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Chicago Bears Early Negotiation Free Agency Recap · 2nd City Gridiron

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[SPEAKER_00]: This is two-formation conversation.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm your host, Lester Wiltvong.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, it's been a while.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But look, Frey and C has popping for this Kaggle Bears.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I had to jump on her talk a little bit about it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I had to get my guy.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Brendan Shagrew from the Bears Wire.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He does some stuff for Bears on tap.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Anything else you want to plug before we get rolling here, Brendan?
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[SPEAKER_01]: No, you can just follow me on social media, but it's great to talk to you, man.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Happy to be here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's been a while, right?
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[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, we've, you've done our show a few times our channel.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We've done some stuff.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I know we had you on, on Baron Bounds.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I know you've done some other stuff with some few of our other stuff.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Our guys.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I appreciate you jumping on.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's kind of last minute.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I grabbed your last minute and say, hey, let's talk, let's talk for agency.
0:43
[SPEAKER_00]: And you're like, cool, let's do it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You know, it's perfect because free it's free agency frenzy things are moving like at every other minute it feels like so why not, you know, you just got always be on your toes and hey, that's what we're here for.
0:55
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I figured we'll we'll kind of rip through this kind of just touch on some of the stuff that's happening with the bears and by the time we're done, I'm sure they'll have a brand new defensive end that we have any talks about so so let's jump into it.
1:12
[SPEAKER_00]: the trade, the retirement happened, the trade happened, look, Garrett Bradbury's a guy, right?
1:18
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, there's no, nothing to get excited about it's a downgrade from Drew Dalman, but he's between Jonah Jackson and Joe Toney.
1:25
[SPEAKER_00]: He's in Ben Johnson's offense.
1:28
[SPEAKER_00]: He's not like, it's not Lucas Patrick, right?
1:30
[SPEAKER_00]: It's not Sam Mustafar.
1:31
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, there'll be okay at center, right?
1:35
[SPEAKER_00]: they will be okay.
1:36
[SPEAKER_01]: And can you believe it feels so long ago already?
1:39
[SPEAKER_01]: It's only been a week since you're doing actually retired.
1:43
[SPEAKER_01]: It's crazy.
1:43
[SPEAKER_01]: And I know when the trade went down on Friday, the initial reactions, everybody's very underwhelmed, everybody's disappointed because there were still dreams of leader bomb, there's dreams of kind of a govern, maybe somebody else who could become available, be honest at that point.
1:56
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think he had signed yet.
1:58
[SPEAKER_01]: But I had written in my grades creating the trade.
2:01
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm like, this is going to look a lot better in a week because chances are Tyler Lindobomb is going to sign for so much more money than we think.
2:09
[SPEAKER_01]: Who knows what's going to happen with MacGovern when everybody's off the board for these big deals.
2:14
[SPEAKER_01]: We're going to look back and say, you know what?
2:15
[SPEAKER_01]: That was a fine trade.
2:16
[SPEAKER_01]: And that's what it is.
2:17
[SPEAKER_01]: It's a fine trade.
2:18
[SPEAKER_01]: You're right, sticking him next to Joe Tune in Jonah Jackson, he's never really played between some quality, really just excellent guards at the NFL level, whether it was during his time with the Vikings last year with the Patriots.
2:32
[SPEAKER_01]: He had some help on the right side, but he really had some struggles with
2:37
[SPEAKER_01]: really was Jared Wilson on the left side.
2:40
[SPEAKER_01]: He was, he was terrible for the Patriots last year.
2:43
[SPEAKER_01]: They're hoping that he plays much better at the center position.
2:46
[SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, it's, he's a quality player.
2:49
[SPEAKER_01]: He's been with veteran quarterbacks with young quarterbacks.
2:52
[SPEAKER_01]: You at least know what you're getting with him and he's dependable, he's available.
2:57
[SPEAKER_01]: It's fine, but it does sting because nobody thought we would be in this position eight days ago where the bears would be looking for a new center.
3:04
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, we all figured Drew Domain would be like the linchpin of this line for like, you know, four or five, six years at least and they're like, I know a lot of bears.
3:12
[SPEAKER_00]: I know I was when I heard gray or bread, where I'm like that dude from the Vikings.
3:16
[SPEAKER_00]: So like I think we already have something in our mind or like we have to automatically bash him because he come from Minnesota, but look, like you said dependable, he played all all something games that share for the Patriots.
3:28
[SPEAKER_00]: AFC Champion Patriots with Drake May, right?
3:31
[SPEAKER_00]: So this is like he said, young quarterbacks, veteran quarterbacks, he makes all the calls up fronts.
3:36
[SPEAKER_00]: That's exactly what Ben Johnson wanted.
3:38
[SPEAKER_00]: Is it the most the sexiest guy they could have picked up?
3:42
[SPEAKER_00]: No, but like he said, the money was pretty ridiculous.
3:45
[SPEAKER_00]: Some of these guys and I think that's kind of set them up to kind of kind of go, you know, best play real in the draft with some of the moves you'll talk about here in a minute.
3:53
[SPEAKER_00]: But the old lines again, no complaints for me.
3:56
[SPEAKER_00]: Let's talk about the top dot, right?
3:59
[SPEAKER_00]: Kobe Bryant, that was the big splash.
4:01
[SPEAKER_00]: If you have a splash, that's the guy, right?
4:04
[SPEAKER_00]: He's getting pretty good money from the bears, coming over from Miss Seattle, C-Ox.
4:08
[SPEAKER_00]: Another guy that was in the Super Bowl, his team won, of course.
4:11
[SPEAKER_00]: But Kobe Bryant is kind of a do it all guy.
4:14
[SPEAKER_00]: He could play some in the box, play some free, free safety.
4:17
[SPEAKER_00]: What do you like most about Kobe Bryant's fit in this Dennis Allen defense?
4:22
[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, man, I was so excited about this, and it is hard for me to get very excited about a Ryan pulse for you in signing.
4:28
[SPEAKER_01]: There's only been one of the one that kind of equates to this.
4:30
[SPEAKER_01]: And that was TJ Edwards at the time.
