WEBVTT - Nagy talks Draft, quarterbacks | All Access 0:00:01.120 --> 0:00:04.400 The following is a presentation of the Chicago's Network and 0:00:04.720 --> 0:00:08.600 Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official mobile 0:00:08.600 --> 0:00:11.799 app for up to the minute Bears content every day 0:00:11.880 --> 0:00:16.480 and now welcome to Bears All Access, your all access 0:00:16.560 --> 0:00:20.959 passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is brought 0:00:21.000 --> 0:00:25.160 to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical Physical 0:00:25.200 --> 0:00:30.480 Therapy and CDW to be with you once again. Everybody, 0:00:30.520 --> 0:00:33.440 welcome into this week's edition of Bears All Access, brought 0:00:33.479 --> 0:00:36.120 to you by IGS Energy. Jeff joni Ac along with 0:00:36.200 --> 0:00:38.440 Tom There Jim Miller will be along as well from 0:00:38.440 --> 0:00:42.320 Serious XM NFL Radios Moving the Chains and our producer tonight, 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:46.160 Sean Anderson. And as we get together, hoping everybody out 0:00:46.200 --> 0:00:50.560 there is getting along okay, living by the rules of 0:00:50.600 --> 0:00:52.639 the road, so to speak, right now, and staying at 0:00:52.640 --> 0:00:56.200 home and social distancing and hopefully hopefully everybody's healthy. And 0:00:56.240 --> 0:00:58.360 Big Tim got to do a shout out right out 0:00:58.360 --> 0:01:01.280 of the gate to all those folks out there in 0:01:01.680 --> 0:01:06.399 the restaurant business that are providing drive by pickups. You 0:01:06.480 --> 0:01:11.680 got the medical profession doctors, nurses, all medical personnel. You 0:01:11.760 --> 0:01:14.399 got grocery store workers, I mean we could go on 0:01:14.440 --> 0:01:17.840 and on and on, police, fire, first responders. Way to 0:01:17.920 --> 0:01:20.640 go You're helping us through and there's no other way 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:23.559 to go about it. We need these folks, So thank 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:25.160 you one and all. And I know you're in the 0:01:25.200 --> 0:01:28.360 restaurant business as well. Yeah, it's you know, it's an 0:01:28.360 --> 0:01:33.320 everyday struggle and everyday new experience just trying to something 0:01:33.360 --> 0:01:35.679 you're overcome. But you know, when you talk about those 0:01:35.760 --> 0:01:38.520 the all the people, the you know, the garbage collectors, 0:01:38.520 --> 0:01:42.840 the road department, the electrical workers, the whole workforce that 0:01:43.040 --> 0:01:45.920 is kind of keeping a world together during them some 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:48.680 of the most difficult times that we've ever seen in 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:51.840 our mature lifetime because when we are kids, there is 0:01:51.960 --> 0:01:54.120 things that our parents went through that we are never 0:01:54.160 --> 0:01:56.560 aware of, a lot like the kids up today. But 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:59.120 for every one of the workforce members that go out 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:02.280 there every single day, believe me, don't ever think there 0:02:02.320 --> 0:02:04.920 goes a day that you're not appreciated in the efforts 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:08.799 that you're you're putting forth. And also a big nod 0:02:08.840 --> 0:02:11.760 to the Chicago Bears team president CEO Ted Phillips today 0:02:11.800 --> 0:02:15.640 tom announcing a commitment of one point nine two million 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:19.520 dollars to local COVID nineteen relief efforts and the nineteen 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:24.320 twenty obviously a significant number in Bears franchise history. The 0:02:24.360 --> 0:02:27.760 address up there at hallis Hall and also the beginning 0:02:27.760 --> 0:02:32.840 of this Bears franchise a very significant donation. And they're 0:02:32.880 --> 0:02:36.080 working on and money different fronts for Advocate Charitable foundations, 0:02:36.120 --> 0:02:39.400 Relief Fund, Critical Care at Illinois, University of Chicago's community 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:43.480 support programs, and the Chicago Community COVID nineteen response funds. 0:02:43.480 --> 0:02:47.880 So many different Bears also contributing. So a lot of 0:02:48.480 --> 0:02:51.440 a lot of great stuff going on right now. Yeah, 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:53.680 that's what it's about. It's about support, you know. And 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:56.040 I think one of the things that people need out 0:02:56.040 --> 0:03:00.600 there is they need signs a positive not necessarily if 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:04.520 it's moving against the coronavirus, but positive signs of support 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:08.360 out there amongst amongst the people that are giving enormous 0:03:08.400 --> 0:03:11.200 amounts of money like the Chicago Bears, or you know, 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:14.880 the other NFL and professional sports owners all around the 0:03:14.960 --> 0:03:19.000 landscape of sports and what they're doing to support their community, 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:24.440 their employees, you know, just outside the building of their organization. 