WEBVTT - Alan Williams on defensive mindset | All Access 0:00:01.160 --> 0:00:04.600 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:08.640 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears Official 0:00:08.680 --> 0:00:11.640 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:16.279 day and now welcome to Bears All Access. Your all 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:21.040 access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:21.079 --> 0:00:25.040 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:25.079 --> 0:00:29.680 Physical Therapy and CDW. Hey, we're talking Bears here on 0:00:29.800 --> 0:00:32.800 Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to 0:00:32.920 --> 0:00:37.600 score good snowy evening to you. As February winds down 0:00:38.120 --> 0:00:41.400 a little more than halfway through here and March around 0:00:41.440 --> 0:00:43.080 the corner and the start of the scott In com Buy, 0:00:43.159 --> 0:00:46.000 a lot of good things will start moving from coaching 0:00:46.040 --> 0:00:50.280 staffs and management building to building the roster for twenty 0:00:50.320 --> 0:00:52.120 twenty two. I'm Jeff Jona Yak. It's brought to you 0:00:52.120 --> 0:00:54.520 by IGFs Energy, by partner Tom there from News Radio 0:00:54.520 --> 0:00:57.880 one h five nine w WBM our producer Tonight Adams Toadzinski, 0:00:58.120 --> 0:01:01.440 Thanks as well, Dan Brilly and Jordan Up. Good evening, Tom. 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:03.920 I know on the South suburbs probably have a little 0:01:03.920 --> 0:01:05.679 more snow than we do over here on the Western 0:01:05.680 --> 0:01:09.840 suburbs is true. Yeah, shoveling already, you know, trying to 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:12.240 keep a clear path for the mailman. That's always a 0:01:12.280 --> 0:01:15.200 concern of mine. But you know, get things cleaned around here, 0:01:15.240 --> 0:01:18.600 and then you know the continuous thought process of football, 0:01:18.959 --> 0:01:21.560 because I think the Bears are a unique position. They 0:01:21.640 --> 0:01:24.280 hire a new staff, a new general manager, they have 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:26.800 a limited amount of draft choices. You have to look 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:30.200 at tape, the new coaches and really identify where the 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:34.680 vulnerabilities lie and where can you patch those vulnerabilities within 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:37.520 the scouting combine and the draft that's coming up. So 0:01:38.280 --> 0:01:40.920 usually you think, oh wow, I got so many draft choices. 0:01:40.920 --> 0:01:43.559 I'm thinking about trades, I'm thinking about moving up and down. 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:48.000 I think it's just right now identifying players that are 0:01:48.000 --> 0:01:51.560 gonna be a part of the foundation of the Eberfluce 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:55.040 years in Chicago, and coming up on tonight's show in 0:01:55.080 --> 0:01:57.880 our next segment, our weekly guest Jim Miller from a 0:01:57.960 --> 0:02:00.920 Chicago Bears quarterback from Serious XEL Radio. And then at 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:03.760 the bottom of the hour, defensive coordinator Alan Williams, who 0:02:03.840 --> 0:02:06.320 joined the program as well, so it'll be interesting to 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:09.880 talk to him. A guy that is part of a 0:02:09.960 --> 0:02:12.520 system that you know from the Tony Dungees and the 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:15.400 Mike Tomlins and the Lovey Smith's and the Monte Kiffins 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:20.440 and Matt Eberflus, Rod Marinelli, all those guys in Tampa 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:24.480 Bay that have spread their wings into other positions. And 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:27.480 the whole thing time we'll get into it. Their whole 0:02:27.520 --> 0:02:31.200 identity defensively is about effort, effort and getting to the 0:02:31.200 --> 0:02:34.760 ball and creating turnovers. And you can get all fancy 0:02:34.840 --> 0:02:38.120 with all of your pass rushes and up, but effort wins. 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:41.560 Effort wins, and these this group of people believe it right. 