WEBVTT - All Access: Kyle Long on offseason workouts 0:00:01.120 --> 0:00:04.560 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:08.600 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:12.080 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every day. 0:00:12.200 --> 0:00:16.760 And now welcome to Bears All Access, your all access 0:00:16.880 --> 0:00:21.000 passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is brought 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:25.720 to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by CDW, Miller 0:00:25.800 --> 0:00:31.000 Lite and Hulu. So happy you can join us for 0:00:31.160 --> 0:00:34.360 Bears All Access. Jim Miller top Thayer with you. We've 0:00:34.400 --> 0:00:37.680 got a terrific program in store for you tonight. Hopefully 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:39.800 should be joined by Jeff Joni, a voice of the 0:00:39.800 --> 0:00:43.040 Bears as well. As we roll along, and plenty to 0:00:43.080 --> 0:00:46.080 talk about. Is the draft just around the corner. Ryan 0:00:46.200 --> 0:00:49.279 Pace obviously doing his due diligence of what players will 0:00:49.280 --> 0:00:51.520 be drafted. Don't have a selection until the third round. 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:54.040 But as we roll along in this program, gonna be 0:00:54.120 --> 0:00:57.520 joined by Kyle Long, tremendous offensive linemen of the Chicago Bears. 0:00:57.560 --> 0:01:00.080 Gonna be joined us. And how about former longstapp for 0:01:00.160 --> 0:01:02.880 the Chicago Bears, Patrick Manley. He'll be calling into the 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:05.559 show as well. Plus we'll take plenty of full calls. 0:01:05.600 --> 0:01:07.600 But right now, let's welcome in my partner for the 0:01:07.640 --> 0:01:11.880 next sixty minutes. None better than welcome in one top there, Tom, 0:01:11.920 --> 0:01:13.920 how are we doing tonight? But big Jim, I'm doing good. 0:01:13.920 --> 0:01:16.080 You know. It's kind of I think it captivated an 0:01:16.120 --> 0:01:20.240 audience around the football landscape before the draft is really 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:23.240 Kyler Murray? And I say that, you know, yeah, because 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:25.200 of the Bears picking the third round, there's no of 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:28.319 these top five, top ten picks that you're really investigating 0:01:28.360 --> 0:01:31.400 the top fifty picks to see where they would pick. However, 0:01:31.440 --> 0:01:34.399 when you look at this Kyler Murray scenario, it's really 0:01:34.440 --> 0:01:37.199 interesting because you know, Cliff Kingsbury, the new head coach 0:01:37.240 --> 0:01:40.760 of the Arizona Cardinals. His passing coordinator coach that he 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:44.480 hired is Tom Clements, formerly with the Green Bay Packers 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:46.759 and been out of coaching for a couple of years now. 0:01:46.760 --> 0:01:49.680 When I see him being attracted to Kyler Murray, I 0:01:49.720 --> 0:01:53.040 see Tom Clements more of a passing coordinator coach for 0:01:53.120 --> 0:01:56.920 Josh Rosen, who they drafted last year. So I think 0:01:56.920 --> 0:02:01.240 it's kind of weird, how, you know, the the size 0:02:01.240 --> 0:02:04.160 of Kyler Murray as opposed to every other quarterback that's 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:07.200 being considered in the NFL is over six foot, Kyler 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:09.960 Murray is not. And it's kind of weird that that 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:14.240 it's almost that one sentence or that one thought has 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:17.560 captured a lot of people's you know, thinking in which 0:02:17.600 --> 0:02:21.200 direction the quarterback position will go. Teams with high draft 0:02:21.280 --> 0:02:24.040 choice where they will go, and will this create any 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:28.240 you know, crazy or not crazy trades, but trades that 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:31.960 guys really want to jump up for. Yeah, it's it's interesting. 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:34.480 You know, you almost think Arizona could trade back out 0:02:34.480 --> 0:02:36.120 of that number one spot and still be able to 0:02:36.160 --> 0:02:39.120 select Kyler Murray because you just don't see him as 0:02:39.160 --> 0:02:42.040 a fit in the other NFL offense. I mean, realistically, 0:02:42.040 --> 0:02:45.639 if he gets past Arizona, where could you place Kyler Murray? 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:48.800 You just wonder who would really, you know, have an 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:52.560 upheaval at their position of quarterback in the NFL and 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:55.480 would they transition of their offense suposy. What's out there 0:02:55.600 --> 0:02:58.919 is Arizona reported that they have been offered a second 0:02:59.000 --> 0:03:01.520 rounder for Josh row And I don't know if if 0:03:01.560 --> 0:03:04.600 that's the case, but what's being reports that potentially could 0:03:04.639 --> 0:03:07.240 go down, but you would think that his stock has 0:03:07.320 --> 0:03:09.760 devalued as it's kind of been rumored for a long 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:12.840 time that Cliff Kingsbury would take Kyler Murray number one 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:15.600 over a wool. We're gonna welcome in our third team mate. 