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with you. Since then, I'm Jeff johnny Ak along with Tom Bear WBBM Bears Broadcast crew, welcoming you into another edition of Bears All Access, brought to you by IGS Energy, with our producer at Amstezinski helping us out at our Score Studios, Jordan tread Up, Dan Billy, our Bears producers as well. We'll be able to preview tomorrow night's Bears Bucks game at Soldier Field time. You're excited, Oh, I

can't wait. You know, I think when anytime you're a football team and you have an opportunity to rebound from a result that you had last Sunday, you couldn't look for a bigger stage. You couldn't look for a bigger opponent. So I think if this is a team that's starving to get away from what happened last Sunday, jeff Man, you're the only You're the only show in town. Yeah, that's the case, no doubt. Thursday Night Football, we're gonna break it down as well with the radio color analyst

Tom Thayres cornterpart in Tampa. The former NFL taden and long snapper Dave Morre will join us on our next seme, and we're gonna hear from Allen Robinson chunk of our interview with him that airs on Bears Game Day Live tomorrow night at six o'clock on Fox. And then an Old Bear we had a good time watching play here in Chicago. Roosevelt Colvin at the bottom of the hour

will join us from Indianapolis as well. Hit the injury news real quick here, Tom down two dbs now, Dion Bush out with a hamstring, Shrik manis injured himself, and the special teams with a groin injury, so they're out in Darnell Mooney's questionable, the rookie ride receiver who's impressing everybody with his shoulder. Yeah, you know, it's unfortunate, and I hope Darnell Mooney is well enough to go. But if a guy like Javon Javon Wims gets though some

more reps, I would be excited to see that. I think he and Nick develop a really good relationship in training camp. And then when you look at Sheriff mcmanuster really hurts the core special team. So that's where really fits. That's where he fits into this team best. And Deon Bush. It's going to be a challenge now to defensive coordinators because you don't have that extra package that you had that Deon Bush was being inserted maybe in place of

a linebacker during passing downs. All right, it seemed to be very fruitful to have picked off a pass a couple of weeks ago as well. Tampa really hurting a receiver. Chris Godwin not gonna play again. He's been out now the last three games. Justin Watson another receiver out with the chest and degnotiating McCoy. Fournette is doubtful Tom with an ankle, so but they got a lot around him, and Mike Evans is questionable with an ankle. I'm certain

he'll play. Scotty Miller, the Barrington High School product who's a very impressive player using that speed, perfect type of receiver for Tom Brady. Tom of that slot, picking up first downs, getting moving the chains on first downs with his speed. He's he's got a hip and grind injury as well. You know, he's probably fifth in line out of that position throughout Tom Brady's career. That has really

left a mark in the league for himself. Scottie Miller five nine, one hundred and seventy four pounds, but he has a demonstration of quickness that it's it's difficult to cover. And if you give Tom Brady time behind the line of scrimmage, he's a guy that could go for significant yards and big big plays. Yes, and mister Brady likes to pick away at mismatches. He likes. Defensive coordinator Chuck Pugoto knows it very well. We've got to stop the room.

We've got to get pressure on him somehow somewhere. They've done a great job of protecting him this year. They've only given up five sacks. So it's it's hard and the balls coming out and he knows where to go with it. It's always a huge challenge anytime, anytime you face him, and you kind of got to figure out what their plan is for the day, who's available, who they have available, you know, who's got the hot hand

for him, who's his two guy. We have our ideas, but then you know, we'll see come game time what unfolds. And no O J. Howard he ripped up his achilles, ruptured his achilly, so he's out. So Gronk hasn't really been that involved in it, Cameron, Brad hasn't had many opportunities, so to be interesting what they do, well, I think we'll tell the story during your description during the game on Thursday night. Every single time they throw the ball, if you say Brady sets back, sets his feet, throws

the ball, the Bears aren't gonna win. You got a forty three year old quarterback that you better put some type of uncomfortable pressure in his face and his mechanics. Now, if you're saying Brady drops back avoiding a rusher, Brady dropping back shuffles three feet to his right, three feet to his left, then the Bears are winning. If they moves the ball too, gets in the red zone, spraying it around nine different guys, it's called red zone passes

and you take your pick. I mean it's backfield, it's tight end, it's wide receiver in six different guys with touchdowns. All right. Coming up next, we'll talk to the analyst for the Tampa Bay Bucks on radio from r NFL tight end, Dave Moore. It's coming up next on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score. Welcome back to Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to Score.

