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The Bears Radio Network is Eric Ostrotski. 0:01:03.480 --> 0:01:05.240 Good even the everybody, Tom, how you feeling. 0:01:05.319 --> 0:01:07.319 I I feel good, Jeff, for you know, a lot 0:01:07.319 --> 0:01:09.760 of excitement this week in terms of the NFL as 0:01:09.760 --> 0:01:12.120 a whole, but for the Chicago Bears most certainly. 0:01:12.560 --> 0:01:14.200 And I think the players. 0:01:14.760 --> 0:01:17.000 And the staff kind they got a taste of each other, 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:21.280 and I think the seriousness of what is the journey 0:01:21.319 --> 0:01:25.640 that's set ahead of them, all the new opportunities for 0:01:25.720 --> 0:01:28.319 a guy like Ben Johnson and his staff, and a 0:01:28.319 --> 0:01:31.080 lot of new opportunities for the growth and the potential 0:01:31.120 --> 0:01:33.080 of a lot of players on this team. So I 0:01:33.120 --> 0:01:36.279 think this is gonna be an exciting spring to watch 0:01:36.319 --> 0:01:38.319 step by step as this team develops. 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:40.200 All Right, so we heard the podium. 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:42.200 You and I discussed it a little bit on bears 0:01:42.240 --> 0:01:45.840 Et Center this week. Caleb Williams, Darnell Right, Jermaine Edmunds, 0:01:45.920 --> 0:01:50.080 Jalen Johnson over off. You had to congregate all the 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:51.960 different answers they gave. 0:01:52.400 --> 0:01:54.240 What was the common theme out of the four in 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:54.760 your opinion? 0:01:55.640 --> 0:01:58.160 You know, I think the way the season ended last 0:01:58.240 --> 0:02:00.640 year and the guys visited the podium, and that word 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:04.520 accountability was brought up by a bunch of players, and 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:08.240 I think the players want the accountability. 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:09.079 To transfer into the locker room. 0:02:09.680 --> 0:02:12.680 And you know, it's almost like Jalen Johnson, if you 0:02:12.720 --> 0:02:16.000 see something, say something. If you want guys to have 0:02:16.080 --> 0:02:19.200 more dedication or a better effort in the practice field, 0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:21.720 in the meeting room and the weight room, showing up 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:25.400 on time, that hold each other accountable in those terms. 0:02:25.760 --> 0:02:28.240 And I think when you bring the leaders up to 0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:31.560 the podium in the early portion of a new league year, 0:02:31.960 --> 0:02:34.600 you kind of get a taste of what these guys 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:37.600 want and where they want to go, because, like Ben 0:02:37.680 --> 0:02:40.360 Johnson said when he took this job, this is not 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:44.280 a five year project. This is a win now project. 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:47.360 And I think that's really an important message that he 0:02:47.480 --> 0:02:50.040 got out there early and these players got to understand. 0:02:50.400 --> 0:02:53.160 Also, what do you think of the demeanor of Caleb. 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:56.320 Listen man. You know that's the thing about it. You 0:02:56.320 --> 0:02:58.800 and I talked about it. Caleb has never disappointed me. 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:03.080 Some to some of the most difficult podium visits he 0:03:03.160 --> 0:03:06.240 had throughout last year, to the early portion of when 0:03:06.280 --> 0:03:09.280 he came aboard, and how confident of a player he was, 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:13.720 but he also understands there's gonna be some new parts 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:16.960 of his job that he's gonna have to get fundamentally 0:03:18.280 --> 0:03:21.600 at ease with and it's gonna have to become second nature, 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:24.640 and it's gonna have to be like he's taking a 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:27.440 breath of air from some of the aspects of his 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:30.840 job in terms of working under center. The footwork that 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:36.480 you need according you know, so all that works accordingly. 0:03:36.640 --> 0:03:40.560 So listen, Caleb has never disappointed me, and he didn't 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:42.280 with his first visit, all. 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:45.160 Right, So it can be no other way to frame it. 