All Access: Fuller on Pro Bowl Nomination

Jeff Jonny Acclaim a broadcast partner from WBBM News Radio seven eighty and one oh five point nine FM, mister Tom Thayer and joined by Jim Miller Sirius XM moving the chains to the former Bears quarterback. We're with you throughout the entire offseason, each and every week. Good to have you alongside, gentlemen. How are we doing big Jeff doing good. Happy to see Kyle Fuller got some Pro

Bowl attention. A guy that deserves it. Plays um you know, had a lot of turnovers last year, but played a physical style of football, and we saw him make a couple of plays this year, one in Denver with a late interception and one in Detroit on third and five that kind of sealed the win. So happy for him

and Bears news of the day. Yeah, he fills in, gonna be with you guys, fills in for Jalen Ramsey and already had to the offseason, some coaching moves around the NFL, and a lot to talk about Jeff as per usual. Yeah, we'll touch on Fuller and we'll be joined by Kyle coming up here in the in a few minutes. Clancy Brownie, the new tight ends coach out of work in nineteen but two years of the Vikings, but a long resume. And Jim no doubt you've run

into him over the years. He spent nine with the Broncos, He's been with the Chargers and Falcons, and so his reputation is what I'd say, this tight end centric offense. How many times have we said it? Think of the Broncos, that style of offense that they use. I mean, think of you know, even Kopiak out there with Owen Daniels and stuff that they did, you know, brought him from Houston over to Baltimore, and just how it's utilized. Look at Kyle Rudolph, how he's developed into the tight end

he is. I think he's somewhat even under utilize this year by Minnesota and Gary Kubiak offense, but they have such talented running backs and Delvin Cook and the wide receivers. But BRONI well respected. But I do think that position has got to get up to stuff, guys, It really does, and I think that's why he was brought on board. Yeah, a lot of experience here, a lot of experience in

coaching and multiple positions. Not only the tight end had offensive line responsibilities, and I think when you're bringing a new offensive line coach with a new tight end coach and they have similar backgrounds, I really think it helps that transition because you not only have tight ends working with the offensive line, you have tight ends that are converted to h backs and fullbacks. You have the running

back position. So there's a lot of different details that it's not exclusively tight end because that position has expanded so much. I like the experience aspect of it. You go all the way back to Atlanta and they're used to tight end. Algae Crumpler if you guys remember him, and certainly Antonio Gates in San Diego and the Chargers were there. But you know that speaks well in our

meeting room. I really do believe that. And the combination with the new offensive line coach and one Castio, you can best be sure these two guys are going to work on the running game. Yeah. You know, Wan Castio doesn't have time to teach both his players and the tight end coach, so he's going to have to come in that someone that has got his feet in motion already to what his responsibilities will be. Yeah, and he's

had offensive coordinator responsibilities before in his past. When you look at coach Clancy, so I think again, I think a lot of it has to do with scheme and that they need to work much better together to get more production out of both. You know, in terms of a run game coordinator, pass game coordinate, how they work in Unson. As Tom mentioned, sometimes those tight ends are in the offensive line meetings rooms and they have to

work together as an inline tight end. And we know they want to split them out and do all those things. So coach Perroni has done all that he really has, and I think it'll be a good fit for the Chicago Bears. But that is why that position had to be addressed here this offseason right ends, combining for just forty six catches, four hundred sixteen yards and two touchdowns. This is Bears All Access, brought to you by IGS Energy here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score

with our producers Sean Anderson and Chris Dickens. Tonight, I'm Jeff Joniac along with Tom and Jim as we take a look at some of the news of the week and news of the day. It does involve Kyle Folder headed to the Pro Bowl again a second year in a row. You look at his body of work over the last three seasons, fifty five pass breakups in those three years. But I know Tom and I just did a bunch of breaking down plays the top plays of the year for the Bears website that'll be coming out.

And you know, you can't get past the idea that to play corner on a physical defense, you want to have a physical defense, you gotta have a physical corner. And that play against the Lions really sticks out to me. You know, isolated with a big back, you gotta get him down to the ground by any means necessary. And it was J. M. Kissick in that play, and it

did save the day. The Bears might have lost that game. Well, you know, you have to understand your responsibility when you're to break the huddle, so because you don't want to be influenced out of position just by the beginning motion of an offensive play and when you go back in your breakdown that play, Detroit Lions did everything to attract the attention of Kyle Fuller to sink inside to where

a majority of the bodies were. Kyle never, He stuck to what his assignment was and when that back tried to bounce it out, he closed the distance. He made that tackle. They went to kick the field goal, They went up twenty to seventeen, and the Bears went down the field and the scoring drive and ended up winning the game. It was a signature played Big Jim on that season. And before I get your thought on it,

we could ask Kyle himself. He's joining us now here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the score not two time Pro bowler Kyle Fuller of the Chicago Bears kind of have to spend a few minutes with a Kyle, congratulations, my man, how you doing? And do we have Kyle Okay, we'll get to him sounds like we got him. Hello, Yeah, Kyle,

