WEBVTT - Larry Borom on Ravens defense | All Access 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:02.880 Welcome into another edition of Bears All Access with a 0:00:02.920 --> 0:00:05.920 broadcast partner from news Radio one oh five nine WBBM. 0:00:05.960 --> 0:00:08.360 Tom There, I'm Jeff Joniac. We'll break down the week 0:00:08.400 --> 0:00:11.039 eleven matchup between the Bears and the Ravens at Soldier 0:00:11.080 --> 0:00:13.920 Field our pregame and nine kickoff and noon on WBBM. 0:00:14.120 --> 0:00:16.279 Thanks to our producers Jordan trut Up, Dan Burrelli and 0:00:16.280 --> 0:00:17.720 the folks here at the score. Coming up on the 0:00:17.760 --> 0:00:20.680 program tonight, We'll be joined by rookie right tackle Larry 0:00:20.720 --> 0:00:24.800 Borham and also the voice of the Baltimore Ravens Jerry Sandusky. 0:00:24.960 --> 0:00:26.840 Lots to break down coming out of the bye week time, 0:00:26.880 --> 0:00:28.920 and I thought it was interesting today up at allisall 0:00:29.280 --> 0:00:32.400 the coordinators speak. So you got Sean Decai, you got 0:00:33.200 --> 0:00:36.480 Bill Laser, and you got Chris Tabor, all being asked 0:00:36.520 --> 0:00:39.400 questions something that happened ten eleven days ago in Pittsburgh. 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:41.919 They're on the Baltimore and I get it. Writers want 0:00:41.920 --> 0:00:44.519 to fill their stories and fill in the blanks to 0:00:44.600 --> 0:00:46.720 their stories for the week about what happened in that 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:49.920 Steelers game, and a lot happened, and a lot happened 0:00:49.960 --> 0:00:52.960 good in the second half, especially offensively that we hope 0:00:52.960 --> 0:00:55.520 we'll carry in past the bye week into the final 0:00:55.560 --> 0:00:57.760 eight games of the year. But you know, from a 0:00:57.760 --> 0:01:00.360 player or a coaching perspective, to go back at a 0:01:00.440 --> 0:01:02.840 game before the buye we can break it down how 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:05.160 difficult it is that and how difficult would be for 0:01:05.200 --> 0:01:08.080 you because you want to talk about the next thing. Yeah, 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:10.040 but it's fresh in the memory of every one of 0:01:10.080 --> 0:01:13.119 those coordinators. So if there's a question that someone wants 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:15.399 to answered, yeah, they can ask him. But it is 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:18.520 about moving on to the next event. And when you 0:01:18.600 --> 0:01:21.759 look at all three of these guys, Tabor's going against 0:01:21.800 --> 0:01:25.080 a head coach who's a special team's coordinator by trade. 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:29.600 They have the most exciting and explosive quarterback in the 0:01:29.680 --> 0:01:32.920 game right now that Sean Decid, first time defensive coordinator 0:01:32.959 --> 0:01:35.440 has to get prepared to go against. And then you 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:39.640 have Bill Laser, who's calling the plays for a blitz happy, 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:43.920 blitz heavy, physical football team. It's unbelievable what all these 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:47.560 guys have at stake and what this game really means. 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:50.880 To get a judgment of where you're at, well, there's 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:52.960 a lot to unpacking that team. They're in first place 0:01:53.240 --> 0:01:55.920 and they are coming off a loss to Miami and 0:01:56.040 --> 0:01:58.600 the Dulphins really through the kitchen sink at him. That 0:01:58.800 --> 0:02:01.040 really got our attention as well. Do you feel that 0:02:01.080 --> 0:02:05.040 the Bears can do anything related to that against Lamar Jackson? 0:02:05.120 --> 0:02:07.760 I hope they at least attempted, because when you go 0:02:07.800 --> 0:02:10.280 back and you look at that Miami game, you know 0:02:10.480 --> 0:02:13.920 from last Thursday, they had a defensive game plan that 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:16.360 I've never seen before. You don't go up there in 0:02:16.400 --> 0:02:18.800 line everybody up in the line of scrimmage. Then you 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:21.840 have a row of three or four defensive backs and 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:24.679 there's a separation of space in between because there is 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:29.280 no linebackers at the linebacker depth. It was an unbelievable 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:35.160 game plan that the Miami Dolphins went and chanced their aggressiveness, 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:39.720 their approach, and they were really able to confine the 0:02:41.080 --> 0:02:44.280 explosiveness of a guy like Lamar Jackson. All Right, so 0:02:44.360 --> 0:02:46.639 let's listen in the Shawn to site earlier today and 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:51.400 just what they have in their sights. Lamar Jackson. He's 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:53.919 a unique and special talent, and you see why he's 0:02:53.919 --> 0:02:57.040 in the MVP conversation. He's, you know, deserving that his 0:02:57.120 --> 