WEBVTT - Pace reflects on the Draft | All Access 0:00:01.160 --> 0:00:04.600 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:08.640 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:11.639 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:16.279 day and now welcome to Bears All Access. You're All 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:21.040 Access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:21.079 --> 0:00:25.040 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:25.079 --> 0:00:30.400 Physical Therapy and CDW. Good to have you along, everybody. 0:00:30.440 --> 0:00:34.519 Welcome into another edition of Bears All Access says we 0:00:34.640 --> 0:00:37.640 bring you the latest on the Bears. After the rookie 0:00:37.680 --> 0:00:41.120 mini camp, moving through the phases of the offseason training camp, 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:42.760 will be here before you know what. I'm Jeff John 0:00:42.840 --> 0:00:45.120 Yac along with Tom Thamer, broadcast partner from News We're 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:46.720 gonna go seven eighty and one to five point nine 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:49.560 FMWBBM coming up at our next segment where we joined 0:00:49.680 --> 0:00:52.040 is always by former Bears quarterback Jim Miller. And at 0:00:52.080 --> 0:00:54.280 the bottom of the hour, kind enough to take some 0:00:54.360 --> 0:00:57.120 time to night general manager Ryan Pace to look back 0:00:57.400 --> 0:00:59.639 at the draft class at twenty twenty one, Big Tom, 0:00:59.680 --> 0:01:02.920 how you you know, Big Jeff, I'm glad you said 0:01:02.960 --> 0:01:05.240 that things are going to be star starting at such 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:07.560 a rapid pace, because I don't think unless you've been 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:10.440 around the NFL for a long time, how quickly time 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:15.240 goes in between all the different landmarks you go through 0:01:15.240 --> 0:01:17.920 in an off season. But then before you know it, man, 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:21.520 you're in training camp and it's serious business with last 0:01:21.600 --> 0:01:24.880 year's off season unlike anything we've ever seen in our life, 0:01:24.920 --> 0:01:29.199 with so much uncertainty about whether it will happen, how 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:31.440 is it going to happen, how is everything going to 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:34.200 play take place? Now you have a little bit better 0:01:34.280 --> 0:01:38.000 understanding and hopefully things are back to normal. But again 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:42.160 that pushes the pace of these off seasons. And whether 0:01:42.240 --> 0:01:46.040 you're an experienced veteran, whether you're a veteran that's fighting 0:01:46.080 --> 0:01:49.000 for a position, or you're a new kid on the 0:01:49.040 --> 0:01:53.400 block that you know these things, these playbooks, they're gonna 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:56.240 come at you at a rapid rate. So invest your 0:01:56.280 --> 0:02:00.320 time wisely and be prepared once you start getting ready 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:03.080 for training camp. I was just thrilled to see the 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:05.520 guys on the grass, as they say, you know, working 0:02:05.560 --> 0:02:09.080 towards getting to understand what the is ahead here at 0:02:09.120 --> 0:02:12.400 training camp. Real football, certainly a rookie mini camp is 0:02:12.400 --> 0:02:15.000 not real. A lot of guys running around, But you 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:18.560 do get impressions of players, and I was pleased to 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:21.520 see a lot of things, especially on the offensive line. 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:24.960 For example, just watching Tevin Jenkins and Larry Born both 0:02:25.000 --> 0:02:27.400 through their drills, you you kind of instantly get an 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:30.840 idea on their footwork, their body types, and just how 0:02:30.880 --> 0:02:33.560 athletic they are. And I know that's right up your 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:36.000 alley of course, being an offensive lineman. We'll get that 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:37.760 out of the way before we start talking at Jim 0:02:37.760 --> 0:02:41.400 Miller about quarterbacks and whatnot. But you know it's and 0:02:41.480 --> 0:02:43.240 we're going to bring this up with Ryan Pace. Just 0:02:43.440 --> 0:02:46.920 a lot of home grown offensive lineman by virtue of 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:50.840 the draft and undrafted free agency over the last several years, 0:02:51.600 --> 0:02:54.280 provide the bulk of what is going to be the 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:57.720 offensive line here in twenty twenty one. Yeah, but you know, 0:02:57.880 --> 0:02:59.760 I think you have a lot of certainty and a 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:03.079 lot of versatility and the interior this offensive line. So 0:03:03.120 --> 0:03:05.320 a lot of the question marks going into the season 0:03:05.440 --> 0:03:09.200 was about the offensive tackle position. They allowed Charles Leno 