WEBVTT - All Access: Whitehair talks position move 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:03.080 Welcome back into Bears All Access, everybody, another round of 0:00:03.440 --> 0:00:07.000 Bears conversation here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the score. 0:00:07.040 --> 0:00:09.639 This time, we're coming to you from Hallis Hall, winding 0:00:09.640 --> 0:00:11.360 down the final days of the Bourbon, a portion of 0:00:11.440 --> 0:00:14.200 training camp, and a night before the Bears meet the 0:00:14.280 --> 0:00:17.919 Carolina Panthers at Soldier Field. Jeff, Joni Act, Tom there 0:00:18.000 --> 0:00:21.119 with you, and our guest this week is Cody Whitehair, 0:00:21.320 --> 0:00:23.800 the left guard of the Chicago Bears. I almost set center. Yeah, 0:00:23.800 --> 0:00:25.560 we could have sent a rat guard. Could have been 0:00:25.560 --> 0:00:27.680 a left tackle in college, where you were a left 0:00:27.680 --> 0:00:30.080 tackle in college. So the man of many talents is 0:00:30.160 --> 0:00:32.760 kind enough to give up some of his afternoons here 0:00:32.800 --> 0:00:35.120 before he hits downtown as the Bears get ready to 0:00:35.200 --> 0:00:37.360 check in a little walk through today and now ready 0:00:37.360 --> 0:00:39.319 to go. And you know, I don't know if you're 0:00:39.320 --> 0:00:41.279 gonna play at all, but you got to get your 0:00:41.320 --> 0:00:44.800 mental self all ready to go just in case. Right, Yeah, 0:00:44.840 --> 0:00:46.360 you bet, And it's going to be exciting to go 0:00:46.400 --> 0:00:48.640 against somebody else than our own teammates for the first 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:51.040 time in this year. So you know, we're really looking 0:00:51.040 --> 0:00:53.640 forward to that. And you know, getting back into the 0:00:53.680 --> 0:00:56.680 swing of the season. That's so cliche, but against what's 0:00:56.720 --> 0:01:00.279 been going on with that defense, it feels pretty good, right, Yeah, 0:01:00.280 --> 0:01:02.560 it does it does you know what? It turned back 0:01:02.560 --> 0:01:05.000 to dial a little bit because I don't know if 0:01:05.000 --> 0:01:07.800 you're gonna play at all. I'd rather put your mind 0:01:07.840 --> 0:01:09.880 in the head of these young guys that are getting prepared. 0:01:10.480 --> 0:01:14.959 First game that you played, were you prepared? I was Secondly, 0:01:15.200 --> 0:01:17.720 what was more difficult the mental part of it or 0:01:17.760 --> 0:01:20.000 the physical part of it, because you know, Cody, when 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:22.959 you break the huddle in your coachesn't standing here and 0:01:23.040 --> 0:01:26.440 you don't have all the comfort zone of training camp. Now, 0:01:26.480 --> 0:01:29.399 it's for real, the mental, mental or physical part of 0:01:29.400 --> 0:01:32.680 it more challenging. I think it's more mental. Obviously it's 0:01:32.760 --> 0:01:34.880 the first game of the season two, so they could 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:37.959 potentially throw some matu that hasn't been scouted. You know, 0:01:38.040 --> 0:01:40.319 they have all this time to prepare for us, and 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:43.120 you know, you get a lot of that physical contact 0:01:43.120 --> 0:01:45.200 in training camp, so you just got to carry over 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:47.760 what you didn't practice to the game. Where did you 0:01:47.800 --> 0:01:52.760 take your first snap in the NFO, Yeah at left guard? 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:55.520 Left guard? You know, because what I've seen out of 0:01:55.560 --> 0:01:59.360 you throughout training camp up into this point. Wow. I 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:02.480 mean it's kind of your kind of you're everything that 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:05.720 you are built for the NFL to be. Even though 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:08.680 you succeeded at center, you have the ability to play tackle, 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:12.640 you know, your power, your ability to work with Charles 0:02:12.720 --> 0:02:16.440 Leno Junior, your ability to work with James Daniels, first level, 0:02:16.520 --> 0:02:20.280 second level. It's got to be exciting for you in 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:22.239 terms of everything you got going on in your life. 0:02:22.240 --> 0:02:24.080 You're about to be a father for the first time, 0:02:24.400 --> 0:02:29.000 you're change in position, and you're probably at the best 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:31.680 part of your early career. Yeah. Absolutely, And you know, 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:33.480 I'm just taking a day by day. Obviously, it's a 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:36.320 new position and I haven't played it in you know, 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:39.080 three or four years live in a game, so you know, 0:02:39.120 --> 0:02:40.880 I've really embraced it and just try to get better 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:42.200 every day and I'm going to carry it over to 0:02:42.200 --> 0:02:43.680 the game. You know, it's kind of weird that you're 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:46.400 still on your first contract. You have so much experience. 