4:32
[SPEAKER_01]: I thought he was a steal.
4:34
[SPEAKER_01]: Look, as soon as I kind of thought that Kevin Byrd may not be as much of a shoe in to come back as we all thought he would be.
4:41
[SPEAKER_01]: I started to pivot to Kobe Bryant.
4:43
[SPEAKER_01]: Nobody was talking about him.
4:44
[SPEAKER_01]: Everybody was talking about Cam Curl as kind of the one of the happy mere free agents.
4:48
[SPEAKER_01]: But the fact that Kobe Bryant comes in as a corner back from Cincinnati.
4:53
[SPEAKER_01]: Remember he's part of that final 14 that was headline by Soft's Gardner.
4:58
[SPEAKER_01]: He was still a really good corner back for them too.
5:00
[SPEAKER_01]: He has experience playing corner.
5:02
[SPEAKER_01]: Seattle makes the very smart decision to say, hey, we think you'd be better as a safety with your instincts.
5:07
[SPEAKER_01]: He's played both strong and free.
5:10
[SPEAKER_01]: So that alone, I thought his versatility would be excellent with what DA likes to do.
5:14
[SPEAKER_01]: I just remember seeing the mix of kind of Gordon and Jekwann Brusker when they were actually on the field together and just seeing how
5:28
[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm like, that's really what Kobe Bryant could do.
5:30
[SPEAKER_01]: He's just hitting his prime seven interceptions over the last two years.
5:35
[SPEAKER_01]: He actually graded out better than Kevin Bire, even though he was in all pro with seven interceptions, looking at Kobe Bryant's opposing passer rating.
5:44
[SPEAKER_01]: It was way better as completion percentage was lower than Kevin Bire's.
5:48
[SPEAKER_01]: And I think this is just the right guy to bet on that he is just hitting his prime now.
5:58
[SPEAKER_01]: Look, I know it's a big if, but man, if California can stay healthy and Kobe Bryant's with them.
6:04
[SPEAKER_01]: I just, I love the possibilities of what those two can do along with Jaila Johnson and whoever else that they work on with the secondaries.
6:13
[SPEAKER_00]: You know, I just can't love this move more.
6:15
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm so glad you mentioned how he kind of plays with Kylie Gordon, how he gives some of the versatility because you said he can cover.
6:21
[SPEAKER_00]: He's pretty good in coverage.
6:22
[SPEAKER_00]: He has played some corner.
6:23
[SPEAKER_00]: So you can kind of bring him down.
6:24
[SPEAKER_00]: You can take Kylie Gordon with him back where
6:27
[SPEAKER_00]: He only played three games last year at Kylie Gordon, but when he was in training camp, he was cross-training at safety.
6:32
[SPEAKER_00]: That's something that they wanted to get him in there.
6:34
[SPEAKER_00]: He played some outside corner for the Bears last year.
6:37
[SPEAKER_00]: So the Bears view him as a big piece.
6:39
[SPEAKER_00]: Obviously, they paid him a ton of money to be the nickel back.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Dennis Allen loves his versatility.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Another versatile first talk guy in Kobe Bryant.
6:47
[SPEAKER_00]: Get these two guys in a field together.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Now you got some options.
6:51
[SPEAKER_00]: You can help this guy's coverage.
6:52
[SPEAKER_00]: I think it was a good move there.
6:54
[SPEAKER_00]: The other guy that guess you got to see is pretty pretty decent money was Devon Bush, right?
6:58
[SPEAKER_00]: Again, a lot of bears fans in the initial saw this move to like, because he was pretty bad in pitchburg, right?
7:03
[SPEAKER_00]: He wasn't very good football player.
7:06
[SPEAKER_00]: But he developed, right?
7:07
[SPEAKER_00]: He went on to Cleveland.
7:08
[SPEAKER_00]: He got a little bit better, you know, I heard someone on end if I'll never describe him as he plays with his hair on fire.
7:13
[SPEAKER_00]: He's just, you know, he's all over the place.
7:15
[SPEAKER_00]: He's just speed, speed, speed, big hitter.
7:18
[SPEAKER_00]: You know, what do you like about Bush's fit with this defense?
7:22
[SPEAKER_01]: Well, that's what the Bears wanted.
7:24
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, they said it at the combine.
7:25
[SPEAKER_01]: We're looking to get faster and certainly they're lying back in core.
7:28
[SPEAKER_01]: Left a lot of that to be desired last year with Edwards and Edmunds.
7:32
[SPEAKER_01]: I just didn't cut it.
7:34
[SPEAKER_01]: So I love that they took a chance.
7:36
[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, I shouldn't say it, love.
7:37
[SPEAKER_01]: I like that they took a chance or down in Bush.
7:39
[SPEAKER_01]: I have a few concerns there because there was so much history going back to his Pittsburgh days.
7:45
[SPEAKER_01]: He was just trending towards being a bus or a...
7:48
[SPEAKER_01]: the best like a mediocre player had a stint in Seattle didn't do too much there and then he goes to Cleveland really finds himself.
7:56
[SPEAKER_01]: And I think that's fantastic for him.
7:58
[SPEAKER_01]: I hope that he carries that over to the bears.
8:01
[SPEAKER_01]: But you know what, uh, Cleveland has that the bears don't.
8:05
[SPEAKER_01]: Miles Garrett, somebody up front to really disrupt every like the offensive line and not just Garrett, but their defense as a whole last year was phenomenal.
8:14
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, Carson Schweissinger was just an excellent rookie Mason Graham showed out, their corner bass were good.
8:22
[SPEAKER_01]: And then obviously Garrett set the single season sack record.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So when you have a bunch of guys around you like that, you can really shine.
8:28
[SPEAKER_01]: And I think that's what Devon Bush did last year.
8:31
[SPEAKER_01]: I just have a little bit of worry that because the bears don't have the same fire power up front, maybe he gets exposed a little bit, he doesn't have those maybe like free opportunities to create plays, but at the very least, I love what you said that you're getting a guy who plays with his hair on fire, the bears don't look for somebody like that and think Edmunds and Edwards respectively, they just don't have that same sort of, you know, just energy that you want out
9:01
[SPEAKER_01]: Um, and he's still very young too.
