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Speaker 2: I am Jeff Jonia.
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Speaker 1: We dig into the trenches in episode the Bears et
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Speaker 1: with Super Bowl winning Bears guard Tom Thayer.
Speaker 2: I'm Jeff Joniac.
Speaker 1: Over the weeks leading up to the start of training camp,
Speaker 1: we visit with some key members of the twenty twenty
Speaker 1: five Bears. In this podcast, we go over a pair
Speaker 1: of newcomers, right guard Jonah Jackson and defensive lineman Dio Adangbo.
Speaker 2: And yes, it all starts in the trenches.
Speaker 1: And no one better to discuss the importance than my
Speaker 1: own brought partner now in his twenty ninth year at
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty five season. Mister Tom there, Hey, I'm
Speaker 1: going to hit you right out of the gate. Are
Speaker 1: the Bears better on both sides of the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 5: One hundred percent.
Speaker 6: When you look at the talent they brought in because
Speaker 6: you have certain key components to an offensive line in
Speaker 6: the interior the offensive line that Dan Rashar and the
Speaker 6: coaching staff, they're not going to have to teach these
Speaker 6: guys a lot about fundamental football. They know how to
Speaker 6: play the game. They've been playing at their whole life
Speaker 6: at a really high level. They're super successful. So it's
Speaker 6: not like you got to take five guys and start
Speaker 6: teaching them the incremental types of details to offensive line play.
Speaker 6: You have three experienced guys that you're not going to
Speaker 6: have to spend a lot of time on and they
Speaker 6: can also speed up the learning curve of the guys
Speaker 6: to the outside of them, Darnell right at the right tackle,
Speaker 6: in whomever at left tackle. So offensive line speaking, I
Speaker 6: think they're a lot better. And then when we talk
Speaker 6: to a guy like Dio, you're talking about a guy.
Speaker 5: That has versatility.
Speaker 6: He's not just a one player, one position inside outside
Speaker 6: type of guy. He's got explosiveness, length, versatility that he
Speaker 6: can play up and down the line of scrimmage. And
Speaker 6: when you look at the other components on this defensive line.
Speaker 6: It gives you a lot more versatility from a coaching
Speaker 6: standpoint when you talk about Dennis Allen and the way
Speaker 6: he wants to devise a scheme depending upon the team
Speaker 6: and the talent he's playing against.
Speaker 1: I mean, we could address this all day long, but
Speaker 1: the two most important acquisitions of the entire offseason from
Speaker 1: my point of view, and it goes beyond just their
Speaker 1: talent and what they've accomplished.
Speaker 2: And I'm not going out on a big limb here.
Speaker 1: It's left guard Joe Toney and it's defensive tackle Grady
Speaker 1: Jarrett because of what they bring to the table from
Speaker 1: a leadership point of view, Hey, I think they are
Speaker 1: come foudle me type of guys.
Speaker 2: Well, I'll put you on our back.
Speaker 5: Let's go.
Speaker 1: These are two guys who are going to do everything
Speaker 1: the right way every day, and I think that is
Speaker 1: a significant addition. Tell me if I'm wrong or if
Speaker 1: I'm missing out on somebody else.
Speaker 5: Well, you know, the proof is in the pudding.
Speaker 6: That's why they are so sought after in the free
Speaker 6: agent market. You have a couple of guys that have experience,
Speaker 6: but they have experience that make your team better. That
Speaker 6: make your locker room better, They make your weight room better.
Speaker 6: The enthusiastic approach that I've got introduced and we've got
Speaker 6: introduced to Grady Jarrett is something that it was expected,
Speaker 6: but it's impressive, and so I'm really excited to see
Speaker 6: that how that type of energy level can spill out
Speaker 6: to some really young guys in this football team that
Speaker 6: are still trying to find their path in the NFL.
Speaker 6: And then when you talk about a guy like Joe Toney, look, man,
Speaker 6: his resume speaks for itself.
Speaker 5: He's got all the quality.
Speaker 6: Experience from successful Super Bowl winning teams since he's been
Speaker 6: in the league. And like I said, he can take
Speaker 6: the guy to the left of them because the center
Speaker 6: that they brought in Dollman, he's got experience, but you
Speaker 6: could really speed up the learning process of the left tackle.
Speaker 2: And you haven't met him yet, have you, Big Joe?
Speaker 5: I have no.
Speaker 2: I can't wait to hear that count. What do you
Speaker 2: want to know from him? Seriously?
Speaker 1: Other than hey, my name's Tom. There, my name's Tom.
Speaker 1: That's what you do when you introduce you. My name's Tom.
Speaker 5: What do you want to know? First thing?
Speaker 6: I would say, how's your uncle Mark doing? Because I
Speaker 6: played with his uncle at Notre Dame, and it's a
Speaker 6: conversation I've always wanted to have with him because his
Speaker 6: uncle was a good football player, and you're talking about
Speaker 6: in the early eighties back then. But it's just more of, hey,
Speaker 6: how's your body feeling? What you know was a little
Speaker 6: bit behind your decision to leave Kansas City and come
Speaker 6: to Chicago. You know, how has the process been since
Speaker 6: you've been here? This is an impressive facility that you
Speaker 6: get to come in every day and listen. I was
Speaker 6: part of an offensive line that you know, did his
Speaker 6: some historical things in Chicago, and you know we can
Speaker 6: talk a lot about to that in relatable terms.
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Speaker 1: So Jonah Jackson acquired a trade with the Rams strong
Speaker 1: pass protector Since twenty twenty two, allowing only two sacks
Speaker 1: and fifty three pressures and almost one thousand blocking snaps.
Speaker 1: Played at Rutgers, played at Ohio State, most importantly played
Speaker 1: under Ben Johnson, played offensive and defensive line in college
Speaker 1: as well. I didn't know about that part and made
Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl in twenty one while playing under Johnson,
Speaker 1: and in twenty two didn't allow a single sack on
Speaker 1: four hundred and ninety four pass blocking snaps, just two
Speaker 1: sacks in twenty twenty three before signing a three year
Speaker 1: deal with the Rams, but suffered a fractured scalpul of
Speaker 1: the week two and then was moved out of that
Speaker 1: starting position, so tried to play some center there. Now
Speaker 1: he's in the right spot of the right time. Let's
Speaker 1: listen in our interview with the newest Chicago Bear offensive lineman,
Speaker 1: right guard Jonah Jackson. From one double J to another
Speaker 1: double JJ square Jeff Jonihak and Jonah Jackson.
Speaker 2: With T square.
Speaker 1: Tom Thayer, you guys have met before, and so I'm
Speaker 1: gonna let him carry the conversation. But how thrilling is
Speaker 1: it now that you've been here for a few months
Speaker 1: to be wearing this uniform?
Speaker 3: It's awesome. I was just looking at the pictures of
Speaker 3: the Navy Blue. As an old lineman comes you kind
Speaker 3: of keeps you tight.