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:26.800 And you know, Jeff, it's kind of weird because you 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:29.400 think about the Bears future and when they made the 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:33.600 change to in house the training camp inside of hallis Hall. 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:37.520 While you know it's really it's a big step they've taken, 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:40.720 and you know, there's so much respect out there for 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:43.800 Olivet and everything they did in support of the Bears, 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:47.360 but the uniqueness of this season and trying to be 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:51.680 prepared a step ahead of, you know, the norm. I 0:03:51.720 --> 0:03:53.880 think the Bears have been able to do that with 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:56.920 the movement of training camp and their preparations coming up 0:03:56.960 --> 0:03:58.640 at about six ten are going to be joined by 0:03:58.640 --> 0:04:01.000 the head coach of the Chicago Bears, Matt Naggie as 0:04:01.000 --> 0:04:03.760 he begins his third year in the most unique of circumstances, 0:04:03.800 --> 0:04:06.800 So be tuned in for that with Tom and Jim Miller. 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:09.280 I'm Jeff Joniak, And today Roger Goodell did an interview 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:12.280 of some sort and he said, you know, he's continuing 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:14.960 to say this that the NFL is planning to play 0:04:14.960 --> 0:04:17.120 in twenty twenty and his quote is, that's our hope 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:20.000 and that's our planning to date. We can help our 0:04:20.040 --> 0:04:22.960 country heal, we can help bring our communities together, we 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:25.359 can provide hope, we can provide a distraction from the 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:28.440 everyday issues and show people there is a future out 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:31.880 there and that we're all going to be part of it. Obviously, Tom, 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:37.520 the public safety and how it impacts stadium workers, fans, players, 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:41.080 their families, organizations, all that that has to be taken 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:43.279 into consideration, and they will do that and they'll be 0:04:43.320 --> 0:04:47.360 proper steps and so forth. But given what they're doing 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:49.680 with the draft, two weeks from tonight gets underway with 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:52.919 round one and doing it by virtual reality with the 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:55.240 IT department's going to be the heroes and this one, 0:04:55.560 --> 0:04:57.440 I'll tell you they gotta be, because they're going to 0:04:57.520 --> 0:05:01.720 be really in the focus here. He has proven that 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:03.599 this is this is the plan that he wants to 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:06.800 pursue until somebody tells him you can. Well, you know what, 0:05:06.960 --> 0:05:09.240 I'm glad that he's going he's following through with the 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:12.240 draft because you know, I kind of laugh and I 0:05:12.360 --> 0:05:14.880 giggle at it about all these people, how they think 0:05:14.920 --> 0:05:17.760 they're gonna be caught with their hands in their pockets 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:23.000 because they don't have these eyeball to eyeball investigative meetings 0:05:23.000 --> 0:05:25.080 that they have with these guys. And you know, I 0:05:25.640 --> 0:05:28.200 always put myself or the guys that I was getting 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:30.920 ready to be drafted with back at that era, and 0:05:30.960 --> 0:05:34.400 there was no communication, there was no contact. You hopefully 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:37.040 were sitting near a landline. So when they called you 0:05:37.080 --> 0:05:39.800 without cameras on you, that you are going to be 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:43.360 accepted into the family whichever team was drafting you. So 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:48.520 I'm glad Roger Goodell is kind of putting a benchmark 0:05:48.560 --> 0:05:51.280 out there in the horizon for people to kind of 0:05:51.400 --> 0:05:54.320 shoot for, for the world to aspire to be in 0:05:54.360 --> 0:05:59.039 that position, so practices or training camps or games can 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:01.559 take place. As you know, Jeff, when the Score played 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:04.440 the broadcast of the game this past weekend. Now, the 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:07.000 last couple of weekends I've listened, It's been a really 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:11.400 positive distraction for me. And I'm not listening to ourselves. 