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Our executive producer of the 0:01:03.680 --> 0:01:07.600 Bears Radio Network is Eric Ostrowski and coming up at 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:10.160 the bottom of the hour will be joined by NFL 0:01:10.319 --> 0:01:15.200 Network's very own and he is always entertaining a big 0:01:15.240 --> 0:01:18.760 Bears fan perspective from the lifelong Bears fan Adam Rank 0:01:19.000 --> 0:01:23.520 from NFL Network And as usual, my partners Tom Fhahir 0:01:23.640 --> 0:01:25.039 and Jim Aller joining us tonight. 0:01:25.080 --> 0:01:27.000 Fellas, how we doing. First of all, big. 0:01:26.880 --> 0:01:29.679 Jim doing great, my friend. Good to be with you tonight. 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:32.160 So let's have a good one, Jeff, Tom always a 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:33.440 lot to talk about, rob Elie. 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:36.440 All right, we'll get Tom on board in a moment. 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:39.440 But I mentioned Justin Fields out of the gate last 0:01:39.480 --> 0:01:41.920 week's show, which was on Thursday. Short turnaround. Not much 0:01:41.920 --> 0:01:45.480 as transpire the last few days. But I'm gonna go 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:48.800 back to Justin Fields Jim, because I read Sports Illustrated 0:01:48.800 --> 0:01:50.720 dot com today. One of the hot takes today was 0:01:51.360 --> 0:01:54.400 Justin Fields will account for forty touchdowns this year. He 0:01:54.440 --> 0:01:57.560 scored twenty five total last year, seventeen through the air, 0:01:57.560 --> 0:02:01.000 eight on the ground in fifteen games. The Bears are 0:02:01.080 --> 0:02:05.560 better at various spots offensively. So the idea is that yes, 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:08.079 that number, What would that mean in terms of wins 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:09.960 and losses? If he could get to a number. 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:12.880 Like that, well, I mean to me, you're when you're 0:02:12.880 --> 0:02:16.120 throwing forty touchso that those are MVP type numbers, right, 0:02:16.200 --> 0:02:20.480 Go look at when Lamar Jackson won the MVP for Baltimore, right, 0:02:20.560 --> 0:02:23.280 he had thirty six touchdown passes and then obviously his 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:26.240 rushing touchdowns as well. So I think you're talking MVP 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:29.400 and MVP type of season when you're doing stuff a 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:32.880 lot or minimum Offensive Player of the Year type of numbers, 0:02:32.919 --> 0:02:35.920 when you're putting up those type of figures, you know, 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:38.560 at the quarterback position, I think is he capable of that? 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:41.040 Of course he is, you know, but a lot of 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:42.919 things got to come into place, and you know, I 0:02:42.960 --> 0:02:46.040 think there are easy goals for him. Won the fifty 0:02:46.080 --> 0:02:49.200 five sacks we all know have to come down. Those 0:02:49.240 --> 0:02:51.880 are not all on the offensive line. So if he 0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:54.919 can cut that number in half with the sack totals 0:02:55.639 --> 0:02:57.959 and then of course his you know, for me, I 0:02:58.040 --> 0:03:01.000 think a realistic number if he's thrown for a little 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:04.000 over three thousand yards, you know, like thirty three hundred yards, 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:07.000 thirty four hundred yards averaging like two hundred yards a game, 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:10.600 I think that's realistic for him to be able to 0:03:10.639 --> 0:03:13.520 accomplish that, and then of course his turnovers, you know, 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:15.880 those got to come down, you know, whether it's you 0:03:15.880 --> 0:03:18.880 know that he had sixteen fumbles last year, so minimum 0:03:18.880 --> 0:03:21.720 can you can you cut that number like it to 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:24.000 be cut more than half. And I think those are 0:03:24.000 --> 0:03:27.240 all realistic goals for Justin Fields to be able to 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:30.240 you know, to achieve in twenty twenty three. And if 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:33.560 he does all of them, the Bears will win more games. Period, 0:03:33.800 --> 0:03:34.880 They'll win more games. 