WEBVTT - Santos, Bears agree to contract extension | All Access 0:00:01.120 --> 0:00:04.560 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:08.600 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:11.600 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:16.279 day and now welcome to Bears All Access. You're All 0:00:16.320 --> 0:00:21.000 Access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:25.040 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:25.040 --> 0:00:29.520 Physical Therapy and CDW. Have you along, everybody, Welcome into 0:00:29.560 --> 0:00:32.239 another edition of Bears All Access this week brought to 0:00:32.280 --> 0:00:35.239 you by IGS Energy with my broadcast partner from news 0:00:35.360 --> 0:00:38.680 Radio seven eighty and one oh five point OUTFMWBBM. Mister 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:41.560 Tom Thayer, your Super Bowl Bear. Good to have you alongside. 0:00:41.560 --> 0:00:44.400 Tell me, how are you doing tonight? Jeff, I'm doing good. 0:00:44.520 --> 0:00:46.479 You know, it seems like each week I start the 0:00:46.479 --> 0:00:49.199 show by saying, one will one work. Where we are 0:00:49.280 --> 0:00:52.600 one week closer to everything, you know, a lot of 0:00:52.640 --> 0:00:54.800 decisions that need to be made in the NFL. And 0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:57.720 before we are on the air, I kind of asked you, 0:00:57.720 --> 0:01:01.240 you know who, who was the most interesting person that's 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:04.560 been released this week? Not the free agents, but the 0:01:04.600 --> 0:01:06.640 release because you know, I was thinking of the two 0:01:06.640 --> 0:01:09.840 offensive lineman from Kansas City, Mitchell, Schwartz and Fisher that 0:01:09.880 --> 0:01:13.160 have been released. I think this year unlike any others, 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:17.640 it's it affects when you were injured and if you 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:20.360 were going to be cut. With both of those guys 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:23.440 having one with a back surgery, one with the achilles tear, 0:01:24.000 --> 0:01:26.600 I think it's as a huge factor in this year 0:01:26.680 --> 0:01:29.360 in guys getting released. Well, yeah, but just in terms 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:32.080 of just and trim and cash that that has to 0:01:32.080 --> 0:01:34.560 get out of that salary cap in six days. So 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:37.280 I think that's an equally big part of it. But yeah, 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:38.960 you think about neither of those two guys around the 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:42.280 field for the Super Bowl, you know, right, But you know, 0:01:42.520 --> 0:01:45.480 in a normal scenario, if the salary cap was risen, 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:48.320 there's two guys that they would rehab through their program. 0:01:48.840 --> 0:01:51.880 Now there's uncertainty for each of those players, but they 0:01:51.960 --> 0:01:54.360 probably have a better indication of what the status is. 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:56.560 And I don't mean to dwell on the Kansas City 0:01:56.560 --> 0:01:59.480 offensive lineman, I mean for veterans as a whole in 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:02.520 the NFL. All right, Jim Miller our guest as always 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:05.120 each week, Big Jim Miller back with us from Sirius 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:08.480 x MNFL Radio. Moving the chains with Pat Kerr went 0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:10.639 off his shift, then over to ours for a few 0:02:10.639 --> 0:02:13.200 segments and I Big Jim, how you feeling tonight? I'm 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:15.440 doing great. Hey, I missed you guys last week. Has 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:17.720 something to take care of, but it've worked out well 0:02:17.760 --> 0:02:19.679 and it always good to be with you guys. And yeah, 0:02:19.720 --> 0:02:21.800 here this is the fun stuff. Nothing ever ends in 0:02:21.840 --> 0:02:24.640 the National footballing There's always something to talk about. And 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:27.920 as free agency approaches, teams getting their cap numbers down, 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:29.920 all those things, there's this, man, it's gonna be so 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:32.840 much fun. It's different coming off the obviously with the 0:02:32.880 --> 0:02:35.880 Salway cap going down, team there are some good guys 0:02:35.880 --> 0:02:38.320 getting released by teams around in the NFL. I mean 0:02:38.360 --> 0:02:41.519 there were some big ones today as Tom just mentioned, 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:43.760 and there will be more tomorrow and through the weekend. 