1 00:00:12,269 --> 00:00:13,236 PREVIOUSLY ON 2 00:00:13,236 --> 00:00:14,905 "HARD KNOCKS"... 3 00:00:14,905 --> 00:00:15,305 WHAT A PLAY. 4 00:00:15,305 --> 00:00:17,607 LIKE SUPERMAN, TAPPED IT AWAY 5 00:00:17,607 --> 00:00:18,775 WITH ONE HAND. 6 00:00:18,775 --> 00:00:20,210 HE IS SOMEONE I'M ALWAYS 7 00:00:20,210 --> 00:00:22,412 ROOTING FOR. 8 00:00:22,412 --> 00:00:23,347 VELUS JONES, THIS IS WHAT YOU 9 00:00:23,347 --> 00:00:27,184 WERE HOPING TO SEE. 10 00:00:27,184 --> 00:00:31,722 WHEELER LIMPING A LITTLE BIT. 11 00:00:31,722 --> 00:00:33,557 DOES HAVE AN ACL TEAR. 12 00:00:33,557 --> 00:00:35,692 YOUR JOURNEY IS GOING TO 13 00:00:35,692 --> 00:00:37,294 CONTINUE ON. 14 00:00:37,294 --> 00:00:38,095 ALL RIGHT, BOYS. 15 00:00:38,095 --> 00:00:40,831 YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS. 16 00:00:40,831 --> 00:00:41,164 IT'S VICTORY. 17 00:00:41,164 --> 00:00:41,798 AUSTIN REED. 18 00:00:41,798 --> 00:00:44,234 IS HE GOING TO FIND A ROSTER 19 00:00:44,234 --> 00:00:45,869 SPOT? 20 00:00:45,869 --> 00:00:47,004 CONTINUES TO DO EVERYTHING 21 00:00:47,004 --> 00:00:47,804 RIGHT. 22 00:00:47,804 --> 00:00:48,372 ARE WE MAKING THE RIGHT 23 00:00:48,372 --> 00:00:51,408 DECISION OR ARE WE MAKING THE 24 00:00:51,408 --> 00:00:52,275 EASY DECISION? 25 00:00:52,275 --> 00:00:53,377 WHEN THE NFL 26 00:00:53,377 --> 00:00:53,910 WAS CREATED, GEORGE HALAS' 27 00:00:53,910 --> 00:00:54,745 CHICAGO BEARS ROCKETED 28 00:00:54,745 --> 00:00:55,379 PRO FOOTBALL INTO THE NATION'S 29 00:00:55,379 --> 00:00:55,812 SPOTLIGHT. 30 00:00:55,812 --> 00:00:56,346 THE BEARS, THE WORLD 31 00:00:56,346 --> 00:00:57,180 CHAMPIONS. 32 00:00:57,180 --> 00:00:58,148 DA BEARS! 33 00:00:58,148 --> 00:00:59,349 GIVE ME 18 INCHES 34 00:00:59,349 --> 00:00:59,650 OF DAYLIGHT. 35 00:00:59,650 --> 00:01:00,917 THAT'S ALL I NEED. 36 00:01:00,917 --> 00:01:02,452 NICKNAMED THE MONSTERS 37 00:01:02,452 --> 00:01:05,222 OF THE MIDWAY... 38 00:01:05,222 --> 00:01:06,757 THE REFRIGERATOR. 39 00:01:06,757 --> 00:01:08,358 THE BEARS TRANSFORMED 40 00:01:08,358 --> 00:01:09,826 THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. 41 00:01:09,826 --> 00:01:10,994 THE CHICAGO BEARS SELECT 42 00:01:10,994 --> 00:01:16,133 CALEB WILLIAMS. 43 00:01:45,963 --> 00:01:48,198 I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DID 44 00:01:48,198 --> 00:01:48,966 THIS PROCESS THE RIGHT WAY WITH 45 00:01:48,966 --> 00:01:50,634 AN OPEN MIND. 46 00:01:50,634 --> 00:01:54,438 I THOUGHT BETWEEN HIM, KRAMER, 47 00:01:54,438 --> 00:01:55,973 STEWARD, VELUS, THEY DESERVED 48 00:01:55,973 --> 00:01:57,207 ANOTHER CONVERSATION JUST 49 00:01:57,207 --> 00:02:00,644 BECAUSE THEY PLAYED WELL. 50 00:02:00,644 --> 00:02:02,646 THE HIGHER CEILING. 51 00:02:02,646 --> 00:02:04,514 IT COULD LOOK DIFFERENT VERSUS 52 00:02:04,514 --> 00:02:05,882 HIGHER LEVELS OF COMPETITION. 53 00:02:05,882 --> 00:02:07,184 ALL RIGHT. 54 00:02:07,184 --> 00:02:07,951 LET'S PLAY THROUGH THE NUMBER 55 00:02:07,951 --> 00:02:12,389 GAME. 56 00:02:12,389 --> 00:02:13,557 RUNNING BACKS AND TIGHT ENDS. 57 00:02:13,557 --> 00:02:18,195 THE D-LINE MEN. 58 00:02:18,195 --> 00:02:24,267 THEN YOU STILL HAVE TEN DEEP. 59 00:02:24,267 --> 00:02:26,837 WHERE ARE WE LONG? 60 00:02:26,837 --> 00:02:28,872 WHERE ARE WE HEAVY? 61 00:02:28,872 --> 00:02:29,640 YEAH. 62 00:02:29,640 --> 00:02:31,408 WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR 63 00:02:31,408 --> 00:02:32,509 TEAM TODAY. 64 00:02:32,509 --> 00:02:33,477 OUR SYSTEM IS WORKING. 65 00:02:33,477 --> 00:02:35,479 SO YES, WE WANT TO KEEP 66 00:02:35,479 --> 00:02:37,514 EVERYBODY BUT WE ARE NOT IN THAT 67 00:02:37,514 --> 00:02:37,981 SPACE ANYMORE. 68 00:02:37,981 --> 00:02:44,621 IT'S TIME TO WIN. 69 00:02:44,621 --> 00:02:46,256 OKAY, GOOD MORNING. 70 00:02:46,256 --> 00:02:47,724 HOW IS EVERYBODY DOING? 71 00:02:47,724 --> 00:02:48,392 ALL RIGHT. 72 00:02:48,392 --> 00:02:50,427 THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR THAT IS 73 00:02:50,427 --> 00:02:52,062 NOT VERY FUN, RIGHT? 74 00:02:52,062 --> 00:02:54,898 FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, RIGHT, 75 00:02:54,898 --> 00:02:55,299 COACHES, PLAYERS. 76 00:02:55,299 --> 00:02:57,601 WE'VE SPENT TIME IN THE 77 00:02:57,601 --> 00:02:58,468 SPRINGTIME BUILDING 78 00:02:58,468 --> 00:03:00,270 RELATIONSHIPS WITH EVERYBODY, 79 00:03:00,270 --> 00:03:00,971 RIGHT? 80 00:03:00,971 --> 00:03:03,273 THE NEXT TWO DAYS, FELLOWS, THE 81 00:03:03,273 --> 00:03:04,474 TEAM IS GOING TO CHANGE RIGHT 82 00:03:04,474 --> 00:03:05,909 NOW, WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT. 83 00:03:05,909 --> 00:03:08,278 I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 84 00:03:08,278 --> 00:03:10,414 EFFORT, YOUR FOCUS AND 85 00:03:10,414 --> 00:03:12,916 INTENSITY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, 86 00:03:12,916 --> 00:03:13,216 THE PASSION. 87 00:03:13,216 --> 00:03:14,184 THE PASSION YOU GUYS HAVE FOR 88 00:03:14,184 --> 00:03:16,520 EACH OTHER AND THE PASSION YOU 89 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:17,054 HAVE FOR THE TEAM AND THE 90 00:03:17,054 --> 00:03:18,021 PASSION YOU PLAY WITH. 91 00:03:18,021 --> 00:03:20,157 AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, 92 00:03:20,157 --> 00:03:22,259 ALWAYS BE ENCOURAGING. 93 00:03:22,259 --> 00:03:22,993 LOVE THE BROTHER NEXT YEAR. 94 00:03:22,993 --> 00:03:24,227 THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO. 95 00:03:24,227 --> 00:03:26,630 IF HE'S IN A HARD SPOT, PICK HIM 96 00:03:26,630 --> 00:03:27,197 UP. 97 00:03:27,197 --> 00:03:28,498 WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS. 98 00:03:28,498 --> 00:03:30,500 THAT'S REAL. 99 00:03:30,500 --> 00:03:31,868 THIS TIME OF YEAR IS DIFFERENT, 100 00:03:31,868 --> 00:03:32,803 IT'S JUST DIFFERENT. 101 00:03:32,803 --> 00:03:34,204 I WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS AHEAD 102 00:03:34,204 --> 00:03:37,140 OF IT, OKAY? 103 00:03:37,140 --> 00:03:38,241 THE HARD DECISIONS 104 00:03:38,241 --> 00:03:40,344 MADE OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS WILL 105 00:03:40,344 --> 00:03:42,946 HANG IN THE AIR A LONG TIME. 106 00:03:42,946 --> 00:03:44,481 BECAUSE EVERY BEARS TEAM IS 107 00:03:44,481 --> 00:03:46,283 MEMORIALIZED IN THE CHANDELIER 108 00:03:46,283 --> 00:03:51,221 ADORNING HALAS HALL. 109 00:03:51,221 --> 00:03:52,456 IT HAS MORE THAN A HUNDRED GLASS 110 00:03:52,456 --> 00:03:54,458 RODS, EACH REPRESENTING 111 00:03:54,458 --> 00:03:57,027 A BEARS SEASON. 112 00:03:57,027 --> 00:04:00,063 WHITE FOR A WINNING YEAR, 113 00:04:00,063 --> 00:04:03,834 BLUE FOR A PLAYOFF TEAM, 114 00:04:03,834 --> 00:04:06,937 ORANGE FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP. 115 00:04:06,937 --> 00:04:08,238 A CENTURY'S WORTH OF TRADITION 116 00:04:08,238 --> 00:04:10,340 IS A LOT TO LIVE UP TO. 117 00:04:10,340 --> 00:04:12,009 BUT THE 2024 BEARS HAVE FAITH, 118 00:04:12,009 --> 00:04:13,977 STARTING AT THE TOP, 119 00:04:13,977 --> 00:04:15,779 WHERE PRESIDENT KEVIN WARREN IS 120 00:04:18,048 --> 00:04:24,521 WHAT WOULD PAPA BEAR DO? 121 00:04:24,521 --> 00:04:25,722 OVER 2,000 PLAYERS AND 122 00:04:25,722 --> 00:04:27,457 COACHES HAVE PLAYED FOR THE 123 00:04:27,457 --> 00:04:27,991 BEARS. 124 00:04:27,991 --> 00:04:29,893 BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS 125 00:04:29,893 --> 00:04:31,828 FOR PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE WHO 126 00:04:31,828 --> 00:04:34,298 GEORGE HALAS IS CARRIED THE 127 00:04:34,298 --> 00:04:36,233 FIRST PERSON TO HAVE FULL TIME 128 00:04:36,233 --> 00:04:36,767 ASSISTANT COACHES, TO HAVE 129 00:04:36,767 --> 00:04:42,039 PEOPLE UP IN THE PRESS BOX. 130 00:04:42,039 --> 00:04:43,640 REVENUE SHARING THAT TODAY STILL 131 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:44,207 MAKES THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL 132 00:04:44,207 --> 00:04:46,043 LEAGUE INCREDIBLY SPECIAL FROM A 133 00:04:46,043 --> 00:04:46,643 FINANCIAL STANDPOINT. 134 00:04:46,643 --> 00:04:49,046 HE TRULY WAS AN INNOVATOR. 135 00:04:49,046 --> 00:04:51,148 TO ME IT MEANS THAT EVERY 136 00:04:51,148 --> 00:04:54,284 DECISION THAT I MAKE IN THIS 137 00:04:54,284 --> 00:04:56,486 OFFICE, TO LOOK AT IT THROUGH 138 00:04:56,486 --> 00:04:59,856 THE PRISM OF THE IMPACT THAT 139 00:04:59,856 --> 00:05:00,390 WILL HAVE ON THE PAST, THE 140 00:05:00,390 --> 00:05:03,493 PRESENT, BUT ALSO THE FUTURE. 141 00:05:03,493 --> 00:05:04,761 THE FUTURE IS NOW. 142 00:05:04,761 --> 00:05:05,362 IF ANY COACH HAS SOMETHING TO 143 00:05:05,362 --> 00:05:05,996 SAY ABOUT A PLAYER BEFORE FINAL 144 00:05:05,996 --> 00:05:12,469 CUTS, THIS IS THEIR LAST CHANCE. 145 00:05:12,469 --> 00:05:13,370 POSITION BY POSITION. 146 00:05:13,370 --> 00:05:16,173 LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, 147 00:05:16,173 --> 00:05:18,575 TAKE EVERYONE'S THOUGHTS AND 148 00:05:18,575 --> 00:05:19,743 OPINIONS. 