0:02:59.040 game has developed so much. They've done a great job 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:02.400 there with him. Obviously, he can beat with his feet, 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:05.079 he can beat you with his arm, and he's throwing 0:03:05.080 --> 0:03:07.880 the ball accurately, you know, over the top of the defenders, 0:03:08.120 --> 0:03:10.040 and he's hitting a lot of underneath throws also, So 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:12.679 I think he's playing the full component of what you 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:15.120 want a quarterback to play like in this league. And 0:03:15.120 --> 0:03:17.760 he can extend plays obviously, and even when he's extending it, 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:21.000 he's not like some some other guys where he's looking 0:03:21.040 --> 0:03:23.000 to run right away. You know, he's still looking to 0:03:23.360 --> 0:03:26.320 kind of gash you in the pass game, and he's 0:03:26.320 --> 0:03:28.400 got the confidence of Beach in the run game. Well, 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:30.680 the bigger thing about that all is that when he 0:03:30.680 --> 0:03:32.160 gets out, and he will, he'll get out of the 0:03:32.200 --> 0:03:34.320 pocket a little bit, or he'll make a play. The 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:37.480 yards after contact and yards after the catch. That makes 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:39.600 a difference. Because they got a kicker over there. They 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:42.800 can kick sixty six yard field goals. So when you 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:45.800 get your chance to make these tackles, make these plays defensively, 0:03:45.800 --> 0:03:47.360 you got to make him in this game. Yeah, you 0:03:48.000 --> 0:03:50.960 have to make the tackles when the opportunity is presented, 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:54.480 but you also have to condense the size in the 0:03:54.560 --> 0:03:59.160 space where these ball carriers, the receivers, and most notably 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:02.480 the quarterback has a chance to escape too. So you know, 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:05.520 it's exciting when you hear Sean Decide talk about Lamar Jackson. 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:09.160 That's the way I hope we're talking about justin Fields eventually, 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:11.840 because he has those types of talents where he's going 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:13.760 to hold the ball a little longer to try to 0:04:13.800 --> 0:04:16.200 make you pay in the long run, either throwing it 0:04:16.279 --> 0:04:20.320 or running on you. So it's a really exciting opportunity 0:04:20.400 --> 0:04:23.919 to watch these two quarterbacks at this two stages of 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:26.280 their careers. And I brought it up to you earlier 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:30.520 this week justin Fields final drive in Pittsburgh, because of 0:04:30.560 --> 0:04:34.000 the environment, what was at stake, they had a lead, 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:36.240 they could have won the game on the final kick. 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:39.400 If they had had that offsides on Pittsburgh call, then 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:42.280 maybe that kick would have been good from sixty. It 0:04:42.440 --> 0:04:44.800 was right down the middle as it is, And I thought, 0:04:44.880 --> 0:04:47.160 you know what, this team has lost four in a row. 0:04:47.680 --> 0:04:50.200 Can they maintain focus where they want to go to 0:04:50.240 --> 0:04:52.080 work with eight games to go, because it's a lot 0:04:52.120 --> 0:04:56.440 on the schedule yet. But I think that was answered 0:04:56.760 --> 0:04:59.560 when to Sean Gibson was asked about that final drive 0:04:59.600 --> 0:05:02.880 about his the offensive teammate justin fields because they think 0:05:02.880 --> 0:05:05.040 these guys time are going to be engaged. Oh yeah, 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:07.160 I think that energies everybody seeing a drive like that. 0:05:07.720 --> 0:05:10.080 You know, obviously that's huge, that's shoes for him, that's 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:12.400 hused for his momentum. That's huge for the team when 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:14.920 you can have a quarterback that that that, you know, man, 0:05:15.040 --> 0:05:17.120 longest we give him enough time, longest we give him 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:18.880 the ball back, we know that good things gonna happen. 