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:43.639 But you know what I'm interested to see, Jeff, how 0:02:43.720 --> 0:02:46.840 is that message carried over to the offensive players? Because 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:50.280 you talk about Matt Eberflus and the defensive staff having 0:02:50.440 --> 0:02:53.640 this mantra of hitting, hustle and everything on that side 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:56.400 of the ball. Now, how is that message going to 0:02:56.480 --> 0:03:00.800 transcend to both really all three sides of the room, offense, defense, 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:04.320 and special teams. And then when you start looking at 0:03:04.560 --> 0:03:08.160 once training camp begins and you maybe see a change 0:03:08.160 --> 0:03:10.640 of a player of a position, and some of it 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:14.360 is hustle related. Every single time that there is a 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:17.359 decision made because of a lack of a hustle or 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:21.120 an unbelievable effort given on every single snap. We're gonna 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:23.360 learn a little bit about the coaching staff and how 0:03:23.360 --> 0:03:26.680 that message is carrying through. So I'm excited to talk 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:30.880 to Alan Williams. Everything I've heard him say every time 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:33.080 I see him on video, looking at some of his 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:38.200 background interviews. He's a really interested guy, has a serious background, 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:41.320 and he's been around a lot of great coaches. But 0:03:41.400 --> 0:03:45.400 I'm also interested in seeing do you take the system 0:03:45.440 --> 0:03:47.960 and you need the pieces to be fit in place, 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:50.400 or can you take some of the pieces you have 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:53.520 and fit them into the places and the development of 0:03:53.560 --> 0:03:56.640 this defense. So there's a lot of interesting things that 0:03:56.680 --> 0:03:59.800 are gonna we're gonna pay attention to through the draft 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:03.960 OTAs leading up to training camp and then ultimately the 0:04:04.080 --> 0:04:08.040 preseason and regular season. Right I'm certain that getting into 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:12.520 personnel specific personnel tonight won't be something we don't do 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:16.800 at all. However, we always can speculate about what fits 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:21.040 and what doesn't, and I'll be interested to see and ultimately, 0:04:21.360 --> 0:04:24.040 you know, you got some guys circled that you know 0:04:24.120 --> 0:04:28.120 will be here, and those guys are impactful players, and 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:32.400 what that means overall, because you know you'd like and 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:35.760 they talk about it down the middle at the defensive 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:40.880 tackle position, the three technique nose tackle, inside linebacker, the 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:44.640 middle linebacker, and what happens at safety our paramount. And 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:47.080 I'm sure Williams will will touch on that tonight and 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:50.040 they feel that's a strength. Matt Eberflew says, that's the 0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:52.719 strength of a defense is down the middle. Right. I 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:55.840 understand that too. But just think, if you don't have 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:58.480 the specific type of player that you need the first 0:04:58.560 --> 0:05:01.280 year in your system, can you take the Khalil mac 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:04.920 the Robert Quinn, the Roe Kuan Smith. You know, hopefully 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:09.000 the Eddie Jackson turns things around. You got the Jalen 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:12.520 Johnson and then you got Chiras Tonga with the pieces 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:15.240 in place, If you don't have the perfect template of 0:05:15.800 --> 0:05:20.159 Tampa cover two four man front defense, can you build 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:23.039 a system around the assets that you have a valuable 0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:26.000 to you right now? Well, you always want scheme versatile 0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:29.000 players in this league right now, in this league for