149 00:05:19,743 --> 00:05:21,011 TO MAKE THE DECISIONS WE'VE GOT 150 00:05:21,011 --> 00:05:28,085 TO MAKE TO GET TO THE 53. 151 00:05:29,353 --> 00:05:29,820 THERE'S FACTORS INVOLVED, 152 00:05:29,820 --> 00:05:34,992 SPECIAL TEAMS. 153 00:05:34,992 --> 00:05:35,792 SCARCITY, DEMAND. 154 00:05:35,792 --> 00:05:39,796 WHAT WE NEED TODAY, WHAT WE NEED 155 00:05:39,796 --> 00:05:42,199 TOMORROW, WHAT WE NEED DOWN THE 156 00:05:42,199 --> 00:05:42,399 LINE. 157 00:05:42,399 --> 00:05:44,368 SAFETIES? 158 00:05:44,368 --> 00:05:48,572 I THINK THE PLAY LAST NIGHT, 159 00:05:48,572 --> 00:05:50,741 THE LENGTH AND THE SPEED TO MAKE 160 00:05:50,741 --> 00:05:52,743 THAT PLAY IS SOMETHING I THINK 161 00:05:52,743 --> 00:05:56,146 ABOUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 162 00:05:56,146 --> 00:05:58,081 QUARTERBACKS? 163 00:05:58,081 --> 00:06:02,052 VETERAN LEADERSHIP, IT'S BEEN 164 00:06:02,052 --> 00:06:03,353 GOOD FOR THE ROOM. 165 00:06:03,353 --> 00:06:09,793 DID A GREAT JOB THIS PRESEASON. 166 00:06:09,793 --> 00:06:12,229 IF YOU HAD TO PROJECT 167 00:06:12,229 --> 00:06:14,631 AUSTEN'S CEILING? 168 00:06:14,631 --> 00:06:18,035 HOW DO YOU SEE THAT GOING? 169 00:06:18,035 --> 00:06:18,869 I THINK FOR HIM, JUST A 170 00:06:18,869 --> 00:06:21,071 COUPLE YEARS. 171 00:06:21,071 --> 00:06:24,574 DEVELOPMENT OF THE FUNDAMENTALS. 172 00:06:24,574 --> 00:06:27,778 HE KNOWS. 173 00:06:27,778 --> 00:06:28,879 THE NUMBER OF REPS HE GETS. 174 00:06:28,879 --> 00:06:30,647 WHERE HE WAS TO WHERE HE'S AT 175 00:06:30,647 --> 00:06:33,617 RIGHT NOW, TO MY MIND, NIGHT AND 176 00:06:33,617 --> 00:06:33,917 DAY. 177 00:06:33,917 --> 00:06:37,321 I REALLY LIKE HIS DISPOSITION 178 00:06:37,321 --> 00:06:37,754 DISPOSITION. 179 00:06:37,754 --> 00:06:40,257 A GREAT DISPOSITION FOR THAT 180 00:06:40,257 --> 00:06:40,657 POSITION. 181 00:06:40,657 --> 00:06:43,427 DOESN'T CONCERN ME TO HAVE TWO 182 00:06:43,427 --> 00:06:47,731 ROOKIES AND AND A SECOND YEAR GUY? 183 00:06:47,731 --> 00:06:51,234 HIS MATURITY. 184 00:06:51,234 --> 00:06:52,202 VELUS IS RIGHT THERE. 185 00:06:52,202 --> 00:06:53,136 HE'S JUST TOO EXPLOSIVE. 186 00:06:53,136 --> 00:06:54,571 I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR HIM MORE 187 00:06:54,571 --> 00:06:58,408 THAN ANYBODY. 188 00:06:58,408 --> 00:06:59,676 THE STRIDES VELUS MADE WEEK 189 00:06:59,676 --> 00:07:01,178 TO WEEK, THAT WAS A PRETTY BIG 190 00:07:01,178 --> 00:07:02,846 STRIDE I THOUGHT, OUTSIDE OF 191 00:07:02,846 --> 00:07:04,481 JUST THE BIG RUNS. 192 00:07:04,481 --> 00:07:07,384 IT WAS THE INSIDE RUNS, HIS 193 00:07:07,384 --> 00:07:08,552 WILLINGNESS. 194 00:07:08,552 --> 00:07:13,090 THAT'S A TOUGH SKILL SET TO 195 00:07:13,090 --> 00:07:16,460 BYPASS. 196 00:07:16,460 --> 00:07:18,362 RIGHT. 197 00:07:18,362 --> 00:07:21,131 APPRECIATE IT. 198 00:07:21,131 --> 00:07:22,466 I NEED THE COORDINATORS TO 199 00:07:22,466 --> 00:07:24,468 STAY IN HERE. 200 00:07:24,468 --> 00:07:25,669 TO SURVIVE CUTS, 201 00:07:25,669 --> 00:07:26,236 PLAYERS ON THE FRINGE OF THE 202 00:07:26,236 --> 00:07:26,837 ROSTER NEED SOME KIND OF EDGE, 203 00:07:26,837 --> 00:07:31,575 LIKE VERSATILITY. 204 00:07:31,575 --> 00:07:33,276 IN TERMS OF VELUS WITH YOU, 205 00:07:33,276 --> 00:07:39,383 WHAT WOULD HE DO FOR US? 206 00:07:39,383 --> 00:07:40,384 KICK RETURN, PUNT RETURN ON 207 00:07:40,384 --> 00:07:41,051 THE INTERIOR. 208 00:07:41,051 --> 00:07:41,818 THE OUTSIDE. 209 00:07:41,818 --> 00:07:43,820 HE CAN PLAY EITHER ONE. 210 00:07:43,820 --> 00:07:44,621 KICKOFF, HE WILL PLAY ANYWHERE 211 00:07:44,621 --> 00:07:48,225 ON KICKOFF. 212 00:07:48,225 --> 00:07:50,661 DEPENDING ON THE CORNER, HE BE 213 00:07:50,661 --> 00:07:52,329 OF THE FIRST GUNNER IN. 214 00:07:52,329 --> 00:07:54,798 WE MIGHT ROLL THOSE GUNNERS AND 215 00:07:54,798 --> 00:07:55,999 AGAIN. 216 00:07:55,999 --> 00:07:57,467 THIS SPEED, HE LOOKED WAY BETTER 217 00:07:57,467 --> 00:07:58,568 AT GUNNER THIS YEAR THAN HE DID 218 00:07:58,568 --> 00:08:02,939 LAST YEAR RIGHT NOW. 219 00:08:02,939 --> 00:08:06,276 HE'S HAD A GREAT CAMP. 220 00:08:06,276 --> 00:08:06,743 HE CHANGED POSITIONS. 221 00:08:06,743 --> 00:08:09,112 HE COMES OUT. 222 00:08:09,112 --> 00:08:12,816 HE RUNS HARD. 223 00:08:12,816 --> 00:08:13,884 THE POWER FORWARD. 224 00:08:13,884 --> 00:08:16,186 HE CAN ALSO TAKE IT TO THE 225 00:08:16,186 --> 00:08:16,954 HOUSE. 226 00:08:16,954 --> 00:08:18,255 A POTENTIAL GAME CHANGER, FOR 227 00:08:18,255 --> 00:08:18,455 REAL. 228 00:08:18,455 --> 00:08:24,728 IN CERTAIN SPOTS. 229 00:08:29,933 --> 00:08:31,835 HELLO. 230 00:08:31,835 --> 00:08:32,336 HI, MOM. 231 00:08:32,336 --> 00:08:35,572 HOW ARE YOU? 232 00:08:35,572 --> 00:08:35,906 PACKING. 233 00:08:35,906 --> 00:08:37,874 JUST TRYING TO GET MY LIFE 234 00:08:37,874 --> 00:08:39,309 TOGETHER. 235 00:08:39,309 --> 00:08:43,080 I'VE GOT A LOT OF DIRTY CLOTHES. 236 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:45,382 HOW ARE YOU FEELING MENTALLY 237 00:08:45,382 --> 00:08:46,550 ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING? 238 00:08:46,550 --> 00:08:50,787 I THINK RIGHT NOW, IT'S A 239 00:08:50,787 --> 00:08:50,954 LOT. 240 00:08:50,954 --> 00:08:52,155 I'M BEING OPTIMISTIC AND 241 00:08:52,155 --> 00:08:52,422 POSITIVE. 242 00:08:52,422 --> 00:08:53,924 ONCE IT GETS TO IT, I'M PROBABLY 243 00:08:53,924 --> 00:08:56,893 GOING TO FEEL SOME TYPE OF WAY. 244 00:08:56,893 --> 00:08:59,029 I DON'T KNOW. 245 00:08:59,029 --> 00:09:01,264 ARE YOU HAPPY YOU ARE ABLE TO 246 00:09:01,264 --> 00:09:03,700 WORK IT OUT? 247 00:09:03,700 --> 00:09:03,967 YEAH. 248 00:09:03,967 --> 00:09:06,503 I DIDN'T REALLY WANT YOU TO 249 00:09:06,503 --> 00:09:08,972 TRAVEL POST-OP. 250 00:09:08,972 --> 00:09:09,640 THERE'LL BE 251 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:10,874 NO FOOTBALL FOR IAN WHEELER THIS 252 00:09:10,874 --> 00:09:11,074 YEAR. 253 00:09:11,074 --> 00:09:12,042 THE ROOKIE RUNNER TORE HIS ACL 254 00:09:12,042 --> 00:09:18,415 IN THE FINAL PRESEASON GAME. 255 00:09:18,415 --> 00:09:19,182 OH, NO! 256 00:09:19,182 --> 00:09:23,353 MY MOM IS MY ROCK. 257 00:09:23,353 --> 00:09:25,789 HAVING HER THERE MEANT A LOT. 258 00:09:25,789 --> 00:09:26,423 UNFORTUNATE THAT HAPPENED BUT 259 00:09:26,423 --> 00:09:29,393 SHE GOT TO SEE ME PLAY IN AN NFL 260 00:09:29,393 --> 00:09:30,360 UNIFORM. 261 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:31,862 HE'S HEADED HOME TO 262 00:09:31,862 --> 00:09:32,496 HOUSTON WHERE HE'LL HAVE SURGERY 263 00:09:32,496 --> 00:09:35,966 THIS WEEK. 264 00:09:35,966 --> 00:09:38,201 YOUR GRANDMOTHER IS COOKING 265 00:09:38,201 --> 00:09:40,037 FIVE DIFFERENT MEALS. 266 00:09:40,037 --> 00:09:40,837 IS SHE MAKING JAMBALAYA? 267 00:09:40,837 --> 00:09:42,472 I DON'T KNOW PAT I'LL ASK. 268 00:09:42,472 --> 00:09:45,375 SHE IS MAKING A GUMBO. 269 00:09:45,375 --> 00:09:46,677 MADE SOME BEINGS. 270 00:09:46,677 --> 00:09:48,412 IT'S TOO HOT FOR GUMBO. 271 00:09:48,412 --> 00:09:51,048 SHE WAS LIKE, I WANT HIM TO 272 00:09:51,048 --> 00:09:54,484 HAVE WHATEVER HE WANTS. 273 00:09:54,484 --> 00:09:57,087 I'LL BE BACK TOMORROW. 274 00:09:57,087 --> 00:09:58,288 OKAY. 275 00:09:58,288 --> 00:10:00,257 WELL, LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S 276 00:10:00,257 --> 00:10:02,292 ANYTHING I NEED TO DO TO ASSIST 277 00:10:02,292 --> 00:10:02,459 YOU. 278 00:10:02,459 --> 00:10:02,993 ALL RIGHT. 279 00:10:02,993 --> 00:10:05,295 I LOVE YOU, MOM. 280 00:10:05,295 --> 00:10:07,631 I LOVE YOU TOO. 281 00:10:07,631 --> 00:10:09,733 STAY IN GOOD THOUGHTS. 282 00:10:09,733 --> 00:10:11,201 I GOT YOU. 283 00:10:11,201 --> 00:10:12,769 ALL RIGHT, TALK TO YOU LATER. 284 00:10:12,769 --> 00:10:18,809 YES, MOM. 285 00:10:18,809 --> 00:10:21,078 JUST BECAUSE I HAD A PLAN FOR 286 00:10:21,078 --> 00:10:22,045 MYSELF DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN 287 00:10:22,045 --> 00:10:23,680 THAT THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. 288 00:10:23,680 --> 00:10:29,186 I HAD A PLAN TO START IN 289 00:10:29,186 --> 00:10:30,420 HIGH SCHOOL FROM THE MOMENT I 290 00:10:30,420 --> 00:10:31,622 STEPPED ON CAMPUS, THAT DIDN'T 291 00:10:31,622 --> 00:10:32,255 HAPPEN. 292 00:10:32,255 --> 00:10:33,957 I HAD A PLAN TO GET A 293 00:10:33,957 --> 00:10:35,859 SCHOLARSHIP TO A D1 SCHOOL. 294 00:10:35,859 --> 00:10:36,526 THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. 295 00:10:36,526 --> 00:10:38,962 I HAD A PLAN TO GET DRAFTED. 296 00:10:38,962 --> 00:10:40,230 THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. 297 00:10:40,230 --> 00:10:41,798 BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP ME. 298 00:10:41,798 --> 00:10:43,667 THIS IS JUST ANOTHER MOMENT 299 00:10:43,667 --> 00:10:46,637 WHERE I'M BEING TESTED. 300 00:10:46,637 --> 00:10:48,805 IT'S GOING TO BE NICE BEING 301 00:10:48,805 --> 00:10:49,573 HOME. 302 00:10:49,573 --> 00:10:51,408 BUT AS SOON AS I AM GOOD ENOUGH 303 00:10:51,408 --> 00:10:53,777 TO COME BACK UP HERE WITH THE 304 00:10:53,777 --> 00:10:55,278 TEAM, DO REHAB, DO WHATEVER THEY 305 00:10:55,278 --> 00:10:57,247 TELL ME TO DO JUST SO I CAN 306 00:10:57,247 --> 00:10:57,748 LEARN. 