WEBVTT - Bears embracing higher expectations in 2023 | Bears, etc. Podcast 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:03.240 Right justin middle of the field forty five fifteen bring 0:00:03.360 --> 0:00:05.720 Russ in front of a leading Lions in this way. 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:10.800 I am Jeff jonihacklitz is on dot UKR. 0:00:12.000 --> 0:00:13.800 What was like playing for Cochi Gooddom. 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:16.000 I don't want to answer any questions like that. 0:00:16.160 --> 0:00:19.000 Sixty one yards? What's Sunday stroll for? 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:28.040 Justin Fields? Bears et Cetera brought to you by Miller 0:00:28.120 --> 0:00:30.760 Lighte with the voices of the Bears Jeff Joniack and 0:00:30.800 --> 0:00:31.400 Tom Thayer. 0:00:32.920 --> 0:00:35.200 By this time next week, Bears will be knee deep 0:00:35.200 --> 0:00:38.279 in their preparation for the Packers, defending champion Kansas City, 0:00:38.320 --> 0:00:40.920 who opened the season against Detroit, and we'll be figuring 0:00:40.960 --> 0:00:42.720 out how the Bears will beat the Packers to open 0:00:42.720 --> 0:00:45.360 the one hundred and fourth season and Bears history. Welcome 0:00:45.400 --> 0:00:48.319 in episode twelve of Bears et Cetera with Super Bowl 0:00:48.360 --> 0:00:51.159 winning Bear Tom Theayre. I'm Jeff Joniack, who brought to 0:00:51.159 --> 0:00:55.560 you by Miller light Taste like Miller Time Chicago. Tom, 0:00:55.720 --> 0:00:58.160 How you feeling number one as we wrap up yet 0:00:58.200 --> 0:00:59.400 another week closer to the kid. 0:01:00.160 --> 0:01:02.480 I'm feeling pretty good. But I did just send a 0:01:02.480 --> 0:01:05.839 message to former Super Bowl MVP and Hall of Famer 0:01:05.959 --> 0:01:10.000 Richard Dent because this weekend Tennessee State plays. 0:01:09.760 --> 0:01:11.160 Notre Dame matt Notre Dame. 0:01:11.480 --> 0:01:14.200 So I sent a message friendly, how many points you 0:01:14.280 --> 0:01:17.040 given me, Richard. I'm waiting to hear back from them. 0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:20.200 But when you think about the preparations for the NFL, 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:23.960 you know, the excitement of the first game of the season, 0:01:24.000 --> 0:01:27.120 it kind of starts the momentum and then it just 0:01:27.200 --> 0:01:30.280 continues to go downhill from there, and then it gives 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:33.039 you an opportunity to get excited for one of the 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:36.600 biggest games in the rivalries that I've ever played in 0:01:36.600 --> 0:01:40.319 in my lifetime. And I don't think the players need 0:01:40.319 --> 0:01:42.200 to be reminded of it. I don't think they need 0:01:42.240 --> 0:01:44.520 to be taught of it. Like madd Bieberfu said at 0:01:44.520 --> 0:01:48.000 the podium today, if you're a dedicated NFL guy, then 0:01:48.040 --> 0:01:50.800 you're all in and you know about rivalries and you 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:53.080 know about their role in their importances. 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:55.520 Yeah, I mean, and it's crazy to think that you 0:01:55.560 --> 0:01:58.640 don't play them again to week eighteen. So this is 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:01.520 a vitally important game no matter how you slice it. 0:02:02.320 --> 0:02:04.280 Oh, I mean, it's going to be two different teams 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:08.239 and it's not really exaggeration when you look at the 0:02:08.320 --> 0:02:10.960 amount of time that there is in between the first 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:12.799 game of the year and the last game of the year, 0:02:13.200 --> 0:02:16.960 and then the intensity of the rivalry. But what both 0:02:17.000 --> 0:02:19.480 teams are searching for at the last game of the year. 0:02:19.880 --> 0:02:22.160 It's really going to be interesting this year because the 0:02:22.320 --> 0:02:25.680 enormity of the rivalry is almost going to be two 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:27.520 separate seasons of its own. 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:31.200 All right, here's Matt Eberflus on his roster now twenty 0:02:31.280 --> 0:02:34.720 six new members of this team since the first of 0:02:34.760 --> 0:02:37.800 the year. What it all means, No, it's I look 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:38.799 at this opportunity. 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:40.640 You know, we brought a lot of good guys in 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:42.960 one thing. About every one of those guys we acquired 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:46.320 through the course, and you're right, it's half or maybe more, 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:49.480 I don't know, but it's you know, those guys all 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:53.120 love football, you know, So it was an easy, easy 0:02:53.120 --> 0:02:55.000 fit for those guys to gel with the guys that 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:56.400 we had currently on the roster. 