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<v Speaker 1>edition of Bears All Access. I'm Jeff Joni Acabong, a

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<v Speaker 1>broadcast partner. Tom there, I am covering Super Bowl fifty

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<v Speaker 1>four in Miami, and good to be with you, Tom.

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<v Speaker 1>How you doing. I'm doing good, big Jeff. A little

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<v Speaker 1>envious of you being down there only in the warm weather.

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<v Speaker 1>I like being here on behalf of the Chicago Bears

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<v Speaker 1>with Bears All Access. But again I see you, know

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<v Speaker 1>the first highlight I see of anybody getting interviewed. I

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<v Speaker 1>see you in the background of the Robbie Gold interview.

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<v Speaker 1>So you're you're always the picture. Jeff, No, no, no no,

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<v Speaker 1>by not by choice. Let me let me assure you

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<v Speaker 1>that that was opening night last night. So that was

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<v Speaker 1>something that uh, you know you you were gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>guaranteed to talk to Robbie Gold and uh, it's interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>You know. One of the things that he brought up

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<v Speaker 1>is that he went back and went back to the

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<v Speaker 1>O six game, which which the Bears did lose here

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<v Speaker 1>in Miami, and he went back to look at Dave

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<v Speaker 1>Tobe's entire coach's tape from that game and to see

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<v Speaker 1>if he could find an edge and angle anything that

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<v Speaker 1>would affect his own performance in this game. Thirteen years later,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought that was interesting. Which snap sat kick. That's

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<v Speaker 1>Robbie State snap sat kick. So what's he looking for? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I think he's you know, Robbie is a really well

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<v Speaker 1>rounded special team thinker. He will take punt protection, he

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<v Speaker 1>will take the punt team, kickoff return, kickoff coverage. He

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<v Speaker 1>will look at the analytics of how the kicker is

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<v Speaker 1>specifically sitting hitting the ball in a majority of his kickoffs,

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<v Speaker 1>the distance, the hang time, and those little kind of

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<v Speaker 1>the numbers that you can factor into the kicking game.

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<v Speaker 1>They can benefit you. And you can understand hanging time,

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<v Speaker 1>you can understand the positioning that the kickers trying to

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<v Speaker 1>put the football in. So Robbie's been around the NFL

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<v Speaker 1>long enough now where he is not a one dimensional kicker.

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<v Speaker 1>He is multidimensional in the way he thinks of field conditions,

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<v Speaker 1>field position, time of game, all the other elements that

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<v Speaker 1>are considered by a coaching staff. Well, it is a

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<v Speaker 1>game of excellent special teams. The kickers, the punters are

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<v Speaker 1>outstanding for the Super Bowl, the Chiefs and forty nine ers,

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<v Speaker 1>and then the coverage units because of the speed on

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<v Speaker 1>both sides, these teams are both very fast, none faster

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<v Speaker 1>than the Chiefs. And then you get arguably the best

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<v Speaker 1>special teams coach in the National Football League in Dave Tobe,

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<v Speaker 1>the former Bear special teams coordinator, who has great memories

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<v Speaker 1>from that Miami Gardens game at hard Rock Stadium what

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<v Speaker 1>it is now called, when Devin Hester took the opening

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<v Speaker 1>kickoff back for a touchdown. He said he thinks about

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<v Speaker 1>it every day, thinks about it all the time, shows

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<v Speaker 1>his guys the tapes. Wants Micole Hartman to look ahead

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<v Speaker 1>and say, hey, Hester was your favorite player, So let's

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<v Speaker 1>see if you can pull something off like this. It

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't have to be the opening kickoff, but it would

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<v Speaker 1>be something special. And they have that threat every kickoff

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<v Speaker 1>that they get, and that's one thing about Robbie Gold

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<v Speaker 1>that can help. When you look at the opponent's kicker,

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<v Speaker 1>they're probably gonna try to kick it out of the

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<v Speaker 1>back of the end zone to take away any threat

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<v Speaker 1>of that. However, what are the conditions going to be

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<v Speaker 1>What is the plant foot going to be like for

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<v Speaker 1>the kicker? Is he going to be able to get

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<v Speaker 1>all the strength behind it to bang it into the

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<v Speaker 1>end zone. Robbie Gold doesn't kick off for the forty

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<v Speaker 1>nine ers. He is the field goal and extra point kicker.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know you have multiple feet that's involved in

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<v Speaker 1>this battle. Both when you talk about two punters and

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<v Speaker 1>three kickers, you know you can have a hiccup, whether

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<v Speaker 1>it's in protection, snapping, or just the perfection of the

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<v Speaker 1>way that the ball has to come off your foot.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot to discuss here about the Beers. We've got

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of guess coming up. John d. Filippo, the

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<v Speaker 1>Bears new quarterback coach, we'll be joining us shortly. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>be joined us well by Hall of Fame writer Damn

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<v Speaker 1>Pompey at about six forty five. We're gonna hear some

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<v Speaker 1>Eddie Pineto and Patrick O'Donnell i called them the Miami

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<v Speaker 1>Chamber of Commerce representatives because they were pitching Miami pretty

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<v Speaker 1>well and representing. So we'll talk to those guys about

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<v Speaker 1>what their off season plan is and how twenty nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>ended for the Chicago Bears. This is Bears All Access.

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<v Speaker 1>igs dot com. Jeff Joni Act, Tom Ferry, what're you

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<v Speaker 1>good to have you on this Tuesday night. I'm broadcasting

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<v Speaker 1>from the Sirius XM studios here in Miami at Radio

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<v Speaker 1>Row and Tom's tucked away in Chicago at the Score

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<v Speaker 1>Radio station. Thanks to the producers as well, Hollo Rosias

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<v Speaker 1>and Mike Chen Thanks for helping us out. Pleased to

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<v Speaker 1>be joined by the new quarterback coach at the Chicago Bears,

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<v Speaker 1>John D. Philippo, had a chance to meet him a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of years ago with the Eagles and the Super

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<v Speaker 1>Bowl coverage that week, John, Welcome to Chicago, buddy. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate it. It's great down with you guys, and

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<v Speaker 1>I really appreciate you having me on. You know, I

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<v Speaker 1>was walking through the hallways here in Miami and I

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<v Speaker 1>was stopped twice. People wanted to talk about you, just

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<v Speaker 1>the kind of quarterback coach you have been and how

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<v Speaker 1>respected you are. So that came out of the blue,

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<v Speaker 1>but I certainly loved hearing that. I think Chicago Bears

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<v Speaker 1>fans should be excited about that too. That's very humbling.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, whoever stopped you, I want to thank them.

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<v Speaker 1>And obviously, you know, whenever you have that reputation of

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<v Speaker 1>being good at what you do, obviously it's a good thing.

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<v Speaker 1>And I really I really can't wait to start, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>with the Chicago Bears. Hey, John, or experience? Sorry, yeah, Tommy,

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<v Speaker 1>go ahead, Jeff, I'm sorry. No, you haven't had a

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<v Speaker 1>heck of a lot of experience, obviously, with so many

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<v Speaker 1>different places. Sure, you know I've had I've had a

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it's it's it's good and bad, and I

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<v Speaker 1>look at as a good way I've had a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of experience with a lot of young players, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>that's just kind of been you know how with the

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<v Speaker 1>situation I've been thrown into. And I think that's a

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<v Speaker 1>good thing because I really think it helps you learn

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<v Speaker 1>how to teach a bunch of young guys. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously Mitchell is not a rookie ye or a second

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<v Speaker 1>year guy, you know, but at the same time, he's

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<v Speaker 1>still kind of fresh, a fresh player in the NFL

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<v Speaker 1>who was you know, impressionable and and you know, can

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<v Speaker 1>you can shape him in certain things you want him

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<v Speaker 1>to do. UM. So I think a lot of the

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<v Speaker 1>young guys I've had that have had success, whether it

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<v Speaker 1>be Derek Carr, you know, Carson Wentz, Gardner, Minshew was

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<v Speaker 1>a seven time Rookie of the Week, Rookie of the

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<v Speaker 1>Week this year. I think it's going to help our team,

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<v Speaker 1>um and I'm really looking forward to helping, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously coach Nage and coach later and doing what they

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<v Speaker 1>want to do. You know, John as kirk Cousins calls

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<v Speaker 1>you a flip, and I'm sure we'll hear that enough

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<v Speaker 1>throughout the season. You know, family has been a big

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<v Speaker 1>topic throughout the playoffs, with all the coaching staffs in

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<v Speaker 1>the playoffs, you I don't think there's anybody I've read

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<v Speaker 1>more about being raised in the football lifestyle than you

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<v Speaker 1>have from the moment you were born in the Youngstown

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<v Speaker 1>State area. What's your earliest memory of football and when

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<v Speaker 1>you knew it was going to be an influence in

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<v Speaker 1>your life. That's a great question. Um, I've been very

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<v Speaker 1>fortunate the web I've been brought up. My dad and

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<v Speaker 1>I are best friends. And you know, when you're a

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<v Speaker 1>coach's kid, you go one of two ways. You either

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<v Speaker 1>love it or you hate it, and there's there's no

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<v Speaker 1>middle ground. Okay, there's not. Well, I kind of like it.

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<v Speaker 1>I kind of You're either all in or you're all out. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm forty one years old. This is my twenty

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<v Speaker 1>second move when I moved to Chicago. And either you

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<v Speaker 1>liked that lifestyle or you don't. And I've embraced that lifestyle.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a very fortunate I have a wife that has

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<v Speaker 1>helped me embraced that, you know, helped me and supported

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<v Speaker 1>me in this lifestyle. But my earliest moment of knowing

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<v Speaker 1>that I love football was probable when I was four

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<v Speaker 1>or five years old. They had my dad was an

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<v Speaker 1>assistant coach at Vanderbilt, and they had a football camp

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<v Speaker 1>there in the summer and they let me play quarterback

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<v Speaker 1>for one play. You know. The older kids held me

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<v Speaker 1>up and let me and let me throw the ball,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, and they kind of cheered me and held

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<v Speaker 1>me on their shoulders, and I said, you know what,

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<v Speaker 1>this is what I'm all about. I'm all about team.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm all about you know, um football and what it's

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<v Speaker 1>all about. And it's been it's been really, really really cool.

