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into another edition. On a beautiful, gorgeous day in Chicago, still the most underrated city in America in the summer, when the sun's out and everything's good. I'm Jeff Joniac, voice of the Chicago Bears, my broadcast partner from news Radio one oh five nine WBBM. Tom Thayer of the Super Bowl Bear and up in Michigan are good Pound former Bears quarterback from sirius XM NFL Radio is moving the chains, Jim Miller fellas good evening. How we're feeling, Tom?

I wish you didn't rain the other day. Why don't you be a practice? Yeah, you know, Jeff, it's exciting to think about some of the OTA practices, but it's not as exciting when you try to put all those bodies in an indoor atmosphere. So I'm looking forward to the mini camp because right now it looks like the temperatures are in the mid nineties. Oh, they have a

mid day practice. So everything they've been able to invest so far in the OTAs, I think they're going to get a conditioning test when they come to when they come to the mini camp next week. Right. See, this is just like him, Jim. He checks the weather forecast now and his older age, this is what he does. He's worried about the weather. But it is going to be extreme. I mean the heat Indecks could be a hondo next week. Yeah, well, hey, get out the sun block, Tom.

We'll be all right. I know that's how you roll. But we said this team was going to get after it right and they're getting after it right now. Obviously. You know they get to basically lose one day of OTAs this week. Why because so competitive we I think we've touched on it this whole offseason. Guys are flying around. You know, these guys got to earn their stripes and it can get pretty intense out there. But because in Tom touched it on last week, Because guys believe they

have a legitimate shot to make this team. You know, they didn't have won a lot of games. They've got a new regime in here, both as a general manager and a head coach, and I think guys are flying around doing everything they can to make this team. It is a highly competitive atmosphere. They're at Hellis Hall. Yeah, a bunch of guys talked yesterday and Cody white Hair touchdown it, and so did Jeremiah toach you it's a younger team. These guys are feeling that our oats a

little bit, as you say, being competitive. Matt Eberflews, the Bears head coach, asked yesterday if it is a big deal to lose the one practice. No, don't. I don't actually sit as a big deal. What I do see, though, is this as I see our team, our football team has to be able to adjust, adapt and overcome in pivot and situations. So you know, how we handle this situation was awesome because that guy's like, Okay, that's fine, boom and then pivoted the next day and booming go.

And that's what we're gonna have to do. We're gonna have to do that to win games. Yes, he did say that and here's a clear idea of what he wants from players in these OTA practice Hustle can be there, right and it is and you can see that you guys are at practice. The guys run, they run on offense, they run on defense, and man, we run. But the intensity part, the focused part of intensity, can be there, but not the physical part until we get the pads.

Once we get the pads on in training camp, that's what we're gonna focus on. How we play the intensity piece that cannot be done this time of year. I applaud Ryan Paul's Matt eber Flews for losing a day because I like the effort that's expected of these guys every day on the practice field. And if I'm gonna lose a day of OTAs, I'm gonna tell you I'm gonna make it up in every padded practice at training camp.

You better bring your best because if you're gonna take a day away from me and no pads, I'm gonna turn it up with pads. Yeah. It's look at a team like Seattle. They've lost OTA practices every single year because they're physical. And that's a veteran coach who has been established for for a long time. That's a very competitive atmosphere and again I think you got to late with the standard and what the expectations are. Again, you don't want guys on the ground. You don't want it

to be sloppy where players are put in danger. But you better get to your spot, but up the player that if you're say a linebacker or a defensive back, get yourself in position to make the tackle rather than just two handed touch. You better front the guy up. And you know at times there's going to be incidental contact.

You know they're not in full pads, you have how much you even have the guarded caps now for the players, But again it's young players competing because they feel they've got a shot, that there are open spots that they can earn a job. And it is going to get cranked up and is continue to get cranked up all

through training camp. Well, one of the physical players we're gonna enjoy, I have a very good feeling is Jaquan Brisker Hill joint Tom and I with an interview we did with him this week at the bottom of the hour. Also thanks to Adam to Zinski, our producer tonight, also Jordan trut Up and Dan Briley for helping us out as well with Tom there and Jim Miller, Jeff joniak Uh.

The big impact from the press conference yesterday from Matt Aberflus is the praise for his quarterback justin fields and the tutoring he's getting from offensive coordinator Luke Getzi and quarterback coach Andrew Janellek. Yeah, I would just say that that Luke and Andrew are doing a great job with the footwork and the timing. That's that's to me. It's jumps out. Like you just asked that question. I just boom right there and see it in the drill work.

