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We visited 0:00:54.320 --> 0:00:56.920 with one of the Bears three second round picks, defensive 0:00:56.960 --> 0:00:59.600 lineman Shamart Turner out of Texas A and M. You'll 0:00:59.680 --> 0:01:03.320 enjoy the conversation thanks to our producers Dan Brially, Jordan Treadup, 0:01:03.320 --> 0:01:07.160 and in the ESPN studios tonight, Jack mcgraft, the executive 0:01:07.160 --> 0:01:11.080 producer of the Bears Radio Network, Eric ASTROSI good evening, gentlemen, 0:01:11.720 --> 0:01:15.080 and we're still talking draft. Jim Miller. You're situated down 0:01:15.120 --> 0:01:17.560 there in South Florida. You were at the draft in 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:20.759 green Bay. Tommy tells me six hundred thousand people showed up. 0:01:20.959 --> 0:01:22.640 I still don't know where they put him, Jim. Was 0:01:22.640 --> 0:01:24.040 it a good experience up there? 0:01:24.200 --> 0:01:27.160 Yeah? I thought they did a good job. Yeah, they 0:01:27.200 --> 0:01:29.520 got them all in. But a lot of friends of 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:32.440 mine were in the mosh pit. And after green Bay, 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:34.520 selected in the first round, had emptied out, there were 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:36.440 only six guys left, and I think they were all 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:38.959 my friends. They all went to the bar to celebrate, 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:41.560 is what the green Bay Packer fans did. So it 0:01:41.600 --> 0:01:43.399 was green Bay oriented, that's for sure. 0:01:44.240 --> 0:01:46.480 Tom. You know, I think Chicago, buddy. 0:01:46.640 --> 0:01:48.240 Right, you know, Well, that's the thing about it is 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:51.480 is once the NFL put this thing on a place 0:01:51.520 --> 0:01:55.600 to place type of draft opportunity for the cities that 0:01:55.680 --> 0:01:58.480 don't have Super Bowls and stuff, I think it's neat 0:01:58.480 --> 0:02:01.360 to see what the next city did. What the next 0:02:01.360 --> 0:02:03.480 thing he does. Green Bay did a good job with 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:07.800 their population and what they have surrounding lambeau Field. And 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:12.400 I don't know where it is next year, but Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh. 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:16.240 That will be interesting because Pittsburgh, of all the NFL 0:02:16.320 --> 0:02:17.919 stadiums outside. 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:20.640 Of Soldier Field, it's probably my most. 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:24.480 Favorite stadium to go to because of the loyalty of 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:28.840 the fans and you know how they support that organization 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:32.440 and that football team. So I bet Pittsburgh will have 0:02:32.639 --> 0:02:35.519 an enormous showing a lot like Chicago did. 0:02:36.200 --> 0:02:39.280 And Tom and I discussed a lot of this on 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:42.360 the Bears Etc. Podcast. Jim our review of the draft? 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:44.959 What is your review of the Bears draft? Our first 0:02:45.040 --> 0:02:46.400 chance to talk to you post draft? 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:49.040 Yeah, I like it, you know, I like what they did. 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:51.639 They got some weapons for their young quarterback. I think 0:02:51.680 --> 0:02:55.000 we know the emphasis of their new head coach Ben Johnson. 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:57.520 A lot of twelve personnel. I'm sure you guys talked 0:02:57.520 --> 0:03:00.600 about that. You got to look at Love is more 0:03:00.600 --> 0:03:04.080 of a receiving type of tight end. Burdens just an 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:07.840 absolute burner, you know, and you know there's not a 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:10.720 defensive back that's going to run for him. Step first step, 0:03:11.480 --> 0:03:14.520 so he definitely can stretch the field. It'll be interesting 0:03:14.600 --> 0:03:18.919 how he's utilized. Obviously Detroit look at their use of Williams, 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:23.040 who's a burner up there. I think Ozzie to Trapillo, 0:03:23.160 --> 0:03:25.920 don't sleep on the on the tackle. I actually talked 0:03:25.919 --> 0:03:29.880 to Bill O'Brien, the head coach of Boston College. He 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:31.600 said he's a he's a heck of a player. At 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:33.640 times he can get a little too high, but I 0:03:33.680 --> 0:03:35.960 think you