WEBVTT - Building the Bears' coaching staff | Bears Weekly 0:00:01.800 --> 0:00:05.960 Welcome in to Bears Weekly, powered by IGS Energy, a 0:00:06.120 --> 0:00:09.920 Chicago Bears network production. Bears Weekly is brought to you 0:00:10.000 --> 0:00:15.880 by Advocate Healthcare, Athletico Physical Therapy, C D. Jolligan, Connie's Pizza, 0:00:16.200 --> 0:00:21.320 IGS Energy, and Mellerliant. Here are your hosts, Jeff Chiliac 0:00:21.560 --> 0:00:25.079 aka the Mayor of Bearsville and is sidekick Tom the 0:00:25.280 --> 0:00:26.440 Surfmaster Thayer. 0:00:27.400 --> 0:00:31.680 Well, things are popping, They are popping. Bears are adding 0:00:31.840 --> 0:00:37.080 coordinators and coaches, Senior Bowl activities wrapping up today in 0:00:37.280 --> 0:00:40.640 mobile we'll hear from Jim Miller, former Bears quarterback, who's 0:00:40.640 --> 0:00:42.720 on the scene there and getting ready to call the 0:00:42.760 --> 0:00:46.159 game on Saturday. And you got the Shrine Bowl tonight. 0:00:46.240 --> 0:00:50.040 So lot's going on and off season football is about 0:00:50.040 --> 0:00:51.840 as fun as you can get without playing a game. 0:00:52.159 --> 0:00:55.160 I'm Jeff jonnyak Long, my broadcast partner, super Bowl winning 0:00:55.200 --> 0:00:58.280 Bears guard Tom Thayer. Thanks to Justin Pottinger, are in 0:00:58.360 --> 0:01:01.200 studio producer tonight, Dan b Jordan Trudip for helping us 0:01:01.200 --> 0:01:04.280 out as well. Eric Ostrowski, the executive producer of the 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:07.040 Bears Radio Network. Time am I correct. It's been an 0:01:07.160 --> 0:01:10.039 enjoyable things are just starting to roll. In the right direction. 0:01:10.120 --> 0:01:13.040 You know, you get through the season, you're thinking, oh man, 0:01:13.080 --> 0:01:13.440 you need. 0:01:13.360 --> 0:01:16.240 A little break. No, it's go time, let's go. 0:01:16.640 --> 0:01:19.959 There is no off season between you know, Ryan Poles 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:23.400 and Kevin Warren and their whole staff getting the head 0:01:23.440 --> 0:01:26.720 coach in there as quickly as they did. And now 0:01:26.800 --> 0:01:30.600 the whole process of putting together a staff, it's you know, 0:01:30.959 --> 0:01:33.880 day to day you're kind kind of searching for who 0:01:33.959 --> 0:01:36.480 it's gonna be. And then after they put the guys 0:01:36.520 --> 0:01:39.880 in place, you kind of become familiar with their background 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:43.200 a little bit. And excuse me, who some of their 0:01:43.240 --> 0:01:46.880 mentors are. And like you said, now you've got college 0:01:46.920 --> 0:01:49.480 All star games on and you have to pay attention 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:52.200 to them because what do the Bears have seven draft 0:01:52.280 --> 0:01:55.200 choices this year and they have some high and up 0:01:55.240 --> 0:01:56.880 and enough in the draft that you got to look 0:01:56.880 --> 0:01:59.960 at these kids who are practicing all week and playing 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:03.000 trying if you can become familiar with some of the 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:06.840 positions that you desire even though you're not making the choices. 0:02:07.000 --> 0:02:10.120 Yeah, a lot of good stuff. Coordinators introduced today by Zoom. 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:11.120 They're in the building. 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:16.360 Ed Hallishaw defensive coordinator, Dennis Allen, Declan Doyle, the offensive 0:02:16.360 --> 0:02:19.079 coordinator coming over from the Denver Broncos, is tight end 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:22.359 coach over there and now will help construct the game 0:02:22.400 --> 0:02:25.519 plan with the head coach Ben Johnson. It's another set 0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:28.200 of eyes, another set of ears, another game planner there. 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:31.680 And Richard high Tower remains the special teams coordinator. All 0:02:31.720 --> 0:02:34.160 three spoke today. We'll hear some chunks of those throughout 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:37.240 the course of this evening. Let's start on just the 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:39.600 three Tommy and I know you and I did a 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:40.799 podcast earlier today. 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:44.560 Let's just start with Doyle first. Because you really like 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:46.800 the idea that a tight end coach. You like tight 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:47.440 end coaches. 0:02:48.080 --> 0:02:50.480 I really like tight end coaches as they climb the 0:02:50.600 --> 0:02:54.800 ladder of coaching inside the NFL because I think one 0:02:54.919 --> 0:02:58.840 position on the offensive side of the ball that deals 0:02:58.880 --> 0:03:03.000 with every element into fundamental football is the tight end coach. 