You can see them taking it from the drill work to the to the you know, eleven on eleven reps and that's clearly getting better. And Jim, that is clearly getting better from Matt's view of what he saw on tape a year ago and where he's at right now. Yeah, everything is based on your footwork. That's how I always talk about balance, and you have to be in balance to throw the football. That's the only way you're going

to be an accurate passer. But it's different in terms of the play action footwork, which you know it's it's kind of a you know, it's a different dance and say a normal three, five or seven step drop, or if you're in the shotgun, if you're doing a bubble screen and it's just a one step, but there is a tempo in a rhythm and a timing when the ball has to be out of your hand and it's got to marry up with the routes that are being run on the other side and you have to you know,

push it to them. Actually want to speed everything up. The quicker the better you know, is what it needs to be in the whole time you're processing information and there's a timing and rhythm there, all right. The mic backer is a little bit deeper, all right, I might have to hold this ball a little bit more. Now I'm going to release it to make sure he's going

to be in the hole versus zone coverage. So if you get all that footwork back and you're able to set and now you have the time to really survey what's in front of you, if you do want to hold on the ball a little bit longer, maybe you feel the pressure once you're back there to get rid of the ball a little bit quicker. But there is a rhythm in a temple to everything, and you would think it should be better for Justin Fields in year

two and in a new system. He's got to get it to where I always talk about it wrote memory, you know, where you're not thinking about it anymore. All right, what's his play? This is a five step drop and you're kind of robotic. No, no, no, it can't be robotic that way. It's got to be boom. Let's go. And you know he shouldn't have any missteps at all, and everything should marry up. You know, as much as that Justin's role throwing the ball downfield is going to

play be a big part of this offense. I like how he reads the line of scrimmage because we know how important the RPO is to this the modern day offenses. And if he reads an over zealous backside on this defense, you're gonna see his feet make some big plays as well as his arm. All right, we gotta hit a break here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy. The score coming up in moments. Larry Mayer, our senior web writer and editor at Chicago Bears dot Com, will join us.

He was at Wrigley Field today where the Bears had their team gathering today, a little something that teams do during this time of year to promote some chemistry and off field funds. So we'll get the read on him. Heard some comments today and what exactly went on at Wrigley Field, one of Larry's favorite places to be in Chicago. That's Tom Fair, Jim Mela. I'm Jeff joni Ac back with more on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. This segment of Bears All Access is brought to you

by Athletico Physical Therapy. Visit Athletico dot com to request an appointment in clinic or virtually and start feeling the better. Or tomorrow with Tom Thare, Jim Metal from Serious Sex, NFL Radio's Moving the Chains. I'm Jeff Joniac And there was baseball at Wrigley today, it just wasn't involving your homestanding Cubs. They will be in New York to take out the Yankees tomorrow. The Bears invaded their old home

and it was a team excursion. And we'll get the check and balance of how it all went from our friend Larry Mayor, the senior web writer and editor for the Chicago Bears and Chicago Bears dot Com at all their different platforms. Larry, thanks for taking the time. So we'd started to circulate because some of the players are posting on Instagram and Twitter or whatnot, so it looked like maybe whiffleball, but then I'm seeing the home runs flying out of the field of banning practice. One went

on there today. Yeah, so it was really fun time out there and as you set before, one of my favorite places to be obviously a shriekley field. But the players and coaches had a great time. What they did was they split up the guys at ten different teams and there were six different stations. One of them was whiffleball that you saw. One of them was like stacking cups in the in the bullpen area, another one was

batting practice. And it all ended the day with a home run derby where one person from each team participated and really an impressive show of power. Cole Comet won the home run derby. He hit three home runs. It's a less center bleachers justin Fields hit two, Kyrie Blossom Germ hit two, and yeah there was and Tevin Jenkins actually hit one, which was the furthest of the day. This was the only ball that actually cleared the bleachers and landed on Wavenland Avenue. So were they going crazy

ever since they redid the bleachers. I mean that's not like it was like five ten years ago. Oh yeah, they were going nuts, especially when like Cole hit the first couple. Patrick Scales also did pretty well. He put a couple of bread in the warning track. But yeah, yeah, they were loving it, and they were cheering for each other. And you know how competitive guys got when they're playing another sport. I mean it's crazy. And everybody had a really fun time, and that was obviously the goal. And

you know, Mattie refused did a great job. I think he mixed the teams up so he put it wasn't like all receivers against dbs. He put a couple of guys from offense and a couple of guys at defense, and even mixed the coaches, one from offense and one from defense on each team and had everybody cheering for themselves there. Hey, Larry, So when the home runs were hit, as we listen or we watched the baseball games on TV, you see a ball all hit and you listen to

the announce to describe it. Did you know immediately when these home runs were hit that they were going to be home runs? Absolutely? I mean I've watched enough baseball and I thinking I was actually shagging flyball. So I was in short left center, and you could tell most of the home runs that were hit where the big towering flies, not like line drives or anything like that. And once you could you hear the sound and you send to the ball carrying, you could you could tell them.

