WEBVTT - Breaking down NFL Draft prospects | Bears Weekly 0:00:00.840 --> 0:00:05.320 Welcome in Double Bears Weekly, a Chicago Bears Network production. 0:00:05.640 --> 0:00:08.720 Download the Chicago Bears official app brought to you by 0:00:08.880 --> 0:00:11.920 Verizon to follow the team on the Joe pers Weekly 0:00:12.080 --> 0:00:15.400 is brought to you by Advocate Healthcare, bef Rivers, CD, 0:00:16.120 --> 0:00:19.640 Conny's Pizza and Miller. Like now, it's time for Bears 0:00:19.680 --> 0:00:22.040 Weekly with the voice of the Bears Jeff Show Ye 0:00:22.200 --> 0:00:29.400 Cony on the new Bears Radio Network. Veteran defensive lineman 0:00:29.480 --> 0:00:32.440 comes apport today another free age an acquisition by Jenner 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:35.240 manager Ryan Poles. His name is Rasheem Green. Will break 0:00:35.280 --> 0:00:38.440 him down here on ESPN one thousand and the Chicago 0:00:38.479 --> 0:00:41.280 Bears Radio Network. My name is Jeff. Jonnyac joining me 0:00:41.320 --> 0:00:44.880 from Serious x MNFL Radios. Jim Miller, the former Chicago 0:00:44.920 --> 0:00:47.120 Bears quarterback. Tonight, Jim, how are you feeling, Buddy. I'm 0:00:47.159 --> 0:00:50.199 feeling great, Jeff. And yeah, it gets it gets exciting, 0:00:50.240 --> 0:00:52.680 you know, three weeks away from from the draft and 0:00:52.720 --> 0:00:55.760 it just you know, the more you know, teams visiting 0:00:55.760 --> 0:00:58.200 with these players and he's trying to target where they're 0:00:58.200 --> 0:01:00.600 gonna go. So it's exciting, fun time year because there's 0:01:00.600 --> 0:01:02.600 a lot going on. Yeah, a lot we're gonna break 0:01:02.640 --> 0:01:04.640 some of that down. We'll talk about the new addition 0:01:04.720 --> 0:01:08.039 as well, and we have producers helping us out as always, 0:01:08.040 --> 0:01:11.280 our executive producer of the Bears Radio Network, Ericastrotski, Charlie 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:13.880 Bevans spending the dials for us as well, and thanks 0:01:13.880 --> 0:01:16.800 as always the Bears producers Dan Billy and Jordan Truedup. 0:01:16.840 --> 0:01:18.600 So letting the dust set a little bit after the 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:21.720 owners meetings that we gathered at in Arizona. Here's what 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:24.440 you're looking at. Ten picks, including number nine overall and 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:26.759 four inside the top sixty four gym. When I look 0:01:26.800 --> 0:01:28.720 at what is ahead here in the next three weeks, 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:32.840 is that three players stretch from the second to early 0:01:32.959 --> 0:01:36.120 third round, an area where the Bears should be able 0:01:36.120 --> 0:01:39.520 to either make moves up or down and get a 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:42.640 group of guys at least four guys, three of which 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:43.920 I hope it is going to be on the line 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:46.520 of scrimmage either side of the ball. That's from my perspective, 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:48.760 how about you, Yeah, That's what I've been you know, 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:51.520 we've said it pretty consistently. I think you know, I'm 0:01:51.560 --> 0:01:53.800 not opposed to if they were go to one of 0:01:53.840 --> 0:01:56.200 the top corners that are there. I do think they 0:01:56.240 --> 0:01:58.680 need one more corner because that way you could kick 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:02.080 Kyler Gordon inside to play nickel full time, and most 0:02:02.120 --> 0:02:05.040 time you are in nickel defense with all the eleven 0:02:05.080 --> 0:02:07.200 personnel that teams are playing. But I've been saying it 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:10.200 for quite a well. War daddies. Yeah, they need war 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:14.200 daddies up front, defensive line, offensive line, and I think 0:02:14.200 --> 0:02:16.959 everybody's thinking about the tackle spot. There's some really good 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:19.200 tackles in this draft. Will get into some of the 0:02:19.280 --> 0:02:21.919 interior offensive line and some of the great tackles that 0:02:21.960 --> 0:02:24.280 are coming out in this year's draft, and I think 0:02:24.320 --> 0:02:26.640 the Bears will have an opportunity to really target the 0:02:26.639 --> 0:02:29.160 guys that they want. And the idea of taking the 0:02:29.160 --> 0:02:32.040 best player available regardless of your need. I tell you 0:02:32.200 --> 0:02:35.120 that's also a tantalizing aspect of it. The best teams 0:02:35.280 --> 0:02:39.520 do do that. There's always some lean towards the need. 