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:14.479 I'm listening to the broadcast about the Bears game. In 0:06:14.600 --> 0:06:18.039 your mind kind of is able to escape away from 0:06:18.040 --> 0:06:20.480 the other news you're paying attention to twenty three and 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:22.280 a half hours a day the other six and a 0:06:22.360 --> 0:06:25.640 half days. Jim, is that the Jim joining us now? Jim? 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:29.599 Is it a no excuses NFL draft? Yeah? Yeah, I 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:31.599 don't think any team. I agree with Tom, no team 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:33.360 is going to be caught with their pants down they're 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:36.760 gonna have all the information that they need on these players. 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:39.599 They've scouted these players, some guys three years because they've 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:41.960 come out as juniors four years. Some guys have come out, 0:06:42.640 --> 0:06:44.920 you know, because they were red shirted five years. So 0:06:44.960 --> 0:06:48.400 they've got information on these guys. As for I found 0:06:48.400 --> 0:06:51.520 out today on the medical rechecks, there's seventy two, well 0:06:51.560 --> 0:06:55.120 actually seventy three guys that need a medical recheck, and 0:06:55.240 --> 0:06:57.840 it's seventy three now because Brandon now you the Arizona 0:06:57.880 --> 0:07:01.000 State widebc Real had surgery. But what the NFL has done, 0:07:01.200 --> 0:07:04.800 they've broken that up between six teams. So six teams 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:06.599 have like twelve guys each that they got to do 0:07:06.640 --> 0:07:10.200 the medical rechecks. They get virtual exams with doctors. The 0:07:10.280 --> 0:07:12.520 agents are more than willing to give them the information 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:14.720 because they want to get the info out there about 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:19.080 their client. Seventy five percent of those rechecks are already done. 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:21.600 Then it will all of them will go back to 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:25.440 NIC in Indianapolis, and then every team in the National 0:07:25.440 --> 0:07:27.960 Football League will be sent a report on all these 0:07:27.960 --> 0:07:30.960 medical rechecks. All these teams will be more than equipped 0:07:31.000 --> 0:07:33.440 with the information that they need. Probably the one thing 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:36.360 that area of concern would be trades. On Draft Day. 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:39.000 You're probably going to see gms and teams that have 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:41.720 traded and have a relationship. They're going to be more 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:44.400 likely to trade than say a new GM, say like 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:48.000 Andrew Barry of Cleveland. So I think you'll see trades 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:50.080 still happen, but it will be with guys that have 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:53.680 long existing relationships and have done it before, or they 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:57.040 may be in place verbally earlier in the day and 0:07:57.080 --> 0:08:00.440 then become official when the actual time to do it 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:03.480 is in the offing. All right, I'm gonna step away. 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:06.400 Coming up next, Bears head coach Matt Naggie kind enough 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:08.680 to give us some time tonight on Bears All Access, 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:11.440 brought to you by IGS Energy on Chicago Sports Radio 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:15.400 six seventy The Score. Welcome back to Bears All Access 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:17.920 brought to you by IGS Energy, a proud partner of 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:21.480 the Chicago Bears, providing electricity, natural gas, and whole warranty 0:08:21.520 --> 0:08:24.400 products to over one million customers across the country. Learn 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:28.440 more about IGS Energy at igs dot com. Jeff Joniac, 0:08:28.480 --> 0:08:31.560 along with Tom Darem, a broadcast partner from WBBM, and 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:35.360 Jim Miller, a former Chicago Bears quarterback and a member 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:37.880 of the staff at Sirius XM NFL Radio. Moving the 0:08:37.920 --> 0:08:40.960 chains with Pat Kerwin and now joined by the head 0:08:41.000 --> 0:08:43.640 coach of the Chicago Bears. Please to be joined by 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:48.440 Matt Naggee. Good evening, Matt. How are things going going well? Guys? 