look at him as a swing tackle. He 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:39.480 can play both right and left if needed in a pinch, 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:41.280 and I think if he would have played Day one, 0:03:41.640 --> 0:03:43.520 I don't think that'd be an issue for him at 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:46.800 either right or left tackle. And then obviously with the 0:03:47.640 --> 0:03:51.240 loss of a linebacker here in the offseason, you know 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:55.040 they get the Hippolyte, who's a speedy linebacker, comes with 0:03:55.080 --> 0:03:57.400 a lot of blazing speed. I know we'll talk to 0:03:57.480 --> 0:04:01.480 Shamar as wal Schamar Turner to to the defensive line, 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:04.720 but I think overall areas of need that were attacked, 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:08.520 but I think obviously specifically to help out the young quarterback. 0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:10.400 And Tom, where is your head at right now in 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:14.400 terms of the offensive line. This morning on capin hood. 0:04:14.400 --> 0:04:18.080 On ESPN one thousand, the flagship of the Bears radio network, 0:04:18.560 --> 0:04:22.240 Ryan Poles talked about, you know, they may let him 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:25.120 start out at left tackle, have that competition with Karna A. Magash, 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:28.080 you see where Braxton Jones is at, and see how 0:04:28.120 --> 0:04:30.720 it all plays out. But he emphasized that he really 0:04:30.720 --> 0:04:34.279 would like to get this offensive line kind of settled 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:37.720 earlier rather than later, as opposed to making flip flops 0:04:37.760 --> 0:04:40.360 all around the offensive line. He'd like to get well, 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:44.440 however long that takes, and get something settled with five 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:46.720 guys and have them work together throughout camp. 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:49.599 Well, Jeff, I think before they ever put spikes on, 0:04:49.680 --> 0:04:51.960 I think they are a better offensive line right now 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:54.640 than what they started the season last year and the 0:04:54.640 --> 0:04:58.000 way they concluded it because there were so many question marks. 0:04:58.000 --> 0:05:00.960 There are guys that weren't practicing. You weren't able to 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:04.480 develop the consistency with a rookie quarterback, and so I 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:08.760 think that really stunts your growth. So I think if 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:11.680 you got four fifths of that offensive line almost decided 0:05:11.720 --> 0:05:14.520 already and then you kind of figure out what you 0:05:14.560 --> 0:05:17.320 can do at the left tackle position, you have a 0:05:17.400 --> 0:05:21.680 competitive veteran like Braxton Jones, that's coming from an injury. 0:05:21.920 --> 0:05:26.320 You got Karan Amagaji that's got a tremendous upside. He's 0:05:26.360 --> 0:05:29.760 got the template, he's got the intelligence, he's got the athleticism, 0:05:30.000 --> 0:05:32.320 he's got a little bit a little bit of experience, 0:05:32.320 --> 0:05:34.440 and he knows what he needed to work on. And 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:38.279 Dan ro shared the new offleensive line coach knows what 0:05:38.400 --> 0:05:41.919 he needs to work on with him. And like Jim said, 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:46.680 Azzi Trapillo, he's got everything that you're asking for an 0:05:46.720 --> 0:05:50.039 offensive line and he's got dedication, durability. He comes from 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:55.200 a program that preaches discipline, and he's got NFL bloodlines, 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:58.839 and I think he understands what it takes to be 0:05:58.960 --> 0:06:02.119 a Division one college football player, but what it's gonna 0:06:02.120 --> 0:06:03.720 take to be an NFL pro. 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:06.880 And Jim, I know you're you have a good relationship 0:06:07.720 --> 0:06:10.600 with the Boston College coach Bill O'Brien from all the 0:06:10.680 --> 0:06:13.680 years in the NFL, and I'm sure with with his 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:17.480 check mark on that it means something to you. Yeah. 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:21.279 Yeah, certain schools, you know, they're known for certain things. 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:25.080 Iowa obviously tight ends, Penn State hold on, hold. 