There were really no cheap home runs. As you guys probably know, Wrigley Field down the line is like three fifty three, so it's not like a short porch, and so they weren't really hitting any cheap ones. And like I said, the Tevin Jenkins bomb was pretty impressive, and justin Fields hit one that would have gone on Wave and the Avenue before the renovation and almost did and

really justn't really impressive. And like I said, col Comet hit like three on five swings, and he told me he never hit one at Notre Dame, but he hit a whole bunch of him when he went to Saint Viter. Well, Larry, that disappoints me that you were just in the mid center fields. Is shagging flies. I thought you'd be throwing epis balls up there, you know, did you They actually hired They hired somebody too. They hired somebody from a baseball academy to come pitch. Okay, so I mean, yeah,

I did a yeah, I did a little. I did the shagging at the five balls, filled them some grounders, stuff like that, and uh well, nobody turns to better than Larry Bear. But I gotta be honest. I mean, did you get a chance to get in the in the ring yourself? Did you get in the batting cage? And did you take a couple of cuts? Larry? Come up? No, I did not. I did um No. I did not take any swings in the battingcage. I did pick some

swings with the whiffleballs. Jalen Johnson was throwing some some heat at me, and I was getting some line drives. So it was fun though, but everybody had a great time. Only one guy from each of the teams got selected to do the the home run derby at the end. That obviously would have taken a long time because I believe everybody got ten swings. So it was great. It

was It was a lot of fun. And like I said, I think it really accomplished what Matt was trying to do in terms of doing camaraderie, and the idea really stem from when he threw out the first pitch in April. I did mention to him too that the Cubs won that game twenty one to nothing. So maybe you should come back to Rigley a few more times. But you

just got the idea. And as you guys, I'm sure no the last day of outas they generally canceled practice and do something fun, whether it's bowling or I think they went to top golf last year. This is the first time that I called going at Rigley Field, so it was a lot of fun. And another thing was that he wanted to kind of link it with the

Bears history. The Bears obviously played fifty seasons at Wrigley Fields from nineteen twenty one to seventy and he's a big fan of history and even showed some historical highlights at the team meeting this morning at the Bears playing at Wrigley Field, and he also relayed the story about Bronco Nagurski's famous touchdown run at Wrigley Field where he busted through the whole defense and ran right into the brick outfield wall and told George Hollis that that last

guy gave me a hell of a shot. Yes, we're coming to learn that Coach eber Flus really does embrace the history of the game, not just in this franchise, buddy. He's a football junkie, that's for sure. And well, it sounds like it was a lot of fun for these guys to decompress a little bit, because it's going to get a very interesting next week. Larry, just before we

let you go, I got two questions. One, just what your overall opinion is has been of the OTA session so far, because one thing is for sure, Coachiberflus is very happy with the attendance. I mean, the one thing that sticks out to me, just compared to maybe previous years is the speed. And everybody's fast, it seems like, and everybody's running to the ball, and the defense is

doing a good job of creating turnovers. And it's one thing to talk about it like everybody's been doing, but you could actually see on the field that it looks different. So it's gonna be interesting to see what happens when the pads come out of training camp. I'm sure Tom will tell you it's a completely different sport when that happens. So it's gonna be really fun to watch some of those pass rush drills. There was one on one drills

between the alignment. All right, Well, Larry, appreciate you taking the time. I know, the last time that you may have been on the ball field, not necessarily regularly, you blew out of hammy. So I did any happen to you today? Absolutely? Yes, I made sure I did no sprinting this time. That's good to hear. You're getting smarter as you get older. Way to go, hey, let's not go that far, but thanks anyway, we'll be looking forward to reading your accounts of today's activity at Wrigley Field.

All right, we're gonna hit another break top there, Jim Miller, Jeff Joniac Here on Bears All Access. It's brought to you by IGS Energy on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. Welcome back everybody to Bears All Access. It's brought to you by IGS Energy. Choose clean energy for your home at IGS dot com because every good choice adds up to a better world. With Tom Thayer and Jim Miller, your ex Chicago Bears. I'm Jeff Joniac breaking down what's going on with the Bears as they ramp

up the Ota sessions. Offensive line fellows big topic of conversation. I personally, I don't know, Jim, think about a top three storylines for training camps. Let that stew a little bit. I'm gonna start with mine. Tom, You'll have yours as well. H My number one is far and away the biggest is the offensive line. Who's playing where and why? And I think that that has to be the number one

right now. Head coach mattieberplus experimenting with different combinations yesterday having the rookie Braxton Jones at left tackle, said hey, we're gonna move guys around and shift guys around. So it's the halfway point for us, right So, you know, we had six practices and then we got six or seven to go at that point when we made the

switch and we wanted to change combinations. And that's not the only combinations we've changed, you know, from tackle, you know, tackle tackle, We've moved some receivers from some guys are playing X, some guys are playing Z. We you know, we adjusted some guys on the defensive line. So we've done those things just to really find out have a true evaluation of what's the best fit for us going forward in the training camp now. So Larry Boram at

right tackle yesterday. Again, these are snippets. This has probably been going on for a little while and they're just going to keep on mixing a match and Tom, how do you feel about all this right now? You know, I think you have to explore everybody's athleticism and how the best seven guys can be active on game day.

But you know, if you talk about the top three things, I need a solid five, Jeff, I need you gotta have five guys that you're confidence with by the beginning middle of training camp that you feel that you can play against the San Francisco forty nine ers with and hold your own in every aspect of what this offense

is going to deliver. So, you know, Dave Magazoo, an offensive line coach from the past, he used to put guys in places that maybe they've never played before just to see how they react to it on a moment's notice that they have to do it on game day. If you go back to the Seattle game last year, after three plays, Tevin Jenkins was out at left tackle in with no practice time. Larry Boram was inserted at left tackle in a horrific snowstorm in the Seattle area.

