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Speaker 2: Well, things are popping, They are popping. Bears are adding
Speaker 2: coordinators and coaches, Senior Bowl activities wrapping up today in
Speaker 2: mobile we'll hear from Jim Miller, former Bears quarterback, who's
Speaker 2: on the scene there and getting ready to call the
Speaker 2: game on Saturday. And you got the Shrine Bowl tonight.
Speaker 2: So lot's going on and off season football is about
Speaker 2: as fun as you can get without playing a game.
Speaker 2: I'm Jeff jonnyak Long, my broadcast partner, super Bowl winning
Speaker 2: Bears guard Tom Thayer. Thanks to Justin Pottinger, are in
Speaker 2: studio producer tonight, Dan b Jordan Trudip for helping us
Speaker 2: out as well. Eric Ostrowski, the executive producer of the
Speaker 2: Bears Radio Network. Time am I correct. It's been an
Speaker 2: enjoyable things are just starting to roll. In the right direction.
Speaker 2: You know, you get through the season, you're thinking, oh man,
Speaker 2: you need.
Speaker 3: A little break. No, it's go time, let's go.
Speaker 4: There is no off season between you know, Ryan Poles
Speaker 4: and Kevin Warren and their whole staff getting the head
Speaker 4: coach in there as quickly as they did. And now
Speaker 4: the whole process of putting together a staff, it's you know,
Speaker 4: day to day you're kind kind of searching for who
Speaker 4: it's gonna be. And then after they put the guys
Speaker 4: in place, you kind of become familiar with their background
Speaker 4: a little bit. And excuse me, who some of their
Speaker 4: mentors are. And like you said, now you've got college
Speaker 4: All star games on and you have to pay attention
Speaker 4: to them because what do the Bears have seven draft
Speaker 4: choices this year and they have some high and up
Speaker 4: and enough in the draft that you got to look
Speaker 4: at these kids who are practicing all week and playing
Speaker 4: trying if you can become familiar with some of the
Speaker 4: positions that you desire even though you're not making the choices.
Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot of good stuff. Coordinators introduced today by Zoom.
Speaker 3: They're in the building.
Speaker 2: Ed Hallishaw defensive coordinator, Dennis Allen, Declan Doyle, the offensive
Speaker 2: coordinator coming over from the Denver Broncos, is tight end
Speaker 2: coach over there and now will help construct the game
Speaker 2: plan with the head coach Ben Johnson. It's another set
Speaker 2: of eyes, another set of ears, another game planner there.
Speaker 2: And Richard high Tower remains the special teams coordinator. All
Speaker 2: three spoke today. We'll hear some chunks of those throughout
Speaker 2: the course of this evening. Let's start on just the
Speaker 2: three Tommy and I know you and I did a
Speaker 2: podcast earlier today.
Speaker 3: Let's just start with Doyle first. Because you really like
Speaker 3: the idea that a tight end coach. You like tight
Speaker 3: end coaches.
Speaker 4: I really like tight end coaches as they climb the
Speaker 4: ladder of coaching inside the NFL because I think one
Speaker 4: position on the offensive side of the ball that deals
Speaker 4: with every element into fundamental football is the tight end coach.
Speaker 4: Because you got to think you have multiple tight ends,
Speaker 4: not all of them look the same. You have a
Speaker 4: tight end that's in a three point stance at the
Speaker 4: point of attack. Then you have a tight end that
Speaker 4: could be on the backside and could have backside running
Speaker 4: game responsibilities.
Speaker 3: Then you have tight.
Speaker 4: Ends that are in the h back position, and possibly
Speaker 4: put in motion. Then you have tight ends that line
Speaker 4: up at the full back position again point of attack
Speaker 4: football players. Then you have tight ends that are involved
Speaker 4: in the passing game, and they have to be familiar
Speaker 4: with the entire route tree. So every single element that's
Speaker 4: involved in offensive fundamental football they have to become familiar with.
Speaker 4: And so when you're talking about their inclusion in the
Speaker 4: entire offensive game planning, I think they really benefit from
Speaker 4: being a tight ends coach before they ever get elevated
Speaker 4: to that offensive coordinator position.
Speaker 2: From Mobile Alabama and it's former Chicago Bear quarterback, I'm serious.
Speaker 2: X MNFL Radio Jim Miller covering practices all week there. Jim,
Speaker 2: thanks for joining us. I know you're swamped over there,
Speaker 2: so appreciate it. We're just talking about the three coordinators
Speaker 2: introduced today, Decklan Doyle on the offensive side, mister Hike
Speaker 2: Tower back on special teams. And I want you to
Speaker 2: talk about Dennis Allen. I'm sure you've interviewed him many
Speaker 2: many a time as a head coach to head coaching positions,
Speaker 2: leaving the Saints and coming over to the Bears. I
Speaker 2: interviewed him today at Hatis Hall. He looked energized, refreshed
Speaker 2: and thrilled to be in a building with such history
Speaker 2: here at Hallis Hall.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 6: I mean, obviously Dennis Allen, he is a very experienced
Speaker 6: coach at obviously at the defensive coordinator at level. Yeah,
Speaker 6: he's had a couple of failed stops as a head coach,
Speaker 6: and you know, part of it was some things weren't
Speaker 6: right out and at that point it was the Oakland
Speaker 6: Raiders at that point, I'd say the same thing for
Speaker 6: New Orleans. Obviously there was a transition from Sean Payton
Speaker 6: today Allen and it didn't work out. But he is
Speaker 6: very decorative. For you to go look at his defenses.
Speaker 7: He has some of the best.
Speaker 6: Numbers against Tom Brady. His defenses have always been fierce
Speaker 6: and that's why I think he was selected. And obviously
Speaker 6: he's got a relationship with Ben Johnson. I would say
Speaker 6: the same with Declan Doyle. Doyle is a very good coach.
Speaker 6: But I think we know a lot of the offense
Speaker 6: is going to go through Ben Johnson is going to
Speaker 6: be my take.
Speaker 3: On that, Yes, they are constructing it.
Speaker 2: And my impression of Declan a very intelligent young man
Speaker 2: at twenty eight years of age, he's been.
Speaker 3: I know it sounds crazy, but he has been coaching for.
Speaker 2: Ten ten years at different levels, of course, and different teams,
Speaker 2: but he got the coaching bug and he's diving right in.
Speaker 3: Jim. Have you met him before in the past.
Speaker 7: I have not.