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:18.320 He's gonna be leading the show, taking over his captain ship. 0:03:18.400 --> 0:03:21.079 So let's welcome in Jeff Joniac to the program. Jeff 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:24.200 doing great, doing great, excited about the week. Got the 0:03:24.200 --> 0:03:26.040 gremlins out of the way, so we're ready to rock. 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:28.160 Got a big show. I didn't hear the beginning, but 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:31.520 we are your watch. Stop. No, it's just a little 0:03:31.560 --> 0:03:33.600 gremlins in the in the system here, so we got 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:37.240 it all worked out. Gremlin. Yeah, we got Kyle Long 0:03:37.440 --> 0:03:40.240 joining us coming up here in moments. We've got Pat Manley, 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:43.560 the long snapper, e extraordinaire and one of the longest 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:47.080 tenured Bears in their team history, all coming up. 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Welcome back 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:27.360 to the program, Jeff Joniac, Tom There, Jim Miller, and 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:30.160 Chicago beart Kyle Long jumping on the phone with us. 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:33.680 The offseason program well under way, back in the weight room, 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:36.039 back with teammates. Good to have you back at Haisa 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:40.440 High feeling. I'm feeling great. How are you guys doing fantastic? 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:43.280 Tell us about your journey this offseason to where we 0:04:43.320 --> 0:04:46.800 are now. Man, it's been a you know, it's been 0:04:47.080 --> 0:04:49.680 a quick one. We went a little bit further than 0:04:49.680 --> 0:04:52.120 I have gone before. You know, obviously get into the 0:04:52.120 --> 0:04:56.680 wild card. Stayed around Chicago this offseason and really enjoyed 0:04:56.760 --> 0:05:00.440 my time getting to see the new facility you get 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:03.440 put up and now obviously getting underway at House Hall 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:06.800 with the Spring football residents and great, Hey, Kyle, in 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:10.320 your lifetime, you've had the opportunity to see other professional facilities. 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:12.320 Maybe when your dad was an Oakland or your brother 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:14.839 was with the Rams and Saint Louis. What what are 0:05:14.920 --> 0:05:18.280 your first impression of that palatial state that you pulled 0:05:18.320 --> 0:05:21.359 into the new Hollis Hall when you showed up. You know, 0:05:21.480 --> 0:05:24.360 palatial is the word on us as well. It's it's 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:27.880 incredible the things that the mccass season, you know, the 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:30.000 Bears as a team have been able to put together 0:05:30.080 --> 0:05:33.599 there for facilities, it's everything that you know you'd wanted 0:05:33.640 --> 0:05:35.919 a player, and obviously it's what free just want to 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:37.240 be a part of as well. So that's going to 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:40.200 be a great recruiting tool for us. Well, Kyle, I'm 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:41.919 wondering if they got enough weight in it. Did they 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:43.920 get enough weight for you to throw around in that thing? 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:46.159 I mean, finally, you know, healthy for you to be 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:48.840 able to utilize that, that's got to be a great thing, 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:50.919 because I gotta believe for you, it's got to be 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:54.560 refreshing to go into an offseason that maybe you're not 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:56.320 in the training room so much and you'll probably be 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:59.200 the one who's really contributing from that beautiful new weight room. 