WEBVTT - Thomas Graham Jr. talks debut | All Access 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:03.440 Christmas, Bears fans, and happy Holiday's Tom There. Jeff Joniak 0:00:03.480 --> 0:00:05.840 with you on a Thursday edition of Bears All Access. 0:00:05.840 --> 0:00:08.080 We're brought to you by IGS Energy here on Chicago 0:00:08.119 --> 0:00:10.920 Sports Radio six seventy to Score. Thanks as always to 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:13.039 our producers Jordan trud Up, Dan BURRELLI and the folks 0:00:13.039 --> 0:00:14.920 here at the Score. They do a great job, and 0:00:15.000 --> 0:00:17.160 thank you all for listening. You're coming up on Sunday. 0:00:17.160 --> 0:00:20.200 In Seattle, they call it Boxing Day. Tom. I don't 0:00:20.200 --> 0:00:22.000 know if you're aware of this or not, but there 0:00:22.079 --> 0:00:24.840 is such a thing. It's back from the eighteen hundreds. 0:00:24.960 --> 0:00:28.440 Workers would have the day after Christmas would get boxes 0:00:28.520 --> 0:00:30.800 their gifts from their employers, and they'd get these big 0:00:30.840 --> 0:00:34.000 boxes of stuff. So it's called Boxing Day. First I've 0:00:34.000 --> 0:00:36.800 ever heard of it. Well, I appreciate the explanation and 0:00:36.880 --> 0:00:39.520 the history class of that. I should have probably paid 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:42.600 attention to an eighth grade or something, but that one 0:00:42.760 --> 0:00:45.120 went over the top of me. But so happy Boxing 0:00:45.240 --> 0:00:48.839 Day to everybody and great Northwest. I'll be expecting the 0:00:48.920 --> 0:00:51.320 day after Christmas a big box or something from you, Tom. 0:00:51.360 --> 0:00:54.120 How about it? How about a Bears win? That'll be 0:00:54.200 --> 0:00:56.720 nice in a box? I take a Bears win in 0:00:56.760 --> 0:00:58.960 a box, in the bag, in a balloon and a 0:00:59.000 --> 0:01:01.680 shopping cart, anyway you want to deliver it to me, 0:01:01.840 --> 0:01:05.399 Big Jeff, I'll be right besides you, gladly to take it. 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:07.200 Coming up in our next couple of segments, we'll be 0:01:07.280 --> 0:01:10.320 joined by Bears rookie cornerback Thomas Graham Junior. And then 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:13.440 later in the program, former Seattle receiver Michael Bumpus now 0:01:13.480 --> 0:01:15.640 on the Seahawks radio network as the pre and post 0:01:15.640 --> 0:01:18.280 game host, And we're gonna hear a little Bears defensive lineman. 0:01:18.319 --> 0:01:20.000 But Allow Nichols. He happens to be on the COVID 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:22.000 nineteen list. It was an interview I did with him 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:24.400 last week and news today a Keem Hicks goes on 0:01:24.440 --> 0:01:26.560 that list. Now tom So will not be in the 0:01:26.600 --> 0:01:29.479 game this week. A couple of guys come off, Andy 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:32.840 Dalton and Mario Edwards Junior. Sam Camara also off that list. 0:01:32.880 --> 0:01:36.039 He goes to the active roster and Ladarius mac goes 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:39.399 to the practice squad. So again, a couple of defensive 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:43.480 lineman against Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks. Yeah, you 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:46.199 know they're fortunate they did get back Mario Edwards Junior. 0:01:46.319 --> 0:01:49.560 I'm sure he's fresh and ready to play, and hopefully 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:51.840 he can have the bounds to the defensive line that 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:55.400 a Keem Hicks did last week against the Minnesota Vikings. 0:01:55.400 --> 0:01:58.160 But what a shame, what a shame to him only 0:01:58.200 --> 0:02:02.280 be around for the Minnesota the Vikings game, and you know, 0:02:02.360 --> 0:02:04.760 hopefully he'll be around for the Giants in the next 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:08.280 Minnesota game. But you know, the first concern of everything 0:02:08.320 --> 0:02:11.040 as a team's health. So that's all. I just wish 0:02:11.120 --> 0:02:13.400 the best for that. Already, Burns and Duke Shelley also 0:02:13.440 --> 0:02:15.959 coming off that list earlier in the week. So more 0:02:15.960 --> 0:02:19.000 options in the secondary as well. We're all interested. And 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:21.400 you know, jermainea. Fetti met the media to daytime and 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:24.040 he talked about what he you know, he knows Russell Wilson, 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:27.600 he protected him for four years. He's intrigued by the 0:02:27.680 --> 0:02:31.280 Justin Fields Russell Wilson matchups as he wishes who was 0:02:31.280 --> 0:02:35.120 a national televised game, because I think he sees similarities there, 0:02:35.120 --> 0:02:37.800 and that's been a topic all week. What are the similarities. 