WEBVTT - Takeaways from Bears' 53-man roster | Bears, etc. Podcast 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:03.240 Right justin middle of the field forty five fifteen bring 0:00:03.360 --> 0:00:05.040 Russ in front of a leading. 0:00:04.880 --> 0:00:05.760 Lions in his way. 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:08.119 I am Jeff jonihat wlitz. 0:00:07.920 --> 0:00:10.799 Is on Don huts Her. 0:00:11.960 --> 0:00:13.399 What was like playing for Coche? 0:00:13.400 --> 0:00:13.840 Good done? 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:16.000 I don't want to answer any questions like that. 0:00:16.160 --> 0:00:17.439 Sixty one yards? 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:19.000 What's Sunday stroll for? 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:20.079 Justin field? 0:00:25.320 --> 0:00:28.240 Yes, Bears et cetera brought to you by Miller Light 0:00:28.400 --> 0:00:31.400 with the voices of the Bears Jeff Joniac and Tom Thayer. 0:00:32.880 --> 0:00:35.680 Cuts have been made, deals have been done, and probably 0:00:35.680 --> 0:00:37.440 more to come before it's all said and done. The 0:00:37.479 --> 0:00:40.280 twenty twenty three Bears prepare for their one hundredth fourth 0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:42.960 season in franchise history with a new look and a 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:46.040 new hope for success. Hi, everybody, this is Bears et 0:00:46.120 --> 0:00:49.080 cetera with Super Bowl winning Bear Tom Payer. I'm Jeff JONINGAF, 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:51.480 my broadcast partner on ESPN one thousand of the Bears 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:54.200 Radio Network, and we're brought to you by Miller Lte 0:00:54.400 --> 0:00:58.000 tastes like Miller Time Chicago. All the angs that players 0:00:58.000 --> 0:00:59.760 have felt over the course of the last few weeks. 0:00:59.840 --> 0:01:02.800 Time and no way is there a sigh relief, right right? 0:01:02.880 --> 0:01:04.760 Jeff you know, have you ever watched the end of 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:07.280 the Stanley Cupp or a golf tournament where they show 0:01:07.319 --> 0:01:10.720 the guy that's inscribing the name of the winners on 0:01:10.760 --> 0:01:12.440 the trophy forever. 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:14.280 That's not happening yet. 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:18.120 Those names are not being inscribed on the roster for 0:01:18.520 --> 0:01:22.400 the finality of the Chicago Bear season. There's hundreds of 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:27.080 names and positions and players in previous scouting that they've 0:01:27.120 --> 0:01:29.600 done on players that have to see if they fit 0:01:29.680 --> 0:01:32.120 and they may be better on this team than they 0:01:32.120 --> 0:01:34.319 were on the team they were trying out for, because 0:01:34.319 --> 0:01:38.360 of depth, because of different instances throughout the course of 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:41.000 time in training camp. So I think this is something 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:43.840 that we need to, as you say, pump the breaks 0:01:44.160 --> 0:01:47.440 and let's see where the roster is in almost two 0:01:47.480 --> 0:01:50.559 weeks where instead of tomorrow. 0:01:50.320 --> 0:01:53.080 Right as of right now, twenty six players on offense, 0:01:53.120 --> 0:01:56.400 twenty three on defense, and three of the specialists of course, 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:59.320 and the newest edition is Dan Feenie, a local product 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:02.160 from sanbrig Go out there in Orland Park. Tommy another 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:04.840 local guy and a guy with experience, acquired from Miami 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:07.240 Dolphins in return for a sixth round pick in twenty 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:11.600 twenty four more on his arrival from head coach Matt Eberflues. 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:13.600 Pending the passing of a physical. 0:02:13.320 --> 0:02:16.160 In there, you've got an inside guy that you feel 0:02:16.240 --> 0:02:19.040 that can play all spots and back up and you 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:22.519 know and be you know, a good a good starter there. 0:02:22.600 --> 0:02:23.839 So that's really it. 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:26.359 And it's kind of like having a good swing tackle, 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:29.040 you know, And that's really what the thought process was there. 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:32.560 We just said that everybody felt the but tevins week week. 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:35.480 We interpret that as you expect them to be good 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:35.680 to go. 