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welcome in Bears weekly a Chicago Bears Network production download the Chicago Bears official app brought to you by Verizon to follow the team on the go Bears weekly is brought to you by Advocate Healthcare Atletico Physical Therapy bet Rivers CDW Connie’s Pizza IGS Energy and Miller Light here are your hosts Jeff jonia aka the mayor of bearsville and his sidekick Tom the surf Master there [Music] all I got to say is wow are we in for a show tonight and uh the first look at the newest Bears starting tomorrow at H Hall two days of practice with the 2024 rookie class nine undrafted and I think nearly what 30 rookies and vets getting try out so we’ll discuss tonight on a special edition of bears weekly we are welcomed and absorbed into the wad and Sylvie show right here on ESP 1000 and the Bears Radio Network my name is Jeff joniak with Super Bowl winning Bears guard Tom there Jim Miller off tonight but joining us Bears Radio Network pregame host Mark Sylvie Silverman and with the Cubs dark today Jesse Rogers pinch hitting for Tommy waddle good evening guys how’s everybody doing very well said good evening to you guys you ready for this are you ready for this Tom how are you I’m I’m doing good I’m doing good you know I think Sylvia also needs the introduction of the halftime host and the first halftime host in the history of n FL bro and I was reading an article somewhere a couple weeks ago how they felt that was such a unique idea and how cool it was and you know it took me a couple weeks to kind of get used to but standing in the back of the booth and listening to sylv take calls during halftime of NFL games I tell you what man that that is an incredible feed it’ll be interesting to see as this team grows if the phone calls kind of Peter out a little bit cuz you know people call when they’re upset more than then when they’re happy but hopefully they continue if they’re up 35 nothing at halftime I hope people are calling up celebrating that as well as sounding off if things go wrong Jee they better be calling with praises right I mean exactly like I want I want love like like this is like someone said to me when you guys were doing the show uh after our show on draft night at the Bears official draft party and there was someone in the VIP section as I was walking out of there and they looked at me they go Sylvie and this was after Rome and and Caleb Williams was drafted what are you guys going to talk about now you spent months talking about this draft and I paused and I looked at him and I said wins and right I mean that’s what this is about it’s not about belly aing it’s not about complaining it’s about building a sustained winner here in what Ryan poles has been able to do is build a better roster and now hopefully this leads to Lots of wins and hopefully happier phone calls at halftime so Sylvie though we talk about the halftime phone calls we talk about your pregame show so the first time you’re sitting out there playoff weekend I mean I think that’s going to be some of the most exciting radio that there’s been here and I don’t I don’t know however many years that you know they would have a you know a just a home field or even just a PL situation like that be oh my goodness like to talk about a playoff game like let let’s go like I I can’t wait for something like that the anticipation you know starting tomorrow is so cool and I’m obviously you two more than anyone are going to be in involved in this just everything Caleb and as you know adun adun sorry ROM adun everything they do is the is is for the first time right first first mini camp tomorrow and then eventually first camp in general then first game and it just that’s going to be cool for the city to sort of follow this thing from the beginning and you guys will be right there you know for every second of it obviously we’ve had first round draft picks before at the quarterback position but just watching what’s been going on on social media uh from just regular Regular People fans and podcasters and blog whatever you want the the buildup I don’t think we even understand yet just how much attention Caleb Williams is going to bring to the T and for that matter romad dun uh they’re getting so much love nationally from every writer uh in fact the NFL.com they came out with 11 band Wanger band Wanger um wagons wagons wagons I’m saying things Wang say yeah anyway and the number one it’s and it could be a team but that this is his projection about what is going to be the to topics and the number one is is the Bears uh it’s Caleb Williams it’s everything that’s going on with the Bears everything else is either a coach or a player and the Bears are getting a ton of attention yes there’s going to be a lot of expectations and deservedly so I mean we went through the pain everybody went through the pain uh from the coaching staff to the front office to players that are not even here anymore and it’s it’s a significant thing it is a significant thing we’ll start to roll it out tomorrow got to say thanks to our producers as well Dan brly and Jordan treadup and in the ESPN Studios we got Miller we got Aki and we got uh our executive producer Eric estrosi as well no guests tonight uh I tried to get I tried to get one more teammate Sylvie and Tommy I tried to get uh Jason mcke aboard uh he go hey I’m about to tea off I’m down in Orlando golfing with the future Hall of Famer Devin Hester so how about how cool is that what is what’s the countdown Jeff on the uh Canton game here how many weeks away