WEBVTT - Khalil Herbert talks Bears-Colts joint practice | Bears Weekly 0:00:01.440 --> 0:00:05.880 Welcome in Tom Bears Weekly, a Chicago Bears Network production. 0:00:06.280 --> 0:00:09.360 Download the Chicago Bears official app brought to you by 0:00:09.520 --> 0:00:12.520 Verizon to follow the team on the go. Bears Weekly 0:00:12.640 --> 0:00:16.360 is brought to you by Advocate Healthcare, Beth Rivers, CD Dow, 0:00:16.760 --> 0:00:20.479 Connie's Pizza, and Miller Liked. Here are your hosts, Jeff 0:00:20.920 --> 0:00:26.240 aka the Marow Bearsville and his sidekick, Tom the Surfmaster Theyer. 0:00:26.840 --> 0:00:28.920 Three weeks from the season opener of the Bears share 0:00:28.960 --> 0:00:32.400 the practice field with the Indianapolis Colts just outside Carmel, Indiana, 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:36.040 with sold out crowds and an elevation and excitement, intensity 0:00:36.120 --> 0:00:39.360 and evaluation charged up. The best way to describe it. 0:00:39.360 --> 0:00:41.879 Hello everyone, Jeff, Joniak and Tom there with you on 0:00:41.920 --> 0:00:45.000 this week's edition of Bears Weekly. Our producer is Justin 0:00:45.040 --> 0:00:48.320 Pottinger in the ESPN studios with Dan Brilliant Jordan tread Up. 0:00:48.320 --> 0:00:50.960 Our Bears producers coming up around six ' ten will 0:00:50.960 --> 0:00:53.120 be joined by running back Kylie ol Herbert and at 0:00:53.120 --> 0:00:56.120 six point thirty our Bears Radio Network sideline reporter Jason 0:00:56.200 --> 0:00:58.920 McKee makes his debut on this year's show. Tom a 0:00:59.000 --> 0:01:01.440 member of the Bears two two thousand and six super 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:03.680 Bowl team. But I got the Super Bowl winning bear 0:01:03.760 --> 0:01:07.320 here nineteen eighty five version, and I've enjoyed the week 0:01:07.400 --> 0:01:09.600 so far just hearing YouTube telling stories. 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:12.360 Well, you know, it's a great experience for the team 0:01:12.959 --> 0:01:16.440 because you know, I think when you become a football player, 0:01:16.480 --> 0:01:17.840 you're part of a team. You go through all the 0:01:17.880 --> 0:01:20.560 same practices against the same guys. You know exactly what 0:01:20.600 --> 0:01:23.080 their tendencies are, and they know a lot about you. 0:01:23.360 --> 0:01:25.600 But as we are down there talking to Cody Whitehair 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:27.360 and now you have a chance to get some work 0:01:27.360 --> 0:01:30.920 against guys that really don't know your mechanics, they don't 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:33.000 know your fundamentals, they don't know what you're going to 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:33.880 try to do to them. 0:01:34.160 --> 0:01:35.679 It gives you a wider. 0:01:35.440 --> 0:01:39.720 Experience to work against opponents in the NFL, but also 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:42.560 have you know, maybe one hundred and fifty plays in 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:46.200 a couple day period against these guys to sharpen what 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:48.320 you do well no matter what position you play. 0:01:48.480 --> 0:01:50.840 I think it brought the best out and everybody so far. 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:55.480 Cole comet Roshawn Johnson said the same thing after Wednesday's practice. 0:01:55.560 --> 0:01:58.760 The same thing will happen after tonight's practice as well. 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:01.640 You know, it's hard to settle time on just what 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:05.120 to look at, though we touched on it in our Bears, Etc. Podcast. 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:07.280 Just who's doing what and how well at some of 0:02:07.320 --> 0:02:09.840 these practices. And if not for your eyes peeled for 0:02:10.000 --> 0:02:13.000 just about anything, you know, you'd really have a hard time. 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:15.679 Because somebody asked me, oh, you know who won the day, 0:02:15.760 --> 0:02:18.960 and that was on Wednesday's practice. Thursday's practice going on 0:02:19.040 --> 0:02:22.320 right now? Yeah, can't see. I mean there's wins and 0:02:22.320 --> 0:02:23.840 losses on both sides of the fence. 0:02:23.919 --> 0:02:26.399 Well, since we've been around enough of these practices, it's 0:02:26.480 --> 0:02:30.200 all about observational positioning, and I think we can put 0:02:30.240 --> 0:02:33.520 that term inside the glossary of the NFL because you 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:36.080 really do have to stand in the position where Okay, 0:02:36.240 --> 0:02:40.520 for example, the Bears defensive line against Indianapolis offensive line 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:43.000 is doing one on ones at a certain period or 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:46.120 portion of the field. But then you have the seven 0:02:46.160 --> 0:02:49.560 on seven period going of the Indianapolis Colts offense against 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:51.560 the Bears defensive backs and linebackers. 