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There. 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:53.920 Did you hear any of that news conference today, because 0:00:54.320 --> 0:00:58.480 man Pagano just gushing about the Panthers and really challenging 0:00:58.560 --> 0:01:01.480 his guys to pay attention to h I guess the 0:01:01.520 --> 0:01:04.200 same kind of detail that Matt Negge's looking for offensively 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:07.160 from his guys. Yeah, you know, Chuck Bogano. He see 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:09.360 when you watch this team on tape, you see a 0:01:09.360 --> 0:01:12.080 lot of window dressing before the play ever starts, and 0:01:12.160 --> 0:01:14.240 that's a lot of movement in the backfield, a lot 0:01:14.280 --> 0:01:17.320 of misdirection seeing if I can catch a player that's 0:01:17.360 --> 0:01:20.720 peeking in the backfield rather than following through to my assignments. 0:01:21.000 --> 0:01:24.280 And then Teddy Bridgewater is not asked to do an 0:01:24.280 --> 0:01:27.760 abundance of things, but what he does and what that 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:31.520 offense does, they do it really well. And they try 0:01:31.560 --> 0:01:35.640 to stay on schedule, so each down fits into the 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:39.679 next downs role. So I understand what Chuck is saying. 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:43.560 And you always respect your next opponent the most, no 0:01:43.600 --> 0:01:46.160 matter who you played down the road exactly, they got 0:01:46.200 --> 0:01:49.160 speed out of the edge. Robbie Anderson standing receiver, really 0:01:49.200 --> 0:01:52.760 having a great season with Bridgewater, and there's familiarity there 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:55.560 because of Matt Rule. He's brought a bunch of his 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:58.360 Temple guys in guys who played at Temple, and he 0:01:58.480 --> 0:02:02.240 has moved those guys both offensively and defensively. And Dj 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:05.320 Moore's an outstanding receiver just a couple of years removed 0:02:05.320 --> 0:02:08.080 from having a really impressive campaign as a young receiver 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:10.079 for them, and you know Mike Davis. Hearing a lot 0:02:10.080 --> 0:02:12.680 about Mike Davis. We both like Mike Davis. He's a 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:15.200 good guy. You know, had a really tough time last 0:02:15.280 --> 0:02:16.960 year with the death of his father. I think that 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:20.480 pretty much sidetracked him quite a bit, and he's talked 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:25.120 about that subsequently after he moved over to Carolina last November. 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:28.480 But you know, again, you're happy to see guys that 0:02:28.520 --> 0:02:31.520 are good guys take advantage of opportunities, and with Christian 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:34.280 McCaffrey down, he certainly has taking advantage of that opportunity, 0:02:34.400 --> 0:02:36.919 and not just run of the ball in a rugged way, 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:39.760 but also in the past receiving game, he's caught thirty 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:42.760 of his thirty three targets. Tommy, Yeah, you know, he 0:02:42.880 --> 0:02:46.160 is the template of David Montgomery. And I think if 0:02:46.240 --> 0:02:49.240 David Montgomery didn't burst out of the scene and be 0:02:49.360 --> 0:02:52.840 so successful early in the sights and the viewing of 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:55.960 the coaches, Mike Davis was probably been the number one 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:59.240 running back. But when you have found what you had 0:02:59.360 --> 0:03:03.480 in David Montgomery, you realize that David Montgomery is gonna 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:05.679 play the role in what you brought Mike Davis here for. 0:03:06.280 --> 0:03:09.079 But I like Mike Davis, So I think if you're 0:03:09.120 --> 0:03:12.840 looking at these two offenses, you're looking at two running 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:17.399 backs that have a lot of similar traits of each other. Hey, 0:03:17.440 --> 0:03:19.680 coming up on the show, we've got a lot jammed in. 0:03:19.720 --> 0:03:22.560 We're gonna talk to Mick Mixon, the voice of the 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:25.359 Carolina Panthers. He'll be coming up shortly to talk about 0:03:25.800 --> 0:03:28.480 his guys out east, and then we're gonna be joined 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:30.680 by Deshaun Gibson playing some good safety for the Bears. 