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:11.639 to move on, they allowed Bobby Massey to move on. 0:03:12.000 --> 0:03:14.480 They know what they have and you heard when Wan 0:03:14.600 --> 0:03:18.920 Castillo approached the Zoom meeting about what Jermain Effetti is 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:22.639 going through and what an asset he's become. But jeff 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:27.640 I was probably as I was as excited about the 0:03:27.720 --> 0:03:31.000 offensive lineman that I saw in the rookie minicamp as 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:34.840 I was about all the high, high profile positions. So 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:38.600 I'm really excited about the future, about the development and 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:42.720 about the role that the offensive line is gonna play. 0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:46.000 Because when you talk about the development of an offense 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:49.440 and the different the different ways this offense could go, 0:03:50.040 --> 0:03:52.400 I think it's a it's as as exciting as any 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:56.320 position on the field. Yeah, Obviously Tevin Jenkins, the second 0:03:56.400 --> 0:03:59.440 round draft pick, Bears thought very highly of him. He's 0:03:59.440 --> 0:04:02.040 already got budding relationship with the guy that he needs 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:04.160 to right now, and that would be Cody white Hair. 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:05.560 I had a few reach out to me. The one 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:10.960 that I've been talking to mostly is Cody Whiteher, who's 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:13.680 a guardier, and I've been talking back and forth with him, 0:04:14.080 --> 0:04:17.359 and basically he's just reached it out to, you know, 0:04:17.400 --> 0:04:19.040 if I need helping hand or anything, if I need 0:04:19.040 --> 0:04:21.720 an extra help anywhere I can, And all that I 0:04:21.839 --> 0:04:23.520 really say is I really appreciate him, and I really 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:25.840 appreciate things he's doing for me. And now, now that 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:28.680 doesn't happen everywhere. You could say it does, but people 0:04:28.720 --> 0:04:30.960 aren't competing for jobs. It didn't happen in your day. 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:33.320 You tell me the story after story after story, but 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:36.640 you know what, that's the guy Cody is though. Yeah, 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:39.920 you know all the offensive lineman that I was competing against. 0:04:40.080 --> 0:04:42.200 I didn't expect them to reach out to me and 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:47.080 give me any congratulatory welcoming about being a bear because 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:50.280 it was all about competition from that point out. However, 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:53.160 the one thing Tavian has to realize is that Cody 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:57.680 is an extremely talented offensive lineman and there's no assurance 0:04:57.720 --> 0:05:00.120 that he's going to be the guard playing next to him, 0:05:00.279 --> 0:05:03.440 because Cody Whitehair can fill any role in the interior 0:05:03.320 --> 0:05:06.560 or that offensive line. If James Daniels is a more 0:05:06.680 --> 0:05:09.920 balanced and well prepared offensive lineman at the guard position, 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:13.760 those two guys will know each other equally as well. However, 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:16.960 I have a tremendous amount of respect for Cody Whitehair. 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:19.960 Everything that's ever been asked of him throughout his career, 0:05:20.120 --> 0:05:23.480 he's done at a moment's notice, and he's performed at 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:27.120 a high level. He is a professional, So I think 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:31.600 Tevin is really fortunate, just like boram Is, to have 0:05:31.839 --> 0:05:35.560 assets on the offensive line like these guys that have 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:38.680 the willingness to reach out to them to get them 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:42.360 acclimated to what they're gonna go through. Once this whole 0:05:42.400 --> 0:05:45.159 season gets underwent, It's always a tight group, that's for sure. 