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All Right, welcome to September, everybody, 0:00:30.080 --> 0:00:32.480 ten days from the season opener at Soldier Field against 0:00:32.520 --> 0:00:36.000 the San Francisco forty nine ers on noon kickoff in 0:00:36.040 --> 0:00:38.919 a pleasant, good evening to everyone, back with you here 0:00:38.960 --> 0:00:41.920 on Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:43.760 the score. I'm up at house, so we're brought to 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:47.240 you by IGS Energy, my broadcast partner from news Radio 0:00:47.280 --> 0:00:50.720 one oh five nine. Chicago Bear Great Tom Thayre knustled 0:00:50.760 --> 0:00:53.560 away there and Joliet. Good to be back and good 0:00:53.560 --> 0:00:56.000 to be talking out opener Tom, because I'll tell you, 0:00:56.160 --> 0:00:58.920 when you're in the Thicket training camp, it seems like 0:00:58.960 --> 0:01:01.040 it's gonna last forever. And you know you're going through 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:05.720 the preseason that wrap up against Cleveland. Still you're still 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:09.600 still weighs away still got another week, but now the 0:01:09.680 --> 0:01:11.760 vision is there. You can see it. The roster has 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:14.679 been put together for at least the time being keep 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:17.600 anning pieces and now ready to go. Tommy. You know, Jeff, 0:01:17.760 --> 0:01:19.880 I sat there, and I sit in front of the 0:01:19.880 --> 0:01:22.240 flip card, and you study the names on the sheet 0:01:22.280 --> 0:01:24.319 in front of us, for both the Cleveland Browns and 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:26.640 the Chicago Bears, and you kind of get a pretty 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:28.880 good line on them. Because we've been going to practice 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:32.160 every day. Have you ever heard the term revolving to 0:01:32.240 --> 0:01:35.040 our roster? Yeah, because that's what we're in. And I 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:37.600 remember my last year in the USFL, we had so 0:01:37.640 --> 0:01:39.880 many bodies coming in and out of practice on a 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:43.640 daily basis. They actually came onto the field during stretching, 0:01:43.760 --> 0:01:46.920 cut a guy to bring another guy in. And now 0:01:46.959 --> 0:01:50.320 it's almost like we as excited as we were about 0:01:50.320 --> 0:01:52.960 what this team was able to accomplish, what the assistant 0:01:53.040 --> 0:01:57.200 coaches have provided Ryan Poles and mattieber Fleus, the excitement 0:01:57.240 --> 0:02:00.840 of what the future holds for these guys. You almost 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:02.760 have to have that roster in front of you to 0:02:02.880 --> 0:02:07.080 start re memorizing the names, of the numbers, the positions 0:02:07.080 --> 0:02:09.840 of the guys that have come in. It's exciting. I 0:02:09.919 --> 0:02:12.880 still have the same confidence I did when I left Cleveland, 0:02:13.200 --> 0:02:16.720 but it's just there's a lot of new names that 0:02:16.800 --> 0:02:18.840 are going to be on the roster for the San 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:21.160 Francisco game. All right, we haven't seen some of these 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:23.440 guys yet in uniform, so we're gonna have to do 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:26.919 our homework as well. A new addition today again undrafted 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:31.360 rookie from not rookie, but from Minnesota. Was from the 0:02:31.440 --> 0:02:34.120 University of Iowa, Amir Marsett Smith. He had one hundred 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:36.280 and three had a touchdown against the Bears last season. 0:02:36.320 --> 0:02:39.079 Do you remember him? He twice had good games against 0:02:39.080 --> 0:02:42.280 the Bears last year. Overall production limited in terms of 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:45.800 his targets and so forth. But another young player. And 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:47.960 if you look at the ages of the guys Ryan 0:02:48.000 --> 0:02:52.360 Poles brought in and the undrest or in the claim 0:02:52.400 --> 0:02:55.160 market and the waiver market, they're all in that sweet spot, 0:02:56.120 --> 0:03:00.760 little bit of experience, but young. Twenty five, twenty twenty four, 0:03:00.919 --> 0:03:04.600 twenty three years old. This team right now, average age 0:03:04.639 --> 0:03:07.639 on the roster is just over twenty five years old, right. 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:10.200 You know, the NFL is a young man's game, and 0:03:10.240 --> 0:03:14.519 it's kind of just a level above college. And when 0:03:14.520 --> 0:03:17.360 you think of the names in the ages of some 0:03:17.440 --> 0:03:19.840 of these guys, there's gonna be a few guys that 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:21.919 are always going to be the foundation of a team. 