Congratulations Kyle, how you doing good? Thank you? So? Uh. You know, when you get that Pro Bowl alternate label, you don't know for sure how that's going to work, but you did get the the sign today that you're

going to the Pro Bowl again. Capping off what really is a body of work over several seasons for you, just some really impressive numbers taking the ball away, pass breakups, and you know, for a corner and a defense to be a very physical defense, you gotta be willing to tackle, and you led the team in solo tackles in twenty nineteen with seventy two. Is that sometimes gets lost when you talk about corners on a defense. Is that area something you're really proud of all the way back to

your college days? Yeah, for sure, definitely something as DBS, we all think pride in that. And yeah, you know, just to Kyle throughout there several years of your career here, where do you think you developed most physically or mentally? Because you're you're on the field every week and then we're just kind of bragging about one of your assignments in the Detroit game on the third and five tackle and it's you need to be you know, you need

to be doing everything equally, but physically or mentally. Where do you think you've grown the most? Definitely mentally, but I definitely think you know, Mike's you know, just my experiences over the last six years and helped me, you know, just as far as physically as well as far as like things like tackling and leverage and things like that. So just having a good field of you know, being in positions you know, whether the balls on the ground or in there. Let me ask you this kind of one.

Congratulations Jim Miller. Good to talk to you again. And we were just bringing up the play, the great play you made on the kidzick against the Detroit Lions or I'm looking thinking back now that great interception you had out in Denver, and I know the season didn't go the way you want to do. Even now we'll hear it. As the season is over, do you think about the plays you didn't make or that you expect your self

to make during the year and how you evaluate yourself. Yeah, at this time of the year, you definitely go back in our self value and you see those those players that you are diden making you just you know, you kind of go into the offseason and trying to think of ways, you know, in your preparation and you know, your training things like that, you know, to go into next year and you know, be able to make those plays that I helped the team, Uh, you know win

ball games. Kyle full of our guests here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score on Bears All Access, brought to you by IGS Energy. Kyle, it's over the last three years, you've been targeted a lot, a lot of balls thrown in your area and in many cases to the dismay of the the opponent. But how do you how do you evaluate that because three years ago, I think it was twenty seventeen, you were number one

in the league. This year you were tied for first and number of passes thrown in your your area code. Is that also a sign of respect as well, because you're likely, in many cases dealing with the top receiver on that unit. Uh No, it's not too hich I think about you know, I never really even uh you don't know about that stat you know, I just I think I go into every game, um, you know, just trying to you know, do I have to do to be in position. Um, and that's just uh, you know

a lot of work you know during the week. Um you know. So, Kyle, what's your routine after the seat because now you get you you're getting been notified you're gonna play in the Pro Ball? Do you ever get out of shape? Number one? And what is your routine? Kind of always thinking, man, I could be in the Pro Ball? Um if depending upon who stays and what teams go. Oh yeah, you definitely definitely try to stay

in shape. Um. You know, so you take a couple of weeks off maybe and uh, you know, just gradually you know, just trying to you know, trying to keep it a little bit of shape until uh, until you really get started. You know about segruaries, so uh, you know around once that time comes around, that's me you really, me personally starts, you know really, um you know that's when all season training really starts and uh, you know

all the way through pretty much. Well, let me ask you this, Kyle, because what does that mean to you? You know, for them you know, to turn to you and you get that call today to return to the to the Pro Bowl, And what goes through your mind because you're getting recognized for your play over the past few seasons. I mean, I guess it means a lot, you know, just uh, you know, a lot of there's a lot of great guys around the league, you know

that go to go play in the Pro Bowls. So you know, it's pretty cool to go out there, you know, hang out with those guys for a week and uh they're playing the game. Um, you get to see a lot of fans you know, around the league. So it's pretty cool experience. All right, before we let you go, Kyle, Well you do appreciate you taking the time to join us tonight, and congratulations again. Uh, just keeping that secondary together, it's as important a unit to have chemistry as any

on the field. But the reinvestment of Eddie Jackson, uh, you know that's a part of you as well, that group in that secondary. How important was that too, to keep him here as a Bear for a long time. Yeah, it's very important. I look forward to play with him, you know, for years to come. Um, you know, you know, happy for him, you know, definitely, you know, so he deserved it, and huh yeah, looking forward to playing with him.