Speaker 6: I've met his dad obviously with what went down at
Speaker 6: Iowa and you know, down in Jacksonville with him. But
Speaker 6: you know, there's it's not the all story. I don't
Speaker 6: think the whole story came out's got nothing to do
Speaker 6: with that. He's an excellent coach. I know there's been
Speaker 6: some backlash, but he is a fine coach and he's
Speaker 6: going to be very good and he's going to continue
Speaker 6: to grow, and like I said, a lot of it
Speaker 6: is going to be Ben Johnson.
Speaker 2: And Tom high Tower also very excited. And you know
Speaker 2: what impressed me about Richard hight Tower the connection he
Speaker 2: has with his players. Those guys come from both sides
Speaker 2: of the ball obviously save for the operation, the kicker,
Speaker 2: the punter, and the long snapper, but he's really developed
Speaker 2: a deep relationship with these guys. There are impact players
Speaker 2: on that side of the ball, and you know, it's
Speaker 2: another set of eyes and ears that have been here
Speaker 2: that can really, as you said, kind of take the
Speaker 2: baton from the past and introduce Ben Johnson to some
Speaker 2: of the intricacies of what's in the building.
Speaker 3: And from a player perspective, well.
Speaker 4: The first thing I would do is I would sit
Speaker 4: down with Ben Johnson in Declan Doyle and Dennis Allen,
Speaker 4: and I would sit in a room with high Tower
Speaker 4: and he would have the floor, and he.
Speaker 3: Would kind of playing a little bit about.
Speaker 4: Each and every one of these players that I need
Speaker 4: to get to know with a pre introduction before he
Speaker 4: ever shake hands or meet him face to face, see
Speaker 4: him on the field, see him in the meeting room,
Speaker 4: and you give me a little bit of an understanding
Speaker 4: of who they are, what they're about, what they need
Speaker 4: to improve at, and what is their strengths and their concerns.
Speaker 4: Because I think when you are a special teams coach
Speaker 4: a lot like a tight ends coach, you work with
Speaker 4: every element of professional football, fundamental football, and so I
Speaker 4: think the biggest asset right now is having a guy
Speaker 4: like Richard high Tower in the building that can cut
Speaker 4: to the chase and expedite the introduction of all these
Speaker 4: players to the head coach and to the coordinators.
Speaker 2: One of the things that I'm also picking up with
Speaker 2: they're laying down, Jim, is that they're all talking from
Speaker 2: the same playbook, so to speak, so that what they want,
Speaker 2: you know, and everybody wants this obviously, but you got
Speaker 2: to speak it into existence. Tough team, physical, team, attacking, aggressive, communicative,
Speaker 2: any any word you want to throw on the table
Speaker 2: that would imply, hey, we're gonna we're gonna be a
Speaker 2: tough out when you come to Soldier Field or when
Speaker 2: when we come into your building and we're gonna build
Speaker 2: a winning culture based on those principles.
Speaker 6: Well, all those stuff, all those things that are said,
Speaker 6: you got to make sure you do it right away.
Speaker 6: If you're gonna say those things, what you better expect it,
Speaker 6: you better demand it. And I think we know from
Speaker 6: recent experience that it wasn't demanded. And that's why an
Speaker 6: auspensive coordinator was fired after nine weeks because it wasn't
Speaker 6: done right the first time when it was installed. So
Speaker 6: if you're going to talk big like that, you got
Speaker 6: to back it up, You got to follow it up,
Speaker 6: and you got to do it every single day where
Speaker 6: it becomes rope memory, so to speak, that you know
Speaker 6: what the expectation level is what your job is and
Speaker 6: what you have to do to execute to get it done.
Speaker 2: Tom, how impactful will it have been for Declan Doyle
Speaker 2: to be what he as being now for head coach
Speaker 2: Ben Johnson when he observed Joe Lombardi and Pete Carmichael
Speaker 2: in New Orleans to help out the offensive coordinator, that
Speaker 2: excuse me, help out the head coach by being the
Speaker 2: offensive quarter but not the play caller.
Speaker 8: Listen.
Speaker 4: I think every observation that you have during the course
Speaker 4: of a football season, when you sit in meeting rooms
Speaker 4: with whomever the position coach is, the offensive coordinator, the
Speaker 4: head coach, the special teams coach, you better take something
Speaker 4: from every single time you were amongst the entire team,
Speaker 4: and you had to learn a lot from Sean Payton,
Speaker 4: and you learn a lot from every stop that you've
Speaker 4: been at. And I think that's when you look at
Speaker 4: these young developing coaches. You know Ben Johnson's thirty eight
Speaker 4: in Declan Doyle's twenty eight, even though there's a ten
Speaker 4: year separation, You think of everything that Ben Johnson has
Speaker 4: learned in that ten year period, in what Declan Doyle's
Speaker 4: gonna learn in the next ten years. But how much
Speaker 4: you he learned up until this point because he is
Speaker 4: a lifetime decorated, invested coach. And I think from the
Speaker 4: time that you get your first job, that you start
Speaker 4: putting information away. And it's like Ben Johnson talking about
Speaker 4: when he was the what's the coaching title, the operations
Speaker 4: director or what he was on the offensive side of
Speaker 4: the ball when he first got to Detroit and how
Speaker 4: much he invested himself in that position and then he
Speaker 4: got into a to be a position coach, and then
Speaker 4: he just continued to climb that ladder. I think every
Speaker 4: one of these coaches, Jeff that we got to know
Speaker 4: and Jim over the last thirty years, when you're getting
Speaker 4: ready to invest the rest of your life and being
Speaker 4: a football coach, you're taking something from every single stop,
Speaker 4: every single step that you take.
Speaker 2: All right, excited about taking all these guys to the
Speaker 2: next level. That's Tom Thayer, I'm Jeff, Joniek Jim Miller
Speaker 2: with us from Mobile, Alabama. Coming up next, we'll hear
Speaker 2: some of the new Conference what defensive coordinator Dennis Allen
Speaker 2: today on Zoom. We'll also get Jim's perspective over the
Speaker 2: course of the show tonight on what's been going on
Speaker 2: down to Mobile, who's looking good and who could be
Speaker 2: potential candidates for the Chicago Bears down the road. This
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Speaker 2: Jim Miller down at Mobile, Alabama at the Senior Ball
Speaker 2: holding up tonight.
Speaker 3: Aren't we big? Jim? I know you always got big plans.
Speaker 6: No, we're staying in tonight. We're all good. We got
Speaker 6: a lot of work to do tomorrow.
Speaker 3: Yes, yes, indeed.
Speaker 2: What has been your impression of how it's worked out
Speaker 2: this week? Tom and I talked about it today. We've
Speaker 2: both been obviously watching intently. I think it's been great.
