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Coming out. We're gonna hear from Matt Naggie, Ryan Pace from their conference call with reporters earlier this week, and then the quarterbacks the Derby, the one that everybody talking about around the league. Tom I was watching NFL Network this week and almost every day was something about Mitch Dubisky and Nick Foles and the quarterback derby, and that's the going to be the story here. It's the most

high profile position in the NFL. In the Chicago Bears are one of the most widely concerning franchises in the NFL. Everybody around the country has interest in this battle. And I know there's other high profile quarterbacks that are already inserted with starters, but it's really unusual, Jeff, to have a quarterback competition that was announced months in advance, have this COVID incident hit like it's hitting. But then they quarterbacks have to refocus their attention and kind of put

the football blinders on. It may be impossible, but it's going to be interesting to see how this battle works itself out. Well, you know, if you're looking what Menneggie has said along transparent and honist Ryan Pace has said

the same thing. Really from this entire offseason right through this week, Mitch and Nick were as transparent and honest about the quarterback competition as it relates to themselves, but in the framework of team and that is the one takeaway that I think is arguably the most important thing, because they both know that if this gets the sideways for any reason other than team first, then it's going

to be something that brings an entire team down. It's happened many times before in the NFL world, it happens all the time in college football. And so they are two professionals. They're not going to let this happen. You're right, you want the competition not to be destructive to the team. So what this team can overall be. You talk about it having a championship style defense, and you have the competition at the quarterback position. There's other positions with the

competition you can ignore. However, when you're talking about the quarterback, it's very fragile because you don't want to start developing factions here. You want it to be all for one and one for all. And I think Nick said some of that in his press conference and the way he answered his questions. And you've got to admire the resiliency that we've learned. We've learned about Mitchell Trubisky throughout his time here. So I do think he have two great competitors.

You have a quarterback room of coaches that really understand the players what they need to do to change and be better. And then overall how it fits into the rest of the talent on this team. Now, let's look at some of the news of the week. He's too Eddie Goldman. Eddie Goldman opting out that you heard from coach Naggie and Ryan Pace about it there in his corner. There's a personal decision. Throughout the league, there's a growing number of players doing that. What was your takeaway on

on Big Eddie. I think it's unfortunate because I think his potential is ahead of them. And when you have the chance to play on a defense that could be as explosive as this could, it cannot only open up opportunities for Robert Quinn, Khalil Mack and a team, but it could also open up other opportunities, more opportunities of single block Daddie Goldman, and I think he could turn

that into sacks and tackle for loss. But I do believe that these guys that are opting out, they take everything into consideration, their health, their family's life, and how it'll affect him if he can't concentrate on football. We need to have that next guy up mentality. One of the next guys up might be John Jenkins. He brought him back. He was with the Bears a short time ago, a couple of years ago. The big body, you know, definitely fits the profile of a traditional nose tackle given

his size. He's on the sidelines right now with the COVID restricted aspect of things, and he'll be back. But you know, there's others that we're going to throw in there and see how they work. The versatility aspect of that front. With Jay Rodgers and the tutoring of guys like Badal Nichols, the tutoring of Brent Irvan, You've got Roy Robertson, Harris, there's some undrafted guys that may also you be hearing from right. Let's not forget about a

guy like Abdullah Anderson. Here's a guy that has perfectly built for that position. He's got a low center of gravity, he's got a lot of power, he's got athleticism and versatility to play up and down the line of scrimmage. And when you mentioned Roy Robertson, Harrison, blow Nichols, Jeff, these guys are just scratching the surface of ultimately what they can accomplish in the NFL. They should really be,

you know, excited about their opportunity. It's unfortunate what Eddie's going through, But you know, and this next four months they have to selfishly look at their own opportunity. So it sounds like the rookies have done a very good job right out of the gate time because the number one thing that Matt Naggi has reinforced that you very know your playbook, and so there's been a few walkthroughs and it sounds like they have done a nice job exactly.