0:03:35.200 --> 0:03:37.040 I want to talk about something else I saw on 0:03:37.120 --> 0:03:40.360 Pro Football focused about Justin and just quarterbacks around the league, 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:43.800 the checkdown rates. He had a five point three percent 0:03:43.920 --> 0:03:46.760 check down rate in twenty twenty two. Obviously, we know 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:51.040 he was sacked at a high rate and a throwaway 0:03:51.120 --> 0:03:53.440 rate of five percent. Okay, we could look at those 0:03:53.520 --> 0:03:57.080 numbers and compare them, but the third lowest checkdown rate 0:03:57.120 --> 0:04:00.000 on third down. All the running quarterbacks like Jalen Hurts, 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:03.000 Lamar Jackson didn't have any zero out of eighty one 0:04:03.080 --> 0:04:07.480 throws on checkdowns. But those checkdowns, though, can lead to 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:12.000 maybe shorter line the gain on a fourth down, a 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:14.440 better field position, or a tackle that breaks for a 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:15.960 first down and That's why I want to get into 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:18.240 a little bit about using the running backs more in 0:04:18.279 --> 0:04:20.880 the passing game than was the case last year. Do 0:04:20.920 --> 0:04:22.680 you think that will be on the plate this year. 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:25.039 I hope it is. And I think you know, most 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:28.000 quarterbacks when you do, especially in like when you're in 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:32.279 a two minute mode, you know nowhere your checkedouts because 0:04:32.320 --> 0:04:34.360 you want to start off like a two minute drive 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:37.520 with a positive play. So to me, like nine out 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:40.240 of ten of my when we did two minute drives, 0:04:40.480 --> 0:04:42.480 most likely I was hitting the check down to get 0:04:42.480 --> 0:04:46.440 a positive play, just to generate momentum, you know, as 0:04:46.480 --> 0:04:49.159 the drive goes along. But yeah, stuff like you're saying, 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:52.080 if you know you have an elusive back like the 0:04:52.120 --> 0:04:54.719 Bears do, I don't care who you pick. Khalil Herbert. 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:57.279 You know him in space, He's an elusive guy. He's 0:04:57.320 --> 0:05:00.000 hard to tackle. And when you've got match up again 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:03.600 its linebackers, you've got to be thinking those situations going 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:05.960 into a game. So you know, like I mentioned that 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:08.520 game against Green Bay where he got picked off by 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:12.280 Jay R Alexander. That's a first down, first and tent 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:14.800 throw that he made when it's just should have Ben Hay, 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:17.039 He's not there, let me go to the checkdoun And 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:20.720 it's just that, you know, simple of a decision where 0:05:20.720 --> 0:05:24.840 it keeps the drive alive, doesn't demoralize your team and 0:05:25.200 --> 0:05:28.880 destroy momentum for your team late in the game. And 0:05:28.960 --> 0:05:31.640 I think you'll start as a quarterback. The further you 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:35.080 get along your career, you're thinking of situations like that. 0:05:35.200 --> 0:05:38.640 So you're, like you said, you're playing ahead of schedule, 0:05:39.240 --> 0:05:41.320 so to speak. All right, not there, just taking the 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:45.000 checkdown and we'll live with second and say second and five, 0:05:45.600 --> 0:05:49.000 you know, and knowing it's a positive play at the end. 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:51.560 And I think Justin will get there. I definitely think 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:54.080 he's aware of it. Just when I listened to him 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:58.240 in his postgame interviews. He sees the entire field and 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:00.280 this guy did this, and I saw this guy do that, 0:06:00.400 --> 0:06:02.760 and you know, and I should have did this. And 0:06:02.839 --> 0:06:05.839 so he is self correcting himself. And I already witnessed 0:06:05.920 --> 0:06:09.520 him self correcting himself last year. So it'll be better, 0:06:09.800 --> 0:06:12.880 it'll be faster, and he'll be thinking those situations moving forward, 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:13.320 I believe. 