0:03:30.680 --> 0:03:32.520 At the bottom of the hour, around six thirty we als, 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:34.840 we'll hear from Nick Foles, the Bears quarterback, and an 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:37.360 interview I did with him as we prepare for Bears 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:41.480 game Day live on Sunday morning, ten thirty on Fox Chicago, 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:45.320 along with Louke Cannellis and assortment of things that we're 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:47.960 gonna dig into, and I want to dig into. Maybe 0:03:48.000 --> 0:03:50.240 one of the biggest topics of the week to hum 0:03:50.440 --> 0:03:53.480 is Frank I almost said, Frank Cole Commet Cole Commet 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:57.280 the Bears rookie tight end and people wondering why he 0:03:57.360 --> 0:04:00.680 isn't getting targets and a lot of attention because of 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:05.160 the position coaches talking this week, including the veteran former 0:04:05.200 --> 0:04:08.480 offensive line coach and tight end coach Clancy Barrone. I 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:12.560 was asked, what is Kemet doing that has his attention 0:04:12.680 --> 0:04:15.240 right now? If you go back and you look at 0:04:15.320 --> 0:04:18.440 the very first play from our game Thursday night against 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:21.159 the Bucks. Okay, the very first play all right. In fact, 0:04:21.320 --> 0:04:22.880 when the game was over, I came back and I 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:26.120 had three text messages on my phone from various NFL 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:28.760 coaches and they were line coaches and tight end coaches. 0:04:29.240 --> 0:04:31.920 After the game, I had a couple of phone calls 0:04:31.920 --> 0:04:34.040 on my drive home from some of my peers on 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:36.240 the league, and they're all talking about the same thing, 0:04:36.240 --> 0:04:37.839 and it was about the very first play of the 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:40.040 game and something that will never show up in any 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:43.280 any box score. And we ran that jet sweep. As 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:47.800 you guys probably know, he had Jason Pierre Paul in 0:04:47.880 --> 0:04:51.800 a wide wide wide technique, which which we didn't know 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:53.279 that he was going to be that wide, thought maybe 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:55.040 he might be more head up, which makes it easier 0:04:55.040 --> 0:04:56.560 for the tackle to help him. He's out there all 0:04:56.560 --> 0:05:00.919 by himself. Now. JPP is a real defensive lineman. The 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:03.520 guy's got, you know, pretty good resume. And here comes 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:06.880 Coal and if I'm not mistaken. All the draft experts 0:05:06.920 --> 0:05:08.720 said that was the biggest question mark come out of 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:12.680 Notre Dame was his blocking. He didn't just reach JPP 0:05:13.120 --> 0:05:16.279 and and to gain leverage, he strained his SIPs through 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:19.160 the block and actually flipped his SIPs and gave us 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:20.960 a nice and nice seem to go around. I have 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:24.200 not seen that from very many players in my in 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:26.919 my time in the NFL. And here comes Coal and 0:05:26.960 --> 0:05:29.840 doesn't so things like that. I'm just you know, and 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:32.719 and and my my appears around around the league also 0:05:32.800 --> 0:05:35.560 saw it, and it was it was really something special. 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:38.280 And things like that tell you that this game is 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:41.120 not too big for Coal. He's doing very very well. 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:43.120 And you know, and and we all know that mentally 0:05:43.600 --> 0:05:46.920 he's he's got everything under under control, which we heard 0:05:46.960 --> 0:05:49.080 from the beginning time. But when you hear a position 0:05:49.120 --> 0:05:52.599 coach talk about his player and the exciting level and 0:05:52.680 --> 0:05:55.760 tone that he did, what do you think of that? 0:05:55.839 --> 0:05:59.640 Because clearly it's it's it's a nuance that not everybody's 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:03.360 going to catch because he's not catching passes quite just yet. 0:06:03.400 --> 0:06:05.479 But as a white tat end, he's got to be 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:08.360 that inline guy that's moving people out of the way. Yeah, 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:11.240 you know, to me, initially, it's a more important role 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:14.279 that Cole Commet is a successful blocker than a pass 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:18.040 catcher right now, because that's a trait, that's a craft 