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We've hit the bye week in Bears football. On the other end of it, it'll be week twelve already against the Green Bay Packers. I'm Jeff Jonny Acolong, a broadcast partner from news Radio seven eighty and one oh five point ATWBBM. Mister Tom Fairtown, we got a pack show tonight. Pack show. Well, it's good that's in the middle of

the bye week because we needed a pack show. And I think, you know, when I look at the bye week at the start of the season, I was excited that it was this far along in the season because I thought it would be a perfect time for a little break in the middle of this football sea. And you know, here it is. They got a break. They got the huge opponent coming up the next time they take the field. So listen, you have to approach this with the positive mind You can approach this with any

negativity infiltrating the locker room or your mindset. And that's a hard thing to do. I mean, you got a group of guys thought gotta I say this all the time. I'm not just saying this. It's a team that likes working with each other. Unfortunately, they can't bond like they used to do because of COVID protocols, which are are going to be intensive now for the entire league thirty two teams with new rule by the NFL yesterday. But they like working with each other and you don't hear

any negativity. You hear a lot of positive vibe out of there. But they're clearly frustrated. Though. Oh they gotta be, you know, because you know, when you think about the performance and the attitude and the mental mind frame of this defense, they need to be complimented. And unfortunately, right now they're not being complimented by an offense that has time of possession existence. They don't have a solid running

game right now. It's obviously something they can develop as time goes on, because the development of offensive football never stops. You may consider yourself good or perfect, but there's things you can do along the way to get better. And I think Matt Nagee said it at the podium at the beginning of this week. We will look different when we come back after the bye week. So I think that better get the attention of a lot of players

if you're not playing up to code. But it could be a change in the philosophical thinking of how they're going to run their offense. Could be a combination. Anthony Harron will be joining us here in moments at six ten. We've got Bears defensive lineman Brent Urban coming up at six thirty, and our special guest tonight Tom six forty five, We've got the Bears fan of the Year, Paul Vida Tech will be joining us from New Lennox. We'll tell you all about him. That'll be about six forty five

to night. Walso here at chunk of our feature interview that we'll be airing this Sunday on Bears Game Day Life ten am on Fox thirty two Chicago with Tarik Cohen. It was done before he got injured, so I got alert you to that, but it was right after he got his contract extension, so we'll revisit that. And here from Tarik Cohen News of the day. Really it's Dwayne Harris goes out. I are the punt returner who looks like he had a triceps injury, reportedly a torn triceps.

The Bears added a return specialist yesterday. I have waivers DeAndre Carter from the Texans. Thirty nine games in his career in nine and a half yards on average on his punt returns. He's worked with the Eagles as well and the Houston Texans. So Anthony Miller did a nice job though on sounding I don't know if they want to just give it to Anthony, maybe not because of the risk of injury, because he looked out standing. You get the ball in his hands like that. As a receiver, wow,

that's foam booth quickness there. It's very very good. But where's his highest upside? Is it as a receiver for multiple plays during the course of the game or is it as a punt returner. So you always have to

evaluate that kind of funny. Yesterday, I had an opportunity to talk to Cordarrel Patterson and I asked him about him being a punt returner, and he goes, well, I don't know Chris Tabor trusts me enough in catching the ball, so there is a difference in the way you catch it as a kickoff returner, and obviously in the multiple floats they can have in a punt. But I got a kick out of it because he smiled, because I think he would do anything that's asked of him. Put

my hand up, what can I do? Coach? That's what he Yeah, he's doing just about everything already, so you gotta make sure the trend stays on the tires. All the assistant coaches spoke yesterday. I've mentioned as many times on Bears All Access brought to you by a GS Energy that it's always informative. Mark de Leone can't say enough great things about Roe quant Smith Right now, Tom he is really, really, really increasing his profile. He plays

angry every single play. He plays angry, and I think he plays like he's got a chip on his shoulder. And I think, you know, he wants to be He wants to be great, And I think when you have a player like that who wants to be great, he finds ways to motivate himself. I tell those guys all the time. The only person that control is the way you play is you, and roll Kuan's doing that right now with a very positive attitude. He's not patting himself

on the back at any time he's asked questions. It's always about just wanting to get better and deferring to his teammates and Danny Trevathan. But you know, I went back and look, he's got fifteen tackles for lost right now. Brian Urlacher's best season tackles for lost and granted two different systems, two different defenses. Brian made a lot more interceptions in big plays to this point in their careers, but his best ever was nineteen. So it's quite the

season for ro Kuan Bruin. You know about ro Quan Before the season ever started, Jeff I was comparing the Roquan Smith to Luke Keekley, and I said, he has that type of talent in him, that type of ability, that type of desire to grow into a great player, that's been expected of him according to where he was drafted. But if I'm going to look at the season, I'm more inspired by Danny Trevathan than I am Roquan Smith because there was a lot of question marks about Danny Trevathan,