0:02:56.639 --> 0:02:56.840 You know. 0:02:56.960 --> 0:02:59.120 So you go through free agency, add those guys, and 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:01.560 you go through the draft add those guys, and then weep, 0:03:01.639 --> 0:03:03.919 you kept adding a couple more guys as of late, 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:06.600 and they all love football. So the culture, right there. 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:08.640 If a guy loves football, he's going to love his teammates, 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:10.359 he's going to love the practice. He's going to love 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:13.000 to prepare for games. And that's what we already have 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:14.840 in the locker room. So it's a pretty easy. 0:03:14.600 --> 0:03:16.960 Fit, all right, Tom. We know change happens no matter what, 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:20.200 because a third of the roster usually gets churned up 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:23.440 and changed because of draft and undrafted free agency. Then 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:25.840 you throw on twelve to sixteen players in the practice 0:03:25.840 --> 0:03:28.360 squad are new to the building as well. That's a 0:03:28.360 --> 0:03:30.200 lot of change for a second year in a row. 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:32.679 He and his staff used to it in year one. 0:03:33.280 --> 0:03:34.800 Is that bode well for year two? 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:38.800 It does? But I think the conversation started yesterday when 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:42.080 Ryan Poles and Ian Cunningham met the media because they 0:03:42.120 --> 0:03:44.840 talked about the change in the roster and how they 0:03:44.880 --> 0:03:47.880 feel a lot more confident at certain positions, the depth 0:03:47.920 --> 0:03:51.600 of this team, the athleticism and where it's going now. 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:54.520 You kind of give all the groceries to the head 0:03:54.560 --> 0:03:58.600 coach and he puts together the meal, and so you 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:01.680 know that's one of Bill parcells old sayings, but it 0:04:01.800 --> 0:04:04.480 is true. You know, Ryan Poles has put together this 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:07.520 group of players and I'm excited to see some of 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:10.280 these guys that have come aboard and your Tremaine Edmins 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:14.200 and your TJ. Edwards and your DeMarcus Walker's DJ Moore, 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:17.360 so on and so forth. So I'm excited to see 0:04:17.360 --> 0:04:19.800 this new cast of characters because I think a lot 0:04:19.839 --> 0:04:22.320 of these veterans that have NFL experience, they bring a 0:04:22.320 --> 0:04:25.400 different intensity when they walk in the locker room before 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:29.159 the beginning of the regular season. It's a whole different animal, 0:04:29.360 --> 0:04:32.560 because when you walk in that locker room, no, you know, 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:35.920 you're there for a four quarters. You're not there for ten, 0:04:36.040 --> 0:04:39.400 twelve five plays. It's about you got to be on 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:40.880 the field and you got to play at a high 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:42.039 level for the whole game. 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:46.160 Nathan Peterman re signed to the active roster. Tommy Maddy 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:50.279 Brifluse asked about that and how important he is to 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:51.000 the fifty three. 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:53.080 We're sure glad to have him back. You know, he's 0:04:53.120 --> 0:04:55.120 really good for that room. You know him and justin 0:04:55.279 --> 0:04:59.320 you know, learned you know, the offense together so to speak, 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:03.320 so they speaking the same language, so they understand it 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:03.720 really well. 0:05:03.760 --> 0:05:05.000 And I think it's good to have him in the room. 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:07.080 What went to the decision to sign him to the 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:08.679 fifty three versus practice squad. 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:10.040 I know Ryan said yesterday that. 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:10.800 Both were up on that. 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:14.719 Yeah, just we wanted to really secure him in that situation, 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:16.560 and you know, we don't know what's going to happen 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:18.600 in the future, you know, with who's going to be 0:05:18.640 --> 0:05:20.080 up for the game, who's going to be the backup, 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:21.279 So we'll decide that as we go. 