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DJ Moore Talks Playing RB, Ben Johnson s Impact _ NFL Training Camp Tour · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: Third season with the Chicago Bears. Last season nine hundred
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  Speaker 1: and sixty six yards, ninety eight receptions, six touchdowns. New
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  Speaker 1: regime here in town for you, a change of scenery
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  Speaker 1: with the crew in here. How's it felt so far
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  Speaker 1: through the early portion of training camp with Ben Johnson?
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  Speaker 2: Uncomfortable has been the main thing. Just them trying to
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  Speaker 2: change the coach around here. And they done did it
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  Speaker 2: fast and you can tell how he practice and go
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  Speaker 2: about our business.
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  Speaker 1: What about it has changed so much in terms of
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  Speaker 1: how you practice.
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  Speaker 2: What's the thing that job, that intensity. If you mess up,
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  Speaker 2: you get out of there. You get one chance. If
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  Speaker 2: you a double offender, then you ain't gonna be in
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  Speaker 2: on that play for the rest of camp, they feel like.
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  Speaker 1: So we saw a lot of that in the chat,
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  Speaker 1: people mentioning Luther Burden in there. You know, rookie receiver
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  Speaker 1: coming in and been dealing with a little bit of injury
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  Speaker 1: and Coach Johnson after a play tossed him out and
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  Speaker 1: made it watch there. Do you offer any counsel to
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  Speaker 1: your rook on that one? Would you tell him after that?
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  Speaker 2: I actually didn't see it because I was coming back
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  Speaker 2: or again and talk to what I did hear him
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  Speaker 2: yelling at somebody, and I know with Luther, but if
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  Speaker 2: any advice is that you just got to stay in
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  Speaker 2: your playbook and know the exact details, because if the
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  Speaker 2: playbooks say plus two from the hash and you minus
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  Speaker 2: one from the hash, then you're wrong and you're gonna
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  Speaker 2: have to get out. If he's gonna give you a
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  Speaker 2: second chance, you're gonna rehuddle it, go back out there.
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  Speaker 2: If you do it again, line up in the same way,
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  Speaker 2: you're definitely coming out.
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  Speaker 3: I appreciate that though, because he's establishing, hey, this is
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  Speaker 3: our standard, this is what it is, and if you're
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  Speaker 3: not on our page, get out. We'll find somebody else
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  Speaker 3: to get in and do it. So it keeps everyone
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  Speaker 3: accountable and just making everyone like, all right, I gotta
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  Speaker 3: get in my platebook because I want to be on
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  Speaker 3: the field.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, exactly. So you're obviously on the field plenty for
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  Speaker 1: this Bears team. You've been a great player already. We
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  Speaker 1: did see a little bit of you working at running back, though.
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  Speaker 1: Did I see that right here? What was that conversation
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  Speaker 1: like and how did that feel for you?
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  Speaker 2: The conversation was, all right, we got this package of however,
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  Speaker 2: many plays and god know it by tomorrow and ever
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  Speaker 2: since then. I just was like, all right, I've just
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  Speaker 2: been going here first with it.
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  Speaker 1: How did it feel? I mean, is that something that
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  Speaker 1: you had done much before? Any experience? Well?
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  Speaker 2: I had experience with it. It's not too challenging, but
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's a whole different feel with your odds
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  Speaker 2: and your feet and from going from outside to being
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  Speaker 2: in the backfield everything faster back there.
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  Speaker 3: Did you ever play running back high school? College?
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  Speaker 2: A little bit in high school and college and uh,
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  Speaker 2: but to be in the pros everything.
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  Speaker 3: So what's been the most challenging piece about playing running
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  Speaker 3: back in the.
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  Speaker 2: In the NFL? Yeah, it's a getting your footwork right
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  Speaker 2: with the quarterback and being in on time with the line,
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  Speaker 2: you know, because if you're late, you're gonna get blown up.