Tom there, Jeff Joniak, and please to be joined by Dave Moore, the radio analyst for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and a former Buccaneers player fifteen years in the National Football League also with Miami and Buffalo and a Pro Bowler in his final season. And Tom loves the idea that the more you can do big Dave, And I know you were a long snapper as well, but that turned out to be your final game in the NFL. Was the Pro Bowl, wasn't it? He was? And you

know it's funny. I never was a long snapper at high school or college, but my senior year of college, Paul Hackett was a head coach and told me, hey, if you can figure out how to do this, you can prolong your career. Oh, I wish you get to the NFL. So I played tight end for twelve and I didn't really become a full time snapper until year thirteen. So it actually worked Exack Lee like he described, Hey Dave, So let's talk about the evolution of both positions, the

tight end position and the long snapper. So if you would have had a fifteen year career exclusively at a long snapper, would your body have changed? But if you had an exclusive, you know, ten year at the tight end position, would your body have changed to My body feel a heck of a lot better if I did nothing but snap, especially with the rule these days where

you can't line up on the center. You know, I did the long snap and when they put the three biggest defensive linemen in there with linebackers pushing up from behind. But even when I did snap full time, John Gruden would like to save that roster spot. So I still practice with the tight ends. I actually played in every ballgame at tight end. I just wasn't starting anymore, so I did get the full fifteen year effect on the body. Also played fullback a couple of years early in my career.

So that didn't help my neck or my back or anything. So what do you think about the tight end position for Tampa Bay. You know, they bring in grond which really surprised me. I didn't I still don't know if he's going to have the influence on this football team that he did in New England. Obviously a lot younger, probably a little bit healthier. Well, when you think a Cameron Braid and you think of where OJ Howard wasn't

his development even though he's injured. Is this a tight end position that it means a lot to Tom Brady or does it or does it mean a lot to Bruce Arians? Well, I think it was an opportunity to Kronkowski. You said that he still wanted to play, and there were some rumors throughout the offseason that the Bucks were going to trade OJ Howard, So with that uncertainty of what they were deciding to do with him, they had an opportunity to get Gronkowski, who obviously is a big guy,

a big target a box. Well. OJ Howard is another big target. In this past week when they played the Chargers, you saw all three of those tight ends in the ball game, but in a spread formation, So when you're you know, trying to game plan defensively against the Bucks and you see three big tight ends coming in the ball game, you're thinking run, but then they wind up

with empty backfield. They get them in a bunch of formation out wide and they're running routes like a wide receiver and they're all six five six six and create some significant mismatches, especially if you're going to leave your run stop personnel in the game. So gives them a lot of options offensively. They do have a very stacked position. I'm sure they're spending a lot of money at that position as well. But you know Gronkowski, he still makes plays.

Him in a big catch and a key situation on a drive to take the lead this past week, coming from behind, and you know, he didn't run by anybody. He's just so big that he was just able to muscle the ball, get it in traffic and pick up a big first down. So they used him in the run game. He's starting to get more involved with the passing the game. Oj Howard just got a hurt and he has an achilles issue, so he probably won't be around. But the good news is they have multiple guys at

that position. Like they do watch receiver, but um it is. It was a little surprising that they did it, but everybody was happy about it, and they've been happy about it all appreciation. Dave Moore, the former Dave Moore, the former Bucketeers tight end, now radio analyst for the Tampa Bay Bucketeers joint. I guess here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score with Jeff Jonyac and Tom There got to talk about our our local product in Apriville

Central High School star Cameron Bright. And I don't know if this is good news or bad news, depends how you look, but he's caught you now in career touchdown passes each with twenty eight. But he's done it as an undrafted out of Harvard and it's been a great career for Cameron. Brake. Tell us how he's evolved over the years with the Bucks and now with a quarterback of this caliber, even at the age of forty three,

his opportunities would seem to be continue to skyrocket. Well, he's made some big plagues and he was a guy third cutter liked them. He was an undrafted guy. He's on the practice spot and he signed with New Orleans for a game and then came back and due to some injuries, he had the opportunity to play and made some really big catches and key situations and earned himself

starting spot and nice contract there. And you know that's one of the things his offseason, the question was going to be what were they going to do with Cameron Bray because you drafted Oj Howard in the first round. You're bringing crocusky, but he's playing more of an each back type role in this pticular group right now. But he caught his first touchdown at the season last week, and you know it kind of helped them get going. It was the first touchdown of the game when they

were playing from behind. It's good. I mean, he's back of a player. He's a big guy, and he's worked extremely, extremely hard on his blocking because that initially was one of the question marks whether or not he was going to be able to be at all around tight end or one of those guys that you line them up and sitting down the field. I want, Hey, Dave, super impressed with your offensive line and their approach at the

line of scrimmage. Who's complimented the most? Is it the old line complimenting Brady or is it Tom Brady complimenting the offensive line. Well, you know, the offensive line they started out the first game wasn't their best, but they've improved, you know, significantly, and they probably far played their best

game against the Chargers. And they answer your question, I think when you have a quarterback like Tom Brady behind you, you are not going to be the guy that the cameras on they gave up a sack to let the guy get hit and potentially hurt at forty three. So I think the fact is Tom Brady down there or back behind these guys, I really has elevated all of their play in their sense of urgency to make sure

he has been telling he needs Tom can't. He's got, you know, a love affair obviously with the offensive line being a decade long guard and a very good one at that, But he can't probably as he called me three times yesterday, Dave and said, Hey, this offensive line, this offensive line, So I know we're in for a tussle. We had a tussle with the Colts and it was a trench war, and I think this will be the same.