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:42.160 But man, if there's a great, if there's a player 0:02:42.160 --> 0:02:44.079 in your guy, you think it's gonna be great at 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:47.079 a position you're already pretty thick at, you know, do 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:50.000 you pull the trigger on that regardless at number nine 0:02:50.080 --> 0:02:52.000 because it is a top ten pick and you're hoping 0:02:52.040 --> 0:02:54.320 that player becomes a Pro Bowl player for the next 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:57.480 eight to ten years. Yeah, I mean there are people 0:02:57.480 --> 0:03:00.440 that are saying that about like Bjean Robinson right came 0:03:00.440 --> 0:03:03.560 out today about the about the running back who probably 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:05.880 will be the first running back taken some you know, 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:07.800 you see some mocks. They got him in the in 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:10.480 the twenties. I took him last week, Patton Patton, I 0:03:10.480 --> 0:03:12.639 did our mock draft. I took him to Seattle at 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:16.120 five because I think he's a good player. And they're like, no, 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:18.079 they'll never do that. They took Kenneth Walker, who was 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:21.480 a Dope Dokee Walker Award winner last year, Pete Carroll. 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:24.679 They want to run the football. He's not opposed to 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:28.200 Devin too, Dope Walker Award winners on his team. You know, 0:03:28.280 --> 0:03:32.160 Rashad Penny's no longer there. Carson has retired from football 0:03:32.200 --> 0:03:35.640 because of neck injury. They got the DJ Dallas. I 0:03:35.640 --> 0:03:38.400 think behind Kenneth Walker right now, you know, I think 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:40.440 he could go as high as five to Seattle. When 0:03:40.480 --> 0:03:43.640 you look at that great player from Texas. The Bears 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:46.160 did add Rashim Graham. We alluded to that twenty five 0:03:46.200 --> 0:03:48.520 years old, be twenty six here coming up next month 0:03:48.640 --> 0:03:51.080 or and may rather and a third round pick in 0:03:51.160 --> 0:03:55.839 eighteen out of USC buy Seattle that trained from LA 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:59.480 to Seattle with coach Carroll certainly is significant with players 0:03:59.480 --> 0:04:02.200 from that university. Signed a one year with Houston last 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:04.520 season and played the entire year. Gym played about fifty 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:07.280 percent of the snaps and was productive fifty two tackles, 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:09.520 five tackles for lost, three and a half sacks, two 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:12.440 pass breakups, ten sacks the last two years. But I 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:15.400 look at this, he's six four, two eighty. That's good size, 0:04:15.400 --> 0:04:18.920 who can kick inside for some mismatches with guards. Yeah, 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:22.480 and obviously Pete Carroll when he was in Seattle, he 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:24.960 said they really couldn't find a home for him. But 0:04:25.000 --> 0:04:27.359 he has been a productive player and is more of 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:29.760 a rotational guy. Like you said, I get think I 0:04:29.760 --> 0:04:32.440 believe gives you that position flexibility you're looking for where 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:35.760 you can kick him inside and he can provide that 0:04:35.760 --> 0:04:39.400 that pass rush ability. So again you're you know, and 0:04:39.560 --> 0:04:42.200 signing guys like him, Like you said, you're trying to 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:45.560 fill holes that maybe the draft. If you can't fill 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:47.560 them all in the drafts, it allows you to, like 0:04:47.640 --> 0:04:50.520 you said, maybe target some guys that you're looking for, 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:53.240 you know, So you know, do I think the Bears 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:55.599 with those ten picks they'll be able to move around? 