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<v Speaker 1>John d Philippo our guest, the Bears new quarterback coach,

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<v Speaker 1>here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. This

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<v Speaker 1>is Bears All Access presented by IGS Energy. John. It's

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<v Speaker 1>interesting and I kind of drew a triangle. I know

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<v Speaker 1>you were born in Youngstown, and obviously you moved over

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<v Speaker 1>to Radner, PA. So with you and Bill and Matt,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a little triangle area of Pennsylvania. So it's right

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<v Speaker 1>in the thick of football country. That's not by accident.

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<v Speaker 1>I have a feeling that the like mindedness and what

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<v Speaker 1>your what your roots are the three of you and

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<v Speaker 1>others that have been coaching all over the National Football

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<v Speaker 1>dag and certainly playing there's something about that region of

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<v Speaker 1>the country. What the heck is it? You know what

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<v Speaker 1>it is? It's a blue collar mentality and it's hard work,

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<v Speaker 1>putting in a good day's work, and it's just what

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<v Speaker 1>you're brought up in. And like I said, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I was very fortunate to be brought up in this

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<v Speaker 1>lifestyle and seeing you know, what team does when you

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<v Speaker 1>put team above self and all those things. But that

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<v Speaker 1>area the country just has a certain way of of

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<v Speaker 1>giving you a little bit of a blue collar attitude,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I'm saying, and putting in a hard

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<v Speaker 1>day's work and understanding that, hey, it's okay to work,

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<v Speaker 1>to have a hard day's work and then go home

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<v Speaker 1>and feel good about yourself. So there's no better place

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<v Speaker 1>to grow up in Pennsylvania. Hey, John, you've been in

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<v Speaker 1>this division for a little while. I mean, you've had

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<v Speaker 1>experience within the division. Do you still think this is

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<v Speaker 1>a blue collar division? There's no doubt. There's there's no doubt.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, you know, part of it is the weather,

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<v Speaker 1>part of it's you know that the defenses that are

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<v Speaker 1>in this division. Um, I think that that gives offenses

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<v Speaker 1>offenses fits a little bit, but you know you're you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to have to put in a hard day's work

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<v Speaker 1>in terms of time trying to figure out you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Mike Zimmer's double A package, you know, Matt Patricia's Oaki package.

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<v Speaker 1>You know those things that you're going to have to

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<v Speaker 1>figure out and have a good plan for it, because

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<v Speaker 1>if you don't, don't expose you. And obviously I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to. I don't want to leave out my one

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<v Speaker 1>of my mentors, Mike Petting up in Green Bay, so

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<v Speaker 1>I worked with in Cleveland. So Coach Pett, you make

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<v Speaker 1>you make us work hard too. You know. Also, John,

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<v Speaker 1>you talk about the influence that Tom Coughlin has been

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<v Speaker 1>on you is is is it the seriousness and the

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<v Speaker 1>time and his attention to details or is it his

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<v Speaker 1>football philosophy that's attracted you to him being one of

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<v Speaker 1>your mentors? You know, Coach Coughlin and I he is,

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<v Speaker 1>he is what I'm all about in football, and he

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<v Speaker 1>really understands team. He really puts an emphasis on team.

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<v Speaker 1>He really puts an emphasis on leaving your ego at

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<v Speaker 1>the door. He really puts an emphasis on discipline and

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<v Speaker 1>discipline in a good way. When I say discipline, there's

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<v Speaker 1>a difference between discipline and harassment. I think there's a

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<v Speaker 1>good way of of of having some discipline and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>wearing an issue gear to practice and those type of things.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think that's that's all bad. I mean, and

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<v Speaker 1>some people may say that's a little old school, but

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<v Speaker 1>you know what it is what it is, And coach

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<v Speaker 1>Cofflin has been a great resource for me throughout the years,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's a great guy. We're here with John d. Philippo,

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<v Speaker 1>the bears new quarterback coach, here on Chicago Sports Radio

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<v Speaker 1>six seventy to score with Jeff and time breaking things

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<v Speaker 1>down as the Bears get ready to move into twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty in great detail. What is it about you enjoying

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<v Speaker 1>working of quarterbacks? I love that challenge of it every day,

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that you know, when you work with with

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<v Speaker 1>real guys, I mean, you've got to be prepared as

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<v Speaker 1>a coach, and you know, these guys want to learn

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<v Speaker 1>and they want to know the why of things, and

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<v Speaker 1>you'd better be prepared for the why of things. And

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<v Speaker 1>there'll be times this year, there'll be there were times

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<v Speaker 1>in my past where you know, a quarterback will ask

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<v Speaker 1>me a certain question back. You know what, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know the answer to that right now, but I'll find

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<v Speaker 1>it out for you. And that's that's okay, and that's okay.

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<v Speaker 1>So you want to be challenged as a coach. I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's very, very challenging the coach quarterbacks in the

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<v Speaker 1>National Football League because there's so much to get ready

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<v Speaker 1>for in the course of a week, in the time

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<v Speaker 1>that you're allotted, and I think it's just an awesome challenge.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's fun to work with those guys because it's

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<v Speaker 1>most the great ones want to be great and they

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<v Speaker 1>want to learn, So it's fun to work with those guys. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>coach Flip, I was watching one of her miked out segments,

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<v Speaker 1>one of many, may I add, and you had a

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<v Speaker 1>comment you said, the route always precedes the protection. Can

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<v Speaker 1>you explain that a little bit, because I'm an offensive

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<v Speaker 1>lineman and I kind of think about it, but I've

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<v Speaker 1>never heard it's the sentence said that way, And can

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<v Speaker 1>you explain a little bit to me? Sure? Well, I

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<v Speaker 1>think what probably what I was saying at that time was, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a built in I don't know if the quarterback

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<v Speaker 1>was hot at that time. But say we had a

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<v Speaker 1>drag route out to the right side or the left side,

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<v Speaker 1>the tight end's running a three yard drag route. The

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<v Speaker 1>route always precedes the protection in terms of hey, I

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<v Speaker 1>gotta know, hey, if I got if we're in five

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<v Speaker 1>main protection, they're bringing two from the side, I gotta

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<v Speaker 1>get it out right now. So the route proceeds the

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<v Speaker 1>protection in terms of knowing where to go with the football,

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<v Speaker 1>in terms of certain looks that you're getting from the defense.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, hey foot, You know Tom mentioned those videos

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<v Speaker 1>and I think I brought this up to you when

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<v Speaker 1>I met you during the Philadelphia Super Bowl. You win,

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<v Speaker 1>But you know the comfort you have in talking two

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<v Speaker 1>people to explain the game of football from an excellent

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<v Speaker 1>is Does that go back to being a coach's son.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that part of it. Um, I think I

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<v Speaker 1>think this. I don't think this is rocket science. To

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<v Speaker 1>be quite honest with you, I like to share information

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<v Speaker 1>because I think that helps everybody. I think it helps

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<v Speaker 1>you guys do your job better, It helps me do

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<v Speaker 1>my job better, and it helps us to understand what

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<v Speaker 1>each other thinking and what each other are trying to accomplish.

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<v Speaker 1>So to me, when I can share and when I

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<v Speaker 1>can tell you know, the media or a player, you

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<v Speaker 1>know exactly what we're trying to accomplish as a team

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<v Speaker 1>and what we're trying, what we're thinking about. I think

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<v Speaker 1>it helps everybody out hey, John, and you've been an office.

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<v Speaker 1>And one more thing. I think it helps our fans.

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<v Speaker 1>I really do. I think it helps our fans. I

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<v Speaker 1>know how passionate the Chicago Bear fan base is. I

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<v Speaker 1>think anytime that you can explain to our fans you

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<v Speaker 1>know what we're thinking as well, I think it helps

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<v Speaker 1>them too. You've spent a lifetime around the game of football,

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<v Speaker 1>and you've seen the emergence of facilities that can compare

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<v Speaker 1>to the taj Mahal when you back, you know, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>and Philly, you've seen a couple of them. Now you

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<v Speaker 1>come up to the new Barras facility, you see multiple fields,

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<v Speaker 1>you see the facility, you see the offerings to not

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<v Speaker 1>only coach as players and everything you've talked about. What

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<v Speaker 1>was your initial impressions of the new Bear facility. I

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<v Speaker 1>was wowed. I was wild And let me let me

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<v Speaker 1>tell you something about the facility. Obviously that shows you

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<v Speaker 1>that there's our ownership is really serious. About winning. That's

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<v Speaker 1>what the facility tells you. Number one, Number two to

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<v Speaker 1>formulate team. Okay, the players need and you guys know this,

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<v Speaker 1>and you guys been around long enough. The players need

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<v Speaker 1>to be around each other. And how do you facilitate that.

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<v Speaker 1>You facilitate that by having them in an environment where

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<v Speaker 1>they want to be in. Okay, So our facility now

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<v Speaker 1>offers our players. They want to be there in OTAs,

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<v Speaker 1>They want to be there in training camp and hanging

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<v Speaker 1>out together. They want to be there, eat lunch together,

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<v Speaker 1>having dinner together instead of trying to go back to

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<v Speaker 1>the hotel. If you have a craft facility. Okay, and

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<v Speaker 1>now they're around each other more, you talk more, you

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<v Speaker 1>formulate team. And I think that adds nothing but success

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<v Speaker 1>and gives you the chance for success because that formulates

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<v Speaker 1>team in the environment that you work in. Philippo otherwise

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<v Speaker 1>known as flipped. From this day forward, that works for you, right. Absolutely.

