WEBVTT - Khalil Herbert expecting the unexpected, Buccaneers preview | All Access 0:00:00.000 --> 0:00:02.160 And a pleasant good even everybody, and welcome into Bears 0:00:02.200 --> 0:00:05.280 All Access here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy. The score, 0:00:05.320 --> 0:00:07.640 we get you set for Bears and Buccaneers in Tampa 0:00:07.760 --> 0:00:10.320 rematch from last year it Soldier Field when Tom Brady 0:00:10.520 --> 0:00:14.239 and the Buccaneers were stopped by DeAndre Houston Carson in 0:00:14.280 --> 0:00:17.120 the Bears defense and they went at twenty to nineteen. 0:00:17.280 --> 0:00:20.040 From there, the Bucks only got better and went on 0:00:20.079 --> 0:00:22.040 to win a Super Bowl, and the Bears finished a 0:00:22.120 --> 0:00:24.840 playoff team and probably Tom there needed that win to 0:00:24.880 --> 0:00:26.960 get to the playoffs. In fact they know they did. 0:00:27.040 --> 0:00:29.200 So that turned out for the Bears. They did not 0:00:29.280 --> 0:00:31.600 go anywhere past New Warnings in the playoffs, but the 0:00:31.600 --> 0:00:33.760 Buccaneers had brought everybody back and they're ready to go. 0:00:33.800 --> 0:00:35.680 We'll break that all down for you. We'll also talk 0:00:36.120 --> 0:00:38.640 to a couple of individuals, one the veteran voice of 0:00:38.680 --> 0:00:42.120 the Buccaneers, Gene Deckerhoff, their radio analyst and play by 0:00:42.200 --> 0:00:44.000 play man. And then we'll also we'll be joined by 0:00:44.040 --> 0:00:46.320 Khalil Herbert, the Bear's sixth round Bunny back, Tom, how 0:00:46.400 --> 0:00:48.400 you doing and where you're at and where the Bears 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:50.280 are at three and three? After that loss to the 0:00:50.280 --> 0:00:52.360 Packers headed down to Tampa. You know, I was still 0:00:52.400 --> 0:00:55.840 lingering effects from getting beat by Green Bay Packers. It's 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:59.000 always a tough loss to take emotionally. But you know, 0:00:59.160 --> 0:01:01.240 the more I think out this game, I think this 0:01:01.320 --> 0:01:03.680 is one of the landmark games in the history of 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:09.360 the Bears. If history I'm gonna I'm gonna explain myself. 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:12.320 I think when you go down to Tampa Bay and 0:01:12.360 --> 0:01:16.360 you're playing the Super Bowl champion, if you beat them, 0:01:16.880 --> 0:01:19.319 it's gonna be one of the most talked about games 0:01:19.360 --> 0:01:23.399 around the NFL for weeks to come. Jeff. Since the 0:01:23.440 --> 0:01:25.319 beginning of the week, we've been twelve and a half 0:01:25.360 --> 0:01:28.920 point underdogs. It could be a landmark game and maybe 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:32.960 one of the worst defeats ever. So what I just 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:35.640 look at the opposite end of the spectrum here. It 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:38.600 could be one of the greatest victories in the history 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:42.120 of the Chicago Bears, or it could be one of 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:45.040 the most devastating losses in the history of the Bears. 0:01:45.080 --> 0:01:48.560 Because again, I don't know how many teams I've been 0:01:48.600 --> 0:01:51.280 a part of that have been twelve and a point 0:01:51.280 --> 0:01:53.760 twelve and a half point underdog since the beginning of 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:56.240 the week, right, Tom Fair. How do they go about 0:01:56.240 --> 0:01:58.880 doing it? You got to focus all your attention on 0:01:59.000 --> 0:02:03.960 making it the most uncomfortable afternoon for Tom Brady you 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:07.360 can possibly put on his shoulders. You know, Tom Brady 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:10.440 is not elusive. He's not going to run outside the pocket. 0:02:10.760 --> 0:02:14.800 He's gonna recognize your defense and try to attack it immediately. 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:19.160 You gotta make that phone booth size area very uncomfortable. 0:02:19.560 --> 0:02:22.240 If he's trying to follow through a Keem Higgs has 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:25.320 got to be pushing an offensive lineman into his lap, 0:02:25.440 --> 0:02:28.239 or any of the defensive lineman. If he's gonna try 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:31.280 to set back there, one of those outside rushers has 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:34.040 to get near his feet. They just have to make 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:38.480 an uncomfortable form. If you can disrupt his timing, that's 0:02:38.480 --> 0:02:40.959 where you're gonna get that interception, that word, that's where 0:02:40.960 --> 0:02:44.200 you're gonna get that big incompletion. So it's about how 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:47.640 you attack Tom Brady, and it's very difficult to do. 0:02:47.720 --> 0:02:50.280 Even watching him against the Eagles, he just hangs in 0:02:50.320 --> 0:02:52.600 that pocket as long as he possibly can, and he 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:54.680 knows exactly where to go with the football, gets rid 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:56.799 of it quickly. What he has to uses the screen game, 0:02:56.840 --> 0:02:59.440 which I think is deadly. They're using that a lot more. 0:02:59.639 --> 0:03:01.919 They'd like to go up top, but they're taking away 0:03:01.960 --> 0:03:04.920 things in that regard because they got playmakers to do it. 