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:02.200 You know, it's awesome. We've got a beautiful training room 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:03.919 as well, So I'm going in there and get massages 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:06.960 whenever I want. So that's a good thing. But the 0:06:07.000 --> 0:06:09.960 weight rooms incredible to Clyde Hemrick weight Room, and it's 0:06:10.400 --> 0:06:13.440 you know, obviously named after somebody who's legendary in Chicago 0:06:13.480 --> 0:06:16.359 and especially with the Chicago Bears, somebody who means a 0:06:16.360 --> 0:06:19.359 great deal to our franchise, and it's just, you know, 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:21.000 a real honor to go in there and work out 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:23.760 every day in that facility along our guest here on 0:06:23.800 --> 0:06:26.760 Bears Out Access with Jeff, Tim and Jim on Chicago 0:06:26.800 --> 0:06:30.120 Sports Radio six seventy the score. You're entering year seven. 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:33.039 You've been through a lot in your career, no question 0:06:33.080 --> 0:06:35.560 about it. A lot of a lot of things to overcome, 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:38.840 and there are times in a player's career where they 0:06:38.839 --> 0:06:42.279 feel they got to do a little bit different training 0:06:42.279 --> 0:06:45.880 and so forth. And clearly you issued out on your 0:06:45.880 --> 0:06:48.200 Twitter Twitter account recently that you lost a bunch of 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:51.400 weight this season, kind of remade the body a little bit. 0:06:51.400 --> 0:06:53.440 Tell us about that, why you're doing it and how's 0:06:53.480 --> 0:06:57.160 it felt. Well, obviously, you know, I had a really 0:06:57.200 --> 0:06:59.880 major ankle thinging a couple of years ago, ankle injury, 0:07:00.000 --> 0:07:04.320 and that took away from my ability to really take 0:07:04.320 --> 0:07:07.799 advantage of cardio and keep my way down in that regard. 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:09.359 And I like to eat food and I'll have a 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:11.960 couple of beers like anything, like any guy does. So 0:07:12.480 --> 0:07:14.320 you've got to make sure that you're working out on 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:17.400 the other end of that. And now has the ability 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:19.480 to do that being healthy. So it's nice to be 0:07:19.480 --> 0:07:22.160 able to do that. I was about, you know, damn 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:24.800 near three fifty or Darden here, sorry, darn her three 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:27.760 fifty for the wild card game, and now I'm down 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:30.080 to about three twenty five. So I'm feeling good and 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:33.040 the body's able to do more than it was before. 0:07:33.240 --> 0:07:34.960 You know, Kyle, we've seen you all up and down 0:07:35.040 --> 0:07:37.239 the line of scrimmage. You can really play any position. 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:40.000 But now after a few years and having the experience 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:43.040 to play the different positions, what stance are you most 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:47.840 What position stance are you most comfortable with? You know, 0:07:47.840 --> 0:07:50.040 I've really fallen in love with being on the right side. 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:53.240 I'm left handed and my inside hand is my dominant one, 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:56.119 and that's my left handed It's something that I've grown 0:07:56.120 --> 0:07:59.920 comfortable with playing that position so much. And you know, 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:02.160 whether it's a right tackle or right guard, I feel 0:08:02.160 --> 0:08:04.840 like I can get the job done. And obviously under 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:08.880 the tutelage of Harry Heastand anything's really possible for a 0:08:08.920 --> 0:08:12.400 guy early or late in his career. And James holds 0:08:12.440 --> 0:08:16.160 true with my case. Well, from I remember earlier we 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:19.040 talked to Bobby Massey, your your teammate and right tackle, 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:21.679 your cohort there, and he just talked about the drill 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:24.400 work of what Harry Heastand pretty much runs every day 0:08:24.400 --> 0:08:25.880 he goes. Not that you get sick of it, but 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:28.080 you go through those drills every day where it's it's 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:30.680 like rope memory and how how have you taken to 0:08:30.760 --> 0:08:33.280 that and where do you feel that you've made improvement 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:37.000 in strides under Harry Heastand well, I think just in 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:42.160 regard to consistency, and you know, if you're changing. You 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:43.920 know a lot of people say change is good, but 