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:21.680 that's use that they will you know, they will use 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:25.120 out a cold commets as time winds on. However, if 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:28.200 you can't block, you can't play. And it is really 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:32.800 a high compliment when you talk about a defensive personnel 0:06:32.839 --> 0:06:36.279 that gets completely out of position that's expected of them, 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:39.279 but you're able to complete your block legally. So it 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:42.719 is encouraging the way he talks about Cole's blocking ability, 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:46.440 and then I think eventually you'll see him inserted more 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:50.080 in the passing game, and hopefully as conditions deteriorate in 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:53.880 the passing game becomes shorter for more efficiency, he'll be 0:06:53.920 --> 0:06:57.360 involved more. Well, you heard from offensive coordinator Bill Laser 0:06:57.400 --> 0:07:00.120 today on why Commet isn't getting those passes better this 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:03.120 pass game, But we're really not completeing enough passes as 0:07:03.160 --> 0:07:06.200 an offense. So when you don't complete enough passes, when 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:11.880 you're not converting third downs, you always answer these questions, well, 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:13.560 then why isn't such a such game in a ball Well, 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:16.200 because we're not complete enough passes and we're not staying 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:19.320 on the field. That's that's that's that's where we are. 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:22.720 I mean, it's it's we completed more percentages of this game, 0:07:22.760 --> 0:07:26.200 but offensively, you know, other than some heroics right to 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:29.160 win some games, which we're thrilled with. I think it's 0:07:29.160 --> 0:07:30.920 hard to say we've been in a rhythm where you 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:33.679 can do what you want to do. You know, we're 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:35.640 not doing what we want to do yet. So there's 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:37.240 gonna be a whole lot of people not getting the 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:41.880 ball enough and their feelings and yeah, I shouldn't say 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:45.720 that the questions about why is this guy or that 0:07:45.760 --> 0:07:48.640 guy not doing enough? To me? That's all back page 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:51.280 to why are not we not good enough on offense? 0:07:51.360 --> 0:07:54.520 Right now? You know, nothing wrong with Cole, It's wrong 0:07:54.560 --> 0:07:58.080 with us. Is the problems us. That's a very honest 0:07:58.080 --> 0:08:01.040 appraise with there, Tommy. That's exactly what I was gonna say. 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:03.480 It's the most honest answer we've heard around here in 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:05.760 a long time. No, I don't, I don't mean that, 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:08.720 but it is a really honest answer by Bill Lasor 0:08:08.880 --> 0:08:13.160 because that's you know, what is evident when you look 0:08:13.200 --> 0:08:15.360 at the lack of third down conversions. You think of 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:19.679 how many plays that takes off the shelf, and you know, Cole, 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:23.080 he could be used as a first and second down receiver, 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:25.600 but you're losing them because you're not converting out third down. 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:28.640 But hey, I like that answer by Bill Lasor, and 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:32.080 I think it's an honest assessment of what's going on, 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:35.440 but also an honest assessment where you need to improve 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:38.280 to get everybody involved. This is Bears All Access brought 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:41.160 to you by IGS Energy. Our producer today, Rick camp 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:43.720 good to be with him once again, and also Jordan 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:45.960 tred Up and Dan Burley for helping us out as well. 