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:21.480 And I was just one of those things where you know, 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:23.680 I just feel confident that whole drive, that one gonna 0:05:23.680 --> 0:05:25.080 make a play. That's that's some of my own offense 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:26.640 gonna make a play. And they did just that. So, 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:28.880 like I say, that's just a testament to the growth 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:32.520 that he's making from weeks three to now. And you 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:34.800 can be more happy about that. Man, he's trending up 0:05:34.800 --> 0:05:36.960 in a right direction, and you know it's it's in 0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:38.880 a perfect time and for us to catch their stride 0:05:38.880 --> 0:05:40.920 and and you know, we got some tough games ahead 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:42.479 of us, man, but I wouldn't want him to catch 0:05:42.480 --> 0:05:44.720 this stride any other time than right now. So he's 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:46.000 doing what you gotta do, man to put us in 0:05:46.040 --> 0:05:48.359 position to win football games. We just gotta play complimentary, 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:51.640 complete football, right now. That's it, and that is a 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:54.280 good point. Guys got to play complimentary football. But do 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:56.920 you agree with my premise that this team will be 0:05:56.960 --> 0:06:01.400 more engaged as long as and if Justin Fields continues 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:05.000 to rise. Of course, you know, the first of all, 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:09.240 they know what's at stake individually for all of their jobs. However, 0:06:09.640 --> 0:06:12.960 when you have that type of effort, that type of future, 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:16.880 and the explosiveness and the excitement he can contribute, oh yeah, 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:21.240 I think if these guys are playing selfishly, then they're 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:23.440 not going to worry about the big picture of this team. 0:06:23.440 --> 0:06:26.040 But I think he really is an element that is 0:06:26.080 --> 0:06:29.440 bringing a sense of excitement here that, like you said, 0:06:29.800 --> 0:06:32.480 it carried into the second half of the Pittsburgh Steeler game. 0:06:32.480 --> 0:06:34.680 And that's one of the things that's most impressive because 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:38.159 he never lost faith after some poor field position to 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:40.520 start the game. Justin Fields coming up as two best 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:43.440 performances as a Bear quarterback now goes up against the 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:46.120 guy he's watched and study, Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:48.760 Ravens coming up next, We'll be joined by Bears rookie 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:51.080 right tackle Larry boorm It's all ahead here on Bears 0:06:51.080 --> 0:06:53.839 All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score. 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:56.280 Welcome back to Bears All Access, brought to you by 0:06:56.360 --> 0:06:59.200 IGS Energy. Choose clean energy for your home at igs 0:06:59.240 --> 0:07:01.680 dot com because every good choice adds up to a 0:07:01.720 --> 0:07:04.720 better world. With my broadcast partner Tom Fair, the Super 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:07.640 Bowl Bear Guard, I'm Jeff Johnnyak. Welcome back to Bears 0:07:07.640 --> 0:07:10.120 All Access here in Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to Score. 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:12.760 Please to be joined by a fifth round pick, a 0:07:12.960 --> 0:07:15.440 starter in his first year in the National Football League 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:19.640 at right tackle, Detroit's very own and Missoo's Larry Born. Larry, 0:07:19.680 --> 0:07:22.160 thanks for taking the time out after practice here today 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:25.240 to talk to Tom and I. We we became aware 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:27.800 of you at rookie minicamp and we were like hmm. 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:30.360 We kept looking at each other like, hey, this guy, 0:07:30.480 --> 0:07:32.320 this guy, now, hold on, now, this is this is 0:07:32.360 --> 0:07:36.000 gonna be interesting to see. And that has been the 0:07:36.040 --> 0:07:39.160 case for you. Has been a steady climb, a couple 0:07:39.120 --> 0:07:41.840 of blips along the way, with some injuries and the 0:07:41.880 --> 0:07:45.520 COVID situation, But Larry, how has this journey been from 0:07:45.520 --> 0:07:47.080 the time we got to the Chicago Bears to where 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:49.240 we're at right now. Oh, like you said, I mean, 0:07:49.240 --> 0:07:50.880 I kind only do a couple of things. It's kind 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:53.840 of like a roller coaster has been Honestly, it's been greater. 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:57.080 I really wouldn't change anything. I'm gonna believer that everything 0:07:57.120 --> 0:08:01.400 happens for a reason. So I've enjoyed. I'm home. I mean, 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:05.640 I love everything about it. You know, Larry, Back in 0:08:05.680 --> 0:08:08.280 the day, Jeff, here's this all the time, I was 0:08:08.320 --> 0:08:11.000 a fourth round draft choice, and I was really disappointed. 