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But we're talking a little Bears football for an hour with you Jeff Jonny Ac along with Tom Thayer, my broadcast partner from news Radio seven eighty and one oh five point nine FM BBM, and Jim Miller tucked away in Michigan somewhere Sparta gotta win today. Your bracket? Okay? With that? Yeah, we all. I think they they're in a tough bracket with Duke. I thought they kind of got the shaft and you know your Michigan got placed in. I thought the trout dealt with with it glows where

they got places. But hey, you know, you beat them three times, they get the better seat. It's hard to believe, isn't it. Jeff. You know, when you're talking about these NCAA brackets, I hope you're talking about the NCAA Men's National Championship Wrestling Tournament that's taken place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

right now. If you want to see football, if you want to see some athletes that are committed to life year round in the to expose and to be the best of the best, just pay attention to a little bit of the wrestling this weekend because you're going to see some athletes that are incredible. You're going to see one of the most dominant freshmen in the history of freshmen wrestling at the University of Minnesota come in here and dominate all these guys that are upper classmen in

the incredible. If you want to watch athletes compete one on one, Jim Is as long as I have been his broadcast partner on the games, and even before that, he wanted to know who is a wrestler in high school. Who is a wrestler in high school that plays, especially in the offense of line, defensive line, all about leverage, all about you know, all that good stuff. And he was a star wrestler himself. How many No, no, no, no, no no, I'm not a star wrestler, but believe he no,

no I am. I am the least of a star. It's only I've had the experience of wrestling. When I see these guys that are the best of the best in the world that you know what they put into it to be the best game you ever get out of Matt uh No, my sons, my twister wrestler. But well, Tom's right, there are certain you know, certain sports that really translate well. You know, think of good rugby players like Klodi Nada here he just calls it a career,

but he was a standout rugby player. Um, so yeah, there's I mean, for a lot of the offensive lineman. You do see a lot of those guys that are like all state champs in terms of wrestling, and they do they know well, leverage a little bit better. Obviously. The track players, they are players that run track. You've seen some some speedsters that have really entered the National

Football League and really take note. And if you watch some of these guys that are getting drafted that will come out, you know they're they're good at more than one sport. So a lot of these guys double dip and why it translates so little. You know, you got to be really careful too. When you become a football player and you have a little wrestling in your background, and also you go there and you fight one of those wrestlers on the football field, bad things can happen.

Jimbo Covert picking up McMichael one time at practice during a fight. It was a wrestling move that Ming didn't anticipate, anticipate, and that's the thing about it, Jimbo. He's a great wrestler, you know, from Yeah Oland, Jay Hilgenberg, Ray Lewis. You know, there's a lot of great, great wrestlers that have converted that into football. Well, the best athletic performance I saw today in a while at the college level in terms of basketball was John Morant of Murray State today. It

was just unbelievable triple double. He had seventeen points, eleven rebound, sixteen assists in that game. They upset Marquette, and maybe it wasn't an upset after all. We're gonna talk to Cordell Patterson here in a few minutes. The Tennessee Volunteer by College Avenue to the NFL and that, of course the ball is one of the top seeds in the tournament. We'll talk a little college basketball with him, because the

guys on the team they love talking NBA ball. We're talking about guys like Allen Robinson and Charles Leno Jr. They love talking basketball. So I'm sure they had their eyes on the brackets today. And you know, the guys that come from good basketball schools, they want to talk about it. Those of us who are basketball programs outside the Ladies program is one of the tops in the country. We don't have a lot to talk about in terms

of Notre Dames met basketball. So the Michigan Staters and the Iowa State North Carolina, like Trabisky, you know, go ahead and talk about it and enjoy it. We got it. We got a lot of We got a lot of football to talk about as well. Some of the topish we're going to delve into tonight. The owners meetings. Are You're going to the owners meetings, right, Jim, on Sunday. Yeah,

So they're gonna start talking. We'll go through some of the Competition Committee's suggestions and some of the proposals that are going to be voted on this week Sunday through Wednesday in Arizona, so we're gonna talk about that as well, and of course we're gonna talk Bears footfallsom some editions this week, resignings Taylor by Tyler Bray at quarterback and Pat o'donald the putter. We'll talk about that as well.

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six seventy The Score. Jeff Joniac, Tom Thayer, Jim Miller with you, and please to be joined by Cordarrell Patterson, the newest addition to your Chicago Bears for twenty nineteen, a Swiss Army knife, A guy who can do just about everything. Cordarrell, Welcome to Chicago. Good to talk to you. How you doing tonight? Go pretty good. How about you too? Doing great? Hey, let's start with the important stuff. Tennessee gonna move one. I got him on bracket up to

the final. Great program. Great program. Do you have any basketball and you in your background? Man, I played basketball as a senior. Man. I used to get it in on the court. Man. I'm sure you enjoyed the day to day. Hey, you know you're just a brand new bear. Free agency was kind to you here as you join a team that won the division, went to the playoffs,