He went and played pretty well. So those are the types of things that you have to be prepared for, especially at a position like offensive line, where you never know if you're gonna be a right handed stance and left handed stance, if you're gonna play guard or you're gonna play tackle. But they have to explore the possibilities. And jim my other one is obviously it's going to always be about justin fields, where he's developing, how he's progressing,

how he's being responded to. And then I'm throwing Nickel in there because who's gonna win that nickel job? Because it is so significant. Right now, those are my three. Where are you going? And what do you think about the mixing and matching up front? Yeah, well, first i'd say this, Yeah, I want to know that about Braxton Jones, the fifth round pick, because Larry boorm has played right he's played left tackle. As Tom just mentioned, he was

thrown in there. I think it was like the first or second play of the game he had to move over left tackle. Can Braxton Jones be a swing tackle? Kenny as a rookie be a guy that is counted on to come off the bench, whether your right tackle goes down or your left tackle, or do you have to make changes like this to move a guy. Maybe he's better at left tackle, maybe he's better at right tackle.

They need to find that out because whichever guy who goes down, he's probably potentially has a shot to be the swing tackle guy. That's what he was tagged or dubbed coming out of college of being a swing tackle to start and ultimately could work himself to be a starter. Now it's up to him to prove which position he could solidify himself at out of Southern Utah. So I

would think all those are important. Again, it's about your your best five guys and how they play together upfront is and then you better have a swing inside guy and a swing outside guy. That's why Tom says seven, because that's what you're gonna need on game day at a minimum. All right, how about your your storylines? Three big storylines? Oh well, you know, for me, it's going

to continue. I think one the competition level, I think has already been answered by the last you know, remember I said to while you want these coaches, you know, come training camp to reintroduce yourself, so don't let your play drop off. You know that doesn't bother me a bit that they gotta practice canceled. I think it's it's only going to ramp up. So the standard has been set and the foundation has been laid of what's to be expected at training camp. And if I'm a player,

like I said, I would come back in there. And if I didn't make a good first impression through the OTAs, I'm about to make an even better one come training camp time, because I will be intense. I will it. I will be cranked up and I will be ready to go. I think that standard has already been set and the players got that message, and it's it's already been proven. And I'm with you. I think there's going

to be competition levels all across field. I want to see who is going to be the three technique because this is a defensive coach. Right with the Larry Ogunjobi deal did not go on. I don't want to be beating a dead horse here, but I want to see who's going to merge as the dominant three technique. You know, is it Justin Jones? Will it be a rotation with Mario Edwards and Angelo Blackson? I agree with Tom that Kyris Tonga is probably going to be a good one technique,

much like what Glover is for the Indianapolis Colts. And then I think the secondary is going to be key because I don't think when you look at Indianapolis that they were a high blitz team. You know they're going to fly to the football. But I do think this the other storyline is how many rookies are going to earn playing time? If you're already telling me Braxton Jones is getting reps at left tackle, what's going on with those other guys like Brisker who you're going to interview

Kyler Gordon. You know, how up to speed are these guys because they're probably going to be on the field. These young guys are going to compete and they're gonna get on the field and get some playing time, because that's what this year is about. These young guys are going to go through growing pains, but we'll see how quick they learn and now you can evaluate them going

in the next year. You know, me. Number one, I want to look at the safety position because when you identify Eddie Jackson, you said you got a clean slate with the new coaching staff. Then he better come out here and be a physical safety when the opportunity presents itself. And then you look at the opposite safety because Jeff

mentioned the nickel. If you have a big voice in the middle that you're not really confident in, and you look at the quarterbacks in this division, that's a lot of area of responsibility that you're counting on other young guys to be a part of the defensive backfield. But it's safety. Then I look at who's going to stand opposite of the linebacker position than Roquan Smith. You know, I know they have Nicholas Morrow and they talk about his speed, but he's not He hasn't been a botified career,

long term starter. Is he able to come in here and play in this defense and play seventeen games alongside Roquan and be able to contribute as much as he is? And then, you know, it's probably a topic that everybody's tired of me talking about, but it's about cole comment and taking that next step. Can he turn into the best tight end of the division, which I think is an important role for him. But can he be a multidimensional tight end that he can stay on the field

in first, second, and third down. That's what I need to see out of Coal coming into this year. And we will hear from Cole comment coming up late n Coming up next though, Tom and I interview Jaquan Brisker, the Bear's second round pick, the safety out of Penn State. Will take a break with Adam Stadinsky, our producer Jim Miller. Tom There, I'm Jeff Joniac. This is Bears All Access, brought to you by IGS Energy on Chicago Sports Radio

six seventy The Score. Welcome back to Bears All Access and this portion of the show is brought to you by CDW. CDW people to get it with Tom Thare Jeff Joniac Here on Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score with rookie Jaquan Brisker. We had your buddy on last week. Kyler Gordon talked about you as well, and the two of you are the first two pieces of a big puzzle. Obviously, with a new administration and a new team, with a bunch of

new players, how's it going? First and foremost, how are you feeling? How's the fit? Um? I feel like it's going well. You know, Um, just coming in, you know, learning everything I can you know from you know the vets, you know from the coaches, you know from coach Kurt and you know people like that. But off the like is going well, and you know, just really just taking it day by day and coach Curtis Andre Curtis Bears