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:51.880 How are y'all doing doing great? Thank you for stepping 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:54.400 away from what is a very busy time NFL draft 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:59.640 preparations two weeks from tonight. It may seem like it 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:02.640 is a long way away, but you guys, you guys 0:09:02.640 --> 0:09:04.640 have been working so hard at this as as a 0:09:04.720 --> 0:09:07.200 franchise and with all your meetings and staff and so forth, 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:10.480 that uh, it probably isn't enough time, you know, to 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:12.760 get ready for something like this in the most unique 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:16.320 of circumstances. Yeah, you know what, Jeff, It is that 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:19.960 it's as we're all going through, the word precedented keeps 0:09:20.000 --> 0:09:22.920 coming up and unique and any way you look at it, 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:26.160 and we're all in different situations, and I think, um, 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:28.840 you know, the one thing for our situation is we're 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:32.360 pretty fortunate right now, um, being able to be around 0:09:32.360 --> 0:09:35.920 people that are working really hard, um to to really 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:38.320 let us and allow us to get our job done. 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:40.679 So we've been in our world. We've been doing a 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:43.680 lot of meetings, you know, technology wise to resume and 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:47.400 Skype and and uh and and different things with our 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:50.760 home office computers, and everyone's been doing really well with it. 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:53.160 So it's been unique and at the same time fun. 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:56.000 Hey man, can you talk a little bit how much 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:58.600 time you're going to save and the fact that it's 0:09:58.640 --> 0:10:01.040 not that you guys made this as decision with coronas 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:05.840 virus in mind, but making training camp back into hallis hall. 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:09.120 So now all those moves, all those different changes that 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:11.320 you used to make in the past, Bam there. You 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:13.240 guys are ready to go to hit the ground running 0:10:13.240 --> 0:10:17.560 as soon as the opportunity presents itself. Yeah, no doubt time. 0:10:17.640 --> 0:10:21.080 I think for us and everybody that's going through this 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:24.000 right now, the communication is the biggest part of this 0:10:24.360 --> 0:10:27.800 and making sure that you over communicate clarity, and that's 0:10:27.840 --> 0:10:29.520 where we have a lot of guys that are working 0:10:29.520 --> 0:10:32.880 around the clock trying to make things happen so that 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:35.800 things can be convenient. Everybody's a little bit out of 0:10:35.800 --> 0:10:39.440 their comfort level right now, and I think that sometimes 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:42.400 when you're uncomfortable, things can be harder. But for us, 0:10:42.480 --> 0:10:44.120 the way we're looking at it is let's come up 0:10:44.160 --> 0:10:48.360 with solutions. And so the other part of this too, guys, 0:10:48.440 --> 0:10:51.040 is that every other team in our world, in the 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:55.080 NFL is dealing with these exact same situations. So there's 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:57.320 really no excuses. I mean, it's it's time to roll. 0:10:57.400 --> 0:11:01.280 It's time to make sure that we continue moving forward. 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:04.280 And so far, in the last several days and really 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:08.160 the last probably ten days, it's been it's been really 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:10.880 great communicating. It's been different, but at the same time, 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:13.960 it's been effective and productive. I'm glad you brought that up. Coach. 0:11:14.000 --> 0:11:15.920 Good to talk to again. I talked to Dan Quinn, 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:18.400 head coach of the Falcons, actually just yesterday, Pat and 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:20.400 I did, and he said the same thing. He goes, 0:11:20.440 --> 0:11:23.480 if anything, this has helped us out as an organization 0:11:23.520 --> 0:11:26.640 to communicate better. He and Thomas Dimitrof have had some 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:30.320 great discussions that have maybe spurred into other discussions that 0:11:30.400 --> 0:11:32.600 maybe of things that they need to think about or 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:36.199 address and things like that. So, if anything, communication has 0:11:36.200 --> 0:11:38.640 been at a premium and it's been better within an 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:42.640 organization is what they found. Yeah, without a doubt to him, 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:45.360 and you're right, you know, we did you know, for us, 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:48.959 I think in our role, I know for mine as 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:51.320 a head coach, when you're at house hall and and 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:54.960 every other coach is there and within fifty feet of 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:58.360 your desk, that door gets knocked down a lot throughout 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:01.120 the day. And what it does is it becomes really choppy. 