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:24.840 You got your Cody Whitehairs and Robert Quinns and stuff 0:03:25.080 --> 0:03:31.519 that have been able to solidify NFL career. That is 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:34.360 put them in a position that they're the old not 0:03:34.400 --> 0:03:36.600 the oldest guys on the team, the most experienced guys 0:03:36.600 --> 0:03:38.520 on the team. But this is something that we all 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:40.960 have to get used to with the Collective Bargaining Agreement, 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:44.160 the way teams and contracts are put together. So that 0:03:44.280 --> 0:03:45.960 leads us to a couple of days ago, Matt Hubert 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:50.040 Fluce really expounded on this young young team, this idea 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:54.120 that it's okay and almost needing to play young players. 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:57.000 You can understand a coach that's like that. You know, 0:03:57.480 --> 0:03:59.160 it's a little bit gunshy, wants to play with the 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:01.400 more experienced guy because he's know what he's doing and 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:03.800 all that. But to me, if you've got the right guy, 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:05.560 you know, and you have the right guys in there 0:04:05.600 --> 0:04:08.080 and they're young, you have to play them. You have 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:11.520 to because the experience they get in that first season 0:04:11.680 --> 0:04:14.640 is playing. It's invaluable. You know, they're gonna get learned 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:17.320 so much ball by being out there and playing rather 0:04:17.320 --> 0:04:19.640 than sitting on the sideline. And if they're good enough 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:21.880 athletically and they're good enough players, you just got to 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:23.960 put them out there and they'll they'll figure it out eventually, 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:25.480 you know. And then you guys got to coach them 0:04:25.560 --> 0:04:27.400 up and coach them through the ups and downs of it, 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:30.080 and you know, and keep their confidence up. But I 0:04:30.160 --> 0:04:32.559 believe in that because what you do is you build 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:36.080 a faster, younger football team when you do that, and 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:40.359 hopefully the guys that are less injury prone, potentially you 0:04:40.400 --> 0:04:43.000 know they're gonna be counted on the availability factor. So 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:45.480 this sparked the conversation I had with you the other day, 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:48.640 because you've always intrigued me with the notion that if 0:04:48.640 --> 0:04:50.520 you didn't think about it, you'd never know it and 0:04:50.560 --> 0:04:53.360 you'd have to be back there and involved with it. 0:04:53.400 --> 0:04:55.400 But the Bears, when you guys won the Super Bowl 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:57.320 with the youngest team in the NFL that year, So 0:04:57.360 --> 0:04:59.840 I went back and looked at it. Twenty seven up 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:02.080 lost something like that, whatever the averages are, So then 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:04.360 they went deeper and I shared with you. The Miami 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:08.599 Dolphins had the youngest Super Bowl team ever at just 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:11.800 over twenty six years of age in nineteen seventy one. 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:14.480 They didn't win that Super Bowl, but they went unbeaten 0:05:14.520 --> 0:05:17.800 and won it in seventy two. The Seattle Seahawks just 0:05:17.839 --> 0:05:20.040 a few years ago, building the way the Bears are 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:24.800 building with young, fast, physical players and taking their time 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:28.200 to build it the right way, built a winning culture 0:05:28.320 --> 0:05:30.279 and then went to the Super Bowl as a young 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:34.599 team lost at twenty six something average age, then the 0:05:34.640 --> 0:05:37.520 next year won the Super Bowl. You go down the 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:40.279 list and you got the old Pittsburgh Steelers teams, the 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:43.000 Buffalo Bills teams that repeatedly went to the Super Bowl. 0:05:43.279 --> 0:05:46.400 There are some thirty plus teams. As you pointed out 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:49.480 George Allen over the Hill Gang. They wanted those guys, 0:05:49.760 --> 0:05:52.039 and they didn't care about draft picks. They wanted the 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:54.640 older guys. There have been plenty of teams that won 0:05:54.680 --> 0:05:57.839 that way as well, but it's more of the twenty eight, 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:02.080 twenty seven, twenty six average age football teams that eventually 0:06:02.120 --> 0:06:04.120 build into that time. Well, when you listen to what 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:08.680 Matt Matt Eberl says, he says, it's the right guy, Jeff. 