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:25.760 Right, Ryan talked about being deciding and how comfortable you 0:05:25.800 --> 0:05:28.720 are with Dagent as the number two. What really from 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:31.039 your standpoint as the head coach, what goes into that? 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:33.000 What's the big decision as far as having a guy 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:35.440 who has no experience in the NFL, has come from 0:05:35.480 --> 0:05:38.200 Division two, and yet he's in consideration for the number 0:05:38.200 --> 0:05:40.440 two guy behind fields. 0:05:40.480 --> 0:05:43.000 This performance, you know, the performance he had in camp 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:46.600 and the performance he had during those preseason games, and 0:05:46.680 --> 0:05:49.440 we like where he is and we like where the is, 0:05:49.520 --> 0:05:51.920 you know, so we're excited to have both those guys 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:54.240 and see where they developed to and and where they go. 0:05:54.400 --> 0:05:55.920 But would that be a little bit of a leap 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:58.560 of faith for you know, because preseason is different from 0:05:58.560 --> 0:06:02.000 a regular season than again the games speed, different audiences. 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:02.160 You're different. 0:06:02.160 --> 0:06:03.640 Sure, is there a little bit of a leap of 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:06.920 paper unknown As far as if you made that decision with. 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:10.240 Pagan, I would say that, you know, you know, we 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:12.680 haven't made any decisions yet, so we're we're still in 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:15.200 that process. And uh, but yeah, I mean, when you 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:17.240 first put a guy out there, like any rookie, like 0:06:17.320 --> 0:06:20.160 it was Brisker or anybody, you're always you know, he 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:22.240 kind of don't know, you know, until you know. Now, 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:23.919 what you can go by is what they practice and 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:26.479 how they play and how they perform in practice. And 0:06:26.520 --> 0:06:28.240 that's all you have, and that's what we always have, 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:30.760 you know, And somebody's always got to have your first performance. 0:06:30.800 --> 0:06:33.080 And when they go out there, they'll perform and they'll 0:06:33.080 --> 0:06:35.640 do they'll really rely with what their practice emits are. 0:06:35.839 --> 0:06:37.880 Well. Well, also hear there are questions about, you know, 0:06:37.920 --> 0:06:39.920 who's the backup now? Is it going to be Peterman, 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:41.680 Is it going to be Tyson Beijing? He is not 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:44.159 letting us know about that yet, And I just feel 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:46.680 he's going to look at that week to week and 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:49.920 see where Beajan's growth is coming, who's going to run 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:52.880 that scout team, how how he looks doing that, and 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:55.920 how he stays in his playbook each and every week 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:56.440 to be ready. 0:06:56.440 --> 0:06:58.800 Well, yeah, Matt talked about all the reference points that 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:02.040 you make those judgments by anybody who's in a backup role, 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:05.039 how do they answer questions in the meeting, How familiar 0:07:05.080 --> 0:07:07.640 with the are they with the installation of the material 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:10.760 according to the opponent they're playing, And he talked about 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:13.840 how there's a lot less material when you're starting to 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:17.840 implement game plans rather than implementing the whole playbook at 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:19.280 the beginning of training camp. 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:23.200 All right, Jakwan Brisker, any concern still not practicing, He'll 0:07:23.200 --> 0:07:26.119 stay over this Labor Day weekend while players go maybe 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:28.760 and leave town, go see some of their college football teams. 0:07:29.160 --> 0:07:31.239 Whatever the case may be. He needs to rehab. 0:07:31.320 --> 0:07:34.000 My only concern is if he's not dressed on game day. 