WEBVTT - DJ Moore on his relationship with Justin Fields | Bears, etc.

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<v Speaker 1>Right justin middle of the field forty five to fifteen,

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<v Speaker 1>bring Russ in front of a leading Lions in this work,

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<v Speaker 1>I am Jeff jonihacklitsus on dot go.

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<v Speaker 2>What was like playing for coach Bigdom. I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to answer any questions like that. Sixty one yards? What's

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<v Speaker 2>Sunday stroll for?

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<v Speaker 1>Justin field? Ye Bears et Cetera with the voices of

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<v Speaker 1>the Chicago Bears, Jeff Joniac, big time thayer Jeff Jonahack

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<v Speaker 1>with you from Hatis Hall, and we are opening a

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<v Speaker 1>new chapter in our broadcasting history big time. This is

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<v Speaker 1>my first goal around on our own podcast here with

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<v Speaker 1>the Chicago Bears. It's called Bears et Cetera. Our debut

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<v Speaker 1>edition here from Hattus Hall, the first day of availability

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<v Speaker 1>with head coach Mattyberflus and gentleal manager Ryan Poles, with

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<v Speaker 1>hil from from players as well, and a exclusive interview

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<v Speaker 1>with wide receiver DJ Moore coming up in the program.

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<v Speaker 1>They tell us town, we're supposed to just have fun

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<v Speaker 1>with this, so are you ready to have some fun?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you know what, Jeff, I'm glad we didn't debut

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<v Speaker 3>the podcast until today because I don't want to talk

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<v Speaker 3>about the past. I want to talk about the everyday future.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think that's one of the unique opportunities for

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<v Speaker 3>you and I is what do we do.

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<v Speaker 2>Go to practice.

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<v Speaker 3>We're able to talk about it in a real time sense,

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<v Speaker 3>and so if we are talking about speculating about what

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<v Speaker 3>they went through in the offseason, I almost think that's

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<v Speaker 3>a waste of time. So I'm happy the debut is

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<v Speaker 3>today and I look forward to going on with this season.

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<v Speaker 1>And we have plenty of sponsors as well. Miller Lite,

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<v Speaker 1>the official beer of the Chicago Bears, tastes like Miller

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<v Speaker 1>Times Chicago. I love the first thing that really came

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<v Speaker 1>out of Ryan Poles's mouth today and that has attacked

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<v Speaker 1>the process, because all of this is a process. It

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<v Speaker 1>was kind of echoed along with some of the players

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<v Speaker 1>justin fields. You'll hear from DJ Moore, Tremaine Edmond said

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<v Speaker 1>kind of the same thing, Eddie Jackson. And that process

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<v Speaker 1>started when these guys ended twenty twenty two and got

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<v Speaker 1>into their mindset and direction for twenty twenty three. And

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<v Speaker 1>here we are on the eve of the first practice

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<v Speaker 1>of training camp, discussing attacking the process. As a former

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<v Speaker 1>player and a star guard for the Chicago Bears and

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<v Speaker 1>the Miami Dolphins. What does attack the process mean to you?

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<v Speaker 3>Believe in the guidelines that they set out for you

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<v Speaker 3>after the last season concluded, what they expect out of

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<v Speaker 3>you body weight measurement and strength, what they want you

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<v Speaker 3>to do in terms of mentally, so you can advance

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<v Speaker 3>in the competitiveness of your position.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's got to be about everybody believing it.

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<v Speaker 3>It can't be one of three guys are starting to

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<v Speaker 3>believe in your message and then all of a sudden

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<v Speaker 3>you have kind of an unconnected commitment here.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you have a connected commitment by every.

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<v Speaker 3>Single guy in the locker room that's creating an opportunity

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<v Speaker 3>for themselves. And so I like Ryan Poles's choice of words,

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<v Speaker 3>but I think when you have everybody connected in the

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<v Speaker 3>way that we're hearing, in the way that it seems

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<v Speaker 3>where they are in this and the direction they need

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<v Speaker 3>to go, it's important, you know what.

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<v Speaker 1>I had a conversation with Matt Eberflus over the weekend,

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<v Speaker 1>and one thing that really resonated with me because you

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<v Speaker 1>and I talk about this all the time, and we

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<v Speaker 1>talked about it on our show Bears Weekly on Monday,

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<v Speaker 1>night is that it is very difficult to guarantee when

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<v Speaker 1>you bring players in, especially guys coming out of the draft,

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<v Speaker 1>and the Bears are draft heavy right now the last

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<v Speaker 1>two years. We saw how many snaps they played. Last

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<v Speaker 1>year is finding fifty three guys that love the game,

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<v Speaker 1>not just the money that comes with it. And Mattyberflus

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<v Speaker 1>fields he's got a locker room of guys who love

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<v Speaker 1>the game. So I asked him, I go, well, how

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<v Speaker 1>do you know, he goes, you put on the tape,

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<v Speaker 1>You put on the tape and you watch how they play.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that pretty much the essence of it. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you know and I know that you love the game

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<v Speaker 1>to this very second, so I would never have to

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<v Speaker 1>worry about a Tom Thayer type of player.

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<v Speaker 4>But when do you know, well, you know, I think

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<v Speaker 4>if you can match the commitment within the guys that

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<v Speaker 4>you're looking eye to eye at in the locker room,

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<v Speaker 4>because you know the alpha males in that locker room,

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<v Speaker 4>if you can live up to their expectations of their work, habits,

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<v Speaker 4>their accomplishments, then you know that you're going to get better.

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<v Speaker 3>But when you talk about commitment to the game and

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<v Speaker 3>love of the game, it's a twelve month a year process.

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<v Speaker 3>I have to see a guy that enjoys going into

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<v Speaker 3>the weight room is excited when he sees Pierre and

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<v Speaker 3>Jimmy Arthur in the weight room, waiting for these guys

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<v Speaker 3>to encourage him to get stronger, because I think that

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<v Speaker 3>is contagious, is what they.

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<v Speaker 2>Do on the field.

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<v Speaker 3>But I think when you get a group of guys

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<v Speaker 3>that like and respect each other, they encourage each other

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<v Speaker 3>to work harder. I put more effort into their skills.

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<v Speaker 3>In when Ryan Polds was talking about he's really encouraged

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<v Speaker 3>by the guys that went down and participated in some

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<v Speaker 3>of the throwing events with Justin Fields. That's a part

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<v Speaker 3>of that twelve month process that's equally as pore into

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<v Speaker 3>anything they do during the season. Hi.

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<v Speaker 1>That cues up a great point in this broadcast right

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<v Speaker 1>now to Turn two wide receiver DJ Moore, who talked

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<v Speaker 1>about that very thing, the connection with Justin Fields and more.

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<v Speaker 1>Take a listen. You're helping us out here big time.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the debut of the Bears et cetera podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>first Bears podcast ever, and you're our first guest. So

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<v Speaker 1>thank you, buddy, thank you.

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<v Speaker 5>That's a pleasure to be the first one there.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, yes, Do you listen to podcasts?

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<v Speaker 5>I do listen to podcast What is your flavor?

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<v Speaker 1>What do you like.

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<v Speaker 6>More like on YouTube? The podcast on YouTube and all

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<v Speaker 6>the different interviews and.

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<v Speaker 5>Stuff, but.

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<v Speaker 1>Sports related or it could.

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<v Speaker 6>Be anything sports like music, culture, even down to like lifestyle.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Yeah, it's for an older guy. It's it's not

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<v Speaker 1>something I've gotten into, but you know, slowly but surely

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<v Speaker 1>so it is certainly a way of the future and

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<v Speaker 1>there are so many things to learn about. Have you

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<v Speaker 1>always been a huge sports fan, regardless of just playing football?