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:11.200 And so when you go look at those young rosters, 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:13.560 go down and look at that rosters and look at 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:16.320 the star quality players of the young men that you 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:19.760 have on that team that ended up contributing to super 0:06:19.960 --> 0:06:22.880 playing in the Super Bowl or Super Bowl victories. The 0:06:23.000 --> 0:06:27.000 coaches on those staffs made the choices for the right guys. 0:06:27.080 --> 0:06:29.880 And I think that's what really stands out with me 0:06:30.000 --> 0:06:33.520 when I hear Matt Eberflus talk about developing a roster 0:06:33.640 --> 0:06:36.440 in the modern day NFL. You're not just gonna put 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:38.919 a guy in there because he was drafted in a 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:43.120 certain position or he comes from this type of marketed school. 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:45.680 It's the right guy. And when you think of a 0:06:45.720 --> 0:06:49.000 guy like Braxton Jones, Yeah, would you think he might 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:51.599 have a guy from one of the marquee schools around 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:54.680 the country, you know, But this guy is the right 0:06:54.720 --> 0:06:57.320 guy for the position. And even when you listen to 0:06:57.400 --> 0:07:00.600 Ian Cunningham and Ryan Poles speak at the party him today, 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:04.400 they talk about how fast of a developer this guy was. 0:07:04.480 --> 0:07:07.360 They believed he could be a starter when they evaluated him, 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:11.640 but even his development surprised them, right, And I think 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:13.520 that idea that you're gonna be able to get on 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:16.280 the field and play right away if you're if you're 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:20.240 talented enough, and you have the the traits that they're seeking, 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:24.160 the character that you're seeking. I'm thinking again, I use 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:27.040 this analogy all the time, lobsters in a lobster pot. 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:28.600 You know, you're trying to get on the field because 0:07:28.600 --> 0:07:30.120 you know you got a chance with these guys. And 0:07:30.200 --> 0:07:33.520 there are coaches that won't play young players, especially at 0:07:33.560 --> 0:07:37.880 specific positions. I mean some teams, some guys just won't 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:41.160 put that trust in there. And you know, I find 0:07:41.160 --> 0:07:45.679 this to be a refreshing moment for Chicago Bears fans. 0:07:45.760 --> 0:07:47.640 You're gonna see a bunch of young guys with their 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:50.720 hair on fire, and whatever they win, they win, whatever 0:07:50.720 --> 0:07:54.040 the record may be. You know, right now, let's find 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:57.160 the best guys to foundationally build a fast, physical, nasty 0:07:57.160 --> 0:08:01.000 football team. That's my opinion on it. Tommy, before we 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:04.160 go to break, I'll let you speak your mind here. Well, no, Jeff, 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:06.720 you know, Joe, I want guys that want to play football. 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:08.800 I don't want a guy that's going to be drafted 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:11.080 by a team that's content with sitting around a couple 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:13.520 of years waiting till the veteran in front of them 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:16.120 moves on. I want a guy that's just chopping at 0:08:16.160 --> 0:08:18.720 the bit to get in that uniform and to be 0:08:18.840 --> 0:08:21.880 on a game day, you know, a game day participant. 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:24.880 So to me, I think that's the most important role 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:28.600 that any of these guys can desire to have on 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:31.920 a football team, is to be a player. Immediately. All right, 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:34.040 here's what's coming up on the show tonight. We do 0:08:34.120 --> 0:08:36.680 not have a player interview. We will be sitting down 0:08:36.720 --> 0:08:39.320 with Ryan Polser I did earlier today up at Hallis 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:41.560 Hall after his news conference with the media, So we'll 0:08:41.559 --> 0:08:44.120 have some of that coming up in segment number three. 