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:45.920 Right six days from now, it all gets gone in 0:02:45.919 --> 0:02:48.240 the new league year gets underway and the cap must 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:50.280 be met one hundred and eighty two and a half 0:02:50.320 --> 0:02:52.720 depending on if you have some leftover cash from last year. 0:02:52.720 --> 0:02:54.880 That puts the Bears at just over one ninety for 0:02:54.919 --> 0:02:57.440 the savalry cap. Let me take care of some business 0:02:57.440 --> 0:02:58.919 before we move on here. It's gonna be a short 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:00.520 and show and I We've got a forty five minute 0:03:00.600 --> 0:03:04.120 version bulls basketball against Philadelphia seventy six ers in town tonight. 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:06.119 We'll turn it over to Chuck s Horski and Bill 0:03:06.120 --> 0:03:09.440 Wennington to get you guys bulls ball out of the 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:12.440 All Star break. Mike Rankin as our producer tonight, as 0:03:12.480 --> 0:03:14.320 well as Jordan trut Up and Dan Brilla for helping 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:18.000 us out as well our Bears guests tonight will be 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:21.400 an assistant coach, a new one for the Bears, and 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:24.200 then it'll be our inside linebackers coach Bill mcgovernor will 0:03:24.200 --> 0:03:26.280 talk to him coming up at the bottom of the hour. 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:28.919 You mentioned, you know, and you've been saying it, Jim 0:03:28.960 --> 0:03:31.840 for a while now. The teams, it's got to be 0:03:31.880 --> 0:03:33.560 the Saints right at the top of the list. They 0:03:33.680 --> 0:03:37.480 let go or Will Generas Jenkins. They've let go some others, 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:39.360 and there's still a lot to be done with that 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:42.640 fat franchise right there. And of the Bears, and you 0:03:42.680 --> 0:03:44.480 know the same coming up here soon. You know, the 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:48.200 warrant rumors out there and the reports that Bobby Massey 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:52.360 and we already know about Buster Screen. Yeah, and you know, 0:03:52.440 --> 0:03:54.920 the team the Bears currently are are over, So they're 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:57.520 gonna have to do some more things from that standpoint. 0:03:57.520 --> 0:04:00.840 But you're right, the Saints, they're big names that they 0:04:00.880 --> 0:04:03.400 had to you know, they really stay with Janoris Jenkins, 0:04:03.440 --> 0:04:05.400 and they've got more work to do. They're still around 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:07.720 thirty million over the cap. The Rams are now the 0:04:07.760 --> 0:04:09.920 worst team. I mean, think about New Orleans when they 0:04:09.920 --> 0:04:12.360 started that, they were over one hundred and fifty million 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:15.080 over the cap. I mean, so there's a lot of 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:17.240 work to be done, whether it's Drew Brees and the 0:04:17.279 --> 0:04:20.039 other players there. They're gonna have to restructure some players 0:04:20.120 --> 0:04:23.560 contracts that'll continue for them to get that cap number down. 0:04:23.600 --> 0:04:25.560 And the Rams, I think they're just gonna have some 0:04:25.600 --> 0:04:28.520 flat out tough decisions. Like Michael Brockers, who's a good player. 