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:48.400 The excitement that we've been discussing from the outside in 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:53.360 is now starting to bubble up and outside inside out 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:56.240 of the building. Tom, would you agree that is exactly 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:58.280 the case from everything you're hearing. The people you talk 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:00.520 to here are the players of the podium, just the 0:04:00.560 --> 0:04:02.760 little scraps on the bread crumbs that we're putting together. 0:04:03.080 --> 0:04:05.080 You know, everything that I've heard come out of Ben 0:04:05.200 --> 0:04:07.560 Johnson's mouth from the time he was introduced as a 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:10.200 new head coach in Tallas Hall to what he said 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:12.640 at the combine, what he's done at every one of 0:04:12.680 --> 0:04:16.480 his podium visits in front of the media. He's never 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:19.279 disappointed me as well, and he always said something that's 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:24.240 kind of refreshing in terms of the responsibilities of the 0:04:24.240 --> 0:04:27.880 players get comfortable being uncomfortable, the different things that he 0:04:27.960 --> 0:04:31.360 wants to do to a quality quarterback and a great 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:35.119 athlete quarterback like Caleb, and how he can expand his game, 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:38.640 the differences that he sees within this offense. 0:04:38.279 --> 0:04:40.240 What he can do with and for a guy like 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:41.440 Cole Kamet. 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:45.120 And then the different difficult choices that the competitiveness of 0:04:45.160 --> 0:04:48.960 these players is gonna help those decisions. And then I 0:04:49.080 --> 0:04:51.400 like everything that I've heard out of Dennis Allen, and 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:54.880 I'm excited to see this new philosophical thinking of the 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:58.640 defense and the different types of coverages he likes to play, 0:04:58.680 --> 0:05:00.560 what he likes to do at the line of scrimmage, 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:04.560 how he deploys the defensive assets he has. Like I said, 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:09.159 from right now through the spraying portion and into summer camp. 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:12.600 I think it's gonna be really fun to watch it develop. 0:05:13.080 --> 0:05:17.240 All Right, you raise a good point. So Tremaine, Edmunds 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:17.760 and TJ. 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:21.279 Edwards, some of the drafted players all came here under 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:24.680 a regime of Matt Eberflus in a certain style of defense. 0:05:24.960 --> 0:05:27.920 Now you bring in Dennis Allen. Tremaine is still a 0:05:27.920 --> 0:05:28.640 young player. 0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:30.000 Even though he is. 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:31.960 He has spent a lot of time in the NFL 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:35.120 with both Buffalo Now and the Bears. But players like 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:38.440 that across the board. Let's even throw in Montese Sweat 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:40.400 coming to board a couple of years ago. Does this 0:05:40.520 --> 0:05:44.880 revitalize each and every one of those players, the veterans 0:05:45.320 --> 0:05:48.040 that are coming in because they haven't worked with Dennis Allen, 0:05:48.040 --> 0:05:50.440 they don't they know exactly how he's going to coach 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:52.440 them or what he has to offer. Now they're learning 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:55.760 it up there this week, little pieces of it. But 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:58.040 will this revitalize that defense? 0:05:58.880 --> 0:06:01.360 I do think it's gonna re idolize the defense. But 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:04.400 you know, I also think that when you're playing for 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:07.160 a new position coach, you're playing for a new coordinator, 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:10.279 you're playing for a new head coach, there's a certain 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:13.440 sense of seriousness that goes along with that. Is you 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:16.960 have to allow the coaches to see your work ethic, 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:21.080 your approach to professionalism, what you do to make sure 0:06:21.080 --> 0:06:24.920 that you're mentally and physically prepared for what's at stake, 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:30.000 because you know, you, I guess you have a reputation, 0:06:30.640 --> 0:06:33.120 but you haven't earned anything in front of this new 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:37.600 coaching staff. That is That's what's at stake is if 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:40.000 you have a reputation that precedes you, can you live 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:42.760 up to it. If you're a guy that has potential, 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:45.760 can you show this potential and the signs of growth. 