and have high expectations. Now that you're settling in a week later, just talking to some of the fellas and just talking with the organization, does it boost the excitement level a little bit more to get back to work. I mean less than a month away from your first team meeting. Oh Man, of course. Man. And you know,

every chance you know, a new guy get in. You know, I have the opportunity, you know to talk to the former player and the players know the coaches, and you know the even the gams and you know, and just guy like me. Man, just just ready to get in to get the work, man, And I'm just ready to have fun while you do it. You know, it's it's a business what at the end of the day. No, we got to have fun while we're doing it. You know,

you said it's the business way card. How do you negotiate yourself now, because now you've turned it that jack of all trades, the Swiss army knife. When you start your negotiations, are your receiver running back or what are you? I tell him, don't label me now, Okay, good. It's nothing I can't do on football field. And that's that's just the mindset I had because I was a little kid, and I feel like I can do any and everything

on the field. I probably can't, but you know the things I do, you know, I try to make it, try to make the most of it. Well. From you know, the standpoint of if you're lining up at as a running back. I know, I remember even back in your Minnesota days, they would line you up at the running back position. The Raiders would dabble it. Here in New England, you were kind of thrust into that duty out of necessity to other injuries on the Patriots roster. Maybe just

talk about that. We're at one point you were kind of the bell cow running back for the at one point we have from injuries you know that. You know, it's football. You know, people get injuries. Know we don't want to get injured. But you know, Josh M. Daniels, he asked me, you know, the week of He's like, hey, can you play running back? I was like, man, listen, I can do whatever you need me to do. No,

that's just kind of player I am. You know, and that we could is you know, he he trusting believing me. And you know at practice he gave me some cares in you know, all my numeros up in the game. I just have to make the most of them, so them I could do. I can do whatever. Cordell Patterson, our guest here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy score and Bears All Access. Did any of that help you

or vice versa in terms of the return game? Obviously you have a head start, a bit of space to to pick your lane and whatever it's called that a kick return right, left or middle based on the scheme you're running against whatever team. But did did that help you at all vision wise to to to play running back in as it transferred it all into the return game or when the balls in your hands as a receiver. Of course, you know a player running back is it's

just like a kick return basically. You know, you got those big guys in front of you, you know, leading away, you know, and it's up to you to make that the right decision. And you got to have a vision, like you say, man, And in this game right now we play, you know, it's it's a lot of guys that got visions, so them don't soone just make one move and you know, make the ron move. So as a guy like me, and I feel like I got

great vision, you know, and return help from me? Is the way you're carrying yourself at fit for all positions? Is there a difference between your running back weight and your wide receiver weight or whatever you carry yourself at? Are are you capable of doing everything? Man? Whatever weight, weaver weight. I come in and I can. I can play, man. And I'm a guy now. I was never a skinny guy. Was always kind of kind of a little big you know. And well it says two twenty six, are you that big?

Oh I'm big now they might be seeing me love on that way. Good for you, nah, But man, it's it's just man playing, especially playing running back. Man, it is those guys on that defensive line and those guys big, So you don't want to try to be too little, you know, coming in and trying to be like two old fives trying to play running back. It's not gonna be prettyful. You well, Bears fans, remember you're taking one

back with the Patriots against them in Chicago. And let me ask you this, when when you when you have got the outside perception of an organization, I'm sure you probably had other opportunities to sign other places. And why ultimately did you decide on the Bears? Man, just back in NFT north Man, it was it's a great competition there, you know. That's why I started. I started my my roots, you know. And no, when my agent told me, you know, the Bears are interesting, you know, I thought about it.

I was like, I can see him myself playing there, especially the things they did this year, you know, first year here, coach came in and sent the program around and you know it, it was just like, okay, I could pitch myself there. With that new culture they got going around us, I can pressed myself being a Bear. As Cordell Patterson, our guest here on Bears All Access, thank you for taking the time to join us here

and this offseason it's just winding down quickly. You know, as you as you look at your career, you had instant impact with the Vikings. You had nine touchdowns as a rookie, you know, doing all variety of things. But the one thing I looked at is obviously receivers, and it's changing. It's changing every day. Receivers can make instant impacts now in the league based on the offenses that are running. There's a lot of transference, but not everybod, but he runs the route tree, the full route tree

and so forth. As you've progressed in your career, your catch rate is as dramatically increased. So now you're the last three years, it's improved significantly now around seventy five percent catch rate. What do you attribute that to? Oh man, I just got to give it ass off to you know, the receiver coaches who've been helping me along the way here, just helping me grow each and every year every year.

