18:01.000 Well, and Matt, so why the nickname? Because Tom wants 0:18:01.040 --> 0:18:02.760 to know, so I listen. 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:04.960 I wish I had a good answer, Tom, I don't. 0:18:05.359 --> 0:18:07.440 And those are beautiful window casinges. You had to make 0:18:07.600 --> 0:18:11.439 good money in your day window casings like that, Tom, 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:13.480 I wish I had a great story. I worked for 0:18:13.520 --> 0:18:15.720 a stupid morning show, you know, Morning Zoo, Kevin and 0:18:15.760 --> 0:18:17.280 Bean on k Rock, and everybody had to have a 0:18:17.400 --> 0:18:20.159 nickname that wasn't Kevin. Well, even Bean was Jane and 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:22.280 he had a nickname. But we all, you know, so 0:18:22.320 --> 0:18:24.840 for whatever reason, I guess there's always a literation involved. 0:18:24.840 --> 0:18:27.640 So Matt Money two ms. But yeah, I just became 0:18:27.680 --> 0:18:31.080 money to sports guy and that's uh, that's it. It's stupid. 0:18:31.320 --> 0:18:33.639 I wish I should make something up, but that's it. 0:18:33.840 --> 0:18:36.439 More FM morning show. Gotta have a nickname. 0:18:36.480 --> 0:18:39.159 Remember the name Jack Snow, the former Notre Dame and 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:42.000 La Ram wide receiver when he was the Rams color man. 0:18:42.040 --> 0:18:44.600 He every time we go to Saint Louis to see 0:18:45.040 --> 0:18:46.520 he called him two Ton Tommy. 0:18:47.080 --> 0:18:48.800 I don't know if Tommy liked it, but here was 0:18:48.840 --> 0:18:49.800 two Ton Tommy. 0:18:51.080 --> 0:18:51.760 When I met. 0:18:51.720 --> 0:18:54.040 Jack Snow, I was playing at Notre Dame and he 0:18:54.160 --> 0:18:56.840 used to come back for spring ball and spend the 0:18:56.880 --> 0:18:59.840 whole three weeks there during spring ball, and I got 0:18:59.840 --> 0:19:03.199 to become really good friends with him, and uh, you know, 0:19:03.440 --> 0:19:06.440 as I got all in my my senior and stuff here, 0:19:06.880 --> 0:19:08.760 you know, we would just bum around a little bit, 0:19:08.800 --> 0:19:11.840 and I was, you know, three hundred pounds at the time. 0:19:12.280 --> 0:19:15.040 So that's kind of where the nickname came came out. 0:19:15.560 --> 0:19:18.480 That's what it's a it's a literation. It's yes. But 0:19:18.560 --> 0:19:21.240 see yours fit. You were over three hundred pounds. I was. 0:19:21.520 --> 0:19:24.359 I was a fresh a freshman sophomore in college. I 0:19:24.400 --> 0:19:27.080 was working three jobs. I was parking cars at the Charterhouse, 0:19:27.160 --> 0:19:31.240 I worked in admissions. I answered phones for the morning show. Uh, 0:19:31.280 --> 0:19:33.399 and just happened to support, you know, and I just 0:19:33.400 --> 0:19:35.359 got lucky. I stepped in it. Jimmy Kimmel was their 0:19:35.359 --> 0:19:39.040 sports guy. Adam Corolla was their comedy writer. I am 0:19:39.080 --> 0:19:41.119 just no, I'm dead serious. Yeah, Jimmy was. It was 0:19:41.200 --> 0:19:45.360 Jimmy the sports guy, and he did Am and uh. 0:19:45.400 --> 0:19:49.040 And Corolla had a couple characters, mister Bircham and they 0:19:49.080 --> 0:19:50.879 do comedy bits. And I'd be able to sit in 0:19:50.920 --> 0:19:53.600 with them and and learn and practice and and figure 0:19:53.600 --> 0:19:55.840 out how to do this radio thing. And yeah, it 0:19:55.880 --> 0:19:58.280 was the best, you know whatever. With my Pepperdine degree, 0:19:58.320 --> 0:19:59.840 it was the best schooling I could have ever had. 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:02.840 Sitting in that office for five hours every morning from 0:20:03.240 --> 0:20:04.560 five am to ten am. 0:20:04.880 --> 0:20:05.680 That is awesome. 0:20:05.720 --> 0:20:08.600 Pepperdine, Notre Dame and little o'd Iowa stayed over here 0:20:08.760 --> 0:20:12.520 hoping they pulled the Cinderella sucker punch in the NCAA tournament. 0:20:12.640 --> 0:20:14.840