0:08:44.360 --> 0:08:47.000 And our good pal Jim Miller from Serious x M 0:08:47.120 --> 0:08:50.079 NFL Radio, former Bears quarterback, I'll be joining us in 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:52.880 just moments. We'll hear snippets as well from a course 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:55.439 of the interviews that we had this week. A lot ahead, 0:08:55.600 --> 0:08:58.600 Bears getting ready for the regular season opener. Can't wait. 0:08:58.679 --> 0:09:01.840 The season itself starts on September eight. Next week, Bears 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:04.520 get a three day break. After a short practice today, 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:07.240 they'll be rare and ready to go. Bears coming up 0:09:07.280 --> 0:09:09.480 against the forty nine ers. This is Bears All Access 0:09:09.520 --> 0:09:12.160 with Tom There, Jeff Joning, Act, Jim Miller ahead on 0:09:12.320 --> 0:09:22.560 Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. Welcome back to 0:09:22.640 --> 0:09:25.640 Bears All Access brought to you by IGS Energy. Choose 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:28.000 clean energy for your home at igs dot com because 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:30.120 every good choice adds up to a better world. With 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:32.720 Tom There, Jeff Joning Act and please to be joined 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:36.319 by our good pal and a regular during the course 0:09:36.559 --> 0:09:38.959 of the off season, I should say, but once the 0:09:39.040 --> 0:09:42.040 regular season starts, gets a little a little harder to 0:09:42.080 --> 0:09:44.360 get a hold of because he's so busy and we 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:47.280 got some players on. But Big Jim Miller, former Bears quarterback, 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:50.040 did a great job in the preseason telecasts of the 0:09:50.120 --> 0:09:53.440 Kansas City and Cleveland games. Big Jim, how you doing? 0:09:53.640 --> 0:09:56.400 And now what did you glean from those two games? 0:09:56.640 --> 0:09:58.959 Because you did the work, you did the in depth 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:01.839 study and called the game. What what'd you learn about 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:05.080 this team? Yeah, Jeff, Tom, I think you know you 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:09.040 could see it. You know, I think factor of what 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:12.920 players are being asked to do, and I think Coachieberflus 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:16.000 has effectively gotten his messaging across. I mean, I saw 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:18.360 a team that hustle I saw a team that would 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:22.000 going discipline. Uh yeah, I think you see a young team, 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:25.400 but you do see a much faster team out there. 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:27.880 I mean, let's be honest, a lot of young players 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:30.480 are going to play this year for the Bears. You know, 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:33.240 we even pointed it out on the broadcast of the 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:35.560 eleven draft picks. And then you know, minimum, I see 0:10:35.640 --> 0:10:38.000 nine guys, and then you factor in rookies like Jack 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:41.000 Sanborn who's an undrafted free agent who makes the rush. 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:43.320 The guy's going to be on all four core special 0:10:43.320 --> 0:10:46.240 teams plays you know, Trent and Gill. You know Vayleis 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:49.160 Jones junior, he's gonna play, And so the list goes 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:51.640 on and on, and it is. It's about a youth movement. 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:55.240 It's about the growth and development of players. And we'll 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:57.319 see where it goes. But yeah, I think the coach 0:10:57.360 --> 0:11:01.200 and the staff they effectively have reached these players of 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:03.400 what their standard is because I saw a lot of 0:11:03.480 --> 0:11:06.960 hustle and a lot of discipline displayed by the Barras. Hey, Jim, 0:11:07.000 --> 0:11:09.760 I got two questions for you. The role of Luke Getsy, 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:13.320 the play caller being on the field for justin fields, 0:11:13.600 --> 0:11:17.319 and then how long does that relationship take to develop 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:21.120 in terms of, you know, the eye contact, the understanding 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:23.680 what Justin does well with Justin wants there to be 0:11:23.720 --> 0:11:27.760 called in, how Luke starts understanding his strength of the 