WEBVTT - Blasingame talks OTAs | All Access 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:02.280 Good to be with you. Bears fans wantcome into another 0:00:02.400 --> 0:00:04.880 edition of Bears All Accesses who wind up the month 0:00:04.880 --> 0:00:08.200 of May headed towards June July. In the offing at 0:00:08.240 --> 0:00:10.640 the start of training camp, I'm Jeff Joniac along with 0:00:10.680 --> 0:00:13.680 Tom There former Bears quarterback Jim Miller from Serious x 0:00:13.760 --> 0:00:16.360 M NFL Radios moving the chains as well thanks to 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:19.079 our producer Jordan Trdup and all the folks here at 0:00:19.079 --> 0:00:20.800 the score. Coming up at the bottom of the hour, 0:00:20.840 --> 0:00:25.360 a conversation with Bears fullback Carrie blasting game fellas. Good 0:00:25.360 --> 0:00:28.200 to talk to you. I know these days are flying 0:00:28.320 --> 0:00:31.400 by Tom, but I honestly cannot wait for the start 0:00:31.400 --> 0:00:33.839 of training camp. Yeah. Well, you know, the coaches are 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:37.200 starting to get indicators from every single position that they coach, 0:00:37.320 --> 0:00:41.360 because now information is starting to be repeated, and if 0:00:41.360 --> 0:00:44.000 they get a chance to sit there and filter through 0:00:44.760 --> 0:00:47.760 information that happens a couple different times, you get an 0:00:47.760 --> 0:00:50.120 indicator of how they're taking it from the classroom to 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:53.840 the playing field. So the compliments and the comments that 0:00:53.880 --> 0:00:57.040 you hear from the coaches, it's because there's you know, 0:00:57.120 --> 0:00:59.600 they have enough time spent with these guys in meeting 0:00:59.720 --> 0:01:02.480 rooms and they see how it transfers to the field. Hey, Jim, 0:01:02.520 --> 0:01:05.000 they're they're talking like things are maybe a little head 0:01:05.040 --> 0:01:08.520 of schedule, even offensively. And they have some guys from 0:01:08.520 --> 0:01:11.520 Green Bay, I like the Lucas Patrick, Equomania, Saint Brown. 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:14.039 Of course Luke Getzi and the people he brought in 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:16.560 on his staff ease that transition. Then you flip it 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:18.400 on the defensive side of the ball. You got Matt 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:21.240 Ebertflews and all those assistants coming over from the cold. 0:01:21.319 --> 0:01:24.200 So what do you think about the possibility that they 0:01:24.200 --> 0:01:26.800 can really hit the ground running. Not to say that 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:28.520 they don't have a lot to learn and a lot 0:01:28.560 --> 0:01:30.919 to grow in terms of what they have on the field, 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:34.959 but from a coaching perspective, what you envision, Yeah, I 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:37.200 think it's gonna take time. You know. I think it's 0:01:37.200 --> 0:01:39.720 good to have players that have been in the system before. 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:43.520 They can really disseminate information. Say, you know Lucas Patrick, 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:45.840 who you mentioned, he can get all those offensive linemen 0:01:46.080 --> 0:01:48.760 caught up to speed. They're going to him for that 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:53.200 information the nuances of the offense. Luke Getzi obviously spends 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:56.120 a lot of time with justin field, so he's going 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:59.280 over the material over and over again, same with a 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:04.520 Saint Brown at the at the receiver position. Then defensively, obviously, 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:06.600 when you've got the head coach, this is really his 0:02:06.760 --> 0:02:11.200 defensive system, and coach Williams certainly echoes everything that coach 0:02:11.320 --> 0:02:13.680 is saying, but they can probably spend a little bit 0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:16.160 more time with those players to get them caught up 0:02:16.200 --> 0:02:19.680 to speed. And as Tom mentioned, now it's translating into 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:23.160 the field, you're gonna start to get honest evaluations. And 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:25.640 this is like a horse race, right There's gonna be 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:29.919 guys that you know, start out fast and then maybe plateau, 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:32.239 and then there's gonna be guys that start out slow 0:02:32.280 --> 0:02:37.000 and maybe finished strong. And so those evaluations are ongoing 0:02:37.480 --> 0:02:41.200 right now. The key is from a player's standpoint, be 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:45.400 consistent about it, keep going about your work, honing your craft, 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:48.119 doing what you need to do, and eventually you want 