0:06:46.040 --> 0:06:47.839 So there's a lot of things that every one of 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:51.120 these coaches, position coaches and coordinators are going to be 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:54.120 looking at to see how you can put all the 0:06:54.200 --> 0:06:55.360 right pieces in place. 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:58.919 All right, Joining us now from NFL Radio Serious XM, 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:01.960 the former Bears quarterback Jim Miller back with us. Jim, 0:07:01.960 --> 0:07:03.920 how you feeling. What's what's the word in the league 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:06.279 right now? What's the big news today? I know Abdul 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:08.919 Carter had his medical recheck, So that's big news for 0:07:08.960 --> 0:07:13.080 the Arguably that the top player regardless of position in 0:07:13.080 --> 0:07:17.000 the NFL drafted in many people's minds, but a player 0:07:17.000 --> 0:07:19.240 that you know, you got to keep an eye on this. 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:23.560 The stress reaction in his foot is healing, improvement, no surgery, 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:25.680 according to his agent Drew Rosenhaus. 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:28.000 Yeah, I think he's a big part. 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:30.640 We had you know, I'm not going to name the name, 0:07:30.760 --> 0:07:34.640 but a former general manager they questioned whether Abdull Carter 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:37.360 can really hold up against the run, you know, so 0:07:37.400 --> 0:07:40.240 it's not only his health. They questioned, you know, how 0:07:40.280 --> 0:07:42.480 strong is he? How good is he with his hands? 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:45.800 Can he shed the blocks? And everybody just assumes he's 0:07:45.840 --> 0:07:48.400 going to be the surefire, you know, best pass rusher 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:50.360 in the in the draft that is drafted, and he 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:53.520 comes with a medical history and then probably you know 0:07:53.640 --> 0:07:58.040 Shador Sanders, the Colorado quarterback. He's probably been the most 0:07:58.080 --> 0:08:01.600 polarizing player had into the draft, and other guys seem 0:08:01.680 --> 0:08:05.200 to be gaining his steam, like Milroe from Alabama. I 0:08:05.200 --> 0:08:08.240 think Milroe is he really played well down at the 0:08:09.160 --> 0:08:12.240 Reese's Senior Bowl. He showed all his skills, a big arm. 0:08:12.560 --> 0:08:15.160 There are college players that said he's probably the toughest 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:18.320 quarterback they had to play against. But I think it's 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:22.440 Milroe rising and it seems like Sanders is dropping is 0:08:22.680 --> 0:08:23.760 leading up to the draft. 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:27.160 Yeah, that's interesting, Tom. What's your take on Jaylen Milroe. 0:08:27.160 --> 0:08:29.119 I mean, when you see him at the Senior Bowl 0:08:29.520 --> 0:08:34.119 as we did up close, boy, the body looks tremendous. 0:08:34.120 --> 0:08:37.000 He's got the size, he's super smart, he's a great leader, 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:41.040 he's got the athleticism. They're just things in his overall 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:45.240 toolbox in terms of technique and fundamentals that need to 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:47.120 be short up a bit, and you get him with 0:08:47.120 --> 0:08:49.760 the right team, the right coach man, you're tapping into 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:50.800 a gold mine potentially. 