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:25.479 On Notre Dame. 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:27.680 Notre Dame's tight end. You Jim So let's get that 0:06:27.760 --> 0:06:28.440 straight right now. 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:31.359 He's gonna put Notre Dame in there. Penn State's in 0:06:31.440 --> 0:06:34.760 there as well, you know. But Boston College is known 0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:37.680 for offensive alignment. Yeah, they've had I mean, look at 0:06:37.760 --> 0:06:40.880 Chris Lindstrom. He's considered one of the best guards in football. 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:44.080 He's a Boston College player down there for the Atlanta Falcons. 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:47.440 So I think Gazi Trapillo, he was given a stamp 0:06:47.480 --> 0:06:50.800 of approval head coach said, he's tough as nails, you know. 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:52.720 And this guy he'll play and he's played a lot 0:06:52.720 --> 0:06:55.120 of football. I'd say that about Luke Newman, who they 0:06:55.160 --> 0:06:58.240 took out of Michigan State. Obviously, Dan Roschar knows a 0:06:58.240 --> 0:07:00.440 lot about him. I don't think Luke Newman and missed 0:07:00.640 --> 0:07:03.120 a college game, you know, and he'd win against some 0:07:03.160 --> 0:07:06.400 top tier talent as well. But yeah, I think Ozzie 0:07:06.960 --> 0:07:09.920 if that battle and it will be competitive, and I 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:12.280 think that's a good thing. You know, it's going to 0:07:12.400 --> 0:07:14.760 raise the level of play of Amagaji. I would think 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:18.320 Braxton Jones he knows he's on notice, and Nazi Trapillo 0:07:18.400 --> 0:07:22.080 is hungry. He knows that spot's available too, So cream 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:24.560 will always rise to the top. They spend a lot 0:07:24.560 --> 0:07:26.440 of money on their offensive line, and I tend to 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:29.520 agree with Ryan Poles, they've got to fix their O line. 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:32.000 They've led the league in sacks. Granted, if you were 0:07:32.000 --> 0:07:35.160 to go back with Justin Fields, he missed five games 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:37.680 whatever it was two years ago, but they've they've led 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:40.600 the league in sacks the last three years. If people 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:43.880 aren't aware of that, that can't happen. It can't happen again. 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:45.240 So you got to address it. 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:49.920 Yeah, And I think he's it's almost like seeing a 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:52.400 bad movie over and over again with the amount of 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:55.480 changes on the offensive line, many times due to in 0:07:55.680 --> 0:08:00.080 game issues, whether it be injury or performance. But I 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:02.680 think last year it was twenty three in game and 0:08:02.720 --> 0:08:07.160 twenty one overall combinations. Tom, we all agree it happens, 0:08:07.560 --> 0:08:11.000 but it can't happen to that extent. Otherwise you're just 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:13.120 you're just spinning your wheels a little bit, aren't you, 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:14.960 in terms of that chemistry, And and you know, we 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:17.520 only we only look at it, not we but I 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:19.960 think most people only look at it from a quarterbacks 0:08:20.000 --> 0:08:23.160 perspective and protection pass protection, but it does impact the 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:25.880 running game as well, and that's important here. 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:27.800 Well, the thing about it is you never had a 0:08:27.880 --> 0:08:30.800 chance to develop chemistry because you've never had a group 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:32.920 of guys in there five at a time that stayed 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:35.320 in there for an extended period of time, from the 0:08:35.360 --> 0:08:40.000 time Ryan Bates got hurt until uh, you know, just 0:08:40.080 --> 0:08:42.360 the other issues that they had up and down the 0:08:42.360 --> 0:08:45.440 line of scrimmage that there was no consistency in. 0:08:45.360 --> 0:08:47.000 The group in front of Caleb. 