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:46.960 When the center of the roster is settled, it's a 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:49.400 tight group. That's how they hang, that's how they are 0:05:49.440 --> 0:05:51.919 supposed to and it's an important part and maybe the 0:05:52.000 --> 0:05:55.039 most important part of offensive football. What happens up front 0:05:55.040 --> 0:05:57.640 of the offensive line will continue on our discussion talk 0:05:57.720 --> 0:06:00.080 more about the old line and all the rookies and 0:06:00.200 --> 0:06:02.360 more with Jim Miller coming up after this break. Our 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:06.160 producer tonight, Brandon Friar, Thanks Dan BURRELLI and Jordan trut Up, 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:08.599 and thanks to you for listening. Tonight, Ryan Pace, the 0:06:08.600 --> 0:06:10.440 Bears general manager. At the bottom of the hour, just 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:13.360 ahead here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score, 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:18.200 Welcome back to I Bears All Access, brought to you 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:22.080 by IGS Energy with Tom Tare I'm Jeff Joni. Choose 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:24.640 clean energy for your home at IGS dot com because 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:27.239 every good choice adds up to a better world. Sorry, everybody. 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:30.400 We have these inside humor that you just can't share 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:32.520 on the radio. And he got me. He got me 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:34.880 right before the commercial coming out. Thanks a lot, Tom. 0:06:34.920 --> 0:06:38.120 You know, he's just a little bit of a little 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:39.920 bit of a knuckle, a little little bit of a rascal, 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:42.440 I would say, And it doesn't take much to crack 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:45.760 me up. So I got nobody else antagonized. You're my 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:49.159 only guy, he's going. Plus we're looking at each other 0:06:49.279 --> 0:06:52.359 on Skype, so we get all this right. That brings 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:55.320 us to our good buddy and serious sex and the 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:58.840 NFL radio host and former Bears quarterback Jim Miller. We 0:06:58.960 --> 0:07:00.680 get out the laughing out the way now in the 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:03.640 offseason before it gets all serious. Jim, Well, it's such 0:07:03.680 --> 0:07:06.000 an easy target time. You know that. Remember when you 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:09.279 were recovering up recovering punts on a beach. Yeah, everyone 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:12.640 saw that on the social Oh no, I mean that 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:17.320 covering punts. That was a Bears Bears fan trip. Wait, 0:07:18.440 --> 0:07:22.080 you gotta bring that up. A Kim Hicks is running 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:26.880 the show and teaching selected fans and this person wasn't 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:29.080 a part of the traveling party. It was a woman 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:31.720 that was on vacation there and she said, well, let 0:07:31.720 --> 0:07:34.280 me try to punt, and I was standing right there 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:36.720 with a microphone. She punted it right that the nose 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:40.000 of the football right in my mouth like and Keim 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:43.520 was so stunned his jaw dropped. He could not believe 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:46.480 what transpired. He goes, dropped the ball and kick it, 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:49.000 and that's exactly what she did, right in my face. 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:53.480 And thankfully nothing broke, didn't break a jaw, didn't lose 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:56.560 any teeth. That was my number one concern, losing my chicklets. 0:07:56.840 --> 0:07:58.800 But I think people have a lot of respect for 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:01.960 punters because they know that there's a couple different ways. 0:08:02.040 --> 0:08:09.000 Now they tom immediately shifts into the analysis. Oh my gosh, Well, 0:08:09.040 --> 0:08:12.040 I know what was worse me going through that experience 0:08:12.080 --> 0:08:15.680 on a vacation slash work trip, or when I did 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:18.960 a story on brand Maynard and how his ball would 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:22.200 tail away from the returner. And I went out there 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:24.480 in a suit and wingtips and tried to catch punts 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:27.360 inside the Bayton Center. Didn't catch a one, not one, 0:08:27.960 --> 0:08:31.880 not one. Does the return ability that's why you're getting 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:37.400 hit in the jaw. All right, big Jim, how's it going? 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:39.760 How's it going? And I know you weren't here to 0:08:39.840 --> 0:08:42.599 watch rookie minicamp, but it was good to see the 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:46.200 guys running around and see exactly what new blood comes 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:50.400 into the organization. I think it's a bunch of versatility overall. 