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Jeff 0:00:36.520 --> 0:00:38.720 Joni actom Fare, Jim Meller will be along as well 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:43.240 our producer Tonight, Adam Stadinsky and a Chicago Sports Radio 0:00:43.440 --> 0:00:45.800 six seventy to Score Studios. Good to have you long 0:00:45.880 --> 0:00:49.199 coming up at six ten. Bears Offensive. I'man Cody Whitehair 0:00:49.320 --> 0:00:52.440 joins the program as we now have flipped into July, 0:00:52.600 --> 0:00:57.000 Tom and that means this is when you get angry. Well, 0:00:57.200 --> 0:00:59.800 I was going to bring that safety out because me 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:03.120 I talk about the heat, you don't dwell on it. 0:01:03.160 --> 0:01:06.199 But I think when we talk about football and getting 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:09.040 ready for the start of training camp at the end 0:01:09.040 --> 0:01:12.800 of July, these are the type of days that football 0:01:12.880 --> 0:01:16.520 players think about when they're training through them because you 0:01:16.600 --> 0:01:19.319 have to pick a time during the morning, afternoon, or 0:01:19.360 --> 0:01:21.240 evening when you can go out there and get your 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:24.600 work done. And for me, I was always trying to 0:01:24.640 --> 0:01:27.600 avoid the heat. But again, you know, this is like 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:30.920 you said, it's the middle of July. This this is 0:01:30.959 --> 0:01:33.120 early July. This is what sum are supposed to be. 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:35.560 Right to you, it feels like mid July right now, 0:01:35.600 --> 0:01:38.000 because as soon as that thermometer hits ninety and the 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:40.880 humidity goes up, you start to you go in a 0:01:40.920 --> 0:01:43.000 little bit of a panic. Well, well, it's more of 0:01:43.040 --> 0:01:46.039 the as a football player, it's more of the angst 0:01:46.120 --> 0:01:48.800 in the preparation for training camp and it kind of 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:51.760 hits you like a month out. And we'll be able 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:54.120 to talk to Cody Whitehair about this to kind of 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:56.760 see if he's in the same frame of mind that 0:01:56.840 --> 0:02:00.680 I was throughout my entire career from high school, college 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:04.280 and pros. Because in the anticipation of training camp, it's 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:07.840 not a fun time. It's not baseball players bringing your 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:12.000 golf clubs to training camp. It's about hoping that you 0:02:12.160 --> 0:02:14.520 stay healthy and that you're healthy at the end of 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:18.440 training camp. So then you can hope to again stay had, 0:02:18.800 --> 0:02:22.080 stay healthy, and continue that path during the regular season. Well, 0:02:22.120 --> 0:02:26.000 theoretically it's cooler in gross Point, Michigan, the birthplace of 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:29.440 one Jim Miller, former Bears quarterbacks. So you know, as 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:31.640 you have the same feelings about the heat of camp 0:02:31.680 --> 0:02:35.079 in July when that calendar flipped, Jim, Yeah, well, I 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:37.760 just remember it shocked me how warm it gotten in 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:40.600 Platteville when I first arrived for the Beers, for those training, 0:02:40.919 --> 0:02:43.680 just the humidity of it. So yeah, I think, you know, 0:02:43.760 --> 0:02:46.959 you shock your system from that standpoint, and you do 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:49.600 get used to it training in the heat. But things 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:51.720 were different back then, you know, I don't want to 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:53.280 say back in the day. You know, we walked two 0:02:53.280 --> 0:02:56.000 miles both ways uphill, you know, but we did practice 0:02:56.000 --> 0:02:58.760 two days in pets and Tom will remember sometimes we 0:02:58.840 --> 0:03:02.079 did three days pads and it's a little bit different, 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:04.600 so you could get in shape pretty quickly. It was 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:08.200 pretty rigorous, it was pretty intense. All the practices were 0:03:08.240 --> 0:03:11.400 pretty much alive back then. I remember my first practice 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:13.680 for the Steelers that you know, there's just a lot 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:16.000 of hitting going on when you put those those pads 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:18.480 on and everything kind of cranks up and that intensity 0:03:18.639 --> 0:03:21.440 used to go six weeks straight pretty