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:51.000 So you can't become familiar with with that group. And 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:54.480 I and I think Coleman Shelton did a great, really 0:08:54.559 --> 0:08:58.680 nice job at center, saving that position and helping that 0:08:58.760 --> 0:09:03.640 offensive line have I'm consistency at a position and are 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:04.440 now sorry. 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:07.040 It's just how do you stay on schedule? You have 0:09:07.200 --> 0:09:10.880 that many negative plays? And even running the football, you 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:13.760 have that many negative plays, whether it's the lack of continuity, 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:17.440 whether it's the changing of the offensive line. Good luck 0:09:17.480 --> 0:09:20.000 calling a game. You know the Bears they had a 0:09:20.000 --> 0:09:22.480 new offensive coordinator, what was it Week nine, week ten? 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:26.000 I mean it did not go well. It's hard if 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:30.080 you're not on schedule. Good luck, good luck, because the 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:33.760 minute you start getting in second and fifteen second and 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:37.400 twelve second and thirteen, you're running games out of the equation. 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:39.559 As Tom knows. I mean, if you call run play 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:42.200 on first and second or first down and it's a 0:09:42.280 --> 0:09:46.080 negative two yards or three yards, second and thirteen is 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:47.880 not going to be another run, it's going to be 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:51.559 a pass play. You're almost forced into that situation from 0:09:51.640 --> 0:09:55.360 just the way quarduators think. And so you know, and 0:09:55.400 --> 0:09:58.040 then your one dimensional team's already got you on your 0:09:58.080 --> 0:10:01.040 heels and you're playing right into the formula. So those 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:04.240 negative plays just cannot happen. They can't happen. 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:09.880 And from that perspective alone, the Bears that were going 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:13.120 to be better in twenty twenty five, I think, I 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:14.960 think we can all agree that that will not be 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:18.480 tolerated and that won't happen. Hopefully we knock on wood 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:20.160 here for twenty twenty five. All right, when we come back, 0:10:20.200 --> 0:10:23.160 Shamark Turner joins us, I sit down with the second 0:10:23.240 --> 0:10:25.280 round pick out of Texas A and M. He's coming 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:27.400 up next to here on Bears Weekly on the ESPN 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:29.120 one thousand of the Bears Radio Network. 0:10:30.080 --> 0:10:34.160 Well, welcome back to Bears Weekly. Become a Bears Radio network. 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:46.920 Here's your host, the voice of the Bears, Jeff Joy. 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:47.079 This segment of Bears Weekly, brought to you by IGS Energy. 0:10:48.440 --> 0:10:50.839 First of all, graduates, well, welcome to the NFL and 0:10:50.960 --> 0:10:54.000 more importantly, welcome to the charter franchise of the National 0:10:54.000 --> 0:10:54.760 Football League. 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:57.080 How does it feel to be a Chicago Bear? 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:00.280 M man, it feels great. I'm not gonna I don't 0:11:00.320 --> 0:11:02.880 even know where to start. My mom is still all 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:06.200 over the place, bro, but it's exciting. I'm not gonna lie, man, 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:08.720 come into a great city like this, with the fan 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:12.360 base that y'all have, like selling out ninety nine point 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:16.200 one percent of season tickets, it's crazy. You've done like 0:11:16.320 --> 0:11:19.240 all y'all tickets is so it's crazy. So yeah, nah, 0:11:19.240 --> 0:11:20.840 I feel like playing for a city like this and 0:11:20.880 --> 0:11:21.840 doing it the right way. 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:24.040 It's gonna be fun. I'm not gonna lie. Well, let's 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:24.520 show people. 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:27.120 You saw it on a Barti trophy in the lobby. 