sure, 0:05:29.120 --> 0:05:31.800 given the salary cap and all the dedication to a 0:05:31.839 --> 0:05:34.640 lot of offensive players and what that means at the 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:39.760 quarterback position, receiver, tackle position, and even in some cases, Tom, 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:42.400 your old position at guard, they make some dough. Now 0:05:42.720 --> 0:05:44.760 they make on a big dough. That's gotta make you 0:05:44.839 --> 0:05:48.200 gotta make that position a priority. That's the way you know. 0:05:48.279 --> 0:05:50.080 You gotta go out there and look for a fair 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:54.400 and aboards a couple of bald offensive guards. Exactly ballers, 0:05:54.680 --> 0:05:57.039 bald ballers. All right. Coming up next, we got a 0:05:57.080 --> 0:05:59.720 former quarterback joining the program is always Jim Miller. It's 0:05:59.720 --> 0:06:02.880 on up next here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy 0:06:02.920 --> 0:06:07.080 to score and welcome back to Bears All Access brought 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:09.920 to you by IGS Energy Chiefs Clean Energy for your 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:12.880 home at IGS dot com. Because every good choice adds 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:15.680 up to a better world. Jeff Johnny Yak Tom Fair 0:06:15.839 --> 0:06:18.440 on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. Bottom of 0:06:18.440 --> 0:06:21.520 the hour, our guest new Bears defensive coordinator Alan Williams, 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:24.200 and our weekly guest, former Bears quarterback Jim Meller from 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:27.920 sirius XM NFL Radio is moving the chains with Pat 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:30.960 Kurwen now joining the program. Jim, what's making news today? 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:34.159 Buddy Well, Rod Marinelli. It's funny that we're gonna be 0:06:34.200 --> 0:06:37.400 talking to Alan Williams because Rod Miranelli retired today. So 0:06:37.560 --> 0:06:40.039 forty nine years in coaching, not all in the NFL, 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:42.720 but he started what was it back in nineteen seventy 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:46.960 three coach and Rosemead High School, but forty nine years 0:06:46.960 --> 0:06:49.719 in coaching. And they first connected back in two thousand 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:53.400 and one on that Tampa Bay Buccaneers staff. So salute 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:56.280 to Rod. Spent some time there in Chicago. We had 0:06:56.360 --> 0:06:58.960 him on the show today, and what a great coach. Well, 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:02.679 you know, I really this. I don't think coaches don't 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:05.600 lose their their shelf life. Everybody thinks that they don't. 0:07:05.760 --> 0:07:09.520 Rod's look at how well that uh Raiders a defensive 0:07:09.560 --> 0:07:11.560 line played a year ago in the adversity they were 0:07:11.600 --> 0:07:15.240 dealing with with you know, Ronni Andakway and Max Crosby. 0:07:15.360 --> 0:07:18.160 They played terrific And Rod now was going to ride 0:07:18.160 --> 0:07:20.840 off into sunset and spend some time with friends and 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:24.000 loved ones as he should. What a terrific coach, Well 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:26.680 he certainly earned it, Tommy, What a great crew. We 0:07:26.760 --> 0:07:29.600 enjoyed him up at hallis all because he was he 0:07:29.680 --> 0:07:31.520 was all about ball. So if you love ball and 0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:33.040 you want to talk axes and know as you want 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:35.840 to call talk about how to you know, his his 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:39.120 rushman off the line of scrimmage takeoff was important to him. 