are we from our first uh kickoff of the Season uh for Devon Hester getting inducted and the bears taking on the Texans hey we’re inside of three months I mean we’re inside of three months it’s August 1st is the game if I’m not mistaken so yeah we’re inside of three months can’t wait uh hopefully until that point training camp will go as smooth as a uncrowded Highway uh so that the Bears can just hit the gas and pick pick up where they left off at the second half of the last season and rolled that’s my expectation uh I think there there will be some Growing Pains obviously with uh a Caleb Williams a rookie quarterback there always is but I just think he’s a little he’s just built a little different and that’s what we keep hearing how many people have you guys interviewed on W and Sylvia on the on ESPN that have just touched on that the experts everybody’s digging into his past he’s just built a little different right yeah I love it um you know some of the stuff that Albert Breer has written I don’t know if you read the Monday Morning Quarterback it’s great um and and like what I liked to uh Jeff and I I didn’t bring it up on Wadd and Sylvie today um but Jamal Murray from the Denver Nuggets who is a hell of an n ba player I love Jamal Murray he’s at Big NBA finals games I hope one day we could be talking about Caleb Williams having big Super Bowl games having big playoff games so I admittedly I’m talking about apples and oranges here Jeff where this is a very accomplished Pros won championships and has has been there in the biggest moment but something that was apparent to me from that article from Albert Breer that Ryan poles talked about when he evaluated Caleb Williams was dealing with adversity and what he analyzed with Caleb Williams was that Notre Dame game and often times we had fans call in guys what about the Notre Dame game what about the Notre Dame game I’m very disappointed with the way he played that was a big red flag to me and polls took it that he liked what he saw from the Notre Dame game because you’ve got to see what a quarterback does when he deals with his adversity and never was he checked out he was always looking for answers never did he hang his head never did he chew somebody out in a bad way um and I bring up Jamal Murray because uh during that butt kicking that they took in game two uh to the Minnesota Timberwolves he starts throwing stuff on the court and then he doesn’t get suspended and then after the media comes to him and they want answers two days later instead of being accountable he had a chance to say I’m sorry I’m glad the league didn’t suspend me I made a really really big mistake as a champion you think a guy would do something like this he never did and and so I thought it was very interesting that here’s this battle tested champion who wouldn’t even be accountable wouldn’t even deal with adversity in the same way where I draw this with Caleb Williams on one of the selling points that Ryan poles talked about that they liked about him was the way he dealt with adversity right body language is going to say a lot how many times times have we seen over the course of our time a quarterback who sits by himself after a couple of rough series instead of working on answers with the his teammates uh don’t want to see that and the other aspect of it is this particular individual has been thinking about this since he was 10 years old so he has been engineered he engineered himself he’s had every aspect uh put before him the proper training the proper teaching the proper footwork the pro and then the competitive spirit it’s got to come that’s got to be organic and and I think we all see it and and and he’s going to be and I can only say this from watching him just from watching him at the combine we we touched on this on your show a couple weeks back I followed him around after his initial interview at the podium and he had to do another 10 and just what he was like what you know hey one time I I you know at the combine I went up to Kyler Murray right after and he he wanted no part of me I just wanted to say hello because he lived next door to my daughter Kelly at Oklahoma and she was the girl on the white truck that was dropped off at at Oklahoma’s exercise facility every morning because she was working in sports science there and and then his face lit up but you know are are you are you that guy no you can’t be that guy you’re the CEO of this football team in one of the greatest football towns in America the greatest football town in America and this town is hungry and he knows it he knows how hungry it is and and this has nothing to do by the way with what my predictions may be about his performance on the field what he’s going to be like in the locker room all that’s going to work itself out but I appreciate a guy who also Embraces the history of the game too often now with young players you hey you know they don’t know who anybody is they walk in that building at H hall now they purposely have that entrance with all the names of the great players it’s it’s it’s great they they pound it in I want them to embrace the history and I think he Embraces the it’s funny I I wrote an article about uh Bryce Harper recently and when he joined the Philadelphia Phillies he dove into that franchise and the history of the franchise he went look how much they love him now yeah right he’s Mr Philadelphia so if Caleb has that aspect to his personality that is huge that is huge way to endear yourself to a fan base uh I love go ahead Tom good no you know the thing about it is is