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Speaker 1: into the program. I'm Jeff Joniac with a broadcast partner
Speaker 1: from news radio one oh five nine WBBM. Mister Tom Bear,
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl Bear, and we're wishing you a pleasant,
Speaker 1: good evening. We've got a full show here tonight, just
Speaker 1: the two of us. Jim Miller not able to make
Speaker 1: it tonight prior commitment a time. I think we can
Speaker 1: think we can muster up an hour long show on
Speaker 1: the Bears. Can we do it tonight? Jeff? I heard
Speaker 1: that the Bears have the number one pick in the draft.
Speaker 1: Have you do that? Because what it's amazing about this
Speaker 1: is because it's the first experience for us ever being
Speaker 1: around the first pick in the draft. When obviously you
Speaker 1: pay attention to a lot of football shows during this
Speaker 1: time of year and the playoffs and everything, and no
Speaker 1: matter what team they want to talk about, the topic
Speaker 1: always starts with the first pick in the draft. And
Speaker 1: now you're starting to see mock drafts out there from
Speaker 1: a lot of different people who are trying to capitalize
Speaker 1: on the attention this far in advance. And it's just
Speaker 1: amazing because until they walk to the podium, unless some unbelievable,
Speaker 1: something unbelievably happens before then Goodell's going to go to
Speaker 1: the podium at at the opening of the draft and
Speaker 1: the Bears are going to be in control of that draft. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's pretty cool now in the aftermath of what was
Speaker 1: a fourteen lost season, But you do have draft capital here. Yes,
Speaker 1: I think one of the cool things about this year's draft,
Speaker 1: and I know this has been the last few years,
Speaker 1: if I'm not mistaken, but they have these drafts, similar
Speaker 1: simulators that you can go on some of the different
Speaker 1: platforms and you can punch in, you know, all the scenarios,
Speaker 1: make your draft selections, make trades. So you're getting people
Speaker 1: doing this and putting it out on Twitter, which you're
Speaker 1: not on, and you're seeing all the Some people are
Speaker 1: saying trade down more than once, a mass as many
Speaker 1: picks as possible, a mass picks for twenty twenty four
Speaker 1: and twenty twenty five in the first round. Just really,
Speaker 1: it's it's a fun time if you're a football fan,
Speaker 1: because this is fantasy football, and it's fantasy football steroidal
Speaker 1: right now with the draft, because the Bears have such
Speaker 1: draft capital. The name that keeps coming up if they
Speaker 1: were to keep that pick or even turned down most people,
Speaker 1: and it could be fans, it could be the experts.
Speaker 1: They're looking at Jailen Carter, the defensive tackle from Georgia
Speaker 1: at number one. Yeah, you know, the thing to me
Speaker 1: is if I look at a player from that position,
Speaker 1: how many effective snaps a game are you giving me?
Speaker 1: Because we've seen guys come through the Bears train of
Speaker 1: defensive tackles and there's been guys that have been able
Speaker 1: to play multiple snap apps per game, and then there's
Speaker 1: been guys that were darn good what we're playing a
Speaker 1: limited amount of snaps per game. So when you're talking
Speaker 1: about a guy like Jalen Carter, the first pick in
Speaker 1: the draft, who's gonna be a defensive game changer four
Speaker 1: year staff and for what your philosophical thinking is right now, Um,
Speaker 1: you know I would just you know, analytically, how many
Speaker 1: snaps are you giving? How many effective snaps a game?
Speaker 1: Are you giving me? What do you want? Um? I mean,
Speaker 1: are you considering him a pass rusher? Are you considering
Speaker 1: him a first and down offensive our defensive lineman to
Speaker 1: stop the run? You know you've better give me, you know,
Speaker 1: thirty eight snaps a game of impressive football play. If
Speaker 1: you can give me that, then you are you are
Speaker 1: a game changer in a scheme changer. All right, Let's
Speaker 1: let's break it down a little bit. Because in twenty
Speaker 1: twenty as a freshman, played ten games two hundred eighty
Speaker 1: seven snaps. Is a sophomore in twenty twenty one played
Speaker 1: in all fifteen games three hundred ninety six snaps, and
Speaker 1: then this past season ten games because he missed five
Speaker 1: with an MCO three hundred eight snaps. He had eighteen tackles,
Speaker 1: He had a twenty five total pressures, five quarterback hits,
Speaker 1: and three sacks. So this is what you're talking about,
Speaker 1: because at Georgia, even on the offense side of that,
Speaker 1: they rotate in a lot of guys, right, you know,
Speaker 1: but two is you know, is he the type of
Speaker 1: guy that every time they break the huddle defensively speaking
Speaker 1: for the Bears, and are they as the offensive line
Speaker 1: and the protection gonna be, you know, concentrating everything on
Speaker 1: making sure identify where he is. Does he line up
Speaker 1: on one spot? Does he like to pick and choose?
Speaker 1: Does he like to pick on the worst pass protector
Speaker 1: on you know, the opponent's offensive line. So you know,
Speaker 1: you play against guys like that during the course of
Speaker 1: your career that because of the protection, the direction you
Speaker 1: want to go, you got to locate him and then
Speaker 1: you got to make some calls go into the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage. Well, you look at his length and his
Speaker 1: size and the space that he eats. He's got to
Speaker 1: lead quickness and agility and a really good get off
Speaker 1: at the line of scrimmage. And you're thinking about Matt
Speaker 1: Eberflus's defense and Alan Williams and what kind of size
Speaker 1: that they had in Indianapolis at the inside position. Obviously
Speaker 1: three technique is the critical aspect of things. But you know,
Speaker 1: you get a defensive lineman from the interior like that,
Speaker 1: and as a guard to yourself, you know what that means.
Speaker 1: That's a quick quicker steps to the quarterback from the
Speaker 1: interior position, which can collapse and force the quarterback to
Speaker 1: move to either side and get your ends to take
Speaker 1: care of business. It'll be interesting to see where they
Speaker 1: go here and what kind of player, because they need
Speaker 1: both inside and they need edge rushers. You know what else,
Speaker 1: if you take a guy on the interior like that
Speaker 1: and he's great, every snap he goes with the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage, every time, they know what hand the center
Speaker 1: is gonna snap the ball with. Now, if you've got
Speaker 1: a center that's thinking about, wow, i gotta get this
Speaker 1: snap up quick because the defensive lineman's gonna be into
Speaker 1: me so fast I'm not gonna have any power. Then
Speaker 1: the next thing you know, I'm gonna be in the
Speaker 1: lap of the quarterback. So two is you know when
Speaker 1: you have a guy like that, and how much if
Speaker 1: he affects multiple thinking in if he's a great player
Speaker 1: from the offensive coordinator to the center, the center, quarterback,
Speaker 1: exchange to the quarterback, how much time he has and
Speaker 1: then the direction of the protection that they've called in
Speaker 1: the huddle. Well, you know, we played Kansas City a
Speaker 1: couple of years ago, so him in preseason obviously not
Speaker 1: the same analysis, but watching Chris Jones play and moving
Speaker 1: him on the outside, the way he angles and attacks
Speaker 1: the guard position, I want somebody like that certainly to
Speaker 1: be as disruptive as possible. Even if he's not getting home,
Speaker 1: he's causing a lot of problems for your offer, right.