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:15.360 And then Adams set up some deep balls and deep 0:06:15.400 --> 0:06:19.360 balls you know last year according to Pro Football Focus. Again, 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:22.520 I think seven hundred deep passing yards. DJ Moore led 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:24.760 Carolina in deep passing yards. He was eighth in the 0:06:24.800 --> 0:06:27.440 league last year, and we've talked about him last week 0:06:27.520 --> 0:06:30.520 being a first down to touchdown type of guy. Do 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:33.240 you think that's a great pairing now because they're speed 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:36.560 here involved and that should open things up if the 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:40.000 running game remains the same and getting some deep ball accuracy. 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:43.280 Yeah, because I think he's gaining trust in him. They're 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:46.000 working their prore and you know, working to get their 0:06:46.080 --> 0:06:48.560 rapport and I think you know, Dj Moore is a 0:06:48.600 --> 0:06:52.159 guy that say, if it is double coverage, like the 0:06:52.200 --> 0:06:54.480 trust I had in Marty Booker, I was going to 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:56.359 throw it up there and give Marty a chance. 0:06:56.440 --> 0:06:56.640 Yeah. 0:06:56.640 --> 0:06:59.159 I had to be accurate where I had to place 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:01.479 the ball, but I knew what Marty could and could 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:04.880 not do, which was he was great in manipulating his 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:08.520 body and you know, arcing his body in certain ways 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:10.600 where he's going to make an athletic play and come 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:12.280 down with the ball. How many times have we seen 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:15.400 it with Aaron Rodgers and DeVante Adams where you have 0:07:15.560 --> 0:07:18.560 that type of rapport in trust where all of a sudden, 0:07:19.000 --> 0:07:21.760 those guys are getting like one hundred and eighty targets 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:24.680 in a season. I mean that is a lot of targets. 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:27.040 And I would think DJ Moore is a guy who 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:29.800 can command, you know, minimum, he should get over one 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:32.840 hundred and twenty five in terms of his targets, and 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:36.040 he'll probably have over one hundred receptions when it's all 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:38.520 said and done. But that type of trust, you're going 0:07:38.600 --> 0:07:41.239 to give those guys more opportunities just because you trust 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:45.000 them in double coverage in certain situations that they're going 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:45.920 to come down with the ball. 0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:49.880 And next gen stats, this one, I guess shouldn't surprise me. 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:52.800 I know the Dolphins are out about speed with Tyreek Kill, 0:07:52.800 --> 0:07:57.240 but because of justin last year, plays of twenty plus 0:07:57.400 --> 0:08:01.080 yards won, the offensive ball carrier reached twenty plus miles 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:04.320 per hour, Tyreek kal ten justin fields nine the only 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:07.400 players at more than six touches reaching twenty plus mile 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:10.000 per hour. So the Bears and the Dolphins were the 0:08:10.040 --> 0:08:13.280 only two teams in the NFL with that number. Do 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:15.880 you expect that to remain the same or will it 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:18.280 increase with the increase in team speed For the Bears 0:08:18.480 --> 0:08:20.360 that they brought in on the offensive sound, well, I. 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:22.480 Think it's going to increase just with the team speed 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:25.840 they brought in. And certainly, you know, you just want 0:08:25.840 --> 0:08:29.080 to be careful with Justin because he even admitted that, 0:08:29.200 --> 0:08:32.040 you know, again self corrector imagine how many times he 0:08:32.160 --> 0:08:34.280 was cramping up right the one game he said, well, 0:08:34.320 --> 0:08:37.120 I just I dehydrate so fast. Now I'm getting ivs 0:08:37.160 --> 0:08:39.720 every game, So he'll have to monitor that. And again, 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:43.240 you don't want to wear him down as he rolls along, 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:46.240 So you're probably going to modify the amount of carries, 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:48.719 you know, and just based week to week on how 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:51.120 his body's feeling and all those type of things where 0:08:51.280 --> 0:08:54.760 maybe one week he's incorporated more than another week. That's 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:57.360 what the Bills do quite a bit with Josh Allen. 