307 00:10:57,748 --> 00:11:01,885 THIS MIGHT END UP BEING ONE OF 308 00:11:01,885 --> 00:11:03,987 MY ESSAYS FOR REAPPLYING TO MED 309 00:11:03,987 --> 00:11:09,559 SCHOOL. 310 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:10,727 THESE WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY 311 00:11:10,727 --> 00:11:12,462 PRACTICES, HOW IMPORTANT OUR 312 00:11:12,462 --> 00:11:15,132 TIME IS ON THE GRASS, THOSE DAYS 313 00:11:15,132 --> 00:11:16,199 ARE SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR 314 00:11:16,199 --> 00:11:17,200 PREPARATION. 315 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:19,870 YOU'RE GOING TO GET 41 REPS AT 316 00:11:19,870 --> 00:11:20,837 THAT PARTICULAR PRACTICE ON THE 317 00:11:20,837 --> 00:11:25,842 RIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO GET 41 318 00:11:25,842 --> 00:11:27,511 REPS, TEAM REPS, SEVEN ON SEVEN. 319 00:11:27,511 --> 00:11:28,612 AND THEN AGAINST THE DEFENSE, 320 00:11:28,612 --> 00:11:30,480 YOU'RE GOING TO GET ANOTHER 15 321 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:31,481 REPS RIGHT THERE. 322 00:11:31,481 --> 00:11:35,585 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, OVER 100 323 00:11:35,585 --> 00:11:36,153 PLUS REPS. 324 00:11:36,153 --> 00:11:41,191 IT'S GREAT BECAUSE IT'S FOCUSED. 325 00:11:41,191 --> 00:11:45,162 IT'S BALL ALL DAY, WHICH IS COOL 326 00:11:45,162 --> 00:11:45,362 COOL. 327 00:11:45,362 --> 00:11:46,129 IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE 328 00:11:46,129 --> 00:11:49,533 ABLE TO DEVELOP OUR TEAM AND 329 00:11:49,533 --> 00:11:52,235 START FAST. 330 00:11:52,235 --> 00:11:53,570 SNAP, DROP, 331 00:11:53,570 --> 00:11:53,837 AND THROW. 332 00:11:53,837 --> 00:11:54,304 REPEAT. 333 00:11:54,304 --> 00:11:58,575 AND REPEAT. 334 00:11:58,575 --> 00:11:59,676 THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO DO TO 335 00:11:59,676 --> 00:12:02,145 GET READY FOR THE SEASON OPENER. 336 00:12:02,145 --> 00:12:05,082 BEING A PRO MEANS REPETITION 337 00:12:05,082 --> 00:12:13,423 TILL IT'S ROTE. 338 00:12:17,794 --> 00:12:18,295 THERE IT IS. 339 00:12:18,295 --> 00:12:23,200 THAT'S A FIRST DOWN. 340 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:25,302 CALEB. 341 00:12:25,302 --> 00:12:26,203 NO HESITATION! 342 00:12:26,203 --> 00:12:28,238 GOOD DECISION. 343 00:12:28,238 --> 00:12:30,407 NICE JOB, NICE JOB. 344 00:12:30,407 --> 00:12:33,810 GOT TO GO. 345 00:12:33,810 --> 00:12:35,579 SEVEN ON SEVEN, LET'S GO. 346 00:12:35,579 --> 00:12:37,681 LET'S GET AFTER THEM, FELLAS. 347 00:12:37,681 --> 00:12:41,752 GET THE BALL OUT QUICK. 348 00:12:41,752 --> 00:12:42,686 NICE BALL. 349 00:12:42,686 --> 00:12:44,221 FOR YOU. 350 00:12:44,221 --> 00:12:46,790 A LITTLE TOO LONG ON THE SLANT. 351 00:12:46,790 --> 00:12:53,864 BOOM, READY FOR THE HARD RESET. 352 00:12:54,264 --> 00:12:56,133 OH! 353 00:12:56,133 --> 00:12:56,700 THERE WE GO. 354 00:12:56,700 --> 00:12:59,069 NICE SHOT. 355 00:12:59,069 --> 00:13:01,305 NICE SHOT, GOOD ACTION. 356 00:13:01,305 --> 00:13:07,744 RIGHT HERE. 357 00:13:07,744 --> 00:13:09,313 THAT WAS DISGUSTING FOOTWORK 358 00:13:09,313 --> 00:13:10,180 RIGHT THERE. 359 00:13:10,180 --> 00:13:11,615 I LOVE IT. 360 00:13:11,615 --> 00:13:13,050 SAFETIES COMING FROM DEPTH 361 00:13:13,050 --> 00:13:20,123 AND HE'S RUNNING DOWN. 362 00:13:20,624 --> 00:13:22,359 UNGUARDABLE. 363 00:13:22,359 --> 00:13:26,663 GOOD SHOT, GOOD SHOT. 364 00:13:26,663 --> 00:13:27,030 HEY, ROME. 365 00:13:27,030 --> 00:13:29,833 HOW ARE YOUR LEGS. 366 00:13:29,833 --> 00:13:33,870 I'M 22, SO I'M SOLID. 367 00:13:33,870 --> 00:13:38,141 I'VE GOT SOME JUICE AND ME. 368 00:13:38,141 --> 00:13:38,875 THE OPTION ROUTE. 369 00:13:38,875 --> 00:13:40,811 I KIND OF WANT TO WORK SOME OF 370 00:13:40,811 --> 00:13:41,011 THAT. 371 00:13:41,011 --> 00:13:43,714 FIVE EACH SIDE. 372 00:13:43,714 --> 00:13:45,182 THE TEAM IS 373 00:13:45,182 --> 00:13:45,415 GROWING. 374 00:13:45,415 --> 00:13:46,049 VETS CAN NOW RELY ON FIRST YEAR 375 00:13:46,049 --> 00:13:46,617 PLAYERS TO PRACTICE IN A WAY 376 00:13:46,617 --> 00:13:51,321 THAT MAKES THEM BOTH BETTER. 377 00:13:58,328 --> 00:14:00,897 I FEEL LIKE I'M ALWAYS HOME. 378 00:14:00,897 --> 00:14:03,834 THE WHOLE INSIDE. 379 00:14:03,834 --> 00:14:04,768 NOT THAT ROOKIES 380 00:14:04,768 --> 00:14:05,402 LIKE EDGE RUSHER AUSTIN BOOKER 381 00:14:05,402 --> 00:14:09,740 AREN'T STILL LEARNING. 382 00:14:09,740 --> 00:14:10,841 THROW THEM AGAIN. 383 00:14:10,841 --> 00:14:13,944 IT'S COOL. 384 00:14:13,944 --> 00:14:19,416 DID YOU DO THAT MOVE IN COLLEGE? 385 00:14:19,416 --> 00:14:20,117 LONG ARM TO EVERYTHING. 386 00:14:20,117 --> 00:14:22,953 YOUR LONG. 387 00:14:22,953 --> 00:14:24,488 THEY'RE ALL GETTING 388 00:14:24,488 --> 00:14:25,055 A GRASP ON THINGS, INCLUDING 389 00:14:25,055 --> 00:14:32,129 PUNTER AND HOLDER TORY TAYLOR. 390 00:14:36,066 --> 00:14:37,501 WHEN I'M COMING OFF THE BALL 391 00:14:37,501 --> 00:14:38,802 AND I SEE YOU BACKING UP. 392 00:14:38,802 --> 00:14:42,205 THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. 393 00:14:42,205 --> 00:14:43,173 I FEEL LIKE EVERY TIME I'M IN 394 00:14:43,173 --> 00:14:46,643 THAT SITUATION. 395 00:14:46,643 --> 00:14:46,977 UNCOMFORTABLE. 396 00:14:46,977 --> 00:14:52,182 I DON'T LIKE THAT. 397 00:14:52,182 --> 00:14:52,950 IS THE GAME A LOT MORE 398 00:14:52,950 --> 00:14:54,952 FAST-PACED? 399 00:14:54,952 --> 00:15:02,025 YEAH. 400 00:15:04,094 --> 00:15:06,530 CANADA WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL 401 00:15:06,530 --> 00:15:08,065 FOR AMERICA. 402 00:15:08,065 --> 00:15:08,432 LOOK IT UP. 403 00:15:08,432 --> 00:15:11,802 RUGBY WAS TRANSITIONING. 404 00:15:11,802 --> 00:15:14,037 NORTH AMERICA, THE FIRST EVER 405 00:15:14,037 --> 00:15:16,373 RECOGNIZED FOOTBALL GAME WAS 406 00:15:16,373 --> 00:15:17,607 McGILL VERSUS HARVARD, 407 00:15:17,607 --> 00:15:18,508 McGILL IN MONTREAL. 408 00:15:18,508 --> 00:15:20,544 THEY CAME DOWN WITH THEIR RULES, 409 00:15:20,544 --> 00:15:21,111 FOOTBALL RULES. 410 00:15:21,111 --> 00:15:28,185 HUG-- HARVARD. 411 00:15:28,485 --> 00:15:31,922 THE RULES OF FOOTBALL WERE 412 00:15:31,922 --> 00:15:35,592 WRITTEN HERE. 413 00:15:35,592 --> 00:15:37,160 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OTHER 414 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:38,061 STUFF, STILL RELATED. 415 00:15:38,061 --> 00:15:41,598 DID YOU KNOW THAT? 416 00:15:41,598 --> 00:15:44,668 YOU CAN LOOK IT UP. 417 00:15:44,668 --> 00:15:45,102 AFTER HARVARD. 418 00:15:45,102 --> 00:15:48,572 WE GAVE YOU THE RULES. 419 00:15:48,572 --> 00:15:50,207 THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. 420 00:15:50,207 --> 00:15:51,742 LOOK IT UP. 421 00:15:51,742 --> 00:15:53,443 THE RULES OF FOOTBALL AS WE KNOW 422 00:15:53,443 --> 00:15:58,882 TODAY WERE WRITTEN AT YALE. 423 00:15:58,882 --> 00:16:00,117 ROOKIE OFFENSIVE 424 00:16:00,117 --> 00:16:00,917 TACKLE KIRAN AMAGADJIE KNOWS 425 00:16:00,917 --> 00:16:01,485 THE RULES AND HIS HISTORY. 426 00:16:01,485 --> 00:16:02,052 EVEN BETTER, HE KNOWS HE HAS 427 00:16:02,052 --> 00:16:02,786 PLACE ON THE ROSTER DESPITE 428 00:16:02,786 --> 00:16:04,154 BEING INJURED MUCH OF CAMP. 429 00:16:04,154 --> 00:16:05,088 THIRD ROUND PICKS DON'T OFTEN 430 00:16:05,088 --> 00:16:07,758 GET CUT IN THEIR FIRST SUMMER. 431 00:16:07,758 --> 00:16:10,127 BUT NOT EVERYONE HAS THAT SENSE 432 00:16:10,127 --> 00:16:14,331 OF SECURITY. 433 00:16:14,331 --> 00:16:18,402 YOU KNOW WHAT'S GREAT? 434 00:16:18,402 --> 00:16:19,036 LAST YEAR I WAS PUTTING MYSELF 435 00:16:19,036 --> 00:16:22,639 IN THE HEAD SPACE, IF I GET CUT, 436 00:16:22,639 --> 00:16:29,179 I'LL GO HOME. 437 00:16:29,179 --> 00:16:31,782 IF I DON'T GET CAUGHT, I'LL BE 438 00:16:31,782 --> 00:16:38,021 HERE HAVING A TIME AND A HALF. 439 00:16:38,021 --> 00:16:39,523 LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO 440 00:16:39,523 --> 00:16:39,690 DO? 441 00:16:39,690 --> 00:16:41,458 WE ARE GOING TO BE KICKING 442 00:16:41,458 --> 00:16:42,025 IT. 443 00:16:42,025 --> 00:16:43,060 WE ARE GOING TO GO AND I'M 444 00:16:43,060 --> 00:16:45,095 GOING TO START WORKING AT A 445 00:16:45,095 --> 00:16:47,297 CHILI'S OR SOMETHING. 446 00:16:47,297 --> 00:16:49,800 WE WILL FIGURE IT OUT COME 447 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:50,867 JANUARY. 448 00:16:50,867 --> 00:16:52,302 YOU WILL BE THEIR QUARTERBACK 449 00:16:52,302 --> 00:16:52,569 COACHING. 450 00:16:52,569 --> 00:16:54,738 YOU WILL BE QUARTERBACK COACHING 451 00:16:54,738 --> 00:16:59,943 FOR WEST FLORIDA. 452 00:16:59,943 --> 00:17:01,345 TODAY, THE BEARS 453 00:17:01,345 --> 00:17:02,479 WILL TRIM THE ROSTER DOWN 454 00:17:02,479 --> 00:17:05,682 TO 53 PLAYERS. 455 00:17:05,682 --> 00:17:06,650 THERE SIMPLY ISN'T ROOM 456 00:17:06,650 --> 00:17:11,989 FOR EVERYONE. 