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:13.600 I was drafting in the fourth round. When I first 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:16.040 got my eye, when I first saw you, I was going, Wow, 0:08:16.160 --> 0:08:20.280 this dude's a fifth rounder. Were you disappointed at being 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:24.800 chosen in the fifth round or you know where? Did 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:28.960 you have your sight set at that time? Honestly, I 0:08:28.960 --> 0:08:31.360 don't really think I thought too much of it. Always 0:08:31.400 --> 0:08:32.960 I felt like I just need to get my foot 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:34.839 in the door, and I was just the first step 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:37.920 of being able to do that, to be a drafted period, 0:08:38.000 --> 0:08:42.000 no matter where I was to go. So I wouldn't 0:08:42.000 --> 0:08:44.720 be disappointed. I want to say that. So you know, 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:47.800 the offensive tackle, that's the money position. But I heard 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:50.400 a lot of people talking about you possibly being an 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:54.640 offensive guard and how they were evaluating you. Did you 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:57.680 ever consider that you could be coming out of college 0:08:57.679 --> 0:09:00.679 as a guard or were your sight set an offensive 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:04.320 tackle from the time you got here. Honestly, I always 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:06.040 said to play anything they needed to be to play. 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:08.280 But coming out of college, I mean I knew what 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:11.199 I could do personally, and just seeing different things about 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:13.520 like athleticism and stuff like that, I kind of just 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:17.400 didn't even really pay too much attention to it. I 0:09:17.400 --> 0:09:20.440 felt like I still come out and play. Well. What 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:23.600 about the weight fluctuation, because you know, it's something when 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:25.920 you see a guy get as big as what you 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:28.880 were described as being. To the point when we saw 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:31.960 you the first time in shorts in a jersey, he said, Man, 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:36.520 this guy's this guy's physically gifted and physically fit. Was 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:39.640 it a challenge to change the weights or can you 0:09:39.720 --> 0:09:43.480 do that easily? Um? When I first started it, I 0:09:43.520 --> 0:09:46.200 feel like it was just a mental challenge trying to 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:48.960 really get into a strict diet. But now I feel 0:09:48.960 --> 0:09:51.280 like I learned my body that I can I can control. 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:53.160 It shouldn't be It's not gonna be issue. Again, how 0:09:53.200 --> 0:09:55.640 strict was it, Larry, because hey, we all can use 0:09:55.640 --> 0:10:00.559 a little advice. I wouldn't necessarily strict being out in 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:03.880 California training. I mean the options were there are a 0:10:03.880 --> 0:10:06.360 lot of good options. Um. So really it was just 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:08.160 me doing a lot of extra as far as like 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:11.160 extra conditioning and stuff just before workouts. So maybe after 0:10:11.160 --> 0:10:13.440 a workout, just trying to get an upper hand on 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:15.360 what I need to hand them. You know, when you're 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:17.800 doing something like that and you're looking at a career 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:21.280 as opposed to a sport, because there is a difference. 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:24.959 Now it is a business and you're you're bankrolling your 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:28.920 future by getting yourself in the most perfect condition that 0:10:29.000 --> 0:10:32.360 you're possibly able to be and then to perform on Sundays. 