9:02
[SPEAKER_01]: So I'm hoping that he turned a corner this fast year, but I see those those guys who have that one year wonder sort of stint and I just sort of get a little nervous that while are we really going to see that or is he going to regret a little bit.
9:15
[SPEAKER_00]: You know, that's a great point how how that defense and Cleveland was so good.
9:19
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, look, the Browns and not had not been good for a while, but that defense.
9:22
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, that defense is legit.
9:24
[SPEAKER_00]: Um, you know, I'll stick with some of the new gears bears on defense.
9:28
[SPEAKER_00]: Neville Gallimore, he's a guy, right?
9:30
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, he's going to be in your rotation just today.
9:33
[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if you caught this yet, about an hour ago, they signed Kentavarius Street, who is even less of a guy than, than, than Neville Gallimore.
9:41
[SPEAKER_00]: He was on a practice crowd last year for a little bit with Lanna and to play in seven games to my belief, but of the two D Lyman, Neville Gallimore's guy that should be in the mix.
9:51
[SPEAKER_00]: Did you have a chance to watch much if his, his film at all?
9:54
[SPEAKER_00]: Oh, a little bit.
9:55
[SPEAKER_01]: I was checking that out last night when I was grading him.
9:57
[SPEAKER_01]: And another guy who started out with Dallas plays with a high motor.
10:01
[SPEAKER_01]: So initially, as soon as I see that, I'm like, Oh, it's kind of like Shemar Turner.
10:06
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, speed as well as just no quit when it comes to the ball.
10:10
[SPEAKER_01]: Also, it's had some dirty plays, too.
10:12
[SPEAKER_01]: I caught one high, okay, the guy in the groin.
10:14
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm like, okay, that's, that's interesting, but he's also coming off for career year three and a half sacks with the Colts last year.
10:22
[SPEAKER_01]: By the way, what is it with the bears just signing former Indianapolis Coles defensive linemen?
10:27
[SPEAKER_01]: It's been I'm serious.
10:28
[SPEAKER_01]: It's won a year.
10:30
[SPEAKER_01]: So they had to meet their quota, I guess.
10:33
[SPEAKER_01]: But the only issue I have with Neville Gallamore is I think he's providing a little bit more of the same from what they already have, but you're Ron Dexter and greedy Jared.
10:42
[SPEAKER_01]: Now, this doesn't preclude them to signing somebody who's a runstuffer, which they desperately need my opinion.
10:49
[SPEAKER_01]: But he's a better pass, Russia, and I just feel like he's doing, yeah, like I said, he's doing a little bit more of the same from what they already have, and he'll provide a pop here in there.
10:59
[SPEAKER_01]: As a depth signing, it's fine, but you just, at this point, you want to see a little bit more, and it's only day two of free agencies, so let's, let's see what happens next.
11:08
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean there's there's ways you can have a quick penetrating detackle affect the run game, but but you have to be really sounding your gap assignment.
11:17
[SPEAKER_00]: The guys behind you if you really sounding your gap assignment.
11:19
[SPEAKER_00]: So it's it's possible.
11:20
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, like you said, they were, I mean, look, the past rush is what everyone talks about.
11:24
[SPEAKER_00]: But the defense overall was pretty bad.
11:26
[SPEAKER_00]: They were terribly against the run last year.
11:28
[SPEAKER_00]: They need help all over the place.
11:30
[SPEAKER_00]: So it's a decent start.
11:33
[SPEAKER_00]: Obviously Brian's the big guy there.
11:35
[SPEAKER_00]: But we still need to add.
11:37
[SPEAKER_00]: We still need a pass rush here.
11:38
[SPEAKER_00]: We still need some more beef up front.
11:40
[SPEAKER_00]: And then they also got to do that Cam Lewis, who is a nickel slash safety hybrid kind of bit.
11:46
[SPEAKER_00]: Kind of reminds you a little bit of maybe what CJ,
11:49
[SPEAKER_00]: John's a Gardner did for you.
11:51
[SPEAKER_00]: So maybe he's that replacement.
11:53
[SPEAKER_00]: Do you have a chance?
11:54
[SPEAKER_00]: Why not?
11:54
[SPEAKER_00]: She's happened today, but do you have a chance to check out much of Cam Lewis?
11:58
[SPEAKER_00]: Just a little bit and really, you know, more bustle Twitter highlights are nice, right?
12:04
[SPEAKER_01]: I know, yeah, it's been a busy day unfortunately.
12:07
[SPEAKER_01]: I've only been just, yeah, box score scouting, looking at what he did, watching his splits, better season this past year, 2024 was a bit rough for him.
12:16
[SPEAKER_01]: So I thought he improved in 25.
12:19
[SPEAKER_01]: You do like the versatility where you can't play that bowl, maybe play that three safety position.
12:24
[SPEAKER_01]: And I think you nailed it.
12:26
[SPEAKER_01]: You hit the nail on the head when it comes to the CJ Parker Johnson Cobb.
12:29
[SPEAKER_01]: Um, I was interested to see if they were going to bring him back, but maybe he's got a bigger market or he's looking for a little bit more money than what they can afford.
12:36
[SPEAKER_01]: Um, but it's also interesting, too, because they have a guy on the on the roster Josh Blackwell, who was their backup nickel corner.
12:45
[SPEAKER_01]: They do not want to claim in there anymore.
12:47
[SPEAKER_01]: He is strictly the best team's ace, which I find a little fascinating that they keep finding these back up nickel guys.
12:54
[SPEAKER_01]: So I'll watch a little bit came Lewis later, but it doesn't really move the needle.
12:58
[SPEAKER_01]: It's just a deaf signing for them and I guess the more versatility that you get the better.
13:02
[SPEAKER_00]: He's a core special teamer.
13:04
[SPEAKER_00]: So I mean, you need those guys in your roster, right?
13:06
[SPEAKER_00]: And you you have a trust of veteran as you as your as your DB four or five, then a rookie to come in and play special teams at he's done it.
13:13
[SPEAKER_00]: So he's done it at a pretty good level.