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<v Speaker 1>Did it make it easier to interview for this job

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<v Speaker 1>knowing a lot about the Bears already since you did

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<v Speaker 1>interview for the head coaching job, Yeah, absolutely did. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know, obviously I knew coach nagi um He and

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<v Speaker 1>I played against the other in college and so we're

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<v Speaker 1>both from Pennsylvania. He went to Delaware, I went to JAMU. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>We played against the other in college. Uh. And obviously

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<v Speaker 1>I knew Ryan Pace from the interview, you know, interview

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<v Speaker 1>for five and a half or six hours with them

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<v Speaker 1>in Philadelphia the year we won the Super Bowl. So

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<v Speaker 1>I think the fact that not only I knew them,

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<v Speaker 1>but more importantly in this process they knew me and

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<v Speaker 1>so um, you know, they knew what I was all about,

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<v Speaker 1>they knew what I stood for, they knew my character,

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<v Speaker 1>my background, all the background information on me that they

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<v Speaker 1>had to do for a head coaching interview. I think

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<v Speaker 1>that really smoothed the process out in terms of the

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<v Speaker 1>timing of it. On last question for me is this

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<v Speaker 1>is probably one I don't know if maybe it isn't,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe it is. It's one of the more experienced staffs

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<v Speaker 1>that Matt Nage is put together with the years of

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<v Speaker 1>service from one custio in Clancy and now and now

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<v Speaker 1>yourself and Bill. When you have that many football minds

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<v Speaker 1>in the same room talking about offensive football, is it

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<v Speaker 1>something that it's a continuous conversation or is it just

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<v Speaker 1>a matter of making sure all the new guys learn

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<v Speaker 1>the system as well as they can, and then the

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<v Speaker 1>conversations increase. That's that's a great question, you know, it's UM.

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<v Speaker 1>Coach Nagge's obviously sets the tone and what we're trying

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<v Speaker 1>to do and tells us, you know, what we're trying

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<v Speaker 1>to do. UM. You know, this staff reminds me very

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<v Speaker 1>similar to our twenty seventeen staff in in Philadelphia, where

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<v Speaker 1>we had you know, we had Doug Peters coach Peterson

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<v Speaker 1>as our head coach, and you know, coach Reich is

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<v Speaker 1>our office coordinator, myself as a quarterback coach, Jeff Stoutland

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<v Speaker 1>as the office line coach, Duce Staley as a running

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<v Speaker 1>back coach, Mike Rows as a receiver coach. We had

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of very experienced guys that had no ego,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's what attracted me to this job most was

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<v Speaker 1>the experience on his staff that coach was putting together

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<v Speaker 1>with no ego and our only goals to win. And

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<v Speaker 1>so whenever you're presented with those things, I think that

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<v Speaker 1>can do nothing but help you in terms of the

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<v Speaker 1>attractiveness of the job and wanting to be a part

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<v Speaker 1>of that, because that's the name of the game. When

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<v Speaker 1>you win, everybody gets what they want, players, coaches, personnel, people,

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<v Speaker 1>everybody gets what they want when you win. And so

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<v Speaker 1>when you have no ego and you have a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of experience and a lot of guys that have called

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<v Speaker 1>plays before and a lot of guys that have coached

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<v Speaker 1>Super Bowls, have been around good teams, I think that

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<v Speaker 1>can do nothing but help your team. I ran into

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<v Speaker 1>Andy Hack who played for the Bears, and Tom knows

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<v Speaker 1>him well from Notre Dame as well, and he was

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<v Speaker 1>talking about Wandcasto hasn't worked directly with him, but but Tom,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll appreciate this. He did as a Seattle Seahawk get

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<v Speaker 1>a visit from one Coast who's leaving Texas A and

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<v Speaker 1>I at that time and just trying to get in

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<v Speaker 1>the NFL, and he was taken by his explicit and

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<v Speaker 1>very direct approach about technique and how it matters. And

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<v Speaker 1>he said he never quite got the firm stamp of

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<v Speaker 1>approval from one because it wasn't as perfect as he wanted.

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<v Speaker 1>And it still he still thinks about it to this day.

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<v Speaker 1>That's how much he respects him. Wow, that's that's pretty cool. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's really cool. And you know, I've had a chance

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<v Speaker 1>to be around Coach Castillo and admire him from afar

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<v Speaker 1>back when I was you know, back in two thousand

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<v Speaker 1>and five. I'm talking about when he was the old

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<v Speaker 1>line coach to philadelp Eagles and I was a quality

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<v Speaker 1>control coach for the New York Giants. I mean, that's

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<v Speaker 1>the type of staff that they had that Coach Naggie's

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<v Speaker 1>trying to put together in Chicago is what you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the philadelp Eagles had back then with you know Eagles

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<v Speaker 1>had in seventeen. You know, those type of things coach

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<v Speaker 1>Reid has and that's what Coach Nagie knows. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>a really good thing. I mean, that's a really impressive

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<v Speaker 1>tree that you know, they're all part of, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>something you really want to be a part of for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>All Right, big John, We're gonna let you go. We

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<v Speaker 1>really appreciate you taking the time. I know things are

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<v Speaker 1>busy right now, but good to have you in Chicago

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<v Speaker 1>and be looking forward to seeing you. Hey guys, Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks for having me on. Have a great night to

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<v Speaker 1>enjoy Miami and George Chicago and I'll see you guys.

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<v Speaker 1>So all right, John D. Philippo flip the Bears quarterback

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<v Speaker 1>coach kind enough to join us here on Chicago Sports

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<v Speaker 1>Radio six seventy to score back with Tom Thare in

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<v Speaker 1>a moment. This segment of Bears All Access is brought

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<v Speaker 1>Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy scores. Excuse me,

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<v Speaker 1>big Tom, as we get you said, I love listening

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<v Speaker 1>to the John D. Philippo, by the way, as I said,

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<v Speaker 1>getting to know him a little bit during Super Bowl Week,

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<v Speaker 1>talk to him I think three different days that year.

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<v Speaker 1>Just a really well spoken guy and well thought of

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<v Speaker 1>as a quarterback coach. Well, I think the offensive team

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<v Speaker 1>meetings are going to be there's going to be so

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<v Speaker 1>much more experience that's going to be included in the conversations,

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<v Speaker 1>whether you're making adjustments against the opponent one of these

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<v Speaker 1>assistant coaches I've already seen, or just familiarity with what

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<v Speaker 1>the style they're trying to run against you. So I

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<v Speaker 1>do think the preparation conversations inside those offensive meeting rooms

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<v Speaker 1>on Monday nights, Tuesdays and throughout the course of the

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<v Speaker 1>regular season weeks. I think it'd be fun to be

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<v Speaker 1>a fly on the wall, right, It'll be fun to

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<v Speaker 1>hear everybody's collaboration when the time comes when they're allowed

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<v Speaker 1>to have contact with players and whatnot, and to get

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<v Speaker 1>more out of this in terms of what their plan

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<v Speaker 1>is and so forth. So it's something to look forward to.

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<v Speaker 1>Guys are already looking forward to next season. Tom had

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<v Speaker 1>a chance to visit with Eddie Pinetto and Patrick O'Donnell

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<v Speaker 1>here at the Super Bowl. Obviously they live in the area.

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<v Speaker 1>Beach for Patrick and Miami born and bread for Eddie.

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<v Speaker 1>Pineto had his whole family here, and uh, they're excited

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<v Speaker 1>about having the game in their backyard. They're they're big

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<v Speaker 1>football fans first and foremost and just excited to, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, let the NFL come to Miami once again.

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<v Speaker 1>So here's a little interview I did with him earlier today.

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<v Speaker 1>It feels good to be back home, finally being able

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<v Speaker 1>to put my tank top on and the sandals and

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<v Speaker 1>walk the beach feels great. Is that your thing? Do

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<v Speaker 1>you like walking the beach? That's my thing. I got

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<v Speaker 1>the tank top on the sun lotion. I love it.

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<v Speaker 1>Speaking Spanish with all my friends. That's the best. I

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<v Speaker 1>think the sandal thing has stopped you in Chicago. I

0:22:37.760 --> 0:22:40.040
<v Speaker 1>knowed some thirty degree days you kept the sandals on.

0:22:40.560 --> 0:22:42.159
<v Speaker 1>I know you were trying to bring a little Miami

0:22:42.240 --> 0:22:45.040
<v Speaker 1>up north, but I gotta bring the swag, keep the

0:22:45.080 --> 0:22:48.120
<v Speaker 1>focus small. As they like to say. Was that difficult

0:22:48.160 --> 0:22:51.040
<v Speaker 1>to do as a rookie? Um, I mean I gain.

0:22:51.119 --> 0:22:53.040
<v Speaker 1>I feel like I gained a lot of experiences here.

