WEBVTT - All Access: Recapping Bears-Bengals 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:04.000 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.080 --> 0:00:08.520 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.560 --> 0:00:11.600 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.680 --> 0:00:16.720 day and now welcome to Bears All Access, your all 0:00:16.800 --> 0:00:21.239 access pass into Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:21.280 --> 0:00:25.320 brought to you by Igs Energy and sponsored by Miller Lite, 0:00:25.640 --> 0:00:30.360 CDW and four two down, three to go on the 0:00:30.360 --> 0:00:33.680 preseason Bears bawn in Cincinnati last night, thirty to twenty 0:00:33.680 --> 0:00:36.919 seven to the Bengals. A late touchdown gets the win 0:00:37.000 --> 0:00:38.920 for Cincinnati. Bears have the ball in their hands to 0:00:39.280 --> 0:00:41.360 try and make a difference, but it did not happen. 0:00:41.400 --> 0:00:43.680 Also on miss field goal fifty two yards avoided a 0:00:43.760 --> 0:00:46.720 tie by Cody Parkey, High and everybody, Jeff Johnny Acco 0:00:46.880 --> 0:00:49.080 my broadcast partner from News Radio seven eighty and one 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:52.280 to five point at FM WBVM, Tom Thayer, the eighty 0:00:52.280 --> 0:00:55.880 five Bear and Bears preseason TV analyst and former quarterback 0:00:55.920 --> 0:00:58.840 with the Bears. Jim Miller here on Chicago Sports Radio 0:00:58.880 --> 0:01:01.480 six seventy to score evening, Fellas, time will start with 0:01:01.520 --> 0:01:05.400 you overall quick analysis of what happened last night. Now 0:01:05.400 --> 0:01:06.959 that you've had some time to think about it and 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:09.800 watch it again. Well, I think any preseason game is 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:12.280 always about the team going back into the room and 0:01:12.319 --> 0:01:14.080 being able to sit in front of your peers and 0:01:14.120 --> 0:01:17.800 get strictly criticized about the evaluation of the tape and 0:01:17.880 --> 0:01:20.240 you better perform better during the course of the week 0:01:20.280 --> 0:01:22.640 and then leading up to the next game. So I 0:01:22.680 --> 0:01:25.000 think you just got to take the film. You have 0:01:25.080 --> 0:01:28.040 to deconstruct it, see how it fits it according to 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:30.399 the reps that you got, and then like I said, 0:01:30.520 --> 0:01:35.760 make improvements physically and mentally, so you're better judge next week. Yeah, 0:01:35.840 --> 0:01:37.960 yeah for me when you look at it, and obviously 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:40.399 going to be with you Jeff and Tom. But you know, 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:43.560 first things first, you know the basic things. You know, 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:47.080 those have to be corrected. We know the drop passes 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:49.880 and there were numerous mistackles. You think of that Joe 0:01:50.000 --> 0:01:53.600 Mixon touchdown reception. Two guys had you know, took the 0:01:53.640 --> 0:01:56.800 bad angles, one player didn't wrap up on that particular play. 0:01:56.840 --> 0:01:59.800 Those things can be corrected. And then obviously, like like 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:03.120 what Tom saying about the attention to the details, you know, 0:02:03.160 --> 0:02:06.040 salt guys not getting signals in a two minute drill 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:08.720 where you know, the tyler brays trying to signal a 0:02:08.840 --> 0:02:12.519 route and receivers not paying attention and runs the wrong route. 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:15.040 So those are all mental errors. And like we always say, 0:02:15.280 --> 0:02:17.760 the physical errors you can kind of accept. You're going 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:20.720 to get beat sometimes physically in football. I think it's 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:24.079 more about the mental mistakes and the lack of focus 0:02:24.120 --> 0:02:26.880 that really really needs to pick up in what is 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:28.880 a new offense and why they're having these type of 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:32.280 mental errors. This is bears All Access brought to you 0:02:32.280 --> 0:02:34.960 by IGS Energy, Jeff Johnny Act, Tom Fair, Jim Miller 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:37.160 with you for the next hour. Mike Chen producing today 0:02:37.200 --> 0:02:40.200 and thanks is always to Herb Lawrence. Let's dig in 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:42.560 to the trenches because that's where it all begins and ends. 0:02:42.560 --> 0:02:44.480 And I want to talk about the offensive line first, 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:46.080 and then we'll go over to the defensive side of 0:02:46.080 --> 0:02:49.200 the ball. Tom and Jim, As you guys looked at 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:51.160 the game as it was unfolding, and now I've had 0:02:51.200 --> 0:02:53.519 time to think about it as well, and again watch 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:57.200 it a second time. Where did you see some positives? 