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We are brought to you by 0:00:46.479 --> 0:00:48.800 Middle of Night. Can you name the musical group? 0:00:49.159 --> 0:00:51.159 I can't, but that's the first thing I thought of 0:00:51.200 --> 0:00:51.920 when you said that. 0:00:52.000 --> 0:00:52.360 Guess who? 0:00:52.880 --> 0:00:54.400 No, it's thin Lizzie. 0:00:54.560 --> 0:00:57.200 Yes, But anyways, that's the first thing I thought of 0:00:57.240 --> 0:00:58.040 when you said that. 0:00:58.360 --> 0:01:00.440 And you know, when you talked about what. 0:01:00.440 --> 0:01:02.960 Number podcasts is this one? 0:01:03.240 --> 0:01:05.839 Okay? I kind of wish it was almost number one. 0:01:06.280 --> 0:01:11.040 You take everything into account that's new about the interviews today, 0:01:11.080 --> 0:01:14.480 about the process that started on Monday. In What's going 0:01:14.560 --> 0:01:17.480 to go on in the future. It's almost like this 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:20.920 is a whole new beginning of the Chicago Bears as 0:01:20.959 --> 0:01:24.640 a franchise, as an organization, as a coaching staff, and 0:01:24.720 --> 0:01:27.080 for a lot of the players. Even if the players 0:01:27.080 --> 0:01:30.919 have experience, to the players have the least amount of experience, 0:01:31.000 --> 0:01:33.440 it's a completely new process. 0:01:33.680 --> 0:01:37.560 Off season program officially opened up on Monday for Bears 0:01:37.600 --> 0:01:41.080 at the podium on Tuesday at Havis Hall. Caleb Williams 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:43.399 one of them, and he was I'll tell you this, 0:01:43.480 --> 0:01:45.399 there was a lot of smiling. The foundation of the 0:01:45.440 --> 0:01:48.480 message is what really was set by Ben Johnson on Monday. 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:50.360 I think from Caleb's point of view, and we're going 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:52.240 to hear from each of these guys a little chunk 0:01:52.240 --> 0:01:55.080 of it. He's already challenging them a little quiz already. 0:01:54.960 --> 0:01:56.080 And that's the way it should be. 0:01:56.360 --> 0:01:59.080 This is not a process that is just going to say, Okay, guys, 0:01:59.080 --> 0:02:01.400 we're gonna meet here for ten minutes and then I'll 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:03.880 see in a couple months. No, this is the first 0:02:03.920 --> 0:02:06.080 minute of the first day of the process that's going 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:08.600 to start with a new coaching staff and a new 0:02:08.639 --> 0:02:11.679 head coach, and every single day we have to make 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:13.960 improvement if we really want to get to where I 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:17.160 think we can go. And whether you talk, you listen 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:19.800 to a guy like Tremaine and Edmunds talk about where 0:02:19.800 --> 0:02:23.600 they're expected to be in threed months and hopefully in 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:27.040 six months. But every one of these guys they understand 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:30.880 what the undertaking is before them, and everything's a little 0:02:30.880 --> 0:02:34.200 different depend depending upon where you're at on the roster, 0:02:34.360 --> 0:02:37.560 what your position is, and what is required of you. 0:02:37.800 --> 0:02:40.359 We're brought to you by PNC Official Bank of the Bears. 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:42.240 So the reaction to the first meeting with the new 0:02:42.280 --> 0:02:45.000 head coach, Ben Johnson leads us off at our Caleb 0:02:45.120 --> 0:02:49.799 Williams portion of the interviews the foundation laid. So let's 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:52.519 listen into what Caleb felt about how that all went down. 0:02:52.600 --> 0:02:54.639 Yeah, it was great being able to see him get 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:56.799 up there. He says something that you know, you never 0:02:56.800 --> 0:02:58.600 forget your first day as a head coach, and you know, 0:02:58.639 --> 0:02:59.840 he said, it's a great day. 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:01.360 You know, let's get this thing rolling. 0:03:01.400 --> 0:03:03.359 He he jumped out there and you know, set a 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:04.880 bunch of du set a bunch of don't set a 0:03:05.280 --> 0:03:07.040 you know, a president of what we're going to be 0:03:07.120 --> 0:03:09.760 like as a team, finding our our identity and all 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:12.519 of that. So you know, we're excited. Obviously we have 0:03:12.560 --> 0:03:15.880 to put into work. Can't be too excited because the 0:03:15.880 --> 0:03:18.640 work hasn't been done, but you know, definitely excited for 0:03:18.720 --> 0:03:20.880 what's to come and you know the future. 0:03:20.919 --> 0:03:23.040 How do you feel about the work ahead? It's five 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:25.040 months from now till the season starts. 0:03:25.080 --> 0:03:27.079 How do you feel about what that's going to require 0:03:27.280 --> 0:03:29.600 of you, the opportunity that that presents. 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:31.520 Yeah, I'm super excited about it. I think. 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:35.440 Being able to be in this position, being able to 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:38.200 have a first year the way I did, ups and downs, 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:40.880 and then you know, to be able to come in here, 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:44.440 you know, be as as as confident as I was 0:03:44.520 --> 0:03:47.560 last year, or you know, possibly even more, and uh, 0:03:47.640 --> 0:03:49.360 you know, to be able to get here with the 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:51.800 you know, the group that we have. You know, I 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:53.760 really can't wait to get to work with these guys. 