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:07.120 But they lead the league in yards after the catch 0:03:07.240 --> 0:03:10.560 and they got three outstanding receivers. All could be Pro 0:03:10.639 --> 0:03:15.280 Bowls for Antonio Brown, Chris Godwin and Mike Evans. Sean 0:03:15.400 --> 0:03:19.360 Desai had a conversation with the media earlier today, as 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:22.000 he does every Thursday, and one of the big topics 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:24.880 was tackling. Tackling in general. I know Eddie Jackson's gotten 0:03:25.360 --> 0:03:27.280 a lot of that to Sean Gibson at the safety 0:03:27.280 --> 0:03:30.919 position in terms of critiques, but he says this is 0:03:31.040 --> 0:03:32.799 up to him, It's up to the guys and it's 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:34.840 team Why no, you're not. I don't believe in As 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:38.160 a teacher, I'm believing threatening anything. I don't think threats 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:40.680 are the way to go. So as a leader or 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:43.240 a teacher now, I think as a leader and a teacher, 0:03:43.240 --> 0:03:45.920 you got to find unique ways to teach and make 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:48.720 sure your message getting across to your players. We do 0:03:48.760 --> 0:03:50.200 that in a lot of different ways, whether it's in 0:03:50.200 --> 0:03:52.680 the film room or in practice, and we got to 0:03:52.720 --> 0:03:54.480 continue to do a better job of it. Like I said, 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:57.840 from a teaching and coaching perspective and an execution perspective, right, 0:03:57.840 --> 0:04:00.560 this is not This is not just on one party 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:03.960 in terms of player or coach. It's a collective effort. 0:04:03.960 --> 0:04:06.880 And ultimately, between the lines, we got to execute, and 0:04:07.000 --> 0:04:08.480 we got to give them a chance to execute, put 0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:10.400 them in good positions, and give them the proper techniques. 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:12.920 In training well Sean's design, the coaches can try to 0:04:12.960 --> 0:04:15.800 put the players in the most perfect position they possibly 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:19.640 can be at. However, when it comes down to a tackle, 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:21.919 it's not the coaches have nothing to do with it. 0:04:21.920 --> 0:04:25.640 It's about your willingness, your desire, and your commitment to 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:29.159 make that tackle, to run through that offensive player with 0:04:29.240 --> 0:04:32.000 the football, to make sure that you're fundamentally in or 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:35.160 the right position if you're facing a running back through 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:38.760 the line of scrimmage or a wide receiver downfield. This 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:43.680 is about player commitment. This is coach's preparation. Once they 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:46.120 hand the ball off to you on that Saturday night 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:50.640 team meeting or that Sunday morning meeting, then it's in 0:04:50.640 --> 0:04:52.840 the hands of the players. All right, So as of 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:55.279 right now, we're not certain what the status is of 0:04:55.480 --> 0:04:57.600 Robert Quinn. What a great start to the year here 0:04:57.600 --> 0:05:00.520 in Khalil Mack the most dangerous do right now. In 0:05:00.600 --> 0:05:02.840 terms of sacks in the league, they haven't had a 0:05:02.839 --> 0:05:05.799 ton of pressures. Others have had more, but they're getting 0:05:05.800 --> 0:05:08.840 big plays and getting to the quarterback, which certainly does 0:05:08.920 --> 0:05:12.720 make things more challenging for an offense. But if they 0:05:12.760 --> 0:05:14.800 don't have him, it's an opportunity for a guy like 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:18.560 Trevis Gibson. Oh, it's the biggest opportunity in a young 0:05:18.600 --> 0:05:22.920 man's lifetime because if Gibson's get the opportunity to go 0:05:23.000 --> 0:05:25.800 down to Tampa Bay and start a game and he 0:05:25.839 --> 0:05:28.600 gets his myths on to Tom Brady. A couple times 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:31.920 we talked about a landmark type of game this could be. 0:05:32.040 --> 0:05:35.040 That could be a landmark type of performance for Trevis 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:38.960 Gibson and Jeff I like you like, and I like 0:05:39.080 --> 0:05:40.880 what we've seen out of him since the beginning of 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:43.679 training camp. Now to be able to parlay that into 0:05:43.720 --> 0:05:47.440 a productive start that could mean big things for the Bears. 