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:53.119 So if you can get into. 0:02:52.919 --> 0:02:55.760 A position you can wash a one on one, you 0:02:55.800 --> 0:02:58.560 can turn immediately and watch the seven on seven play, 0:02:58.880 --> 0:03:01.800 but you can't watch both ends of the field. So 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:05.600 you really do have to have, you know, be able 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:08.280 to really be a positioned. Well, yesterday I focused on 0:03:08.360 --> 0:03:11.560 the Bears offense. Today I'm gonna focus on the Bears defense. 0:03:12.440 --> 0:03:14.639 That means you're gonna be watching Anthony Richardson. Yeah, the 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:17.080 Florida quarterback. He walked down the field. You could just 0:03:17.120 --> 0:03:20.280 see this is a unique sized quarterback. He It's not 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:22.320 like those guys haven't been around a don take hol 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:25.920 Pepper and Cam Newton certainly, but but there's just something 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:29.440 something unique about the guy. I really like the fact 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:32.520 that he walked over and introduced himself to Justin Fields. 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:35.760 He stuck his hand out, Justin turned around and then 0:03:35.800 --> 0:03:39.240 they you know, that was his rookie moment. I guess 0:03:39.240 --> 0:03:41.800 with a veteran quarterback and Justin Fields, but you're looking 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:45.080 at the present day version of what an athletic quarterback 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:46.280 looks like. In both cases. 0:03:46.320 --> 0:03:48.480 Well, you know, yesterday on the field, we also had 0:03:48.480 --> 0:03:50.520 a chance to sit and have a conversation with Chris 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:54.160 ballor the general manager of Indianapolis, and we are talking 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:57.880 about the combine for Anthony Richardson, and he knew where 0:03:57.880 --> 0:04:01.120 he was positioned in the draft and he was convinced 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:03.000 that was going to be the guy that he was 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:05.120 going to draft. So you know, it's nice to be 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:08.520 convinced as a general manager, and they were, and they 0:04:08.520 --> 0:04:11.760 believe Anthony Richardson is their future. And you look at listen, 0:04:11.960 --> 0:04:15.000 Andrew Luck was a big quarterback, Peyton Manning was a 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:19.120 big quarterback. Jacoby Brisker is a big quarterback. But there's 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:26.760 nothing like Anthony Richardson. That dude is special with his side, speed, athleticism, strength, everything, 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:28.880 And so it's going to be interesting to watch his 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:31.919 career develop over time. And how unique is it to 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:34.520 have probably two of the best quarterback athletes in all 0:04:34.560 --> 0:04:36.719 of the league on the same field at the same time. 0:04:36.920 --> 0:04:40.720 Jacoby Brussette still yes, But now that it's becomes now 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:43.880 the sixth different starting quarterback in six straight years for 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:44.680 the Cults. 0:04:44.520 --> 0:04:47.640 Well, hopefully they've hooked on somebody that's going to be 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:50.279 here for the next ten because actually, when you look 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:52.600 back at the life and the career of Andrew Luck, 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:55.560 we probably thought that he would still be here if 0:04:55.600 --> 0:04:58.520 in fact that he stayed in the NFL, but he's not. 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:02.920 Indianapolis was a able to move on. But you know what, 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:05.760 we learned about justin last year. We need to watch 0:05:05.880 --> 0:05:09.039 him take the second step throughout his career, just like 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:11.640 he's got to see what the initial stages of Anthony 0:05:11.720 --> 0:05:12.600 Richardson's going to be. 0:05:12.680 --> 0:05:16.280 Like, Bears waived injured linebacker Buddy Johnson. They picked him 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:18.799 up really in camp from the Steelers and added another 0:05:18.839 --> 0:05:22.240 linebacker who also will be wearing number fifty. It's Davion Taylor, 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:24.719 a former third round pick of the Eagles. Down played 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:27.839 nine games and started six and twenty twenty one and 0:05:27.880 --> 0:05:31.080 then he suffered an injury practice squad all of last year. 0:05:31.120 --> 0:05:33.800 He is presently now the fastest linebacker the Bears have. 