WEBVTT - Discussing Bears' salary cap | All Access Podcast 0:00:01.160 --> 0:00:04.600 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.720 --> 0:00:08.640 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.680 --> 0:00:11.640 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:16.319 day and now welcome to Bears All Access. Your all 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:21.040 access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:21.079 --> 0:00:25.079 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:25.079 --> 0:00:29.800 Physical Therapy and CDW and a great Frienday and acts. 0:00:29.800 --> 0:00:33.040 Everybody here in Chicago hoballs Well, this is Bears All Access. 0:00:33.080 --> 0:00:35.680 I'm Jeff Chariaker, brought to you by IGF editor MC 0:00:35.680 --> 0:00:38.080 broadcast partner from news radio seven eighty one oh five 0:00:38.120 --> 0:00:43.040 point m w BBM. Chicago Bears Super Bowl winning guard 0:00:43.080 --> 0:00:46.640 Tom Fair. How did that Super Bowl go for you? Buddy? Oh? 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:48.960 It was fun. I enjoyed it. Um. I had a 0:00:49.040 --> 0:00:51.320 chance to go to a charity event before a puppy 0:00:51.400 --> 0:00:54.520 ball kind of related deal and got to see some 0:00:54.560 --> 0:00:57.800 of my favorite companions, which are puppies, and as long 0:00:57.840 --> 0:01:00.560 as they all get adopted, and then you know you 0:01:00.680 --> 0:01:03.000 kind of watched the game with a little bit of 0:01:03.160 --> 0:01:06.080 envy after we've had an opportunity to play in the 0:01:06.120 --> 0:01:09.040 game and win it, but also broadcast the game and 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:12.039 lose it. You know exactly what each team is going through, 0:01:12.720 --> 0:01:14.680 and then you know you think you're gonna kind of 0:01:14.720 --> 0:01:16.560 sneak through the week. And then also I get a 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:19.399 call from your good buddy Dave Logan and Denver that 0:01:19.520 --> 0:01:21.240 he wants me to come on to a show out 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:23.920 there to talk about the Bears. So I mean, this 0:01:24.000 --> 0:01:28.000 is not only a local subject a local topic. This 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:31.080 is a topic that everybody at the puppy event to. 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:35.399 You know, people in Denver that are should be worrying 0:01:35.440 --> 0:01:38.600 about hiring their own coaching staff are concerned about what 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:40.800 the Bears are going to do and what they're thinking. Gosh, 0:01:40.840 --> 0:01:43.080 you just covered three topics right off the beat. But 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:45.920 before we get into those, Jim Miller from Serious x 0:01:46.040 --> 0:01:47.920 M NFL Radio is moving the chains. Will come and 0:01:48.000 --> 0:01:51.120 join us at around six ten. We'll also be joined tonight. 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:53.920 We'll hear from John Hook, the bears new cornerbacks and 0:01:54.040 --> 0:01:57.560 passing game coordinator, good friend of ours back with the organization, 0:01:57.560 --> 0:02:00.400 who's here from two thousand and twenty fourteen. He'll be 0:02:00.400 --> 0:02:03.280 back after a couple of years in Atlanta. And then 0:02:03.320 --> 0:02:05.840 we'll also be jong by Brad Spielberger that will be 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:08.880 fine to talk finance is the business season of football 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:11.840 from Pro Football Focus and over Thecap dot Com. He'll 0:02:11.880 --> 0:02:13.880 be joining us as well, coming up in the six 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:16.720 ten hour. All right, So you picked up the baton 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:20.200 for me, okay, Dave Logan, you know they did. They 0:02:20.240 --> 0:02:22.360 texted me and I forgot to call him back. So 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:25.280 thank you for picking me up, buddy. I just remember 0:02:25.360 --> 0:02:28.760 because you know what, I honestly don't even want to 0:02:28.760 --> 0:02:31.880 talk about it right now, because it is we are 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:35.760 hours removed from the end of this season, Kansas City 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:37.919 wins the Super Bowl and we are onto the Bears. 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:39.680 What do we talk about last week time? Well, we 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:42.120 said this is the center of the football universe from 0:02:42.160 --> 0:02:45.720 this day forward. What can all right? Can you can 0:02:45.800 --> 0:02:47.440 sit there right now in that chair and you can 0:02:47.480 --> 0:02:51.440 say the Bears will definitely not trade justin fields. And 0:02:51.560 --> 0:02:54.360 he caused down the table because that's kind of the 0:02:54.400 --> 0:02:58.200 topic that opened the door for Denver between Chicago to 0:02:58.360 --> 0:03:01.880 open up a little bit of conversation because people that 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:05.880 I talked to outside the Bears are more concerned about 0:03:05.919 --> 0:03:09.360 the rumor mill of the Bears thinking about trading justin 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:13.120 fields when it seems like they finally got it in place. 