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Now it's time for Bears Weekly with 0:00:19.960 --> 0:00:23.000 the Voice of the Bears Jeff Showy on the New 0:00:23.079 --> 0:00:24.840 Bears waiting on network. 0:00:34.080 --> 0:00:37.760 So much to discuss, so much to digest as well 0:00:37.800 --> 0:00:39.920 your Bears for the time being, I keep saying that 0:00:39.960 --> 0:00:42.000 two weeks a row with the number nine picking round 0:00:42.080 --> 0:00:44.519 one and options glory to ponder. 0:00:44.560 --> 0:00:45.360 Welcome in, everybody. 0:00:45.400 --> 0:00:48.400 I'm Jeff Joniak, along with my broadcast partner Tom Fair, 0:00:49.120 --> 0:00:52.440 Jim Miller from Sirius ex M NFL Radio, Moving the Chains, 0:00:52.720 --> 0:00:55.160 Tuck Dawayne his hotel room in Kansas City. What's going 0:00:55.200 --> 0:00:56.320 on in that place right now? 0:00:56.520 --> 0:00:58.680 Hey, there's a buzz here in the city. There's no 0:00:58.720 --> 0:01:01.080 doubt about that. They got the hang it up and 0:01:01.160 --> 0:01:04.559 so everybody's fired up. They saved over three hundred thousand 0:01:04.600 --> 0:01:06.880 people are going to be here, and already it's starting 0:01:06.920 --> 0:01:08.200 to really load up. 0:01:08.440 --> 0:01:11.080 I don't know I'm a traditionalist, right, I got used 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:13.680 to New York every year. But I tell you it 0:01:13.720 --> 0:01:16.240 was the best thing the NFL did, Tommy to send 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:18.480 it up. Remember Chicago did it. I think that was 0:01:18.520 --> 0:01:23.919 what twenty fourteen ish. That was amazing. The turnout was great, Tommy. 0:01:23.920 --> 0:01:25.920 I know how you feel about keeping things in the 0:01:25.920 --> 0:01:27.960 States and everything that this has been a great thing 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:29.480 to have the draft move around a little bit. 0:01:29.920 --> 0:01:32.560 Yeah, it has, But I think Chicago set the standard 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:34.920 of what's expected of them if they are going to 0:01:35.000 --> 0:01:38.200 move the draft around to different cities, they kind of 0:01:38.240 --> 0:01:42.120 set a standard of the unknown after all those years 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:45.240 in New York. So Chicago did a great job of 0:01:45.280 --> 0:01:49.560 representing themselves. Had the perfect location, and so everybody has 0:01:49.920 --> 0:01:54.000 live up to the standard of Chicago more than New York. 0:01:54.520 --> 0:01:57.160 I rolled out the red carver for Jim Miller out there. 0:01:57.560 --> 0:02:00.320 You do this every single year. You probably talk to 0:02:00.360 --> 0:02:02.600 a bunch of guys already today as they were warming 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:04.920 up by the guys invited to the draft. What did 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:07.520 you learn today, Jim from these guys and what rumors 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:08.079 are you hearing? 0:02:09.040 --> 0:02:09.320 Well? 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:12.040 I do think you know it's always going to be active, 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:14.760 because when you look at the at least the gms. 0:02:14.840 --> 0:02:17.800 You know, here Ryan Poles is a first year at GM, 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:20.400 but he's already made moves. You know, these guys, these 0:02:20.440 --> 0:02:22.880 young general managers, they're not afraid to move up and 0:02:22.960 --> 0:02:25.840 down and get the guys they want. So here at three, 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:29.480 you've got Monte Austin for it, right, He's a young 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:32.959 GM that'll be selecting. And of course you got other 0:02:33.040 --> 0:02:35.440 guys like Dave Ziegler there for the Raiders where they're 0:02:35.440 --> 0:02:38.280 picking at seven. So you just I think there's going 0:02:38.360 --> 0:02:42.080 to be movement. We've seen records setting, record setting trades 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:44.440 over the past couple of years now that the compensatory 0:02:44.560 --> 0:02:46.919 picks are tradable, so I think you're going to see 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:49.000 a lot of movement. I really do. They've been really 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:50.440 aggressive the last few years. 0:02:50.600 --> 0:02:52.120 Tom, Do you want of the Bears to stay at 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:54.440 nine or you do you care if they move down 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:56.040 a little bit? Do you care if they're in a 0:02:56.120 --> 0:02:59.000 range if they're going to get an extra maybe higher 0:02:59.000 --> 0:03:01.560 second round pick or even the later pick in the 0:03:01.560 --> 0:03:02.359 middle rounds. 