0:05:47.440 --> 0:05:49.240 Sukeners are getting some stuff done on the ground with 0:05:49.360 --> 0:05:52.120 Leonard Fournette Ronald Jones Junior, but it's Fournette the guy 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:55.279 right Now, the Bears run defense did get hit a 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:57.720 little bit by Aaron Jones and the Packers last week 0:05:57.839 --> 0:06:00.320 as the game wore on. They didn't earn the right 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:02.760 to rush the passer. But it has to be the 0:06:02.760 --> 0:06:06.480 case against Tampa Bay. Although Brady's gonna throw it forty times. 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:08.960 They like throwing the football, that is a fact. They 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:10.880 don't run it as much as they throw it. But 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:14.839 that run game, they've leaned on it a little bit here. Yeah, 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:17.479 I think it simplifies what Tom Brady has to do 0:06:17.520 --> 0:06:20.200 in order for Tampa Bay to be successful. But if 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:22.760 you attack a running back like Leonard Fournette, how you 0:06:22.800 --> 0:06:26.760 would go up and try to attack Derrick Henry from 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:29.440 the Tennessee Titans. You got to stop him before he 0:06:29.560 --> 0:06:32.600 starts his momentum. If you can get him to backtrack 0:06:32.640 --> 0:06:36.000 him in the backfield, you'll limit the success of Leonard Fournette. 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:39.680 All right. So last year, Tristan Worf's the tackle for 0:06:39.720 --> 0:06:42.719 the Tampa Bay Buccaneers out of Iowa as a rookie. 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:44.960 He gave up one sack all year and he has 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:47.320 not given up a sack since. The only sack was 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:50.520 to Khalil Mack. And we remember what happened on that 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:55.840 play afterwards, remember Khalil talk. Yeah, I mean that was 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:58.880 some kind of power shown by Khalil. But something like 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:01.680 that sticks in the mind of a rookie a year 0:07:01.720 --> 0:07:05.279 ago and now a season vet and a Super Bowl champion. 0:07:05.360 --> 0:07:09.080 But overall, that offensive line has some real good, nasty 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:13.000 guys in there, including Jensen at center. Ryan Jensen will 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:16.200 play through and to the echo of the whistle. Yeah, 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:19.240 you know, they kind of compliment the commitment of Tom Brady. 0:07:19.640 --> 0:07:23.440 Tom Brady has high expectations on his offensive line. They 0:07:23.480 --> 0:07:25.720 need to be physical when they're run blocking, and they 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:28.920 need protective when they're throwing the ball. So I just 0:07:29.000 --> 0:07:31.240 think that, yeah, some of these guys get a great 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:34.480 reputation because they're playing with a quarterback as good as 0:07:34.520 --> 0:07:37.480 Tom Brady. However, when you think of Jensen the center 0:07:37.520 --> 0:07:39.600 and you look at the rest of those guys, yeah, 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:43.480 they got a real nasty disposition about the way they 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:45.760 go about their business. All right, So a lot of 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:49.240 head here we'll talk to coming up next. Coming up next, 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:51.720 we'll talk to Khalil Herbert, the Bears rookie running back, 0:07:51.960 --> 0:07:53.640 and then later in the show will break down the 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:57.120 defense of the Buccaneers, coordinated by one of the best. 0:07:57.240 --> 0:07:59.120 He has done a great job over the course of 0:07:59.160 --> 0:08:02.320 his career time Bulls. With Tom There, I'm Jeff Joniac. 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:05.400 This is Bears All Access, brought to you by IGS Energy. 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:07.720 Choose clean energy for your home at igs dot com 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:10.160 because every good choice adds up to a better world. 