And I keep looking at your defense because it's a it's a whole on the defense as well, because you got three sturdy guys in the front for the three four, and then you got a couple of pass rushers of

note and two really active linebackers. D David is put together quite the career and is still making plays and in an interesting young secondary with my guy Antoine Winfield Junior, because you know, I always call his dad the toughest pound for pound player in the NFL, and maybe a ton is on that pill us in, but he is. I got for him to come in and you think

about it, drafted and no rookie minicamp, no okas. He's doing stuff by zoom and learning the playbook from a distance, and then he's able to come in and started safety. And then two weeks ago there was an injury at corner with Murphy Bunting and he stepped down and played the flock corner. So his kids really come in and been extremely impressive. He talked to his dad every day.

They kind of break down film together on FaceTime. Antoine Winfield Senior was a teammate of mine when I played in Buffalo, and he was a true professional exact from a football player, but really just impressive the group in general. One of the big things they wanted to do in the offseason was keep that interior line together and that front seven. You know, the dbs are young. About halfway through the year last year, things started to click and

they played very well. And then with the addition of Winfield coming in, it's kind of completed that defensive backfield and super young group of guys. But they're playing well. But up front, there was a bunch of free agents. They went out and got to Sue Back at Vita vea draft in the first round, who does a really good job. And then Shack Barrett where they got from Denver,

went out and obviously led the league in sacks. And then Jpp missed a bunch of games at the beginning last year with a broken neck, and he came in and then his first game got a sack. And that's a pretty good force there with two very active linebackers. Devin White in his second year. He's the compliment guy to Vante David and he had a fifteen tackle game the first game of the year, and he's doing nothing

but getting better. So they're exciting to watch. They do take some chances and they get that feast or famine file defense when they do the all out blitz. They got beat a couple of times this past week on some big plays, but when they can get to the quarterback, when they choose to pressure them, they're tough to stop and then they cause a lot of turnels. Dave, let's talk about the other side of the ball, because the

Bears fans are starving for sacks. And you think of Khalil Mack, you think of a Chem Hicks, and I won't mention Robert Quinn yet, but I want to talk about your your right tackle. Who's a rookie. Is this a guy that needs to be protected at he's facing an enemy like a Cheam Hicks and clil Mack or do they feel confident that they can put him on an island and then maybe focus a little attention on the other side when Robert Quinn is in the game. Yeah,

And I'll tell you what. We haven't mentioned his name very much, and that's very good for our offensive line. But he did a great job getting out in the edge on the run blocker last week, but his past protection solid. All of the other offensive roneman Tom Brady as well, do nothing but compliment them being able to again as a rookie first round pick, not a whole lot of reps come in. He's extremely athletic because he's done a great job. So I'm gonna believe they're gonna

let him be out there. Initially, he might line up a tight end over there just to you know, slow the rusher down a hair, just getting max space before they getting their route. But I don't see them spending a lot of time leaving put ins in to help him unless they absolutely have to. So far, he hasn't had any issues protecting the quarterback, and he can't say that about too many rookies on their first year at offensive on against bad the rushers that you know he's

seeing and is going to see. I remaining moments with Dave Moore, the radio analyst for the Tampa Bay Bucketeers, here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score, Jeff and Town with you on Bears All Access Real Quick. We always ask the opposing view as you do your preparation and research on the Bears, what are your key points that you are interested in seeing and determining how the Bears match up against the Bucks? Well, lad, this

past week. The offensive Dine and you guys were talking about the offensivevine at the box really did a good job and played a complete game both a run and pass. Where the Bucks get in trouble is when they can't run the football. They're giving those third and long situations you get behind in the down and distance. So I'm really looking to see how the offensive line does against the front seven of the Bears and see if they

can control the line of scrimmage. And you know, the Bears traditionally are pretty dring good up front, and you know it's going to be a physical game. But if the Bucks want to be able to move the ball, they're going to have to open some holes for Ronald

Jones and at Fournett's back him as well. So h you know, we talked about Tom Brady, all the receivers, all the weapons that they have offensively here in Tampa, but and ultimately the success of the offense revolves abound around being able to run the football, and that's where we're going to see early how they can hit that first seven of your Bears. You know, Dave Wee, I know Tom Brady throughout the course of his career, he had the opportunity to work with Randy Moss in the

later parts of his career. But as Tom Brady ever seen or been around a wide receiver like Mike Evans, hey, Randy Moss is pretty daring a good one. But Mike Evans is a guy that doesn't matter if he's covered

or not. And we're seeing it as this season progresses a little bit that he just is learning to trust them and he just throws a ball if he's covered, if he has a spot to throw behind Mike Evans and get him to stop, or he'll throw r in the back of the corner's head and give him an opportunity to go and make him play, you know, those fifty fifty jump ball type things. But his range is exceptional, his hands are exceptional, and it doesn't matter if he's covered or not. It just comes a point a game

where he's just gonna let it rip. And that's that comes with trust and communication and they're gaining that, so they're getting better and better every week. But Mike Evans is certainly something special out on the field just because of the visibility to come up with that football with guys hanging on him and everything else. Heck, of a batcheup against Kyle Fuller and rookie Jill and Johnson at cornerback. All right, before we let you go, we always go