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:51.799 it to be full speed where everybody's in unison and 0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:55.280 in sync, where it comes together, and that still is 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:58.600 going to take some time. Again, justin fields, getting a 0:02:58.639 --> 0:03:01.440 lot of compliments from the coach, staff and teammates. This 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:04.040 one from Matt Eberflus, I would say, man, he throws 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:07.399 a good deep ball. I would say that he's I'm 0:03:07.480 --> 0:03:10.720 excited about that, and you can see it in the 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:13.560 seven on seven and eleven on elevens and we're gonna 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:15.799 take you know, we're gonna take our shots down the field. 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:18.440 And man, he does a nice job doing that. And 0:03:18.480 --> 0:03:20.919 that's what stands out to me. And what that means 0:03:21.080 --> 0:03:23.919 is time with the running game and this kind of 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:27.960 passing game, the horizontal and vertical component of putting stressers 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:30.840 out of defense because they'd have to defend every blade 0:03:30.880 --> 0:03:32.840 of grass, right. You know, That's one of the things 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:36.080 that's always stood us stood out to us about watching 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:39.120 Justin early in his career. And he does throw a 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:41.840 really nice deep ball, and I think he's got the 0:03:41.960 --> 0:03:44.560 arm strength to supply this offense with a lot of 0:03:44.600 --> 0:03:47.680 firepower when you're looking at the speed they brought in. 0:03:48.000 --> 0:03:51.560 But it is about a complimentary atmosphere on offense. You 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:54.160 got to have that strong running game out of David 0:03:54.240 --> 0:03:57.800 Montgomery and the running back crew and then incorporate the 0:03:57.840 --> 0:04:01.400 speed they brought in. So yeah, I think the continuous 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:04.840 evaluation of Justin's development is going to be one of 0:04:04.880 --> 0:04:08.120 the most interesting aspects for all Bears. Fans to pay 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:11.360 attention to accuracy component is the big one for Jim right, 0:04:11.480 --> 0:04:13.600 no question. You know they always say, I mean, I 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:16.120 don't know. You tell me they can't teach accuracy. So 0:04:16.240 --> 0:04:20.000 if he's accurate, he was accurate at Ohio State, buying. 0:04:20.120 --> 0:04:23.280 Larger quarterbacks aren't accurate in the college game, even if 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:24.960 it's a short passing game. They're not going to be 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:28.440 accurate in the fastest paced NFL. Yeah, you know. To me, 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:31.960 the accuracy has always been about balance and your mechanics 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:34.320 of throwing a football. Your feet got to be in balance, 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:38.119 shoulder with the part, and how you deliver the football because, 0:04:38.160 --> 0:04:40.760 like you said, if you're just a hair off, that 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:43.800 can determine whether it's a ten yard game or a 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:46.159 twenty yard game. You know, it's really about the ball 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:49.400 placement to lead the receiver run after catching all those 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:52.200 type of things. His arm strength is not a problem, right. 0:04:52.240 --> 0:04:54.480 He was throwing to Chris Alavy and Garrett Wilson. They're 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:56.440 both those guys are four three guys and they can 0:04:56.480 --> 0:05:00.520 absolutely scoot at Ohio State, and so armst ring hasn't 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:03.440 been his his issue at all. He has that accuracy 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:06.120 because his footwork has been pretty good. Now it's how 0:05:06.160 --> 0:05:09.040 his footwork marries up with what he's being asked to 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:12.480 do within the Bears system. Some will be from shotgun, 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:15.360 some will be from underneath the center, and that's got 0:05:15.360 --> 0:05:18.200 to marry up for justin fields, He's just got to 0:05:18.279 --> 0:05:21.640 keep plugging away and as I stated, honing his crap. 