So like I get with a better receiver coach teaching every time, and now they take all the time out, especially a guy like me. I didn't, I didn't been home with different office coordinator receive coaches have been allied. Everyone has just been doing a heck of a job. Helped me throughout my way in And I couldn't be here without those guys. Hey, all of us Bears fans,

you know, we think of you. You have a reputation as a receiver, the kicker, returner, and you talked about Josh McDaniels giving you some rep storing practice, and we all know the reputation of Belichick. So how many reps did you actually have in practice as a running back before you received your first carry in a game? Honestly, it wasn't a lot. Honestly is I mean? It's I

mean they've seen they've seen it. They've seen it. You know, they're like, Okay, he can do It's like I mean, if not en else, we need to see it like I to. Like I told you, I take I take big pride in what I do as a player, own an all the field. You know, I try to hold myself to a high spin it like every time I touch the ball. I just try to make the most of it for my team. Well, you've been around young quarterbacks. You think of Teddy Bridgewater in Minnesota, how about Derek Carr,

out there for the Oakland Rivers. And now you've been around one of the old time greats and in Tom Brady with you know, just knowing quarterbacks and understanding the guys you've worked with, you know, how do you approach you know, getting to know you know, Mitchell Trubisky and how you feel you can help him get better as a young quarterback. Man, he's a great guy, man, you know, I've been texting them here and there, and now I'm trying to get out to where he at right now

work out with him. And it's not what me helping him, man, it's I know I can learn a lot from him. He probably know everything that I already think I know and I don't know, he probably know it. So it's gonna be just great just going in picking his brain. You know, even though he's a young guy, I know

he know a lot, just like the old guys. And you know, from what he did in North Carolina that year or so, it's just like watching him, you know, this past year and what he and everybody did over there on the team, and I know I can learn a lot. Cardell Patterson our guests remaining moments with a New Chicago Bear kick returner and wide receiver, running back, you name it, We're gonna see the ball in his hands.

I'd imagine quite a bit. In twenty nineteen, you mentioned trying to get with Mitch because he and the fellas are already working. Huh, they're out in California. I see Taylor Gabriel posting videos on Twitter and whatnot. That now is a common theme for quarterbacks out there, especially young quarterbacks, trying to get to know their receivers. And Mitch got to know his guys as the season went on, Alan Robinson and Taylor, Trey Burton at the tight end position.

How valuable is that right now? Just to be out there working timing, running routes. Obviously you're not running with pads or anything, but you are developing timing if you do get together, aren't you. Oh of course. Man. It's all about the chemistry, man, and you know, and this league now, man is you gotta get that chemistry with the quarterback and you gotta you gotta, he gotta trust you.

You gotta trusting him. He gotta know you're gonna be at make sure you're going on the right route, and no, the courage and all that. So right now. It's a huge you know, and three weeks four weeks out before OTAs, Man, you know you're going with him this week or whatever, work with him and go to OTAs. You know, y'all have had chemistry already together. Do you respect the creativity of Matt Naggie? Oh? Man, unbelievable off the chart, man, off the chart. Well, it's gonna be fun to see

you in the offense because everybody gets a chance. Obviously, even defensive guys are gonna put their hand up. So you're gonna be fighting for reps with the defense. Oh yeah, man, I'm gonna need them defense, the guys to stay on they start this year though. All right, well, we appreciate you taking the time, Corderyl, Welcome to Chicago. You're gonna have good time here. It's a fun team to be on and fun a fun city to be a football player.

And nothing like Chicago and nothing like a Bear all man. I appreciate that. All right, Cordell Patterson, our guest here on Bears All Access. We're brought to you by IGS Energy. We'll step away, we'll continue and take your phone calls three one, two four, sixty seven, sixty seven if you want to hop on and talk Bears football here on March Madness the kickoff of March Madness Bears Style on

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dot com slash Draft Party. Tickets are going fast from what I understand, so should be a good time. Even though the Bears do not have a first or second round pick, the draft is still what it is. It's it's an intrigue. You know you're getting somebody, you know you're getting some players, and then picks a third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh round you're gonna get some guys are gonna be

on that roster. Come yeah, but hey, but look at look at I mean again, Jordan Howard, Adrian Amos, look at the rounds that they they came in and looked where their value has extended throughout their commitment to their career. So I mean, I don't care what round you are in drafted these days one through seven, you're gonna have an opportunity to make the make the team. Then you're gonna have an opportunity to compete for a position and

playing time. Jim Miller, Uh, what's your takeaway on Cordell Patterson seems very very intrigued about what's ahead here for him. He's kind of settled into that role, like you said, kind of a jack of all trade. You know, it really didn't work out in Minnesota. They you know what, they had switched offenses, but they were dabbling with them

at a running at the running back position. Raiders continue to do it, and then he kind of has a breakout year for the New England Patriots in that mode when he was really like I said, just due to the other injuries to Sony Michelle and James White, he was forced into the Bell cal rule. That guy had forty two carries as a running back last year from the New England Patrons. I mean for a two game stretch, he was the main running back. He's a dangerous returner.