0:02:57.200 --> 0:02:58.840 Where did you see some things you need to work on? 0:02:59.000 --> 0:03:01.240 And there are any of these guys outside of the 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:04.320 first team that caught your eye moving forward here in 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:06.320 the coming three games, you know, Jeff, for me, I'm 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:09.000 gonna give the first team offensive line and incomplete because 0:03:09.040 --> 0:03:11.600 there's not enough reps really to judge them on. And 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:14.800 you got to be able to have multiple series in 0:03:14.880 --> 0:03:17.279 order to see these guys if they can make adjustments, 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:19.440 if they did have a physical or mental air. But 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:21.360 I'm going to tell you about a guy that's really 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:23.640 all right. First of all, I love James Daniels. I 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:27.040 think this guy has the ability to be a major 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:30.480 contributor by the time the first regular season game begin. 0:03:30.639 --> 0:03:33.760 He does a lot of things really natural, good balance, 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:37.240 good length, good size, in good strength. The one guy 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:40.800 that's really capturing my attention is Richard Coward. This guy's 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:46.080 an offensive tackles making the transfer from being a defensive lineman. 0:03:46.520 --> 0:03:50.280 He does things as well as a seasoned offensive lineman 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:53.840 right now because he innately has confidence in doing them. 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:57.240 Sometimes you have to repetitiously teach an offensive lineman how 0:03:57.280 --> 0:03:59.320 to do certain skills and they still have a hard 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:02.800 time learning it. But this guy, he has got size, 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:06.000 he's got a nasty streak about him. He's a good athlete, 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:09.160 he's got good feet, recovery to the outside. So if 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:12.160 I have one guy that's really you know, pressing my 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:16.400 interest buttons on the offensive line of the outside guys, 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:19.600 it is Richard. Let me ask you this, Tom, because 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:22.640 you know making that conversion, and it seems like you 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:25.720 know Harry heastand does like his toughness. Certainly you know 0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:29.000 his hands and being a defensive lineman, he certainly knows 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:32.120 about what you know, offensive lineman and areas to attack 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:35.600 on an offensive linemen. But you know, for offensive lineman, 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:38.240 you know, they're so used to earth defensive lineman, they're 0:04:38.279 --> 0:04:41.359 so used to always going forward, penetrating. What about for 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:44.160 him in terms of his pass protection, you know, getting 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:46.640 back and you know, really getting himself out of that 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:49.000 mindset of always being a guy to come off the ball, 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:51.200 which is going to be great on running downs, I 0:04:51.279 --> 0:04:53.440 would think, but in the pass protection part of it 0:04:53.640 --> 0:04:55.800 for Coward, you know, Jim, the most difficult thing to 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:58.240 teach an offensive lineman is the foot and the way 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:01.280 the process of pass blocking because you have to be aggressive, 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:03.599 but you also can't be over aggressive where you lose 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:05.560 your block. And those are the things that I'm impressed 0:05:05.600 --> 0:05:08.719 most about. Is he has tremendous confidence in the length 0:05:08.720 --> 0:05:13.360 of his arms reaching the defensive player outside linebacker, defensive lineman. 