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Mister Tom Fare from news Radio seven eighty 0:00:45.960 --> 0:00:49.120 one oh five point nine FMWBBM. Good evening, Tom. How 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:51.519 you feeling you're doing well? Yeah, Jeff. You know, just 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:54.200 to analogize what you're saying about coming to a town 0:00:54.320 --> 0:00:57.240 near you, you get an indication of the crowd support 0:00:57.280 --> 0:00:59.760 from the golf tournament this weekend. You get a little 0:00:59.800 --> 0:01:02.800 bit more experience in the crowds and the stadiums filling 0:01:02.880 --> 0:01:05.800 up through baseball. Now with the announcement that at least 0:01:05.840 --> 0:01:08.520 twenty eight of the thirty stadiums around the league are 0:01:08.520 --> 0:01:12.920 gonna have full capacity. It's really making the momentum for 0:01:12.959 --> 0:01:16.880 an exciting sports season, and so I'm glad they make 0:01:16.959 --> 0:01:20.520 the decision. I hope people are responsible, they stay safe, 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:23.039 and it continues to be safe for the sake of 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:24.840 the fans that want to be a part of it. 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:30.160 So I'm really I'm really happy the direction that people 0:01:30.200 --> 0:01:33.960 are going because the fans are resilient as the players. 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:38.680 We thanks always to our producers, Brandon Fryer Tonight of 0:01:38.760 --> 0:01:41.360 the Score Studios, Jordan Trup, Dan Bally as well. Coming 0:01:41.440 --> 0:01:44.360 up shortly, it's six or eight. Former Bears quarterback in 0:01:44.440 --> 0:01:47.360 Sirius Sex, m NFL radio host Jim Millerwood join us 0:01:47.720 --> 0:01:50.240 for a few segments. Is always in the case at 0:01:50.280 --> 0:01:52.440 six thirty. I know Tom will be excited. We're gonna 0:01:52.480 --> 0:01:55.040 let you have the floor in interview Keevin Jenkins, the 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:57.640 second round pick out of Oklahoma State, trying to win 0:01:57.720 --> 0:01:59.680 that left tackle job. Tom will be interested to hear 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:02.560 things are going for him because I'm sure it's a 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:05.040 blur right now a little bit, yeah, but he has 0:02:05.080 --> 0:02:06.840 to come in with the confidence and the frame of 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:10.040 mind that it his job to lose and I think again, 0:02:10.280 --> 0:02:12.600 and I always, you know, kind of refer to my 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:15.960 own experiences in the time that I've had with Jimbo. 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:18.080 After he was drafted, he knew that he was going 0:02:18.120 --> 0:02:20.480 to be the starting left tackle day one, and that 0:02:20.560 --> 0:02:23.240 was because of hard work and self confidence and it 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:26.120 turned into a Hall of Fame career. So I hope 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:31.880 Tevin is as inspired as Jimbo was because he plays 0:02:31.880 --> 0:02:36.400 a huge role on this team. However, with the athleticism 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:38.920 in the future of Justin Fields and I'm not ignoring 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:41.359 Andy Dalton or Nick Folds, this is going to be 0:02:41.400 --> 0:02:45.920 a multidimensional, wide open offense. So Tevin Jenkins, no matter 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:48.320 what side he would have to play on, he's going 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:52.119 to have to be versatile. So his first opportunities are 0:02:52.160 --> 0:02:55.240 going to be on the left side, So we'll hear 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:58.000 from him as well as promising rookie class. I mean, 0:02:58.160 --> 0:03:01.799 I think we all agree that at most of, if 0:03:01.840 --> 0:03:03.960 not all, these guys and maybe some modern drafting guys, 0:03:03.960 --> 0:03:07.560 will be able to make some some significant snaps here 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:10.839 in twenty twenty one, and that is something we're looking 0:03:10.840 --> 0:03:13.000 forward to. These are these are football players. They brought 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:16.920 in here, real all around versatile football players at a 0:03:16.960 --> 0:03:20.720 minimum special team's contributions. Um. There, and we get two 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:24.880 weeks votas beginning next week. Media availability the next couple 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:26.880 of Wednesdays, so we'll be able to get eyes on 0:03:27.440 --> 0:03:29.919 who's available out there and watching how things are going 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:32.840 on the grass once again, so that's always a good 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:35.040 good time to check things out a little bit. And 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:38.000 