All right, Kyle, We'll let you go. Have a good time at the Pro Bowl and we'll talk to you soon. All right, thank you good. That's Bears quarterback Kyle Fuller. We'll take a break as he heads the Pro Bowl. We'll take a time out here on Bears All Access

on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. Hey, welcome back to Bears All Access brought to you by IGS Energy, a proud partner of the Chicago Bears, providing electricity, natural gas, and home oarergy products to over one million customers across the country. Learn more about IGS Energy at igs dot com. Jeff Joni Act, Tom Fair, Jim Miller just heard from Kyle Fuller. Go to the Pro Bowl. One of four Bears with Kaleo mac Deety Jackson and Cordarell Patterson. Patterson

Today guys named All Pro and Sporting News. So the awards keep on coming for the kick return Star. Hey, he deserves it. You know, this is a guy that I think he's impressed every single one of us throughout all of his efforts, you know, throughout the whole season. And I don't think you know, this isn't the life. I think we should expect more out of him because of what he's been able to do for the Bears.

And you know, do you give him more of opportunities on offense or do you expect the same heroic type plays from the special teams that he's been doing. But you know, when you look at this guy and the chances we've had to talk to him, you know he is you know, he was a He's a running back frame of mind type of guy. That's probably why he plays so well on special teams. Yeah, that's been his calling card. You know, he's really made his names as himself as a special team's ace. And it's not just

in the recurrent turn game. We've talked about the gunner part of it. I'll before it's just a mentality. You know, there's there's some great returners out there. Obviously Deante Harris had a good year for New Orleans and me Cole Hardman kind of burst out of the scene much like Tyreek Hill did. But this guy still holds his own and why everybody tips their cap to him when you

look at the Cordurell Patterson. So that's tremendous football player and really his area of expertise that everybody has tried to expand upon. It but man, he has remained consistent. From the special team's aspect of it. They want to get back to the Kyle real quick because you know when I mentioned how many targeted throws are in his area, and there's a lot of you know, one side coverage

and so forth in the Bears defense. But in seventeen it was one hundred and seventeen and eighteen it was one hundred and four in this past year ninety eight. And that's a lot of targets over the course of time. So teams are giving him opportunities to make plays on the ball. He did play off quite a bit this year, so I think his past breakups went down significantly from the last two years. He had forty three combined down to twelve this year, but that that still has not

impacted his ability to make some plays. And so to me, that's significant to have a guy you can count on at least one of those guys you need obviously three starter grade corners and two really good ones in the backup role to complement your defense. But I think you really they got that one figured out with Kyle Jim. So when Jeff talks about all the numbers of Kyle fuller.

Now does a does a defense create a scheme with their defensive backs where they kind of invite throws to one area because they know there's a good tackler, there's a good space tackler, there's a physical corner. So is are we talking about these numbers at this time because they're inviting more throws over there? Yeah, I think a lot of it. One because offenses are right hand dominant.

And from the listeners out there, if you've got a right handed cornerback, quarterback, excuse me, typically every team that I've been on, I mean think about it, there's not one left handed thrower in the NFL. Not one, not one quarterback, not even on a practice squad. You know what. That's interesting? So because test well, think about it, because if it was a left handed quarterback, they would be left hand dominant dominant. What I mean is they would

line up tight end left. So by having a lot of right handed quarterbacks, tight ends typically always to the right. It's just how play callers have alway done it, no matter if you're on the right, hash left, halsh or middle.

Not always the case, but typically your right hand dominant is how a lot of two because it's the front side of the quarterback right and it's open, so you get a lot of quarter quarter half is what a lot of teams play right now, So you know it's a credit to Prince and Mukamara, but he always has safety help on his side. When you've got your tight end to your right along with your z the flanker

out there split out. Fuller, as you mentioned, Jeff, is more off because quarter quarter half is exactly how it sounds. Fuller's got a quarter of the field. The inside safety, whether it's Eddie Jackson or Haha, Clinton Dix, they've got a quarter of the field and the backside is basically a rolled up cover two. That's where you get the

half quarter quarter half. It's covered two to the backside and basically it's kind of one on one to the front side because Fuller is responsible for that whole area out there, that whole quarter of the field, and so you get a lot of hitches things like that because he plays off a little bit, has to rally up

and make the tackles. So I think it's more of the quarterbacks being right hand dominant and why they target him more because he plays a little bit softer and you know even talking, you know, and that's happened like that the past couple of years because Vic fan Joe did a lot of it, and obviously Chuck Pagano does a lot of that too. Plus you do a lot of man from that standpoint, he does play a lot

of man coverage as well. But I will say this, think of the plays, the great plays that we said, whether it's the play of mckidzick against the Lions or at the great interception against Denver where he reads it makes me, guys, I just think of all the interceptions that could have been a pick six where he's just you know, he's almost there. He'd just like to see him finish it a little bit more. So. He's good

right now, he could be even better. That's why I brought up the question, like, man, do you think about all the plays you missed? And I know it sticks out in his brain time. I know you as a player, like damn, I I I nailed that block one hundred times out of one hundred times. How did I miss it in this game? You know, it just happens to all of us, you know, you know, Jim, I was in Jeff, I was thinking of a funny story. Years back.