0:03:03.600 --> 0:03:05.920 Because you got to think you have multiple tight ends, 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:08.480 not all of them look the same. You have a 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:11.280 tight end that's in a three point stance at the 0:03:11.360 --> 0:03:13.960 point of attack. Then you have a tight end that 0:03:14.040 --> 0:03:17.320 could be on the backside and could have backside running 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:18.800 game responsibilities. 0:03:19.240 --> 0:03:20.400 Then you have tight. 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:23.520 Ends that are in the h back position, and possibly 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:26.440 put in motion. Then you have tight ends that line 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:29.639 up at the full back position again point of attack 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:33.119 football players. Then you have tight ends that are involved 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:35.840 in the passing game, and they have to be familiar 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:39.960 with the entire route tree. So every single element that's 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:45.000 involved in offensive fundamental football they have to become familiar with. 0:03:45.480 --> 0:03:48.800 And so when you're talking about their inclusion in the 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:53.080 entire offensive game planning, I think they really benefit from 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:56.440 being a tight ends coach before they ever get elevated 0:03:56.480 --> 0:03:58.280 to that offensive coordinator position. 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:02.720 From Mobile Alabama and it's former Chicago Bear quarterback, I'm serious. 0:04:02.800 --> 0:04:07.120 X MNFL Radio Jim Miller covering practices all week there. Jim, 0:04:07.240 --> 0:04:09.360 thanks for joining us. I know you're swamped over there, 0:04:09.400 --> 0:04:12.280 so appreciate it. We're just talking about the three coordinators 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:16.520 introduced today, Decklan Doyle on the offensive side, mister Hike 0:04:16.600 --> 0:04:18.800 Tower back on special teams. And I want you to 0:04:18.839 --> 0:04:21.440 talk about Dennis Allen. I'm sure you've interviewed him many 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:24.200 many a time as a head coach to head coaching positions, 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:27.200 leaving the Saints and coming over to the Bears. I 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:31.640 interviewed him today at Hatis Hall. He looked energized, refreshed 0:04:31.680 --> 0:04:33.799 and thrilled to be in a building with such history 0:04:34.000 --> 0:04:34.880 here at Hallis Hall. 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:35.920 Yeah. 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:39.080 I mean, obviously Dennis Allen, he is a very experienced 0:04:39.080 --> 0:04:42.640 coach at obviously at the defensive coordinator at level. Yeah, 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:45.800 he's had a couple of failed stops as a head coach, 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:49.080 and you know, part of it was some things weren't 0:04:49.120 --> 0:04:53.160 right out and at that point it was the Oakland 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:55.279 Raiders at that point, I'd say the same thing for 0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:59.560 New Orleans. Obviously there was a transition from Sean Payton 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:02.880 today Allen and it didn't work out. But he is 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:05.080 very decorative. For you to go look at his defenses. 0:05:05.400 --> 0:05:06.600 He has some of the best. 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:09.599 Numbers against Tom Brady. His defenses have always been fierce 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:12.320 and that's why I think he was selected. And obviously 0:05:12.360 --> 0:05:16.120 he's got a relationship with Ben Johnson. I would say 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:19.479 the same with Declan Doyle. Doyle is a very good coach. 0:05:19.640 --> 0:05:21.560 But I think we know a lot of the offense 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:24.400 is going to go through Ben Johnson is going to 0:05:24.440 --> 0:05:25.200 be my take. 0:05:25.040 --> 0:05:27.039 On that, Yes, they are constructing it. 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:30.480 And my impression of Declan a very intelligent young man 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:32.560 at twenty eight years of age, he's been. 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:35.880 I know it sounds crazy, but he has been coaching for. 0:05:35.880 --> 0:05:39.760 Ten ten years at different levels, of course, and different teams, 0:05:39.800 --> 0:05:43.440 but he got the coaching bug and he's diving right in. 