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:03.560 Right now, I get up in the morning, get a 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:06.640 workout in, get a you know, a cup of coffee, 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:09.080 I come into my home office and then we fired away. 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:12.360 I haven't left my home office here since eight o'clock 0:12:12.400 --> 0:12:16.640 this morning. And but it's good. It's productive. And instead 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:19.120 of all of us being together shoulder by shoulder and 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:23.120 probably wasted more time than we should, we're getting a 0:12:23.160 --> 0:12:25.320 lot more stuff done. A matter of fact, we're we're 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:29.320 crunching some things that we've done before in in you know, 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:32.640 eight to ten days down into two to three days 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:35.760 because of how effective we're being. So it's certainly new 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:38.640 for us, but everyone's had a great attitude, and like 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:40.640 you just said, with Dan Quinn and the Falcons, I 0:12:40.640 --> 0:12:43.680 mean that everyone else is doing the same thing. Bears 0:12:43.679 --> 0:12:45.720 head coach Matt Naggie kind enough to join us on 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:48.600 Bears All Access here on Chicago Sports Radio. Six seventy 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:51.160 to score. Jeff, Tim and Jim. You know the one 0:12:51.200 --> 0:12:53.440 thing about coaches And I ran into John Gruden a 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:56.240 couple of years ago at the NFL owners meetings, the 0:12:56.320 --> 0:12:59.760 spring meetings, and you know, he talked about how there's 0:12:59.800 --> 0:13:01.760 not you know, he was getting back into it. So Matt, 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:04.880 there wasn't enough practices to really evaluate players the way 0:13:04.880 --> 0:13:08.560 he'd like or as coaches, time is precious. And now 0:13:08.600 --> 0:13:11.160 when you guys do get back, you don't know about 0:13:11.200 --> 0:13:14.920 the offseason yet, it's already a different experience. Coaches like 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:17.600 to have their hands on players. And now with the 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:20.600 new CBA, your practices are cut in half to sixteen 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:24.080 padded practices. You got weekends, three day weekends baked into 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:28.120 the whole offseason program. How do you process all that 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:31.160 as a guy who wants to take what you get 0:13:31.160 --> 0:13:33.480 done on the practice field and take it the game day, 0:13:33.760 --> 0:13:37.120 but you may not have as much to deal with Yeah, 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:40.320 for sure, Jeff. I think for us is you know, 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:43.760 once you once we know here as things go the 0:13:43.800 --> 0:13:46.000 direction of what you're allowed to do and not allow 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:47.679 you know what you're allowed to do and then what 0:13:47.800 --> 0:13:51.480 you're you're not allowed to do? It all. It allows 0:13:51.520 --> 0:13:54.160 you as a coach to prepare in different ways, and 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:56.760 so we all want to have as many practices as 0:13:56.800 --> 0:14:00.040 we can and as many meetings as we can. But 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:03.440 in my last two years, for example, I've come to 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:07.720 realize as well that sometimes when you have all that time, 0:14:08.480 --> 0:14:10.440 sometimes you can do too much, you know, And I 0:14:10.480 --> 0:14:12.400 think we're all living by the whole Less is more 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:15.360 principal right now. It's that's just the way that it's 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:19.080 going to go, whether it's through virtual meetings with the 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:24.160 players or or it's less practice reps or less practice time. 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:28.000 The ones that you do get when that time comes, 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:31.480 they better be efficient. And that's our job, the prep, 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:33.680 the prep side of it as coaches, to make sure 0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:36.080 that we're firing on all cylinders to make that happen 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:38.840 so that the players can come in here. And again, 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:41.120 on their side, they have to make sure that they're 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:43.880 staying in shape and they're adapting to different weight rooms 0:14:43.880 --> 0:14:45.960 and going out to these different fields and trying to 0:14:46.040 --> 0:14:49.560 run and run these steps and staying conditioning so so 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:52.120 that when they come in there they're in tip top shape. 