0:02:38.240 --> 0:02:40.360 I don't know what you feel about about it, because 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:44.800 they're different body types. In my opinion, obviously a guy 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:48.760 in Russell Wilson established himself a Super Bowl champion, the 0:02:48.800 --> 0:02:51.680 whole bit, done a great job using that athleticism, but 0:02:52.120 --> 0:02:54.120 also just being able to pull the trigger from the 0:02:54.160 --> 0:02:57.280 pocket and lead his team, an outstanding leader for the 0:02:57.320 --> 0:02:59.840 Seattle States. Yeah, but Jeff, you know, we've been fortunate 0:02:59.880 --> 0:03:02.080 to have a long enough broadcasting career, but we've been 0:03:02.120 --> 0:03:06.640 around for the entirety of these players the length of 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:10.840 their career. And when you think of Russell Wilson, what 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:12.600 he was doing to the Bears at the beginning of 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:15.800 his career, how of a well conditioned athlete he was, 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:18.760 how that took a toll on the Bears as a defense, 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:21.639 and many opponents are on the National Football League. If 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:25.120 Justin has the potential to grow into a player like 0:03:25.280 --> 0:03:28.640 Russell Wilson, I'd be good benefit Bears for years to come. 0:03:28.800 --> 0:03:31.600 Offensive coordinator Bill Lazier also expected to be back this 0:03:31.639 --> 0:03:34.520 week earlier today, and what he expects to see and 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:37.360 what he expects from Justin Fields in the final three 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:42.280 games of the season, Well, I would go everything constant development. 0:03:42.320 --> 0:03:44.640 That would be the boring answer. You know, I think 0:03:45.680 --> 0:03:48.360 some of the stuff you see from the game is 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:53.600 only learned from experience, which is here's the play. I 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:57.200 don't like what I see right here. How do I 0:03:57.280 --> 0:04:01.320 keep my thread of running and make it really positive 0:04:01.360 --> 0:04:05.280 for the offense? How do I make sure that worst 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:10.680 case scenario i'd take, someone just gets lucky and tackles 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:13.440 me for a very small sack and not a big one. 0:04:14.160 --> 0:04:15.960 You know, we just we just I just think as 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:18.640 an offense, you know, you see the big errors that 0:04:18.839 --> 0:04:23.719 hurt us and so but no, I'm I'm I'm all 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:29.800 excited about continued growth, continued development. Coach every detail. It 0:04:29.960 --> 0:04:32.080 is like I said that the first answer was the 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:34.240 boring answer. It is a little bit boring because it's 0:04:34.240 --> 0:04:36.839 just a grind, you know. Coach t Filippo just grinds 0:04:36.880 --> 0:04:39.040 them all the time. And that's that's how that's how 0:04:39.080 --> 0:04:41.440 we all get better. How did that conversation time? For me? 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:43.599 What I pull out is too you know, if you 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:46.799 are going to get sacked and seattle as a defense 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:49.520 that can't sack the quarterback, you know, limit the damage, 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:52.920 can't have the big fourteen fifteen yard sacks. Yeah, or 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:55.719 justin fall into the rhythm of the offense. You know 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:59.640 your initial read, know your secondary read quickly and then 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:02.120 if you you have to eject the pocket, use your 0:05:02.160 --> 0:05:05.120 god giving ability to make the most out of the play. 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:08.320 So it is a grind because when you look at 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:10.520 a playbook and you hear Matt Naggee talk or any 0:05:10.520 --> 0:05:13.480 of these coordinators along the line, you have a selection 0:05:13.600 --> 0:05:16.039 or three or four hundred plays throughout the course of 0:05:16.080 --> 0:05:18.920 a career in a lifetime, and the grind is learning 0:05:18.920 --> 0:05:22.760 every one of those plays perfectly so you can master 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:26.160 them and then used to the rhythm of the offense 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:29.520 every time you call one. China say also a big 0:05:29.560 --> 0:05:32.360 topic of conversation. It was real quant Smith, he's mythed 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:34.480 He says, it's a travesty that he wasn't named to 0:05:34.520 --> 0:05:36.320 the Pro Bowl. I know how you feel about it. 