much. It felt 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:23.919 like groundhog Day and how you had to strap them up. So, 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:27.040 you know, players prepare themselves differently, and certainly this year, 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:29.560 I do think coaches are going to really keep in 0:03:29.600 --> 0:03:31.880 mind that they've got to get these players acclimated. They've 0:03:31.919 --> 0:03:34.280 been away for a long time and the build up 0:03:34.360 --> 0:03:36.160 I think is going to take some time for these 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:39.080 guys get ready to go. You know, as Jim talks 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:41.000 about the days that we are playing, you don't want 0:03:41.000 --> 0:03:43.120 to talk about them being the olden days, but things 0:03:43.120 --> 0:03:45.720 have changed since then. A couple of weeks ago or 0:03:45.800 --> 0:03:48.800 last week, we talked to sports science director Jen Gibson, 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:52.800 and that was a coaching position that wasn't even on 0:03:52.880 --> 0:03:56.080 board when we were there. We were grabbing salt pills 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:59.040 as we are walking out the door to go out 0:03:59.040 --> 0:04:01.800 to practice, and we thought that was the fountain of 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:05.880 youth or the fountain of hydration. So again, you know, 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:10.360 when you talk about Andre the head athletic trainer, you 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:14.120 talk about Jason the head weight room trainer, and you 0:04:14.160 --> 0:04:16.960 talk about Jed and Gibson the director of sports science, 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:23.160 those departments have become so important and maximizing your ability 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:25.640 to go out there in practice but also stay in 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:28.400 a healthy frame of mind. Jeff, there are times that 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:31.200 I went back to Platteville and cramped up on my 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:34.480 bed where I lay there with ivs in both arms, 0:04:34.560 --> 0:04:38.320 where the doctors would come into your room after practice. 0:04:38.360 --> 0:04:41.960 So I just think they're going about business nowadays in 0:04:42.000 --> 0:04:46.200 the NFL so much more intelligently on behalf of the players, 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:48.240 So I do think it helps them. I kind of 0:04:48.240 --> 0:04:50.640 feel bad, Jim. I mean I did was bring up 0:04:50.640 --> 0:04:52.800 the temperature, and we've talked six minutes about it. But 0:04:52.880 --> 0:04:55.520 I was on a IV in mile high Air in 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:58.440 Denver one December when we had a game, remember that 0:04:58.480 --> 0:05:00.880 one time? So I feel your pain, Well, that was 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:06.200 psychosomatic altitude sickness. I'm talking about actually sweating because of 0:05:06.520 --> 0:05:09.479 preparing to play the game. I hear you. Well, hey, 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:12.320 all this talk and we might have a shortened preseason. 0:05:12.360 --> 0:05:15.000 We'll get into that and many other topics coming up 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:19.239 here in moments. Our pal Cody Whitehair Bears starting center 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:21.840 joining the program. This is Bears All Access with Tom 0:05:21.920 --> 0:05:24.440 day Er, Jim Butler, I'm Jeff Joniak along with Adams 0:05:24.440 --> 0:05:27.440 Todinsky our producer, Thanks as always, with Jordan trut Up 0:05:27.480 --> 0:05:30.599 and Dan Barilli. You're on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:36.000 The Score. Welcome back to Bears All Access, brought to 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:38.920 you by IGS Energy, a proud partner of the Chicago Bears, 0:05:38.920 --> 0:05:42.240 providing electricity, natural gas home warranty products to over one 0:05:42.320 --> 0:05:45.479 million customers across the country. Learn more about IGS Energy 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:49.000 at igs dot com. Jeff thom and Jim joined by 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:52.880 Bears center Cody Whitehair kind enough to join us here 0:05:53.040 --> 0:05:56.120 on Bears All Access. How you doing, Cody? Good? How 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:58.840 are you guys tonight? Pretty good? Pretty good? Getting ready 0:05:58.880 --> 0:06:01.800 for a holiday weekend as much as we can these days. 