0:08:50.440 --> 0:08:52.760 I think there's some undrafted guys. And you know, we'll 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:54.640 talk with general manager Ryan Pace coming up at the 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:56.800 bottom of the hour about what he saw. But you know, 0:08:56.880 --> 0:08:58.480 the first thing I think you look for as a 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:01.400 coach or an observer is is somebody way out of place? 0:09:01.440 --> 0:09:03.600 And no one look way out of place. Yeah, you know, 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:05.880 I like what I saw. I caught what I could 0:09:05.920 --> 0:09:07.720 of the players when they were on the field. You know, 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:10.080 it's a shame coach Naggie wasn't able to be out 0:09:10.080 --> 0:09:12.199 there with the players, but he got all the intel 0:09:12.800 --> 0:09:15.000 that he needed. And like Tom said it, you know, 0:09:15.040 --> 0:09:17.280 I want to see the shake up on the offensive line. 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:19.760 How is it ultimately going to settle for the best 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:22.200 five guys to get on the field, and how they 0:09:22.240 --> 0:09:25.280 because they have some guys that have some position flexibility, 0:09:25.360 --> 0:09:28.200 so that's always interesting how the best five will will 0:09:28.240 --> 0:09:30.800 work itself out. But no, I don't think anybody looked 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:34.319 out of place. I'm excited about the plan for Justin Fields. 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:37.320 They've named Andy Dalton the starter right now, and again, 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:39.719 you know, there's nothing that needs to be forced here 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:43.920 for Justin Fields. He's a tough, strong, athletic quarterback from 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:47.960 Ohio State, and he's gonna get the opportunity and he 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:50.520 will get the reps that he needs to prepare himself 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:53.400 to play. I don't think Nick Foles really needs to 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:55.840 take a lot of reps. So Justin Fields still going 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:57.880 to get a lot of work, even though Andy Dalton 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:00.720 is named the starter, and there's no rush to really 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:03.400 get them on the field. So I'm excited to talk 0:10:03.440 --> 0:10:06.560 to Ryan Pace about that tonight. But I think overall 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:09.160 the bearers were pretty happy with how they're draft unfolded. 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:13.000 You know, It's kind of funny because you finally get 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:15.960 a and they always say you got to pass the 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:19.040 eye test, And this is our first opportunity to get 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:21.520 an eye on approach of a lot of these players. 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:24.560 And when you see the athleticism of Justin, you see 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:30.080 the size of Tevin and Larry Barham, and then I think, Jeff, 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:33.120 I think we are most impressed with the lower body 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:37.800 of Khalil Herbert. Yeah, okay, because you know we're not 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:40.840 like we don't see these guys very often. When you 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:43.240 guys go to the combine, you have an opportunity to 0:10:43.320 --> 0:10:45.800 see these guys go through all the drills and you 0:10:45.840 --> 0:10:48.920 didn't have access to all these types of workouts. And 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:53.400 so every single guy from daz Knewsome to Graham to Herbert, 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:57.200 every one of these guys had a trait that you 0:10:57.240 --> 0:11:00.520 could see why they were drafted. You can see how 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:04.040 much depth and competition they're going to provide. So this 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:06.520 is an exciting group of rookies that are gonna come 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:09.800 in here and you know, have a chance to change 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:12.920 the face of their positions, but also get in there 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:16.800 and compete no matter who the veterans are in front 0:11:16.840 --> 0:11:20.000 of them. Great time to get your reps now, because 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:22.760 when training camp comes, you know, the tomb starters, however 0:11:22.760 --> 0:11:24.440 they lay out on both sides of the ball, they're 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:26.160 gonna get the majority of their reps. And now you're 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:29.000 just biding your time to hopefully impress. And that's what 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:31.839 happened last year with Darnel Mooney. He