0:05:13.680 --> 0:05:16.280 But he also has the feet to catch up to 0:05:16.360 --> 0:05:18.960 him and he can dance around to stay in front 0:05:18.960 --> 0:05:21.400 of the defender. And that's one of the things that's 0:05:21.480 --> 0:05:24.920 capturing my attention is his ability to translate defensive line 0:05:24.960 --> 0:05:27.960 play into being a quality pass blocker. But you still 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:31.640 see that, you know that Mark boards conversion defensive mentality 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:33.360 at when he goes down field and he has to 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:36.359 hit a linebacker hard or else he's double teaming with 0:05:36.440 --> 0:05:39.080 a tight end or an offensive guard. He is a 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:42.599 strong guy. He has good knee been He's six six 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:46.200 with length, so again three hundred and twenty pounds. He 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:48.080 moves as well as you need to move, and he 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:52.440 has a good understanding of the offense, which impresses me. Yeah, 0:05:52.600 --> 0:05:55.000 I really like what I really like what Daniels did 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:57.719 on that touchdown run by myself, because you know, I 0:05:57.720 --> 0:05:59.440 think if you go back and look at the whole play, 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:01.719 he probably was a little high on it, but I 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:04.640 think you saw his lower body strength because ultimately end 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:08.200 up pancaking the defensive lineman of the Cincinnati Bengals to 0:06:08.720 --> 0:06:11.599 get that touchdown run for me, Jeff, it's gonna be 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:13.880 the tight ends. I thought the tight ends had a 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:16.480 good night. You know, the receivers were lacking a little 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:19.720 bit with the drops and precision route running, but the 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:23.039 tight ends, I thought Adam Sheheen specifically, he looks much 0:06:23.120 --> 0:06:25.760 better at the top of his routes and really when 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:27.719 he comes out of his break, he's looking for that 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:30.560 football and I think he's starting to show those soft 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:33.400 hands that he had as a basketball player. He's a 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:36.000 big body. He's gonna be a red zone threat, I 0:06:36.040 --> 0:06:38.120 think at the end of the day and when the 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:40.760 season's all said and done. And even the other guys, 0:06:40.760 --> 0:06:43.559 I thought Ronniker played well, you know, the catching runs 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:46.039 for him and the obviously Daniel Brown too. So I 0:06:46.040 --> 0:06:47.839 think it was a big night for the tight ends 0:06:47.839 --> 0:06:50.839 of the Chicago Bears. Oh, it certainly was. And there's 0:06:50.920 --> 0:06:54.200 something about tight end production in the NFL that always 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:56.480 has got my attention from the time I fell in 0:06:56.480 --> 0:06:58.920 love with this sport. Always has it's it's not just 0:06:58.960 --> 0:07:01.960 a rugged nature position, but like you say, the red 0:07:02.040 --> 0:07:05.240 zone opportunities, the mismatches against the safety or a linebacker, 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:07.799 and you got the big dude rumbling down the seam 0:07:07.839 --> 0:07:10.840 to snag a laser on the run, busting tackles along 0:07:10.880 --> 0:07:13.600 the way. Sign me up twelve passes to the tight ends. 0:07:13.680 --> 0:07:16.680 Last night eleven caught for one hundred and seventy four yards. 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:20.720 You know this is a mismatch league, and Matt Nagee 0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:23.360 knows how to exploit mismatches. He talks about it all 0:07:23.360 --> 0:07:25.440 the time, and he does so aggressively. We'll pick it 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:27.320 up from there. We'll go back on the defensive line 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:29.600 as well when we come back. Thanks for joining us 0:07:29.600 --> 0:07:32.080 tonight with Jim Miller and town Fair. I'm Geoff Jonyac 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:41.160 on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to Score. 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We missed you here the last few weeks. 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:09.640 Three one two sixty four, four sixty seven sixty seven. 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:12.400 Three one two sixty four, four sixty seven sixty seven. 