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:43.840 And the footwork had to be reinstituted every couple days, 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:48.440 just pounding the same things so it becomes muscle memory. Well, 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:51.040 you know, he was respect He was respected front and back, 0:07:51.160 --> 0:07:53.960 you know, from the defensive lineman to the defensive backs, 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:57.200 to the offensive lineman and beyond. And I think that's 0:07:57.200 --> 0:08:02.680 why Rod rod Marinelli had long sustain a coaching career 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:07.040 is because he treated everyone equally. Whether you are a 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:09.080 star on the team or you are a guy that 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:11.400 was struggling to make the team. He yelled at you 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:14.560 the same, He treated you the same, he expected the 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:17.240 same effort out of you. And I like the way 0:08:17.280 --> 0:08:20.960 that Rod Marinelli sometimes would carry the conversation over to 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:25.640 an offensive lineman, not doing specific coaching, but talking to 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:29.240 them about something maybe he's recognized in or out of 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:32.439 their stance, something about their hand placement and how it 0:08:32.480 --> 0:08:37.240 affects defensive lineman, the footwork that's attached to offensive line play. 0:08:37.480 --> 0:08:40.520 And Rod Marinelli, when you have that many years of experience, 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:43.640 I think you gain the respect of every position out there. 0:08:43.679 --> 0:08:46.560 And you could probably go to any coaching staff and 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:50.480 coach any position, but he was where he belonged, coaching 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:52.959 guys that come out of his stance, that get the 0:08:53.040 --> 0:08:56.640 grunt work done, and you know, there's a lot expected, 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:59.720 a lot on their shoulders for the overall success of 0:08:59.720 --> 0:09:02.600 the team. Jim, did you touch on Mattieberflus with him, 0:09:02.640 --> 0:09:06.600 because he's a he's a big, big fan of Mattieberflus. Yeah, No, 0:09:06.800 --> 0:09:09.000 we didn't touch on. It was just more about Rod 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:12.120 and all the great experiences that he had in the 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:15.520 National Football League and the reasons why he was stepping away, 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:18.480 and you know he was he was grateful, you know, 0:09:18.520 --> 0:09:21.520 and he'd be really like like Tom said, he I 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:23.600 thought it was pretty telling from his standpoint, he said, 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:25.400 I always felt that you had to build the man 0:09:25.520 --> 0:09:27.880 first and then you build the player, you know, because 0:09:27.880 --> 0:09:31.360 he just wanted accountable young men that he knew that 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:33.319 he could coach, and we're going to respond to his 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:35.640 coaching because he was a he was an excellent teacher. 0:09:35.640 --> 0:09:38.559 And I think if you can teach, all players want 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:40.679 to get better. If you make them better as as 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:43.880 a player, that's all players care about from that standpoint, 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:46.760 and I think that's where that separates great coaches like 0:09:46.840 --> 0:09:50.000 rod He was a great teacher and guys were always 0:09:50.000 --> 0:09:54.240 willing to receive that teaching all right. In the division today, 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:56.400 the role out of Kevin O'Connell is the new head 0:09:56.400 --> 0:10:01.160 coach of the Minnesota Vikings, with Quassiadafo also involved as 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:04.640 general manager, leaving the La Rams his offensive coordinator. I 0:10:04.720 --> 0:10:07.360 know Chris Rump, the former Bears defensive line coach, goes 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:10.600 over there, and so does ed Donatel. Tom ed Donatell 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:14.040 with the Bears here with Vic Fangio is now the 0:10:14.040 --> 0:10:17.320 defensive coordinator up in Minnesota, knows the division. He's now 0:10:17.360 --> 0:10:19.560 worked for the Packers, the Bearers, and now the Vikings, 0:10:20.080 --> 0:10:23.679 and so that's that's big news, as is a word 0:10:23.720 --> 0:10:26.920 from Green Bay that Tom Clements, the former Notre Damer 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:30.760 back his quarterback coach. So that signals a few things 0:10:30.800 --> 0:10:34.120 I think regarding the Packers and Aaron