on the way back machine a little bit. So you went, Tom have a few things in common. One, you both played for Dan Marie and with Dan Marino. I'm thinking short on both of you guys. And you both tried to block Reggie White. How successful were both? You give us a story. Funny some stories, Dave. I'll tell you that that's hilarious. You say that because everybody's like, you know, did you ever block Reggie Way? I said, I attempted

to many times, now, wasn't there? They were in our division and we played him place a year and I would go in motion trying to block them. Might be on honor sperm is trying to block them. A lot of the fullbacks trying to back him. I got into his body one time. I felt him give a little bit, and then he reset his hands and just walked me backwards. So the one thing you definitely didn't want to do is get him mad. So you would try to block him the best you could. But if you, you know,

kind of caught him or tried to cut him. Forget it, he'd have three sacks and block a punt. But he uh, he did that. Some of our offensive and one of our offensive tackles got him mad. And as I was walking back to the huddle, he's a reciting scripture from the Bible. And I got back to the to the huddle and I sent to the offensive lineman. I said, what did you do to him? He goes man, I tried to cut him, and I I kissed him off,

and he did. He had a stock on second down, a second, third down, and he blocked the punt and defense safe. So we learned quickly that you know, you do the best you can. But when he wanted to come, he didn't care who you where you were going to stop him. Yeah, you know, I remember that. That was one of the priests points of our offensive lineman is don't make Reggie mad. He's gonna make his plays, but if he tack him off, he's gonna make everybody right.

And that's the thing about it is just don't make Reggie mad. Do everything legal within the rules. Gets your body in front of him and let him walk you back to the quarterback, but don't make him mad. Luck the rest of the season. You two guys, Dave Moore, the radio isatists of the Tampa b By Buccaneers, will take a break here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. Welcome back to Bears All Access, 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. Jeff Jony Act and Tom fair baron Bears All Access will be joined shortly by former Chicago Bear outside linebacker and a really good pass rusher in his NFL career, Roosevelt Colvin. We'll go back in the way back machine a little bit, and uh, you know Tommy, he want two Super Bowls with the Patriots, so he knows Tom Brady some insight for his arrival

at Soldier Field. Not that we need any at this

point seeing twenty one years of greatness. Yeah, you know what I tell you, Roosevelt Colvin kind of burst on the sea and showed an inatability to get to the quarterback as a pass rusher, and then you start developing your skills and then you develop a repertoire of moves, and you know he was able to morph along with the game and as responsibilities when he went to New England and interesting talking to Dave Mark as he wants to see, you know, how his offensive line is going

to stack up and if our line is going to be able to stop their running game, that'll be an interesting dynamic. And the Bears running game certainly a big topic of conversation Matt Naggy this week. There's some change there schematically and what we're doing, and again that's part of the patients that we got to have versus some of the defenses that we're going to see, the fronts,

the personnel that these teams have. What you have to do is you have to make sure that us coaches that you guys as players all know that we just we got to stick together. And when you have a game like that where you're just not producing a lot of production in the run game, you can abandon. And I've said it all along that you need to be able to to run the football and there's gonna be some games where you have a lot more rushes than others. That happened to be a game there where we just

were struggling to get it going. I have a lot of confidence and our guys I know our guys that offensive line, tight ends and running backs are excited to get back out there. And again we're facing a pretty formidable defense here against the run in Tampa Bay. These guys are pretty salty, so we're gonna have our handsful and it's gonna be a great challenge. But we play this game to play against the best and to be

challenged in the hand of adversity. And there's Matt Naggy, tough, tough front for the Bears to deal with tomorrow, and they do not allow a lot of yards in the run game, just like the Indianapolis coachs the year before. Into the Indianapolis we go, and we reconnect with one of our old pals here from Chicago, outstanding Bears player of fourth round pickback in ninety nine. They Purdue grad Rosie Covid join the program. Thanks for taking some time, man.

We were thinking about you, and I said, you know, give him a call. Maybe he'll chat a little bit about Bears football, pass president future, and a little Tom Brady tuk. How are you doing, Rosie, I'm good man. Good to hear from you, guys. Yeah, it's been a bit, it's been a bit. Your days included some terrific seasons rushing the pastor for the Bears. And you know, you and Tom Brady are the same age. You know that, right, forty three years old? How come you're not playing? Dude?

You can't put you can't put people's ages out on NAZ the radio like that. Yeah, I find Wikipedia. Oh yeah, Wikipedia like like he didn't nobody can enter that. But anyway, um uh yeah, Tom is the same age as me. And I presume that I'm I'm not playing because he probably was a little bit better than I was at the age of thirty thirty one, thirty two, thirty three, thirty four, thirty five, allway up to forty three. So uh,