you know um a baseball locker room and what they need in order to show the reflection of good is different in a football locker room and because a quarterback has so many things that he has to be incorporated in he’s a big part of the Run game now with rpos he’s a huge part of the passing game he has to know the terminology and what it means to every single segment that he’s saying it to and how he can benefit himself in the better he knows it and then there’s such an age variety inside in the NFL locker room that you have to make sure that you know you you become a part of it and again back in 85 when we’re the youngest team in the league and the role of the older guys in that locker room how enormous their role was in the success of that team so there’s so many different elements that they all have to come together in order for Caleb and Rome and every one of these guys to to benefit from it Tom Jeff really quick if one thing that I noticed too which I really really love is that Keenan Allen who’s brand new who’s a veteran and it’s something that Tom just hit on um like at the Cubs game at the at the sky game the other day Keenan Allen seems to be with Caleb Williams where he’s going and I love that and I love that he’s showing him the ropes and that even though it’s it’s it’s Caleb who’s getting the love and this is a future Hall of Famer that there’s Keenan Allen right by his side and um this seems to be something that’s going to work out very very well yeah I’ll throw one more in there that you know the idea that Ryan poles and we got to take a break uh has all these former uh Chicago High School stars that are now back at home uh not unlike Tom theer and the 85 Bears but Co KT theyy they if Caleb has any concerns questions or as things go well or not so well from from week to week throughout his career or just whatever may be the case they can give him a little history listen Chicago also hey here’s how it is here this this is the way it is here’s how they’re going to embrace you here’s where they’re going to get a little hot under the collar and he’ll get a real good impression of it because Cole KT TJ Edwards all these guys grew up huge Bears fans all right let’s take a break here on Bears weekly with Tom there I’m Jeff joniak Mark Silverman and Jesse Rogers on ESPN 1000 in the Bears Radio Network this is Bears weekly with the voice of the Bears for 23 years Jeff jonia on the Bears Radio [Applause] Network this segment of bears weekly is brought to you by IGS Energy Jeff and Tom and Mark Silverman along with Jesse Rogers off the baseball we beat into football and it’s it’s never far from the front of your mind isn’t it right Jess no no it’s not you’re talking about football right yes no no and and I’ll give you the fan perspective because I was thinking about this last segment as you guys were talking I went as a fan I always do opening day and and I I mean the the Bears throw a couple great tailgates outside you know a bunch of us paid for that we had a blast outside and you guys you know revving we had the radio on revving us up everyone’s and then we go in there and what a dut of an opening day that was I mean that and I’m just thinking fast forward to this one and the excitement’s going to grow again and I’m hoping it’s different but um we’ve been more disappointed than than than satisfied in the last few years so hopefully that’ll change who are we opening up against and again guesses who we are what’s the what’s the NFL and their magic machine going to throw out there next Wednesday they won’t repat Detroit Detroit Lions yeah that’s what I’m Tom that’s a good one prime time um maybe maybe I don’t know it could you know it could be a a barn burner way to kick off the Sunday season by a noon start in Chicago of that division um and so I think it would be pretty interesting the Bears should have beat Detroit twice last year they beat him once and if they did come out strong and beat Detroit at home it would already start the conversation about what the future holds for the Chicago Bears so hopefully we’ll see it and you know there’s no more emotionally attached coach right now that shows it than Dan Campbell so there’s a there’s a lot of stories to live up to Jeff it’s a it’s that’s a really good a good one that a couple people have um guessed or or have theorized that it could be the the opener we know the Bears cannot open up against the Packers because that’s the Friday night uh Brazil game against the Philadelphia Eagles so they are off the table um there’s a couple that I like my guess was the Texans now there’s a couple of flaws in that is because they do play the Texans in that Canton game that I said would the league want them to play in the exhibition game in season and then really quick in the opener I know a lot of starters don’t play anyway but I think it’s an intriguing matchup between a second-year quarterback and the rookie quarterback two wide receivers who are studs who just changed teams there uh two really good upand cominging teams well there’s a rumor out there that the Texans could be the opener for the Chiefs so but I like that game and then someone said this to me Jeff what about the bears in command Sanders um it is the two the last two Heisman Trophy winners and Jaden Daniels and Caleb Williams and the number one and two picks going up against each other this year and it’s Caleb Williams returning to his hometown okay now that’s very good that’s a very good one as well uh yeah that’s intriguing I’m thinking they’ll wait on the Houston one just because