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:05.440 But good. Good to hear you a guy that is 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:08.039 as committed as you are in the weight room and 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:12.000 a guy who's around the facility as much as humanly possible. U. 0:06:12.360 --> 0:06:14.880 Has this been a real challenge for you, Cody, in 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:17.800 this offseason? Yeah? Yeah, it has. You know, It's just 0:06:17.839 --> 0:06:21.400 been a weird time, that's for sure. Um, you know, 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:24.320 but I've managed to still be able to do some 0:06:24.320 --> 0:06:27.240 some working out and staying in shape and getting ready 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:31.720 for this upcoming season. Have you had to get creative. Yeah, 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:35.080 you do. Um, you know, you are limited to some 0:06:35.200 --> 0:06:39.240 extent um. Obviously. It's it's a little different than than 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:41.560 being in the facility and having you know, all those 0:06:41.600 --> 0:06:44.599 weights and everything. But you know, it's definitely been a 0:06:44.720 --> 0:06:47.560 challenge in a different time in this offseason, but we've 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:49.560 made the best of it and looking forward to the season. 0:06:50.120 --> 0:06:53.960 You know, Cody, as simply as things appear when they're 0:06:54.120 --> 0:06:56.880 people are watching a football game and you talk about 0:06:56.880 --> 0:07:00.360 Mitchell Trubisky and you talk about Nick Foles and herbally, 0:07:00.440 --> 0:07:02.760 they do things different in the huddle. They have a 0:07:02.800 --> 0:07:05.640 different tempo to their cadence and that's one of the 0:07:05.680 --> 0:07:09.720 things that helps develop an offensive line. Is it different 0:07:09.800 --> 0:07:12.960 this year that you've never you've never stepped in front 0:07:12.960 --> 0:07:16.240 of either of the quarterbacks because you've been around Mitch 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:20.400 and you've been around Tyler, but not Nick Folds. So 0:07:20.840 --> 0:07:23.160 how has that been not being able to hear the 0:07:23.200 --> 0:07:25.800 tempo of a cadence of a new quarterback that you'll 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:29.480 be lining up in front of in less than a month. Yeah, 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:32.800 I mean, it's definitely different. Obviously, you'd hope to have, 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:36.080 you know, the Ota says and stuff like that to 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:40.280 be able to to hear him again, but you know it, 0:07:40.280 --> 0:07:43.240 it'll all come together in training camp and uh, you 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:45.640 know we'll be ready to walcome game time. You know, 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:49.200 when we are introduced to Juan Castillo during a Zoom conference, 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:53.680 he pounded his fist the bunch about how football offensive 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:58.240 line play is repetitiously done and repetitiously improved. How has 0:07:58.280 --> 0:08:01.360 he been able to come across in those meetings in 0:08:01.480 --> 0:08:04.880 terms of teaching what he wants out of you along 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:08.280 with kind of installing, you know, the plays in the system, 0:08:08.320 --> 0:08:10.840 how he wants to run. How has that been from 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:15.040 a screen rather than an on field type of work. Yeah, 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:18.320 it's definitely different, for sure. You know, he showed us 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:21.440 some technique videos and stuff, and then you know it's 0:08:21.520 --> 0:08:23.640 kind of just been on us obviously, since we haven't 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:26.480 been able to be around him or any of the 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:28.600 other guys to just do some things on our own. 0:08:28.680 --> 0:08:31.040 So that's what we've had to had to do this 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:33.640 offseason and it's kind of, like I said, it's kind 0:08:33.640 --> 0:08:35.160 of been a little bit different, but we're making the 0:08:35.200 --> 0:08:37.920 best of it, that's for sure. Cody Jim Miller always 0:08:37.960 --> 0:08:39.600 good to talk to you, my friend, and let me 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:43.440 ask you how do you build chemistry in a virtual world? 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:46.120 You know, how do you gel together as a team? 