13:14
[SPEAKER_00]: So I think that's that's good there.
13:16
[SPEAKER_00]: And speaking of special teams, you know, Khalifa Raymond, uh, he's your kick, you're new kick and part returner for the bears, but
13:22
[SPEAKER_00]: I think he brings you a little bit more than Devin Duvenier does on offense because he can play that slot receiver.
13:27
[SPEAKER_00]: You can't play that gadget stuff.
13:29
[SPEAKER_00]: You can get those jet sweeps and end around.
13:32
[SPEAKER_00]: I like the Raymond signing.
13:33
[SPEAKER_00]: How about you?
13:35
[SPEAKER_00]: I do too.
13:35
[SPEAKER_01]: It's actually, it feels like they morphed what they want with Devin Duvenier and Alameday Zikias.
13:41
[SPEAKER_01]: And just combined it into a clean frame and because
13:45
[SPEAKER_01]: Devin Duverne only played a handful of offensive snaps meanwhile OZ was kind of their core third wide receiver at least for the first eight games.
13:53
[SPEAKER_01]: And that's what Raymond can provide.
13:55
[SPEAKER_01]: Of course the familiarity with Ben Johnson system.
13:58
[SPEAKER_01]: He's explosive.
13:59
[SPEAKER_01]: He has that offensive success.
14:01
[SPEAKER_01]: Um, yeah, it feels like they, they filled two holes with one signing with him and it's interesting.
14:06
[SPEAKER_01]: I want to get your thoughts on this because somebody asked me, they're like, as of now, do you see Raymond as their wife or see her three or is that jade Walker?
14:15
[SPEAKER_01]: And for me, I kind of lean towards Raymond right now because of the familiarity and the veteran presence, it feels like
14:22
[SPEAKER_01]: Ben Johnson leans on those veterans early on and then kind of brings those young guys up for his good as to today walker had some moments last year, I just don't trust that he's fully there yet and that he's still going to be that wide receiver for player.
14:36
[SPEAKER_01]: What do you think?
14:37
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I mean, he's still developing right with walker.
14:38
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, we kind of saw him come make bottom along really slowly.
14:42
[SPEAKER_00]: It's interesting because he's the one guy right in the pre in the pre season.
14:45
[SPEAKER_00]: Oh my god, they can't cut this guy.
14:46
[SPEAKER_00]: There's always that one guy to fans latch on to and we're like, dude.
14:50
[SPEAKER_00]: Adam and they always come back.
14:53
[SPEAKER_00]: The bears held onto them and Ben Johnson talked about it in the season.
14:56
[SPEAKER_00]: Look, we kept them because we saw the potential.
15:00
[SPEAKER_00]: We saw we could develop this guy into a player for us.
15:03
[SPEAKER_00]: But I'm with you.
15:03
[SPEAKER_00]: I think he'll start off as you're right just for four.
15:06
[SPEAKER_00]: I think we're going to keep Raymond at the number three spot.
15:09
[SPEAKER_00]: But if he starts earning some reps and earns some trust, you know, he's here for a couple more years on the UDFA deal.
15:16
[SPEAKER_00]: Raymond's, you know, he could, he could extend his stay in Chicago, but odds are just could just be a brief stop here.
15:22
[SPEAKER_00]: So if Walker could be your long-term wide receiver three, I think that's a win for the the scouting staff, obviously.
15:28
[SPEAKER_00]: And it'll help out with the with the finances too, but yeah, but I like Raymond.
15:32
[SPEAKER_00]: I like Walker's developments.
15:35
[SPEAKER_00]: I think that's pretty good.
15:36
[SPEAKER_00]: You know, let's jump over to the now the bears that have been resigned.
15:40
[SPEAKER_00]: And I'm going to start with a guy that
15:43
[SPEAKER_00]: brings the most, the most, most controversial.
15:45
[SPEAKER_00]: And that's Braxon Joe left tackle.
15:48
[SPEAKER_00]: He was awful last year.
15:49
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, he was borderline, unplayable.
15:52
[SPEAKER_00]: He had moments where you're like, okay, that's the old Braxon.
15:54
[SPEAKER_00]: He's okay.
15:55
[SPEAKER_00]: But even the old Braxon, some fans can't stand him because the anchor issue, he gets to push back in a backfield some time.
16:01
[SPEAKER_00]: He's not always there, but look, I'm not a huge PFF guy.
16:06
[SPEAKER_00]: But his grades for his first couple years, first three years, or pretty good.
16:10
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, he was, you know, in that tier of, you know, yeah, he's a starter, could you do better probably, but, you know, he got better every year according to the grades.
16:20
[SPEAKER_00]: You listen to guys like Brandon Thorne, old recruits, you know, guys that study old line for a living.
16:26
[SPEAKER_00]: They all think Brecht and Jones is a pretty good football player.
16:28
[SPEAKER_00]: The anchor's always going to be an issue.
16:30
[SPEAKER_00]: That's just how it is.
16:31
[SPEAKER_00]: And it's not always a strength thing, but he does need to get stronger.
16:35
[SPEAKER_00]: Technique.
16:36
[SPEAKER_00]: And I think coming into this season, if he's healthy and the bear's no for sure, I think he'll be fine at left tackle for the bear's.
16:45
[SPEAKER_01]: The fine is the operative word there and again that's another that's this is another situation where if you would Ask at the end of the regular season I'm sure Ben Johnson and Dan or Charlotte said, hey, we have our left tackle that we feel Come only into next year and I just ask you to pillow and so just to unexpected voids on the offensive line that you could have done worse in and you at least had some fallback options for accent Jones
17:12
[SPEAKER_01]: going into last off season, we know that he was rehabbing from that really bad ankle injury, never felt like he never really got a speed under him.
17:20
[SPEAKER_01]: I thought he had some nice moments.
17:22
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm with you in the preseason.
17:24
[SPEAKER_01]: Some people were kind of saying, oh, they were very down on him.
17:26
[SPEAKER_01]: He wasn't good.
17:28
[SPEAKER_01]: I saw improvement and I saw some reasons for optimism, but it just felt like maybe his conditioning wasn't there and as the season went on, he got worse and worse.