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:49.120 Coming up next, the voice of the Carolina Panthers, Mick Mixon, 0:08:49.120 --> 0:08:51.720 will join the program. This is Bears All Access brought 0:08:51.760 --> 0:08:54.480 to you by IGS Energy on Chicago Sports Radio six 0:08:54.559 --> 0:09:03.320 seventy The Score. Welcome back to Bears All Access brought 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:05.880 to you by IGS Energy. Choose clean energy for your 0:09:05.920 --> 0:09:08.959 home at IGS dot com because every good choice adds 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:12.079 up to a better world. With Tom Fair, Jeff Joniac 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:14.880 and now look at the Carolina Panthers from the inside 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:18.040 out as we walk him in. The veteran voice Mick Mixon, 0:09:18.080 --> 0:09:20.719 who teams up with former NFL quarterback Jake Deldom and 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:25.040 former offensive lineman Jordan Gross on WBT, the flankship station 0:09:25.200 --> 0:09:27.839 of the Carolina Panthers. And I have a feeling you're 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:29.560 in high demand right now. You got a team that's 0:09:29.600 --> 0:09:31.280 one three in a row. You got an exciting new 0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:33.800 coaching staff, and Matt Rule and Joe Brady the young 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:36.959 gun coordinator. I already think you've been on the score today. 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:39.679 So hey, I hope you don't mind talking about us. 0:09:39.679 --> 0:09:43.200 You know now, I'm not like you, Junk. I don't 0:09:43.240 --> 0:09:47.080 have a secretary, administrative assistance people you have to go through. 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:50.600 I'm just a humble, a little correspondent here. Just every 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:52.360 now and again, I'll be driving down the road and 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:56.839 I'll go, David Hester, you are ridiculous. You're a funny guya. 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:01.880 Tribute to you, the legend, Jeff Joe. Hey, you know, 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:06.040 while we're talking about it, what is your signature called? 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:08.120 Do you think that sticks with you to this day 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:11.480 that that fans love. I don't have one. I don't 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:15.240 believe in signature calls. And I all respect to you 0:10:15.800 --> 0:10:20.439 to Wayne Lervie, there's your dagger to to to others. 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:23.440 You know Gene Decker, Haw Fire, the Cannons and Tampa. 0:10:24.080 --> 0:10:26.600 I don't. I don't believe in it. I'm not on 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:31.080 social media. I believe Scarcely breeds momentum. I believe in 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:33.840 letting the play try to tell me what we're choices 0:10:33.840 --> 0:10:37.839 to make, so that's how we roll down here. I 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:40.000 like it. I like it. Tell us about Joe Brady 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:42.680 first and foremost. We know about Matt Rule. Joe Brady, 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:47.040 at thirty, youngest coordinator in the league, obviously trained extremely well. 0:10:47.559 --> 0:10:51.960 He's got everybody's attention right now, doesn't he. I think so, Jeff. 0:10:52.000 --> 0:10:54.120 I think Ken Thomas, I think you're you're you're in 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:57.760 there somewhere. Maybe Jeff will let you chime in during 0:10:57.800 --> 0:11:00.400 our visit, But I think what you got here is 0:11:00.440 --> 0:11:04.840 an O coordinator that has exactly the pedigree that teams 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:08.040 are looking for. But I want this message to reverberate 0:11:08.080 --> 0:11:11.280 around the league. Do not, no one, do not mess 0:11:11.320 --> 0:11:14.040 with Joe Brady for at least a couple of years 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:17.720 until we can season him here, get into the playoffs, 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:21.600 get some confetti raining down on our heads, and then 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:24.960 you can talk to Joe Brady about coordinating or being 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:28.199 the head coach for your NFL team. But just seriously, man, 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:31.720 he's got a plan and it's what everybody's looking for. 