Speaker 2: I think my opinion only. I'll let Tom speak for himself. Jim,
Speaker 2: the line of scrimmage has been fun to watch on outside,
Speaker 2: some really fun battles.
Speaker 3: I thought the practices were very well done and a
Speaker 3: lot of competition, a lot of team drills, a lot
Speaker 3: of really good evaluation for scouts.
Speaker 6: What's your thought, Yeah, there's a you know, in the trenches.
Speaker 6: It's really good down here. A lot of good offensive
Speaker 6: linemen like Murray Jones, the left tackle from LSU. He
Speaker 6: really has done a nice job. Obviously, the big name
Speaker 6: that everybody's been talking about is Tayleem. You know, this
Speaker 6: guy is just Gray's Abel. Excuse me, it is who
Speaker 6: I'm thinking of. Grey's Abel from North Dakota State. This
Speaker 6: guy is pretty much stalemated everybody. He's been rag Dollan
Speaker 6: guys and here. This is an FCS player and he
Speaker 6: has physically looked the strongest as an offensive lineman. I
Speaker 6: think he'll project as a center. He can play for positions,
Speaker 6: but I think he'll be a center at the end
Speaker 6: of the day. On the defensive side of the ball, yeah,
Speaker 6: pass rushers have been great guys like Walter Nolan down
Speaker 6: here from miss He has shown his wars. Unfortunately, Mike
Speaker 6: Green just backed out of the game. He's had a
Speaker 6: great week out of Marshall. He's also an undersized pass
Speaker 6: rusher has done well. And then you got big guys
Speaker 6: on the d line like Jamari Caldwell from Oregon. He
Speaker 6: carries a lot of beef at three p forty and
Speaker 6: Dealan Walker as well from Kentucky has been a load
Speaker 6: as well as a defensive tackle.
Speaker 4: You know, Jim as much as I like to watch
Speaker 4: the offense and defensive line, and I paid attention to
Speaker 4: him all week.
Speaker 3: There's always a position.
Speaker 4: A quarterback at All Star games interest me because they're
Speaker 4: not the marquee guys. But you know, one of those
Speaker 4: quarterbacks is gonna make an NFL team and then eventually
Speaker 4: they're gonna create an opportunity for themselves. And you know,
Speaker 4: I'm not overly enamored with the Notre Dame kid Leonard.
Speaker 4: You know, he's a hard kid, he runs the ball Hart.
Speaker 4: I like the guy from Louisville. The guy from Ole
Speaker 4: miss interests me. But if you look at all the
Speaker 4: quarterbacks that have been down there this week, is there
Speaker 4: any one of them that you do you think could
Speaker 4: possibly make an NFL career for himself.
Speaker 6: I think this is a pretty bleak group. I think
Speaker 6: Jackson Dart, who you mentioned from Ole Mills, because he's
Speaker 6: well coached by Lane Kiffin. He knows a lot of
Speaker 6: the x'es and o's and what NFL offensive coordinators are
Speaker 6: looking to execute just from Lane. But I don't think
Speaker 6: his arm is overpower for powering or anything like that
Speaker 6: he may work. You know, he's probably going to be
Speaker 6: one of the top quarterbacks I would think at the
Speaker 6: end of the day. And I know a lot of
Speaker 6: people are enamored with him. I get enamored by this though.
Speaker 6: Tom is Taylor Eggersmack. He's from Lawier College up in Canada.
Speaker 6: He's never even played American football. He's always been twelve
Speaker 6: on twelve. So the Ohio State quarterback backs out. He
Speaker 6: now comes down here. He gets an invite because of
Speaker 6: his arm. I'll telling you what, man, the first day
Speaker 6: he looked lost today and yesterday he did not. He's
Speaker 6: got a big arm and he can make plays. And
Speaker 6: I would be interested in this guy if I were
Speaker 6: a team and you don't have to take him high.
Speaker 6: He could be a six rounder. He could be a
Speaker 6: party or something like that. Because he's new to the game.
Speaker 6: You put him on your practice squad for two years,
Speaker 6: let him develop. He's got an eleit arm. I'm telling
Speaker 6: you right now, he's got an elead arm. He's something
Speaker 6: that maybe when he needs to be looked at a
Speaker 6: little bit more.
Speaker 3: Yeah. Taylor Elgerzma from Lorier.
Speaker 2: He threw for four thousand yards and forty touchdowns in
Speaker 2: twenty four there at the college level, they're saying it's
Speaker 2: like the FCS level. But you know, one of the
Speaker 2: names that popped up was Tyson Bagent. You know guys
Speaker 2: that you know have a really good athletic background and
Speaker 2: have that competitive fire. And he's quoted as saying, Jim,
Speaker 2: I've got I'm going to give you a competitive fire
Speaker 2: that is unmatched.
Speaker 3: I love every part of this game.
Speaker 2: And you know, there's been all sorts of connections with
Speaker 2: this guy. For example, Drake may Bownicks trained by the
Speaker 2: same place he's working with quarterback and that was all
Speaker 2: pre draft, so he's getting really good coaching. His coach
Speaker 2: was Ben Neil. I'm sure you've heard of him, and
Speaker 2: a lot of good things point and he's six four
Speaker 2: and three eight two sixteen, so he has a big quarterback.
Speaker 6: Yeah, you know he's somebody. Think about what I just said.
Speaker 6: He has never played American football, right, and he comes
Speaker 6: down here. I would be uneasy, Tom. Wouldn't you not
Speaker 6: be uneasy when you don't know the rules? Think about it.
Speaker 6: Canada has a wider field that got deeper end zone,
Speaker 6: receivers are in motion. They only play on three downs
Speaker 6: they play with twelve players, not eleven. And this guy
Speaker 6: comes down here and says, I talked to him. I said, well,
Speaker 6: weren't you. Didn't you feel uncomfortable that he come down
Speaker 6: here and it just really be bad. He goes, I
Speaker 6: don't care. He goes, I don't care. I'll learn it.
Speaker 6: I'll figure it out. He goes on, I'm going to
Speaker 6: come out here and compete. I like that, And he
Speaker 6: has not embarrassed himself at all.
Speaker 3: You know, Jim, you brought it up, though.
Speaker 4: I think if you are a quarterback that has arm
Speaker 4: confidence the NFL, you shrink the working atmosphere, you still
Speaker 4: have confidence and what you can do once the ball
Speaker 4: is away from your fingertips. So I gotta imagine if
Speaker 4: he's playing on a field that's fifty three yards wideer
Speaker 4: a field that's one hundred and ten yards long, he's still.