then you got the veteran minicamp that you know at 0:03:38.000 --> 0:03:40.480 wrap things up on the seventeenth of June. So we 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:42.760 only got a couple of more weeks here before the 0:03:43.040 --> 0:03:45.640 break for training camp, but it's gonna come fist fast. 0:03:45.680 --> 0:03:48.080 We have There are there areas at all that you 0:03:48.120 --> 0:03:50.680 would like to see a player added right now with 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:54.920 experience at any particular position to make you feel better 0:03:55.080 --> 0:03:59.520 about the depth of that position or the competition level. Wow, 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:01.840 that's a great question. Yeah, and you know there is 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:03.880 you know, UM, I'd like to see a lot of 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:06.600 competition at cornerback, just because it's one of the more 0:04:06.680 --> 0:04:11.920 difficult positions to unveil. Um, you know, a player that 0:04:11.960 --> 0:04:14.120 you know is able to come in and compete and 0:04:14.200 --> 0:04:17.920 just increase the competition at the position. I think at 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:21.799 the wide receiver position, because although we Darnell Mooney burst 0:04:21.839 --> 0:04:24.920 out of the scene, you got Alan Robinson in kind 0:04:24.920 --> 0:04:28.080 of a fragile position being on the franchise tag. And 0:04:28.160 --> 0:04:31.720 I think guys like Javon Wims and Athony Miller have 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:37.960 under underperform to the levels that we always think that 0:04:38.000 --> 0:04:39.720 we see they're going to perform when we sit out 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:42.000 and watch them at training camp. If they could perform 0:04:42.120 --> 0:04:44.280 during the regular season like some of the training camp 0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:47.920 practices we've had, then those guys would provide size, depth 0:04:47.960 --> 0:04:52.200 and speed. So I do think, you know, quarterback development here, 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:55.239 you gotta have you gotta have some of those wide 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:57.520 receivers step up to the plate. Well. I think dem 0:04:58.040 --> 0:05:00.719 Bird is an addition to keep an eye on it 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:03.640 as well. And you know, I want to see what's 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:06.719 going on with Riley Ridley. This is a fourth round pick, 0:05:07.400 --> 0:05:10.120 and we seem to always lose him in the conversation 0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:13.400 a little bit. He hasn't had many snaps and now 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:16.479 this is your three. This is your three for Riley Ridley. Yeah, 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:18.159 but you know the thing about it is is these 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:21.159 kids that are talented in college can't just come out 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:24.040 of college and being a pass receiver after being a 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:27.120 better athlete than the competition they're playing against. Now, with 0:05:27.240 --> 0:05:31.680 the responsibilities of the wide receiver because of the exterior 0:05:31.760 --> 0:05:34.440 offensive game, they have to be as important in their 0:05:34.520 --> 0:05:37.600 role as blocking, as a fullback, as a tight end, 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:40.520 as an h back. Maybe not as an offensive lineman, 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:42.840 but if you're going to throw a screen right at 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:44.880 them behind, they got to be able to sustain in 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:46.719 a block. And that was some of the things that 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:50.400 Riley given the opportunity, whether it was on kickoff return 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:52.960 at one time or some wide receiver screens, he's been 0:05:53.040 --> 0:05:54.960 able to do that, but he's got to do it 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:57.800 with such regularity that he can be counted on to 0:05:57.839 --> 0:06:00.360 be starting in the game. All right, we're to take 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:01.960 a break. When we come back, we'll be joined by 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:05.520 Jim Miller, our guest every week here on Bears All 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:08.039 Access were brought to you by IGS Energy. Sevin Jenkins 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:10.440 at the bottom of the hour, This is Chicago Sports 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:13.640 Radio six seventy to score. Welcome back to Bears All 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:16.360 Access brought to you by IGS Energy. Choose clean energy 