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:37.760 He ran a four to four six forty. He is 0:05:38.160 --> 0:05:41.040 unique in that regard. He's got closing speed and he's 0:05:41.080 --> 0:05:43.200 a really good special teams player. So we'll see what 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:46.800 he is. But clearly, you know, Ian Cunningham ties to Philadelphia, 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:51.000 probably caught that attention there. So Davion Taylor with some speed. 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:54.760 They've been adding speed throughout the entire offseason and continuing 0:05:54.800 --> 0:05:56.039 now just keep a speed. 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:58.720 Davion Taylor's best friend is going to be t J. Edwards. 0:05:58.760 --> 0:06:00.599 Because if you have a player that used to play 0:06:00.640 --> 0:06:03.159 the same position, and he can feed you a lot 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:06.320 of information as quickly as possible. Then you're going to 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:08.760 be picked up the speed a lot quicker. You don't 0:06:08.800 --> 0:06:11.680 have to sit there with the position coach all day 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:14.559 every day. Sometimes you can just have a little off 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:18.159 the sideline conversations with a guy like TJ. Edwards and 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:19.800 he can expedite your learning curve. 0:06:19.920 --> 0:06:22.360 Went to Colorado. But get this, in high school, he 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:26.320 could not play on a Friday or Saturday. His family 0:06:26.400 --> 0:06:30.440 was Seventh Day Adventist and so he was not allowed 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:33.839 to play. And he begged his mother at some point 0:06:34.000 --> 0:06:37.720 in order to get a football scholarship, and she gave 0:06:37.839 --> 0:06:40.200 her blessing to go and do that. He missed. He 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:43.120 was a sprinter, a state champion sprinter as well, and 0:06:43.160 --> 0:06:47.000 he missed championships and all that. So quite an interesting story. 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:47.920 Yeah, you know, there was. 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:50.640 You know, parents that handle their children in a lot 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:53.400 of different waves. I admire, you know, the way he's 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:56.080 stuck to it and the way his mom helped him. 0:06:56.279 --> 0:06:59.279 And now he's here on an NFL field fighting for 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:01.839 a job like every one of the players out here. 0:07:02.240 --> 0:07:04.720 All right, Colts lost a really good player yesterday though 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:09.039 to a torn acl wide receiver at Ashlyn Doolan had 0:07:09.560 --> 0:07:12.920 a great career, going All Pro Special Teams player name 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:15.840 last year, but a torn ACL yesterday. 0:07:16.040 --> 0:07:18.760 I know, Hey, that's the unfortunate side of football, you know. 0:07:18.880 --> 0:07:21.200 And whether we see that practice at the at the 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:24.600 Hallis Hall, if the Bears are practicing by themselves or 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:27.520 just the happenstance of happening in a joint practice with 0:07:27.600 --> 0:07:29.080 the Bears in Indianapolis Colts. 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:31.200 Unfortunate forever anybody. 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:33.480 But you know the thing about it is, how does 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:35.920 it challenge the mentality of the guy that's waiting in 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:38.640 the wings, that's next in line. Is he going to 0:07:38.680 --> 0:07:41.400 be up to? You know, what the coaches are going 0:07:41.480 --> 0:07:43.760 to expect of him? And you know that's just the 0:07:43.880 --> 0:07:47.440 challenges of competition and depth in the NFL. 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:50.840 Ashton Doolan really good player for the Indianapolis Colts. They 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:54.440 had some other injuries as well, but nothing official from them. 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:57.000 And the injured Bears that are working their way back, 0:07:57.120 --> 0:08:00.680 I'm interested to get your perspective. So Nate Davis impads 0:08:01.320 --> 0:08:05.160 yesterday had a few snaps and this progress now, I'm 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:07.080 sure it's kind of a quote unquote a ramp up 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:09.520 to get him back. He's missed the entirety. You know, 0:08:09.600 --> 0:08:12.040 that's first dam pads, so what you know. 