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<v Speaker 5>Do you like all the sports? I haven't.

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<v Speaker 6>I've been a huge sports fan, but I do like

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<v Speaker 6>all the sports, like I like track, baseball. I don't

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<v Speaker 6>really watch too much basketball, but I played it growing up,

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<v Speaker 6>follow soccer like.

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<v Speaker 5>I like sports, but I just don't want to do

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<v Speaker 5>all them.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're rocking that white Sox red cap

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<v Speaker 1>version with the white letters. Great old emblem. How did

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<v Speaker 1>you discover this lid?

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<v Speaker 6>I had a few white Sox hats back in college,

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<v Speaker 6>so when I needed new ones, I just got a

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<v Speaker 6>red one back then, and I had to get a

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<v Speaker 6>new one sock I won like a few weeks ago.

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<v Speaker 1>It looks good. It looks good. I always liked those,

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<v Speaker 1>the old school as from the sixties and seventies. So

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<v Speaker 1>white white socks. Why, Yeah, I.

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<v Speaker 5>Have no clue.

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<v Speaker 6>For some reason, I always like Chicago and I just

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<v Speaker 6>like the socks logo. So but I do have a

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<v Speaker 6>cups hat and.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't want to.

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<v Speaker 1>No, you can't do that.

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<v Speaker 5>No feathers around here. So I got both.

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<v Speaker 1>No, you can't. The excitement around you. I know when

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<v Speaker 1>we first met, the first day you walked in here,

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<v Speaker 1>you kind of felt it already, not only from the building,

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<v Speaker 1>about the outside and the longer you've been around. How

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<v Speaker 1>would you characterize the excitement you feel about Bears football

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<v Speaker 1>from just the people you've walked into and ran into

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<v Speaker 1>over the course of your time.

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<v Speaker 6>Oh, the fans, everybody, they just ready for us to

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<v Speaker 6>get on the field and put pads on and finally

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<v Speaker 6>go live so they can be witnessed to something best

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<v Speaker 6>of that going on here.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and so in the locker room, do you feel

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<v Speaker 1>the same.

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<v Speaker 6>Yes, everybody's excited in the locker room. I know, we

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<v Speaker 6>just got back and everybody is so excited. I was

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<v Speaker 6>talking to each other hugging each other and just ready

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<v Speaker 6>to go.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a play during one of the OTAs. I

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<v Speaker 1>was standing on the sideline and Justin through you made

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<v Speaker 1>a double move. I think it was Justin threw a

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<v Speaker 1>deep ball and you didn't quite get it, and you

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<v Speaker 1>knelt down there and was just looking out looking back

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<v Speaker 1>at him for the longest period of time, and it

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<v Speaker 1>stuck with me at rest with me. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if you remember this particular play, but do you when

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<v Speaker 1>you do something something like that, are you trying to

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<v Speaker 1>evaluate what you were going to do next, if you

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<v Speaker 1>would have caught that ball, or how that didn't maybe happen.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it was to me it was an important thing.

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<v Speaker 1>And then you came back and talked to him.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, it was more of like where did I go wrong?

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<v Speaker 6>At what part of the route did I not get

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<v Speaker 6>up to speed to get under the ball to catch it.

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<v Speaker 6>So it was more of like me reflecting on the

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<v Speaker 6>route that I just did and all the steps that

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<v Speaker 6>I went through.

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<v Speaker 1>See, I think that's big. I don't know if the

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<v Speaker 1>average fan would care about that, but for me, it

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<v Speaker 1>just talked about the being a professional, like really caring

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<v Speaker 1>about every single detail to the tenth of a second,

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<v Speaker 1>because really, in this sport, whether it's offensive line play

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<v Speaker 1>with footwork or where your hand goes, the slightest adjustment

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<v Speaker 1>makes a difference between you're in success. And I'm sure

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<v Speaker 1>you have that in your receiving game with route running

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<v Speaker 1>and steps and timing right.

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<v Speaker 6>It plays a big part. You could take one step

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<v Speaker 6>in and the ball be placed outside and then you're like, dang,

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<v Speaker 6>that's my fault, or the quarterback going to feel like,

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<v Speaker 6>oh man, that's my fault. Went in doubt, it's always

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<v Speaker 6>probably like the receiver fault for doing something wrong like that.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, we're in the era and now and I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if this happened back in the day. Things

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<v Speaker 1>are different with OTAs now and what the what the

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<v Speaker 1>old school guys did. But when your quarterback calls you

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<v Speaker 1>up to say, hey, we're getting together. We're going to

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<v Speaker 1>Fort Lauderdale for a week or whatever it was, we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna work out a little bit together. It's funny. It's

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<v Speaker 1>like the bat phone rings and you're going right. How

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<v Speaker 1>important is that? Nowadays?

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<v Speaker 6>It's really important, especially the newcomers. Like I wasn't able

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<v Speaker 6>to make it, but I know they had a good time.

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<v Speaker 6>But we threw before he went down there, so when

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<v Speaker 6>he called, it was like, all right, I'm coming so

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<v Speaker 6>because I knew I couldn't make it to Florida. But

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<v Speaker 6>doing stuff like that is very special. You know, bills

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<v Speaker 6>those come roun and then those relationships on top of that,

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<v Speaker 6>but also gained good work in so that's good to do.

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<v Speaker 1>You know. It just seems from watching you guys together

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<v Speaker 1>and again in a few snapshots that I've been able

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<v Speaker 1>to see, or just hearing you talk about him and

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<v Speaker 1>justin talking about you, that has almost been an instant chemistry,

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<v Speaker 1>an instant connection between you guys. Would you say that's

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<v Speaker 1>a fair representation.

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<v Speaker 6>Yes, And we still got a long way to go

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<v Speaker 6>through camps, so we're going it might even get stronger,

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<v Speaker 6>and it might even get a little weird, but it's going.

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<v Speaker 5>To be a good weird.

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<v Speaker 1>So what do you mean by weird?

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<v Speaker 6>People don't think that we like InSync like it's going

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<v Speaker 6>to be crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's that's key. I mean, every great quarterback has

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<v Speaker 1>had a great receiver with him or a great tight

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<v Speaker 1>end and you guys grow together and that's you know,

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<v Speaker 1>just like NBA. When you watch NBA you know, got

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<v Speaker 1>to kind of have three guys, three triplets thing, and

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<v Speaker 1>then you build around it and it just kind of

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<v Speaker 1>takes off. That's that's the chemistry that helps everybody else.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you continue to forge forwards.

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<v Speaker 5>That constant community? Uh?

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<v Speaker 6>Looking over the bad plays, Uh, even the good plays,

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<v Speaker 6>but mainly the bad to see where the miscommunication or

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<v Speaker 6>mis rep was better.

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<v Speaker 1>You feel like a new man coming here.

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<v Speaker 5>I do feel like a new man. Uh.

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<v Speaker 6>It lit another another, another flame under my high my belt,

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<v Speaker 6>so I'm ready.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm thinking you don't need too many flames litting to

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<v Speaker 1>get to get all jacked up.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>How would you assess the rest of the room? Because

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<v Speaker 1>when a number one receiver comes in, everything gets slotted

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<v Speaker 1>and everybody's best attributes are on display. But I think

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<v Speaker 1>that's happening here, a domino effect for the rest of

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<v Speaker 1>the room.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm gonna say, So we get Mooney back. I've seen

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<v Speaker 6>Chase chases. Chase was good during ot A, so I'm

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<v Speaker 6>excited to see Mooney. I've seen EQ step up, Dante's

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<v Speaker 6>stepped up. Baylis Baylist is fast, so he's a blazer

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<v Speaker 6>and I'm ready to see what he does.