Speaker 2: I like it.
Speaker 3: You know, you're not falling out the sides as much.
Speaker 3: But it's great, man. I love Chicago so far. It's
Speaker 3: a it's a real football city, and you know, I'm
Speaker 3: excited to make it pro out.
Speaker 6: What do you remember about the book Bears from your
Speaker 6: time in Detroit? Because this is this is the division
Speaker 6: unlike a lot of others. So what do you remember
Speaker 6: about Soldier Field in the atmosphere?
Speaker 3: I mean, it's it's crazy. I can only imagine being
Speaker 3: the home team there. Being the away team is definitely tough.
Speaker 3: It's electric. It's definitely you know, the elements work to
Speaker 3: our advantage out here, and just playing against the Bears.
Speaker 3: I mean, it's such a historical franchise and they always
Speaker 3: have some big, huge linemen. Just the nasty defense, and
Speaker 3: you know, we're excited to make this offense go.
Speaker 6: You know, you got a young guy to your right,
Speaker 6: you got a guy with a little bit more experience
Speaker 6: to your left. How does that conversation go during the practice,
Speaker 6: maybe installation in meetings, the you know, the new terminology
Speaker 6: that you're learning. How is that conversation between the two
Speaker 6: of them gone.
Speaker 5: It's been great.
Speaker 3: You know, we got a very bright group, very smart group.
Speaker 3: Hats off to Kyle Dan, Rochhar, Kyle Devan and Zach Cable,
Speaker 3: you know, helping us out, getting us right, and a
Speaker 3: lot of the stuff I've I've known for years now
Speaker 3: because I was with Ben, So I'm able to appear
Speaker 3: teach as well and help those guys out. But I
Speaker 3: mean I'm going I'm learning stuff from young guys, older
Speaker 3: guy and things like that. All collaborate and then you
Speaker 3: know it was old lineman. We all come together.
Speaker 6: So are you interested to see Ben the head coach
Speaker 6: as opposed to the offensive coordinator during the regular season?
Speaker 4: Uh?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I think he's the same guy head
Speaker 3: coach coordinator regardless. He was always a huge leader, you know,
Speaker 3: great voice, great play callers. So I'm excited.
Speaker 2: Have you been grilled by your teammates on hey, what
Speaker 2: is he really like?
Speaker 3: No, I mean he shows you what he's really like.
Speaker 3: You know, you good in bet you know he's gonna
Speaker 3: let you know when it's right and when it's wrong.
Speaker 3: So he's a straight shooter and We love that about him,
Speaker 3: and the guys definitely love and enjoy his presence here.
Speaker 1: So that's not like I think the Chicago media, with
Speaker 1: all due respect to the media, they have this image
Speaker 1: in their mind.
Speaker 2: Already at this guy is like tough, tough nails.
Speaker 1: He's losing his mind out there. I had to correct
Speaker 1: somebody recently and everybody he wasn't losing his mind.
Speaker 2: He just wanted he wants it right. But it is
Speaker 2: he a no nonsense coach?
Speaker 5: Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 3: You know, when when it's time to lock in, it's
Speaker 3: time to lock in, and when we're outside of the lines,
Speaker 3: you know, he's he's great, very personal. He's not a
Speaker 3: stepfler by any means off the field, but when you
Speaker 3: get on the field, you better do it how we want.
Speaker 1: And that's how does it feel too, Because I think
Speaker 1: the symbol of this season, before we even take one
Speaker 1: snap in a regular season game or preseason game, is
Speaker 1: the interior three.
Speaker 2: The interior three.
Speaker 1: That we're brought here is almost like a shield for
Speaker 1: the entire team. It's been something that has been missing
Speaker 1: in terms of experience and quality and time on task.
Speaker 1: So is that is that a proud thing that you're
Speaker 1: a part of that. I know it's the team game,
Speaker 1: but yeah, the interior three are going to set the tone.
Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely. You know it's the tip of the spear.
Speaker 3: And you know, kudos to the guys on the edges too.
Speaker 3: I mean, people are forgetting about Darnell right, Braxton Jones, Assi, Trapo, Corona, Magaji,
Speaker 3: all those guys. You know, it's it's a collective thing
Speaker 3: we got going. But I'm excited. It's a it's a
Speaker 3: bright group, strong group experience, you know, even though we're
Speaker 3: the older guys. Three years is pretty experience in the NFL.
Speaker 3: And he was a day one starter on the right
Speaker 3: and Brax and I believe yea, yeah, it was a
Speaker 3: year starter as well. So seventeen ready.
Speaker 6: You know, I'm glad that when Ben got here, the
Speaker 6: conversation started with playoff expectations, winning expectations. And I think
Speaker 6: that's important when you have a veteran group of you
Speaker 6: guys that have come in here that have had some
Speaker 6: success in the league. Not only can you guys talk
Speaker 6: about it, but it's a message that can filter around
Speaker 6: the locker room that you guys are here to compete.
Speaker 6: Year one of Ben Johnson and your start with the
Speaker 6: Bears that it's not a five year project that we'll
Speaker 6: worry about it down the road. This year's the time
Speaker 6: to get it started.
Speaker 5: Yeah, no doubt.
Speaker 3: I mean, I mean every year the goal is to
Speaker 3: win it all. I mean, what else would you be
Speaker 3: doing if you weren't trying to do that. You know,
Speaker 3: who goes in and like, let's get three more last year.
Speaker 3: You know, let's shut it out, let's go for the
Speaker 3: whole thing. But yeah, it's it's it's exciting, and uh,
Speaker 3: you know, we're ready to get the ball rolling.
Speaker 5: Seventy three.
Speaker 6: Is that a Tony Medlin choice or is that a
Speaker 6: Jonah Jackson's choice?
Speaker 3: It's a Jonah Jackson choice.
Speaker 6: You know.
Speaker 5: It's funny.
Speaker 3: I always wanted to wear seventy seven. I got to college,
Speaker 3: seventy seven was taken. I tried to get seventy two.
Speaker 3: They gave to somebody else, and I went to my locker.
Speaker 3: I've seen seventy three. I'm like, what I am.
Speaker 5: I wearing seventy three? What is this number I started
Speaker 5: to wearing?
Speaker 3: Like, oh, it's actually it's a nice number, you know,
Speaker 3: and then he makes something of it, so I like
Speaker 3: it a lot.
Speaker 2: It's up to ten, so you get have a perfect ten. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 2: right that way.
Speaker 1: So I forgot about this actually, just getting some notes
Speaker 1: together before the season gets going. Here that you went
Speaker 1: to Rutgers first. Yes, so Rutgers to Ohio State. We
Speaker 1: obviously know Greg Chiano very well.
Speaker 2: I used to coach here.