0:22:53.080 --> 0:22:55.040
<v Speaker 1>I mean just you know, I was talking to Pout

0:22:55.080 --> 0:22:57.080
<v Speaker 1>about it, just you know, working with the wind and

0:22:57.160 --> 0:22:59.760
<v Speaker 1>the cold and so it was. It was very new

0:22:59.800 --> 0:23:02.000
<v Speaker 1>for me. In college, I kicked always in you know,

0:23:02.080 --> 0:23:04.480
<v Speaker 1>good weather. So just gaining experience, I think it was

0:23:04.480 --> 0:23:06.880
<v Speaker 1>the biggest thing. And how about you, have you evolved

0:23:07.320 --> 0:23:10.680
<v Speaker 1>over the course of your career. I think it's using

0:23:10.720 --> 0:23:12.960
<v Speaker 1>soldier field to your advantage. You know, when the opposing

0:23:12.960 --> 0:23:15.640
<v Speaker 1>team comes in, they can't sleep at night, they're worried

0:23:15.640 --> 0:23:17.760
<v Speaker 1>about the grass, the wind, you know, if it's gonna snow,

0:23:17.840 --> 0:23:20.320
<v Speaker 1>the weather, things like that. So I think using soldier

0:23:20.320 --> 0:23:24.040
<v Speaker 1>field to your advantage. I know there's been two games

0:23:24.040 --> 0:23:26.400
<v Speaker 1>where two different kickers had to have tough games, and

0:23:26.880 --> 0:23:28.320
<v Speaker 1>you know they came in and have a job the

0:23:28.359 --> 0:23:30.840
<v Speaker 1>next week. So Soldier Field isn't always friendly to everybody,

0:23:31.040 --> 0:23:33.760
<v Speaker 1>but I think using that home field advantage is really

0:23:33.760 --> 0:23:36.080
<v Speaker 1>important for us. You know, early in your career, did

0:23:36.119 --> 0:23:39.359
<v Speaker 1>you have your own sleepless nights about some games because

0:23:39.400 --> 0:23:42.040
<v Speaker 1>of Soldier Field? No? Absolutely, you know, being a young

0:23:42.080 --> 0:23:44.560
<v Speaker 1>player at Soldier Field, you just have to adapt as

0:23:44.600 --> 0:23:48.080
<v Speaker 1>quickly as you can. I think pulling out different tricks

0:23:48.080 --> 0:23:50.159
<v Speaker 1>of the trade. You know, different balls, different kicks. You know,

0:23:50.200 --> 0:23:51.680
<v Speaker 1>not every ball is going to be like you're kicking

0:23:51.720 --> 0:23:53.840
<v Speaker 1>in Miami. It's not gonna be seventy five and Sonny,

0:23:53.920 --> 0:23:56.200
<v Speaker 1>you know you're gonna have your cross win fifteen twenty

0:23:56.200 --> 0:23:57.600
<v Speaker 1>miles an hour, and you just try to get the

0:23:57.600 --> 0:24:00.480
<v Speaker 1>ball to the sideline forty five yard fair catch balls

0:24:00.480 --> 0:24:02.159
<v Speaker 1>are not going to hurt you and Soldier Field. So

0:24:02.560 --> 0:24:04.560
<v Speaker 1>it's a little different to strategy when you go into

0:24:04.760 --> 0:24:07.479
<v Speaker 1>Soldier Field versus you know, a warmer climate. We were

0:24:07.640 --> 0:24:11.040
<v Speaker 1>Eddie Pineto and Patrick O'Donnell on Chicago's Port Radio six

0:24:11.119 --> 0:24:13.640
<v Speaker 1>seventy to score. This is Bears All Access. Jeff Joni

0:24:13.720 --> 0:24:16.119
<v Speaker 1>Act down here my twenty fourth Super Bowl in a

0:24:16.240 --> 0:24:19.280
<v Speaker 1>role fellas, can you imagine I've covered more Super Bowls

0:24:19.280 --> 0:24:21.800
<v Speaker 1>in your age for sure? Right, how old are you?

0:24:22.000 --> 0:24:26.320
<v Speaker 1>Twenty four? Just turns makes me makes me very old.

0:24:26.760 --> 0:24:29.400
<v Speaker 1>He's still looking young though, That's all that matter. Thank you, Eddie.

0:24:29.480 --> 0:24:32.880
<v Speaker 1>I appreciate. But it's always fun for me because of this.

0:24:33.320 --> 0:24:35.600
<v Speaker 1>You hear the stories, you hear how guys got to

0:24:35.640 --> 0:24:38.480
<v Speaker 1>where they are, the journeys. What does it mean here though?

0:24:38.560 --> 0:24:40.919
<v Speaker 1>Do you be a part of this now? You were?

0:24:41.000 --> 0:24:43.080
<v Speaker 1>You've played your college ball here obviously both of you

0:24:43.080 --> 0:24:45.800
<v Speaker 1>guys did. But to be hosts, you know, you got

0:24:45.840 --> 0:24:47.400
<v Speaker 1>a lot of a lot of guys in the league

0:24:47.440 --> 0:24:49.679
<v Speaker 1>that are coming. You probably have teammates coming, or friends

0:24:49.960 --> 0:24:52.119
<v Speaker 1>or guys you grew up with that are I don't know,

0:24:52.160 --> 0:24:54.040
<v Speaker 1>are there any in the game that you grew up with?

0:24:54.840 --> 0:24:59.600
<v Speaker 1>On these two teams? Enough for me? No, Travis Kelsey

0:24:59.640 --> 0:25:01.480
<v Speaker 1>for the Chief. I went to school with him at Cincinnati,

0:25:01.520 --> 0:25:04.160
<v Speaker 1>you know, before I transferred University of Miami. So it's

0:25:04.160 --> 0:25:05.720
<v Speaker 1>cool to see that. You know, he works so hard

0:25:05.760 --> 0:25:08.280
<v Speaker 1>to get where he's at. He's been through through it

0:25:08.359 --> 0:25:10.600
<v Speaker 1>all in his career, in college career, so in order

0:25:10.600 --> 0:25:11.840
<v Speaker 1>for him to get to this point, you know, the

0:25:11.880 --> 0:25:16.240
<v Speaker 1>pinnacle is awesome, is awesome, so I wish him nothing

0:25:16.240 --> 0:25:18.159
<v Speaker 1>but the best, and obviously Robbie on the other side,

0:25:18.440 --> 0:25:20.480
<v Speaker 1>you know, playing with two guys like that that work

0:25:20.560 --> 0:25:23.320
<v Speaker 1>so hard to get to this point. Hopefully it'll be

0:25:23.320 --> 0:25:25.199
<v Speaker 1>a day when we're at this point and whatever we

0:25:25.240 --> 0:25:26.760
<v Speaker 1>can do, you know, reach out to him, you know,

0:25:26.800 --> 0:25:28.719
<v Speaker 1>if you need restaurants or anything I can do to

0:25:28.760 --> 0:25:30.879
<v Speaker 1>help them. Does it feel good to come from an

0:25:30.880 --> 0:25:33.600
<v Speaker 1>area that where football is important? I know the league

0:25:33.640 --> 0:25:35.760
<v Speaker 1>likes to come here for the sunshine, but there's just

0:25:35.800 --> 0:25:39.600
<v Speaker 1>a great history of football. Yeah, I mean, you know

0:25:39.760 --> 0:25:42.239
<v Speaker 1>for the Hispanic community too, I think it's a it's

0:25:42.280 --> 0:25:45.119
<v Speaker 1>a pretty cool feeling. I mean, you know, all my

0:25:45.160 --> 0:25:47.320
<v Speaker 1>friends that you know that I grown up with here

0:25:47.320 --> 0:25:51.200
<v Speaker 1>that I lived in Miami, that are all Hispanish, Colombians, Venezuelans, Argentinians.

0:25:51.480 --> 0:25:53.680
<v Speaker 1>They all know about the NFL. So it's a pretty

0:25:53.680 --> 0:25:55.760
<v Speaker 1>cool feeling, you know, to bring all that back in

0:25:55.840 --> 0:25:58.280
<v Speaker 1>my hometown. And then you know, the Super Bowl is

0:25:58.440 --> 0:26:01.040
<v Speaker 1>here in where I was born and raised, So it's

0:26:01.040 --> 0:26:04.200
<v Speaker 1>pretty cool. You have ever dreamed this, you know, growing

0:26:04.280 --> 0:26:06.160
<v Speaker 1>up as a kid, that one day you might get

0:26:06.200 --> 0:26:09.000
<v Speaker 1>a chance to do this. Yeah, Um, you know, my

0:26:09.000 --> 0:26:11.359
<v Speaker 1>biggest dream growing up was obviously to play soccer and

0:26:11.400 --> 0:26:13.960
<v Speaker 1>be a professional soccer player and be better than my dad.

0:26:14.000 --> 0:26:15.960
<v Speaker 1>My dad was a professional soccer player. So my goal was,

0:26:16.000 --> 0:26:17.520
<v Speaker 1>you know, I gotta be better, gotta be better. And

0:26:17.520 --> 0:26:19.880
<v Speaker 1>then you know, my life changed and now it's switched,

0:26:19.920 --> 0:26:22.199
<v Speaker 1>and you know, now hopefully one of my goals is,

0:26:22.200 --> 0:26:23.480
<v Speaker 1>you know, one day to you know, make it to

0:26:23.520 --> 0:26:25.399
<v Speaker 1>the super Bowl and win it all. So you're making

0:26:25.400 --> 0:26:28.520
<v Speaker 1>your rounds here on radio road today and your brother is,

0:26:28.560 --> 0:26:31.920
<v Speaker 1>what fourteen? He looks bigger than you already, So I

0:26:31.960 --> 0:26:34.480
<v Speaker 1>don't know what his line of path is, what he's

0:26:34.520 --> 0:26:37.040
<v Speaker 1>gonna wind up. Maybe he'll be an offensive lineman for sure.

0:26:37.240 --> 0:26:41.160
<v Speaker 1>Twenty thirty drive coming soon, for sure. He does he

0:26:41.200 --> 0:26:43.919
<v Speaker 1>play sport. Yeah, he plays soccer and he fights MMA,

0:26:44.000 --> 0:26:46.480
<v Speaker 1>so and he kicks field goals. So he does three

0:26:46.480 --> 0:26:49.119
<v Speaker 1>different things, goals and kicks tail yeah a little bit.

0:26:49.200 --> 0:26:53.560
<v Speaker 1>Yeah what attracted him to MMA? Um? I think you know,

0:26:53.680 --> 0:26:55.800
<v Speaker 1>growing up as a kid, he actually got bully growing

0:26:55.840 --> 0:26:58.160
<v Speaker 1>up as a kid, So my dad actually wanted him

0:26:58.160 --> 0:26:59.720
<v Speaker 1>to start learning how to defend himself because he was

0:26:59.760 --> 0:27:01.600
<v Speaker 1>too He was always the biggest guy in Claus but

0:27:01.640 --> 0:27:03.679
<v Speaker 1>he would, let you know, people take advantage of him

0:27:03.680 --> 0:27:05.320
<v Speaker 1>because you know, he was just a nice kid. So

0:27:05.640 --> 0:27:07.479
<v Speaker 1>my dad said enough is enough. He put him in

0:27:07.840 --> 0:27:10.600
<v Speaker 1>in some UFC and now he's kicking butt. So that's

0:27:10.680 --> 0:27:13.439
<v Speaker 1>tough love right there, Patty. You could hire him as

0:27:13.480 --> 0:27:15.600
<v Speaker 1>your buddy guy. You can walk him around here. Who's

0:27:15.640 --> 0:27:20.119
<v Speaker 1>that Eddie or his brother? I guess that's the choice. Ed.