You know. I think Mitch even reiterated that point today a little bit at his press conference about what the rookies have been able to absorb what they're prepared for, because this has been preached to them countless amount of times and all the Zoom meetings they faced. But you know, I think one of the things they've touched about is the Bears have put together a confident protocol plan that when these guys do get to the facility, they don't

have to worry about the protocol plan in place. They can only think and worry about the football aspect that they have to learn and prove and start to absorb all right, time for our first break on Bears z All Access brought to you by IGS Energy. When we come back. We'll hear from sound from Mitch Tubiski, the Bears quarterback will get the first of the snaps when the off season continues into the training camp portion of the twenty twenty season. Stick around here on Chicago Sports

Radio six seventy to score. Welcome back to bear z All Access, brought to you by IGS Energy, of proud partner of the Chicago Bears, providing electricity, natural games at home warn he products to over one million customers across

the country. Learn more about IGS Energy at igs dot com. Jeff, Jonny Eck and Tom fare As we break down the week that was and the lead up to what is going to be a ramp up to middle of the August when they'll get on the field and in pads the start of the twenty twenty training camp for the Bears. But a lot to get to. Let's start with Mitch Drubisky right now. Mitch spent his entire time Tom in

the Chicagoland area. He was getting help from Jeff Christiansen, who is a quarterback coach and runs a quarterback academy called Throw It Deep. He was working on his body. He's getting stronger, He's worked on his footwork. He's worked on a mental aspect of the game, reading coverages and whatnot. And overall, Trubisky looks like he did a lot of self scouting Tom and before we placed some of this sound just your overall take on how he worked on

himself in the off season, Well, I like it. He talked about the work that he had through his core muscle. So you're in better control of your body, you have a chance to stay healthier. You're able to do some constructive work on your core that carries up into the shoulder, makes your shoulder stronger on the surgically repaired shoulder, and it will get him out of that harness, get him

more of a comfortable player. And then going to Je listen, I've known Jeff Christiansen for years, and going to another outside observer to make these subtle adjustments, changes and observances of what he's known his whole life. I think it's it's always good to get that extra set of eyes

on what you're trying to accomplish. Well, now he's got Bill Aisier, the offensive coordinator, and Jen d Philippolo, the quarterback coach, new eyes and voices also to tend to him and try and get things right in the right direction. While all this is going on, He's competing for a starting job. He believes that he will be able to secure and then lead while competing, and that's a big

aspect of things for me. It's easy, um just with every everything everyone's said about me and not being in a quarterback competition every day, I'm just trying to bring that edge and hopefully that edge and since the urgency I'm bringing rubs off on on the young guys and everyone else to where they got. They gotta pick it up and get to my tempo. And we're just out there competing at every single spot, offense, first defense, whatever

it is. And I think this acclimation period is going to go a lot faster than a lot of these guys things. So everybody better dive into the playbook being taking care of your bodies and being smart when you're away from the facility and taking those precautions with all the testing and stuff going on. So I think me just bringing that edge and having that sense urgency and bring it every day is going to help get these guys going in and everyone should feel that since urgency.

Tommy talks, he talks like the leader he believes he is and that the players believe he is as well, because that's how he has to go about this. He has to attack it exactly the way he just spoke there. Well, Jeff, believe it or not, this is the first time Mitchell Trubisky has been in a competition. When he came here to back up Mike Glennon, it wasn't a competition. It was how long it would take Mitchell Trubisky to get up the speed to possibly play during that rookie season.

Chase Daniels was not a competitor. He was a backup. He was not a guy that was going to light a fighter under Mitch Trubisky. Because they're going out there and they're judging every single play against the guy that's taking the next step. And I think it's a great opportunity for every professional athlete through their competitive life that has that competition that really can dictate your fate. And