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:45.839 Jim. Have you met him before in the past. 0:05:46.600 --> 0:05:47.039 I have not. 0:05:47.240 --> 0:05:50.760 I've met his dad obviously with what went down at 0:05:50.800 --> 0:05:54.520 Iowa and you know, down in Jacksonville with him. But 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:58.640 you know, there's it's not the all story. I don't 0:05:58.640 --> 0:06:01.359 think the whole story came out's got nothing to do 0:06:01.440 --> 0:06:03.680 with that. He's an excellent coach. I know there's been 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:06.080 some backlash, but he is a fine coach and he's 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:08.320 going to be very good and he's going to continue 0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:10.240 to grow, and like I said, a lot of it 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:11.880 is going to be Ben Johnson. 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:14.839 And Tom high Tower also very excited. And you know 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:18.240 what impressed me about Richard hight Tower the connection he 0:06:18.279 --> 0:06:21.320 has with his players. Those guys come from both sides 0:06:21.360 --> 0:06:24.880 of the ball obviously save for the operation, the kicker, 0:06:24.920 --> 0:06:27.679 the punter, and the long snapper, but he's really developed 0:06:27.680 --> 0:06:30.960 a deep relationship with these guys. There are impact players 0:06:31.000 --> 0:06:33.240 on that side of the ball, and you know, it's 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:35.400 another set of eyes and ears that have been here 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:38.159 that can really, as you said, kind of take the 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:42.360 baton from the past and introduce Ben Johnson to some 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:44.880 of the intricacies of what's in the building. 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:47.120 And from a player perspective, well. 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:48.760 The first thing I would do is I would sit 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:53.800 down with Ben Johnson in Declan Doyle and Dennis Allen, 0:06:54.120 --> 0:06:56.440 and I would sit in a room with high Tower 0:06:56.720 --> 0:06:59.160 and he would have the floor, and he. 0:06:59.080 --> 0:07:01.680 Would kind of playing a little bit about. 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:04.800 Each and every one of these players that I need 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:08.640 to get to know with a pre introduction before he 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:11.240 ever shake hands or meet him face to face, see 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:13.200 him on the field, see him in the meeting room, 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:16.000 and you give me a little bit of an understanding 0:07:16.040 --> 0:07:18.640 of who they are, what they're about, what they need 0:07:18.680 --> 0:07:22.160 to improve at, and what is their strengths and their concerns. 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:25.280 Because I think when you are a special teams coach 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:27.720 a lot like a tight ends coach, you work with 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:33.360 every element of professional football, fundamental football, and so I 0:07:33.360 --> 0:07:36.560 think the biggest asset right now is having a guy 0:07:36.680 --> 0:07:40.320 like Richard high Tower in the building that can cut 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:43.840 to the chase and expedite the introduction of all these 0:07:43.880 --> 0:07:46.800 players to the head coach and to the coordinators. 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:49.240 One of the things that I'm also picking up with 0:07:49.320 --> 0:07:51.920 they're laying down, Jim, is that they're all talking from 0:07:51.960 --> 0:07:54.679 the same playbook, so to speak, so that what they want, 0:07:54.800 --> 0:07:57.560 you know, and everybody wants this obviously, but you got 0:07:57.600 --> 0:08:03.840 to speak it into existence. Tough team, physical, team, attacking, aggressive, communicative, 0:08:04.840 --> 0:08:06.920 any any word you want to throw on the table 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:09.360 that would imply, hey, we're gonna we're gonna be a 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:11.480 tough out when you come to Soldier Field or when 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:14.040 when we come into your building and we're gonna build 0:08:14.040 --> 0:08:16.160 a winning culture based on those principles. 