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:36.520 Other than that, if he is dressed on game day, 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:38.760 I'm not going to be concerned. I'm not going to 0:07:38.760 --> 0:07:40.800 be thinking in the back of my mind that he's 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:44.240 unprepared for what's about to take place. So if the coaches, 0:07:44.280 --> 0:07:47.720 the trainers, the whole staff makes the judgment that Jakwan 0:07:47.800 --> 0:07:50.240 Brisker is ready to go, then Jeff, you and I 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:52.600 have to sit up in that booth and call the 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:55.520 game as if Kwan Brisker is one hundred percent and 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:56.200 ready to go. 0:07:56.360 --> 0:08:00.080 All right. Here's Eberflus on the status of his second year's. 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:02.200 Well, it's just to wait and see. You know, how 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:04.840 does the rehab go this weekend because he's doing something 0:08:04.840 --> 0:08:07.680 every day. He's doing something Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:10.520 then into Tuesday, and then we'll see where it goes. 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:12.200 And again when you get the pads on and start 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:15.840 and start cracking and doing full speed movements, then we'll 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:16.400 see where it is. 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:18.640 All right. So that's the latest on Brisker, and it'll 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:20.280 be a day to day thing as we work through 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:22.440 the week. Next week when they get back to practice. 0:08:22.600 --> 0:08:25.200 One other thing he talked about was the arrival of 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:28.560 another golden domer. As Cole Comet said yesterday town, you 0:08:28.600 --> 0:08:31.600 can't have too many. You can't have too many domers, 0:08:32.160 --> 0:08:36.400 that's for sure. So Khalid Kareem is here, a defensive 0:08:36.520 --> 0:08:38.920 end from the Indianapolis Colt. Here's what Iberflues likes. 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:41.400 Saw him play run the run well a couple of 0:08:41.440 --> 0:08:44.600 times and also saw his motor. I really liked his motor, 0:08:45.120 --> 0:08:48.360 It runs hot, and he's a great effort player and 0:08:48.400 --> 0:08:51.240 he's very physical, So we like that about him and 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:54.679 we're excited about developing him in our system. 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:57.160 All Right, we watched that kid play. You knew exactly 0:08:57.200 --> 0:09:01.199 who I was talking about yesterday after watching those coach practices. 0:09:01.280 --> 0:09:03.679 But there are a couple of players on that defensive 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:05.560 line that we're very aggressive about the snap, and he 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:06.079 was one of them. 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:07.920 Yeah, but I like the fact that he jumped forty 0:09:07.920 --> 0:09:10.280 foot out of a helicopter in Hawaii and he likes 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:12.959 the scuba dive because that takes a certain amount of 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:16.720 courage that you have to be become comfortable with, and 0:09:16.760 --> 0:09:19.240 I think a lot of that has to also takes 0:09:19.240 --> 0:09:22.559 place in a football game. So yeah, I am glad 0:09:22.559 --> 0:09:26.080 to see depth at the defensive line position. I need 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:28.120 to see that seven or eight guys that are going 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:30.440 to take the field on Sunday and be part of 0:09:30.440 --> 0:09:33.520 a rotation that can contribute at a high level. And 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:35.920 I think we're really fortunate to have Ben at those 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:39.880 Indianapolis practices to know exactly how he plays, who he is, 0:09:40.040 --> 0:09:43.280 and what he's going to contribute. So I'm excited to 0:09:43.280 --> 0:09:47.080 see it and yeah, Cole, we need more domers, and well, 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:48.840 I don't know if we need more domors, but we 0:09:48.920 --> 0:09:50.800 need the ones that show up to play well. 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:54.080 And here is Kareema. What kind of player we should 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:54.839 expect to see? 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:56.719 Hard worker? You know, I'm going to come in here 0:09:56.720 --> 0:10:00.440 every day with that mindset that, you know, prove why 0:10:00.480 --> 0:10:03.920 I'm here. Just have to earn it, honestly, gritty guy 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:06.000 in blue collar So that's really all I know. 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:06.560 Is hard work. 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:09.440 From what you know about the scheme, how do you 0:10:09.440 --> 0:10:12.360 think you fit beast of what they want to do, Hans. 