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:48.400 I mean, how how has that challenge been for you 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:52.520 guys here this offseason? Yeah, it is different, um, you know, 0:08:52.559 --> 0:08:55.560 because the majority of it is just you know, mainly 0:08:55.840 --> 0:08:58.840 the coaches talking to us. But there has been you 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:02.160 know times where we get together and um, you know, 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:04.880 have been fortunate that there has been a few guys 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:08.280 in Chicago and we've been able to do some things 0:09:08.320 --> 0:09:12.880 together while distancing and practicing all that and being as 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:14.680 shafe as we can, but we have been able to 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:18.160 get together, which has been nice too. Any apprehension, I 0:09:18.160 --> 0:09:21.280 know you probably you know checking in with the NFLPA 0:09:21.280 --> 0:09:24.360 and everything that that's ongoing right now. But any apprehension 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:26.760 from your standpoint, I'm sure you want to go back 0:09:26.760 --> 0:09:28.719 to work, and I'm sure a lot of players do, 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:31.480 but at the same time to do it as safe 0:09:31.520 --> 0:09:35.080 as possible. But any apprehensions from your standpoint is camp's 0:09:35.120 --> 0:09:38.120 just around the corner. I mean, I'm excited, you know. 0:09:38.240 --> 0:09:41.280 It's like I said before, it's been a different offseason 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:44.120 where we haven't been able to get in the facility 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:47.120 at all. So we've you know, it's been been really 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:49.720 different for I'm excited to get back to it, um, 0:09:50.200 --> 0:09:51.800 and hopefully we can figure out a way to do 0:09:51.840 --> 0:09:54.240 it as safe as we can. Cody white Hair, our 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:57.040 guest on Bears All Access here on Chicago Sports Radio 0:09:57.080 --> 0:09:59.400 six seventy The Score, brought to you by IGS Energy, 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:02.280 Jeff to Act top there, Jim Miller, and Cody Whitehair, 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:04.840 Our guest. Is it gonna feel good to start a 0:10:04.840 --> 0:10:08.079 season at the position that you have had a lot 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:11.800 of experience in the last few years. Yeah, it's it's 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:14.920 you know, that's where I feel the most comfortable. Obviously, 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:17.680 I'm a team guy, and I'll do whatever they ask 0:10:17.760 --> 0:10:20.040 me to do, you know, if if it happens to 0:10:20.080 --> 0:10:22.160 be where they need me to play a different position, 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:24.839 and you know, whether that be July twenty eighth when 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:27.840 we come in the building or you know, whatever whatever 0:10:27.880 --> 0:10:30.480 that may be. Um, you know, I'm always down for it. 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:34.040 But you know, just being comfortable at that position and 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:36.480 being played there for you know, as long as I 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:39.160 have in the NFL, it's it's really exciting to say, 0:10:39.200 --> 0:10:41.280 you know, be able to be there to start with 0:10:41.320 --> 0:10:46.000 the season again. Hey, Cody, So go ahead, Tom I'm sorry, 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:48.440 you know, Cody. Sometimes, you know, you're a young father, 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:51.240 and sometimes along the way, as I was growing up, 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:54.079 you see these young fathers and they happen to finish 0:10:54.080 --> 0:10:56.400 their kids' plates every once in a while and it 0:10:56.520 --> 0:10:59.360 changes their diet. But you go to Hallis Hall during 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:02.360 the season and you're exposed of the best diet in 0:11:02.400 --> 0:11:05.200 the world. The director of sports science there, Jen Gibson, 0:11:05.280 --> 0:11:07.319 does a great job of making sure all you guys 0:11:07.320 --> 0:11:10.480 eat properly. Has that been any different for you? Has 0:11:10.480 --> 0:11:14.040 it been any more difficult for you to, you know, 0:11:14.240 --> 0:11:18.400 have the diet constructed the way at Canada Allis Hall. Yeah. 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:20.400 I mean I've been around gim long enough to know 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:23.400 kind of what she prefers us to be eating and 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:25.960 recommends us to eat. And I've been trying to follow 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:29.480 that as best I can. Obviously, you know, with our 0:11:29.520 --> 0:11:31.920 cafe there at Hollis All they do a wonderful job 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:35.720 and making sure we're very well nourished, you know. But 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:38.480 my wife and family have done a great job. And 0:11:38.960 --> 0:11:40.520 you know, I've been able to cook a little bit 0:11:40.520 --> 0:11:43.400 more too, you know, especially with