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:58.800 I absolutely do. I don't think you want to draft all, 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:01.000 you know, all ten play. I think you'll be able 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:03.719 to parlay some things to target the guys you want. 0:05:03.760 --> 0:05:05.960 But signing a guy like Rasheem Green, you feel you've 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:08.840 got that area covered where maybe you can take the 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:11.320 best player available if a pass rusher is not there 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:13.120 in your spot and what you're looking for and where 0:05:13.160 --> 0:05:16.400 you're sitting at your potential spots of picking. Yeah. So 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:19.440 right now, three new additions up front already, not including 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:21.360 the draft, and I suspect that there will be more, 0:05:21.400 --> 0:05:23.520 obviously not just in the top part of the draft. 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:26.760 But they just need depth. There's this need for rotational 0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:29.440 depth in there. But you got Rashime Green, DeMarcus Walker, 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:33.440 Andrew Billings added through free agency, all on nice deals. 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:36.159 Justin Jones had a very nice year last year, on 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:37.920 the last year of his two year contract with the 0:05:37.960 --> 0:05:40.400 Bears for this year, played three technique they run. They 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:43.600 pushed him outside a little bit as well last season, 0:05:43.640 --> 0:05:45.080 just to see what it would be like, and he 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:47.960 did a nice job. So you got Trevis Gibson in 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:50.760 a big year for him. He did not get the 0:05:50.800 --> 0:05:53.320 production like he did the year before in terms of 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:56.040 sacks and force and fumbles. But that's what you're working 0:05:56.080 --> 0:05:58.440 with right now. The defensive line. Yeah, and you just wonder, 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:00.920 you know, how it all fits because we pass rushers, 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:03.240 you know, you look at the pass rushers that are 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:06.200 going to be available. Obviously Will Anderson, everybody assumes he'll 0:06:06.240 --> 0:06:08.200 be the first guy taken. Then he got Wilson, and 0:06:08.240 --> 0:06:11.240 of course you got Murphy, some like Lucas Vaness. How 0:06:11.279 --> 0:06:13.840 comfortable do you feel playing a guy who's only played 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:16.400 two years of college ball and wasn't a starter. They're 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:18.520 at Iowa, I'm sure they're doing their homework on him. 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:21.320 And then of course there's Jalen Carter, who's the anomaly 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:25.039 of Jalen Carter. Now supposedly he won't even talk to 0:06:25.080 --> 0:06:27.960 teams that aren't picking outside the top ten. I mean, 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:29.680 what if a team wants to trade up to that 0:06:29.760 --> 0:06:33.000 Bear spot at number nine, you know, in order to 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:34.920 take a player like him or were the Bears. If 0:06:34.920 --> 0:06:38.000 he falls to nine, he could address some issues on 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:40.039 their offensive line. But you got to do your homework 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:42.159 with the off the field stuff. So if there's a 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:44.160 lot on Ryan Pole's plate right now to get all 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:47.320 this information that he needs and meet these guys to 0:06:47.400 --> 0:06:50.720 see if they're Chicago Bears players that he wants representing 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:54.200 this football team. I also don't want to forget Dominique Robinson, 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:57.799 who is still in that process of developing learning. Didn't 0:06:57.800 --> 0:06:59.520 get a lot of time at that position and his 0:06:59.760 --> 0:07:04.080 entire career, but has the body to intrigue you, no question. 