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:14.720 This is Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. This 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:16.920 segment of Bears All Access is brought to you by 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:19.760 CDW people who get it. With Tom Fair, Jeff Joniak 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:22.000 please to be joined by sixth round rookie running back 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:25.080 Khalil Herbert playing some great football little how you doing man? 0:08:25.080 --> 0:08:26.960 And how much fun has this been? Here for the 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:29.520 last couple of weeks and frankly the whole season because 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:31.560 it's dream come true to make it to the NFL 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:34.160 and you're taking advantage of every opportunity. Yeah, definitely is 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:37.320 definitely is It's great. Um, you know, I'm really enjoying 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:39.920 the opportunity to be here, you know, play here. So 0:08:40.400 --> 0:08:42.080 just making the most of it, trying to make the 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:43.880 most of you. You know. One of the things I 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:46.480 watch is this Pro Football Focus, and they do a 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:51.040 lot of detailed analysis and It's not always accurate in 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:53.160 terms of how a team looks at it, but what 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:56.440 you're getting after context speaks to your ability as a 0:08:57.120 --> 0:08:59.760 guy rides low to the ground, so to speak, gets 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:01.679 small all the whole and then can break tackles with 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:03.400 a low center of gravity. But they have you at 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:07.319 two point eight eight average yards after contact, six forced 0:09:07.360 --> 0:09:09.800 miss tackles in one hundred and eight yards total here 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:12.719 in the last couple of weeks. Does it feel like that, 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:15.720 you know those numbers did they reflect how you feel 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:18.800 on the games that you've played so far. I'm not 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:20.680 even sure. I have to go back and watch the 0:09:20.679 --> 0:09:22.840 film and count. I don't know how they're counting that stuff. 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:25.679 But I'm just being able to break tackles and make 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:27.880 people missing something we work on every day. So just 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:31.720 going back to my roots and doing those kind of things, well, 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:33.520 you know, it's pretty cool. As a play you ran 0:09:33.600 --> 0:09:36.160 in the Las Vegas game where you were running up 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:38.480 the middle and you were continuing to churn your legs, 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:41.760 but right alongside you was Jimmy Graham. You know, a 0:09:41.800 --> 0:09:45.079 guy that's been around for you know, fIF fifteen or 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:48.160 plus years now in the NFL al and you know 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:50.200 that's kind of cool, man, is when you get that 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:54.800 immediate respect by a veteran like that to push alongside you. Yeah, 0:09:54.800 --> 0:09:57.200 it definitely is. You know, me and Jenmy mess around 0:09:57.200 --> 0:09:59.760 every day, but just to see how him in the 0:09:59.800 --> 0:10:02.040 time it ends. They attack blocks and you know, they 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:03.800 open up big holes for me and they help out 0:10:03.840 --> 0:10:06.000 anyway they can in the run game. You know, I'm 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:09.480 very appreciative of them. Hey Clill, do you Number one? 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:12.200 Do you play fantasy football? Number two? If you don't, 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:15.280 are your friends playing fantasy football? And they gotta be 0:10:15.400 --> 0:10:18.240 on you about you know, you know, patting your stats 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:21.040 to help them out? I did, I always did before, 0:10:21.080 --> 0:10:22.959 but this year, you know, I decided to take a break. 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:26.839 But all my friends they play UM and the and there. 0:10:26.920 --> 0:10:29.000 Last week it was funny they're talking about picking me 0:10:29.080 --> 0:10:31.679 up and stuff. So just listening to them, it's kind 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:33.480 of funny. It's kind of surreal. Hey, I want to 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:35.960 circle back on Jimmy Graham because that's a great topic, 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:38.520 great story. And the reason I bring it up because 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:41.280 the Tampa Bay Buccaneers they set out their team notes 0:10:41.320 --> 0:10:43.520 and you're going through all the notes and you're seeing 0:10:43.520 --> 0:10:48.520 the big bold colors. Rob Gronkowski's career and right there 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:51.760 and all the career statistics is Jimmy Graham. I mean 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:55.240 we're talking about catches by a tight end, yards, touchdowns, 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:57.240 red zone and you say you mess around with him 0:10:57.280 --> 0:10:59.840 every day. What's his role over that rob blocker room? 