0:08:57.440 --> 0:09:00.200 I think you're going to monitor at with Justin Field 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:03.360 throughout the entire year because you certainly don't want him 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:06.720 breaking down. You know, another issue that he hurdle he 0:09:06.760 --> 0:09:09.680 needs to get over is getting banged up right the 0:09:09.760 --> 0:09:12.600 dings and the where he's missing time here and there 0:09:12.840 --> 0:09:15.760 due to just some Nixon bruises that come along with 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:16.400 the territory. 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:18.800 All right, when we come back, well here from Khalil 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:21.760 Herbert from last week's Ota sessions talk about how he 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:24.320 views his off season and getting better. We'll also here 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:26.720 from Kyler Gordon to Knight and Dave Borganzi on the 0:09:26.720 --> 0:09:30.040 Bears new linebackers. We'll talk edge rushers and try to 0:09:30.040 --> 0:09:32.400 bring Tom Thayer and have some technical difficulties here at 0:09:32.440 --> 0:09:34.520 the moment. We'll get it straightened out and be back 0:09:34.520 --> 0:09:37.559 with you here on Bears Weekly with John, Jim Miller, 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:37.880 and Tom. 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:38.079 There. 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:40.480 I'm Jeff Joniak here on ESPN one thousand and the 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:41.880 Bears Radio Network. 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:45.079 Is Bears Weekly with a Voice of the Bears for 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:49.360 twenty three years, Jeff jon on the Bears Radio Network. 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:57.560 The access to every Bears home game, exclusive seding, sadline, 0:09:57.559 --> 0:10:00.319 credentals and more now available. Get the ultimate vib fan 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:03.120 packaged this by visiting Chicago Bears. 0:10:03.040 --> 0:10:03.960 V Guypete dot Com. 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:06.600 Jeff Jonniyak, Jim Miller, and Tom Payer now on the 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:09.319 phone line. Got some gremlins tonight, Big Tom. We're working 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:11.040 through it, but we got you. 0:10:11.040 --> 0:10:13.440 You know, Jeff, I'm the worst person to have technical 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:16.480 errors with because I'm the most difficult person to try 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:19.360 to get him figured out. So I'll contribute in any 0:10:19.360 --> 0:10:20.040 way I can. 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:23.200 I know, and that's that's called teamwork. Jim Miller, Right, Yeah, 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:25.480 we've all been through it. We've all been through it. 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:28.040 Tom's a good teammate man. You know, he wasn't gonna 0:10:28.080 --> 0:10:30.040 miss out on this game. You know that he doesn't 0:10:30.040 --> 0:10:30.680 miss games. 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:32.920 Oh no, he does not not miss games. So we 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:35.320 touched on Justin in that first segment. And we've talked 0:10:35.320 --> 0:10:37.160 about this a lot, but I want to talk about 0:10:37.160 --> 0:10:39.080 the running backs. And this goes back to what you 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:42.000 keep talking about too, you know, getting the ball to them. 0:10:42.040 --> 0:10:45.520 You talk about that David Montgomery played first game of 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:47.360 the season, get the ball to him and you know, 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:50.760 get things running. You know, last season, just getting the 0:10:50.760 --> 0:10:55.040 ball to the backs. I envision it better. Montgomery was 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:58.560 targeted forty times, thirty four catches through under sixteen yards. 0:10:58.840 --> 0:11:02.800 Khali Herbert just twelve targets, nine catches fifty seven yards. 0:11:03.840 --> 0:11:06.359 Can this change here in twenty twenty three, Timmy. 