hey let let Caleb get his experience in and that is going to be some holiday game or something and look how far he’s come in year one look where the Bears are at and look where the Texans are at because everybody’s saying uh that it’s lwh hanging fruit right Tommy uh that the Bears are poised to make a Houston Texans type jump this season um I I don’t like those kind of comparisons it’s always what happened last season lean into it lean you got to lean I’m wait I’m not I’m not saying it won’t happen I’m just saying that’s the easy answer all the time like what happened last season you know what I’m saying it’s a whole different situation go ahead that that that deal it’s like the Adrien Peterson of knee injuries when knee injuries were so unrecoverable within a year and a half’s time and you could not contribute to your team and then Adrien Peterson came around he got a knee injury then the next year he goes for over a thousand plus and one of the best runners in the NFL so listen when CJ strad put the quarterback effort on display that he did last last year with the new head coach and then the enormity of pressure on him when you consider Dak Prescott in Dallas and what the situation was with the Texans when they lost uh Watson and now that now everybody’s gonna say okay if CJ stra did it any quarterback that’s a rookie that gets drafted after him can do that can do that as well so I I think that the um CJ stoud pulled that engine cord on the quarterback position letting people think if if he did it the next guy can do it and he threw for 4,000 plus Jeff can I give a counter though like I understand what you guys are saying um the only difference is while while yes it’s the rookie quarterback comparison is let’s not forget the Houston Texans were 313 and one and then they went on this run last year the Bears are coming in at seven and 10 and we’re a really different team in the back half of the season so they wouldn’t be coming out of the blue like the Texans were a year ago that I think they’re well ahead of where the Texans were a year ago so my expectation for them to win 10 or 11 games is not as outlandish as predicting what the Texans did from three wins to this year all right Sylvie point counter point like that old show that used to be on Sundays I like it so you’re saying Sunday I mean you’re saying seven wins is you’re you you really think that’s the Catapult to success you know because you’re saying three and 13 for the Texans now that the Bears won seven because I listen 17 games as you know okay and they they lost three or four that they should have right to me if they would have won those three or four that they should have then I think we’d really be talking about you know a special surgence from the from the year before but you know when when we walked out of there at the end of the season after a seven- win season you know I I I think I was thinking man this team needs to make significant strides when you look at what Green Bay is um going through what Detroit’s going through and so um seven games wasn’t as exciting for me as it as it was some people and I’m I’m glad you’re not satisfied that’s good yeah that man’s never going to be satisfied until we’re ho the trophy that’s for sure but I got to talk about this because you know also a lot of folks are thinking the NFC North is now going to be arguably uh one of if not the toughest division in football some people have have put that out there maybe some of your guests have done the same the experts I don’t know but um getting Bears got to beat the Packers and the Bears got to beat the Lions and they got to take care of business against the Vikings so that’s a defensive uh team that has Brian Flores and he’s got a little more pieces to his puzzle that he likes to do his pressure defense the Packers are on a a climb again young and and beefed up their secondary and a second year now at that offense that really surprised a lot of folks and we know what Detroit’s doing so you know we’re projecting like playoffs and talk like this but they are they’re going to are you saying that the Lions and Packers are not playoff bound because are we going to have three teams in the division going to the playoffs that that’s legitimate question I think this is a great point because I use the phrase fully formed and when I talk about a lot of baseball teams like the Dodgers are fully formed the Phillies the Braves the Cubs are trying to be that fully formed team the Lions and Packers are pretty fully formed I’m no expert but they look pretty fully I mean certainly the Lions and and the Packers may have been and the Bears are are they fully formed I don’t I don’t think so we might know more about you know 10 weeks into the season but I I I think you guys would agree there are two more fully formed teams and even you know the Vikings if they didn’t have a quarterback issue might be more fully formed so there are steps for the Bears to take that we don’t know when they’re going to take them necessarily hey Jesse you know where the Bears need to take steps it’s in the crowd the crowd can’t sell their tickets to Detroit fans in Green Bay fans that we’ve seen over the last couple years because throughout the amount of time we’ve been around the NFL we’ve been to Detroit when it’s more Bears fans than it is Detroit that’s not the way anymore and then you talk about Green Bay it’s still Green Bay fans that you know cause the noise there and then Minnesota with that in inside stadium if they’re in a good kick and a good roll they’re also Viking full