17:38
[SPEAKER_01]: So he has a full off season healthy.
17:40
[SPEAKER_01]: full off season with Dan Rishar who really did awesome work with Darnau right last year too.
17:46
[SPEAKER_01]: I know they're not the same player, but there were some concerns with Darnau right too, like he wasn't playing at that all pro caliber level yet that we all thought it could be.
17:56
[SPEAKER_01]: a year later, he's he's second team all pro.
18:00
[SPEAKER_01]: He's has familiarity.
18:01
[SPEAKER_01]: Again, playing next to somebody like Jotuni helps fill some of those cracks and yeah, his game is what it is at this point.
18:10
[SPEAKER_01]: He's he's pretty good on
18:12
[SPEAKER_01]: he's more finesse than power and if you can find ways to work around that with a smart offensive mind like Ben Johnson, they're going to be okay.
18:21
[SPEAKER_01]: Now they wouldn't be as good as they would be with as he took pillow but it is what it is and who knows maybe they find somebody else maybe they are able to draft somebody that they find in the later rounds to push Braxton but at the very least you can feel that hey this guy knows what he's doing and I think he's going
18:40
[SPEAKER_01]: It's a win-win for the bears and win-win for Braxton Jones.
18:43
[SPEAKER_01]: He gets a chance to prove himself one more time, fully healthy and the bears, like I said before, have somebody who knows the system, which I think is really important for keeping the continuity of this team going forward.
18:54
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, that's the key.
18:55
[SPEAKER_00]: He knows the system, he knows the scheme.
18:57
[SPEAKER_00]: He was there, you know, yeah, he was rehabbing, but he was there all all camp.
19:01
[SPEAKER_00]: He ended up getting back healthy and look, I know he was clear about the doctors.
19:05
[SPEAKER_00]: He was given the green light to practice and everything, but we could tough as fans from week one.
19:10
[SPEAKER_00]: This guy's not right.
19:11
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, he was pushing off his plant when he was doing the kick step, you're like, man, he's losing something here.
19:16
[SPEAKER_00]: So then anyone on IR again, right?
19:20
[SPEAKER_00]: So now he missed pretty much the whole season.
19:22
[SPEAKER_00]: He came back, like you said, the conditioning probably initially that's why he didn't get in the last playoff game, which is fine, you know, you don't want to push him back, but look, it is what he is.
19:32
[SPEAKER_00]: You know, bring him back, see what happens if he had Ozzy, I would really excited to see him, him develop, didn't happen.
19:38
[SPEAKER_00]: But Theo Benunday, they resigned a few weeks ago, kind of really part of the frenzy, but he's back in the fold and
19:45
[SPEAKER_00]: Look, they got by with Theo Benaday, who is not a good tackle.
19:49
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, he is a good run blocker.
19:52
[SPEAKER_00]: He's, he'll stick his face in your chest and he'll be driving out of there.
19:55
[SPEAKER_00]: But past pros a little iffy, you know, he has some technical issues all over the place.
20:01
[SPEAKER_00]: But if you can win games with Benaday, you can get by your practice in Jones.
20:06
[SPEAKER_01]: And with how many tight ends that the bears are probably going to have.
20:09
[SPEAKER_01]: And Nicole commit buried some sort of shocking surprise.
20:14
[SPEAKER_01]: He's not going anywhere.
20:15
[SPEAKER_01]: It could get extended.
20:16
[SPEAKER_01]: You're going to have some help on that and close the level.
20:18
[SPEAKER_01]: And it's going to play inside and outside, too.
20:19
[SPEAKER_01]: So with how much 12 personnel, the bears like to play with, they're, he's going to have some help.
20:26
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
20:26
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
20:26
[SPEAKER_00]: They also brought back Daniel Hardy, special teamers, full back, right, full back in a pinch, I guess.
20:33
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, you're not in the party last year, case kingdom to your deal.
20:37
[SPEAKER_00]: I thought it was outstanding, getting case kingdom back.
20:39
[SPEAKER_00]: Look, he, yeah, he's a coach, but he's a player coach.
20:42
[SPEAKER_00]: He's in that room with you, right?
20:43
[SPEAKER_00]: It's a different perspective hearing stuff from from your peer than a different your coach sometimes.
20:48
[SPEAKER_00]: You know, you can kind of play, yeah, this is what he's trying to tell you, you know, because not, no, we're peers, we're players.
20:53
[SPEAKER_00]: So I think it's a little different perspective.
20:54
[SPEAKER_00]: You like to bring a case keen and back?
20:58
[SPEAKER_01]: I love it.
20:58
[SPEAKER_01]: I was very concerned that he was going to retire.
21:02
[SPEAKER_01]: And maybe actually, I thought he might be like an assistant QV coach with the bears because kind of felt like that's where his career is going.
21:08
[SPEAKER_01]: We saw it on all the videos on all the inside access, who's in a Caleb Williams is faced the most.
21:14
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, there's JT bear at next to him, but then case Kim is locked eyes with him.
21:19
[SPEAKER_01]: He's he's coaching him up.
21:20
[SPEAKER_01]: He's he's lifting them up.
21:22
[SPEAKER_01]: You just realize how much the bears messed up last year not having that veteran presence and for somebody like case gain him who has seen it all and mentored so many different quarterbacks.
21:33
[SPEAKER_01]: I just love that they're going to keep that relationship going I can't remember who did the piece it was either.
21:39
[SPEAKER_01]: somebody like Dean Weeder or Dan Pompei, I apologize, but they did an awesome expose on case kingdom and just what that relationship looks like with with Caleb Williams, basically calling him like an uncle and you know how much that like he can push back on case because case can kind of push buttons like you said that's different from a coach player relationship.
22:00
[SPEAKER_01]: Um, and interesting that it was a two year deal.
22:03
[SPEAKER_01]: I really, I, I wasn't surprised that you resigned, but I was surprised that it was a two year deal and kind of made my antenna go up that, oh, could we potentially see a Tyson page and trade after all?
22:14
[SPEAKER_01]: And that way they're covered, um, as case, for like a primary backup situation, who knows?