457 00:17:11,989 --> 00:17:12,856 FOR SOME, 458 00:17:12,856 --> 00:17:14,491 IT'S THE END OF THE ROAD. 459 00:17:14,491 --> 00:17:17,294 FOR OTHERS, THERE'S HOPE THAT AS 460 00:17:17,294 --> 00:17:17,928 ONE DOOR CLOSES, ANOTHER, IN THE 461 00:17:17,928 --> 00:17:18,762 FORM OF A SPOT ON THE PRACTICE 462 00:17:18,762 --> 00:17:25,135 SQUAD, WILL OPEN UP. 463 00:17:25,135 --> 00:17:26,637 WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THE 464 00:17:26,637 --> 00:17:27,971 ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM FOR THEY 465 00:17:27,971 --> 00:17:29,506 RELEASED A COUPLE GUYS TODAY. 466 00:17:29,506 --> 00:17:31,775 I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY IN HERE 467 00:17:31,775 --> 00:17:34,411 BECAUSE Y'ALL PUT SO MUCH WORK 468 00:17:34,411 --> 00:17:34,945 IN. 469 00:17:34,945 --> 00:17:35,579 IT'S TOUGH. 470 00:17:35,579 --> 00:17:38,815 I'M JUST GOING TO BE REAL. 471 00:17:38,815 --> 00:17:40,250 THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING 472 00:17:40,250 --> 00:17:40,917 PARTS. 473 00:17:40,917 --> 00:17:41,818 A BILLION DIFFERENT SCENARIOS 474 00:17:41,818 --> 00:17:45,622 THAT PLAY OUT, ALL THOSE THINGS. 475 00:17:45,622 --> 00:17:52,696 I AM NOT I AM DEAF NOT TO THE 476 00:17:54,097 --> 00:17:54,598 ANXIETY. 477 00:17:54,598 --> 00:17:56,199 THE ROOM IS GOING TO CHANGE. 478 00:17:56,199 --> 00:17:58,302 IT'S CHANGED A LITTLE BIT SINCE 479 00:17:58,302 --> 00:18:01,972 WE WERE LAST IN HERE. 480 00:18:01,972 --> 00:18:02,739 UNFORTUNATE PART OF THE 481 00:18:02,739 --> 00:18:03,006 BUSINESS. 482 00:18:03,006 --> 00:18:05,342 REACH OUT. 483 00:18:05,342 --> 00:18:06,443 DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE GONE 484 00:18:06,443 --> 00:18:06,677 FOREVER. 485 00:18:06,677 --> 00:18:09,313 YOU NEVER KNOW HOW IT WORKS. 486 00:18:09,313 --> 00:18:16,219 BUT THIS SUCKS. 487 00:18:16,219 --> 00:18:23,293 C-EURO-SIGN 488 00:18:24,061 --> 00:18:26,363 TO ME IT'S ONE OF THE WORST 489 00:18:26,363 --> 00:18:27,464 DAYS OF THIS JOB. 490 00:18:27,464 --> 00:18:28,832 IT'S HARD TO TELL THAT MANY 491 00:18:28,832 --> 00:18:30,233 PEOPLE THEIR DREAM IS ENDING. 492 00:18:30,233 --> 00:18:32,703 THE IRONIC THING FOR ME IS, I'VE 493 00:18:32,703 --> 00:18:35,772 BEEN CUT IN THIS BUILDING BEFORE 494 00:18:35,772 --> 00:18:38,141 BEFORE. 495 00:18:38,141 --> 00:18:39,042 THAT WAS IN 2008 496 00:18:39,042 --> 00:18:42,112 WHEN AS AN UNDRAFTED ROOKIE OUT 497 00:18:42,112 --> 00:18:44,348 OF BOSTON COLLEGE, RYAN POLES 498 00:18:44,348 --> 00:18:45,349 TRIED TO MAKE THE BEARS. 499 00:18:45,349 --> 00:18:45,649 HE WAS CUT. 500 00:18:45,649 --> 00:18:50,253 HE NEVER PLAYED ANOTHER DOWN. 501 00:18:50,253 --> 00:18:51,455 I'VE BEEN THERE. 502 00:18:51,455 --> 00:18:52,789 IT'S A PLACE WHERE I TRY TO HAVE 503 00:18:52,789 --> 00:18:55,058 A LOT OF EMPATHY AND THE WAY WE 504 00:18:55,058 --> 00:18:56,360 COMMUNICATE IT BECAUSE THESE 505 00:18:56,360 --> 00:18:58,195 GUYS HAVE PUT A LOT OF TIME AND 506 00:18:58,195 --> 00:18:59,296 EFFORT INTO MAKING THE FOOTBALL 507 00:18:59,296 --> 00:18:59,496 TEAM. 508 00:18:59,496 --> 00:19:02,199 WHEN I TRY TO DO IS DO A 509 00:19:02,199 --> 00:19:04,134 GOOD JOB GIVING FEEDBACK SO THEY 510 00:19:04,134 --> 00:19:08,338 AT LEAST KNOW THE WHY BEHIND IT 511 00:19:08,338 --> 00:19:12,376 AND CONTINUE TO WORK ON THEIR 512 00:19:12,376 --> 00:19:13,410 CRAFT AND HOPEFULLY HAVE AN 513 00:19:13,410 --> 00:19:15,545 OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A FOOTBALL 514 00:19:15,545 --> 00:19:16,346 TEAM. 515 00:19:16,346 --> 00:19:18,415 WE ARE GOING TO RELEASE YOU 516 00:19:18,415 --> 00:19:18,782 TODAY. 517 00:19:18,782 --> 00:19:23,353 WHAT WAS THE DECIDING FACTOR? 518 00:19:23,353 --> 00:19:29,259 GOING HAVE-- GOING HEAVIER 519 00:19:29,259 --> 00:19:30,127 AT THE DEFENSIVE POSITION. 520 00:19:30,127 --> 00:19:32,296 THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING GOING TO 521 00:19:32,296 --> 00:19:34,865 GO FIVE RECEIVERS, WHICH MADE IT 522 00:19:34,865 --> 00:19:36,633 TOUGH. 523 00:19:36,633 --> 00:19:37,734 I KNOW HOW FRUSTRATING THIS 524 00:19:37,734 --> 00:19:38,101 OFF-SEASON WAS. 525 00:19:38,101 --> 00:19:43,607 HOW BADLY HE WANTS TO FINISH. 526 00:19:43,607 --> 00:19:44,274 100% YOU WERE IN THE 527 00:19:44,274 --> 00:19:47,010 CONVERSATION TO MAKE THE 53. 528 00:19:47,010 --> 00:19:49,546 IT GOT GRAY AND MURKY DOWN THE 529 00:19:49,546 --> 00:19:52,349 STRETCH. 530 00:19:52,349 --> 00:19:56,153 I KNOW COACH AND EVERYONE WAS 531 00:19:56,153 --> 00:19:57,955 PROUD OF HOW YOU PERFORMED. 532 00:19:57,955 --> 00:19:58,755 OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOTTEN TOUGHER TO 533 00:19:58,755 --> 00:20:01,792 PUT THAT GROUP TOGETHER. 534 00:20:01,792 --> 00:20:03,894 YOU ARE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING 535 00:20:03,894 --> 00:20:10,600 IN. 536 00:20:14,604 --> 00:20:15,706 THERE WERE 537 00:20:15,706 --> 00:20:16,306 HIGH HOPES FOR THEO BENEDET, 538 00:20:16,306 --> 00:20:17,908 THE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN FROM NORTH 539 00:20:17,908 --> 00:20:19,343 OF THE BORDER, BUT AN INJURY 540 00:20:19,343 --> 00:20:21,912 SUFFERED IN THE FIRST PRESEASON 541 00:20:21,912 --> 00:20:23,613 GAME KEPT THE CANADIAN EAGLE 542 00:20:23,613 --> 00:20:27,851 FROM TRULY TAKING FLIGHT. 543 00:20:27,851 --> 00:20:30,020 HIS ONLY HOPE IS THAT THE BEARS 544 00:20:30,020 --> 00:20:30,621 SAW ENOUGH TO KEEP HIM 545 00:20:30,621 --> 00:20:40,330 IN THE NEST. 546 00:20:47,571 --> 00:20:50,374 HOW IS IT BEEN GOING? 547 00:20:50,374 --> 00:20:51,541 ALL RIGHT. 548 00:20:51,541 --> 00:20:53,577 WE'VE GOT TO RELEASE YOU 549 00:20:53,577 --> 00:20:53,777 TODAY. 550 00:20:53,777 --> 00:20:55,379 YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB FITTING 551 00:20:55,379 --> 00:20:58,148 INTO THE ROOM, BEING A GOOD 552 00:20:58,148 --> 00:20:59,349 TEAMMATE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR 553 00:20:59,349 --> 00:21:00,183 THAT POSITION. 554 00:21:00,183 --> 00:21:02,185 REALLY ANY POSITION BUT THAT ONE 555 00:21:02,185 --> 00:21:03,220 FOR SURE. 556 00:21:03,220 --> 00:21:04,187 WE THINK THERE'S A LOT OF UPSIDE 557 00:21:04,187 --> 00:21:07,391 FOR YOU TO DEVELOP AND BECOME A 558 00:21:07,391 --> 00:21:07,924 CONTRIBUTOR FOR THE TEAM. 559 00:21:07,924 --> 00:21:11,962 SO THE PLAN FOR US REALLY IS TO 560 00:21:11,962 --> 00:21:14,531 PUT YOU ON THE PRACTICE SQUAD. 561 00:21:14,531 --> 00:21:17,200 I THINK ABOUT THIS PRESEASON. 562 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:21,204 I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY 563 00:21:21,204 --> 00:21:22,172 OPPORTUNITY. 564 00:21:22,172 --> 00:21:23,840 DOING EVERYTHING TO REPAY YOU 565 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:24,074 FOR IT. 566 00:21:24,074 --> 00:21:25,342 LOVE IT. 567 00:21:25,342 --> 00:21:26,777 WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT. 568 00:21:26,777 --> 00:21:29,680 I FELT LIKE BEFORE I GOT 569 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:30,747 HURT, I WAS GETTING ADJUSTED TO 570 00:21:30,747 --> 00:21:32,783 THE SPEED AND EVERYTHING DOWN 571 00:21:32,783 --> 00:21:32,983 HERE. 572 00:21:32,983 --> 00:21:35,218 PUT SOME GOOD STUFF ON TAPE AND 573 00:21:35,218 --> 00:21:36,019 PRACTICE. 574 00:21:36,019 --> 00:21:37,054 KEEP BUILDING FROM THERE. 575 00:21:37,054 --> 00:21:41,358 I AGREE 100%. 576 00:21:41,358 --> 00:21:46,830 THE FUTURE. 577 00:21:46,830 --> 00:21:48,999 WE SEE THAT. 578 00:21:48,999 --> 00:21:50,600 JUST KEEP WORKING. 579 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:51,034 APPRECIATE IT. 580 00:21:51,034 --> 00:21:54,705 APPRECIATE YOU. 581 00:21:54,705 --> 00:21:56,239 IF NO OTHER TEAM 582 00:21:56,239 --> 00:21:56,907 SIGNS BENEDET IN THE NEXT 583 00:21:56,907 --> 00:21:59,843 24 HOURS, HE CAN RETURN TO THE 584 00:21:59,843 --> 00:22:02,946 BEARS ON THEIR PRACTICE SQUAD. 585 00:22:02,946 --> 00:22:03,680 BUT TODAY IS CUT DAY DAY FOR THE 586 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:06,083 ENTIRE NFL. 587 00:22:06,083 --> 00:22:08,285 EVERYONE'S ROSTER IS IN FLUX. 588 00:22:08,285 --> 00:22:09,720 THERE ARE EVEN TRADE TALKS. 589 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:11,922 ANOTHER TEAM HAS ASKED ABOUT 590 00:22:11,922 --> 00:22:17,961 VELUS JONES. 591 00:22:17,961 --> 00:22:21,365 JUST TRYING TO COME UP 592 00:22:21,365 --> 00:22:21,598 WITH-- 593 00:22:21,598 --> 00:22:22,232 DRAW THE LINE. 594 00:22:22,232 --> 00:22:27,270 SEE WHAT WILL WORK. 595 00:22:27,270 --> 00:22:30,974 I WOULD NEVER GO BELOW FOUR. 596 00:22:30,974 --> 00:22:31,842 THE VALUE. 597 00:22:31,842 --> 00:22:35,112 DOESN'T MAKE MAKE SENSE ON PAPER 598 00:22:35,112 --> 00:22:35,312 PAPER? 599 00:22:35,312 --> 00:22:42,386 THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE VALUE. 600 00:22:42,653 --> 00:22:46,256 DOES IT MAKE SENSE RIGHT NOW? 601 00:22:46,256 --> 00:22:46,590 POSITION. 