his speed as ability after that Detroit game. That's week one of a pandemic shortened training camp, and everybody wanted to do with the final evaluation Danny Trevathan, and that was wrong. What I've seen Danny Trevathan do in a complimentary kind of linebacker role, the dude's impressive. And I am totally impressed with with Roquan has been doing. But I'm super impressed with what Danny Trevathan has grown into and the way he's competed this season. All Right, we're

gonna take a step away. Thanks to our producer tonight, Julio root Sayo. For weeks, I've been saying raw says. I mean, I apologize, Julio. I'm awful with names, always have been and probably always will. So God bless you. You're doing a great job. Jordan tread up Dan Bally as well helping us out. Coming up next, Anthony Herron Aunt Coming up next on Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy This School. 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. With Tom Bear, Jeff Joniac on Bears All Access here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to Score All Blind now joining us Aunt Herron Auntthonny Herron, the former NFL linebacker, and Fox thirty two Bears Postgame Live, Bears Unleashed and all things serious, XEM college football, you name it, He's doing it and good to have him back on the show. What's your bye week gonna be? Like? I know you're working, I

know you are. Yeah. Yeah, the football season never stops this time of the year. You gotta know how that operates. Plenty a big ten going on between radio and television. Up the Bear's Unleashed tomorrow Over on Fox thirty two. They having a good time with kayl Sharkia were there and the folks. So yeah, there's always something cooking here in football season. Oh yeah. I always get a laugh out of it when with the fans, my buddies, they look at this, gay, what are you doing all week?

What are you got going? Yeah? I think you don't do anything anything else, But that's not the case, and we don't want it any other way, and no way. This is the way we like it, all right, take stock of the situation for us as we continue to break things down up at we look at the very positive aspect of things. The defense. The defense is killing it.

They're doing the yeoman's work. The stars are shining pretty much across the board as we had hoped before the season began, and we just talked about it going into the break. I don't know if you were listening or not, but the player ro Quan has certainly caught our attention. And Danny Trevathan, yeah, I mean Roquan, you know, to me every every week of the season. I think the Rams game was probably the low point for ro Quan. It's really the only sort of minus I think on

his resume this season. He's played at a Pro Bowl at least Pro Bowl level every game of the season beyond that one even all Pro. When you're looking at some of the efforts that have been made out there, and I think that one thing I've tried to remind folks of as we've seen, you know, there've been sort of some plays where it's like Roquin one on one in the hole and a running back and he'll miss a tackle. As a Ronald Jones spinds away for a game.

But I think Bears fans have noticed a different times this season where maybe Roquin misses a tackle. But the thing is he is at or at least around the ball so frequently this season. I can't imagine there's been another linebacker in the NFL who's been more consistently with a higher rate of frequency around the football this year from him and run plays, in tackles for lost in pass coverage on running backs and tight ends and receivers. He has done it at every level of this Bears

defense throughout the season. Here what I mean, You know, you guys have been around him even more than I have. I'm sure he's just he's a likable guy where it's very easy to wonder whether or not he's sort of got that that sort of you know, historic Bears mental linebacker mentality, because he is a bit of a soft spoken and an easygoing guy off the field, but on the field between the white line, he'd have got everything you want a modern linebacker to have. No, I think

he's playing like an animal right now. That's what they're they're calling it too. But the thing about it, if he does miss that tackle, what he's doing, and what's impressive is he's still tracking it down down the field. I mean his range and ability to play at a high level right now. I think he's contributing to the is attributable to that I don't even know. I just made up a word, probably to the idea that, Okay, we hand you the reins as a third year player

to make all the calls. You got the green dot on the helmet. And I think that's given him a major boost of confidence fellas. I think there's a lot of respect that goes with that wellout a doubt and especially at that position in the midst of the defense. And as the organization has watched him grow. You know, you think back to the last season, whether there's been other injuries, that linebacker and the introbate, the missing certain

times he was formerly the green dot guy. And even when Nick Wikowski and Roeklan Smith were on the field together for a stret Quikowski was the guy, you know, making the calls, being the green dot guy. And the organization has watched Roquon grow in his overall understanding of the scheme of the defense, of fitting blocks with the immediacy that you really need to be able to fit them to play linebacker at a high level in the