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:20.000 Well, all those stuff, all those things that are said, 0:08:20.440 --> 0:08:22.239 you got to make sure you do it right away. 0:08:22.680 --> 0:08:25.640 If you're gonna say those things, what you better expect it, 0:08:25.720 --> 0:08:28.520 you better demand it. And I think we know from 0:08:28.600 --> 0:08:31.800 recent experience that it wasn't demanded. And that's why an 0:08:31.800 --> 0:08:34.720 auspensive coordinator was fired after nine weeks because it wasn't 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:37.360 done right the first time when it was installed. So 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:39.880 if you're going to talk big like that, you got 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:41.600 to back it up, You got to follow it up, 0:08:41.600 --> 0:08:43.760 and you got to do it every single day where 0:08:43.800 --> 0:08:47.480 it becomes rope memory, so to speak, that you know 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:51.200 what the expectation level is what your job is and 0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:53.880 what you have to do to execute to get it done. 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:58.320 Tom, how impactful will it have been for Declan Doyle 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:02.800 to be what he as being now for head coach 0:09:02.960 --> 0:09:06.679 Ben Johnson when he observed Joe Lombardi and Pete Carmichael 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:12.160 in New Orleans to help out the offensive coordinator, that 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:15.440 excuse me, help out the head coach by being the 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:17.040 offensive quarter but not the play caller. 0:09:18.040 --> 0:09:18.319 Listen. 0:09:18.360 --> 0:09:20.800 I think every observation that you have during the course 0:09:20.840 --> 0:09:23.560 of a football season, when you sit in meeting rooms 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:27.240 with whomever the position coach is, the offensive coordinator, the 0:09:27.280 --> 0:09:30.720 head coach, the special teams coach, you better take something 0:09:30.760 --> 0:09:34.280 from every single time you were amongst the entire team, 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:37.000 and you had to learn a lot from Sean Payton, 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:39.200 and you learn a lot from every stop that you've 0:09:39.200 --> 0:09:42.560 been at. And I think that's when you look at 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:45.720 these young developing coaches. You know Ben Johnson's thirty eight 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:50.040 in Declan Doyle's twenty eight, even though there's a ten 0:09:50.120 --> 0:09:53.760 year separation, You think of everything that Ben Johnson has 0:09:53.840 --> 0:09:57.360 learned in that ten year period, in what Declan Doyle's 0:09:57.400 --> 0:09:59.800 gonna learn in the next ten years. But how much 0:09:59.840 --> 0:10:02.560 you he learned up until this point because he is 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:06.720 a lifetime decorated, invested coach. And I think from the 0:10:06.920 --> 0:10:10.000 time that you get your first job, that you start 0:10:10.040 --> 0:10:14.559 putting information away. And it's like Ben Johnson talking about 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:19.800 when he was the what's the coaching title, the operations 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:23.840 director or what he was on the offensive side of 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:26.400 the ball when he first got to Detroit and how 0:10:26.480 --> 0:10:29.720 much he invested himself in that position and then he 0:10:29.760 --> 0:10:33.439 got into a to be a position coach, and then 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:36.560 he just continued to climb that ladder. I think every 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:38.520 one of these coaches, Jeff that we got to know 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:42.000 and Jim over the last thirty years, when you're getting 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:44.439 ready to invest the rest of your life and being 0:10:44.480 --> 0:10:49.360 a football coach, you're taking something from every single stop, 0:10:49.480 --> 0:10:51.040 every single step that you take. 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:53.760 All right, excited about taking all these guys to the 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:56.800 next level. That's Tom Thayer, I'm Jeff, Joniek Jim Miller 0:10:56.840 --> 0:10:59.480 with us from Mobile, Alabama. Coming up next, we'll hear 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:02.840 some of the new Conference what defensive coordinator Dennis Allen 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:05.480 today on Zoom. We'll also get Jim's perspective over the 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:07.719 course of the show tonight on what's been going on 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:11.000 down to Mobile, who's looking good and who could be 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:14.240 potential candidates for the Chicago Bears down the road. This 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:16.480 is Bears Weekly on the ESPN one thousand and the 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:26.080 Bears Radio Network. This segment of Bears Weekly is brought 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:29.319 to you by Igs Entergy, Jeff Joniak, Tom Thayer, and 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:32.080 Jim Miller down at Mobile, Alabama at the Senior Ball 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:33.199 holding up tonight. 