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Speaker 1: coming out spot of the hour and then nationally on
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Speaker 1: three hour extravaganza. It's the start of the twenty twenty season.
Speaker 1: When you break it all down on the schedule and
Speaker 1: Tom there, Jim Meller, my co host Tonight on Bears
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Speaker 1: have you guys with us, and good to talk to schedule.
Speaker 1: As the NFL fellas continues to plow forward with the
Speaker 1: whole intention of playing an entire full season, yep, there
Speaker 1: could be some delays. You never know what's going to
Speaker 1: happen around the road. But right now, as they have
Speaker 1: with free agency and the draft. They are keeping everything
Speaker 1: on schedule. This was a little later than normal the
Speaker 1: release of it all, but we're we're getting reports of
Speaker 1: what everything is, but the full announcement coming up at
Speaker 1: the bottom of the year. We'll talk to gentle manager
Speaker 1: Ryan Pace about it as well. But Tom, it's funny
Speaker 1: because it's like Christmas morning when the kids open up
Speaker 1: the gifts before the parents go down, everybody tries to
Speaker 1: unpack the schedule. You know, Jeff, when I do see
Speaker 1: a schedule as an ex player, there's so many things
Speaker 1: I look at immediately, and it's like I scan the
Speaker 1: schedule first and I'll go, okay, I'll pinpoint this topic,
Speaker 1: this topic and this topic, and then I'll kind of
Speaker 1: slow it down and I'll get a relook at divisional
Speaker 1: you know, strategy and stuff like that. And then there's other,
Speaker 1: you know, plans or things I look at. But you know,
Speaker 1: NFL has to have protocol in place. They can always
Speaker 1: reduce it, they can expand it once they put the
Speaker 1: schedule in play. So you know, I like it because
Speaker 1: it does provide hope for people that are just looking
Speaker 1: for something to look forward to. And it's not saying
Speaker 1: that it's etched in stone that it will happen. However,
Speaker 1: for me, I get a kick out of looking at
Speaker 1: the schedule because there's so many ideas I have rolling
Speaker 1: through my head. Yeah, and obviously the bye week is
Speaker 1: what a lot of players look at, but I'm concerned
Speaker 1: about Monday night just to night games. As pet Tom
Speaker 1: mentioned in terms of the the in division schedule, you know,
Speaker 1: when are those gonna come, whether it's facing Minnesota green Bay.
Speaker 1: Certainly you're gonna circle those two dates with the Green
Speaker 1: Bay Packers in your division opponents. And again I'm with Tom,
Speaker 1: you know, I'm you know, I'm optimistic that they'll be
Speaker 1: able to play football, you know, and that football will
Speaker 1: be here in the fall. I want it to be here.
Speaker 1: I know it's going to be interesting how it unfolds
Speaker 1: in terms of the COVID nineteen testing and the safety
Speaker 1: of it and all that, but I remain optimistic and
Speaker 1: hopefully that'll all rectify itself and we'll be able to,
Speaker 1: you know, hopefully be a good distraction. I think people
Speaker 1: do want it. I love that the draft went forward,
Speaker 1: and I hope that the NFL season does well. But
Speaker 1: as we all know, it'll probably be by a state
Speaker 1: by state basis, and how these governments start to roll
Speaker 1: out both locally and state you know, statewide, and that
Speaker 1: what teams or what states are going to allow teams
Speaker 1: to do what be a lot of protocol, no doubt
Speaker 1: about it. Also coming up here at about six oh
Speaker 1: eight or so, we're gonna be joined by second round
Speaker 1: draft choice Jay Lion Johnson, the corner out of Utah.
Speaker 1: Be looking forward to talk to him with Tom there
Speaker 1: and Jim Meler, Jeff Joniac here on Bears All Access,
Speaker 1: you know, and Jim, there's so much about the players
Speaker 1: union in this too. How are they going to react
Speaker 1: right now? Everything's is up to the player to work out,
Speaker 1: get ready and then everybody's in their offseason protocol right
Speaker 1: now in a virtual virtual sense classroom work. But you know,
Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see how all the universe treats
Speaker 1: this if they get the green light. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: And it was interesting. I got to talk to to
Speaker 1: Ted getting Junior obviously the newest Chicago bearer. He came
Speaker 1: on serious and he talked to me because you know,
Speaker 1: at that point I believe it was Kareem Jackson made
Speaker 1: a statements like, hey, I'm not coming back to play
Speaker 1: unless it's you know, it's one hundred percent safe. And
Speaker 1: I think everybody knows that. Everybody wants it to be safe.
Speaker 1: Now can they guarantee it's one hundred percent? But yet
Speaker 1: they're starting to roll out all these things, and you know,
Speaker 1: and Ted said, hey, you know, I want to go
Speaker 1: to work, you know, And I think some players may
Speaker 1: choose to to go that route. I don't know, but
Speaker 1: I think the safety aspect of it will be covered
Speaker 1: in terms of the testing, and I think the entire NFL,
Speaker 1: the NFLPA wants that too. But I think we've all
Speaker 1: got to be realistic also, you know, with what's going on,
Speaker 1: it's not just here. This is happening globally, so you know,
Speaker 1: you're kind of an unchartered territory and how we're going here.
Speaker 1: And you know, players, you know, have contracts and we'll
Speaker 1: see if the green light is given a given it
Speaker 1: a go where everybody can show up and hopefully want
Speaker 1: to play football. And you know, I think everybody wants
Speaker 1: to get back to Gloma Sea as fastly as quickly. Now,
Speaker 1: you know, Kareem Jackson, that's a perfect example time when
Speaker 1: he says he wants to be one hundred percent. There's
Speaker 1: no one hundred percent that anybody's gonna be avoid of
Speaker 1: any type of sickness, let alone this one. So that's
Speaker 1: not going to be. That's not a really a practical
Speaker 1: statement now. And I don't think that the NFL or
Speaker 1: the concept of the of everywhere going that they're just
Speaker 1: not gonna do something independently and hazardous hazardously. So I
Speaker 1: think there's gonna be the process in place to keep
Speaker 1: these guys safe. And it doesn't keep them safe, I'm
Speaker 1: sure they wouldn't do it right. There's a lot on
Speaker 1: the line. The league's gonna have the players back and
Speaker 1: the fans back as well. Coming up, Jayalen Johnson, the
Speaker 1: newest Chicago Bear cornerback out of Utah, joins the program
Speaker 1: with Tom There. I'm Jeff Joniac Jim Miller on Chicago
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Speaker 1: Please to be joined now by the newest Chicago Bear cornerback,
Speaker 1: Jaylon Johnson out of Utah, secondron choice, Jai and thanks
Speaker 1: for joining us. How you doing this evening? Doing fantastic?