22:21
[SPEAKER_00]: I had the same, I had the same thought because he, he not, not only was it two year deals or
22:29
[SPEAKER_00]: They're not trained Beijing this year, but you never know.
22:32
[SPEAKER_00]: The right team loses the quarterback in preseason.
22:36
[SPEAKER_00]: Beijing has another nice nice preseason few games.
22:39
[SPEAKER_00]: Maybe the market heats up.
22:41
[SPEAKER_00]: Now you said you have some insurance there with case canem in the fold.
22:45
[SPEAKER_00]: And then the last guy there recigned was the Marco Jackson, who came out of nowhere last year.
22:51
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, he was a waver wire pickup at the, I've laughed last cuts from the Saints.
22:57
[SPEAKER_00]: He knew Dennis Allen, a special teamer came in.
23:01
[SPEAKER_00]: I think he may have been the best line back around the field last year for the Bears at times.
23:05
[SPEAKER_00]: Bring him back on a pretty good deal.
23:07
[SPEAKER_00]: You like bringing back the Marco Jackson?
23:09
[SPEAKER_01]: It was a smart signing and one of those like this this feels way too obvious to not happen, especially with the money that was going to be tied up and to remain admin soon.
23:18
[SPEAKER_01]: We didn't know what they were going to do with like Devon Bush or anything.
23:20
[SPEAKER_01]: We weren't sure if they were going to make a
23:22
[SPEAKER_01]: quote unquote splash signing like him.
23:25
[SPEAKER_01]: So to Marco Jackson made all the sense of the world, I totally agree with you later on in the season.
23:30
[SPEAKER_01]: He was the best player.
23:31
[SPEAKER_01]: He had the instincts.
23:33
[SPEAKER_01]: He was faster than everybody.
23:34
[SPEAKER_01]: And why not continue that and given the chance to actually start, put him against, put him next to a speedster with,
23:42
[SPEAKER_01]: Devin Bush and now what happens with TJ Edwards crazy he was extended last year now is he the guy that's on the outs That's going to be interesting to see his recovery from the Fractured I think was a big deal of that he had I think was the same easy reaction Jones had so
23:59
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, it's tough.
24:00
[SPEAKER_00]: It may take a while.
24:01
[SPEAKER_00]: He's lying back and needs that speed.
24:03
[SPEAKER_00]: I think if he's helping come back, I think TJ, maybe you're Mike, but then I think an unpassing situation, I think TJ comes off.
24:10
[SPEAKER_00]: I think you're going to bring TJ off and let to Michael Jackson and Bush kind of be your two linebackers in the nickel because they're both pretty good in coverage.
24:18
[SPEAKER_00]: So let's go on to now via bears that were signed away.
24:24
[SPEAKER_00]: niche in the shine right sign away today for just what 5.5.
24:29
[SPEAKER_00]: That was up to 5.5 off point 5.
24:31
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I thought he would get a little more than that.
24:35
[SPEAKER_00]: When I saw the number I'm like man, maybe the bear is leading the water back because that's not really a too bad of a number.
24:41
[SPEAKER_00]: Are you okay with right moving on to the jets there?
24:45
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm okay with it.
24:47
[SPEAKER_01]: I had the same thought because there were his markers all over the place.
24:51
[SPEAKER_01]: I had somebody reach out and say, oh, you could command 16 million.
24:56
[SPEAKER_01]: And I figured out that.
24:57
[SPEAKER_01]: It was on like three.
24:58
[SPEAKER_01]: You thought it, yeah.
24:59
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, and I was like, there's no way in hell.
25:01
[SPEAKER_01]: He gets more than like 12 million and even that feels high.
25:04
[SPEAKER_01]: So I was thinking maybe like eight, nine million.
25:06
[SPEAKER_01]: By the way, just Sean liked that tweet by the way.
25:09
[SPEAKER_01]: So I was like, oh, he's keeping her seats.
25:11
[SPEAKER_01]: So I feel kind of bad.
25:12
[SPEAKER_01]: Like I wasn't trying to,
25:13
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, that makes me wonder less or did the bears lowball him, he felt offended by that, and then said, I feel comfortable taking more money or less money elsewhere, because I feel like that happened sometimes where you put in all your hard work for one team, they come back with let's say like it's you know,
25:35
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know, a $6 million offer, a $5 million offer.
25:38
[SPEAKER_01]: And you feel insulted.
25:39
[SPEAKER_01]: Like, you feel that you deserve twice that or something.
25:42
[SPEAKER_01]: Like, you know what, screw it.
25:43
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm gonna go on the open market.
25:45
[SPEAKER_01]: And then maybe you feel comfortable taking more money from another team because you just don't have that history.
25:50
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know.
25:50
[SPEAKER_01]: I feel like that happens every once in a while.
25:53
[SPEAKER_01]: Mainly when it comes to guys getting cut more than anything.
25:57
[SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, I think for $5 million, I totally would have signed Nishon right for that type of dough.
26:03
[SPEAKER_01]: He knows the system.
26:04
[SPEAKER_01]: They clearly trusted them enough to start him late in the season and in the playoffs, even when he was struggling, but I don't know.
26:12
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm interested to see what they do at corner back to do they trust Tyree Stevenson to damn another signing that they're looking at.
26:18
[SPEAKER_01]: Is this now going to be a higher draft position or maybe they believe in safe phrasor, even though he was away from the team last year?
26:26
[SPEAKER_01]: It's very interesting now.
26:29
[SPEAKER_00]: I thought Tyre's even the play better last year than then a lot of people really gave him credit for.
26:34
[SPEAKER_00]: There's still a couple plays in a game where he's not glad, right?
26:39
[SPEAKER_00]: It's still kind of flashes where you see that and you're like, okay, you know, so I think he's just got to focus.
26:43
[SPEAKER_00]: He's got a buck on a focus, but the mean to town to there is rookie.
26:46
[SPEAKER_00]: He was pretty good.
26:47
[SPEAKER_00]: Maybe kind of, you know, kind of felt his hype a little bit too much, you know, his second year and then obviously the the commander's game is kind of spiraled him out of control.