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:13.960 And again I've been one of the guys that have 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:16.559 been really disappointed Nate Davis hasn't been out there because 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:17.920 I think he was a type of guy that was 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:20.360 going to come in here and immediately help Darnel write 0:08:20.480 --> 0:08:23.200 the first round right tackle. However, the snaps I did 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:25.800 see out of Nate Davis, I was super encouraged. So 0:08:26.760 --> 0:08:29.200 it's probably the first guy that I'm mentally okay with 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:31.760 giving him a ramp up period because I want him 0:08:31.800 --> 0:08:34.000 to be ramped up for Week one against the Green 0:08:34.040 --> 0:08:36.640 Bay Packers. I don't care about him playing in any 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:40.360 preseason games, but if he can get you know, maybe 0:08:40.440 --> 0:08:42.920 two hundred and fifty to three hundred reps before the 0:08:42.960 --> 0:08:46.240 regular season gets gets here, you're going to have an indication. 0:08:46.640 --> 0:08:49.720 And it's great that he's playing a practicing against Indianapolis Colts, 0:08:50.000 --> 0:08:52.600 because I think you want an indicator against an opponent. 0:08:52.720 --> 0:08:56.480 You don't necessarily want an indicator against the controlled practice 0:08:56.520 --> 0:08:57.840 against your own personnel. 0:08:58.280 --> 0:09:02.000 Any concerns on your part, No Jaquan Brisker, Tremaine Edmonds, 0:09:02.000 --> 0:09:04.800 they're not back just yet. I'm trying to think who 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:07.400 else would be. Oh and Chase Claypoll. Those three are 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:09.760 certainly key components of what all you want to do here. 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:12.400 Oh huge, They're a huge part of the Bears in 0:09:12.440 --> 0:09:16.160 the positions they play. Am I concerned, No, because they 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:19.640 have veteran experience. Aside from Jakawan Brisker is just in 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:22.320 a second year, but we all see what he's capable 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:25.120 of and how well he's been doing in practices up 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:28.320 until this point. But you know, I think they're fortunate 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:30.640 that you have that two week opening before the start 0:09:30.679 --> 0:09:32.719 of the regular season, because if they don't come back 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:35.400 until then, at least they're going to have three to 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:38.840 five full speed practices before they get on the field. 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:41.440 That's not there. I'm Jeff Joniakin coming up next, dude, 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:44.080 you're running back. Khalil Herbert joins us on Bears Weekly 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:46.760 here on ESPN Chicago and the Bears Radio Network. 0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:50.520 You were tuned into Bears Weekly with Jeff Joniak on 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:56.480 the Bears Radio Network. Is Bears Weekly with a voice 0:09:56.520 --> 0:09:59.760 of the Bears for twenty three years Jeff on the 0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:01.559 Radio network. 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:06.240 All right, welcome back to Bears weekly here on ESPN 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:08.440 one thousand of the Bears Radio Network. Kind of enough 0:10:08.440 --> 0:10:12.280 to join us here in Indianapolis is Khalil Herbert, our 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:15.360 Bears running back entering his third year from Virginia Tech. 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:18.120 I love the way this guy plays the game. He 0:10:18.200 --> 0:10:21.400 plays the game the right way. He checks boxes as 0:10:21.400 --> 0:10:25.120 a Chicago Bear. We're talking grit, we're talking physicality, we're 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:27.559 talking speed. You got it all, brother, and it's been 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:28.280 fun to watch. 0:10:28.080 --> 0:10:28.880 You appreciate it. 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:29.319 Now. 0:10:29.320 --> 0:10:31.319 It's been fun. You know, these three years flying by. 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:34.280 You know, I jok with my girl that you know, 0:10:34.320 --> 0:10:36.000 it feels like I just started and I'm already in 0:10:36.080 --> 0:10:37.280 year three. So it's been fun. 