0:04:28.720 --> 0:04:30.520 I think they're just gonna flat just have to get 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:34.120 rid of them, because you know, once that March seventeenth 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:37.359 at four pm hits, all these teams have to be 0:04:37.440 --> 0:04:39.719 under the salary cap. That is by rule how it is, 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:41.800 and nobody wants to get deemed or anything like that, 0:04:41.880 --> 0:04:44.240 and and teams like it that way. You know, it's 0:04:44.400 --> 0:04:47.960 they have to make adjustments because the cap has gone down. 0:04:48.040 --> 0:04:50.520 But you hear about the new TV contracts probably four 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:53.520 years from now. Every it's gonna below everybody's minds which 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:58.280 the salary cap will be. But the owners like it 0:04:58.400 --> 0:05:02.080 because it's a hard cap. It's a hardcaps are fixed cost, 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:05.080 and so it's a it's a level playing field. And yes, 0:05:05.160 --> 0:05:07.680 they're going to take a hit in the NFLPA, and 0:05:07.720 --> 0:05:10.080 the owners have agreed that they're going to spread this 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:12.719 loss over because there was a four billion dollars loss 0:05:12.760 --> 0:05:15.520 this year, four billion dollars, So they're gonna try and 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:18.920 spread this out and then when these new TV contracts 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:21.200 kick in, they'll start to make an You'll see the 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:24.920 salary cap. If everything is fortunate and there's no more 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:27.520 viruses or anything like that, it should have a steady 0:05:27.560 --> 0:05:30.159 growth and of really a big explosion here in the 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:32.560 next four years. That's Jim Miller with Tom Fair. I'm 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:35.159 Jeff Johnny AAC will take our first break. Coming up, 0:05:35.200 --> 0:05:38.040 we'll be joined by the bears new inside linebackers coach 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:39.839 at the bottom of the hour, Bill McGovern. This is 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:42.200 Bears All Access, brought to you by IGS Energy on 0:05:42.320 --> 0:05:51.520 Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score. Welcome back to 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:54.080 Bears All Access with Tom Fair, Jeff Johnny acc and 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:57.359 Jim Miller from Chicago Bears quarterback. We're brought to you 0:05:57.400 --> 0:06:00.640 by IGS Energy. Good to have you alongside and choose 0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:03.000 clean energy for your home at igs dot com because 0:06:03.000 --> 0:06:05.240 every good choice adds up to a better world. Tell 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:07.400 us a lot going on. You're gonna hear signings, You're 0:06:07.400 --> 0:06:10.919 gonna restructures around the league, including the Bears, and also 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:13.400 you got the Pro Days getting underway Northwestern head there 0:06:13.279 --> 0:06:15.760 are Big one this week, a lot of attendants there 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:21.480 and also just now on social media on Twitter, the 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:26.200 Tribunes Brad Biggs reporting the Bears have agreed to terms 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:29.120 with Cairo Santos, So that puts an end to all 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:33.240 the kicking conversation. He had a terrific year franchise record 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:36.840 of consecutive kicks. Brad reporting that it's a five year, 0:06:37.240 --> 0:06:40.040 sixteen million dollars deal with a max value of seventeen 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:42.440 and a half. So there you go. One of the 0:06:42.480 --> 0:06:44.520 first shoes to drop in terms of what the Bears 0:06:44.520 --> 0:06:47.200 gonna do with their roster. Tom and Jim, Hey, I'm 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:49.400 happy for him. He deserves it. He's a hard working 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:52.920 kid that really endeared himself to the Bears fans, even 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:55.120 though they weren't in the stands, and I think inside 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:58.320 the locker room made some really difficult kicks, and when 0:06:58.320 --> 0:07:00.960 it was judgment Day and some of the harsher conditions 0:07:00.960 --> 0:07:03.680 that the Bears faced throughout the end of the season, 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:06.720 he lived up to everything that was asked of him. 0:07:06.720 --> 0:07:08.960 So I'm happy for a guy that things work out 0:07:09.000 --> 0:07:13.320 and builds confidence throughout the year. Nice percentage ninety three 0:07:13.400 --> 0:07:15.800 over ninety three percent last year two or three over 0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:19.480 fifty nine, ten forty forty nine. And I'll say it 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:21.760 this way, because there was a lot of bad kicking 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:24.840 around the NFL, and Kyrie really had a good year. 