of Vikings fans so Bears fans keep your tickets he went all in beat on everybody right he did he did I like it he did so because I I’m watching him on Zoom because that’s how we uh that’s how we verbalize here through zoom and he gets a little red face he gets a little things going oh yeah yeah he he does he does all right let’s take our second break here this is Bears weekly with Tom and Jeff and Mark Silverman and Jesse Rogers on ESPN 1000 of the Bears Radio Network Bears weekly with the voice of the Bears for 23 years Jeff jonia on the Bears Radio [Applause] [Music] Network calling all Bears fans uh you want Unforgettable access to see the Bears play at Soldier Field this season VIP official ticket packages available as soon as the schedule is released the word is reportedly next next Wednesday unlock access to exclusive ticket packages that may include entry to inst Stadium Hospitality lounges pregame sideline credentials and the Chicago City pass visit Chicago to go on Wadd and Sylvie show and having this big schedule prediction that came back to haunt us last year yes you will yes going g game I got to tell you you know Sylvia let’s set the stage let’s set the stage a year ago schedule comes out a few days later uh Tom and I do a video for the Bears website we we don’t make predictions but we you know we give you the deal and then you invite us I we had to go down to the studio and there I am on State Street uh a rare appearance and you guys say okay we’re playing the schedule game and I’m like I’m not doing this so they shamed me into it and it was fun and I’ll tell you you guys had me rolling I Jesse I was head to toe sweat sweating I’m not joking I got so into it and I was talking myself in and out of winds wound up with 11 knowing full well in my heart that was not going to happen but as Tom indicated in our previous segment here on Bears weekly on ESPN 1000 of the Bears Radio Network should have been three more wins so I might have been only one off it’s why the schedule game is fun because you may want to say I think the Bears are going to win 10 games but when you do the exercise you may find yourself mapping out 12 because you’re you’re like well there’s no way they’re going to Arizona and losing this so I’ve got this as a win and I think they’ve got Detroit in a good position here because Detroit’s coming off of their uh this this and and so like I’ve got to win here any sentence that starts with there’s no way dot dot dot yes there is a way this is the NFL right there’s no way Jess Jesse what happened was I kept trying to go back and erase my answers and Sylvie says you got to stick to the exercise there’s no there’s no redo we keep these show on tape we keep these shows on tape by the way and they stuck it on the window I’m sure it’s I’m sure it’s still sitting there I mentioned you know being the fan among the four of you here because I’m not working like you guys I just want to go back to opening date do we think it could be at night because of the obviously the Caleb Williams Factor what what do you guys think I mean it could be conceivably it you know they could want to put a you know Mary guy and a hopefully a franchise that’s taken major steps forward and the way they finish the season defensively and how explosive the offense could be maybe maybe they will you know that’s the thing about it uh Sylvia you should go back and check your schedule from last year because when a no matter what we had in our schedules and our PR predictions um at the result after the Green Bay game to open the season I was almost inconsolable and so even if we had you know and that was a game I go I’m they are gonna beat Green Bay they got a new Co quarterback coming aboard and I know this is the year for the Bears with Justin and everything and then it just uh failed to work out that way and it was you know one of the more disappointing um uh days of the year for me honestly yeah yeah you 38 to 20 um and and I think we we say it every year guys um like I said it before the end of the year Packer game like this is the one where it turns like you can knock the Packers out of the postseason you can end the season with a three-game winning streak um and so I think we’re going to say it this year with the improvements with the new quarterback time to end the 10 game losing streak time to start a a new way against the Green Bay Packers so the only problem is back then we were doubting Jordan love a little bit we didn’t know what he was going to be now as I mentioned before kind of using that fully form phrase he’s a tough he’s a tough nut you know he’s a tough cookie to crack there yeah Jeff so so what would montz sweat he had a total of 12 sacks last year between the Washington commanders and the Chicago Bears um but so what what I I guess what the bigger thing was what I’m saying if he has that combination that double digit total of sacks by one guy which the Bears have been missing for so long that there’s other guys that are going to be you have access to sacks whether it’s blitzing whether it’s the The Talented linebacker rushers that the Bears have hopefully somebody one of the other guys in the defensive line develops into an an honest threat so you know that that’s a a key ingredient too and if you can steal possessions away from your opponent and get them off the field on third down uh create more opportunities for your offense but you know montz sweat said in the off season that they cannot lose the Green Bay anymore and I’m glad he said it but it’s all about his production 12 and a