Speaker 1: And you know you have Clark and green Bay also,
Speaker 1: who's a heck of a defensive tackle. And he's a
Speaker 1: guy that single handedly can slow down the running game
Speaker 1: from the inside shoulder of each offensive guard. And when
Speaker 1: you can take up and command that much space, your linebackers,
Speaker 1: your defensive ends, everybody's gonna play better because of it.
Speaker 1: And I know there's a lot of emphasis on the
Speaker 1: role of the three technique defensive tackle in this type
Speaker 1: of scheme, but you have a guy that's overwhelmingly dominating
Speaker 1: over the center position that makes your three technique tackle
Speaker 1: even better. So, non playoff teams like the Bears, they've
Speaker 1: been in the bunker. They've been in the bunker already
Speaker 1: after that end of season news conference. Ryan Bowles and
Speaker 1: his crew are in it now looking at free agency,
Speaker 1: getting ready for the draft. You got the scouts at
Speaker 1: the All Star Games, the free agent plan being formulated,
Speaker 1: and you watch conference playoff games this weekend, so you
Speaker 1: get a head start. But you'd rather be in those
Speaker 1: games San Francisco at Philly, Kansas City hosting Cincinnati. You'd
Speaker 1: rather be doing playoff prep today rather than roster prep.
Speaker 1: But this is the hand you're dealt, and the Bears
Speaker 1: are in a prime position to really do some damage.
Speaker 1: And I can't wait to see it all unfold. It's
Speaker 1: not all gonna happen at once. We keep touching on
Speaker 1: that it's not all gonna but this this should be
Speaker 1: a markedly improved roster in twenty twenty three. Well, you know,
Speaker 1: you gotta look at the two teams in the NFC.
Speaker 1: You know, the San Francisco in Philly, the Bears beat
Speaker 1: the San Francisco forty nine ers, and I know that
Speaker 1: they were starting an inexperienced quarterback in a deluge of
Speaker 1: a rainstorm that day, but the Bears were still able
Speaker 1: to do And then they took it right down to
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter when they played the Philadelphia Eagles. So
Speaker 1: there's somewhere that you've got to start convincing yourself you're
Speaker 1: not a law You're not a long way away from
Speaker 1: where these teams are when you look at what you're
Speaker 1: able to do, and then you think about the San
Speaker 1: Francisco forty nine ers, are they the and I don't
Speaker 1: mean any disrespect the Trey Lance, but are these guys
Speaker 1: the luckiest team in the NFL? Because they convinced themselves
Speaker 1: that Trey Lance was the starting quarterback at the beginning
Speaker 1: of the year so much that they ignored Jimmy Garoppolo.
Speaker 1: And then immediately when Trey Lance was injured, Jimmy came
Speaker 1: in as the savior and then they were injured. And
Speaker 1: now because and I hate that term that because I
Speaker 1: think it's disrespectful when you say, mister irrelevant. It's just
Speaker 1: that Brock, he happens to be the last player allowed
Speaker 1: to be picked in the draft. And you see how
Speaker 1: great of a player he's become. They had not that
Speaker 1: he's become. How great of a player that he is. Oh,
Speaker 1: he's efficient, He's just efficient, and he knows what he's doing.
Speaker 1: He can read the field, and uh, he believes in himself.
Speaker 1: That's first and foremost. He's not out there scared at
Speaker 1: one bit the poise of this quarterback. And I know
Speaker 1: things like this aggravate you they the Trey lance probably
Speaker 1: aggravates you, but but he did get hurt as the season,
Speaker 1: you know. And then the New York Jets quarterback boy
Speaker 1: Zachy Trey getting injured as part of the game. But
Speaker 1: the whole Zach Wilson thing where you know, you've been
Speaker 1: scouted and they've had spent hundreds of thousands and dollars
Speaker 1: and determined that he's the number two pick and all
Speaker 1: the NFL draft and they never paid any attention to party.
Speaker 1: I you know, well, you know, and this is the
Speaker 1: problem with quarterbacks many This why some are gonna drive
Speaker 1: up in this draft, you would think, because there doesn't
Speaker 1: seem to be a star studded list, but I think
Speaker 1: some will. Somebody's gonna fall in love with somebody and
Speaker 1: that happens. It's it's like a beautiful woman, big Tom.
Speaker 1: You know that the quarterback position you just and you
Speaker 1: know how many times you've been in love. You're a
Speaker 1: little heartbreaker, all right, Tom? There? Jeff Jonah Yack here
Speaker 1: on Bears All Access. Thanks to our producer Tonight, Adam
Speaker 1: Stezinski in the score studios, Dan Brilli and Jordan Treadop
Speaker 1: helping us out as well. We'll take our first break.
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Speaker 1: a better world. Jeff and Tom with you tonight. It's
Speaker 1: a no guest night. It's just us for the whole hour,
Speaker 1: So welcome back and thanks for listening tonight on a
Speaker 1: snowy Wednesday, I'm many inches you get over there and
Speaker 1: Juliet big time, ah about five? Yeah, you shovel or
Speaker 1: did you let it? Just gonna let him melt? Shoveled
Speaker 1: and you know, pitched into some neighbors houses around the block,
Speaker 1: and uh, you know that's what we do here. You
Speaker 1: are America's good guy. You are helping helping everybody in
Speaker 1: your in your great town of Julie. I love that.
Speaker 1: I Unfortunately didn't get my Sarry rear Wren out there
Speaker 1: to do even the sidewalk, so I need to get
Speaker 1: on that though, that's for sure. But a little more
Speaker 1: snow coming on the weekend when we'll be camped out
Speaker 1: watching conference playoff games, and I wanted to talk about
Speaker 1: this and take you down memory lane a little bit
Speaker 1: because your conference final games, obviously the very first one
Speaker 1: you were in, you guys made the made the big game,
Speaker 1: big game win over the Rams. You shut them out.
Speaker 1: January twelfth, nineteen eighty six. After at twenty one, nothing
Speaker 1: went over the Giants. You go up ten zip. Then
Speaker 1: Willie Golf got a twenty two yard touchdown from Jim McMahon.
Speaker 1: And by the way, congratulations Jim mcmanhy's a new grandpa.