0:11:33.200 --> 0:11:35.760 Aren't we big? Jim? I know you always got big plans. 0:11:36.960 --> 0:11:41.240 No, we're staying in tonight. We're all good. We got 0:11:41.240 --> 0:11:42.319 a lot of work to do tomorrow. 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:43.640 Yes, yes, indeed. 0:11:44.080 --> 0:11:46.520 What has been your impression of how it's worked out 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:49.120 this week? Tom and I talked about it today. We've 0:11:49.120 --> 0:11:53.440 both been obviously watching intently. I think it's been great. 0:11:53.480 --> 0:11:57.120 I think my opinion only. I'll let Tom speak for himself. Jim, 0:11:57.120 --> 0:12:00.599 the line of scrimmage has been fun to watch on outside, 0:12:00.679 --> 0:12:03.160 some really fun battles. 0:12:03.360 --> 0:12:07.160 I thought the practices were very well done and a 0:12:07.200 --> 0:12:10.320 lot of competition, a lot of team drills, a lot 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:13.479 of really good evaluation for scouts. 0:12:13.640 --> 0:12:17.280 What's your thought, Yeah, there's a you know, in the trenches. 0:12:17.360 --> 0:12:19.440 It's really good down here. A lot of good offensive 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:23.959 linemen like Murray Jones, the left tackle from LSU. He 0:12:24.040 --> 0:12:27.480 really has done a nice job. Obviously, the big name 0:12:27.559 --> 0:12:30.960 that everybody's been talking about is Tayleem. You know, this 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:33.560 guy is just Gray's Abel. Excuse me, it is who 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:36.080 I'm thinking of. Grey's Abel from North Dakota State. This 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:39.920 guy is pretty much stalemated everybody. He's been rag Dollan 0:12:40.040 --> 0:12:43.200 guys and here. This is an FCS player and he 0:12:43.280 --> 0:12:45.800 has physically looked the strongest as an offensive lineman. I 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:50.640 think he'll project as a center. He can play for positions, 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:52.679 but I think he'll be a center at the end 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:55.000 of the day. On the defensive side of the ball, yeah, 0:12:55.080 --> 0:12:59.040 pass rushers have been great guys like Walter Nolan down 0:12:59.080 --> 0:13:02.720 here from miss He has shown his wars. Unfortunately, Mike 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:04.760 Green just backed out of the game. He's had a 0:13:04.800 --> 0:13:08.000 great week out of Marshall. He's also an undersized pass 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:10.720 rusher has done well. And then you got big guys 0:13:10.760 --> 0:13:13.680 on the d line like Jamari Caldwell from Oregon. He 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:16.200 carries a lot of beef at three p forty and 0:13:16.520 --> 0:13:19.080 Dealan Walker as well from Kentucky has been a load 0:13:19.120 --> 0:13:20.600 as well as a defensive tackle. 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:22.680 You know, Jim as much as I like to watch 0:13:22.720 --> 0:13:25.080 the offense and defensive line, and I paid attention to 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:25.959 him all week. 0:13:26.600 --> 0:13:27.720 There's always a position. 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:30.720 A quarterback at All Star games interest me because they're 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:33.640 not the marquee guys. But you know, one of those 0:13:33.800 --> 0:13:37.800 quarterbacks is gonna make an NFL team and then eventually 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:42.679 they're gonna create an opportunity for themselves. And you know, 0:13:42.720 --> 0:13:45.959 I'm not overly enamored with the Notre Dame kid Leonard. 0:13:46.400 --> 0:13:48.800 You know, he's a hard kid, he runs the ball Hart. 0:13:49.080 --> 0:13:52.280 I like the guy from Louisville. The guy from Ole 0:13:52.400 --> 0:13:55.560 miss interests me. But if you look at all the 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:58.160 quarterbacks that have been down there this week, is there 0:13:58.200 --> 0:14:01.200 any one of them that you do you think could 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:04.239 possibly make an NFL career for himself. 