fans don't know all these assistants just yet. But what are some of the things he's brought to the table for you Because when you're in college and you start rising through as you did, you were an impact player. Uh, you know that's that's what you've learned. Now you come here and you're learning a whole different thing. Yes, So just really just um taking everything you know that he has, you know, all the knowledge he has. You know, he has a lot of experience, and you know he coached

a lot of great players. So really just taking you know, everything he knows, you know, onto the field, and then also just learn the small details. You know, it's very important, you know, um, you know, to have all the small details dow unpack hej Kwan. So you when you went through the experience of going to Wakawana College and independ State, does the transition feels similar from going to Penn State

now into professional football? Yes, sir, I feel like, um, everything that I learned, you know I Penn State and also you know, like I want to also, you know, help me prepare for you the NFL. You know some of you know some things you know that we ran at Penn State. You know we're running here, you know, just in no different terminology. So, um, the way we practice at Penn State, and you know, um, you know things like that, you know, help me prepare for the day.

So you know, I feel like, you know, coach Franklin did a great job and also coach Dooda. You know, when you think back in the history of the Bears, one of the most famous defenses in the history the NFL was named after a safety, the forty six defense. And I've seen you describe yourself as an old school safety. Can an old school safety survive in new school football? Yes, sir, I think so. Uh. If you're long as you could, you know, run and tackle and you know cover, I

feel like you could last today. You know, probably you know a lot of people more faster and more twitchy, but you know, people can always work on things like that.

So I feel like an old safety. Well, you know, the old safety was number forty six at Doug Plant who Tom played on the Bear Super Bowl winning team in nineteen eighty five, and the safety position led to this forty six defense, which I'm sure you've heard of plenty of times, but that's so famous in NFL history, but it's uniquely Bears football, and it's that nasty, tough, you know, heat seeking missile back there at safety. Gary Fencik then played Dave Duerson. These are the great Bears

of the past. And I've always maintained, and maybe we've talked about this already on draft day, but having a killer safety, and in this case you got really good ones, including Eddie Jackson, it's necessary to kind of set the tone for the defense. Everybody says, yeah, it starts up front, and it does, but the back end of the defense, you and your position being a piece to the puzzle. Playing all over today at practice saw you playing in

the box. You can play everywhere. You can play outside, you can play inside, you can be an extra linebacker, to me, that's significant to being a good football team. Do you carry that same belief because Tom mentioned you you love the old school safeties and you you mentioned Sean Taylor, Ronnie Lott, ed Reid, Troy Polamalo. So you must think the way we are talking here. Yeah, sorry, I do. Um. I just think that's the way you know,

football was brought up. You know, physical you know, um life physicality, you know, toughness, you know, um really you know that's that's the game, you know, just being no real physical you know, loving a hit, loving a no tackle, you know things like that. So you know that's part of the game. Man. You know that's how I look out football. You know Matt Bone who grew up and played here in the Chicago area, a NFL player for many years now. An analysts said your style reminds him

of Bill safety Micah Hyde. I don't know if you've watched him, and then you know, Richard Sherman said this was a perfect fit. The five time Pro Bowl cornerback on a podcast recently said you were a perfect fit for this style of defense. When you hear all that, you gotta kind of put your muffs down a little bit and just go about and do your job and not lift up to everybody's analysis, so to speak. Yeah, well I hear things like that. Um that was really

my first time, you know hearing that one. But really just let you know everything, you know, just no in and out the other air. Really, you know, just always stay humble. But you know, always doing my feet is you know, always you know, try to be the best, work hard every single day and um, you know, really you know everything and people say, you know, it really

doesn't matter. You know, they could say I'm the best, or they could say I'm the worst, but it matters what I do every single day I walk in here. You know that, you know what I mean, Like, you know, whether whether you know I'm working horror or I'm not. But at the end of the day, I gotta work hard at the end of the day and you know, meet my expectations. Jaquan. I've also read that you have the skill set to play either safety position number one.

Do you have a preference of what safety you would want to play in number two? Do you learn the assignments of both safeties during the time in the classroom, just because it's it's part of the learning process of getting to know this defense. Uh no, I don't have no any you know, special position. You know, I always say, you know, whoever the team needs me, order the coach

and need me, you know, I'll play. But uh, you know, learning to play boat, you know, I have to learn everybody's position, you know, even the D the D lineman, to the linebackers, to the corners, and then the both safeties you know, because you know, um, you know the quarterbacks that are going a look at. You know who's coming down, you know more or less, and you know things like that, and if I'm just the only safety just coming down, then he's gonna know you know, it's

you know, discovered that cover. So you know, me learning both safeties, you know, helps me play fast, you know, um, you know helps the coach also, you know know that you know, I'm very versatile and things like that. So you know, I feel like, you know, just learning both positions and you know everybody's positions, you know, it always helps. When you talk about versatility and the ability to cover, and you think of a guy six six called combat, you think of a guy with the skills of David