Speaker 3: Going to have that self confidence.
Speaker 4: And that's what I like out of a guy like that.
Speaker 4: And I'm glad you brought him up because I haven't
Speaker 4: been floored by the quarterback talent, but I would like
Speaker 4: to see that guy that's really the dark horse and
Speaker 4: all the quarterback competition, you know, have the confidence to
Speaker 4: form some type of way to get into the NFL.
Speaker 2: Yeah, let me throw this at you too. You talk
Speaker 2: about drilling down on things. Seth Henigan, the quarterback at Memphis.
Speaker 2: He is the only FBS quarterback that remained the starter
Speaker 2: with the same team he signed with out of high
Speaker 2: school for all four years. That's crazy. But let me
Speaker 2: tell you this, so I dig deeper. Is grandpa played
Speaker 2: in the NFL for the Lions and Jets. His grandfather, Mike.
Speaker 2: He was the captain of the nineteen sixty three Northern
Speaker 2: Illinois ten and oh football team that outscored their opponents
Speaker 2: three thirty seven and ninety seven. With George Bork was
Speaker 2: the first college quarterback to throw for three thousand yards.
Speaker 2: Do you remember this name, Tom George Bork. Well, he
Speaker 2: played at Arlington High School, but he also played wait,
Speaker 2: he played for the Chicago Owls. They were a pro
Speaker 2: team at Soldier Field before the Bears took it over
Speaker 2: from nineteen sixty seven to sixty nine. I looked up
Speaker 2: the Chicago Owls. They're you can actually buy a jersey
Speaker 2: the Chicago Owls. But anyway, Bob Kuchenberg played on that
Speaker 2: team and later became a fourteen year. Great for Don Shielders.
Speaker 2: Rudy Kuchenberg was his brother. He was on the Bears. Jim,
Speaker 2: these connections of football, you go from Denton, Texas to
Speaker 2: the Chicago Owl.
Speaker 3: I can't get enough of it.
Speaker 6: Yeah, it's a lot of fun. You know, it's funny.
Speaker 6: You know, I'm down here. You know Romanovin who I
Speaker 6: played with in Tampa. His son is playing in this game.
Speaker 6: Jason Taylor, the great Miami Dolphin Hall of Famer, his
Speaker 6: son is playing in this game. So yeah, at datya,
Speaker 6: But you know it's good. It just tells you that
Speaker 6: football is it's important in the family. And plus even
Speaker 6: for outside of our country like Canada, there's more and
Speaker 6: more players that are interested. We know the NFL has
Speaker 6: set up an academies and not only the UK but
Speaker 6: also Australia. So I mean they're scouring, you know, everywhere
Speaker 6: to find talent. And Jim Nagy thought it was worthy
Speaker 6: to give an an invitation, and I think he's making
Speaker 6: the most of it. When you talk about Seth Henigan,
Speaker 6: I do like Seth Henigan. He's a six foot three,
Speaker 6: two hundred and thirteen pound quarterback, four year starter. You know,
Speaker 6: I think he'll grow up. I think he'll grow into
Speaker 6: be a solid backup. Is where I see him. I don't.
Speaker 6: He does everything good but nothing. He does the most
Speaker 6: powerful arm, but he can run an offense and really
Speaker 6: move a team is what he's really been good at.
Speaker 8: All.
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Speaker 2: Jeff and Tom and Jim Miller from Serious Sex MNFL
Speaker 2: radio down in Mobile, Alabama, as we get you set
Speaker 2: for the Senior Bowl, and Coach Allen visiting with members
Speaker 2: of the media today by zoom all the Coordinators.
Speaker 3: Let's take a listen to a chunk of that news conference.
Speaker 5: Hey, welcome Chicago.
Speaker 7: Yeah, man, I'm doing great.
Speaker 3: How are you doing well?
Speaker 9: First and foremost wanted to get a feel for how
Speaker 9: you and Ben got connected. He kind of alluded last
Speaker 9: week that you guys hadn't really met before any of
Speaker 9: this started.
Speaker 3: So what was the initial connection.
Speaker 8: Yeah.
Speaker 7: I think at some points as we got later in
Speaker 7: the season, he reached out to me just to see
Speaker 7: if I would be interested. I told him that I
Speaker 7: that I would be interested. I think it's probably, you know,
Speaker 7: a product of just the same connections. You know, Dan, Aaron,
Speaker 7: all of us were at A and M together at
Speaker 7: some point in time or have that connection. We're all
Speaker 7: on the staff there in New Orleans together. I was
Speaker 7: with Terrell Williams was he was with me in Oakland,
Speaker 7: and so I just feel like I had connections to Ben,
Speaker 7: although I didn't really know him, and I just think
Speaker 7: him leaning on those guys in reference to me, and
Speaker 7: me leaning on those guys in reference to him. I
Speaker 7: think we both felt like it was a really good
Speaker 7: a really good fit.
Speaker 9: League wide, You've got a pretty strong reputation as being
Speaker 9: aggressive and leaning into the man coverage principles pretty heavily.
Speaker 9: How do you describe philosophically what you want your defenses
Speaker 9: to be and look like, Yeah.
Speaker 7: I think we want to be an attacking, aggressive style
Speaker 7: of defense. I think we want to want to take
Speaker 7: the fight to the offense and not let the offense
Speaker 7: dictate the tempo to us. We're gonna be aggressive, We're
Speaker 7: gonna challenge everything. We're gonna play the game the right way.
Speaker 7: We're gonna play a tough, physical, you know, brand of football,
Speaker 7: and I think the brand of football that you come
Speaker 7: to expect at the Chicago Bears.
Speaker 10: Hey coach Harry, Hey, Pat, I was curious, as you
Speaker 10: knew that this was a possibility. Did you study the
Speaker 10: Bears defense? Did you watch them at the end of
Speaker 10: the season, and what do you make of the pieces
Speaker 10: that you have, because this is a unit that started
Speaker 10: the season really strong and ended it not quite as strong.