National Football League. And so all those physical traits of those attributes and the natural instincts that are there are now being combined just with an overall understanding of the position and how you play it versus the run and the past. And he's playing it downhill, and I mean, you know, he's he's maybe two twenty five, two thirty, but he's playing downhill, attacking blockers, whether leave blockers where

their offensive linemen, you name it. He's able to do that and combine it with those very special skills and pass coverage. And I'm sure you guys talked about it a lot early in the season when Danny Surveyson wasn't quite his old self early, but that wasn't necessarily negating

the productivity of Roquan Smith. And now that you've got both guys back to playing at a high level, with Danny Trevathan looked like the Danny Trevatan we sort of expected before that kind of grew someome elbow injury last year. Now he got two guys at a high level leading the pack, being roal crime Smith to the plan at that level It just makes it very difficult for folks to run on the Bears defense in the manner that they were able too early in the season. Hey, Anthony

quick subject outside the box, Indiana. Do they have a chance against Ohio State? They've got a chance. I think they do have a chance. When you look at where Ohio State has struggled this season time, it's been with the ability to descend the explosive past, to descend the big play. And I think the Hoosiers that's going to

be the marquee game of the weekend. There some other rivalry games Oklahoma okahom State that beblin that's going on too, But I do think that for the Hoosiers because they have a quarterback in Michael Pennicks junior playing at a really high level. They've got a variety of weapons at receiver, mister Elias de'angelo' Phillier, he goes by the name Wipe Philliers. They've got a guy in ty Fry Fogel, They've got Pennicks at quarterbacklack of reference. They've even got a running

back it in Stevie Scotts. I think overall it's the most well rounded offense Ohio State will likely face during the regular season and perhaps even going into the Big Ten Championship game, to where Ohio State has given up a lot of explosive passes this season, folks kind of make fun of Michigan. Ohio States gives gives up as many explosive passes per game as the Wolverines due and

they've got some NFL talent on the back end. So I think we'll perhaps see a better execution from the Buckeyes in the secondary, but the Hoosiers, if it turns into a shootout, Indiana definitely has a chance. And we cannot count out Indiana's defense either, because they get after the quarterback. They leave the Big Ten in sacks all right.

Back to the Bears. We're in the midst of a bye week, and when a lot of the topic of conversation throughout the week I've been listening to all over and reading about is they're trying to avoid a splintered locker room. When you look at that, and I've been a part of a losing team before, and I've been a part of an offense defense kind of an atmosphere, who is it who controls this locker room right now?

Do you think the Marquee players the leaders on this team or is this something that has to be a message sent from the coaches to keep everybody kind of on the same plate playing field. Well, I think that you know, you know how Matt Nakie is is very consistently glass half full, very consistently a positive guy in his approach to things with the way he communicates that to the teams, So I think that comes across in

a consistent manner. But within the locker room, I mean, I've certainly been on teams on both ends of that spectrum, does you know, playoff teams and NFC Championship game locker rooms also been our teams that are just struggling the long one of the years that I was in Detroit, we started and twelve had what we felt like was a quality defense of guys like you know, like Luther Ellis and Robert porch Sche and you know, playmakers up fronts and just looking across the locker room and thinking,

many can we get a little something out of Charlie back and we get a little more out of tight defer whoever they're rotating through a quarterbacks in the locker

room did begin to split. I've really got to give a lot of credit to the defense, and it's part of where I think the bye week does come at a quality time for the Bears, because not only can you sort of lick some some physical and some mental wounds, but also you can just sort of assess where things are at with this squad, Assess what's happening at quarterback, Assess what's going on with the defense. With the urgents. I mean, those guys laid it out there, they do

it every week. But you know how it is where there's there's that extra heartbeat that you can kind of play with when you're playing hard, but then when you're really given it that extra nth degree. Special teams brought it, defense brought it Offense, especially on third down, just couldn't get over the hump to make the necessary play. And I think it's natural, it's human for that to at

times maybe be a little bit dejecting or frustrating. And I think the credit to the Bears defenders, where especially the leadership, the vocal guys, the A team Hickses and Eddie Jackson's of the world. They haven't had bupcuts to say negative about the Bears offense. It's been continuing the challenge each other, sounds, the entire locker room to find

a way to make the plays necessarily winning. That's not an easy thing to do when you're all laying it out there when you know there might be a specific position group or even a side of the ball that may be sort of, you know more at fault for not leading to wins. So I really got to credit the mentality of the Bear's defense, the leadership of Chet Pagano and Matt Maggie. We know the Bear's offense is really what's got to get cooked here, and they have it.