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:15.080 Before we go into the defensive line. Like I had 0:08:15.160 --> 0:08:17.320 mentioned before the break, I do want to go back 0:08:17.360 --> 0:08:23.720 to a couple of the notes that you get. And 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:28.160 this is a guy that from the time they moved him, 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:30.800 and it was an idea of Vic Fangio, has suddenly 0:08:31.400 --> 0:08:35.960 become so smooth back there in his past sets at practice, 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:38.880 it's night and day. In a very short period of time, 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:41.559 he has made a big jump. This is a guy 0:08:41.600 --> 0:08:44.600 they didn't start playing football into the eighth grade Fellas. Instead, 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:47.560 he admits he was playing video games or picking fights 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:50.200 in Brooklyn. So this guy comes from a tough food 0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:52.439 to your point time, he's got that mentality, a tough 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:55.880 guy mentality. Oh yeah, And I mean, you know, you 0:08:55.960 --> 0:08:59.319 have to have that mentality to be in the trenches, 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:01.880 and you have to have the desire and the willingness 0:09:01.920 --> 0:09:04.880 to make a transition like that because there's not a 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:08.600 lot of similarities to it. And then the overall assignments 0:09:08.600 --> 0:09:12.720 and the understanding of terminology after you make the transition 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:16.240 as a defensive players. It's pretty confusing at the beginning. 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:21.040 But I think Harry and Donovan Rioli, all the assistance 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:23.000 that he has up there on the offensive line have 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:26.920 been doing an incredible job just molding this guy into 0:09:26.960 --> 0:09:30.480 a legitimate offensive right tackle in the league. And I'd 0:09:30.520 --> 0:09:32.520 be interested to see him take some sets on the 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:35.800 other side, just to see if he could transfer his 0:09:35.880 --> 0:09:41.240 ability over to the left tackle position. And then the 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:45.800 other matter was Tom You mentioned James Daniels, so you 0:09:45.960 --> 0:09:49.480 enfision him making an impact or at least on the 0:09:49.520 --> 0:09:53.679 track week one. I do, you know, and it's it's 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:56.080 because of the versatility of Cody white Hair that I 0:09:56.080 --> 0:10:00.000 feel so strongly about this. To me, Cody white Hair 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:02.120 can really play anywhere in the offensive line. But if 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:04.480 I could put him at the offensive guard position and 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:06.719 keep him there for the next ten years and not 0:10:06.880 --> 0:10:09.200 move him ever again, you know that would be a 0:10:09.280 --> 0:10:12.680 goal of every offensive line coach. I think James right now, 0:10:12.760 --> 0:10:16.400 James Daniels, the rookie out of Iowa. He has the strength, 0:10:16.480 --> 0:10:20.560 the ability, the understanding of both the snaps under center 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:23.040 and shotgun, and he's got the strength and then if 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:25.319 you had Cody and Kyle Long on each side of you, 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:28.920 these guys could escort you through your rookie season with 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:31.800 a lot of strength and experience. So I would just 0:10:31.880 --> 0:10:36.240 keep cultivating the talent of James Daniels and understand that 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:39.679 he has to make a commitment to an NFL season 0:10:39.960 --> 0:10:42.720 and it's not easy to do right after your senior 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:45.600 year in college. But that's what they drafted him for, 0:10:45.760 --> 0:10:48.079 and he's showing there's some root to be a real 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:51.600 bright spot in this camp. Well, I think when we 0:10:51.679 --> 0:10:54.120 look at James, I think, in just talking with Harry 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:57.040 Heastanding wants him to get a little bit stronger upper 0:10:57.040 --> 0:10:59.839 body wise, because really, to me, the strength of his 0:11:00.360 --> 0:11:03.040 is really his anchor. He's really got a thick lower 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:05.080 body where he can drive much like he did on 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:08.719 that touchdown run by Mizelle. Really uses his legs to 0:11:09.080 --> 0:11:11.520 really just like tree trunks and they're solid man and 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:13.800 he can get a good view. But Jimmy, the upper 0:11:13.800 --> 0:11:15.880 body strength, he wants to build up a little bit more. 