brings up the 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:34.920 running back position. I feel it's a tough position to 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:38.840 evaluate when you're just looking at workouts and then watching 0:11:38.880 --> 0:11:42.160 their game tape depending on where they play, what was 0:11:42.240 --> 0:11:46.920 around them. Yes, instincts usually come and come fast. So 0:11:46.960 --> 0:11:50.679 a guy who's undrafted can immediately make an impact in 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:53.120 the national football They gonna really matter what round you're 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:57.719 drafted in it. But this Khalil Herbert can do more 0:11:57.760 --> 0:12:00.800 than just that, and I think that to me as well. 0:12:00.920 --> 0:12:03.840 He also has all this special team's ability and he 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:06.360 touched on that as we interviewed him on Zoom last week. 0:12:06.400 --> 0:12:09.000 Able to use my vision, you know, playing running back, 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:11.760 being able to set up blocks, frank tackles, and you 0:12:11.800 --> 0:12:14.640 know running north and south thing is a really big thing. 0:12:14.679 --> 0:12:16.880 To just be able to hit that whole full speed, 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:20.480 no fear and ghost man. Now that's added you also, 0:12:20.520 --> 0:12:22.320 who knows what else he can do on special teams? 0:12:22.320 --> 0:12:25.440 He already knows. That's we're pretty much where his ticket 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:27.439 gets punched to be on the active roster and game 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:29.679 day Jenner, Yeah, no, this guy's impressive. He had a 0:12:29.720 --> 0:12:33.080 twenty three point five average as a kick return ability 0:12:33.160 --> 0:12:36.280 from that standpoint, so we know that he that he transferred. 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:38.040 But this guy gets after I saw him down to 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:40.680 threesa's senior Bowl. He had four plays last year of 0:12:40.720 --> 0:12:43.680 fifty plus runs in twenty twenty, so he does have 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:47.120 the ability for it to be a big playback. Not 0:12:47.280 --> 0:12:49.640 proven on the third down stuff. Gonna have to prove 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:52.240 some stuff in the in the blocking ability, I would 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:54.600 think from that standpoint. But you know, it's kind of 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:56.720 a breakout year for him last year. It's kind of 0:12:56.720 --> 0:12:59.839 you know, it's basically a one year starter after transferring 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:02.240 his own scheme runners. So I think that fits what 0:13:02.280 --> 0:13:04.240 the Bears are trying to do. Here's what I love 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:06.679 about him too. Out of his five hundred carries that 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:10.120 he had during his college career, but essentially only two fumbles. 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:14.280 Only two fumbles, So he is he secures the football 0:13:15.240 --> 0:13:17.160 is what he does. And so you know he's a 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:20.439 guy you take a flyer on, has that breakout year 0:13:20.480 --> 0:13:23.040 and won't be wholly finds himself with an opportunity for 0:13:23.080 --> 0:13:25.720 the Chicago Bears. I mean, but minimum, like you said, 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:27.800 he knows where he's got to make his hay is 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:30.319 on the special team side of it. You know, no 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:32.760 matter what position we're talking about in this draft, from 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:35.599 offensive line to quarterback to receiver, a defensive back to 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:38.480 running back, there is no more one dimensional football player 0:13:38.480 --> 0:13:41.400 in the NFL anymore. If you don't fill a variety 0:13:41.440 --> 0:13:45.480 of roles from special teams to everything that's required out 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:48.640 of you from your specific position. Could you see if, yeah, 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:51.800 we drafted this offensive lineman because he's exclusively a great 0:13:51.880 --> 0:13:54.400 run blocker, and so now every time we throw the 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:57.520 ball will sub No, that's not the case. You have 0:13:57.559 --> 0:14:01.880 to be multidimensional. I think that was kind of neat 0:14:01.880 --> 0:14:04.960 thing to see with all these guys. When Chris Tabor, 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:08.520 the special team's coordinator, has his periods, he has all 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:11.439 these guys involved in active roles of what they can 0:14:11.480 --> 0:14:16.400 possibly do in terms of game day roster requirements. And 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:19.000 when you talk about return ability both on the punt 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:22.240 return and kickoff return, it's it's it's fun to watch. 