it being a little 0:11:43.400 --> 0:11:45.679 bit nice out, you know, being able to start up 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:50.240 that barbecue girls. So that's been nice too. You know, 0:11:50.320 --> 0:11:53.840 I've been grilling a lot of steaks lately. You know, 0:11:53.920 --> 0:11:56.200 I have fired up the tregger a couple of times 0:11:56.240 --> 0:11:59.560 and you know, smoke some ribs and stuff like that too. 0:11:59.600 --> 0:12:03.239 So um, you know, anytime I can be outside and 0:12:03.240 --> 0:12:06.000 and either you know, get on the trigger or the 0:12:06.000 --> 0:12:10.240 webber grill, you know, that's always a positive. Well from 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:12.680 your standpoint, Cody, I know you're a veteran now, but 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:15.960 as you're getting to know Juan Castile, how without giving 0:12:16.160 --> 0:12:19.480 anything away, how how was the pace of install for 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:23.319 the Chicago Bears offensively? I know, obviously coach Naggy let 0:12:23.360 --> 0:12:25.480 you guys go about a week and a half early 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:28.360 from that standpoint, but just the pace of the install 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:32.320 and how it went from maybe the previous years, yeah, 0:12:32.320 --> 0:12:35.000 you know, it's it was great. You know, Wand did 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:38.240 a great job as far as detailing things and making 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:41.400 sure we understand what he wants out of us. Um, 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:43.679 you know, so we thought it went really smooth, and 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:46.520 obviously the coaches did too. With then letting us go 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:49.880 a week with Cordy White here our guest here on 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:52.360 Bears Access a couple of more moments with the Bears 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:59.200 Veterans Center. Cody, I know that I've heard from many players, 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:01.520 and I hear from Matt Naggie just reading between the 0:13:01.520 --> 0:13:04.040 lines that and I've used this term to describe it 0:13:04.040 --> 0:13:07.720 a little bit, the jaws kind of been set, Meaning you, guys, 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:11.320 we're pretty angry at how the season unfolded in twenty 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:14.440 nineteen after the success in eighteen. How would you put 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:17.640 it into context what the mission is with your guys? 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:19.959 Because you know the room as well as anybody you've 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:22.640 been there. You're part of the big changing culture there 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:26.040 at Househall. Are you guys? Are you guys pretty angry 0:13:26.080 --> 0:13:27.800 and you guys ready to take it to the field 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:31.960 that way? Yeah, you definitely feel the anger and the 0:13:32.120 --> 0:13:35.080 sense of some unfinished business. But I guess the best 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:41.720 way to stum up our virtual off season would be motivated. 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:44.560 I mean, we know how much we left out there, 0:13:44.600 --> 0:13:46.959 and you know the season wasn't the way we wanted 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:49.520 it to be in or in nineteen. So I would 0:13:49.559 --> 0:13:51.920 say the biggest thing is guys are motivated. Guys are 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:55.400 excited to get back to work and start the season. Hey, Cody, 0:13:55.440 --> 0:13:57.240 do you feel that there's any more pressure on the 0:13:57.280 --> 0:14:00.920 offensive line as a as a whole group, because you know, 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:03.440 you look at some of the stats of last year 0:14:04.280 --> 0:14:07.200 for the running game obviously has got to be a 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:10.040 component needs to be better. Matt addressed at the first 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:12.880 topic at the podium after the season was over. So 0:14:12.920 --> 0:14:16.080 I'm not talking about a negative pressure, a pressure that 0:14:16.120 --> 0:14:19.160 you can turn into a positive knowing that the stats 0:14:19.200 --> 0:14:21.880 provided by the offensive line and the overall run game 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:26.160 has to be better. Yeah. Absolutely, And you know you 0:14:26.200 --> 0:14:28.920 want your offense to be able to count on that 0:14:29.000 --> 0:14:33.320 run and especially in obvious situations. You know, that's where 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:37.200 an offensive lineman's really got to, you know, be