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:46.200 I think if you're changing what you're doing all the time, 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:48.600 then that's not a good thing. The one thing that 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:50.880 Harry does a great job of is just hammering over 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:54.920 those technical points and you know offensive line, that's it's 0:08:54.960 --> 0:08:56.920 all about doing the same thing over and over again 0:08:57.000 --> 0:09:00.080 very well. And Harry does a great job with coaching 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:03.440 that we really appreciate having in and we love having 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:06.320 areas above it. Guy Along our guest here on Bears 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:09.160 All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score 0:09:09.400 --> 0:09:12.520 entering year seven, You've been one of the guys that 0:09:12.559 --> 0:09:15.040 have been here at the longest one of them anyway, 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:17.360 in this group of young Bears that have come along 0:09:17.400 --> 0:09:21.040 and proved to be a winning team, a whole different mindset, 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:24.400 a whole different concept to what we've experienced and certainly 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:27.480 you experienced early in your career. The new additions. What 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:29.480 can you tell us about him and what did Matt 0:09:29.600 --> 0:09:31.040 nag you have to say to you guys on the 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:34.240 fifteenth at your first team meeting of twenty nineteen versus 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:35.800 what do you have to say a year ago at 0:09:35.800 --> 0:09:39.160 this time. You know, I've seen so much turnover in 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:43.880 my years here, and we've undergone a lot of renovations 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:47.600 with the roster and staff. But the great thing about 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:50.319 this year is you don't have to learn a lot 0:09:50.360 --> 0:09:52.280 of new names. There are some new names, and there's 0:09:52.320 --> 0:09:55.720 some marquee new names, but at the same time, most 0:09:55.720 --> 0:09:57.440 of the core of our team is the same. And 0:09:57.480 --> 0:10:00.480 that's what's beautiful about the whole thing. In regard to 0:10:00.520 --> 0:10:04.000 coach Naki. I think it's just you have to understand 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:07.520 year one with him, you wanted to establish what foundation 0:10:07.679 --> 0:10:09.480 was and what our identity was, and that was just 0:10:09.679 --> 0:10:12.079 to continue to film on that identity. You know, one 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:15.200 of the results of being a famous team with a 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:18.480 great record is you have a roller coaster schedule. Like 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:21.320 I said, last week, Thursday night, Sunday night, Monday night, 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:25.160 Sunday noon, Sunday afternoon, and you got to London start Now, 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:28.280 how will you have to adjust the way you go 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:30.640 about your business? Will you have to make an adjustments? 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:33.080 Are are you okay with any starting time that you 0:10:33.160 --> 0:10:36.600 have that week? You know, I had a coach one time. 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:38.640 We said, you know, we can play him at six 0:10:38.720 --> 0:10:41.520 am or eleven at night and we can play in 0:10:41.559 --> 0:10:44.960 the Walmart parking lot and be like And there wasn't 0:10:45.000 --> 0:10:46.880 a lot of things I agreed with that coach who 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:48.680 wouldn't regard to what he had to say. But that 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:50.439 was one of those things where I could take with me. 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:54.760 And you know, whether we're playing in London or we're 0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:57.719 playing in Chicago, it's still gonna be football. It's on 0:10:57.840 --> 0:11:01.560 under yards and they got the hashes right, will be okay, 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:04.600 but you know you got to get your sleep. That's big. 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:08.360 Making sure that you're eating the right things and doing 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:11.079 the right things from a schematic standpoint, and you'll be okay. 