0:11:07.320 --> 0:11:08.839 It's got to change it, But it's got to kind 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:11.400 of change with a mindset from Justin fields, because I 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:14.720 believe Justin has such high belief in his running skills 0:11:15.040 --> 0:11:17.560 that he's almost disappointed when he has to check it 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:21.240 down because he can turn a possible checkdown route into 0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:24.000 however many yards it's going to get to every time 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:26.160 he gets into the second level of the defense, that 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:30.520 could turn into a touchdown. So but in all fairness 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:33.440 to Justin's safety, Beer talking about the first sack of 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:35.480 the year that Justin took last year should have been 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:39.000 a simple out route to Dave Montgomery. Instead, he took 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:41.880 an awkward hit that resulted in the stack. And you 0:11:41.960 --> 0:11:45.760 know the analytics of job a drive resulting in a 0:11:45.920 --> 0:11:49.199 score when there's a sack involved. So I look at it, 0:11:49.360 --> 0:11:53.280 you know, selfishly for Justin's safety, but I also think 0:11:53.320 --> 0:11:56.800 that they have a slew of good receivers that are 0:11:56.840 --> 0:11:59.240 gonna are going to be fighting for time in training camp. 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:01.480 Oh yeah, it's gonna be fun to spread that ball around. 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:04.640 Don't forget the tight end position either, Khalil Herbert. Last 0:12:04.720 --> 0:12:07.079 year we forget or maybe we don't. Jim he led 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:10.160 the NFL five point seven yards of carry at the 0:12:10.200 --> 0:12:13.000 running back position, just the running back position in twenty 0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:14.480 twenty two is second season. 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:16.200 That's good stuff right there. 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:19.640 Yeah. I don't think it's you know, with the adjustments 0:12:19.679 --> 0:12:22.240 on their offensive line, you know, I do think their 0:12:22.280 --> 0:12:25.000 goal is why can't they lead the league in rushing? Again, 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:29.040 I think they're better upfront with drafting Darnell Right, moving 0:12:29.080 --> 0:12:32.680 Cody White here back to center, so minimum that should 0:12:32.720 --> 0:12:35.200 be their goal. Again, I don't see any drop off 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:38.000 that they'll run the ball any worse, But I do 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:40.760 think there are opportunities in the past game with those 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:43.280 guys out of the backfield, you know, with Herbert, who 0:12:43.320 --> 0:12:45.079 I think is more than capable of doing it. I 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:47.360 think Rashawn Johnson, who they drafted, even though he's a 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:49.920 bigger back, I do think Foreman and him still have 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:52.440 the ability to do that. And a lot of times 0:12:52.440 --> 0:12:55.480 when we're talking checkdowns, it doesn't just mean it's the back, 0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:58.280 you know. It could mean, you know, like when you've 0:12:58.320 --> 0:13:02.600 got a level principal or x shallow cross principle, you 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:05.680 know you can have your third receiver is ultimately going 0:13:05.760 --> 0:13:07.760 to be your checkdown. That maybe is just you know, 0:13:07.880 --> 0:13:10.920 crossing the field and sits down at the opposite hash 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:14.040 mark where that could be your third checkdown. So there 0:13:14.080 --> 0:13:16.679 are going to be numerous outlets where he can get 0:13:16.720 --> 0:13:19.680 to a checkdown that Again, I think guys are capable 0:13:19.720 --> 0:13:21.640 of doing it can make a guy miss and break 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:24.719 a tackle and get a big positive play, and it's 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:27.640 all just by you know, throwing not even what is 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:31.080 essentially a five yard pass. I mean, let's face it, 0:13:31.120 --> 0:13:33.360 some of those bubble screens are thrown behind a line 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:36.600 of scrimmage and can end up being a plus ten gainer, 0:13:36.640 --> 0:13:39.520 plus fifteen gainer. We've seen plays like that go to 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:41.640 the house on just a short pass play. 0:13:41.960 --> 0:13:46.280 All right, So, if I'm not mistaken, in your two 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:48.640 thousand and one season and the time you spent with 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:53.200 the Bears beyond that, the shallow cross was big, right, Yeah, yeah, 0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:54.160 it certainly was. 0:13:54.640 --> 0:13:55.400 I remember that. 0:13:55.800 --> 0:13:58.400 Yeah, we did. We do a lot of X shallow 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:01.760 cross because it's a good quarters coverage beater. Like we 0:14:01.840 --> 0:14:03.679 must have ran the play, like I think we went 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:06.000 up to Green Bay and ran the xhall clock cross. 