0:10:32.400 --> 0:10:34.840 So but we all have weaknesses, man, I mean we 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:36.920 all have things to cheat on all the time with 0:10:37.160 --> 0:10:41.079 food and so forth. As you began to lose that 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:44.400 weight and at how it translated to your athleticism then 0:10:44.480 --> 0:10:47.120 on the field and through your workouts. Was that the 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:50.160 motivator then to keep on going? I run a marathon 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:52.880 and you know I've run two as a matter of fact. 0:10:52.880 --> 0:10:55.640 But to get there, you know, and to stay there 0:10:55.720 --> 0:11:00.760 required really some significant discipline that frankly, I don't have 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:05.120 right No, I'll say when they when I first started 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:07.800 training and would not really have my mind on it, 0:11:08.240 --> 0:11:11.199 it became addicting, like seeing the results. Seeing routine in 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:13.960 good results to me is always like a pleasure. So 0:11:14.720 --> 0:11:17.800 at that point, I just I can't wanted to do it. Hey, Larry, 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:21.000 So Jeff mentioned that y're from Detroit, Michigan, and I'm 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:23.160 not getting ahead of ourselves, but it's a game that 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:26.160 I played in quite a few times, the Thanksgiving Day 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:29.840 game in Detroit. Were you ever aware of that game, 0:11:29.920 --> 0:11:33.040 the role, the importance of it growing up as a kid, 0:11:33.320 --> 0:11:37.479 or were you a fan of a different NFL team 0:11:37.480 --> 0:11:39.800 growing up? I mean I knew there was a Thanksgiving Game. 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:43.200 I never really understood the really the why behind it, 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:45.520 why it was so important, But I mean now I 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:49.800 understand it. So when when you go to these atmospheres, 0:11:49.880 --> 0:11:53.000 like you know, Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, one of the 0:11:53.040 --> 0:11:55.840 loudest environments that you'll go through, and some of the 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:59.719 other opportunities, how has that transition been for you in 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:03.560 terms of making sure that you understand the snap count, 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:05.480 knowing that you're not going to be able to hear 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:08.360 when you're at that exterior position on the offensive line. 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:11.240 How has all that learning process been for you and 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:16.079 do you get advice um from Jason about you know, 0:12:16.360 --> 0:12:21.240 the subtlety of perfual vision or watching your guard or 0:12:21.280 --> 0:12:26.359 the different aspects of staying on time. Oh yeah, everyone's 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:28.959 been been really helpful as far as tips and how 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:32.080 to get off the ball in an environment that, like 0:12:32.160 --> 0:12:35.280 you said, you can't hear anything um to me, I 0:12:35.360 --> 0:12:36.960 really just trying to focus on it that whole week 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:39.960 of practice beforehand, even if it included me jumping off 0:12:40.120 --> 0:12:41.600 maybe a little bit, but I just wanted to make 0:12:41.640 --> 0:12:44.120 sure that was my main focus because that's one of 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:47.000 the key things to being a tackle, of being able 0:12:47.040 --> 0:12:51.719 to get off the ball. What one what was a 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:53.720 bigger thrill for you know? You see you get it, 0:12:53.760 --> 0:12:55.800 you get the goal against t j Y, You go 0:12:55.840 --> 0:12:59.160 against Nick Bosa, but shoot man, you go to training camp, 0:12:59.200 --> 0:13:01.960 you line up again Clill Mac one of the first 0:13:02.000 --> 0:13:04.520 couple one on ones you go to. Did that help 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:07.520 you process of the from the guys that you were 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:10.640 gonna play against in regular season games? Oh yeah, it 0:13:10.760 --> 0:13:13.320 was definitely. It was like a wake up moment kind 0:13:13.360 --> 0:13:15.720 of for me, like every week weekend and when we 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:18.920 got it's gonna be super sorry going against you know 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:21.199 when you face these guys when Larry Boram the Bears 0:13:21.200 --> 0:13:23.440 starting right tackle, getting ready for the Baltimore Ravens on 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:26.800 Sunday at Soldier Field. We'll have it on WBBM starting 0:13:26.800 --> 0:13:29.000 at nine am with our pregame noon the kickoff. Tom There, 0:13:29.040 --> 0:13:31.480 Jeff Joning at here in Chicago Sports Radio six seventy 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:35.280 the score. When when you are facing veterans and you're 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:38.400 in your early twenties, can you feel their strength? Can 0:13:38.440 --> 0:13:41.079 you feel the difference in their body types? I mean, 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:44.680 you've got you've got youthful exuberant and youthful enthusiasm, But 0:13:44.760 --> 0:13:47.800 when you face technicians that have worked their craft for years, 0:13:47.800 --> 0:13:51.439 can you feel that difference? Um, you can't feel a difference. 