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:25.320 And then when you look at what the quarterback in 0:14:25.360 --> 0:14:29.360 the offensive linemen are capable of being throughout throughout the 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:33.680 course of their career, they can fill every phase of 0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:35.960 what's going to be asked to them. So there is 0:14:36.000 --> 0:14:39.560 no one dimensional football player in the NFL anymore. And 0:14:39.640 --> 0:14:42.960 even when you look at das Knewsom, this guy can 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:45.960 play a wide receiver, he can play a slot receiver. 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:50.280 And you saw some of the really nice connections that 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:52.680 were made between he and justin doing the course of 0:14:52.760 --> 0:14:56.800 that rookie Meani camp. And it excites you because Darnell Mooney, 0:14:57.120 --> 0:15:00.920 he earned his burst onto the scene, wasn't just handed 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:02.920 to him. And so you look at every one of 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:05.120 these guys and you think they're all capable of the 0:15:05.160 --> 0:15:08.680 same opportunity. Dads is somebody. It looks like he's gonna 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:11.400 be an entertainer, a guy who pulls people together, a fun, 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:14.680 fun loving guy. He's not afraid to, you know, have 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:18.000 fun with the media. But told us football really is 0:15:18.160 --> 0:15:19.960 in his blow from the time of your little kid, 0:15:20.120 --> 0:15:23.400 my dad was coach. I want to and and really 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:25.560 just me just seeing a bunch of players. I've been 0:15:25.760 --> 0:15:28.000 in the water boy since I was like six year 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:31.320 ago oldtil I was in seventh grade. Just seeing all 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:34.080 those players, I said, when I first got on the sideline, 0:15:34.080 --> 0:15:36.920 I thought he was in high school. And we just 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:40.800 seeing all the players and seeing my brothers the game 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:43.480 through my city and all that. We've just seen all 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:46.000 those players how to move and had missed. I just 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:48.880 picked the pieces of man righting and just be putting 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:51.280 in my game. Yeah, that area the country or Newport 0:15:51.280 --> 0:15:52.720 News where he's from. Me he had a lot of 0:15:52.720 --> 0:15:54.800 connections to a lot of great players. It's it's not 0:15:54.840 --> 0:15:57.960 the easiest place to grow up there either, but athletics 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:02.960 really really gets them on the right track, and many 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:05.520 have found their way to professional sports, just not the NFL. 0:16:05.560 --> 0:16:07.680 We need to take a break coming back with Jim 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:10.160 Miller and Tom There. This is Bears All Access brought 0:16:10.200 --> 0:16:13.040 to you by IDs Energy Juice Clean Energy for your 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:15.320 home at I dot com because every good choice ended 0:16:15.400 --> 0:16:17.080 up to a better world. Back with more on the 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:21.760 score after this. The second of the Bearers All Access 0:16:21.760 --> 0:16:24.680 has brought to you by Athletical Physical Therapy. Visit Athletical 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:27.200 dot com to request an appointment in clinic or virtually 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:30.000 and start feeling better tomorrow with Tom There, Jim Miller 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:32.120 from six or second of the NFL Radio's Boot and 0:16:32.200 --> 0:16:35.920 Chains with Pat Crowin on, Jeff Jonahac justin fields. Um. 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:38.800 Maybe this was the best quote of the week last 0:16:38.840 --> 0:16:41.440 week when he met the media as he began his 0:16:41.640 --> 0:16:45.280 NFL pro career at Allis Hall. Because the spotlight is on, 0:16:45.600 --> 0:16:48.880 it always is on every quarterback and he's had plenty 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:51.400 of experience dealing with that. Yeah, I mean, just like 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:53.360 you said, I've been, you know, kind of by licensed 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:55.600 high school song. I kind of feel like I'm you know, 0:16:55.800 --> 0:16:59.000 made for this. I'm built for this. So it's it's 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:01.120 it's nothing new to me. I'm just going to confine 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:05.600 the right card every day. How significant is that? Yeah? 0:17:05.600 --> 0:17:08.480 I think for him, I think his toughness is gonna 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:10.600 be something that carries him through. And I when I 0:17:10.640 --> 0:17:14.800 talked to his coach, Ryan Day, he raved about his toughness. 