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:56.600 We've got a good group of guys personality wise, and 0:03:56.600 --> 0:03:59.680 then obviously you know, talent wise. It speaks for herself 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:01.520 and you know what some of these guys have been 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:03.480 able to do. And you know, somebody key pieces that 0:04:03.520 --> 0:04:06.200 we added so far as his team, and so you know, 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:08.200 so far it's you know, we've meshed well, you know 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:10.720 these past two days of introduction and now you know 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:13.360 today of our first workout and getting after it. But 0:04:14.440 --> 0:04:16.159 you know, we're all really excited and you know we 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:18.000 can't wait to put into work. Obviously, like I said, 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:20.039 we have to do it. It's something you know that 0:04:21.080 --> 0:04:23.559 you know, the time, energy, efforts, sacrifice. And that doesn't 0:04:23.600 --> 0:04:25.720 just mean us putting in time on you know, on 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:28.240 the board, us putting up you know, up time on 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:32.560 you know, us us you know, being here working out, lifting, 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:35.320 getting stronger, faster. It's also us hanging out in the 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:37.200 off season, building that bond so that you know, when 0:04:37.240 --> 0:04:40.920 times do get tough, you know, because it's a long season. 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:45.719 As I can say now, you know it's a long season, 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:47.480 and and and so being able to build that bond 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:49.039 off the field so when times get tough, you know 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:51.200 we fight through it, We get through it, and you 0:04:51.240 --> 0:04:53.960 know we we keep going as a team. Ben said 0:04:54.040 --> 0:04:56.640 last week, at this offense is gonna likely require you 0:04:56.720 --> 0:04:58.800 to go under center more at this point of the 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:01.440 off season, what does preparation look like. 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:04.279 Yeah, it's just it's it's it's the whole thing. 0:05:04.720 --> 0:05:08.800 It's working it's working getting up to the line, you know, 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:11.680 and and it's like visualizing like getting up to the line, 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:14.960 santy cadence, being under center, you know, controlling those things, 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:17.080 going over the riles. Concepts of full work in your 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:19.320 head in the off season so that you know when 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:22.719 those times hit and excuse me, it's fourth quarter and 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:25.240 you know you're not you can't think about those things 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:26.640 and you can't focus on those things. 0:05:26.640 --> 0:05:27.400 It's it's it's. 0:05:27.279 --> 0:05:31.520 Second nature, second habit, first nature, first habit of of 0:05:31.800 --> 0:05:34.000 you know, of of doing that and getting under there 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:36.720 and you know, going through the cadence, going through the 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:39.680 you know, the huddle form, the huddle uh sequence, getting 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:41.800 up to the line, making checks if needed, anything like that. 0:05:41.920 --> 0:05:45.240 So it's practicing those things now, visualizing those things now 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:47.839 and and building on those. 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:50.040 Sense for how people it's going to push you out 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:51.679 of your comfort zone as a coach. 0:05:51.920 --> 0:05:56.000 Yeah, I mean today we had uh, we had our 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:58.240 our first quiz is a QB room and it's not 0:05:58.279 --> 0:05:59.719 like a real quiz where you know, you go up 0:05:59.760 --> 0:06:00.240 and right stuff. 0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:00.719 It's just us. 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:03.760 We went over a few things like yesterday, talked about 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:05.599 a few things and you know, been been you know 0:06:05.680 --> 0:06:09.200 walked in, uh you know this morning, flung open the door, 0:06:10.160 --> 0:06:11.880 you know, made a grand entrance. And then and then 0:06:11.920 --> 0:06:14.599 we got to work of of you know, him him 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:17.440 testing us about what we talked about yesterday and things 0:06:17.440 --> 0:06:20.240 like that. So already first day in and challenging us, 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:22.359 and you know we can't. Everybody loves a challenge in 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:25.400 this sport. It's it's it's one of the you know, 0:06:25.440 --> 0:06:28.000 the great things about the sport. Every day is a challenge. 