I think I've never seen shy away from competition. He's a hard working guy in the building, but when you look at this stage of his football life, this is the first real competition that he's gonna face, and I'm really excited to see how it affects both of these players. One of the significant aspects of what he needs to do, and that's from Matt Naggie's mouth really from the season end,

it is to be better at id and coverages. I think definitely recognizing coverages just from watching so many different defenses this offseason. And then I think just seeing the mistakes I made last year and just knowing that all of them are easily correctable. I think that gives me confidence going into the future. So I watched a lot of ball over the over over this past year and over the summer um. You see the mistakes, you see really good plays, you see some really bad plays, and

you see some just dumb things that shouldn't happen. But I think everyone just being on the same page doing their job, and then me making smart decisions. I think that's where you see a lot of the good plays happen. So I think all the bad mistakes, they're easily correctable, and I think you just talk through those things to get on the same page with your guys and get and for me getting on the same page with a coach,

Nagy and our other coaches. So where I'm just going out there and playing fast and recognizes and where I need to go to football earlier and just making your decisions. You know, Jap when you talk about recognizing the defense is quicker. I think that's one of the things that's going to really help his accuracy because the quicker you know where you're going with the ball, the quicker that you can implement that footwork, that core strength that you

put in your throwing motion and your accuracy. So yeah, that's what every quarterback that comes in the league is going to be the dividing line if whether he's going to be a good player or an average player, identifying coverages is the thing that's going to help him most.

So Mitch Rubisky ready to go. As the Bears get ready for their quarterback competition twenty twenty, we'll hear from the other competitor, the newcomer Nick Foles, just a couple of days in Chicago after spending the entire off season in California. Yet this is Bears Are All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy. To score this segment of Bears and All accesses Rush, you buy CDW. People who get it learn more at CDW dot com. Jeff Jonny x out. They're good to have you alongside a lot,

but damn really enjoyed tread up. As we break things down the quarterback derby underway between mister Trubisky and Nick Foles, how it all breaks down, Tom, what are you going to most be interested in with no games, how these

guys act day to day. What are you going to be keying on yourself as the analyst of this situation, I'm gonna watch how Nick Folds reacts against the pressure of the Bears defense last year, Jeff, when we sat out there in training camp, we watched an aggressive defense coming at the quarterbacks at a record pace and making it very difficult to complete passes. And one thing about Matt and Maggie has talked about all offseason, how the eleven on eleven, the nine on seven, there's gonna be

a little bit more live action. So Nick Folds doesn't understand this defense yet as well as Mitchell Trubisky does, and I do think it's going to be an eye opener. I love everything Nick Foles has said. I think he's a really experienced quarterback in a lot of different ways, from the versatility of the offenses he's played in his

own skill set. But again, when you take it to the practice field in mid August and they go to those padded practices, nick Foles is gonna be He's gonna be seeing a championship a playoff style defense in practice every day, and I think it'll help him as much as it will help Niche. So Fols this week really made it clear that the mental part of this process is very critical. He is getting to the mindset to

where it does not make a difference. That would be like saying, hey, if you're not the starter of this game, but you get thrown in in the fourth quarter because you're not the starter, you don't need to play good because you're not the starter. Well, that's not how this is. I've been thrown into the fourth quarter of some big games. I've been thrown in when I wasn't the starter. Did I have the luxury of just saying, you know what, that's just what it is. No, you gotta play at

that level that we get so much into all. This guy's a starter, this guy's a back of whatever. I mean. If you're out there playing like execute the play, you gotta build those relationships with teammates. That's the biggest thing that's not talked about building the camaraderie's building the culture. I mean, players make plays, you watch film. You're not

running routes on paper. There's a five step route that I've thrown in games that turns into a three step route because the guy played and he did his thing. He didn't run it on paper. For you to rant it on paper, it would not have worked. Players make plays, Naggie'll tell you the same thing. So it's not just speech like this is me focusing in on one's coming. Because competitions, though they are I mean competitions fourth quarter over time, like you gotta be at your best, absolutely,

but competitions are really good. I love competition in practice, I love competition and whatever. But sometimes competitions, if you approach from the wrong way, become very toxic for a team and an organization because then it becomes about me

and not about the team. So the hardest thing is how do I make it about the team and then enjoy it in a qv room when I'm competeting with the guys, And the biggest thing is having great conversations with Mission tyler us realizing we're in this together though, that we are competing from the outside. Who's gonna be the starter, who's gonna be at back or whatever. That's real. We don't have to like you sit over there, I

sit over here. We're not talking until this is done. No, Like, let's talk through how can we make this offense better? How can we do that? And whoever's the best person at executing this offense that can help the Chicago Bears win games and lead this team should be the starter, and then the other guys will be there to support them. And if for some reason that starter gets hurt, then the guy who's behind him will go in and he will lead the team and then the other guy. That's