Montgomery and Khalil Herbert. They're both through the receivers and they you look at some of the other receivers that you have responsibilities for. Does it Is it a challenge to your coverage skills at this early time in your NFL career or our coverage skills similar no matter who you're covering or how big the receiver is. I feel

like my cover skills were similar. Uh, you know, just you know, make sure I'm always doing my working, my technique and a small details and as long as you know, I keep those you know, um those tools, and you know, I feel like I cover anybody you know in this league, no matter who you know, who the name is, and

things like that. You know I can run. I got enough strength, you know, just as long as I always listened to the you know, small details and always take to the right technique, you know I can run winning. By Chiquan Brisker, our guest here on Bears Olt Access is brought to you by IGS Energy with Tim Fair, Jeff Joni, a couple of more minutes with Bears Rookie Safety. Next week Veteran Minicamp. So everybody's back together again, mandatory.

You guys been working all together anyway, but it's the final you know stage of this part of your career and then it's training camp. Uh, you have a pretty good idea of what training camp is gonna look like so far, what you've learned from practices and are you looking forward to just a little bit of a break from the day to day to get yourself mentally and

physically right for training camp? No, so far, you know, I probably know you know how practice is gonna go and no thing and you know things like that, but um, just being just knowing the defense and you know, things like that's gonna help me you know more and you know, training camp, training camp, and then you know also um, you know, having you know a little bit of time, you know officers like that is it's better for me to work on my craft and you know, help me

back home to where you know, I could you know go through the calls or you know I could you know still work out and um go through the calls and you know, just put myself in the right call. And then also you know, just take a little you know, just a little tiny break you know from Chicago, just you know, give me a little sit down and like resting, like kind of rethinking and um, really just think about you know what type of you know, OTAs and things like that that I have and see where I can

fix and improve. Have you reflected on being selected by this team now that you're in the building, place is amazing? Right, you know you're a Bear now right? Is this a perfect fit for Jaquan Brisker? Yeah, so it is no doubt. I feel like, you know, it was a perfect fit. You know when, um, you know they drafted me. You know I noticed that the Bears didn't you know, go past me, so you know they wanted me. So you know, once you know, I knew that they really wanted me. Um,

you know I came into the building. You know, great teammates, you know, great coaches. You know, you know, everybody wants to win. So, um, you know coming in here under this defense, you know where they allow you play free. You know, I feel like it's a it's a perfect fit. Jaquan. You know one thing about when you're in college and you're going to class and you you know, you have

finished college and now you're a professional football player. Yeah, there's not going to class other than the football classroom, and you take it out the practice field. Has it opened up a window of opportunity to you to you know, do something to improve something that you feel you need improvement, whether it's in the weight room, in the classroom, taking

your tablet home, or even on the practice field. Yes, there's always improvement, you know, I feel like, um, in order to be great, you know, you always gotta getting better at something. But you know I always found myself, you know, UM, always taking my app at home and you know, watching over extra film because you know, one

thing a vet has on you is experienced. So if I could continue to watch film and continue to look over the playboll and, Um, as long as I could play fast, Um, then you know, once I could play fast, and it's a it's a rout from there. So as much film as I could watch, as much time as I could spend in the playbook, it's gonna help me. So UM, as long as I continue to improve on a small details and you know, notice familiarity of the playbook,

then I'll be in perfect shape. So with this window of opportunity that you will have from the end of the mandatory mini camp until training camp begins, do you kind of know what you're gonna do with your schedule on how you're gonna spend your time because you can't ignore football. You can't get away from it. It's something that you kind of have to stay mentally and physically involved in. What do you have planned? Yes, sir, Um, I had plan, you know, just to go home and

work out with my trainers. Um. You know Dwayne Brown, Um he works on speeding and jolty and then um my old coach his name is Maurice Walker. Um. He always helped me with my strength and my power. So um, just work with them too the whole time while I'm home. And then also always work on you know, defensive back drills. You know, with my friends back home that we're still in school, we always you know, make sure that we're

working very hard. So you know, just them three things that you know, I know, I'm gonna you know, continue to work hard and then also still be in my playboat and still watch film and see where I could correct on and transfer that over final moments which you quind Brisker here on six seventy the score. How are you and Eddie Jackson and working together? Um? I feel like me and me and Eddie Jackson working, Um, you know great? You know, Um, well like like out of practice.

We're always talking. I'm always trying to, you know, get every information I can from him, and then you know, sometimes you know I might go over there and UM watch even more even more for him, you know, just trying to, you know, pick his brain as much as I can, you know, just try to, you know, UM, be on the same page, see what he sees, and then let him know what I see. And then you know, we always talk through a lot of things. So you know, I feel like, you know, it's it's going off well.

You know, Um, I'll always call him and he'll always you know, pick up and answer, so you know, Um, he's been a great teammate. And lastly, this is a young team. Expectations probably on the outside aren't aren't terrific. But are you feeling something special brilling with this bunch the way? I mean, it's just very early in the process. You'll know a lot more about each other once the pads come on. But what is your opinion of the

Chicago Bears right now? I feel like, um, something's going going special right now, you know, I feel like you know, um, you know what we're doing right now, it's very specially you know, people were showing up, you know, vest were showing up, and you know we're working very hard. You know, Um, we're making everyday count being where our feet is. And you know, um, everybody has a goal. And you know, you could tell, you know, there's a difference in the room.