602 00:22:46,590 --> 00:22:53,664 LOOKS REALLY GOOD. 603 00:22:53,997 --> 00:22:56,933 BECAUSE HE SPECIAL TEAMS, IT 604 00:22:56,933 --> 00:23:01,538 KICKS OFF THIS EXTRA RUNWAY. 605 00:23:01,538 --> 00:23:03,173 BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ACTIVE 606 00:23:03,173 --> 00:23:05,542 AND HELP US WIN GAMES ON SPECIAL 607 00:23:05,542 --> 00:23:07,344 TEAMS. 608 00:23:07,344 --> 00:23:10,013 YOU'RE WILLING TO ADD THE EXTRA 609 00:23:10,013 --> 00:23:13,784 RUNWAY TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. 610 00:23:13,784 --> 00:23:15,819 THE TRANSITION OVER TO 611 00:23:15,819 --> 00:23:16,153 RUNNING BACK. 612 00:23:16,153 --> 00:23:17,554 HAD A GREAT ATTITUDE ABOUT IT. 613 00:23:17,554 --> 00:23:18,455 YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE'VE 614 00:23:18,455 --> 00:23:19,589 ASKED OF YOU. 615 00:23:19,589 --> 00:23:20,657 YOU MADE IT. 616 00:23:20,657 --> 00:23:21,525 YOU'RE IN THE RUNNING BACK ROOM. 617 00:23:21,525 --> 00:23:24,494 WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW 618 00:23:24,494 --> 00:23:25,195 WHAT I MEAN? 619 00:23:25,195 --> 00:23:26,897 I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW HOW 620 00:23:26,897 --> 00:23:29,566 APPRECIATIVE WE ARE OF YOU 621 00:23:29,566 --> 00:23:30,334 MAKING THAT SWITCH. 622 00:23:30,334 --> 00:23:32,602 IF YOU HAVE BEEN GREAT WITH IT. 623 00:23:32,602 --> 00:23:35,339 A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN TAKE IT AS A 624 00:23:35,339 --> 00:23:35,605 NEGATIVE. 625 00:23:35,605 --> 00:23:36,239 THEY DON'T THINK I'M GOOD ENOUGH 626 00:23:36,239 --> 00:23:39,343 AT RECEIVERS SO THEY WILL TRY TO 627 00:23:39,343 --> 00:23:41,445 FIT ME SOMEWHERE ELSE VERSUS IT 628 00:23:41,445 --> 00:23:43,180 WASN'T LIKE THAT. 629 00:23:43,180 --> 00:23:44,181 WE SAW SOMETHING EXTRA SPECIAL 630 00:23:44,181 --> 00:23:45,282 YOU CAN DO. 631 00:23:45,282 --> 00:23:46,817 WE ALREADY KNOW YOU CAN PLAY 632 00:23:46,817 --> 00:23:47,618 RECEIVER BUT DURING THE 633 00:23:47,618 --> 00:23:50,320 RUNNING BACK STUFF. 634 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:51,822 HOW EXPLOSIVE, HOW FAST, HOW 635 00:23:51,822 --> 00:23:52,589 PHYSICAL YOU ARE. 636 00:23:52,589 --> 00:23:54,291 GUYS WHO HAVE PLAYED 637 00:23:54,291 --> 00:23:55,192 RUNNING BACK THEIR WHOLE LIFE 638 00:23:55,192 --> 00:23:56,193 CAN'T EVEN DO THAT. 639 00:23:56,193 --> 00:23:56,860 THAT'S WHAT WE SAW. 640 00:23:56,860 --> 00:24:03,133 I'M EXCITED. 641 00:24:03,133 --> 00:24:05,936 I'VE STILL GOT A LOT TO LEARN. 642 00:24:05,936 --> 00:24:08,939 I'M GOING TO GIVE IT MY ALL. 643 00:24:08,939 --> 00:24:09,673 WE WILL CONTINUE TO TALK 644 00:24:09,673 --> 00:24:15,345 ABOUT YOUR ROLE. 645 00:24:15,345 --> 00:24:16,480 I WANT TO PUT YOU EVERYWHERE. 646 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:19,983 I THINK YOU COULD DO EVERYTHING. 647 00:24:19,983 --> 00:24:20,951 PASSING, EVERYTHING. 648 00:24:20,951 --> 00:24:23,387 TRYING TO BE THE BEST 649 00:24:23,387 --> 00:24:24,521 RUNNING BACK IN THE ENTIRE 650 00:24:24,521 --> 00:24:25,255 LEAGUE BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO 651 00:24:25,255 --> 00:24:25,822 WORK YOU LIKE THAT. 652 00:24:25,822 --> 00:24:27,591 WE ARE GOING TO TRAIN YOU LIKE 653 00:24:27,591 --> 00:24:27,924 THAT. 654 00:24:27,924 --> 00:24:28,692 WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU, 655 00:24:28,692 --> 00:24:29,593 BROTHER. 656 00:24:29,593 --> 00:24:31,228 YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOME GREAT 657 00:24:31,228 --> 00:24:34,865 STUFF IN THIS LEAGUE. 658 00:24:34,865 --> 00:24:36,133 YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT 659 00:24:36,133 --> 00:24:37,334 JOB. 660 00:24:37,334 --> 00:24:37,901 ALL OF THE GUYS. 661 00:24:37,901 --> 00:24:39,469 THEY ALL FIT. 662 00:24:39,469 --> 00:24:42,339 THEY ARE OUR STAFF, OUR 663 00:24:42,339 --> 00:24:44,074 DISPOSITION. 664 00:24:44,074 --> 00:24:46,576 YOU ARE INVESTING WHEN YOU CARE 665 00:24:46,576 --> 00:24:50,847 ABOUT THEM. 666 00:24:50,847 --> 00:24:53,350 CHICAGO'S 667 00:24:53,350 --> 00:24:54,051 QUARTERBACK ROOM IS TALENTED 668 00:24:54,051 --> 00:24:56,520 AND TIGHT KNIT. 669 00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:57,721 NUMBER ONE OVERALL PICK, 670 00:24:57,721 --> 00:25:00,257 CALEB WILLIAMS, 671 00:25:00,257 --> 00:25:01,258 IS THE STARTER. 672 00:25:01,258 --> 00:25:02,826 TYSON BAGENT'S IMPRESSIVE CAMP 673 00:25:02,826 --> 00:25:04,227 HAS EARNED HIM THE NUMBER TWO 674 00:25:04,227 --> 00:25:06,697 SPOT. 675 00:25:06,697 --> 00:25:08,265 TWO QUESTIONS REMAIN. 676 00:25:08,265 --> 00:25:09,700 WILL THE BEARS KEEP THREE 677 00:25:09,700 --> 00:25:12,970 QUARTERBACKS OR ONLY TWO? 678 00:25:12,970 --> 00:25:14,571 AND IF IT IS THREE, WILL IT BE 679 00:25:14,571 --> 00:25:17,674 ROOKIE AUSTIN REED OR FIFTH YEAR 680 00:25:17,674 --> 00:25:24,748 PRO BRETT RYPIEN? 681 00:25:30,821 --> 00:25:35,892 HOW ARE YOU DOING, BROTHER? 682 00:25:35,892 --> 00:25:40,697 WHAT'S GOING ON? 683 00:25:40,697 --> 00:25:44,968 TALKED TO KYLE. 684 00:25:44,968 --> 00:25:46,069 WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE 685 00:25:46,069 --> 00:25:47,137 DONE SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE. 686 00:25:47,137 --> 00:25:50,107 YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING SOME 687 00:25:50,107 --> 00:25:52,542 EXPERIENCE TO A YOUNG GROUP. 688 00:25:52,542 --> 00:25:54,111 HUGE. 689 00:25:54,111 --> 00:25:55,345 ABSOLUTELY. 690 00:25:55,345 --> 00:25:56,313 APPRECIATE IT. 691 00:25:56,313 --> 00:25:56,947 HOW ARE YOU DOING? 692 00:25:56,947 --> 00:26:00,817 GOOD TO SEE YOU. 693 00:26:00,817 --> 00:26:02,486 WE ARE GOING TO RELEASE YOU 694 00:26:02,486 --> 00:26:02,686 TODAY. 695 00:26:02,686 --> 00:26:04,888 THIS IS THE TOUGHEST PART ABOUT 696 00:26:04,888 --> 00:26:05,389 IT. 697 00:26:05,389 --> 00:26:12,329 YOU BATTLES. 698 00:26:12,329 --> 00:26:14,665 IF WE KEPT THREE, YEAR OF THE 699 00:26:14,665 --> 00:26:15,599 THIRD GUY. 700 00:26:15,599 --> 00:26:17,267 HOPING THAT YOU'LL CONSIDER 701 00:26:17,267 --> 00:26:19,002 COMING BACK FOR PRACTICE SQUAD 702 00:26:19,002 --> 00:26:21,171 THERE'S NOT A SECOND OPTION OUT 703 00:26:21,171 --> 00:26:21,371 THERE. 704 00:26:21,371 --> 00:26:23,273 A LOT OF RESPECT FOR YOU, HOW 705 00:26:23,273 --> 00:26:25,375 YOU CONDUCTED YOURSELF, HOW YOU 706 00:26:25,375 --> 00:26:25,976 HANDLED YOURSELF. 707 00:26:25,976 --> 00:26:27,778 EVERY DAY YOU COME IN HERE AND 708 00:26:27,778 --> 00:26:28,879 YOU ARE ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS FOR 709 00:26:28,879 --> 00:26:31,248 YOU ARE A JOY TO BE AROUND. 710 00:26:31,248 --> 00:26:32,282 GUYS LIKE YOU. 711 00:26:32,282 --> 00:26:33,483 GUYS GRAVITATE TOWARD YOU. 712 00:26:33,483 --> 00:26:35,919 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE 713 00:26:35,919 --> 00:26:36,119 ROOM? 714 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:40,524 THE ROOM IS GREAT. 715 00:26:40,524 --> 00:26:42,092 I THINK FOR BEING A SECOND YEAR 716 00:26:42,092 --> 00:26:44,194 GUY, HE'S AS EXPERIENCED AS 717 00:26:44,194 --> 00:26:46,964 YOU'RE GOING TO GET. 718 00:26:46,964 --> 00:26:51,168 CALEB IS DOING GREAT. 719 00:26:51,168 --> 00:26:51,902 I THINK YOU HAVE A TON OF 720 00:26:51,902 --> 00:26:53,670 VALUE IN THERE. 721 00:26:53,670 --> 00:26:55,939 YOU KNOW THE SYSTEM. 722 00:26:55,939 --> 00:27:00,344 FOR SURE. 723 00:27:00,344 --> 00:27:03,246 HEARING FROM THOSE GUYS IN THEM 724 00:27:03,246 --> 00:27:04,247 BEING APPRECIATIVE, SAYING HOW 725 00:27:04,247 --> 00:27:05,048 MUCH. 726 00:27:05,048 --> 00:27:05,615 OBVIOUSLY KNOW HOW THE 727 00:27:05,615 --> 00:27:07,484 BUSINESS GOES IN THE NUMBERS 728 00:27:07,484 --> 00:27:08,552 WORK. 729 00:27:08,552 --> 00:27:09,319 I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. 730 00:27:09,319 --> 00:27:09,953 APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT 731 00:27:09,953 --> 00:27:12,055 YOU GUYS GAVE ME. 732 00:27:12,055 --> 00:27:14,491 A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES DIDN'T 733 00:27:14,491 --> 00:27:15,692 GET AS MUCH REPS OR PLAYTIME FOR 734 00:27:15,692 --> 00:27:18,629 THE FACT THAT I GOT THAT 735 00:27:18,629 --> 00:27:19,630 OPPORTUNITY MEANS A LOT. 736 00:27:19,630 --> 00:27:21,431 TRIED TO HOPEFULLY SHOW YOU I 737 00:27:21,431 --> 00:27:22,733 CAN PLAY IN THIS LEAGUE AND 738 00:27:22,733 --> 00:27:24,768 BELONG IN THIS LEAGUE. 739 00:27:24,768 --> 00:27:25,902 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. 740 00:27:25,902 --> 00:27:26,870 WE SAW IN KANSAS CITY BUT ONCE 741 00:27:26,870 --> 00:27:29,206 YOU GOT YOUR CHANCE, YOU SHOWED 742 00:27:29,206 --> 00:27:29,373 UP. 743 00:27:29,373 --> 00:27:33,477 A LOT OF RESPECT FOR YOU, BRO. 744 00:27:33,477 --> 00:27:36,179 BE A GOOD. 745 00:27:36,179 --> 00:27:36,513 YOU TOO. 746 00:27:36,513 --> 00:27:39,883 APPRECIATE YOU. 747 00:27:39,883 --> 00:27:40,717 APPRECIATE YOU GUYS ABOUT 748 00:27:40,717 --> 00:27:47,324 BEING UP FRONT. 749 00:27:47,324 --> 00:27:47,991 WE WILL KEEP GOING. 