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:18.040 One thing I like about James in the game, as 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:20.360 he was playing center, he snapped and he was pulling 0:11:20.400 --> 0:11:23.400 to his left. He understood that the inside linebacker was 0:11:23.440 --> 0:11:26.600 taking a path for the running back. He stopped, readjusted 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:30.160 his course, made the linebacker readjust to a longer challenge, 0:11:30.280 --> 0:11:32.600 and he was never able to make the play. So 0:11:33.040 --> 0:11:36.040 it's not his instincts. It's his instincts at the line, 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:39.840 but it's he's got good understanding and he's got the 0:11:39.880 --> 0:11:42.120 wherewithal to keep his head on a swivel when he 0:11:42.240 --> 0:11:44.800 is on the move. Yeah, it's gonna be interesting how 0:11:44.840 --> 0:11:47.680 it unfolds, because you know, I think there is something 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:49.880 to be said with white Hair at center all year 0:11:49.960 --> 0:11:52.520 last year, and probably the centers are making a lot 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:55.120 of the calls up there. Not that James can't do it, 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:57.640 but he was. He had to sit out really a 0:11:57.640 --> 0:12:00.280 week because of the shoulder. He needs to wonder how 0:12:00.320 --> 0:12:03.440 far he is behind, because you'd like to think that 0:12:03.559 --> 0:12:05.920 quarterback center, you know, you want those two to be 0:12:06.000 --> 0:12:08.520 tied at the hip and maybe by missing some time 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:10.720 that's set him back a little bit. And why they 0:12:10.760 --> 0:12:13.400 probably still have Eric Cush and Watford and all those 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:15.920 guys competing that guard and probably will stick with Cody 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:19.000 Whitehair at the center position. You know, over the years 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:22.920 time when we've done games, we have circled rookie centers 0:12:22.960 --> 0:12:25.040 when when the Bears have gone in to play different 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:28.240 teams over the years. Maybe it's based on, you know, 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:31.360 certain matchups and whatnot, but we've always looked at that 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:33.640 as an advantage for the Bears when you're going up 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:37.079 against a rookie center. Would you feel that would be 0:12:37.120 --> 0:12:40.920 a disadvantage at some point because at his age, he's 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:44.040 just twenty years old. Granted he was a terrific player 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:46.840 for Kirk Ference at Iowa, but would that be something 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:50.000 that you would look at as a potential issue. Now, 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:53.240 it's a body valuation of his ability. And then when 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:56.080 you're sitting in meetings with him and you ask a 0:12:56.200 --> 0:13:00.720 question of him, you ask him to maybe give the information, 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:03.679 the right point out and everything in order to protection 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:05.920 then the audible. And you have to test him that 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:08.280 way too, And if he can come up and answer 0:13:08.280 --> 0:13:12.400 these questions instantly, then you know mentally he's able to 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:16.120 grasp it. You know, Cincinnati, they drafted Billy Price out 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:18.560 of Ohio State with the twenty first pick in the draft, 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:22.240 and they were criticizing his ability to have the center 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:24.920 quarterback exchange fluidly, and then they were bragging that he 0:13:24.960 --> 0:13:28.800 had two practices without any drops, So you know, I 0:13:29.280 --> 0:13:33.320 would I see as much or more ability in James. 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:36.520 I see more strength, more size in James than I 0:13:36.600 --> 0:13:40.480 did in Price when I was watching Cincinnati, So I 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:43.240 don't If he has the ability to stand up and 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:46.400 play and he's got you know, the evaluation of the 0:13:46.440 --> 0:13:49.680 coaches and the staff, hey, I have no problem starting 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:52.600 him week one. This is Beers All Access with Tom Fair, 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:55.120 Jim Miller, and Jeff Jonnick here in Chicago Sports Radio 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:57.680 six seventy to score here until seven o'clock tonight again 0:13:57.760 --> 0:14:01.840 three four sixty seven sixty seven. Let's go to the 0:14:01.880 --> 0:14:06.199 defensive line thoughts on how those guys looked up front. Well, 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:08.280 for me, I'll go first time. I liked what I 0:14:08.320 --> 0:14:11.640 saw from Leonard Floyd to get off. Now he's added 0:14:11.640 --> 0:14:14.040 a swim move. He's already has a spin move, and 0:14:14.240 --> 0:14:16.120 he also has that burst where he can just get 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:19.600 off and lower his shoulder and get around the offensive tackle. 