I'm enjoying myself as as a fan right now. So I'm doing okay, but realizing that and how you wake up every morning, I don't know what you're doing, you know, in terms of your athletic endeavors at the moment. I know you got four kids, you're doing a lot with them. But to think about that body rolling out there every Sunday at the age of forty three, could you put that in context for what how do you feel now

as a retired player? Yeah? I think about, you know, just waking up from my daily naps, how I feel, and um to have to continue to go to practice and uh and to lift and do all those things that that you know, older guys and how to do the maintain and keep up with these young guys, it's pretty amazing. Um. Tom's on that, you know, the TB twelve program that he started a few years back, that um, it's been really really beneficial for him. And uh, I saw it on a day to day basis when I

was in Foxboro with him in with the Patriots. You know, it's a it's a grind and we call it being an edger. You know, he's he's always you know, trying to get the edge, and uh, it's a it's a tremendous salute to you know, his career and what he's done thus are Hey, Rosie, it's good to talk to you. This is Tom there. Um. You know one thing I really wanted to ask you because I don't think we've ever had a chance to ask anybody who's been in a relate there has been as close to the Patriots

as you have. So Belichick and Brady when they separated, who's most responsible for the success of the New England Patriots. Man. You know, you know a lot of people ask me that specifically hear Indian Oupots because they hate Josh because he backed out on and uh, you know they feel like they feel slighted. But um, they asked me that because, you know, because of the separation this year with Tom

going to Tamplin. They said, you know, everybody was interested to see who was going to be more successful without the other. I think, you know, they have definitely grown together over the years. I would say, uh, Tom has really benefited from you know, Bill's you know, encyclopedia esque, you know knowledge when it comes to football and defenses, being that he's a quarterback and that I would say, Bill has been you know been, you know, has benefited from Tom playing at a high level and want to

play at a high level. But I think what a lot of people don't see, don't credit are those that are outside of Tom and Bill and I know, you know, firsthand knowledge of a long list of coaches, a long list of players that have contributed to that Patriots way, that that that mantra of you know, we have a caller,

this is how we're gonna do it. And I think you know, Tom is you know, you know, I would say grown enough to stand on his own two feet and take you know, bits and pieces of that, you know to where he's gone obviously in Tampa, and obviously Bill is going to continue to do his thing there in New England. I think they're you know, they both have you know, moved to a point in their careers where, um, they respect each other. But I can't really say which one.

Uh it would would be more you know more uh, you know, without the other, just because I think they both put in a ton of work on a daily basis to be as good as they can be in the positions that they're in. All right, Rosie, then I'm gonna put you in the shoes of a defensive coordinator. What's your philosophy on how to handle Tom Brady? Uh, you're playing against Tom. You know obviously he's one of

those you know those uh statue of liberty quarterbacks. He's gonna be in the pocket, so you know where he's gonna be. The key to him has moved him off the spot. You know, you can't let him stand in the pocket. You gotta get pressure up the middle. You can't let him step up, slide up, or slide around to you know, find you know, open receivers. You know, he's different to playing a mobile quarter and playing mobile quarterbacks.

You you know, you can have an average group of receivers because you know, mobile quarterback is gonna move around in the pocket, creates space and time for his receivers to get open and he can just drop it to him a soft pass. You know, pocket quarterbacks, you gotta have route runners, and you gotta have guys that are gonna catch balls that are in tight spaces. And if Tom doesn't have that, you know, it's frustrated for him.

And that's what you saw last year. Um you know obviously going to table, I think he's upgraded his wide receiver corps. But you know, if he gets protection, it's it's gonna be a long day and you gotta cover. So I would say getting him off the spot you gotta put. You know, if you can rush four and cover over your rush three, But getting him off that spot is gonna be key if you can get it. You know, if you can make a move, get a little pressure on him, get him routed early, it'll benefits

you well down a stretch. Former Chicago Bears linebacker Rosie Colvin, a fourth round pick in ninety nine with the Bears. Are guest. This segment of Bears Alt Access brought to you by Microsoft Surface and CDW. People who get it learn more at CDW dot com. Jeff Joni Act, Tom Fair, and Rosie who had some great seasons with the Bears, those double digit sack years consecutive years. Believe it or not, There's only been a few in Bears history, and you

were one of them. Richard Dent, Yeah, I mean it's it's you know, you grew up a Bears fan, if I'm not mistaken, so to put on the uniform, come out of Indie, and then have a career that included a couple of rings with the Patriots. I mean, do you feel your entire resume and experience as an NFL player maybe even surpassed your own expectations. I would say I would agree with that, not because I didn't have high expectations on myself, but just because I never yearned

to be a professional football player. You know, I was in high school. I snuck out for the football team. On junior high I stuck out for the football team. I played in high school just because it was fun. Got a scholarship to Purdue, and I was okay with that, and I was cool with just trying, you know, getting four years in, getting going in my career, a career ahead without any debt, got drafted, got to Chicago and saw how rough it was for Barry Mentor and Sean

Harris and those guys. Dale Lindsay was our our our position coach, and it was like boot camp. And I was like me, Ward Holming, car Sammon all came in that year. Uh, and we all said, man, we're gonna play three years and we're done. And um, it worked out a little bit differently, you know. Uh that that second year, they kind of lit a fire under me, you know, drafting that one guy you know that's in the Hall of Fame. Um, you know that I think

it was. I think his name is Brian Urlacker, and so you know, his his situation resolved and me, you know, playing a little bit better my second year, third and fourth year, Like you said, those two double digit sack seasons, the infamous you know, unchecked box situation awards contract presented me an opportunity, um, you know, to hit the free agent market and I would have loved to stay in Chicago. Man,