750 00:27:47,991 --> 00:27:50,027 WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU 751 00:27:50,027 --> 00:27:54,064 BACK. 752 00:27:54,064 --> 00:27:56,033 WHAT IS THE DOUBLE-EDGED 753 00:27:56,033 --> 00:28:02,005 THING FOR? 754 00:28:02,005 --> 00:28:03,907 IT'S A DANISH TERM FOR 755 00:28:03,907 --> 00:28:09,846 "CHERISHED THE LITTLE THINGS." 756 00:28:09,846 --> 00:28:11,615 AT 28, RYPIEN IS 757 00:28:11,615 --> 00:28:12,382 HOLDING OUT HOPE FOR A SPOT 758 00:28:12,382 --> 00:28:14,217 ON A 53-MAN ROSTER. 759 00:28:14,217 --> 00:28:16,286 IT WON'T BE WITH THE BEARS, 760 00:28:16,286 --> 00:28:17,254 BUT THERE'S A CHANCE ANOTHER 761 00:28:17,254 --> 00:28:21,291 TEAM WILL COME CALLING. 762 00:28:21,291 --> 00:28:22,759 IF RYPIEN DOES WIND UP ON THE 763 00:28:22,759 --> 00:28:24,661 BEARS' PRACTICE SQUAD, IT MIGHT 764 00:28:24,661 --> 00:28:26,330 SPELL THE END OF THE LINE FOR 765 00:28:26,330 --> 00:28:33,403 UNDRAFTED ROOKIE AUSTIN REED. 766 00:28:36,940 --> 00:28:38,375 I'M AT PEACE WITH WHAT 767 00:28:38,375 --> 00:28:38,642 HAPPENED. 768 00:28:38,642 --> 00:28:40,043 I FEEL LIKE I DID EVERYTHING I 769 00:28:40,043 --> 00:28:41,311 POSSIBLY COULD HAVE WITHIN MY 770 00:28:41,311 --> 00:28:42,079 CONTROL. 771 00:28:42,079 --> 00:28:43,547 IT'S TOUGH BUT IT'S PART OF THE 772 00:28:43,547 --> 00:28:43,814 BUSINESS. 773 00:28:43,814 --> 00:28:46,416 I THINK I PROVED I CAN LEAD NFL 774 00:28:46,416 --> 00:28:49,186 PLAYERS IN A HUDDLE. 775 00:28:49,186 --> 00:28:50,921 I CAN RUN AN NFL OFFENSE FOR THE 776 00:28:50,921 --> 00:28:52,589 WAY IT HAPPENED IN PRESEASON 777 00:28:52,589 --> 00:28:55,225 GAMES, I CAN SUCCEED IN THE NFL 778 00:28:55,225 --> 00:28:55,692 LEVEL. 779 00:28:55,692 --> 00:28:57,694 TO MYSELF, IN MY MIND, I KNOW I 780 00:28:57,694 --> 00:28:59,129 BELONG TO THIS LEAGUE. 781 00:28:59,129 --> 00:29:00,397 I LOVE THE BEARS ORGANIZATION 782 00:29:00,397 --> 00:29:03,500 LOVE TO COME BACK HERE BUT GOD 783 00:29:03,500 --> 00:29:05,268 HAS GOT A PLAN AND I'M GOING TO 784 00:29:05,268 --> 00:29:05,769 END UP EXACTLY WHERE I'M 785 00:29:05,769 --> 00:29:08,338 SUPPOSED TO. 786 00:29:08,338 --> 00:29:09,306 SERENITY IS NOT 787 00:29:09,306 --> 00:29:11,208 THE SAME AS SURRENDER. 788 00:29:11,208 --> 00:29:12,175 ADRIAN COLBERT UNDERSTANDS THAT 789 00:29:12,175 --> 00:29:13,477 DOWN TO HIS SOUL. 790 00:29:13,477 --> 00:29:15,278 HE'S PREPARED TO MEET HIS FATE, 791 00:29:15,278 --> 00:29:22,753 WHATEVER IT IS. 792 00:29:32,129 --> 00:29:39,136 ADRIAN COLBERT IS HERE. 793 00:29:43,774 --> 00:29:47,210 THIS KILLS ME. 794 00:29:47,210 --> 00:29:48,412 SOME CUTS ARE 795 00:29:48,412 --> 00:29:52,249 DEEPER THAN OTHERS. 796 00:29:52,249 --> 00:30:02,249 THAT'S GOOD. 797 00:30:42,265 --> 00:30:47,104 I APPRECIATE YOU, MAN. 798 00:30:47,104 --> 00:30:47,971 THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT YOU 799 00:30:47,971 --> 00:30:52,509 THAT'S DIFFERENT. 800 00:30:52,509 --> 00:30:53,176 THERE ARE SOME GUYS THAT YOU 801 00:30:53,176 --> 00:30:57,314 JUST RUDE FOR. 802 00:30:57,314 --> 00:31:01,752 SOME GUYS YOU JUST ROOT FOR. 803 00:31:01,752 --> 00:31:05,088 IT'S PART OF THE JOB I HATE. 804 00:31:05,088 --> 00:31:08,458 THANKFUL FOR OUR TIME TOGETHER I 805 00:31:08,458 --> 00:31:09,393 HOPE OPPORTUNITIES POP UP. 806 00:31:09,393 --> 00:31:10,294 YOU NEVER KNOW. 807 00:31:10,294 --> 00:31:13,764 YOU KNOW HOW CRAZY THIS LEAGUE 808 00:31:13,764 --> 00:31:15,365 IS BUT YOU'VE WORKED YOUR TAIL 809 00:31:15,365 --> 00:31:17,301 OFF, DID EVERYTHING YOU'RE 810 00:31:17,301 --> 00:31:22,973 SUPPOSED TO. 811 00:31:22,973 --> 00:31:24,641 I WANT YOU TO KNOW, FOR SOME 812 00:31:24,641 --> 00:31:26,710 REASON, THIS IS DIFFERENT FOR 813 00:31:26,710 --> 00:31:28,645 YOU. 814 00:31:28,645 --> 00:31:33,016 BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THERE'S 815 00:31:33,016 --> 00:31:33,850 CERTAIN PEOPLE, SOMETHING ABOUT 816 00:31:33,850 --> 00:31:35,919 THEM IS SPECIAL. 817 00:31:35,919 --> 00:31:36,153 YOU DO. 818 00:31:36,153 --> 00:31:37,187 WHEREVER YOUR CAREER TAKES YOU 819 00:31:37,187 --> 00:31:40,490 FROM HERE, I HOPE YOU DO BIG 820 00:31:40,490 --> 00:31:40,724 THINGS. 821 00:31:40,724 --> 00:31:45,062 I APPRECIATE THAT. 822 00:31:45,062 --> 00:31:48,231 IT'S BEEN A BLAST JUST TO 823 00:31:48,231 --> 00:31:50,567 OBVIOUSLY BE HERE. 824 00:31:50,567 --> 00:31:54,104 IT'S A HISTORIC ORGANIZATION. 825 00:31:54,104 --> 00:31:55,539 NOT EVEN JUST THAT, IT'S BEING 826 00:31:55,539 --> 00:31:56,707 AROUND YOU GUYS. 827 00:31:56,707 --> 00:31:58,041 BEING AROUND THE FRONT OFFICE, 828 00:31:58,041 --> 00:32:00,711 BEING AROUND THE COACHES AND THE 829 00:32:00,711 --> 00:32:01,345 PLAYERS WHO HAVE EMBRACED ME FOR 830 00:32:01,345 --> 00:32:04,681 BEING ME. 831 00:32:04,681 --> 00:32:06,516 YOU NORMALLY FIND MANY PLACES 832 00:32:06,516 --> 00:32:06,917 LIKE THAT. 833 00:32:06,917 --> 00:32:08,552 EVERYBODY WANTS YOU TO BE THE 834 00:32:08,552 --> 00:32:09,453 SAME. 835 00:32:09,453 --> 00:32:10,554 EVERYBODY WANTS YOU TO BE 836 00:32:10,554 --> 00:32:15,425 EXACTLY LIKE THE NEXT PERSON. 837 00:32:15,425 --> 00:32:18,428 IT ALLOWED ME TO REALLY BE ME. 838 00:32:18,428 --> 00:32:22,399 I THINK IT'S ALLOWED ME TO 839 00:32:22,399 --> 00:32:24,134 THRIVE ON THE FIELD AND OFF THE 840 00:32:24,134 --> 00:32:24,334 FIELD. 841 00:32:24,334 --> 00:32:26,169 I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU I 842 00:32:26,169 --> 00:32:28,071 APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT. 843 00:32:28,071 --> 00:32:31,975 THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME. 844 00:32:31,975 --> 00:32:38,515 NOW WHEREVER THIS TAKES ME, 845 00:32:38,515 --> 00:32:40,150 WHETHER IT'S THE NEXT TEAM. 846 00:32:40,150 --> 00:32:41,818 I KNOW I HAVE THAT AND IT WILL 847 00:32:41,818 --> 00:32:45,689 CARRY ON TO ME BEING A PARENT AS 848 00:32:45,689 --> 00:32:45,889 WELL. 849 00:32:45,889 --> 00:32:51,628 KNOWING I CAN INSTILL GREAT 850 00:32:51,628 --> 00:32:52,896 VALUES AND MY SON. 851 00:32:52,896 --> 00:32:54,264 BELIEVING IN HIMSELF, NOT BEING 852 00:32:54,264 --> 00:32:56,233 CONTINGENT ON WHAT WOULD PEOPLE 853 00:32:56,233 --> 00:32:58,468 THINK. 854 00:32:58,468 --> 00:32:59,870 THE MORE RESPECT I HAVE FOR 855 00:32:59,870 --> 00:33:00,671 YOU. 856 00:33:00,671 --> 00:33:03,307 SOME PEOPLE I MEET ALONG THE 857 00:33:03,307 --> 00:33:04,074 WAY. 858 00:33:04,074 --> 00:33:05,375 THEY ARE DIFFERENT IN THE WAY 859 00:33:05,375 --> 00:33:06,710 THEY CARRY THEMSELVES. 860 00:33:06,710 --> 00:33:07,577 IT'S A SPIRIT THING. 861 00:33:07,577 --> 00:33:09,880 I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. 862 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:16,954 IT HITS ME. 863 00:33:18,555 --> 00:33:18,822 OH, MAN. 864 00:33:18,822 --> 00:33:28,165 I APPRECIATE YOU. 865 00:33:42,479 --> 00:33:45,515 RYAN HAS BEEN REALLY AWESOME, 866 00:33:45,515 --> 00:33:49,753 SUCH A GREAT GUY, SUCH A GREAT 867 00:33:49,753 --> 00:33:50,320 LEADER. 868 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:51,588 VERY PRESENT WITH HIS PLAYERS 869 00:33:51,588 --> 00:33:54,191 AND CREATING THIS ENVIRONMENT 870 00:33:54,191 --> 00:33:57,294 WHERE PLAYERS ARE ALLOWED TO BE 871 00:33:57,294 --> 00:33:58,161 THEMSELVES FULLY. 872 00:33:58,161 --> 00:34:01,498 THE ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE HAS 873 00:34:01,498 --> 00:34:05,002 BECOME THE FAVORITE OF ALL THE 874 00:34:05,002 --> 00:34:08,805 PLACES THAT I'VE BEEN, THAT 875 00:34:08,805 --> 00:34:09,640 ENABLED ME TO FIND THAT LOVE FOR 876 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:16,713 THE GAME. 877 00:34:17,714 --> 00:34:18,215 IT FELT SO GOOD. 878 00:34:18,215 --> 00:34:19,216 I FELT SO FREE. 879 00:34:19,216 --> 00:34:20,284 I FELT SO AT PEACE. 880 00:34:20,284 --> 00:34:22,552 I FELT NO STRESS. 881 00:34:22,552 --> 00:34:24,855 I FEEL LIKE I WAS ABLE TO GO UP 882 00:34:24,855 --> 00:34:26,189 TO A PLACE AS FAR AS JUST THE 883 00:34:26,189 --> 00:34:30,794 LEVEL OF BELIEF IN MYSELF. 884 00:34:30,794 --> 00:34:33,764 IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR 885 00:34:33,764 --> 00:34:34,464 ME. 886 00:34:34,464 --> 00:34:35,666 COLBERT GOT ME ALL EMOTIONAL. 887 00:34:35,666 --> 00:34:39,636 THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT THE 888 00:34:39,636 --> 00:34:44,041 DUDE. 889 00:34:44,041 --> 00:34:51,114 IT'S REAL. 890 00:34:51,715 --> 00:34:52,249 THE THING THAT MAKES YOU 891 00:34:52,249 --> 00:34:52,716 PROUD. 892 00:34:52,716 --> 00:34:53,951 WE ARE DOING A REALLY GREAT JOB 893 00:34:53,951 --> 00:34:58,855 ON THE PEOPLE. 894 00:34:58,855 --> 00:34:59,723 AUSTIN REED. 895 00:34:59,723 --> 00:35:02,859 HE'S A GOOD DUDE, SPECIAL DUDE. 896 00:35:02,859 --> 00:35:03,894 THAT ONE WAS TOUGH. 897 00:35:03,894 --> 00:35:07,531 HE WANTS TO BE BACK. 898 00:35:07,531 --> 00:35:08,398 CAN'T GUARANTEE IT. 899 00:35:08,398 --> 00:35:08,966 I HOPE. 900 00:35:08,966 --> 00:35:10,901 BUT I UNDERSTAND HER AND HE WAS 901 00:35:10,901 --> 00:35:13,537 APPRECIATIVE OF THE OPPORTUNITY. 