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:02.880 Definitely that you can tell he's been around along a 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:05.280 long time. But he's definitely that vet leader in the 0:11:05.640 --> 0:11:08.600 locker room, you know, brings along the old the younger 0:11:08.640 --> 0:11:11.080 guys like me. Um, just kind of getting used to 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:13.760 that day to day stuff, taking care of my body, um, 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:16.360 you know, kind of getting my mind right before the game. Um. 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:18.280 You could even see him in the interview with Mooney 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:20.559 out of the mic. That would movie just again everybody 0:11:20.559 --> 0:11:23.400 ready to go smack him pretty good energy every day. Yeah, 0:11:23.440 --> 0:11:27.160 he smacks it pretty good. Oh yeah, liked it too much. Yeah. 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:30.400 I always think about you transferring because you know, you really, 0:11:30.640 --> 0:11:32.800 you know, kind of go all in in the poker 0:11:32.960 --> 0:11:35.400 terms when you transfer from one school to the next 0:11:35.480 --> 0:11:38.640 and then you contribute immediately. How did that process help 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:41.319 you be more ready for this year? Because you come 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:44.000 in as a rookie, you see who's in front of you. 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:46.280 You you know, you don't know how it's gonna go. Then. Also, 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:48.959 now you're the starting running back of the Chicago Bears. 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:52.520 How did that go through that process of transferring and 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:56.199 producing immediately? I say, just being ready expecting the unexpected. 0:11:56.240 --> 0:11:58.800 You know, especially with COVID happening last year. You know, 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:00.200 we didn't know if we're gonna have a see and 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:02.320 so the little film that I had, I had to 0:12:02.360 --> 0:12:04.640 produce and put something on film if we were gonna play, 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:06.840 if we were if we're not going to play. So 0:12:06.960 --> 0:12:10.760 just really trying to produce and you know, expect unexpected 0:12:10.800 --> 0:12:13.360 and be ready to go immediately when my numbers called, 0:12:13.440 --> 0:12:16.559 I think helped me a lot. You always talk about 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:19.440 is this running back? You know his vision? You know 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:22.040 this running back canny pick up. Let's this running back 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:24.760 Kenny catch. I think you need a more exposure in 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:26.880 the passing game. You did a really nice job of 0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:29.480 the catch you made this week, converting into a first down, 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:32.839 but it wasn't necessarily a real ready position to make 0:12:32.880 --> 0:12:36.640 the catch. So let's got to elevate your opportunities in 0:12:36.720 --> 0:12:39.760 the passing game. What don't you think? Oh yeah, definitely, um, 0:12:39.800 --> 0:12:41.320 you know that's all. It's the coaches. But you know, 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:44.520 I'm ready to I feel like I could do everything 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:46.800 out of the backfield. So just being ready and you know, 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:49.840 getting ready for when my numbers called. Because well, Herbert 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:52.400 our guest here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:54.280 This is Bears All Access and it's brought to you 0:12:54.280 --> 0:12:57.319 by IGS Energy with Tom There, Jeff, Joni Clue. I 0:12:57.320 --> 0:13:00.000 gotta go talk about number, the number twenty one. It's 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:03.760 seems to be significant in your life. And you brought 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:06.600 this up I think during the draft or prior to 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:08.880 the draft, but you always wore number twenty one because 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:11.920 if I'm not mistaken with Dani and Tomminson, right, yeah, yeah, 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:15.560 And what did you love about his play? His I 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:18.360 mean obviously the Hall of Fame back so I think 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:20.880 you guys are probably pretty similar in height and weight too. 0:13:22.080 --> 0:13:26.000 Just his ability to do everything, you know, um short yardage. 