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:08.280 I think this is a pretty bleak group. I think 0:14:08.400 --> 0:14:11.920 Jackson Dart, who you mentioned from Ole Mills, because he's 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:15.720 well coached by Lane Kiffin. He knows a lot of 0:14:15.720 --> 0:14:19.280 the x'es and o's and what NFL offensive coordinators are 0:14:19.320 --> 0:14:22.160 looking to execute just from Lane. But I don't think 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:25.200 his arm is overpower for powering or anything like that 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:27.520 he may work. You know, he's probably going to be 0:14:27.560 --> 0:14:30.360 one of the top quarterbacks I would think at the 0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:31.600 end of the day. And I know a lot of 0:14:31.600 --> 0:14:34.880 people are enamored with him. I get enamored by this though. 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:41.800 Tom is Taylor Eggersmack. He's from Lawier College up in Canada. 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:46.040 He's never even played American football. He's always been twelve 0:14:46.080 --> 0:14:50.200 on twelve. So the Ohio State quarterback backs out. He 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:52.760 now comes down here. He gets an invite because of 0:14:52.800 --> 0:14:55.560 his arm. I'll telling you what, man, the first day 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:59.080 he looked lost today and yesterday he did not. He's 0:14:59.120 --> 0:15:01.760 got a big arm and he can make plays. And 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:04.120 I would be interested in this guy if I were 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:05.840 a team and you don't have to take him high. 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:07.880 He could be a six rounder. He could be a 0:15:07.920 --> 0:15:10.160 party or something like that. Because he's new to the game. 0:15:10.520 --> 0:15:12.720 You put him on your practice squad for two years, 0:15:13.000 --> 0:15:16.080 let him develop. He's got an eleit arm. I'm telling 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:18.880 you right now, he's got an elead arm. He's something 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:20.960 that maybe when he needs to be looked at a 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:21.680 little bit more. 0:15:22.080 --> 0:15:24.680 Yeah. Taylor Elgerzma from Lorier. 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:27.760 He threw for four thousand yards and forty touchdowns in 0:15:27.880 --> 0:15:30.920 twenty four there at the college level, they're saying it's 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:33.200 like the FCS level. But you know, one of the 0:15:33.280 --> 0:15:36.400 names that popped up was Tyson Bagent. You know guys 0:15:36.440 --> 0:15:40.200 that you know have a really good athletic background and 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:43.400 have that competitive fire. And he's quoted as saying, Jim, 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:45.880 I've got I'm going to give you a competitive fire 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:47.280 that is unmatched. 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:49.280 I love every part of this game. 0:15:49.920 --> 0:15:53.400 And you know, there's been all sorts of connections with 0:15:53.480 --> 0:15:57.680 this guy. For example, Drake may Bownicks trained by the 0:15:57.720 --> 0:16:02.360 same place he's working with quarterback and that was all 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:05.120 pre draft, so he's getting really good coaching. His coach 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:07.480 was Ben Neil. I'm sure you've heard of him, and 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:10.480 a lot of good things point and he's six four 0:16:10.480 --> 0:16:13.960 and three eight two sixteen, so he has a big quarterback. 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:17.480 Yeah, you know he's somebody. Think about what I just said. 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:20.880 He has never played American football, right, and he comes 0:16:20.920 --> 0:16:23.440 down here. I would be uneasy, Tom. Wouldn't you not 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:25.760 be uneasy when you don't know the rules? Think about it. 0:16:25.960 --> 0:16:29.240 Canada has a wider field that got deeper end zone, 0:16:29.400 --> 0:16:32.440 receivers are in motion. They only play on three downs 0:16:32.520 --> 0:16:35.760 they play with twelve players, not eleven. And this guy 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:38.200 comes down here and says, I talked to him. I said, well, 0:16:38.280 --> 0:16:40.680 weren't you. Didn't you feel uncomfortable that he come down 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:42.560 here and it just really be bad. He goes, I 0:16:42.600 --> 0:16:44.720 don't care. He goes, I don't care. I'll learn it. 0:16:44.760 --> 0:16:46.760 I'll figure it out. He goes on, I'm going to 0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:49.280 come out here and compete. I like that, And he 0:16:49.360 --> 0:16:52.000 has not embarrassed himself at all. 0:16:52.080 --> 0:16:53.520 You know, Jim, you brought it up, though. 