Speaker 1: Tom and I call the games on Bears Radio and
Speaker 1: Jim works over at NFL Radio and Sire s XM,
Speaker 1: and so good to have you alongside, you know, just
Speaker 1: following your path to the NFL. I noticed that it's
Speaker 1: kind of a family business with the cornerback position because
Speaker 1: Dad played it, brother played it also at the college level,
Speaker 1: and you're gonna be playing it now at the NFL
Speaker 1: level as a high draft pick. I bet you guys
Speaker 1: know how to talk defensive back play in that household
Speaker 1: most definitely something that's fun and evolved over the years,
Speaker 1: coming through high school, in college and now just the
Speaker 1: perspective that I have and that we have been able
Speaker 1: to talk and learn about defensive and learn about just
Speaker 1: how people are trying to attack, you know, how often
Speaker 1: they're trying to win. I mean, the talks are definitely
Speaker 1: fun to have and just I can just enjoy in
Speaker 1: Chaffs to talk that we have a ball ball Jalen,
Speaker 1: you know you played on a really good college defense
Speaker 1: last year. I was looking you guys gave up eighty
Speaker 1: one yards are rushing eighty one yards rushing. They threw
Speaker 1: on you guys about thirty one times a game. Then
Speaker 1: I look at your status. You've got thirty four solos
Speaker 1: and you got to assist. How does that work out?
Speaker 1: Because I mean, are you on an island that you
Speaker 1: have to prevent? You know it's a big cornerback prevention
Speaker 1: or is that just the way the tackles worked out
Speaker 1: for you this year? Now? I think a lot of
Speaker 1: it came from being on an island most definitely, and
Speaker 1: not feel like I always are not always the majority
Speaker 1: of my tackles, opportunities that I had were always just
Speaker 1: me by myself and me in the hope of field,
Speaker 1: or just me and the receivers. I feel like a
Speaker 1: lot of time just came from the position I was in,
Speaker 1: just being out there by myself. Jaylen, Jim Miller here,
Speaker 1: Welcome to Chicago. I guess how different has it been
Speaker 1: for you? You You know, it's great to get drafted. I
Speaker 1: know your dream is coming true and it's probably settled
Speaker 1: in that you're a Chicago Bear. But you know, virtually
Speaker 1: getting to know your your teammates, you know, rather than
Speaker 1: being in the locker room, you know, talking to guys,
Speaker 1: talking shop, those type of things that haven't been able
Speaker 1: to happen just yet. After the draft honestly hasn't really
Speaker 1: hit me too much, and we haven't been able to
Speaker 1: really talk too much in terms of like teammates and
Speaker 1: stuff like that. I just talked to the coaches. But
Speaker 1: we started rookie mini camps this weekend, and I'll definitely
Speaker 1: start getting more acclimated with some of the other rookies
Speaker 1: and then when camp starts as well virtually or when
Speaker 1: we start meeting as a teams and getting acclimated with
Speaker 1: the other the older Danes as well. I mean, we
Speaker 1: haven't really did that too much yet, but that's going
Speaker 1: to happen. I've coming for soon. Jaylen Johnson our guest
Speaker 1: here on Bears All Access with town Fair, Jim Miller,
Speaker 1: Jeff Joni Act, the rookie out of Utah, John of
Speaker 1: the Bears, as he said this weekend in the rookie minicamps,
Speaker 1: as extraordinary as that is in the current environment. You know,
Speaker 1: Jay Lin, I noticed that your Twitter handle is at
Speaker 1: NBA x J one. I know basketball was a great
Speaker 1: love of yours and if I'm not mistaken, you nearly
Speaker 1: gave up football because of basketball at some point. Is
Speaker 1: that is that the tie in with the NBA or
Speaker 1: you just a love of the game guy, No, I
Speaker 1: didn't get exactly acronym in the stands were never broken.
Speaker 1: That was just some that I want to carry with
Speaker 1: myself that I would just provide a better life for myself,
Speaker 1: my family that I had my upbringing. So I mean,
Speaker 1: I was just something I keep with myself. But that
Speaker 1: doesn't correlate really with the NBA or the basketball NBA.
Speaker 1: Jayn and some of the obstacles you've been able to
Speaker 1: overcome in a football life. A lot of us have
Speaker 1: read about your shoulder injuries. How did how did you
Speaker 1: get through that process without missing any games? Are just
Speaker 1: started off the mental stuffingness first. I mean for me,
Speaker 1: it's always about um seeing a bigger picture and just
Speaker 1: staying kind of true to what I had set out
Speaker 1: from my team aspect and from individual aspects as well.
Speaker 1: So just being able to play through um the pain
Speaker 1: and a getting used to being uncomfortable. I mean, it
Speaker 1: was something ideal with for a while. So I mean
Speaker 1: it was just always about um looking forward and just
Speaker 1: continue to try to better myself and just keep being
Speaker 1: better and I'm making plays and just trying to survive
Speaker 1: from my team the draft process, I mean, what what
Speaker 1: were things that were brought to your attension of maybe
Speaker 1: things you need to work on or tips you were
Speaker 1: given that you know you really have taken to heart
Speaker 1: to say, yeah, I could really elevate my game if
Speaker 1: I kind of incorporate maybe one of these two things,
Speaker 1: whether they're techniques, whether it's it's something cerebral and how
Speaker 1: something has played. But what what have you learned throughout
Speaker 1: that process and or to become a better football player. UM. Honestly,
Speaker 1: the least thing I took away was just being consistent, um.
Speaker 1: And I mean I feel like that's the hardest thing,
Speaker 1: but that's the most important thing in this game, is
Speaker 1: being more consistent in your technique or being more consistent
Speaker 1: in communicating, being more consistent and um, all aspects of
Speaker 1: the game. And I feel like for me, um, it
Speaker 1: was it was hard to always be consistent and like
Speaker 1: my tackling aspect because of my shoulder, I mean, I
Speaker 1: was something that I really battled through trying to be
Speaker 1: more consistent in that tackling technique. Um so, I mean
Speaker 1: it was I mean, honestly just about being consistent, just
Speaker 1: an all aspect. But I feel like tacklin was one
Speaker 1: of my business with producer Sean Anderson, Jeff Jonny, Act
Speaker 1: time Fair, Jim Muller two at Chicago Bears with us
Speaker 1: is jan and Johnson joins us from Utah, the second
Speaker 1: round pick of the Bears, as he gets ready for
Speaker 1: rookie minicamp with the Bears. I love the way you
Speaker 1: go by your business. You know, I've seen some video
Speaker 1: of you discussing your value of watching tape and being
Speaker 1: a game studier because there, first of all, there's not
Speaker 1: a lot of kids that come in knowing how to
Speaker 1: watch tape. They've got to learn how to do it
Speaker 1: over time. Maybe they didn't get instructed the right way,
Speaker 1: or maybe no one took him under the wing and say, hey,
Speaker 1: this is what you look for, But it showed up
Speaker 1: in your play many times, especially making plays on the ball.