Speaker 1: Did you see that. Yeah, his youngest son, Zach had
Speaker 1: a baby. Yeah. His ex wife Nancy sent me some pictures.
Speaker 1: You know. So that's your version of social media, is
Speaker 1: the ex wives sending you pictures. Because I saw it
Speaker 1: on Twitter and it looks Jim McMahon holding that baby.
Speaker 1: That was beautiful. I love see. I grew up really
Speaker 1: close to those guys when we all played for the Bear,
Speaker 1: so I spent a lot of time with all of
Speaker 1: his kids, and I still have a great friendship with
Speaker 1: all of them. But anyway, so let's go back and
Speaker 1: talk about that, because you guys clearly dominated that game.
Speaker 1: It was It was a complete and the score may
Speaker 1: have only been twenty four nothing, but that was complete
Speaker 1: dominance against the La Rams. What do you remember about
Speaker 1: the preparation for that game? And in the end result
Speaker 1: obviously was a beauty wilbur finished it off in the
Speaker 1: snow and a fifty two yard fumble returned touchdown. You
Speaker 1: know what, you know what was their point of ehesus
Speaker 1: offensively speaking, And that's kind of what your challenge is
Speaker 1: on our side of the ball. So you think if
Speaker 1: you have Eric Dickerson on one side and he got
Speaker 1: Walter Payton on the other, So now it's our Our
Speaker 1: goal is to make sure that we make sure the
Speaker 1: running game is as important as it's been up until
Speaker 1: that point in the season. And that's first and foremost.
Speaker 1: The role of the offense is to have a time
Speaker 1: consumption offense that gets a lot of rushing yards and
Speaker 1: then as complimented by the passing game and then McMahon
Speaker 1: calling some audibles. I think I think he might have
Speaker 1: audible and a lot of scrimmage and ran in for
Speaker 1: a touchdown too. So you know, back in those days,
Speaker 1: it was probably more boring preparation because we are going
Speaker 1: over the exact same running plays that we inserted day
Speaker 1: one of the season and it was down to playoff time.
Speaker 1: Oh you guys ran at thirty three for ninety one yards,
Speaker 1: So it wasn't that's awful. Yeah, I'm just telling you
Speaker 1: what happened. Yeah, what were you expecting against that Rams defense?
Speaker 1: You know, I was hoping that we would have, you know,
Speaker 1: in the high one hundreds in terms of rushing. But
Speaker 1: thirty three carries, that's just a time can assuming right?
Speaker 1: You guys own the clock you had. You had about
Speaker 1: a ten minute advantage on the clock. And I love
Speaker 1: just going back because I wanted to know, like the
Speaker 1: story behind the story here in that game. But the
Speaker 1: defense shut them down. I mean, they did run for
Speaker 1: eighty six yards, but would he do sixty six passing
Speaker 1: yards on ten completions in that game for dieter Brock.
Speaker 1: Tell me a story about the dieter Brock experience. Dieter
Speaker 1: Brock was just a little guy who was using an
Speaker 1: offense that Eric Dickerson was their key to success. And
Speaker 1: if you go back and you look at their other
Speaker 1: play you know, the outskirt players and the receivers and
Speaker 1: the tight ends, there wasn't any you know, guys, you
Speaker 1: know all pros. I don't think of the team at
Speaker 1: that point, and Dieter had no escapability. There was no
Speaker 1: way that he was going to run away from the
Speaker 1: defensive pressure that Buddy Ryan was gonna put on him.
Speaker 1: But I think it was always it might have been
Speaker 1: a fourth and one where they were going to run
Speaker 1: the ball with Eric Dickerson and my Singletary met him
Speaker 1: directly in the whole. It could have had a third one.
Speaker 1: I thought it was a fourth and one though, because
Speaker 1: it was a play that they still play on all
Speaker 1: the marquee plays of a middle linebacker making a big
Speaker 1: play against a big player, and yeah Singletary against Eric Dickerson,
Speaker 1: it was just a great play, right, and Les Fraser
Speaker 1: had an interception in that one. And he is a
Speaker 1: coaching candidate again, should he so get some interviews now
Speaker 1: that the Bills are out, and at sixty three, still
Speaker 1: would like to see him get another crack at it.
Speaker 1: So let's now take it to nineteen eighty eight. That
Speaker 1: one didn't go so well. Obviously you lost to the
Speaker 1: forty nine ers Montana de Rice twice. John Frank, who
Speaker 1: I believe now is as a dentist, Is that right,
Speaker 1: doctor okay, third quarter he scored a touchdown. It was
Speaker 1: zero winschill twenty degrees and I remember being in the
Speaker 1: locker room covering that after and guys were still cold.
Speaker 1: But it wasn't It didn't go well, Big Tom, What
Speaker 1: do you remember about the preparation for that taking on
Speaker 1: that Bill Walsh led San Francisco forty nine, getting suckered
Speaker 1: into the pregame hype that just because that they were
Speaker 1: coming to Soldier Field and the conditions were going to
Speaker 1: be so awful, that they were coming into bare weather,
Speaker 1: and it was almost like they were just going to
Speaker 1: come in here, lay down, and we are going to
Speaker 1: beat them like we had the success during the course
Speaker 1: of the season, then go on to the Super Bowl.
Speaker 1: That was our plan. Unfortunately, San Francisco they didn't cooperate
Speaker 1: because they had a great team, they had a great coach,
Speaker 1: they had explosiveness, they had a great defense. You know,
Speaker 1: earlier in the year we played them on Monday Night
Speaker 1: football at Soldier Field and we only beat him ten
Speaker 1: to nine. So it wasn't like we were rolling into
Speaker 1: that conference championship game flying high because we you know,
Speaker 1: we beat them earlier in the year and that was
Speaker 1: probably one of the more physical games that I played
Speaker 1: in in my career. That that ten to nine game. Well,
Speaker 1: they had some pro bowlers there, remember Michael Carter. Oh yeah, medalist,
Speaker 1: silver medalist, and the Olympics first shot put Charles Haley
Speaker 1: at outside linebacker. Saw what he was at the NFC
Speaker 1: Divisional game last weekend and uh, looking good. He had
Speaker 1: eleven and a half sacks that year. I remember defensive
Speaker 1: end by named Larry Roberts. Oh, yeah, of course, Yeah,
Speaker 1: you remember all these guys. Yeah, do you remember anything
Speaker 1: about your own preparation for these conference championships? Um, you
Speaker 1: know two different times, you know, at this at the beginning,
Speaker 1: at the first year that I was with the Bears,
Speaker 1: that we were getting ready for the NFC championship game,
Speaker 1: I was kind of following in the jet dust of
Speaker 1: what these guys have already started in nineteen eighty four,
Speaker 1: and I was just trying to hang on and keep
Speaker 1: up and contribute, which was expected of me because of
Speaker 1: what happened in eighty four. And I became just familiar
Speaker 1: with you know, the ID home and everything, and you
Speaker 1: know how determined these guys were when they did get
Speaker 1: beat by San Francisco to come back and have a
Speaker 1: big year. And so that was my experience in that
Speaker 1: round of the playoffs. And then, like I said, we
Speaker 1: kind of got suckered into thinking that we are going
Speaker 1: to win the game against San Francisco the second time around,
Speaker 1: because we did beat him in a physical game during
Speaker 1: the course of the year, but weather and conditions and
Speaker 1: everything kind of you know, we were sold on the
Speaker 1: fact that they were going to come in and collapse
Speaker 1: because of the temperature. And your group did not go
Speaker 1: back to another conference championship game and not another one
Speaker 1: for the Bears until the two thousand and six conference
Speaker 1: championship win over the New Orleans Saints at Soldier Field.