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:39.680 All pros better than Pro Bowl popularity contests, but there 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:43.120 is something about it, you know, that kind of lingers 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:46.160 with guys a like Ogletree, same thing. You know, they're 0:05:46.160 --> 0:05:49.200 they're feeling there's an injustice here. Yeah, you know, that's 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:52.919 kind of the feeling you're gonna have anytime you have 0:05:52.960 --> 0:05:54.719 a great player on your team and you feel that 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:56.960 they're deserving of the Pro Bowl, but they don't make it. 0:05:57.640 --> 0:06:00.240 But you also have to face guys that have made 0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:02.760 it a multiple times over through the course of their 0:06:02.800 --> 0:06:05.240 career and they're the first on their list when some 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:07.640 of these people are voting, or they come from a 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:12.000 big fan a town of fans that really get involved 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:15.320 in the voting. I guarantee you if Roquan was on 0:06:15.360 --> 0:06:17.479 a team that had a ten and four record rather 0:06:17.520 --> 0:06:19.640 than four and ten, he would be one of the 0:06:19.680 --> 0:06:23.279 first guys on the list. And listen, if Roquan Smith 0:06:23.320 --> 0:06:26.120 plays football at the level he's been playing and developing 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:29.280 at the develop at the level he's been developing, I 0:06:29.360 --> 0:06:31.560 selfishly don't care if he ever makes a Pro Bowl 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:34.440 because he means a lot to the Bears and he 0:06:34.520 --> 0:06:38.040 deserves it. Unfortunately, he didn't get voted in everybody can't 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:41.160 Bobby Wagner did. Michael Parsons, the rookie in Dallas who 0:06:41.240 --> 0:06:44.240 plays all over the place, but Roquan a pure inside guy. 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:48.200 The other topic is, you know, can that secondary replicate 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:51.840 what they did against Minnesota against Seattle and Russell Wilson 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:54.279 and those receivers. You know, Jeff, You've been saying it 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:56.799 every time I hear you talk, and as we talk together, 0:06:56.920 --> 0:06:59.559 it's gonna the front is gonna have to help the back. 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:03.240 And if the defensive line and can have that same 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:06.760 aggressive approach, they can put the quarterback in a negative 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:09.560 position when he's getting ready to throw the ball, then 0:07:09.600 --> 0:07:12.880 the Bears defensive backs are we'll be able to capitalize 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:16.640 on that. It's no easy task, however, you know, it's 0:07:16.720 --> 0:07:19.080 kind of the opposite. It's gonna be quiet in there 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:21.880 when Russell is going through his signals. If the Bears 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:24.480 can kind of fall into the rhythm of his cadence, 0:07:24.840 --> 0:07:26.920 but maybe they can have a get off and really 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:30.920 challenge this offensive line. Half of it is good, half 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:32.920 of it is susceptible. Yeah, they give up a lot 0:07:32.960 --> 0:07:35.360 of sex. Some of that created by a guy who 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:37.440 holds onto the football a long time, as long as 0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:39.800 he can in Russell Wilson. All right, Coming up next, 0:07:39.840 --> 0:07:42.600 we're gonna be joined by Thomas Graham Junior. We'll talk secondary, 0:07:42.600 --> 0:07:47.119 We'll talk kid from Rancho Cucamonga, California. Thomas Graham Junior 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:49.880 coming up next on Bears All Access on Chicago Sports 0:07:49.960 --> 0:07:53.080 Radio six seventy to score. Welcome back to Bears All Access, 0:07:53.120 --> 0:07:55.560 brought to you by IGS Energy, choose clean energy for 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:58.080 your home at igs dot com, because every good choice 0:07:58.120 --> 0:08:00.240 adds up to a better world. With Tom there, Jeff 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:03.240 Jonnyak counting you down to Bears and Seahawks, but please 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:06.520 to be joined by Bears rookie cornerback Thomas Graham Junior. 