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:18.840 for your home at IGS dot com because every good 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:21.559 choice adds up to a better world. It's a better 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:24.680 day when we could talk to Jim Miller, former Bears 0:06:24.720 --> 0:06:28.320 quarterback from Serious Sex m NFL radios, moving the chains 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:33.560 with his buddy you know you're yeah, Pat Crow, and 0:06:33.920 --> 0:06:35.640 I was going to go in a different direction, so 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:37.600 I decided to forget about it. You know, the brain 0:06:37.720 --> 0:06:40.840 just doesn't always trigger every day for yours, truly, Jim, 0:06:40.920 --> 0:06:43.000 I am certain you don't have these problems day to day. 0:06:43.440 --> 0:06:47.880 I take my Ginko Bloba. Come on, Jeff Getagon, I 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:50.400 gotta do something. Hey. You know both of you guys 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:53.880 have you know, parts unknown in your bodies now? Tom 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:58.000 just finished up congratulations on a new hip, so he 0:06:58.160 --> 0:06:59.920 is good to go this week and we can't wait 0:07:00.000 --> 0:07:02.480 to see him ropin and stomping around big Jim. Well, 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:05.960 that's good. I'm hopefully hopefully everything would win as well 0:07:05.960 --> 0:07:07.960 as what you thought it would. Tom. I mean, I 0:07:08.360 --> 0:07:11.160 had one that was recalled that was not fun, so 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:14.240 I had to get it again on the same side, 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:16.840 So think goodness. The second surgery went better than the 0:07:16.920 --> 0:07:19.920 than the first one. Yeah, you were my inspiration, Jim, 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:22.400 because I saw you limping around one time and asked 0:07:22.400 --> 0:07:24.440 what the issue was, and you told me about a hip, 0:07:24.440 --> 0:07:26.760 And you know, I think it's you know, for a 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:29.200 lot of people, it's inevitable. I'm not gonna blame it 0:07:29.240 --> 0:07:32.200 on anything because I asked the doctor, is this because 0:07:32.240 --> 0:07:35.520 of seven hundred pounds squats or three point stance or collisions? 0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:38.720 And he says no, because I've had forty and thirty 0:07:38.800 --> 0:07:40.760 year old guys in there that have been way worse 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:43.840 than you. So it's just part of life. And I'm just, 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:47.320 knock on wood, super fortunate had the quality care of 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:49.560 a of a great team or a you know, a 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:52.000 great doctor to do the job. And I'm up on 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:56.760 my feet room rolling around my house with a walker. 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:00.960 I have a walker. I will walker. I don't want 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:02.880 to tell you what else is attached to it, but 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:09.200 I do have a walker. He doesn't take you know, 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:13.040 he will not take any assistance outside of a medical professional. 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:15.440 So I've I offered time. He needs me to come 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:17.680 down help you out a little No, no, he doesn't 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:20.640 want any part of that. So anyway, good to have 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:23.520 you back on your feet soon and running around making 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:28.640 making havoc like Havi Bayez today, which was unbelievable. By 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:30.280 the way, if you hadn't seen that play in the 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:33.280 third inning with two outs in Pittsburgh, you know, on 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:35.000 a routine ground or to third I don't know if 0:08:35.000 --> 0:08:36.720 you saw it, Jim. I know it's not football, but 0:08:36.760 --> 0:08:40.040 Havibayez is a magician. That's how I gotta say, got 0:08:40.040 --> 0:08:42.760 out of trouble and got to run across. Well. You know, 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:45.320 that's the great thing about announcers because you really never 0:08:45.400 --> 0:08:47.760 know the next word out of your mouth. Because that's 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:50.680 the first time in my sports viewing life I've ever 0:08:50.720 --> 0:08:53.080 seen that. And I know that you wanted to add 0:08:53.160 --> 0:08:55.560 live this segment with a joke at the beginning, which 0:08:55.559 --> 0:08:58.360 I'm glad you didn't, And it's just like an announcer 