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:14.920 I'm still learning the playbook, but I see right now 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:16.880 I feel like I'm fit pretty well in the system. 0:10:17.320 --> 0:10:19.000 You know, Well I get it down, I'll be good. 0:10:19.400 --> 0:10:21.719 What's your labor day weekend look like? Having to learn 0:10:21.760 --> 0:10:22.320 this playbook? 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:26.680 Uh, labor day weekend? I said. 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:29.160 At this point, I don't know. I was planning on 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:31.120 probably going to North Carolina do some scuwa ivan, but 0:10:31.240 --> 0:10:34.480 now I don't know. Honestly, I'll probably just go back 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:36.800 to Indye, pack my stuff up, then head back here. 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:39.640 That's not the only new player brought in. Trent Taylor 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:42.080 Tom will be the punt returner in week one. That's 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:45.559 the plan anyway. He was brought here after being let 0:10:45.559 --> 0:10:48.440 go by the Cincinnati Bengals. It surprised him. Started his 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:51.480 career with San Francisco. He was asked a lot about 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:54.200 how he secures the football and what is the key 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:58.520 to it and the strange questions for me if I'm him, 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:02.679 media asking Vayalas Jones Junior. Not now he's competing with 0:11:02.760 --> 0:11:05.960 Valas Jones Jones Junior and trying to get Vayles to 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:08.080 get back on track to be a punt returner. They're 0:11:08.080 --> 0:11:10.520 not giving up on him just yet. They're gonna keep 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:13.040 working him. He'll be the kick returner week one. But 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:15.719 as a player, when somebody comes in to take your 0:11:15.720 --> 0:11:19.640 position or that position still is backed up by a 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:22.280 young player like VELAs, those are tough questions to answer 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:23.640 answer for a veteran, isn't it. 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:24.000 Yeah? 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:26.680 They are? But you know, Vayalas Jones Junior, if he 0:11:26.720 --> 0:11:29.440 had secured every single punt he caught over the last 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:32.120 two years, we really wouldn't be talking about bringing in 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:36.120 a new punt returner here. Taylor has got familiarity with 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:39.560 coach High Tower. He's played a lot of center field 0:11:39.600 --> 0:11:42.400 in baseball, and he understands the flight of a ball 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:45.560 in the air in a baseball is a lot smaller 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:49.400 obviously than a football, but when conditions inside Soldier Field 0:11:49.440 --> 0:11:51.960 can affect the flight of the football a lot more so. 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:55.080 I'm glad they bring an experience at the punt returning 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:58.400 position because every single time the Bears get a chance 0:11:58.440 --> 0:12:01.080 to get the football, they need to secure the catch 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:03.599 and give their offense an opportunity. 0:12:03.840 --> 0:12:06.360 Here's more with Taylor on the reality in the NFL. 0:12:06.440 --> 0:12:09.000 Yeah, it's a weird feeling because I don't know anybody 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:10.800 in the building, I don't know the offense, but like 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:13.080 I have a spot on the team, which is just 0:12:13.120 --> 0:12:16.040 like a weird feeling right now. But so I'm looking 0:12:16.040 --> 0:12:19.280 forward to getting to know everybody, getting close with the 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:22.320 team and learning the playbook, and yeah, we'll be ready 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:22.520 to go. 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:24.840 Week one apparently had some bad pizza too in his 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:27.480 rookie debut against the Bears, he said, and yet he 0:12:27.640 --> 0:12:30.560 was He had a little Michael Jordan esque situation, like 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:34.200 so Lake City back in the NBA Finals. But yeah, hey, 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:38.160 we encourage you try the pizza again, give it another shot. 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:40.960 Here in Chicago. We got great pizza time. What is yours? 