I was at this coaching clinic and Jim Harball was speaking, and this is when he was coaching at Stanford, and he talked about how he had four right handed quarterbacks and one left handed quarterback and that does present a problem because you can't make the center snap left handed. The hand placement by a left handed quarterback is opposite of what a right handed quarterback is. So he kind of looked through solutions to this problem. Why make the

quarterback or the center snap left handed. No, that messes up your balance everything. So what he did is he had a left handed quarterback take the snap as a right handed quarterback and then reverse the ball throughout his drop to get ready to throw it. And it's weird because there are those little dynamics whether you're a left footed kicker and now the holder is completely off balance because he's used to holding for right footed kickers and

those little things. You know, it challenges a coaching staff sometimes. It's kind of interesting that there are no lefties. Not one. We've always had like Boomers Siason or a Steve Young. There are not one. Not one. T would be Dave Craig. Was he a lefty. No, Dave Craig was a righty man. Small hands, my all, We're gonna take another break. This is Bears All Access, brought to you by IGS Energy

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Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. Thanks as always to our producer Sean Anderson and Chris Dickens and you for listening. All right. So, it is a great thing to be a part of an organization, a franchise that has so much history and so many Hall of Famers, and maybe more when it all it gets

said and done. For the extra hall of Famers and a special committee that put together the candidates that are now whittled down, and we'll learn next week Jim and Tom if Jimbo, Covert and Ed Sprinkle will be named to the Hall of Fame for this special one hundred year And you know, I didn't realize this, but obviously Tom, that was your teammate and Jim you know Jimbo for

a while as well. But twenty two guys are on every All Decade team, right, Jimbo's the only one not on the Hall of Fame in nineteen eighties, So it would make sense here that this is maybe more than a little bit more of a likelihood that he'll be going in. The two time, first time All Pro left tackle for the Super Bowl champion Bears. Well, you know, his dominance was obvious from the first day that he

came to be a member of the Chicago Bears. That he was plugged in to play starting left tackles for the Chicago Bears as soon as he showed up. And the unfortunate thing for Jimbo is he didn't have a couple more years on his resume for these guys to be you know, to be influenced by. But if you're looking at a super self confident, well prepared football player from the first day you drafted him. That was Jimbo Covert.

And I always kind of complain about these measurables because I don't care what weights you want to put them at or what their style of play is. If Jimbo Covert was in the NFL Draft this year, he should be considered a number one drop round draft choice as much as any year since since. You know, the vital signs have changed, and Jimbo is a great player, uh, super self confident and prepared. He had a great college coach and U Joe Moore, and he had a great

professional coach in Dick Stanfeld. It's unfortunate because when you when you look at it, you know that even in this class, a centennial Hall of Fame class, it through. I hope they open it up more like this in the future, because again, the you gotta you got to correct the backlog of players like Jimbo Covert and all the great players or even Sprinkle that you mentioned. That's one of the reasons why they opened it up, because here you got Sprinkle, who's on the forties All Decade Team.

They wanted to get in more guys that have been on the All decade teams and they just get lost in the shuffle. So I'm hoping this becomes a regularity, like whether it's every five years or every seven years, they open it up where more players get the opportunity to come in to correct all these log jams in the NFL. I really do because you know, even from the coaching side of it, Pet and I were talking

about this today on the air. Look at those coaches that they've got to decide from, and there's only two that are getting in in this COO. I personally see, here's here's another thing. Nothing against Tony Dungey. Tony Dungee has won one Super Bowl. Tom Flores is technically the first minority coach. He's won two. He's not in the hall. How is he not in the hall? And he's done

it in less games? You know, And I don't say I just you know, the voters I think sometimes get it wrong quite frankly, and it becomes a political process where hey, you vote my guy in, el vote your guy in that type of thing. But look at this name of coaches. Don Corriel, Bill Kawer, Tom Flores, Mike Holne, Group, Jim Jimmy Johnson, Buddy Parker of the Chicago Cardinals. Dan Reeves has been the four Super Bowls, four super Bowls in two different conferences. He's led a team to a

super Bowl. Granted he lost them, but the guy's going to the dance Dick for meals on there as well. Man, that's a tough group to find two in eight or finalists. Well, you know, you think of the Raiders. I don't think Jim Plunkett's in the Hall of Fame either. Yeah, and he's a super Bowl winning cornerback for the Raiders. But you know, you think of the reputation of the Raiders