Speaker 1: So from Rutgers to Ohio State to Detroit, you already
Speaker 1: traveled a lot in a short period.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm all over to com Yeah.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 2: How do you feel about that? The good and the
Speaker 2: bad of that? I guess.
Speaker 5: I mean it's awesome.
Speaker 3: I'd get to, you know, play a kid's game and
Speaker 3: you know, be be around the guys all day. I mean,
Speaker 3: wherever it's I'm happy. I'm especially happy to be here
Speaker 3: in Chicago though, with familiar faces, and uh, I feel
Speaker 3: like my best ball has been played in the Midwest.
Speaker 6: You know, we're just talking to Drew Dollman and then
Speaker 6: you bring it up talking about playing the kids game.
Speaker 6: Case Keenan brought up the same thing a little while ago.
Speaker 6: How do you turn the kids game into an adult existence?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, yeah, you definitely it's a it's it's
Speaker 3: a job first, see, because you know, you got you
Speaker 3: got to study, you got to do your homework, You
Speaker 3: got to take care of your body. You know, you're
Speaker 3: you're your own business. You got to make sure you're available.
Speaker 3: But when you get in between the lines, you know
Speaker 3: it's it's mono. Imno, it's you know, it's a sport
Speaker 3: of alphas. So you like to prove it?
Speaker 2: Are you one?
Speaker 5: I believe so?
Speaker 3: Of course we'll have to see come Sunday in Monday.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I like it.
Speaker 1: I like it an alpha with a big grin and
Speaker 1: a devilish smile. I love alphas. I feel Hey, listen,
Speaker 1: I talk about this all the time. First of all,
Speaker 1: you just can't say you're an alpha. You got to
Speaker 1: prove your alpha to the team, not forget about anybody else.
Speaker 1: And yeah, I covered twenty seven super Bowls back, you know,
Speaker 1: at one time, and.
Speaker 2: I always you could feel the alphas.
Speaker 1: Even in the interview sessions during super Bowl week, And
Speaker 1: I think we have some alphas brewing here and clearly
Speaker 1: you're one of them. And they invested in you, and
Speaker 1: that means they love you already? Was that important step
Speaker 1: for you to know that, hey, they didn't just bring
Speaker 1: me here, they now they want me here yeah.
Speaker 3: I mean, yeah, definitely, you know it's that's definitely nice.
Speaker 3: But no, like you said, we got to prove it,
Speaker 3: you know, all of us. And I think we have
Speaker 3: a group of alphas or whatever you want to call it.
Speaker 3: But we got a group of competitors, guys ready to
Speaker 3: roll and ready to win.
Speaker 2: You were a part of a turnaround.
Speaker 3: What's the key Just buying it, you know, buying into
Speaker 3: the culture. Not only that the coach is established, but
Speaker 3: the players established. And I feel like we have a
Speaker 3: good presence of that, great presence of that here. And
Speaker 3: you know, it's all about winning. Last year, I mean,
Speaker 3: how many games was here were decided by a point
Speaker 3: or something like that. It's only a matter that you.
Speaker 2: That's why I say. I say it all the time.
Speaker 3: I mean, you're doing the dance.
Speaker 2: People. People make fun of me.
Speaker 1: I go on to radio, ask every snap matters, every snap.
Speaker 1: It doesn't matter if it's week one, play seventy or
Speaker 1: a week fifteen play.
Speaker 2: One, exactly right. You subscribe to this theory.
Speaker 3: Without a doubt, without a doubt. I mean, like for
Speaker 3: the turnaround of Detroit, before the year we went to
Speaker 3: the playoffs, I think we were like or two years
Speaker 3: before the first year Dan Campbell, we were like three
Speaker 3: and fourteen, but like nine of those games we lost
Speaker 3: by a touchdown or a field goal. So it just
Speaker 3: comes down to that. It's not like teams are astronomically
Speaker 3: better than it's just every snap you gotta make sure
Speaker 3: you're on your p's and q's and EXEQ.
Speaker 5: So are you happy with right guard? Oh?
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, as long as I'm playing guard, you know,
Speaker 3: whatever they.
Speaker 5: Want to do.
Speaker 6: He's a right well, but I think a guys, you know,
Speaker 6: if you're a left handed guy and you could play
Speaker 6: left guard. If you're a right handed guy, right guard
Speaker 6: a little bit more consistent, natural balance and everything definitely well.
Speaker 3: Like I said, I started in the league at right guard.
Speaker 3: Right yeah, initially I've always had like positional flex like
Speaker 3: side to side and stuff like that, and especially this
Speaker 3: past year being able.
Speaker 5: To work a lot of right guard reps. Awesome ability level,
Speaker 5: big time.
Speaker 2: Looking forward to it.
Speaker 5: Thanks.
Speaker 2: You appreciated Jonathan something.
Speaker 1: You know, the personality that emerges from veterans young veterans, Uh,
Speaker 1: you could tell. I think from my perspective, I think
Speaker 1: you'd agree. He really genuinely loves being here. I think
Speaker 1: he feels he's got a new lease onund life. Obviously,
Speaker 1: couldn't play a whole season last year. Was was was
Speaker 1: going to the Rams, thought he was going to have
Speaker 1: a long future there, But now a team, actually one
Speaker 1: of them, they traded for him here. So it's got
Speaker 1: to feel exactly how he presented himself right.
Speaker 6: Well, you're back to the position you really want to play,
Speaker 6: your right handed kid, and you're playing right guard.
Speaker 5: That adds a lot.
Speaker 6: Of the balance and the understanding of how to play
Speaker 6: the position. Then you're back playing with the coach that
Speaker 6: you're familiar with and you have a relationship already developed
Speaker 6: with him. And then you're coming into the same division
Speaker 6: that you started your career and that you're familiar with
Speaker 6: a lot of the locker rooms, the stadiums, the environments
Speaker 6: that you're going to play in. And then when you
Speaker 6: look at you know his commitment to the game. One
Speaker 6: thing I like that Jonah said, and I keep thinking
Speaker 6: about going back to that interview. We talked about his
Speaker 6: preparation and his readiness and he says, you got to
Speaker 6: be ready because you are your own business. And I've
Speaker 6: never heard it put that way before, but it is
Speaker 6: the truth. Ever single one of those guys, whether you're
Speaker 6: at the top of the list or you're fighting to
Speaker 6: get to the top of the list, whatever you do
Speaker 6: to yourself for you to accomplish what you want to accomplish,
Speaker 6: you are your own business. And that's something that's going
Speaker 6: to stick with me. And you talk about a young
Speaker 6: dog teaching an old dog new tricks. That's what he
Speaker 6: taught me in that interview.
Speaker 1: So you didn't necessarily I mean you did, Let's be honest.
Speaker 1: You built your own house. You built you You built
Speaker 1: yourself in.
Speaker 5: The weight room.
Speaker 1: You had that armor on that you knew you could
Speaker 1: go into any battle and win the day you had
Speaker 1: to beat. You weren't going to get beat. You weren't
Speaker 1: going to commit penalties, you weren't going to give up sacks.