0:14:52.160 --> 0:14:54.840 And so it's all of us communic It goes back 0:14:54.880 --> 0:14:58.400 to communication, making sure we're talking to our guys h 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:00.720 not the xes and those part, but just making sure 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:03.360 they're safe because number one, autumnly, that's what matters the most. 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:06.280 And then are they being are they preparing themselves so 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:08.440 that when the time does come, are we hit the 0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:11.080 ground running? Hey, Matt, I want to break the ice 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:14.240 and talk cornerback a little bit. In our lives as 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:16.920 we watch sports, all of us in our time, whether 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:19.800 it's boxing or Wimbledon, when it gets down to the finals, 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:23.240 we all gravitate towards somebody. And so right now, I'm 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:25.120 a Mitch guy and I always have been. But I 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:28.480 also come from an era when quarterbacks got two or 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:30.960 three years to develop into the system to get the 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:34.200 best understanding. So now this is the third year in 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:37.640 this system with Mitch, I expect his biggest jump with 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:41.080 the most honest plate. Is that the way you're approaching 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:45.520 this with Mitch in this third year around this system. Absolutely, 0:15:45.600 --> 0:15:47.320 And I think he would tell you the same thing. 0:15:47.440 --> 0:15:49.920 And again I go back to a few days ago 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:52.240 when we did our press conference, Ryan and I were 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:55.640 together and just talking through the scenario that we're in 0:15:55.760 --> 0:15:58.560 right now. To us, we look at this as what 0:15:58.600 --> 0:16:02.120 we're trying to do is trying to make this the 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:06.040 best situation possible for Mitch and then also for Nick, 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:08.720 and it's going to be a good situation for us. 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:11.720 And when we talked with Mitch, just you know, the 0:16:11.800 --> 0:16:14.960 excitement and determination of fire he had at knowing that 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:18.480 this is going to be an open competition. That's who 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:21.080 he is. And so him being in this offense the 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:23.520 last two years and really kind of knowing where the 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:26.320 bones are buried in certain plays. And then at the 0:16:26.360 --> 0:16:29.320 same time, he knows that there's certain areas that he 0:16:29.360 --> 0:16:31.240 can get better at. He knows that, and I think 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:33.840 that's what I love about him, is that he stays 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:36.920 positive with that, he's hungry to get better. But then 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:38.840 on our side too, we need to make sure that 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:41.920 we as coaches are putting these guys, not just the quarterback, 0:16:41.920 --> 0:16:44.760 with everybody in the best position possible so that we 0:16:44.800 --> 0:16:48.520 can be successful. You know, Tom, We've we've spent this 0:16:48.600 --> 0:16:51.520 whole offseason now looking at scheme evaluation and just taking 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:53.720 a look at the why part behind our offense and 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:57.080 why it was so sluggish. It's not just one reason, 0:16:57.160 --> 0:17:00.960 there's several reasons. The beauty is for us is that 0:17:01.000 --> 0:17:03.080 we think we know what some of those answers are. 