0:03:03.200 --> 0:03:07.320 You know, I'm looking for a great player, not necessarily 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:10.080 more picks. So if they're going to go down and 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:12.520 if they have a chance to get a five star 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:15.800 draft choice, but they're going you know, you know this guy, 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:20.160 you know, he's a three star draft choice, but he's coachable. No, 0:03:20.960 --> 0:03:24.240 I want to go for the guy that is dependable. 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:27.760 He's got a reputation that he has high expectations for 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:31.200 himself and the team has equally high expectations. He's a 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:33.680 guy that can come in here and kind of be 0:03:33.840 --> 0:03:37.120 that plug and play player that you can have be 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:40.600 a contributor immediately at some of the weakest spots you have. 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:43.480 But my, you know, with this draft, the more I 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:45.760 read about the players, you. 0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:48.440 Know, you think of cornerbacks. 0:03:48.800 --> 0:03:53.400 There's a lot of cornerbacks in this draft that sometimes 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:57.000 you don't see that position come up as much with 0:03:57.400 --> 0:04:00.160 you know, these types of guys with size and speed, 0:04:00.480 --> 0:04:03.480 coverage ability and stuff, and I know it kind of 0:04:03.480 --> 0:04:06.360 gets off, you know, the path a little bit. But 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:08.800 if the Bears have a guy there that can come 0:04:08.800 --> 0:04:12.200 in here and you know, be a starter, if they 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:14.720 feel that he can be a starter immediately, obviously he 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:18.560 still has to prove himself. But you know, and then 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:21.080 if the guy's out there that you want and you 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:22.479 have to make that trade. 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:24.640 Go ahead. But if there's a five star guy there, 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:25.640 go and get them. 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:28.400 Jim, how many five star guys in your opinion are there? 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:30.960 And Tom use that as a guide. But in terms 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:32.839 of great players, guys that you can close your eyes 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:34.520 and think, hey, this guy is a Hall of Fame 0:04:34.560 --> 0:04:36.479 potential or at a minimum, he's going to be a 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:39.719 perennial pro bowler in the top ten, what are we 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:40.719 talking about on this draft? 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:42.479 Because I'm hearing different vibes. 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:45.000 I hear from some scouts say, you know what, this 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:48.919 is not a great star draft. There's players in every draft, 0:04:48.960 --> 0:04:51.760 no question about it, and whatever the fit is for 0:04:51.800 --> 0:04:53.440 a player is most important anyway. 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:56.640 And then secondarily you hear from a lot of these 0:04:56.720 --> 0:04:58.080 gems saying, yeah, it's a great draft. 0:04:58.080 --> 0:04:58.800 We got there's you. 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:00.960 Know, it's based maybe on the that they have where 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:03.880 they see a particular what's your opinion after being a 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:06.040 veteran of watching all of these over the years. 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:08.520 I mean, even Gil Brandt will will tell you the 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:12.040 great Gil Brandt just going and you know you're normally 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:15.159 only going to have like eighteen to twenty maybe twenty 0:05:15.200 --> 0:05:18.720 five blue chip players. You know, blue chip players are 0:05:18.920 --> 0:05:22.039 the guys that you think have the ability to go 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:24.880 to the Hall of Fame and wear a gold jacket. 