That's how the best teams play. That's how the best teams work. I don't just say that from not if I've been on those teams. I've seen how it works, and that's how I approach it. And that's what's important to me. And as you can see, I'm pretty passionate about that. I'm pretty passionate about helping people. I'm pretty passionate about developing relationships. I've seen it done very well and i've seen it done very poorly, so I can pull from each way. But for me. I choose to

look forward to helping Mitch. I look forward to helping Tyler. I look forward to them throwing touchdowns and practice and meet youring them on. And then I want to go out there and execute as well. And at the end of this whole thing, we'll see what the coaches say, and whatever the coaches say that's best for the team, and then we roll as the Chicago Bears when we get this thing going. Fortunately, we'll be able to do that because as we've seen in twenty twenty, you don't

know what's going to happen. Tom, how important is that three minute statement by Nick Foles right there to the entire team, Jeff. It's filled with wisdom, It's filled with so much experience as positive and negative, but always turning them into the positive. In his press conference today, he says, look, if they call a play and I know a little bit a little bit how to run this play officially, I'm going to share it with Mitch and with Tyler.

I'm not going to hold that information back. I'm telling you, I became more of a Bears fan after listening to Nick and his presentation, and Nick or Mitchell Trubisky has to turn Nick folds into his greatest asset, and I think they can do it together. The competitiveness, the camaraderie, the fun off the field, and a lot of the seriousness will take place on the field, but the conversations you can have off the field, Jeff, it can help develop a young mind like Mitchell Trubisky at a really

sped up pace. Well that's nine years and five teams have experienced, Shannon right there. A little more here from Nick on how not to overhype the details, the minute by minute, the daily process of trying to impress coaches to win the job. Yeah, I mean, I think that's the biggest challenge for any person and athletes is when you have a timeline and you have to do something and someone's analyzing you, like in this situation, like what

do I do? It's easy to stress out about it, every single little thing and worry and and try to Okay, how do I how do I do this? How do I do that? And the advice I would say is, and this is how I'm approaching, is alleviate all that stress because at the end of the day, what they decide, the way you control it is being the best you. You can be today. Like I said, in this next meeting, that's all I have to worry about. I had to go in there. I'm gonna listen. Hopefully you have some

great conversation. We'll talk through football, we'll talk through jobs, we'll talk to reads, we'll talk to why we're doing it. I'm a big why guy. You gotta tell me why. If you don't tell me why, I'm gonna talk and we're gonna have a conversation until we figure out why. And so those little things add up to where all of a sudden, you're honed in the football, you're honed in the plane, and you just forget about all the other bloney. I mean, that was the mindset going in.

You know, do the playoffs in seventeen. Everyone want to know how the heck do you handle the situations. It's like anything else in life. I'm human, like everyone else where. All those distractions do affect me at a moment. You can ask my wife. There's times where I'm like, oh my gosh, I'm freaking out, and then she's like all right, and then I'll take a breath and we'll have a conversation. But all right, I know how to home back in.

I know how to eliminate the clutter. So I spend time eliminating stuff that shouldn't be in my mind that I shouldn't focus on. Then I home back into the moment and I say that to say, there's people that I'll see this interview, say, like kids that are going through that, and it's like, hey, we as professional athletes deal with that, but we might not talk about it all the time. While I'm talking about it, And this

is how you handle it. You got to eliminate the clutter and just focus on the simple things and try your best to enjoy it. Because we enjoy something, you usually do it better time. Is that easier said than done. And if you have been in that situation where you worried so much about everything every single day that it stunted your ability to perform day to day, you know I still do. But that was something that the head

coach instilled on me. But I do think it's probably the most valuable advice that a player can give to another player at the same position. Through the experiences that Nick has lived through, he understands that there's competition, but you can dwell on mistakes. You have to think through the play, how to correct it, and then put yourself in a more comfortable and confident reaction. Even if you do make a mistake, because it's something you have to

improve on. If you just sit there and dwell on the mistake, you'll never improve what the factors were about it. If you think about why you made the mistake, it's not going to happen again. So that piece right there, Jeff, is some of the best advice I've ever heard. If it was Nick was giving it to a high school quarterback or to a competitive offensive lineman, I think it's really solid advice. Hey Bear spanskipp the chore of laundry