Speaker 1: I'm sure it's still aggravates you to this day. In
Speaker 1: any game I've ever played at in my entire career,
Speaker 1: losing that NFC championship game at home again to San
Speaker 1: Francisco forty nine ers is the one that's left the
Speaker 1: most indelible mark of any game. And listen, I lost
Speaker 1: four times against US in college. I got beat in
Speaker 1: the Sugar Bowl for the National Championship game, I got
Speaker 1: beat in the USFL Championship game. I've been beat in
Speaker 1: games that I know the impact and how much they
Speaker 1: mean to a team, But losing that San Francisco game
Speaker 1: that haunts me worse than any game I've ever been around.
Speaker 1: Who beat you in the USFL championship game Philadelphia Stars
Speaker 1: O N Jim Morris senior Calvin Bryant was a great
Speaker 1: running back. Might have been Chuck Fusina the quarterback. There's
Speaker 1: interesting USFL getting started up again in April. I believe, yes,
Speaker 1: it is all right. We're gonna take another break down there.
Speaker 1: Jeff Joni here on Bears All Access will take a
Speaker 1: look at it's some of the interesting nuggets about what's
Speaker 1: going on in the league in terms of coaches, who's
Speaker 1: going where. We'll touch on some of the all star
Speaker 1: games and look at some of the awards that will
Speaker 1: be given out on February ninth, including Coach of the
Speaker 1: Year finalists and MVP finalists. This is Bears All Access.
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Speaker 1: tonight in the score Studios. Appreciate you being alongside Tom.
Speaker 1: I was watching and digging into some of this draft
Speaker 1: coverage now, just getting ready the initial stages of getting
Speaker 1: ready for what is a lot of research for the
Speaker 1: next several weeks and months before the draft. And one
Speaker 1: of the best ones is the job that Dane Brogler
Speaker 1: of the Athletic puts together. It's called the Beast. It's
Speaker 1: so it's so much information. I don't know how one
Speaker 1: man could put that all together, but it was just
Speaker 1: looking at you know what some of the top picks
Speaker 1: are going to be put. Edge rusher is the top
Speaker 1: position in this year's class as of right now, and
Speaker 1: a difficult position to kind of rank in terms because
Speaker 1: teams want different types of guys, but edge rusher and
Speaker 1: then corner and tight end. So when you look at
Speaker 1: the Bears, obviously every position is up for an improvement, right,
Speaker 1: That's the way you got to look at it. So
Speaker 1: and I like what Ryan Pole said at this season ender,
Speaker 1: He's gonna focus on value in the draft. So no
Speaker 1: matter what you gotta focus on value and make sure
Speaker 1: that you're getting the right guy for your team based
Speaker 1: on value. And you're not just picking everybody's a top
Speaker 1: favorite guys. You're the value picks because guys are gonna
Speaker 1: fall and rise based on whatever everybody else wants. And
Speaker 1: that is a smart approach, and that has to be
Speaker 1: the approach. But I think, Jeff, that's the same thing
Speaker 1: I brought up when we talked about Jalen Carter. Value
Speaker 1: is how many snaps are you giving me? I think
Speaker 1: there's value in the aisle the beholder. You say, Okay,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go out there and evaluate this edge rusher.
Speaker 1: He's got explosiveness off the line of scrimmage like I've
Speaker 1: never seen out of two to three guys I've come
Speaker 1: across in this league, and his explosiveness is so dominant.
Speaker 1: That's the one trait you need to have in order
Speaker 1: to be an edge rusher. If you think you're gonna
Speaker 1: be a slow edge rusher, it's not gonna happen. So
Speaker 1: that's what you have to go out and you look
Speaker 1: at the value of what they offer you, determining upon
Speaker 1: competitive position. But when you talk about Carter, I've seen him. Man,
Speaker 1: he can do everything great. He's as dominant as a
Speaker 1: player as there been at his level. That's gonna carry
Speaker 1: his talents to the next level. But you got to
Speaker 1: make sure. And it kind of seems to me that
Speaker 1: he's on that trajectory when you talk about the number
Speaker 1: of snaps, he's increased every year during his career. So,
Speaker 1: like you said, whether you're looking at a tight end, cornerback,
Speaker 1: or edge rusher, there's gonna be one dominant trade that
Speaker 1: you need to see out of every one of these positions,
Speaker 1: and do they present that to you first? All right?