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:42.000 Where's your go to? 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:45.960 My buddy Marco runs a place called Pizza Metro on 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:51.000 Division and it's authentic. They're from Italy. It's some of 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:53.440 the best pizza. You can order by the whole pizza 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:57.319 or by the slice, and they're rectangular slices that are 0:12:57.400 --> 0:13:01.520 cut in six or eight piece each and so if 0:13:01.520 --> 0:13:04.280 you're downtown you're looking for a unique style of pizza, 0:13:04.360 --> 0:13:07.679 try it out. It's on the thinner side, So get 0:13:07.720 --> 0:13:09.079 yourself a couple slices. 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:11.559 Nice. Thank you to you're notited. Airlines official airlines of 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:14.920 the Chicago Bears. One other nugget on Trent Taylor five 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:17.600 returns of twenty yards and more last season as a 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:20.600 share of the lead in punt returns of that length 0:13:20.880 --> 0:13:23.960 last season. So the guy did play well in that 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:27.200 situation and he will be the guy does not know 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:29.400 the playbook. He just got dropped don here and like 0:13:29.480 --> 0:13:31.960 we said, that's the reality of the National Football League. 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:35.160 And he'll spend time this weekend learning that. Tevin Jenkins, 0:13:35.240 --> 0:13:37.280 Doug Kramer, Tommy to ir they're going to miss a 0:13:37.320 --> 0:13:40.120 minimum of the first four games of the season. You're 0:13:40.160 --> 0:13:43.280 hopeful when we started this whole thing in episode one 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:46.320 that Devin would remain healthy for the whole season, and 0:13:46.480 --> 0:13:48.760 you know it's tough for an offensive lineman obviously, but 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:52.360 history of injuries and he will miss the first four games. 0:13:52.760 --> 0:13:56.080 How do you analyze that? Then? From your perspective on 0:13:56.120 --> 0:13:57.000 these two guys. 0:13:57.960 --> 0:14:01.040 Super super disappointed because at the beginning of the year, 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:03.360 talking to one of the reporters, I was saying, Tevin 0:14:03.440 --> 0:14:06.840 Jenkins needs a drama less type of a season where 0:14:06.840 --> 0:14:09.240 he comes in here, he takes over at left guard. 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:13.920 He plays with the strength, the athleticism that he's put 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:16.280 on display. And I think when you get a chance 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:19.680 to play against next to a guy like Braxton Jones 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:22.600 and whomever's going to play center, I thought Tevin would 0:14:22.640 --> 0:14:24.920 be the left guard for a long time to come. 0:14:25.280 --> 0:14:28.520 But I think it's some type of freakish injury that happened. 0:14:29.000 --> 0:14:32.440 No blame to Tevin, but now they're fortunate to have 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:35.320 a player as versatile as Cody white Hair that he 0:14:35.360 --> 0:14:38.720 can take one giant step to his left, getting a 0:14:38.720 --> 0:14:41.640 three point stance and play the position game day. 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:46.840 Schnecking calls for good foods Chucky Guacamalde made with has avocados, tomatoes, onion, 0:14:46.920 --> 0:14:49.640 cilantro on, a squeeze of lime juice. The perfect neck 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:52.560 to watch while the Bears win. Score some today at 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:56.520 your local grocery store. Game day is guac Day. Another 0:14:56.960 --> 0:15:00.600 interior lineman coming aboard another Chicago area. Can we touched 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:03.160 on it? An episode eleven? Dan Feenie comes aboard and 0:15:03.160 --> 0:15:04.880 met the media for the first time. You can tell 0:15:05.160 --> 0:15:07.880 he is a Chicago in town through and through here. 0:15:07.920 --> 0:15:10.960 Here's what he did growing up a Bears fan as 0:15:11.000 --> 0:15:11.360 a kid. 0:15:11.480 --> 0:15:14.720 My grandma would always put on the Super Bowl Shuffle 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:18.040 on VHS and make me watch it when she was 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:23.600 babysitting me. So that was that was pretty cool. Yeah, 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:26.080 So that those are some of the first memories right 0:15:26.120 --> 0:15:29.560 there growing up. I love Walter Payton just how I 0:15:29.640 --> 0:15:32.200 ran the ball. I mean, he was just so cool. 