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:13.320 But I trust in the staff to get us in 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:15.840 position to do the right things regardless aware or when 0:11:15.880 --> 0:11:18.760 we play well. Kyle too. Part of that is just 0:11:18.800 --> 0:11:21.080 the maturity of the team. And I've said this to 0:11:21.120 --> 0:11:25.439 other guys and yourself included, just how this team prepares. 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:27.760 I mean, have you been in an a locker room 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:30.160 or experienced to a locker room with the maturity level? 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:31.960 Even though there's a lot of young guys there here, 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:34.520 you're the one of the older statesmen now, but just 0:11:34.559 --> 0:11:37.400 the maturity that guys go about their business in their 0:11:37.400 --> 0:11:42.640 preparation for winning football on Sundays in your experience, Yeah, 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:45.880 it's been great to be a part of this team, 0:11:45.960 --> 0:11:49.280 and I'm really lucky that coach Nagi and Ryan Pace 0:11:49.360 --> 0:11:53.360 have wanted me back. And you know, I've played with 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:55.520 a lot of events in my career, but i haven't 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:58.440 played with a lot of guys that are similar to 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:02.040 this group. You know, use Roquan Smith for example, or 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:04.600 a guy like a Team Hicks and the whole defense 0:12:04.720 --> 0:12:08.280 is just littered with guys like this just are obsessed 0:12:08.320 --> 0:12:11.679 with their craft. And you know, I hate to have 0:12:11.720 --> 0:12:14.120 a team here this because we're supposed to hate each other, 0:12:14.120 --> 0:12:17.360 and I do hate him. But you know when when 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:19.000 you when you have a guy like a team Hicks 0:12:19.080 --> 0:12:20.840 is in the weight room carrying it up every day, 0:12:20.880 --> 0:12:23.920 and who's at practice just bullying guys. That's the kind 0:12:23.960 --> 0:12:27.040 of things that that's the kind of things that really 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:31.240 emanate throughout a locker room. And a Roquan Smith I mentioned, 0:12:31.280 --> 0:12:33.760 he's just such a tireless worker and he's so serious 0:12:33.800 --> 0:12:36.560 about his craft. And the list goes on and on 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:38.520 and on and on with our team, and I'm just 0:12:38.600 --> 0:12:40.040 lucky to be a part of a group of guys 0:12:40.080 --> 0:12:42.880 like that. Kyle along our guest down Bears All Access 0:12:42.920 --> 0:12:45.760 on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score with Tom 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:48.680 Thare and Jim Miller. I'm Jeff Joniak Kyle back to 0:12:48.679 --> 0:12:51.320 the wait thing? What is it? Kyle Long? At three 0:12:51.440 --> 0:12:55.520 twenty five do differently on the field? Do you feel 0:12:55.760 --> 0:12:58.360 versus what you said last year at that weight when 0:12:58.400 --> 0:13:01.040 you still you know, came back, you came more productive 0:13:01.040 --> 0:13:03.000 at the end of the season. What do you anticipate. 0:13:03.040 --> 0:13:07.080 How's that going to translate on game day? Well, you know, 0:13:07.120 --> 0:13:09.120 it's not like I didn't think I could play football. 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:11.960 I can still play football. Um. I think being three 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:14.920 twenty five will just help me in regard to my joints, 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:18.440 you know, taking less of a beating. Um. You know 0:13:18.520 --> 0:13:21.280 Tom's been heavier in his life and now he's lean 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:23.040 and lean and mean, and he can tell you that 0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:26.680 he feels better now than he did before. Um, you 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:29.800 know the same. I can excho that same sentiment. Hey, Kyle, 0:13:29.840 --> 0:13:33.600 have you had any guard conversations yet with Cody Whitehair any? 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:37.600 Have you had any Guard center conversations yet with James Daniels, 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:39.960 who we have been told that there probably is going 0:13:40.000 --> 0:13:43.120 to be a position change there. Well, you know, it's 0:13:43.440 --> 0:13:45.720 it's like Area fifty one. There's a lot of secrets, 0:13:45.800 --> 0:13:51.240 but you know it's been good. Uh. We we all 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:53.360 just want to make sure that we're prepared to do 0:13:53.880 --> 0:13:57.120 whatever has asked of us, whatever position that is. I 0:13:57.200 --> 0:13:59.240 think one thing I can count on is not being 0:13:59.280 --> 0:14:02.520 asked to place there for me, because I don't think 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:04.920 they trust me to make the mic calls. You got 0:14:04.920 --> 0:14:07.920 to remember the snap count every time. Yeah, we're going 