at 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:40.960 his best, and whether that be obvious pass or obvious run. 0:14:41.120 --> 0:14:44.040 So you know, it's something we take pride in. And 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:47.280 the run game, you know, everything starts up there up 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:49.400 front and making sure we can get a hole open 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:51.640 for those guys in the back tild because when we 0:14:51.680 --> 0:14:53.880 do that, we're going to be dangerous. How about for 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:56.520 you personally? I know it's different for every player, and 0:14:56.760 --> 0:14:59.160 you know, with the NFL coming out with two less 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:02.560 preseason game as the acclamation period, it sounds like that's 0:15:02.600 --> 0:15:04.120 going to be a little bit more Get guys in 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:07.400 football shape, And I guess where do you feel you're 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:09.080 at And how long do you think it'll take you 0:15:09.240 --> 0:15:12.320 to get acclimated, because I mean, let's be honest, you 0:15:12.320 --> 0:15:15.240 guys haven't even broken a huddle here this season on 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:19.360 a field together. Yeah, it's gonna take some time, you know, 0:15:20.000 --> 0:15:22.800 But I think I don't think it will take us 0:15:23.000 --> 0:15:26.840 too long. Um. You know, we're pretty young bunch of 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:29.920 guys that you know, for the most part, we've we've 0:15:29.960 --> 0:15:33.080 worked together for you know, especially up front, we've worked 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:35.520 together for a couple of years. So, um, you know, 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:38.040 I don't think it'll take too long. But you know, 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:39.720 like I said, we're really looking forward to it and 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:42.400 ready to get this thing rolling. Cody white Hair, our 0:15:42.440 --> 0:15:45.080 guest here on Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio 0:15:45.120 --> 0:15:48.000 six seventy to score. We'll let you go before we do. 0:15:48.120 --> 0:15:54.000 I understand that your daughter, Blakely, was baptized recently and 0:15:54.280 --> 0:16:01.040 the godfather is another none other than That's rights who 0:16:01.080 --> 0:16:07.360 quarterback Mitch quarterback man. I was, I was setting you up, 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:10.360 so how cool is that to have a teammate be 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:13.040 the godfather of your daughter? And I know you guys 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:16.560 are super tight to begin with, but Uh, that takes 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:19.160 a I'm a godfather. I know those things are not 0:16:19.240 --> 0:16:23.000 taken lightly. Yeah, it's you know, it's it's a big 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:25.400 thing in our family too. And you know Mitch is 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:27.560 such a tremulous young man that you know he's going 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:29.360 to be a great role model for my daughter, that's 0:16:29.360 --> 0:16:32.880 for sure. Well, best of luck, congratulations to you and 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:36.440 your family. I know, uh number one is always always 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:38.720 a great thing for a young man. So good to 0:16:38.760 --> 0:16:40.960 have you. Best to Hannah as well, and we'll see 0:16:40.960 --> 0:16:42.640 you soon up at Hallisall. Have a great rest of 0:16:42.680 --> 0:16:46.200 you something Tody, you bet, thanks guys. Cody white Hair 0:16:46.240 --> 0:16:48.720 our guest here on Bears All Access Coming Back. We'll 0:16:48.800 --> 0:16:51.240 talk Allen Robinson with Tom There and Jim Meller. I'm 0:16:51.280 --> 0:16:54.280 Jeff Joniac on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. 0:16:57.640 --> 0:16:59.680 This segment of Bears All Access is brought to you 0:16:59.720 --> 0:17:02.600 by CDW. People to get it learn more at CW 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:05.080 dot com. Jeff Jony Act, Tom There and Jim Mella 0:17:05.160 --> 0:17:08.000 with you on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. 