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:48.800 We expect Cody to be a ten year VET right now, 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:51.360 but you're still on your first gray hair and the beard. 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:53.839 Yet don't rush him. Well, that's why he's shaving his head, 0:02:53.840 --> 0:02:57.360 So that's right. Don't rush him yet, but you know, 0:02:57.840 --> 0:03:00.919 you're just so accommodating of a guy. I mean, it's 0:03:00.919 --> 0:03:03.560 got to be the way you were brought up. Whatever's 0:03:03.600 --> 0:03:06.399 best for the team, there's no complaining that. I'm sure 0:03:06.440 --> 0:03:09.040 you have your own anxieties from time to time over 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:12.280 the course of your young career, but why why are 0:03:12.320 --> 0:03:14.640 you that way? I think that everybody's built and wired 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:17.040 that way, right, I think you know, as a growing up, 0:03:17.040 --> 0:03:19.839 it's always a dream to you know, fulfill and play 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:22.680 in the NFL. So every opportunity you get, you just 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:25.320 have to embrace it, even though it can be challenging. 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:28.680 It can you know, you it can be uncomfortable at times, 0:03:28.720 --> 0:03:31.320 but you just got embrace it and take it, take 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:33.000 it day by day and just try and get better 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:35.440 every day. Who are the elder Statesman when you first 0:03:35.440 --> 0:03:38.640 got here and did they give you any any advice? 0:03:38.760 --> 0:03:41.240 And what advice would you give these young guys getting 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:45.160 ready to play? Yeah, it was mainly Kylin Charles Um. 0:03:45.200 --> 0:03:47.680 You know that that really helped me through my rookie year, 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:49.880 and and Bobby too. You know a lot of the 0:03:49.920 --> 0:03:52.280 guys that were here when I first got here are 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:54.800 still here. So you know, we're really fortunate to have 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:57.680 most of our rooms still here, um, you know, but 0:03:57.760 --> 0:03:59.920 I think that the biggest thing for the younger guy. 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:03.640 It's just, you know, embrace every every opportunity, every rep 0:04:03.680 --> 0:04:07.320 you get, because everyone knows there's a ninety man roster 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:10.280 right now and we cut it in half in about 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:12.560 two or three weeks. So what you put on tape 0:04:12.600 --> 0:04:14.720 is what you're graded by, um, you know, and other 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:16.359 teams are going to see that as well. So just 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:18.680 go out there and play your best, and you know, 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:21.480 embrace every opportunity you've got. You've got two offensive line 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:23.839 coaches since you've been here three this is my third 0:04:23.880 --> 0:04:27.200 one really well, you know, Magazoo and Harry Houston. They 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:29.960 can get pretty heated pretty quick. You know. We sit 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:32.120 off to the side and we watch these drills and 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:34.960 Harry's a no nonsense guy. So it's kind of weird 0:04:35.000 --> 0:04:38.200 how veteran handles it or how a rookie has to 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:40.680 accept it, you know. And I think we all lived 0:04:40.720 --> 0:04:43.120 through that in the course of our careers. Yeah. Absolutely, 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:45.080 And Harry's just very passionate and wants you to be 0:04:45.080 --> 0:04:47.039 the best player you can be, and um, you know, 0:04:47.080 --> 0:04:49.400 he's going to obviously hope you get to that potential. 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:52.440 You have Cody White Harr guest here on Bears All Access. 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:55.000 It's brought to you by IGS Energy along with Paul's 0:04:55.120 --> 0:04:58.320 ring Or Engineering, Greg Miller producing today, I'm Jeff Joniak 0:04:58.360 --> 0:05:00.960 along with Tom Thare, and I want to go back 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:04.119 to you know, that versatility that you bring to the table, 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:06.800 because if I'm not mistaken, Bill Snyder at Kansas State 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:09.080 say hey, we need you to play tackle. You just 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:11.240 threw you in there. Boom, you're in there. Bears say, hey, 0:05:11.240 --> 0:05:13.400 when you we throw you in there, ye hadn't snapped 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:15.320 maybe a couple of times at the Senior Bowl, but 0:05:15.360 --> 0:05:19.360 never