0:08:51.200 --> 0:08:53.839 You know, Jeff, let me analogize this because you and I. 0:08:53.880 --> 0:08:56.520 Last year we're talking about Joe Milton, and. 0:08:56.559 --> 0:08:59.520 Remember we saw him throw some passes that were sixty 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:03.240 five seventy five yards and what an athlete he looked like, 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:05.920 and you kind of go, Wow, what is the potential 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:08.880 of this guy in what can ultimately happen to him 0:09:08.880 --> 0:09:11.600 throughout his career. I kind of think of the same 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:15.640 thing between these two guys. They're dynamic athletes, they have 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:21.640 incredible traits. They played at major programs, they showed signs 0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:25.520 of athletic brilliance. But now when you're into the pro 0:09:25.640 --> 0:09:30.160 level game, can everything develop according to the template that 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:34.840 we see that's running forty throwing footballs, doing everything that's 0:09:34.880 --> 0:09:38.400 asked of them to show off their athleticism and that 0:09:38.440 --> 0:09:40.480 cannect compute into quarterback play. 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:42.160 Jim, what are your thoughts? 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:45.840 I like Milrow to me, he reminds me a lot 0:09:45.880 --> 0:09:49.400 of Jalen Hurts, not only you know his production running 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:52.199 the football, and that's where a lot of different defenses. 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:56.280 Defensive players like Hunter Wooler, the safety for Wisconsin, came 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:58.480 on our airways and saiday, he said he was by 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:01.640 far the toughest quarterback they played against because they couldn't 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:04.319 tackle him in space what you can. And I guess 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:08.360 his think about this time his ten yard split. I 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:12.040 guess that his pro day was like one four to one. 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:15.640 It was something ridiculous. I mean that he basically ran 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:19.280 a sub four four forty, so he's in the four 0:10:19.280 --> 0:10:23.199 to three ranges where he's at. He's my point, and 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:26.400 he's not a polished passer. I think you saw it, Jeff, 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:29.000 and you were plays in the game where he's not 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:32.160 accurate because his feet don't marry up with his arm. 0:10:32.240 --> 0:10:35.000 But he's got a big arm. He can spin the football. 0:10:35.320 --> 0:10:37.720 He's just got to become a more polished passer, like 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:40.280 say Jalen Hurts, and that's Jalen Hurts. 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:40.480 You know. 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:45.120 He transferred from Alabama to Oklahoma, played really well. He 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:47.120 won a lot of games, but then he kind of 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:48.880 sat in the NFL and they were kind of develop 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:51.720 him behind Carson Wentz and then he bursts onto the scene. 0:10:51.720 --> 0:10:54.440 He plays well. Now he gets the big contract. Now, 0:10:54.440 --> 0:10:57.280 he wins a super Bowl and we'll see where he 0:10:57.320 --> 0:10:59.480 can go. But I think a lot of teams think 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:02.520 that that would be the path for Milroe from Alabama 0:11:02.520 --> 0:11:04.120 because he is extremely talented. 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:09.160 Well, one of the interesting thing is Henterer Wohler Hunter 0:11:09.280 --> 0:11:12.800 roll a Batman. So if he said it was the toughest, 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:15.720 I love that player for sure. All Right, when we 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:20.000 come back, we'll be joined by the new passing game coordinator, 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:23.520 the Chicago Bears assistant coach, Press Taylor. Here on Bears 0:11:23.520 --> 0:11:26.160 Weekly on ESPN one thousand and the Bears Radio Network. 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:30.480 Well, welcome back to Bears Weekly on the Bears Radio Network. 0:11:30.800 --> 0:11:34.320 Here's your host, the voice of the Bears, Jeff Jonian. 