He's always been a Pro Bowl caliber returner from from that side of it. So the Bears will get good feel position, good starting points you would think in the kick return a game. And then has just continued to improve as a wide receiver as his career has gone along. Like you said that that catch radius and what he's been able to do. He just constantly has said the arrow has been kind of going up for him in

his NFL career. You know, I like the fact that he's our new Dennis Rodman because he's a guy from an opponent that we booed and we hissed for so many years. He came to Minnesota as a first rounder. They wanted to overtake the Bears and win the division. No, but but I'm just saying, yeah, well, I'm just saying we boot against him, we booed Jared Allen for all the time, then he came to be a Bear. So

it's those right exactly. I'm glad you brought that up because it is those guys that have been in the division and that we've grown to dislike because the Bears haven't had a great deal of success in recent history, and some of these teams. You know, Hahaklin Dix has had success, Patterson has had success, and Jared Allen had success when he was with the Vikings three two, sixty four, sixty seven, sixty seven. You want to hop on talk some Bears football here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy

of the score. Thanks tonight, Tony Gill and Herb Lawrence helping us out as our producers tonight. So the resigning of Pat o'donald, the resigning of Tyler Bray. Bray took a lot of snaps in the preseason. The expectation is he will again here in twenty nineteen if Matt Naggie decides again to not play starters as much or at all for that matter, in the twenty nineteen preseason. We don't know if that's going to happen, but it certainly

did eighteen. I have a question for both of you guys then, because Pat o'donald's going to be the punter of the Chicago Bears. He's a good putter and he's got experiences, more time work with Chris Taber, the special team's coordinator, Tyler Bray, is he a competitor for this backup quarterback position to Mitchell Trubisky or is he here to take reps in the preseason games and it's already etched in stone that chases the backup to UH to

Mitchell Trubisky. You know, I don't, I don't know where they're going with that, and it isn't Is it a competitive hot button? Is it a competitive scenario going in a training camp? I think it would be. I definitely think Tyler has been in a league long enough now.

Um you know, you look at this time on the practice squad in Kansas City now for the Chicago Bears as well, and I would think, you know, he has an opportunity to probably unseat Chase Daniel, who when he came in obviously played well, did his job as the backup quarterback. But you would think Tyler Bray could challenge him for for that spot and it'd be a lot cheaper in terms of salary cap money where the Bears could save a little bit from that standpoint and potentially

allocate in other areas. I think, you know, it's UH, as Jeff alluded to in the draft. You know, just how the Bears are sitting probably the one area of the team that I get concerned about would be the kicker. You know, the kicking positions still. You got Steve Gotskowski sitting out there for the New England Patriots in terms of free agency, because you just you fight it hard to believe that if they were to draft that position that you would think a playoff team would really put

all that pressure out of young rookie kicker. If that ultimate will ultimately was the direction the Bears were getting. It has happened though in the league obviously rookie kicker. I mean, you had a rookie kicker to help you win a Super Bowl, and Kevin Butler but a long time ago. But and Gaskowski. You know, I was just reading today it looks like they are deeper in the negotiations to be retained in New England. I don't know what you've heard on that gym, but there are some

still some veteran kickers out there. They've got a couple of kickers on. But I mean, this is a position that clearly they are investing assets and resources on and investigating thoroughly, because it was one of the point of emphasis. You gotta when general manager Ryan Pace does these interviews after the season and at the combine he'll do it again next week. You know, you got to really listen to what he's saying, because he tells you some of

the plan. He doesn't tell you the exact plan, but he definitely doesn't shy away from telling you what he's looking for and what needs to improve, and kicking is number one. Yeah, you know what, how much how much money do the Bears have left out there to invest? You know? Do you know a round about dollar figure? And when you'll talk about a kicker's experience and coming from the New England money tree, he's gonna want a

lot of money, right Yeah. I mean they have enough to to do a few things right now, Jim, and also take care of their draft choices and so forth, and who knows what else they have up their sleeve in terms of their current roster. But I mean, do they have a ton of room? No? They you know they are they out of money? No, they continue to do things to supplement what they've got in place right now.

I don't have the exact number. Well, they have a little over seventeen million dollars, probably need about ten million to sign all your d picks. That's what I think so they got a little room, but you can always approach players free up some money if that wasn't indeed the case. But you know, again, when you go back to this, you know the kicking position and just what's on the line. I mean a game can be decided

a week in, week out or playoff contest. I mean again, to have that experience and have I mean, I'm not saying rookie kickers can't do it, but a lot of them have flamed out as of late. A lot of kickers had moved on. How about Blair Walsh up there in Minnesota, they were high on him. He misses a playoff kick, lo and bile that see, and that's that's all it takes. But you know what, I say it all the time, what position probably has a bigger impact

than wins and losses. And they're probably the kicking position is only out on the field maybe six seven snaps a game ultimately, but they had they decide a lot of the outcomes. When it's all said and up, Bears were fifteen or sixteen points shy of a perfect run last year. You know, those kicks matter and kicking a topic for our first stop on the phones tonight, Tom from Lincoln Square, Welcome to six seventy the score and Bears.