in your life. I mean the view from the 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:22.719 top looking at a guy like yourself. They wouldn't ask 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:24.159 you to do it if they didn't think you could 0:05:24.160 --> 0:05:27.320 handle it. Right. So that's that, I guess is the 0:05:27.360 --> 0:05:29.680 silver lining of the story, right absolutely. And you know 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:31.640 it all started too when I when I got to 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:34.800 k State, I mean my retchirt freshman year, they threw 0:05:34.839 --> 0:05:37.600 me in at right tackle and then you know, as 0:05:37.600 --> 0:05:39.760 you're red shirt and they're obviously trying to see where 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:42.839 you're you're gonna fit best, and play best. But you know, 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:45.599 I played everywhere along the line at k State other 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:48.240 than center. Um, you know, so I think that just 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:51.520 carries over, and you know it prepares you to be 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:53.400 versatile in the NFL as well. So do you do 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:55.160 you lay there in bed at night and say, oh 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:56.760 my god, they're gonna bring me a tackle, oh my god, 0:05:56.760 --> 0:05:58.359 they're gonna mark me a center, and you know, you 0:05:58.440 --> 0:06:03.000 just don't get to sleep. I mean, honestly, you're human. Yeah, 0:06:03.000 --> 0:06:05.720 I mean, it's obviously something in the back of your head, 0:06:05.800 --> 0:06:08.320 especially on game days. You really have to be prepared 0:06:08.400 --> 0:06:11.960 for for every position in every situation that could happen 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:14.760 due to you know, the amount of guys that shot up. 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:17.479 So um, you know, you definitely have to prepare yourself. 0:06:17.520 --> 0:06:19.640 But I don't think it's really much of a worry. 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:21.680 You just it's more of like a mindset in a 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:26.720 preparation standpoint. So you're kind of an old man. Oh man, Well, 0:06:26.800 --> 0:06:28.640 let's no. I mean, this is kind of fun I'm 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:31.680 having with this question. Duke Shelley, rookie draft choice from 0:06:31.720 --> 0:06:34.400 the Bears, is from K State. Does he know you? 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:36.920 He does? I played one year with him, you did, Yeah, 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:39.760 So there was no really, so there's just a reintroduction 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:43.360 because you know, here's a guy, because you know, it's 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:45.080 it's kind of neat when you get a guy from 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:47.560 your same college. You know, you got two rookie offensive 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:50.760 lineman from Notre Dame that it can kind of you know, 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:54.560 continue their friendship that they started in college. Now you 0:06:54.600 --> 0:06:56.560 have a guy that you met a few years ago 0:06:56.880 --> 0:06:59.640 comes on board. Yeah, it's it's pretty cool to play 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:02.520 with your means that you know, you played within college. Also, 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:05.600 one of our linement, Cornelius Lucas, is also from k State, 0:07:05.640 --> 0:07:08.160 And it's kind of funny too because when I got 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:11.080 to k State and he was there, Um, obviously I 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:13.440 kind of tried to see where I fit best, but 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:15.800 they ended up putting me a left guard for my 0:07:15.880 --> 0:07:18.160 first two years in college before I moved to left tackle. 0:07:18.200 --> 0:07:21.200 But Cornelius was a left tackle in college too, So 0:07:21.240 --> 0:07:23.240 it's just a big guy. He is a big guy. Yeah, 0:07:23.240 --> 0:07:26.200 so it's kind of crazy how you know, um, you 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:28.400 end up meeting later down the road as well. It'll 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:30.920 be interesting to see if his talent convert, you know, 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:33.400 can play left tackle in the NFL because he's got 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:36.680 the length of Bobby Massey. He's got good feet, he's 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:39.360 got he's he has bendability in him, and you know, 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:41.120 he's one of the guys that's going to be an 0:07:41.160 --> 0:07:44.840 interesting guy to watch in the first preseason game. Yeah absolutely, 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:47.160 And you know he's come in and done a great 