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:32.480 specific game plan. Yeah, you know, you know, whether guys 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:33.920 in the booths are on the field. I think the 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:37.040 one benefit of the coach or the play caller being 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:38.720 on the field is when you do go over the 0:11:38.800 --> 0:11:42.800 slides for the pictures on the sideline and you say, hey, 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:45.040 you know, maybe Justin says, why I saw this. I 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:47.640 saw the backer back up he was he was on 0:11:47.679 --> 0:11:49.760 the line of scrimage and then he backed off. You 0:11:49.760 --> 0:11:53.320 know that maybe sometimes you can't communicate it to a 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:56.040 coach and they'll be able to look through those things together, 0:11:56.360 --> 0:11:58.400 and then Luke can say, hey, here's what I'm thinking. 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:00.680 Then this is what they're doing on first and second down. 0:12:00.920 --> 0:12:03.040 This is what I'm seeing on third down. We may 0:12:03.120 --> 0:12:05.679 go to more of this, or we may go to 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:09.720 more bootleg game to take advantage of some of the 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:12.840 things that they're showing us, and this really be right 0:12:12.880 --> 0:12:15.360 there for Justin fields to walk them along, to walk 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:17.640 them through. Hey, this next series we're probably going to 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:20.800 focus more on this, you know, whether it's a certain 0:12:20.920 --> 0:12:22.960 run game, we're going to try and set up these 0:12:22.960 --> 0:12:25.480 plays in the play action game and just really kind 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:30.120 of talk him through what he expects to call and 0:12:30.160 --> 0:12:33.600 so he'll be prepared as the game goes along. Just 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:35.360 being there down on the field and looking at the 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:40.680 pictures with one another. You know, Jimmy, think when you 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:44.160 look at last year's San Francisco game, is there anything 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:46.839 that Justin or Luke can take from the way that 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:50.679 they defens Justin in that game? Or do you think 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:54.240 it's not necessarily a new scheme, but a new formula 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:57.199 of how they want to go about their business against 0:12:57.240 --> 0:13:00.960 this specific type of offense. Yeah, I mean there could 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:03.360 be certain things on passing down to where maybe they 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:06.760 tried to do a mush rush against Justin fields just 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:09.120 no one. He's got the escapability of the legs. But 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:13.000 I honestly think the Bears are going to be far different, 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:16.400 you know, game planning wise and how they attack San Francisco. 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:20.280 I do expect the Bears to use utilize more twelve personnel, 0:13:20.480 --> 0:13:22.360 meaning two tight ends. I think that's going to be 0:13:22.440 --> 0:13:25.400 imperative because you've got a young left tackle on Braxton 0:13:25.480 --> 0:13:28.439 Jones and quite frankly, you know, I just think that's 0:13:28.640 --> 0:13:31.280 that's the Bears sweet spot. I thought in that final 0:13:31.320 --> 0:13:35.360 preseason game against Cleveland that was kind of their home, 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:38.120 you know, and that's why they performed so well and 0:13:38.480 --> 0:13:41.520 Justin felt very good with the play action and stuff 0:13:41.520 --> 0:13:44.720 of it. Plus you still don't know right now what 0:13:44.880 --> 0:13:47.559 is the three wide package? Who does that entail? Is 0:13:47.920 --> 0:13:51.760 Pringle healthy? Is Valos Jones healthy? You know, the three 0:13:51.760 --> 0:13:55.240 wide package as yet to really display itself for the Bears, 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:56.840 and health is going to be a big part of it. 0:13:57.360 --> 0:13:59.920 But I think running the football and that twelve personnel pack, 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:02.720 it really was a nice place for the Bears to 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:05.440 be in that final preseason game. Luke gets you this 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:09.160 week the offensive coordinator, explaining this whole offensive plan remains 0:14:09.160 --> 0:14:12.079 a step by step process. When we got here in April, 0:14:12.640 --> 0:14:15.000 we had this very well thought out plan of how 