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:17.320 It wasn't just in that game against Clemson. He said 0:17:17.359 --> 0:17:20.000 there were other games too that he continued to play 0:17:20.040 --> 0:17:21.800 that that he was beat up in. And I think 0:17:21.800 --> 0:17:24.720 there is a great desire because I think when people 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:26.840 were trying to shoot bullet holes into him leading up 0:17:26.880 --> 0:17:29.560 to the draft, I mean, it's about his desire for 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:31.919 the game and does he work hard enough. This is 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:34.240 the guy that petitioned the Big Ten to even play 0:17:34.280 --> 0:17:37.560 football last year. It was justin fields. So I think 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:40.240 his leadership, his toughness are going to carry him through. 0:17:40.280 --> 0:17:43.120 I think he does have a great work ethic. He's 0:17:43.200 --> 0:17:46.200 young at playing the position. You know, he's basically only 0:17:46.200 --> 0:17:50.320 a two year starter. He transferred from clem or from college. 0:17:50.359 --> 0:17:54.000 We know why he transferred to to Ohio State. Yeah, 0:17:54.000 --> 0:17:56.879 it was Georgia. Excuse me that he transferred from just 0:17:57.000 --> 0:17:59.280 due to tough from and from was going to be 0:17:59.320 --> 0:18:02.480 the quarterback and from ultimately got drafted by the Buffalo 0:18:02.520 --> 0:18:05.160 Bills out of Georgia, but goes into the Big Ten. 0:18:05.240 --> 0:18:08.320 He's the two time Big Ten quarterback of the Year. 0:18:08.359 --> 0:18:10.880 And he's still young in his game. So he's he's 0:18:10.920 --> 0:18:13.199 still I don't want to say he's raw in a 0:18:13.200 --> 0:18:15.680 lot of respects because he's not raw. He's a tremendous player, 0:18:15.680 --> 0:18:17.680 and he can throw the ball, and he's athletic and 0:18:17.680 --> 0:18:19.720 in all those things. But he is still young in 0:18:19.840 --> 0:18:23.200 terms of his sample size of playing the position a quarterback. 0:18:23.240 --> 0:18:25.239 And so just take your time with him and if 0:18:25.520 --> 0:18:27.800 you if you bring him along the right way, he's 0:18:27.800 --> 0:18:31.520 a quarterback that definitely has every tool to succeed in 0:18:31.560 --> 0:18:34.320 the National Football League. Tom, would you think of how 0:18:34.359 --> 0:18:39.879 he moved out there? Inspiring? You know, because it was 0:18:39.920 --> 0:18:43.200 so fluid, it was so easy, it was so natural 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:46.720 to him. There wasn't a thinking process after the ball 0:18:46.800 --> 0:18:48.720 left his hand to make sure his hand or his 0:18:48.840 --> 0:18:52.040 body or his feet were in the right position. It 0:18:52.119 --> 0:18:56.240 was a natural kind of movement for him. And when 0:18:56.280 --> 0:18:59.680 you see the accuracy and the relationships that he was 0:18:59.760 --> 0:19:03.960 developing throughout the reps, throughout the periods they were going 0:19:04.000 --> 0:19:07.040 through throughout the couple days that they were going through practices, 0:19:07.760 --> 0:19:10.159 it was kind of it was kind of fun to watch. 0:19:10.200 --> 0:19:11.960 But you know, that kind of goes along with the 0:19:12.040 --> 0:19:16.119 quarterback position when they choose or they gravitate towards that 0:19:16.160 --> 0:19:20.360 position whenever it becomes their role in football. I came 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:22.399 from a high school that we never threw the ball, 0:19:22.640 --> 0:19:26.440 but everybody was always, you know, looking at the quarterback position. 0:19:26.880 --> 0:19:30.399 So as the quarterback and the whole position started a 0:19:30.480 --> 0:19:34.560 morph into a role of such extreme importance for a team, Hey, 0:19:34.560 --> 0:19:37.720 this is something these guys become used to and adapting 0:19:37.760 --> 0:19:41.000 to the playbooks something you have to work hard on it. Um, 0:19:41.040 --> 0:19:44.119 you know, at whatever. So um, I want to be 0:19:44.160 --> 0:19:46.000 great at you know, knowing the playbooks. So I'm gonna 0:19:46.000 --> 0:19:50.400 work hard at it, of course, But it has been 0:19:51.000 --> 0:19:54.200 I would say, you know easy with you know, coach 0:19:54.680 --> 0:19:59.679 Naggie Flip Laser Snide, everybody teaching me the playbooks. So 0:20:00.119 --> 0:20:02.800 they made my job way easier by teaching it to me. 0:20:03.000 --> 0:20:06.480 And of course it's just kind of coming time with 0:20:06.480 --> 0:20:08.600 with with me studying that and you know, just just 0:20:08.600 --> 0:20:11.280 just getting it down. Hey, Jim In regards the playbook, 0:20:11.320 --> 0:20:14.320 because plays are installed. Even during rookie Minicamp on the 0:20:14.400 --> 0:20:17.639 second day on Saturday, there was more added into it, 0:20:17.680 --> 0:20:20.280 according to Matt Naggie. And it's almost like when you 0:20:20.320 --> 0:20:22.000 go to college and if you if you miss your 0:20:22.040 --> 0:20:24.280 first couple of classes or you didn't buy your books 0:20:24.280 --> 0:20:27.360 and you missed a well you're already behind. And if 0:20:27.400 --> 0:20:30.840