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:30.760 And you know today we got our first one. 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:33.279 What impress your most about? What then did Detroit? 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:35.840 And how do you expect that he working with you 0:06:35.960 --> 0:06:39.159 will specifically benefit you and your career? 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:43.680 I think us growing together is is uh key uh 0:06:43.800 --> 0:06:48.200 starting now, him pushing me key and and I know 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:51.279 that and he knows that, you know, him pushing me 0:06:51.720 --> 0:06:53.800 because it's a as he says, and he as he 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:57.200 said before, it's a QB driven league and so you know, 0:06:57.279 --> 0:07:01.360 being able to have that position right on every team, 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:03.680 that's why that's why that position is so important and 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:06.080 draft or you know, people trying to get the qbs 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:08.280 is uh at this day and age of the game, 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:11.240 I would say, is because it's so QB driven and 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:13.680 if you have that position right, it helps with you 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:16.080 know a bunch of different things. And so you know, 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:19.640 so building that bond, you know, him pushing me and 0:07:19.640 --> 0:07:22.480 and and us growing together for for the years to come, 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:24.680 is it's gonna be fun. 0:07:25.040 --> 0:07:27.160 I can't wait. And and you know. 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:30.200 To be able to to help me, uh, you know, 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:32.520 learn more about ball because he's super smart, super sharp 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:36.160 and and and you know, grow and progressing those ways 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:39.240 so that you know, year year four, you know, I'm 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:41.800 out there and it's it's you know, Ben's obviously still 0:07:41.880 --> 0:07:43.800 you know, calling, Ben's doing his thing, but you know 0:07:43.840 --> 0:07:46.040 it's a it's a it's a Jared thing where Jared's 0:07:46.040 --> 0:07:48.080 out there now he's just you know, he's calling the 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:49.480 whole game in the sense of when he's out there 0:07:49.480 --> 0:07:50.800 on the field and he's been the coach. 0:07:50.920 --> 0:07:52.960 And there he ends up with with what he feels 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:55.040 he can learn from Ben and the reference to a 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:58.720 Jared thing Jared without even thinking twice, you know, that's 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:01.120 Jared golf up there and Troit. He's running the show 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:03.880 in a trade that experience shows at the line of scrimmage. 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:06.080 It shows and settling things down when maybe they're not 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:09.000 doing that well in a moment in time in the game, 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:11.040 and that's where Caleb is looking to get to. 0:08:11.280 --> 0:08:12.440 I thought it was interesting too. 0:08:12.480 --> 0:08:17.040 Tommy playing quarterback on the field is played in gray. 0:08:17.080 --> 0:08:19.360 He's looking for black and white. 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:21.480 The down a distance, the hash mark you're on, the 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:24.200 time that's running on the clock, how much time there 0:08:24.240 --> 0:08:26.480 is left on the play clock, what the score is, 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:29.560 the personnel groupings that you have on offense, and the 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:33.440 personnel groupings that you're facing across the line. There is 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:37.480 no guarantee exactly what you're gonna see is going to 0:08:37.559 --> 0:08:39.719 pertain to what is said in the huddle, and then 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:43.000 when you break it, you're dealing with ten other guys 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:46.120 in the huddle, and make sure you're trying to clear 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:48.719 up that gray area as much as you are the 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:49.600 play itself. 0:08:50.040 --> 0:08:52.640 He wants to be pushed and Ben Jonson's going to 0:08:52.640 --> 0:08:53.079 push him. 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:56.319 What almost like if we don't even refer to last 0:08:56.400 --> 0:09:00.760 year anymore, because this is a whole new undertake by 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:05.240 Ben Johnson, by Caleb Williams, by every single member of 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:08.480 this football team and the coaching staff, and for what 0:09:08.600 --> 0:09:10.880 they're gonna do on a day by day grow by 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:15.120 grow basis. This is gonna be pushed. There is gonna 0:09:15.120 --> 0:09:20.720 be some challenges mentally and physically for Caleb. There's gonna 0:09:20.760 --> 0:09:22.880 be a change in the process of the game from 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:26.079 playing a little bit more under center to having play 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:29.880 action passing as a major part of this offense. 