Speaker 1: He also has ten corners in his top seventy five picks,
Speaker 1: and he graded five tight ends top fifty players overall,
Speaker 1: which he says is rare. So if you're looking to
Speaker 1: add another tight end to the mix for the Bears,
Speaker 1: what kind of tight end are you looking for? You know,
Speaker 1: give me another coal, you know, give me a guy
Speaker 1: that's can be a playmaker on the edge, that's a
Speaker 1: good in line blocker, that has instincts that are developing
Speaker 1: throughout his career. I don't think I'm gonna go and say, okay,
Speaker 1: now I need to have this six one, two hundred
Speaker 1: and forty pound tight end to split him out wide. Listen,
Speaker 1: I need a group of tight ends that are willing,
Speaker 1: a capable of play and everything that's asked of the
Speaker 1: tight end position on this team. And I think every
Speaker 1: tight end on this team this year was capable of
Speaker 1: doing that same thing, because I don't want you to
Speaker 1: bring in a tight end that, yeah, he's got a trait,
Speaker 1: but he's only really good at one thing, and that's
Speaker 1: splitting him out wide on third and long to try
Speaker 1: to get a mismask mismatch coverage, because when I looked
Speaker 1: at it, you know, Day Montgomery, Khalil Herbert and the
Speaker 1: running back and the running game philosophy here is still
Speaker 1: one of the main points of desire. Would you rather
Speaker 1: let let me put it to you this way? Put
Speaker 1: your personnel cap on play GM for a minute. What
Speaker 1: are you doing free agency by position versus draft? Do
Speaker 1: you care what side of the ball you're working on
Speaker 1: on that free agent side versus the draft? You know,
Speaker 1: So when Ryan Pace brought in Riley Reef and Michael Scofield,
Speaker 1: and I looked at him the first couple of days
Speaker 1: on the field, I was really wasn't so sure that
Speaker 1: these guys could even play anymore. But both of them
Speaker 1: proved over a period of time of being on the
Speaker 1: practice field that they could. So if Ryan pace fields
Speaker 1: and all of his background as an offensive lineman, there's
Speaker 1: a young offensive lineman that's out there that's gonna be
Speaker 1: a plugging day one starter when you go and you
Speaker 1: spend that money on him. But he's got a career
Speaker 1: that's gonna last another five or six years. And so
Speaker 1: at the late stages that he brought in Michael Schofield
Speaker 1: and Riley Reef, that's what he was able to bring
Speaker 1: in at that point. But if you're out ahead of
Speaker 1: this thing and Ryan really feels that he can identify
Speaker 1: an immediate starter on the offensive line, whatever position he
Speaker 1: thinks is the most important, then I respect his decision
Speaker 1: making in the offensive linement. He brought a board the
Speaker 1: free agents and the rookies that he drafted, So right there,
Speaker 1: if there's a guy that you want to spend money
Speaker 1: on a free agency, I would allow him. I would
Speaker 1: wish he would do that. You know a lot of
Speaker 1: folks are and I see it almost every day, looking
Speaker 1: to maybe make a trade for arizonas Hopkins, the wide
Speaker 1: receiver is that something that would interest you. It would,
Speaker 1: but you know the thing about it is it would
Speaker 1: interest me because he's a dynamic player, and he's got
Speaker 1: the type of speed and if he could develop a
Speaker 1: relationship with a quarterback, I think he could contribute a
Speaker 1: lot to your offense. However, when I'm talking to a
Speaker 1: free agent that's moving on for his third time, I
Speaker 1: need to have eye contact with him. I need to
Speaker 1: have a conversation in the room so I could judge
Speaker 1: the importance that football plays in his life. And you
Speaker 1: could do that by having a conversation. You can have
Speaker 1: those types of indicators. You can ask the types of
Speaker 1: questions that you immediately know what answer you want to hear.
Speaker 1: So he would be hard not to have interest in.
Speaker 1: But I'm not gonna go and immediately put him, you know,
Speaker 1: at the top of my payroll. He is thirty, will
Speaker 1: be thirty one by the season opener, so I'm looking
Speaker 1: more in the twenty six, twenty seven, twenty five year
Speaker 1: old range for guys in free agency. So I want
Speaker 1: him here, like your building, So I want him here
Speaker 1: right Well, that's kind of like my thinking philosophy for
Speaker 1: what I would would hope Ryan would have when you're
Speaker 1: looking at offensive lineman, you're not looking into to bring
Speaker 1: in a thirty something. You're looking to bring in a
Speaker 1: twenty something that all of a sudden, he played so
Speaker 1: well he gets rewarded with this contract because he's in
Speaker 1: some type of unique situation on his team. And then
Speaker 1: Ryan goes and makes a decision there and from day
Speaker 1: one he comes here for Chris Morgan the offensive line
Speaker 1: at OTAs and he's in place. All right, I told
Speaker 1: you this earlier this week because you are not on
Speaker 1: Twitter or any of the social platforms, but Braxton Jones
Speaker 1: named to Pro Football Writers Association of America All Rookie
Speaker 1: Team at left tackle, the only guy of the Bears
Speaker 1: to play every snap, one of the few guys in
Speaker 1: the league to play every snap, outstanding honor and given
Speaker 1: the growing pains of that position. As a fifth round
Speaker 1: I think that's pretty solid of a review by the
Speaker 1: experts out there. Oh no kidding, you know, Jeff, I
Speaker 1: hope in ten years from now, we're having a conversation
Speaker 1: about Braxton Jones and we're saying, there, look at this guy.
Speaker 1: Remember him as a rookie, when he was that tall, skinny,
Speaker 1: underdeveloped player that was able to survive on athleticism and
Speaker 1: coaching alone. And now look what this guy has grown into.
Speaker 1: That's I hope for Braxton because he's not going to
Speaker 1: be able to survive on his skills only at this level.
Speaker 1: He has to increase his skills fundamentally technique and inside
Speaker 1: the weight room. And if he's willing to make that
Speaker 1: type of dedication, you know, I hope in ten years
Speaker 1: we're talking about a lifelong you know, Pro Bowl, all
Speaker 1: pro career, Pro Bowl. Don't get me started yet, get
Speaker 1: me started. I won't get you started on that. I
Speaker 1: won't even touch it. Also, I got to give a
Speaker 1: shout out to Jaquon Brisker. I know he cares a
Speaker 1: lot about being great, he cares a lot about his
Speaker 1: day to day and he wants to be the man
Speaker 1: back there in that secondary. But he doesn't forget where
Speaker 1: he came from. So today on Twitter he sends out
Speaker 1: to thank you. Six years ago today, my guy, Mark Duda,
Speaker 1: the head coach at Lakawana Junior College, came to his
Speaker 1: high school, gave me a chance. He got in all
Speaker 1: capital letters, a special one from the city. Appreciate coach
Speaker 1: till this day for that one of the best decisions
Speaker 1: I've made in my life. Thank you for everything. Coach
Speaker 1: tells me a lot about the man right there. If
Speaker 1: you remember the people who got you where you are
Speaker 1: right now, and maybe you were headed down a wrong path. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it was a Duda told him this was his last chance,
Speaker 1: like this was going to be it Lakawana, was it
Speaker 1: you gotta And then he found himself grade wise and
Speaker 1: qualifying wise to get to Penn State and be a
Speaker 1: second round pick of the Bears. You know, it's amazing.
Speaker 1: So earlier in the day, I was going to ask
Speaker 1: you a question, is I was gonna say this far
Speaker 1: in advance of the draft, is there any positions on
Speaker 1: the Bears that you do not have to look at?
Speaker 1: I would say no, no, okay. So to me, I
Speaker 1: was thinking, if I had a position and I wouldn't
Speaker 1: have my first choice, I would be running back. I
Speaker 1: don't need to go out there in draft the running back.
Speaker 1: If I got David and I have Khalil, Okay, Well,
Speaker 1: you don't know if you're gonna have d right, And
Speaker 1: so I'm just saying that, you know, if I had
Speaker 1: them in place, I would I would be okay there
Speaker 1: in the biggest change of the course of the season
Speaker 1: has been the defensive backfield. And that's why I'm bringing
Speaker 1: it up because of Jiquan Brisker and then Kyler Gordon
Speaker 1: and then where Jalen's at in terms of his career.