0:05:25.040 --> 0:05:27.359 In this draft, they say there is only about fifteen, 0:05:28.000 --> 0:05:30.320 you know, like the of the say the b Jon 0:05:30.480 --> 0:05:34.760 Robinson's or the Paris Johnson Juniors, or say like a 0:05:34.839 --> 0:05:37.640 Will Landerson. So really in this draft is probably the 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:41.720 top fifteen. And then the meat of the draft is 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:44.599 going to be really the second and third round guys 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:47.560 that start to get pushed down and you know, are 0:05:47.640 --> 0:05:50.039 going to be counted on to be but they wouldn't 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:52.600 project as first round picks. I think gonna be able 0:05:52.600 --> 0:05:55.320 to tell. I mean, even look at the Ohio state 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:59.039 wide receiver Jackson Smith and Jigbe. I mean that guy 0:05:59.040 --> 0:06:02.120 didn't even play last He didn't play, he had a hamstring, 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:05.040 and everybody's just in love with this guy. And that's 0:06:05.040 --> 0:06:07.480 why I think guys like Zay Flowers are gaining a 0:06:07.520 --> 0:06:11.160 lot of steam from Boston College. You know, there's to 0:06:11.200 --> 0:06:14.040 me a couple of receivers that you know, I personally 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:16.680 like more than Jackson Smith and Jigbo, who was his 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:20.039 great year, was really with the two other receivers that 0:06:20.080 --> 0:06:23.159 were around him, one of Harrison Junior this year. And 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:25.600 then of course you know when he got Garrett Wilson 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:28.280 last year, he got a lot of looks and a 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:30.919 lot lot of receptions just because of who he was 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:31.680 surrounded by. 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:35.239 All right, we've got help of course on this show 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:38.080 as always a lot of help and matter of fact, 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:42.080 with producer Charlie Bevins, Nick Maczala, as well as our 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:46.800 Bears Radio Network producer Eric Ostrowski, Dan Brilly Jordan Treadup 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:48.000 helping us out as well. 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:49.280 We appreciate you listening. 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:51.640 Coming up in our next segment, we'll be joined by 0:06:51.720 --> 0:06:54.800 Assistant general manager Ian Cunningham of the Bears. Had a 0:06:54.800 --> 0:06:58.200 conversation with him yesterday. You'll hear that it was a 0:06:58.200 --> 0:07:01.240 taped interview earlier this week. As we look at the Bears, 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:03.680 the number nine pick and then not until round two, 0:07:03.760 --> 0:07:05.880 number fifty three for the time being, so forty three 0:07:05.880 --> 0:07:09.200 players will be selected in between. Aaron Rodgers rolled out today, 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:12.800 fellas clean shaven in the whole bit now and he's 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:14.840 out of our hair. Tom, in fact, you have none 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:17.040 left and you got a nice look to you right now. 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:19.520 You looked did you just get a clean shave up 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:20.120 on the noggin? 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:23.800 I do all hair care myself. 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:24.440 That thing. 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:26.800 I have zero hair budget. 0:07:26.520 --> 0:07:29.440 In my life, and I did, and Aaron Rodgers made 0:07:29.480 --> 0:07:31.000 you pull the rest of it out on his own 0:07:31.000 --> 0:07:33.120 in the twenty nine games against the Bears. 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:37.200 You know, I don't know what to think about that 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:41.160 whole deal, because, you know, you go to really a 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:45.280 nice NBA or an NFL city in Green Bay, you 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:49.280 have all the conveniencies handed to you, you know, and 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:54.040 everything in terms of traffic, location, stadium support, money that 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:57.360 you're being handed, the time that you spend in that organization, 0:07:57.800 --> 0:08:00.520 and then you wish yourself out of there, and now 0:08:00.600 --> 0:08:03.960 you go to a really complicated scenario in terms of 0:08:04.000 --> 0:08:07.160 where their practice facility is, where their games are, the 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:10.160 whole unknown of you know, going in and seeing this. 