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:39.080 That's what they're saying. Yep, everything looks good. We're getting 0:02:39.080 --> 0:02:41.639 guys in. We had a walk through, a nice long 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:44.960 walkthrough meetings yesterday. We got the same thing today and 0:02:45.120 --> 0:02:47.760 guys are looking good there and they're ramping up. Guys 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:49.280 that have been out are starting to do a lot 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:52.200 of you know, land based stuff and getting in the 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:56.160 speeds and cuts and moving around. So we'll see where 0:02:56.160 --> 0:02:57.320 it goes. But looks good right now. 0:02:57.680 --> 0:03:00.720 With Cody is healthy, will he go back to center? 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:02.959 Where do you anticipate him staying in left guard? 0:03:03.240 --> 0:03:04.799 We're gonna have to look at that once we get 0:03:04.800 --> 0:03:07.760 the roster finalized, you know, because there's a lot of 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:11.000 moving parts right now that we're looking at you know, 0:03:11.160 --> 0:03:14.000 every position, you know for depth, and. 0:03:13.800 --> 0:03:17.240 You know potential otherwise. But yeah, right now, we can't 0:03:17.240 --> 0:03:19.239 really say that we'll see Tommy. 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:21.639 Four years with the Chargers, two seasons with the Jets 0:03:21.639 --> 0:03:24.720 before joining the Dolphins earlier this offseason. He's got almost 0:03:24.760 --> 0:03:27.600 one hundred career games and sixty four starts under his belt. 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:30.000 The thing is, the key here is I would imagine 0:03:30.000 --> 0:03:33.680 from your perspective, he's insurance and he's got experience at 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:34.600 both guard and center. 0:03:34.760 --> 0:03:37.440 Exactly. It's all about versatility, Jeff. You know, when you 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:41.000 bringing in a guy, especially an offensive lineman, this late 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:43.680 in the mix, he's gonna have to be sped or 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:47.560 fed a lot of information over the next fifteen or 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:50.760 fourteen or however many days there is before the first game. 0:03:50.960 --> 0:03:53.280 But he's gonna have to digest a lot of information 0:03:53.440 --> 0:03:56.160 before they put him on the practice field so he 0:03:56.200 --> 0:03:58.880 can get involved in the play. So it's something that 0:03:58.920 --> 0:04:00.640 he's going to have to stand right to the right 0:04:00.640 --> 0:04:03.760 of Chris Morgan, the offensive line coach. Every single play 0:04:03.800 --> 0:04:07.120 that's called, he's almost told his assignment. And then when 0:04:07.120 --> 0:04:09.880 he gets an opportunity to get some reps. You know, 0:04:09.960 --> 0:04:12.680 you have to be told your assignment again, but these 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:15.720 professionals know how to study. I've had it happen to 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:17.880 me when I got cut by the Bears. I got 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:21.240 picked up a couple days later by Miami Dolphins and 0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:23.480 they said, listen, you better sit there and study your 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:26.600 plays so we can activate you as soon as possible. 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:28.560 And it's no different now in the NFL. 0:04:28.680 --> 0:04:32.200 Yeah, maybe any abit easier transition. Maybe Mike McDaniel from 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:35.720 that tree of Kyle Shanahan and guys up in Green 0:04:35.760 --> 0:04:37.760 Bay and of course Luke Getzi, so there could be 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:41.200 a little bit of an easier transition possibly. But you know, 0:04:41.279 --> 0:04:44.360 does this also signal anything to you about the health 0:04:44.400 --> 0:04:47.400 of the offensive line, in particular, what's going on with 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:50.480 Cody white Hair, what's going on with Lucas Patrick, what's 0:04:50.480 --> 0:04:53.479 going on with Nate Davis, and what potential is going 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:55.240 on with Kramer as well. 0:04:55.080 --> 0:04:56.080 And Tevin Jenkins. 