That's how you doing man? So U. You know everyone's wondering what you know you have the sextra money from, you know, changing those contracts. And I've been thinking that he has been the kicker, and I also kind of wonder if Guskowski is kind of bear has been a cherry. You know, I was thinking that too, Tom. I mean,

it'd be great, it'd be great. Well do you think about the what the length of time the vinitary was able to be a good kicker after he was the kicker that we got to know him in New England because he's gone on to have the second career as long as most kickers have in their first and only career.

That's a good point brought out by Tom. Yeah. Well, you know, you look at Guskowsky and plus he's kicked out doors, he's been in big games, ton of playoff experience playing for the New England Patriots and a getting just a weather factor. I mean, other kickers out there or Matt Bryant, Phil Dawson, those guys are up there in h Sebastian Janikowski. It almost looked like he was done towards the end of the year as a Seattle Seahawks. I think the one game he throughout his back roperately.

They're there, Putterer had to do the kicking form. But Mike Nugent, okay for bath Nick Ross, There's there's really other than Gaskowski. He's probably the most credible kicker you can see out there on the market right now. Well, it'll be taken care of somehow, some way, but in the weather aspect of it, to me is the biggest one of all. So if you if you can't kick

it Soldier Field, you can't kick in. You know, it's a little sad is after the expectations were completely exceeded by the Bears last year, that right now, at this stage we're talking about a kicker, and you think of everything that Ryan and Matt were able to overcome, to improve, to enhance, to get better, to make alterations to different positions and stuff, that we're here talking about a kicker clanking right. Well, they they they thought they had the

guy and not not to be the guy. So they'll Is it a good thing that this is the subject matter or should we be talking about a topic. You don't have a quarterback or a pass rusher or a corner that can lock somebody down, you know, that would be your worried him though those are the positions. Well yeah, but I mean again, with the new rules and how things have changed and how the extra points, I mean

that that position has taken on greater importance. And it's not only just the Bears that had some failures at that position. There were other teams as well that I just mentioned Seattle. You know here they are a playoff team and that's when Janikowski kind of let them down down the stretch. So that's a big position. That is, if you've got a winning team and a team that you feel can go to the postseason, that position has to be solidified. Jeff Jonny Act, Tom there, Jimmy Miller

with you here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the score. Obviously, the Bears did not have a ton of big needs this offseason for the first time under Ryan Pace, so he could pick and choose what he needs to do based on his assets available and whatnot with the salary cap and guaranteed money. So John, excuse me, John Breach of CBS Sports, he ranked off thirty two teams in

terms of free agency, and everybody's doing this. Eybody's got different opinions, but he has the Bears eighth best in terms of what they're able to do with the running back position in Mike Davis Patterson in the return game and offense buster screen, the resigning of Bobby Massey, which everyone seems to forget, that is a part of your free agency that was locking down the right tackle position there and haha, Clinton Dix, he said someone should call

the police on the Bears because getting in for three and a half million was an absolute steal. And I think others agree. It's a one year deal though, so I think you have to also look at the draft in terms of reloading the secondary two for the future. But I as we know, this is a growth situation. Whatever happened in twenty eighteen was growth under Matt Eneggie

and the offense of being new. Now more growth with what you have and that's free agency for the twenty nineteen Did you ever see the movie War Games Grown Up? Remember when they turned that dial to Deacon five. The Bears of banning a Deacon five situation up into this offseason. This is the first time they can turn that dial down and just start filling in some really important pieces.

And when you talk about the deal they are able to do with haha, Clinton Dix, the ability to replace Bryce Callahan, the ability to get better and more explosive on offense. I do think that the Bears were not facing a desperate scenario going to this offseason. This is an off season where they were able finally to get some quality players to put into quality positions. Yeah, and you know there's still other positions they need to address. You know, still haven't resigned Mike Burton. Do they go

out and draft a fullback. There's a pretty good one up there at Wisconsin as a Wisconsin Badger that maybe could be targeted in the laser later rounds. Like you mentioned, if Aaron Lynch dion Aaron Lynch signed today, I think he did. I thought I saw that news today that Lynch signed somewhere. If they don't resign Aaron Lynch or if he signs with another team, you know, pass rusher would probably be another another position that the Bears would

probably like to add too. So there's subtle positions that probably need more depth and positions that need to be addressed here we mentioned kicker the fullback position. If Lynch signs another place, maybe another pass rusher is at it, but not just you know, not glaring needs like what some other teams need to address. So I think the Bears are in pretty good shape. Aaron Lynch was visiting the Colts, but today the Colts got some Houston. Yeahside Houston.

That took it off the table two year I think twenty four million dollar deal. Forth pass rusher. As we continue on up until the top of the hour, give us a call. Three one, two sixty four, sixty seven, sixty seven. This is Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score. The Chicago Bears Network presents

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with you until the top of the hour tonight. Please jump on and say hello and tell us what's on your mind about the NFL and Bears football in general. There's been a good week of pro workouts, Tom and Jim this week. Jim, you you guys probably we're at some of those or some of your reporters or whatnot. Some takeaways from some of the big workouts this week. Alabama is a recent one of Ohio State this week. But Dwayne Haskins the quarterback who's a very intriguing big quarterback. Yeah.