Speaker 7: The answer to question is, yeah, I took it. I
Speaker 7: took a look a little bit at the at the
Speaker 7: pieces on defense. I felt like there were some some
Speaker 7: pieces in place, you know, in particular, I think there's
Speaker 7: some things that we have to have in the secondary
Speaker 7: that I like. I think there's some some pieces at
Speaker 7: linebacker that I'm encouraged by. I think there's a couple
Speaker 7: of spots up front that I feel like we've got
Speaker 7: some some players. So I think the foundation is defensively
Speaker 7: and and I think look, when when Ben asked me
Speaker 7: if I would be interested, there was a couple of
Speaker 7: places that I felt like had the pieces in place
Speaker 7: to potentially be a really good football team. UH in
Speaker 7: Chicago was obviously one of them. And so I was
Speaker 7: excited when when it came about that this was the
Speaker 7: job that uh that that he really wanted and this
Speaker 7: was the job that he was able to get, And
Speaker 7: I was excited when he wanted me to come along
Speaker 7: with him.
Speaker 5: That is the secondary that the Bears have here. A
Speaker 5: lot of good talented young players. I'm just curious when
Speaker 5: you when you watch a film with them, kind of
Speaker 5: how they fit ideally, how you want your secondary guys
Speaker 5: to play.
Speaker 7: Yeah, look, I think you know when I when I
Speaker 7: came in here and I looked at the board and
Speaker 7: I and I and I really saw who we had
Speaker 7: and and you you know, you get a chance to
Speaker 7: see what the measurables are. Like, I think there's a
Speaker 7: lot of there's a lot of things that I like.
Speaker 7: I like we've got some size and linked at the
Speaker 7: corner position. I like the fact that they have some
Speaker 7: man coverage ability. You know, I think we've got some
Speaker 7: versatility at the safety position. And so uh, I see
Speaker 7: uh the fit I think, you know, Kyler Gordon, I
Speaker 7: think is an outstanding you know Nickel player, so I
Speaker 7: have a vision for how, you know, we can utilize him,
Speaker 7: and so I think the foundation for what we want
Speaker 7: to do is there. And then I'm just excited about
Speaker 7: finally getting these guys in here and us having an
Speaker 7: opportunity to work with them, uh and seeing exactly what
Speaker 7: we have and then we've got to be creative on
Speaker 7: how we want to use them.
Speaker 3: So that's just a snippet of the news conference.
Speaker 2: His defense is top ten and scoring four straight years
Speaker 2: before they were nineteenth and twenty twenty four, top seven
Speaker 2: or better three years.
Speaker 3: From twenty twenty to twenty twenty two in.
Speaker 2: Yards, Tom and Jim. Your analysis of what he had
Speaker 2: to say. Dabbled around some of it as he tries
Speaker 2: to get to know the roster.
Speaker 4: You know, I just think that he knows that he's
Speaker 4: an attacking style defensive coordinator, and that's what he's always been.
Speaker 4: If you get the right pieces in place from the
Speaker 4: very beginning of the season inside Soldier Field, when you
Speaker 4: get that support of crowd noise, if you appeal to
Speaker 4: that crowd and you come off the ball and you
Speaker 4: create turnovers, you create takeaways, you live at the opponent's
Speaker 4: success on offense. They're going to fit right into exactly
Speaker 4: what Dennis Allen wants. One thing that I wish, and
Speaker 4: I think about this when he talks about Kyler Gordon,
Speaker 4: I wish we knew more about your Kwan Brisker because
Speaker 4: I think if you had a certain in place and
Speaker 4: you had another young guy like Kyler Gordon and the
Speaker 4: Jaquan Brisker, I think it would really solidify your defensive
Speaker 4: back end, that would upgrade your confidence in that group.
Speaker 4: I don't know what's going on Jaquan. I don't know
Speaker 4: if any of us do. However, I like Dennis Allen's attitude.
Speaker 4: I've always liked him as a defensive coordinator. I think
Speaker 4: he likes that attack styling defense and I think a
Speaker 4: compliments crowd noise when he gets it well.
Speaker 6: I think for Dennis and Tom kind of touched on
Speaker 6: it there. One. I think he identifies the personnel already.
Speaker 6: He says, there's a good foundation already there, there's stuff
Speaker 6: to build from. He sees a vision. And because all
Speaker 6: the things that Tom just said, when you look at
Speaker 6: you know, Brisker, they're gonna play him a lot down
Speaker 6: by the line of scrimmage, you know, much like they
Speaker 6: did with Tyron Matthew there in New Orleans, Brisker, Tyler
Speaker 6: Gordon who we mentioned. He knows his blitz ability and
Speaker 6: they had a good and a man cohner down there
Speaker 6: called Marshawn Latimore. They just traded him to the Washington
Speaker 6: Commanders not too long ago. So he knows the pieces
Speaker 6: to the puzzle, and I think that's what intrigued him
Speaker 6: about joining the Bears, because the Bears have drafted well
Speaker 6: and developed those players that he's talking about. There is
Speaker 6: a lot of length when you trade for Montees sweat
Speaker 6: and what he can do. And you look at the linebackers,
Speaker 6: they're long and lean, especially when you look at Edmonds.
Speaker 6: So I think he sees there's a lot of good
Speaker 6: pieces that are already in place that he can get
Speaker 6: this well. They were already up and running. But he's
Speaker 6: gonna add some tweaks and it to me it's going
Speaker 6: to be a lot better. The numbers speak for himself.
Speaker 6: You mentioned the scoring numbers, go look what he did
Speaker 6: against Tom Brady. Tom Brady's worst numbers in the NFL
Speaker 6: are worse are against Dennis Allen.
Speaker 2: You know, also, I'm big on speed on defense, you
Speaker 2: mentioned that in a conversation I had with him, and
Speaker 2: you know speed as I discussed this with Tom earlier today,
Speaker 2: speed is yeah, you get a fast team with the Stopwatch,
Speaker 2: but you can get a fast team as well that
Speaker 2: are mentally ready to go.
Speaker 3: They don't have to think, They just react.
Speaker 2: How a defensive lineman gets off the ball, how quickly
Speaker 2: a pass set is done by an offensive lineman, or
Speaker 2: how much you strain through a play to kind of
Speaker 2: dilute the speed on the other side of the ball.
Speaker 2: Would you say that in this day and age, Jim
Speaker 2: in the NFL, you got to have a fast defense.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think well they Yeah, I think you got
Speaker 6: to have a fast defense. They got to be able
Speaker 6: to react because there's so much misdirection. You know. You
Speaker 6: look what Kansas City is doing and some of the
Speaker 6: other teams, like like Washington where they spread you out.