0:07:04.200 --> 0:07:06.640 He made that first sax splash in his a debut 0:07:06.720 --> 0:07:09.520 against San Francisco in the rain. That's a guy to 0:07:09.560 --> 0:07:11.840 look at as well. And we'll talk more about this 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:15.520 defensive line thing and Jalen Carter gets more prospective from Jim. 0:07:15.560 --> 0:07:17.320 We're gonna take a break to your on Bears Weekly 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:20.920 on ESPN one thousand and the Chicago Bears Radio Networks 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:23.960 Bears Weekly with the Voice of the Bears for twenty three. 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:31.440 Here is Jeff Julian on the Bears Radio Network. You're 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:33.800 having up the business for Shoot of the season. Now 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:37.800 into the Deep at the NFL Draft, Top thirty Business 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:40.280 Private Workouts, Jeff Joning Act, Jim Milder from Serious Sex 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:43.120 m NFL Radio's moving the chains the former Bears quarterback 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:46.080 gonna go back to Jalen Carter. How do you feel 0:07:46.120 --> 0:07:49.760 about it if you're an executive a team, if he says, Okay, nobody, 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:53.160 I'm not coming if it's outside the top ten for 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:57.880 right now. I'm certain though, if something happened before the 0:07:57.960 --> 0:08:01.600 draft that he would certainly make that trip if somebody 0:08:01.600 --> 0:08:03.600 moved into that top ten. But how would you feel 0:08:03.600 --> 0:08:05.760 about it as an executive or from your experience just 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:08.160 talking to exacts around the league over the years, how 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:10.720 they feel about something like that. Yeah, I think you 0:08:10.760 --> 0:08:13.360 know he's there. To me, there's no upside with the 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:15.920 statement that they made. And that's Drew Rosenhouse now, that's 0:08:16.000 --> 0:08:18.240 represent him, And I find it hard to believe that 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:22.680 Drew Rosenhouse would want to limit his client's opportunities because 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:25.200 if there is a team that is willing to trade 0:08:25.200 --> 0:08:26.800 in the top ten, and I'll just use the Bears 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:28.840 as an example, that the Bears say at nine, hey, 0:08:28.840 --> 0:08:31.640 we're willing to trade out here. We feel like in 0:08:31.680 --> 0:08:33.559 the mid teens is whether those tackles are going to 0:08:33.600 --> 0:08:36.839 start going and maybe the Bears could move down a 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:39.000 little bit and the team trades in. I think that 0:08:39.080 --> 0:08:42.480 would be you know, not a good move for Jalen 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:45.240 Carter to make that statement. Supposedly he will only work 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:48.360 out in his hometown. You know, is he top ten talent? 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:50.680 I think everybody agrees that he is. You know, I 0:08:50.720 --> 0:08:53.400 think we know what a dominant player he was at Georgia. 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:57.640 But there are some concerns there now, I mean, wasn't 0:08:57.679 --> 0:09:02.120 truthful to the police. Didn't you know he knows that workout, 0:09:02.160 --> 0:09:04.160 that pro day is coming. I mean, if anything, why 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:06.640 didn't he just delay the pro day, you know, come 0:09:06.679 --> 0:09:09.079 back when he was in shape. You know, he wasn't 0:09:09.120 --> 0:09:12.240 even able to finish that Pro day. And so I 0:09:12.280 --> 0:09:14.559 think you're gonna have some some teams that are really 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:17.560 doing their due diligence. And I think he's limited himself 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:19.840 just to those top ten teams because you know, I 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:21.680 think we know for a fact, like the way the 