back then? Did that sometimes tarnish the way these guys were argued for in these Hall of Fame meetings, whether it's become you had an owner like Al Davis that was so controversial he sometimes was treating players unfairly in terms of their contract negotiations, or even just some of the hype that the Raiders brought along with them, the reputation. Well, that's a good point, because well, I'll give you a

case in point an example about being hated. Okay, Paul Taglibu is hated, right, former NFL commissioner did not is not liked by the writers. A lot of them are voters for this, And granted the voters the writers are not a part of this class. I mean, this is the centennial. This is a separate panel that has been put together. Guys like Bill Belichick and a whole bunch of other guys are on it that are going to

decide this class. And those normally the normal voters for the Hall of Fame are not even involved in this, which they're upset about. But you know that's a case in point. A lot of them don't like Paul Tagliboo and why he hasn't been voted in. I guarantee you Paul Tagliboo will be voted in this time as a contributor. And what he did for the National Football again, what he's done in terms of the First Sea BA and all the things that he went through with Gene Upshaw.

You know, people forget about that, and they were vilified for that that they supposedly had a cozy relationship. But they're not throwing knives let each other like it currently is today with the NFLPA. In the NFL, they actually got along and there was harmony and that it was never better in the player's favor under the CBA that Gene Upshaw and Paul Taglibugat. In your opinion, what is it that you feel the writers did not like about tag that I just you know, I think, well, almost

like Terrell Wance, he never interviewed. He kind of did things his way, and I don't think they liked that, and he really didn't get a fair shake at the slant that he was think about it, he had to go in and clean up pounty Gate. Even after that, he felt that Roger Gonell got it run. They called Paul tagleybou in to fix it and he wasn't even the commissioner anymore and he was still fixing things in the NFL. M other guys like Cliff Branch, who's been overlooked.

Here's a player, and we brought it up before Cliff Branch's basically Tyreek Hill. Before Tyreek Hill, he had a touchdown once out at seven every seven times he touched the ball, that dude was in the end zone. And so it's different eras of football. But there's been a log jam. So again, I just hope they opened up like every five years or every seven years, they voted in like fifteen players again, more contributors, more coaches that

are all deserving to get into the hold. Wasn't there somebody out there today that's in the Hall of Fame that is criticizing this process that they're even considering? And I thought I saw I want to say, was. I better not say who I think it was, because I'm not sure. I thought I saw it this afternoon on Twitter, and I didn't read the whole article. Maybe you talked about it today on your show. No, no, no, we didn't. I haven't heard. Well, I know the voters are upset

that they're not a part of the process. The typical voters or the normal voters. They're upset. Yeah, Tom, I just went through this. It's a site called Pro Football Journal, and I was specifically looking up something on Jimbo and the list of offensive lineman that could be considered Hall of famers. These are mainstream names from days gone by to current day players. The list is extremely long. It really is something. How many offensive linemen were great players

that may never get into the Hall of Fame. Yeah, you know, and selfishly just thinking about the Bears, thinking of Jay and Olan Cruz, here's two guys that definitely with their longevity for what they did to the organization, the success, the trail of success they left behind them.

There's two guys right there of you know of Bears, and because you look at other guys that have been put in the Hall of Fame, Kevin Moi or Dermanti Dawson, just guys like that at the center position that I think that Jay certainly and land I think they're both you know, as much or you know as much as deserving as those guys who are already in the league. And sometimes it's it's tough to get multiple guys at

the same position repeatedly over the course of history. I love the they ed Sprinkle consideration here because obviously none of us who were around to see how he played the game, but Daan Pompey, who who pitched these two gentlemen at his and he's part of that Blue Ribbon committee. When you think he was an undersized two hundred pound pass rusher and was considered the meanest man in football at least that's how he was portrayed in a nineteen

fifty article. But just twelve years with the Bears, four time Pro Boer All Decade team from the forties and dominant in his era at under two hundred pounds. Obviously, the guys weren't as big as they are today. Yeah, but you know, dominant in that area and you're not as big as you were. But you got to think of what the pressure they were under in the development of a professional football league, and they weren't surrounded by

the medical attention that there is today. So these guys were going on the field, sometimes with a career that long that they couldn't have been feeling good about taking the field. And then they were two way players. He played both sides of the ball. Yeah. Well, it'll be some great debate when the list comes out, that's sure, as all these lists have become in nineteen nineteen, or excuse me, twenty twenty, as we get ready for this end of the one hundred year anniversary of NFL football.