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:17.920 we wanted to go this process to look and we're 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:20.080 gonna stay committed to that process. I don't think we're 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:22.960 gonna This isn't link an elevation to a moment. This 0:14:23.040 --> 0:14:25.280 is part of the process. This is the stepping stone 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:27.960 of you know, our goal was to get better into 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:31.280 into you know, apply pressure to our team on our 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:33.360 own and the way that we installed it, the way 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:35.160 that we or the way that we implemented the offense, 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:36.680 the way that we installed it, the way we came 0:14:36.680 --> 0:14:39.240 to training camp, the way that we performed in preseason. 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:40.840 This is all. These are all the next steps. These 0:14:40.880 --> 0:14:43.320 are all steps to where we want to be um 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:46.040 and so this next game, again, we're not We're We're 0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:48.520 still pedal to the metal and we're still challenging these 0:14:48.520 --> 0:14:52.800 guys every day, both mentally and physically to play the 0:14:52.880 --> 0:14:55.160 play style that we want to play. And that play 0:14:55.200 --> 0:14:57.520 style is going to be just like it is for 0:14:57.640 --> 0:15:03.480 special teams in defense, attack, mod mental focus. Jim No penalties. 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:06.160 You know they did a nice job of the preseason. 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:09.960 Uh those kind of penalties, pre snap penalties are aggravating 0:15:10.000 --> 0:15:12.880 to any coach. But I get the impression. And I 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:15.760 don't know if you've talked to Getsy prior to him 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:18.640 coming to the Bears, but just listening to him talk, 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:22.280 it's a nonsense and nonsense guy. I think he likes 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:24.160 to have fun on the field too, but he holds 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:27.920 everybody accountable here. He wants what he wants and he's 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:29.760 got it all drawn up the way he wants it, 0:15:30.040 --> 0:15:32.840 and I like his tough edge. He's not ready to 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:36.520 all throw bouquets to everybody either. He's just holding everybody 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:38.960 accountable because there is a long way to go. They 0:15:38.960 --> 0:15:42.200 got to figure a lot of things out offensively. Well, yeah, 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:45.400 I mean, you know you I heard you two talking 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:47.960 about this team, and you know, and Jeff, you brought 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:52.600 up obviously Tom's World championship team, and there's a big 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:56.640 difference there. You know, the team that that that Tom 0:15:56.680 --> 0:15:59.800 played on. Look at the guys alone that just defied 0:16:00.240 --> 0:16:02.560 X is an oas you know. You got Richard Den, 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:04.720 you got single tear. I mean we can get there's 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:08.360 Jim get into the double digits. Jim. I'm not saying 0:16:08.360 --> 0:16:12.120 this team is that. No, you're misinterpreting what I'm saying. 0:16:12.680 --> 0:16:15.400 All I'm saying is it's a starting point to be 0:16:16.120 --> 0:16:18.200 this kind of team, what you're trying to build from 0:16:18.200 --> 0:16:21.360 the foundation, and maybe in a couple of years some 0:16:21.440 --> 0:16:23.320 of these guys develop. Who knows what they're going to 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:25.160 be able to add next year. You know what I'm saying. 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:28.080 I'm saying, Yeah, it's better to do this than have 0:16:28.120 --> 0:16:29.920 a bunch of guys that are not going to be 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:33.200 here when they are competing for a Super Bowl. Yeah, 0:16:33.240 --> 0:16:36.400 because I do. I think this whole year is about 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:39.520 and we've been pretty consistent talking about this on Bears Axis. 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:43.000 They're not done. The roster is going to continue to turn. 