Speaker 6: They can get you flowing pretty good. But you know,
Speaker 6: big and physical can beat speed too, you know. So
Speaker 6: I'm not going to discriminate here. I think you can
Speaker 6: win both ways.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 4: One thing I would like to do is I would
Speaker 4: like to take when you talk about speed up a defense,
Speaker 4: I would do a little exploration. I would take a
Speaker 4: guy like Javon Dexter, and I would see, Okay, Von Dexter,
Speaker 4: what can you do on first and second down rushing
Speaker 4: from the outside. You're not gonna be a committed three
Speaker 4: technique defensive tackle. I'm gonna move you up and down
Speaker 4: the line of scrimmage to see if you can offer
Speaker 4: me a little bit more versatility, and then you create
Speaker 4: packages accordingly. Again, I don't know where all these guys
Speaker 4: are contract wise, but I know Montes Sweat's gonna be here.
Speaker 4: I know that Gavon Dexter is gonna be here, and
Speaker 4: I know Billings is gonna be here, and I think
Speaker 4: Zach Pickens is gonna be here. But I am gonna
Speaker 4: do some lex explorer, you know. I'm an exploratory movement
Speaker 4: maybe in OTAs, just to see how guys offer you
Speaker 4: that speed that you talk about.
Speaker 2: Jeff, Jim, Jalen john you mentioned, you know, and Dan
Speaker 2: Reader asked this question about a big man guy.
Speaker 3: That that works for Jalen Johnson.
Speaker 6: Correct, Oh, yeah, I think it works for Jalen. Like
Speaker 6: I said to me, I think Jalen Johnson to me
Speaker 6: is he's gonna look at him like Latimore. That's who
Speaker 6: I think he's looking at him as all right.
Speaker 3: That is Jim Miller, Tom Thayer, Jeff Joniac.
Speaker 2: When we come back, we'll hear from decland Doyle introd
Speaker 2: issue to the new Bears offensive coordinator. It's all coming
Speaker 2: up next here on Bears Weekly on ESPN one thousand
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Speaker 2: former Bears quarterback down in Mobile, Jim, other than training camp,
Speaker 2: when you're bopping from one to the next, is this
Speaker 2: the busiest time of the year for you? Because you do,
Speaker 2: I believe the Championship game, you go down to Mobile,
Speaker 2: You're gonna do Super Bowl, and then the Combine's coming
Speaker 2: up here in a few weeks.
Speaker 6: Longer stretches. Obviously, training camp tours the most, but yeah,
Speaker 6: this is probably the second longest stretch. But it's fun.
Speaker 6: You know, I love to do it. I'm a football
Speaker 6: lifer and you know, I really enjoy it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's not quite preparing for a game, but it's
Speaker 2: preparing for a season. And the business season has become
Speaker 2: really something. And this is the scouting season. The business
Speaker 2: season starts with free agency. The NFL never fails in
Speaker 2: this regard. I have had more texts and Tom, I know,
Speaker 2: is getting besieged by his people as well about you know,
Speaker 2: everything from the Shrine game and who's your favorite players
Speaker 2: in that too. You think people take a break from it. No,
Speaker 2: they don't, and that's why we love what we do
Speaker 2: as well. The fans appreciate all of this knowledge that
Speaker 2: is dropped and is all presented to them.
Speaker 3: Jim, they can't get enough. They cannot get enough.
Speaker 6: Yeah, well, and rightfully so, because and I've said this before,
Speaker 6: I think fantasy football has really made fans understand the
Speaker 6: league as a whole. You know, they know who offensive
Speaker 6: coordinators are, they know who aggressive play callers are on defense,
Speaker 6: what players are good, and who going to give them
Speaker 6: the most point totals. So they're just more not knowledgeable.
Speaker 6: So when the Bears sign a coach like Ben Johnson,
Speaker 6: of course they're excited. They've had so much success, they've
Speaker 6: scored a lot of points. They know who he is
Speaker 6: and they know what he's about, and there creates a
Speaker 6: genuine excitement and now all these pieces to the puzzle
Speaker 6: are gonna be added here this offseason. Are the Washington
Speaker 6: Commanders not the best example of what you can do
Speaker 6: in an offseason? Look at what they've done. They went
Speaker 6: to the championship game. For God's sake. I mean, they
Speaker 6: haven't won in forever, the last twenty years, they haven't won.
Speaker 6: Look what they did in one offseason.
Speaker 3: You know, Jim and Jeff.
Speaker 4: One thing about the NFL is we can talk about
Speaker 4: these all Star games, you can talk about getting ready
Speaker 4: for the combine, you can talk about all the other
Speaker 4: kind of information that you study all season. But as
Speaker 4: soon as you have coaches that are out there like
Speaker 4: Pete Carroll and Rabel and Bill Belichick, and then the
Speaker 4: first coach goes on the hot seat, and then you
Speaker 4: have that in season rumor mill that starts, that begins
Speaker 4: that awkward and outward conversation of who, when and where
Speaker 4: that coaches aren't going to start falling and moving. And
Speaker 4: it's so the rhythm of the NFL it starts at
Speaker 4: training camp and then it kind of skips a little
Speaker 4: bit of that heartbeat up and down when this when
Speaker 4: a coach goes on the hot seat. So that kind
Speaker 4: of is an additive nowadays to the modern day NFL
Speaker 4: that maybe used to not happen until after the season
Speaker 4: was over.
Speaker 2: All right, Declan Doyle the other coordinator taking the mic
Speaker 2: today as the Bears media got a chance to visit
Speaker 2: with these guys on zoom. Decland Doyle a tight ends
Speaker 2: coach and also a Denver bronco assistant with Sean Payton
Speaker 2: in New Orleans and in Denver kind enough to take
Speaker 2: the time and our very own on ESPN one thousand,
Speaker 2: Courtney Cronin let us off with the first question.
Speaker 11: I'm sure you've heard from press conferences doing your research
Speaker 11: what some of the players have said about last year
Speaker 11: that they kind of demanded more accountability and wanted it
Speaker 11: from the coaching staff. Obviously, you're one of the younger
Speaker 11: coordinators in the league. You haven't coached every position on offense.
Speaker 11: How are you going to get the buy in and
Speaker 11: be able to coach players who might either be older
Speaker 11: than you or might have more experience and kind of
Speaker 11: as you were feeling your way out in your first
Speaker 11: time as in OC, Yeah.
Speaker 8: I think knowledge is power, and that is what the
Speaker 8: guys care about. Ultimately, last year was the first time
Speaker 8: that I've ever actually been older than all the players
Speaker 8: in my room. And so, you know, I've been coaching.
Speaker 8: This is gonna be my tenth year. But that's really
Speaker 8: kind of been a part of, you know, my journey
Speaker 8: to this point. But I think players care about you know,
Speaker 8: can you help me first and foremost? Can you put
Speaker 8: me in a position to be successful, to help the
Speaker 8: organization and my family? And that's earned, you know, like
Speaker 8: you have to to put in the work and earn
Speaker 8: that trust, in that confidence, And that's my plan here,
Speaker 8: you know, hit the ground runner and go to work.