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<v Speaker 1>And Tyler Scott's blazer.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm waiting to see him unleast his speed, see who

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<v Speaker 6>faster him?

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<v Speaker 5>More?

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<v Speaker 1>Bail was you know if you could send a message

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<v Speaker 1>to Bears fans on this debut podcast about what twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty three could bring to this city and how this

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<v Speaker 1>team is going to look week one, how would you

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<v Speaker 1>kind of frame that a little bit for us?

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<v Speaker 5>Oh, exciting, excitement, a spark.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well it takes one match to light a fire, buddy. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate your time. Thank you so much. Hopefully we'll talk

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<v Speaker 1>to you again on this podcast. Thank you, djmore Tom.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really impressed with DJs Moore's professionalism number one. I

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<v Speaker 1>watched it during the OTAs just how he handles himself.

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<v Speaker 1>We touched on it in the interview when he was

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<v Speaker 1>just trying to make sure he's calibrating the right rhythm

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<v Speaker 1>and continuity with his quarterback. But the instant connection between

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<v Speaker 1>these two that has to come naturally, It just can't.

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<v Speaker 1>You just can't say, oh my gosh, Bear's got a

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<v Speaker 1>number one receiver now DJ Moore and they're gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>an instant connection with Justin Fields. No, it's got to

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<v Speaker 1>be something they work at it. But he said something

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<v Speaker 1>today as well. He said, you know, I will be

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<v Speaker 1>friends with Justin Fields the rest of my life. That's

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<v Speaker 1>how quickly this has has gone together. And to me,

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<v Speaker 1>that will be significant on how it sets up the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of the offense.

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<v Speaker 2>How about you, well, you know the approach to football.

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<v Speaker 3>He mentioned how once in a couple times during OTAs

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<v Speaker 3>that they make eye contact communication, and I think that

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<v Speaker 3>says a lot about their building relationship because when you

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<v Speaker 3>talk about a free agent coming into a locker room

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<v Speaker 3>that's looking for establishment, it's not immediately connected. You need

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<v Speaker 3>to have a little bit of time, a little bit

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<v Speaker 3>of conversations inside the whether you're in a meeting room

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<v Speaker 3>or you're in the lunch room, and those types of

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<v Speaker 3>things galvanize the relationship between each.

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<v Speaker 2>Other, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>And I DJ Moore when he was at the podium,

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<v Speaker 3>they said what do you like to do? And he says,

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<v Speaker 3>I like to watch movies and make popcorn. My mom

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<v Speaker 3>made popcorn every single day of her life chef until

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<v Speaker 3>she was.

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<v Speaker 2>Eighty seven years old.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to ask DJ Moore does he make it

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<v Speaker 3>the old fashioned way or easy? Throw one of those

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<v Speaker 3>bags in the microwave and that'll tell me a little

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<v Speaker 3>bit more about DJ Mormer.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, how do you do it? You do the old

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<v Speaker 1>fashioned way. I burned the house down. I'd burn the house.

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<v Speaker 3>Mom My mom picked the right type of pans to

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<v Speaker 3>make popcorn on the stove, and she had real strict requirements.

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<v Speaker 3>Album and uh, I just found I just found that

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<v Speaker 3>funny by by DJ.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>If I had a guess and I didn't get to

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<v Speaker 1>ask him this question, obviously, we'll do it down the road.

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<v Speaker 1>And my guess is it's the microwave version. Right, We're

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<v Speaker 1>all we want everything right away.

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<v Speaker 3>I listen, if you make a point of saying you

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<v Speaker 3>watch movies and you like popcorn, I think that DJ

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<v Speaker 3>does it the old fashioned way. And so maybe in

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<v Speaker 3>the next couple of days we'll have a chance to

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<v Speaker 3>rub elbow and ask him.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, we're gonna put a wager on this one.

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<v Speaker 2>Tom.

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<v Speaker 1>You're gonna make me your famous uh uh tacos yes,

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<v Speaker 1>and then uh and if I lose, I'll make you h.

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<v Speaker 5>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>No.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, I'm a good cook too, buddy, Right, but I'm

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<v Speaker 1>cook to.

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<v Speaker 2>Cooking is not the same as popcorn.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, I had to bring this up before we keep

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<v Speaker 1>talking about some of the interviews today Mattyberflu's true to

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<v Speaker 1>form because you go in his office and you see

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<v Speaker 1>all the greats in Bear's history, all the Hall of Famers.

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<v Speaker 1>The picture's on his wall right behind his desk, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's significant. I mean, it sends a message, and he's

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<v Speaker 1>always embraced the history of this organization right out of

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<v Speaker 1>the gate. But to talk about Walter Payton's birthday today,

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<v Speaker 1>July twenty fifth, he would have been seventy years old,

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<v Speaker 1>or as I might say, he had have been seventy

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<v Speaker 1>years young, because that's how it was. Right when you

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<v Speaker 1>heard that, I know how important he was to you

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<v Speaker 1>and how you think about him all the time. It's

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<v Speaker 1>an ever present reminder when you're at the Peyton Center

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<v Speaker 1>or you hear his name, or you mentioned anything about

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it's funny how we're talking about running back

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<v Speaker 1>so much in the league. How did that hit you

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit?

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<v Speaker 3>You know what? Early early this morning, I was watching

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<v Speaker 3>TV on a national show and they brought it up

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<v Speaker 3>in the show and it kind of shocked me a

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<v Speaker 3>little bit because I can't imagine Walter as a seventy

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<v Speaker 3>year old.

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<v Speaker 2>I can only see Walter as a.

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<v Speaker 3>Thirty five year old, full of energy, full of love,

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<v Speaker 3>full of toughness, as committed as a football player, businessman, father,

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<v Speaker 3>husband as you could possibly get in this world. And

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<v Speaker 3>so I was super excited to hear Matt Eberflus pay

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<v Speaker 3>his respects to Walter's seventieth birthday. But you know, when

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<v Speaker 3>you get up at five point thirty in the morning,

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<v Speaker 3>you turn the TV on and all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 3>there's a show that is paying their tributes to the

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<v Speaker 3>Gray Walter Payton, it tells you a little bit about

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<v Speaker 3>what who Walter touched. He didn't only touch Bears fans

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<v Speaker 3>in the Chicago Land community. He touched sports fans around

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<v Speaker 3>the world.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, Ryan Poles and I don't know what kind

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<v Speaker 1>of notes you took on all these news conferences today,

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<v Speaker 1>but having a championship mindset, which is really down that

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<v Speaker 1>is coming from obviously the McCaskey family, it's coming from

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<v Speaker 1>new president and CEO Kevin Warren. But Ryan talks about

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<v Speaker 1>it all the time, the championship mindset. And we know

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<v Speaker 1>Walter had a championship mindset from the first time you

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<v Speaker 1>met him in the huddle and you were like, oh

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<v Speaker 1>my gosh, I'm in the huddle with Walter Peyton. That's

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<v Speaker 1>even before Walter became what he became. And then right

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<v Speaker 1>behind you, we're on a zoom call looking at each other.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, Tom's at his home, I'm at Halis Hall

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<v Speaker 1>and the picture of the Bears behind you there that

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<v Speaker 1>iconic picture, and I see hamp and the sweat on

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<v Speaker 1>his shirt. I mean that group had a championship mindset.

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<v Speaker 1>What does championship mindset mean to you? Because it can

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<v Speaker 1>mean different things to different people.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you know, whether it's the picture.