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:29.400 So that's nineteen eighty five. It's been a man now 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:33.280 forty years. But they always say you win here. They 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:35.840 love you forever. You're a legend forever. So that that's 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:38.600 how passionate this fan base is. It's why I level 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:39.040 what I do. 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:40.800 They're gonna love what you do too. 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:45.920 You seem to play with that emotion and organic passion 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:48.080 that bears fans embrace. 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:50.439 Do I have you figured out a little bit here? 0:11:50.600 --> 0:11:51.360 You play that way? 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:54.240 Yeaes Sirtain. Ah, Yeah, I play. I played pretty passionate. Man. 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:56.280 I love this game so much and done so much 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:59.440 for me, man and my family, Like, and you can't 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:02.040 do nothing but pay respects back by shoe playing hard 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:03.960 and having fun bouncing around. 0:12:04.400 --> 0:12:07.360 When you were introduced to the Chicago media on the 0:12:07.440 --> 0:12:12.600 Zoom call last night, I think you are answering questions, 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:14.600 but at the same time, as you indicated, your head 0:12:14.640 --> 0:12:18.440 was spinning, and I don't think you believed it's happening. 0:12:18.720 --> 0:12:19.840 Like that was my impression. 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:22.840 You tell me though, because you were living it going. 0:12:22.720 --> 0:12:27.920 To line uh man, that I really just got picked 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:31.240 and it still didn't feel real, and it probably still 0:12:31.280 --> 0:12:33.360 won't feel real till I put the pass in Jersey 0:12:33.400 --> 0:12:36.200 on the Hilm. When it passed on, man, it just 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:38.360 felt like a dream come true and I just got 0:12:38.400 --> 0:12:40.960 cun stop smiling. I know I apologized a lot yesterday, 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:43.880 but I just it's crazy, bro. 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:45.439 You don't never apologize. 0:12:45.720 --> 0:12:47.440 That's the beauty of being And you had the wrong 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:50.240 motion that everybody feels it's all the hard work that. 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:53.320 It was what you did, like you only know what 0:12:53.400 --> 0:12:54.280 it took to get here. 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:57.480 And I think that's the cool thing about the draft 0:12:57.559 --> 0:13:00.160 because no matter where a player goes, whether it's the 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:02.560 number one pick of the two hundred and fifty seventh pick, 0:13:03.600 --> 0:13:06.160 you did it. You reached one of your most significant 0:13:06.160 --> 0:13:08.440 goals in the one humanity. 0:13:08.440 --> 0:13:09.120 Man can do it. 0:13:09.400 --> 0:13:11.760 A lot of people do not get the opportunity. So 0:13:11.880 --> 0:13:14.760 no matter where you go, like, it's just another opportunity, 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:18.360 and this opportunity that not a lot, not a lot 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:19.960 of people at all get to do and they dream 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:21.760 about it as kids and still don't get to do it. 0:13:22.120 --> 0:13:24.079 So just getting this opportunity. 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:27.199 The people you know that thought you'd never get. 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:29.800 Here, Yeah, there's a few people. 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:32.120 It's a few people I know that probably thought I 0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:34.400 was gonna go a few different places with everything. But 0:13:34.960 --> 0:13:37.680 you know, just staying on the right path, stay, keep 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:41.120 my mind, keep my faith high, and to praying to 0:13:41.160 --> 0:13:43.000 that man and keeping him in the middle of everything. 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:48.520 Big You me pretty good, bro, So to stand still clear, bro? 0:13:48.720 --> 0:13:49.079 All right? 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:51.680 So you get the call from Ryan Poles at that moment, 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:52.560 can you take me there? 0:13:52.720 --> 0:13:55.080 And what this last twenty four hours has been talking 0:13:55.120 --> 0:13:56.120 to coach Ben Jonson? 