0:04:56.120 --> 0:04:58.200 You know, because when you listen to Matt abra Fluis, 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:01.840 he wasn't committing to the length of his injury or 0:05:01.880 --> 0:05:04.440 to any of those guys, and some of them are 0:05:04.480 --> 0:05:07.440 still day to day. So I think it's important to 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:09.480 come in here and pick up a guy that has 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:13.919 NFL playing experience, because it's not a shock to a 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:16.960 guy that's already been in the NFL. Sometimes it is 0:05:17.000 --> 0:05:20.000 a surprise that's a college player that comes in and 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:23.520 plays in the first regular season game because the you, 0:05:23.640 --> 0:05:25.920 Jeff Listen, man, you've been around the NFL long enough 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:28.279 and you know the tempo of the regular season is 0:05:28.320 --> 0:05:30.760 a lot different than the uncertainty or the amount of 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:32.920 reps that these guys are told they're going to play 0:05:32.920 --> 0:05:36.640 in the preseason. So I think the one key word 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:39.920 is we get ready to start the season is chemistry. 0:05:40.320 --> 0:05:43.279 And if you think of chemistry, it fits in every 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:46.760 single one of the segmented positions that they need to 0:05:46.800 --> 0:05:50.240 get better before they go against the Green Bay Packers. 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:52.760 A lot of questions about Nate Davis that was asked 0:05:52.800 --> 0:05:55.600 if head coach Matt Eberflush on Tuesday, is he going 0:05:55.640 --> 0:05:57.080 to be ready to play for Week one? 0:05:57.240 --> 0:05:59.279 We're just looking at the phases where he is now. 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:01.840 So he's in the steps that it says he's going 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:03.760 to be ready. I don't know what's going to happen 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:05.680 with the other steps because I can't I can't tell 0:06:05.720 --> 0:06:08.320 the future. But right now, he's in line for where 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:10.520 he needs to be and we'll see where it goes 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:10.840 from here. 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:11.720 The player like. 0:06:11.680 --> 0:06:14.440 That who hasn't been on the field though all that much, 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:17.120 can you tell the buy into the hits principle to 0:06:17.200 --> 0:06:20.280 the intensity, to the level of which you expect your 0:06:20.279 --> 0:06:22.800 guys to be playing since you haven't really seen that 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:24.160 from him in your system. 0:06:24.920 --> 0:06:28.520 Uh yeah, I mean I've played against him for four 0:06:28.600 --> 0:06:32.040 years or whatever it was, from eighteen to twenty twenty one, 0:06:32.640 --> 0:06:34.359 so I know what kind of player he is. You know, 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:37.279 I've seen what kind of player is the intensity brings 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:38.880 to the line. 0:06:39.240 --> 0:06:41.280 And when he's been there and he's looked great. 0:06:41.320 --> 0:06:42.800 You know, he's been in there looking good at his 0:06:42.839 --> 0:06:45.200 past sets, his jumps to the second level in the 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:45.720 run game. 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:48.280 So he's looked really good in there. 0:06:48.400 --> 0:06:51.080 And like I said, the process will take care of 0:06:51.120 --> 0:06:52.360 itself and he'll be ready to go. 0:06:52.800 --> 0:06:55.160 But my past experience is with him, he's our kind 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:55.440 of guy. 0:06:55.560 --> 0:06:57.839 Tom. It made it seem like everybody's going to be 0:06:57.920 --> 0:07:00.760 ready to go come week one, with the exception of 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:01.640 Tevin Jenkins. 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:05.760 Well, you know, Nate Davis, he's got to be ready 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:08.560 to play. If he was able to put his pads 0:07:08.640 --> 0:07:11.880 on a couple times in Indianapolis, and throughout the last 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:14.960 week of the preseason, he's got a Is this not 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:18.040 a ramp up period anymore for Nate Davis? This is 0:07:18.080 --> 0:07:21.880 a prepared to start for Nate Davis. And the biggest 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:25.200 help that they can give Darnell right is having an 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:28.840 experience lined up to his immediate left, in his immediate 0:07:28.960 --> 0:07:31.600 right when you talk about the tight end position, Nate, 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:33.520 you were paid a lot of money to come in 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:36.840 here and to be a day one bona fide starter. 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:39.760 That's what I expect out of him, and I hope 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:43.480 that's the same expectations for Bear Nation and the Bears 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:44.320 coaching staff. 