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<v Speaker 3>You look at the roster of the eighty five team

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<v Speaker 3>and you look at every one of those guys, and

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<v Speaker 3>you look at what their traits of success were, and

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<v Speaker 3>they were all different, whether it's Willie and world class

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<v Speaker 3>feed or Hampton and McMichael, the most unbelievable tough combo

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<v Speaker 3>of defensive tackles, the intelligence and the commitment by Mike

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<v Speaker 3>Singletary that he put into the job, the overall love

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<v Speaker 3>and ferociousness of Wilbur Marshall and Otis Wilson and all

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<v Speaker 3>the other guys. And I think you got to be

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<v Speaker 3>a close group of guys because you have to have

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<v Speaker 3>the conversations that you're having as an offensive linement with

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<v Speaker 3>a defensive back as much as any other positions are

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<v Speaker 3>enjoying talking to each other. And I think when Ryan

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<v Speaker 3>Polls sets a sight on the type of building blocks

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<v Speaker 3>and he wants to put in the locker room to

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<v Speaker 3>build that championship caliber team, I think he's doing it

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<v Speaker 3>in the exact way that we hoped it would be done,

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<v Speaker 3>and we want to see him flourish because of it.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think the stronger the locker room gets, the

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<v Speaker 3>more successful they'll be on the practice field and that

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<v Speaker 3>will result in wins.

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<v Speaker 1>Really underscoring it is mastering your craft first, is what

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<v Speaker 1>Poles said. That bleeds into the entire unit, your entire unit,

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<v Speaker 1>and confidence believing, not hoping, they can win. And boy,

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<v Speaker 1>when that when that turns now A guy like Eddie

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<v Speaker 1>Jackson who spoke today Tremaine Edmonds had a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>success in Buffalo with an AFC championship team in a

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<v Speaker 1>near Super Bowl contender every year. You know that that

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<v Speaker 1>confidence has to come from those veteran guys to trickle

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<v Speaker 1>down to the to the young guys. But let's let's

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<v Speaker 1>leave that behind. Eddie said, he's sick of losing. He

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<v Speaker 1>hates losing. I mean, you gotta hate losing more than

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<v Speaker 1>you love winning to win, and do you think that

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<v Speaker 1>can be cultivated here this year?

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<v Speaker 3>You know what, if you're if you're a group of

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<v Speaker 3>guys that converge at Hallis Hall tomorrow and get ready

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<v Speaker 3>to start training camp and you're on the field getting

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<v Speaker 3>ready to prepare, if you ever thought that there is

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<v Speaker 3>a season that you could go out and win the

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<v Speaker 3>division and accomplish everything you wanted, this is the year.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't care how long you have or haven't been together,

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<v Speaker 3>but there's a lot of pieces within this division are

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<v Speaker 3>moving around, and you know, Eddie said, you know, you

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<v Speaker 3>gotta win the division first, and that's going to give

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<v Speaker 3>you your opportunity to get in the playoff. And I

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<v Speaker 3>do think this is a team that needs to be

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<v Speaker 3>focused on a first place division championship at the end

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<v Speaker 3>of the season. And I think that they have the

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<v Speaker 3>right caliber of players that if they take that next

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<v Speaker 3>significant step of improvement, that they are a team that

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<v Speaker 3>can accomplish exactly what they're set out for.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Seaman me, We're about twenty minutes into this thing,

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<v Speaker 1>and I haven't touched on the old line because as

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<v Speaker 1>much as everybody's talking about QB one and justin fields

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<v Speaker 1>and where he needs to improve. And he was asked

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<v Speaker 1>where he thinks he needs to improve and he wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>give anybody any details. We know what they are, though

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<v Speaker 1>we'd certainly do. But the offensive line, and you hear

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<v Speaker 1>that Darnell Wright comes in, as Ryan Pole said, crush

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<v Speaker 1>the conditioning test and I don't know what goes into that,

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<v Speaker 1>but lost weight, trimmed his body fat, cares wants to

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<v Speaker 1>be really great, and that is important. The mental toughness,

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<v Speaker 1>because tough days are coming. You got to be locked

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<v Speaker 1>and loaded and ready to go. And how encouraging is

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<v Speaker 1>it to hear that your top pick and a cornerstone

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<v Speaker 1>piece for the offensive line is locked in and ready

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<v Speaker 1>to go.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I'm really excited that the guys are here.

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<v Speaker 3>They've been together all OTAs. This is where I'm having

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<v Speaker 3>just a little bit of worrio. Is in the first

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<v Speaker 3>three days of practice, it's going to average about ninety

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<v Speaker 3>five degrees and what you've been doing to get ready

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<v Speaker 3>in the last forty days is not what you're going

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<v Speaker 3>to face in the next three days.

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<v Speaker 2>So I just want.

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<v Speaker 3>Darnell to go out there and feel at ease and

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<v Speaker 3>understand what, you know, everything that he's going to do,

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<v Speaker 3>take to learn about his job, about the specific techniques,

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<v Speaker 3>how to learn about Nate Davis and being the dominant

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<v Speaker 3>player he has a chance to be. But you know,

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<v Speaker 3>we've seen guys, even no matter what conference they come

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<v Speaker 3>out of where they're born and raised, they come here

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<v Speaker 3>hit the field with that blue helmet on, with that

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<v Speaker 3>Guardian shield over the top of it, those blue jerseys on,

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<v Speaker 3>and also that one hundred feels like one hundred and ten,

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<v Speaker 3>and you know that's part of the test of your

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<v Speaker 3>mental structure. You know, how tough of a person you are.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a weird question because I know what it

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<v Speaker 1>was like in Plattvil because I started covering the Bears

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<v Speaker 1>in eighty five. The eighty five ten was the first

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<v Speaker 1>time I started covering sports, so I saw what you

0:22:21.160 --> 0:22:23.920
<v Speaker 1>guys went through, and that is, you know, the sprints

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<v Speaker 1>after practice to two a days and just dripping wet

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<v Speaker 1>and the heat up there. I know you were in

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<v Speaker 1>the USFL and Arizona. Did you guys practice outdoors or

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<v Speaker 1>indoors in Arizona? And how hot was it or because

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<v Speaker 1>it was a different time of the year, the temperature

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<v Speaker 1>was adequate. And did you fear practice more about the

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<v Speaker 1>heat than you did your opponents across the line of

0:22:45.640 --> 0:22:47.200
<v Speaker 1>scrimmage and what you were going to be going through.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you the super super hot days in Platfil, Yeah,

0:22:51.200 --> 0:22:53.760
<v Speaker 3>I did worry about that because I was susceptible to

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<v Speaker 3>having to having cramping problems and that's a painful, painful

0:22:58.240 --> 0:23:02.439
<v Speaker 3>thing to go through. So but in Arizona, because it

0:23:02.480 --> 0:23:04.800
<v Speaker 3>was so hot during the daytime, we showed up at

0:23:04.800 --> 0:23:07.920
<v Speaker 3>the facility at four o'clock in the afternoon, we met

0:23:07.960 --> 0:23:10.680
<v Speaker 3>from four o'clock until six o'clock.

0:23:10.480 --> 0:23:11.680
<v Speaker 2>When the sun went down.