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:35.400 That fast twitch, up tempo, a lot of college stuff, 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:37.880 some of the screen stuff they uses, and he's just 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:41.280 as a Now I think the natural born play call it. Hey, 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:44.599 Meca's Teddy Bridgewater lived up to expectations or is he 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:49.599 exceeding them? I think exceeding them. I think in a 0:11:49.760 --> 0:11:52.480 normal if this were any kind of normal deal time, 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:55.440 he would be a rock star. He would not be 0:11:55.520 --> 0:11:58.160 able to go get as smoothie, he would not be 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:01.679 able to go to the electronics story and pick up 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:05.240 some head funds. He would be he would be. His 0:12:05.360 --> 0:12:08.840 CU rating would be right up there. But because of 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:12.679 his understated style outside the building and because of just 0:12:12.760 --> 0:12:17.160 the total just the chi, the fung shui, the calmness 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:21.760 that he plays with. Now he's he excites people by 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:24.400 getting other people involved in the offense. We had a 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:27.000 quarterback here who would like to jump over tall buildings 0:12:27.000 --> 0:12:30.000 to the single bounding and that kind of thing. Teddy's 0:12:30.040 --> 0:12:32.080 more of a point guard, more of a distributor. But 0:12:32.200 --> 0:12:37.480 he's he's been phenomenal. Well, what about Mike Davis. Are 0:12:37.480 --> 0:12:40.520 you a stronger team in terms of running the ball 0:12:41.040 --> 0:12:44.520 after contact with Mike Davis than you would be with 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:48.840 Christian McCaffrey. It's a good chance of it, at least 0:12:49.120 --> 0:12:53.600 at least maybe right up there with Christian McCaffrey Mike Davis. 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:56.960 I don't know where he gets it, what switch he throws, 0:12:56.960 --> 0:13:01.719 what music he listens to to that mat on right 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:05.000 before a game, But it's personal to him. Every you know, 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:06.959 you've seen it, Tom and Jeff, you guys have two 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:10.520 when he was there every he's just irritated that a 0:13:10.640 --> 0:13:13.160 tackler would have the temerity to come up to him 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:19.480 and try to collide with him. What about God? I 0:13:19.520 --> 0:13:21.360 don't know how to ask this question, because a couple 0:13:21.360 --> 0:13:23.640 of years ago, Jeff and I were on the sidelines 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:26.280 of a Carolina game and behind us warming up was 0:13:26.360 --> 0:13:30.480 Luke Keikley and is enamored as I was, with his 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:33.400 ability and just super impressed with how grad he is. 0:13:34.120 --> 0:13:38.640 Can Chin fill the role of Luke Keikley? You're looking 0:13:38.679 --> 0:13:42.040 at six three two thirty eight, two thirty five as 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:46.440 opposed to sixty three two tennis type guy wearing twenty one, 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:49.680 So can Chin fill that role, or am I way 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:52.800 out of bounds? You're not a way out of bounds, 0:13:52.840 --> 0:13:57.480 but you got one float out of bounds. He but 0:13:57.760 --> 0:14:00.560 I'm buying kind of what you're selling because Chin is exception. 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:04.040 He's the nephew or the cousin knows. I think he's 0:14:04.040 --> 0:14:08.920 the nephew of Steve Atwater and he's got violent hands, 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:13.720 he's a he's a striker, he's not scared, he can play. 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:16.600 He's all over the field, and he's currently the Panthers 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:20.960 tackle leader with forty three. So you're you're you know, 0:14:21.040 --> 0:14:24.880 you're you're a student. You're observation about what Chin brings. 0:14:24.920 --> 0:14:29.320 But mother nature only gives you one Luke Keikley every 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:34.520 several hundred million berths, just the skills that he had. 0:14:35.640 --> 0:14:37.800 So I say, you got just one foot out of bounds. 0:14:37.800 --> 0:14:40.080 We got to look at the replay though. All I 0:14:40.120 --> 0:14:42.480 will say this, though Uncle Steve was a heck of 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:45.400 a hitter and looks like Jeremy Shin is well out 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:47.400 of southern Illinois, not too far down the road from 0:14:47.480 --> 0:14:50.880 US by way of Fisher's, Indiana. Our guest is mcmixon, 0:14:51.000 --> 0:14:53.120 voice of the Carolina Panthers, and this is Bears all 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:55.520 Access with time There. I'm Jeff jony acc here in 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:58.840 Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. Let's take a 0:14:58.920 --> 0:15:03.280 further look at your defense right now, the run defense. 