Speaker 1: Would you say, as you enter your first year in
Speaker 1: the National Football League that already is one of your strengths. Yeah,
Speaker 1: most definitely. I feel like that was something that I
Speaker 1: focused on developing through my college career, and I was
Speaker 1: my IQ. I'm not even just on the field, but
Speaker 1: just in the classroom on the board and learning and
Speaker 1: how to watch them like you mentioned, I mean, for me,
Speaker 1: it was just about how can I figure out how
Speaker 1: I can make my plague before I step on the field,
Speaker 1: and not just trying to react and think about certain
Speaker 1: things and not be too short on the field. I mean,
Speaker 1: for me, it was just always about scrapping myself to
Speaker 1: be prepared when I got on the field and I
Speaker 1: fight out something that but you thought coaches did really
Speaker 1: well with me and our defense in general, just how
Speaker 1: to watch film situations, how to learn how to pick
Speaker 1: up things from the offense and what little things offensive
Speaker 1: are trying to do. My culture really installed that into it,
Speaker 1: something that's definitely something when you carry into the league
Speaker 1: and even improved even more and looking to learn that
Speaker 1: from the veterans as well, and see also what they
Speaker 1: like to watch and how they watched from the learned tendencies.
Speaker 1: Hey Jaylen, you know when you think about a cornerback
Speaker 1: come in the NFL, the best friend is a heavy
Speaker 1: duty front seven. When when you think of Akim Hicks
Speaker 1: and Khalil Mack and Robert Quinn. You think of the
Speaker 1: developing Roquan Smith and the experience of Danny Trevathan and
Speaker 1: the other guys up there. It's got to be pretty
Speaker 1: exciting considering the defense that you came from to the
Speaker 1: defense front seven that you're going to. Do you study
Speaker 1: that up front stuff at this time in the college
Speaker 1: or do you become more familiar with it now that
Speaker 1: you're a member of the Bears. That was definitely something
Speaker 1: that we said even kind of looked at. It wasn't
Speaker 1: something that we and they made too important, but it
Speaker 1: was something that I developed because I mean, through my years,
Speaker 1: the defense didn't change for me on the back end,
Speaker 1: so I like to look at what the linebacker, you knowing,
Speaker 1: how the D line we're doing stunt to make a
Speaker 1: certain calls. So that was something that I paid attention
Speaker 1: to the later years. I'm at Utah, I mean, just
Speaker 1: coming into it now, I feel like I'm just going
Speaker 1: to learn my position first before trying to develop the
Speaker 1: whole defense or see what everybody else is doing. But
Speaker 1: I mean, once I kind of get my responsibilities under
Speaker 1: my felt and I can even enhance even more and see, okay,
Speaker 1: what other people are doing and how they're supposed to
Speaker 1: do it and how it makes the defense run. Being
Speaker 1: able to understand the whole, the whole scheme of things.
Speaker 1: So I mean, definitely I know who who got great
Speaker 1: guys up front and out front seven I make my
Speaker 1: job a lot easier. But I mean, right now, I'm
Speaker 1: just focused on learning my job. Um what have you
Speaker 1: been doing to us to stay in tip top shape?
Speaker 1: You know you mentioned the mini camp just around the corner,
Speaker 1: and no, uh, you know you obviously want to come
Speaker 1: in and show your wears and when that time comes,
Speaker 1: But maintaining your health is the big thing. What are
Speaker 1: you doing jumping in a jumping rope in the driveway?
Speaker 1: What do you got going to stay in tiptop shape?
Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean I'm just doing buil, doing
Speaker 1: a rehab, a physical therapy on my shoulder to make
Speaker 1: sure that. So, I mean it's just little things like that,
Speaker 1: and even conditioning on my own or running in front
Speaker 1: of the house or running a mile around the neighborhood,
Speaker 1: whatever it may be. Just always trying to find, um
Speaker 1: something to better myself. But I mean I find different
Speaker 1: things there to try to do. M I mean, I
Speaker 1: can't live too many weights. I mean I just do
Speaker 1: a lot of banded exercises and a lot of explosions
Speaker 1: and things and jumping and doing a lot of legs.
Speaker 1: So um so, I mean, I'm just doing what I
Speaker 1: can be right now, jay lin Jot said our guest
Speaker 1: here on bears All Access. One more for me. We'll
Speaker 1: let you go, jay Line, as you're ready for the
Speaker 1: rest of your work week. The rookie out of Utah,
Speaker 1: You know, many people will always look at the SEC
Speaker 1: a big ten to almost a lesser extent, but they
Speaker 1: look at the SEC and those corners are ready to
Speaker 1: play because they've placed X receiver. These guys are going
Speaker 1: in the NFL. But the list of characters that you
Speaker 1: had to deal with last year and throughout your career,
Speaker 1: Utah Brandon I, Michael Pittman, Leabiscus, Chanal, Isaiah Hodgens, Desmond
Speaker 1: Patman is probably going to be a surprising player for
Speaker 1: the Colts. Aaron Fuller, all these guys you covered last season.
Speaker 1: You were the guy that was called the duty here
Speaker 1: and you and you really limited these guys. Do you
Speaker 1: almost take it as a personal not attack so much,
Speaker 1: but that there there's more than meets the eye when
Speaker 1: you go around the college landscape and find corners out there,
Speaker 1: because you've got the mental and aggressive and the feisty
Speaker 1: playmaking ability to step in and really compete for a
Speaker 1: starting job in year one given what you faced already
Speaker 1: NFL caliber receivers. I mean, how much for that? I
Speaker 1: mean just being who I am and just being a
Speaker 1: corner fact. I feel like I always take things as
Speaker 1: I can attack and good things like that. I mean,
Speaker 1: I feel like there's I mean, for me, like you said,
Speaker 1: all the people I covered and the work all that
Speaker 1: to do against those guys, I feel like it's just
Speaker 1: who I am in terms of being able to really
Speaker 1: cover high quality receivers and not just being out there
Speaker 1: going against Joe Blow, but actually really going to be
Speaker 1: able to compete against the best guys. And then I
Speaker 1: feel like it was something that I took upon myself
Speaker 1: and own the whole of going and following those guys
Speaker 1: around and not just being Okay, if they're on my side,
Speaker 1: then okay, then I'll go garden, but going to go
Speaker 1: get that matchup and forcing that issue to take that
Speaker 1: responsibility upon myself. I mean that's just how who I
Speaker 1: am as a person and just who I was and
Speaker 1: who I am as a corner. So I mean, I
Speaker 1: just I can challenge and I just being able to
Speaker 1: living people from making places. All right, gentle, we'll let
Speaker 1: you God good to meet ya. We're looking forward to
Speaker 1: meet you in person one day. As we get yourself
Speaker 1: for the twenty twenty SEA. He's gonna keep an eye
Speaker 1: that schedule release coming out here at the bottom of
Speaker 1: the hour. Buddy, it's gonna get real soon. Thanks for
Speaker 1: joining us. Jaylen Johnson, who may the greatest quote? I
Speaker 1: love it. I'm going to do all I can to
Speaker 1: make teams to regret the decision to not pick me
Speaker 1: in the National Football League draft Bears did in round two.