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<v Speaker 3>We practiced from six thirty to eight thirty at night,

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<v Speaker 3>and so we never faced the abuse of abusive heat

0:23:20.040 --> 0:23:23.000
<v Speaker 3>like these guys are going to face in the next

0:23:23.000 --> 0:23:25.520
<v Speaker 3>couple days. But again, you know, when you when Matt

0:23:25.520 --> 0:23:28.359
<v Speaker 3>and Ryan talk about the development of the camaraderie and

0:23:28.359 --> 0:23:31.679
<v Speaker 3>the teamwork and what these guys learned to you know,

0:23:31.800 --> 0:23:33.720
<v Speaker 3>be in the locker room, those are some of the

0:23:33.720 --> 0:23:37.000
<v Speaker 3>most difficult days that make your team the closest because

0:23:37.040 --> 0:23:39.840
<v Speaker 3>every single guy is going through it the same. So

0:23:39.880 --> 0:23:42.320
<v Speaker 3>there's nothing more fun than going in the locker room

0:23:42.359 --> 0:23:45.679
<v Speaker 3>after a practice like that and get into that big

0:23:45.960 --> 0:23:49.000
<v Speaker 3>complaining session. We used to call it a different word,

0:23:49.080 --> 0:23:52.800
<v Speaker 3>but it's nice when you can only have your teammates

0:23:52.960 --> 0:23:56.840
<v Speaker 3>to complain around. And that's what kind of is fun

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<v Speaker 3>of being on a team.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you so explain to people, because you've told me

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<v Speaker 1>what happens to you if you cannot deal with the heat.

0:24:05.200 --> 0:24:09.080
<v Speaker 1>You're a sweater number one, so you sweat significantly. But

0:24:09.119 --> 0:24:11.640
<v Speaker 1>when you say it's a painful process, because I've never

0:24:11.760 --> 0:24:14.880
<v Speaker 1>experienced that, what happens to your body.

0:24:15.840 --> 0:24:18.240
<v Speaker 3>And you know your body is a muscle, all the

0:24:18.320 --> 0:24:22.679
<v Speaker 3>muscles that are so dehydrated that it cramps up, and

0:24:22.760 --> 0:24:26.199
<v Speaker 3>it's so painful that you can feel at start, and

0:24:26.240 --> 0:24:28.800
<v Speaker 3>then once you get to a level where you got.

0:24:28.680 --> 0:24:29.680
<v Speaker 2>An iv yourself.

0:24:29.720 --> 0:24:32.000
<v Speaker 3>And I had to do it a bunch of different

0:24:32.040 --> 0:24:36.680
<v Speaker 3>times on airplanes, in my dorm room at Platteville, laying

0:24:36.760 --> 0:24:39.200
<v Speaker 3>on the ground in the locker room after the game.

0:24:39.240 --> 0:24:43.320
<v Speaker 3>And but you know that's just me, because you know what,

0:24:43.520 --> 0:24:46.199
<v Speaker 3>and that's why I say the coach that I like

0:24:46.320 --> 0:24:50.040
<v Speaker 3>the most in the organization now is the hydrate, the

0:24:50.119 --> 0:24:53.600
<v Speaker 3>hydration and the diet coach, because we never had that

0:24:53.640 --> 0:24:56.480
<v Speaker 3>type of advice, and we are out there just trying

0:24:56.480 --> 0:24:57.440
<v Speaker 3>to survive.

0:24:57.119 --> 0:24:57.720
<v Speaker 2>On our own.

0:24:58.119 --> 0:25:00.480
<v Speaker 3>And if I would have had the advice of the

0:25:00.640 --> 0:25:04.679
<v Speaker 3>people that's their department, they would have helped me as

0:25:04.800 --> 0:25:06.640
<v Speaker 3>much as Clyde Emerck did in the weight room.

0:25:06.720 --> 0:25:09.639
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, the performing staff is something else. It's not just

0:25:10.560 --> 0:25:12.720
<v Speaker 1>putting the right food in your body, but making sure

0:25:12.800 --> 0:25:15.360
<v Speaker 1>everything is hydrated. But in a way that's so technical

0:25:15.480 --> 0:25:18.840
<v Speaker 1>now and so keenly a part of this that it's

0:25:19.000 --> 0:25:21.119
<v Speaker 1>if you don't take advantage of it, then you're not

0:25:21.200 --> 0:25:24.040
<v Speaker 1>being a professional. Frankly right, you can't do it your

0:25:24.040 --> 0:25:24.480
<v Speaker 1>own way.

0:25:24.800 --> 0:25:25.000
<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 1>I just heard something. They were talking about it on

0:25:27.840 --> 0:25:33.440
<v Speaker 1>ESPN one thousand here in Chicago about DK Metcalf. Did

0:25:33.480 --> 0:25:35.760
<v Speaker 1>you hear about this? He was on a podcast and

0:25:35.800 --> 0:25:39.200
<v Speaker 1>I don't know whom I can't recall now, but his diet.

0:25:39.640 --> 0:25:42.840
<v Speaker 1>He gets out, he works out twice a day, but

0:25:42.920 --> 0:25:46.399
<v Speaker 1>he has a cup of Starbucks and then he eats

0:25:46.520 --> 0:25:51.639
<v Speaker 1>a lot bags of candy, gummies and life savers and

0:25:51.760 --> 0:25:54.640
<v Speaker 1>all this other stuff, and then he has one meal

0:25:54.640 --> 0:25:57.360
<v Speaker 1>at eight o'clock at night. Now he looks like an Adonis.

0:25:57.680 --> 0:26:01.200
<v Speaker 1>He looks like you back in your day just yoked up.

0:26:01.560 --> 0:26:04.400
<v Speaker 1>How does a how does someone's Is it because he's

0:26:04.440 --> 0:26:06.600
<v Speaker 1>in his twenties he can survive this or is he

0:26:06.800 --> 0:26:09.000
<v Speaker 1>just working out so hard he's burning off everything.

0:26:09.600 --> 0:26:13.480
<v Speaker 3>He's got a superior metabolism and he's got the god

0:26:13.600 --> 0:26:17.640
<v Speaker 3>gifts of having uh, the physique that you were blessed with.

0:26:18.000 --> 0:26:20.919
<v Speaker 3>But it's it takes a lot more than that to

0:26:20.960 --> 0:26:23.359
<v Speaker 3>get to where what he looks like. But you know,

0:26:23.400 --> 0:26:26.280
<v Speaker 3>there's you know when when we didn't have access to

0:26:26.400 --> 0:26:29.280
<v Speaker 3>food during the day, I would I would come to practice,

0:26:29.400 --> 0:26:33.040
<v Speaker 3>I would drink coffee all day and sometimes I never had.

0:26:32.800 --> 0:26:35.040
<v Speaker 2>My first meal until I left the facility.

0:26:35.440 --> 0:26:37.560
<v Speaker 3>Matt Suey was a guy that always used to have

0:26:38.160 --> 0:26:42.240
<v Speaker 3>a pocket full of hard candy and that's what he hate.

0:26:42.040 --> 0:26:45.439
<v Speaker 2>During He's hidding me. No, that's crazy.

0:26:46.119 --> 0:26:50.280
<v Speaker 3>That's the funny thing about it, where you know it's

0:26:50.359 --> 0:26:53.800
<v Speaker 3>hard to control everything you know that that people do.

0:26:53.880 --> 0:26:56.439
<v Speaker 3>It's it's not it would be nice having access to

0:26:56.560 --> 0:26:58.080
<v Speaker 3>it the all life they do today.