Speaker 1: You were your own business. But you didn't think of
Speaker 1: it that way at the time.
Speaker 6: Never, I never thought about on those terms because I
Speaker 6: had the support of a great weight coach growing up
Speaker 6: here in Francis, Rudy Rudeger. Then I got to meet
Speaker 6: the great Clyde Emrick, and so those types of encouragements
Speaker 6: in the building stages of a young guy's career are
Speaker 6: so important because The reason that you have that self
Speaker 6: confidence is because you develop a lot of self confidence
Speaker 6: in the weight room and you believe in your safe
Speaker 6: and yourself with strength and preparation. But when he said
Speaker 6: we are our own business, it's like a guy owning
Speaker 6: his own semi. You are your own business. And that's
Speaker 6: exactly what Jonah taught me in that interview.
Speaker 1: Well, yeah, it's something everybody should hear, whatever their career is.
Speaker 1: You are your own business within a business. He had
Speaker 1: another quote not in our interview, but I picked up
Speaker 1: doing some research.
Speaker 2: Screw the personal accolades.
Speaker 1: This is Jackson saying it. It's to win it all.
Speaker 1: The Bears are such a historic franchise, they've been there before.
Speaker 1: We're excited to be part of a turnaround. I've been
Speaker 1: a part of a turnaround before. We can definitely do
Speaker 1: it again. So he knows what it means. He also
Speaker 1: called himself a glue guy, so they're gonna see my leadership,
Speaker 1: my work ethic, my effort, my strain down in and
Speaker 1: down out. He calls himself the Elmer's glue of the
Speaker 1: offensive line. I appreciate that statement as well, and how
Speaker 1: can a personality because I feel he's a personality. He's
Speaker 1: got a good personality carry an offensive line.
Speaker 6: Well, you know, just to reference what all those points
Speaker 6: that Jonah was saying. I always used to teach Jay
Speaker 6: Hailgenberg because I tell him that you started making the
Speaker 6: Pro Bowl when I played next to you, and then
Speaker 6: you never made it after I didn't play next to you.
Speaker 6: So it's kind of a I do I say that
Speaker 6: with joking because I have all the respect in the
Speaker 6: world for the type of football player Jay was. But
Speaker 6: when you look listen to what Jonah had to say,
Speaker 6: or you listen to my examples, it is about the
Speaker 6: five offensive lineman playing together as one. So it's not
Speaker 6: about the accolades. Hey, I'm I'm so proud of Jimbo
Speaker 6: for being in the Hall of Fame. I think Jay
Speaker 6: should be in the Hall of Fame. I think Jay's
Speaker 6: stretch of Pro Bowls, what Mark Boortz did going from
Speaker 6: a defensive tackle to a Pro Bowl offensive lineman, and
Speaker 6: then the accomplishments of a fourteen year career by Keith
Speaker 6: van Horn. It's all these accomplishments of all the offensive
Speaker 6: linemen make the offensive line a great offensive line. It's
Speaker 6: nothing just one person is doing.
Speaker 1: Yeah, And I imagine it's hard though at the same
Speaker 1: time because when we talk about accolades, yeah, you want
Speaker 1: to win. You guys won a lot of games, won
Speaker 1: Super Bowl, but won a lot of games. So when
Speaker 1: Pro Bowls were earned and handed out, was how did
Speaker 1: your unit impact the jealousy factor or you know, the
Speaker 1: attention factor because you guys as one, we're one big personality.
Speaker 1: You can go to any of those guys and I
Speaker 1: interviewed every one of them sports. He probably less of
Speaker 1: a personality, but he enjoyed. I thought he enjoyed doing interviews.
Speaker 1: Did it ever impact your.
Speaker 2: Room at aough?
Speaker 5: Never?
Speaker 6: You know, because listen, we had a Hall of Famer
Speaker 6: that was standing up with the board, you know, running
Speaker 6: the meetings and watching tape and make sure everybody got
Speaker 6: coached equally.
Speaker 5: And that was Dick Stanfeld.
Speaker 6: And then whatever everybody was able to accomplish and this
Speaker 6: it was over. It was always about the success of
Speaker 6: the football team and that was the big picture.
Speaker 5: It was never.
Speaker 6: About okay, if you got this make guy made twelve
Speaker 6: Pro Bowls, but you never made it to the play playoffs.
Speaker 6: That's really not the sense of accomplishment you're looking for.
Speaker 1: And You've always maintained that even in today's you know NFL,
Speaker 1: the guy you know gets the accolades but doesn't get
Speaker 1: there in the championship.
Speaker 5: You have some.
Speaker 2: Issues, you have some questions.
Speaker 5: Hey Bears.
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Speaker 2: One other question about.
Speaker 1: You guys before we move on to the defensive line, What,
Speaker 1: in your opinion was the reason that you guys didn't
Speaker 1: miss time, didn't miss practice, didn't miss snaps, didn't miss
Speaker 1: games for such a long period of time.
Speaker 2: It's not just good fortune. It wasn't just luck. I
Speaker 2: mean there's no way.
Speaker 6: So what is the reason getting our bodies prepared for
Speaker 6: the abuse of the game and the offseason in the
Speaker 6: weight room, And this is wasn't something that we are
Speaker 6: just trying to get through workouts. We are trying to
Speaker 6: become the strongest possible.
Speaker 5: Human beings that we could be.
Speaker 6: And it wasn't necessarily over encouragement by Clyde telling us
Speaker 6: to do things that could possibly injure us. It was
Speaker 6: the approach in the weight room to make sure that
Speaker 6: you become the strongest to whatever body type you have,
Speaker 6: and every one of us were different. But you also
Speaker 6: had the challenge of Mike Ditka. He was not a
Speaker 6: guy that was gonna, you know, come up to you.
Speaker 6: You're not going to go off to him and say, hey, coach,
Speaker 6: my leg hurts today. I don't think I can go. Well,
Speaker 6: go put your pads on, do what you can do,
Speaker 6: and then hold a bag for the guys that are
Speaker 6: working out there. And we kind of had that all
Speaker 6: for one and one for all attitude. If we are all,
Speaker 6: if we're going to practice, man, we're all going to practice.
Speaker 6: And so there was times when you know, everybody wasn't
Speaker 6: feeling one hundred percent. Jay played a whole year with
Speaker 6: a bad elbow and bad shoulder. Jimbo had played a
Speaker 6: season with back issues. You know, you know, just throughout
Speaker 6: the course of time, you're committed to what you're committed to.
Speaker 6: In the first preseason game, on the opening kickoff return,
Speaker 6: I got hit in the elbow by a ball carrier.
Speaker 5: It blew open my elbow.
Speaker 6: I got fourteen stitches on that day and never missed
Speaker 6: the play.