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:27.520 You know, he could take the ball at the distance, 0:13:27.520 --> 0:13:29.240 he can catch the ball at the battlefield, pick up 0:13:29.280 --> 0:13:31.400 puts is just whatever you need him to do, he 0:13:31.440 --> 0:13:32.960 was able to do it, and he did it at 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:35.839 a high level. So just really that in a lot 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:38.080 of his moves, you know, he did some stuff that 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:41.040 a lot of people can't replicate. So and still to 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:44.520 this day a classy guy, a guy's humble, and despite 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:46.760 being in the Hall of Fame, do you still pop 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:50.840 on his tape every now and again? Just for kicks? Definitely? 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:53.880 Just you know, if if I'm wondering what I can 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:55.760 do to set somebody up on a route, or if 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:58.240 I'm if I'm one on one with somebody in space, 0:13:58.320 --> 0:14:00.760 just trying to add different things to my game that 0:14:00.760 --> 0:14:03.240 that you know, he may have used to help me out. 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:05.800 Here's the other weird thing. So if you're a numbers 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:08.240 guy like me, I find I find it interesting. So 0:14:08.280 --> 0:14:11.520 you were born on the twenty first, correct, you were 0:14:11.640 --> 0:14:16.640 twenty one, and you were pick two one seventeen. I 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:18.320 know you'd like to be a lot higher, but did 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:20.280 you did? I bet you didn't even see that number 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:23.120 buried in the two seventeen. I didn't realize that one. 0:14:23.440 --> 0:14:29.080 But it's creepy. So yeah, but why not. We're twenty 0:14:29.080 --> 0:14:32.440 one now. I mean somebody had it when I first 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:34.680 got here, you know, so, and I'm not really it's 0:14:34.680 --> 0:14:37.480 still available. I just took. I just took the number 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:39.440 that they gave me. I kind of like the two 0:14:39.520 --> 0:14:42.040 board now you know, it's growing on me. I like it. 0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:45.000 I'm gonna stick with it right, commit to the number. Man, 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:47.040 It's got a lot of years in there for you, 0:14:47.160 --> 0:14:49.840 so you could always make the change. But this is 0:14:49.880 --> 0:14:52.920 what you got. Kind of an aggravating question. So all right, 0:14:52.960 --> 0:14:55.200 I'm a Bears alumni, you're a Bears player. I'm a 0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:58.000 season ticket holder. I've grew up in Chicago and my 0:14:58.040 --> 0:15:01.160 whole life and I've been a Bears fan. So when 0:15:01.200 --> 0:15:03.960 I see the Rogers what he said in the end zone, 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:06.880 and then I see it carried over to Tom Brady, 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:09.520 to me, it frustrates me because I don't want the 0:15:09.560 --> 0:15:12.280 Bears to be the butt of anybody's joke. Do you 0:15:12.320 --> 0:15:15.360 guys talk about that? Do you not pay attention to it? 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:18.160 Is it a topic inside the locker room that says, hey, man, 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:20.640 we got to write the ship. I didn't. I don't 0:15:20.680 --> 0:15:24.160 know what happened with Tom Brady, but um from Rogers. Yeah, 0:15:24.160 --> 0:15:27.080 that's something that you know, we we try not to 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:29.720 let happen. We try to We definitely try to fix 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:33.160 that and change that so things like that can't be said. Um. 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:35.160 You know, we don't want to be taken as a 0:15:35.200 --> 0:15:37.640 joke to anybody. So it's definitely something you know, we 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:39.360 take with a grain of salt and we try to 0:15:39.400 --> 0:15:41.840 you know, come back and you know, hopefully next time 0:15:41.880 --> 0:15:44.120 we played and we'll be ready. So at this stage 0:15:44.160 --> 0:15:46.360 of your young career, you look into the eyes of 0:15:46.440 --> 0:15:48.920 a guy like Jason Peters, you think, man, this this 0:15:49.000 --> 0:15:52.440 guy's thirty nine years old. He's seeing everything in football. 