Speaker 1: Coming back with Jim and Time after this break on
Speaker 1: Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score.
Speaker 1: Welcome back to the segment of Bears All Access is
Speaker 1: brought to you by CDW. People will get it learn
Speaker 1: more at CDWAT dot com. Jeff jonny Ac time there,
Speaker 1: Jim Miller with you as we get you set for
Speaker 1: Ryan Pace at the bottom of the hour, as the
Speaker 1: NFL schedule release will become official at that point. Lot
Speaker 1: leaked already throughout the uh the world of Twitter verse
Speaker 1: and whatnot. Jim Miller, and I'm sure you broke it
Speaker 1: all down in the NFL Radio today on Sirius XM.
Speaker 1: I know the rumor is Detroit will be the Bears
Speaker 1: first opponent on the road in your neck of the
Speaker 1: woods up there in Michigan, and the season would end
Speaker 1: at home against green Bay, but a lot in between
Speaker 1: some primetime games, all reported, of course, but we'll find
Speaker 1: out here shortly. Yeah, and well, you know, I think
Speaker 1: those division games are important, especially when your kick off
Speaker 1: your season against the division opponent. Again, we say it
Speaker 1: all the time. You win your division, you're you know,
Speaker 1: you're probably going to get a playoff spot. You are
Speaker 1: going to get a playoff spot, So focus on that.
Speaker 1: And it starts Week one, will be on the road
Speaker 1: to Detroit. There'll be a much different looking team, obviously
Speaker 1: with Stafford finally healthy from that standpoint, and they got
Speaker 1: a lot of new players. Defensively, you know a lot
Speaker 1: of players shipped out the door. They've got new players
Speaker 1: coming in. Snacks Harrison no longer there is a run stuffer.
Speaker 1: But they brought in Danny Shelton from the New England Patriots,
Speaker 1: guys like Jamie Collins, athletic linebackers. They've upgraded. There's secondary
Speaker 1: in my opinion. Granted they may have lost big play Sleigh.
Speaker 1: I don't know how many big plays they made because
Speaker 1: they were twenty eighth in the NFL. I think they're
Speaker 1: better with Desmond Truffon and drafting Jeff Okuda. So certainly
Speaker 1: the Bears will be ch that first week of the
Speaker 1: season with what they'll be facing in division. You know,
Speaker 1: it's weird because you think ahead and the first thing
Speaker 1: I think when I look at the stadiums, especially in
Speaker 1: an emotional opening game like every team faces, you think
Speaker 1: of Detroit and kind of you know, having Matt Patricia
Speaker 1: on this lifeline, its succeed or else kind of hes
Speaker 1: So he's on the hot seat from week one. One
Speaker 1: thing about Detroit when they play the Bears in the
Speaker 1: last five or six years, they've had a nice support
Speaker 1: of Detroit crowd there. That makes it difficult to go
Speaker 1: in there and play with proper in proper sync at
Speaker 1: the early part of the season, and I don't know
Speaker 1: what the noise situation is going to be in that stadium,
Speaker 1: and I think at one opportunity to get Detroit at
Speaker 1: the perfect time with an aggressive defense like the Bears have,
Speaker 1: and what they can go doing early in the regular
Speaker 1: season if they do have that more physical approach to
Speaker 1: running a running game. There's nothing that goes into an
Speaker 1: early sea he's in victory on the road than a
Speaker 1: solid running game. Mitchell Drobiski has done last three starts
Speaker 1: against Detroit almost nine hundred yards nine touchdown throws against
Speaker 1: the Lions, all wins by the Bears. Real quick, before
Speaker 1: we take a break here, in about a minute or so,
Speaker 1: a minute and a half, you guys read the Jim
Speaker 1: Harbaugh open letter to football people. Is how it was
Speaker 1: basically worded about making college players allowed to enter the
Speaker 1: NFL Draft and if they're not selected in the first
Speaker 1: seven rounds, all seven rounds of the draft and go
Speaker 1: back to college without penalty, and that would go for
Speaker 1: a freshman our senior. What are your thoughts on that idea?
Speaker 1: There's more to it than that's a long document. Yeah, Well,
Speaker 1: I think if a player did do it currently and
Speaker 1: if they took it to court, I think a player
Speaker 1: would win, say, if he didn't sign with an agent
Speaker 1: out there just kept this amateur status, meaning, hey, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna declare for the draft, and let's say I don't
Speaker 1: get drafted, I haven't signed with an agent. And then
Speaker 1: if you didn't get drafted, and if a player wanted
Speaker 1: to go back to college, I think a player would
Speaker 1: win that lawsuit in court because he has never disrupted
Speaker 1: his amateur status. And that's what Jim Harball pending that
Speaker 1: letter as well, as long as they don't sign with
Speaker 1: an agent. See, because a lot of these players right now,
Speaker 1: they're already being evaluated by the NFLPA and NFL, right
Speaker 1: that's why they give him these draft grades to allow
Speaker 1: the kid to determine whether he should even come out
Speaker 1: or not and declare for the NFL draft. So it's
Speaker 1: already out there, it's already been happening. But I think
Speaker 1: if a kid doesn't sign with an agent, I totally
Speaker 1: agree with that that he's not receiving compensation, he's not
Speaker 1: getting money that if he doesn't like where his draft
Speaker 1: slot is or if he goes undrafted, yeah, I think
Speaker 1: he should be given that option to return to college
Speaker 1: football because his amateur status was never disrupted by signing
Speaker 1: with an agent, I think he should get evalue if
Speaker 1: you want to go as an underclassman, I think there
Speaker 1: should be an underclassman protocol to evaluation to see if
Speaker 1: you're even ready. Because out my time in the last
Speaker 1: forty years, there's probably four or five guys maybe you
Speaker 1: can think of off the top of your head, that
Speaker 1: could go from high school to pros. So it's not
Speaker 1: like it's going to be an overabundance of guys exactly.
Speaker 1: That's Tim there, Jim Millery. I'm Jeff jony Ac. Coming
Speaker 1: up next Bears general manager Ryan Pace to break down
Speaker 1: the schedule release for twenty twenty for the Bears. It's
Speaker 1: all coming up next here on Chicago Sports Radio six
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Speaker 1: Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score. Please be joined
Speaker 1: by the general manager of the Chicago Bears, Ryan Pace. Kidney, Ryan,
Speaker 1: how you doing I'm good, Jeff, Are you good? Good?