Speaker 1: What so this is something I didn't know? Yeah, I
Speaker 1: thought I knew everything about you.
Speaker 6: Yeah, there's a football card out there, and you can
Speaker 6: see my whole left leg is just completely blood drenched.
Speaker 5: That it just I got so hard with the helmet
Speaker 5: of the.
Speaker 6: Ball carrier when I was blocking on kickoff return.
Speaker 2: Didn't you have pads on your forearms?
Speaker 5: No?
Speaker 6: No, that's that's stuffered North Dallas, Flornia in the movies.
Speaker 5: That's right, you didn't. You didn't wear pads on your arm.
Speaker 2: Hey, were you mad that you didn't make a Pro Bowl?
Speaker 2: In retrospect?
Speaker 1: Did you feel you played pro let Me ask you this,
Speaker 1: Do you think you were Pro Bowl worthy at right
Speaker 1: guard in any particular?
Speaker 5: I think there.
Speaker 6: Listen and I'll give you the honest answer there. I
Speaker 6: think there were a couple of years that I played
Speaker 6: well enough to even be considered. But I also played
Speaker 6: in an era that there was some elder statesman at
Speaker 6: right guard and left guard that you know, sometimes you
Speaker 6: get that call. Honestly, I would rather see Jay make
Speaker 6: the seven Pro Bowls and me make make none instead
Speaker 6: of me making one and Jay making four or five.
Speaker 6: You know, it's it's a weird huh. Why Because I
Speaker 6: admired the way Jay played and where he came from,
Speaker 6: you know, an undrafted free agent punt snapper who turned
Speaker 6: into legitimately probably one of the top two centers in
Speaker 6: the league when Dwight Stevenson was there from the Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 6: And so I just I'm was happy for what he accomplished.
Speaker 1: It brought to you by PNC Official Bank of the
Speaker 1: Bears and not to the defensive line in Dio Adengbo,
Speaker 1: another wonderful person, great interview among the pundits at the time.
Speaker 1: The signing of Dio was listed tom among the best
Speaker 1: value moves in free agency by Pro Football Focus, calling
Speaker 1: him an assending player. He was a second round pick
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one, so his best football probably is
Speaker 1: ahead of him, and it might be right here with
Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears. He got a long term contract. His play,
Speaker 1: His reputation around the league is a guy gets a
Speaker 1: lot of pressures and how he projects to fit in
Speaker 1: with a big time pass rusher on the other side
Speaker 1: of the line of scrimmage like Montese Sweat and whatever
Speaker 1: happens on the inside with Jabon Dexter Senior and Grady
Speaker 1: Jarrett and the rest of the rotation. I do believe
Speaker 1: the Bears defensive line is better with the additions here.
Speaker 1: But is his best football ahead of him?
Speaker 6: Yes, you know, I said, he's got the the athleticism
Speaker 6: to travel up and down the line of scrimmage. So
Speaker 6: no matter what position you're looking to have a little
Speaker 6: bit of relief or some extra reps out of he's
Speaker 6: he has the capabilities of playing every position. But he's
Speaker 6: also not expected to come in here as a free
Speaker 6: agent and be the best defensive lineman they have. He
Speaker 6: wants to be part of a defensive lineman that has
Speaker 6: some pretty darn good components on it in Montes and
Speaker 6: Grady and the development of Dexter and you know some
Speaker 6: of the you know, the other guys.
Speaker 5: That they have out there competing.
Speaker 6: He's just got to be a guy that is arrow
Speaker 6: pointed up. And that's why they brought him in here
Speaker 6: at such a young age.
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's still a young guy. Let me ask you this.
Speaker 1: I know, sacks are sexy. You get fifteen sacks, you're
Speaker 1: going to the Pro Bowl. More than likely you're getting paid.
Speaker 1: But that's a fifteen plays out of a thousand in
Speaker 1: a season. Wouldn't you rather have more pressures that lead
Speaker 1: to disruptive plays a pick? I mean this is something
Speaker 1: of an exercise that if you sat down and watch
Speaker 1: every snap on the amount of pressures. What happened on
Speaker 1: that play with the pressure? Did it mean a negative play?
Speaker 1: Did it mean an interception? It may not have been
Speaker 1: a sack, but pressures lead to big plays also or
Speaker 1: disruptive plays. Now sack strip that changes things. A first
Speaker 1: down sack puts you in a whole lot of trouble
Speaker 1: leg a first down penalty, third down sack and crunch time. Obviously,
Speaker 1: you want those guys on the field at all times.
Speaker 1: What's your thought on pressures versus sacks?
Speaker 6: Well, I'm gonna say shame on you for every thing
Speaker 6: he just said, because because I'm more interested in tackles
Speaker 6: for loss than i am sacks in pressures, because you're
Speaker 6: not going to have the chance to get sacks or
Speaker 6: pressures unless you're stopping the run. And when I look
Speaker 6: at his explosiveness in his ability to get into a
Speaker 6: winning position against offensive line, I'm just joking about what
Speaker 6: I said to you.
Speaker 5: I'm just saying that.
Speaker 6: When I look at guys like Grady, if I look
Speaker 6: at guys like Dio, I look at, you know, hopefully
Speaker 6: the development of some of these other guys if they
Speaker 6: can get tackles for loss on first and second down,
Speaker 6: and then all of a sudden they put themselves into
Speaker 6: a more aggressible approach by the defensive coordinator or Dennis Allen.
Speaker 5: I think that's when we're going to be rewarded.
Speaker 6: With the sacks and the pressures that are going to
Speaker 6: result in negative plays. But man, those tackles for loss
Speaker 6: that you only throughout the twenty five years that we've
Speaker 6: been together, the only bad Douche ums on a tackle
Speaker 6: against the run.
Speaker 5: Don't ever Bod Douche on a sack.
Speaker 1: Well, it depends, he might, he might really rip him.
Speaker 1: Kyler Gordon on a blitz, I'll give him Bod Douche
Speaker 1: if it. If it rings a bell, it's got to
Speaker 1: ring a bell.
Speaker 2: I don't use it often.
Speaker 6: Then it's gonna be new for twenty twenty five because
Speaker 6: up unto this point, bad Douche has come from against
Speaker 6: a running play.
Speaker 1: When I introduced diout of Tom, which I have to
Speaker 1: because I can't assume anybody goes back in time. But
Speaker 1: you know Tom, Tom's on the wall in the offensive
Speaker 1: line and right now at Hallas Hall, that's number one.
Speaker 1: And Hee won a super Bowl, so you have to
Speaker 1: pair it up with a super Bowl winner and the
Speaker 1: Super Bowl is starting right guard for the Chicago Bears
Speaker 1: and the Lombardi Trophy as part of his efforts. In
Speaker 1: the foyer of Hallas Hall, here's a DIO, a DNGBO.