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are as well, So sit back and enjoy. We'll having reports not only here on the Score but on WBBM throughout the rest of the season. Tom, Let's let's break things down from a Naggy and Pace perspective. First of all, the safety plan and this has been something work done for months and months, and they took it quite seriously, and Ryan Pace believes that their plan is a top notch. Trust it really comes down to more about actions than words.

So I'm really excited with our veterans get here. They walk in the building and they see everything we've done because I truly believe, you know, we've gone above and beyond, and they're going to feel that when they get here. I really believe we have the best set up in the NFL in regards to how we're handling this now. You know he thinks that then, and you know we heard this from Nick Foles this week. Yeah, he feel

a lot better about seeing what they've done. They've gone beyond the recommended protocols to make sure that everybody stays safe. Are there going to be scenarios, yes, are they going to have to deal with stuff? Yes? But boy, how perfect is the timing for the expansion of halisall at the level that they did expand because they got a

lot more usable space to pull this off. Yeah, you know, I think that's the first comfort zone that you want to put the entire team in, because whether it's a rookie talking on the phone back to their parents or their support system to tell them about how safe they field, or a guy like Nick Foles is coming here for the first time with a young family himself, that whole gap that needs to be covered has to be a

gap that has a safety net involved in it. And what they put together, I think the protocol, the plan in place a separation will allow these guys to walk into the building with great confidence. How we talked about Eddie Goldman opting out, and Ryan's perspective on it was one of you know, understanding, you just recognize it. This is personal for everyone, and you're just very respectful and supportives of that decision. And so you know, both Matt

and I talk to Eddie. You can relay that to Eddie, and you know, Eddie's an important part of our team and our family, and we're going to welcome him back at the appropriate time. You know, he's only twenty six years old. Tommy, Yeah, you know, you know, I'm a little disappointed because again, I like to see the process of Eddie Goldman throughout his career, where he started and what he's become. And I think Jay Rogers is a really good coach to get him to the best level

he can play. And selfishly, I'm thinking about the Bears. However, I don't want any players in the building that are not competent with the situation they're giving. I don't need I just want positive conversation once they get in there. So Eddie will be back and we look for the Bears will look forward to having them. We put a lot in the quarterback decision and the process in this show and Ryan Pace weighed in at it, and the emphasis is they're going to take every snap, every play

evaluated as a group. You know, it's going to be an evaluation to the entire process, not just each practice. And I think let it play out naturally, let it come to us. And with that it's it's constant dialogue, constant communication, constant collaboration between him and High and his coaching staff and personnel staff. So like everything we do, it'll be a collaborative decision. And I think what makes

it easy is just our costic communication. You know, Jeff, one thing about the competition to me, an offensive player, quarterback or right guard will be an easier position to decide the competition because when you you say the verbiage in the huddle, there's an exact to it. You don't. Your job doesn't. Your job doesn't have a variances to it. And so if you're trying to decide whether the right guard's doing the right thing or the quarterback made the

right decision, it's easy. It's probably easier done on the offensive side of the ball then defense, and not a man naggie And this is music to our ears because he's talked about it from the moment the season ended, what his plan is, and he's following through on it.