0:13:56.920 --> 0:14:02.120 Man, Uh, get that phone call was? I was trying 0:14:02.120 --> 0:14:05.000 to hold my emotions back. I couldn't. They took over 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:09.880 on me. But uh man, getting that call was. Getting 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:13.480 that call was special. You know, being able to change 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:16.720 you on your family's life. You in your family's last name, 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:19.560 you can start a legacy. You can create an actual 0:14:20.160 --> 0:14:23.800 good background and good base for your family's name. Somebody 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:27.760 can always look you up this Popaul, uncle, cousin, whatever. 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:30.640 I always can always look that last name up and say, man, 0:14:30.680 --> 0:14:32.920 he started this for us, and sure hopefully I can 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:35.560 keep it going. But yeah, nah, it's it was a 0:14:36.800 --> 0:14:38.320 dream come true. To answer your question. 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:40.080 That is cool. That is cool. 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:44.080 How did your skill set compliment the defensive line here? 0:14:44.200 --> 0:14:47.080 Now you're gonna get to know them quicker than you think. 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:49.520 It's a new scheme here, obviously with Dennis Allen, but 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:52.240 he like long guys that played violent. So hey, man, 0:14:52.400 --> 0:14:54.680 do you check all those boxes for coach Allen? 0:14:54.960 --> 0:14:57.800 Yes, sir, oh my god. Yeah. No, we're gonna play violent. 0:14:57.840 --> 0:15:00.400 We're gonna be physical, and. 0:15:00.400 --> 0:15:03.160 I feel like this d line man, I feel like, Bro, 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:05.800 if you get somebody in there that can jump that 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:09.840 thing off and get that fire started, yeah, nah, we're 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:11.920 gonna it's gonna be scary. And you put it in Chicago, 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:14.560 I'm not gonna lie. Uh, but that energy, Bro, I'm 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:14.960 a brain. 0:15:15.080 --> 0:15:15.280 Bro. 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:17.520 It's not only when I'm making plays, but when I 0:15:17.520 --> 0:15:19.640 see guys that that I've been working with, a grinder 0:15:19.680 --> 0:15:23.000 would make plays like We're gonna bounce around and that 0:15:23.080 --> 0:15:25.600 defense gonna be defense, gonna be fun. 0:15:25.680 --> 0:15:26.840 This team is gonna be crazy. 0:15:27.040 --> 0:15:29.680 And you always played this way back to pee wee. 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:34.040 Yeah, just juiced up. I don't know what it is, bro, 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:35.280 It's just a love for the game. 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:36.080 I guess. I don't know. 0:15:36.200 --> 0:15:38.760 It's just when I get on that field, I put 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:41.800 the helmet on, it's just like a whole nother, like 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:43.160 buttoning a whole nother. 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:48.560 Shamar Turner, do you remember the first tackle you ever made? 0:15:49.320 --> 0:15:50.760 Man? Uh? 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:53.040 It was actually we do. We used to do like 0:15:53.080 --> 0:15:56.800 an alley drill in the Little league and it was 0:15:56.840 --> 0:16:01.000 against Byron Murphy, which is crazy. Yeah, So he used 0:16:01.000 --> 0:16:04.040 to play running back for US De Soto Dolphins and 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:06.080 we was doing a tackling drill we're doing the alley. 0:16:06.160 --> 0:16:08.640 He was at running back and I'm a linebacker. So yeah, 0:16:08.640 --> 0:16:11.520 that collision was it was one to be remembered. 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:14.760 I think that's fantastic. 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:17.760 How do you think you fit the culture that Ben 0:16:17.840 --> 0:16:21.200 Johnson is trying to create here and he's not trying, 0:16:21.240 --> 0:16:22.520 he is creating here. 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:27.120 I feel like I fit right in with everything he 0:16:27.160 --> 0:16:30.440 got going on. Man, fast, physical and attack. You just 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:33.400 go and literally your hard work and dedication gonna take 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:35.960 you everywhere you want to go. So put his hard 0:16:35.960 --> 0:16:37.920 work and then go get in there. Man, you're gonna 0:16:37.920 --> 0:16:40.960 be I feel like I fit the system. Uh pretty well. 0:16:41.160 --> 0:16:45.840 I read where you idolized the great Ray Lewis was accurate. 