902 00:35:13,537 --> 00:35:14,972 EVERYONE WANTS TO BE ON THE 903 00:35:14,972 --> 00:35:15,539 PRACTICE SQUAD. 904 00:35:15,539 --> 00:35:19,309 IT NEVER GETS EASIER. 905 00:35:19,309 --> 00:35:19,609 IT'S TOUGH. 906 00:35:19,609 --> 00:35:23,413 WE BUILD THESE FREAKING 907 00:35:23,413 --> 00:35:24,314 RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE GUYS. 908 00:35:24,314 --> 00:35:24,681 YOU CARE. 909 00:35:24,681 --> 00:35:31,755 YOU CARE ABOUT THE PERSON. 910 00:35:32,289 --> 00:35:34,858 LET'S INVEST IN PEOPLE. 911 00:35:34,858 --> 00:35:35,592 MIND, BODY, SPIRIT. 912 00:35:35,592 --> 00:35:40,864 THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE. 913 00:35:40,864 --> 00:35:41,798 IT'S BEEN A FULL 914 00:35:41,798 --> 00:35:42,833 24 HOURS SINCE THE BEARS MADE 915 00:35:42,833 --> 00:35:44,301 THEIR FINAL CUT. 916 00:35:44,301 --> 00:35:45,836 THAT MEANS THEY'RE FREE 917 00:35:45,836 --> 00:35:46,870 TO RE-SIGN ANY OF THOSE PLAYERS 918 00:35:46,870 --> 00:35:49,506 TO THEIR PRACTICE SQUAD. 919 00:35:49,506 --> 00:35:51,141 UNLESS OF COURSE THAT PLAYER 920 00:35:51,141 --> 00:35:52,275 HAS SIGNED WITH SOMEONE ELSE 921 00:35:52,275 --> 00:35:59,349 IN THE INTERIM. 922 00:36:01,351 --> 00:36:03,553 WENT IN YESTERDAY MORNING AND 923 00:36:03,553 --> 00:36:06,823 HAVE A GOOD TALK WITH POLES. 924 00:36:06,823 --> 00:36:08,158 WENT HOME, TALKED TO MY AGENT, 925 00:36:08,158 --> 00:36:11,695 HE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, COULD 926 00:36:11,695 --> 00:36:13,764 HAVE A POSSIBILITY WITH 927 00:36:13,764 --> 00:36:15,866 MINNESOTA. 928 00:36:15,866 --> 00:36:17,501 WASN'T REALLY SURE WHAT IT 929 00:36:17,501 --> 00:36:18,502 LOOKED LIKE. 930 00:36:18,502 --> 00:36:21,471 OBVIOUSLY I WASN'T GOING TO MOVE 931 00:36:21,471 --> 00:36:22,005 PRACTICE SQUAD TO PRACTICE 932 00:36:22,005 --> 00:36:22,506 SQUAD. 933 00:36:22,506 --> 00:36:26,777 MY BIGGEST THING WAS IF THEY 934 00:36:26,777 --> 00:36:28,378 BRING ME BACK TO THE ROSTER I'D 935 00:36:28,378 --> 00:36:30,514 BE WILLING TO DO IT. 936 00:36:30,514 --> 00:36:32,182 THEY GOT THE CONTRACT DONE 937 00:36:32,182 --> 00:36:33,517 AROUND 6:00 P.M. LAST NIGHT. 938 00:36:33,517 --> 00:36:35,919 FLYING OUT THIS MORNING AT 939 00:36:35,919 --> 00:36:37,487 AROUND 9:00. 940 00:36:37,487 --> 00:36:37,821 HAPPENS FAST. 941 00:36:37,821 --> 00:36:38,889 THE GOOD REALITY OF THIS LEAGUE 942 00:36:38,889 --> 00:36:41,925 IS THAT WHEN YOU PUT OUT GOOD 943 00:36:41,925 --> 00:36:44,261 TAPE, YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO 944 00:36:44,261 --> 00:36:45,028 HAVE A JOB SOMEWHERE. 945 00:36:45,028 --> 00:36:48,098 THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I TOLD ALL 946 00:36:48,098 --> 00:36:48,398 THESE GUYS. 947 00:36:48,398 --> 00:36:50,267 ESPECIALLY AUSTIN. 948 00:36:50,267 --> 00:36:52,903 I SEE A LOT OF MYSELF IN HIM 949 00:36:52,903 --> 00:36:53,904 BEING IN A SIMILAR SCENARIO WHEN 950 00:36:53,904 --> 00:36:57,307 I CAME OUT OF COLLEGE. 951 00:36:57,307 --> 00:36:59,476 BITTERSWEET OBVIOUSLY. 952 00:36:59,476 --> 00:37:00,944 GETTING A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IN 953 00:37:00,944 --> 00:37:01,511 MINNESOTA. 954 00:37:01,511 --> 00:37:03,513 THIS TEAM I THINK IS GOING TO DO 955 00:37:03,513 --> 00:37:04,815 SPECIAL THINGS THIS YEAR. 956 00:37:04,815 --> 00:37:06,016 THERE'S A LOT OF SPECIAL PEOPLE 957 00:37:06,016 --> 00:37:06,617 IN THE BUILDING. 958 00:37:06,617 --> 00:37:09,319 IT'S TOUGH. 959 00:37:09,319 --> 00:37:10,487 THEY ARE GOING TO BE GREAT. 960 00:37:10,487 --> 00:37:14,524 I'M EXCITED FOR THEM. 961 00:37:14,524 --> 00:37:16,293 RYPIEN'S MOVE 962 00:37:16,293 --> 00:37:16,893 TO THE VIKINGS MEANS THE BEARS 963 00:37:16,893 --> 00:37:17,494 CAN MAKE A MOVE OF THEIR OWN. 964 00:37:17,494 --> 00:37:18,128 AND THEY'VE GOT SOMEONE IN MIND 965 00:37:18,128 --> 00:37:25,202 FOR THE PRACTICE SQUAD. 966 00:37:26,870 --> 00:37:29,906 OBVIOUSLY, PRACTICE SQUAD 967 00:37:29,906 --> 00:37:31,041 CONTRACT. 968 00:37:31,041 --> 00:37:35,679 YOUR WEEKLY PAY. 969 00:37:35,679 --> 00:37:36,947 STANDARD ELEVATION. 970 00:37:36,947 --> 00:37:39,816 YOU CAN GET ELEVATED THREE TIMES 971 00:37:39,816 --> 00:37:40,417 WITHOUT BREAKING YOUR CONTRACT 972 00:37:40,417 --> 00:37:42,085 DURING THE YEAR. 973 00:37:42,085 --> 00:37:43,720 AWESOME. 974 00:37:43,720 --> 00:37:46,890 LAST PAGE, SIGN YOUR NAME, 975 00:37:46,890 --> 00:37:48,692 DATE, INITIAL WHERE IT SAYS 976 00:37:48,692 --> 00:37:49,526 PLAYER. 977 00:37:49,526 --> 00:37:51,628 AND YOU'RE BACK. 978 00:37:51,628 --> 00:37:52,629 LET'S GO. 979 00:37:52,629 --> 00:37:52,963 CONGRATS. 980 00:37:52,963 --> 00:37:56,199 KEEP THE PEN FOR GOOD LUCK. 981 00:37:56,199 --> 00:37:57,934 HAPPY TO HAVE YOU BACK. 982 00:37:57,934 --> 00:38:00,070 THANK YOU. 983 00:38:00,070 --> 00:38:01,705 THANK YOU, AUSTIN. 984 00:38:01,705 --> 00:38:02,673 APPRECIATE IT. 985 00:38:02,673 --> 00:38:03,106 ALL RIGHT. 986 00:38:03,106 --> 00:38:08,512 AWESOME, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 987 00:38:08,512 --> 00:38:09,579 CAMP IS OVER. 988 00:38:09,579 --> 00:38:10,213 THE DEALS ARE DONE. 989 00:38:10,213 --> 00:38:11,581 AT LEAST FOR NOW. 990 00:38:11,581 --> 00:38:14,117 IT'S BEEN A HARD COUPLE OF DAYS. 991 00:38:14,117 --> 00:38:14,952 TIME TO LET YOUR HAIR DOWN 992 00:38:14,952 --> 00:38:19,456 AND RELAX. 993 00:38:19,456 --> 00:38:24,161 I'VE REALLY BEEN HAVING MY 994 00:38:24,161 --> 00:38:28,131 HAIR BRAIDED, 2020. 995 00:38:28,131 --> 00:38:28,465 PROBABLY 2020. 996 00:38:28,465 --> 00:38:31,702 EVER SINCE. 997 00:38:31,702 --> 00:38:32,536 SO TRAINING CAMP IS 998 00:38:32,536 --> 00:38:33,971 OFFICIALLY DONE? 999 00:38:33,971 --> 00:38:34,805 HOW ARE WE FEELING? 1000 00:38:34,805 --> 00:38:38,308 DEFINITELY EXCITED. 1001 00:38:38,308 --> 00:38:41,445 GOING INTO MY SEVENTH YEAR. 1002 00:38:41,445 --> 00:38:44,348 UNDRAFTED, MADE THE 53. 1003 00:38:44,348 --> 00:38:45,315 YOU NEVER CAN TAKE THAT FOR 1004 00:38:45,315 --> 00:38:52,255 GRANTED NO MATTER WHAT. 1005 00:38:52,255 --> 00:38:53,890 IT BE CRAZY. 1006 00:38:53,890 --> 00:38:54,391 WALKING TO THE BUILDING 1007 00:38:54,391 --> 00:39:00,197 SOMETIMES FOR YOU SEE GUYS. 1008 00:39:00,197 --> 00:39:03,367 AT THE INDIANA FEVER GAME. 1009 00:39:03,367 --> 00:39:05,068 HOW WAS THE GAME, BABY? 1010 00:39:05,068 --> 00:39:05,836 IT WAS GOOD. 1011 00:39:05,836 --> 00:39:07,304 IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. 1012 00:39:07,304 --> 00:39:08,872 IT WAS CRAZY. 1013 00:39:08,872 --> 00:39:10,273 IT WAS LOUD. 1014 00:39:10,273 --> 00:39:10,807 THAT'S COOL. 1015 00:39:10,807 --> 00:39:17,881 IT WAS REALLY NICE. 1016 00:39:18,482 --> 00:39:23,620 EVERYBODY'S TALKING. 1017 00:39:23,620 --> 00:39:26,690 MIGHT BE THE SHORTEST ONE. 1018 00:39:26,690 --> 00:39:28,425 I WILL LET YOU GO. 1019 00:39:28,425 --> 00:39:28,659 CALL ME. 1020 00:39:28,659 --> 00:39:32,729 I WILL. 1021 00:39:32,729 --> 00:39:38,568 HELLO, EVERYBODY! 1022 00:39:38,568 --> 00:39:40,003 RECEIVER DJ MOORE'S 1023 00:39:40,003 --> 00:39:40,570 NEW CONTRACT MEANS CHICAGO 1024 00:39:40,570 --> 00:39:40,804 IS HOME. 1025 00:39:40,804 --> 00:39:42,139 HE AND HIS FAMILY HAVE FOUND THE 1026 00:39:42,139 --> 00:39:47,444 PREFECT NEW PLACE TO SETTLE IN. 1027 00:39:47,444 --> 00:39:54,518 THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 1028 00:39:56,253 --> 00:39:58,388 HEARS THE LIVING ROOM. 1029 00:39:58,388 --> 00:39:59,089 BECAUSE IT'S SO BIG. 1030 00:39:59,089 --> 00:40:01,558 I THINK WE COULD PUT A POOL 1031 00:40:01,558 --> 00:40:02,159 RIGHT HERE. 1032 00:40:02,159 --> 00:40:02,893 ARE EXTREMELY. 1033 00:40:02,893 --> 00:40:05,529 LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING 1034 00:40:05,529 --> 00:40:06,129 CHICAGO HOME. 1035 00:40:06,129 --> 00:40:07,898 THIS IS MY ROOM. 1036 00:40:07,898 --> 00:40:08,932 MAKING IT THE BEST SIX YEARS 1037 00:40:08,932 --> 00:40:12,970 WE POSSIBLY COULD HAVE. 1038 00:40:12,970 --> 00:40:17,140 AND RETIRE A BEAR MAY BE. 1039 00:40:17,140 --> 00:40:18,442 COULD MAKE THAT A THING. 1040 00:40:18,442 --> 00:40:25,515 WHAT'S THE BIG EXCITING NEWS? 1041 00:40:29,486 --> 00:40:30,520 MOMMY'S PREGNANT. 1042 00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:31,188 SHE'S PREGNANT. 1043 00:40:31,188 --> 00:40:33,590 SHE'S HAVING ANOTHER BABY ON HER 1044 00:40:33,590 --> 00:40:35,192 WAY. 1045 00:40:35,192 --> 00:40:41,465 HE THINKS IT'S A BOY. 1046 00:40:41,465 --> 00:40:43,634 WHATEVER WE HAVE IS WHAT GOD 1047 00:40:43,634 --> 00:40:45,869 BLESSES US WITH AND I'LL BE 1048 00:40:45,869 --> 00:40:46,903 HAPPY. 1049 00:40:46,903 --> 00:40:48,238 BLESSINGS COME 1050 00:40:48,238 --> 00:40:48,572 IN MANY FORMS. 1051 00:40:48,572 --> 00:40:50,107 FOR GM RYAN POLES, IT'S THIS: 1052 00:40:50,107 --> 00:40:52,242 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS, 1053 00:40:52,242 --> 00:40:53,310 HE DOESN'T HAVE TO SCOUT 1054 00:40:53,310 --> 00:41:00,384 A QUARTERBACK. 