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:33.960 And then trying to learn the roles of all. 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:37.959 Your assistance, and by assistance, I mean the exterior players, 0:09:37.960 --> 0:09:40.360 your wide receivers, your tight ends, your offensive line, your 0:09:40.440 --> 0:09:43.440 running backs. And then how what you say in the huddle, 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:46.480 how it pertains to every one of those guys. And 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:49.080 then how well are they learning it? Do they know 0:09:49.200 --> 0:09:51.840 it as quickly as you do, or are some of 0:09:51.840 --> 0:09:54.960 those guys gonna learn it so quickly. Maybe they're a 0:09:55.040 --> 0:09:58.040 sounding board that can help you develop a little bit 0:09:58.240 --> 0:10:00.560 a little bit quicker, or you can help them develop 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:01.320 a little quicker. 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:04.360 Thank you to our partners CDW and Lenovo who make 0:10:04.400 --> 0:10:08.319 amazing happen. To learn more at CDW dot com, slash Lenovo. 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:11.040 Darnell right, also at the podium, the right tackling Detroit 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:13.160 Penney Sewell. I was brought up by the media, It's 0:10:13.200 --> 0:10:15.480 been brought up to him. He watched a lot of 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:18.600 Detroit tape already he sees some of it, at least 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:21.480 in body type. Similar always watching him, trying to emulate 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:23.840 things he does. You know, I would like to see 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:27.880 Darnell just be Darnell and continue to grow Darnell Wright, 0:10:28.080 --> 0:10:30.200 And this is a very important year three, And I 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:31.960 think I probably took the words out of your mouth 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:35.040 on that one. Grow into your own frame and your 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:38.840 own style. You got different coaches, Yes, Bean Jensen's the 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:41.480 head coach and play caller by Dan roschar be a 0:10:41.520 --> 0:10:42.880 different offensive line coach. 0:10:43.200 --> 0:10:45.480 I see him as a guy that could be one 0:10:45.559 --> 0:10:47.960 of the most dominant right tackles in the league and 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:51.840 most certainly one of the most dominant tackles within this division. 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:56.440 So I want to see Darnell Wright expose more confidence 0:10:56.480 --> 0:10:59.800 within himself and let's see how that spills over to 0:10:59.840 --> 0:11:02.440 the rest of his offensive lineman. And when you talk 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:05.520 about playing next to Jonah Jackson, here's a guy that's 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:07.959 been around the league for a while, And here's two 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:10.560 guys that can feed off each other and not only 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:12.720 make the right tackle better, but they can make that 0:11:12.800 --> 0:11:15.920 whole right side better. And then you add Cole Kament 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:19.000 and the rest of the tight ends. I do think 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:24.640 that Darnell Wright has an upside that's unlimited and if 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:28.120 he can turn into the offensive tackle where Ryan Poles thought, 0:11:28.200 --> 0:11:31.560 he could ultimately be the sky's the limit for this 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:35.560 offensive lineman. And that's why he was at the podium 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:38.840 today because he is one of the main cogs to 0:11:38.960 --> 0:11:40.600 the success of the offensive line. 0:11:40.720 --> 0:11:43.559 Let's listen in to Darnell write him being one of 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:47.839 the better, one of the greater players for offensive line 0:11:47.880 --> 0:11:48.240 and today. 0:11:48.360 --> 0:11:50.079 I mean, obviously I'll watch him all the time, and 0:11:50.160 --> 0:11:52.640 just because his body type, I feel like he's similar 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:55.360 to mine, so a lot of times, and then being 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:59.280 in the same conference, obviously his tape comes up anyway, 0:11:59.400 --> 0:12:04.840 so I'll I'm always watching him, So yeah, try to 0:12:04.840 --> 0:12:07.160 emulate some of the things he does. Obviously he can't 0:12:07.160 --> 0:12:12.640 emulate everything. Some people are just different, people have different talents. 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:15.319 But yeah, watch him. 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:17.520 Turn out last month when when they were making moves 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:19.640 to strengthen the office line. What was your reaction from 0:12:19.679 --> 0:12:22.600 Afar of seeing day by day have been all that 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:23.400 life coming together. 