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:50.600 job and um, you know, Harry's worked with him really 0:07:50.600 --> 0:07:52.560 good and we're just really excited to see what he 0:07:52.600 --> 0:07:56.080 can do. It's a great competition going on. The depth 0:07:56.160 --> 0:07:59.800 chart is different now at all positions, but in the 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:02.760 offensive line situation, you got your your five blocks of 0:08:02.800 --> 0:08:05.400 granite right now, and the pieces may move around. But 0:08:05.960 --> 0:08:08.080 those young guys have learned a lot too. I mean 0:08:08.120 --> 0:08:09.800 we could we can go down the list, but the 0:08:10.040 --> 0:08:13.760 guy that really is impressive to me because of the 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:16.800 switch is Rashod Yeah, Rashod Kaward trying to make this 0:08:16.840 --> 0:08:19.360 move to right tackle. Yeah absolutely. You know, he played 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:23.040 defensive line my second or third year, his rookie year. 0:08:23.120 --> 0:08:25.640 I guess it was my second year, you know, and 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:27.640 then he was asked to come play offensive line, and 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:29.880 you know that can be you know, have its own challenges, 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:32.240 of course, you know, but he's done a great job 0:08:32.320 --> 0:08:36.600 and really embrace that role as the Bears get ready 0:08:36.600 --> 0:08:39.400 to meet the Carolina Panthers. Were with Cody Whitehair as 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:42.600 we continue on here on Bears All Access with Tom There, 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:44.880 I'm Jeff Joni Ek. Let's take our first break. This 0:08:45.000 --> 0:08:47.679 is Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score. Welcome back 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:50.080 to Bears All Access, brought to you by IGS Energy, 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:53.920 a proud partner of the Chicago Bears, providing electricity, natural gas, 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:56.800 and home warranty products to over one million customers across 0:08:56.840 --> 0:09:00.280 the country. Learn more about IGS Energy at IGS. Tom 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:02.880 Cody white Hair our guest here on Chicago Sports Radio 0:09:02.920 --> 0:09:05.560 six seventy the Score with Jeff and Tom talking Bears 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:07.720 Panthers in town tomorrow at the start of the preseason. 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:11.120 You know, in the offseason and and the more you're here, 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:13.559 you get asked to do things, whether this this show 0:09:13.600 --> 0:09:16.520 for example, or more interviews and being out there in 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:20.600 public and so forth. Um. Not everybody loves it, not 0:09:20.760 --> 0:09:25.200 everybody is engaging, but you have embraced it. You're starting 0:09:25.240 --> 0:09:27.760 to do a lot more. Is this something you are 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:30.480 trying to challenge yourself to do more of that too? 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:33.200 I know you did some stuff back in Kansas too. Yeah. Um, 0:09:33.600 --> 0:09:36.240 you know it's it's kind of like the offensive line 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:38.840 really aren't in the spotlight. So when, um, you know, 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:41.160 the opportunities come, you're just taking embrace it. And it's 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:43.560 also an opportunity to talk about guys in your room 0:09:43.600 --> 0:09:46.600 and and your other teammates across um, you know, the 0:09:46.640 --> 0:09:49.080 team to really um, you know, get a one on 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:51.160 one with somebody and really talk about how they're doing 0:09:51.200 --> 0:09:53.520 both you know, on the field. And there's also a 0:09:53.520 --> 0:09:56.240 business component too though too. You're you're you're marketing your 0:09:56.280 --> 0:09:59.360 brand a little bit too. Have you opened some doors 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:03.079 for yourself in future? You know, I've you obviously meet 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:06.040 people along the way and it's good networking as well. 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:08.800 But you know, I've just been focusing on football and 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:11.640 you know, hopefully that'll all work out well. You know. 0:10:11.800 --> 0:10:14.120 It's it's like the Bear schedule this year. It's all 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:16.800 over the place because, like Matt Seton, Aggie says, you 0:10:16.800 --> 0:10:18.439 guys are a good team and people want to see 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:22.640 you four and twelve. Nobody wants to interview twelve and four. 