0:17:08.080 --> 0:17:11.600 Big Jim. I always like listening to Cody because he's 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:13.560 a man of few words, but he keeps it real 0:17:13.640 --> 0:17:15.720 and he is one of the guys in that locker 0:17:15.760 --> 0:17:17.960 room that people do look up to. And there's different 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:20.199 ways you lead and he's one of those guys. Yeah, 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:24.320 we definitely is accountable, reliable, productive, pretty much always ready 0:17:24.359 --> 0:17:27.000 to play, in versatile. So you know, he commands a 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:29.880 lot of respect. He's definitely has earned that since he's 0:17:29.880 --> 0:17:32.480 been a Chicago Bear and just how he's been such 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:35.040 an accountable player. I think players respect him, they look 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:36.840 up to him and look for a guy for that 0:17:36.920 --> 0:17:39.200 type of leadership, and you know, you try to pick 0:17:39.240 --> 0:17:41.640 his brain. You want to know why he's so successful 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:44.159 in the NFL with how prepared he is, so definitely 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:46.360 a lot of tips to be learned from a great 0:17:46.400 --> 0:17:49.200 teammate like Cody White here and last September, Tommy gets 0:17:49.200 --> 0:17:52.400 a five year extension, so a big year for him 0:17:52.440 --> 0:17:55.199 as he settles in there to this offensive line spot. 0:17:56.160 --> 0:17:58.520 You know, he is a team guy. He's been bouncing 0:17:58.560 --> 0:18:01.880 all over the place, but the regular snaps at one position. 0:18:01.920 --> 0:18:04.840 How do you think that will help him? Well, you know, 0:18:05.480 --> 0:18:07.919 I think it's it's going to benefit him because, like 0:18:08.000 --> 0:18:11.240 we saw Wanca Stiosa during his Zoom meetings, everything is 0:18:11.280 --> 0:18:14.720 repetitiously learned by the offensive line. And that's one thing 0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:18.679 every one of those guys is they need reps together. Well, okay, 0:18:18.840 --> 0:18:22.000 let's insert two quarterbacks that are fighting for the job 0:18:22.080 --> 0:18:24.800 with the center position. So there's a lot of different 0:18:24.840 --> 0:18:27.800 details that go along with that, and we talk about 0:18:27.800 --> 0:18:30.879 their tempos, their cadence, the way they call plays, the 0:18:30.920 --> 0:18:34.400 way they see the line of scrimmage. So Cody isn't 0:18:35.160 --> 0:18:38.560 you know, he is involved with the quarterbacks and the 0:18:38.600 --> 0:18:42.000 way he calls out the protection responsibilities for the line. 0:18:42.040 --> 0:18:45.080 So he's got a couple different dimensions to his job. 0:18:45.400 --> 0:18:47.840 But I think if there's anybody on the offensive line 0:18:47.880 --> 0:18:50.120 or on that team that can hold up to anything 0:18:50.160 --> 0:18:54.240 that's asked of him, Cody's that guy. All right. So 0:18:54.320 --> 0:18:57.080 today I read where Jim, You're in the Big ten 0:18:57.160 --> 0:19:00.000 country up there in Michigan. Alan Robinson made the Big 0:19:00.080 --> 0:19:04.440 Ten Networks Big Ten All Decade team with Tyler Johnson, 0:19:04.440 --> 0:19:07.080 who just came into the NFL out of Minnesota. And 0:19:07.160 --> 0:19:10.440 so I thought, go back to some of these coaches 0:19:10.600 --> 0:19:13.520 and some of the zoom meetings in this offseason, a 0:19:13.560 --> 0:19:15.960 little collige here of Alan Robinson or as he gets 0:19:15.960 --> 0:19:18.440 ready for another Bear season looking for a new contract, 0:19:18.680 --> 0:19:21.960 and then his position coach Mike Fury, who's really blown 0:19:21.960 --> 0:19:24.720 away by the man's professionally, I'm feeling great shape. I 0:19:24.800 --> 0:19:28.560 feel I've been extremely productive feeling throughout this quarantine and 0:19:28.600 --> 0:19:31.240 throughout this offseason. So a game from me, you know, 0:19:31.320 --> 0:19:33.480 like I said before, I know I know for a fact, 0:19:33.480 --> 0:19:36.920 you know my best days of football are are I'm 0:19:36.920 --> 0:19:39.000 ahead of me. You know, I'm still trying to continue 0:19:38.960 --> 0:19:41.399 to stack these word days in the bank, you know, 0:19:41.440 --> 0:19:43.680 so I can bring that to the table. That's the season. 0:19:44.320 --> 0:19:47.080 Alan Robinson's probably one of the most professional players that 0:19:47.119 --> 0:19:50.000 I've ever been around in my playing and coaching career. 0:19:50.160 --> 0:19:52.960 And his voice is not just going to be huge 0:19:52.960 --> 0:19:55.960 in regards to the social justice issue that's going on today. 0:19:56.240 --> 0:19:58.840 His voice started three months ago or four months ago, 0:19:58.880 --> 0:20:01.320 and we started these meetings when he got in these 0:20:01.400 --> 0:20:04.440 rooms and was helping guys and getting on guys for 0:20:04.600 --> 0:20:06.960 not you know, maybe they weren't sitting right in meeting, 0:20:07.000 --> 0:20:09.040 maybe they were walking around too much on the video. 0:20:09.160 --> 0:20:12.320 So his voice has been around for four months. Man, 0:20:12.359 --> 0:20:14.560 he's gonna have big impression on these young receivers that 0:20:14.600 --> 0:20:16.920 come in. Ted Gin junior as a veteran would also 0:20:17.000 --> 0:20:21.080 help in that category. But Tom and Jim overall, just 0:20:21.200 --> 0:20:24.199 can you stress the importance of what this man brings, 0:20:24.400 --> 0:20:27.320 not just what he's doing on the field, and his 0:20:27.440 --> 0:20:30.879 connection at this point with Mitch Trubisky and he had 0:20:30.880 --> 0:20:33.800