We want to be smart in this process, but there's the balance of having that physicality that we are going to be we're going to freaking get after it and training him so mindset wise, when we're going and we strap it up and go live, we hit, we tackle, there's gonna be a mindset that we're gonna be a tough football from Tommy wants toughness, he wants physicality, and he wants mental toughness. Can he pull it off with this weird process that this team is about to embark

on it? If the plan is still in place when they get the full pads, don't ever leave the locker room thinking it's going to be an easy practice. Mattess puts you on notice, So don't go, oh, coach, I was surprised. I thought we were going to half speed today. He's already made it been known from the first visit to the podium at the conclusion of the season untill the zoom call the other day when we are in full pads, this is gonna be live, good hitting football,

all right. So how has Matteggie processed the quarterback battled himself. He's done it with honesty and transparency, and that is continuing to be the theme, open communication, the key in

this quarterback battle. If one of the quarterbacks is thinking it up and he's playing like Craft, we're gonna tell you you're playing like Craff, right, And if you're playing really well, and we're going to tell you that in front of the other one, they're both going to know was someone's playing good, and someone's playing good or someone's playing bad. Is someone's playing bad, They're going to know that.

So when the time comes that we inevitably need to make a decision, trust me, it's not going to be a surprise at them. You know, Jeff, this is not a solo mission for Matt Maggie. He's got some really watchful eyes in the in this quarterback room that have seen Mitch on the practice field and have seen Nick on the practice field. So I think Matt's is gonna Matt is gonna have a lot of help this year in the observances of this quarterback battle. All Right, So

that's the week that was. Let's tackle some other things around the league that just found very interesting this week. Number one, how teams are going to plan for COVID issue. So you got a rookie coach in New York, the Giants, Joe Judge saying they're gonna have a succession plan for every coaching player if they get infected, including himself. And I hadn't thought about that. I'm only thinking about the players.

You got to think about the coaches, you know, Jeff I played a season where Mike Dicka had a heart attack in the middle of the season. They had no plan in place for that, so they had to quickly organize a plan and everything went according to plan. We didn't skip a beat and it kept on going. It was really unfortunate that we had to live through that at that time. But there's a lot of times during the course of the season, and you see it as

much as anybody. You have something thrust in front of your face with little or no notification, and you have to make an adjustment, whether you're a player, a coach, or someone in the front office. All right, Joe Burrow sineis contract and quote this week. I don't plan on spending any contract money. I'm gonna live off my marketing money. I'll let the contract money a crew in the bank. Sounds good as a very young man out of LSUE,

doesn't it. He's getting good advice somewhere. I admire him for speaking that frankly about it, and hopefully he'll be able to be productive for Cincinnati in all the NFL. All right, so you heard, obviously at the course of this week major League Baseball having a COVID issue the Brewers owner Mark at Naciacio. I think that's how you pronounce his name. Quote. The NFL is watching us closely

because they know they got next. What can they learn from baseball in our final forty seconds to this segment. You know, I think everybody's always said it is you gotta understand what do you do when you're outside the building, because you're going to be in a protected atmosphere. If you want to go out and do something that can be destructive, self destructive or team destructive, those are the going to be the issues that will decide the fate

of this season. All right, Coming up next, we'll talk about the Green Bay Packers with Milwaukee writer Tom Silverstein. It's coming up next at Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score, Welcome back to Bears all Access, Jeff Johnny act Tom there and please to be joined at Tom

Green Bay Packer Football. But my old friend Tom Silverstein and Tom it's been a crazy year to say the least, and it's going to be a crazy football season by all interpretations of what's going on and how things are about ready to get going with training camp or whatnot. What's the biggest storyline as you always prepare your buy lines up north, and what's what's the big story for the Green Bay Packers for twenty twenty? Well, I think I think it's getting through training camp. Just like every

other team right now, it's can they stay healthy? Can they you know, how well can they incorporate some of their rookies given the no off season? And how do they pick their roster? Do they you know, they're traditionally a team that keeps a lot of rookies, UM both undrafted and drafted a lot of young players. But can they do that this year given lack of off season? So I mean number one is can they make it through without having vast amount of guys test positive for coronavirus?