I know, I haven't been here for long, but you could tell when you know the coaches and the players are together and want to win. So you know, I could tell there's something brewing, you know, rolling his facility. So I feel like it's going well. All right, best of luck, we'll see a training camp. Thank you, chikon Brisker.

Our guests here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score, Tom and Aye with Jim millerwy back next after this time, I everybody celebrate Dad by winning an original prize center the Bears Father's Day Sweepstakes, brought to you by Miller Lite at Chicago Bears dot Com. Jeff, Jonny Akabo with Jim Miller. End Tim there, Tom, how about we vote for Jim. He's got his hands, but he's got it. He's got a brood of children up there. It's gonna be a big Father's Day for Jim. I'm telling you

man that my oldest gets out of school tomorrow. It's his last day, so the three will be at home. One just graduated from college, she's still living at home. Yeah, it's gonna be a busy summer. You know, Jeff got a role. I vote for Jim Miller for sure. Good good talking to kon Brisker. Jim, I think he's going to be a heck of a safety. Yeah, I really do. Yeah. Well, here's what I like about him. Obviously, he transferred up right He was at Lackawanna Junior College and transfers up

right away at Penn State. He was a very physical player. He played his senior year he had a little banged up shoulder, but you could tell his second year in James Franklin's defense, he played with a lot more fluidity. He was much more instinctive. He still could lay the big hits, but he was protecting his shoulder a little bit where he wore a harness. So to me, he is kind of a throwback safety. I mean, this guy is a very versatile player, but yet he's physical and

he can lay the wood. Like I said, I compare him what they want him to be as Cary Willis of what carry Willis does in Indianapolis's defense at the safety position, so a lot of guys liked him. Again he transferred up. He made big plays at big moments in games. Go back and look at the swing pass versus Auburnett's a big blow up shot by him. The

Rutgers game. He fills hard and stops a big first down in that game, the game worth Wisconsin versus Wisconsin twenty one left in the game, he fills on a run and then he's able to drop back and still make the safety. Sol was just play after play in that game, but was a much better instinctive player. And he's fluid as a safety too, not to mention just his versatility. So he's he you know, I think he's gonna be a good one. It is a good fit for him in this defense, all right, Tom, A stuck

call comet because you mentioned it two segments ago. He's one of your keys to this next phase training camp portion. He sees a role merging for him with these practices. Now I get more of this route, more of that, right. You know, he's kind of starting to get a feel for what guys are good at and putting them in situations like Hey, I think he's what's see this again, Let's do it again, Let's do this again. You know.

So he's starting to see guys kind of formans of that role U. So, yeah, you definitely see that, and I think that's encouraging, you know, going into training camp where we're going to continue to keep building on that. And Tom, he believes the run game is going to be serious. You can see where this run game can go with the outside zone and things along that nature. So and the running backs that we got with David Khalil and you know all the other other kids that

we brought in. So um, yeah, you can see where it can go. And obviously we're all really excited to get to camp so we can really you know, put the wrung game to the test and kind of start really building upon it. Tom, I mentioned to you this yesterday. He seems very confident right now. He's starting to really feel comfortable being one of these one of the teams spokesman's for that matter too. And just his play on the field. I think he's got a big smile on

his face walking around the building a lot. Well, you know, in terms of the passing game, he's probably got more reps and more of a connection with justin fields than anybody else because he's already been through a season with him and on the practice field. But the importance of this outside zone running attack, whether you're a strong side tight end and you have an important point of attack block, he's got to be able to get that done from the first level to the second level. And then he's

an h back, he's on the move. He can come out of a variety of positions. I think the Cole has a tremendous upside, But you know, this is the year that you really have to come out of your shell. You got to make the difficult catch that's really important to continue to drive, and then you have to make

that dominating block. Whether you're playing against an outside linebacker that has a reputation of being one of the tougher guys in the league, or a defensive ends that's coming out of a three point stance, or you're moving up field to a second level linebacker. Cole has a lot on his plate, but he plays in a tremendously important role in the overall success of this offense. All right, Jim, I'm gonna give you the stage. You talked about three technique and it's still on the back of my mind

as well. Justin Jones this week kind of how he fits that penetrating you know, three technique, get off the ball really really just effort, and that's kind of the stable of my game. I feel like, you know, really just getting getting the reflying around, making tackles and making plays and being disruptive. It is kind of like my game. So you know, I feel I feel like i'll fitted.

I feel like I'm at home in this scheme. And you know, the guys I'm around also helped me along as well, you know, obviously learning the plays and everything and making sure that you know, we're all on the same page at all times on every down. So that's that's because we're at right now, and he embraces the responsibility of this important position and the need to be dominant. I do. I do wick up every day of the morning.