Speaker 9: Hey, deacln you obviously mentioned your time around Sean in
Speaker 9: two places. Obviously, he's a head coach who calls plays offensively.
Speaker 9: I'm curious what you learned the last two years about
Speaker 9: how Joe Lombardi was a resource for showing in that
Speaker 9: in that relationship. And then you've obviously further removed in
Speaker 9: New Orleans. But but Pete was a right hand man
Speaker 9: for Sean for so long. What you've taken from those
Speaker 9: two guys that will help you help Ben.
Speaker 8: Yeah, So those two guys are two people that I
Speaker 8: look up to a lot. They've had huge impacts on
Speaker 8: my life, Joe and Pete. And I was actually talking
Speaker 8: to Ben about that during the interview because it was like,
Speaker 8: you know, basically my entire time, you know, five of
Speaker 8: my six years in the NFL, there's been this position
Speaker 8: that was Pete and Joe. The biggest thing is high
Speaker 8: levels of communication from you know, that position, the ability
Speaker 8: to utilize all the resources within the staff and give
Speaker 8: very direct you know, not only messaging, but direction to
Speaker 8: what we're trying to accomplish. The biggest thing is that
Speaker 8: you're on the same page as the play caller, and
Speaker 8: so me and Ben are gonna have to spend a
Speaker 8: ton of time together diving into film and I'm really
Speaker 8: really excited to go do that and to make sure
Speaker 8: that I see the game the same way he sees it,
Speaker 8: to be able to orchestrate it and set the table
Speaker 8: for him, and you know, really make sure that we're
Speaker 8: doing it the way he wants to do it. Hey, Dequelin,
Speaker 8: how are you doing good?
Speaker 4: How are you?
Speaker 10: I'm good, I'm good from afart. What did you see
Speaker 10: in Caleb Williams that you're intrigued by and what what
Speaker 10: did you see in Kleb Williams that you're eager to
Speaker 10: get down and try to fine tune on the other.
Speaker 8: Side of that. Yeah, so, you know, obviously I didn't
Speaker 8: spend a ton of time, like I'm not in the
Speaker 8: same division like Ben got to see my crossover film
Speaker 8: quite a bit. You know, this is we're pretty early
Speaker 8: in the process, obviously in the draft process. The arm
Speaker 8: talent is it's crazy. I mean, it's very very impressive.
Speaker 8: You know, he's he's a very impressive player. I got
Speaker 8: to watch him a little bit when he was at USC,
Speaker 8: you know, didn't get a chance to watch him as much.
Speaker 1: This past year.
Speaker 8: I've started to dive into him. But but I wouldn't
Speaker 8: say that that's a you know, full evaluation quite yet.
Speaker 8: I don't think that would be fair. I think the
Speaker 8: biggest thing is, you know, just the talent of the kid,
Speaker 8: the ability to use his legs. You know, he is
Speaker 8: a tough kid. You see it on tape. You know,
Speaker 8: obviously the communication and you know all that stuff. But
Speaker 8: him his second act, his ability to evade the pocket,
Speaker 8: his ability to create is a is a special thing,
Speaker 8: and it's something that I got to see with bo
Speaker 8: In in Denver last year. You know, that ability to
Speaker 8: evade and pressure on the defense and and kind of
Speaker 8: be the eraser of game planning mistakes. I think that's
Speaker 8: really exciting about him.
Speaker 2: So that's a portion out of the inn of Declan Doyle,
Speaker 2: Tom Wells spolcan man, who has had plenty of experience
Speaker 2: despite his age in the National Football League and at
Speaker 2: the college level.
Speaker 4: Yeah, but the next step in his experience is to
Speaker 4: get to know Ben Johnson as well as he can
Speaker 4: possibly get to know him through a series of watching
Speaker 4: tape and and to me, that would be really fun
Speaker 4: to be a coach that's come aboard a new developing
Speaker 4: staff and start learning and understanding specifically and exactly what
Speaker 4: Ben Johnson wants in the details of his offense. So
Speaker 4: when he does stand in front of the players and
Speaker 4: he starts giving out this information, he knows exactly what.
Speaker 3: And when to say it and how to say it.
Speaker 4: So I think for Declan Doyle in the next period
Speaker 4: of time, it's gonna be get to know Ben Johnson
Speaker 4: and his system as well as he can possibly get
Speaker 4: to know that information and then just continue to regurgitate
Speaker 4: it and go over it and over it again.
Speaker 2: Jim, how impactful has it been for the guys that
Speaker 2: are head coaches, that are play callers to have somebody
Speaker 2: with the title of offensive coordinator. You bring in a passing
Speaker 2: game coordinator, you have a quarterback coach. How impactful has
Speaker 2: that been? As most teams are doing it this way,
Speaker 2: I would imagine now.
Speaker 6: Yeah, if you go back to Mike McCarthy when he
Speaker 6: was with the Green Bay Packers and Joe Philbin was
Speaker 6: essentially his OC. Joe Philben did both the offensive line
Speaker 6: and was the offensive coordinator. So he would put together
Speaker 6: the game plan during the week. Hey, here's the run game,
Speaker 6: here's the pass game. Then about Thursday evening and really Friday,
Speaker 6: they got in they really start talking the game plan. Hey, coach,
Speaker 6: this is what I'm thinking you should call here in
Speaker 6: this situation. This is what I'm thinking here. And then
Speaker 6: by game time, once they had talked through the game plan,
Speaker 6: Mike McCarthy was ready to go and saw the vision
Speaker 6: of Joe Philben of how the game should be called.
Speaker 6: And I think that's typically, Like I said, that's kind
Speaker 6: of how teams are doing it now. A lot of
Speaker 6: teams and I think Ben Johnson will have that same structure,
Speaker 6: so Doyle will be carrying the heavyweight and certainly Ben
Speaker 6: Johnson will be calling the plays that hopefully results in
Speaker 6: a lot of wins.
Speaker 2: Yeah, when I talked to him as well, very intrigued
Speaker 2: by the talent here obviously, and one guy, you know,
Speaker 2: Tom you mentioned this a few weeks ago.
Speaker 3: We never got into it when we about the talent.