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:23.160 And he really displayed that numerous times. Twice he beat 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:26.760 the Cincinnati tackle with a swim move, and so I 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:28.760 was impressed. I liked what I saw from him. I 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:31.200 know he's coming back from from the knee surgery. But 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:33.080 for him, and I know he's they've been you know, 0:14:33.120 --> 0:14:35.800 they've been smart with them bringing him back, and he's 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:38.840 you know, practiced sparingly and how they've utilized him there 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:42.120 in training camp. But Leonard Floyd, and clearly you can 0:14:42.160 --> 0:14:44.840 see the effect that one pass rush where he had 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:47.400 the swim move. Andy Dalton was affected on that play, 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:50.560 released the ball way too early, receiver wasn't ready, cow 0:14:50.640 --> 0:14:52.840 Fuller gets the opportunity to step in front of it 0:14:53.120 --> 0:14:55.800 and get a pick six. So for me, I was 0:14:55.920 --> 0:14:58.680 very impressed with what I saw with Leonard Floyd. So 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:01.120 that's what we need to see all sixteen weeks of 0:15:01.160 --> 0:15:04.160 the season from from the big time pass rusher. Well, 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:06.080 you know, Jeff has been saying all year that Leonard 0:15:06.120 --> 0:15:08.920 Floyd has been stacking practices, and he has. He's been 0:15:08.960 --> 0:15:13.160 out there every single day giving really given quality effort, 0:15:13.200 --> 0:15:16.680 whether it's individual pass rushing drills or teamwork or pass 0:15:16.760 --> 0:15:20.280 coverage responsibilities. But when when I think of the defensive 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:22.960 line of the interior, you know you have your regular 0:15:23.000 --> 0:15:27.240 cast of characters, first play the game, great play there 0:15:27.240 --> 0:15:30.600 by a team hicks really strong from the backside, overpowering 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:33.480 and overwhelming when they try to single block him. But 0:15:33.600 --> 0:15:36.160 you know, then you know, you have your Eddie Goldman 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:38.760 and Jonathan Bullard and stuff. But when I look at 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:43.000 John Jenkins, Blow Nichols and Nick Williams, because you're gonna 0:15:43.040 --> 0:15:45.720 look for that those depths and that that components of 0:15:45.840 --> 0:15:49.320 multiple position players. Every one of those guys have been 0:15:49.320 --> 0:15:51.760 able to play up and down the defensive line. So 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:55.000 if you have seven defensive lineman active or even six, 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:57.960 and every one of them can play every position up 0:15:58.000 --> 0:16:00.600 and down the defensive line, your hands are never going 0:16:00.640 --> 0:16:02.480 to be tied if you do have an injury or 0:16:02.520 --> 0:16:07.040 a hiccup at any position. And John Jenkins big size, 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:10.040 three hundred and thirty pounds. In Nichols, here's a guy 0:16:10.040 --> 0:16:13.360 that has length six four two ninety and I really 0:16:13.360 --> 0:16:17.400 like what he's been able to transfer from you know, 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:19.960 having you know, not from Delaware, so you're not playing 0:16:19.960 --> 0:16:22.360 against major talent, but the talent he's up against, he's 0:16:22.440 --> 0:16:25.440 really he's battling. So those are a couple, you know, 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:27.600 the three defensive lineman, I think they're really going to 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:31.000 be involved in the mix when the final decisions are made. Yeah, 0:16:31.040 --> 0:16:33.440 then you look at Nichols, he played more the inside, 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:37.000 in the interior of the three men front there at Delaware, 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:39.400 and now he's been asked to move outside. He's he's 0:16:39.440 --> 0:16:41.760 doing a good job. There's no doubt about it. I think, 0:16:42.000 --> 0:16:43.600 you know, he's definitely in the mix. You see the 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:47.320 athleticism from his standpoint. But the other defenders that really 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:50.440 stood out to me. You know, we look at DeAndre Houston, Carson, 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:53.680 he's blasted again, I think, making some plays, and you know, 0:16:53.720 --> 0:16:55.640 you look at other guys. John Tmu, I know he 0:16:55.680 --> 0:16:58.840 missed the tackle or took the bad angle on Joe Mixon, 0:16:58.920 --> 0:17:02.480 the running back from him Cincinnati, but he's consistently around 0:17:02.520 --> 0:17:04.960 the football. When he's been asked to play for the Bears, 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:07.400 he comes up big and it's always around the football. 