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:41.559 So your first thirty NFL games, you're averaging five yards 0:10:41.559 --> 0:10:45.199 of carry that that number, just like in Neon lights 0:10:45.240 --> 0:10:47.520 hit you and you've caught eighty two percent of the 0:10:47.520 --> 0:10:51.960 passes throwing your way. So we're talking about complete by 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:56.280 air by ground. But as you continue to grow in 0:10:56.320 --> 0:10:59.480 this system and this scheme and in your NFL career, 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:03.760 aside from the obvious and victories, what matters to Khalil 0:11:03.800 --> 0:11:08.080 Hibbert when you hear numbers like that, I. 0:11:08.120 --> 0:11:11.520 Mean, really all of it just I think the biggest 0:11:11.520 --> 0:11:14.800 one for me is being a person that can help 0:11:14.840 --> 0:11:17.160 my team in any way. So it's trying to find 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:19.320 a way to help the team where it's on the ground, 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:21.839 in the air, whatever it is. I feel like that's 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:23.480 that's one thing I always try to do and one 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:24.280 thing I strive for. 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:27.880 So you hit the gas on the screen. I believe 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:30.480 it's one of the more deadlier plays in football. If 0:11:30.480 --> 0:11:34.040 you run a screen to perfection, it puts defenses in 0:11:34.080 --> 0:11:36.360 a whole lot of conflict and bam, we hit them 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:39.640 with two screens back to back. Take us through that play, 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:43.800 because this has been your m throughout your whole college career. 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:47.480 You've always had big gains here with the Bears, You've 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:50.560 had big gains. So you do have finishing speed when 0:11:50.600 --> 0:11:53.280 you get out there. But just the execution of a screen, 0:11:53.320 --> 0:11:54.640 a lot of things have to go right. 0:11:54.920 --> 0:11:58.120 Yeah, one hundred percent. You know, they ran a blitz 0:11:58.160 --> 0:12:00.400 the back, so it kind of worked out perfect us. 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:02.880 You know, I just had a bluff the blitzer and 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:04.480 the second guy was supposed to have be in man, 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:06.920 but he got he got kind of tripped up, and 0:12:06.960 --> 0:12:09.000 then you know, I just I wanted to get out fast. 0:12:09.040 --> 0:12:12.160 Because I know they're blitzing, so justin you know, he 0:12:12.240 --> 0:12:14.000 made he got some extra time, rolled out to the 0:12:14.080 --> 0:12:17.000 left there and I seen the guys out in front 0:12:17.040 --> 0:12:19.320 of me before I even caught the ball, so I know, 0:12:19.400 --> 0:12:21.160 I know there was a lot of room to work with. 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:23.600 And then after catching it, just you know, setting up 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:26.920 my blocks downfield. We got a bunch of guys blocking downfield, 0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:29.800 Receivers blocking down field, old line blocking downfield, so it's 0:12:29.800 --> 0:12:32.360 pretty easy for me to just maneuver. And then you know, 0:12:32.400 --> 0:12:34.600 one thing I'm focusing on a lot was finishing my 0:12:34.679 --> 0:12:36.720 runs in the end zone, you know, not getting caught 0:12:36.760 --> 0:12:39.320 within the five. You know, we got a big fine 0:12:39.400 --> 0:12:41.400 for that. So I was trying to find any way 0:12:41.440 --> 0:12:42.920 to get an end zone, and you know I was 0:12:42.960 --> 0:12:43.320 able to. 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:46.160 Yeah, So when you talk about bluffing the blitzer, what 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:49.080 what's the what's the what's the technique of that? 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:52.040 Really just make it look like you're gonna block him 0:12:52.040 --> 0:12:54.040 and then last second get out the way. You don't 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:56.199 really don't want to want to get any contact with 0:12:56.280 --> 0:12:58.480 him because it could mess up the time of the screen. 0:12:59.200 --> 0:13:02.360 And then with this fun business. So when you're saying, 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:05.200 like I practice, you guys finishing the end zone throughout 0:13:05.200 --> 0:13:10.520 training camp. But you know that hasn't happened to you often? Yeah, 0:13:10.600 --> 0:13:13.800 they track you down inside the five, has it? I 0:13:13.800 --> 0:13:14.360 don't recall. 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:17.880 Only one big one I know is Washington last year. Okay, 0:13:17.960 --> 0:13:18.680 that's the big one. 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:20.160 Was that on a passer or a run? 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:20.800 I was on a run. 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:21.080 Okay? 0:13:23.000 --> 0:13:24.480 Other than that, no, But so, and. 0:13:24.440 --> 0:13:28.920 What do you do to accentuate or enhance that finishing speed? 