Speaker 1: You know that trophy in the lobby that you guys
Speaker 1: are trying to get Tom obviously with the eighty five
Speaker 1: Bears wins that It's it's very hard, it's very hard
Speaker 1: to get there. But it's why you play the game,
Speaker 1: right It's it's because of the love of the game.
Speaker 1: But you have a passion for and that's got to
Speaker 1: come through when you come in this building now, right absolutely.
Speaker 4: I mean it's amazing to be able to walk through
Speaker 4: and see the history and the Hall of Famers and
Speaker 4: then obviously the Lombardi right there in the front. It's
Speaker 4: a lot of motivation, a lot of a lot of
Speaker 4: inspiration uphold the standard.
Speaker 1: You're familiar with the Matthews family of the NFL, right,
Speaker 1: so Tom found this out.
Speaker 2: This is great stuff.
Speaker 1: This is how hard it is. The Matthews have a
Speaker 1: great history, sixty six combined years from the dads, the uncles,
Speaker 1: the brothers of experience and sixty six years of combined experience.
Speaker 2: Tom tell them how many Super Bowls they won? One
Speaker 2: one claim Matthews up in Green Bay. That puts it
Speaker 2: in perspective a little bit.
Speaker 1: Everybody says, oh, you know, we want our team to
Speaker 1: want to It is hard, and you've experienced it yourself.
Speaker 1: You know, you be on good teams, but it takes
Speaker 1: a lot of luck, a lot of health, and the
Speaker 1: balls got to bounce your way in addition to being
Speaker 1: a good football team. So when you start here and
Speaker 1: you have that wide open road, do you feel like
Speaker 1: this is going to be a winning program?
Speaker 5: Now?
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's the way I see it. I mean, that's
Speaker 4: what it's felt like since since I signed, Like everything
Speaker 4: felt like the you know, the stars have been aligning
Speaker 4: in the right way, and and I'm excited to get
Speaker 4: out there. You know, we have a great coaching staff,
Speaker 4: young quarterback, uh, some some great defensive players and and uh,
Speaker 4: it's gonna be an exciting year. So that's that's that's
Speaker 4: the journey we're on to that, Lombardi.
Speaker 6: You know, having a chance to meet you here face
Speaker 6: to face and I looking at your length and knowing
Speaker 6: what an asset that can be on the defensive line,
Speaker 6: and then having a chance to talk to Dennis Allen
Speaker 6: and he talks about how he wants every one of
Speaker 6: his defensive linemen to be explosive against the offensive lineman
Speaker 6: they're playing against. And I see those traits in your
Speaker 6: highlight tape. Is there is there a specific position, a
Speaker 6: specific spot you like the line up, because it seems
Speaker 6: like you have the length and the template where you
Speaker 6: could play anywhere up and down the defensive line. What
Speaker 6: is your spot your choice spot to play?
Speaker 4: I mean I like to line up all over the
Speaker 4: all over the line, like I feel like that's a
Speaker 4: big advantage for me to be able to use my
Speaker 4: speed inside and use my size outside to create mismatches.
Speaker 4: So I mean my favorite position is you know, all
Speaker 4: of them. Just being able to to move around is
Speaker 4: kind of something that is big in my game and
Speaker 4: that you know, I'm excited to continue to do.
Speaker 6: You know, you got a guy like Grady and his explosiveness,
Speaker 6: that's one of the traits that I've always admired about
Speaker 6: him throughout his career.
Speaker 5: When you have a guy that's at.
Speaker 6: Explosive playing against playing next to you with your explosiveness,
Speaker 6: it's got to be difficult as an ex offensive lineman
Speaker 6: to stop both of you guys. So having an asset
Speaker 6: like that next year has got to be exciting to
Speaker 6: play with.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean it's exciting. I'm fired up for the
Speaker 4: Holy Line. You know, you obviously got Montest sweat right
Speaker 4: four to four guy coming off the edge, and then
Speaker 4: like he's mentioned Grady, Uh, you know Vet and uh,
Speaker 4: you know, still extremely explosive and h then you got Decks,
Speaker 4: you know, in the middle holding a down young guy.
Speaker 4: But man like just watching him work and watching his
Speaker 4: work ethic and his explosiveness and workouts and then seeing
Speaker 4: that translate to Oca's man, I'm excited to play with
Speaker 4: him as well, and play with you know, the whole
Speaker 4: D line as a unit.
Speaker 1: The interesting thing is, uh, you know, I hear about
Speaker 1: defensive lineman like, Okay, I'm gonna go out there and
Speaker 1: play my thirty five to forty snaps in a rotation,
Speaker 1: but I'm working this right tackle or left tackle and
Speaker 1: I'm setting.
Speaker 2: Them up over the course of the game.
Speaker 1: But what you're saying moving around is that then keep
Speaker 1: the everybody on their toes on the offensive line, and
Speaker 1: you can feel like maybe they're just bracing for they
Speaker 1: don't know what.
Speaker 2: So do you which do you prefer? I like, would
Speaker 2: you like to.
Speaker 1: Get you know, consecutive snapset so you can get a
Speaker 1: guy set up in the fourth quarter when it's crunch
Speaker 1: time and it the games down the line.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean there's value to both, and I think,
Speaker 4: you know, I kind of benefit from both. I do
Speaker 4: get the opportunity to set up certain guys, you know,
Speaker 4: unrepeated reps obviously on the edges more just you know,
Speaker 4: playing there primarily on first or second down. So being
Speaker 4: able to set them up throughout the game on the
Speaker 4: edge and then move inside on third down and kind
Speaker 4: of be an element of surprise really helps. And then
Speaker 4: also kind of understanding the guys you're rushing with and
Speaker 4: what they've been showing the offensive line. Have they been
Speaker 4: given a lot of power, a lot of speed. Once
Speaker 4: they're set up, you know, someone else can kind of
Speaker 4: set them up for you. So understanding like you've been
Speaker 4: bowling them all day, So giving them a different look
Speaker 4: going out there and being to give a different look
Speaker 4: is valuable.
Speaker 6: When you get Dennis Allen, he's installing the defense for
Speaker 6: the first time in front of you, guys. Are they
Speaker 6: asking you to do anything new or is it pretty
Speaker 6: much what you've been doing since you've been in the
Speaker 6: NFL just trying to perfect some of the traits you
Speaker 6: have For.
Speaker 4: The most part, you know, D line plays D line
Speaker 4: play at the end of the day. The technique and
Speaker 4: you know, schematically is it is a little different from
Speaker 4: what I've been in, at least in the NFL. In
Speaker 4: the past. Uh, you know, we were in more of
Speaker 4: a you know, just line up before and just rush
Speaker 4: for uh. And there's a lot more you know, blissing
Speaker 4: and schematic changes that come up come with DA's defense.