Rodgers. Well, you 0:10:34.160 --> 0:10:36.520 know the thing of about right now, two teams within 0:10:36.559 --> 0:10:39.520 the division are going to change their defensive styles. Where 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:42.640 Minnesota has spend the years with Mike Zimmer playing out 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:45.360 of a four man front, and now ed Donatel I 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:48.240 assume is going to go back to his traditional three 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:53.960 four front that he's coached alongside Vic Fangio for a 0:10:54.080 --> 0:10:57.199 number of years in Atlanta and stuff. And then when 0:10:57.240 --> 0:10:59.840 you look at the Bears, they're changing their defensive front 0:11:00.200 --> 0:11:02.480 a three four style obviously to a four man Matt 0:11:02.520 --> 0:11:06.680 Eberflus defense. So it's gonna be interesting because there, I 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:09.880 think you're going to expect more out of Detroit. Minnesota 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:12.640 will be a completely different team. Will they have that 0:11:14.040 --> 0:11:18.360 la explosiveness that the Rams displayed this year? Because when 0:11:18.360 --> 0:11:21.600 you look at Cooper Cup and you'll look at Justin Jefferson, 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:23.839 you look at Adam Feeling, you look at some of 0:11:23.920 --> 0:11:26.600 the other weapons they have, you look at Dalvin Cook, 0:11:26.640 --> 0:11:30.400 it's gonna be an interesting offensive display over there. They 0:11:30.440 --> 0:11:31.920 got to decide what they're going to do at the 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:35.080 quarterback position. I think they might be mandatory that they 0:11:35.120 --> 0:11:38.120 stay with Kirk Cousins. So this division is gonna be 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:40.320 a lot different. And the one thing that scares me 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:43.840 about Green Bay Hi and Tom Clements that was always 0:11:43.880 --> 0:11:47.640 one of Aaron Rodgers' favorite coaches, do they have some underground, 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:50.640 underground agreement, Look, you go and you coach the you 0:11:50.760 --> 0:11:54.119 go and hire the coach that I enjoy being around 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:58.760 and then I'll consider staying here. But if you don't 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:02.000 put me in an atmosphere that I don't enjoy, then 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:04.760 you gotta send me on my way. Yeah, I agree. 0:12:04.800 --> 0:12:08.679 That's it's really just an olive branch to Aaron Rodgers 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:10.800 to hang around green Bay and they'll probably you know, 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:12.439 I think Green Bay's gonna have to pay him. They're 0:12:12.480 --> 0:12:14.079 probably gonna have to add a couple of years to 0:12:14.559 --> 0:12:17.800 Aaron Rodgers contract for him to stick around. I would 0:12:17.840 --> 0:12:19.880 think from that team point, he's under contract. I mean, 0:12:19.920 --> 0:12:21.760 they don't have to trade him. But you do know 0:12:21.840 --> 0:12:25.360 that San Francisco they were the first team that called 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:28.120 to try and work that trade. Obviously Nathaniel Hackett and 0:12:28.160 --> 0:12:30.439 Denver are probably going to make that call, but this 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:35.199 is the first olive branch towards Aaron. As for Kevin O'Connell, 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:38.760 I'm with you. I think there's very minimal changes they're 0:12:38.760 --> 0:12:41.680 gonna do on the offense. They only have literally two 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:44.720 starters that won't be under contract, so it's gonna be 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:47.679 the same. He's hired to work with Kirk Cousins. All 0:12:47.720 --> 0:12:50.800 those rumors of trades being available last week, I don't 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:54.080 think Kirk Cousins is going anywhere. Kevin O'Connell will work 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:57.040 with him, justin Jefferson and the young talented running back 0:12:57.040 --> 0:12:59.360 and will bring over the system which is similar already 0:12:59.640 --> 0:13:02.520 to what they do with the La Rams. It's defensively 0:13:02.559 --> 0:13:05.040 where they're going to have big changes. And Tom brought 0:13:05.120 --> 0:13:08.160 up what