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Jeff Johnny Acol on my broadcast 0:00:32.720 --> 0:00:35.000 Barner tom Fare from News Radio seven eighty one to 0:00:35.120 --> 0:00:38.760 five point ATFMWBBM, And this is Bears All Access here 0:00:38.760 --> 0:00:41.480 in Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score with our 0:00:41.920 --> 0:00:44.800 producers today, Mike Channing, Chris Dickens. How are you doing, 0:00:44.840 --> 0:00:52.479 Buddy Dickens, I'm doing good. Guys probably hate me. I always, 0:00:52.479 --> 0:00:55.600 I never I you know, I really am in here, 0:00:55.680 --> 0:00:57.760 so I don't recognize faces and it takes me a 0:00:57.760 --> 0:00:59.440 while to remember names. Well, it's nice to have you 0:00:59.480 --> 0:01:01.520 back in our community. I know you spent a couple 0:01:01.520 --> 0:01:05.240 of weeks in Florida, basking in the sun, enjoying that climate, 0:01:05.319 --> 0:01:08.360 that weather. Why we sat here shovel and snow. Right. 0:01:08.400 --> 0:01:12.160 I did last week's show from a boat. Very nice 0:01:12.200 --> 0:01:14.160 on the phone, believe that or not. And that's hard 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:16.800 to believe, but technology as great as it is. But yeah, 0:01:16.840 --> 0:01:18.560 it was nice to get away a little bit. But 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:20.959 now we got to bundle up this weekend. You know, 0:01:21.000 --> 0:01:22.759 these are types of things you got your you got 0:01:22.760 --> 0:01:25.880 your lid on right now. You know, listen to ball, 0:01:25.959 --> 0:01:29.960 Guys wear hats all winter long, whether it's indoors or outdoors. 0:01:30.040 --> 0:01:31.760 You got to keep the nogging warm. And that's just 0:01:31.800 --> 0:01:34.040 the way it goes. Looking forward to a little bit 0:01:34.040 --> 0:01:37.440 of the polar vortex tomorrow, I think it keeps but 0:01:37.560 --> 0:01:40.160 you won't be outside at all. You will be in 0:01:40.200 --> 0:01:42.560 your Doors'll still be there'll be times you got to 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:44.280 take the dog out and stuff like that. He doesn't 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:46.000 want to stay all very long. But I think you know, 0:01:46.280 --> 0:01:49.240 you know, everybody, you know. I think this should this 0:01:49.320 --> 0:01:52.000 weekend in Chicago with the cold weather but also the 0:01:52.040 --> 0:01:54.880 All Star festivities, it's gonna be a big weekend, should be. 0:01:55.000 --> 0:01:58.520 I remember at thirty two years ago covering that All 0:01:58.520 --> 0:02:01.760 Star game. I was there back in nineteen eighty eight, 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:04.760 So you were there, were you were how'd you get there? 0:02:05.440 --> 0:02:07.560 I was telling the story last week, and I just 0:02:07.640 --> 0:02:10.359 to repeat myself. I went to the game with Jim 0:02:10.440 --> 0:02:14.000 McMahon and his back in the old stadium and when 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:16.400 they used to have those four those kind of cubicles 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:21.520 with four seats together, we sat with Tyson, Mike Tyson 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:25.160 and Robin Givens. So, I mean, it's quite the story 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:27.919 it was, you know, because I think at that time, 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:31.480 you're so intimidated in awe of a guy like Mike Tyson. 0:02:31.919 --> 0:02:34.400 And it's not because of his size and his stature 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:37.000 and his you know, his physique and everything. It's just 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:40.400 about his destructiveness in the boxing ring. And that's what 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:43.359 was so amazing about it at that time. But the 0:02:43.760 --> 0:02:46.840 ALLA festivities back in eighty a kind of spoke for themselves. Well, 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:48.960 it is NBA All Star weekend, and there's plenty of 0:02:49.480 --> 0:02:52.800 Bears players that love the NBA, so they're likely either 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:55.560 be there somehow, some way or enjoying the whole. Well, 0:02:55.960 --> 0:02:58.880 each weekend, Spice Adams is in the celebrity game. I 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:01.480 looked up the roster and I saw that Spice. I 0:03:01.520 --> 0:03:05.720 believe it's happened before, but you know, man, Spices look 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:08.760 so good. He's done such a great job of getting 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:11.280 his weight down. And the Spice hitters are Kaream Biggins. 