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:40.120 This segment of Bears Weekly is brought to you by 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:44.679 IGS Energy. Welcome back to Bears Weekly on ESPN Chicago 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:46.880 and the Bears Radio Network. Jeff Joniek with one of 0:11:46.880 --> 0:11:48.600 the new members of the Bears coaching staff and our 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:50.839 get to Know You series, Press Taylor, coming over for 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:53.200 his first year with the Bears, but an extensive career 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:55.920 in coaching with Philadelphia. I know I'm gonna miss a few, 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:59.480 but last stop was Jacksonville and the brother of Zach Taylor, 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:01.679 the head coach to the Cincinnati Bengals, And yes, there 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:04.400 will be a Pro Bowl again this year. So on 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:06.520 the road at his place. I don't know what your 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:08.680 records are facing each other. I bet you know, though, 0:12:09.280 --> 0:12:12.160 I think we're tired. Actually all right, played up there, 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:12.880 but I think we're tired. 0:12:12.960 --> 0:12:15.000 Yeah, okay, Well that's it's a great story of the 0:12:15.000 --> 0:12:15.360 two of you. 0:12:15.400 --> 0:12:18.000 And I was I noticed on an old article that 0:12:18.040 --> 0:12:20.600 I was researching in the Florida Times Union, there's a 0:12:20.600 --> 0:12:23.320 picture of you both as little kids with coach did 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:25.839 goat it was? It said after an NFL game, where 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:26.840 you ad an NFL game. 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:29.520 My first ever NFL game was nineteen ninety two. It 0:12:29.600 --> 0:12:32.680 was here in December. I think they beat I know 0:12:32.760 --> 0:12:34.680 this because they wrote an article about my brother playing 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:37.200 Jim Harbor because Jim Harbo was the quarterback at the time. Okay, 0:12:37.400 --> 0:12:39.679 so in ninety two they beat the I think they 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:41.800 beat the Steelers like thirty to six that weekend. That 0:12:41.840 --> 0:12:43.000 was my first ever NFL game. 0:12:43.280 --> 0:12:44.959 Do you remember how that all came about? 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:45.040 Like? 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:46.360 Why Chicago that weekend? 0:12:47.679 --> 0:12:50.080 So my dad coached at Kansas State and the strength 0:12:50.120 --> 0:12:51.839 coach at the time was a guy named Russ Reeder, 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:54.200 O course strength coach here. Yes, yeah, so we came 0:12:54.240 --> 0:12:55.640 to visit his family and all that and had a 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:56.600 whole weekend in Chicago. 0:12:56.880 --> 0:12:57.520 That's pretty cool. 0:12:57.559 --> 0:12:59.520 That picture will find its way back to the paper 0:12:59.640 --> 0:13:01.040 here because it's a great picture. 0:13:01.240 --> 0:13:02.319 Do you like the mix? 0:13:02.440 --> 0:13:04.600 First of all, do you like the mix of different 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:06.959 influences and ages on this coaching except both sides of 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:07.280 the ball? 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:09.160 I love it. I mean that's kind of One thing 0:13:09.280 --> 0:13:11.360 is Ben didn't bring a ton of people to work 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:13.120 with them. You know, there's two guys I think JT 0:13:13.240 --> 0:13:16.080 and Antoine that we're on a staff with Ben. But 0:13:16.160 --> 0:13:18.959 otherwise it's a lot of people that maybe know them 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:21.800 through the through the graape vine or whatever that came 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:24.599 to be just interviewed and decided to hire. So I 0:13:24.600 --> 0:13:26.520 think it's cool to just beat up be able to 0:13:26.559 --> 0:13:29.000 combine a bunch of different experiences and build something here. 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:30.760 You guys are in the lab, so to speak at 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:31.240 this point. 0:13:31.280 --> 0:13:34.319 So what is that experience been like with all these 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:35.920 different minds, especially on. 