Speaker 1: And you got the twenty twenty schedule in hand now official.
Speaker 1: The team's getting announced, the schedule leaked parts of it
Speaker 1: all day throughout the National Football that's kind that's kind
Speaker 1: of become a season into itself on the day of
Speaker 1: the schedule released to try and guess what's going to happen.
Speaker 1: People using their resources to do it. But we do
Speaker 1: know this. Onto September thirteenth, hit the road to take
Speaker 1: on the Detroit Lions to start the NFL season. As
Speaker 1: you take a look at it, what are your initial thoughts. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm looking at it right now, Jeff, as we're talking,
Speaker 1: I think you know you said it. Right off. We
Speaker 1: start off division opponent on the road in Detroit. You know,
Speaker 1: that's always a tough game. And then I see we've
Speaker 1: got what four national games, which is great, and then
Speaker 1: there's that stretch really at the end of the year
Speaker 1: where five over the final seven games or Nst North opponents,
Speaker 1: And you know, I think our by comes at a
Speaker 1: good time. We could eleven. That's a good time for
Speaker 1: a bye. So yeah, I like it. You know, Ryan,
Speaker 1: this Tom Fair, thanks for coming on with us and
Speaker 1: I'm kind of like you, Ryan is, when I look
Speaker 1: at a schedule as a player or broadcaster, I kind
Speaker 1: of gravitate towards what you just talked about. I like
Speaker 1: the late season, by the thing from November sixteenth on
Speaker 1: you could have five cold weather games possibly and a
Speaker 1: couple of them against divisional opponents, and then the Rams
Speaker 1: Monday night game late, a long trip, get home Tuesday morning,
Speaker 1: and then you got the Saints next week. So those
Speaker 1: are what my eye gravitates to. It seems like it's
Speaker 1: the same thing for you. You've got things you look
Speaker 1: for and then dissect it from there. Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: you're always looking in Tom. You know, every year the
Speaker 1: league changes so much, so it's hard to predict, you know,
Speaker 1: where these teams are going to be at different stages,
Speaker 1: but you know, every year is challenging. I do like
Speaker 1: the late by, you know, I know we have a
Speaker 1: tough stretch right there with a bunch of division opponents
Speaker 1: at the end, you know. Naturally, I kind of look
Speaker 1: for those warm weather teams coming to, you know, Soldier
Speaker 1: Field late in the year when it's cold. I think
Speaker 1: that's a good thing. But overall, you know, it's I
Speaker 1: think it all pieces together really well this year. Hey, Ryan,
Speaker 1: Jim Miller here, thanks for joining us today. And as
Speaker 1: you mentioned, every year it's its own entity. You know,
Speaker 1: we can say Detroit, Yeah, it's a team. We know
Speaker 1: they're in division. They've got a lot of different moving
Speaker 1: parts now drafting jeff Olkuda, they're bringing obviously the other
Speaker 1: corner from the Atlanta Falcons, and then even later in
Speaker 1: the in the in the schedule when you look at Indie,
Speaker 1: they're a different club with Philip Rivers, Tampa Bay with
Speaker 1: Tom Brady there, and I mean, how much of a
Speaker 1: deep dive do you do and does the staff do
Speaker 1: already as you see the schedule come out and you
Speaker 1: see what you'll be facing this year, Jim, it could
Speaker 1: you say it's different every year? Detroit, you know they
Speaker 1: had a really good draft. I know they've made some
Speaker 1: changes on defense as well, just schematically. And so if
Speaker 1: the Giants are new staff, you know, the Colts with
Speaker 1: a new quarterback camp but with a new quarterback Carolina
Speaker 1: the new staff. So there's change in our league every year.
Speaker 1: So it's unpredictable how some of these teams are going
Speaker 1: to be. I think that's where our advanced scouts come
Speaker 1: into play, they're already doing work on our opponents, so
Speaker 1: you know it all goes hand to hand with our
Speaker 1: coaching staff. But yeah, there's a lot of unknowns going
Speaker 1: into the into the season, but I think that's what
Speaker 1: makes it exciting too. Parisian manager Ryan Pace joining us
Speaker 1: Jeff Johnny Eck along with Tom There and Jim Miller
Speaker 1: here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventies score. This is
Speaker 1: Bears all access at Detroit home against the Giant September twenty,
Speaker 1: at Atlanta a week three home to Indian Week four,
Speaker 1: and then a gentleman by the name of Tom Brede
Speaker 1: brings in a Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a Thursday night.
Speaker 1: That's the first of the four primetime matchups. Ryan, and
Speaker 1: you know, from a fan perspective, you know got a
Speaker 1: chance to you know, you get a chance to see
Speaker 1: some of the great ones, and you want to be
Speaker 1: at that game. It's that it's Drew Brees coming to
Speaker 1: Soldier Field. You look at the big name quarterbacks that
Speaker 1: are coming to Soldier Field, and in your case, having
Speaker 1: been with Drew Brees in New Orleans, you never know
Speaker 1: when the last game is gonna be in Chicago for
Speaker 1: a guy like that, for sure. You got so much
Speaker 1: respect for all these quarterbacks and especially those guys where
Speaker 1: they're at at this stage in their careers, so it's
Speaker 1: a different honor and respect to play against them. And
Speaker 1: but hey, that's where we load up on defense and
Speaker 1: get after it. So you know, I'm excited of our
Speaker 1: defense in twenty twenty and especially our pass for us,
Speaker 1: and we'll need it against those good quarterbacks. Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: gonna be interesting because of the quarterbacks in the division,
Speaker 1: but they've gotta be saying the same thing about you guys. Ryan,
Speaker 1: look at the front seven you're facing, and it's gonna
Speaker 1: be fun to see it. You know, get off to
Speaker 1: that kickstart against Detroit and then going you know, coming
Speaker 1: home for the Giants because last year's offseason was almost
Speaker 1: a distraction because of the events were going on. So
Speaker 1: it seems like the focus getting ready for Detroit, I
Speaker 1: think things well, there will be a lot more to
Speaker 1: focus on outside the pandemic itself, but just the schedule
Speaker 1: that's in place. Yeah, I agree, Tom, and I think too,
Speaker 1: just year two and Chuck Pogano's defense, there's a lot
Speaker 1: more familiarity with our guys, and you know, some new
Speaker 1: faces on defense. You talk about Robert Quinn and you
Speaker 1: know things we've done on defense with Deshaun Gibson and
Speaker 1: Already Burns and Jalen Johnson, and so there's some new faces,
Speaker 1: but I think continuity with the rest of the guys
Speaker 1: and year two and Pogano's scheme is really going to
Speaker 1: pay dividends. Well. The challenge here we just talked to
Speaker 1: Jalen Johnson, the talented corner the Bears selected, and the
Speaker 1: challenge for that standpoint to have young players come in
Speaker 1: and be contributors, you know, and every team has them,
Speaker 1: you know, and that normally you know, you look at
Speaker 1: that say of that Giants team, Dave Gentleman picked three
Speaker 1: starters in that draft last year. But to be contributors.