But you haven't necessarily seen Bears defenders going out publicly saying things to that extent that can make the locker room look fractured. When you look at the remaining schedule, five of six games outdoors, you don't know what the conditions can be, and you need the single biggest improvement

on the offensive side of the ball. So if you're looking at the wide receivers and the development of those guys, if you look at what they have at the tight end position, even though they haven't given colcom At that much of an opportunity or the role the running game has to play in this and hopefully David Montgomery being back on the field. Where is the biggest jump and improvement that you need to see made at the latter

part of the season. Well, one thing that this strikes me, you know, the staff after the game, is where coach Maggie he did leave the door open. You know, he up until this past game had been fairly definitive when asked about the quarterback position and whether or not, you know, you stick with Nick Foles and mister biscuit. He's fairly

definitive about Nick Fole continuing to be the guy. My impression from the way he's addressing thing since then that the door is opened pretty much for anyone, but specifically and especially where quarterbacks can be reevaluated as well as far as who will be on the field, of course, depending on health. So I think if an adjustment ends up being made, then maybe if ter Bisky's back in the line, that that happens. Some adjustments to the offense

could be key. But I think overall, just the mobility that Mitz brings to the table can be something that even just in a supplementary manner where that backside defender that hang defender. Maybe a couple individuals at the second or third level have to pay him a little bit of extra attention to Traubisky at that mess point. Maybe that opens up a cutback lane for David Montgomery or

whoever the running back may be in the game. Perhaps that gets a little bit of extra juice in the rushing attacking, and doing that gets a little bit more out of the play action. You know, I don't necessarily think we need to look at it if Mitch's QB where you know, he is the savior and suddenly he

turns into a pro bowler. But maybe there are a couple of things schematically that adds some juice to the offense that we just haven't seen able to get going with Nick Foles in there, regardless of who the QB is, though I would like to see it. Actually heard Coach Launstead addressing this on the score not too long ago. Here with Danny Parkins do some additional things to help

protect that offensive line. I've been using the Tennessee Titans a sort of a comparable for the Bears offense for a couple of years now, where I think it would be good to see the Bears offense do a few more things that the Titans do with the consistent movement of the pocket, with sprint action and boots and some max protection on third down like we see Tennessee do

at a really consistent level. There's things like that I think would really give your offensive line a better chance and hopefully as guys can continue to get more healthy, give them a chance to really have, you know, a battling opportunity when you have all these one on one matchups that can be there within the system. As the Bears run it right now, you sort of give the guys a little bit more of a break where you make sure if you've got more double teams available and

ship blocks available and things with that sort. Maybe it's always some two men routes here and there, But you know what I got, Faith and Allen Robinson and Darnelle movie, they can still make a play, Yeah, more than a play. As Anthony here and breaks it down here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. This is Bears All Access with the until seven o'clock tonight we turn it over to Thursday Night Football. Anthony, let's take a look

at the special Teams unit. The reason I bring it up because I do believe with Cordel Patterson there's going to be more attention obviously to keeping it away from him, but comes in waves. Teams get stubborn. The last few weeks, teams dn't kicked to m or made it very difficult to get the rhythm of a return. Then last week Boom Vikings get burned. Special teams coach gets hit up by Mike Zimmer because Cardio is just flat out dangerous

and he's he's a beast back there. The way he attacks the game, I think just gives you such an advantage and field position acquisition and the hope that guys are going to start thinking like, Okay, he's not Hester. I'm not gonna say he's Devin Hester, but they wanted to block for Devin Hester. These guys are gonna want a block for him. He's got a record waiting out there. Yes, it's a selfish pursuit, but in the broad scope of

the team, everybody wins a little bit in that one. Yeah, he's he's certainly he's ridiculous, but I think that is reserved for the He's Anthony, but he is he is a beast back there into the game, there's no doubt

about it. And when you look at how it affects everything, and you know, it goes to what what can I think at times perhaps to make the play calling for the Bears offense, Yeah, maybe a little bit difficult where you're like, you know what, we need that extra yardage out of the return game for starting field position, and we need last first down to get in the scoring territory. Or before you really saw Cayrod Santos come into his own all right, I'm not sure how deep we can really,

you know, attempt a field goal from. And now we see all those aspects from the Bears feeling like they're performing at a high level where you're getting all those things out of the special teams and they have covered

kicks in the NFL as well. You know, when you are on the kick cover unit and you're still focused on initially you're you're in the getoffs zone where the kicker strikes the ball and you're trying to hit top speeds and maybe you're in the avoid zone around midfield or maybe you can make a move on that return man.

The thing is usually after you make the avoid moving, you're getting closer and closer to maybe that twenty yard lining in where you're thinking, all right, I got to make sure I attack if there's still a blocker here, because I don't want to open up a running rane. Thing is with Pordero Patterson. He's such a combination of

speed and power. When you have someone in the coverage unit getting off of a block late, they can't arm tackle Cordarol Pattison, or if they do make an avoid move and they thinking they're gonna have a pursuit angle on him. He's so fast, you know, especially in the open field where he's not sort of in those convinced,

confined areas, you know, like running backs can be. When you get that guy in the open field with the combination of power, speed, ferocity out here you're talking about it on the radio Alive Jeph where he's just he has no fear of trying to barrel through any tackler who might be between him and the goal line. And it's really unlike most kick returners in the league, because maybe you got a guy who's got that straight line speed, maybe you got someone who's got no fear of contact.