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:26.760 Everybody wants it. It's amazing as you lift threose times. Look, 0:10:26.760 --> 0:10:29.440 I've been through a five and ten, five and eleven season, 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:31.960 the whole deal. And you see the media room empty 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:34.560 at the end of the year as opposed to last 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:37.760 year when you see a double digit amount of credentials requested. 0:10:38.040 --> 0:10:40.960 So it is the benefit of being on a good team. 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:42.880 But it's also a lot of fun. Yeah it is. 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:45.080 And you know, obviously when you win, it brings more 0:10:45.120 --> 0:10:47.560 attention to you, like you should. But you know that 0:10:47.640 --> 0:10:50.079 attention is good, especially when you're winning. It's always good 0:10:50.080 --> 0:10:52.720 to talk to the media when you're winning. Cody White here, 0:10:52.760 --> 0:10:56.040 our guest here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the score. 0:10:56.040 --> 0:10:58.840 You are a nominee for the Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award 0:10:58.920 --> 0:11:01.120 last year. I would then mean to you, and what 0:11:01.120 --> 0:11:03.040 what does that say about you? Yeah, that means a 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:05.640 lot um you know obviously that's voted on your your 0:11:05.640 --> 0:11:09.560 players and coaches throughout you know, our office, and so 0:11:09.640 --> 0:11:13.119 it's really cool. It just reassures you that you're you're 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:14.839 you know, you fit this locker room and you fit 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:17.280 the culture that this organization is trying to bring. And 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:19.880 I know because Ryan is as referred to you in 0:11:19.960 --> 0:11:23.560 public about this. For example, t J. Clemings comes aboard, 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:27.040 you know, uh, does he fit the culture? And coming 0:11:27.120 --> 0:11:31.360 from you says a lot, because yes, you're you're very 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:34.560 mild mannered and calm, and you do your interviews in 0:11:34.600 --> 0:11:36.920 your own way, but you know you're one of the 0:11:36.960 --> 0:11:39.800 heartbeats of that locker room. And so to have a 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:44.000 pillar asked that question, first of all, is rare, I think, 0:11:44.320 --> 0:11:47.040 And but it does feed into what Matt is, Matt 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:49.600 and Ryan have tried to put together here. They're they're 0:11:49.640 --> 0:11:54.280 not budging from those core principles. And what how does 0:11:54.320 --> 0:11:59.280 that reassure you here for not only today but tomorrow. Yeah? Absolutely, Um, obviously, 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:02.040 you know, and you always want good guys in here 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:04.160 that because you know, the better the culture is, the 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:06.000 better you're gonna be on the field, the closer you're 0:12:06.000 --> 0:12:08.400 going to be, you know, and you're going to be 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:10.400 more disciplined on the field if you if you bring 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:13.040 in great guys and guys with good characters. So I 0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:15.040 think you know, that's where it all started, and that's 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:17.480 how we turn this thing around. It's amazing though, you 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:19.840 guys that's got character all over the board. You know, 0:12:19.920 --> 0:12:22.400 you got his high character guys, hard working guys on 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:25.200 the defensive side of the ball, and it's important, you know, 0:12:25.800 --> 0:12:28.480 just just to analogize a little bit in nineteen eighty 0:12:28.480 --> 0:12:30.760 five when we used to go to practice. There are 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:34.960 times that I was intimidated and also apprehensive because of 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:38.040 the talent that we are practicing against. And I kind 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:40.600 of see it out here too. That's a talented group 0:12:40.640 --> 0:12:44.400 of guys. And so you can't go out there lethargically 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:47.440 and go, oh, I'm just gonna walk my way through practice. 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:50.439 It's not happening. If you got the inside big guys, 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:53.360 you got outside talent, you got second level, third level. 0:12:54.000 --> 0:12:56.520 But it really benefits you guys in the long run, 0:12:56.559 --> 0:12:58.320 doesn't it. Yeah, absolutely, And you've got to be on 0:12:58.360 --> 0:13:01.160 your you know, especially with our defense, there's no days off. 0:13:01.160 --> 0:13:02.640 You got to be on your game at all times. 