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:55.880 I think if you are a quarterback that has arm 0:16:55.960 --> 0:17:00.600 confidence the NFL, you shrink the working atmosphere, you still 0:17:00.640 --> 0:17:03.200 have confidence and what you can do once the ball 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:06.959 is away from your fingertips. So I gotta imagine if 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:09.679 he's playing on a field that's fifty three yards wideer 0:17:09.760 --> 0:17:13.119 a field that's one hundred and ten yards long, he's still. 0:17:12.840 --> 0:17:14.480 Going to have that self confidence. 0:17:14.520 --> 0:17:16.840 And that's what I like out of a guy like that. 0:17:17.080 --> 0:17:20.520 And I'm glad you brought him up because I haven't 0:17:20.560 --> 0:17:24.320 been floored by the quarterback talent, but I would like 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:28.040 to see that guy that's really the dark horse and 0:17:28.080 --> 0:17:32.960 all the quarterback competition, you know, have the confidence to 0:17:33.080 --> 0:17:37.160 form some type of way to get into the NFL. 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:42.320 Yeah, let me throw this at you too. You talk 0:17:42.400 --> 0:17:46.400 about drilling down on things. Seth Henigan, the quarterback at Memphis. 0:17:46.960 --> 0:17:50.760 He is the only FBS quarterback that remained the starter 0:17:51.000 --> 0:17:53.160 with the same team he signed with out of high 0:17:53.160 --> 0:17:57.040 school for all four years. That's crazy. But let me 0:17:57.080 --> 0:17:59.960 tell you this, so I dig deeper. Is grandpa played 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:04.360 in the NFL for the Lions and Jets. His grandfather, Mike. 0:18:05.119 --> 0:18:09.359 He was the captain of the nineteen sixty three Northern 0:18:09.400 --> 0:18:12.840 Illinois ten and oh football team that outscored their opponents 0:18:12.880 --> 0:18:17.240 three thirty seven and ninety seven. With George Bork was 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:20.160 the first college quarterback to throw for three thousand yards. 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:24.000 Do you remember this name, Tom George Bork. Well, he 0:18:24.000 --> 0:18:27.080 played at Arlington High School, but he also played wait, 0:18:27.200 --> 0:18:30.680 he played for the Chicago Owls. They were a pro 0:18:30.800 --> 0:18:33.760 team at Soldier Field before the Bears took it over 0:18:34.240 --> 0:18:36.760 from nineteen sixty seven to sixty nine. I looked up 0:18:36.800 --> 0:18:39.800 the Chicago Owls. They're you can actually buy a jersey 0:18:40.000 --> 0:18:44.160 the Chicago Owls. But anyway, Bob Kuchenberg played on that 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:48.280 team and later became a fourteen year. Great for Don Shielders. 0:18:49.080 --> 0:18:53.840 Rudy Kuchenberg was his brother. He was on the Bears. Jim, 0:18:54.600 --> 0:18:58.959 these connections of football, you go from Denton, Texas to 0:18:59.000 --> 0:18:59.920 the Chicago Owl. 0:19:00.560 --> 0:19:01.560 I can't get enough of it. 0:19:03.160 --> 0:19:05.040 Yeah, it's a lot of fun. You know, it's funny. 0:19:05.040 --> 0:19:07.760 You know, I'm down here. You know Romanovin who I 0:19:07.800 --> 0:19:10.560 played with in Tampa. His son is playing in this game. 0:19:10.680 --> 0:19:14.119 Jason Taylor, the great Miami Dolphin Hall of Famer, his 0:19:14.280 --> 0:19:18.000 son is playing in this game. So yeah, at datya, 0:19:18.880 --> 0:19:21.359 But you know it's good. It just tells you that 0:19:21.440 --> 0:19:24.560 football is it's important in the family. And plus even 0:19:24.600 --> 0:19:28.119 for outside of our country like Canada, there's more and 0:19:28.119 --> 0:19:30.840 more players that are interested. We know the NFL has 0:19:31.119 --> 0:19:34.760 set up an academies and not only the UK but 0:19:34.840 --> 0:19:39.080 also Australia. So I mean they're scouring, you know, everywhere 0:19:39.119 --> 0:19:42.240 to find talent. And Jim Nagy thought it was worthy 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:45.560 to give an an invitation, and I think he's making 0:19:45.600 --> 0:19:48.000 the most of it. When you talk about Seth Henigan, 0:19:48.119 --> 0:19:50.439 I do like Seth Henigan. He's a six foot three, 0:19:50.520 --> 0:19:54.560 two hundred and thirteen pound quarterback, four year starter. You know, 0:19:54.640 --> 0:19:57.160 I think he'll grow up. I think he'll grow into 0:19:57.200 --> 0:19:59.800 be a solid backup. Is where I see him. I don't. 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:03.639 He does everything good but nothing. He does the most 0:20:03.680 --> 0:20:07.080 powerful arm, but he can run an offense and really 0:20:07.160 --> 0:20:09.280 move a team is what he's really been good at. 0:20:09.400 --> 0:20:09.520 All. 0:20:09.600 --> 0:20:12.200 Right, we come back, We'll hit the coordinators. Dennis Allen 0:20:12.320 --> 0:20:14.840 coming up next. This is Bears Weekly on ESPN one 0:20:14.840 --> 0:20:22.040 thousand of the Bears Radio Network. 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