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:09.880 Thanks for joining us on this day as you get 0:08:09.920 --> 0:08:12.360 ready to go out to the Great Northwest. Uh your 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:16.480 old stomping grounds out there, huh Oregon? Yes, sir, Yes, sir. Yeah, 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:19.920 it's kind of weird. I'd imagine we're wondering when you 0:08:20.000 --> 0:08:21.400 might get a chance to play, and then all of 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:25.200 a sudden, you have this game that everybody's so proud 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:27.520 to talk about, and you must be proud to have 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:31.280 experienced with your performance. Seven tackles, three pass breakups, save 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:34.439 a touchdown and just show big. And now now you're 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:37.880 a center of attention. You've gone from virtually nothing to 0:08:37.960 --> 0:08:41.320 the center of attention. Are you cool with that? Are you? 0:08:41.720 --> 0:08:44.600 Is it enjoyable or is it easy for you? What's 0:08:44.640 --> 0:08:47.760 your what's your thoughts? I think it's as enjoyable more 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:50.240 for the aspect of as I just had so many 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:53.520 people just cheer me on this whole time during the 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:55.160 price of spot Joor that I was a table to 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:57.800 go out there just let let all that out on 0:08:57.840 --> 0:09:00.120 the field and you're selling them one that I'm still here, 0:09:00.160 --> 0:09:02.880 but two also that like your supporting matter and it 0:09:02.960 --> 0:09:04.840 is the reason why I was able to still care 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:07.400 around the confidence that I deal with and things like that. 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:08.960 So that was kind of just more for the people 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:11.240 that's just always been there for me more than just myself. 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:14.480 I'm thinking your parents and your family. That's the first place, 0:09:14.640 --> 0:09:18.360 because I hear a lot about Team Graham, righty, yes, 0:09:18.600 --> 0:09:21.440 but it's not just parents family. I have a really 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:24.439 big community behind the end I'm very thankful for. It 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:27.800 goes back to my old teammates at Orgon and my 0:09:27.920 --> 0:09:30.800 Ground zero, so those are my boys from seven on setting. 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:32.960 So it kind of just a really big community just 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:36.360 to people of family, friends, and you know, I got 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:38.880 to give all bloody gods. So I was just glad 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:41.559 I had everybody on my side. As how many snaps 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:45.760 did you play? I can't give you the exact number, 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:47.760 but it was a lot, a lot more than I've 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:50.640 experienced the last two years. Right. If you don't know 0:09:50.760 --> 0:09:52.920 the number, do you know your best and your worst? 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:56.640 Just from this week's experience, like my best place in 0:09:56.679 --> 0:09:59.439 my work, worst place, just just one, you know, almost 0:09:59.440 --> 0:10:01.600 at the opp sit end of the spectrum. Mark, I 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:03.960 know this one good one that I had, and I 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:06.840 know this one I had that I have to you know, 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:09.760 learn from it or let you know, don't don't let 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:13.040 it follow through? Oh yes, must definitely. Um, I know 0:10:13.080 --> 0:10:14.640 all my bad plays. I knew it before we even 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:17.080 stepped up the field. You know, I was happy with 0:10:17.120 --> 0:10:19.240 the game, but like nobody's ever had a perfect game. 0:10:19.280 --> 0:10:20.800 So it's just like you just had to keep stacking 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:23.240 those Western names and when you do make a play, 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:25.480 it's just like you know your defense one. That's the 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:28.480 way you protected sixty four snaps and five special teams. 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:32.480 You've got a good workout time. Wow. Nice, you know 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:36.200 that double duty. I'm sure during your college career you 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:38.959 don't have a lot of double duty of regular staffs 0:10:38.960 --> 0:10:42.560 and special teams. But I think when you're climbing the 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:45.800 ladder of NFL success, it's a great opportunity to get 0:10:45.840 --> 0:10:50.760 your jersey on the field more than just your defensive responsibility. Yes, 0:10:50.840 --> 0:10:53.480 I feel like it. That's big though, because also it's 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:55.920 big plays made on most sides, and I think definitely 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:58.120 being a younger dude and the younger guy like you 0:10:58.160 --> 0:10:59.720 gotta put him work to be able to only do 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:02.280 sir bang stand you know, I'm here to pay my 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:05.720 dues or the impressive things listening to yesterday were with 0:11:05.760 --> 0:11:08.439 Thomas Graham Junior or the rookie cornerback out of Oregon 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:11.960 made a big splash last week in the lost to Minnesota. 