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:23.520 But those things are going to be paramount. This is 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:26.520 an interesting one from Matt Eberflus. He was asked this 0:05:26.560 --> 0:05:29.120 week what he's come to appreciate about Luke gets you 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:32.480 the Bears offensive coordinator, and listen closely, Jim, and tell 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:34.919 me what you think. I really appreciate all the coaches, 0:05:35.000 --> 0:05:37.080 you know, and Luke, and I'm in the quarterback meeting 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:39.960 you know, every morning, and you know, I really appreciate 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:42.160 the way he coaches and the way he sympathies it 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:47.400 for the for the players, and uh, it's it's really 0:05:47.440 --> 0:05:50.760 neat to see and need to interject in there as 0:05:50.760 --> 0:05:53.880 well from a defensive perspective, but he's doing a bang 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:55.920 up job in there, and you can see that in 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:58.200 the execution on the field. I mean, the guys know 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:01.719 what they're looking at and understand how to operate and 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:04.720 the offense is looking good to this point after this 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:08.560 short period of time. I think we're ahead a little bit, 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:11.760 maybe because we have guys that are in the system 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:14.640 and we have smart players, you know, you know, Justin 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:17.239 is a very smart player. Those other quarterbacks are very smart, 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:20.000 and we have guys that have been in that system. 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:22.760 The key for me there, Jim the head coach who's 0:06:22.800 --> 0:06:26.040 defensive minded, has been in the quarterback meeting every day. 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:28.279 How significant, Audien. You know, it's a good thing. You know, 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:31.520 sometimes coach Giron would come in and check on our meetings. 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:34.800 I've been with other coaches like Bill Belichick that will 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:38.000 do that as well. And you know, these are defensive 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:41.560 minded coaches that have to pay attention to the offensive 0:06:41.600 --> 0:06:44.000 side of the ball. You know, I think, you know, 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:48.200 coach Eberflews has to be in tune with how players 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:51.240 are being coached and what they're being presented, and then 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:54.360 he can make an honest evaluation of how they're executing. 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:57.680 Because again, as he just explained right there, there's going 0:06:57.720 --> 0:07:01.120 to be certain code words that Luke Getsy is gonna 0:07:01.160 --> 0:07:03.240 say that is going to mean certain things to the 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:06.400 offensive linement. It's going to mean certain things to the receivers. 0:07:06.440 --> 0:07:09.560 It's going to mean certain things to justin fields as 0:07:09.560 --> 0:07:12.840 a quarterback of what he needs to execute, and he 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:15.200 could throw out say box numbers, Hey man, look at 0:07:15.240 --> 0:07:17.920 your box. You know that's just something that he's going 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:20.720 to know that he's got to count certain bodies in 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:23.920 order to get the offense in the best play. So 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:28.120 that's just a coach being on top of everything. He's delegating, 0:07:28.240 --> 0:07:32.240 he's trusting his assistance to do their job. And right 0:07:32.280 --> 0:07:35.680 now it's, uh, you know, this is the honeymoon right now, 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:38.520 you know, the right now, we'll see how it unfolds 0:07:38.840 --> 0:07:41.160 come the first month of the season with what these 0:07:41.160 --> 0:07:43.320 players are being learning, what they're trying to hone to 0:07:43.360 --> 0:07:45.559 get ready for the season. Tom I like it because 0:07:45.600 --> 0:07:47.520 he's gonna have his hand and just about he got 0:07:47.560 --> 0:07:50.080 he's got to be the CEO, you know, the football team, 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:52.040 So be in as many rooms as you can. But 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:55.800 you take Matt's career into consideration, he's probably watched more 0:07:55.920 --> 0:07:58.960 offensive tape and he has defensive tape. You kind of 0:07:59.000 --> 0:08:02.240 see how all your us fit together when you're evaluating 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:05.000 your own talent. But on a week to week, game 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:09.320 to game basis, throughout his career, he's studying the opponent's offense. 