0:08:58.360 --> 0:09:00.920 of any sport, you really don't know, oh, the next 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:03.760 word coming out of your mouth. Yeah, and Jim, I'm 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:06.000 sure you've had that many times in your career too, 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:09.240 probably in your own huddle. Yeah. Well, I mean it 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:13.160 just it happens sometimes, you know, um, you know, but 0:09:13.440 --> 0:09:16.120 for the most part, guys take it a stride. You know, 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:18.640 if it's say you screw up something or maybe you 0:09:18.640 --> 0:09:20.680 didn't address something right. And you know, I think everybody 0:09:20.840 --> 0:09:23.280 understands that everybody's gonna make a mistake here and there, 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:26.240 every every now and then, and like most good teammates 0:09:26.240 --> 0:09:28.720 that they forgive you and you move on and you know, 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:31.840 but but some can be pretty laughable moments that they'll 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:35.559 never let you forget. Right, So let's forget it. I'm 0:09:35.559 --> 0:09:38.040 gonna use that as as a bridge to a football 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:42.360 analogy here, because it's something that bias brings to the 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:46.439 table that causes pressure on a routine play. He made 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:51.720 a defensive player think instead of react. And you know 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:54.760 what happens when you think you're beating football? So are 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:58.840 there players on the Bears that cause that kind of 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:02.720 trauma the opposing player because you just don't know what 0:10:02.760 --> 0:10:04.960 a guy's going to do. In this case, by as 0:10:05.160 --> 0:10:07.839 Walk being brought back all the way to home on 0:10:07.880 --> 0:10:11.520 a routine grounder and then dodging the tag and allowing 0:10:11.640 --> 0:10:14.680 run to score and then causing everything to bow to pieces. 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:17.679 One of the worst plays as you ever seen. Really, 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:19.760 I have never seen a play like that. But are 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:22.800 there guys that cause that on the Chicago Bears. I 0:10:23.240 --> 0:10:26.000 think there's a guy like Roquan Smith that people don't 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:29.240 really respect his speed until he runs down a wide 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:32.400 receiver on a sideline route or he has an impact 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:36.240 tackle at or behind the line of scrimmage, or he 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:39.120 gets into the backfield a sack of quarterback before he 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:42.280 can have his his second reaction. He's one of those 0:10:42.320 --> 0:10:45.280 guys that you know, once you realize his speed and 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:49.160 his tackling ability, you kind of speed up the thinking 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:53.360 process when you know you're isolating on him. Yeah, I 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:55.920 think I think you know, in football alone, I mean 0:10:55.960 --> 0:10:58.680 that speed can cause you to do some things that 0:10:58.720 --> 0:11:01.520 are different. You know, because of the speed that Tom 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:05.319 is talking about, it gives you very little time to think. 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:07.760 You know, there's some teams out there, and I think 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:09.800 the Bear's linebackers are good. I think we know that 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:12.880 they've got good speed inside. When the guys that they 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:16.480 have with Roqua Smith and Danny Trevathan, I'd probably say 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:18.640 a couple of years ago that those guys would be 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:22.520 considered one of my two top inside. I like guys 0:11:22.559 --> 0:11:24.800 like down in Tampa, like with Devin White, and they 0:11:24.840 --> 0:11:28.000 just resigned David down there. I mean that's a team. 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:30.360 I think when you look at Tampa with their speed, 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:33.920 I think it's it catches you off guard. And it's 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:36.720 certainly caught Kansas City off guard, right because those tackles 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:40.080 got demolished because Shack Barrett and the other guy Jpp. 0:11:40.320 --> 0:11:42.160 I mean that was just a field day that I 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:44.800 think they took advantage and caused those two tackles to 0:11:44.840 --> 0:11:47.280 think a little too much. I'll take this one and 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:50.320 you as an offensive lineman, Tommy can appreciate it more. 