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:15.320 I don't know. I think Kareem's playing that Spice are well, 0:03:15.360 --> 0:03:18.600 that's on the roster. He's it's unless they're Spice, unless 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:21.120 they're both playing, because that's how you know. You go 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:23.440 on YouTube and you see both of them. Yeah, you know, 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:27.799 it's crazy. He's absolutely crazy. But the ex Chicago Bear 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:30.480 killing it in his second career, that's for sure. Hey, 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:32.880 coming up here in moments, we're gonna be joined by 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:36.920 Trey Robertson, the newest Chicago Bear by way of Illinois 0:03:37.040 --> 0:03:40.080 State and then the Canadian Football League signing a deal 0:03:40.120 --> 0:03:43.360 with the Bears and had many, many different options. We'll 0:03:43.400 --> 0:03:45.320 talk to him about that. Jim Miller will be joining 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:47.720 us as well shortly as well, and we're gonna take 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:50.960 some phone calls tonight. It's like the calm before the 0:03:50.960 --> 0:03:55.520 pre combined storm, and that's coming up shortly in Indianapolis, 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:57.720 and there's a lot of it's gonna be different this year, 0:03:57.920 --> 0:04:01.560 very different. What do you think about the prime time workouts? 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:03.840 They're all gonna be televised at night. I like it 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:06.119 you know, I you know what, For me, I love 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:08.840 that the fact that they do covered the combine so 0:04:08.920 --> 0:04:11.560 closely because I think if you're a fan of the 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:14.280 game of football, if you're trying to study the combine 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:16.760 as celts, it gives you great exposure to it. And 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:19.560 then when you run replays and they have the superimposed 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:21.600 this guy ran it last year at this speed. Now 0:04:21.680 --> 0:04:24.920 let's look what this player looks in the same position 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:27.159 and stuff. They pull guards up and pull your tape 0:04:27.160 --> 0:04:30.159 back from the day and they you know, putt would 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:32.040 I would love to know what in today's world, what 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:33.440 you would have run that's in They are like hand 0:04:33.440 --> 0:04:36.600 cranking the video. But you know, so much of this 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:40.919 week has been captured about where certain quarterbacks are gonna 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:42.920 be going in. Actually I know, I realize that, but 0:04:43.320 --> 0:04:46.320 I'm crazy. Yeah it is. It's a It's amazing because 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:48.880 you look at just the amount of quarterbacks, the years 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:51.839 of service where they have left in the tank. But 0:04:51.920 --> 0:04:54.480 I'm still more interested in the combine than I am 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:56.680 where those guys are gonna go. Well, that'll be a 0:04:56.680 --> 0:04:59.040 big story though for free agency. Who are those dominoes 0:04:59.040 --> 0:05:01.839 will fall? As we get you set for the twenty 0:05:01.880 --> 0:05:04.640 twenty Bears season. We'll dig into We'll talk quarterbacks tonight. 0:05:04.640 --> 0:05:07.839 We're gonna talk defensive backs. Tonight, We're gonna talk with 0:05:07.960 --> 0:05:11.080 Trey robertson the newest Chicago Barretts All coming up next 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:25.599 here in Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score. Welcome 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:27.280 Backs of Bears and all access brought to you by 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:30.960 IGS Energy, a proud partner of the Chicago Bearts, providing electricity, 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:33.760 natural gas, and home warranty products over a million customers 0:05:33.920 --> 0:05:37.120 across the country. Learn more about IGS Energy at igstuh 0:05:37.320 --> 0:05:39.799 dot com. Jeff Jonny Act top there, Big Jim Miller 0:05:39.839 --> 0:05:42.560 from Serious x MNFL radio, the former Bears quarterback here. 0:05:42.560 --> 0:05:44.159 I lost you in that first part. I didn't have 0:05:44.279 --> 0:05:46.760 my ear plug all the way in thirty three years 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:51.000 in radio, you think i'd figure that out, Big Jim, Jeff, Sorry, 0:05:51.040 --> 0:05:52.920 I enjoyed the talk. I'm gonna be down there, maybe 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:55.239 I'll see you guys. I'm going taking my son, Manny 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:57.159 to the All Star Game. Oh nice. You know, as 0:05:57.160 --> 0:05:59.680 a privileged few, we don't have tickets to that stuff. Big. 