Speaker 1: The defensive backfield and all the guys they had they
Speaker 1: got a chance to play during the course of the
Speaker 1: year that they have in game evaluations from. They're not
Speaker 1: trying to make a determination of their future just by
Speaker 1: you know, a hope that they continue to grow. So
Speaker 1: defensive backfield with Jiquon and because of guys like Jiquan
Speaker 1: and Kyler, it's probably be my most second and confident
Speaker 1: position at the end of the year. All right, stick around.
Speaker 1: That's Tom Fair. I'm Jeff Joniak, and this is Bears
Speaker 1: All Access with producer Adam Stadzinski from the Score or
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Speaker 1: segment of Bears All Access is brought to you by
Speaker 1: c d W People to get it with Tom Thayer,
Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Joniak. Welcome in to the program. A couple
Speaker 1: of segments to go, will preview the conference championships. In
Speaker 1: our final segment. First of all, you got the NFLPA
Speaker 1: Collegiate Bowl coming up on Saturday, the East West Shrine
Speaker 1: Game coming up in a while, and then the Senior Bowl. Tom,
Speaker 1: Do you do you enjoy watching these? Do you tape
Speaker 1: them and watch him? It's it's hard because you're not
Speaker 1: getting the actual coaches tape on these. But is this
Speaker 1: something that you do take a gander at as you
Speaker 1: prepare for your little draft analysis. Oh? No, I love
Speaker 1: watching them. I actually do because I kind of think
Speaker 1: back to my experiences when I went to these types
Speaker 1: of when I went to these types of All Star games. Sorry,
Speaker 1: so and Jeff, let me tell you a funny story.
Speaker 1: So when I went to the All Star Game, I
Speaker 1: went to the Hula Bowl out in Hawaii and we
Speaker 1: stayed at the Sheridan surf Rider, which is a hotel
Speaker 1: righting wyki Key Beach. When you enter the sharedan Surfrider,
Speaker 1: there's this grand set of stairs that kind of bring
Speaker 1: you up into the lobby and it overlooks the Pacific
Speaker 1: Ocean there wyk Key Beach. So when I was getting there,
Speaker 1: and there was no regulation of the agents at that time,
Speaker 1: when we walked in after we got off the butt,
Speaker 1: the flight to get us to the hotel. There was
Speaker 1: agents sitting on every stair with their cards in their
Speaker 1: hand and trying to like give you money or give
Speaker 1: you try to set up a meeting, get a conversation,
Speaker 1: try to get you off into distraction, to try to
Speaker 1: start selling themselves to you. And it was like that
Speaker 1: was my first exposure to it because at Notre Dame
Speaker 1: they didn't allow that to happen. So we come off
Speaker 1: the buses and the more popular guys in the football
Speaker 1: team they kind of knew what was going on, and
Speaker 1: so I get a kick out of it. So but
Speaker 1: my memory does go back to the game itself. When
Speaker 1: I went to the Hula Bowl. Jackie Sheryl, who was
Speaker 1: the head coach of pitt who was getting ready to
Speaker 1: take the Texan A, A and M job, was our coach,
Speaker 1: and he said, came to us today and we are
Speaker 1: going through the playbook the first day and he goes, well, man,
Speaker 1: we have Dan Marino, we have Willie Galt, and we
Speaker 1: had a couple of I goes, we're not going to
Speaker 1: run the ball very much Saturday. We are gonna throw
Speaker 1: the ball, as you know often, and we did, and
Speaker 1: that's what we did. We threw the ball. But you know,
Speaker 1: these guys that have the different experiences at these All
Speaker 1: Star Games, to me, it was a big thrill every
Speaker 1: time I got to meet or really see in person
Speaker 1: guys that I was reading about and studying, and you know,
Speaker 1: hearing about how great their careers have been. In nineteen
Speaker 1: eighty three Bowl, Yes, so what else did you play? Nothing?
Speaker 1: I was supposed to go from the Hula Bowl to
Speaker 1: the Japan Bowl, which most guys did. At that point
Speaker 1: where I was kind of burned out, I knew I
Speaker 1: had three combines to get ready for. So I just
Speaker 1: I pulled the plug and went back to school and
Speaker 1: got ready for the combines. Yeah, I'm looking at so
Speaker 1: Jimbo was on that team, obviously. I'm just looking at
Speaker 1: the roster now and think about this because a lot
Speaker 1: of these names you've never heard of ever again, But Jimbo.
Speaker 1: Dave Dressler from North Carolina, Yes, yes, second round draft
Speaker 1: choice of the Green Bay Packers. He's the guy that
Speaker 1: I'm always bitter against because I should have been drafted
Speaker 1: ahead of Dave and Tom Piett center from Michigan State.
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't even know some of these guys.
Speaker 1: Tim Crumry was on that team. Yes from uh oh,
Speaker 1: Dave Dewerson, yes, uh, Gary Kubiak, Interesting Dickerson, Roger craig Man.
Speaker 1: There was some names here, Buddy, Dave Remington, Bruce Matthews,
Speaker 1: Don Mosebar ye oh my gosh, yeah, some good ones.
Speaker 1: And Dan dan Marino was backed up by what quarterback?
Speaker 1: Gary Mike Hohensey, Oh, Michael, Yes, yes, you're right, you're right, Mike, yeah,
Speaker 1: out of University of Minnesota. All right. So that's that
Speaker 1: aspect of things. And this is the Falling in Love
Speaker 1: season two because you see some of these games and
Speaker 1: the week of practice is more important than the games, honestly. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl, all the scouts leave on Friday. They
Speaker 1: don't even wait for the game to watch the tape later.
Speaker 1: But it's the practices, the one on one matchups in
Speaker 1: the game, and you start seeing guys and you start
Speaker 1: to fall in love. So when the shows in weeks
Speaker 1: to come, you know, you know, I'm coming strong on somebody. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean it's usually it's usually the tiny but mighty
Speaker 1: guys like Antoine Winfield Junior that I love from Tampa Bay.
Speaker 1: It'll be a dB or something slight tight end. Yes, yes,
Speaker 1: a slight tight end. No. I I do fall in
Speaker 1: love with defensive backs for some reason. Uh and uh
Speaker 1: I like running backs. I do like running backs. Those
Speaker 1: are those are the kind of the guys I start
Speaker 1: falling in love with. All right, So coaching openings, Denver
Speaker 1: has has yet to ask for a second interview with
Speaker 1: Sean Payton, but you know they got a bunch of
Speaker 1: guys on their radar right now. Arizona, same story, Carolina.
Speaker 1: Steve Wilkes had two interviews already. Frank Reik had a
Speaker 1: second interview today. Reportedly Kellen Moore, the Dallas defensive excum
Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator, gonna get an interview there as well.