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:11.000 Locker room, you know. 0:08:11.280 --> 0:08:13.960 And then the reason they go and sign that ex 0:08:14.040 --> 0:08:17.480 Green Bay quarterback is because they don't need Aaron Rodgers 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:19.720 to do anything in the offseason. They can have this 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:23.360 quarterback there who's been with Hackett in Green Bay and 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:25.600 teach the rest of the players this system. 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:29.400 So you know, I'll wait and see what happens. 0:08:30.200 --> 0:08:32.760 You can hear the you can hear the anger bubbling 0:08:32.880 --> 0:08:36.600 up in the former Chicago Bear. Too many, too many 0:08:36.600 --> 0:08:39.480 confrontations with the Green and Yellow up there. 0:08:39.840 --> 0:08:42.600 Hey, he already mentioned, you know, I don't know if 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:45.120 you saw the press conference time. He's going to be 0:08:45.120 --> 0:08:47.520 at work tomorrow. He's going to work for the New 0:08:47.600 --> 0:08:50.320 York Jets. So I thought he handled it as about 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:52.720 as perfect as you could handle it. And even when 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:55.040 he was asked the question about Zach Wilson, who said 0:08:55.040 --> 0:08:57.480 he was going to give a veteran quarterback hill coming 0:08:57.520 --> 0:08:59.840 in there and said, Aaron said, well, I'll make his 0:08:59.880 --> 0:09:02.600 life heaven off the field and maybe I can build 0:09:02.640 --> 0:09:05.720 his confidence back up, because you know, just I thought 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:09.040 Aaron was on point, did exactly what he needed to 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:12.840 do as a veteran quarterback, what Jets fans can expect, 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:15.719 and you know, obviously giving kudos to Joe Namath in 0:09:15.800 --> 0:09:18.760 the jersey, he wasn't going to go down that path. 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:21.440 He had a nice touch, and I thought, you know, 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:23.840 he's going to be reinvigorated. I think Aaron Rodgers is 0:09:23.840 --> 0:09:26.280 going to go on a revenge tour, quite frankly, and 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:27.679 he's going to play his best foot. 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:31.360 They better get a couple offensive tackles, because as much 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:33.679 as he can help the offensive line, they still need 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:37.240 some guys to stand in front of them, and you. 0:09:37.200 --> 0:09:38.880 Know, see what happens. 0:09:39.080 --> 0:09:41.080 Now, you know we're looking. We're looking at what the 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:43.480 Packers have, and now they got our attention again. They 0:09:43.480 --> 0:09:45.240 got up to the thirteenth pick. They're going to have 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:48.079 three picks before we the Bears make their next second 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:50.679 round pick. If they stay first second round pick, if 0:09:50.720 --> 0:09:52.600 they stay in at number nine and don't move down 0:09:52.640 --> 0:09:55.520 at all. So it'll be interesting what they're going to do, 0:09:55.559 --> 0:09:56.440 what their plan is. 0:09:56.480 --> 0:09:58.599 We'll talk about that. The division will look at the 0:09:58.640 --> 0:10:00.600 pack we'll look at the Vikings, we'll look at the 0:10:00.640 --> 0:10:01.400 Lions as well. 0:10:01.440 --> 0:10:03.880 First we're going to take a break. Coming up, Ian 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:05.880 Cunning you got a thought I. 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:07.920 Have a question for I'll have it later in the 0:10:07.960 --> 0:10:11.000 show because I have a question for Jim that has 0:10:11.160 --> 0:10:13.800 really been bugging me. I need I need to get 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:16.800 to the bottom of it. Ask him right now. A Hi, Jim, 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:21.480 the stetson the quarterback from Georgia. So I'm reading all 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:25.480 these unfavorable opinions of him and his high opinion of 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:28.040 himself in the fact that if you do go and 0:10:28.120 --> 0:10:30.280 draft him in day two or day three, he could 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:34.479 be a distraction good team he's been the ultimate of success. 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:37.920 He's been to the top. Is he a guy that could. 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:40.000 Come to the Bears and fit in that this type 0:10:40.000 --> 0:10:43.720 of program and be that backup to Justin because he 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:47.680 is creative, he is clever, he's he's accomplished on his feet, 0:10:47.720 --> 0:10:50.200 and he's played in a big program. Yeah. 