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:07.359 And some of it is is players, some of it 0:17:07.440 --> 0:17:11.720 is scheme, some of it is execution. And but what's 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:14.000 good for us is that we know that we can 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:16.920 get a lot better, and all of us as competitors 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:19.639 can't wait to get back out there so that we 0:17:19.680 --> 0:17:21.920 can do that and show everybody, you know, what our 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:24.480 plan is. And it starts with Mitch and I think 0:17:24.480 --> 0:17:27.199 he's excited for that opportunity, and as is I know 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:29.359 Nick is as well. Yeah, I want to take it 0:17:29.400 --> 0:17:31.320 to the mental makeup of Mitch. And I've said this 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:33.240 about Alex Smith too. I think he got a little 0:17:33.240 --> 0:17:35.119 beat up out there in San Francisco, but man, that 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:39.040 guy became mental teflon when he arrived in Kansas City. 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:41.600 And you know, Mitch has had extreme highs and sure 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:44.040 he's had some lows as well. All young quarterbacks go 0:17:44.080 --> 0:17:46.560 through it. Shoot, I lived it there in Chicago. I 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:49.200 know the vitriol that can be, that can be spewed. 0:17:49.480 --> 0:17:52.840 But just just for Mitch to have that mental teflon, 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:54.960 like I said, where you just put the blinders on 0:17:55.080 --> 0:17:57.239 and it doesn't matter. Let's just get better. Be a 0:17:57.240 --> 0:18:00.440 better quarterback tomorrow than you are today. And and maybe 0:18:00.480 --> 0:18:02.719 just that mental side of Mitch and if he is, 0:18:02.920 --> 0:18:05.080 if he has that test line in him where things 0:18:05.119 --> 0:18:09.320 just bounce off you for sure, and that that's a 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:13.600 that's a trait to me, Jim, that as you know, 0:18:13.720 --> 0:18:17.160 playing quarterback all your life, that that you have to have, 0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:20.719 and it's it's every you know, the more players you 0:18:20.760 --> 0:18:22.840 have on your team that are mentally strong, the more 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:25.720 coaches that you have that are mentally tough, UM, the 0:18:25.800 --> 0:18:27.720 better you're going to be. Because you know, there's a 0:18:27.720 --> 0:18:30.200 lot of adversity that strikes there's a lot of bad 0:18:30.320 --> 0:18:32.560 that happens, and that's how you react to it. And 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:36.400 so at the quarterback position, UM, you touch the football 0:18:36.400 --> 0:18:38.720 every single play, and so there's times to be praised 0:18:38.720 --> 0:18:41.680 and there's times to be criticized. And so when things 0:18:41.720 --> 0:18:44.680 don't go well, whether it's you individually or whether it's 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:48.280 your team, UM. And especially in a in a city 0:18:48.320 --> 0:18:51.320 like we have here in Chicago, where everybody's so hungry 0:18:51.359 --> 0:18:53.840 to win and win a Super Bowl, UM, there comes 0:18:53.920 --> 0:18:56.320 more pressure and so you need to be mentally strong. 0:18:56.680 --> 0:18:59.480 And I think that we're all learning in that aspect 0:18:59.560 --> 0:19:01.560 and I know, I know Mitch is really focused on 0:19:02.200 --> 0:19:05.680 trying to do everything he can to control the things 0:19:05.720 --> 0:19:08.160 that he could control, and if he does, that will 0:19:08.200 --> 0:19:10.920 be more than fine. And it's the same thing with Nick. 0:19:11.000 --> 0:19:15.000 And so what we said earlier is throughout this this 0:19:15.080 --> 0:19:18.320 open quarterback competition, it's gonna be just that. Guys. You're 0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:21.840 gonna see how open and transparent we are in this thing. 0:19:21.920 --> 0:19:24.240 There's no agendas. We're gonna go out there and these 0:19:24.240 --> 0:19:26.760 guys that we're going to give them every opportunity, equal 0:19:26.760 --> 0:19:29.800 opportunity to go out there and win the job. And 0:19:30.160 --> 0:19:32.199 we're going to be very honest and open with him. 0:19:32.200 --> 0:19:33.800 And I think that's the only way that you do it. 0:19:33.920 --> 0:19:37.080 And with that, it'll be healthy and it should make 0:19:37.080 --> 0:19:39.560 the Chicago Bears better. A few more minutes here with 0:19:39.600 --> 0:19:42.320 Matt Nagie, Bears head coach, on Chicago Sports Radio six 0:19:42.400 --> 0:19:44.440 seventy the score. Just want to amp flag one more 0:19:44.480 --> 0:19:47.520 thought about that in the competitive nature of Mitch. There 0:19:47.600 --> 0:19:49.600 was a point in December during a two game stretch 0:19:50.080 --> 0:19:52.480 after he threw a pick. He was thirty to thirty 0:19:52.520 --> 0:19:55.240 eight for three hundred eighty yards, five touchdowns or rushing 0:19:55.280 --> 0:19:57.960 touchdown and average ten yards of completion. I know it 0:19:57.960 --> 0:19:59.600 because I just looked it up in my notes today 0:19:59.600 --> 0:20:02.120 and it came upon me. Is that the kind of 0:20:02.200 --> 0:20:07.359 resiliency you know in this man? Sure? Yeah? And again 0:20:08.119 --> 0:20:10.880 the nice part of the off seasons when you are 0:20:10.920 --> 0:20:13.800 able to go through your scheme evaluation as a staff 0:20:14.040 --> 0:20:16.640 and go through the wyse and at the same time 0:20:16.640 --> 0:20:18.760 you realize, Okay, here's some certain areas where we can 0:20:18.800 --> 0:20:21.280 get better, but here's some areas right here where we 0:20:21.320 --> 0:20:23.560 did pretty we did a pretty good job. And when 0:20:23.600 --> 0:20:26.159