0:03:13.240 --> 0:03:16.360 They got the quarterback, they got the offensive coordinator back 0:03:16.400 --> 0:03:19.400 on board, and that relationship is so important in the 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:24.640 second year development of a quarterback that it seems like 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:28.120 it's too much of a topic of interest. I'll tell 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:30.560 you this. I was on a podcast this week with 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:34.920 Adam Johns and Adam Hogue and they asked me, and 0:03:34.960 --> 0:03:38.560 I said, the most significant development of the postseason, even 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:41.800 though we've just started, is the retainment of Luke getzeeing 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:44.720 the offensive staff for justin fields, because I don't want 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:47.360 to see that change, and you know there are We'll 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:49.360 get into it. Jim Miller later on of the program. 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:52.160 The number of offensive coordinator positions open and Eric b. 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:56.240 Enemy apparently is the new Washington commander's offensive coordinator, but 0:03:56.440 --> 0:04:00.560 the movement at that position jobs still open. I believe 0:04:00.600 --> 0:04:04.360 there are five offensive coordinator positions still open in this league. 0:04:04.440 --> 0:04:08.160 Is the most difficult thing to fill in the NFL? Yeah, 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:10.760 it is. It depends a lot on the quarterback. You 0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:13.680 have the supporting defensive staff. You know, you look at 0:04:13.720 --> 0:04:16.280 a guy like Eric b. Enemy now going from having 0:04:16.560 --> 0:04:18.920 one of the best quarterbacks in the history the NFL, 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:23.000 and the short term going into a team that has 0:04:23.480 --> 0:04:28.599 a lower drafted quarterback that's kind of in, you know, 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:30.920 at the front of the line right now, with very 0:04:30.920 --> 0:04:34.200 little certainty. So you think about the decision where you're 0:04:34.240 --> 0:04:38.160 going with offensive coordinators, there's so many factors that come 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:40.760 into place that you have to take into account that 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:43.560 it's just not a foregone conclusion. Oh, if you know 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:45.800 there's eleven guys on offense and you know how to 0:04:45.800 --> 0:04:48.200 move the football around, you can be an offensive coordinator. 0:04:48.560 --> 0:04:50.760 That's not the case. You have to meet. You have 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:53.880 to match the offensive coordinator with the talent. Part two 0:04:53.920 --> 0:04:56.679 of that is losing the two thousand and six Super Bowl. 0:04:56.800 --> 0:05:01.320 And thankfully, I guess this is a two pronged problem. One, 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:03.880 you won the Super Bowl at eighty five. You didn't 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:06.960 go back, so you never lost one. But the losing 0:05:06.960 --> 0:05:08.599 of a super Bowl and the impact of that on 0:05:08.640 --> 0:05:13.359 your organization, the feeling of it is significant. And you know, 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:16.400 we're watching that Super Bowl and watching it unfold, and 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:18.160 it was a tremendous game. I thought it was. It 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:19.719 was an outstanding game. I know a lot of people 0:05:19.760 --> 0:05:21.479 are saying it's one of the best ever. You know, 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:23.520 I've seen a lot of super Bowls. I can't put 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:26.920 it in that category. It was fantastic. But the loss 0:05:26.960 --> 0:05:28.640 of a Super Bowl and what it does to you 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:31.040 as a player and eats away at you as an organization. 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:34.200 Even if you get to the NFC Championship Game and 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:37.080 lose that, the trickle down effect of that which you 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:41.680 have felt is really difficult to overcome, not only individually 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:44.520 but as a team in an organization. Town Well, I 0:05:44.560 --> 0:05:47.359 will say losing the NFC Championship Game as an active 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:49.840 player to the San Francisco forty nine ers is the 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:53.400 most difficult actual player loss that I've ever had in 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:57.440 my career. But then you look at going through the 0:05:57.560 --> 