1055 00:41:00,951 --> 00:41:02,052 HAVE YOU SEEN THE 1056 00:41:02,052 --> 00:41:02,452 RUNNING BACK YET? 1057 00:41:02,452 --> 00:41:04,721 I HAVEN'T. 1058 00:41:04,721 --> 00:41:08,859 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A 1059 00:41:08,859 --> 00:41:12,229 DEFENSIVE END CATCH KICKS IN 1060 00:41:12,229 --> 00:41:13,397 PREGAME? 1061 00:41:18,135 --> 00:41:20,203 THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD TALENT. 1062 00:41:20,203 --> 00:41:22,406 SHOOT. 1063 00:41:22,406 --> 00:41:28,111 I'M JUST GETTING STARTED HERE. 1064 00:41:28,111 --> 00:41:30,080 LOOKING AT THE... 1065 00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:30,881 QUARTERBACKS, YES. 1066 00:41:30,881 --> 00:41:31,515 HOPEFULLY IT STAYS THAT WAY FOR 1067 00:41:31,515 --> 00:41:38,588 A LONG TIME. 1068 00:41:40,190 --> 00:41:44,061 I THINK WE SHOULD GO CHECK. 1069 00:41:44,061 --> 00:41:46,063 WE TALK ABOUT THE SEASON AS A 1070 00:41:46,063 --> 00:41:46,430 ROLLER COASTER. 1071 00:41:46,430 --> 00:41:47,764 TRAINING CAMP IS WHEN YOU ARE 1072 00:41:47,764 --> 00:41:50,901 GOING UP THE FIRST HILL AND THE 1073 00:41:50,901 --> 00:41:52,235 FIRST GAME KICKOFF, YOU GO DOWN 1074 00:41:52,235 --> 00:41:52,502 THE HILL. 1075 00:41:52,502 --> 00:41:53,070 THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. 1076 00:41:53,070 --> 00:41:57,641 IT'S THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM. 1077 00:41:57,641 --> 00:42:00,043 IT STARTED WITH US TAKING 1078 00:42:00,043 --> 00:42:00,677 THESE WALKS AROUND OUR PROPERTY 1079 00:42:00,677 --> 00:42:02,412 WHEN WE FIRST BOUGHT IT A COUPLE 1080 00:42:02,412 --> 00:42:04,047 YEARS AGO. 1081 00:42:04,047 --> 00:42:05,449 JUST TO RELAX, TUNE EVERYTHING 1082 00:42:05,449 --> 00:42:09,953 OUT, CHECK OUT THE BEES. 1083 00:42:09,953 --> 00:42:10,821 THEY HAVE THE APIARY ALREADY 1084 00:42:10,821 --> 00:42:11,888 HERE AND THEY ASKED US, WOULD 1085 00:42:11,888 --> 00:42:13,323 YOU LIKE TO KEEP THE AVIARY AND 1086 00:42:13,323 --> 00:42:15,592 WE SAID SURE. 1087 00:42:15,592 --> 00:42:17,260 IT'S BEEN GREAT WATCHING THEM, 1088 00:42:17,260 --> 00:42:19,830 OBSERVING THEM, AND GETTING THE 1089 00:42:19,830 --> 00:42:20,364 HONEY. 1090 00:42:20,364 --> 00:42:20,764 WE HARVEST HONEY. 1091 00:42:20,764 --> 00:42:25,035 HE DOESN'T DO IT. 1092 00:42:25,035 --> 00:42:26,470 IT WOULD BE COOL IF I COULD 1093 00:42:26,470 --> 00:42:30,207 DO THAT BUT I'M A LITTLE BUSY. 1094 00:42:30,207 --> 00:42:33,276 LOOK AT THEM ALL. 1095 00:42:33,276 --> 00:42:38,281 THAT'S SO COOL. 1096 00:42:38,281 --> 00:42:38,649 WAY TOO MUCH-- 1097 00:42:38,649 --> 00:42:41,852 I HAD ONE BUZZING THE TOWER. 1098 00:42:41,852 --> 00:42:43,487 MY DAD HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON MY 1099 00:42:43,487 --> 00:42:45,222 LIFE IN TERMS OF WORK ETHIC. 1100 00:42:45,222 --> 00:42:48,058 HE HAS BEEN GONE SINCE 2015. 1101 00:42:48,058 --> 00:42:50,027 I MISS HIM EVERY DAY BUT I KNOW 1102 00:42:50,027 --> 00:42:51,194 HE'S WATCHING. 1103 00:42:51,194 --> 00:42:52,929 HE KNOWS THE HARD WORK AND THE 1104 00:42:52,929 --> 00:42:53,797 ADVERSITY WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THE 1105 00:42:53,797 --> 00:42:55,832 FIRST COUPLE YEARS AND HE'S 1106 00:42:55,832 --> 00:43:00,337 EXCITED FOR THIS YEAR FOR SURE. 1107 00:43:03,573 --> 00:43:04,574 THE OPENING DAY 1108 00:43:04,574 --> 00:43:07,244 ROSTER HAS BEEN SETTLED. 1109 00:43:07,244 --> 00:43:10,847 BUT HEAD COACH MATT EBERFLUS 1110 00:43:10,847 --> 00:43:12,582 KNOWS THAT THE 2024 BEARS WERE, 1111 00:43:12,582 --> 00:43:14,217 AT LEAST IN PART, SHAPED BY MEN 1112 00:43:14,217 --> 00:43:21,291 NO LONGER AT HALAS HALL. 1113 00:43:24,995 --> 00:43:25,796 OKAY. 1114 00:43:25,796 --> 00:43:27,497 HOW ARE WE DOING? 1115 00:43:27,497 --> 00:43:28,298 GOOD. 1116 00:43:28,298 --> 00:43:30,100 JUST WANTED TO GO BACK AND 1117 00:43:30,100 --> 00:43:31,435 REALLY THANK THE GUYS FOR A 1118 00:43:31,435 --> 00:43:33,337 REALLY GOOD TRAINING CAMP AND 1119 00:43:33,337 --> 00:43:34,471 ALL THE PLAYERS THAT 1120 00:43:34,471 --> 00:43:35,806 PARTICIPATED IN IT AND OF COURSE 1121 00:43:35,806 --> 00:43:37,641 YOU SAW WE HAD TO LET MANY OF 1122 00:43:37,641 --> 00:43:38,909 THOSE GUYS GO. 1123 00:43:38,909 --> 00:43:41,078 THAT'S ALWAYS A DIFFICULT TIME. 1124 00:43:41,078 --> 00:43:42,813 GOT A CHANCE TO SEE THOSE GUYS 1125 00:43:42,813 --> 00:43:45,115 AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR HARD 1126 00:43:45,115 --> 00:43:45,916 WORK AND THEIR EFFORTS. 1127 00:43:45,916 --> 00:43:48,585 SO THE NEXT TWO DAYS, WE GET A 1128 00:43:48,585 --> 00:43:50,554 CHANCE TO HAVE OUR TEAM TOGETHER 1129 00:43:50,554 --> 00:43:52,189 HERE AND REALLY GO THROUGH THE 1130 00:43:52,189 --> 00:43:55,459 RHYTHM AND FLOW OF THE IN SEASON 1131 00:43:55,459 --> 00:43:56,093 WEDNESDAY AND IN SEASON 1132 00:43:56,093 --> 00:43:56,360 THURSDAY. 1133 00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:57,894 IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO DO 1134 00:43:57,894 --> 00:44:00,297 THAT WITH A YOUNG QUARTERBACK, 1135 00:44:00,297 --> 00:44:01,164 WITH AN OFFENSE GOING THROUGH IT 1136 00:44:01,164 --> 00:44:04,468 FOR THE FIRST TIME. 1137 00:44:04,468 --> 00:44:05,435 I CAN FEEL THE CLOSENESS AND THE 1138 00:44:05,435 --> 00:44:09,172 BOND THEY ARE FORMING EARLIER 1139 00:44:09,172 --> 00:44:10,073 THAN EVER BEFORE. 1140 00:44:10,073 --> 00:44:12,242 I THINK OUR TEAM HAS DONE A 1141 00:44:12,242 --> 00:44:14,845 REALLY GOOD JOB OF COMING 1142 00:44:14,845 --> 00:44:16,246 TOGETHER AND I THINK IT'S GOING 1143 00:44:16,246 --> 00:44:18,315 TO BE A BIG PART OF IT. 1144 00:44:18,315 --> 00:44:20,917 HERE WE GO. 1145 00:44:20,917 --> 00:44:21,118 READY. 1146 00:44:21,785 --> 00:44:23,587 YOU CAN FEEL IT 1147 00:44:23,587 --> 00:44:23,887 IN THE AIR. 1148 00:44:23,887 --> 00:44:25,088 SUMMER'S GONE. 1149 00:44:25,088 --> 00:44:32,162 THE BEARS HAVE TEN DAYS BEFORE 1150 00:44:32,162 --> 00:44:33,196 THE BEARS SEASON OPENER IS JUST 1151 00:44:33,196 --> 00:44:35,732 DAYS AWAY. 1152 00:44:35,732 --> 00:44:37,067 TIME TO FOCUS ON THEIR WEEK ONE 1153 00:44:37,067 --> 00:44:39,036 OPPONENT. 1154 00:44:39,036 --> 00:44:41,505 KEEP GOING. 1155 00:44:41,505 --> 00:44:48,578 THERE WE GO. 1156 00:44:49,579 --> 00:44:53,283 18, YES, YES, CALEB. 1157 00:44:53,283 --> 00:44:53,817 YES! 1158 00:44:53,817 --> 00:44:54,451 THAT WAS CRAZY. 1159 00:44:54,451 --> 00:44:56,653 THAT WAS THE BEST HE HAS THROWN 1160 00:44:56,653 --> 00:44:58,388 IT. 1161 00:44:58,388 --> 00:44:59,289 100%. 1162 00:45:20,777 --> 00:45:22,612 GOOD! 1163 00:45:22,612 --> 00:45:24,014 HEY, VELUS. 1164 00:45:24,014 --> 00:45:24,548 PERFECT. 1165 00:45:24,548 --> 00:45:26,083 I'M PROUD OF THE PROCESS WE HAVE 1166 00:45:26,083 --> 00:45:26,483 SET UP. 1167 00:45:26,483 --> 00:45:28,418 IT'S SPECIAL. 1168 00:45:28,418 --> 00:45:29,553 IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ACQUIRING 1169 00:45:29,553 --> 00:45:30,654 THE BEST TALENT. 1170 00:45:30,654 --> 00:45:33,390 IT'S ABOUT ACQUIRING THE RIGHT 1171 00:45:33,390 --> 00:45:34,658 TALENT. 1172 00:45:34,658 --> 00:45:36,460 WHERE OUR ROSTER WAS, FOR HOW 1173 00:45:36,460 --> 00:45:39,363 FAR WE KNEW IT HAD TO GO. 1174 00:45:39,363 --> 00:45:40,931 CAN WE TAKE THAT BIG JUMP FROM 1175 00:45:40,931 --> 00:45:42,499 WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR TO THIS 1176 00:45:42,499 --> 00:45:42,866 YEAR? 1177 00:45:42,866 --> 00:45:45,769 I THINK WE ARE CAPABLE OF DOING 1178 00:45:45,769 --> 00:45:52,743 THAT. 1179 00:45:52,743 --> 00:45:59,816 ♪ BACK IN CHICAGO I FEEL IT ♪ 1180 00:46:02,185 --> 00:46:03,186 VERTICAL. 1181 00:46:03,186 --> 00:46:04,221 CHICAGO HAS REASON 1182 00:46:04,221 --> 00:46:05,922 TO BELIEVE. 1183 00:46:05,922 --> 00:46:08,392 WHETHER FOR ROOKIES 1184 00:46:08,392 --> 00:46:11,828 READY FOR A STAR TURN... 1185 00:46:11,828 --> 00:46:14,931 HERE WE GO. 1186 00:46:14,931 --> 00:46:16,300 OR THE BEAUTY OF 1187 00:46:16,300 --> 00:46:21,038 SYNCHRONIZED SUCCESS. 1188 00:46:21,038 --> 00:46:21,972 WELCOME. 1189 00:46:21,972 --> 00:46:22,506 THEY'RE JUST 1190 00:46:22,506 --> 00:46:24,241 GETTING STARTED, 1191 00:46:24,241 --> 00:46:24,741 AND DISCOVERING HOW GOOD 1192 00:46:24,741 --> 00:46:30,714 THEY CAN BE. 1193 00:46:30,714 --> 00:46:31,715 I'VE GOT THREE RULES. 1194 00:46:31,715 --> 00:46:33,817 BEYOND TIME, WORK HARD, RESPECT. 1195 00:46:33,817 --> 00:46:34,518 THREE RULES. 1196 00:46:34,518 --> 00:46:36,653 NOT REAL HARD. 1197 00:46:36,653 --> 00:46:40,757 ALL RIGHT. 1198 00:46:40,757 --> 00:46:44,528 ♪ AND WHEN I'M BACK IN CHICAGO, 1199 00:46:44,528 --> 00:46:45,062 I FEEL IT ♪ 1200 00:46:45,062 --> 00:46:46,964 ♪ ANOTHER VERSION OF ME, I WAS 1201 00:46:46,964 --> 00:46:49,733 IN IT ♪ 1202 00:46:49,733 --> 00:46:54,871 ♪ I WAVED GOODBYE TO THE END OF 1203 00:46:54,871 --> 00:46:55,172 BEGINNING ♪ 1204 00:47:01,144 --> 00:47:08,151 HERE WE GO! 1205 00:47:10,854 --> 00:47:13,123 THERE WE GO. 1206 00:47:13,123 --> 00:47:19,062 GET AFTER IT.