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:26.679 Bears practice now under coach Eberfluse, with that hits philosophy, 0:09:26.960 --> 0:09:28.880 You've got to make sure that he can come in 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:30.880 that locker room and he's got to be a worker 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:33.320 b Now, I think that's the expectation, or say a 0:09:33.320 --> 0:09:36.200 guy like Dan Campbell where you know the expectation is 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:39.600 there for the Detroit Lions and how hard they practice, 0:09:39.960 --> 0:09:41.960 and you know, are the guys going to be willing 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:44.440 to accept this player coming in? Do you have veteran 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:47.959 players around him that can bring him along or is 0:09:47.960 --> 0:09:49.280 it going to be done by the coaches? And I 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:50.760 think we know the Bears have a lot of young 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:53.760 players right now, and can they place that locker room yet? 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:57.160 I would say no. So when a guy's not given 0:09:57.160 --> 0:09:59.760 a hundred percent, you know, can other guys lay into 0:09:59.840 --> 0:10:02.320 him to get the most out of him? So I 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:05.320 think all those things are being explored by Ryan Poles, 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:07.200 and you know they have the benefit of being in 0:10:07.240 --> 0:10:09.600 the top ten so they can get all those answers 0:10:09.640 --> 0:10:12.920 that they're looking for. They met with Jalen Carter and 0:10:13.200 --> 0:10:15.760 you know, we'll see what the evaluation is. Yeah, some 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:18.400 others have that top thirty list. Tyree Wilson the testas 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:21.680 tech edge rusher. He's an intriguing player too because again 0:10:21.720 --> 0:10:26.680 fits into that long, big and strong category off the edge. Yeah, 0:10:26.920 --> 0:10:29.640 very good player for the Texas tech Red Raider. Six 0:10:29.679 --> 0:10:32.880 foot six, two hundred and seventy one pounds. Pat thinks 0:10:32.920 --> 0:10:35.000 he's like a Klais Campbell type of player that just 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:38.200 tells you how strong he is. You know, as he 0:10:38.280 --> 0:10:40.920 is as a player of forty four games played, has 0:10:40.920 --> 0:10:43.320 twenty eight starts and thirty two tackles for a loss 0:10:43.520 --> 0:10:46.000 in seventeen sacks. So a lot of people believe he's 0:10:46.040 --> 0:10:47.920 just going to be a Pro Bowl player right away 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:50.760 because he can really collapse the pocket, just like what 0:10:50.880 --> 0:10:53.920 Clais Campbell is known for in his NFL career. All right, 0:10:53.960 --> 0:10:55.600 I got a funny thing here. I saw this on 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:59.120 one of the spots today about I think it was 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:04.120 Jones from Boston College. He had two teams take him 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:06.200 out to dinner, so he had to make a decision. 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:08.199 Am I having an appetizer on one and the steak 0:11:08.240 --> 0:11:10.640 and the other? I mean, what am I doing here? 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:14.960 I might double dipping? Okay, when you were entering the end, 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:16.800 did you go out to dinner or any team and 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:20.560 were you put in the same position? No, never happened. 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:23.240 I think when they came to work me out at 0:11:23.240 --> 0:11:26.120 Michigan State. And the one funny story is Ken Anderson, 0:11:26.840 --> 0:11:29.559 the former quarterback for the Bengals. So I go over, 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:31.560 they say, hey, the Bengals are here. And I thought 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:32.760 I had to go and work out. So I went 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:34.400 to the locker room and you know, put out my 0:11:34.440 --> 0:11:36.160 sweats and stuff to go work out. And I remember 0:11:36.240 --> 0:11:38.080 Ken Anerson, he goes, he goes, No, he goes, We're 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:39.840 going to go right up to the Harrison Roadhouse and 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:41.280 have a beer. You know, I just want to talk 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:43.319 to you. So it was pretty funny because and I 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:45.280 didn't know this Kenny. He owned a whole bunch of breweries. 