0:14:07.960 --> 0:14:12.720 on one, bud, But yeah, it's been great And like 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:14.760 I said about those guys, we have a great group 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:19.640 and um, we're lucky to have Harry Leda and obviously 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:22.200 we have tremendous character in this room. It's Ted Larson 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:23.880 back in the weight room. Because you talk about a 0:14:23.880 --> 0:14:26.160 guy that's got a little something in his neck, there's 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:28.160 a guy that you know, plays with the whistle a 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:30.000 couple of training camps and go and made it hard, 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:34.560 you know, made it physical for a Key Nicks. Yeah. Well, 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:36.960 you know, Ted is somebody that takes his craft very 0:14:36.960 --> 0:14:40.240 seriously and we love having him. And obviously you alluded 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:42.960 to the fact that we've had him before and a 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:44.760 lot of the guys in this room know him well. 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:49.880 You know, Letto white Hair myself, we're all buddies with Ted. 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:52.560 You know, I've trained with him in the offseason before. 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:55.720 So it's Bobby Massey played with him in Arizona and 0:14:55.840 --> 0:14:58.640 Brad Sow and you know, we love having him and 0:14:58.680 --> 0:15:02.800 he's an absolute he's a monster. We're happy to having 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:07.000 Kyle Long our guest tonight on Bears All Access. Appreciate 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:09.040 you taking the time. We'll see us soon, Kyle, Thank 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:13.160 you so much. Thanks Kyle, Kyle Long. What are the 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:17.320 starting offensive line for a Bears offensive line coming back intact? Yes, 0:15:17.520 --> 0:15:21.080 maybe a little position change, but the same five guys 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:23.560 should be rack and roll and ready to go when 0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:25.800 we come back. More of Tom there and Jim Miller 0:15:25.840 --> 0:15:28.920 as we continue on Bears All Access on Chicago Sports 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:34.960 Radio six seventy The Score twenty nineteen Middle Night Chicago 0:15:35.000 --> 0:15:38.840 Bears Draft Party held Saturday, April twenty seven, Soldier Field 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:43.080 noon to six. It'll feature on field activities, locker room tours, 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:46.920 player autographs, and of course, live draft coverage and analysis 0:15:46.960 --> 0:15:50.400 from Bears football experts like Tom Thayer. Get your tickets 0:15:50.440 --> 0:15:53.280 today at Chicago Bears dot com slash Draft Party time. 0:15:53.320 --> 0:15:55.280 It's going to be a big crowd over there. Gonna 0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:58.600 have damn pomp paid David Hoff in Chicago from the 0:15:58.760 --> 0:16:04.760 Morning Show. Rather, we're gonna have hub Barkish. Yeah, hub Barkish, 0:16:04.760 --> 0:16:08.080 that's right, hubar Pope Yepkay. So it's gonna be a 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:12.000 good time always, is uh. Even though it's Saturday of 0:16:12.080 --> 0:16:14.600 the draft and the Bears will have not had a 0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:16.600 first or second, will know that they had a third 0:16:16.640 --> 0:16:19.520 round pick, unless Ryan Pace has something else up to sleep. 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:21.840 But it'll be a good time, I'm sure. And a 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:23.640 different way to look at the draft this year for 0:16:23.760 --> 0:16:25.520 US well, I you know, I think they're looking at 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:28.680 the Bears team with high expectations and then hopefully they 0:16:28.720 --> 0:16:31.480 get some players, some pieces to add to the puzzle. 0:16:31.760 --> 0:16:35.320 So I think that the team in which they're entering 0:16:35.320 --> 0:16:38.560 the draft with they're really positive about. And Jim and 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:40.560 I mentioned at the start of the show, you know, 0:16:40.600 --> 0:16:42.800 when you have a first rounder within the first five 0:16:42.920 --> 0:16:46.320 or ten draft picks, you know there's twenty five to 0:16:46.440 --> 0:16:49.320 thirty guys that you dream about coming to the Bears. Here, 0:16:49.320 --> 0:16:53.920 it's not necessarily dreaming or hoping for some miracle rookie 0:16:53.960 --> 0:16:57.160 coming in. It's about getting these guys that can come 0:16:57.200 --> 0:17:01.480 in establish themselves on their their first year, but also 0:17:01.560 --> 0:17:04.920 be competitors. And I'm still excited about the draft, but 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:08.560 you know, I'm more excited about the Bears football team 0:17:08.640 --> 0:17:12.679 than I am the draft. Yeah, I mean, well, you 0:17:12.760 --> 0:17:14.760 just look at areas of focus. I mean, you know, 0:17:14.800 --> 0:17:17.040 you still have the ability to get good players even 0:17:17.040 --> 0:17:19.080 if you're selecting in the third round. I think Ryan 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:21.919 Pace has been really an example of that of players 0:17:21.920 --> 0:17:24.359 that he's picked in the later rounds of the draft. 