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:26.960 He was study for the Bears, and you just wonder, 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:30.680 granted the Bears traded with the Raiders to pick up 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:34.200 Eddie Pennero, I'm wondering if Eddie could be a bargaining 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:37.480 chip because this looks like this could potentially solidify that 0:07:37.600 --> 0:07:39.880 Santos is going to be the kicker for the Bears. 0:07:39.920 --> 0:07:42.000 But there were a lot of teams that struggled with 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:45.360 their kicking game and maybe maybe a run excuse me, 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:48.720 Ryan Pace could maybe acquire another pick if somebody was 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:51.960 interested in Eddie Penarol. Also, you know when it's becomes 0:07:51.960 --> 0:07:55.840 official from the organization. Again, this is Brad Biggs's story. 0:07:57.480 --> 0:07:59.600 You couldn't happen to an nicer guy, number one, A 0:07:59.640 --> 0:08:02.960 guy who work through a lot of personal battles to 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:05.400 get to where he is back with the Bears. Because 0:08:05.440 --> 0:08:07.480 he was a record setting kicker for the Kansas City 0:08:07.560 --> 0:08:11.480 Chiefs fellas, so he had the excellence, then he had 0:08:11.480 --> 0:08:14.280 the injury and it took longer than he wanted it too, 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:16.960 obviously to get through it. But to kick twenty seven 0:08:16.960 --> 0:08:19.480 in a row in as you say, Tom, some tough 0:08:19.600 --> 0:08:23.440 situations and anybody who kicks well enough to handle soldier 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:25.880 field and it's trickiness. You know, you got to give 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:28.320 him a tip of the cap. To this day, Robbie 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:31.600 Gold's the best soldier field kicker of all time and 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:33.480 dealing with that over a long period of time, got 0:08:33.520 --> 0:08:36.439 to know that place so well. But Cairo Santos is 0:08:36.760 --> 0:08:40.000 fit right in to the Chicago Bears, right, you know 0:08:40.040 --> 0:08:42.520 the thing. The thing about his perseverance is, you know, 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:46.640 rarely do you get a big chance like that as 0:08:46.800 --> 0:08:49.240 unless you can measure up to the competition that they're 0:08:49.240 --> 0:08:51.480 going to set before you as a kicker, and what 0:08:51.600 --> 0:08:54.839 they set before Cairo as other people coming into the mix, 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:57.840 kicking out there under a lot of pressure because of 0:08:57.880 --> 0:08:59.760 what's happened to the Bears in the last couple of years. 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:02.080 With the kicker, I just like to see what he 0:09:02.160 --> 0:09:04.520 was able to persevere and like you said, he's a 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:08.600 quality guy and he deserves the opportunity to flourish. And 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:12.520 Jim the operation involved too with Patrick O'Donnell, Patrick Scales. 0:09:12.559 --> 0:09:14.760 They're both free agents as well. They've been able to 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:17.680 get those guys back year after year. Is that also 0:09:17.720 --> 0:09:21.120 an important aspect of this right now, to get them back? Yeah, yeah, 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:22.960 I would think so. I think you want to keep 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:26.079 that trio together. I really do. I mean, you know, granted, 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:28.320 they'll be able to see what they're worth is in 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:30.760 free agency, but you know, the market's going to be 0:09:30.760 --> 0:09:34.199 tough now because because teams are so salary capped strap 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:36.120 right now, there's kind of the halves and the halves 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:38.360 not so I think for them would be nice