0:27:20.160 --> 0:27:21.840
<v Speaker 1>He's been doing a lot of curls on South Beach

0:27:21.920 --> 0:27:23.520
<v Speaker 1>last time I've seen him, So he's walking around with

0:27:23.560 --> 0:27:26.800
<v Speaker 1>his flip flops and tank top. So, fellas, on a

0:27:26.840 --> 0:27:30.200
<v Speaker 1>serious note, what is your offseason plan? Now? I know

0:27:30.359 --> 0:27:33.160
<v Speaker 1>you spend a lot of time with kicking clinics and

0:27:33.200 --> 0:27:35.840
<v Speaker 1>stuff like that. It's your brotherhood, so you guys all

0:27:35.880 --> 0:27:37.240
<v Speaker 1>work on different things. I don't know if you guys

0:27:37.240 --> 0:27:39.159
<v Speaker 1>are gonna work. What's your plan to get ready for

0:27:39.200 --> 0:27:41.800
<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty. Yeah, so we're gonna, you know, watch the

0:27:41.840 --> 0:27:44.000
<v Speaker 1>super Bowl, you know, enjoy a little bit of February

0:27:44.160 --> 0:27:46.359
<v Speaker 1>and probably get back to work, you know, end of

0:27:46.400 --> 0:27:49.240
<v Speaker 1>February March March first. That's usually when a lot of

0:27:49.280 --> 0:27:51.080
<v Speaker 1>guys start picking it up. They get back to the

0:27:51.119 --> 0:27:53.359
<v Speaker 1>weights and things like that. So we have a place

0:27:53.359 --> 0:27:56.719
<v Speaker 1>down south here by Bomb Maritos. So Eddie being so

0:27:56.760 --> 0:27:58.679
<v Speaker 1>close to me, we take advantage and do as much

0:27:58.720 --> 0:28:00.800
<v Speaker 1>work as we can together, so seamless when we get

0:28:00.800 --> 0:28:04.640
<v Speaker 1>back up to Chicago. Yeah, we're like we did last offseason.

0:28:04.640 --> 0:28:07.800
<v Speaker 1>I mean, we work together, just um, create that chemistry

0:28:07.800 --> 0:28:09.920
<v Speaker 1>and just be ready when we go back and work

0:28:09.920 --> 0:28:12.400
<v Speaker 1>out that facility where we get you know, good treatment

0:28:12.440 --> 0:28:14.159
<v Speaker 1>and you know we lived and do different things to

0:28:14.200 --> 0:28:16.359
<v Speaker 1>get our body right to be ready for the season.

0:28:16.359 --> 0:28:18.960
<v Speaker 1>So honestly, I mean, you're a few years younger than

0:28:19.320 --> 0:28:21.600
<v Speaker 1>than our friend here O'donnald. But are you guys hanging

0:28:21.640 --> 0:28:24.080
<v Speaker 1>out now? I mean you guys are doing things together. Yeah,

0:28:24.080 --> 0:28:25.720
<v Speaker 1>you're running in the same circles. What are we what

0:28:25.760 --> 0:28:29.840
<v Speaker 1>are we talking about? The same circles? Yeah, yeah, we're

0:28:29.880 --> 0:28:32.480
<v Speaker 1>in the same circle. Yeah. Eddie calls me and he's like,

0:28:32.520 --> 0:28:35.440
<v Speaker 1>my boy, can you please take me out to dinner tonight? Please?

0:28:35.760 --> 0:28:38.280
<v Speaker 1>It's like family in town. I can't know. Yeah, we

0:28:38.320 --> 0:28:40.880
<v Speaker 1>hang out a few more paychecks than you. Yeah, yeah,

0:28:41.000 --> 0:28:42.760
<v Speaker 1>pick up pack out a new house. So he's been

0:28:42.760 --> 0:28:44.959
<v Speaker 1>acting different now since he got a new house. So hopefully,

0:28:45.000 --> 0:28:47.200
<v Speaker 1>hopefully I get that invitation soon. I'll be waiting for

0:28:47.280 --> 0:28:51.200
<v Speaker 1>it before we let you go. Is there that feeling

0:28:51.600 --> 0:28:54.400
<v Speaker 1>in the locker room that you guys left twenty nineteen

0:28:54.440 --> 0:28:58.600
<v Speaker 1>with a resolve? Are you already hearing it from your teammates,

0:28:58.840 --> 0:29:01.440
<v Speaker 1>like we gotta get this right. I think the last

0:29:01.480 --> 0:29:03.160
<v Speaker 1>game of the season was big for us. You know,

0:29:03.200 --> 0:29:04.920
<v Speaker 1>we wanted to make a statement and we went out

0:29:05.480 --> 0:29:07.600
<v Speaker 1>and we won the game. So I think that we're

0:29:07.600 --> 0:29:09.920
<v Speaker 1>going to carry that over into the twenty twenty season,

0:29:10.120 --> 0:29:12.120
<v Speaker 1>and you know, we need to get it going. We

0:29:12.120 --> 0:29:13.760
<v Speaker 1>need to get this jump started right off the bat

0:29:13.800 --> 0:29:15.680
<v Speaker 1>next year. And I think everybody feels the same way,

0:29:15.800 --> 0:29:17.680
<v Speaker 1>and that's been the heartbeat and locker room thus far.

0:29:17.800 --> 0:29:20.760
<v Speaker 1>So yeah, I think the biggest thing, which is showing

0:29:20.800 --> 0:29:22.440
<v Speaker 1>I mean, obviously we don't have the season we wanted

0:29:22.440 --> 0:29:24.400
<v Speaker 1>to have, but showing everybody that we don't quit. You know,

0:29:24.440 --> 0:29:26.960
<v Speaker 1>winning that last game was you know, an eye opener

0:29:27.000 --> 0:29:29.200
<v Speaker 1>for everybody that we're not going to quit, you know, um,

0:29:29.360 --> 0:29:31.400
<v Speaker 1>and you know, hopefully we have we have higher expectations

0:29:31.440 --> 0:29:34.960
<v Speaker 1>for this season coming up. So gentlemen, appreciate you stapping by,

0:29:35.120 --> 0:29:36.920
<v Speaker 1>Enjoy the rest of your week, and thanks for having

0:29:37.000 --> 0:29:39.000
<v Speaker 1>us down here. Thanks for having us, Johny, I don't

0:29:39.000 --> 0:29:43.560
<v Speaker 1>forget the sunscreen, appreciate it. Thanks. Yeah, that's good advice, right,

0:29:43.840 --> 0:29:49.120
<v Speaker 1>But you know, as Eddie says, but don't you feel

0:29:49.160 --> 0:29:53.640
<v Speaker 1>there they have good camaraderie already those two Well, yeah,

0:29:53.680 --> 0:29:56.960
<v Speaker 1>they you know, teammates will and they and it'll continue

0:29:57.040 --> 0:30:00.840
<v Speaker 1>throughout life. You kind of develop a relationship that lasts

0:30:00.840 --> 0:30:03.240
<v Speaker 1>longer than the sport itself. But I think it's good

0:30:03.280 --> 0:30:06.200
<v Speaker 1>that a guy like Eddie, because Patrick's been around now

0:30:06.240 --> 0:30:08.240
<v Speaker 1>for a while, that is exposed of the success of

0:30:08.320 --> 0:30:11.840
<v Speaker 1>the Super Bowl because Eddie Panneiro he had no pressure

0:30:11.880 --> 0:30:13.480
<v Speaker 1>on him when he came to the Bears at the

0:30:13.520 --> 0:30:17.200
<v Speaker 1>beginning of last season. Eddie Pannaro has a lot more

0:30:17.280 --> 0:30:20.200
<v Speaker 1>pressure on him this year than he did last year

0:30:20.280 --> 0:30:23.360
<v Speaker 1>because nothing was expected of him, and then when he

0:30:23.440 --> 0:30:26.000
<v Speaker 1>made the team, it was all trial and error throughout

0:30:26.040 --> 0:30:28.440
<v Speaker 1>the course of the season, and then he finished on

0:30:28.480 --> 0:30:30.840
<v Speaker 1>a high note. I think you said this final eleven

0:30:30.920 --> 0:30:35.840
<v Speaker 1>kicks he's made. But now that pressure is increased on

0:30:36.320 --> 0:30:38.640
<v Speaker 1>Eddie and he's got to come in here and if

0:30:38.640 --> 0:30:41.080
<v Speaker 1>the Bears are going to turn it around, it's not

0:30:41.120 --> 0:30:43.680
<v Speaker 1>only going to be the offense, the defense, the special

0:30:43.720 --> 0:30:46.080
<v Speaker 1>teams are going to be included as just as much.