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:02.960 Luckily there's an NBA channel on Serious x up. Just 0:06:03.080 --> 0:06:05.560 there you go, Jim Jim Man of the tickets, How 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:10.000 old is Manny? Manny is just turned thirteen. Wow, it's 0:06:10.000 --> 0:06:12.919 amazing to see these guys that we either broadcasting about 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:15.040 or played with and stuff, and you see the different 0:06:15.040 --> 0:06:17.120 ages of their kids coming up through their ranks. Good 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:19.920 for you, Jim. I can't. I can't believe. Like Michael Pittman, 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:21.760 I played with him in Tampa after I was released 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:23.960 by his son is coming out of usc All. These 0:06:24.000 --> 0:06:26.320 guys that we played with Tom now their sons are 0:06:26.320 --> 0:06:29.360 playing and it's hilarious watching these guys go to work 0:06:29.360 --> 0:06:31.400 and they're gonna be drafted as well, much like their fathers. 0:06:31.440 --> 0:06:35.080 We'll get your Scotting report on Manny's future quarterback or linebacker. 0:06:35.120 --> 0:06:37.839 We'll see hey joining us right now. The newest Chicago 0:06:37.880 --> 0:06:41.480 Bear coming aboard here by way of the Canadian Football League. 0:06:41.680 --> 0:06:44.800 Trey Robertson joined the program. Now he's joining us, the 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:49.559 cornerback and former Illinois State star quarterback Trey. Good evening. 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:52.800 How you doing man? How you doing fantastic? You know 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:55.359 I put I put on some of the tape of 0:06:55.400 --> 0:06:59.040 that FCS game against Carson Wentz and the Boys, and 0:06:59.440 --> 0:07:03.000 I literally could not stop I couldn't stop watching it. Yeah, 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:05.320 that was a heartbreak. It's definitely harder, I mean better 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:07.359 to the end. We even took the lead and they 0:07:07.400 --> 0:07:09.480 were there to come down on the last drive again 0:07:09.720 --> 0:07:11.200 put ahead and win the game. I mean, but that's 0:07:11.240 --> 0:07:13.560 They're great. That was a great organization and that's still 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:15.520 a great program. You know, they just won a national 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:18.240 championship again this year. So yeah, that's a that's a 0:07:18.240 --> 0:07:20.200 tough team to beat, and you were a tough quarterback 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:22.960 to beat that day. And I know these guys, including Jim, 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:25.480 who played quarterback in the National Football League and for 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:27.840 the Bears. Um, you know, it's in your blood when 0:07:27.840 --> 0:07:29.720 you're a quarterback, and I'm sure it's still on your 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:32.120 blood that even though you've made the transition to corner, 0:07:32.680 --> 0:07:34.280 there's still a part of you. I know you have 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:36.760 big arm. I talked to Braxton back today. I've talked 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:39.040 to you about that later. But you know you always 0:07:39.040 --> 0:07:41.520 have that in the back of your mind. I'm sure, Yeah, 0:07:41.600 --> 0:07:43.440 I do it, but I use it a lot on 0:07:43.640 --> 0:07:46.080 steps and when I'm playing defensive back. I mean, I 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:48.800 take the same work ethic that I had as a quarterback, 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:51.640 watching film and break it down film that way. That's 0:07:51.640 --> 0:07:53.000 how I do it as a defensive back, and it 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:55.320 makes the game a lot slower for me. So, uh, 0:07:55.400 --> 0:07:58.280 they that quarterback background definitely helped me. And uh they 0:07:58.360 --> 0:08:00.240 helped me open up, open up my eyes to the game. 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:03.400 I'm able to see more, uh envision with his zone 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:07.640 coverages and also a route recognition. Also, well, Trey, with 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:10.240 your background at quarterback and now playing the defensive back, 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:12.560 I don't think there's anybody that can answer this question 0:08:12.600 --> 0:08:16.360 more honestly, what is the more physical of position? Is 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:19.000 it quarterback when you don't see the hits coming, or 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:21.360 is a defensive back when you predict when you're going 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:25.960 to hit somebody? Definitely biggest quarterback because I mean you've 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:28.000 got those big, angry guys coming come and rush and 0:08:28.000 --> 0:08:30.920 ask you those defensive alignment and you don't see him coming. 