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:10.280 And the guy who I liked as well as Cassim Atibali. 0:17:10.359 --> 0:17:12.920 There were a couple of plays where he really set 0:17:13.040 --> 0:17:15.159 the edge and forced the running back of the Bengals 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:17.800 to cut it back inside. Then on other plays where 0:17:17.840 --> 0:17:21.200 he had to crash and close. You can definitely see 0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:24.399 his experience in the National Football League, and he's played 0:17:24.440 --> 0:17:26.560 in numerous games and I think you could definitely see it. 0:17:26.680 --> 0:17:30.399 It showed up in the game last night. Yeah, sixty 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:32.920 one games of NFL experience for at a ballet and 0:17:33.200 --> 0:17:35.919 a high motor in pursuit. That's one of the scouting 0:17:36.000 --> 0:17:38.280 reports on Atibali, a fifty year man out of Boston 0:17:38.359 --> 0:17:41.720 College who began the ballk of training camp banged up, 0:17:41.760 --> 0:17:43.480 but he's getting himself healthy and ready to go in 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:47.159 a position that there is some need, no question, to 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:50.159 fill out that roster for the Bears defensively. We'll continue 0:17:50.160 --> 0:17:53.000 our conversation here on Bears All Access after this break 0:17:53.040 --> 0:17:58.480 on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. Hey, sang 0:17:58.560 --> 0:18:01.360 your child up for a fun, non contact Chicago Bears 0:18:01.400 --> 0:18:04.400 Youth football camp brought to you by Gatorade in athletical 0:18:04.520 --> 0:18:08.520 physical therapy. Visit www dot Bears camps dot com to 0:18:08.560 --> 0:18:11.360 see fifty dollars Today. Jeff Joniac along with Tom Thair 0:18:11.440 --> 0:18:13.840 Jim Miller kind enough to join us again this week. 0:18:14.560 --> 0:18:17.960 We've missed you, my friend. You've been there forcedout the offseason, 0:18:18.040 --> 0:18:20.760 but now we've been talking to Bears places. We had 0:18:20.800 --> 0:18:23.879 a great training camp visit with a number of players, 0:18:24.240 --> 0:18:26.320 not the least of which was Minster Whisky and Charles 0:18:26.359 --> 0:18:29.680 Little Junior. Cody white Air. It's really been fun getting 0:18:29.680 --> 0:18:32.119 to know these guys when you get to spend significant 0:18:32.160 --> 0:18:35.600 time with him Tom, you know, for forty five fifty minutes. Yeah, 0:18:35.640 --> 0:18:37.680 it is, I mean because you you know, you kind 0:18:37.680 --> 0:18:39.960 of always find something out new about these guys. The 0:18:40.040 --> 0:18:41.840 better they get to know you, the more they kind 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:44.879 of unveil a little information about themselves. But you know, 0:18:45.080 --> 0:18:47.720 it's it's been a fun road here in training camp 0:18:47.880 --> 0:18:51.040 so far because I think every practice has held a 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:53.840 little bit more interest. You see the development of players, 0:18:53.920 --> 0:18:56.879 the development of offense, and you know, as these games 0:18:57.040 --> 0:19:00.679 clicked through in the preseason, I do I find myself 0:19:00.760 --> 0:19:04.000 having more interest in these preseason games in quite a 0:19:04.080 --> 0:19:07.280 long time. Well, and you look at it, you know, 0:19:07.400 --> 0:19:09.760 even some of the comments after the game from Mitchell, 0:19:09.840 --> 0:19:11.879 you know, I think, you know, you got to have 0:19:11.960 --> 0:19:14.200 a sense of urgency, and I think he's he really 0:19:14.320 --> 0:19:16.240 is starting to feel that. You know, the season, we 0:19:16.320 --> 0:19:19.239 can say, hey, five preseason games, it's you know, it's 0:19:19.280 --> 0:19:21.800 a marathon and all those things, but before you know it, 0:19:21.880 --> 0:19:24.359 it's already here. You know, and you got and you know, 0:19:24.440 --> 0:19:26.560 we all understand the reasons. There's a lot of things 0:19:26.680 --> 0:19:29.480 going on in terms of players being in and out 0:19:29.520 --> 0:19:32.800 of the lineup and all the new information of offense. 0:19:32.960 --> 0:19:36.000 But you know, every player is given that information. You'd 0:19:36.040 --> 0:19:37.879 like to think that they can go in there and 0:19:38.200 --> 0:19:40.159 you know, and perform it at that level. And I 0:19:40.240 --> 0:19:42.560 think it hasn't clicked yet, and I think some of 0:19:42.600 --> 0:19:45.280 the comments by Mitchell Trubisky is like, hey, it's it's 0:19:45.359 --> 0:19:47.639 not up to our standards. So you always got to 0:19:47.680 --> 0:19:50.560 be clawed for perfection and you should want to try 0:19:50.600 --> 0:19:53.080 and be perfect every single day you're out there on 0:19:53.200 --> 0:19:55.560