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<v Speaker 1>Tom Thayer, Jeff Joniak our maiden voyage. We heard from

0:27:33.640 --> 0:27:36.200
<v Speaker 1>DJ Moore earlier today, Hey, what do you want out

0:27:36.200 --> 0:27:38.600
<v Speaker 1>of this podcast? Over the long term, We're gonna come

0:27:38.600 --> 0:27:41.920
<v Speaker 1>to you during the season twice a week. We're told,

0:27:42.119 --> 0:27:43.879
<v Speaker 1>you know, we're supposed to have some fun here and

0:27:43.920 --> 0:27:46.240
<v Speaker 1>we're trying to do that, and then once a week

0:27:46.280 --> 0:27:49.480
<v Speaker 1>in the offseason. But it's an exciting time to roll

0:27:49.520 --> 0:27:51.440
<v Speaker 1>out some of our thoughts because we do a lot

0:27:51.440 --> 0:27:54.080
<v Speaker 1>of homework. We do a lot of information that never

0:27:54.119 --> 0:27:57.879
<v Speaker 1>makes the airwaves, so good storytelling time. And we'll have

0:27:57.920 --> 0:27:59.280
<v Speaker 1>a few guests along the way as well.

0:27:59.280 --> 0:27:59.440
<v Speaker 2>Well.

0:28:00.280 --> 0:28:02.840
<v Speaker 3>Before every show, I want you to declare if you're

0:28:02.880 --> 0:28:05.760
<v Speaker 3>in a good mood or a bad boot, because just

0:28:05.800 --> 0:28:07.960
<v Speaker 3>how I want to let the audience know a little

0:28:07.960 --> 0:28:12.119
<v Speaker 3>bit about Jeff Joniac because as the season winds on,

0:28:12.920 --> 0:28:15.640
<v Speaker 3>sometimes you're a little more sour than I.

0:28:15.600 --> 0:28:18.560
<v Speaker 1>Am so well, which is saying a lot, because there's

0:28:18.560 --> 0:28:21.000
<v Speaker 1>some sower in you as well, my friend.

0:28:21.640 --> 0:28:24.280
<v Speaker 3>I want our audience to be able to appreciate because

0:28:24.400 --> 0:28:27.440
<v Speaker 3>I was looking forward to this podcast because there are

0:28:27.880 --> 0:28:30.720
<v Speaker 3>hours of conversations that we have that we never let

0:28:30.760 --> 0:28:33.200
<v Speaker 3>the public yea to be a part of and so

0:28:33.800 --> 0:28:34.679
<v Speaker 3>and so we're.

0:28:34.520 --> 0:28:36.000
<v Speaker 1>Going to work, We're gonna let them in. We're going

0:28:36.040 --> 0:28:37.720
<v Speaker 1>to let them into our lives. Is that what we're doing?

0:28:37.800 --> 0:28:38.240
<v Speaker 2>This is it?

0:28:38.280 --> 0:28:41.080
<v Speaker 3>Man, Listen, There's gonna be some sour moments during the

0:28:41.120 --> 0:28:44.000
<v Speaker 3>season that you're going to have to talk me off

0:28:44.000 --> 0:28:44.680
<v Speaker 3>the legend.

0:28:45.320 --> 0:28:47.880
<v Speaker 2>I will, you know, try to do the same for you.

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<v Speaker 1>The fact of the matter is that we we also

0:28:50.400 --> 0:28:52.480
<v Speaker 1>want to win, and we have been a part of

0:28:52.520 --> 0:28:55.360
<v Speaker 1>this now twenty seven years in some form of fashion together.

0:28:55.440 --> 0:28:57.400
<v Speaker 1>This is the twenty seventh year. Twenty three for me

0:28:57.520 --> 0:29:00.000
<v Speaker 1>is the play by play guy and that roller coade

0:29:00.160 --> 0:29:02.640
<v Speaker 1>to ride it does impact you. I had a rider

0:29:02.720 --> 0:29:05.240
<v Speaker 1>one time say why do you care so much? And

0:29:05.520 --> 0:29:09.840
<v Speaker 1>and you know you care because hey, there's nothing like it.

0:29:10.080 --> 0:29:12.920
<v Speaker 1>I talked to a former player the other day. I'm

0:29:12.960 --> 0:29:15.920
<v Speaker 1>not gonna say who, and I said, you know, when

0:29:15.960 --> 0:29:20.400
<v Speaker 1>your team is in the mix, and it's December and

0:29:20.440 --> 0:29:23.000
<v Speaker 1>it's already been a long grind, it's been a long season,

0:29:23.440 --> 0:29:26.480
<v Speaker 1>but there's nothing really to play. You know, it's not

0:29:26.600 --> 0:29:28.920
<v Speaker 1>you're not going to the playoffs. You know, you got

0:29:28.920 --> 0:29:32.680
<v Speaker 1>to find somewhere to continue to capture those moments in

0:29:32.800 --> 0:29:35.680
<v Speaker 1>games right where you're charting the history of the game.

0:29:35.760 --> 0:29:38.040
<v Speaker 1>That's what we're doing. We're doing it. We have to you.

0:29:38.160 --> 0:29:39.680
<v Speaker 1>You gotta do what's in front of you. You got to

0:29:39.680 --> 0:29:41.840
<v Speaker 1>play what's in front of you. But when it's when

0:29:41.840 --> 0:29:45.720
<v Speaker 1>you're playing for something, you're different. And I'm different. You

0:29:45.720 --> 0:29:48.000
<v Speaker 1>can tell when we walk into Soldier Field or any

0:29:48.080 --> 0:29:51.360
<v Speaker 1>road game we go to, because we know that every

0:29:51.760 --> 0:29:55.360
<v Speaker 1>single snap is gonna matter in that game. And I've

0:29:55.400 --> 0:30:00.000
<v Speaker 1>never been more in tuned to a broadcast when every

0:30:00.000 --> 0:30:02.760
<v Speaker 1>angle snap matters in a game and there's something to

0:30:02.800 --> 0:30:03.200
<v Speaker 1>play for.

0:30:03.560 --> 0:30:07.080
<v Speaker 2>Agree every minute, every minute during the week matters. And

0:30:07.080 --> 0:30:07.920
<v Speaker 2>that's the thing about it.

0:30:08.000 --> 0:30:10.160
<v Speaker 3>You know, you get up there on those media days

0:30:10.200 --> 0:30:13.320
<v Speaker 3>and you see that the house is packed with national

0:30:13.360 --> 0:30:16.360
<v Speaker 3>media because the Bears are the story that everybody wants

0:30:16.400 --> 0:30:19.160
<v Speaker 3>to cover. And when you get into that winning type

0:30:19.200 --> 0:30:24.160
<v Speaker 3>of you know, that winning flow every single day, you

0:30:24.200 --> 0:30:26.200
<v Speaker 3>can't wait to get to the facility. You stay there

0:30:26.240 --> 0:30:29.560
<v Speaker 3>a little bit longer. You're having longer conversations, maybe watching

0:30:29.560 --> 0:30:31.960
<v Speaker 3>a little bit more tape, trying to do something different

0:30:32.000 --> 0:30:35.560
<v Speaker 3>in the way room. So winning is contagious to seven

0:30:35.640 --> 0:30:38.600
<v Speaker 3>days a week and not just the you know, the

0:30:38.720 --> 0:30:41.120
<v Speaker 3>eight hours that we may go to Soldier Field with

0:30:41.200 --> 0:30:44.760
<v Speaker 3>on game day, everything else that the plane ride homes

0:30:45.160 --> 0:30:47.600
<v Speaker 3>from away games after you win a big game, it's

0:30:48.040 --> 0:30:51.520
<v Speaker 3>it's it's just it's just a fun atmosphere.

0:30:50.960 --> 0:30:51.320
<v Speaker 2>To be in.

0:30:51.520 --> 0:30:54.040
<v Speaker 1>And when we do come home, we fly United Airlines,

0:30:54.080 --> 0:30:57.239
<v Speaker 1>official airlines of the Chicago Bears. All right, let's hit

0:30:57.280 --> 0:31:00.840
<v Speaker 1>some key topics before we wrap things up here. Obviously,

0:31:01.360 --> 0:31:04.800
<v Speaker 1>one of the hot button discussion points for a variety

0:31:04.800 --> 0:31:07.479
<v Speaker 1>of reasons is Chase Claypool. So he is ready to go.