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:47.200 So we just went up at a beer and talk football. 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:49.319 I mean, that was like the one time I got 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:52.319 taken out. That was it. That was it? Huh why 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:55.839 and die beer? He you'll take it, you take more 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:57.960 your speed. I watched him as a kid man. I 0:11:58.040 --> 0:12:01.040 love Kenning. Oh gosh. He was humble, lavable but Cincinnative 0:12:01.040 --> 0:12:04.240 Bengals in Illinois area product for sure. We'll be talking 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:06.800 to Bears running back Deyonta Foreman coming up here shortly 0:12:06.840 --> 0:12:09.320 here on Bears Weekly with Jim Miller. I'm Jeff Joniac. 0:12:10.520 --> 0:12:13.560 Do you like the fact if you're a player as 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:16.720 Downs the kid from North Carolina says he's got no visits? 0:12:16.960 --> 0:12:18.640 Does that make you worry as a player? Do they 0:12:18.679 --> 0:12:21.000 feel you are you checked all the boxes? That's one. 0:12:21.040 --> 0:12:24.160 And if you're that player, are you starting to wonder 0:12:24.200 --> 0:12:27.199 a little bit despite the encouragement probably from your agent 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:29.720 or whatever. But then the guy who's got to go 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:33.800 on five or seven trips and he's exhausted from having 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:37.439 all these teams and going to dinners like this, No, 0:12:37.480 --> 0:12:40.559 I don't think. Well, he's probably got a little anxiety like, hey, 0:12:40.559 --> 0:12:43.440 why aren't these teams you know whining in dyning me? 0:12:43.559 --> 0:12:45.839 But you got to remember too, he's got a pro 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:48.920 background for him. When you look at drey Blai, I 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:51.240 think is his cousin, you know. And you look at 0:12:51.440 --> 0:12:55.720 Gary Downs, his dad is a coach as well. So 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:58.880 I'm sure Dre who's now on the Detroit Lions staff, 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:01.360 this is a very productive all right. There are no 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:04.000 character concerns. So a lot of teams when they don't 0:13:04.520 --> 0:13:07.440 invite you in for a visit, you know, Like I 0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:09.600 never met with the Steelers. They came to my pro day, 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:11.800 but I never talked to them once, but they drafted me, 0:13:12.320 --> 0:13:14.120 you know. And I think that happens to a lot 0:13:14.160 --> 0:13:17.520 of guys where they don't want to bring a player 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:20.280 in or visit with a player where it puts maybe 0:13:20.679 --> 0:13:23.160 a radar screen on him, you know. And I think 0:13:23.160 --> 0:13:25.920 when you look at Josh Downs, he is a very 0:13:25.960 --> 0:13:30.200 productive receiver there from Carolina. The production in the last 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:32.560 two years, I mean, think about it. They lost Sam Howell. 0:13:32.559 --> 0:13:36.679 Now he got drafted to Washington and then Drake May 0:13:36.720 --> 0:13:38.720 comes in there and he has over a thousand yards 0:13:38.760 --> 0:13:41.400 again and eleven touchdowns, who he improved even in the 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:45.240 touchdown area. So he's a nice slot receiver. A lot 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:47.760 of people think he's like a Cadarius Tony type of player. 