0:08:09.600 --> 0:08:13.600 So he's in there listening in a quarterback meeting under 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:17.840 and kind of thinking of what how they're teaching, justin 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:20.680 feel from the mind of a defensive coach that studied 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:24.360 hundreds of quarterbacks throughout his time. So when you have 0:08:24.480 --> 0:08:27.720 that type of rolodex of information in your mind and 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:30.920 your memory bank like he has, he's kind of at 0:08:31.160 --> 0:08:34.480 an interesting, you know, kind of an interesting end of 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:37.360 the spectrum to sit in there and listen to an 0:08:37.400 --> 0:08:41.520 offensive coach as a defensive minded guy. All right, coming 0:08:41.559 --> 0:08:44.280 up next, we'll focus on Cole Commet as he begins 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:47.400 his third year. Also look at safety with a position 0:08:47.440 --> 0:08:50.600 coach Andre Curtis in terms of Eddie Jackson's all coming 0:08:50.679 --> 0:08:52.920 up next with Jim Millerman. Top There, I'm Jeff Joningac 0:08:53.080 --> 0:08:56.240 on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score. Welcome back 0:08:56.240 --> 0:08:59.120 to Bears All Access, brought to you by IGS Energy. 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:01.800 Choose clean energy for your home at IGS dot com 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:04.040 because every good choice adds up to a better world. 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:06.839 This is Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six 0:09:06.920 --> 0:09:09.880 seventy To Score with Tom Thair and Jim Miller former Bears. 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:11.920 I'm Jeff Joniac coming up at the bottom of the hour. 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:15.439 Karrie blasting game joins us as well. Fellas. Gary Fensick 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:17.600 made a great point talking to him and Jay Hilgan 0:09:17.640 --> 0:09:19.880 bring the other day up at Hollis Hall. Oh, we 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:22.360 always talk about it, and Ryan Poles has stated this, 0:09:22.400 --> 0:09:24.960 and Matt Eberflus has as well, and I brought it 0:09:25.040 --> 0:09:28.079 up that you know, you're building a home basically from 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:30.760 the foundation up. You got to attend to every detail 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:34.040 to make it perfect at the start, to build the future. 0:09:34.080 --> 0:09:36.760 But you know, Gary's point was a house stands for 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:40.319 thirty forty fifty years, but in the NFL, the home 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:42.840 zon't stand that long. And that's a great point because 0:09:42.880 --> 0:09:45.240 while this is a transition roster right now with new 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:50.120 leadership and new coaches, there's other factors free agency, injuries, 0:09:50.480 --> 0:09:52.920 did your quarterback develop like you thought he did, the 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:56.800 high demand assistance that may leave you after one year, 0:09:56.960 --> 0:09:59.959 or financial considerations. I think you just hope to find 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:04.000 the foundational pieces Tom, to find that sustained success. And 0:10:04.080 --> 0:10:06.400 that's why this year to me is so important. Right 0:10:06.480 --> 0:10:08.040 you know, Jeff, you live in a house that was 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:11.160 built one hundred years ago, right of that foundation, And 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:13.440 I think those are kind of the foundations that you 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:17.160 want to build within an organization that lasts from years, 0:10:17.240 --> 0:10:20.520 the year's generation, the generation. You know. I know this 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:22.360 is Bears all access, but when you look around the 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:25.080 NFL as a whole and you look at Baltimore Ravens 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:27.720 or you look at the Pittsburgh Steelers and stuff, those 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:30.280 are the foundations that those teams have been successful with. 0:10:30.640 --> 0:10:32.640 And I think when you look at the Bears, that's 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:34.439 where you want to get to. You want to get 0:10:34.520 --> 0:10:38.800 to the building blocks of a foundation that is successful 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:42.600 for generations to come. Jim, does every decision impact that 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:45.400 from this day forward? Yeah, I think, well, I'll just 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:47.600 keep it to the analogy of a house. I think 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:50.560 we all know when you purchase a house or you 