0:08:31.000 --> 0:08:32.560 So you're taking a lot of times, you're taking hits 0:08:32.559 --> 0:08:34.680 that you don't even know that you took. That game, 0:08:35.120 --> 0:08:37.520 you know you're getting hit a lot. So definitely being 0:08:38.000 --> 0:08:40.160 being a quarterback was I mean, you're a standard target, 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:42.640 so I mean that is, but as a dB, you're 0:08:42.679 --> 0:08:44.840 able to line up the hits and then sometimes I 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:46.800 mean I would go games where I wouldn't even make 0:08:46.800 --> 0:08:50.840 a tackle, So I mean, this is a different game. Well, 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:52.720 Tray Jim Miller here, believe it or not. I'll take 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:54.640 you back in time. I called a game. If you're 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:57.240 back when you were in Indiana Hoosier and you were 0:08:57.320 --> 0:09:00.280 quite young, yeah, quite young back then and in your 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:03.600 young quarterback career, and now have made that that that transition. 0:09:03.840 --> 0:09:06.520 What's been the toughest part for you? You know, it's 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:09.000 a backpedaling, the angles that you got to learn and 0:09:09.120 --> 0:09:12.160 closing on to make tackles. What has been the most 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:17.000 difficult part to master about the cornerback position? The footwork 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:18.920 you know, just like how you're doing a drop three 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:21.760 steps drop, five step drop as a dB, you gotta 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:24.679 master that. I gotta mass. I mastered the backpedal, UH 0:09:25.120 --> 0:09:27.640 breaking T step and stuff like that. You got to 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:29.240 be able to master your craft or you're not thinking 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:31.640 about it. You know, I didn't have to think about 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:33.920 doing a five step drop and making a throw, So 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:36.360 I don't want to have to think about backpedaling and 0:09:36.440 --> 0:09:38.200 breaking on a route. I don't want to be able 0:09:38.240 --> 0:09:41.080 to to know what I've seen on film and break 0:09:41.160 --> 0:09:43.160 and break a based off of that, and I have 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:45.320 to worry about technique. So I say, get your technique 0:09:45.360 --> 0:09:48.080 down is the most important thing. And uh, and that's 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:50.200 the thing that that I've been working on. Hey, Trey, 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:52.280 you know I played in the USFL and it really 0:09:52.280 --> 0:09:55.120 helped me. I watched the guys this weekend playing the XFL, 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:57.640 and I think the reps are valuable. Would you be 0:09:57.800 --> 0:10:00.120 here right now if it wasn't for the reps to 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:04.400 refine your skill from the CFL, No, I definitely wouldn't be. 0:10:04.840 --> 0:10:07.000 The CFL gave me the opportunity to actually go out 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:09.640 and play, because I mean I was playing quarterback in college. 0:10:09.640 --> 0:10:11.600 So when I went to the NFL, I didn't get 0:10:11.640 --> 0:10:14.319 the fair opportunity as I would if I went to 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:16.719 the CFL and got the film and got the experience 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:19.240 and actually got to play, not just playing on sitting 0:10:19.240 --> 0:10:22.080 on the practice roster where I'm not playing games. You know, 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:23.800 playing games. It is most important. You got to be 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:25.520 able to play games, so you get the time and 0:10:25.720 --> 0:10:30.000 of the football and stay in rhythm. It's a different 0:10:30.080 --> 0:10:31.959 rhythm when you had practicing when you're in the game. 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:34.360 So I say, definitely going to the CFL. Getting that 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:38.240 opportunity to showcase my ability and also get reps. Reps 0:10:38.360 --> 0:10:41.040 was the most important thing. New Chicago Bear and former 0:10:41.080 --> 0:10:45.199 Illinois state cornerback and quarterback rather and Indiana quarterback and 0:10:45.280 --> 0:10:48.000 now cornerback Trey robertson our guest here in Chicago Sports 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:50.959 Radio six seventy to score. All right, so we've read 0:10:51.000 --> 0:10:53.160 the articles. You read the story. You were quite busy 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:56.439 in the month of December. In January with all the workouts. 