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:05.040 But you know, it'll definitely help us for the season, 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:07.800 you know, going against that defense and you know, the 0:13:07.880 --> 0:13:10.120 high caliber guys that we're going up against, it only 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:12.200 makes us better. You know, when we used to be 0:13:12.440 --> 0:13:14.920 have double days, we used to have run concentration in 0:13:14.960 --> 0:13:18.000 the morning, pass concentration in the afternoon. So you go 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:20.400 to the afternoon practice and those guys had it cranked 0:13:20.480 --> 0:13:22.120 up because they knew that we were throwing the ball 0:13:22.120 --> 0:13:24.320 a majority of the time. Sometimes it was hard to 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:28.360 complete a pass because they were such good rushers. Now 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:30.760 in this new collective bargaining agreement where you go through 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:35.199 everything in a daily practice, do you like it that 0:13:35.240 --> 0:13:37.520 way that they're kind of off guard and they really 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:41.040 don't know what you're doing rather than having run pass 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:43.440 And yeah, it definitely makes our job a lot easier 0:13:43.440 --> 0:13:45.400 for sure, because it keeps them honest. Um, you know, 0:13:45.440 --> 0:13:47.679 they're not going to tee off unless you know it's 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:49.800 a situation where you're fourth in one or third and 0:13:49.840 --> 0:13:52.480 one and you're you're obviously more than likely going to 0:13:52.600 --> 0:13:55.280 run the ball. But you know, it's it definitely gets 0:13:55.320 --> 0:13:57.120 heated out there and it's a good competition, but it 0:13:57.160 --> 0:14:01.320 also keeps um you know, them on their toes as well. Fighting. Yeah, yeah, 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:03.679 he did. Yeah, but no, no, it's not spilled over 0:14:03.840 --> 0:14:06.640 knock out wood. No, it hasn't, you know. And that's 0:14:06.679 --> 0:14:09.600 that comes back to the character too, and keeping poise 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:12.080 and that kind of deal, because you know that that 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:13.840 stuff could carry over in the game and then you 0:14:13.920 --> 0:14:15.959 end up costing your team a fifteen yard penalty and 0:14:16.000 --> 0:14:17.920 then it sets your team back. There's a hefty fine 0:14:17.960 --> 0:14:20.520 that goes along with fight nowadays because it's across the 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:23.160 landscape of the NFL, not only the Bears, but I 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:26.040 think everybody has that, you know, that fine sheet in 0:14:26.080 --> 0:14:30.320 their playbook on look some ridiculous fight that we don't 0:14:30.360 --> 0:14:33.600 need to happen, right, Yeah, But the funny thing is 0:14:33.640 --> 0:14:38.760 everybody's waiting for that training campbell. But like what Ted 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:41.560 Larson was resigned first thing out of his mouth. Oh boy, 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:44.080 training camp is gonna be. But you know, maybe you 0:14:44.080 --> 0:14:46.920 know he's he's one of only three ten year vets 0:14:46.960 --> 0:14:49.960 on the team, so maybe he's calming down right. You know, 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:52.880 Ted was a good addition for us, a good veteran um, 0:14:53.120 --> 0:14:55.240 you know, a good person for a room, and you 0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:57.160 know he's definitely making us better. Can you name the 0:14:57.160 --> 0:15:01.920 other two ten year guys, let's see, Chase Daniel, Yes, 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:11.200 Ted Lorshon and too much Day Jack McManus. You know, 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:13.240 And it's kind of funny because we are talking about 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:16.240 this and talking about those guys. They're the three guys 0:15:16.240 --> 0:15:19.040 that have gone through double day sessions in a training camp. 0:15:19.080 --> 0:15:22.040 You know, luckily that you guys weren't cursed to have 0:15:22.160 --> 0:15:24.480 to have to go through that. But you know, it's 0:15:24.520 --> 0:15:27.600 just made a man out of you. Hey, I envy 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:29.760 the players and what they go through, but you know, 0:15:29.880 --> 0:15:32.800 the day is just divided differently. It would have been fun. 0:15:32.880 --> 0:15:35.240 But you know, also we always talk about we went 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:37.920 to training camp with an unlimited roster, so you could 0:15:37.960 --> 0:15:39.880 have one hundred and thirty guys. There's a lot more 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:43.400 guys competing for your position, but there's also you know, 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:45.920 probably a third less reps you're taking when you have 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:49.640 four complete offensive lines or three complete defensive four to 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:53.440 complete defensive lines. Right, when when did you have When's 0:15:53.480 --> 0:15:55.480 the last time you had two days in your in 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:58.840 your life? Probably college? Yeah, but they weren't like padded 0:15:58.920 --> 0:16:02.360 both both times. You know, the the early practice would 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:04.880 be your heavier contact, your more padded days, and then 0:16:05.360 --> 0:16:08.200 you know that next practice would not be a walkthrough. 