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:29.559 Yeah, I think like for me personally, you know, that's 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:32.800 that's really the only thing that uh I really ever wanted, 0:12:32.960 --> 0:12:36.920 Just like consistency with the people you know they bring in. 0:12:37.040 --> 0:12:39.840 I mean, I know coach Poe's he does a good job, 0:12:40.880 --> 0:12:42.679 and you know, he does his job and I try 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:45.400 to do mine, and I know the guys he brings 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:47.319 in will be a standard that. 0:12:48.880 --> 0:12:49.560 That we need. 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:52.240 So I mean just seeing him really focus on that 0:12:52.360 --> 0:12:54.800 aspect of it, I mean, just being an old line, 0:12:55.000 --> 0:12:57.480 you know, I appreciate it, and then I think it'll 0:12:57.520 --> 0:12:58.120 be it'll be good. 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:01.360 What do you think of Ben's a speech yesterday edge 0:13:01.360 --> 0:13:03.959 to the team. It was good, It was good. He 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:06.080 was you know, there's a couple of things he said. 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:07.839 I won't really mention, but he said some good things 0:13:07.880 --> 0:13:10.160 that you could tell he's made the right stuff, you know. 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:11.840 What I mean, it's made the right stuff. 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:14.960 How so, like you know, he just just little glimpses. 0:13:14.960 --> 0:13:18.120 Obviously we're not in full training camps or nothing like that, 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:21.160 but just when he's talking, you can see how he 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:23.400 gets fired up. He gets, you know, a lot of passion, 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:25.560 and I think that's contagious. 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:29.320 So what specifically are you excited to learn from Joe too? 0:13:29.559 --> 0:13:32.280 From Joe just him being a veteran guy, like like 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:36.839 I was talking about earlier, a lot of experience, and 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:40.400 I mean probably it's just the question that I don't 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:41.760 even know to ask, you know what I mean, I'll 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:43.280 probably just soak up being around him. 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:45.960 So, right, the biggest thing how. 0:13:45.920 --> 0:13:47.680 Much interaction have you had with your new old line 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:48.200 coach yet? 0:13:48.800 --> 0:13:48.880 Uh? 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:51.000 Yeah, we talk a lot. Me and him talk a lot. 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:53.760 But the most thing I'm excited about with him is just, uh, 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:56.720 the way he's kind of he kind of inspires me 0:13:56.800 --> 0:13:59.120 to really like take a leap of you know, a 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:01.600 leap of not leap of faith, but just not be 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:02.600 afraid to fail. 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:04.240 And I don't know, yeah, we talk a lot. 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:07.840 So the end there is about Dan Roschar and as 0:14:07.880 --> 0:14:10.920 a coach ever said to you, hey, don't be afraid 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:11.400 to fail. 0:14:12.040 --> 0:14:15.000 Well, you know one thing about offensive line play the 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:19.120 specifics of techniques or the different versions that you want 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:21.920 to use on different down and distances against the different 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:25.480 talents that you're playing against. Sometimes during the course of 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:29.080 the week in practice on the live days Wednesdays and Thursdays, 0:14:29.320 --> 0:14:32.320 you got to go out there and try different techniques 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:35.120 with maybe you're going to fail, but then you also 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:38.040 learn how to correct them and then how to improve 0:14:38.080 --> 0:14:40.720 on them. And that's the same thing as Dick Stanfel 0:14:40.840 --> 0:14:42.840 used to say, is look, I can only coach you 0:14:42.880 --> 0:14:45.520 for a certain amount of time. Then eventually you have 0:14:45.600 --> 0:14:49.040 to start coaching yourself. And that is part of the 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:53.280 process of the development of offensive linemen is the offensive 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:56.520 line coach is there to make sure that everything is 0:14:56.920 --> 0:15:00.800 being correctly taught and done and learned. But you're going 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:03.560 to have to go through that practice process yourself as 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:06.640 the player in whatever position you play, and make those 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:11.080 incremental improvements so when you use him on the game 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:13.960 field that they are successfully done. 0:15:14.080 --> 0:15:16.280 You ever remember a moment when you tried something you 0:15:16.320 --> 0:15:18.040 regretted it in a game? 0:15:18.120 --> 0:15:20.440 Oh, one hundred percent, give. 