half sacks hey I want to talk about a different kind of production because uh I I I went and looked this up the other day so what’s the big thing that have hurt the Bears in recent vintage here and it’s it’s like the struggle of struggles it’s to score points correct even in Victory and so do do you see any potential for this team to to hit their heads on scoring 400 points because nine teams did last season so it’s not simple by by no means and those are I I you know most of those are playoff teams but the Bears had 445 points in 2013 they had 421 in 2018 and they had 427 in their Super Bowl year in ‘ 06 that’s it in the since 2000 that’s it so that’s too infrequent and too many years in between is the is the offense set up right now and I’ll go around the horn we’ll start with we’ll start with you Tommy if if everything goes well and another thing is as we pass our condolences to the aalin F family on the death of Bob aini the only Bears quarterback to start every game in consecutive seasons in the modern era he started 14 and 76 and 16 so you know are we going to have you know Jay Cutler’s first season with the Bears he was 16 for but then that was it so not many 16 game starters at quarterback and bears so can he play a full season can the can he learn as we go can the offense Thrive what it needs to and clutch he key leverage situations as the season grows and success grows and and get to a point where we are threatening teams with our offense yeah I mean if you get these weapons to stay healthy as in terms of the wide receiver position if they have the input from the two tight ends Gerald Everett and Cole KT and different short yardage uh Red Zone types of scenarios that will face them if you continue to have the running game contribute to the offense that it has over the last couple years you’re going to be even more explosive downfield the caveat is Caleb Williams he can start 17 games tell me how many games the offensive line is going to start together of those 17 because when you talk about Nate Davis not participating in training camp Kevin Jenkins getting h heard at the end of training camp the situation they went through at the center position in sort of its inefficiencies and Braxton Jones Miss some time if they can go throughout training camp and and complement and learn the Cadence and understand the whole way the quarterback works and the quarterback can understand how the offensive line works I think as much as you want to talk about Keenan and DJ and and Rome and the other guys it’s is much about the offensive line as it is Caleb you know it’s interesting you mentioned 400 points 17 games that’s like a team total of 23 and a half per game you know for for betters out there 23 and a half is kind of like a number when it comes to a team total for a team and this the way I think of it Jeff like 21 is the floor there got to be 21 like that’s a given has to be 21 but that extra field goal is the Difference Maker can they average 24 a game if you start averaging about 24 a game you’re going to start winning a bunch of games right but that’s the question from it’s it doesn’t seem too insurmountable when you put it like that right 21 to because I think 21’s got to be the floor with this kind of talent Maybe I’m Wrong so but but 21 to 24 doesn’t sound like much but it is it is so I want to believe the answer is yes team total over 23 and a half for the season but I don’t know I just don’t know cuz there’s so much new on offense especially with the quarterback I love what the said and and I think it’s starts up front I think you get all the toys and you get all the you talk about the quarterback you talk about all the skill position they’re so important we know that those are the guys who are going to score and it’s up to Caleb to distribute the ball and then Shane Waldren comes into it what we mentioned but I think the line is going to play a huge role in all of this and then to get within the numbers Jeff on what Jesse was just saying you covered Ron Harper right you remember harp Ron Harper used to say this to average 20 points in the NBA it’s not as hard as you think it is you score Five Points a quarter how hard is it to score five points a quarter 20 right I mean Five Points a quarter it’s 23 and a half points a a game Jeff that’s six points a quarter and and with this defense who should score two should get you good field position we now they drafted Tory Taylor you’re flipping the field you’re getting good field position this team I better score 400 points per per per season for the season yeah and because and then look the the years that you mentioned how many years were those that we didn’t play 17 games I think most of those years were yeah those were 16 games so you’re getting an extra game now that’s a good point and and and 06 08 and 18 were were defensive touchdowns that they took the ball away which this team it’s capable of so yeah I that’s what has me excited when you put it all in a pot the shorter Fields potentially taking the ball away if they continue to thrive defensively and this offense has a lot of spark plugs on it we got to take a break this is Bears weekly on ESPN 1000 of the Bears Radio Network this is Bears weekly with the voice of the Bears for 23 years Jeff jonia on the Bears Radio [Applause] Network and this is I go to Bears weekly brought to you by Athletico Physical Therapy visit athletico.com the request an in clinic or virtual appointment at Star feeling better tomorrow Jeff and Tom Jesse Rogers and Mark Silverman from the W and Sylvie show as