0:13:47.800 --> 0:13:50.240 Cadarius Tony went twenty two overall or twenty one, I 0:13:50.240 --> 0:13:54.400 think to the Giants, ultimately traded to the Kansas City Chiefs, 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:55.800 and he's a world champion. But I think a lot 0:13:55.840 --> 0:13:58.760 of people feel that way about Josh Downs. He's got 0:13:58.800 --> 0:14:03.319 the football background with his family, very productive player, there's 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:05.760 no character issues. He's kind of checked all the boxes 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:07.720 and he's got the great times. He had a thirty 0:14:07.760 --> 0:14:10.040 eight inch vertical and then as pro day did a 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:11.959 forty two inch vertical and he's got a ten to 0:14:12.000 --> 0:14:14.440 eleven broad So he's kind of checked every box. So 0:14:14.960 --> 0:14:16.760 I believe he's getting drafted. It may not be in 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:19.280 the first round, but he's he's going to be a 0:14:19.320 --> 0:14:21.960 solid player. Are you more apt to fall in line 0:14:22.000 --> 0:14:24.840 with like a group of players like say three when 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:26.880 you do your mock drafts? Because all these mock drafts 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:29.200 keep coming out every Monday, Tuesday, when you name it. 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:32.000 They're fresh ones coming out. And now I think they're 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:34.440 starting to change up a little bit, maybe just for fun, 0:14:34.520 --> 0:14:37.920 because you got all those quarterbacks, you're likely to be 0:14:37.960 --> 0:14:40.640 gone and that top ten certainly, But do you fall 0:14:40.680 --> 0:14:43.320 in line with the popular belief of what guys are 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:45.640 looking or do you go for some shock and awe 0:14:45.680 --> 0:14:47.560 a little bit when you start doing this? No, I 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:50.680 just you know, you try and follow the tea leaves. 0:14:51.360 --> 0:14:53.760 You know, most of the pro day numbers are in 0:14:53.840 --> 0:14:55.800 now if most of the pro days are over with 0:14:55.920 --> 0:14:58.120 and now it's you know, just getting to know other 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:02.680 stories about players, like thinking Stetson Bennett, the quarterback from Georgia. Right, 0:15:02.760 --> 0:15:06.960 that video just gets released by TMZ, Right, everybody see it. 0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:10.320 And here's what's funny is for Bennett. This guy's been 0:15:10.920 --> 0:15:13.160 a national champ two years in a row, and he's 0:15:13.160 --> 0:15:15.920 got very good production on tape. But everybody's like, oh, 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:19.080 he's small. Well, brace Young could be the first quarterback taken. 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:21.480 And he's an inch taller than Brayce Young, and he's 0:15:21.480 --> 0:15:25.400 got every bit the credentials and numbers of Brayce Young, 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:27.840 and so I think he got to dive into him. 0:15:27.880 --> 0:15:30.520 I think he's a Drew Brees type of player. I 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:33.160 don't know how much that'll hurt him with that tape 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:35.280 that came out. He's I think he's more embarrassed about 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:37.960 it than anything. But he's a good quarterback and a 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:41.120 very productive quarterback who was with Todd Makins down there, 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:44.200 who called the plays, so he's prepared. He's a good 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:46.440 player that really nobody's talking about other than the off 0:15:46.440 --> 0:15:48.760 the field and you have to do your due diligence there. 0:15:48.800 --> 0:15:51.480 But again, he's got a football background and family pedigree 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:54.960 that you know he's worthy to be. After that group 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:59.120 of four quarterbacks, he's probably by production alone, should be 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:03.160 the fifth guy. Take it in my opinion. All right, 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:05.880 we'll talk more about the quarterbacks. Some interesting talk from 0:16:05.920 --> 0:16:08.520 Caroline about number one, and we come back. We will 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:11.040 talk some offensive line. We'll start looking ahead to the 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:13.960 tackles with Jim Miller. I'm Jeff Joniac. This is Bears 0:16:13.960 --> 0:16:16.680 Weekly here on AM one thousand ESPN Radio on the 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:20.440 Chicago Bears Radio Network. Is Bears Weekly with a