0:15:03.480 --> 0:15:06.680 You know, on paper, the numbers don't stack up, But 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:09.280 are they better than the numbers show at the moment? 0:15:09.280 --> 0:15:11.600 Are they? Are they having some difficulty in that regard. 0:15:13.040 --> 0:15:15.760 We got no chance to slow the Bears down. It's 0:15:15.560 --> 0:15:18.400 just I just hope we can keep it competitive down 0:15:18.480 --> 0:15:21.920 here and just you know, extend the broadcast out where 0:15:21.920 --> 0:15:24.280 people will be interested to hear some of the ads 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:28.640 in the fourth quarter. But the problem, Jeff has been 0:15:29.680 --> 0:15:32.480 has been really setting the edge and holding the edge. 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:35.440 Teams have been running this crack toss against the Panthers 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:39.040 and just outflanking the defense. And then it hasn't been 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:41.200 so much that we've been creased up the fiddle. It's 0:15:41.240 --> 0:15:44.560 been more it's been more backs being able to turn 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:48.280 the corner, you know, bouncing runs. And so the problems, 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:51.720 according to our head coach, are fixable just being a 0:15:51.720 --> 0:15:55.160 little bit more gap sound. Tom could probably coach us 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:56.840 up on the old saying in the league where if 0:15:56.840 --> 0:15:58.640 you try to see too much, you see a little. 0:15:58.960 --> 0:16:01.040 You try to see a little do your one eleventh, 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:03.720 you see a lot and I think those messages are 0:16:03.760 --> 0:16:07.560 being conveyed somewhere in our building Vankou Perica Stadium right 0:16:07.640 --> 0:16:11.440 now tonight. I know Brian Burns had a concussion in 0:16:11.480 --> 0:16:14.960 your last outing against Atlanta. He was on the practice 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:16.680 field to day and don't know what work he did. 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:20.240 But if people haven't learned about this young man and 0:16:20.360 --> 0:16:23.480 what he can do on the edge as a outstanding 0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:27.160 edge pass rusher, who's got that arc and bend to him, 0:16:27.320 --> 0:16:30.200 if you could amplify just what he brings to the 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:33.320 table and how far his star could rise one day. 0:16:34.120 --> 0:16:38.880 Bow legged kid that looks to see him walking around, 0:16:38.920 --> 0:16:41.840 he just looks like he wouldn't be that twitchy, but 0:16:41.920 --> 0:16:45.760 he's got that burst and a lot of juice. Plus 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:48.840 he's got that who was the former cold if I'm 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:51.080 right on this, that had to spin move Dwight Freeny, 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:53.800 Oh yeah, Dwight Freenye, who do the three to sixty 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:56.480 thing and get in the backfield birds as slippery and 0:16:56.520 --> 0:17:00.360 he did. He wasn't practice today with a helmet, but 0:17:00.520 --> 0:17:04.840 not not not full go, but limited participation in practice. 0:17:04.840 --> 0:17:07.680 So the Panthers are hoping that the fifty three will 0:17:07.680 --> 0:17:08.959 be able to go out there and run a few 0:17:09.040 --> 0:17:12.840 laps on Sunday. What's the atmosphere around there, Mick? Is it? 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:16.560 Is it completely the Matt rules or is it? You 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:19.320 know you have Ron Rivera in your rearview mirror. He's 0:17:19.359 --> 0:17:23.000 a defensive minded coach. You bring a high, explosive offensive 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:25.520 college coach in. You don't have a great deal of 0:17:25.600 --> 0:17:28.360 time for training camp because of the pandemic. But when 0:17:28.400 --> 0:17:33.240 you when you are near the at the facility, there 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:38.840 is it completely Matt rules building house organization. Right now, 0:17:40.520 --> 0:17:44.240 let's see Ron Rivera. Ron Rivera, oh yeah, I remember 0:17:44.400 --> 0:17:49.960 him now. The coach Rivera was fantastic and his legacy 0:17:50.040 --> 0:17:53.520 here is secure as one of the all time great guys. 0:17:53.720 --> 0:17:56.120 And you know it almost worked. He got the Panthers 0:17:56.119 --> 0:17:59.120 to the Super Bowl in twenty fifteenth against the team 0:17:59.160 --> 0:18:01.400 the Panthers felt they should have played right off their 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:04.320 feet and that that was a gut punch to lose 0:18:04.359 --> 0:18:06.840 Super Bowl fifty to Denver, But all credit to the 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:10.720 Broncos and their players and staff. But time that rule 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:15.280 has come in and everything he has touched around here 0:18:15.760 --> 0:18:19.679 has turned to precious metal. He's got the gift of humility. 