26:56
[SPEAKER_00]: But I thought he was decent last year and it just didn't really click, we're in kind of keep that job with right like right was taking a ballway at a ridiculous pace.
27:03
[SPEAKER_00]: Boomer busts, you know, the definition of that type of player, the bears needed that, though, right, because they were pretty bad defense.
27:10
[SPEAKER_00]: You needed those takeaways.
27:11
[SPEAKER_00]: So I think that was kind of one of the things that went into thinking about that.
27:15
[SPEAKER_00]: You know, some other bears that went away, uh, olimate, I can't pronounce them by his name.
27:21
[SPEAKER_00]: OZ is gone.
27:21
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
27:23
[SPEAKER_00]: Dominic Robinson is gone.
27:24
[SPEAKER_00]: Finally, it's like, man, this guy was hanging around for so long.
27:27
[SPEAKER_00]: I have people saying, oh, man, I think he's going to be pretty good when he moves on.
27:31
[SPEAKER_00]: Well, let him then because he didn't do anything in Chicago.
27:34
[SPEAKER_01]: We've been waiting for that like on and he's playing behind two monsters and Daniel Hunter and Will Anderson like of course he watch I predict he will flash for like seven and a half sacks and then somebody's going to give him a big deal and then he's going to Revert back to what we've seen before just because he has those opportunities as a third rusher Who can spell those guys?
27:56
[SPEAKER_00]: He's a good athlete.
27:57
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, he had to go on for him the whole time.
27:58
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, he was a receiver in college.
28:01
[SPEAKER_00]: So I mean, he came in with a really big learning curve.
28:05
[SPEAKER_00]: He had to learn a lot of stuff.
28:06
[SPEAKER_00]: He was basically learning how to play defensive end as last year in college.
28:09
[SPEAKER_00]: It just never clicked.
28:10
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, you know, you kind of saw the cross-chop move as rookie year.
28:13
[SPEAKER_00]: He kind of learned from Robert Quinn.
28:16
[SPEAKER_00]: That was it, as you only move he had.
28:17
[SPEAKER_00]: And he never really had anymore sacs to last year.
28:19
[SPEAKER_00]: So I'm okay with it.
28:21
[SPEAKER_00]: Of course, then of course, DJ Moore moved on.
28:24
[SPEAKER_00]: I thought the trade was outstanding, getting the second back for that.
28:26
[SPEAKER_00]: And then you look at some of the trades going on around the league, you're like, man.
28:29
[SPEAKER_00]: Rhyapose cooked on that one, right?
28:33
[SPEAKER_01]: I, when you compare it to what the Steelers just did with getting Michael Pittman for a late pick swap who Michael Pittman out produced DJ Morelash here.
28:44
[SPEAKER_01]: It's like what in the hell is Chris Ballard doing and thank you Ryan Pulse for getting that second round pick because, you know, for two receivers who are kind of in that same tier, like it's crazy what the value can can look like and what some of these trades look like.
28:58
[SPEAKER_01]: So Bravo to him.
28:59
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, 60th overall pick, you know, look, the way this draft kind of lays out, it's it's strong in line back or strong and safety, you know, there are some defensive tackles, but they say the sweet spot for for D line is probably your second round.
29:13
[SPEAKER_00]: So who knows what happens here, but I think the bears are in good place in a draft let's let's finish up here with with who's left right I mean who's left for the for the bears.
29:21
[SPEAKER_00]: Anyone left I know Kevin by art is a guy that.
29:24
[SPEAKER_00]: Everyone assume it would be back in Chicago and it just just didn't happen.
29:28
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm not sure if he was waiting for a market to materialize the way from Chicago to kind of drive the price up.
29:33
[SPEAKER_00]: He talked about how he wants to be back in Chicago.
29:36
[SPEAKER_00]: The report saying that it was close to being done deal.
29:40
[SPEAKER_00]: But he also said it in the office and then he's going to do what's best for his family.
29:43
[SPEAKER_00]: So maybe he's looking for the most money possible.
29:45
[SPEAKER_00]: But any chance the bear is bringing him back and pairing with Kobe Bryant.
29:52
[SPEAKER_01]: I guess there's always a chance, just because of what he means for that team.
29:56
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, he was the guy that he was leading them out every single game, given the speech, team captain, two years in a row, really spoke for that defense.
30:06
[SPEAKER_01]: So I think there's a chance, but I believe he's going to get better, a better offer elsewhere.
30:10
[SPEAKER_01]: It's just up to him if he wants to play for contender now.
30:14
[SPEAKER_01]: The bears are a contender.
30:15
[SPEAKER_01]: So maybe that he does get that lower lower salary, but I just am not counting on it now.
30:22
[SPEAKER_01]: I think they were waiting for him.
30:23
[SPEAKER_01]: They had an offer and they said, you're not taking this.
30:26
[SPEAKER_01]: We're going to strike while the iron's hot to get Kobe Bryant and we'll figure out who's going to start next to him.
30:30
[SPEAKER_00]: That sort of feels like to me.
30:32
[SPEAKER_00]: Anyone else on the bearish freeing to list, you think me, there's no more needle movers.
30:37
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, brisk or maybe, you know, I can't list you no one even left there.
30:42
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, we talked about Gardner Johnson.
30:43
[SPEAKER_00]: I think it would be great to have back as a backup.
30:46
[SPEAKER_00]: And like he was a practice squad or last year before the bearers picked him up.
30:49
[SPEAKER_00]: He was on the street.
30:50
[SPEAKER_00]: He was cut from the Raven practice squad.
30:52
[SPEAKER_00]: So if he did manage to play for Chicago and build himself a little bit of a mark back up, good for him.
30:59
[SPEAKER_00]: I just have a hard time seeing it.
31:00
[SPEAKER_00]: I think you bring it back if you can, but yeah, there's really no one else that that you'd be excited to bring back if you, on the bears.
31:06
[SPEAKER_00]: What about like, Frayton's US, Trey Hendrickson?
31:09
[SPEAKER_00]: Did they get back in S, we've stakes now that his market is kind of like, you know, not as much as he thought.