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:35.440 My grandma loved him, so it was just she was 0:15:35.440 --> 0:15:39.320 his favorite player or he was her favorite player, and 0:15:39.360 --> 0:15:42.120 I just naturally kind of adapted him as well. And 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:45.240 just watching the highlights from when he was in his heyday, 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:46.359 it was just incredible. 0:15:46.440 --> 0:15:48.920 And one thing more, it was mentioned by Justin Jones, 0:15:48.920 --> 0:15:52.760 and Dan Feeney enjoys beer, so he can. He confirmed 0:15:52.760 --> 0:15:54.960 it in this SoundBite as well. 0:15:55.200 --> 0:16:00.480 Beer drinker. I mean shooting anything that's cold really mostly 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:01.240 Millard course. 0:16:01.400 --> 0:16:04.440 So that's perfect timing, you know, because we're brought to 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:07.400 you by Miller Like tastes like Miller Time Chicago, and 0:16:07.440 --> 0:16:11.200 that is a Dan Feene's Miller Time impressions on Dan Feenie, 0:16:11.400 --> 0:16:12.840 I don't know if you're able to hear him at 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:16.280 the podium today, but he thinks he still has starter 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:18.880 quality to him, can play at a high level at 0:16:18.880 --> 0:16:19.440 all three. 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:22.200 Interior positions, you know, and I agree with them. You know, 0:16:22.360 --> 0:16:24.600 the reason that Ryan Poles went out and searched a 0:16:24.640 --> 0:16:27.440 guy like that, and even Matt ever Fluse mention it 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:30.400 is that he has that interior versatility. So if he 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:32.960 has to come in at a moment's notice and play 0:16:33.080 --> 0:16:36.280 center or either guard, he can play the position equally 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:39.200 as well. And that's a unique talent. And I think 0:16:39.240 --> 0:16:41.840 he has the right length for the position and he 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:46.080 has a good understanding of the interior side of football. 0:16:46.360 --> 0:16:48.720 But they also made mention of the five or six 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:51.520 local guys that have they have on that team. You know, 0:16:52.120 --> 0:16:54.680 I'd like to pressure that. It kind of puts on 0:16:54.880 --> 0:16:58.480 us as local guys, because we have so many people 0:16:58.600 --> 0:17:01.240 surrounding us that are not only pulling for us, but 0:17:01.280 --> 0:17:05.119 they're asking questions, why, how come? What's going on? And 0:17:05.160 --> 0:17:08.440 so it makes you, you know, have that sustained high 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:11.399 level of performance. So I like it that we have 0:17:11.520 --> 0:17:14.600 these local guys. I'm glad Dan's here. I'm excited to 0:17:14.640 --> 0:17:17.280 meet him, and I hope his family really gets the 0:17:17.320 --> 0:17:21.080 opportunity to enjoy his career here in Chicago. 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:24.520 Yeah, folks in Orland Park. He went to Samberg High School, 0:17:24.560 --> 0:17:27.159 friends with Michael Schofield, who talked highly about the Bears, 0:17:27.200 --> 0:17:31.480 highly about Justin Fields. Feenie also sporting a mullet thanks 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:36.159 to COVID. I guess decided grows hair and did you 0:17:36.200 --> 0:17:36.680 have one? 0:17:36.920 --> 0:17:40.040 No, But I was talking to Jay Hilgeberg yesterday. I said, 0:17:40.080 --> 0:17:43.600 someone tweeted him saying it's the best mullet since Jay Hilgenberg. 0:17:46.040 --> 0:17:48.160 You know, Jay has him. I know we are talking 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:51.639 to we'll talk about it before the Tampa game about 0:17:51.720 --> 0:17:55.000 what happened to Jay's mullet in the long haul. That's 0:17:55.040 --> 0:17:58.280 a story for a later podcast, so we'll talk about it. 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:01.199 But Hey, if I had hair, I probably have a mullet. 0:18:01.200 --> 0:18:04.320 Well, you know his favorite player, thanks to just the 0:18:04.440 --> 0:18:07.119 excellence of this unique player, the Hall of Famer, the 0:18:07.119 --> 0:18:10.119 greatest running back of all time, Walter Peyton. You'll have 0:18:10.160 --> 0:18:12.040 to tell your story about getting in the huddle. In 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:15.160 there there stands Walter Payton and the awe that you had, 0:18:15.800 --> 0:18:18.440 And that's some you can share a player like Dan Feene. 0:18:18.760 --> 0:18:21.600 Yeah, I would be excited to see it, because, you know, 0:18:21.680 --> 0:18:24.760 being in awe of Walter from the outside in is 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:28.000 a lot different than being in awe of Walter Payton 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:31.480 from the inside in. And my first opportunity to stand 0:18:31.520 --> 0:18:34.360 in the huddle with them, I felt like that commercial 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:37.560 where they have the adults that are acting and talking 0:18:37.680 --> 0:18:41.920