Speaker 4: So I'm excited to be in a defense that's a
Speaker 4: little more on the attack and more aggressive in that
Speaker 4: in that standpoint, because you know, it creates a lot
Speaker 4: of uncertainty, especially on the line, when they're seeing different looks,
Speaker 4: seeing different guys blissing. It kind of makes makes them
Speaker 4: hesitate for a second. And sometimes that's the difference between
Speaker 4: you know, pressure.
Speaker 6: Are are the linebackers trying to develop a good relationship
Speaker 6: with you already making sure that you hold off the
Speaker 6: double team.
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, the linebacker is gonna want to look
Speaker 4: out for you, uh you know, all week so that
Speaker 4: that you take care of them on Sunday. So but yeah,
Speaker 4: they're they're definitely excited to play in it and excited
Speaker 4: to have us up front and helping them out.
Speaker 1: Right, everybody's talking about Ben Jonson's intensity and and but
Speaker 1: what about Dennis Allen's he's a former head coach now,
Speaker 1: so well, I see him go to the huddle every
Speaker 1: single snap. You know, this is the early stages. I
Speaker 1: can't wait to training camp. But what what's your take
Speaker 1: on on your defensive coordinator?
Speaker 4: And I love the age just in the in the
Speaker 4: short short time we've been together. I'm a I'm a
Speaker 4: huge fan of the way he approaches the meetings and
Speaker 4: like his intensity like you said, and the way he
Speaker 4: uh installs his defense like it's it's it's definitely different
Speaker 4: from a lot of the coordinators I've been around.
Speaker 2: You can you give us an example without giving away
Speaker 2: the company.
Speaker 4: I mean, it's just he's very direct and very deliberate,
Speaker 4: like he's not sugarcoating anything. And you know there's there's
Speaker 4: there's definitely a no sensitivity.
Speaker 5: Zone like.
Speaker 4: That.
Speaker 2: Tom always says, don't be since.
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's definitely he might not say it's nice to
Speaker 4: be able to definitely say something along those lines. So
Speaker 4: he's definitely a little a little messed up in the
Speaker 4: head a little bit. But that's what you want out
Speaker 4: of your defensive cord. You know, you want a bunch
Speaker 4: of guys on the defense that are a little messed up.
Speaker 4: So so, you know, it's been great being with him
Speaker 4: and just seeing his intensity and the standard that he
Speaker 4: holds everybody to is I'm excited and and it's been
Speaker 4: fun already, but I'm excited.
Speaker 6: To you know, more numbers retired on the Chicago Bears
Speaker 6: than any other team in the NFL. Did you get
Speaker 6: the number you wanted? You know, did you have to
Speaker 6: twist Tony Medlin's arm a little bit?
Speaker 5: Or are you happy with what you're wearing? No?
Speaker 4: Actually I did want fifty five, So that was the
Speaker 4: number I wanted. I know, fifty four it's not technically retired,
Speaker 4: that's what I was wearing before, but I mean it's
Speaker 4: basically it's a little off limits understandably rightfully so, but
Speaker 4: uh actually did want fifty five. I wanted to change
Speaker 4: numbers already, so it kind of worked out well.
Speaker 1: Barefoot in the grass this is what you pull, right, Yeah,
Speaker 1: you're gonna love the turf a soldier field now they
Speaker 1: upgraded it to a different barefoot before games?
Speaker 2: Is this part of your why?
Speaker 5: What?
Speaker 2: What's what's the what's the point?
Speaker 4: Well, there is, like you know, there's a lot of
Speaker 4: people talk about grounding and so right, you know, but
Speaker 4: a lot of the fields are turfed, so you don't
Speaker 4: necessarily get the value out of that. But I think
Speaker 4: it's just one is kind of just a little superstition.
Speaker 4: And then two, you know, it's just like I guess,
Speaker 4: like getting my feet at activated, you know, like you've
Speaker 4: been laying down or taking flights and your feet are
Speaker 4: kind of you know, not really reacting as quickly as
Speaker 4: you can.
Speaker 2: Feel the difference, Yeah, I feel.
Speaker 4: I think So, I think it shows up like in
Speaker 4: your balance and stuff a little bit.
Speaker 6: So Well, there's a famous surfer in uh Hawaii, laired Hamilton,
Speaker 6: and he goes everywhere barefoot because he talks about the
Speaker 6: amount of lightning strikes per minute and the planet Earth
Speaker 6: and it comes up through the ground and then you
Speaker 6: can feel it in your grounding.
Speaker 4: So yeah, I mean go bare feet in it feels
Speaker 4: a little different. It feels a little different.
Speaker 5: You know.
Speaker 4: It's it's like, what was the last time you really,
Speaker 4: you know, went barefoots of grass? Since you're a kid, you.
Speaker 5: Know, right.
Speaker 6: So I just came back from Hawaii, so I spent
Speaker 6: the last month barefoot.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so we had Ottawa was a pass rusher. He
Speaker 1: was here and his routine included so he in pregame
Speaker 1: warm ups.
Speaker 2: He would take two showers before he got dressed, like.
Speaker 1: You'd go out there. That was his that was his thing.
Speaker 1: You know, everybody's got something. Tom's a big cook and
Speaker 1: I read uh, I think here in the organization they
Speaker 1: did a little something. You're in You make a good yoki. Yeah,
Speaker 1: what's the what's the secret to your yoke?
Speaker 5: I love the secret?
Speaker 4: Probably not overworking though, you know, not not uh really
Speaker 4: beating it.
Speaker 2: Up to tighten it up there you go.
Speaker 4: So just you know, just uh, just being uh, I guess.
Speaker 2: A little little. You like doing it though, you like
Speaker 2: that's part of your fun.
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I mean I like cooking in general. Like
Speaker 4: last week, I made some I made last week, might
Speaker 4: process some shrimp, tacol, stuff like that.
Speaker 5: But I just like cooking. Yeah, I'm with you. I
Speaker 5: love to cook.
Speaker 6: You know, started with my mom and it just you know,
Speaker 6: continues today and so you know, it's kind of like
Speaker 6: a rewarding. You figure out what you want to eat,
Speaker 6: what's good for you, You make it yourself and you
Speaker 6: know it's going to be quality and good.
Speaker 1: Well, he'll be cooking quarterbacks. Thank you, thank you. I
Speaker 1: love the sparring, the discussion. He brings a lot to
Speaker 1: the table. I like the way he thinks. He's a
Speaker 1: he's a young NFL player who has a lot of
Speaker 1: experience obviously playing with the Colts, and I'm excited to
Speaker 1: see and I'm excited to think that that Lombardi Trophy
Speaker 1: resonates with people walking through that for every day to
Speaker 1: the team meeting in the auditorium.
Speaker 5: Yes, you know.