Wisconsin is knee deep in this thing, and UM it has not been receding. And you know, the more your community is seat in this virus, the harder it's going to be for you to succeed. So I think that's

that's going to be a real test. Hey, Tom, this is This is Tom there along with Jeff and you know, yeah, you know, talking a little bit about the football team, because you know, Green Bay was an organization that didn't bring in a lot of free agents and then they become affectionately known as the Sniff Brothers, the pass rushing

dynamic duo of the Packers. Just would that invite them to maybe go out there and look at the free agent market a little bit more than they'd done in the past, just because of the production of those two guys. And let's throw Adrian Amos into that group of guys. Yeah, that was you know, that was highly unusual for them to go out and spend as much as they did

on Adrian Amos. You know, they overpaid for him. They overpaid for Billy Turner guard from Denver, and then they paid through the teeth for Zadarius and Preston Smith and they got good production really from all four guys. Billy Turner has a ways to go to be a really good starter, but Amos solidified their secondary and the two Smiths were you couldn't ask much more from those two.

But I think it was sort of an aberration or probably a better word for that, because they had they had a situation where they had some cap room, you know, they got they no longer had Clay Matthews and Nick Perry and they had cleared out some room and so they had a lot of cap room to do some deals. But now with you know, Aaron Rodgers deal is starting to kick in with really high cap numbers, the Smith's numbers are going to increase. You know, Amos's number is

going to increase. Devanty Adams as a high number on some of their David Bactieri has to be resigned. Their left tackle Aaron Jones needs to be resigned. They're running back. So I think they're going to be limited in what they can do or they'll have to get really creative in some of the deals that they do. But I think that was a big expenditure to give Matt Lafleur the team he needed and to give him the defense he needed. And now I think, you know a lot

of what they'll do will be through the draft. Tom Silverstein Green Bay Packers beat Ryder up north at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He's been covering that team a very long time as a lot of NFL insight. The Packers running game obviously was very very good hand last year with Aaron Jones and Jamal Williams. Now you had aj Dillon, there was all sorts to talk about. Is this going to become more of a ground game team? Offensively? What's

your interpretation of their backfield right now? What they've done even at the tight end position of the offensive line to make this more balance and offense. Yeah, I don't know how you could read it any differently, I know, you know, taking what do you mean? Kind of tacked with us when he didn't draft a single wide receiver and what was probably what some people have thought as the best wide receiver class in two decades and signed one free agent Devin Francis, who has since opped it

out of the season. So you know, he drafts they each back in the third round and a running back in the second round, and a couple of offensive linemen, and I think you know you're going right back to the Lombardi Packers. I think he really wants to run the ball, and he really wants to throw the ball off the run. I think he wants to change their

culture that way. I think they've been a pass first team for two decades, you know, all the way back to the early nineties with Mike Holmgren, and he wants to change that. That's the you know, San Francisco La Ram's philosophy is you run the ball, you make a team stop the run, and then you throw off of it. And I believe that's what Gudukunst is doing for Matt Laflores,

given him those kind of guys. Tom, does there need to be like, I don't know what the right word is, a re a redirecting the culture in Green Bay because you know, for the last twenty years, whether it's not Brett Farb or now and the Aaron Rodgers and his greatness, that's kind of the first element of the Packers you've talked about, regardless of who the head coach was. Does this head coach now have to take recontrol of the culture, because in watching a Twitter interview with Aaron Rodgers, he's

you know, he doesn't look as excited. Is that they would have went out and given him a couple of wide receivers because there is confusion about the value of his contract, the length of it, and they went and drafted a quarterback. He's lived through it before with he and Brett Farr. But as there have to be a change of culture that is as controlled by the head coach here. Yeah, that's a great question, and I've talked

about this a lot. I really sort of compare it to when McCarthy came in after Mike Sherman and Farr was kind of had been running rough shot over their organization. He was unsure if he was going to play every year, and he was kind of holding him hostage each off season. They didn't know what he was coming back, and they he and Ted Thompson came in and it was very blatant that they decided they were taking back the franchise. It's not that it's not that Farv went out and

took it. It's not a he was given it, and he had been, you know, the savior and and the top dog for so long that he just accepted all that responsibility and everything was centered around him. And McCarthy came in and changed a lot of that and Thompson didn't get him any free agent. You know, he was really mad after the OH five season and they went four and twelve and Thompson wouldn't sign any free agents.