I love my sister still lives in the area. Um. You know, every time I come into the city, there was one there's one person that always says, man, are you Roosevelt Covid? And I say myself, how in the world if my name is still relevant in the city? And uh, I liked the pictures on Instagram that they take of the city, so I'm still connected in a lot of ways. My my, my, um, um, my, my family loves the trip up there. So it's Chicago was

really good to me. I wish I could have played more years and been able to experience and lovey years. But at the end of the day, I had a great opportunity to go in New England, and uh it did it did well for me. You know, Rosie, when you think of guys like yourself or Rob Nickovic or some of the Sack or the guys that had double digit sacks along the way in New England, what is it about that system that allows you guys to flourish from that position? And you know, do you guys that

have multiple Sack years? Well, I think the number one thing you gotta recognize time is that we're Produe guys. I mean, anybody that goes to Perdue is going to excel at rushing the pastor. But I think Bill, you know again, does a tremendous job in finding guys that fit his system, that fit the mold, the thought process. And you know, when I went out there in New England, man,

it was man. When we played the Bears in preseason, that was that was the year they had Cordef Stewart had transferred over to that came in uh and we played the Bears the preseason. I was living. I was like, man, I'm gonna give these guys. I'm to have fifteen sacks in the preseason games. Um, and and it's just and I was, you know, for me, Bill was like, Man, you know I'm looking at you like the next LT. I'm like, really, Lawrence Taylor, Okay, let's go get it.

And then you know, I break my hip and all that stuff. But at the end of that, I think Bill does a great job and recruiting guys, signing guys that fit the system and fit what he's looking for. He you know, he like I told you, like I said, he's an encyclopedia of football and he's just really just reinventing the game, not necessarily doing different things, but you know, he's bringing stuff from the past back that people aren't doing. He's you know, shuffling rosters and shuffling types of you

know players. I'm this year, I was, I'm really interested to see how you know, he would do with this COVID situation. Everybody is you know, is um is on edge with that, but I think it has a lot to do with, you know, the player that he brings in. Not to brag about myself, I feel pretty good about myself, but there are a lot of guys that go out there that buy into the system. I understand the dynamics.

You learn football out there, and you learn the difference between the organization you came from or the school you came from, and you learn why the Patriots have been so good for so long. The former teenage concession stand member at Indianapolis then became an NFL player with fifty two and a half sax and a couple of rings. Roosevelt Colvin I remaining moments with you, Uh that that is something that a lot of kids. I mean, it's

a message in there, right. I mean, if you I mean, you were eight years old when the Bears won the Super Bowl from my mats, right, and you were a big fan of Walter and Jim McMahon and Will have gone and assuredly, Tom Thare you had to be right. I mean, I mean, but yeah, it's it's it's a cool story. And now you know you're a great dad. He was very busy with kids that are developing athletes. You got a daughter playing volleyball at Purdue if I'm

not mistaken, right, and uh, your son, Miles, what's his story? Yeah, so Raven, that's why I was coming from. Raven is a senior HARRYS. Christ In here in Ananapolis. She will be at Purdue next year for a volleyball scholarship. Um. And then my youngest is his h we calling young Miles. He's he's a fifteen year old sophomore Phenim. The kid is Uh, he's growing and developing into something that I just, you know, I could only fathom as a as a fifteen year old kid. He's doing stuff that I just

I can't see myself doing at that age. But he's you know, really really humble. He's getting attention from some major universities. He's got a huge letter the other day, recruiting letter from a couple of couple of schools. I'll keep those anonymous. But at the end of the day, man, Um, I'm enjoying being a dad. As you mentioned, I was, I was young, young when the Bears won the Super Bowl.

The coach didn't come to town for a while, so you know, I remember the fog Bowl and I remember, um, I would have to call him mister Thayre at that time, you know, watching the Super Bowl and those those situations and the fridge, um, just because you know, we didn't have I mean w Channel nine, which is which is? I asked that. I was like, how to Channel nine? How are they broadcast across the country? Like why didn't

every state have a Channel nine? So I was able to see all those games, um, you know, um the home run King. I was a huge Cubs fan, although they didn't they never they never showed the White Soxes. They showed the Cubs the time. And so Chicago and the state of Illinois has been a huge, you know, part of my childhood and where I am today. And you know, like and like you meant him and I'm I'm enjoying life being being a dad. So I'm very blessed,

appreciate your time, Napa. I'm correct, Miles as a hooper, right, so this is we're talking basketball. Yeah, he played back by report him from football apporter from football. All right, Well, good luck with that, good luck with everything. I know you've got a lot of business interests as well in the Indianapolis area. Your wife's sweet shop going well, i'd imagine send some cupcakes our way. Well, yeah, good to talk to you, Rosie, and they're on the way, sir.