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:46.400 You know, here everybody's talking about Alex Leatherwood. Here's the 0:16:46.440 --> 0:16:49.000 former first round pick. Now he's got a shot here 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:51.280 with the Bearers. We'll see where it goes. But it's 0:16:51.280 --> 0:16:56.320 about the growth in development of young players. And I 0:16:56.360 --> 0:16:59.360 think again, it's got to start somewhere and it's got 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:02.320 to build, and if all things are equal, typically you're 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:04.879 going to play the younger player, and with their style 0:17:04.880 --> 0:17:07.359 of football of what the Bears want to play, they're 0:17:07.359 --> 0:17:10.879 gonna go and they're they're willing to accept these growing 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:13.600 pains with these young players. And like you said, maybe 0:17:13.600 --> 0:17:16.240 there are some diamonds in the brush, because you've already 0:17:16.280 --> 0:17:20.160 seen some flashes from some players that look pretty positive, 0:17:20.400 --> 0:17:22.960 whether it's Valis Films Junior. Hey, I know it was 0:17:23.000 --> 0:17:25.440 a small sample size, but that was a nice put 0:17:25.480 --> 0:17:28.800 return out there in Seattle. You know, young players like 0:17:28.880 --> 0:17:32.400 Sanborn who's undrafted, he's out there making plays and we'll 0:17:32.440 --> 0:17:34.520 see what they Yet the rest of these young players do, 0:17:34.960 --> 0:17:37.840 and as coach said, you're going to coach up, they're 0:17:37.840 --> 0:17:40.399 gonna play fast. They know what the standard is and 0:17:40.440 --> 0:17:42.359 they're gonna fly around and play some football. And like 0:17:42.400 --> 0:17:46.160 you said, the foundation has to be built. It's got 0:17:46.160 --> 0:17:47.840 to be built somewhere, and it's got to be built 0:17:47.880 --> 0:17:51.119 with these young players and how quickly they grow and develop. 0:17:51.480 --> 0:17:53.640 You know, Jim, when you talk about a foundation, let's 0:17:53.640 --> 0:17:56.120 talk about the offensive side of the ball, because there 0:17:56.160 --> 0:17:58.800 could be guys that might have some reps from the 0:17:58.920 --> 0:18:03.119 receiver position or whatsoever, that haven't had any reps so 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:05.359 far in the preseason with the Bears. And when you 0:18:05.400 --> 0:18:08.600 talk about Luke getsy in an offensive coordinator trying to 0:18:08.600 --> 0:18:12.000 build a foundation, man, you're gonna have to be doing 0:18:12.000 --> 0:18:15.000 it on a fly. And some of these guys, even 0:18:15.040 --> 0:18:17.040 though they have a couple of days off, they might 0:18:17.080 --> 0:18:19.840 have to be up at that facility every day going 0:18:19.880 --> 0:18:23.439 through meetings to just get semi caught up to speed 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:26.400 so they can get a handful of plays in their 0:18:26.480 --> 0:18:30.040 hip pocket. If they're not contributing on special teams or 0:18:30.240 --> 0:18:34.399 those types of phases, they totally agree, because again, I 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:37.760 think it's pretty clear there are no sacred cows, you 0:18:37.760 --> 0:18:40.800 know other than justin Fields and Jayalen Johnson and Quinn 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:45.920 and probably Roquan, there's just a handful of guys that again, 0:18:45.960 --> 0:18:50.040 if if guys aren't in the building in taking the 0:18:50.200 --> 0:18:53.639 time to ensure that their spot on that roster is 0:18:53.680 --> 0:18:55.400 going to be there, because when their name and their 0:18:55.480 --> 0:18:58.639 number is called and they can't perform, there could be 0:18:58.680 --> 0:19:02.040 somebody else coming in there the following week that will 0:19:02.119 --> 0:19:04.760 take the extra time to get it done. I think 0:19:04.760 --> 0:19:07.840 it is that vollable of a roster where they're going 0:19:07.840 --> 0:19:10.920 to continue to turn it. And like you said, right now, 0:19:10.960 --> 0:19:12.880 there's and that's why I say that about the three 0:19:12.880 --> 0:19:16.240 Wives package because the receiving position has been so banged 0:19:16.320 --> 0:19:19.560 up with Pringle and Vealis Jones hasn't been in there. 0:19:19.800 --> 0:19:22.879 It's still been undecided. So that's something that's going to 0:19:22.960 --> 0:19:27.520 develop and grow and really show itself as the season 0:19:27.560 --> 0:19:29.600 goes along. And you would like to think the younger 0:19:29.640 --> 0:19:32.600 player in Valis Jones Junior is going to continue to 0:19:32.640 --> 0:19:35.919 grow and develop and hopefully earn one of those roles 0:19:35.960 --> 0:19:38.240 to be a starting receiver by the end of the season. 0:19:38.760 --> 0:19:40.679 I would think we already know we can kick in 0:19:40.760 --> 0:19:44.840 punt return, but with his role increases that receiver, then 0:19:44.880 --> 0:19:47.840 maybe Tristan Abner now goes back to do the kick 0:19:47.880 --> 0:19:52.720 return now that Valis Jones responsibilities have changed. So we'll 0:19:52.760 --> 0:19:54.920 see how it all shakes out. But again, it's got 0:19:54.920 --> 0:19:57.679 to start somewhere, and the Bears are willing to go 0:19:57.760 --> 0:20:00.480 through this challenge. Really like the body time of Velis 0:20:00.560 --> 0:20:04.080 Jones too, because he's got the speed obviously, thick, thick 0:20:04.119 --> 0:20:06.600 guy just getting a chance to meet him for the 0:20:06.600 --> 0:20:09.560 first time. This is not some one hundred and ninety 0:20:09.560 --> 0:20:12.800