0:16:45.960 --> 0:16:46.840 Yes, that's my dog. 0:16:46.960 --> 0:16:50.800 I think energy Why Ray. 0:16:51.320 --> 0:16:53.680 Because like I said, how he played being a big 0:16:53.760 --> 0:16:55.520 dude like that, Like he had his trenchs, he had 0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:58.560 his weaknesses, but nobody wanted to come across that field ever. 0:16:58.800 --> 0:17:02.120 And like his work ethic even after he was Ray Lewis, 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:05.480 even after he was five too, like he was still going. 0:17:05.640 --> 0:17:08.040 He's still a dog. He's still doing it today. Like 0:17:08.240 --> 0:17:11.200 just looking up the guys that have success and still 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:12.879 go after they had a success. 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:13.440 Those are guys. 0:17:13.480 --> 0:17:16.640 I really you look over that right shoulder right there, 0:17:16.680 --> 0:17:17.359 and you see that. 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:20.399 Logo, guys, just like that in the history of this 0:17:20.840 --> 0:17:25.760 Dick Bucks, Dick Buddy step Michael Dan Hampton, the eighty 0:17:25.800 --> 0:17:32.400 five Fairs, Okay, Mike Singletary, Yeah, the fire is there 0:17:32.600 --> 0:17:33.040 for sure. 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:34.840 I saw this written about you too, and I had 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:36.880 to write it down. This is even before I knew 0:17:36.880 --> 0:17:40.520 we were drafting. You all adrenaline all the time, and 0:17:40.560 --> 0:17:43.800 the way you're moving here still are you all adrenaline 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:44.240 all the time? 0:17:44.400 --> 0:17:48.000 Yeah, No, I'm always It's always go, especially when I 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:51.520 get excited, especially when I'm anxious and ready to go. Yeah, 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:54.920 everything is always. I'm pretty I'm a pretty intense dude. 0:17:54.960 --> 0:17:56.760 They say so with a smile. 0:17:56.560 --> 0:18:00.960 On your face, though. I love that intensity is the intensity? 0:18:01.200 --> 0:18:03.400 What was it Lake playing on that defensive line? 0:18:03.720 --> 0:18:07.520 I mean that was almost a famous recruiting class of 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:11.560 five star players like yourself, another Shamar who happen to 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:16.080 be another beast, and another fiery player, and obviously a 0:18:16.160 --> 0:18:19.280 Nick Gorton comes over from Purdue. And I'm sure there 0:18:19.280 --> 0:18:23.120 are others that I'm not remembering, but that's pretty potent defense. 0:18:23.640 --> 0:18:25.159 Yeah, No, having guys, around you. 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:27.720 They can, they can go and that you pretty much 0:18:27.760 --> 0:18:30.600 don't have to do that too and worry about like 0:18:30.640 --> 0:18:32.040 you can actually go. 0:18:32.680 --> 0:18:33.440 Man, it was great. 0:18:33.520 --> 0:18:35.440 I'm not gonna lie going to A and M with 0:18:35.520 --> 0:18:38.400 playing with that defensive line the years I had, man, 0:18:38.400 --> 0:18:41.000 it was good. It was always good, and we always 0:18:41.000 --> 0:18:44.280 had some pretty good players. But this year, having two edges, 0:18:44.320 --> 0:18:46.679 they can they can do their thing out there was 0:18:46.800 --> 0:18:47.399 it was lovely. 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:49.840 It's lovely, especially as a three take, it's lovely. 0:18:50.200 --> 0:18:52.480 Do you care where you play along the defensive line 0:18:52.520 --> 0:18:53.200 and what's. 0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:55.880 The best weight you feel the best act to do 0:18:55.960 --> 0:18:56.919 everything you want to do? 0:18:57.920 --> 0:19:00.320 No, I actually I want to be that check piece, 0:19:00.359 --> 0:19:02.320 that pustle piece where shooting on third down they can 0:19:02.359 --> 0:19:04.159 put me at five technique or shoot they want to 0:19:04.160 --> 0:19:06.720 throw me in a zero one technique too. I will 0:19:06.760 --> 0:19:09.280 literally wherever they want to put me where whenever. Like, 0:19:09.760 --> 0:19:12.080 I love being that player for the people, love being 0:19:12.080 --> 0:19:15.440 that player for guys and coaches. So my best best 0:19:15.480 --> 0:19:19.000 playing way was the actually the spring, uh was that 0:19:19.040 --> 0:19:21.560 my junior season was that spring of fall camp camp. 0:19:21.600 --> 0:19:24.000 I think it was spring right at two ninety so 0:19:24.080 --> 0:19:25.200