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:08.000 It must. We must called it eight to ten times 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:10.640 in that game, and Marty Booker or Des White would 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:13.520 get it and they'd split. It was perfect because the 0:14:13.559 --> 0:14:18.080 linebackers are basically vacated because they're taking the second level 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:21.000 players and then that X shallow comes wide open and 0:14:21.040 --> 0:14:24.000 your outside receiver has already driven off that quarters coverage 0:14:24.000 --> 0:14:26.800 so there becames comes like a little lane where you 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:29.360 just it's a five yard pass, but yet Marty Booker 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:31.480 would I think minimum, we got like twelve yards after 0:14:31.520 --> 0:14:34.360 the catch on every single one of those. And so 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:38.240 there are just level principles where you're just attacking different 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:41.800 levels of the defense and they're very effective and it 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:44.040 makes them cover quite a bit of quite a bit 0:14:44.080 --> 0:14:46.200 of area space that they've got to be prepared for. 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:48.840 You know, one thing we can't ignore either is, you know, 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:52.400 we really aren't gonna get the pass protection revealed to 0:14:52.480 --> 0:14:55.440 us until the first week of the regular season because 0:14:55.440 --> 0:14:57.600 they're not going to play enough time to gather during 0:14:57.640 --> 0:15:00.280 the preseason. You're not going to see it really live 0:15:00.400 --> 0:15:03.120 and practice, and you're gonna, you know, see a lot 0:15:03.160 --> 0:15:07.000 of different combinations of those groups. And I think when 0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:10.320 you talk about the efficiency the effectiveness of where you 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:12.600 want to throw the ball, a lot of it is 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:16.600 the quarterback is confident in his time of protection. I 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:19.720 think that's going to be huge and helping the quarterback too. 0:15:19.960 --> 0:15:23.040 Also, the Khalil Herbert, our guy that was at the 0:15:23.080 --> 0:15:26.080 podium last week for the OTA availability for the media, 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:28.160 I touched down a couple of things about what he's 0:15:28.200 --> 0:15:30.800 working on. One of them is just pass protection and 0:15:30.880 --> 0:15:31.720 he builds from there. 0:15:31.920 --> 0:15:33.640 You got to be all the every down back, So 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:36.080 that's a big that's a big part of it. And 0:15:36.120 --> 0:15:39.400 it's something I worked on throughout this offseason. And you know, 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:40.880 I don't I don't know what in compared to the 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:43.160 other guys, but it's something that I've been working on 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:48.920 a fix. So punching, punching bags, boxing. I did boxing 0:15:48.960 --> 0:15:51.080 this offseason just to work on my punch time and 0:15:51.560 --> 0:15:54.040 different things like that. You know, everybody's different, but that's 0:15:54.080 --> 0:15:56.160 what I try to working on and help me. I'm 0:15:56.200 --> 0:15:58.680 just approaching it a comp you know, every day, got 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:01.240 to compete, got to compete, and I come up with 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:04.600 the mindset. You know, obviously I want to be the starter. 0:16:04.760 --> 0:16:07.320 So just coming with the mindset of leading and doing 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:09.920 what I gotta do, and you know, doing what I 0:16:09.960 --> 0:16:11.760 do every day that I've been doing, and you know, 0:16:11.760 --> 0:16:12.920 I feel like things will work out. 