0:07:44.400 --> 0:07:46.800 Score huge savings on an impressive lineup. But items are 0:07:46.840 --> 0:07:49.840 jewel Osco for you. This handyapp features hot digital deals 0:07:49.840 --> 0:07:52.600 on everything from premium produce and savory snacks, a butcher, 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:56.560 fresh meat, and more. Get additional details at jewelosco dot com. 0:07:56.600 --> 0:07:59.480 All Right, Among the cuts the veterans defensive end Trevis 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:02.440 Gibson and cornerback kendallville Door. They've been in the program 0:08:02.480 --> 0:08:05.840 now for several years. DeMarcus Gates was banged up, didn't 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:09.280 play much at all during the preseason, Steven Carlson, the 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:12.720 tight end of Ante Collins a tackle, and also some 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:15.920 other veterans like Derise Fountain at the wide receiver position, 0:08:16.240 --> 0:08:20.080 Michael Ojamudia at corner, and Simba Webster. Some of these guys, 0:08:20.160 --> 0:08:22.400 even though they're veterans, will be brought back to the 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:26.600 sixteen man practice squad. So this is probably something that 0:08:26.640 --> 0:08:30.040 we probably shouldn't even get into. But let's tackle Gibson 0:08:30.440 --> 0:08:34.280 number one, because obviously the idea that he was asking 0:08:34.320 --> 0:08:37.960 for and granted a trade request did not materialize, but 0:08:38.160 --> 0:08:40.720 it seemed like the handwriting was on the wall for Travis. 0:08:41.080 --> 0:08:43.600 Yeah, you know, there's coaches out there that have familiarity 0:08:43.640 --> 0:08:46.120 with him. You know, if you look at Sean Desai 0:08:46.320 --> 0:08:49.720 in Philly, you look down in Miami with Vic Fangio, 0:08:50.040 --> 0:08:52.760 there's guys that are familiar with his style of play, 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:57.000 in his dedication to the everyday responsibilities of an NFL player. 0:08:57.360 --> 0:08:59.480 So you never know, he could let he could land 0:08:59.800 --> 0:09:03.000 at one of those two teams. I think if I 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:05.920 was Trevis Gibson, I would stay fresh, I would stay 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:08.360 working out, I would stay ready to play at a 0:09:08.440 --> 0:09:12.520 moment's notice because he showed, you know, in the preseason 0:09:12.559 --> 0:09:16.120 that he's got pass rushing skills. So maybe it's something 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:19.480 that you can continue to refine those skills you end 0:09:19.559 --> 0:09:22.640 up in a roster and have a long, healthy, happy career. 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:24.760 I got to talk about Tyson Page and he is 0:09:24.760 --> 0:09:27.959 the number two quarterback right now. Nathan Peterman was waived. 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:30.640 It does not prey clue, according to the head coach, 0:09:30.640 --> 0:09:33.800 Matty Reflush from bringing in some experience at the quarterback position, 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:38.160 but his performance throughout training camp in in the preseason 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:41.640 certainly turned everybody's heads. Here's Eberflution on what he's looking 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:43.040 for in the young man's. 0:09:42.760 --> 0:09:44.400 When you're a young player like that, you know you 0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:46.560 have to improve and get better every single week. And 0:09:46.640 --> 0:09:48.720 he's going to learn as he goes through the process 0:09:48.800 --> 0:09:51.959 of how the game plan changes every week, and that's 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:53.840 probably a lot different than what he's used to. 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:56.240 You know, you put a training camp. 0:09:56.000 --> 0:09:58.839 Install in and you're going through these concepts that you have, 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:01.560 you know, the runs, and then the play action comes 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:03.240 off of it, and the screen game were putting in 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:05.040 and you know, the quick game, the empty game, and 0:10:05.080 --> 0:10:07.240 so forth, and you kind of go through that process 0:10:07.320 --> 0:10:09.560 during week one week, two week three of training camp, 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:10.720 and all of a sudden, now you get to a 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:12.760 game week and you're like, say, hey, we're going to 0:10:12.800 --> 0:10:14.439 pull this off the board, this off the board, We're 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:16.240 going to change this, just this, and. 