0:30:46.440 --> 0:30:50.080
<v Speaker 1>And the performance of the kicker, as we've seen throughout

0:30:50.080 --> 0:30:52.760
<v Speaker 1>the season, is going to count on wins and losses

0:30:52.800 --> 0:30:55.120
<v Speaker 1>at the end of the year. So it's interesting that

0:30:55.160 --> 0:30:57.760
<v Speaker 1>you put it in that perspective because many would say

0:30:57.360 --> 0:30:59.520
<v Speaker 1>that he did have a lot of pressure, just the

0:30:59.560 --> 0:31:02.800
<v Speaker 1>whole access and whatnot. But you are right with every

0:31:03.520 --> 0:31:07.560
<v Speaker 1>step forward in your career, it's just perceived it it's

0:31:07.600 --> 0:31:10.000
<v Speaker 1>more than perceived. It is actual pressure because you got

0:31:10.200 --> 0:31:12.520
<v Speaker 1>you gotta maintain and get better. And you know too,

0:31:12.640 --> 0:31:15.040
<v Speaker 1>is like Patrick says, you've got to start using the

0:31:15.080 --> 0:31:18.120
<v Speaker 1>weapon you have in Soldier Field to your advantage. When

0:31:18.120 --> 0:31:20.960
<v Speaker 1>you talk to the opponent's kickers and punters, you got

0:31:20.960 --> 0:31:24.000
<v Speaker 1>to tell them how bad the conditions are, how the

0:31:24.080 --> 0:31:26.719
<v Speaker 1>footing is awful. But you're just going to be making

0:31:26.760 --> 0:31:29.160
<v Speaker 1>this up. This is We've got to be turned in

0:31:29.200 --> 0:31:31.960
<v Speaker 1>to a weapon on behalf of the Bears in the

0:31:32.240 --> 0:31:35.280
<v Speaker 1>in the surface and the conditions at Soldier Field. All right,

0:31:35.280 --> 0:31:37.600
<v Speaker 1>we're gonna take another break. Coming up in just a

0:31:37.600 --> 0:31:40.320
<v Speaker 1>short while. We'll be joined by Damn Pompey and this

0:31:40.400 --> 0:31:43.320
<v Speaker 1>is Bears All Access from Chicago Sports Radio six seventy

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<v Speaker 1>The Score back with you from Miami temp there in

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<v Speaker 1>Chicago at the Score Studios, and this is Bears All

0:31:55.720 --> 0:31:59.840
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0:32:05.800 --> 0:32:09.480
<v Speaker 1>to get it learn more at CDW dot com. Tom

0:32:09.960 --> 0:32:13.760
<v Speaker 1>you can't escape it. The Kobe Bryant death and the

0:32:13.800 --> 0:32:17.680
<v Speaker 1>passing of his daughter and the horrible crash certainly has

0:32:17.720 --> 0:32:19.640
<v Speaker 1>been the undertone of the first couple of days here.

0:32:19.920 --> 0:32:23.360
<v Speaker 1>You walk around Radio Row and almost every conversation on

0:32:23.520 --> 0:32:27.080
<v Speaker 1>talk radio throughout the country and frankly across the world

0:32:27.200 --> 0:32:31.160
<v Speaker 1>is about Kobe, and it's certainly expected and it probably

0:32:31.160 --> 0:32:32.960
<v Speaker 1>will continue for a little bit this week before the

0:32:33.000 --> 0:32:34.720
<v Speaker 1>end of the week kicks in and their focus becomes

0:32:34.760 --> 0:32:36.800
<v Speaker 1>on the game. But you know, for a lot of

0:32:37.200 --> 0:32:40.640
<v Speaker 1>i'd say early thirty, mid thirty year olds who are

0:32:40.640 --> 0:32:44.280
<v Speaker 1>probably twelve fifteen years old during the time post Michael,

0:32:44.960 --> 0:32:48.080
<v Speaker 1>it was Kobe that took their attention and they became

0:32:48.120 --> 0:32:51.000
<v Speaker 1>attached to him. I'm talking about athletes and just you know,

0:32:51.080 --> 0:32:53.240
<v Speaker 1>just everybody out there. You know, it's kind of hard

0:32:53.280 --> 0:32:56.640
<v Speaker 1>to ignore the relationship between Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant,

0:32:56.840 --> 0:33:00.479
<v Speaker 1>because fortunately I had a chance to go to a

0:33:00.520 --> 0:33:03.320
<v Speaker 1>lot of Michael Jordan games, and whether he was on

0:33:03.400 --> 0:33:06.080
<v Speaker 1>TV or I got to see him in person, he

0:33:06.160 --> 0:33:09.920
<v Speaker 1>was probably the most impressive prepared figure in sports that

0:33:10.000 --> 0:33:13.440
<v Speaker 1>I've had a chance to be around, both professionally and everything,

0:33:13.520 --> 0:33:16.400
<v Speaker 1>and the way he carried himself and how competitive he was,

0:33:16.920 --> 0:33:19.200
<v Speaker 1>and so in the back of your mind, I think

0:33:19.200 --> 0:33:21.000
<v Speaker 1>when you see it, you're introduced to a guy like

0:33:21.040 --> 0:33:23.280
<v Speaker 1>Michael Jordan, you always think about who is the guy

0:33:23.320 --> 0:33:25.840
<v Speaker 1>that's going to be able to carry this torch and

0:33:26.160 --> 0:33:28.960
<v Speaker 1>you know it's not Shack and it's not Lebron because

0:33:28.960 --> 0:33:32.920
<v Speaker 1>they're different body styles than Michael Jordan. Both Kobe and

0:33:32.960 --> 0:33:36.120
<v Speaker 1>Michael Jordan are listed at six six Michael Jordan at

0:33:36.120 --> 0:33:39.560
<v Speaker 1>two sixteen, Kobe at two twelve, and there's so many

0:33:39.600 --> 0:33:43.440
<v Speaker 1>similarities in the style of game. That's what always impressed

0:33:43.480 --> 0:33:46.520
<v Speaker 1>me so much about Kobe is because he was able

0:33:46.560 --> 0:33:51.000
<v Speaker 1>to take the torch from Michael Jordan and continue his

0:33:51.200 --> 0:33:54.840
<v Speaker 1>greatness but even elevated in some aspects of the game.

0:33:55.240 --> 0:33:57.560
<v Speaker 1>And I'm only talking, I'm not talking about his life.

0:33:57.600 --> 0:34:00.320
<v Speaker 1>I'm only talking about the game of basketball. So that

0:34:00.400 --> 0:34:04.920
<v Speaker 1>was the thing that impressed me most about the carryover

0:34:05.040 --> 0:34:08.799
<v Speaker 1>between Michael and Kobe, because I think when you're inspired

0:34:08.840 --> 0:34:12.799
<v Speaker 1>by somebody like obviously Kobe was of Michael Jordan, what

0:34:12.880 --> 0:34:15.400
<v Speaker 1>do you do with it? There's guys. When I was

0:34:15.440 --> 0:34:18.480
<v Speaker 1>coming up, I remember John Hannah, the great offensive guard,

0:34:18.480 --> 0:34:21.520
<v Speaker 1>being on the cover of Sports Illustrated, and I thought

0:34:21.560 --> 0:34:23.640
<v Speaker 1>that being an offensive lineman be on the cover of

0:34:23.680 --> 0:34:27.560
<v Speaker 1>Sports Illustrated was unattainable. But then you see and then

0:34:27.600 --> 0:34:30.160
<v Speaker 1>all of a sudden, he gives you inspiration because this

0:34:30.239 --> 0:34:34.479
<v Speaker 1>could be you someday. And I think when we got

0:34:34.520 --> 0:34:38.160
<v Speaker 1>introduced to Michael Jordan and is just years of superiority.

0:34:38.640 --> 0:34:42.120
<v Speaker 1>I think Kobe did a great job of carrying that

0:34:42.320 --> 0:34:46.520
<v Speaker 1>NBA torch forward, and his post basketball career was starting

0:34:46.520 --> 0:34:49.720
<v Speaker 1>off in an unbelievable fashion as well, just the impact

0:34:49.719 --> 0:34:53.560
<v Speaker 1>he was making to the game and to life in general.

0:34:53.840 --> 0:34:56.720
<v Speaker 1>You know, you mentioned John Hannah. It was interesting talking

0:34:56.719 --> 0:34:59.399
<v Speaker 1>with Eric Fisher today because the rare number one pick

0:34:59.719 --> 0:35:02.680
<v Speaker 1>as an offensive lineman and he was in twenty thirteen,

0:35:02.760 --> 0:35:06.120
<v Speaker 1>and just all of that coming from Central Michigan where

0:35:06.120 --> 0:35:07.839
<v Speaker 1>he and Joe Staile are the only first rounders from

0:35:07.840 --> 0:35:10.120
<v Speaker 1>that school to be drafted, and both happened to be

0:35:10.160 --> 0:35:12.640
<v Speaker 1>offensive lineman now meeting in Super Bowl fifty four. But

0:35:14.160 --> 0:35:17.200
<v Speaker 1>his start was slow and it was hard, and it's

0:35:17.320 --> 0:35:23.080
<v Speaker 1>it's a great example of what perseverance takes shape. How

0:35:23.160 --> 0:35:26.319
<v Speaker 1>you know, you talk about Raheem Mostart and his perseverance,

0:35:26.360 --> 0:35:28.359
<v Speaker 1>but you gotta talk about I got Eric Fisher, who's

0:35:28.360 --> 0:35:30.440
<v Speaker 1>probably playing the best ball of his career now, but

0:35:30.719 --> 0:35:32.920
<v Speaker 1>it wasn't always that way. No one develops at the

0:35:32.960 --> 0:35:36.360
<v Speaker 1>same rate, especially in professional sport or you know, in

0:35:36.719 --> 0:35:39.960
<v Speaker 1>any occupation. But you know, just talking about football here.

0:35:40.360 --> 0:35:42.960
<v Speaker 1>And he also said, I said, hey, when did you

0:35:42.960 --> 0:35:47.040
<v Speaker 1>really get the Andy Reid playbook? And he said, you know,

0:35:47.440 --> 0:35:50.520
<v Speaker 1>probably two three years. So that's a lesson to be

0:35:50.560 --> 0:35:52.840
<v Speaker 1>learned too. Is we begin year three of Matt Naggie

0:35:52.840 --> 0:35:55.040
<v Speaker 1>here in twenty twenty. Coming up next, the Hall of

0:35:55.080 --> 0:35:57.200
<v Speaker 1>Fame writer Dan Pompey did join us to talk Hall

0:35:57.320 --> 0:35:59.600
<v Speaker 1>of Fame and the Super Bowl. This is Bears All

0:35:59.640 --> 0:36:09.840
<v Speaker 1>Access san Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. Welcome

0:36:09.880 --> 0:36:13.600
<v Speaker 1>back to Bars all Access Doan Chicago Sports Radio six

0:36:13.719 --> 0:36:16.719
<v Speaker 1>seventy to score. Jeff Joniac and Tom Thayer with you

0:36:17.040 --> 0:36:19.839
<v Speaker 1>as we get you set for Super Bowl fifty four.