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  Speaker 1: And on the cutback. You mentioned you mentioned your quarterback
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  Speaker 1: Taylor Williams coming into year two for him in the NFL,
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  Speaker 1: But you're one of this offense that we know puts
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  Speaker 1: a lot on the quarterbacks plate. What have you seen
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  Speaker 1: from him so far through this offseason and now into
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  Speaker 1: camp as far as his development is.
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  Speaker 2: His detail, he's been more detailed on everything because he
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  Speaker 2: you know, he don't want to get thrown out. To start,
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  Speaker 2: A quarterback can get thrown out of practice. When that happens,
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  Speaker 2: you know, everybody can get thrown out. So I know
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  Speaker 2: he's he's been studying pretty hard and going after it
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  Speaker 2: with us being on the details with him.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Well, that's good to hear. I'm sure Bears
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  Speaker 1: fans are exciting. They also don't want to see their
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  Speaker 1: quarterback get thrown out of practice. Here, we want to
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  Speaker 1: do something. We know you just got done with practice.
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  Speaker 1: You work physically. We want to get a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of the mentals here right now. We got the iPad
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  Speaker 1: coming over here, and what we've got is a freeze
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  Speaker 1: framed play from last season. So it's apparently too hot
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  Speaker 1: and our iPad is overheated right now, so we're going
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  Speaker 1: to try and put you to work in there a
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  Speaker 1: little bit it. Oh, you know what play it is?
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  Speaker 1: All right? What play was it?
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  Speaker 3: From the formation team.
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  Speaker 2: Our former team, the Panthers? Okay, formation was I want
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  Speaker 2: to say a four by one. I was on the backside.
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  Speaker 2: I had a post alert post. If the safety moved
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  Speaker 2: over at any point an inch, it was going up
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  Speaker 2: to me. And he did and it's a touchdown, all right.
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  Speaker 1: There we got and we've got play going down right here.
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  Speaker 1: So you saw safety move one on one matchup and
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  Speaker 1: an incredible catch back there in the end zone. I'm
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  Speaker 1: curious for you, DJ because when I watch you on tape,
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  Speaker 1: when you get the ball in your hands in the
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  Speaker 1: short area, it's a show. You are so electric with
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  Speaker 1: the ball in your hands. Do you like a short
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  Speaker 1: catch that you can turn into a long run or
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  Speaker 1: a deep ball like that where you're toe tapping in
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  Speaker 1: the back of the end zone.
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  Speaker 2: Better either or hope it just both turn out into
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  Speaker 2: a touchdown. But the funness is when you can get
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  Speaker 2: the ball short and go be Mario Superstar on the play.
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  Speaker 3: So I choose that one. Electrifying plays, those are the
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  Speaker 3: fun ones to watch.
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  Speaker 1: Those are the fun ones. All right. Last one for
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  Speaker 1: you here. We know you got to go and got
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  Speaker 1: a busy day. Here we saw you guys did the
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  Speaker 1: first day of school stuff. There you put the chalkboard
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  Speaker 1: up and you and Roma Duneesa both said you wanted
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  Speaker 1: to be the other when you grow up. Here, describe
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  Speaker 1: your relationship with Rome going into his second year.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's been amazing. Rome been under my wing
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  Speaker 2: since he got hair. We had Keenan last year Keenan,
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  Speaker 2: I was under Keenan's wing because he's was the vet Vet.
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  Speaker 2: I'm still learning from him. Yes, he's like so I
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  Speaker 2: was learning from him and Rome was taking it from
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  Speaker 2: from me and me and him at the same time.
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  Speaker 2: But I'm closer to aged in Rome, so I mean,
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  Speaker 2: our relationship is great. We text if you have a
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  Speaker 2: problem out doing the feel he asked me, and we
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  Speaker 2: go from there.
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  Speaker 1: Well, it's something I know. Bears are excited to see
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  Speaker 1: you guys both out there doing your thing this season. DJ.
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  Speaker 1: We appreciate the time man. Good luck with the rest
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  Speaker 1: of training camp and hopefully you don't get tossed at
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  Speaker 1: any point.
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  Speaker 2: Please that in the air.