0:11:11.960 --> 0:11:16.079 Getting ready for Seattle. Was just how open you were 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:19.800 about because you know, from my experience and it starts 0:11:19.800 --> 0:11:22.280 at the combine. I've gone to the last you know 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:25.960 how many twenty seven combines or whatever, and horners are 0:11:26.000 --> 0:11:28.520 always uber confident, right they have to be that. You 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:31.560 guys are on the island, and you admitted that, you 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:34.240 know what, confidence took a hit not not making that 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:37.600 final roster and then just biding your time working every day. 0:11:38.640 --> 0:11:42.120 That's a that's an our honest and rare reflection from 0:11:42.120 --> 0:11:45.160 a player, young or veteran to say, hey, my confidence 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:47.000 definitely took a hit. How do you frame that and 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:49.560 put it in context? M It was it was just 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:52.760 going from just like, you know, sick of my life, 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:55.599 I've always been on top of everything. Is probably I 0:11:55.640 --> 0:11:57.800 wouldn't say probably. The majority of time is always one 0:11:57.880 --> 0:12:01.200 on my side when it comes that God blessed me 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:03.520 to be able to stay healthy, to the fact that 0:12:03.880 --> 0:12:06.840 going to places to where everything is in my favor, 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:09.319 and I felt like this is an opportunity to where 0:12:09.320 --> 0:12:11.760 it just wasn't and I had to find my way 0:12:11.800 --> 0:12:14.720 and dig out and for me, my like, the biggest 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:17.360 motivation was, it's just all every time I go home, 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:19.320 all the little kids I work out with and stuff 0:12:19.360 --> 0:12:20.520 like that, What am I gonna be able to go 0:12:20.559 --> 0:12:22.959 home and tell them. I can even tell them that 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:24.960 I stayed and fault the whole time during practice spot, 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:26.720 I can tell them I do what I had to 0:12:26.760 --> 0:12:28.760 do to get better every day, or I can tell 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:30.400 them I quit. So it was either one of those 0:12:30.440 --> 0:12:33.240 three choices, and I wasn't taking the last one. Did 0:12:33.240 --> 0:12:37.000 you budge in the shade? Townsend zero lot? It wasn't 0:12:37.040 --> 0:12:39.679 more a bugging um. He wanted to see me get 0:12:39.720 --> 0:12:41.400 better as much as I wanted to see myself. So 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:43.559 as long as I went out there and reached out 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:45.240 to him, it will be certain stuff could reach out 0:12:45.280 --> 0:12:48.880 to me. Are the pops And then I've already said 0:12:48.880 --> 0:12:51.920 it in pace would just kind of give me Valis 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:54.559 film to watch that I felt me or my game, 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:56.160 and he felt me or my game. And some of 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:58.079 them were the same, some of them were different. When 0:12:58.120 --> 0:13:00.160 you're on the outside looking in, you're waiting for your 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:03.160 opportunity physically, you can work on your skills every day 0:13:03.200 --> 0:13:07.720 in practice, but were you investing personal time in watching 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:12.800 tape of Bears Defense? So you understood whatever opportunity is 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:16.480 presented to me from the slot corner to the outside 0:13:16.920 --> 0:13:20.280 that you know, being mentally ready I think is as 0:13:20.360 --> 0:13:22.800 much of an important role as it being physically ready. 0:13:23.000 --> 0:13:26.360 That is that what the approach you took. Yes, And 0:13:26.559 --> 0:13:29.560 I'm very thankful for DT because in our meetings he 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:31.920 gets everybody involved. So no matter if you're on a 0:13:31.960 --> 0:13:34.440 practice s guard, no matter if you Eddie Jackson, you 0:13:34.520 --> 0:13:36.200 go get involved in. You go be involved in the meeting. 