You guys, I'm good eating Roosevelt Covid coming back. We'll talk more on Bears and Buccaneers tomorrow starting at four twenty with a pregame on WBBM kickoff at seven twenty from Soldier Field. This is Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. Hey Bears fans, It's important to stay connected now more than ever, and at Motorola we love making that possible. With a new razor,

you can enjoy staying connected a little bit more. It's a phone, it's an Excess three, it's an icon reinvented head all motto Jeff, Joni Eck and Tom there Bears and Bucks tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it. Primetime game. All the bright lights in the big city. Real quick on Rosie Colvin. It was great of him to pick up the phone and join us tonight. Buddy. Every time somebody mentions Dale Lindsay, I chuckle because they called him

Sergeant Slaughter. He was. He was a bad man, and I say that in a great way because he was rough on those guys. And when he brought up all those linebacker names, I remember every one of them, and those guys after practice, I mean, they felt they felt like they weren't good at anything by the time he got done with them. But it was to coach him up so hard. You had to be able to take hard coaching from Dale Lindsay, who was an outstanding linebacker

in his own right. For in the NFL. Anybody that says in the locker room, you better have thick skin, and Dale Lindsay only wanted the best for those guys. He was able to turn him into all pros and Hall of famers across the board. And you see some of the output that these linebackers had that there wasn't a lot expected of him. Hey, I have a lot of respect for Dale Lindsay and it's it's the personality

of coaches that I grew through the NFL with. So we got to Alan Robinson going up against the Tampa Bay defense that has a very young secondary time, but a heck of a front seven before we get a little piece of an interview we did with him for our Fox show tomorrow Game Day Live at six o'clock on Fox. Just that matchup, because now he's had a couple of games a game and a half with Nick Foles to develop more of that chemistry, and he's got

a hundred plus in each of these games. I know some of it was and what would be referred to as as catchup time or whatnot, but it all is important right now. Every bit of it matters. Yeah, And I think one of the unique thing about having two veterans like Nick and like Alan Robinson, they can improve

during a conversation practice week like this week. They can get a better understanding of what Allen expect when he gets in a certain position against the defensive back, or where he's willing to throw it on certain types of routes. Look at their tallest defensive back is six one. Alan Robinson is going to be able to catch and go up to their height with any one of them. So Alan Robinson should be a weapon that Nick Foles should throw do as many times per game as he feels

the need. All right now, number three in the league and targeted passes with forty one. Here's a portion of my interview with Alan Robinson for Game Day Live tomorrow on Fox. How do you envision the next three quarters of the season going for the Chicago Bears. M I first seeing going very well for us, you know. Again, I tell everybody I think the toughest time of a

season is the first quarter. And I believe that because you're coming out of training camp typically for this year, especially being a little bit different, not really being able to get as many reps and things like that as you want to. But as a team, in that first quarter, you're still trying to figure yourself out. You know, you're trying to figure yourself out, You're still trying to figure

other teams out and things like that. So whenever you can go three and one in the first quarter of a season, I think that you put yourselves in a very good position, you know. Again, I mean for us, obviously, we wanted to go four and oh, but you know, going three and one, you know, putting ourselves in a good spot going into the second quarter of the season, I think is big for us. You know. Again, we figured out and starting to find our identity, and we

got to just continue to build off of that. We talked about catch rate in the past with you, and I know it's something Mike Furious talked about with you as well. First couple of weeks, slow to rise, but now the next two weeks, Man, you're killing it in the in the seventies something percent range, and the numbers are starting to pop. You're starting to hit your groove a little bit. Yeah, yeah, Again, I try not to look at that too much, you know. I know that's

something that that I actually was looking at today. But am I trying not to look at that too much? You know? Again for myself, you know, trying to not to get too caught up in in certain numbers and stuff like that, and just to go out there and play and try to impact the game as much as

I can, you know. But again for me, forcing over these past couple of weeks, I've been able to have a very high, high completion percentage, being able to make some plays, being able to score some touchdowns over the past weeks, you know, and I'm trying to continue to have that you know, trend outwork. You're within Reach Foundation, your third annual event coming up on Monday, October nineteenth.

It's gotta be COVID proof, right, So a little different this year, but that connection to Chicago kids and what you've done over the years about education and how meaningful it is, especially in this time to get these folks as much help as necessary as a big part of what you're doing. It hits you right here, doesn't it. Definitely? You know, again, this year has been very different, you know, as this as this event is a little bit different.

You know, normally it's a it's a more intimate event, you know, where we have people buy tickets and have people come. You know, we have items auctioned off. We have my teammates there as well. So this year will

be a little bit different. But I will say, you know, again, throughout the year of twenty twenty, you know, and COVID and things like that, we've had a ton of support around the city of Chicago, being able to link with food depositories, you know, giving food to some of the public schools into some of the public school students, being able to donate masks and things like that, you know.