Speaker 1: Just the challenge of that with everything currently going on
Speaker 1: in the United States, with with what we're dealing with
Speaker 1: for sure, Jim and I think that's where you you know,
Speaker 1: when we're selecting these guys and we talked about their character,
Speaker 1: their football character, their football intelligence, all those things are
Speaker 1: hiring our priority list and every one of these draft
Speaker 1: picks has that. And then you couple that with our
Speaker 1: coaching staff and right now just just witnessing these virtual
Speaker 1: off season program we're going through, and it's really what
Speaker 1: Matt his coaching staff are doing, just being creative, keeping
Speaker 1: it fun, keep it engaging, you know, the full participation
Speaker 1: with all our players. So I think it's a credit
Speaker 1: to our coaches and then us bring and in the
Speaker 1: right kind of players that even in these unprecedented circumstances
Speaker 1: can really learn and adapt to what they're going to face.
Speaker 1: Ryan Pace, General manager the Bears, our guests with Tom
Speaker 1: Thare and Jim Metaim, Jeff Joni each when you put
Speaker 1: together your roster, you're looking at the present but also
Speaker 1: the future. So do you look at because you knew
Speaker 1: who the schedule, players, teams are going to be, just
Speaker 1: don't know when you're gonna play these folks and whatnot,
Speaker 1: and you can even look ahead down the road, do
Speaker 1: you do you try to build your roster in a
Speaker 1: way that also battles the division and then your broader
Speaker 1: schedule in years to come and in the year of
Speaker 1: twenty twenty or is that on my way off base
Speaker 1: on that? You know, Yeah, Jeff, I think I think
Speaker 1: there's some truth to that. I mean, you know, it
Speaker 1: starts with winning your divisions. So we know what we're facing.
Speaker 1: We know there's a lot of good quarterback play in
Speaker 1: our division. We know the type of conditions we're going
Speaker 1: to be playing in late in the year. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I think there is some truth to that, but it's
Speaker 1: a little bit of both. I mean, for us, you know,
Speaker 1: we know positions a priority for us. We know where
Speaker 1: we need to increased death, where we need to increase competition.
Speaker 1: And really when I look at you know, our team
Speaker 1: right now and what we've done as a personnel department,
Speaker 1: and that that's our job, you know, just apply our
Speaker 1: locker room and our coaching staff with competition throughout. So
Speaker 1: I think you know, you look, you know, you start
Speaker 1: with quarterback and corner and tight end and safety and
Speaker 1: outside linebacker. We've added a lot to all those positions,
Speaker 1: and I think we're going to steal it this year. Hey, Ryan,
Speaker 1: you know, kind of a weird set of circumstances You've
Speaker 1: got to you know, you learn about different departments that
Speaker 1: we are never introduced to in the past. When you
Speaker 1: just talk about the IT department alone and the support
Speaker 1: that they've given you throughout this entire process of the offseason.
Speaker 1: You know, we we you know, they're they're such an
Speaker 1: important part of the organization, but you kind of realize
Speaker 1: their importance when they're fed a scenario like they have
Speaker 1: been this year. Tom, It's been amazing. I can't say
Speaker 1: enough about it. You know, it's it's hard to name,
Speaker 1: you know, all of them because they've all been outstanding.
Speaker 1: And for me, those have been the real you know,
Speaker 1: within our organization, those have been the heroes behind the
Speaker 1: scenes because they're never getting credit. You know, they work
Speaker 1: around the clock. You know, you talk about R I
Speaker 1: T Department, Justin Stall and Mike Santarelli and videos, Dave
Speaker 1: Henderson and Dan Tooey and just the work that they've done.
Speaker 1: Brad Goldsberry just making us coaches and scouts. It's been seamless.
Speaker 1: So when we're at home right now and this is
Speaker 1: this is all of our scouts and all of our coaches,
Speaker 1: it feels like we're at house. The access to video,
Speaker 1: the access to our scouting database, our communication, Zoom meetings,
Speaker 1: skyte meetings, it's been easy. And you're talking about you know,
Speaker 1: coaches and scouts, you know, all different ages, all different challenges,
Speaker 1: and I really mean this, I think when we go forward,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of things that we're going to be
Speaker 1: more efficient at because what we've learned from this experience. Well,
Speaker 1: you said it right. Hopefully you are at Hollis Hall
Speaker 1: for a training camp and getting some good work done, Ryan,
Speaker 1: But the challenges and that working with the league office,
Speaker 1: you know, working with local municipalities, working with state municipalities,
Speaker 1: because it just seems like how everything is unfolding, it's
Speaker 1: going to be state by state and what's allowed by
Speaker 1: the state and local governments, and how how how challenge
Speaker 1: it has that been. You know, I understand, like you said,
Speaker 1: you guys have been creative and adapted, and it sounds
Speaker 1: like everybody else in the NFL, it has been a
Speaker 1: lot of intuition that is unfolded by a lot of clubs,
Speaker 1: including the Chicago Bears. But the challenges of that because
Speaker 1: it seems like everything's changing day by day, hour by
Speaker 1: hour with some of the things that are being reported right, Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's very fluid. Ye, And I think that's where I
Speaker 1: think George and Ted had provided great communication and leadership
Speaker 1: throughout you know, our team just from the league, the
Speaker 1: league level to our team that's been outstanding. And I
Speaker 1: you know, the good teams, uh, any business, any any
Speaker 1: sports team, you know, they adjust and adapt any any situation.
Speaker 1: And that's where I'm really proud of our organization how
Speaker 1: quickly we've done that. And Hey, this this is the situation.