0:06:01.919 loss and just the emotions that you go through after 0:06:02.160 --> 0:06:05.840 losing Super Bowl as a part of an organization, no 0:06:05.920 --> 0:06:09.600 matter what part you are, from equipment manager to broadcaster 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:14.880 to chef to you know, security director. All Right, Puppy Bowl, 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:16.960 you gotta tell me about it. You are the biggest 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:19.080 dog fan I've ever seen in my life. They are 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:21.640 like little children for you, no question about it. You're 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:24.719 three dogs. So tell me what you did on Super 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:29.560 Bowl Sunday. No. I went down to a place on 0:06:29.839 --> 0:06:33.920 downtown Chicago. Was on Fullerton Street and got the name 0:06:34.040 --> 0:06:35.680 is skipping me and I feel bad because it was 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:37.880 a great place. But they had a big outdoor part 0:06:38.080 --> 0:06:41.320 and the dogs are friendly all year round to go 0:06:41.440 --> 0:06:43.719 there to the patio. But then they had a number 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:46.080 of dogs that were up for the adoption agency in 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:49.560 the Bears marketing department put together a event that was 0:06:49.600 --> 0:06:53.640 surrounded by the puppy Bowl but also had access to 0:06:54.640 --> 0:06:59.599 you know, donating money to the facility for adoptive pets, 0:06:59.640 --> 0:07:04.240 and so it was really neat um and um it 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:07.919 was a cool location. And yeah, I brought my uh 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:12.920 one of my great nephews, John Henry, and oh he 0:07:13.120 --> 0:07:15.480 probably loved it, picked up and put it, you know, 0:07:15.640 --> 0:07:18.480 petted puppies and you know some of them, you know, 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:22.120 they're sad stories behind him, but it's awesome how gracious 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:24.200 the people are that come and adopt him. What did 0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:27.320 you think of the game? I thought it was a 0:07:27.360 --> 0:07:29.520 good game, I thought for sure, and I if I'm 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:31.760 glad I'm not a betting man, because I thought Philly 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:34.680 was gonna win the game for sure. And I was 0:07:34.720 --> 0:07:39.920 amazed of the fumble that uh, Justin Jalen had when 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:41.720 he was switching the ball from his left hand to 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:44.440 his right and then when he lost control of it, 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:46.840 how he kicked it forward and then the game was 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:49.880 wide open from that point on. The biggest kick in 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:52.080 the game wasn't the midst of the first field goal. 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:54.520 The biggest kick in the game was the boot by 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:58.119 Jalen Hurts that put it into a position that since 0:07:59.000 --> 0:08:01.840 Kansas City could re cover it, returning for a touchdown 0:08:02.000 --> 0:08:04.520 and get right back in the game. Emphasizes once again 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:07.440 because we all felt after playing them and losing twenty 0:08:07.440 --> 0:08:09.400 five twenty in that game a soldier field and as 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:11.960 we find out, Jalen hurt says, hey, he really messed 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:15.600 up his shoulder in that game. How difficult it is 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:18.120 to win the bundle? Forget about all the Tom Brady 0:08:18.160 --> 0:08:20.680 New England years. They had something going on. The Steelers 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:23.680 from the seventies, they had something unique going on. Teams 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:25.720 that have gone back to the Super Bowl after missing 0:08:25.720 --> 0:08:28.000 maybe a couple of back to backs, but boy is 0:08:28.040 --> 0:08:30.800 it hard to win. We both felt the Eagles with 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:33.720 the most balanced team in football, I did you know? 0:08:33.800 --> 0:08:35.679 And going back and look at the analytics and the 0:08:35.960 --> 0:08:39.840 numbers of the eighty five Bears and this Philadelphia Eagles team. 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:42.320 They were super similar and then you just look at 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:44.720 the numbers that stood out about their ability for their 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:47.960 defense to get sacks and they were held sackless. I 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:50.800 thought the biggest telling of the game was going to 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:54.319 be the offensive performance of the Kansas City offensive line. 