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:53.600 build a house, there is going to be homeowner maintenance 0:10:53.760 --> 0:10:55.880 that needs to be done right. You got to take 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:57.440 care of the gutters, you got to take care of 0:10:57.440 --> 0:11:00.439 the windows. You know, certain things are are going to 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:03.280 get weathered over time and they've got to be addressed 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:05.480 for maintenance to keep it at a high level and 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:09.920 looking good in the in the neighborhood. So happens. That 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:13.520 happens with free agency. Right, you may lose a part 0:11:14.000 --> 0:11:16.920 you've got to add apart, you know. So I think 0:11:16.920 --> 0:11:20.600 you're you constantly got to do the maintenance required to 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:23.520 keep it looking at a beautiful level. I'm not thinking 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:26.240 you're cutting your own lawn. No, I of course cut 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:29.720 my own laws. I need high and you may as 0:11:29.760 --> 0:11:34.440 well get off my lawn. Yeah, and I can picture 0:11:34.520 --> 0:11:36.760 Jim on a ladder on the gutters. I love it. 0:11:37.120 --> 0:11:39.200 You're a self made Hey, you're a self made man 0:11:39.320 --> 0:11:41.760 from day one. And I know Tim is so Tom 0:11:41.840 --> 0:11:44.120 sows his own clothes for crying out loud. So that's 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:46.880 that's impressive. All right, Let's talk about Cole Comet because 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:51.080 I'm excited about him. He looked genuinely thrilled about what's 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:53.920 about to transpire this season with this offense and where 0:11:54.000 --> 0:11:57.880 Justin Fields is, but for himself. In addition, you know, 0:11:58.360 --> 0:12:01.640 he's not taking anything for grand whatsoever, and he does 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:04.400 feel like he's starting over. Yeah for sure, Yeah he's 0:12:04.400 --> 0:12:07.160 starting over again. But I'm optimistic. I'm totally bought into 0:12:07.200 --> 0:12:10.200 what's going on here. Coachi Refluss coming with a great 0:12:10.360 --> 0:12:13.520 mindset that I think is is really good for this team. 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:15.920 You know, obviously we're young, but you know, I'm totally 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:18.480 bought into what's going on here and I'm excited for it. 0:12:18.760 --> 0:12:22.600 He's also taking the cue from his uncle, Jeff Skania, 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:24.920 who played a long time of the National Football League, 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:28.120 about being nothing guaranteed as a football player. My uncle 0:12:28.160 --> 0:12:30.120 played seventeen years and I asked him, this is when 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:32.199 I was young. I remember it was my dad asked him, what, 0:12:32.440 --> 0:12:35.480 how how did you play for that long? And he's like, 0:12:35.679 --> 0:12:37.559 you feel like you're getting cut every day and that's 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:39.839 a tough feeling, but like that's how you got to 0:12:39.880 --> 0:12:41.839 come here every day. So like regardless it was the 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:44.959 old scheme or old regime, new regime, whatever it is, 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:47.240 it's this gonna felt like, you know, I got the 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:48.800 jobs are on the line every day, so you gotta 0:12:48.800 --> 0:12:50.120 come to work like that. If I don't come in 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:52.480 here thinking every day I'm gonna get cut like necessarily, 0:12:52.520 --> 0:12:56.240 but I just like you have that it's it's go time. 0:12:56.440 --> 0:12:58.880 You know, this is not you know, there's no reason 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:00.920 not to study the night before. You gotta know your 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:02.720 stuff when you come in. You gotta know your stuff. 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:04.240 Like there's no excuse for not knowing what to do 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:06.400 on a play, whether they installed it correctly or not. 0:13:06.679 --> 0:13:08.840 You got all the sheets, you got everything. You gotta 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:10.360 be a pro. Note you're doing so that. It's just 0:13:10.440 --> 0:13:13.400 being a pro every day, Jim, We're on zoom looking 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:15.680 at each other. Tom's head was bobbing up and down 0:13:15.760 --> 0:13:18.800 in affirmation because Tom speaks that language every day. Well, 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:21.000 that's what I'm saying, Jim. And I came from an 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:23.160 era where you could be cut at any