31:14
[SPEAKER_00]: Anyone else out there at Edge, you think may, may the bears could bring in?
31:19
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, it's not the exciting move and people are probably going to groan, but some of the camera Jordan is still interesting.
31:24
[SPEAKER_01]: He had 10 and a half sacks last year, obviously the DA connection there and look at this point, the big guys are gone.
31:34
[SPEAKER_01]: Don't feel always gone, Jalen Phillips, so you're just looking for those stopgap players who can provide a little bit of a spark and maybe give a contender like the bears and
31:48
[SPEAKER_01]: I just, I feel like there's still something there with how he's produced and how he stayed healthy for the most part.
31:55
[SPEAKER_01]: And Jürkson, the blog of this goes, I could see the bears continuing to like check in and be like, hey, what do you think now?
32:03
[SPEAKER_01]: That poor guy, like his agent really left about to try when it comes to some of these deals that he's been signing over the last year, like, not only with the bankals this past season, but then what his expectations were going into this off season.
32:18
[SPEAKER_01]: Oh my gosh, I'm blanking.
32:19
[SPEAKER_00]: There was no one with Henderson and almost feel like Henderson had an idea what he was worth.
32:24
[SPEAKER_00]: And he wanted to go to a specific team.
32:26
[SPEAKER_00]: And he was waiting for a team.
32:27
[SPEAKER_00]: That's what it seems like to me because why would this track out so long?
32:30
[SPEAKER_00]: Especially with Phillips getting huge money.
32:32
[SPEAKER_00]: And you mentioned a couple of the guys that got some pretty good money.
32:35
[SPEAKER_00]: The money was there.
32:37
[SPEAKER_00]: He just didn't strike.
32:38
[SPEAKER_00]: And like you said, I think that comes on with agent.
32:40
[SPEAKER_00]: Maybe it's time to make a move there with him.
32:42
[SPEAKER_00]: And then if maybe he does come back, come to Chicago on a go back to play with Dennis
32:48
[SPEAKER_01]: It's yeah, yeah, both these guys like Jordan and Hendrix and both DA guys.
32:52
[SPEAKER_01]: We've been saying that a lot though.
32:53
[SPEAKER_01]: There's a lot of Actions we thought that things would happen.
32:56
[SPEAKER_01]: Alexander Looney a lot.
32:57
[SPEAKER_01]: They tailored that didn't happen, but then you got somebody like Contared, I forgot how to say his name.
33:03
[SPEAKER_01]: Contabius Street He did play with Dennis Allen back in New Orleans and Val.
33:08
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, you also see some Cowboys connections.
33:10
[SPEAKER_01]: The al Harris Connection could be a situation as well.
33:14
[SPEAKER_01]: I just saw that I think OSa
33:17
[SPEAKER_01]: Do we see I just just for I told Lester this before I'm going on two hours of sleep here.
33:24
[SPEAKER_01]: So I am just all over the place I butcher everything anyway So that's all I'm usually good about it though.
33:30
[SPEAKER_01]: You are so for that, but I saw that he may be on the block too.
33:34
[SPEAKER_01]: So that could be a position the bears look at he could play a little bit inside
33:39
[SPEAKER_01]: because like I said before, they still should look for a veteran to bring in to kind of push your bond extra and gravy jury, even though I do think that they're going to address it, high in the draft.
33:51
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, not.
33:51
[SPEAKER_00]: So like I said, the frequency,
33:54
[SPEAKER_00]: It's okay, I'm okay with doing so far.
33:58
[SPEAKER_00]: You know, I would have liked a little more splash, but you know, maybe Bradley Chubb is a guy that they kind of look at later.
34:03
[SPEAKER_00]: And I do like Cam Jordan, he said 10 and a half sacks last year.
34:06
[SPEAKER_00]: He is not the same player he was, but he's also the last two years, only played about half their snaps.
34:12
[SPEAKER_00]: So he knows who he is at this point in his career.
34:14
[SPEAKER_00]: He's okay with a reduced role, and I think that's a good thing.
34:17
[SPEAKER_00]: Go ahead to what you got.
34:18
[SPEAKER_00]: I found it, new it.
34:19
[SPEAKER_01]: My brain was working on slow, but I got it.
34:21
[SPEAKER_01]: Jedeving climbing.
34:22
[SPEAKER_01]: Uh, another guy just always signs late in free agency and he just keeps producing to get seven and a half sacks last year for the cowboys and I know some of those were a little bit like garbage time stuff like late in the season, but you're talking about a big body to edge player that really fits what the bears are the bears run with DA.
34:41
[SPEAKER_01]: I just, I love the idea of today being a clown.
34:44
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know if it would be great in practice, but at this point, give it a shot.
34:49
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I mean, look, you need a guy.
34:50
[SPEAKER_00]: You need some depth there.
34:51
[SPEAKER_00]: Right now you're lacking depth there.
34:54
[SPEAKER_00]: It's it's bookering a sweat and you're hoping something happened.
34:57
[SPEAKER_00]: So yeah, if you can't get Cam Jordan, clown is a good vet.
35:01
[SPEAKER_00]: Good against the run.
35:02
[SPEAKER_00]: I think it's a quality guy there.
35:04
[SPEAKER_00]: But that's it.
35:04
[SPEAKER_00]: I said, it can keep you half an hour.
35:06
[SPEAKER_00]: We're going to a little bit over.
35:07
[SPEAKER_00]: So I do appreciate your Brendan.
35:09
[SPEAKER_00]: Again, Brendan's screw at Brendan's a screw on the Twitter.
35:12
[SPEAKER_00]: Are you on blue sky or anywhere else, IG and other socials?
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[SPEAKER_00]: I am a blue sky.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm trying to post my stuff there a little bit more.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So make sure you follow me there.
35:19
[SPEAKER_01]: I'll post my articles.
35:21
[SPEAKER_01]: You can follow me on Instagram, but I'm just going to be posting pictures of my dogs.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So if you like that, go ahead.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I appreciate it, Brendan.
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[SPEAKER_00]: For Brendan, I'm Lester.
35:30
[SPEAKER_00]: Bear it on everyone.