But he's just so big and physical and Burnley with his running style that he runs like a short yard. It's back with that mentality. He's just got this sleek ability in the build while combining that with speed that just makes him really unique in his ability to return the football. I think it does sort of catch the coverage team off guard in certain ways because they really don't know even once they be a blocker, they don't know how to go about trying to tackle Cornero pattises

because he's feel different than most return man. Well, it's tough to stop a freight train. He's the best Chick returner hit in his era, no question about it. Hopes to be the number one all time leader in passing Gaye Sayers and average. But I'm most importantly scoring that ninth touchdown and beyond. All Right, we're gonna let you go, Anthony, appreciate it. We'll see you on the weekend on Fox thirty two Chicago. Thanks for joining us, Thanks Anthony, Ye

have tome. Appreciate you guys, great stuff. All right, we'll talk to you down the road. This is Bears All Access coming up next. We'll be joined by Brent Urban, Bears defensive lineman Here on Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio. Six seventy to score. This segment of Bears All Access is brought to you by Microsoft Surface End CDW. People will get it and learn more at CDW dot com. Jeff and time with you on Bears All Access here

on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. Please to be joined now by Bears defensive lineman Brent Urban, the Urbanator joining us. Now, Hey, how many times have you been called the Urbanator? Or is that you're true blue nickname? That was actually my nickname from my old decordinator in Virginia. Actually, so I heard it a couple of times. Yeah. Nice here. I thought it was something I crafted, but uh it's already been taken. Uh likely story, because that's exactly what

you are, man. You play with emotion out there. We've been joining your your performances here with the Chicago Bears. Hope this is a long term place for you, because I know you've you've bounced around a little bit after Baltimore, down to Tennessee and now with the Bears, and I

think you and I have discussed this. This this is a system that fits you and your personality and your and your skill set absolutely, man, It's it's a place where you know, you can really let your personality show and um, you know, coach kind of lets us do that show emotion and we can feed off each other obviously obviously the great tradition of defense. And you know it's it's awesome, man. You I feel really comfortable ever since I got here. Um, the guys welcome me with

open arms, and it's been I'm just blessed to be here. Hey, Brent, kind of two questions here. Um, drafted in the second round in the CFL. Did you ever consider the CFL since you are from Canadian? From Canada? And number two? Is there extra pressure on a Canadian born football player that decides he wants to go to the US to succeed. Um, well, by kind of growing up, I all I watched was the NFL. Really, I was a little bit of a CFL fan, like I did go to a couple of games,

but the ultimate goal was to go to the NFL. So, you know, I think I got drafted my red shirt junior year of Virginia and they kind of just called me and said, hey, you drafted me any type of thing, and then you know, I told him my ultimate goal. They completely understood and they've kind of gotten that response before. So I think as far as pressure goes, it's I think that I think people in Canada do understand that.

You know, the NFL is so huge and it is the best league to face football there, there is a level of understanding where it's not really not really a ton of pressure that it's just kind of known type of thing. Hey, when we see the reaction of a tackle for loss of deflective passes sack, is that the same guy that we see on the field that's in

the locker room with his teammates. I think to a certain level, man, I'm definitely the type of personality where when I'm in a competitive environment, it kind of my personality changes to a lot more like energetic, excited, you know, definitely louder type of guy where I'm a lot more laid back when it's when I'm not in that type of atmosphere. So you can say I kind of do

switch to a degree. And you know, so the last two weeks, I was watching a lot of highlights of your I was watching the whole game, but I was watching you specifically, and there's a couple of plays you made the last week. But it reminds me what of an offensive lineman should be doing to a defensive lineman. You have the six seven frame that you have a lot of power behind it, but you really use your

length as an asset. Is that something that you can find when you're watching tape of your opponent or is that just part of the weapons that you bring with you at the line of scrimmage. I think the biggest thing is when I'm watching offensive lineman, I do check to see what type of blocker there. Are they going to come out and get me or are they going to be more of like a zone type guy to just kind of stand in my way. So it does

kind of alter my technique. But at the end of the day, I think, you know, my biggest asset is my length right where if I get extension, it's going to help me make a play on the ball. So the biggest thing I do try to do is kind of, you know, back up off the ball, make sure my feet are on the right place, and just get immediately to extension, and that kind of helps me get in plays either in my gap or the gap next to it. Has anybody ever tried to turn you into an offensive lineman? Yes,