0:17:24.440 --> 0:17:27.200 And who knows, you say this every year, good good 0:17:27.200 --> 0:17:29.720 guys fall. You know what happens all the time. I 0:17:29.720 --> 0:17:31.680 don't know the A is the Penn State running back? 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:34.840 Will he potentially be available there in the third round 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:37.560 because I do and believe that the Bears are looking 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:40.560 for a bigger back, and uh, you know that those areas. 0:17:40.600 --> 0:17:42.359 You just look at the guys that they've visited with 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:46.000 the kid out of Temple Armstead, he's the guy that's 0:17:46.040 --> 0:17:48.040 been in there. He was down at the Reesas Senior Bowl. 0:17:48.520 --> 0:17:50.879 Sanders is a back that, granted he may be a 0:17:50.880 --> 0:17:53.800 one year wonder at Penn State, he performed pretty well 0:17:54.320 --> 0:17:57.040 in the place a sa Quon Barkley. So there's there's 0:17:57.040 --> 0:17:59.159 gonna be good players there that they'll be able to 0:17:59.160 --> 0:18:01.639 target pick up and will definitely add value to the 0:18:01.720 --> 0:18:04.639 to the team and potentially could be impactful players. Jim's 0:18:04.680 --> 0:18:06.800 like a tarikohen who was a later on. Sorry Jim 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:09.000 and Jeff, I mean, when you look at the assessment 0:18:09.040 --> 0:18:12.040 of the backs, is it gonna be their ability to 0:18:12.200 --> 0:18:16.399 catch or is it gonna be their size? Because to me, 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:20.280 I just keep thinking of coach Naggy and the running 0:18:20.280 --> 0:18:24.240 back position is such an important key to the influence 0:18:24.280 --> 0:18:26.639 of this offense and the influence of the defense. So 0:18:26.960 --> 0:18:29.960 when they're looking for a player, what is the assessment 0:18:30.400 --> 0:18:33.080 that they're looking for, And to me, I think it's 0:18:33.160 --> 0:18:37.080 past catching ability. Yeah, I definitely think it's a triple threat. 0:18:37.160 --> 0:18:39.320 I think that's what they need. And not that you 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:42.720 know nothing against um you know mister Howard, but he 0:18:43.080 --> 0:18:46.160 really wasn't a factor out of the backfield in my opinion. 0:18:46.200 --> 0:18:48.119 You know, more of a downhill runner, and he was 0:18:48.119 --> 0:18:50.720 a great one, don't get me wrong, and hopefully he'll 0:18:50.760 --> 0:18:53.000 do great things in Philadelphia. But I think it's a 0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:56.200 triple threat, a guy who could run, block, and catch 0:18:56.240 --> 0:18:59.679 the football. And that's what Sanders has done, you know 0:18:59.760 --> 0:19:02.200 at Penn State. That's kind of how that offense is structured. 0:19:02.240 --> 0:19:04.520 He's a bigger back, but yet it's a spread attack 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:06.720 where he gets the ball quite a bit out of 0:19:06.720 --> 0:19:08.760 the backfield. I think'll just a lot of these running 0:19:08.760 --> 0:19:11.919 backs are geared this way, you know, even you know, 0:19:12.000 --> 0:19:14.560 you look at Kareem Hunt, what he did you know 0:19:14.640 --> 0:19:17.000 from his college days and how he had a huge 0:19:17.040 --> 0:19:20.120 impact in the Kansas City Chiefs as a third round 0:19:20.119 --> 0:19:24.159 pick is pretty amazing. So there is some things that translate. 0:19:24.400 --> 0:19:26.640 And obviously these bigger backs that can catch the ball 0:19:26.640 --> 0:19:29.080 in the backfield I think is almost a necessity now 0:19:29.080 --> 0:19:31.720 in the NFL. Well then, and the other important part 0:19:31.720 --> 0:19:34.600 of that is, yeah, you can guys that can get 0:19:34.600 --> 0:19:36.200 in the flat and make a catch and tear in 0:19:36.240 --> 0:19:38.880 their shoulders, get square and get upfield, break tackles, get 0:19:39.520 --> 0:19:42.359 a mismatch on a linebacker or whatnot. Is great. But 0:19:43.160 --> 0:19:46.000 also the untold story of how they run those routes, 0:19:46.200 --> 0:19:50.080 what types of routes are they equipped to run in 0:19:50.080 --> 0:19:53.159 this particular offense. I think the more they can do 0:19:53.240 --> 0:19:55.840 in terms of their route running and their ability to 0:19:55.920 --> 0:19:58.520 be used will be of interest to Matt Naggie. And 0:19:58.640 --> 0:20:01.560