Ed Donna tell is going to do. He's 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:10.560 terrific with the secondary, but that is going to be 0:13:10.600 --> 0:13:13.720 completely rebuilt. They literally have eight to nine guys that 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:16.000 are free agents, and they are gonna look totally different 0:13:16.000 --> 0:13:20.480 defensively from Minnesota. Jim Miller, Tom there, I'm Jeff Joni 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:23.360 here in Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. Welcome 0:13:23.400 --> 0:13:25.560 into another edition of Bears All Access coming up at 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:29.640 bottom of the hour, joined by defensive coordinator Alan Williams. So, Jim, 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:33.360 the Bears rapidly put together that coaching staff. It took 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:36.320 a you know, a little more than about two weeks, 0:13:36.920 --> 0:13:40.880 but they clearly had their site set on guys to 0:13:40.960 --> 0:13:43.800 make it happen this quick. So a bunch of names 0:13:43.800 --> 0:13:47.000 that have been around in the NFL. They cast a 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:51.080 very i call it a mosaic of coaches from different 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:55.439 backgrounds in the NFL. But just beyond the coordinators. Touching 0:13:55.440 --> 0:13:58.480 on Dave Borgonzi, the linebackers coach here on defense, Andre 0:13:58.640 --> 0:14:02.040 Curtis the safety's coach. On the defensive line, they go 0:14:02.120 --> 0:14:06.080 with Travis Smith and his assistant is Justin Hines. You've 0:14:06.080 --> 0:14:08.880 got Karlos Polk, an assistant special team's coach, has been 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:11.640 a linebackers coach in this league, I believe as well. 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:14.720 One hold over ron Al Williams on the defensive quality 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:19.480 control side and defensive back coach James Rowe. So overall, 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:22.080 how does that fit for you in terms of your 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:26.520 view of things for the defense. Yeah, I think you know, Eberflus, 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:28.280 I still think it is going to have a heavy 0:14:28.320 --> 0:14:31.040 hand on the defense, although Allen Williams knows it. I 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:33.280 mean he's been in that same system for a long time. 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:35.640 He is more than capable to take it over. What 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:39.000 if Eberflus wants to do more delegating And we talked 0:14:39.080 --> 0:14:41.640 last week to Luke Getsy, I think we understand the 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:44.240 style of offense that is coming over. It will be 0:14:44.320 --> 0:14:47.119 more play action based and it will be more outside 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:49.360 zone run based. I think we need just look at 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:51.840 you know, let's been kind of the hot offense or 0:14:51.920 --> 0:14:53.800 on the NFL. And it's whether you call it the 0:14:53.840 --> 0:14:57.320 Shanahan coaching tree, and I mean Kyle Shanahan, not Mike Shanahan, 0:14:57.480 --> 0:15:00.480 Kyle Shanahan, because they all seem to stem from that system. 0:15:00.520 --> 0:15:03.480 And obviously when you look at Lafleur and where gets 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:06.000 he comes from, that system's coming to Chicago. But it 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:10.240 will have an emphasis I think what Justin Fields is 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:12.200 able to do with his movement skills. There will be 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:16.120 more bootlegs called, there will be more movement plays called. 0:15:16.400 --> 0:15:18.680 I think there'll be a lot of you know, can 0:15:19.800 --> 0:15:23.120 have quarterback draws called to take advantage of his legs 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:26.680 until he gets caught up to speed in the passing attack. 