I wick up every day thinking about that. Yeah. Why, here's why I take pride in knowing what I do. I take pride to normal that God next to me is doing. I take proudly normal who's behind me and what they're doing. I take pride to see it and knowing how I fit in the scheme, and I take pride to getting it done. And that's that's that's why, That's why Jim, Yeah, I think it starts with this style of defense. That's where it starts. I think you gotta have a good three technique. I think your Will

and Mike have to be crucial. I think you got to play have corners that they play hard outside, and you gotta have box safeties that can rock and roll. Is where this defensive front is. And the reason why I say that go back to Monty Kiffen and what Tampa did all right. They used to rock and roll the safeties with John Lynch. They had good corners on

the outside with Buchanan and Barber's brother, Ronde Barber. Those guys could really reroute receivers and allowed those safeties to really creep up and get the things done that they did. But it starts with the three technique for them, it was Warren Sapp for the Bears. You go back in

this style of defense, Tommy Harris. I'm not saying Justin Jones has to be as great as a Hall of Famer like like Warren Sapp, but you know, can you be disruptive and dominant, you know, comparable or somewhat comparable to a guy like Tommy Harris, because that's the guy you're looking for, because when you have that, everything else is gravy. You know, one thing about three technique, Well, let's not lose sight of the importance of the role

of the defensive ends. When you go back and you look at the career of a guy like Keith Millard, who I think it was the nineteen ninety one was the defensive MVP, and you look at Al Noga and Chris Doleman on the outside. They had so much of a past rush ability that they always had to be accounted for. So that left these inside guys as a one on one even with Henry Thomas, the great nose

guard they had there. So when you talk about the importance and the three technique of the Chicago Bears going forward, they have to have the equal support of Quinn on the outside, Gibson on the other side, in whomever plays next to him on the nose guard. So it is gonna be a role that everybody is accountable for, and that's when you're gonna get the best out of that three technique. All right, So Jeremiah touch you. You know, his name doesn't get mentioned much. He was at the

podium yesterday. He is a part of the players rep situation on the team. Cole come at another one and so he was he was talking about this whole loss of practice. But as he started talking, you just kind of forget that this guy is a very good pass rusher. He was a stand up linebacker though, and now Jim, he goes into a three point stance and he's thrilled three months. I mean getting in the three point stance

and the track stance. It's fun. It's just like running, you know, being a track athlete, and that's what he feels. He is. He loves playing in this scheme for sure. I definitely I'm excited about the scheme. I get to do one job, and that's get off the ball, getting the track stance, and use my athleticism. I've been very vers versus the top most of my career standing up dropping. I think it takes the thinking out of it for him,

a guy with athletics, superior athleticism. So guy that can get off the ball before everybody else beat the old lineman out of stands. Use my quickness. He's my speed, so I definitely fit in very well. It makes my job easier for anything I've had to do in the NFL. So, Jim, what do you think about Attachue being in this rotation. Yeah, I think he's you know, he's been a productive player. I think he's going to get you, you know, three

anywhere from three to five sacks. That's what his career says he is as a player, and he has been versatile because he's been in both at four to three and a three to four as you just mentioned, he's, you know, going on his eighth year, I believe in the NFL. So this guy's been around, he knows scheme, he knows football. He's a dependable, a veteran that you

can count on. He's contributed double digit games every year pretty much through his playing career, and so yeah, I think it's a it's a good get and he's been productive everywhere he's been in order, you know, in order to earn the opportunity to be in that track stance, and he talks about that means that you're stopping the run on first and second down. So let's not lose sight of what we all like in terms of watching defense and Robert Quinn and all the sacks that he

got this year. But you know, it's still about this defense being a stout defense at the line of scrimmage on first down that puts the opponents offense in an awkward position on second and third. All Right, Fellas, as we wrap up, attendance has has met you ref lose. His mention has been outstanding, and the missing guy has been Robert Quinn. Uh, what are your expectations? Will you care one way or another if he's there? It is mandatory,

you know, you know you can count on him. He's a hard working guy and he's working on his craft and his own time. But I'll start with Jim and then go to time. Jim. Yeah, I expect him to be there. You know, you're you're gonna get fined, you know, forty thousand day. You know that's you know, come training camp time, and he'll have to take the hit if he elects not to come, and whether he's happy or unhappy with what his role is going to be. Now, you know, he's got to come in and work out minimum.

I always do it. Just want to get in shape, you know, I know there was talk out there about him potentially being on the trade block, and uh, you know, if if I'm the Bears, you know he's a piece that potentially they could move because I think it's about young players. I think he's a great player, and they want him to be there with the year he had last year. But I think we know the direction that's going in. Also for the Bears. I like Robert Coin.

I expect him to be there if he doesn't ever get in a stance and have to take a practice rep. I don't care about that either. All Right, that's gonna wrap us up. Tom hitting the hitting the finish line strong. We'll see you at Mini camp. Jim, come on down spend three days with the Bears, will you. It's too hot down there. You told me, Jeff, I'm gonna avoid that place. All right. We'll talk to you next week.

That's Jim Millerman top there. Thanks to Adam Tazinski, also Dan Brilli and Jordan Tredup and our guest Jaquan Brisker and Larry Mayer as well. That'll do it for us. Stick around a lot more ahead here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. Good night, everybody, Thanks for listening to this Chicago Bears Network presentation of Bears All Access. Podcasts are available on Chicago Bears dot com and on iTunes,

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