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:52.120 I think he's a good quarterback. 0:10:52.160 --> 0:10:54.400 I know the incident off the field is probably more 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:57.720 embarrassing form than anything. You know what happened after their 0:10:58.200 --> 0:11:01.960 their bowl game and he got arrested for the public drunkenness, 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:05.040 and so he's got a answer to that. But you know, 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:07.840 the only difference between him and Bryce Young everybody's talking 0:11:07.840 --> 0:11:10.560 about the size of quarterbacks, Go look at his credentials. 0:11:10.720 --> 0:11:12.800 I mean, this guy is a two time national champ. 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:16.040 He's been MVP of both of those games. He's got 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:18.840 all kinds of production. He's the son of a coach. 0:11:19.360 --> 0:11:21.240 A lot of guys that I talk to think he's 0:11:21.280 --> 0:11:23.960 like a Drew Brees type of player, And go look 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:26.319 at the tape because it backs it up with how 0:11:26.320 --> 0:11:28.679 he's played and he's had to work hard to earn 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:30.600 everything he's got. So I think he's going to be 0:11:30.600 --> 0:11:33.400 a solid pick. It's just how well he's handed himself 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:36.880 and you know, answered those off the field questions. But 0:11:36.960 --> 0:11:40.280 he will get drafted by somebody because his production is 0:11:40.280 --> 0:11:43.160 hard to deny. God, if you have an opportunity down 0:11:43.200 --> 0:11:45.920 the line to bring him into your team, Yeah, I 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:48.520 just really I like what he can. 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:52.120 Offer in a backup role. Initially, I agree with you. 0:11:52.240 --> 0:11:53.960 I think he's going to be a solid guy. I 0:11:54.040 --> 0:11:54.400 really do. 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:57.640 Under Tod Monkin's play action offense. Maybe he lands in 0:11:57.880 --> 0:12:01.199 Baltimore with a new offensive coordinator of the from and 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:04.560 fields ahead of him when he came to Georgia. But 0:12:04.679 --> 0:12:07.640 that red flag there for reasons other maybe than just 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:11.440 that one episode off the field as well from different reports. 0:12:11.440 --> 0:12:13.520 All Right, we're gonna get to Ian Cunningham coming up 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:15.079 out of the break. This is Bears Weekly with. 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:18.679 My guys Tom there and Jim Miller here on Chicago's 0:12:19.920 --> 0:12:21.000 ESPN one thousand. 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:25.520 You were listening This is Bears Weekly with a force 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:28.720 of the Bears for twenty three years Jeff j on 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:30.640 the Bears Radio Network. 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:42.240 Entering his sixteenth NFL season and second overall with the 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:45.440 Chicago Bears, Assistant general manager Ian Cunningham back with US 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:47.920 here on Bears Weekly on ESPN one thousand and the 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:50.880 Chicago Bears Radio Network, getting ready for an important. 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:53.360 Draft with a staff that has been grinding for months. 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:55.920 Thank you so much for taking the time, because every 0:12:56.040 --> 0:12:59.320 second is valuable. See, we have this image that you 0:12:59.360 --> 0:13:02.560 guys are living in that draft room with that living 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:07.120 breathing board that you just analyze and analyze and analyze 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:09.800 and trying to figure out what's going to happen, and 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:13.160 there's no spare moment to even take a breath. I 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:15.440 know I'm way off on that, but probably not that 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:16.000 far off. 0:13:16.400 --> 0:13:17.920 I really, I just want to say thank you for 0:13:17.920 --> 0:13:20.319 getting this out of the draft. We're able to do this, 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:22.520 so thank you. Yeah, you mentioned sixteen years. 