This is funny. Actually, Coach Bill Laser was my offensive coordinator at Virginia and he would constantly be like, Brank, come of this side of the ball, man, there's a lot more money at offensive line, and you ever frame, I know, I know, it's just I think just in terms of my mindset and just getting after the ball and in that type of thing, it's just I just

feel like a defender, you know. It's that was never a consideration for me, where you know, I want to get around someone or get through someone as opposed to you know, blocking or getting in front of someone. Brent Urban, our guest, you're on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. It just occurred to me as well with Henry Burris on the Bears coaching staff. The Canadian Football League called a famer. So you entered the league in fourteen with

the Ravens. You say the Canadian Football EA, and it was Hamilton the dress, did you correct? So you guys could have been guys could have been teammates, did you know that? Because he played for Hamilton in twenty twelve thirteen, so that would have been your thirteen season as Richard junior or Richard sophomore. Right, that's right. Yeah, I actually, uh, it was funny seeing Henry Burris. So I didn't know he had been with our coaching staff, kind of going

into training camp and immediately recognized him. Man cfl legend. Everyone in Canada notes to Henry Burris is So that was always funny. And I'll talk to him, you know, about stuff back home and you know, kind of kind of the Canadian differences and that type of thing. So it's awesome that he's a part of the staff and great to see him every day. Happy Hank when he was with the Bears, never a bad day, smile on his face. Kind of like you, Brent. You know you

play with a motion. I'm sure you play with a lot of fire and nastiness in there. We know you do, but you're just kind of a happy dude, aren't you. That's right, man. I just you know, try to approach every day with even keel and you know, no bad days. It's the best way to approach things. And you know, a bad mood, she's not going to get anything accomplished that way. So I try to try to stay positive

and just live my life that way. Man. Hey, Brent, I've been in every locker room from a Super Bowl locker room to a six and ten locker room, and there's been a lot of conversations in between. And I'm trying to think about your locker room right now. Are there offensive players that you have regular conversations with just to try to keep everybody together in the positive, in a positive mood and a positive working atmosphere. Yeah, I mean, I think the strength of our team is the locker room.

Like you wouldn't know what our record is by going into the locker room. Like, guys are still guys are still positive, man. And you know I talked to a lot of guys on offense. You know I see them every day and you know, obviously the results aren't there, but as far as attitude goes, we're still attacking each day and staying positive and know that you know, once things do fully click on all three shagses, man, it's

gonna be h it's gonna be impressive. When you look at your defensive line, you guys have every size shaped body style across the league. When you are studying tape of your defense is there, do your eyes ever gravitate towards any of the the a teams or the blow Nickels or whomever it is to not necessarily get pointers, but just to see how they play the same position you're playing. Absolutely, Yeah, I mean I think in terms of myself when I'm watching, I guess scouting upcoming games

and type of things. I'll look at guys with more similar body types. But it is interesting to see how everyone else plays, right, Like, you know, a team's just great to watch with his immense power and he's flying off the ball and very unorthodox in kind of how he plays certain blocks and that type of thing. He switches stuff up a lot, which is very different from

how I play. So he's a great guy to watch to see, you know, how to just have a little bit of variance and how I'm playing each block and that type of thingum balall as well. He's a great technician, great footwork. He's a guy that's fun to watch every day work man, He's an amazing work ethic and you know,

just everybody man, it is. It is fun being a part of this group where there's so many guys from different backgrounds, different sizes and types of things and seeing what works for them, and yeah, borrowing parts of the game for sure, Brent Urban a couple of more moments with you as you get into your bye week, first day off in a while, and imagine, but like all good pros and you have a lot of experience, certain you're getting your work into to just to stay sharp

mentally and physically, even though you're gonna get a four day break. Do you feel the team needed it? And secondly, what's your expectation Monday when you show up at how I saw and what the what the attitude will be like for this team with six to go? Yeah, I think having a byeweek around this time is great. You know, it's we played a lot of football and I'm sure everybody's body to use a little bit of a break,

a little mental refresher, you know. Obviously losing the past couple of games will definitely help going in the Monday. I think we should all be refreshed. Guys are excited to attack these you know, last six games, a lot of divisional games, a lot of very important football obviously, So the biggest thing is just I'm expecting a positive attitude, hard working and just excited to really attack it and

really get things rolling. Right when you in preparation for the Green Bay Packers, how do you keep your eyes off of Aaron Rodgers? Because to me, if you I'm playing against a great player in preparation, sometimes it's hard to drag your eyes away from that person specifically. So when you prepare for Green Bay, how is it you keep your eyes against the offensive line? Yeah, it's tough. Man. The way he ends plays and pushes the ball down field, it's you got you know, keeping a pocket on him