0:13:51.520 --> 0:13:53.760 To me personally, I don't try to make it something 0:13:53.800 --> 0:13:56.679 bigger than It's still a game of football. And at 0:13:56.679 --> 0:13:57.959 the end of the day, I just fall back on 0:13:58.040 --> 0:13:59.719 my technique and they're just gonna they're gonna have to 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:02.960 be me. Yeah, And it's a tough guy to get around, 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:06.120 that's for sure. You know, you have a basketball background, 0:14:06.160 --> 0:14:08.560 obviously that was your first love of We've talked to 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:11.120 you about that before in the past. It's almost like 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:13.840 giving up one dream to chase another here, But has 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:18.000 that basketball agility, the light on your feet, the way 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:21.760 your feet move clearly is an athlete that has played 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:24.960 other sports. Has it translated to football for you in 0:14:25.000 --> 0:14:27.800 ways that you could describe me? Oh? Yeah, most definitely. 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:30.200 And one I mean, I'll say past chasing is all 0:14:30.240 --> 0:14:32.400 about full work. Basketball is all the ball. Full work. 0:14:32.520 --> 0:14:34.760 That's helped me a lot. I can say that's one 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:37.720 thing that's really translated back and forth. So now you 0:14:37.720 --> 0:14:39.600 know you're playing on both sides of the ball, which 0:14:39.640 --> 0:14:43.040 is really unique for a rookie. You get the personality 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:46.520 of Cody, you get the personality of James Daniels, who 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:49.040 in the process of the game talks to you more 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:52.960 or are you just kind of staying you know, they 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:56.000 maybe fill in a phrase or a sentence. But is 0:14:56.280 --> 0:14:58.680 do one of those two guys talk to you more 0:14:58.760 --> 0:15:01.840 frequently than the other? No, I would say we all 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:04.240 tried to have that open line of communication, just being 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:07.000 able to talk, whether it's a call or whatever it 0:15:07.080 --> 0:15:09.040 may be. Just have the open line. I would say, 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:11.840 it's about about even. How about on the sidline, you know, 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:13.760 you go back right to you sit on the bench, 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:17.040 you sit in your position, and then coach Castillo is there, 0:15:17.480 --> 0:15:19.600 you know, in your face with a tablet and all 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:24.160 the information. How was that relationship between you and he developed? 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:27.240 And Donnie for that matter, Um, you know, how is 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:31.160 that relationship helped guide you in the early part of 0:15:31.280 --> 0:15:33.360 you know, what could be a ten twelve year career 0:15:33.400 --> 0:15:36.680 for yourself. Um, it's just grown a lot. He say, 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:39.200 he trust me as faith in me, and that's that's 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:41.080 the best thing you could add for it. So being 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:42.560 able to come to the sideline and him talking to 0:15:42.600 --> 0:15:44.160 me and coaching me up. I mean, I take it 0:15:44.320 --> 0:15:48.680 taking indeed, Larry, what has this line gone through? If 0:15:48.680 --> 0:15:52.160 you could describe to us, because you've had certain situations 0:15:52.200 --> 0:15:56.160 developed obviously with injury and Jason coming right before the 0:15:56.200 --> 0:15:59.000 season and just to come together as you have with 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:01.880 a rookie quarterback in justin fields making that change, and 0:16:02.280 --> 0:16:05.880 just the dips and and peaks of a season, how 0:16:05.880 --> 0:16:08.440 could you describe what that group has gone through. Um, 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:11.000 definitely went through some banks, but I mean we came 0:16:11.040 --> 0:16:14.880 together where a little mini brotherhood and our of physition group. 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:17.520 I mean, everyone's just prepared to have their jersey, did 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:19.360 number call it? And when they do is you gotta 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:21.040 make the most of it. And you got another rookie, 0:16:21.440 --> 0:16:24.320 your buddy in the twenty twenty one class now getting 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:26.680 back on the field, and I don't even know how 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:29.800 to describe what he's gone through. Tevin Jenkins him getting 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:32.240 back out there. Man, I'm happy for him. He's my 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:35.320 guy and that's that's that's that. I'm happy for him. 