Speaker 1: Those are the names that you're hearing about right now.
Speaker 1: Dan Quinn will certainly be, Jonathan Gannon certainly will be
Speaker 1: the defensive coordinator at Philadelphia, just to name a few.
Speaker 1: You tuned into any of that, what's your opinion? Well,
Speaker 1: I'm I see I like Damiko Ryans, I like defensive
Speaker 1: coordinator of San Francisco, But now I'm kind of worried.
Speaker 1: Is he caught up in a Robert Sala type of
Speaker 1: the process of thinking that this guy is ready to
Speaker 1: be a head coach because he's coaching for a dominant
Speaker 1: offense and sometimes now the style about defense or playing
Speaker 1: is getting credit because they are playing with the time consuming,
Speaker 1: high scoring offense that they get to run against. So
Speaker 1: but I liked Miko Rhymes a lot. I think he's
Speaker 1: done a great job there, and I think the personality
Speaker 1: of the defense is really similar to the style of
Speaker 1: player he was. So you know, he's a guy that
Speaker 1: hasn't been into this coaching carousel and another retread who
Speaker 1: I would love to see him get his head coaching opportunity. HI.
Speaker 1: Coach of the Year candidates, you got Brian day Ball,
Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan, Nick Sirianni, Sean McDermott, Doug Peterson. Thoughts no
Speaker 1: Dan Campbell on that list, but I'm certain he'd get
Speaker 1: some votes if he were. These will be announced that
Speaker 1: February ninth. Who would you go with? Um? I really
Speaker 1: like what Doug Peterson did, only because of the trash
Speaker 1: heap they were during the whole experience they had with
Speaker 1: your Ohio State guy. I can't remember his name, you know,
Speaker 1: the last I didn't think he wanted to mention his name.
Speaker 1: So no, no, no, no, I'm sorry, just it's kind
Speaker 1: of forgotten about. But the trash heap where the Jacksonville
Speaker 1: Jaguars were at the end of last year, and you know,
Speaker 1: they had an interim head coach who really wanted to
Speaker 1: keep the job, but then they try to go they
Speaker 1: went completely on a different lane and picked Doug Peterson,
Speaker 1: who's had success, but he's been doing an unbelievable job
Speaker 1: with Trevor Simeon and Trevor Simeon, Trevor Lawrence and what
Speaker 1: his future is gonna be and Doug is you know,
Speaker 1: he's a heck of a football guy. All right. How
Speaker 1: about MVP. You got the four quarterbacks and Justin Jefferson,
Speaker 1: So Joe Burrow, Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Hurts, Josh Allen and
Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson. You know, it's hard to go away from
Speaker 1: steer away from Patrick Mahomes. And I know he's got
Speaker 1: a lot of talent around him and they have a
Speaker 1: comfortable offense that has been built around him. However, is
Speaker 1: built around him because he's got a lot of great
Speaker 1: skills and talents and innatability to do things that you
Speaker 1: don't necessarily practice. And with his teammates being aware of
Speaker 1: what his skills are peripety and downfield. You know, they
Speaker 1: stay alert and so to me, I like what Patrick
Speaker 1: Mahomes has been able to do. But I tell you,
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow, he really took a step forward in that
Speaker 1: Buffalo game too. I mean he's nipping at the heels
Speaker 1: of Patrick Mahomes. And I'm not gonna go through the
Speaker 1: whole list, but Brock Purty, my Iowa State guy, is
Speaker 1: a finalist for NFC excuse me for Offensive Rookie of
Speaker 1: the Year playing seven games with the playoffs included. But
Speaker 1: would that would that be okay with you to give
Speaker 1: him that honor not playing a full season. Finally, you
Speaker 1: know it's it's because you know the other guy is
Speaker 1: the who's the other Kenneth Walker? Yeah, the run of
Speaker 1: that Kenneth Walker. And then m Garrett Wilson from the
Speaker 1: Jamil Walker. When we went out to Seattle at the
Speaker 1: start of the year, he had an injury so he
Speaker 1: didn't get to play. And I was excited to see
Speaker 1: him because he had an explosive year at Michigan State.
Speaker 1: But when you look at the quarterback, especially the third
Speaker 1: team quarterback, and you're really not getting any yable reps
Speaker 1: really until you start becoming number two and then you're
Speaker 1: gonna get four or five a week. So considering what
Speaker 1: brock Purty has been able to do, making sure that
Speaker 1: he prepared himself in all the coaching time that he
Speaker 1: got from the coaches, that's all good and well, but
Speaker 1: it's about personal preparation that got brock Purdy ready. Defensive
Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year, Sauce Gardner, the Jets, Aiden Hutchinson, Lyons,
Speaker 1: Terek wooland the corner of the Big six four corner Seattle,
Speaker 1: where you going? I'm telling you, Aiden Hutchinson, he did
Speaker 1: better than what I thought he was going to be
Speaker 1: able to do. I thought he was a little long.
Speaker 1: But he plays inspired football. He allows his teammates to
Speaker 1: feed off of them. He plays on both ends of
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. He's got instincts for interceptions, but
Speaker 1: he can still get sacked. So I like what Hutchinson
Speaker 1: has done. But Sauce Gardner, here's a guy. Man. You
Speaker 1: may have one of the top corners in the na
Speaker 1: Football League for the next ten or twelve years, and
Speaker 1: if you hook into one of those guys and now
Speaker 1: you're really only responsible for three quarters of the field
Speaker 1: against the less than best receiver on the team that
Speaker 1: can do a lot for you. All right. Gotta compliment
Speaker 1: the work of former Bear tight end Greg Olsen on
Speaker 1: the The Fox Crew with Kevin Burkhardt, the number one
Speaker 1: crew they got the NFC Championship game coming up on
Speaker 1: Sunday at on Fox. Does a really good job. Tom
Speaker 1: from A's just a slightly removed from playing. He's worked
Speaker 1: at it, clearly. He teaches the game well, from the
Speaker 1: little things to the big things. I actually texted him
Speaker 1: on Monday about the job he did because I think
Speaker 1: he's doing an outstanding job. He's you know, he's not.
Speaker 1: There's nothing about it that speaks of anything then less
Speaker 1: than one hundred percent participation in getting ready to do
Speaker 1: this in a in a way that he does it
Speaker 1: at a very very high level. What do you think, Well,
Speaker 1: you're you're lucky I didn't have that head of hair
Speaker 1: or else. I don't know if you and I would
Speaker 1: be doing this show right, Yes, right, you're not pretty
Speaker 1: enough for television? Is that what you're telling me? Greg
Speaker 1: has done a great job, he really has. He's been
Speaker 1: done a great transformation from being a player to being
Speaker 1: a broadcaster, and I think because of the time and
Speaker 1: the preparation you put in it as an offensive player,
Speaker 1: especially the tight end position, because you have to know
Speaker 1: every wide receiver position, every offensive line and blocking position,
Speaker 1: and you have to know every responsibility of the running backs.