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:25.160 He is funny, he listens, but he's tough. He coaches 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:29.600 the player's heart, and he's got this ability to not 0:18:29.720 --> 0:18:33.640 coach everybody the same way. He realizes that certain players 0:18:33.680 --> 0:18:37.280 need to be cajoled, encouraged, certain players need to be motivated, 0:18:37.320 --> 0:18:39.720 maybe coach a little harder. And it reminds me a 0:18:39.760 --> 0:18:41.720 little bit of some of what I've read about Matt 0:18:41.800 --> 0:18:44.640 Negge and some of the some of the innovative things 0:18:44.680 --> 0:18:46.680 he's brought to the Bears locker room. And that fair 0:18:46.680 --> 0:18:51.280 do you guys see the parallels absolutely beginning with just 0:18:51.400 --> 0:18:54.720 bu and Club dub, which is the celebration during wins 0:18:55.520 --> 0:18:57.240 for the Bears, and they've had more of those than 0:18:57.320 --> 0:19:00.320 not so far in his first three years. But yeah, 0:19:00.440 --> 0:19:04.639 I mean, he's a very relatable guy. Total coaches, players, coach, 0:19:04.760 --> 0:19:07.040 and the and the guys buy into him. And that's 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:09.600 really what the culture has become. It's it's a buy 0:19:09.680 --> 0:19:12.560 in and this resilience that is really because of the 0:19:12.560 --> 0:19:15.720 struggles of the offense, and Tom can amplify on this 0:19:15.800 --> 0:19:18.439 as well, just you know, their ability to hang in 0:19:18.520 --> 0:19:21.520 games because of their defense being resilient. That gives them 0:19:21.560 --> 0:19:23.560 a chance to and they've had too many close calls. 0:19:23.560 --> 0:19:25.879 Obviously they'd like it a little different, but that is 0:19:25.920 --> 0:19:28.639 the case right now. Mick Mixon our guest, final moments 0:19:28.640 --> 0:19:31.359 with the veteran voice of the Carolina Panthers, as we 0:19:31.440 --> 0:19:33.880 often do, and we got a couple of questions left 0:19:33.880 --> 0:19:36.440 for you. But the local guys are not far down 0:19:36.480 --> 0:19:39.560 the road, East Chicago, Indiana. An eight year veteran Kawan 0:19:39.680 --> 0:19:42.600 short out for the year K one was a certainly 0:19:42.680 --> 0:19:46.320 a terrific player perdue and just what he's meant to 0:19:46.359 --> 0:19:50.280 that organization and where he's at right now. He's a 0:19:50.320 --> 0:19:54.199 cut above as a guy. Uh foundation, hard for kids, 0:19:55.200 --> 0:19:58.399 tremendous locker room guy, and just his shoulder just as 0:19:58.520 --> 0:20:04.400 not cooperate. It's so he'll take he'll create a vacuum 0:20:04.680 --> 0:20:07.679 when without being able to play Cheff that would be 0:20:07.720 --> 0:20:11.119 difficult to fill. I think Panthers have other bodies they 0:20:11.160 --> 0:20:15.000 can slide in. Derek Brown's played well, You'll enjoy watching 0:20:15.080 --> 0:20:18.840 him play. Sometimes Terren Brown just grabs guards and centers 0:20:18.840 --> 0:20:22.000 and a little regard for their personal safety and just 0:20:22.080 --> 0:20:25.080 throws them down and then tackles several people and hoping 0:20:25.119 --> 0:20:28.280 the ball carriers one of them. But yeah, we miss 0:20:28.359 --> 0:20:31.800 KK short. We miss him already being in the interior, 0:20:32.480 --> 0:20:34.919 and I think it's going to be I wish I 0:20:34.960 --> 0:20:39.600 could see you. So you're broadcasting the game from Chicago. Yes, 0:20:39.760 --> 0:20:42.560 that's that's our plate here in twenty twenty. Yep, we'll 0:20:42.600 --> 0:20:46.880 be in the WBBM studio. You bet you well. We've traveled, 0:20:47.280 --> 0:20:51.080 the Panthers radio crew. We took a van of ten 0:20:51.119 --> 0:20:54.520 hours to Tampa, ten hours back, and then we drove 0:20:54.560 --> 0:20:58.199 to Atlanta in the same van. So I'm throwing the 0:20:58.240 --> 0:21:02.520 gall it down to a city that describes itself as 0:21:02.560 --> 0:21:06.359 a muscular, robust city. Right, So you gotta get to 0:21:06.440 --> 0:21:09.280 some games or else I will have won my personal 0:21:09.320 --> 0:21:12.240 battling issue. I guess you, Mick. Well, we did make 0:21:12.280 --> 0:21:15.520 it to Detroit without any harm, so we have a 0:21:15.560 --> 0:21:17.520 couple more in mind. I know Tom's going to force 0:21:17.560 --> 0:21:20.400 the issue, that's for sure. Yeah, we gotta go. Hey, Mick, 0:21:20.480 --> 0:21:22.919 one question, you know, one quick question. So the Bears 0:21:23.160 --> 0:21:25.480 have a new offensive guard left guard this week with 0:21:25.560 --> 0:21:28.479 the injury to James Daniels, and you guys have an 0:21:28.520 --> 0:21:33.720 injury on the interior your defensive line. What do you 0:21:33.840 --> 0:21:36.440 think about bad battle a little you know, a little 0:21:36.520 --> 0:21:39.080 notification you got to go on and play. You know, 0:21:39.440 --> 0:21:43.240 Kase Short has had some injury issues, but there's you know, nevertheless, 0:21:43.280 --> 0:21:45.280 there's going to be a new starter up there. So 0:21:45.640 --> 0:21:47.560 how do they feel about the replacement and how do 0:21:47.640 --> 0:21:51.679