Speaker 1: Every team's dealing with it. How do we adapt quicker
Speaker 1: and better? And I feel like we're doing that. Obviously,
Speaker 1: health and safety come first. That's all the matters that
Speaker 1: will be our guidelines. For me. It's it's been a
Speaker 1: it's been a little odd this week because really for
Speaker 1: the past month and a half you've had your head
Speaker 1: down and blinders on, your focus on the draft, and
Speaker 1: you kind of come up for air this week and
Speaker 1: you kind of take it all in. But I think
Speaker 1: we'll keep on following the leadership, the George and tedder
Speaker 1: providing and again, health and safety first, and then we'll
Speaker 1: go from there. Ryan Pace our guest, a couple more
Speaker 1: questions you real quick, Ryan, as we switch gears a
Speaker 1: little bit um the fifth year option for first round
Speaker 1: picks a few years ago. Obviously a big topic of
Speaker 1: conversation involving Mitch Drubisky. What was your thought process and
Speaker 1: not picking it up? Yeah, Jeff, I think you know, look,
Speaker 1: every team in the NFL, there's dates. You know, you've
Speaker 1: got to make decisions by and you know, internally when
Speaker 1: this happens, we make those decisions. And we've always had
Speaker 1: the approach where we're honest and we're truthful with our
Speaker 1: players and with our staff. And look, then we move
Speaker 1: on and we get work and that's where it's at,
Speaker 1: and Mitch gets it and everyone's competing, everyone's focusing on
Speaker 1: better results. Um, that's the entire team that you know
Speaker 1: starts with me and everybody. And I think you know,
Speaker 1: we believe in Mitch. That doesn't change, you know, Jeff,
Speaker 1: Isa think you can point to call Kyle Fuller as
Speaker 1: a great example of a player. You know, they didn't
Speaker 1: get his option exercise, and I think we would say
Speaker 1: it's worked out well for him and for us. So honestly,
Speaker 1: we feel like we've increased competition throughout our roster. And
Speaker 1: again that's our responsibility as a personnel department. Hey, Ryan,
Speaker 1: thank you for going up to Notre Dame. It's nice
Speaker 1: to see cole command. Hey, what that was that your
Speaker 1: desire with that pick to get a young player that
Speaker 1: can contribute immediately, But really, as upside as ahead of
Speaker 1: him where he can grow and develop and still contribute
Speaker 1: on game day, Tom, I knew you liked that pick.
Speaker 1: When he made that pick, out thought of you, man,
Speaker 1: he's uh, yeah, he's you know, he's the real deal
Speaker 1: and it's not it's not just okay you talk about
Speaker 1: his upside, so you know, he's still he's still young.
Speaker 1: When you look at his football background and he's that's
Speaker 1: a well rounded player. So yeah, you know, as a
Speaker 1: blocker in as a receiver, but he's a huge target.
Speaker 1: He's got great hands. There's tremendous upside as a blocker.
Speaker 1: He plays the game the right way. You know right away.
Speaker 1: His work ethic is football intelligence. How passionate is even
Speaker 1: as he is about the game. It's awesome. We've heard
Speaker 1: outstanding things about him and already, just in the short
Speaker 1: time of these guys getting acclimated in, you can feel
Speaker 1: it with him. So we're excited to have him and
Speaker 1: he's a huge addition for our offense. Ryan Pace, Bears
Speaker 1: general manager, thank you for joining us tonight and good
Speaker 1: luck with the rest of the offseason program. Rookie Minicamp
Speaker 1: coming up this weekend. Thanks guys. Good to catch up
Speaker 1: Ryan Pace. We'll continue the conversation with Jim and Tom
Speaker 1: after this on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy. The Score
Speaker 1: back with you on Bears All Access. In response to
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Speaker 1: hunday usa dot com. Jeff Jona Yac along with Tom
Speaker 1: there Jim Miller. Schedule is out. Let's go through it
Speaker 1: again in more detailed fellas. As we look at the
Speaker 1: opener at Detroit home against the Giants. Down of the twentieth,
Speaker 1: you're at Atlanta home against Andy. Let's take a quarterback
Speaker 1: quarter how about that? Get your quick thoughts on it.
Speaker 1: So you got the first block of the season. Again.
Speaker 1: We don't know if this is actually gonna happen this way,
Speaker 1: Gotta wait and see. But as you look at the
Speaker 1: first month of the season and the way the Bears
Speaker 1: are built, Tom and Jim, how would you address the
Speaker 1: first month of the season. I like it real quick, Jim.
Speaker 1: I like the fact that they're going into Detroit. I
Speaker 1: don't think Detroit will be ready again. Matt, Patricia's already
Speaker 1: on the hot seat. Then you come home for the
Speaker 1: new York Giants. It's nice to have one underneath your
Speaker 1: belt to see if you can improve from week one
Speaker 1: to week two. Atlanta, you know, we haven't been to
Speaker 1: that stadium yet. Don't know what that home crowd support
Speaker 1: is gonna be like, or even if there will be
Speaker 1: a crowd in the building, because to me, Jeff, I
Speaker 1: think crowd noise is the most destructive opponent that you
Speaker 1: face in these loud indoor in some of the outdoor
Speaker 1: stadiums like Seattle, So don't I don't think Bears are
Speaker 1: a huge underdog if you know there is no crowd noise.
Speaker 1: But that's the same thing when teams come here to Chicago,
Speaker 1: if there's no noise in place. Yeah, to me, Detroit,
Speaker 1: they've got a lot of new faces. To me, it's
Speaker 1: going to take them a little bit to gel as
Speaker 1: as a football team, would be my take, especially on
Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball. Giants are a very
Speaker 1: young team, so they're not scared. They just don't know.
Speaker 1: So with the Giants comes a lot of inexperience and
Speaker 1: I would say that too on the defensive side of
Speaker 1: the ball, and a young ascending quarterback in Daniel Jones.
Speaker 1: They have improved their offensive line. They'll be more difficult,
Speaker 1: but that's a new head coach again. They're gonna have
Speaker 1: to gel. There's a lot of things that need to
Speaker 1: come together there with Jason Garrett now as their offensive coordinator,
Speaker 1: Atlanta Atlanta is a tough football team. Everybody's counting them
Speaker 1: out in the NFC South, obviously, with what New Orleans
Speaker 1: has done and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have done, people
Speaker 1: forget Atlanta started slow last year. They finished on a terror.
Speaker 1: That team got some wins done. They adjusted things defensively,
Speaker 1: and they've got a veteran quarterback. That is a legit
Speaker 1: problem in my opinion. And I think the Colts are
Speaker 1: a legit problem because when you look at Philip Rivers,
Speaker 1: he's been with Frank Wright, who's now the head coach
Speaker 1: of the Annapolis Colts, before they were together out in
Speaker 1: La or at that point San Diego. From that standpoint,
Speaker 1: that team could hit the ground running. They got a
Speaker 1: lot better here this offseason. So minimum you know, if
Speaker 1: you were to say, hey, can you come out two
Speaker 1: and two? Can you come out through you know, with
Speaker 1: three wins in one, I think that's some possibility for
Speaker 1: the Bears. I think absolutely they can do that. But
Speaker 1: those last two I think are the two toughest of
Speaker 1: the first quarter of the season and the second quarter
Speaker 1: of the season. Thursday night at home against Tampa then
Speaker 1: at Carolina the Rams to help open up so Fi Stadium,
Speaker 1: and I'm Monday night or October twenty sixth, New Orleans
Speaker 1: at three twenty five ar. So you're looking at uh
Speaker 1: in this situation, Drew Brees, You're looking at Jared Goffin.