0:31:07.560 --> 0:31:10.240
<v Speaker 1>He will be on the practice field tomorrow. He's had

0:31:10.360 --> 0:31:13.080
<v Speaker 1>extra time with the staff to get himself ready. He

0:31:13.160 --> 0:31:16.360
<v Speaker 1>worked with Justin Fields for a time. Fields indicated that

0:31:16.760 --> 0:31:19.520
<v Speaker 1>Claypole had a little cranky knee a little bit, but

0:31:19.640 --> 0:31:23.320
<v Speaker 1>he's ready to go, and if he plays to his potential,

0:31:24.080 --> 0:31:27.800
<v Speaker 1>that is a major, major bonus to the offense. With

0:31:27.960 --> 0:31:31.080
<v Speaker 1>DJ Moore, Darnell Mooney and all the other gang that

0:31:31.480 --> 0:31:33.400
<v Speaker 1>they're going to get the ball to to spread that

0:31:33.480 --> 0:31:37.440
<v Speaker 1>ball around. How important is this in your mind for

0:31:37.560 --> 0:31:40.800
<v Speaker 1>Chase Chase Claypool to hit the ground running, develop that

0:31:40.880 --> 0:31:42.400
<v Speaker 1>chemistry and be an impact player.

0:31:43.000 --> 0:31:45.360
<v Speaker 3>You know, last year when they brought Chase a board,

0:31:45.400 --> 0:31:47.920
<v Speaker 3>they kind of started thinking about the defenses they were

0:31:47.920 --> 0:31:49.960
<v Speaker 3>going to face and how are they going to configure

0:31:50.000 --> 0:31:55.400
<v Speaker 3>their coverage against Claypool, Darnell Mooney unless include Colon there

0:31:55.480 --> 0:31:58.120
<v Speaker 3>amongst the other guys. So now when you have a

0:31:58.120 --> 0:32:02.280
<v Speaker 3>guy like DJ Moore along Chase, Claypool and Darnell and

0:32:02.360 --> 0:32:04.720
<v Speaker 3>the tight end position they have, now you're going to

0:32:04.800 --> 0:32:08.360
<v Speaker 3>get a kind of a better understanding of how the

0:32:09.040 --> 0:32:11.680
<v Speaker 3>defensive team that you're facing is going to try to

0:32:11.720 --> 0:32:15.520
<v Speaker 3>take away your receivers. How I DJ now is always

0:32:15.600 --> 0:32:18.400
<v Speaker 3>number one, and then you got two to three split

0:32:18.480 --> 0:32:20.040
<v Speaker 3>up between Darnell and Clayon.

0:32:20.840 --> 0:32:23.000
<v Speaker 2>Because of the formation, you.

0:32:23.040 --> 0:32:25.840
<v Speaker 3>May have an advantage not only a height advantage, of

0:32:25.920 --> 0:32:29.640
<v Speaker 3>speed advantage and an experience advantage with Chase that you

0:32:29.680 --> 0:32:32.600
<v Speaker 3>could take advantage of. And then if it's if they say,

0:32:32.600 --> 0:32:34.560
<v Speaker 3>oh we need to get a little bit more effort

0:32:34.600 --> 0:32:38.000
<v Speaker 3>focused on Chase Claypool, is that going to open opportunities

0:32:38.040 --> 0:32:39.600
<v Speaker 3>for DJ more Darnell in the.

0:32:39.560 --> 0:32:40.280
<v Speaker 2>Tight end position.

0:32:40.560 --> 0:32:44.200
<v Speaker 3>So I just think it has a real overall effect,

0:32:44.760 --> 0:32:47.600
<v Speaker 3>not only with justin reading the coverages, how they're going

0:32:47.640 --> 0:32:50.360
<v Speaker 3>to play coverages, and then where is going to open

0:32:50.440 --> 0:32:54.560
<v Speaker 3>up your best opportunity against either a mismatch or a

0:32:54.600 --> 0:32:56.040
<v Speaker 3>better route to the coverage.

0:32:56.040 --> 0:32:58.120
<v Speaker 1>A couple of new additions on the Bears roster and

0:32:58.240 --> 0:33:01.680
<v Speaker 1>we expect to see that throughout training. Buddy Johnson a

0:33:01.680 --> 0:33:05.200
<v Speaker 1>linebacker from the Pittsburgh Steelers. Four five eight forty guy

0:33:05.240 --> 0:33:07.840
<v Speaker 1>time at linebacker. He's a running chase linebacker and wide

0:33:07.840 --> 0:33:10.400
<v Speaker 1>receiver Isaiah Ford. He's been I think on four or

0:33:10.400 --> 0:33:13.360
<v Speaker 1>five different clubs. Four six ' one forty guys got

0:33:13.360 --> 0:33:15.520
<v Speaker 1>some size to them. But this is it you know

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<v Speaker 1>here at allis hall. When you go to training camp

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<v Speaker 1>on days where they're not practicing or while they're practicing,

0:33:21.720 --> 0:33:23.800
<v Speaker 1>they may be practicing on fields three and four, but

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<v Speaker 1>on fields one and two they're working out guys and

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<v Speaker 1>guys are going out to the practice field and they're

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<v Speaker 1>seeing guys that could take one of their roster spots.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the weirdest thing I've ever seen. But it happens

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<v Speaker 1>every year.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, Jeff.

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<v Speaker 3>The last year I went to the Miami Dolphins, I

0:33:37.640 --> 0:33:39.760
<v Speaker 3>went down there on a Wednesday, and I went off

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<v Speaker 3>on a side field with three other guys they brought

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<v Speaker 3>in and we went through some drills to see who

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<v Speaker 3>they were gonna pick. And I knew the guys that

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<v Speaker 3>I was going against, that I was better than. And

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<v Speaker 3>so here we are, we're practicing. Over here, I can

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<v Speaker 3>see you can see the whole office of team looking

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<v Speaker 3>over at us, like who were we with?

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<v Speaker 2>Positions did we play?

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<v Speaker 3>It was an awards scenario, but it's everything, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>It's everything you have lived for.

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<v Speaker 1>You know. Darnell Mooney coming off his first injury in

0:34:08.680 --> 0:34:11.280
<v Speaker 1>his career, and it can be a lonely road for guys,

0:34:11.560 --> 0:34:13.759
<v Speaker 1>but he worked with Eddie Jackson and Ady Jackson said

0:34:14.040 --> 0:34:17.319
<v Speaker 1>they motivated each other. Jack Sanborn as well, all three

0:34:17.360 --> 0:34:20.640
<v Speaker 1>of being cleared and ready to practice. Excited about seeing that.