0:10:56.800 --> 0:10:59.200 After you are allowed to go out of your contract 0:10:59.240 --> 0:11:02.000 with the Calgary St. Peters in the CFL. So if 0:11:02.040 --> 0:11:05.320 my math's right, a dozen teams tried you out, nine 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:10.040 offered contracts. So why the Bears. Um, I just feel 0:11:10.080 --> 0:11:12.320 real comfortable there when I when I came to my 0:11:12.400 --> 0:11:14.880 visit to the Bears, my workout, I just feel like 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:16.880 I was at home. They made it, they made sure 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:21.679 I was real comfortable and in every aspect of the trip. Um, 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:23.560 And I just feel like it's a it's a great place, 0:11:23.679 --> 0:11:27.079 great place to be. Is close to home. I'm from Indianapolis, 0:11:27.120 --> 0:11:29.320 so it's not too far away. So I mean, we've 0:11:29.360 --> 0:11:31.679 been in Calgary, so we've been home home away from 0:11:31.720 --> 0:11:33.960 home a lot. So I just feel like it was 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:35.800 the best place for me, and uh, I mean, I 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:37.839 feel like I can really help the organization get to 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:40.439 to get the next level, which is the Super Bowl. 0:11:41.000 --> 0:11:43.800 When you mentioned to the listeners that you had a 0:11:44.120 --> 0:11:46.000 crack in the NFL, and I know, I know Rick 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:48.800 Spielman very well. Rick Spielman actually signed me with the Bears. 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:52.160 He was under Mark Hatley as an assistant GM and 0:11:52.400 --> 0:11:55.000 you were up there on their practice squad. How how 0:11:55.080 --> 0:11:57.079 was that Because I gotta believe so much was coming 0:11:57.120 --> 0:12:00.600 at you so quickly for that period a time, and 0:12:00.679 --> 0:12:02.640 as you mentioned, you get the opportunity to go to 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:05.600 the CFL and it really do some things and really 0:12:05.640 --> 0:12:08.200 it speaks to how good of an athlete you are, Trey. 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:11.440 At the end of the day. Yeah, being in Minnesota, 0:12:11.559 --> 0:12:13.360 I was able to learn the craft and I was 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:16.439 able to learn from them Coach Gray, Terrence Newman, those 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:18.400 guys that were there. I was able to learn every 0:12:18.400 --> 0:12:20.959 single day. And at the same time, I'm guarding guys 0:12:20.960 --> 0:12:24.040 like Adam die was Defin Diggs on the practice squad 0:12:24.040 --> 0:12:26.360 and I'm guarding them every single day. So I'm getting 0:12:26.880 --> 0:12:29.360 like high quality reps early just at the beginning of 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:32.880 learning the craft. I'm getting those high quality reps. So 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:35.600 then going into the CFL, that just gave me confidence 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:37.320 that I can play in that league. That all I 0:12:37.360 --> 0:12:41.319 needed was the film and just the reps, the game reps, 0:12:41.440 --> 0:12:43.160 you know, and just show that on tape that I 0:12:43.160 --> 0:12:45.440 can do what I've been doing in practice, if that 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:48.240 makes sense. So the CFL that's what That's what the 0:12:48.240 --> 0:12:51.480 CFL platform gave me, was that opportunity to showcase ed 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:54.680 ability that I can do do it in games. Tray. 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:58.360 It seems like in the NFL, cornerbacks get labeled whether 0:12:58.400 --> 0:13:01.640 they're a cover corner, press corner, a physical run corner, 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:04.520 a man corner. Is that the same in the CFL. 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:08.600 And if so, did you ever get identified as as 0:13:08.640 --> 0:13:12.640 a type of corner? I don't know really if there's 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:15.880 a if you're really identifying, I mean there's corners that 0:13:15.880 --> 0:13:19.160 that that just mainly press. Uh. With our defense, we 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:22.240 played a lot of off because we wanted our past 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:25.679 coverage to mask to match up with the rush. So 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:28.120 we will and then we ran a lot of different coverages. 