Speaker 6: And again, the reason he's with the Bears is because
Speaker 6: of the versatility that's needed on the defensive line, components
Speaker 6: that they're going to have on a on a game
Speaker 6: day roster. But he's also been on a team that's
Speaker 6: gone through a coaching change. He understands the difficulty of
Speaker 6: going through a training camp, that it's going to be
Speaker 6: a little bit more high tempo and the decisions are
Speaker 6: going to be a little bit more difficultly made. So
Speaker 6: I'm glad that he comes in with the experiences he
Speaker 6: has as such a young guy. But like I mentioned,
Speaker 6: I'm glad that he's coming in here and not necessarily
Speaker 6: having to be the top alpha male on this defensive line.
Speaker 6: You got to be one of them because you're not
Speaker 6: going to have a non alpha on a football team.
Speaker 6: But with Grady and Montees and the other guys, you know,
Speaker 6: he's gonna have a lot of guys to live up
Speaker 6: to and live off of.
Speaker 1: Eight sacks in twenty twenty three, three, and twenty twenty
Speaker 1: four despite a career high fourteen games. But here's the consistency.
Speaker 1: He played a career high seven hundred and nineteen snaps
Speaker 1: last season that was number one on the Colts defensive
Speaker 1: line and then grated out in the top half of
Speaker 1: edge rushers by Pro footbuff Focus so and he got
Speaker 1: after the quarterback with a lot of pressures. Brooklyn born
Speaker 1: raised in Texas, went to Vanderbilt and then drafted by
Speaker 1: the Colts, and then you pair him up with sweat
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Speaker 1: and you too. I bring up Montes because again, you know,
Speaker 1: was he healthy the whole last year?
Speaker 2: We very touched on that on this show and on
Speaker 2: Bears Weekly.
Speaker 1: Probably not fought through it, but I think he's gonna
Speaker 1: have a big bounce back year in terms of making play.
Speaker 1: He still led the Bears and pressures last season, and
Speaker 1: he's been very consistent against the run throughout his career.
Speaker 1: So this is not just a Sea quarterback get quarterback.
Speaker 1: He's gonna he's gonna he's gonna stop the run as well,
Speaker 1: which is what you're talking about just earlier here with Dio.
Speaker 1: So that consistency will be important. But how if one
Speaker 1: of these guys, whether it be the interior or a
Speaker 1: guy like Dio, or a guy like Shamar Turner or
Speaker 1: a guy like Javon Grady, Chris Williams coming in the rotation,
Speaker 1: Daniel Hardy can take some pressure off Sweat to get
Speaker 1: some one on ones. Will that be equally as important
Speaker 1: for Dio in the game.
Speaker 5: Yeah, you know.
Speaker 6: I also think it's going to be important for the
Speaker 6: Bears defensive staff to be able to identify the vulnerability
Speaker 6: on the offensive line. So say they go out there
Speaker 6: week one and mont Sweat is going against the right
Speaker 6: tackle that's playing against a rookie quarterback that's playing in Chicago,
Speaker 6: and it's a Monday night crowd in Montesa's getting that
Speaker 6: half step at eighth of a second jump on that
Speaker 6: right tackle, and it's computing into pressure and putting in
Speaker 6: a quarterback in an awkward, vulnerable position. So that's what
Speaker 6: the Bears defensive coaches are going to have to capitalize on.
Speaker 6: But as they get film in the can week in
Speaker 6: and week out, they're going to have to identify the
Speaker 6: vulnerability of the opponent. And then maybe Dio's going to
Speaker 6: get that chance week two, Maybe Grady's going to get
Speaker 6: it in week three. Maybe it'll be a combination of
Speaker 6: Dexter and Zach Dickens in week three.
Speaker 5: You know. So it's gonna be a.
Speaker 6: Process of evaluation because of the versatility of the and
Speaker 6: the athleticism of this defensive line that they are going
Speaker 6: to have to take advantage.
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Speaker 1: Wrap it up with this at the line of scrimmage
Speaker 1: we've discussed. I don't think we're going out on a
Speaker 1: limb saying this. Either left tackle will be the most
Speaker 1: impactful study at training camp right from the jump. Who
Speaker 1: wins that job? How healthy is Braxton Jones? Can he
Speaker 1: start practicing right away after that ankle injury at the
Speaker 1: end of last season and Asi Trpilo and then the
Speaker 1: work of Karanamagaji. That's one story. The other story and
Speaker 1: I'm trying to think of, like where the biggest competitive
Speaker 1: battles will be as you go in with no depth
Speaker 1: chart to start training camp. I'm gonna say that that
Speaker 1: conglomerate of names I just mentioned on the defensive line
Speaker 1: along with you know Andrew Billings in there, and you
Speaker 1: mentioned Zach Pickens and maybe some undrafted guys. The battle
Speaker 1: for the rotation of the eight or nine guys that
Speaker 1: are be active on game day, would that be you know,
Speaker 1: as you analyze the whole roster, would that be the
Speaker 1: other prime location to have your eyes go to training
Speaker 1: camp to see those battles.
Speaker 6: Yes, So take this into consideration. No matter what the
Speaker 6: down and distance is on offense, the five offensive linemen, they're.
Speaker 5: Going to stay in the game.
Speaker 6: You're not gonna substitute offensive lineman because it's third and eight,
Speaker 6: not the third and three defensive line. You're gonna have
Speaker 6: those substitute opportunities according to like I said, not only
Speaker 6: the vulnerability of your opponent, but what is the exact
Speaker 6: down in distance. Now you see this right tackle is
Speaker 6: out there looking and then you have a guy that's
Speaker 6: playing over the top of you, and all of a sudden,
Speaker 6: it's third and long and here comes a fresh Montest
Speaker 6: sweat off the sideline. Or the way they can change
Speaker 6: the talent in how they distributed up front, because you
Speaker 6: get a guy like Dio how tall he is, then
Speaker 6: you got a guy like Dexter, who's how tall he is.
Speaker 6: Those are really two unique types of pieces that you
Speaker 6: can put in place in playing against the eighty five defense.
Speaker 6: Steve McMichael was not Dan Hampton. Dan Hampton wasn't ming.
Speaker 6: You're talking about two completely different body structures and when
Speaker 6: they would flip flop in the midst of a cadence.
Speaker 6: Now this left guard that hasn't played against McMichael is
Speaker 6: trying to think about what do I do against this guy?
Speaker 6: Little shorter, really strong, And then you got a guy
Speaker 6: like Hampton who used his length as a really attackable
Speaker 6: asset when he played no matter who he was playing against.
Speaker 6: So just that whole versatility of this defensive line. I'm
Speaker 6: interested to see during practice who's playing where, what down
Speaker 6: and distance during what period.
Speaker 1: Because all those guys can't make it. I mean, there's
Speaker 1: gonna be some some really good rotational pieces that you know,
Speaker 1: may not make the fifty three. So I think it'll
Speaker 1: be it'll be a good, good, good battle.
Speaker 6: And I think that's exactly what Ryan Poles wants. He
Speaker 6: wants difficult coaching decisions to be made because there's talent
Speaker 6: lining up each play.
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