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:36.600 Your side of the ball. 0:13:36.600 --> 0:13:38.960 Obviously you're side of the ball because you've called plays, 0:13:38.960 --> 0:13:42.480 you've been an offensive coordinator, Just what is those breakdowns 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:45.000 been like to kind of carve out what this scheme 0:13:45.000 --> 0:13:45.480 will look like. 0:13:45.640 --> 0:13:47.240 Yeah, that's the fun part about it right now, it's 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:49.480 all kind of just learn what has been done, what 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:52.760 Ben did in Detroit, what made them successful. Learn all that, 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:54.520 and then as we get to know our players, we 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:57.240 get to know what fits us. You start to even 0:13:57.280 --> 0:13:59.680 hear Ben's kind of evolution through their offense and his 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:03.400 time is the offense corder in Detroit, And eventually it's 0:14:03.400 --> 0:14:05.800 gonna become whatever it becomes for us this season, and 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:08.760 it ebbs and flows. Every single season. You thought you're 0:14:08.800 --> 0:14:10.920 gonna be something, you become something else. Your players are better, 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:13.480 something different, and you pivot as quickly as you can. 0:14:13.600 --> 0:14:16.000 So you want to build something now that you're able 0:14:16.040 --> 0:14:19.040 to pivot quickly and seamlessly, and guys understand and grasp 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:21.400 why it's called what it's called, or why we teach 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:22.000 it a certain way. 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:23.520 Yeah, I've made a big deal out of the point. 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:26.520 I think Ben tried to emphasize it as well. Whatever 0:14:26.880 --> 0:14:29.120 happened in Detroit, happened in Detroit is gonna be the 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:32.200 Bears offense. To your point, you're going to construct it 0:14:32.440 --> 0:14:35.720 to the strengths and traits of your players, and that 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:38.280 roster is still yet to be determined before you get 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:42.240 to training camp. How important is that so you're open 0:14:42.320 --> 0:14:46.000 minded to what this offense can be as a staff, Yeah. 0:14:45.880 --> 0:14:47.400 I think that's everything. You want to do what your 0:14:47.400 --> 0:14:49.000 players do well. You want to put them all in 0:14:49.040 --> 0:14:51.480 position to maximize their strengths, and a lot of it 0:14:51.520 --> 0:14:53.480 you're gonna buil around your quarterback. So you know, as 0:14:53.480 --> 0:14:56.000 we get to know Caleb and continue to grow with 0:14:56.080 --> 0:14:59.120 him and watch him grow and learn the system, then 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:01.360 how can we put in the best situations possible? 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:01.680 All Right? 0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:04.840 So that being said, you just got with your experience 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:09.040 in Jacksonville and Trevor Lawrence, what was that like for 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:11.680 you as you now continue your career in the role 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:13.440 you are here with the Bears and just what you 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:14.600 learn from that experience. 0:15:14.920 --> 0:15:17.560 Yeah, you learn a ton every single year, every single 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:19.320 year of the game just continues to evolve and you 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:22.720 want to stay in front of it. Really, But working 0:15:22.720 --> 0:15:24.200 with young quarterbacks it has been a lot of fun. 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:25.520 I've been able to do it with a lot of 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:27.400 different guys throughout the course of my career. But Trevor 0:15:27.480 --> 0:15:29.600 was no different Trevor. You know, I think there's a 0:15:29.600 --> 0:15:31.240 lot of growth still ahead of him for his game, 0:15:31.280 --> 0:15:34.000 but just working in connection with him and locks up 0:15:34.000 --> 0:15:36.920 with him, and the offense kind of goes as the 0:15:37.000 --> 0:15:39.760 quarterback sees it. And so you want to come up 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:41.440 with new ideas you want to build and build it 0:15:41.480 --> 0:15:44.000 around him. But you really have to be in sync 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:47.280 with the quarterback to be able to really maximize it. 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:49.560 Press Taylor, our guest here on ESPAN Chicago and the 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:52.560 Bears Radio network This is Bears Weekly. You mentioned some 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:56.320 of those other quarterbacks, Carson Wentz obviously, Jalen Hurts who 0:15:56.600 --> 0:15:57.800 congratulations to him. 0:15:57.920 --> 0:16:00.240 Really love this football player, gritty as they come. 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:04.280 As you know, Michael Vick even at one time, everybody 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:05.800 does a little bit something different. 