to 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:41.640 get keep them all together. Um, you know, they'll continue 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:43.880 to work, but you know how many games are decided 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:47.160 by a field goal. You know, they're so important to 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:49.840 this game. And I just think that's a good signing 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:51.760 because you know, I've talked to other kickers. I know 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:54.840 you guys have talked to Patrick Manley and other specialists 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:58.440 that come on here Chicago, going in Soldier Field, it's 0:09:58.440 --> 0:10:00.640 psyches you out. I remember talking to j Shanson of 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:03.320 the Detroit Lions and he said, for whatever reason he 0:10:03.320 --> 0:10:05.240 goes a lot of kickers are just psyched out before 0:10:05.280 --> 0:10:08.280 they even go into Chicago because it is kind of 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:13.360 a mentally challenging the area, just the wind coming off 0:10:13.360 --> 0:10:15.319 the lake and how it is and how it can 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:17.720 squirl in that stadium, and they kind of just psyche 0:10:17.760 --> 0:10:19.960 themselves out. And once you've got a guy that has 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:23.360 a confidence, whether it's Robbie Gold or Cairo Santos said, 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:26.880 feels that they can, they've got to Downpat. I mean absolutely, 0:10:26.920 --> 0:10:28.840 this is a great resigning for the Bears. I always 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:31.400 felt when I heard kick any stadium, if you're going, 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:33.680 you don't have to combine or whatever and get the 0:10:33.760 --> 0:10:36.840 young kickers when they start thinking or talking about the wind. 0:10:36.880 --> 0:10:39.240 Granted they get asked about it first, but then if 0:10:39.240 --> 0:10:43.040 it becomes a repetitive theme, you know that there could 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:45.880 be a little bit of issue right there, and trust 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:49.520 value because you really you got to negotiate it, but 0:10:49.679 --> 0:10:51.960 you can't dwell on it. Well, you know what too, 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:56.040 as natural surfaces to all kickers, puts a dynamic into 0:10:56.040 --> 0:10:58.360 their head. And now you have to include your plant foot. 0:10:58.760 --> 0:11:01.040 So if you don't have a care plant foot, you're 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:03.480 rare are going to be able to be an accurate kicker. 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:06.240 And I think because of the plans the playing surface 0:11:06.320 --> 0:11:09.320 of Soldier Field that lingers in the mind of all 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:13.800 AstroTurf and sports field kickers in the league. All Right, 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:16.560 you know I've been reading a lot of these former 0:11:16.720 --> 0:11:20.080 NFL execs, Jim and you've talked to him, I'm sure 0:11:20.480 --> 0:11:23.000 on your shows on Serious XM. But you know I 0:11:23.120 --> 0:11:26.480 keep hearing seeing Joe Banner, Joe Banner, who was with 0:11:26.520 --> 0:11:29.880 the Eagles for so many years, keeps talking about the 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:34.760 smart teams will take advantage of this particular unique opportunity 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:38.760 here in twenty twenty one. Is that fair? Regarding what's 0:11:38.800 --> 0:11:41.480 about to happen here and the cuts and some big 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:44.120 names as we've alluded to at the top of the show. Yeah, 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:46.280 I talked to him. Michael Bidwell, the owner of the 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:48.880 Arizona Cardinals. He came on with us last week and 0:11:49.360 --> 0:11:51.080 he thinks that there is going to be And he's 0:11:51.080 --> 0:11:53.360 not the only one. There are other general managers that 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:56.160 we've talked to, like Steven Jones yesterday, the CEO of 0:11:56.200 --> 0:11:58.840 the Cowboys. They believe there's going to be a seismic 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:02.640 shift of talent in the NFL with the players moving on. 0:12:03.160 --> 0:12:04.880 You know, because like I said that, you've got half 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:08.599 the league that has big time salary cap money. You know, 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:11.880 teams like Jacksonville, teams like the Jets. I mean, these 0:12:11.960 --> 0:12:15.439 teams have well over eighty million dollars of cap space 0:12:15.640 --> 0:12:17.079 where they're sitting right now. And then you got a 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:19.680 team like the Rams, who they're still in the hole. 