Speaker 1: You're looking at Tom Brady in that four game stretch
Speaker 1: along with Teddy Ridgewater in Carolina. Yeah, but you know
Speaker 1: they're also looking at the Bears. Listen, let's not annoint
Speaker 1: Tom Brady the king of all Super Bowls because he's
Speaker 1: moving on to Tampa Bay and even Jim with all
Speaker 1: due respect to Philip Rivers. I you know, Phil, he's
Speaker 1: gonna have to have a great run games because Philip
Speaker 1: Rivers feet are are his best years are behind them.
Speaker 1: So you know, when you go in with the Bears defense,
Speaker 1: you always have to be a company against some of
Speaker 1: these quarterbacks that you know, some of the years are
Speaker 1: catching up with them. So it's gonna be interesting. And
Speaker 1: you know, a couple of years ago when they faced
Speaker 1: um that coach that was a Chip, the guy that
Speaker 1: was coaching Philadelphia a couple of years ago. Yeah, Chip
Speaker 1: Kelly exploded onto the scene and was crushing everybody. It
Speaker 1: kind of worries me about the Carolina Panthers because I
Speaker 1: don't know what to expect in that. Are they going
Speaker 1: to get another one year explosion out of a system
Speaker 1: that's going to come up the ranks that a lot
Speaker 1: of people aren't familiar with by this time, but maybe
Speaker 1: by this time of the season October eighteenth, they will be.
Speaker 1: So it's some of the older quarterbacks and unfamiliarity with
Speaker 1: some of the head coaches that a little bit of
Speaker 1: that second quarter concern. No, I'm with you, but I
Speaker 1: like that offensive line of the Colts with Quinton Nelson
Speaker 1: and obviously they got their big left tackle back in Costanzo.
Speaker 1: They're legit running game with Marlon Mack. They drafted Jonathan
Speaker 1: Taylor out of Wisconsin. They have a third down back
Speaker 1: in the Heem Hinz who's really good out of the backfield.
Speaker 1: Plus they bettered the receiver position with the drafting of
Speaker 1: the USC wide receiver into gold coincide with Paris Campbell
Speaker 1: a year ago and they still have t Y Hilton.
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers will know how to use those weapons because
Speaker 1: his offensive line stunk out in LA last year and
Speaker 1: why he had so many interceptions. He'll do just find
Speaker 1: their Tampa Bay. I like the weapons of Tampa Bay
Speaker 1: and Tom Brady again, I think he'll know how to
Speaker 1: utilize him. That team got a lot better here this offseason.
Speaker 1: It's not just him because he you know, granted, can
Speaker 1: one man make a difference and change everything? Yes, because
Speaker 1: that he provides hope there. He raises the bar on everybody,
Speaker 1: not just on his team, but in the entire organization, shoot,
Speaker 1: the whole community. I mean, the ticket sales are through
Speaker 1: the roof there right now. In Tabby, they haven't experienced
Speaker 1: anything like this, and they have a talented football team Carolina.
Speaker 1: I'm with you, Tom and Jeff. They're laying a foundation there.
Speaker 1: I do think they had a good draft, but we'll
Speaker 1: see what Matt Rule can can do to get everything
Speaker 1: to come together. New schemes offensively and defensively. And then
Speaker 1: when you look at the the LA Rams, they've kind
Speaker 1: of retooled as well. They haven't really had a good offseason.
Speaker 1: I've had contract issues with players. Have they replaced what
Speaker 1: they lost a year ago? So you know, I definitely
Speaker 1: they think the Bears for a road game. I'd be
Speaker 1: happy to play the La Rams because there's a lot
Speaker 1: to learn about that team. And then finally, of the Saints,
Speaker 1: I talked to Mickey Loomis the other day of the
Speaker 1: general manager. They only had four draft picks the whole
Speaker 1: draft four because they're a win nowt team. They don't
Speaker 1: need any help to do what they're doing. They've been
Speaker 1: knocking at the door for three years now and that
Speaker 1: is a legitimate, good football team. The Bears will be
Speaker 1: welcoming in November. First, they're dangerous. We're gonna run out
Speaker 1: of time due to the whole schedule. Saw quick a
Speaker 1: minute on the third quarter of the season at Tennessee
Speaker 1: Monday night with the Vikings in then the bye week
Speaker 1: in week eleven, which that hasn't been the case here
Speaker 1: in a while, and then Acreen Band is Sunday night
Speaker 1: out of the bye that's Thanksgiving week and take it away, Fellas,
Speaker 1: and then Detroit on December six. Well, you know you
Speaker 1: got the Saints after a short week after the Rams game.
Speaker 1: Then you travel at Tennessee Minnesota Monday night. It's going
Speaker 1: to be in Chicago, so that could be the start
Speaker 1: of your cold weather games right there, and then you
Speaker 1: have a late season by. If you can get in
Speaker 1: a good position with that late season by, you can
Speaker 1: regain a lot of health. Then it's the emotional game
Speaker 1: at green Bay. Take advantage of Minnesota. They got a
Speaker 1: lot of changes on their defense. I'm with Tom on
Speaker 1: the bye. I do like that late bye. Don't sleep
Speaker 1: on the Tennessee Titans. That is a legit good football
Speaker 1: team too. With the found their quarterback in Ryan Tannehill,
Speaker 1: and their offense is going to be tough again and
Speaker 1: they'll be able to run the football. I believe the
Speaker 1: Bears are up for the challenge stopping their run game
Speaker 1: green Bay. I know a lot of people have pooh
Speaker 1: pooed their draft coming out of the bye, but you
Speaker 1: got to get that division win, even if that's on
Speaker 1: the road, that would be even better, and I think
Speaker 1: the Bears are capable of doing that as well. I
Speaker 1: like the Bears' chances in division. Maybe thirty seconds each
Speaker 1: on the last quarter Houston here at Minnesota at Jacksonville
Speaker 1: home against green Bay or rapid up Boys, Well, you're
Speaker 1: gonna know something about the season, so everybody's gonna be
Speaker 1: fighting for position. You think of the Houston Texans playoff,
Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings great season, Jacksonville Jaguars that you know still incomplete,
Speaker 1: and then Green Bay to close the season in Chicago.
Speaker 1: The emotions are going to be running high at that point.
Speaker 1: You never know what the weather is going to be
Speaker 1: like January third. Yeah, and hey, I hope that it's
Speaker 1: on the line. You know, you should be playing your
Speaker 1: best football down the stretch with a better way to
Speaker 1: end with green Bay. If it is on the line,
Speaker 1: that's where you need to play your best and think
Speaker 1: about it. You have an extra playoff spot. There'll be
Speaker 1: plenty to play for in twenty twenty. That really is
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Speaker 1: on all of that. I hope you enjoyed the program. Tonight.
Speaker 1: That's gonna wrap us up with Sean Anderson, our producer.
Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Joni, actim There, Jim Muller, thanks to Jaylon Johnson,
Speaker 1: the rookie out of Utah, and general manager Ryan Pace.
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