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:18.800 You got to learn all those concepts. 0:10:18.840 --> 0:10:22.200 But they may look different to the to the defense, 0:10:22.320 --> 0:10:23.440 and that's how we put them in. 0:10:23.480 --> 0:10:25.000 So he's got to learn how to do that process. 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:27.280 Tom, anything about this surprise you, Well. 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:30.000 Let me ask you something you announced the Senior Bowl. 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:33.079 Does anything that surprise you? You have more eyes on 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:37.480 experience from his practicing. When you go from the college 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:40.400 he went to Shepherd University right now, you go to 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:44.040 the Senior Bowl with all these Division Division one five 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:48.560 star quality athletes. Me, I'm surprised just because I didn't 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:51.480 know anything about them. But I've grown to like these 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:54.840 guys that stay in college for four years because it's 0:10:54.920 --> 0:10:58.199 evident of the extra couple thousands of reps that they 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:01.520 get in those last years and it helps them, you know, 0:11:01.679 --> 0:11:05.360 elevate their skills. What about you, Joni, He's surprised. 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:08.360 No, I'm not, because I've said all along. It's just 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:10.920 there's something about the guy, the way he carries himself, 0:11:10.960 --> 0:11:13.800 the way he walked down the practice field, the way 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:18.040 players responded to him, the way he throws the football, 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:22.040 his mechanics so no, and his belief. I mean, you 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:25.240 know this word, mox he keeps coming up. I think 0:11:25.280 --> 0:11:27.200 it's just in the household he lived in with that 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:31.040 father who was internationally famous for being a hand arm 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:33.720 wrestler and being a champion of the best ever. He 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:37.000 just walks and walks to talk. You know, he's just 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:39.600 there's something about him. And whenever you hear about there's 0:11:39.600 --> 0:11:42.360 something you bottom guys, you know they're going to get 0:11:42.360 --> 0:11:44.400 a chance. And now he has a chance. And he 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:48.600 believed this long before he started high school out there 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:51.640 in West Virginia, long before he was ignored by colleges. 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:55.720 He felt his whole mindset, Tom, his whole mindset was 0:11:55.760 --> 0:12:00.239 getting to the NFL. And when he started that process, 0:12:00.679 --> 0:12:04.000 there's video on it and he's quoted as saying, people 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:06.520 are gonna they're gonna be wondering why they passed me 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:09.000 up when I play in the NFL. And so now 0:12:09.040 --> 0:12:11.000 he's on the doorstep of being in the NFL. 0:12:11.679 --> 0:12:13.520 Jeff, when I was a junior in high school, me 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:16.400 and two classmates of mine. Sitting in class, we said, hey, 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:18.400 how are we going to sign our autograph when we 0:12:18.440 --> 0:12:19.920 make it to professional sports. 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:22.520 It was in April of my junior year. 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:26.640 I had that same mindset in my head, and I'm 0:12:26.679 --> 0:12:29.720 glad that Badget agent had it because you see what 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:31.880 has come out to be. Now, the first thing you 0:12:31.960 --> 0:12:34.440 hear that term the eye test. Does he pass the 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:37.880 eye test? Is he Doug Flutie five to nine plus? No, 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:41.920 he's six three, two hundred and fifteen pounds. He passes 0:12:41.960 --> 0:12:45.079 the eye test. But now what's all about the mental test? 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:48.040 And he's passed it. He's shown the coaches, given the 0:12:48.080 --> 0:12:50.880 indication and meetings and on the practice field and on 0:12:50.920 --> 0:12:53.240 the game field, that nothing's too big for him. 0:12:53.559 --> 0:12:55.040 So I'm proud of the kid. 