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:37.560 And said, you got to know the game plan. We 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:39.839 always have to bring in a tip of week, have 0:13:40.000 --> 0:13:41.719 to take our little weekly test. So it's like I've 0:13:41.720 --> 0:13:43.920 always always involved in the game plan in the scheme, 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:46.280 He's always been there. Since then, in practice, I kind 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:48.840 of just said a focal point of just to one 0:13:48.880 --> 0:13:51.760 week work in that corner, then Nickel switching sides that 0:13:51.880 --> 0:13:54.280 corner and just doing as best as I can to 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:56.400 make myself better. But also you can be following the 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:59.280 card because that was on Scouts. What about Russell Wilson 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:02.240 when you at Kirk Cousins, who you just hey, man, 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:05.040 you're you're starting, You're playing to night. You kind of 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:06.800 know a little bit of the process to the plan, 0:14:07.080 --> 0:14:10.000 a little bit more versatility and a guy like Russell Wilson. 0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:12.920 Have you seen more of those guys throughout your college 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:17.400 time or is this a unique challenge for you. I've 0:14:17.440 --> 0:14:20.120 seen guys like him a college time, but it's still 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:23.280 one of Russell Wilson, and it's the reason why he's 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:25.960 Russell Wilson. So it's just I got to start seeing 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:28.800 what and I've been doing the more on film, but 0:14:28.920 --> 0:14:31.680 just kind of seeing what's more him and what's certain 0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:33.640 stuff that I actually got to be rustening. And I 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:36.800 think with him the focus point is just staying plaster 0:14:37.040 --> 0:14:39.080 because he can't make it, but he can't escape. Man. 0:14:39.480 --> 0:14:42.760 He probably has been the most beautiful deep ball in 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:45.400 the NFL. And then definitely outside the numbers. So if 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:47.320 you have a quarterback like that that can throw outside 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:49.480 the numbers and you're a corner, just get ready for 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:54.040 a long day. What sticks out about that throw? I 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:57.200 mean the thing is he waits, man, he does not 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:01.400 he doesn't mind getting popped. So does that make it 0:15:01.440 --> 0:15:04.680 more difficult because you know, even with his finger injury, 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:06.840 I guess Tom and I talked about this, he's not 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:10.120 as willing to leave the pocket at least right now 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:12.480 in the last few weeks. And maybe that's just because 0:15:12.520 --> 0:15:15.360 of his finger or whatnot. But you know what makes 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:17.080 him hang in there and make it difficult then on 0:15:17.160 --> 0:15:20.840 a corner, because you really do have to plaster that coverage, 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:22.920 don't you. Um, Well, what makes it difficult is that 0:15:22.920 --> 0:15:26.560 he actually has those speedy receivers. So now he puts 0:15:26.560 --> 0:15:31.160 you and takes that that moment in the responsibility of 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:33.320 a scheme to now out of it to where now 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:35.800 this is one on one athletics. And now he stayed 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:38.320 in there for that extra half a second to take 0:15:38.960 --> 0:15:41.120 to throw that boss and now our balls fifty six 0:15:41.200 --> 0:15:43.760 yards down the field, and now let's attract me with 0:15:43.840 --> 0:15:46.040 you and DK metcalf for you and type of locke 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:49.200 and with those receivers. I think those two combined are 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:52.000 probably leading the NFL right now in deep ball catches 0:15:52.000 --> 0:15:54.640 and touchdownsince they have teamed up. So it's just like 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:56.720 you gotta be able to adjust to that. I'm smiling 0:15:56.760 --> 0:16:00.760 because you put DK Metcalf up there, and here's Tyler Lockett, 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:03.720 who may have had the quietest three years in succession 0:16:03.720 --> 0:16:07.400 in the NFL. I mean, the guy's terrific. He's five nine, 0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:11.320 he said, three straight thousand yards seasons. But he's tucked 0:16:11.320 --> 0:16:13.520 away out up there in the Great Northwest, and I 0:16:13.520 --> 0:16:15.480 know he's been a Pro Bowl and whatnot. But then 0:16:15.520 --> 0:16:19.040 you got DJ Metcalf. DK Metcalf, My goodness, I mean, 0:16:19.080 --> 0:16:23.200 this is like something chiseled out of some chemistry experiment. 