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:53.400 But the long arm when he gets it in on 0:11:53.520 --> 0:11:56.160 an offensive linement that Khalil Mac uses to get to 0:11:56.200 --> 0:11:59.719 the quarterback, because it puts a fear a little bit 0:11:59.720 --> 0:12:01.880 in the offensive lineman if he doesn't get his hands 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:06.240 on him first. And Khalil Mac with that ability and 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:08.600 strength to just toss somebody out of the way using 0:12:08.640 --> 0:12:12.079 that long arm to get to the quarterbacks, would it 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:14.240 makes you refeat? You think your pass set for the 0:12:14.280 --> 0:12:16.959 remainder of the game. As an offensive lineman, you figure 0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:19.280 if I don't jump the counter or extend my hands 0:12:19.520 --> 0:12:21.480 and try to get my hands on a Khalil before 0:12:21.520 --> 0:12:24.080 he touches me, because he has the power and the 0:12:24.200 --> 0:12:27.240 leverage to take you away from your stance and get 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:30.280 you immediately off balance. And once you get into the 0:12:30.320 --> 0:12:33.000 head of an offensive lineman and they're thinking, like we say, 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:34.839 if you think you're beat, if you got to think 0:12:34.880 --> 0:12:38.040 how to set with Khalil that in your trouble. But 0:12:38.240 --> 0:12:40.520 remember last year in the Minnesota game, and I think 0:12:40.559 --> 0:12:42.640 it wasn't a Kindallville door when he was playing on 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:45.840 the corner and he tackled Dalvin Cook to the outside, 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:48.880 and Dalvin Cook had so much respect for his ability 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:50.640 to tackle him in the open field or else it 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:53.640 would have been an eighty five yard touchdown that Dalvin 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:56.359 Cook got up and shook his hand because he respected 0:12:56.640 --> 0:13:00.400 his ability to react and stay in a good tackling position. 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:06.679 Could a confidence level of a player diminish in training 0:13:06.720 --> 0:13:11.760 camp if a veteran player repeatedly beats him day after day, 0:13:12.800 --> 0:13:15.400 and you know, because he's just a better player right there? 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:18.800 Could that? Do you guys believe that that could could 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:22.679 a bad training camp for a young player last in 0:13:23.000 --> 0:13:30.320 entire season. Jim Um, that's a good question. No, I 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:33.320 you know, I'm just thinking back, you know, because you know, 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:37.000 I just remember when I was young with the Steelers, 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:39.160 and you could have some bad practices, right those are 0:13:39.160 --> 0:13:41.319 some pretty good defenses, you know, where Rod Woodson or 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:44.440 Colonel Lakers, one of those great players is picking you off. 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:47.520 And I don't think I ever lost confidence or anything 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:50.440 like that. But I think it is true where you know, 0:13:50.559 --> 0:13:53.000 a bad play can lead to a bad series, which 0:13:53.080 --> 0:13:55.400 is a bad half to a bad game. You know, 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:58.360 those things can happen where you let it snowball. But 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:00.720 I think you have to be able to pick yourself 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:02.840 up off the mat and understand, hey, this is part 0:14:02.840 --> 0:14:06.400 of the process. You're gonna fail at some things, but 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:08.880 you're getting you know, you're gonna continue to get better 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:12.760 once you learn from those mistakes. So I don't think 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:15.800 it can lead to a you know, an entirely a 0:14:15.880 --> 0:14:19.040 bad year. I know some guys that have had bad years, 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:21.000 but normally it's going to be something else, whether it's 0:14:21.000 --> 0:14:23.560 an injury or something like that that could cause you 0:14:24.080 --> 0:14:27.280 to really tailspin, so to speak, and that can get 0:14:27.320 --> 0:14:30.680 to you emotionally