0:13:29.200 --> 0:13:31.520 You just gotta find a way. You gotta find a way, 0:13:31.640 --> 0:13:34.720 whether it's you know, pushing extra five yards or running 0:13:34.760 --> 0:13:36.520 through somebody, you gotta find a way to get in 0:13:36.520 --> 0:13:38.560 the end zone. And you know, that's kind of one 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:40.640 thing we practiced it every day and practice, like you said, 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:42.760 and having that mentality of, you know, find a way 0:13:42.760 --> 0:13:44.880 to finish an end zone regardless of what happens. 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:48.560 Hilbert our guest here on Bears Weekly on ESPN one 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:51.160 thousand time. There will be long after this segment to 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:54.280 rejoin us and talk Bears football. Here in Indianapolis practicing 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:58.360 against the Colts. Let's talk about that, because you just 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:01.160 were telling me it's your first time away in one 0:14:01.200 --> 0:14:03.160 of these dual practices. It looks like it's the wave 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:05.360 of the future. So I mean the culture going to 0:14:05.400 --> 0:14:07.960 take on the Eagles next week. Same thing. You know, 0:14:08.040 --> 0:14:10.000 the Tennessee Titans. If you didn't know they were going 0:14:10.120 --> 0:14:13.320 to Minnesota, they get home day Tuesday, went up to Minnesota. 0:14:13.360 --> 0:14:15.800 Then after the Minnesota game they're going to New England 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:18.160 to do the Patriots too. I don't know how you 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:20.200 feel about that. I was talking to Cody White here 0:14:20.200 --> 0:14:23.800 today about that, and he e likes it is it's 0:14:23.840 --> 0:14:29.000 a little different. It gives you a little better, better 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:31.560 test maybe for what you're going to face in a 0:14:31.600 --> 0:14:33.080 real game. But how do you feel bout it? 0:14:33.160 --> 0:14:35.480 I mean, I love them, you know. I don't know 0:14:35.520 --> 0:14:38.280 about doing two back to back like some other teams, 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:41.280 but having one definitely just to switch up, you know 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:43.760 who you're going against every day in practice and getting 0:14:43.760 --> 0:14:47.080 that competitive attitude and that competitive nature that you only 0:14:47.160 --> 0:14:50.120 usually get on game day during the week, you know, 0:14:50.160 --> 0:14:51.960 I feel like you get a practice and see different 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:54.440 types of looks, see different types of things that you 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:56.200 know you never usually get to go again. So it's 0:14:56.240 --> 0:14:57.480 fun and I love them. 0:14:57.520 --> 0:15:00.360 So yeah, from your experience, then does the game take 0:15:00.400 --> 0:15:02.320 on a different feel then? Because you're now you're face 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:03.640 them for two days. You get to know them a 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:05.640 little bit, not just from watching tape. And I don't 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:08.400 even know how much tape you guys watch in a preseason. 0:15:08.520 --> 0:15:10.400 I mean, I'm watching it because I have to, you know, 0:15:10.600 --> 0:15:11.840 identification purposes. 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:15.680 But yeah, it's definitely different. The game is a lot, 0:15:15.880 --> 0:15:19.040 you know, especially preseasons, a lot slower. So practices is 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:23.040 usually a lot more intense. They're calling their stuff that 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:25.200 they would call in the game. You're getting a bunch 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:27.160 of different looks, a bunch of different blitzes, and then 0:15:27.160 --> 0:15:28.880 preseason it's a lot down down. 0:15:29.400 --> 0:15:32.400 This is a weird question because every snap is on 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:35.200 tape doesn't matter if you're in practice or walk through. 