I like Dwayne Haskins a lot. I personally think he's the best quarterback in the draft. You know, I know everybody assumes that Kyler Murray is going to go number number one overall to the Arizona Cardinals. That may be, you know, that may be true, but I would think, you know, they're not going to ignore what they what they saw on tape. Uh. You know, if Dwayne Haskins,

it's hard to believe. You know, you look at remember when everybody just went bonkers when here the Bears trade up to get Mitchell Trubisky, who ultimately was a one year starter. At North Carolina, and now'll you know, you look at these two quarterbacks. Both Kyler Murray and Dwayne Haskins are both one year starters. And Dwayne had a great year. I mean he's a Big Ten player of the year. He's got the fifty touchdowns only eight interceptions. I watched his pro day workout. I mean, he can

make every single throw. He's deadly accurate. He's really been tutored his whole life by Sean Springs. I think he's the real deal. And if Arizona, you know, again, everybody's speculated it'll be Kyler Murray, but I don't know how they could ignore what Dayne Haskins has done as well. And he's more of the prototypical size that the NFL

is looking for. Jim, if you're going into the pros with limited experience at the quarterback position, will r PO quarterback be able to survive on his athleticism and movement a little bit better than if there's inefficiency and the reading ability of a drop back quarterback. And you know, when you look at the combine of today, we used to only look at the six three and above quarterbacks. Now there's a complete separation and quarterbacks abilities and what's

more difficult to survive the dropback or the RPO. Well, I think, you know, for Kyler Murray, you know, thrown in the pocket, it's going to be you know, an area that he's going to have to develop over time. I mean, probably the best example of it what Lincoln Riley has done. I mean, Lincoln Riley has done a terrific job because Baker Mayfield wasn't the biggest quarterback either now, and look how well he assimilated to what Cleveland was asking him to do last year. He played fantastic down

the stretch. And that's what I think a team will do if they draft Kyler Murray, you know, whether it's Arizona or any other team that ultimately selects him, I think they're going to use the style of offense that Oklahoma brings, modify it a little bit, incorporate the RPOs. Obviously, his mobility is a big part of his game because he's such a He's got that that cat quick quickness,

and you're probably gonna need a good offensive line. Remember even when Drew Brees was in New Orleans, the priority was they always had big guards, right Jerry Evans, even looking at Andrew's pete. Now, the player they drafted from Stanford, they thought he was going to play tackle. Ultimately he's kicked into the guard because Drew's hovering right there at six foot. So I think that'll be kind of the same mode for Kyler Murray. That's how the offenses that

he's going to be in. I think they'll continue what he's had success with at Oklahoma and even their offensive linetop They're probably gonna have four offensive linement drafted. I mean those guys, I mean, Cody Forde, those are some good players down there at Oklahoma. How are you evaluating? And this has been an a age long problem with SEC teams in particular because certainly at Alabama or Georgia because the two deep. I mean, you could get a guy that never plays and becomes a ten year player

in the National Football quinnin Williams, he's a one year player. Well, some think he's the best player in the draft defensive But here's my question, your evaluation. Like I look at Clemson, all those defensive stars up front, that front seven and their corners. They got two good ones coming out. They got all those great defensive linemen, But who's making who better?

How do you how is it harder to evaluate as opposed to just knowing you got, Hey, I got Aaron Donald coming out, and this is the guy I'm going to draft out of Pittsburgh because he's a due everything, three technique defensive tackle and he's going to be a star. Yeah, well,

I think these guys is pretty evident. I mean, Quinnon Williams is that dominant of a player, and then he goes to the combine post the incredible numbers, so you kind of believe it with how he plays on tape and then he backed it up at you know, at the at the combine and just how he moves and how big he is. But you think about him, I mean, he couldn't get past the other guys that were there.

Jonathan Allen, I mean, think of the players, the defensive lineman that have been drafted out of Alabama as of late, and this guy's probably rated the highest out of all of them. Is a one year player and he couldn't even get on the field at Alabama, but he's been so dominant with everything that he's done, just how he's utilized and everything like that. So he's by far probably the best defensive tackle in the draft. But hey, Clemson, they got a couple of good ones too. You know,

Wilkins is a is a very good player. He's a leader. Um. You know, the other big defensive tackle is a legit three hundred and fifty pounds. I know he pulled his quad at the Hams or at the at the combine, but he's a legitimate run stuff or that just there's probably nobody in this draft that is like him, that has the ability to just stuff the run for how

big he is. When you go back and you look at the college performance of a guy like Aaron Donald, he had so much explosiveness you could see that it was going to translate because he was great every down. When you look at some of these Clempson guys, it's interesting how you have to evaluate these guys. You got to watch tape when they're tired. That's they're going to

tell you what type of player they actually are. I remember when they first started talking about William Perry and they started talking about his extreme power and explosiveness on first down, and then okay, it was equal to a little less than second down fatigue on third And that's kind of the process of when you get to the NFL and you're drafted and you've been playing along some great teammates that it's a little bit easier to survive now that you're that high draft choice and you're coming