0:16:24.200 --> 0:16:26.880 And we knew his dad he played offensive line here 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:30.920 for the Bears, Terrence Metcalf. So but but what how 0:16:30.960 --> 0:16:33.480 do you deal with that kind of size, speed and 0:16:34.400 --> 0:16:37.600 height ratio who can just fly by it and is 0:16:37.840 --> 0:16:40.120 very difficult to bring down to the ground. Um, you 0:16:40.240 --> 0:16:41.920 just got to come to there with confidence and just 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:45.120 understand that everybody has a weakness and you just got 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:46.960 to be able to either trying to find it or 0:16:47.440 --> 0:16:50.320 make him uncomfortable. And that's all you can do. You 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:51.840 got to make it to where he can't use those 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:54.160 abilities on you. And it's kind of hard because the 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:56.280 Seattle does a great job of making sure that he 0:16:56.320 --> 0:16:59.120 can and that's is why he has been having success 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:02.240 in the same for time locket like that. No, I 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:04.720 don't think anybody in the NFL can can really track 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:06.879 the ball as deep as he can. He does a 0:17:06.920 --> 0:17:09.199 great job with Justin It's crazy to see some of 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:11.080 the throws and catches that him and Russ have together. 0:17:11.160 --> 0:17:13.320 So it's just like when you have somebody that's a 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:15.760 freaking nature and somebody that has a guy given gift 0:17:16.080 --> 0:17:18.200 with another guy give and get it behind it. It's 0:17:18.240 --> 0:17:22.760 hard with Tyler and if I'm not mistaken, the chemistry 0:17:22.800 --> 0:17:25.919 between those two, he'll throw to an area and expect 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:28.200 him to run and get it is that and that's 0:17:28.200 --> 0:17:31.240 gotta be really challenging. It's very challenging. It was one 0:17:31.280 --> 0:17:34.399 play to where I can't even exactly what team it was, 0:17:34.440 --> 0:17:37.080 but it was man to me encourage zero blitz and 0:17:37.119 --> 0:17:38.680 he just threw it up in the middle of the field. 0:17:38.920 --> 0:17:42.320 He made probably one of the most adjustment plays I've 0:17:42.320 --> 0:17:45.119 ever seen in my life, Like as a receiver, He faded, 0:17:45.400 --> 0:17:47.240 He faded inside like he was gonna go in the 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:49.560 over faded all the way back five yards and then 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:52.000 over the shoulder catch and it was just crazy. You're 0:17:52.000 --> 0:17:54.760 dig in right, you can't wait in the challenge. Thomas 0:17:54.800 --> 0:17:57.120 grahamar guests We're gonna step away for a time out 0:17:57.160 --> 0:17:59.920 here on Bears All Access with Tom There, Jeff jonnyaka 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:03.920 Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. 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Right before the break, we 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:23.040 you were kind of talking about the long ball that 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:26.320 Russell Wilson throws and kind of what an art that is. 0:18:27.040 --> 0:18:29.719 The One thing that impressed me most about justin fields 0:18:29.720 --> 0:18:33.280 when he got here early is his passes over twenty 0:18:33.320 --> 0:18:37.560 five yards and how accurate they were and how easily 0:18:37.600 --> 0:18:40.440 they seem to come out of his hand. You've had 0:18:40.480 --> 0:18:43.679 opportunities to practice against them, even when he's being prepared 0:18:44.000 --> 0:18:47.040 for the opponent. Have you noticed anything like that out 0:18:47.040 --> 0:18:50.040 of him? And is you know the unique quality that 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:53.200 we're talking about, Yes, it is. I think both of 0:18:53.280 --> 0:18:56.280 them see are in factor, and I think that's kind 0:18:56.280 --> 0:18:59.360 of what helps with that bomb because with the fact 0:18:59.359 --> 0:19:02.320 that they act trust their right receivers and I think 0:19:02.320 --> 0:19:04.639 that comes to like very big because they allowed him 0:19:04.680 --> 0:19:07.480 to make that play. So sometimes they'll throw that deep 0:19:07.520 --> 0:19:09.440 ball and it's out in front and then they play 0:19:09.520 --> 0:19:12.159 mind games with the quarterback as itself, so with the 0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:14.959 cornerback as the quarterback, and which is crazy because sometimes 0:19:15.240 --> 0:19:17.439