0:36:19.880 --> 0:36:21.759
<v Speaker 1>We get Tom's thoughts on things before we get to

0:36:21.840 --> 0:36:25.240
<v Speaker 1>Damn pomp. Paid time is Tony Gonzalez was talking today.

0:36:25.520 --> 0:36:28.160
<v Speaker 1>Fox had their own media day for all their talent,

0:36:28.600 --> 0:36:31.719
<v Speaker 1>and he's doing some fine work there. But the whole

0:36:31.719 --> 0:36:34.600
<v Speaker 1>conversation Tom was about today's tight end and he feels

0:36:34.600 --> 0:36:37.160
<v Speaker 1>that if you don't have one of impact, you're not

0:36:37.280 --> 0:36:40.040
<v Speaker 1>going to the Super Bowl. A guy like Travis Kelsey,

0:36:40.200 --> 0:36:43.040
<v Speaker 1>a guy like Zach Ertz in Philadelphia obviously the most

0:36:43.040 --> 0:36:46.440
<v Speaker 1>recent example, and a guy like you know, the San

0:36:46.480 --> 0:36:49.759
<v Speaker 1>Francisco forty nine ers, George Kittle. Yeah, I agree, you know,

0:36:49.880 --> 0:36:53.280
<v Speaker 1>because but it's it's what the tight ends is capable

0:36:53.400 --> 0:36:56.440
<v Speaker 1>of doing. Where they can line up because there's a

0:36:56.560 --> 0:36:58.480
<v Speaker 1>variety of space. And when you look at the Hall

0:36:58.520 --> 0:37:00.840
<v Speaker 1>of Fame career of Mike Ditka, and he did spread

0:37:00.840 --> 0:37:02.960
<v Speaker 1>out a little bit from the offensive line and became

0:37:03.000 --> 0:37:05.360
<v Speaker 1>a little bit of a receiver, introduced a little bit

0:37:05.520 --> 0:37:08.600
<v Speaker 1>of a receiver into the tight end position. Nowadays, you

0:37:08.640 --> 0:37:11.160
<v Speaker 1>look at him, Jeff, their lineup as a wide receiver.

0:37:11.239 --> 0:37:13.280
<v Speaker 1>They're line up in a stance next to a tackle

0:37:13.320 --> 0:37:16.760
<v Speaker 1>there and multiple positions in the backfield. They're in motion

0:37:16.920 --> 0:37:20.000
<v Speaker 1>multiple times throughout the course of the game. So what

0:37:20.200 --> 0:37:22.879
<v Speaker 1>the tight end position in terms of a receiving tight

0:37:23.000 --> 0:37:27.439
<v Speaker 1>end has turned into. It's so multidimensional that you can

0:37:27.480 --> 0:37:29.640
<v Speaker 1>take it. He can be a weapon that you can

0:37:29.640 --> 0:37:33.239
<v Speaker 1>take advantage of your opponent. And listening to some of

0:37:33.239 --> 0:37:37.760
<v Speaker 1>the when John Filippo was wired up in different spots,

0:37:37.800 --> 0:37:40.319
<v Speaker 1>he talked about being able to put the weapons in

0:37:40.360 --> 0:37:43.680
<v Speaker 1>the most advantage of position at the line of scrimmage.

0:37:43.680 --> 0:37:46.200
<v Speaker 1>And you know he's got those weapons here at the Bears.

0:37:46.239 --> 0:37:48.640
<v Speaker 1>But certainly it is going to be about a development

0:37:48.800 --> 0:37:52.000
<v Speaker 1>of a tight end eventually. You can help deserving families

0:37:52.000 --> 0:37:54.440
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<v Speaker 1>February twenty eighth. Donations benefit the Salvation Army Joint to

0:38:01.560 --> 0:38:03.600
<v Speaker 1>us out of ye now is Dan pom Pay. I'm

0:38:03.719 --> 0:38:07.719
<v Speaker 1>Miami Parts Unknown, enjoying his eating already, but kind enough

0:38:07.719 --> 0:38:10.160
<v Speaker 1>to join a few minutes with us. Busy weekend is

0:38:10.239 --> 0:38:13.239
<v Speaker 1>always for Dan, a whole week rather with not only

0:38:13.280 --> 0:38:15.719
<v Speaker 1>his own work that he's doing in stories, but as

0:38:15.719 --> 0:38:18.759
<v Speaker 1>a Hall of Fame voter, and it's that way. It's

0:38:18.800 --> 0:38:22.360
<v Speaker 1>become your tradition, hasn't it, Dan, It has been. Jeff's

0:38:22.360 --> 0:38:24.879
<v Speaker 1>good to be with you guys tonight. Of course, Hall

0:38:24.920 --> 0:38:27.920
<v Speaker 1>of Fame voting now is a part of Super Bowl

0:38:27.920 --> 0:38:30.600
<v Speaker 1>Week for me, and it's an important part of the

0:38:30.719 --> 0:38:32.920
<v Speaker 1>job and something I look forward to and spent a

0:38:32.920 --> 0:38:35.480
<v Speaker 1>lot of time on throughout the year and take very seriously,

0:38:35.840 --> 0:38:38.960
<v Speaker 1>Hey Dan, Dan, you've been around a lot of Super Bowls. Now,

0:38:39.239 --> 0:38:42.280
<v Speaker 1>does do you look at similarities that could happen between

0:38:42.320 --> 0:38:44.279
<v Speaker 1>this game that's coming up in some of the ones

0:38:44.320 --> 0:38:46.319
<v Speaker 1>in the past, or does each super Bowl have a

0:38:46.400 --> 0:38:50.879
<v Speaker 1>life of its own? Well, you know, I think there

0:38:50.880 --> 0:38:53.960
<v Speaker 1>are some things, Tom that always kind of carry over.

0:38:54.520 --> 0:38:57.520
<v Speaker 1>I mean, so many times in super Bowls, I think

0:38:57.520 --> 0:39:00.759
<v Speaker 1>great quarterbacks cherry the day or at least give their

0:39:00.800 --> 0:39:04.040
<v Speaker 1>teams the best chance to win. You know, I think

0:39:04.400 --> 0:39:09.799
<v Speaker 1>we often see, you know, a great defenses stand up

0:39:09.840 --> 0:39:12.320
<v Speaker 1>in Super Bowls too, And that's why this game is

0:39:12.640 --> 0:39:15.640
<v Speaker 1>really interesting to me, because you've got both of those

0:39:15.680 --> 0:39:20.360
<v Speaker 1>elements on separate teams, so you wonder which one will

0:39:20.719 --> 0:39:23.879
<v Speaker 1>end up prevailing. But I think, you know, when you've

0:39:23.920 --> 0:39:26.880
<v Speaker 1>got a quarterback like Patrick Mahomes is really special and

0:39:26.960 --> 0:39:30.160
<v Speaker 1>capable of winning a game late, you have to really

0:39:30.200 --> 0:39:33.920
<v Speaker 1>respect that. Yeah, Jimmy Garoppolo from Rolling Meadows. And I

0:39:33.960 --> 0:39:36.240
<v Speaker 1>was trying to think this through today and I broached

0:39:36.280 --> 0:39:37.920
<v Speaker 1>the idea. I said, I don't know if I have

0:39:38.040 --> 0:39:41.040
<v Speaker 1>my math right on times and who won what, But

0:39:41.440 --> 0:39:46.000
<v Speaker 1>in terms of a Chicago area kid winning a super Bowl,

0:39:47.000 --> 0:39:49.040
<v Speaker 1>I was trying to think who that might be. So

0:39:49.400 --> 0:39:53.200
<v Speaker 1>obviously Donovan McNabb for Andy Reid in Philadelphia did not win.

0:39:53.640 --> 0:39:56.120
<v Speaker 1>He's from Rolling Meadows. He's got an opportunity to win.

0:39:56.200 --> 0:39:59.200
<v Speaker 1>And then I realized that Ken Anderson, if you include

0:39:59.239 --> 0:40:04.080
<v Speaker 1>Batavia as a Chicago area kid, a suburban kids, some

0:40:04.200 --> 0:40:06.400
<v Speaker 1>forty five miles away from Chicago, he did win. A

0:40:06.600 --> 0:40:08.239
<v Speaker 1>might you might have to go back to out of

0:40:08.440 --> 0:40:14.319
<v Speaker 1>rams last time, not all with a championship. Yeah, but

0:40:14.440 --> 0:40:18.280
<v Speaker 1>think about that. That's how rare this is, this opportunity

0:40:18.320 --> 0:40:22.440
<v Speaker 1>for Jimmy Garoppolo. Yeah, very rare. And um, you know

0:40:22.680 --> 0:40:26.200
<v Speaker 1>it's interesting because I think a lot of people think that, uh,

0:40:26.880 --> 0:40:30.719
<v Speaker 1>that team has been carried mostly by hearts other than

0:40:30.760 --> 0:40:33.600
<v Speaker 1>the quarterback, right, I mean, and it's hard to argue

0:40:33.640 --> 0:40:36.160
<v Speaker 1>that when you see the formula in the last game,

0:40:36.200 --> 0:40:40.719
<v Speaker 1>certainly NFC championship games, when they ran the ball like

0:40:40.840 --> 0:40:43.799
<v Speaker 1>crazy and scored all their points running and with with

0:40:43.880 --> 0:40:47.479
<v Speaker 1>kicking UH and obviously their their defense. You know that

0:40:47.480 --> 0:40:50.040
<v Speaker 1>that's their formula for winning. But I think what he's

0:40:50.080 --> 0:40:52.400
<v Speaker 1>done very well, what he's done all season long is

0:40:52.800 --> 0:40:54.840
<v Speaker 1>make key throws when he's had to make them, and

0:40:55.360 --> 0:40:57.359
<v Speaker 1>uh step up at opportunity times and you know, when

0:40:57.360 --> 0:40:59.359
<v Speaker 1>they're in third and long, or when they're in the

0:40:59.400 --> 0:41:02.480
<v Speaker 1>red zone, or you know, a critical juncture of the

0:41:02.520 --> 0:41:05.759
<v Speaker 1>game two minutes late in the game, he's been there

0:41:05.760 --> 0:41:08.920
<v Speaker 1>to make the play. Hey, Dan, the losing coach in

0:41:09.040 --> 0:41:11.719
<v Speaker 1>this Super Bowl, are they going to have a big

0:41:11.719 --> 0:41:15.640
<v Speaker 1>obstacle to climb over? Because you look at what happened

0:41:15.719 --> 0:41:18.560
<v Speaker 1>in their Super Bowl history with both of these coaches,

0:41:19.120 --> 0:41:21.480
<v Speaker 1>you think that's is that going to be maybe a

0:41:21.560 --> 0:41:24.400
<v Speaker 1>haunting topic after the game to see how it follows

0:41:24.520 --> 0:41:28.480
<v Speaker 1>them around? Well, given their history, you know it could be.