0:15:26.760 --> 0:15:28.240 But I do think it's going to be more play 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:30.560 action base and that's really what has been It's been 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:33.840 about marrying the run in the past. That's what that 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:35.760 offense has been able. But it is based on a 0:15:36.200 --> 0:15:38.480 ground game to start, and I think that should be 0:15:38.840 --> 0:15:41.240 just music to every Bears fans ears that has been 0:15:41.240 --> 0:15:44.640 screaming for that for quite some time. You know, one 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:47.080 thing about this though, you really have to think of 0:15:47.240 --> 0:15:50.440 when they want and they drafted Kittle in San Francisco, 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:53.480 and I don't think they ever expected him to be 0:15:53.560 --> 0:15:56.440 the dominant tight end that he is in this league, 0:15:56.840 --> 0:15:59.120 considered one of the best tight ends in the league. 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:02.880 And when you talk about all that edge outside zone running, Jim, 0:16:02.920 --> 0:16:06.760 you gotta have that tight end position who's explosive, dominating, 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:10.200 can handle one on one blocks, is great in helping 0:16:10.200 --> 0:16:12.560 at the line of scrimmage and going to that second level. 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:15.480 And so I immediately going I think the Cole commit 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:18.800 and I know Cole went to the tight end camp 0:16:18.880 --> 0:16:22.400 last year that they had organized by Kittle, But if 0:16:22.440 --> 0:16:24.880 you're going to run that style of offense, if you're 0:16:24.880 --> 0:16:28.120 gonna have a dominant outside edge, then you better get 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:30.960 the guys that the offensive lineman that can either get 0:16:31.000 --> 0:16:34.600 to the edge or a tight end that can create 0:16:34.680 --> 0:16:38.840 an edge by the point of contact. Yeah, well look 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:41.560 at even for the Rams. Unfortunately he was unable to 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:45.040 play in the Super Bowl. But Tyler Higbee is developed 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:46.760 into a really good tight end. I mean he had 0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:49.880 to even sixty one receptions head into Super Bowl week, 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:52.680 which he wasn't able to play due to the injury 0:16:52.720 --> 0:16:55.120 to the MCL and I think he can say the 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:58.480 same thing about Robert Tonyan. He's developed into a pretty 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:01.760 good tight end. Unfortunately he went down for Green Bay, 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:03.760 but it is a big part of it, all those 0:17:03.760 --> 0:17:06.159 bootlegs and the over routes, and you've got to be 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:08.600 able to run, and I think it's right up Cole 0:17:08.640 --> 0:17:12.280 cometz Alley. I think that's really where his strengths are 0:17:12.400 --> 0:17:14.640 as a player. He can be a good in line blocker, 0:17:14.720 --> 0:17:16.800 he can get even better at it, but I think 0:17:17.240 --> 0:17:20.760 those underneath stuff. I don't expect him to go vertical 0:17:20.800 --> 0:17:23.119 and have to run after the catch Kittle does. But 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:26.200 I think he's got big play capability on the bootleg 0:17:26.240 --> 0:17:28.959 game and things he can do between the hash marks. Absolutely, 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:31.440 and his new tight ends coach is Jim Drea, former 0:17:31.560 --> 0:17:35.040 NFL tight end for many years. Also Andrew Juannako the 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:39.200 quarterbacks coach. Offensive line Tommy Chris Morgan is the offensive 0:17:39.200 --> 0:17:43.520 line coach and assistant tight ends coach. Tim Zet's David 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:47.000 Walker the running back coach. Ty Tolbert passing game coordinator 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:51.719 and wide receivers coach and assistant offensive line coach is 0:17:51.920 --> 0:17:55.600 Austin King. So that's the Bears coaching staff for twenty 0:17:55.680 --> 0:17:59.600 twenty two. So familiar names we've seen from different parts 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:02.640 of the nat Football League. Tight Toberd in particular has 0:18:02.640 --> 0:18:05.640 been an outstanding receivers coach during his time as well. 0:18:05.640 --> 0:18:08.280 We're gonna step away, take a break. When we come back, 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:11.200 we'll have some Super Bowl leftovers and take a look at, 0:18:11.920 --> 0:18:15.320 you