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:31.240 We never just played man. You know, we disguised. I 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:34.520 mean we do run zone, we will run man. Uh, 0:13:34.679 --> 0:13:36.800 different type of trap zones. Like, we ran a lot 0:13:36.840 --> 0:13:38.760 of things and in our defense you had to be 0:13:38.800 --> 0:13:42.680 at a re route concepts. So that's where the quarterback 0:13:42.720 --> 0:13:45.679 comes in. And uh so we for instance, like we'll 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:48.120 being covered two and we'll slice a dig which in 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:49.680 the corner, Like you probably want to do that because 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:51.400 you're thinking as a corner that's coming back for a 0:13:51.520 --> 0:13:53.680 number two. So like we had to be able to 0:13:53.760 --> 0:13:57.040 route read and also communicate with the guy next to us, 0:13:57.040 --> 0:14:00.200 which was very important. So playing off, playing man, just 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:04.319 based on what you've felt or the situation. Trey Roberts 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:06.600 and our guest here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy 0:14:06.679 --> 0:14:08.560 the Score. This is Bears All Access brought to you 0:14:08.600 --> 0:14:13.440 by IGS Energy. Your story is kind of amazing and again, 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:15.600 so many ways to get to the NFL and what 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:17.720 you have to do to sacrifice to get there. But 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:21.640 after that, the Vikings decided not to keep you on 0:14:21.680 --> 0:14:25.960 the practice squad after year two. There, tell me about 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:29.760 Westmoreland transportation and why that's so important in your story. 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:33.480 Tell everybody your story. Oh man, so um, when I 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:35.920 got when I got released from the Vikings, I had 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:37.680 a baby that was coming at the time, you know, 0:14:37.720 --> 0:14:39.520 I was on practice squad. I didn't really make a 0:14:39.520 --> 0:14:41.560 ton of money, so I mean I had to get 0:14:41.560 --> 0:14:44.960 a job. I didn't. I was a little banged up 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:46.880 coming from Minnesota, so I mean I had to get 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:48.600 a job. I didn't get a I didn't get a 0:14:48.680 --> 0:14:52.800 job until to October and didn't I signed with Calgary, 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:55.600 so like I knew that I had a job coming 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:59.320 once the season one is over. So yeah, for for 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:02.520 Instant and westmore Than Transportation, which is a trucking company, 0:15:02.760 --> 0:15:05.560 I was. I was driving full time every times where 0:15:05.560 --> 0:15:07.560 I will wake up at seven thirty, we drive the 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:10.640 morning shift and then get on my next shift, which 0:15:10.680 --> 0:15:13.440 was started at four pm, which I drive to Ohio, 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:16.040 drive the four winn and then drive back home and 0:15:16.040 --> 0:15:18.720 then hopefully get home by three four o'clock and then 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:21.360 I'll go to Lifetime to work out and h But 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:23.320 the only time I was able to steal some sleep 0:15:23.440 --> 0:15:25.440 is when I was actually when I was got to Ohio, 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:27.760 the stuff wouldn't be able to get picked up two 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:30.480 nine o'clock, so I'll get there around seven and that 0:15:30.520 --> 0:15:32.480 will be my two hours to sleep. So I mean 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:34.760 I did that for a whole year, working out every 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:37.240 single day. I mean, I barely got any sleep, but 0:15:37.280 --> 0:15:40.520 it all paid off well in terms of the work 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:43.320 ethic and obviously, you know, because like you said, it's 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:45.560 much like football. There are days you just don't feel 0:15:45.600 --> 0:15:47.680 like doing it. You know, Let's be honest, you're nicked up, 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:50.760 you're brought your bruised. But to be on the road 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:53.800 to be working, but yet still have the discipline to 0:15:53.880 --> 0:15:56.440 curve out the time to get in your training that 0:15:56.520 --> 0:15:59.080 you need to train to keep it going. I mean, 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:02.520 obviously that speaks to excuse me, it speaks to the 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:06.280 love of the game that you have, Trey. Yeah, yeah, definitely. 