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:57.560 I'm happy for him, and I hope he has a long, 0:12:57.600 --> 0:12:58.560 successful career. 0:12:58.720 --> 0:13:00.640 I love these stories, and they're all over the nation. 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:02.880 For Football League, there's a bunch of guys making teams 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:05.640 that nobody thought they would make, and let's see what 0:13:05.679 --> 0:13:08.319 happens with their careers. One of those guys is tied 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:11.360 in Robert Tunyan. He talked about Beijing and how he 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:14.800 interacted with him. Their conversations and his own Indiana State 0:13:14.920 --> 0:13:18.520 to Detroit Lions to Green Bay Packers journey. Let's listen in. 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:21.360 He's a good kid, he's a gamer. What's good about him. 0:13:21.760 --> 0:13:24.480 He was from a D two school and he played 0:13:24.480 --> 0:13:27.120 a lot of football. It's not like a guy who 0:13:27.200 --> 0:13:29.400 is just you know, starting like a handful of games 0:13:29.400 --> 0:13:33.280 in Division one and then getting drafted. You know, he played, 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:35.600 you know, a lot of games, had a lot of success. 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:37.439 So he has a lot of football under his belt. 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:40.320 Been very self aware just about the level that he 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:42.840 came from. And he said that he'd make plays and 0:13:42.880 --> 0:13:45.559 he'd notice some guys. But wait, like kind of almost 0:13:45.600 --> 0:13:46.960 like a little bit of shock that a D two 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:48.800 guy can make right like that, like you went where 0:13:48.840 --> 0:13:51.480 to school? Like how have you seen your teammates react 0:13:51.480 --> 0:13:53.920 to like how well he's played this preseason? 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:58.360 Knowing where I think that's what's good about Like our team, 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:00.800 you know, a young team, like everyone's so like the 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:04.680 camaraderie is good. Everyone doesn't really look down on people 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:07.440 where they came from or you know, if you can play. 0:14:07.320 --> 0:14:08.559 Football, you can play football. 0:14:08.600 --> 0:14:10.720 And those are the people that we want around this 0:14:10.760 --> 0:14:12.800 building and we want a part of this team, So. 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:15.720 Yeah, it is a little different. 0:14:15.760 --> 0:14:17.720 You know, a D two quarterback, you know, just coming 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:20.520 in just all of a sudden making plays. But if 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:22.680 you look at his film and like who he is 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:26.400 and you know his statistics and all that, I mean, 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:27.600 he's been doing it so. 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:29.000 Along the same lines. 0:14:29.040 --> 0:14:30.440 You were a guy who had to fight for a 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:31.120 roster spot. 0:14:31.120 --> 0:14:33.680 What do you remember what the emotions of like roster cutdout, dame. 0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:34.880 What advice do you have for guys? 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:38.520 Kind of Yeah, I mean I had, you know, when 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:40.680 I was in Detroit, I had the worst where you know, 0:14:40.720 --> 0:14:43.520 I went in to sign my practice squad contract and 0:14:43.560 --> 0:14:45.960 then they didn't have it all of a sudden. And 0:14:46.000 --> 0:14:48.480 then the next year I go in and they call me. 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:50.640 You know, I get that, you know, the prank call 0:14:50.840 --> 0:14:52.400 that I got cut, and then I go in there 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:53.760 and then I made the team. So it was like 0:14:54.360 --> 0:14:59.480 completely the different, completely opposites. But yeah, I mean just advice, 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:03.280 I mean it really it does, you know, weigh on 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:05.520 you when you get that call or when you get cut. 0:15:05.920 --> 0:15:08.880 But there's so much that can happen within these like 0:15:08.960 --> 0:15:11.560 next handful of weeks. You know, so many injuries in 0:15:11.600 --> 0:15:14.480 the first couple of games, or you know, you see 0:15:14.560 --> 0:15:17.960 roster moves that you know people didn't really like, or 