know, the big conversation about, Okay, Cincinnati and the 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:17.720 Rams make it to the Super Bowl, how you get there, 0:18:17.760 --> 0:18:19.760 how you win it? What can the Bears do to 0:18:19.800 --> 0:18:22.439 get on that path? Who discussed with Jim Miller and 0:18:22.560 --> 0:18:25.399 Tom There. I'm Jeff Joniac here on Chicago Sports Radio 0:18:25.440 --> 0:18:31.000 six seventy the Score. This segment of Bears All Access 0:18:31.000 --> 0:18:33.280 brought to you by Athletical Visit of there Be visit 0:18:33.359 --> 0:18:35.960 Athletico dot com to request an employment in clinic or 0:18:36.040 --> 0:18:39.400 virtually and start feeling better tomorrow with Tom Fair Jim 0:18:39.400 --> 0:18:42.000 Miller from Serious x M NFL Radio. I'm Jeff Joniac. 0:18:42.200 --> 0:18:44.840 This is Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six 0:18:44.920 --> 0:18:47.439 seventy The Score coming up in moments. Alan Williams, the 0:18:47.440 --> 0:18:51.000 Bears new defensive coordinator, joins the program. A new position 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:53.959 created at the Bears, Tom and Jim this week by 0:18:54.000 --> 0:18:57.920 genlemanager Ryan Poles. It's the Clyde Emrick Director of High 0:18:57.960 --> 0:19:01.320 Performance in honor of the legendary Clyde Emrick, the longtime 0:19:01.359 --> 0:19:04.840 Strengthen strength coach who passed away back in November here 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:07.320 and we all loved him. So I was good to 0:19:07.320 --> 0:19:10.520 see that. And the hiring of Brent Salazar, so he'll 0:19:10.560 --> 0:19:12.840 be the team's strength and conditioning and work with the 0:19:13.240 --> 0:19:16.199 strength and conditioning sports science department and work with the 0:19:16.240 --> 0:19:20.320 athletic training staff as well. So the stated goal Tom 0:19:20.359 --> 0:19:24.560 and Jim maximizing player health, safety and performance. So a 0:19:24.680 --> 0:19:27.840 performance director kind of to work with all those departments. 0:19:27.960 --> 0:19:30.520 How do you feel about Well, I wish I would 0:19:30.520 --> 0:19:32.639 have put the word strength in there, because I think 0:19:32.720 --> 0:19:34.600 that's one of the things that the Bears need to 0:19:34.640 --> 0:19:37.919 get better at without ever their feet touching a grass field. 0:19:38.400 --> 0:19:41.680 Is getting stronger in the locker room or getting stronger 0:19:41.680 --> 0:19:44.680 in the weight room. That helps you perform your job better. 0:19:45.160 --> 0:19:47.920 So I hope Brent goes and studies a little bit 0:19:47.960 --> 0:19:51.480 about Clyde Emrick because the weight room is named after Clyde. 0:19:51.520 --> 0:19:54.199 Now this position is named after Clyde, and you have 0:19:54.280 --> 0:19:58.600 to learn the foundation of Clyde Emrick to understood understand 0:19:58.640 --> 0:20:01.440 how important his role was in the success of the 0:20:01.480 --> 0:20:05.240 franchise over its history and how he would like to 0:20:05.280 --> 0:20:08.080 see that go down the road. But I think it's 0:20:08.280 --> 0:20:11.760 got to be strength as much as anything. Yeah, you know, 0:20:11.840 --> 0:20:14.320 he's not a newbie. He's been around now. So this 0:20:14.359 --> 0:20:16.879 guy was with the Chiefs for a long time and 0:20:17.000 --> 0:20:20.200 assistant strength and conditioning coach from two thousand and seven 0:20:20.240 --> 0:20:23.280 to twenty and fifteen, spent some time with the Vikings 0:20:23.320 --> 0:20:25.840 and so you know, it's like anything, there is cutting 0:20:25.960 --> 0:20:28.119 edge stuff that you can do in sports science to 0:20:28.200 --> 0:20:31.960 optimize a player of performance. But I'm with Tom. At 0:20:31.960 --> 0:20:33.800 the end of the day, you gotta be strong, you 0:20:33.840 --> 0:20:36.439 gotta be agile, you got to be able to you know, 0:20:36.560 --> 0:20:39.080 football is a tough sport. You gotta be up for 0:20:39.200 --> 0:20:41.400 those challenges that are ahead of it, and I think 0:20:41.400 --> 0:20:44.840 Salazar is more than capable to get that done. Yeah. 0:20:44.840 --> 0:20:47.000 I also work with the Broncos, so a decade of 0:20:47.080 --> 0:20:50.439 strength and conditioning experience as well for a guy who 0:20:50.480 --> 0:20:53.679 also worked outside of the football realm at a company 0:20:53.680 --> 0:20:57.120 called Kitman Labs as a performance strategist as well. So 0:20:57.480 --> 0:21:00.560 interesting because I think I just read something on the 0:21:00.560 --> 0:21:04.320 forty nine ers have something similar and it's just marrying 0:21:04.400 --> 0:21:07.520 all that together for the health and well being of 0:21:07.520 --> 0:21:09.600 every single player and trying to get the most out 0:21:09.600 --> 0:21:12.119