0:15:35.240 --> 0:15:37.320 So you have to mind your piece and q's and 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:39.560 you got it because if it looks bad on tape, 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:41.840 you're gonna get you're gonna hear about it. Right, But 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:45.040 when you're practicing against somebody on tape, now they're watching 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:47.600 you too, and they're taking a look at you in 0:15:47.640 --> 0:15:50.760 their rooms, does it just ratchet it up a little 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:53.640 bit like game day? Yeah? Yeah, it does, right, Yes. 0:15:53.960 --> 0:15:56.240 It does, especially you know you're going against somebody else. 0:15:56.360 --> 0:15:58.120 It kind of reminds me of Little League. You have 0:15:58.160 --> 0:16:02.120 those like jamborees, okayo, the preseason games that they might 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:04.120 not count, but it's still a game. You know, You're 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:06.640 still going against a different opponent, opponent, and you still 0:16:06.640 --> 0:16:08.240 want to put on the show and do what you're 0:16:08.240 --> 0:16:08.800 supposed to do. 0:16:09.080 --> 0:16:11.120 You and I have talked to in other features we've 0:16:11.120 --> 0:16:14.880 done television or whatever. American Heritage High School here again, 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:17.240 I'm preparing. I just finished my board and we got 0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:19.880 two more on the team over here for the Colts. 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:24.000 Isaiah McKenzie over from Buffalo last year. Excellent player. So 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:28.800 by Mike count, now there's twelve alumps and eleven are 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:32.720 active from American Heritage High School in Fort Lauderdale. 0:16:32.760 --> 0:16:33.920 A couple more on the way to. 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:37.720 No kidding, So what's the story there, man? What is 0:16:37.800 --> 0:16:38.240 going on? 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:42.040 I don't know. I mean, we just you know, especially 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:44.000 South Florida, you know, we produced a lot of players, 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:47.160 but you know, just American Heritage, the great football school, 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:50.520 great academic school, and you know, we just all happened 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:52.880 to be there at the same time and kind of started, 0:16:52.920 --> 0:16:54.680 you know. Sony Michelle is kind of the first one 0:16:54.720 --> 0:16:58.600 that started the pipeline. To college and the pros, and 0:16:58.640 --> 0:17:01.040 you know a lot of us follow suit. But now 0:17:01.080 --> 0:17:05.159 it's just on and ongoing program producing the conveyor belts 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:07.480 and you know, hopefully some more of these guys in 0:17:08.119 --> 0:17:08.760 college right now. 0:17:08.840 --> 0:17:13.480 A pass rusher Carolina, Brian Burns, Patrick Surtan the second 0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:17.679 and James Houston, who's tearing it up there for Detroit. 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:22.720 That's an excellent player. Dangerous, he's dangerous. Uh did you 0:17:22.760 --> 0:17:24.840 have to chip him or do? Were you were you asking? 0:17:24.920 --> 0:17:26.679 I know you were an ir last year but for 0:17:26.720 --> 0:17:28.439 a bit, but I forgotten. Now did you have to 0:17:28.440 --> 0:17:28.920 face him? 0:17:29.000 --> 0:17:29.320 I did? 0:17:29.400 --> 0:17:31.119 Yes, He's a mess to deal with. 0:17:31.240 --> 0:17:33.480 First play was funny because the play we ran, we 0:17:33.520 --> 0:17:35.720 scored on, but I had to go cut him. I 0:17:35.760 --> 0:17:37.399 was like, damn, I hate to do this, Like this 0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:39.879 is my dog. I gotta do what I gotta do. 0:17:40.920 --> 0:17:42.320 And you know, we were working out in the off 0:17:42.320 --> 0:17:44.240 season together, so I heard about it a little bit. 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:47.960 But a couple of nuggets about its coach, David Walker, 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:50.680 the Bears running backs coach. Did you know he coached 0:17:50.760 --> 0:17:52.560 a year in Carol City down in Miami. 0:17:52.640 --> 0:17:54.439 Yeah, yeah, we talk about it. We talk about it, 0:17:54.960 --> 0:17:57.200 especially you know, we got three guys from South Florida 0:17:57.200 --> 0:17:59.880 in our room right now, So you know that connection 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:03.280 and you know, everybody knows everybody and there's ties down there. 0:18:03.320 --> 0:18:06.560 So and did you know he also coached here in Carmel, 0:18:06.680 --> 0:18:10.920 Indiana in between jobs Colts to the Lions. Buddy coached here. 0:18:11.960 --> 0:18:12.680 Oh is that right? 0:18:12.920 --> 0:18:13.399 I believe it was? 0:18:13.760 --> 0:18:16.679 Okay, yeah, but he was the offensive coordinator here in Carmel, Indiana. 0:18:17.240 --> 0:18:18.399 That's what we are. We're in Carmel. 0:18:18.480 --> 0:18:20.200 He got a house. I think he was like ten 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:21.400 minutes away or something like that. 0:18:21.400 --> 0:18:25.879 That so, all right, what about your game? Did you 0:18:25.920 --> 0:18:29.000 really try to enhance in this offseason? As we want 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:31.320 this interview up a couple other more questions. 0:18:30.960 --> 0:18:33.800