But what happens if he comes back and in two thousand and sudden they go to the NFC Championship Game. So a year, you know, second year into Mike McCarthy, he goes the NFC Championship Game doing it McCarthy's a way. And I think that's what's going to happen with Rogers, is that Lafour has sort of I think he's flexed a little bit of muscle after last year. He gave Rogers a lot of leeway to do a lot of

the things that he liked to do. And I think he's taking back some of the offense, you know, I think he's that's part of the reason they probably didn't draft receivers or they've gone heavy into the run game, is that they're going to show him how that offense can benefit him in his waning years. And I do think that this is an attempt of Lafloor to get the culture back. This is bears all Access brought to

you back its energy. Jeff Jonny account there and our remaining moments here with Tom Silverstein, the Green Bay Packers beat room Border up North for the Milwaukee Journal. Sentine. All right, last question, got a minute to go. What intrigues you about the twenty twenty Chicago Bears um? I I would say that, I mean, their defense always um and there's always something that the Packers have difficulty with.

And I just want to see if they're going to have the same type of um pressure that they've had in the past years. I think that and you know, with the ninety seven tight ends they have on the roster, how tough are they going to be to run the ball and both play action as well? I mean, I think I think they have the right idea with tight ends, and I think that floor is figuring that out as well, that you can really we make some hay with tight ends.

And I just want to see whether you know, they make a jump this year that you know, that's sort of time for them to do that, and you know tis times of wasting and this has got to be one of their years or there a year. All right, Tom, We'll let you go. Hey. Simply put, we all want to see ball come back everybody stay healthy. But let the games begin. How about it down? Yeah, yeah, definitely. I hope both you guys are doing well and I am here and let's see what happens. Thank you Jopson,

thanks for joining us, Thanks for joining us. Training camp on the way. But the green Bay Packers are trip through the NFC North now complete. We've done Minnesota, Detroit and Green Bay. All right, Tom, Tom Silverstein, you know you had the best question in my opinion, that was about, you know, how things are going to be moving forward, about who's taking control of that situation. Head coach appears

to be and it's not Aaron Rodgers. But you know, Jeff, we learned a great lesson from Nick Foles today when he was talking about the decisiveness that a quarterback battle

that can create in the locker room. And you got to tell me that every one of those veterans are going to sidle up to next to Aaron Rodgers, even though they traded up for a first round quarterback, and it could be a destructive dynamic if you can't get everybody on a complimentary competitive page, and that's what Green Bay's gonna have to do, then that's gonna have to be controlled by a young man at the head coach position. All right, Tom, must some quick hitters here before we

get you out of here. Let's see if I can run down a list of things that might tweak your curiosity a little bit. Okay, yeah, you asked me this week. You asked me if a Rob was faster than Larry Fitzgerald or vice versa, because Larry wasn't about speed, He's just about sheer ability, and he was fast early in his career. What hangling that there? Because I'm thinking about all the receivers after Chicago Bears have and I'm going

to include Jimmy Graham into that group of people. Because when you identify a number one receiver, it's not about having world class speed. It's about making sure that you're covered. And so when I think of a Rod a Rob, excuse me, and then I think of Larry Fitzgerald, I think of the similarities in them. They're not burners, but if you don't cover them, they will kill you for

double digit catches and yards. And so I just wanted to kind of reinforce to myself that a Rob is a number one receiver, number one receiver on the Bears and he is a coverage concern for all opponents. Absolutely, and hopefully more guys can become in that situation like Anthony Miller and Raley Ridley and the Fellows as we look forward to their time with the quarterbacks, getting that

continuity and that timing down. I know Mitch has worked with Alan and then many other receivers throughout the offseason into something that Nick was not afforded to the opportunity given he has been in California. Hey, Bears fans, and important to stay connected now more than ever in a motorolo. We love making that possible. With a new razor, you can enjoy stand connected a little bit more. It's a phone and it's an accessory. It's an icount reinvented. Hello Moto.

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