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:37.320 All right, Well, he'll be back soon and we'll see 0:16:37.320 --> 0:16:39.400 where he winds up as the Bears get ready with 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:42.000 the Ravens. Here for Week eleven, back with more Larry 0:16:42.000 --> 0:16:44.800 Boram with Tom There. I'm Jeff Joniac, first to break 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:47.440 here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy. The score the 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:49.520 Bears match up with the Ravens is brought to you 0:16:49.560 --> 0:16:52.160 by Signa, the official partner of the Bears Salute to 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:55.440 Service initiatives. Jeff Joniac Tim there with our guest today, 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:59.040 right tackle Larry Borham, Tommy Larry. Right before the break, 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:02.040 Jeff talked about the development of the offensive line, and 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:05.600 you guys have seen now four different running backs of 0:17:05.640 --> 0:17:10.480 the different styles of running. But you're the quarterbacks specifically. 0:17:10.800 --> 0:17:13.600 You know, when you talk about Justin and his athleticism, 0:17:13.640 --> 0:17:18.280 is creativity, your responsibilities and pass protection? Is there anything 0:17:18.320 --> 0:17:20.840 you guys got to talk about to make sure that, hey, 0:17:20.840 --> 0:17:23.000 we got to sustain the block a little bit longer 0:17:23.119 --> 0:17:27.040 or he could possibly get outside with such immediacy. And 0:17:27.119 --> 0:17:28.840 you don't have eyes in the back of your head, 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:32.840 how do you kind of develop an understanding of Justin 0:17:32.960 --> 0:17:35.720 fields at the quarterback position. I want to play two 0:17:35.760 --> 0:17:39.720 games behind him, well in front of him, but with 0:17:39.800 --> 0:17:41.400 him being a quarterback man, he can make a play 0:17:41.520 --> 0:17:44.399 out of anything. So I mean, personally and as a whole, 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:46.520 we're all just we haven't understanding that we got a block, 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:48.720 We got a block forever. Anything you could happen, you 0:17:48.720 --> 0:17:51.720 could take off and run, you could throw it to 0:17:51.800 --> 0:17:55.640 prepare for it, you know. So are you content with 0:17:55.680 --> 0:17:58.440 your body style right now or is this something that 0:17:58.840 --> 0:18:01.720 you know next year when we see you again. Not 0:18:01.760 --> 0:18:04.840 getting ahead of myself, but are you content with the 0:18:04.920 --> 0:18:07.800 body weight and the structure you're at right now? Or 0:18:08.080 --> 0:18:10.320 is there something you want to invest in the sports 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:13.000 science department with Jen Gibson or going to the weight 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:17.480 room with Jason or even footworker and technique with coach Castillo. 0:18:17.760 --> 0:18:20.680 I mean, technique, footwork, that's all. That's all wait has 0:18:20.720 --> 0:18:22.879 to get better for me personally. I find that's a 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:24.560 big thing to work on, to continue to work on. 0:18:25.280 --> 0:18:27.959 Body Wise, I'm content, but I want to just continue 0:18:27.960 --> 0:18:30.480 to tone up. I mean, that's fine about it. Larry 0:18:30.480 --> 0:18:33.040 borm Our guest here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy 0:18:33.119 --> 0:18:35.960 to score of the Missouri Product, the Native of Detroit. So, 0:18:36.280 --> 0:18:38.160 you know, digging back into your past a little bit, 0:18:38.560 --> 0:18:41.600 tell me about that faded blue Chevy Venture because that 0:18:41.760 --> 0:18:45.160 was what you drove every day, I guess from your 0:18:45.160 --> 0:18:48.080 sixteenth birthday to your graduation from high school. But tell 0:18:48.119 --> 0:18:50.439 me the history of that what that kind of symbolize 0:18:50.440 --> 0:18:54.360 A little bit um that just symbolizes man, the struggle, 0:18:54.720 --> 0:18:57.360 the hard work that I mean I had to put 0:18:57.440 --> 0:19:00.800 in driving that thing from point A to point B. 0:19:00.920 --> 0:19:02.560 It was literally just for point A to point B. 0:19:02.760 --> 0:19:07.600 It was not anywhere else. It lasted me from when 0:19:07.640 --> 0:19:10.400 I first got my license to literally the last day 0:19:10.400 --> 0:19:14.119 of high school my senior year, that last week up 0:19:14.240 --> 0:19:17.240 until then when I would put it in park and 0:19:17.320 --> 0:19:19.280 go to turn the car off it would start smoking 0:19:19.280 --> 0:19:24.399 from the front and never understood why. I never really 0:19:24.760 --> 0:19:26.120 cared to figure it out. I was like, man, I'm 0:19:26.119 --> 0:19:28.880 out of here a week or two. So after that, 0:19:28.960 --> 0:19:32.680 it was. That was it. And the backstory of it 0:19:32.760 --> 0:19:36.880 is the significance is is your mom Joel it might 0:19:36.920 --> 0:19:40.720