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<v Speaker 1>But you never really were injured until you injured your back,

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<v Speaker 1>but you didn't miss games. How hard would have that

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<v Speaker 1>been for you to go through an injury that you

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<v Speaker 1>had to have an entire off season to reload and

0:34:32.760 --> 0:34:35.400
<v Speaker 1>try to get yourself back again, because there's gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>good days and there's gonna be bad days in the rehab.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, the older you get, the more precious your

0:34:42.239 --> 0:34:44.600
<v Speaker 3>weight room time. Your weight room time is because you

0:34:44.680 --> 0:34:47.719
<v Speaker 3>gotta stay strong. You have to challenge yourself. You got

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<v Speaker 3>to be able to make sure that you're competitive on

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<v Speaker 3>the strainth side of it. But when you're rehabbing from

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<v Speaker 3>an injury like I was doing from a back injury,

0:34:55.160 --> 0:34:57.840
<v Speaker 3>there's approaches to it and it takes a long period

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<v Speaker 3>of time. When Darnell Mooney went up back on the

0:35:00.560 --> 0:35:03.680
<v Speaker 3>field after the Texans game and brought that jugs machine

0:35:03.800 --> 0:35:06.880
<v Speaker 3>and was catching after balls after a game, that tells

0:35:06.880 --> 0:35:09.279
<v Speaker 3>me all I need to know about Darnell Mooney. He's

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<v Speaker 3>just as committed a guy as you can possibly get

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<v Speaker 3>on a football team, and I would want him in

0:35:14.400 --> 0:35:18.120
<v Speaker 3>my locker room. So him recovery from an injury doesn't

0:35:18.160 --> 0:35:20.320
<v Speaker 3>surprise me. I know he's going to be one hundred

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<v Speaker 3>percent and he's just the type of you know, that's

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<v Speaker 3>the type of commitment to the game of football that

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<v Speaker 3>he's made.

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<v Speaker 1>And lastly, I want to touch on Tremaine Edmonds to

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<v Speaker 1>wrap up our first podcast, Bears Etc. Podcast with Tom

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<v Speaker 1>There and Jeff Joniac. I love his attitude. He became

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<v Speaker 1>an instant leader here. He says he was a natural

0:35:38.719 --> 0:35:41.560
<v Speaker 1>born leader and there is still a lot of room

0:35:41.560 --> 0:35:43.920
<v Speaker 1>to grow in his game. This is year six for

0:35:44.000 --> 0:35:46.960
<v Speaker 1>this twenty five year old. It's strange how the numbers

0:35:46.960 --> 0:35:49.520
<v Speaker 1>add up, but he says he feels great mentally. He's

0:35:49.560 --> 0:35:51.720
<v Speaker 1>in a good place and trying to improve on everything

0:35:51.840 --> 0:35:55.200
<v Speaker 1>and making deposits in those buckets to be the leader

0:35:55.239 --> 0:35:57.759
<v Speaker 1>that he knows he can be. A guy coming into

0:35:57.760 --> 0:35:59.680
<v Speaker 1>a new locker room, though, had to try to feel

0:35:59.680 --> 0:36:02.000
<v Speaker 1>it out little bit, and to his credit, he did

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<v Speaker 1>that as well, leaning on guys like Getti Jackson and

0:36:04.400 --> 0:36:05.840
<v Speaker 1>guys who have been here, because there's not been a

0:36:05.880 --> 0:36:07.400
<v Speaker 1>lot of guys that have been here for a while,

0:36:07.680 --> 0:36:11.400
<v Speaker 1>so it is a fresh start for everybody. What's your

0:36:11.480 --> 0:36:14.480
<v Speaker 1>takeaway on Tremaine Edmunds at middle linebacker.

0:36:14.680 --> 0:36:18.080
<v Speaker 2>Is the saying talk softly and carry a big stick

0:36:18.160 --> 0:36:20.040
<v Speaker 2>or walk softly no big stick.

0:36:20.120 --> 0:36:20.759
<v Speaker 1>He can do both.

0:36:20.800 --> 0:36:22.799
<v Speaker 2>He's a soft spoken guy.

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<v Speaker 3>But I think when you see him out there and

0:36:24.680 --> 0:36:26.760
<v Speaker 3>no paths, and then you see him out there in pass,

0:36:27.040 --> 0:36:29.080
<v Speaker 3>you're going to get an understanding of how big of

0:36:29.080 --> 0:36:31.880
<v Speaker 3>a linebacker this is. And then you're going to be

0:36:31.920 --> 0:36:35.200
<v Speaker 3>impressed with his running skills, his ability to get in

0:36:35.280 --> 0:36:39.399
<v Speaker 3>past coverage or support support the line of scrimmage. Listen, man,

0:36:39.440 --> 0:36:41.719
<v Speaker 3>he's been successful since he's been in the NFL, and

0:36:41.760 --> 0:36:45.640
<v Speaker 3>he understands the commitment from a team, a teammates that

0:36:45.719 --> 0:36:48.520
<v Speaker 3>it takes to become successful. And I think that's the

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<v Speaker 3>type of message that you want to have inside this

0:36:51.840 --> 0:36:53.880
<v Speaker 3>locker room as soon as possible.

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<v Speaker 1>Maddybrifleu is saying today we're in a day to day business,

0:36:56.760 --> 0:36:59.280
<v Speaker 1>but the Bears are in a better spot. The rosters

0:36:59.320 --> 0:37:02.879
<v Speaker 1>basically ran new with a lot of leftovers from last

0:37:02.960 --> 0:37:06.000
<v Speaker 1>season that are trying to develop into big time players

0:37:06.000 --> 0:37:09.880
<v Speaker 1>for the Bears. He's looking for elite talent and named

0:37:10.239 --> 0:37:12.360
<v Speaker 1>just two out of the gate. There are more, but

0:37:12.440 --> 0:37:16.080
<v Speaker 1>he named justin Fields and he named Tremaine Edmunds. So

0:37:16.400 --> 0:37:19.760
<v Speaker 1>a lot to look forward to here for the Chicago Bears.

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<v Speaker 1>I know Tom it rips your heart out practice tomorrow,

0:37:24.239 --> 0:37:27.440
<v Speaker 1>but the first padded practice not until next Wednesday. And

0:37:27.480 --> 0:37:30.439
<v Speaker 1>that's part of the whole league's doing it. It's part

0:37:30.480 --> 0:37:33.600
<v Speaker 1>of the collective bargaining agreement. I know, you don't have

0:37:33.680 --> 0:37:38.920
<v Speaker 1>to like it, what it is, what it is. It's

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<v Speaker 1>I would rather.

0:37:39.600 --> 0:37:42.560
<v Speaker 3>See the NFL teams go out there for one hour

0:37:42.640 --> 0:37:46.600
<v Speaker 3>in pads than two hours and no pads. And what

0:37:46.719 --> 0:37:48.840
<v Speaker 3>you can do is you can get warmed up inside

0:37:48.880 --> 0:37:51.880
<v Speaker 3>the building, come out, have an individual period, have a

0:37:51.960 --> 0:37:55.560
<v Speaker 3>nice stiff nine on seven, have a teamwork in full pads,

0:37:55.800 --> 0:37:58.200
<v Speaker 3>and then call it a day for four or five days.

0:37:58.200 --> 0:38:01.240
<v Speaker 3>Wrap yourself up that way instead of going out there

0:38:01.400 --> 0:38:02.799
<v Speaker 3>in no pad nonsense.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Tom Thayer has spoken and his words reverberating

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<v Speaker 1>through the National Football League and the Players Association. United

0:38:09.600 --> 0:38:12.880
<v Speaker 1>Airlines official airlines of the Chicago Bears, one of our

0:38:12.880 --> 0:38:15.680
<v Speaker 1>sponsors here on the Bears Etc. Podcast. That'll wrap up

0:38:15.719 --> 0:38:19.000
<v Speaker 1>for today. Tom will be back with you on Thursday.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll review what happened on Wednesday's practice and look ahead

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<v Speaker 1>to the weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>How about it, got a boy looking forward to it.

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<v Speaker 1>That's Tom Thayer. I'm Jeff Joniac. Thanks bearf fans for listening.

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<v Speaker 1>We are underway and Our Bears, Etc. Podcast. We'll talk

0:38:30.960 --> 0:38:44.600
<v Speaker 1>to you on Thursday.