in and you're gonna have to be thus provide the spark. What do you do when you're fatigue? And I think that's something you have to look at. And these team that you talk about that it have so many great players on one side of the ball or on the team. Yeah, I don't know what's harder to evaluate that or the guy who's playing lesser competition and he's got inflated numbers potentially because of a system. You can look at that with receivers obviously running backs, what type of routes are

they running? I mean, it's to me it's harder. Effort on effort on tenth play is easier to evaluate than the effort on first play because when you're fresh and whether no matter what position you are. You know, Dick always used to say, fatigue makes cowards out of all of us. So it is about how do you evaluate these guys. Okay, you're gonna go draft this guy from Clemsons three hundred and fifty pounds. You draft him as

a defensive tackle in Miami. You know what it's like going to Miami every single day and go through hot practices, and I know he's been a part of that. And I'm just I'm just picking Clemson out as one school no matter where you come from, well, it's probably the one anomaly. And I'll throw this in because you're right. I mean the Alabama I mean they could have six guys drafted in the first round. I mean that's unbelievable when you think about it. And Clemson's gonna be well presented.

Go check out the d tackle from Houston at Oliver because here, you know, last year at this time he was he was tearing it up. And then you go into the twenty eighteen season, a lot more attention is really paid attention to him. So everybody's like, oh, is his numbers aren't as good, he's not as good a player. He's going first round and that dude is legitimate. He's like John Randall, who played for the Minnesota Vikings. I played against John Randall. He was a hell of a

football player. And I think this at Oliver. He's one guy that just he sticks out and he's kind of the lonesome dove all by himself down there at Houston, and a lot of people better not forget about him. This is Bears All Access, Jeff Jonny Actop there, Jim Miller, some of the news of the day justin Houston at the Colts two year deal twenty four million. Quick thoughts on that good addition to the Colts team. That's a playoff team again, man, you know, do you see him?

Because the Eberflus runs that Tampa two And I'm not saying that that he can't do it, but he's going to be a defensive end in that scheme. I assume he'll be in there primarily for pass rushing specialist is what it's got to be. But I think for him, he's kind of out of sorts unless they switch and they do a lot of under defense, under defense affront

with the Sam on the line. And now I can see it with him as in a two point stance, maybe over a tight end or something like that, but I think I don't know if that's really a good fit for him there in Indianapolis. He's a great player. I'm not saying he can't do it, but he just seems out of out of a fit in that defense. You know, one thing that really helps him is the

support of home crowd noise. They're gonna go from one of the loudest outdoor stadiums in the league in Kansas City to Indianapolis where they have good crowd support down there. So that's one of the benefactors of you know, for a guy like like this that gets to going play and guaranteed warm weather, indoor dome with crowd noise, you go there and you provide that spark at home, you're gonna get your sacks on the road. But at home

is when they need these guys to shine. And well, I'm sorry, let me add one more thing because here, think about Chris Ballad. He comes from Kansas City, right, he knows Justin Houston as good as anybody. But now Kansas City they're going to a four man front with Steve Spagnolo. They didn't view Justin Houston as a defensive end. They didn't even view d Ford as a defensive end. So I'm just I'm coming to grips how they're going

to utilize the more. You know, it's probably gonna be an under defense where he's the sam backer on the line of scrimmage over a tight end otherwise, because I just don't you know, Kanda City didn't even see him as a defensive end. And a couple of years ago, when the Eagles won the Super Bowl and the Bears played them, I was commedy there was no way they were going to be able to resign all of their defensive linemen, and they love having depth up front. Today

they resigned Vinny Curry back with the Eagles. So you got Fletcher Cox, Brandon Graham alike, Jackson, Derek Barnett all there, Robert Griffin the third back with Baltimore. And there's gonna be a preseason football game in Honolulu between the Rams and Cowboys. Tom Thair, it's the first there. You know, Loha Stadiums is nineteen. I never realized that the commissioner listened to Bears all access does. He finally listened to me, And they're getting games back in Hawaii where they deserve

to be. If the crowd support is gonna be insane, and I do think it's gonna be a better spectacle than any of the other because Tom doesn't really appreciate going to London he'd rather than the game be in the United States in Hawaii. We'll address that when we come back. This is Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to Score. Were tickets to every twenty nineteen Chicago Bears home and away game with the schedule Prediction Challenge, brought to you by United Airlines. Enter at

Chicago Bears dot com. Jefftom and Jim with you here on Bears All Access another eight minutes or so before we turn it over to the Score. And that schedule prediction challenge is something because you go to every game, not just home games, but everybody wants to know the schedule. I am getting ear hustled left and right, especially about that London game, much to your dis manager, But the London game, win the London game. Are the Bears for sure? We're going to meet the Packers in the opener and