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:26.080 That's crazy, right, Hey, if it's more than a decade, 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:29.720 it's a career, buddy. So but you've had some great 0:13:30.040 --> 0:13:33.199 experiences though. Look at where you've been, I mean, my goodness, 0:13:33.280 --> 0:13:37.080 learning from the very best. Always impressed what Baltimore did 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:40.480 with Asie Knewsom, Eric DeCosta and how that draft for 0:13:40.600 --> 0:13:42.560 how they let the draft just come to them and 0:13:43.360 --> 0:13:46.800 be aggressive but be smart. And then Philadelphia with Howie 0:13:47.040 --> 0:13:50.080 Ali Roseman the general manager there and that staff I mean, 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:53.560 what what have you learned and taken into this now 0:13:54.360 --> 0:13:56.080 in your second draft here with the Bears. 0:13:56.200 --> 0:13:58.240 Well, I guess what I've learned from at least coming 0:13:58.280 --> 0:14:02.600 from Baltimore really is just evaluation and the consistency in 0:14:02.679 --> 0:14:06.440 terms of you know, what Ozzie showed. And you know, 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:08.960 the cool thing about being in Baltimore is you had 0:14:09.400 --> 0:14:11.400 I was young, and I was like a lot of 0:14:11.400 --> 0:14:14.079 these personal assistants upstairs in terms of just doing a 0:14:14.120 --> 0:14:17.000 lot of the grunt work and running around. But I 0:14:17.000 --> 0:14:19.320 got a chance to see Hall of famers every single day, 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:21.720 you know, And I got to see ed Reed, ray Lewis, 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:27.400 trell Suggs, Marshall, Yonda and learn what a pro looks like, 0:14:27.480 --> 0:14:29.080 and what a Hall of Famer looks like, and how 0:14:29.080 --> 0:14:31.720 they carry themselves and what kind of teammate they are. 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:34.600 So really that was just an invaluable experience for me 0:14:34.800 --> 0:14:37.160 learning from them, and then being able to go to 0:14:37.200 --> 0:14:42.160 Philly and learn from Howie and his ability to you know, 0:14:42.240 --> 0:14:46.600 think outside the box and be innovative with player development 0:14:46.720 --> 0:14:51.120 and analytics and and salary cap He has this unique 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:55.360 way in this feel of knowing how to euro step 0:14:55.480 --> 0:14:57.480 when when the rest of the league is kind of 0:14:57.520 --> 0:15:00.440 grasping at trends, you know, and he's just he's really 0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:03.680 good at that. So couldn't be more appreciative of both 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:06.320 of those experiences. That's what really got me here and 0:15:07.080 --> 0:15:09.160 just trying to, you know, make this place better than 0:15:09.280 --> 0:15:10.000 where I found it. 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:13.240 You know, I've had these conversations with Ryan Poles, the 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:15.440 Bears general manager, and you're a good friend and you 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:18.720 guys working side by side here, but you know, you 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:20.880 mentioned all that, and I can close my eyes and 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:23.080 we probably have talked about this, so you can close 0:15:23.120 --> 0:15:25.160 your eyes and see what the Baltimore Raven looks like. 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:27.600 You can see what the Philadelphia Eagle looks like. Are 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:30.160 we gonna get close here soon? Just closing your eyes 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:32.480 and seeing what a Chicago Bear looks like, not just 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:34.400 for the immediate future, but for the long term. 0:15:34.480 --> 0:15:36.640 That's the plan. Yeah. And the cool thing is when 0:15:36.640 --> 0:15:41.240 you have Ryan and Flews, two guys with you know, 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:43.680 similar visions and what they want in terms of a 0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:46.920 football team and football player, and it just trickles down 0:15:46.960 --> 0:15:48.280 to us and the coaching staff. 0:15:48.360 --> 0:15:48.560 Right. 0:15:48.640 --> 0:15:51.240 So, I think one of the biggest things in this sport, 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:54.120 and I may have said this before, But is when 0:15:54.160 --> 0:15:56.480 you can go out on the road as a scout 0:15:56.840 --> 0:15:59.760 and your fellow scouts tell you, hey, I know what 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:02.760 it looks like. That's what you want, right and that 0:16:02.800 --> 0:16:05.440 means that you're building something the right way. That means 0:16:05.440 --> 0:16:08.200 there's a consistency. That means you have a type and 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:09.560 you have a vision. 