and mentally. You know. I just know 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:33.640 from my standpoint, like the one year where I played 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:37.800 with the torn rotator cuffs and my arm just I 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:40.040 couldn't make the throws that I would normally make, and 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:42.040 that that's kind of a blow to your ego where 0:14:42.040 --> 0:14:44.680 you're dropping back and you're like, I could make that 0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:46.760 throw prior, but now let me just check it down 0:14:46.840 --> 0:14:49.760 here and get a positive play, you know, so that 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:51.840 that can grind on you mentally. I do know that. 0:14:52.200 --> 0:14:56.200 That's remember getting public I remember getting publicly criticized by 0:14:56.320 --> 0:15:01.160 Dicka after practicing against Steve McMichael because Steve would practice 0:15:01.200 --> 0:15:03.400 so hard, he'd be so physical that I had I 0:15:03.480 --> 0:15:07.080 never had confidence in blocking him. However, it carried over 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:08.960 to the game where I had more confidence in the 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:12.080 game that I didn't practice because Steve was so good. 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:15.560 And there's some comments that I can't say over the 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:18.240 year that Ditka used to say in front of me 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:22.600 while he was addressing the media. And we used to 0:15:22.640 --> 0:15:26.800 have these inner squad football games inside Platteville Stadium where 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:29.960 it was the scariest game of the year because not 0:15:30.120 --> 0:15:32.560 only were they physical and we were playing against a 0:15:32.600 --> 0:15:36.240 great defense, but Steve was such a great player that, 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:39.520 hey man, he knew he knew our offense as well 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:42.200 as we did. He knew how to handle things and 0:15:43.120 --> 0:15:45.480 he got at it. So, yeah, the worst day of 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:48.280 my football year every year was the inner squad game 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:53.040 against McMichael. That's no joke. It's funny stuff. All right, 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:55.640 We're gonna take a break. We'll be right back. Coming 0:15:55.680 --> 0:15:57.360 up at the bottom of the or we'll be joined 0:15:57.360 --> 0:16:00.240 by Tevin Jenkins, Bears a rookie tackle a lot of 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:02.720 Oklahoma State. This is Bears All Access, brought to you 0:16:02.760 --> 0:16:06.680 by IGS Energy on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score. 0:16:09.920 --> 0:16:12.640 The Chicago Bears Network presents Inside the Bears, brought to 0:16:12.680 --> 0:16:15.480 you by Verizon. Anthony Adams and Lauren Screeden cover the 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:17.440 world of Bears football on and off the field every 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:20.160 Sunday night at ten thirty five pm on Fox thirty 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:23.200 two Chicago, or watch anytime at Chicago Bears dot Com 0:16:23.280 --> 0:16:25.160 or on the Bears official app. With Tom Thayer and 0:16:25.240 --> 0:16:28.600 Jim Miller from Serious Sex M NFL Radio. I'm Jeff Joniat. 0:16:28.600 --> 0:16:30.200 Coming up in moments at the bottom of the hour. 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:33.840 We'll be joined by Tevin Jenkins, the Bears rookie tackle. 0:16:34.000 --> 0:16:36.680 All Right. A couple of things that we're taking care 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:40.120 of this week by NFL owners. One, Tom a rule 0:16:40.160 --> 0:16:43.440 that expands the area where blocks below the waist are prohibited. 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:47.680 So now there's a newly created tight endbox within two 0:16:47.760 --> 0:16:51.920 yards of the traditional tackle positions five yards either side 0:16:51.920 --> 0:16:55.320 of the line of scrimmage. So blocking or taking on 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:59.440 blocks below the waist outside of that's fifteen yard penalty. 0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:02.480 So you're an offensive lineman thinking about this the first 0:17:02.520 --> 0:17:06.280 thing that happened. How about on a screen for example. 