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:57.040 They were great, Hell, they were great. The right tackle 0:08:57.200 --> 0:09:01.120 was awesome, and so you know, Handsas City was super 0:09:01.160 --> 0:09:03.600 creative when they got a turnover and they got down 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:09.520 inside the red zone. Oh my gosh, creativity. Creativity where 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:12.760 they had you know, uncovered or you know, you know, 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:15.800 receivers going into the end zone. Yeah, I'll tell you 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:17.920 this too. The offensive line. You know, let's from keep 0:09:17.960 --> 0:09:20.800 in mind Ryan Pull's general manager of the Bears, had 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:23.080 a lot to do with putting together that offensive line. 0:09:23.120 --> 0:09:26.120 He was kind of the guy behind it all in 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:29.160 terms of draft and putting the thing that that thing 0:09:29.200 --> 0:09:32.960 together And I know I texted him this week about 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:34.760 that and he just gave a thumbs up. You know, 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:37.920 that was an impressive performance by you know, that defensive line. 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:40.840 We talked about eight to ten deep and the quick 0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:44.200 passing game and Patrick Machomes adjusting and morphing into what 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:47.840 you need to morph into regardless of what your capabilities 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:50.280 and traits are as a player and as an offense 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:52.960 as a team, they got rid of the ball quick 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:55.520 and used the short passing game to their advantage. I 0:09:55.559 --> 0:09:57.760 mean it was. It was impressive, no question about it. 0:09:57.760 --> 0:10:01.160 A big reverse field punt retire, Oh, which was an 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:05.080 amazing day. Yeah. You know, Dave is a great coach 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:08.680 and just some pure athleticism on display to get the 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:12.160 ball down within the five yard line. The longest longest 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:15.960 punt return in Super Bowl history. Yes, and that always 0:10:16.000 --> 0:10:18.800 amazes me to all these benchmark moments in games. The 0:10:18.840 --> 0:10:22.240 longest punt return in Super Bowl history. You know, you 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:24.520 think you've seen it all, but you never do in sports, 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:26.920 that's for sure. Coming up next, we'll be joined by 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:28.800 our friend Jim Miller, who is at the game. We 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:30.880 can talk more about that. Also, a new day is 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:33.479 done for the Bears franchise with its open letter announcement 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:36.319 closing on the three hundred and twenty six acre Arlington 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:38.640 Park property. We'll talk about that all coming up next 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:41.439 with Tom There. I'm Jeff Joniac here on Chicago Sports 0:10:41.520 --> 0:10:50.240 Radio six seventy the Score. Welcome back everybody to Bears. 0:10:50.280 --> 0:10:52.840 All access were brought to you by IGS Energy. Choose 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:55.400 clean energy for your home at IGS dot com because 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:57.800 every good choice adds up to a better world. With 0:10:58.080 --> 0:11:00.760 top there, I'm Jeff Joniac. Let's bring Jim Metal from 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:03.880 Serious XM NFL Radio is moving the chains, and also 0:11:04.040 --> 0:11:07.480 Brad Spielberger from Pro Football Focus. He is a salary 0:11:07.520 --> 0:11:10.840 Cap analyst contributor as well to over Thecap dot com, 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:15.320 a former Minnesota Banking's legal intern and Vanderbilt a lum 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:18.160 to Lane Law. A lot on the schedule for both guys. 0:11:18.800 --> 0:11:21.920 Jim first Salo at Super Bowl with something else. Did 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:24.800 you love it? Yeah, what a great week, So Jeff 0:11:24.800 --> 0:11:26.440 toomm gonna be with you guys. Yeah, it was a 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:29.839 great Super Bowl, great game and just very competitive and 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:32.360 what can you say? Kansas City got it done. They 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:35.600 made they made the most place and certainly you know 0:11:36.160 --> 0:11:38.680 everybody talked about in the trenches. You give up no 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:41.319 sacks against that group, whether it's footing. But both teams 0:11:41.320 --> 0:11:43.360 had had to play in that but they made the 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:45.760 plays that were necessary to get the win and couldn't 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:49.160 be really shut out offensively that whole second half against 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:52.000 a pretty good defensive Philadelphia. So all the way around, 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:54.000 a great game. All right, we will get in depth. 