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:12.000 So have you already heard this back from some of 0:16:12.000 --> 0:16:12.560 those scouts. 0:16:12.560 --> 0:16:14.080 I need to get back on the road. Yeah, that's 0:16:14.080 --> 0:16:14.360 the thing. 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:15.280 Yeah, Yeah, to. 0:16:15.320 --> 0:16:18.320 Get back on the road. One trip this year, hopefully 0:16:18.320 --> 0:16:19.960 next year I'll take a couple more trips. So that's 0:16:19.960 --> 0:16:20.640 what I look forward to it. 0:16:20.840 --> 0:16:23.960 So what does Bear a twenty twenty three version look 0:16:24.080 --> 0:16:25.080 like in your mind's eye? 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:28.640 Yeah, a guy that fits the Hits principles. What talks 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:30.800 about all the time, all of our coaches talk about 0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:34.000 all the time, to somebody that's passionate, who loves the game, 0:16:34.920 --> 0:16:39.000 who plays the game hard, who's a really good teammate, 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:43.560 selfless teammate. Yeah, we just need as many good impactful 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:45.280 players on this roster res we can get. 0:16:45.360 --> 0:16:48.160 Given more time with the coaches and what Flus wants 0:16:48.200 --> 0:16:51.440 as well overall, the overriding thought process of what they 0:16:51.480 --> 0:16:53.120 want to what they want to put on the field. 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:57.160 Can you guys get a better feel position group by 0:16:57.200 --> 0:17:02.800 position group, body type, skills, set traits that it's kind 0:17:02.800 --> 0:17:05.880 of squeezing the grapes a little bit more and refining. 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:07.560 It to get that juice, no doubt, no doubt, And 0:17:07.600 --> 0:17:10.200 I think, you know, Flus and Ryan had a really 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:13.160 good idea when we first got here. We made sure 0:17:13.200 --> 0:17:16.840 to have our coaches and coordinators present to our scouts 0:17:16.880 --> 0:17:18.800 in terms of what they were looking for for each 0:17:18.840 --> 0:17:21.760 position group. You know, they put up measurables, they put 0:17:21.840 --> 0:17:24.679 up players that they like that fit certain roles and 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:27.879 certain positions, and we had, you know, it felt like 0:17:28.080 --> 0:17:30.840 a couple hour conversation with some of our coaches, and 0:17:30.880 --> 0:17:32.959 then our scouts were able to get a feel for 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:35.879 what the vision was for our team and our organization, 0:17:35.960 --> 0:17:38.639 what we wanted to look like. And then now having 0:17:38.680 --> 0:17:42.400 a year with those coaches, now you know how they 0:17:42.520 --> 0:17:44.720 coach and their style and what they like and what 0:17:44.760 --> 0:17:48.560 they don't like. And really, you know, our position on 0:17:48.640 --> 0:17:50.960 personnel is really a servant position, So we're trying to 0:17:51.000 --> 0:17:52.960 give these guys the players in which they like and 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:56.119 fit their scheme. So when you have conversations with the coaches, 0:17:56.160 --> 0:17:58.399 you feel better and better about all right, I know 0:17:58.440 --> 0:18:00.600 what this coach likes, or I know what this coach likes, 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:03.480 and really it's just going out there and getting those 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:05.959 players that can help, you know, fit our scheme and 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:06.960 help be a bear. 0:18:07.200 --> 0:18:09.600 Is there a number of mine about how many bears 0:18:09.640 --> 0:18:11.760 are on that board? Actually, you're not getting them all. 0:18:11.760 --> 0:18:13.879 You're gonna get a ton of them barring any trades, 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:17.000 but undrafted free agents included down the road. 0:18:17.040 --> 0:18:18.440 But how many? 0:18:18.600 --> 0:18:20.800 Yeah, I would say, you know, right now, we try 0:18:20.840 --> 0:18:24.720 to keep it around one fifty, but that's just you 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:27.040 also have to take into account there's guys that we 0:18:27.080 --> 0:18:29.840 still have Draftball grades on that don't match that one 0:18:29.920 --> 0:18:33.560 fifty either. So there's several players there that we kind 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:35.399 of have to wait till day three. I think we 0:18:35.480 --> 0:18:39.280 have six picks on day three and see how that 0:18:39.400 --> 0:18:42.080 shapes out. But yeah, there's quite a few players on 0:18:42.119 --> 0:18:42.760 the board right now. 0:18:42.760 --> 0:18:45.000