we hijack an hour of their W and Sylvie Extravaganza hey one more thing on uh on uh the point thing so all the the nine teams that scored 400 or more all made the playoffs um oh no wait with the exception of the saints Saints didn’t make the playoffs so that’s eight of them but Dallas scored 509 Miami 496 San Francisco 491 Baltimore 483 and Detroit 461 so I mean by no means does this mean that’s an automatic to get to the playoffs but I just want to see the Bears score more points they have had problems scoring points Kansas City averaged 218 a game and was 15th in the league scoring there 371 and they’re Champions a second consecutive time so you know that’s the last thing I’ll say about that I I think if if sylv’s taking phone calls about the defense uh halftime I I think you’d be happy about that you know I mean like we have never come out of a season where it’s where it’s 30 points a game even if they went seven and 10 so what like you you you we just don’t see great offense around here so let the defense be the focus if the offense can be great that’s fine with me you you know one of the um so Jeff and I did a podcast the other day with Mark Carrier and here’s a guy that came in 10 interceptions is rookie year was Defensive Rookie of the Year and he talked and we are kind of comparing notes about the speed of the game initially and I think the speed of the game affects offensive linemen it affects quarterbacks and it affects defensive backs the most and so yeah Caleb is going to have those Growing Pains to go through even though you have multiple weapons you got to be able to understand you know accuracy is is complemented by speed and the the windows of opportunity unities are different in the NFL and so I I think um when they go through training camp they’re going to have to have elevated speeds and preparation at training camp because there is a different speed of pre-season to the first game of regular season and then so on through the season so I think if we’re talking about an offense that’s going to be able to use all of its assets and is going to be able to score over that 23o threshold per game it’s going to be because uh Caleb is already understanding the speed of the game requirements and you know for as an offensive lineman practicing in against the 85 Bears it took a couple weeks and I didn’t know if it you were able to accomplish that however that is going to be some of the growing processes that we watch Caleb go through in practice because you think of the Bears defensive back field their experience now and when you think of the beginning of the year last year with Tariq Stevenson he was going through a little bit of speed of the game growing pains and then at the end of the season he was playing as well as anybody I I’m interested and we talked about this earlier on the Waterland Sylvie show uh to hear from Shane Waldren uh this weekend too uh I really want to hear how he plans to put all these parts together he’s got a big task really because he’s got a lot of these skill position players not only are there a lot of people to keep happy but there are a lot lot of new people to put into this offense so DJ Moore is here but he’s got to learn the offense I heard you guys interview him on draft night and hear him talk about the differences between the languages and how hard it is to learn the offense and he thought it was not so hard right he said it was simpler yeah yeah and then and then well you got DeAndre Swift who’s got to get in here you’ve got another new tight end who’s got to get in here you’ve got a couple of new wide receivers who’s got to get in here you’ve got to develop a new new quarterback so I think the task is pretty big for an offensive coordinator who is starting with a brand new team Tom who gets lost in the shuffle in a situation like this they’re all those those weapons he just rattled off are all talented uh they’ve all had the ball in their hands a a big amount in their respective careers where they’ve been before uh is there a risk that somebody gets you know lost in the shuffle a little bit well the thing about it is about the installation of the offense from the first day of rookie mini camp out through OTAs and in the training camp what you’re basically doing is you’re taking and you’re thinking about all the weapons you have at your disposal while you’re installing the offense and then repetitiously you run these plays a number of times to get everybody comfortable and then week one of the regular season you start studying tape and you say okay where is our opponent’s deficiencies is there deficiencies at the slot coverage is their deficiency at the number two corner is they do they have linebackers that can’t cover and I think that’s going to be the coolest thing about this offense Caleb and Shane and Chris Morgan is week in and week out going to the evaluation drawing board and get the reports that their scouting department has given to them and say okay when we break down the analytics and we study tape this guy can’t play or this segment of their team is it can’t work against the Bears offense so I I think that I I think all of us are going to have to study the Bears more this year according to what their opponents are going to allow them to be and allow them to do Tom Tom I have a question for you because I’m curious about the the the relationship from its um Inception here between Waldren and KB Williams have you seen uh maybe this is a naive question have you seen quarterbacks and offensive coordinators kind of not Bond as things go