is is very important to type pocket. And um, he does amazing things of the football. Man. It's you know you're playing you're playing against players like that. It's you know, you get a little you get a little star stork with how amazing they play the game. And um, really the biggest thing is, yeah, we got to get after him up front and try our best to keep him in the pocket, not able to extend plays, and um

you get him on the ground hopefully. So it's a it's a tall task, but you know, that's that's part. That's a great part of playing in the NFL is just these great challenges and great players you play along the way. When you're a Bears fan, he's at once the most aggravating, irritating player that you'll see much like Brett Fireboys for us, but also one you respect so much. It's just the greatness can get you so frustrated as a as a fan wanting your team to win. So

I'm sure that same way for you as a player. Brent, thank you so much for joining us. Enjoy the balance of your bye week here and enjoy some time with family. Thanks, guys, I really appreciate it. Thank you, Brent Urban our guest here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score. Coming up next, we'll be joined by the Fan of the Year for the Chicago Bears. We'll tell you about them coming up next here on Bears All Access on the Score. Welcome back to Bears All Access. This segment brought to

you by Athletico Physical Therapy. Visit Athletico dot com the request an appointment in clinic or virtually and start feeling better tomorrow with Tom Fair Jeff Jonahak Here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The Score with producer Julio Rosso, and we are very pleased to be joined by the Fan of the Year. Saw this today on Twitter Chicago Bear at Chicago Bears Paul Vitetec, a season ticket holder since nineteen ninety two. He's all about Sunday's Big Tom,

and he's joining us right now on the phone. Paul, Good evening. Congratulations. I understand you got a visit from Staley and former Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Haney and you were pretty shocked. Hey. First of all, I just want to say, hey, guys, shock wasn't the word. First of all, I worked mid nights and I just happened to get up and I went to the door or somebody's banging on my door, and I opened the door. You're Staley

with his big head. I'm like, what's going on? And Caleb Haney, and they told me I want Fan of the Year. I said, you've got to be kidding me. I had no idea. I was shocked. Well, you were dressed for the occasion. You had a Peyton jersey on right, and you had your Bears hat ready to go. But I wanted you to beyond tonight because it's so strange for Tom and I call in games at Soldier Field.

We're not traveling to the road games and not to see any fans, and I just think things would be different record wise this year if they were fans in the stands, especially when that defense is on the field. And I know it's a big hole in everybody's heart as Bears fans an NFL fans, So I wanted to bring your attention to you and congratulations on your retirement, which was what thirteen days ago. So you got a lot of road ahead of yain a lot of Bears games.

I sure hope so. And I just can't get over It's weird I going to a Bears home game. I've been doing this since the eighties, and I missed all my friends in section two fifty six and we're in context still, and I just think I have to agree it has It would be different with fans there. I mean that place gets loud, as you guys know, and I just missed doing it and I'm down here in my basement screaming and by myself. But keep on sharing for the Bears. Paul's what started your fand ammonium And

is there the greatest moment in your fan history? Well, I'm gonna tell you so. Tom Back in the eighty Super Bowl year, a friend of mine that I worked with at season tickets, he because you ever been to a Barris game? I said no, and I went to a couple of games and that's all it took. So the following year, after the Super Bowl, I went to a preseason game and Tommy, I used to work with your sister years ago, and she took me down in the parking lot and I met you and some of

the other players. I said, I gotta do this every Sunday, and I got on the waiting list, and in nineteen ninety two I was lucky enough to get my season tickets and I've been there ever since. So you have something to do with it. My favorite moment, without a doubt. January twenty first the VO seven when we beat the New Orleans Saints, when we scored those three touchdowns in the fourth quarter, the ryaner Lacker was hole in the

atrophy in front of Virginia with the snow. I'll never forget it as long as I lived, you know, Paul. It's kind of weird because, and I always say this to people that when it's a full time commitment being a fan of any team, whomever you are, wherever you're from. I have you know. I was born here in sixty one and I've been a Bears fan in my whole life,

and you've been a Bears fan your whole life. A season ticket holder then a little differently, but it is a it's a commitment to the Bears that you make and you know you don't you don't deviate from it if they're having a bad year or you know, whatever the case is. That once you decide that you're going to be a Bears fan, it's something that you've decided

for life. WHOA without a doubt. I remember growing up watching the Bears of my dad on Hicco Street because I was born in Joliet, and good or bad, and I want to help season ticket holders. At the end of a bad game on the losing side, when they show a few fans of the stand that to me, I will not leave board the games over. I have friends say, you're going to the Bears. Gave them out. It's gonna be like ten degrees and snowing. So I'm going,