0:16:08.280 --> 0:16:10.160 You may have shoulder pads on, but it wouldn't be 0:16:10.200 --> 0:16:12.400 a full pad, live contact and all that. I mean, 0:16:12.560 --> 0:16:14.480 you know, once you got shoulder pads and a helmet on, 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:17.840 it's yeah, it's kind of hard to dial it down 0:16:17.880 --> 0:16:21.160 because I always when I see I hate no pad football, 0:16:21.280 --> 0:16:23.120 and when I go out there, you guys are no pads, 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:27.760 because it really makes you secure or insecure depending upon 0:16:27.800 --> 0:16:30.480 the position you play, because you don't really have that 0:16:30.920 --> 0:16:33.960 collision to the whistle type of feel that you know, 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:36.360 if you have the right block or the good for sure, 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:38.240 you definitely scale it back a little bit when you're 0:16:38.280 --> 0:16:40.760 not in pads. But you know, I think the biggest 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:42.440 thing for us when we're not in pads is just 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:45.200 working fits and footwork and hands and just making sure 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:48.280 technically we're sound, so you're still getting something accomplished. Yeah, 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:50.320 it's not like it's just a wasted day or no 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:52.600 moving around, not at all. You know, we're still trying 0:16:52.600 --> 0:16:55.400 to work and obviously you know it's it's not as 0:16:55.440 --> 0:16:59.120 physical and you know, as hard as pads, but um, 0:16:59.440 --> 0:17:01.800 you know, they're definitely some some technical things you can 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:03.920 work when you're not in Padget what did'll helpless? The 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:06.920 speed of the talented guys, they're still going full speed 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:10.919 and the receivers bas linebackers and stuff. Absolutely, and we 0:17:10.960 --> 0:17:13.639 are two for that first you know, three or four steps. 0:17:13.640 --> 0:17:16.919 It's that you know, that initial contact and stuff like 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:18.680 that that we try and scale back. How about the 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:20.600 how about the fan support this year? Because I was 0:17:20.640 --> 0:17:22.439 going to bring it up at the Family Night. You know, 0:17:22.520 --> 0:17:25.000 you guys went through a two hour and forty minute 0:17:25.000 --> 0:17:28.159 full practice there. But between the fan support at Soldier 0:17:28.240 --> 0:17:32.120 Field the fans support down at bourbon A pretty impressive. Yeah, 0:17:32.119 --> 0:17:34.320 our fans have been great. Um, you know, it's it's 0:17:34.400 --> 0:17:36.360 it's really cool to come out and see it at 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:38.960 eight fifteen in the morning, eight to ten thousand people 0:17:38.960 --> 0:17:41.119 out there at bourbon A and then we come to 0:17:41.200 --> 0:17:43.680 Soldier Field and it's just, you know, a packed house 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:46.679 and they're loud and everything. So we definitely have our 0:17:46.720 --> 0:17:48.480 fans behind us and that's a good feeling to have 0:17:48.560 --> 0:17:50.800 for sure. Cody white Hair, our guest here on Bears 0:17:50.800 --> 0:17:53.040 All Access. Let's step away for another break here on 0:17:53.119 --> 0:17:56.120 Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. The Chicago Bears 0:17:56.160 --> 0:17:58.880 Network presents Inside the Bears, brought to you by Verizon, 0:17:59.119 --> 0:18:01.159 Anthony Adams and the n Screeden cover the world of 0:18:01.200 --> 0:18:03.440 Bears football, on and off the field every Sunday night 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:05.880 at ten thirty five pm on Fox thirty two Chicago, 0:18:06.200 --> 0:18:09.119 or watch anytime at Chicago Bears dot com or on 0:18:09.240 --> 0:18:12.240 the Bears official app. Tom There, Jeff Joni At Cody 0:18:12.280 --> 0:18:14.880 white Hair, our guest starting left guard, for the Chicago Bears. 0:18:14.880 --> 0:18:17.800 Is the gulated to meet the Carolina Panthers tomorrow night 0:18:17.880 --> 0:18:20.800 at Soldier Field, the first of their four preseason games. 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:23.199 And don't know what the snaps are going to be, 0:18:23.240 --> 0:18:25.280 but we do know the younger guys are going to 0:18:25.560 --> 0:18:27.280 definitely be on the field. The guys that are trying 0:18:27.280 --> 0:18:29.520 to win roster spots are not all younger guys. Sometimes 0:18:29.640 --> 0:18:32.000