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:10.440 Is this going to alter the blocking techniques for players 0:17:10.480 --> 0:17:13.919 on polls or being on the move outside of that 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:18.960 now tight inbox and the same defenders as well, because 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:22.080 they're not going to be able to approach it the 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:24.879 same way. It's going to lessen the concern by the 0:17:24.920 --> 0:17:28.159 exterior defensive players with the fear of getting a body 0:17:28.240 --> 0:17:31.560 thrown at their legs. Because this was a technique that 0:17:31.640 --> 0:17:35.800 we practiced repletedly with coach Dick Stanfeld, whereas we pulled 0:17:35.840 --> 0:17:38.520 to the outside, he would point to a bag one 0:17:38.600 --> 0:17:40.639 or the other and we would literally throw our body 0:17:40.680 --> 0:17:44.080 into the bag in roll towards the defender, so at 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:46.440 least that he had to focus his attention down at 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:49.680 the body and try to defend himself that way. However, 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:52.920 in the modern realm of football, a lot of these 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:56.080 offensive line coaches kind of teach players to stay up 0:17:56.080 --> 0:17:58.600 on their feet and they try to be continuous with 0:17:58.680 --> 0:18:01.800 their block. So I think there's some pros built into this, 0:18:02.160 --> 0:18:05.440 And you know, on a natural grass field, it's easy 0:18:05.480 --> 0:18:08.320 to throw your body because it's a soft landing. But 0:18:08.560 --> 0:18:11.720 back in the day when you had those old AstroTurf fields, 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:14.200 you would come up with turf burns all over your 0:18:14.200 --> 0:18:17.080 body because of it. But it's also a technique we 0:18:17.200 --> 0:18:21.760 used regularly and regularly to the point where defensive linemen 0:18:22.400 --> 0:18:25.800 they would man, they would not be in favor of 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:28.760 you using that block. So I think it's gonna help them, 0:18:28.800 --> 0:18:31.440 but it's also going to promote the athleticism and offensive 0:18:31.480 --> 0:18:34.600 lineman and Jim. Then, in turn, the officials now are 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:38.399 envisioning what are artificial boundaries here, So there's gonna be 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:41.840 some variance on that I would think. I would think, 0:18:41.920 --> 0:18:45.440 because it's a new rules it'll be much like how 0:18:45.480 --> 0:18:48.760 they've called it in every other preseason, right, they called 0:18:48.840 --> 0:18:51.199 a point of emphasis. Right, they try to get the 0:18:51.200 --> 0:18:54.280 point across to the players, and then once week one starts, 0:18:54.320 --> 0:18:56.520 not that it's thrown out the window, but they're much 0:18:56.560 --> 0:18:59.800 more tolerant in not throwing a whole bunch of flags 0:19:00.280 --> 0:19:02.560 when necessary. But you know the game's been going in 0:19:02.560 --> 0:19:04.679 this direction, you know, you think a cut off box 0:19:04.760 --> 0:19:08.000 on the backside. That role came into existence a couple 0:19:08.000 --> 0:19:10.439 of years ago, like those EMO weaves call emo blocks 0:19:10.480 --> 0:19:12.520 and man on the line of scrimmage where you could 0:19:12.520 --> 0:19:14.560 go take their legs out, even though if it was 0:19:14.760 --> 0:19:17.800 on the back side of saying outside zone run, you 0:19:17.800 --> 0:19:19.760 could be able to do that. So that's been taken out. 0:19:19.960 --> 0:19:23.480 Now this this to me comes into play like if 0:19:23.560 --> 0:19:26.119 a z or flanker or receiver is digging out a 0:19:26.160 --> 0:19:29.120 strong safety, because you gotta remember those safeties rock and roll, 0:19:29.200 --> 0:19:32.159 free safety, and strong safety. Sometimes they rotate and they 0:19:32.200 --> 0:19:34.800 come up in the box that area that Jeff's talking 0:19:34.840 --> 0:19:38.480 about because there's five yards beyond the line of scrimmage 0:19:38.560 --> 0:19:40.680 or in the trenches that is going in now two 0:19:40.760 --> 0:19:45.120 yards outside the tackle or tight end. So those safeties 0:19:45.160 --> 0:19:47.520 can come up in rock and roll and sometimes those 0:19:47.840 --> 0:19:50.320 like a z or flanker coming in half motion, they 0:19:50.440 --> 0:19:53.520 what we'd call dig out the safety. And sometimes like 0:19:53.600 --> 0:19:55.520 guys like Marty Booker, he just flat out take the 0:19:55.560 --> 0:19:57.520 dude out. You know, he's going he's blowing out his 0:19:57.840 --> 0:20:00.200 you know, going low on his legs and could take 0:20:00.240 --> 0:20:03.200 him out. So you're gonna seem probably more of guys 0:20:03.280 --> 0:20:06.240 standing up from that standpoint as those receivers know that 0:20:06.280 --> 0:20:09.399 they can't do that anymore and It's like, like Tom said, 0:20:09.560 --> 0:20:12.640 you practice that way now, right. They want everybody up 0:20:13.000 --> 0:20:15.400 so that you're not rolling into legs and guys are 0:20:15.400 --> 0:20:17.760 blowing out acls and and things like that. So you 0:20:17.840 --> 0:20:19.600 practice that way, and now it's just going to be 0:20:20.000 --> 0:20:22.760 converted to the game a little bit. Now those receivers 0:20:22.840 --> 0:20:24.199 have to be a little bit tougher. They'll just have 0:20:24.240 --> 0:20:26.960 to block a little bit higher. I mean, Jeff, I think, 0:20:26.960 --> 0:20:28.560 in all fairness to the game, if you're going to 0:20:28.600 --> 0:20:29.960