and I'm there and we appreciate it. Southwest Lot and I don't care what I've been to the fog ball. The worst game ever was that Monday night game when I retired buckets and Sayer's number. Yeah, against the Packers, and of course we kind of lost Aaron Rodgers, but

that was by part of the worst weather ever. But I say, for the last second, well, we appreciate it, and we appreciate you, and again, congratulations on the honor and more importantly, congratulations now on retirement after forty three years working at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lennox. And yes, I mentioned your name the time, and he goes, well, my mom and sister worked there, so you definitely know. I worked with your sister many years back in the day. And I just want to give a shout out to

by CT. People that work in the CT department are awesome. I missed you. We miss you, guys, but uh yeah, life goes on and the bears. I'll go up there until I can't no more. I hope it's a lot of years. And hey, Jeff and Tiers want to say the last couple of weeks if I kind of up. But it seems like you guys always say something to make us feel better. I just appreciate that you gotta. We're with you right right there, shoulder to shoulder, buddy, looking forward to see you next year. It sold your

feel when everything settles down. Paul videtec our guest here on Chicago Sports Radio six second need to score the Bears Fan of the year. Congratulations and go Bears. Good night. Thank you. I love the passion of Bears fans. Let's take a break, we come back, We'll wrap things up. We'll here a little Tarik Cohen and get you set

for Thursday night football. Here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score the Chicago Bears and prove an eye to you are supporting Chicago small businesses for Pe Industrial Cleaning Corporation is this week's small Business off pro. Visit Chicago Bears dot com slashing small Business off pros to learn more. Jeff and Tim wrapping things up this you'll here and we'll see on Bears All excuse me. Bears Game Day Live on Sunday morning at ten thirty on Fox.

I sit down with Terik Cohen just days after signing his long term contract extension and before he suffered his torn ACL Did you ever, in your wildest imagination ever think when you were playing football that you would ever get a contract of this magnitude? You know, I had my doubts at Tom's certainly been a long journey. I've been thinking about this every day since you know, I probably in middle school, so it's been a long road. But I always had a thought of my mind, did

I get someday? And I felt like that's what drove me to get here. I went back to all your high school tapes in your college just for fun. I mean, it's it's really something what you did. Oh yeah, definitely. I feel like, you know, I just I've run like the world's chasing me, and I feel like that's what I've been doing, you know, since I was little, playing the game where you know, it's killed a man with the ball and it's just you against everybody else in

the field. And I feel like, you know, just having that mentality it's great, goes along with being a running back. You know. On your Twitter, I think it says something the effect overlooked and underappreciated. Do you still feel that way now that the Chicago Bears have given you a second contract and a and a big one at that. Oh yeah, I feel like, you know, that's just the way I carry myself. I feel like I've never been you know, the file star recruit or you know, the

best at doing something. So I still feel like, you know, I'm overlooked and underrated. So I feel like I got to carry that with me the rest of my life, and I will, and I'll show that on the field. You carry that message on to your nonprofit you work with in Chicago, you're very attached to kids. Kids. I know there's a great push by you to work with them. Why them? Why that group? What resonates with you? Working with children? I definitely feel like that's when you need

to have someone in your corner. And I feel like those years when you're a kid, you know, you really listening to, you know, the guys you look up to, anybody that comes to your life, those are the messages stick with you. And I just remember, you know, having very little people to look for, you know, when I was little, just being around kids. I feel like I can connect with him a lot. You know. I like

to play video games. I probably still watch cartoons if i'm you know, I'm up and they come on and I see one, you know that I know, so I just you know, I connect with kids, you know, in a special way, and every one strikes me in a certain way that you know, I'm just live boys, you know, pull him a heart out to him and just show

him a lot of love. Yeah, he is a great interview and a great guy, fun guy, and I understand that he's attacking his rehab time with the Aco, which happened in the Atlanta game when the Atlanta's Bryant Hill got shoved into the back of his right leg, which was unfortunate. Interesting that two and punt returners both got hurt on punt returns this year you played is He's

always felt like the world has been chasing him. And I think that's the same for every athlete outside the five star guys that just are better than anybody every every anyway, so you always have to continue to work. And I think he associates with kids because he's the same size. I mean, I mean that serious, because they're intimidated by huge bodies. All Right, we gotta wrap things up. Thursday night football coming up a good one Arizona in Seattle.

Thanks Tom, Thanks to Anthony Herron and also Brent Urban, Julio Rousseo, Jordan tread Up, Dan Burrealty. This has been Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the score. Good night. Thanks for listening to this Chicago Bears Network presentation of Bears All Access. Podcasts are available on Chicago Bears dot com and on iTunes, or download the official Bears mobile app. Bears All Access has been brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Miller Lite