So again, I mean, we've been able to try to try to do as much as we can in this year, you know, like I said before, even being able to branch out on some things that we normally don't do as far as you know, being able to deliver food and mask and some of that on a regular basis. Typically we focus on back to school and Christmas events and stuff like that, but we were able to branch out this year and that was awesome being able to

have the support that we had. You're trying to be one of the greats of the game, and one of the greats of the game, it's going to be on the other side of the field on Thursday night, and his name is Tom Brady wearing a different uniform. It's something that's special, you know. Again, I had a chance to have a couple of conversations with Tom Brady's offseason, you know, and I think that just speaking to him,

you know, you get what makes him so special. You know, his competitive nature, you know, just kind of how he sees the game and things like that, you know, and and when you grow up watching Tom Brady and watching you know, those championship in New England teams and stuff like that. You know, to be able to still share the field with him, For me in year or seven, you know, it was I think, you know, special for not only me but him, you know, being able to see him still play at a high level at the

age of forty three. Um, just kind of here and do joke around in the league. It probably will be a little bit different seeing him in a Buccaneers uniform, but again it'll still be fun and still be specially you know, being able to go against someone on Thursday night. Yeah, I would think you have felt the same way when you played it, when you knew there was a Hall

of Famer on the other side of the field. It kind of it's a it's an important moment for you'd be on the same field Tommy or it is it is, but you know, no, it is, it really is. But the thing about it is is I was trying to impress the Hall of Famers on our team when I would want to be so so that's that was a

key ingredient. And you know, and you knew that happ was going to develop into Hall of Famer, that Richard had that possibility, that Mick Michael should be there, that Mike Singletary was going to be a Hall of Famer. You know. So it was about impressing your guys. But when you look at Alan Robinson, you know, we often look at rosters, Jeff, and we always say, tell me a guy. Point out a guy or two that could play twenty five years ago, or that could play back

in the seventies when things and rules were different. Alan Robinson is one of those guys. I don't care what his forty time is. I care that every game he goes out there, whether it's hot weather, cold weather, early season, mid season, he's ready to play and perform at a high level at a big one form Tomorrow night Bears and Buccaneers on WBBM starting at four twenty, with a pregame kickoff at seven twenty. Another segment to go here on Bears All Access Stick Around with Tom There, I'm

Jeff Joniac. Were brought to you by IGS Energy with producer Adams Dzinski here on the score. The Chicago Bears Network presents Inside the Bears, brought to you by Verizon. Anthony Adams and Lauren Screeden cover the world of Bears football on it off the field every Sunday night if you love an oh five pm on Fox thirty two Chicago, or watch anytime at Chicago bears dot Com, around the Bears official app. Jeff and Tom previewing Tomorrow's matchup with

the Buccaneers. Tim First things first, a run game. Are you confident Tampa ten consecutive opponents under one hundred yards dating back to twenty nineteen. You gotta go back to Detroit the last time to eleven straight games, that was in twenty fourteen, So this is prominent right now. They held both the Chargers and one other team under fifty yards rushing. They don't give up much well, rhythm, respond, recovery,

all these our words. How about redemption? And I think that's what the offensive line has got approved to everybody around the NFL landscape, that they are deserving of the reputation that they've been striving for since the season begin began, and that's being more physical than their opponent. What are you looking to exploit on that defense given the strength of that front seven, and who are you staying away from? Oh, I'm not staying away from anybody. I'm not trying to

avoid anybody out there. I'm going to have a wide, expansive game plan. My whole thought this week, Jeff, is I want the passing game completely vertical. Like I said, if you want to send David Montgomery out of the backfield for a nice release route, fine out into the flats. But if I'm going to Darnell, if I'm going to Alan Robinson, if Darnell plays or not, if I'm going to Javon Wims, if I'm going to Anthony Miller, I'm

having these guys go vertical. And I would allow the quarterback the creator to put the ball in a position like Darnell Mooney did the other day, tracking with the defensive back with his back to the football, went up, made the catch. That's when I'm the opportunity I'm gonna give my offensive players. Right now. You heard about it, the points explosion. It's a record fifty one plus a

game on average this year Motions nineteen seventy Merger. There are eight teams averaging thirty points a game or more, including the Buccaneers. Do they have do the Bears have to score that many points to win to night not if not, if the defense holds in the nineteen you know, I think about it. You know, just that whole effort by the defense against Indianapolis has forgotten about because they had the two interceptions that were dropped by Khalil and roque On. If you get those, it might be a

different story. However, if Tom Brady walks out of Soldier Field only scoring nineteen points and you don't win, then we got issues that we need to talk about going in to next week's game. So nineteen would be an unbelievable performance by this by this defense. Where do you think the Bucks will go at fuller screen or Jalen Johnson with Mike Evans. I mean, obviously he's an outside guy, but you know they can move him around too. What

are they what are they going to test here? Twenty fourteen, Brandon LaFell lined up on the left hand side of the offense and Tom Brady threw him the ball eleven times for eleven completions. Jalen Johnson is going to be the quarterback to his left hand side. If he feels that he can dominate an opponent, he will be relentless and he will not fall, He will not take it away. He will just keep going there. So I look at old positioning and I think of a new game. Tom.

We'll talk to you tomorrow night. Thank you crucial catch game as well. For real Bears fans wear pink Tomorrow night, thirteenth season of the shirt campaign in partnership with Advocate Healthcare. You can purchase online at Chicago Bears dot Com Slash Pink for thirty dollars each year to you are picked up at Bears Fit in Vernon Hills. Proceeds benefit Bears Care. They do a great job. March Hammond her crew. Thanks again to Joe excuse me, Thanks again to Adam Stadzinski

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