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:21.880 you kind of just see how the NFL unfolds in 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:24.400 terms of rosters and moves and stuff like that. So 0:15:25.440 --> 0:15:28.240 he kind of really can't dwell on it. But yeah, 0:15:28.280 --> 0:15:31.000 I didn'tan. I didn't sign Green Bay until like week 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:33.160 or like the first week of December, so I was 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:37.040 at home for like a whole year. So and uh yeah, 0:15:37.080 --> 0:15:39.760 so I mean really cliches it sounds, really isn't now 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:42.000 it starts, but you know, when you get your opportunity, 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:45.560 you know, finishing and executing and just making do with 0:15:45.600 --> 0:15:47.160 your opportunities. 0:15:46.560 --> 0:15:49.320 Someone had the audacity to prank call you from the 0:15:49.360 --> 0:15:50.360 front office. 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:52.000 Like no, no, no, it was like another player who 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:55.200 got cut, and then he used like the same text 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:57.360 and copied and pasted and sent to me. I literally 0:15:57.400 --> 0:15:59.280 went into the office and handed in my iPad and 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:01.040 then everyone was like excited to see me, and I 0:16:01.080 --> 0:16:05.680 was super confused. I didn't say anything. Yeah, there's like 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:07.680 an article on it on ESPN or something like that, 0:16:07.720 --> 0:16:11.360 but this was yeah, two thousand and eight, Yeah, twenty eighteen. 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:15.200 I had a really good preseason, and I like they 0:16:15.240 --> 0:16:16.840 basically told me like I was on the team, so 0:16:16.880 --> 0:16:18.240 I was like cool, and then like I'm at home 0:16:18.320 --> 0:16:20.000 like playing video games with my buddy, and all of 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:22.800 a sudden, like I get that text and I literally 0:16:22.920 --> 0:16:25.280 drove like so mad to the building like hand in 0:16:25.280 --> 0:16:27.280 my iPad. Then my tight ends coach in the GM 0:16:27.320 --> 0:16:28.480 are like super excited to see me. 0:16:28.520 --> 0:16:29.400 I was like, this is weird. 0:16:29.600 --> 0:16:31.840 That was a great story from Tanya. The one I 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:35.680 cannot believe though, was getting the crank call from somebody 0:16:35.720 --> 0:16:38.280 he didn't really like on the team telling him that 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:41.920 he was cut after he thought he'd made the Packers. 0:16:42.160 --> 0:16:45.680 How me, it was it was a text, so some 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:48.440 other teammate got cut through a text, and then that 0:16:48.600 --> 0:16:51.000 teammate took that text and sent it to Tonian. 0:16:51.240 --> 0:16:53.640 I would have drove right to that person's house and 0:16:53.720 --> 0:16:54.160 beat the. 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:56.640 Crap out of them and then went back and hope, 0:16:56.760 --> 0:16:58.640 like heck that I still had a playbook at the 0:16:58.720 --> 0:16:59.280 end of the day. 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:00.760 Yeah, that's I gotta tell you. 0:17:00.920 --> 0:17:03.320 It's one of the greatest stories I've ever heard from 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:08.120 an actual NFL successful player by Robert Tunyan And someday 0:17:08.160 --> 0:17:10.560 I would like to talk to him behind closed doors 0:17:10.560 --> 0:17:14.159 and get more of a off the microphone, you know, 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:15.159 response to it. 0:17:15.240 --> 0:17:17.520 Well, even Detroit, he shows up for the practice squad 0:17:17.520 --> 0:17:20.280 and that there was no contract. That's all I said. 0:17:20.280 --> 0:17:20.800 There was nothing. 0:17:20.800 --> 0:17:21.320 There was nothing. 0:17:21.640 --> 0:17:22.240 That's it. 0:17:22.240 --> 0:17:22.639 It was all. 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:25.359 It was not happening. So and he didn't even play 0:17:25.400 --> 0:17:27.840 football for almost a year before he got together with 0:17:27.840 --> 0:17:30.560 the Packers and they had a ten touchdown season up 0:17:30.600 --> 0:17:33.520 there in Green Bay. So great guy, local guy. Glad 0:17:33.560 --> 0:17:36.680 he's here. And that's an exciting watch. Game day snacking 0:17:36.720 --> 0:17:40.920 calls for good foods. Chunky guacamaldi made with has avocados, tomatoes, onions, 0:17:40.920 --> 0:17:43.640 solan showing a squeeze of lime juice. It's the perfect 0:17:43.640 --> 0:17:46.440 snack to watch while the Bears win. Score something today 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:50.520 at your local grocery store. 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