0:41:28.480 --> 0:41:33.920
<v Speaker 1>Because of course, Kyle Shannon hand had the disastrous moments

0:41:33.960 --> 0:41:36.600
<v Speaker 1>in his previous Super Bowl as an offensive coordinator with

0:41:36.640 --> 0:41:40.280
<v Speaker 1>the Falcons, and Andy Reid has got this incredible history

0:41:40.280 --> 0:41:44.040
<v Speaker 1>as a head coach to accomplish everything you could possibly accomplish,

0:41:44.120 --> 0:41:46.120
<v Speaker 1>except when the Super Bowl, and of course he had

0:41:46.400 --> 0:41:48.200
<v Speaker 1>one opportunity when he was with the Eagles and it

0:41:48.320 --> 0:41:51.000
<v Speaker 1>didn't happen there. So I think you know that that

0:41:51.080 --> 0:41:54.840
<v Speaker 1>will be a talking point for whomever loses, especially it

0:41:54.880 --> 0:41:58.680
<v Speaker 1>will be amplified if you know there are some questionable

0:41:59.360 --> 0:42:04.359
<v Speaker 1>play call or decisions or you know that sort of thing.

0:42:04.440 --> 0:42:06.479
<v Speaker 1>I think is going to really stick with these guys

0:42:06.480 --> 0:42:09.399
<v Speaker 1>if it happens. I know you've written about it, you've

0:42:09.400 --> 0:42:12.080
<v Speaker 1>talked about it. But looking back again at the the

0:42:12.239 --> 0:42:15.239
<v Speaker 1>Special Hall of Fame committee that was put together that

0:42:15.280 --> 0:42:17.879
<v Speaker 1>you were part of, that Blue Ribbon panel, and the

0:42:17.920 --> 0:42:20.920
<v Speaker 1>election of Jimbo Covert and Ed the late Ed Sprinkle,

0:42:22.360 --> 0:42:24.560
<v Speaker 1>it must have been a great passion for you to

0:42:24.760 --> 0:42:28.399
<v Speaker 1>to do this. Obviously to study all the candidates, but

0:42:28.760 --> 0:42:32.760
<v Speaker 1>to get Jimbo in there and had Ed Sprinkle's family

0:42:32.840 --> 0:42:36.080
<v Speaker 1>get to acknowledge this at some point in their lives

0:42:36.160 --> 0:42:40.680
<v Speaker 1>was a significant moment. Yeah. I think more than anything, Jeff,

0:42:40.680 --> 0:42:43.600
<v Speaker 1>it was deserved. You know, two guys who really earned it.

0:42:44.800 --> 0:42:47.800
<v Speaker 1>I think we talked about this a little another day

0:42:48.000 --> 0:42:51.000
<v Speaker 1>on the radio. But you know, ed Sprinkle to me

0:42:51.120 --> 0:42:54.280
<v Speaker 1>is a guy who really started the Bear's great tradition

0:42:54.320 --> 0:42:57.640
<v Speaker 1>of defense. Um. You know, before he came along, the

0:42:57.719 --> 0:43:01.560
<v Speaker 1>Bears were known mostly as an offensive team and known

0:43:01.680 --> 0:43:03.800
<v Speaker 1>for their offensive start. Now he played a little on

0:43:03.920 --> 0:43:07.319
<v Speaker 1>offense too, but he was mostly a defensive player and

0:43:07.440 --> 0:43:10.359
<v Speaker 1>known for his ability to rush the passer. And I

0:43:10.400 --> 0:43:14.040
<v Speaker 1>think he really kind of gave the Bears this organization,

0:43:14.080 --> 0:43:19.760
<v Speaker 1>this franchise, an identity has lasted from the nineteen forty

0:43:19.840 --> 0:43:23.400
<v Speaker 1>nine and he really was a special player. You know,

0:43:23.440 --> 0:43:27.799
<v Speaker 1>a number of players that played against him during that

0:43:27.840 --> 0:43:31.200
<v Speaker 1>era had said at the time that he was the

0:43:31.200 --> 0:43:34.200
<v Speaker 1>most difficult player in the league for them to go

0:43:34.280 --> 0:43:37.360
<v Speaker 1>against on a regular basis. In terms of Jimbo, of course,

0:43:37.800 --> 0:43:41.960
<v Speaker 1>you know, he's a guy that we all watched, unlike

0:43:42.040 --> 0:43:45.280
<v Speaker 1>at Sprinkle, and a guy who we all saw dominate

0:43:46.000 --> 0:43:49.960
<v Speaker 1>the very best opponents that he went against. Stuff went

0:43:50.000 --> 0:43:54.359
<v Speaker 1>against seventeen Paul seventeen games, i should say, against Hall

0:43:54.400 --> 0:43:57.360
<v Speaker 1>of Fame pass rushers and held them to four and

0:43:57.360 --> 0:44:02.160
<v Speaker 1>a half sacks, and you know, critical part of the

0:44:02.200 --> 0:44:06.600
<v Speaker 1>great run game of the Bears in the nineteen eighties.

0:44:06.760 --> 0:44:10.080
<v Speaker 1>Even after Walter Payton left, you know, with Neil Anderson,

0:44:10.120 --> 0:44:15.080
<v Speaker 1>and it really was just a very important player, I thought,

0:44:15.120 --> 0:44:18.160
<v Speaker 1>to those Bears teams, so glad to see two guys

0:44:18.200 --> 0:44:20.279
<v Speaker 1>who deserve to get in van. You sat there on

0:44:20.280 --> 0:44:23.000
<v Speaker 1>the sidelines and you watched Jimbo covert either in practice

0:44:23.040 --> 0:44:25.759
<v Speaker 1>in games, and you see his dominance. But when you're

0:44:25.800 --> 0:44:30.200
<v Speaker 1>trying to learn information about a guy like Ed Sprinkle,

0:44:30.320 --> 0:44:34.040
<v Speaker 1>maybe with a lack of video or because the reputation

0:44:34.120 --> 0:44:37.239
<v Speaker 1>that I've always been introduced to Ed Sprinkle is being

0:44:37.280 --> 0:44:41.080
<v Speaker 1>the toughest man that's played for George Hallis. So when

0:44:41.160 --> 0:44:43.600
<v Speaker 1>you have one that's so obvious and in front of you,

0:44:43.640 --> 0:44:45.560
<v Speaker 1>then the other one you have to learn about. How

0:44:45.560 --> 0:44:48.640
<v Speaker 1>do you go about learning about the football life of

0:44:48.760 --> 0:44:52.120
<v Speaker 1>Ed Sprinkle. It's a good question and it's a challenge,

0:44:52.160 --> 0:44:55.239
<v Speaker 1>you know, it's one of the problems that we have.

0:44:55.680 --> 0:44:57.439
<v Speaker 1>You know, I'm on the senior committee for the Hall

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<v Speaker 1>of Fame. When you talk about guys who played before

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<v Speaker 1>we were born, or we really had a chance to

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<v Speaker 1>study guys who played in an era when statistics were

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<v Speaker 1>not kept the way they are now, you know, we

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<v Speaker 1>don't have the same measures. So um, I think you

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<v Speaker 1>have to really go back and use everything at your disposal,

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<v Speaker 1>which you know is a lot of looking through different

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<v Speaker 1>newspaper articles that were written at the time, anything you

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<v Speaker 1>can get about what we said. Books, Um, you know

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<v Speaker 1>there was, there was. I got some good things out

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<v Speaker 1>of books on him. Oh, some old books, some newer books,

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<v Speaker 1>even about interviews that were done throughout the years about

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<v Speaker 1>his play. Um. I think you know. One of the

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<v Speaker 1>other benefits of this committee is that the Blue Ribbon

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<v Speaker 1>Committee is that we had some people on it who

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<v Speaker 1>some of them are in the Hall of Fame as

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<v Speaker 1>talent evaluators, some of them are are currently in the

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<v Speaker 1>game as coaches and and evaluators. And these guys were

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<v Speaker 1>able to access some of the old tape and they

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<v Speaker 1>said that the tape on Sprinkle was unbelievable, that he

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<v Speaker 1>just jumped off the field in terms of a guy

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<v Speaker 1>who was making an impact all over the place. So

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<v Speaker 1>to me that that carried a lot of weight to

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<v Speaker 1>hear those guys say that. All right, Dan, good luck

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<v Speaker 1>this week with the Hall of Fame committees, the selections,

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<v Speaker 1>and thanks for joining us. Okay, thank you a pleasure.

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<v Speaker 1>Dad's gonna wrap up our show for tonight. Thanks again

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<v Speaker 1>and Dan Pompey for Tom There, I'm Jeff Joniac That's

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