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:07.280 I just mentioned a lot of guys. 0:16:07.320 --> 0:16:10.520 A are a mobile, Nick Foles was not right all right, 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:12.600 but dangerous this can be and won a Super Bowl. 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:15.680 Did it matter to you to as you embarked on 0:16:15.760 --> 0:16:18.000 this coaching career to try to get as many different 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:21.920 types quarterbacks in your background? I mean, obviously it depends 0:16:21.920 --> 0:16:24.800 where you're at, but has that helped you form thought 0:16:24.840 --> 0:16:26.400 process on scheme and so forth? 0:16:26.440 --> 0:16:29.280 Yeah? I think that's certainly helped. Obviously, you want to 0:16:29.280 --> 0:16:31.120 be in one place with one quarterback for a long 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:32.800 time have a lot of success. That's just not the 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:35.320 way it goes for most people. But it's been great. 0:16:35.520 --> 0:16:37.720 You know you mentioned it, but Michael Vick, Nick Foles, 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:41.520 Sam Bradford, Carson Wentz in two different stops, Trevor Lawrence. 0:16:41.520 --> 0:16:45.320 It's just cool to see how all of these obviously 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:49.280 high level players, how they process, how they think, what 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:53.080 hits their brain, how they handle certain situations because every 0:16:53.080 --> 0:16:55.000 offense changes. I mean, we went from a year where 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:56.760 we had Carson Wentz to Nick Foles and won a 0:16:56.760 --> 0:16:59.040 Super Bowl and the offense changed over the course of 0:16:59.320 --> 0:17:01.920 a couple of weeks, and I think it just re 0:17:02.000 --> 0:17:04.200 emphasizes the need to put the quarterback in the best 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:04.959 possible position. 0:17:05.560 --> 0:17:08.520 So what has been added to this point As the 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:11.960 timing of this conversation with the interior three this league 0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:14.560 and those who cover it, it focused only on the left 0:17:14.640 --> 0:17:16.840 tackle being significant. Then all of a sudden, oh, you know, 0:17:16.880 --> 0:17:18.720 you got to pay a right tackle too. Now wait 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:20.600 a minute, you got to have three and two year 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:22.600 guys so the guy can have a nice pocket to 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:25.280 step up into the fact of the matter is you 0:17:25.400 --> 0:17:28.840 need five really good offensive linemen that play as many 0:17:28.920 --> 0:17:31.639 snaps as they possibly can together to make an offense 0:17:31.960 --> 0:17:32.639 motor right. 0:17:32.560 --> 0:17:34.399 Exactly, And you got to keep them healthy, which is 0:17:34.440 --> 0:17:36.359 the biggest battle I think in the NFL throughout the 0:17:36.359 --> 0:17:39.760 course of a season. But yeah, now, with how good 0:17:39.760 --> 0:17:43.120 these defensive tackles are, and just the speed of the defense, 0:17:43.200 --> 0:17:45.960 the size of the defense as well, you really can't 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:47.960 have a weak spot. You're gonna get exposed, especially with 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:50.440 how good these defense cordinas are and creating those matchups. 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:52.600 I saw this stat I mentioned it to my broadcast 0:17:52.600 --> 0:17:54.920 partner Tom Fair the eighty five Bears. 0:17:54.880 --> 0:17:58.359 Starting the right guard. I was shocked. I guess I 0:17:58.400 --> 0:17:58.960 shouldn't be. 0:17:59.760 --> 0:18:02.959 We've had a lot of issues with offensive line stability 0:18:03.000 --> 0:18:06.880 here with injuries and whatnot. Last season, there was one 0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:09.119 team in the league that had eighty percent of the 0:18:09.160 --> 0:18:14.880 snaps offensively with the same five, and eighteen teams less 0:18:14.960 --> 0:18:17.920 than forty percent of the snaps with the same five 0:18:18.080 --> 0:18:21.320 offensive line. Now at the top down, most of those 0:18:21.359 --> 0:18:24.560 teams went to the playoffs, So I'm theorizing, then, hey, 0:18:25.040 --> 0:18:27.280 this is important as much as possible. 0:18:27.320 --> 0:18:28.720 But apparently hard to. 0:18:28.640 --> 0:18:29.560 Do, hard to do. 0:18:29.680 --> 0:18:30.960 How hard is that for a coach? 0:18:31.280 --> 0:18:33.640 I mean, that's tough, but that's what comes with the job. 0:18:33.840 --> 0:18:35.840 I mean, you have to be able to nobody cares 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:37.560