We'll continue on with Jim and Time after this on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score. This segment of Bears All Access is brought to you by CDW. People to get it learn more at CDW dot com. Jeff Toom and Jim Meller joining you here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score with you until seven o'clock tonight. As we're going over some of the news of the day involving the Bears. They hired Clancy Baroni as tight ends coach, last with the Vikings, but a long resume.

Kyle Fuller going to the Pro Bowl for a second time, this time as an alternate, Cordell Patterson Sporting News All Pro Team as a kick returner. And now let's shift gears a little bit. In this segment, guys just talk about what's going on in league wide because there's one opening left. Jim and the coaching carousel and the Cleveland Browns Well interview is turns out eight different guys and it looks like Josh McDaniels would be the last interview.

Kevin Stefanski reported the interview today, the Minnesota offensive coordinator, what are you hearing? Well, I don't know. I just overall Cleveland, I just don't understand. They're just kind of spinning their wheels. You know. They go from the analytics guy and Sashi Brown to want to get to the

football guy in John Dorsey. Now they're back to the analytics guy and John d Podesta, who is in charge of the coaching search, and just it's almost baffling the order that these you know that the order the coach

has been interviewed. You know, why wouldn't you bring in first Marvin Lewis who coached in that division and for over a decade, right he's faced every roster Cleveland's ever put together for the last you know, sixteen years, even prior to Jimmy Hassman say, you know, I kind of have this insights about your team and your roster and how you've put it together and all those type of things. But they don't do that. It's just been kind of,

you know, throw a throwing darts at the dartboard. In my opinion, I think Kevin Stefanski's got a great opportunity there. Supposedly he had a great interview last year and why he's probably the leader in the clubhouse. Jim Schwartz is who they interviewed wednesday. I think Jimmy would be the perfect guy for the job. That's where he started out as a scout and he's taken an OH in sixteen teen, as we know in the NFC North and what he did with the Detroit Lions, and then of course Josh McDaniels.

But for just my take, for Jimmy Haslam to get up there earlier in this week and say that's an attractive job, it's anything, but he is going on now his sixth NFL head coach. Well, you know what assets that the Cleveland Browns have are going to get you to the super Bowl the quickest? Well, I think you know he got I do think they got talent on the roster, but at least so. The reason I'm asking that question, Jim is because that's where my decision would lie.

Where are my and Jim. Jim Schwartz seems like a guy that if you could take that defensive talent and you could capture the emotions of what the stadium wants to give you in Cleveland, and then give a guy that's going to help grow Baker Mayfield, I don't know, you know, is Baker Mayfield the guy? I mean? Is the question still out all? That's what Jimmy Hassm was touting at the press covers. Hey, we've got a young

quarterback that we drafted first overall. So if everybody thinks Josh McDaniels is going Daniels is going there and he's bringing Brady with them. Forget that they've invested a first overall draft pick in Johnny Manzil. That's why, I mean, that's why to me, it's not an attractive job other than the talent that's on the roster because the owner

doesn't have the patience to let it grow. So again you're back to you're back to the analytics start of it or part of it, and this guy's in charge of your head coaching search, which they've interviewed double digit candidates. So that's why Matt Rule completely just pulled his name out of it, and he ends up getting the Carolina job. And if Jimmy Schwartz or Josh McDaniels, probably not so much for Kevin Stefanski because this is his first play

at being a head coach. Jim Schwartz is going to go in there and say, hey, this John Podesta, get him out of the way. I know what it takes to win here. And Josh McDaniel is going to say the same thing because you know Nick Cassario is coming with him from New England, who's the Italian talent evaluator, and they're gonna watch things their way. This would be Josh's second opportunity to be a head coach, much like Schwartz, and they know what it takes to get it done.

Stefanski may be more willing to work with Deep Podesta because he's you know, he'd be a first time head coach. And you know the only reason why you take it is to have an opportunity to coach Baker and be an NFL head coach. There's only thirty two of them available. But man, I just don't think it's as an attractive

as as what Jimmy Hassel thinks. Jeff and Jim, do you think that any of Josh McDaniel's past is going to follow him to Cleveland, either by word of mouth or just because he was not very respected when he was the head coach in Denver? Is he you know, trying to Does he get too much credit for having Belichick in Tom Brady? And I think there's just a lot of question mark and these young these players aren't naive and they do look into a coach's background when

they get there. Yeah, I don't think so, because you know, you know, obviously Denver didn't work out and then him pulling out of the Indianapolis Colts job. Right, That's how Frank Wright got the job. Everybody's like, oh, he'll never get you know, consider for a head coaching job. His name has been considered for the Giants, his name has been considered for the Browns, he was scheduled or he