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:08.400 I mean I knew what I knew once I got 0:16:08.400 --> 0:16:10.320 to Calgary. They told me I had an opportunity to 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:11.960 do that. I have an opportunity to start if the 0:16:12.000 --> 0:16:14.160 best player I was going to play. So that was 0:16:14.240 --> 0:16:16.840 my motivation the whole entire year was to get better, 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:19.160 to get as as good as I can at my craft, 0:16:19.200 --> 0:16:21.480 and uh and going there full to it, ready to go. 0:16:21.880 --> 0:16:25.480 And didn't I mean with the chips aware they may hey, Tray, 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:28.960 how long were people always in your ear about playing 0:16:29.040 --> 0:16:31.760 corner even when you were playing quarterback? I know that's 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:35.160 kind of confusing, but I think when they recognize talent, 0:16:35.560 --> 0:16:37.840 they want the most out of the player. So was 0:16:37.840 --> 0:16:40.840 it a subject that didn't get approached until you were 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:44.920 done playing quarterback? Oh? Yeah, I mean I played because 0:16:44.920 --> 0:16:48.280 I played quarterback all my life. Um yeah, I mean 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:50.320 it was just like I kind of I didn't I 0:16:50.320 --> 0:16:53.160 didn't really want to play quarterbacks in professional on the 0:16:53.160 --> 0:16:55.880 professional level. You know. It's I wanted to be able 0:16:55.880 --> 0:16:59.080 to play a position where I'm out there playing, playing 0:16:59.280 --> 0:17:02.040 playing football of my athletic ability, not having to think 0:17:02.080 --> 0:17:05.760 as much, just ragiastical out there and play football. I'm 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:08.159 not the best passer, so I mean I'm not I'm 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:10.480 not a natural passor that's just something that I'm not 0:17:10.640 --> 0:17:13.640 natural at. I'm naturally I playing corner, natural back backpedaling 0:17:13.600 --> 0:17:15.680 and stuff like that. So it was just something where 0:17:15.680 --> 0:17:17.879 I just found something that I was natural at, and 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:21.480 I mean the game comes easy for me. So I 0:17:21.520 --> 0:17:24.840 mean that's really it. That's good to hear. All right, Well, Trey, 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:27.280 I do know this. And talking to Brack's back, the 0:17:27.560 --> 0:17:29.679 head coach at Illinois State who's turned up a lot 0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:32.800 of NFL players, including uh Davante Harris, who started six 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:37.000 games for the Broncos at corner from Illinois State this year. Uh. 0:17:37.000 --> 0:17:38.960 He did say, though, because he was on the produce 0:17:39.000 --> 0:17:41.359 staff when Drew Brees was there, your strength coach is 0:17:41.359 --> 0:17:43.400 still who was who was the same guy that trained 0:17:43.440 --> 0:17:45.159 Drew Brees at Purdue is still at i s U. 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:49.960 He said, you always asked him questions about Drew Brees. Yeah, 0:17:50.000 --> 0:17:52.840 so yeah, in your blood. Yeah, he's I mean, he's 0:17:52.840 --> 0:17:55.240 one of the best. So I mean that's what I 0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:56.800 want to be. I want to be one of the best. 0:17:56.840 --> 0:17:58.720 So whatever it takes. I mean, that's why I talked 0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:01.160 to I talked to people that best, that are doing good, 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:02.960 you know, and that, and I mean that's what I 0:18:03.000 --> 0:18:05.359 will like to model myself after all right, we'll be 0:18:05.400 --> 0:18:08.040 looking forward to meeting you when you when the offseason 0:18:08.080 --> 0:18:10.720 program gets underway. And welcome to Chicago, Trey. Thank you 0:18:10.760 --> 0:18:12.520 so much, Thank you, thanks right, thank you, Thanks for 0:18:12.560 --> 0:18:15.240 having me. Trey robertson the Bears new cornerback here on 0:18:15.359 --> 0:18:18.040 Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score Back with Jim 0:18:18.080 --> 0:18:20.760 Miller will take some phone calls tonight as well. Three one, 0:18:20.840 --> 0:18:27.480 two h six, winning sixty seven, sixty seven on Chicago 0:18:27.520 --> 0:18:32.680 Sports Radio six seventy of the score back in a minute. 0:18:33.359 --> 0:18:35.359 This segment of Bears and All Access is brought to 0:18:35.359 --> 0:18:39.240 you by Old Spice. Never let a friend lose his swagger, 0:18:39.280 --> 0:18:42.520 Jeff Joni Actim there, Jim Miller with us and your 0:18:42.520 --> 0:18:44.720 phone call is coming up three one, two, six, forty four, 0:18:44.880 --> 0:18:48.080 sixty seven, sixty seven with our producers Mike Chen and 0:18:48.240 --> 0:18:52.760 Chris Dickens. Uh Hey, big Jim, Trey Robertson. We could 0:18:52.760 --> 0:18:54.880 really talk to that guy for a whole hour. He's 0:18:54.880 --> 0:18:57.399 got a quite the background, quite the history, and you know, 0:18:57.520 --> 0:19:00.680 I don't know how how it's going to be perceived 0:19:00.680 --> 0:19:03.119 what his role is, but the Bears definitely, you know, 0:19:03.200 --> 0:19:05.760