Thursday night here in Chicago. That seems to be the popular opinion. Anyway. We're gonna know soon here in the next few weeks, and it'll be a very It's it's one of the more impressive home schedules. I recall there are a lot of good teams come into town. Traditionally strong NFL franchises that are gonna be dropping into soldier feel. It's gonna be a fun So you know, one thing about the Bears and the and the NFL in the prediction of your schedule, you think of the end of

the preseason Alsodden, the Bears get Khalil Mack. That changes the schedule completely. In the outcome of really, what's gonna happen? You don't know. The injuries that affect the team in a major way are so unpredictable ie Washington Redskins from last year and their quarterback debacle. So you know it's fruitless to triumph right direct, right, you know you kind of look at you kind of look at the schedule, but you only think about your team because you those

other teams are too unpredictable. Yeah, it's well, it's gonna be interesting, you know, just you know, even in division, you know, Packers fans they feel like they've been born again. You know, here they're diving into free agency and spending all this money to upgrade their team. There's a lot of excitement in Minnesota because they've got a lot of players that return. But you know, the Bears, there's no reason why they can't repeat and win the division again.

But you're right, it's gonna be much tougher. They're they're not going to be as surprise to anybody how good they are and how they finished the year last year. So like anything else, you got to strap it up in every game counts and we'll see if the Bears can defend their turf. So you get Aaron Rodgers understandably probably week one, and you've got a couple of new

defensive backs time, how long does secondary reach out? Well that that's what was my question is how long will it take for new defensive coordinator to develop a relationship with new defensive backs where they have to get an understanding and oh yeah, we got to get ready to play Aaron Rodgers week one. So you talk about the starters not playing at length during the preseason games. You have to pay more attention to practices that you have a chance to see him training camp and he's in

a new offense too. When you're talking about four or five and six defensive backs and a majority of the time it's five and six defensive backs, how long does that continuity take to grow? And you know, are you in a disadvantage when you play Aaron Rodgers week one. Yeah, and well I think that's a key and I say it all the time. I mean, you know, Chuck Pcgonald, He's just going to call a game different. He calls a game different than how Vic Fangio calls a game.

So how quickly do the players get on the same page as him and expectations or maybe anticipating what he's looking for in key situations. So it all starts a new and you got a brand new play caller defensively that has his own idio, secrecies and things that he believes in that not necessarily messed with what Vic Fanjioe did as a defensive coordinator. Jim Miller with Tom there,

Jeff Joniac here on Barzil Access. A few more minutes to go the owners meetings beginning Sunday through Wednesday in Arizona. Jim will be headed down there, and this is the time when the competition committee meets, they vote, they make some changes, maybe they take able some things go to a later meeting as the ownership group, but much of

it is based around replay. Jim, what have you been discussing on your show on serious XM moving the change with pat because there are some suggestions by the Commission Committee now to make amendments to rules or create new rules regarding Yeah. Probably the ones that pass historically are really the ones proposed by the Competition Committee, especially the new ones always concerning safety. Those seems to pass right away.

Like the permanent the rule six is to make permanent the new kickoff rule changes that were implemented in twenty eighteen concussions were down. I think that goes through with flying colors. The Competition Committee they also want to amend Rule twelve to expand protection of a defenseless player right deals with safety. I think that's going to pass with flying colors. The one that's interesting is the proposal by

the Kansas City Chiefs. Why, because of their playoff laws to the Patriots, they want to allow teams the opportunity to possess the ball at least one time in overtime, even if the first team to possess the ball in overtime scores a touchdown. Right, who doesn't want to see Patrick Mahomes to have an opportunity to go against Tom Brady after the Patriots marched down and they get a touchdown and Patrick Mahomes doesn't get an opportunity at the ball,

so overtime continues. We hear that one a lot, like they don't think it's fair. What do you feel about a town? I don't know. I mean, I think that's one of the most argumented points of the NFL as how do you conclude a football game? So, I mean, is one side ever going to be satisfied? No, even if you gave the Kansas City Chiefs an opportunity, now you would have Robert Craft in New England Patriots saying, hey, if you win in your first possession, you scored us,

like the rules say, keep in place. I don't know. It just seems like an argument for the two owners to try to figure out how to best captivate the attention to your audience at the end of a game and how they want to see it. I want no part of Denver's jim to a mineral six providing an alternative to the on side kick allowing a team who is trailing in the game an opportunity to do main pain maintained possession of the ball after scoring. I hate I hate change. I don't like change, but some of

these are kind of off the wall. Well that's what well, some have assumed that you could go for it like out a fake punt. Maybe something like that would be the alternative that I don't think it'll pass. I think it still has to be talked to quite quite a bit, So that's something that will probably be tabled or shot down altogether. That's one of the most anticipated moments in the game, is the anticipation before the actual onside attapt

because we've seen it go both ways this season. The you know, the kicking team has retrieved a couple of the outside kicks. And then two versions of the one year expansion of reviewable plays. First would be for files for pass interference. The second would add files for roughing the pastor unnecessary hits against the defensive player. Tom, I know your feelings on it. I gotta get them all

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