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:22.559 They're they're over the cap thirty two million dollars. I 0:12:22.679 --> 0:12:25.080 get all that, but they can't say they can't sign anybody. 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:27.800 I get all that. But when you talk about, like, 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:31.280 what is your definition of smart both of you guys 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:34.959 in this situation for an NFL front office, Well, I 0:12:35.080 --> 0:12:37.080 think if you want a guy, you go after him. 0:12:37.400 --> 0:12:40.079 But I think it probably the best example. Well for 0:12:40.240 --> 0:12:43.600 former Chicago Bear scout, how about Chris Ballard last year? 0:12:44.000 --> 0:12:46.679 Remember how everybody's saying, man, look at how patient he was. 0:12:46.840 --> 0:12:49.800 Man he made the big trade and got to Forrest Buckner, 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:51.120 and they gave him a big deal, and they had 0:12:51.160 --> 0:12:53.439 the cap space to do it. But he was he 0:12:53.600 --> 0:12:56.760 was smart and not making the big splash. And then 0:12:56.800 --> 0:12:59.079 the markets started to come down, and the markets started 0:12:59.080 --> 0:13:01.040 to come to him, and he had he had the 0:13:01.160 --> 0:13:04.280 money available to now sign a whole bunch of players. 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:06.480 He brings the n Xavier Rhodes and signs all these 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:11.000 free agents for reasonable contracts because these players need work 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:12.839 and the and the money was drying up. And I 0:13:12.960 --> 0:13:16.040 thought Chris Ballard did just a tremendous job last year 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:19.719 for the Indianapolis Scolts and how physically prudent they were 0:13:20.120 --> 0:13:22.400 in their spending. And I think that's the key part 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:25.520 about it. You never want to overspend, you know. Even 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:29.240 Jerry Jones admitted today about the money that he paid 0:13:29.320 --> 0:13:32.319 for Dak Prescott. He says, he I overpay for the 0:13:32.880 --> 0:13:35.719 most special things in my life. And Dak had the 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:38.559 leverage and they knew they had to resign him in 0:13:39.360 --> 0:13:42.680 Dak actually benefited even though the Satway camp went down, 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:45.000 Dak got a better deal than what he did last year. 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:47.000 You know one thing I'm gonna do is I'm first 0:13:47.000 --> 0:13:48.640 of all, if i'm a GM, I'm gonna look at 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:51.200 my own roster. I'm gonna look at what guys are 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:54.559 developing in a talent position where they can compete for 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:58.439 a starting position with a cheap salary. So I'll bring 0:13:58.800 --> 0:14:01.760 So you got a guy like Shad Coward. Rashad Coward 0:14:01.840 --> 0:14:04.360 showed that he has the ability to go out there 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:07.600 and compete at offensive guard and offensive tackle, and then 0:14:07.679 --> 0:14:10.040 you have the salary of a guy like Bobby Massey. 