day. You 0:13:23.200 --> 0:13:26.400 didn't have a contract that had a salary impact, that 0:13:26.520 --> 0:13:29.559 you were uncuttable. And I walked in the house hall 0:13:29.679 --> 0:13:32.000 every single day when Mike Dicko was my head coach, 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:35.160 thinking this is the day I could be cut. And 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:38.560 I never felt secure walking in there. And I think 0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:41.520 that's a good thing. I don't think it's necessarily creates 0:13:41.520 --> 0:13:45.199 an insecurity in you. It creates a work ethic that 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:48.079 the coaches are looking for. Jim. It sounds like leadership 0:13:48.200 --> 0:13:51.200 right there too, about telling guys, hey, every detail matters. 0:13:51.400 --> 0:13:53.920 I like hearing that from Cole. Yeah. Well, I played 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:57.120 with his uncle, Jeff Skannina in Pittsburgh, So Jeff was 0:13:57.160 --> 0:14:00.160 a very hard worker, very diligent teammate and took care 0:14:00.200 --> 0:14:03.199 of his business because he because that's what it is. 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:06.400 You're you got to be conduct yourself as a professional 0:14:06.800 --> 0:14:09.439 and be prepared for what you're you're asked to do 0:14:09.640 --> 0:14:13.680 and buy contract required to do. And I think Cole's 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:16.120 serious about it, and I think he's a serious professional, 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:19.800 and I think he needs to have a bigger impact 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:22.600 in this offense. I thought his numbers increased last year, 0:14:23.280 --> 0:14:25.760 but touchdowns it didn't. I want to see a bigger 0:14:25.800 --> 0:14:28.680 red zone presence. This is a two hundred and sixty 0:14:28.720 --> 0:14:31.120 pound tight end. He was legit six six. I think 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:33.160 he needs to be a force down there and make 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:36.240 his presence known a little more. So we'll see how 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:38.800 it emerges for him. He's diving into a new scheme 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:41.160 and he'll be counted on here in twenty twenty two. 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:42.840 Funny you should bring that up. It was a big 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:46.360 topic this week on the red zone. Lack of opportunities. No, 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:48.240 that was obviously an area that was lacking for me, 0:14:48.720 --> 0:14:50.240 and so I look at it, and you look at 0:14:50.280 --> 0:14:52.640 what opportunities you had in the red zone. So the 0:14:52.680 --> 0:14:54.560 two that I really look back that I kind of 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:57.360 wish I had back were the one against San Fran 0:14:57.440 --> 0:15:02.080 against Um Warner and the ends o where honestly it's 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:04.160 the timing thing between justin one at one place I 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:06.640 went the other. That's something that I think Wenha figured 0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:08.200 out this year. You know, that's that's one of them. 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:10.240 And then the same thing. There was one in Green Bay, 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:13.440 a lowball that just skipped off the ground. But so 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:14.760 those are the two I look at that I wish 0:15:14.800 --> 0:15:16.320 I would have had back, And that's really all that 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:18.880 all all I can look at and kind of assess 0:15:18.960 --> 0:15:21.520 myself on. And here's what he's working on in advance 0:15:21.680 --> 0:15:23.920 of his third season. Everything hands catch. I think he's 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:25.800 got to be handsketched, that's one thing with that, and 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:27.920 then it's hard to do not without pads on, but 0:15:28.400 --> 0:15:30.720 really craven violence through my blocks. That's kind of a thing, 0:15:30.800 --> 0:15:32.480 you know, especially on double teams. So those are the 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:35.000 two things I'm kind of focusing on. Obviously, the hands 0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:37.480 catching stuff, I can really work on that now. The 0:15:37.560 --> 0:15:39.800 other thing not so much about pads, but you do 0:15:39.880 --> 0:15:41.440 what you do it, all right, Let's talk the hands 0:15:41.480 --> 0:15:44.000 with Jim and the blocking from Tom. Go ahead, Jim. Well, 0:15:44.440 --> 0:15:47.680 first I'll just say what disappoints me there is that 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:50.720 he says there's only two red zone opportunities. All right. 