Voice 0:16:20.440 --> 0:16:23.360 of the Bears for twenty three. Here is Jeff Joniac 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:32.880 on the Bears Radio Network. Three weeks from tip off, 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:36.360 it's the NFL Draft and we'll start breaking down the 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:39.640 positions here on Bears Weekly. Good to have you alongside 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:43.120 Charlie Bevans, our producer, Jim Miller, Jeff Joniac with you 0:16:43.200 --> 0:16:46.960 on this beautiful night in Chicago after the rain and 0:16:47.160 --> 0:16:49.160 storms moved through the crowths course of the week. Jim, 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:52.680 it'supposed to be eighties here in Chicago next week. I'm 0:16:52.720 --> 0:16:55.080 down with that. Yeah, I'm done with it. Two, I'm 0:16:55.200 --> 0:16:58.480 I'm done with winter. I'm done with winter. Yes, you're 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:00.520 a little a little further note through. Your still getting 0:17:00.560 --> 0:17:03.560 that cold weather, but the raining storms or something else. 0:17:03.880 --> 0:17:06.080 All right, let's dig into the tackles. It's certainly a 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:08.960 hot topic here in Chicago as you look at this group. 0:17:09.720 --> 0:17:12.240 We're not going to certainly go through every player, but 0:17:12.520 --> 0:17:15.000 more specifically, what the Bears might be looking for. They 0:17:15.040 --> 0:17:19.200 like guys obviously to be road grading, run blockers, get 0:17:19.200 --> 0:17:22.520 out there to the second level and also with the 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:25.600 wide zone run game. But also they need pass protection 0:17:25.640 --> 0:17:28.280 for one of the unique quarterbacks in the NFL. Right now, 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:31.880 in justin fields, what types of guys are you looking 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:35.560 at that tackle position. Well, you got Broder Jones. He's 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:40.080 an athlete, he can recover quickly from Georgia. He's a 0:17:40.080 --> 0:17:43.679 big man that just can absolutely move. Paris Johnson there 0:17:43.720 --> 0:17:48.359 at the tackle from Ohio State. Smart. He's worked with 0:17:48.359 --> 0:17:51.159 Willie Anderson since high school. Many think Willie Anderson is 0:17:51.160 --> 0:17:54.159 a Hall of Fame player and Paris Johnson is about 0:17:54.600 --> 0:17:57.240 as good as it gets in my opinion. You know, 0:17:57.280 --> 0:17:59.920 you've got the bigger guys out there, Like everybody's talking 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:03.320 about Tennessee the player Darnell Right. I think that aren't 0:18:03.320 --> 0:18:04.800 the Bears one of the teams that are bringing in 0:18:04.880 --> 0:18:07.439 Darnel Right? I believe they are. Yes. I mean that 0:18:07.600 --> 0:18:11.040 is a big right tackle who can physically move people 0:18:11.359 --> 0:18:14.000 all right. And then you got guys can stop right there, 0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:18.880 because yeah, when you say he's six, I don't. He's 0:18:18.880 --> 0:18:20.920 a big dude. I mean that is a big guy 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:23.680 and he can move. He can move, He can physically 0:18:23.840 --> 0:18:27.400 jolt you with his hands. And basically steer you anyway 0:18:27.400 --> 0:18:30.040 he wants you to to go. I mean, so he 0:18:30.160 --> 0:18:32.800 is a he is a I think he's got driving 0:18:32.880 --> 0:18:35.000 up the draft boards right now. He will go in 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:37.880 the first round, is my opinion. And then you've got 0:18:37.920 --> 0:18:40.000 other guys that are out there that you know at 0:18:40.040 --> 0:18:42.960 the tackle position. Matt bergeron from Syracuse. He had a 0:18:42.960 --> 0:18:45.879 really good Senior Bowl week, all right. He's from Montreal, 0:18:46.000 --> 0:18:48.119 and you wouldn't think this because a lot of Canadians 0:18:48.240 --> 0:18:50.560 and I played with a lot of Canadians at Michigan State. 0:18:50.840 --> 0:18:52.720 I mean, it takes him a while to adjust because 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:54.680 they don't play a lot of the American game is 0:18:54.760 --> 0:18:57.480 different up there. But he came in right away and 0:18:57.560 --> 0:18:59.760 he grated out as one of the best offensive linemen 0:19:00.080 --> 0:19:03.320 for Syracuse on the PF grades. He played right away 0:19:03.840 --> 0:19:07.840 and has played well. And so Paul Alexander works with 0:19:07.840 --> 0:19:10.280