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:55.520 Do you ever, you know, have a question or an 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:58.920 opportunity to talk to him, to pick his brain about 0:15:59.040 --> 0:16:03.000 something that may be so far in the future for you. Yeah, 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:06.200 especially you know with passpro just you know, seeing what 0:16:06.280 --> 0:16:09.680 he sees. Really, just any type of advice I can get, 0:16:09.720 --> 0:16:12.280 I try and you know, pick his brain and he's 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:15.120 great with helping me out, slowing things down for me 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:17.800 and allowing me to know who I got or you know, 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:19.920 be aware of certain things that he might he might 0:16:19.960 --> 0:16:22.280 point out for me just to help me play fast 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:24.800 and you know, pick things up. Honestly, it's like a 0:16:24.840 --> 0:16:26.880 coach on the field and not a bad guy to 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:30.040 run behind her on that left side, right, Yeah, definitely, Yeah. 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:32.480 Khalil Herbert our guest. We're gonna step away take our 0:16:32.480 --> 0:16:35.640 first break here on Chicago sports Radio six seventy The Score. 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:38.520 Welcome back to Bears All Access here on Chicago Sports 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:40.800 Radio six seventy the Score. This segment of Bears All 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:43.880 Access brought to you by Athletical Physical Therapy. Visit athletical 0:16:43.920 --> 0:16:46.520 dot com to request an appointment in clinic or virtually 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:48.920 and start feeling better tomorrow. Joined by Khalil Herbert, the 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:51.800 Bears rookie running back. I'm no longer even gonna put 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:55.200 around on yet, because once you're here, it doesn't matter. 0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:58.840 And you are proving that every single day, starting out 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:00.920 with a kick return game and finding a way to 0:17:00.920 --> 0:17:02.880 get on the field. And that's really the first step 0:17:02.880 --> 0:17:04.760 in the processes, and it finding a way to get 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:06.959 on the field and impressing your coaches and they all 0:17:06.800 --> 0:17:10.159 tell me how hard you work every day, one of 0:17:10.160 --> 0:17:13.320 the first guys in here, always on the field, working 0:17:13.440 --> 0:17:17.400 extra I mean, this is that's something that you're born with. 0:17:17.520 --> 0:17:20.480 I feel it's not something that you just automatically show 0:17:20.560 --> 0:17:22.840 up and do. Hey, some guys do, but it sounds 0:17:22.840 --> 0:17:25.640 like this is always what you've always been about. Yeah, 0:17:26.240 --> 0:17:28.199 that's I feel like that's how I got here. Um, 0:17:28.200 --> 0:17:30.800 I was never like the most talented um, you know 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:33.760 this freakish athlete. I just always had to put in 0:17:33.840 --> 0:17:35.480 extra work and always had to do things, you know 0:17:35.520 --> 0:17:38.200 when people aren't watching that to be where I am today. 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:40.760 So just continuing it with that mindset and you know, 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:43.560 trying to get better every day, trying to find something 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:45.720 that I could get better at each day. You know, 0:17:45.720 --> 0:17:48.000 it's helping me out. So you know, Khalil, when Jeff 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:50.200 and I saw you for the first time out of practice, 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:54.360 you know you had development that you are either naturally 0:17:54.440 --> 0:17:57.640 gifted or you're dedicated to the weight room. When when 0:17:57.640 --> 0:18:00.359 we see it from the outside, what is it just 0:18:00.400 --> 0:18:03.040 something you've been blessed with or are you a weight 0:18:03.119 --> 0:18:06.440 room guy from years back? Definitely a weight room guy. 0:18:06.600 --> 0:18:09.639 When I was younger, I was, I was chubby, h 0:18:10.119 --> 0:18:13.520 I played online in Little League. So just continuing to 0:18:13.720 --> 0:18:16.760 you know, lose that and keep my weight off and um, 0:18:16.880 --> 0:18:19.200 lift weights is something that's helped me out a lot. 0:18:19.240 --> 0:18:21.840 So just definitely a weight room guys. Something I pride 0:18:21.880 --> 0:18:24.199 myself on and you know, I feel like I I 0:18:24.320 --> 0:18:26.760 love to lift, especially squads. So yeah, I was gonna 0:18:26.760 --> 0:18:29.040 ask you do you have a favorite lift? Yeah, yeah, 0:18:29.240 --> 0:18:33.400 that's it. I don't know. I just something about it, 0:18:33.440 --> 0:18:36.280 just I don't know. I love. We had big squad 0:18:36.320 --> 0:18:38.480 Fridays at my school and it was this whole big thing. 0:18:38.600 --> 0:18:43.359 So it was fun. What's your pr Oh? When I squat? 0:18:43.440 --> 0:18:45.960 We did two rep maxes so I think I did 0:18:46.480 --> 0:18:51.080 five thirty five twice A very good Yeah. It's a 0:18:51.080 --> 0:18:52.720 lot of weight moving a lot away. Hey, clear, I 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:54.400 would just want to ask you a question about your 0:18:54.520 --> 0:18:57.960 kickoff return experience. When I'm a football fan, so I 0:18:58.000 --> 0:19:00.919 watched a lot of college football up and aggravates me 0:19:01.000 --> 0:19:04.120