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:13.040 So first of all, the decisions I'm gonna make are 0:14:13.120 --> 0:14:15.040 with the guys that are on my own roster that 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:17.800 are stepping up to a competitive position. And then I'm 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:20.240 gonna go look at for a veteran that's willing to 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:22.480 take a little bit of a pay cut to be 0:14:22.640 --> 0:14:25.400 on a good team and compete for a starting position. Fellas, 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:27.080 we have to step away for another break. Coming up 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:28.720 at the bottom of the hour, Bill mcgoverned, the Bear's 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:31.680 new inside linebackers coach. This is Bears All Access, brought 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:34.640 to you by IGS Energy on Chicago Sports Radio six 0:14:34.720 --> 0:14:45.880 seventy to score. The Chicago Bears Network Presents Inside the 0:14:45.920 --> 0:14:48.040 Bears brought to you by Verizon At. Anthony Adams and 0:14:48.120 --> 0:14:50.480 Lauren Screeden cover the world of Bears football on and 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:52.720 off the field every Sunday night at ten thirty five 0:14:52.800 --> 0:14:56.080 on Fox thirty two Chicago, or watch anytime at Chicago 0:14:56.120 --> 0:14:58.280 Bears dot com or on the Bears Official at a 0:14:58.400 --> 0:15:01.600 broadcast binder top there Bears quarterback Jim Miller from Serious 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:04.720 x M NFL Radio moving the chains, joining us as 0:15:04.800 --> 0:15:07.280 we break down Bears football heading into what is an 0:15:07.320 --> 0:15:09.680 important week to get down to the salary cap. Also, Jim, 0:15:09.720 --> 0:15:11.960 a lot of pro days going on right now and 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:14.160 he catch your attention. So far, north Western had a 0:15:14.200 --> 0:15:18.480 big draw with their offensive lineman in cornerback. And then 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:23.240 of course the Clemson workout that included a lot of 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:28.240 great players right there Texas today as well. Anything stick out, Um, Yeah, 0:15:28.440 --> 0:15:30.560 I think Clemson. The two receivers down there are good. 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:33.720 Cornwall A Powell, he's a really good player. Amari Rodgers. 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:35.880 I saw both of him at the Senior Bowl. Senior Bowl. 0:15:35.920 --> 0:15:38.520 Amari Rodgers is a really good player too. Also, their 0:15:38.600 --> 0:15:42.200 offensive lineman that Jackson, he was the blindside for Trevor 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:45.600 Lawrence but in tom I know you'll watch him on tape, 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:48.800 but this guy's legit six five, three hundred and forty 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:51.720 five pounds. He's probably gonna be a power guard in 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:54.000 the NFL. He'll probably be on a team that runs 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:56.680 a lot of gaps scheme stuff, like a Baltimore. Baltimore 0:15:56.760 --> 0:15:59.280 runs a lot of gap scheme. But I like him. 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:01.080 He's a good power garden. That's the thing is this 0:16:01.200 --> 0:16:05.720 year's draft, there's it's not as deep as the tackle 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:10.480 draft at the position of tackle as in previous years. 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:12.440 A lot of these tackles will kick in the guard 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:15.760 like Jackson, who I just mentioned from Clemson. There's got 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:17.920 a lot of guys like that in this draft. You know, 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:20.360 I'm interested to see throughout the Pro days this year 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:22.880 as I don't. I think when you go to the 0:16:22.960 --> 0:16:25.280 combine and you're there with a couple of one hundred 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:27.520 other guys and then you're lining up for the forty 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:30.840 or you're getting underneath the bench, there's a lot of motivation, 0:16:30.960 --> 0:16:33.760 a lot of adrenaline flowing in the room. I'm interested 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:36.920 to see the forty times of the fastest players this year, 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:39.520 if they match up to the fastest guys in the past, 0:16:39.960 --> 0:16:43.160 because I think when you're running a forty by yourself, 0:16:43.360 --> 0:16:45.720 just around a bunch of scouts at a pro day, 0:16:46.080 --> 0:16:49.080 it is not as motivating, it's not as adrenaline filled, 0:16:49.120 --> 0:16:51.960 it's not as competitive as when you're at the combine. 