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:56.079 I really want to talk about the field. Want to 0:11:56.080 --> 0:11:57.600 talk about a couple of things about the Super Bowl 0:11:57.679 --> 0:11:59.920 later in the program. But you know, at the game, 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:05.199 men's celebrate the Chiefs. But Brad Spielberger, I keep saying 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:07.120 it over and over again. Tom and I We've been 0:12:07.160 --> 0:12:09.520 doing this a long time. Jim's been a Bear, and 0:12:10.200 --> 0:12:12.280 it's we have a lot of invested here. We have 0:12:12.400 --> 0:12:16.480 never seen what's about to trans form this franchise. Then 0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:19.960 here in twenty twenty three with the salary, cap space 0:12:19.960 --> 0:12:21.520 and the number one pick on the draft and what 0:12:21.559 --> 0:12:24.280 all that means. Welcome to the program, first time with us. 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:27.200 You do a great job. But Bears fans are in 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:29.200 a word you for it, Brad, and should they be 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:32.040 thank you so much for having me. I appreciate the intro, 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:34.000 and yeah, they really should. I mean you talk about 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:36.559 it being stored for the Chicago Bears. It's a stored 0:12:36.640 --> 0:12:38.959 for any team to have this many resources going into 0:12:38.960 --> 0:12:42.000 the offseason, extra draft capital from the trades of Roclan 0:12:42.080 --> 0:12:44.640 Smith and Robert Quinn, the number one overall pick and 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:47.520 ninety four million dollars in cap space, they could set 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:49.680 up the next five years, ten years of the team 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:52.840 potentially with the big offseason, you know, brand I mentioned 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:56.320 this to our director of Research and Statistics, Doug Colletti 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:58.600 has been with us for thirty six years, a banker 0:12:58.679 --> 0:13:02.360 by trade. Buddy does this for fun and helps us 0:13:02.400 --> 0:13:04.360 out with our statues in every week in our booth. 0:13:04.440 --> 0:13:07.439 And I mentioned to him this week about the next 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:09.160 ten years, and I had to reel it back a 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:11.520 little bit because you hit the nail on the head. 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:14.400 It's really five years when you look at the Philadelphia 0:13:14.440 --> 0:13:19.240 Eagles transforming their roster, keeping some key elements of course, 0:13:19.520 --> 0:13:21.560 and doing it in two and a half years. Really, 0:13:21.600 --> 0:13:25.600 this league now has become the next five years. But 0:13:25.640 --> 0:13:28.679 it is it is a keystone moment depending on what 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:31.720 you get just safe for example, you get your next 0:13:31.800 --> 0:13:36.560 great pass rusher, your next great cornerstone offensive lineman, or 0:13:36.640 --> 0:13:40.360 a alpha male on that offensive line, or a great 0:13:40.440 --> 0:13:43.640 corner you know, yes, you these guys will be here 0:13:43.720 --> 0:13:46.720 possibly eight to ten years, but really, in reality, it's 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:49.480 in the next five years. But it is transformation. Is 0:13:49.520 --> 0:13:53.360 that the range we're looking at here this kind of offseason, Yeah, 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:55.439 exactly right, I mean, especially in the free agency you're 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:57.880 usually looking at, you know, three four year solutions at 0:13:57.880 --> 0:14:00.520 past But then like you said those draft is, maybe 0:14:00.559 --> 0:14:03.240 you do land that blue chip player that sticks around 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:06.080 for a very long time, hopefully playing with Justin Fields 0:14:06.080 --> 0:14:08.080 for a very very long time. But the key for 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:10.760 this offseason as well is, you know Justin Field going 0:14:10.800 --> 0:14:13.320 into the third year of his rookie contract, can you 0:14:13.360 --> 0:14:16.840 build a contender before hopefully, as we're all hoping, you know, 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:19.240 he gets a huge payday. So there's a short window 0:14:19.320 --> 0:14:22.120 and a long term window and play here. You know, Brad, 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:24.880 you look at the positions at the Bears need most 0:14:24.880 --> 0:14:27.480 and you look at free agency. Do you have a 0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:30.240 dedicated amount of money that you would want to spend 0:14:30.280 --> 0:14:33.880 at a certain position to consider an upgraded or is 0:14:33.920 --> 0:14:35.680 it kind of fly by the seat of your pants. 