interviewed for the Carolina Panthers. So I don't think it's hurt him one bit, not one for Josh, I really don't. I'll just say this and then we'll move on. I'll just say that every time he's up for a head coaching job, I don't. I don't believe he's going to take the job, even if it's offered. That's he's left me with that feeling right now, because his name comes

up every single year. He's either waiting for something that's right in his wheelhouse, which he should, or that he thinks he has a future in New England, if in fact that time would come. Lastly, about the coaching searches today, Joe Jim pressed me at the podium, and I know Twitter blew up about it as well, one way or the other, that he really he won the news conference today and whether you feel that's an important aspect of being a head coach out of the gate or not

you could start and a deficit if you don't. So did you guys see any of that today? Yeah, I listened to the whole press coverage. Yeah, I thought he was very impressive. Again, he's not tied to any one of the three phases, whether special teams, because that's his background, because he does he has to know every man on the roster, what they can do, what they can't do.

I like because he's the first coach that got up there and said talked about being multiple in personnel groupings and hey, we've got to be able to adjust and move in and out of things. And that's what I think you have to do at the NFLA. You want to be able to present a lot of things in order for your opposition to really prepare for you. And I think that's what he's going to bring. It's about the more you can do. He's been with coaches that have done that in the past, Saban and obviously Bill

Belichick is a big believer in that. I think that's gonna be a big part of the Giants future for him. You know, when you look at all these coaching interview or at the podium within the last couple of days, and you think of young guys like Rule, who's doing it for the first time on a professional level, Mike McCarthy, who's a retreat doing it again now for the second time after Green Bay and Dallas. So it's interesting when you do get exposed to a first time guy and

how are they going to handle those moments? And you know, I thought, both the Giants and the Carolina if you want a reflection of where what your future is going to be like, you know, you have a you have a really super talkative guy and then you have a serious guy with the Giants. Yeah, well it's interesting to me. Joe Judge must have really blown Dave Gettlman away because

they were still scheduled interview Josh McDaniels. So I think that truly was, you know, because I think they wanted the Giants were thinking of going with it because think of the last coaching cycle, right, it was anybody who had dinner with Sean McVeigh got a head coaching job. Now you look at this, Ron Rivera, the first established coach hired. Then of course McCarthy established coach hired to me it's more about established, and I still think it's going to be a coach that has been around to

guide the Cleveland Browns. I don't see how they can go with the first year head first year head coach again at the old Stefanski from what everybody's saying, is the leader in the clubhouse. Well, mister Marra today said that Joe Judge was the best interview he's ever done. As then they've done plenty of me, that's for sure. Anyway that's around the league. Bears will be playing the Giants again in twenty twenty, as they knocked them off

in twenty nineteen. Final segment just ahead, we'll talk National Title Game in college football and look at some of the potential NFL draft picks that will be playing in that game. There will always be plenty when it's teams like Clemson and LSU. And we'll take a look at the Bears offense as they look to reload a little bit offensively around Mitchell Chubisky and whatever they plan to do to grow that offense as they need to in twenty twenty. This is Bears All Access on Chicago Sports

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wrapping up our show for this week. Looking at the national title game mind to night. Obviously, all the attentions on the quarterback says it should be with Joe Burrow of LSU and Trevor Lawrence at Clemson. How are you guys looking at this matchup? Are you intrigued by what you're gonna see in this matchup? With these quarterbacks? Big jem quarterbacks? You're deal, Well, yeah, they're both pretty good,

No thought about it, Joe Joe Burrow. You know that's gonna be a tough choice for Cincinnati, you know, because Chase Young everybody's talking about him, the defensive end pass rusher out of Ohio State. They're calling him the generational type player. They think he's the next Lawrence Taylor. So you got a chance between Lawrence Taylor or the quarterback who Joe Burrow I think everybody expects will be the

first quarterback taken. And you just look at the well he's performed in the last game, and it's that's gonna be a tough decision for Cincinnati, There's no doubt about it. But yeah, you know what, I think Burrow has all the tools that you're looking for. They're both well coached. Each team is probably gonna have about six guys drafted. You're right, there's probably about twelve to fifteen players that

will be drafted on the field. You know, from atn you look at the running back and what he's done and the Southern players. Oh man, the receivers. I got some really good receivers like te Higgins and man, there's there's probably about ten to fifteen guys you're gonna be watching that we'll be playing at the at the next level. And you know, but I go back again to me, what comes first the chicken or the egg? Is it

the coach or is it the players? And I'd always say it's the coach and for whatever reason, man that Dabo Sweeney. He gets his players juice. Not that ed Ogeron doesn't, because those guys get juiced too, but Dabos just has There's just something about him. Remember when he called DeShawn the next Michael Jordan. Everybody thought he was crazy. What was Deshaun Watson last week? And that in the wild Card weekend he was pretty much Michael Jordan in

that game, wasn't he? They were losing and here he ends up finishing just an unbelievable game, has that Houdini play and the Houston Texans come from behind and they get that victory for wild Card Weekend. But at the same time, he did struggle in that game, got hit a ton, and if he was sacked on that play the game there were seven sacks in that great but if he did get sacked on that play, there would be maybe a different narrative. But you're right, he is.