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:16.360 So, you know, I think this most of one of 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:18.880 the most important elements. If you do want to consider 0:16:18.920 --> 0:16:21.720 yourself have the league consider you a three down back, 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:26.160 it's because of your ability to protect against linebackers, blitzers, 0:16:26.160 --> 0:16:28.560 from the outside or even from the third level, and 0:16:28.600 --> 0:16:31.800 so I do think that's one of the hindrances of 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:35.240 Khalil being that next level back if he can come 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:38.760 in there and stand up against his pass protection responsibilities 0:16:38.840 --> 0:16:41.640 not only on third down, but first and second down. 0:16:41.800 --> 0:16:43.920 When you get a team that likes to attack a lot, 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:46.920 and I think that will be you know, you know, 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:50.840 heavily involved in the total evaluation of Khalil. 0:16:51.040 --> 0:16:54.200 Hey, Jim, guys coming out of college, you know, very 0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:57.120 few are ready for past protection. You'll you'll get some 0:16:57.120 --> 0:16:59.800 scouting reports on guys that are and they've had plenty 0:16:59.800 --> 0:17:02.720 of experience at it, but typically it takes a year 0:17:02.800 --> 0:17:05.199 or two to get your your feet under you to 0:17:05.240 --> 0:17:07.439 really understand what you have to do and deal with 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:10.280 those bigger bodies coming at you in the league. I 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:14.800 also want to talk about this aspect of things with 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:17.640 Khalil because he was asked last week, you know, uh, 0:17:18.200 --> 0:17:21.240 do you have anything to prove? And he goes, I mean, 0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:23.240 he kind of chuckled. He said, I don't have anything 0:17:23.280 --> 0:17:25.480 to prove. I believe in myself and I want to 0:17:25.480 --> 0:17:27.000 be the starting back and I know there's a lot 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:29.760 of competition here and I do think they're gonna spread 0:17:29.920 --> 0:17:32.240 spread the wealth around, and you know, guys are gonna 0:17:32.280 --> 0:17:35.440 emerge at different aspects of games like he did last year. 0:17:35.440 --> 0:17:37.840 You go to the hot hand and they got Roshawn Johnson, 0:17:37.840 --> 0:17:41.399 and boy is he impressive. He looks impressive. He he 0:17:41.520 --> 0:17:46.080 is totally driven to be something special. And Dante Foreman 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:49.800 from last year terrific end of season, stayed healthy and 0:17:49.760 --> 0:17:52.760 I had a great, great, great season there in Carolina. 0:17:52.880 --> 0:17:55.960 So and there's other guys too, there's other guys fighting 0:17:56.000 --> 0:17:56.320 for time. 0:17:56.760 --> 0:17:57.080 Yeah. 0:17:57.119 --> 0:17:59.879 Well, I think for Khalil, I do I think he 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:02.560 can be in every down back. I don't think the 0:18:02.560 --> 0:18:05.080 Bears want to use him in that capacity because, like 0:18:05.119 --> 0:18:07.080 you mentioned, you got the big guys who are I 0:18:07.080 --> 0:18:09.680 always call him the meat tender risers. And then you've 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:13.280 got the burst of speed by Khalil Herbert. Because one 0:18:13.280 --> 0:18:16.040 thing that I've noticed about him as a runner, one 0:18:16.080 --> 0:18:19.400 he's extremely patient. He's got great vision, but he's got 0:18:19.400 --> 0:18:22.919 that second gear that just that little bit more burst 0:18:23.000 --> 0:18:26.600 of juice than say David Montgomery, where I thought at 0:18:26.640 --> 0:18:29.360 the second level, he's got another gear where he can 0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:33.840 take it, you know, just for more consistent explosive runs 0:18:34.200 --> 0:18:36.400 at the end of the day. But like you said's 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:39.199 if he's a hot hand in the game, that's typically 0:18:39.280 --> 0:18:41.720 what you're going to go with, you know, and if 0:18:41.800 --> 0:18:45.120 he's feeling it in one game and you know, offensive 0:18:45.119 --> 0:18:47.720 cordator Luke Getzi just says, hey, man, let's just stick 0:18:47.760 --> 0:18:50.480 with Herbert. He's got a great drive going here. There's 0:18:50.480 --> 0:18:52.800 no sense in pulling them out. And normally that can 0:18:52.880 --> 0:18:54.600 lead to it just a great game where he gets 0:18:54.640 --> 0:18:58.240 more opportunities. Maybe that particular week could be Week seven, 0:18:58.320 --> 0:19:01.040 could be Week ten, could be Week five, team whichever 0:19:01.080 --> 0:19:03.080 it is, and you'll stick with the hot guy. 0:19:03.960 --> 0:19:05.760 You know. One thing about pass protection now, at the 0:19:05.800 --> 0:19:08.159 running back, Let's be realistic about it. It's not the 0:19:08.200 --> 0:19:11.080 requirements of an offensive line what they need to, you know, 0:19:11.840 --> 0:19:14.960