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:53.920 He needs to be called upon more to create red 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:57.240 zone opportunities, not just for himself but for others. So 0:15:57.480 --> 0:16:01.120 more targets need to go his direct shit is my 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:03.520 take on that. I think he'll be better at it. 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:06.240 I think the new play calling will gear things towards 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:08.440 him and maybe he can be like a Travis Kelsey 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:12.600 and open up some other opportunities for other players. I 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:14.840 like his hands. I think he's gotten better. I think 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:17.720 his hands are softer. And again, the timing and rhythm 0:16:17.800 --> 0:16:20.240 of how it comes out of Justin's field's hand, and 0:16:20.800 --> 0:16:24.880 the rhythm and the temple of the ball that Justin throws, 0:16:24.920 --> 0:16:27.560 that's going to become seamless in my opinion. And again 0:16:27.920 --> 0:16:30.480 I think Cole Comet's too good of an athlete not 0:16:30.680 --> 0:16:32.960 to do it. He needs to be called upon more, 0:16:33.280 --> 0:16:35.760 not less. You know one thing about the tight end position. 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:40.480 First of all, the last coaching staff when they developed 0:16:40.520 --> 0:16:42.680 the game plan for the red zone, they gave all 0:16:42.720 --> 0:16:46.400 those practice reps and all those game reps to Jimmy Graham. Well, 0:16:47.720 --> 0:16:49.640 it's gonna be Cole Commett. He's going to be the 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:52.240 guy who's involved in practice and he's gonna get those 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:54.640 reps and he's going to develop that timing with Justin. 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:58.720 And another thing is when you talk about his blocking ability, well, 0:16:58.760 --> 0:17:01.280 when we talk about the tight end from the San 0:17:01.360 --> 0:17:04.360 Francisco forty nine ers, the thing that really put him 0:17:04.400 --> 0:17:07.960 on the map early in his career is the ferociousness 0:17:08.119 --> 0:17:11.399 of his blocking, whether he was pulling, whether he was 0:17:11.480 --> 0:17:13.720 in a stance on the line of scrimmage, how he 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:17.399 challenged first and second level defenders, and how he drove 0:17:17.440 --> 0:17:20.840 them off the field or into the ground. That's why 0:17:21.000 --> 0:17:24.040 he's considered one of the better tight ends and all 0:17:24.080 --> 0:17:26.560 the NFL. But that's the same mindset that Colt command 0:17:26.640 --> 0:17:30.800 has developed, is the driving feet, the inside hand placement, 0:17:31.160 --> 0:17:34.920 and being able to block on multiple level levels in 0:17:35.240 --> 0:17:39.399 multiple movement tight blocks. And he even mentioned it tight ends. 0:17:39.440 --> 0:17:41.840 It flourished in this particular scheme. He talked about Robert 0:17:41.880 --> 0:17:45.560 Tonyan in Green Bay, Kittle himself and the guys in Minnesota. 0:17:45.560 --> 0:17:47.680 All Right, we gotta take a break. Jim Miller, Jeff 0:17:47.720 --> 0:17:50.320 Jony Actemp there on Bears on Access here on Chicago 0:17:50.359 --> 0:17:53.760 Sports Radio six seventy the Score. 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And that is a 0:18:25.960 --> 0:18:28.240 talking point for Travis Smith. So like a lot of 0:18:28.280 --> 0:18:30.000 our tapes are shown our room, are a lot of 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:34.919 skill development progression tapes of him Dallas that I had 0:18:34.960 --> 0:18:37.680 cut up already from Marinelli that we set it for 0:18:37.720 --> 0:18:39.640 the young guys especially, it's good for them to see 0:18:40.040 --> 0:18:43.680 how he works his pass rush progression and so and 0:18:43.880 --> 0:18:45.639 same with Quen. I worked out Quan when he came 0:18:45.640 --> 0:18:50.120 out of Miami. Muhammad when I was in Oakland and too, 0:18:50.200 --> 0:18:52.280 so I've already known him. I've got to meet him, 0:18:52.280 --> 0:18:53.840 and I've spoken to him on the phone. You know, 0:18:54.000 --> 0:18:57.440 Robert Quinn does most of his stuff individually. He's just 0:18:57.600 --> 0:19:01.560 a dynamic pass rusher. In talk about his flexibility as 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:04.480 bendability and what he's able to do with all of 0:19:04.520 --> 0:19:08.360 his experience. If why, if Robert Quinn was an offensive lineman, 0:19:08.520 --> 0:19:11.879 I would be concerned because you've got to work those guys, 0:19:12.000 --> 0:19:15.080 all five got to be working together with the tight 0:19:15.240 --> 0:19:18.040 end and with the fullbacks and stuff. But Robert Quinn, 0:19:18.359 --> 0:19:20.320 as long as he's in the way room, as long 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:23.200 as he's in shape, as long as he's in good condition, 0:19:23.680 --> 0:19:26.200 what's going to be required from him in training camp? 0:19:26.600 --> 0:19:28.760 I'm okay with that. I don't I really don't care. 0:19:28.760 --> 0:19:31.359 If Robert Quinn doesn't show up until the mandatory mini 0:19:31.400 --> 0:19:34.440 camp and then training camp, I would think. So he's 0:19:34.480 --> 0:19:36.600