He's an outstanding quarterback. I don't know if Tom's done any of this kind of work yet, but there's a guy on Clemson that I'm intrigued by. Is Isaiah Simmons. Yeah, but you know, he's a he's a tweener. They don't know what he is linemanners safety. He plays everywhere and he's that is quite the athlete, what a versatile defender.

Where do you think he'll wind up in the draft protocol? Linebacker? Safety? Well, I think that he's really fortunate to come into the NFL at this time because as much as we wanted to label defenses with numbers in front of him three four, four three, I think the multiple uses of personnel fits this guy well because maybe he is a three down player because he has linebacker skills, but he has defensive

back and safety type of awareness. So I think he's kind of a unique player that when you're when the offense puts in the specific personnel groupings, they're trying to look at who you're taking out. This guy might never come off the field if he gets an early opportunity inside the right defense. Freaky athlete, that's for sure. But you know, I just I think he's going to fill out. I think he'll be more linebacker, but you're right, I mean,

he's a hybrid player. Six four, two hundred and twenty five Piles will probably end up being about two three. You know, we've seen bigger safety Derwin James obviously comes to mind, or Jamal Adams and what he brings uh for the Jets, because I believe Adams led the league in sacks for safety, he was pretty much down inside the box, blitzing and doing all those things. So that may be Isaiah Simmons role at the next level, but I think he's going to fill in as a linebacker primarily.

And then one last thing of the game, because you know, it's the grandson of Chicago born and bred and John Marshall High School Darryl Stingley, the late Darryl Stingley, his grandson, Derek Stingley, who came in as one of the most heavily recruited players in LSU history. What a triffic. He's only a freshman, He's already a six two corner and the guy's got the ball skills of a wide receiver. He had a bunch of He had twenty seven interceptions as a high school player. He had six this year.

And have you seen highlights of this guy defending passes. It's it's unbelievable. Well, you think of the talent that he faces every single day in practice, you know you hear a lot about the past coordinator for LSU and Joe Brady, and here's a guy that you know, would

it'd be interesting to go along with Burrows. But you think about again, what you're facing every single day in practice, and if you want to develop the skills of a player of that position, man, it's you can develop him when you're going against the talent that he gets to see every single day. And I do think that it's not such a big shock when he goes into these other stadiums, these other games and sees the talent they

have because he's see him guys just as talented. And again one of the most you know, the quickest processing quarterback they're saying out there in Joe Burrow. Yeah, well, I mean for Stingley. And you know, I think Belichick made this too. I mean, look at the receiver's drafted last year, Dk Metcalf. The guy's an absolute monster. I mean, look at the receivers that are sixty four two eight two and thirty pounds coming out. You need to get

somebody to cover those guys. So the teams last year started to focus on I don't want to say legion boom, but you need the bigger corners Now, guys who are over six foot you know, the peanut tillmans of the world. And that's what Stingley falls into at six two. So you're gonna start to see some monster corners coming out because and that's who will be at the Senior Bowl this year. Jim Nagee said that it hasn't changed. NFL

teams are like bringing the bigger corners. Try to scout the bigger corners that are out there because you need somebody to cover these monster receivers that are just I mean, what do you do against six four receivers who's busting a four three? I mean, DK Metcalf alone had one hundred and sixty yards last week versus Philly. He was a one man wreckie crew, all right, So real quick, thirty seconds to go. Let's break it down. Minnesota, San Francisco.

Who do you like San Francisco. I'll take San fran as well. Short week for Minnesota. Mark Ingram could be back from Baltimore, Tennessee and the Ravens Baltimore. I like Baltimore as well. D Ford, Kansas City getting healthy, hosting Houston. I'll take Kansas City as well. It won't be the six loss be like before, and I will take the upset Seattle over Green Bay. Do you know I'm having a hard well, I'm having a hard time going against

Russell Wilson. That's the guy that is most attracted me because he's the one guy that could probably maybe wear down Zadarius Smith in the later part of the game and get some balls out of his hands. But I'm still going on Green Bay. I'm going to San Francisco, Baltimore, Kansas City, in Seattle, I'm a most all the home teams, but Seattle on the road. Those are my picks. And that's our show. Thanks Sean Addison, Chris Diggins and you for listening. For Tom There and Jim La, I'm Jeff Joniac.

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