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:21.480 Me one, Give me one. 0:15:21.800 --> 0:15:25.240 So we are getting ready to play against the Philadelphia Eagles, 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:28.080 and you knew that eventually Reggie White was going to 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:31.160 line up on you, and so I go, Okay, what 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:33.120 I'm gonna do is I'm gonna try to set really 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:36.080 quick on him, get my hands to him powerfully before 0:15:36.120 --> 0:15:39.920 he can get his strength and momentum going. And so 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:43.960 when I tried it, he slapped my hand away before 0:15:44.000 --> 0:15:47.440 I got any hand to him, and so right there 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:51.960 it put like that unconfident chance to do that again 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:55.280 to him, and so then it kind of limited me 0:15:56.360 --> 0:15:57.560 from trying it again. 0:15:58.640 --> 0:16:02.560 And then it worked against the I played, but I. 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:05.680 Kind of had to go back into my thinking process, Okay, 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:08.800 what do I do confidently and how can I handle 0:16:08.920 --> 0:16:13.200 this situation against Reggie White again? And so the next 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:17.720 time I had a little different philosophical thinking. I asked 0:16:17.800 --> 0:16:20.400 Jay for a little bit more help and you know, 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:23.360 paying attention. And so that's kind of way we went 0:16:23.400 --> 0:16:27.040 about our process. When you play against guys like Reggie White, 0:16:27.080 --> 0:16:30.040 who as big, strong, as dominant as anybody, but then 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:33.400 you go play against the defensive MVP like Keith Millard, 0:16:33.720 --> 0:16:36.520 who's as quick and as fast as any defensive lineman 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:38.240 you ever play against, and you have to have a 0:16:38.280 --> 0:16:41.400 different approach against him. So, you know, those are guys 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:45.000 that are past greats, but it's something you may practice 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:48.640 in practice and maybe sometimes it doesn't work, but again 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:51.040 that's part of the growth process of any position. 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:53.960 Yeah, and facing Aiden Hutchinson twice a year, I would 0:16:54.000 --> 0:16:56.280 feel that gives you the same kind of thinking in 0:16:56.320 --> 0:16:56.680 your head. 0:16:56.720 --> 0:16:58.800 You know, you got a brace for what he brings. 0:16:59.080 --> 0:17:01.640 He brings so much juice and energy off that line 0:17:01.680 --> 0:17:03.800 of scrimmage, the spin move and how you'd battle that 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:05.960 spin move because he's so great old. 0:17:05.760 --> 0:17:08.320 Well, one thing about ad and two and when these 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:09.960 guys are going to play against them, so you play 0:17:10.000 --> 0:17:12.320 him one day, one game of year indoors and one 0:17:12.359 --> 0:17:17.240 game of year outdoors, and your whole thinking about balanced 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:21.199 feet power is different indoors and outdoors. So you know, 0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:23.800 that's sort of the process that is you really don't 0:17:23.800 --> 0:17:26.160 talk a lot about, but it's also part of the 0:17:26.160 --> 0:17:28.680 thinking process of playing against these guys. 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:30.680 This podcast is brought to you by the official beer 0:17:30.720 --> 0:17:33.520 partner of your Chicago Bears taste like Middle Time Chicago. 0:17:33.560 --> 0:17:35.520 Go to Middle of Lake dot com slash Bears pod 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:40.160 to find delivery options near you. Celebrate responsibily Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 0:17:40.359 --> 0:17:43.760 Ninety six calories and three point two carbs for twelve ounces. Well, 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:46.040 the excitement is not just on the offensive side of 0:17:46.080 --> 0:17:48.440 the ball. With an offensive minded head coach and play 0:17:48.480 --> 0:17:54.120 caller of note and Ben Johnson, it's Dennis Allen's defense, aggressive, physical, nasty. 0:17:54.240 --> 0:17:55.080 That's the hope. 0:17:55.400 --> 0:17:58.480 Jalen Johnson first at the podium among all the players 0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:02.280 on Tuesday, really excited about the tone set by Ben 0:18:02.400 --> 0:18:05.200 Johnson felt it was very important to be here right 0:18:05.240 --> 0:18:06.720 out of the gate to get to know everybody. So 0:18:06.800 --> 0:18:09.920 let's listen in to Jalen Johnson. 0:18:09.560 --> 0:18:11.119 Setting the tone for what we want to do this 0:18:11.240 --> 0:18:14.320 year and really just having a sense of urgency right now, 0:18:14.520 --> 0:18:17.280 not just waiting and going through a process and figuring 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:19.280 out what we're going to do, but establishing who we 0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:23.159 are right now and then working towards that goal. Really 0:18:23.240 --> 0:18:25.919 just the mindset of winning and winning right now and 0:18:25.960 --> 0:18:27.720 winning a certain type of way too. I think just 0:18:27.760 --> 0:18:30.720 having that dominated mentality is something that I took from 0:18:30.880 --> 0:18:33.080 the team meeting, and it starts now. It starts with 0:18:33.119 --> 0:18:35.520 the work that we put in. It starts with jeling 0:18:35.560 --> 0:18:38.000