Speaker 2: We know what dj can do, We know Cole Commet
Speaker 2: who by the way, Doyle thinks that he has been underused,
Speaker 2: so you know, and I'll be excited to see what
Speaker 2: they do. But how about Roma, Dunesay, because what he
Speaker 2: put up pretty good numbers given the number of talents
Speaker 2: that had to touch the football, got over one hundred targets.
Speaker 3: What did he prove to us this year in terms
Speaker 3: of his future? From your perspective, Tommy.
Speaker 4: To me, I think he's a multi dimensional receiver because
Speaker 4: a lot of these receivers that come in, whether in
Speaker 4: the draft or on a team, they get tabbed or
Speaker 4: you're an over the top threat, or you're a crossing
Speaker 4: route intermediate red or you're a short to eight yards
Speaker 4: off the line of scrimmage. I think Roma Dunze is
Speaker 4: capable of running every single route that can be offered
Speaker 4: to an offense and a wide receiver. I think he's
Speaker 4: fast enough to go to take the top off. I
Speaker 4: think he's tough enough to go across the middle. I
Speaker 4: think he can catch screens, and he's proven that at
Speaker 4: the line of scrimmage he can run jet sweep. So
Speaker 4: I think Roma dunes A. His upside is unlimited. It's
Speaker 4: just how creative can this new coaching staff develop his
Speaker 4: uses inside of this offense.
Speaker 2: All right, We're going to take another break here, one
Speaker 2: more to go. Another segment. We'll continue to look at
Speaker 2: the Bears coordinators with Richard high Tower. He's coming up
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Speaker 2: Richard high Toower back as Bear Special Teams coordinator with
Speaker 2: the insight that we alluded to early in the show,
Speaker 2: how can he be an asset for head coach Ben
Speaker 2: Johnson right out of the game.
Speaker 12: Yeah, I mean I feel like, you know, this is
Speaker 12: my third time with a first time head coach, So
Speaker 12: obviously when I came back to this regime, that was
Speaker 12: with the first time head coach, my time in San
Speaker 12: Francisco helping you know, Kyle Shanahan as a first time
Speaker 12: the head coach getting that program turned around. I think
Speaker 12: I could be an asset. And the main thing is
Speaker 12: they feel I could be an asset, which I'm honored
Speaker 12: you know to obviously George, you know, Kevin Warren, Ryan
Speaker 12: Poles and being for believing in me, And I can't
Speaker 12: wait to to help you know on board this process.
Speaker 11: Richard, what's been the process for in terms of the
Speaker 11: last couple of weeks Ben gets hired, the staff starts
Speaker 11: to get gets formed. What were your interactions, like, have
Speaker 11: you had many in person virtual meetings just with the
Speaker 11: head coach that you're not going to be working with
Speaker 11: about the structure and plan for the off season for coordinators?
Speaker 12: Yeah, I tell you what, when I sat down with Ben,
Speaker 12: it was clearly evident from the get go that this
Speaker 12: was someone that I wanted to work with and somebody
Speaker 12: that wanted to work for and be a part of
Speaker 12: his staff. You know, the players here really enjoy The
Speaker 12: players here really enjoy hearing Ben's vision. He was clear
Speaker 12: and concise from the get go and very transparent about
Speaker 12: everything that was occurring. So his passion for special teams
Speaker 12: really was exciting to me. And not only for special teams,
Speaker 12: but connecting all three phases together playing complimentary football was
Speaker 12: just really exciting to me. So I'm excited to be
Speaker 12: back and help these help these guys reach the next level.
Speaker 10: You mentioned about Ben's vision and wanting to work for him.
Speaker 3: Can you expand on that a little bit? What type
Speaker 3: of vision is that? And why do you want to
Speaker 3: work for him? And so much?
Speaker 12: Yeah, just really you know, Ben has an aggressive mindset
Speaker 12: and I love that, you know, really love his aggressive
Speaker 12: mindset and all of the things that he talked about
Speaker 12: he wanted to do.
Speaker 7: And really, what.
Speaker 12: People don't understand about special teams is when you have
Speaker 12: that aggressive mindset on special teams quite really is what
Speaker 12: he's been around, you know. But when you have that
Speaker 12: aggressive mindset on special teams, it helps the other two phases.
Speaker 12: It helps your football team so much win games. So
Speaker 12: that was really intriguing and exciting to me. So I'm
Speaker 12: fired up for that.
Speaker 2: Yes, that's the temple of the game sometimes. Final thoughts
Speaker 2: Tommy on the trio and what's next In terms of
Speaker 2: the staff, There's going to be a lot of good
Speaker 2: names already in the building. Antoine Rendel is one of them.
Speaker 2: A veteran who's only he's played obviously, a player, local guy,
Speaker 2: and a guy who's got a lot of experience now
Speaker 2: as coach.
Speaker 4: Listen, it's going to be Ben's offense. Dennis Allen knows
Speaker 4: the defense as well as anybody in the league, and
Speaker 4: Richard high Tower understands special teams. So a lot of
Speaker 4: that learning curve I think is expedited just by the
Speaker 4: hirings he's made already, and I think all the pieces.
Speaker 3: Are getting put into place.
Speaker 4: Now we need to see what a couple of other
Speaker 4: hires are gonna be.
Speaker 3: Jim Any final thoughts.
Speaker 6: Well, I'm just excited for the Bears. I think they
Speaker 6: got this right. I think the Bears fans should be excited.
Speaker 6: This is a really good staff that's being put together,
Speaker 6: and I just think the attention to detail will be there.
Speaker 6: I think it'll be there on the offensive side of
Speaker 6: the ball of where it needs to be. And that's
Speaker 6: what all Bears fans should be excited about.
Speaker 2: All right, give me one position group you're gonna enjoy
Speaker 2: watching on game day at the Senior Bowl and Mobile.
Speaker 6: It's gonna be receiver, and it's gonna be Tes Johnson,
Speaker 6: the Oregon Duck receiver. He's only one hundred and sixty pounds,
Speaker 6: but he's breaking dude's ankles down in the red zone.
Speaker 6: He's like Tink Dell. How many times he scored today?
Speaker 6: When Tank really blew it out of the gym down here?
Speaker 3: Right? How about a royal the tight end from Miami.
Speaker 2: That's a guy I have circled if if he plays,
Speaker 2: we'll see. Tom's gonna be watching the old line of
Speaker 2: d Lan.
Speaker 3: I know that. Yeah, I got to.
Speaker 6: I got you.
Speaker 3: What are the best offering for the Bears? All right, boys,
Speaker 3: that'll be it for tonight. Thanks Jim. We'll see in Mobile.
Speaker 6: All right, guys. Thanks, good to be with you.
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