Speaker 1: And so Greg is really capitalized on his study habits,
Speaker 1: and I believe the son of a football coach. So
Speaker 1: that helps to get you set right away learning the game.
Speaker 1: All right, one more segment to go. We'll preview the
Speaker 1: conference championship games and from a Bears perspective, actually, we'll
Speaker 1: take a look at that with Tom in our final
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Speaker 1: Jeff joni Ac and Tom Fair before we preview the
Speaker 1: Conference Championship Games. Condolences to the lim Bramer's family. The
Speaker 1: radio legend at WXRT certainly a part of the soundtrack
Speaker 1: of our lives in this city, and the reaction from
Speaker 1: the entire community longtime veteran radio folks to listeners of
Speaker 1: all ages, has been at once compelling and so sincere
Speaker 1: and a real testament to who he was and just
Speaker 1: how cool he was. Tom and sports fan. I kind
Speaker 1: of think about some of these guys and how long
Speaker 1: they've been around, and the history and the traditions Amy
Speaker 1: to Chicago because he was a part of Chicago radio.
Speaker 1: When you pressed the button to get to his station,
Speaker 1: you know, back in the old days when we get
Speaker 1: drive our mom and dad car for the first time
Speaker 1: and AM and FM and you'd pressed the button and
Speaker 1: according to the station and you know, Lynn Man, he's
Speaker 1: a he's a staple of the Chicagoland community, and he's
Speaker 1: a guy. When you talk about the radio business, you
Speaker 1: only have to use one name, either his first name
Speaker 1: or his last name, and you know exactly who you're
Speaker 1: talking about, right, everybody's best friend. That's that's how that's
Speaker 1: how I was. You know, he had me on during
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl run on XRT to talk about the Bears,
Speaker 1: and he coined this for me, and I will never
Speaker 1: forget it. He finished the interview by saying, Jeff Joniac
Speaker 1: calling it like he's loving it, and I do, and
Speaker 1: that was that's an accurate description of my love of
Speaker 1: play by play of the Chicago Bears in the National
Speaker 1: Football League. All Right, So you know, condolences again, and
Speaker 1: certainly he will be missed, and his sports fandom in
Speaker 1: this town, certainly for the Cubs and and all these
Speaker 1: teams really profound. So it's a loss, no question about it.
Speaker 1: Conference Championship Games forty nine Ers looking to become the
Speaker 1: fourth team in the past ten years to lead the
Speaker 1: NFL in total defense and make the Super Bowl in
Speaker 1: the same year, I believe it or not. Only Seattle
Speaker 1: and Denver had done it during that time. That's roy
Speaker 1: I'm leaning towards here, even though it's a road tilt
Speaker 1: at Philadelphia time with the seventh round rookie quarterback, and
Speaker 1: not that the Eagles aren't, you know, going to be
Speaker 1: a difficult opponent in that place, but there's something about
Speaker 1: the forty nine ers and their attitude. I know the
Speaker 1: Eagles are a sack machine and they got a terrific
Speaker 1: quarterback right now and hurts, but I'm leaning towards the
Speaker 1: forty nine Ers for that reason. Of a balance football team,
Speaker 1: where are you? I'm gonna go with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Speaker 1: They're the most balanced football team in the NFL that's
Speaker 1: left in the playoffs. And back when we played him
Speaker 1: in the thirteenth game of the year, I had Doug
Speaker 1: make a comparison of numbers between the Philadelphia Eagles that
Speaker 1: were twelve and one and US eighty five Chicago Bears
Speaker 1: who were twelve and one at the time, and the
Speaker 1: numbers were super comparative, and it was the most confident
Speaker 1: football team that I ever walked out of the locker
Speaker 1: room within my life. And I think Philly is gonna
Speaker 1: be the same way. Purdy doesn't make horrific mistakes, but
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurtz can make game changing plays. How crazy is
Speaker 1: this the Eagles have? Now, this is from Babe Laffenberg,
Speaker 1: the analyst for the Dallas Cowboy Radio network. In the
Speaker 1: former quarterback, the Eagles have now made seven NFC title
Speaker 1: games since the Cowboys last NFC championship game. Yikes, right,
Speaker 1: that's a yikes. That's an ouch for sure. Okay, now
Speaker 1: let's look at Cincinnati. Zach Taylor's done a tremendous job.
Speaker 1: He'll be the third head coach in NFL history to
Speaker 1: pear in two Super Bowls within his first four years,
Speaker 1: joining Hall of Famer Joe Gibbs and future Hall of
Speaker 1: Famer Mike Tomlin. If they can pull it off with
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow taking their act to Kansas City, they've beating
Speaker 1: the Chiefs three straight times. Tommy, Yeah, you know, everything
Speaker 1: that's going to be talked about leading up to this
Speaker 1: game is going to be the two to quarterback positions.
Speaker 1: But I think you should talk about the two defensive
Speaker 1: lines because when you look at Trey Hendrickson and Sam Hubbard,
Speaker 1: what they need to do from the outside and containing
Speaker 1: a hobbled Patrick Mahomes. That can change the entirety of
Speaker 1: this other offense because a couple of years ago, when
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay beat him and they got Mahomes into a
Speaker 1: consistent back pedal, I would, first of all, I'd have
Speaker 1: to test his least favorite escapability with a bad ankle,
Speaker 1: and then I would attack repeatedly from that side and
Speaker 1: push him into his uncomfort uncomfort zone. And then you
Speaker 1: talk about Chris Jones and Kansas City. That's a great
Speaker 1: defensive line well, Bengals defensive quartering in lew a room
Speaker 1: all getting a lot of attention. He mixes it off,
Speaker 1: he makes you think, and he keeps it simple. And
Speaker 1: one final note before we go, Travis Kelsey has played
Speaker 1: in sixteen playoff games. That's a full season. Well, it
Speaker 1: will be a seventeenth game when he plays on Sunday.
Speaker 1: But one hundred twenty catches, thirteen hundred nine yards and
Speaker 1: fourteen touchdowns in the playoffs. That man is nasty good.
Speaker 1: That's a full season for somebody at a high level.
Speaker 1: He's done it in playoff games. So a guy to watch. Tom,
Speaker 1: You did a great job tonight, buddy. Don't be looking
Speaker 1: for any of those skinny tight ends now at the
Speaker 1: Senior ball. That's Tom Fair. Thanks to Adams Todisky here
Speaker 1: at the score, Dan Brilli and Jordan tread up as well.
Speaker 1: Gabra Mira is coming up next. This has been Bears
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