like even from the beginning like they’re just not on the same page and it just doesn’t work because of that like what’s that relationship ship like and what should it look like well there there are examples of that throughout the NFL history but you know NFL offensive coordinators probably become more aware of it when they’re sitting in meetings with these guys and they’re asking them to respond to either new installation or play that they’ve ran a hundred times already and then if they don’t come back with an answer in a timely fashion you kind of understand going look maybe I need to put more of a a learning emphasis for this for this guy to grow and um but you know Caleb has got a lot of experience in in offenses that he’s been able to play at in college he’s been able to go from one college to another and and have success he uh you know it seems like he’s got a you know learns football well in the classroom but you know it’s the same thing as an offensive line you know you you know you can’t hesitate you can’t think so evaluation of a quarterback and how that relation ship is going to develop comes from the classroom as much as it does the practice field well we’re going to hear from Caleb Williams tomorrow Roma dun coaches the next two days uh Friday and Saturday up at halisa I know Sylvia will be there I think Tommy wad will be back in town he’ll be there and and Sylvie when we used to work the beat together when uh we were you know reporters and having some fun watching things he used to kick my tail Jesse I’ll tell you that right now he had his eyes on every how did you see that when did you see that I didn’t see that and you know and he got the special interview that I didn’t get he was always kicking my anyway it is true however his big thing Tom and Jesse was sightseen so what are you looking for uh tomorrow when you’re out there watching practice hopefully in uh non rain conditions over there at H Hall what what sites are you going to be looking to see I am going to be looking to see everything from the quarterback everything every action every move that he makes how he reacts with all of his teammates not just the throws because I think everyone wants to see the throws are they accurate um I want to see the interaction that’s that’s what I want to see I like everyone said is he this is he that I want to see how he’s working with his peers these are the rookies so I think that that’s going to be very very important but of course you want to see Roma dun you also want to see who sticks out because there are there’s always Jeff someone that you don’t expect to stick out in these things that you have no clue that will like Tyson bent was not on anyone’s radar a year ago there will be someone who is not on your radar tomorrow that will make this football team Jack Sor wasn’t on anybody’s radar two years ago John Jackson is his best friend he played at USC a year ago I think he went to Nevada um he’s getting the invite so he will be there so just look keep your ey open for anything and if you’re just fixated on one thing you will miss something that you’re you’re probably supposed to see well I have a long drive tomorrow so what I want to hear about because I am driving to Iowa City to pick up my daughter from school and she tells me this kid was the second biggest celebrity on campus after you know you’re looking for p and she wasn’t kidding Tory Taylor was like a fan favorite I mean it was in a sarcastic way in a lot of ways cuz I couldn’t score I want to hear about Tory Taylor’s puns tomorrow sound good hey Sylvie you know what one thing that’s kind of neat when you go to practice and so if you say you’re watching offens and defensive line 101s or you’re watching seven on seven and you’re watching the defensive backs rather than the receivers or these different types of drills take one whole drill and only watch feet don’t watch the upper body because that’s going to tell you a lot more if they have the athleticism to live up to their job requirements if you’re watching an offensive lineman and he backs up and his second step he gets tripped up or he gets his feet to wide or a cornerback when he tries to make the exchange in coverage if he can’t make it and I think it’s always neat to follow a position and watch the feet it’s a great he’ll be watching Theo benedet the offensive tackle from British Columbia 67 295 outstanding athlete he paired up with uh Giovani Manu the fourth round pick of Detroit they called him Gio and Theo over there in University of British they’re both six seven and great athletes uh the tongen and uh Theo benedet they’re good friends we’ll keep an eye on that uh I’ll be interested to see all of it and it’s always a lot of fun hey we appreciate it guys thanks for letting us uh barge into your night it was a lot of fun a lot fun you guys are always welcome the best appreciate it Jesse keep doing a great job as you do on the baseball beat for Tom there mark Silverman and Jesse ERS thanks to everybody our producers and that’ll do it for us we’ll report from Bears rookie camp tomorrow a memorable one with Caleb Williams the number one pick right there White Socks baseball coming up against the Guardians next Conor mcnight take it away good night everybody thank you for listening to the Chicago Bears Network presentation of bears weekly hosted by the mayor of bearsville Jeff juniac and surf Master Tom fa podcasts are available on the Chicago Bears official app Bears weekly has been brought to to you by Apple podcast bet Rivers IGS Energy and Miller Light [Music]