0:14:35.680 --> 0:14:38.720 If this guy unusually becomes a valuable you got to 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:41.120 take a shot at him. I do think it is 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:42.640 kind of touch and go. You have to a plan 0:14:42.720 --> 0:14:45.120 in place. If you're gonna splash on a certain player, 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:48.440 then maybe you pivot elsewhere. But you know, one specific example, 0:14:48.720 --> 0:14:51.480 let's say to Ron Payne, the interior defender in Washington 0:14:51.840 --> 0:14:54.720 does not get franchise tagged. I unfortunately think he will. 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:56.960 But let's say he doesn't, and all of a sudden, 0:14:57.000 --> 0:15:00.040 a really really good young player that can transform the 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:01.960 tior of your defensive line, which you know, I think 0:15:01.960 --> 0:15:03.040 it was a bit of a week spot for the 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:05.120 team this past year. You kind of have to rite, 0:15:05.120 --> 0:15:07.600 you say, hey, we have all these resources available. Players 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:10.280 like this don't really hit the market very often. And 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:12.080 that's a guy I think he's getting, you know, twenty 0:15:12.120 --> 0:15:15.920 million dollars a year, potentially maybe even more. But you know, 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:17.520 coming off one of the best seasons of his career, 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:20.480 first double digits back season, can play nose tackle, can 0:15:20.480 --> 0:15:22.840 play three technique. You know, it's a really really good 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:26.000 young player. Well, brave, go ahead. I'm sorry, all right, Jim, 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:28.120 go ahead, Jim. Well, I'm just gonna as Brad. Because 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:31.200 we've seen teams go from worse to first. Obviously Jacksonville 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:32.520 would be a team last year. But I want to 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:36.240 focus on Cincinnati because they were targeted. You know, they 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:40.600 signed Trey Hendrickson, they added Mike Hilton, they drafted Jamar Chase, 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:42.640 and here they went worse to first and went to 0:15:42.720 --> 0:15:45.280 the Super Bowl. But you can't just be some drunken 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:47.240 sailor out there. You know, when you have ninety four 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:49.960 million dollars, it's got to be targeted, right, Maybe just 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:53.600 touch on that of areas to target like Tom was 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:56.480 was talking about No. One hundred and ten percent. I 0:15:56.520 --> 0:15:58.520 think my favorite thing Ryan pol has ever said of 0:15:58.560 --> 0:16:01.400 all of his press conferences. We's about how free agency 0:16:01.520 --> 0:16:04.160 is not how you build a roster. It's through draft 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:06.440 and develops. Free agency is for some you know, mid 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:10.240 tier signings, adding depth, adding rotational pieces. Again, anyway, this 0:16:10.280 --> 0:16:13.040 funny situation, maybe you do make a bigger mover too, 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:15.280 but you couldn't be more right. It's about those mid 0:16:15.280 --> 0:16:17.640 tier deals, those mid tier guys, that's where you typically 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:20.560 win in free agency. You mentioned Trey Hendrickson, Mike Hilton, 0:16:20.800 --> 0:16:23.120 great examples of Von Bella safety for the Bengals, and 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:25.000 we can go on and on know Woose the either 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:27.640 outside corner. None of those guys broke the bank. They 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:30.080 were all you know, mid tier to upper mid tier signings. 