0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:54.520 So it'll it'll be interesting to you know, when you 0:16:54.600 --> 0:16:57.320 see some of these numbers off of these top tier guys, 0:16:57.840 --> 0:16:59.840 if they're going to live up to what's expected of 0:17:00.040 --> 0:17:02.960 them from the past guys. Interestingly for me Jim and 0:17:03.120 --> 0:17:06.520 Tom is yes, you're right about that, and it's now 0:17:06.680 --> 0:17:09.000 it's not standardized. Now that's it. You know, that's the 0:17:09.080 --> 0:17:10.840 one thing everybody says, well, what do you what do 0:17:10.880 --> 0:17:13.159 you got to do the combine in Indianapolis. Well, it's 0:17:13.200 --> 0:17:15.960 the same surface for everybody. Everybody does the same work 0:17:16.240 --> 0:17:18.560 under the same eyeballs. So now you have a measuring 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:22.280 stick that goes back decades and that's the trick. And 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:25.639 you look at the weightlifting competition even out whether that 0:17:25.760 --> 0:17:28.280 stuff matters or not to the to the average person, 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:31.800 I think it's the competitive juices. Find out what's what's 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:34.080 making a guy tick. Because the last few years Jim 0:17:34.400 --> 0:17:37.080 and Tom they had it available to the fans it 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:40.000 was the rowtiest part of the combine in Indianapolis. I'm 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:42.280 seeing some early returns here. You wonder what some of 0:17:42.320 --> 0:17:43.800 the guys and I don't know if some of these 0:17:43.840 --> 0:17:45.680 guys are opt outs or not. And I'm not talking 0:17:45.720 --> 0:17:48.400 about offensive linemen or defense, and I'm talking about backs 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:52.600 and receivers doing four reps or three reps or six reps. 0:17:53.240 --> 0:17:55.600 Are they getting the kind of training that they've been 0:17:55.720 --> 0:17:58.159 used to. Well, that tells me everything you need to. 0:17:58.560 --> 0:18:00.399 You know. The one thing real quick is when you 0:18:00.560 --> 0:18:03.520 look at the weightlifting competition, it's not necessarily who's going 0:18:03.600 --> 0:18:05.440 to do the most, it's who's gonna do a number 0:18:05.480 --> 0:18:08.080 that shows me they're investing themselves in the weight room. 0:18:08.480 --> 0:18:10.159 And if I see a guy that lays on the 0:18:10.240 --> 0:18:12.639 bench and whether he's three hundred and fifty pounds or 0:18:12.640 --> 0:18:15.200 one hundred and fifty pounds in the number of reps, 0:18:15.280 --> 0:18:18.200 the number of competitive time in the weight room, that 0:18:18.359 --> 0:18:21.600 tells me something about the player. Yeah, the big Georgia 0:18:21.880 --> 0:18:25.240 offensive i'd been Cleveland is supposed to do over. He's 0:18:25.280 --> 0:18:27.119 trying to break the record. The record is forty nine 0:18:27.160 --> 0:18:29.119 to two twenty five. He's trying to he thinks he 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:32.600 can get over fifty. But much like Tom just talking 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:36.840 about the cautionary tale is this, and probably everybody should 0:18:36.880 --> 0:18:38.560 have known it because his father was a really good 0:18:38.600 --> 0:18:41.880 player in the NFL. Orlando Brown. People forget Orlando Brown, 0:18:41.920 --> 0:18:44.639 who's probably gonna get traded for he is a right 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:47.680 tackle for Baltimore Ravens. They moved him over to left 0:18:47.720 --> 0:18:50.520 tackle due to the injury to Ronnie Stanley. He benched 0:18:50.560 --> 0:18:54.520 the bench six times, so everybody, to Tom's point, Tom's saying, 0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:57.880 everybody's saying, oh, he's lazy, he doesn't work hard, he's 0:18:57.920 --> 0:19:01.000 not invested. But if you put out the tape, he's 0:19:01.040 --> 0:19:03.240 a legit player. He's already gone to two Pro Bowls 0:19:03.359 --> 0:19:06.280 and now he potentially may be traded because he wants 0:19:06.320 --> 0:19:09.360 to play left tackle. There are exceptions to the rule 0:19:09.440 --> 0:19:11.840 like that, but for the most the point that Tom 0:19:12.000 --> 0:19:14.040 everybody's sitting at home on. You have to show that 0:19:14.119 --> 0:19:17.000 you're working at this, that you're invested, that it's important 0:19:17.000 --> 0:19:20.359 to you, and when you can do those certain benchmark 0:19:20.520 --> 0:19:25.359 numbers really obviously makes teams, GMS coaches feel a lot 0:19:25.440 --> 0:19:28.800