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:32.800 But they make a huge impact if you then also, 0:16:33.160 --> 0:16:34.560 you know, hit on the draft and you want to 0:16:34.560 --> 0:16:37.400 save those big, big deals for your internal players that 0:16:37.440 --> 0:16:40.680 you hopefully develop into superstars. Hey, Brad, when you look 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:43.320 at the combine coming up. So does Ryan Poles have 0:16:43.440 --> 0:16:46.520 a booth fair having interest from every one of the 0:16:46.600 --> 0:16:49.720 gms in the league to peak there, you know, just 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:52.160 to peak their interest about what they think about the 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:55.040 first pick in the draft or is it? Is it? 0:16:55.200 --> 0:16:57.480 You know as it do you take a subtle approach 0:16:57.680 --> 0:16:59.840 and try to you know, sync into the free a 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:02.560 jim market a little bit to see what veterans could 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:06.399 come aboard immediately and help your team. No, it's a 0:17:06.440 --> 0:17:08.000 great question. You should just set up shop in the 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:09.639 middle of the place and is that right? Everyone come 0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:11.280 in and give you your highest bit for this first 0:17:11.320 --> 0:17:13.720 overall pick. That would be a great set up. But 0:17:13.760 --> 0:17:16.600 I do I think this is really when conversations start 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:19.159 about free agencies and of course you know, can't be 0:17:19.200 --> 0:17:20.720 tampering or anything like that, but you can get a 0:17:20.760 --> 0:17:24.320 feel for maybe which players are available, how the market's 0:17:24.359 --> 0:17:26.840 going to play out. You know, you know which players 0:17:26.920 --> 0:17:29.919 are you know, view as scheme fits or team fits 0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:32.960 for whatever reason, culture otherwise, and you start to get 0:17:32.960 --> 0:17:35.840 a feel for the market at large. Because even though 0:17:35.880 --> 0:17:38.080 every deal is of course unique and it's it's in 0:17:38.080 --> 0:17:40.560 its own right, you know, those things impact each other. Right, 0:17:40.760 --> 0:17:43.280 If you know certain players are not interested in going 0:17:43.280 --> 0:17:45.919 into your city or not interesting going to other cities 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:47.920 and things like that, it can kind of sway the 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:50.600 values because you get a better understanding of the entire 0:17:50.640 --> 0:17:53.680 market at large. All right, Brad, I don't know whether 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:56.680 to ask you a question about Aaron Rodgers now or later. 0:17:57.119 --> 0:18:00.280 But I think when you really you think about the money, 0:18:00.320 --> 0:18:03.240 and you think about the future, and you think about contracts, 0:18:03.280 --> 0:18:06.800 and you think about the uncertainty of the individual himself. 0:18:07.600 --> 0:18:11.080 Is that money movable or is it money that we're 0:18:11.160 --> 0:18:14.360 kind of all, you know, silly to think that he's 0:18:14.359 --> 0:18:17.199 going to be anywhere else but Green Bay. So it 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:19.760 is movable. But I think it'll be interesting there is 0:18:19.760 --> 0:18:21.760 at the trade compensation. I don't think it's going to 0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:23.479 be as much as people expect. Like we're not going 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:25.639 to see the Russell Wilson trade two point zero. I 0:18:25.640 --> 0:18:28.360 mean the guys that sixty million dollars just for next 0:18:28.400 --> 0:18:30.320 season and a new team to say, hey, we're not 0:18:30.320 --> 0:18:32.160 going to bring this guy in for maybe and maybe 0:18:32.160 --> 0:18:35.160 one year sixty million then he potentially retired. Now, they can't, 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:37.280 you know, make him sign a I promised to play 0:18:37.320 --> 0:18:39.520 two plus years or whatever. But so that's where I 0:18:39.520 --> 0:18:41.640 think it happens. I'll say this though, I do think 0:18:41.680 --> 0:18:43.800 Green Bay wants to move on. I think this is 0:18:43.840 --> 0:18:45.960 the off season to do it because if they keep him, 0:18:45.960 --> 0:18:48.880 these financial penalty is actually worse next year to move 0:18:48.880 --> 0:18:50.600 on from him than it is this year. So I 0:18:50.680 --> 0:18:53.080 really really do Maybe I'm just an optimistic Bears fan, 0:18:53.560 --> 0:18:55.159 I really do think he's going to be on a 0:18:55.160 --> 0:18:58.280 different team next year. Well, it's interesting because he's in 0:18:58.320 --> 0:19:00.119 the dark, and it sounds like that Bob mc an 0:19:00.200 --> 0:19:04.080 article that came out today was in the light. So 0:19:04.119 --> 0:19:06.840 I don't even know if Aaron knows that what's been reported, 0:19:06.840 --> 0:19:09.399 but it should be interesting all the way around for 0:19:09.440 --> 0:19:12.160 the Bears. As you mentioned having that one number one 0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:15.120 overall pick for sale. You know, where does it start 0:19:15.119 --> 0:19:17.360 with quarterbacks? It could be the Texans that maybe want 0:19:17.359 --> 0:19:19.600 to trade up from two to one. You look at 0:19:19.600 --> 0:19:23.159 the Colts at four. Basically Jim Ersey, owner of the Colts, 0:19:23.200 --> 0:19:25.320 came out and said, hey, they're they're looking to develop 0:19:25.359 --> 0:19:27.600 a young quarterback. He got the Raiders at seven, the 0:19:27.600 --> 0:19:30.280