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Narrator: PREVIOUSLY ON

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"HARD KNOCKS"...

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WHAT A PLAY.

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LIKE SUPERMAN, TAPPED IT AWAY

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WITH ONE HAND.

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HE IS SOMEONE I'M ALWAYS

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ROOTING FOR.

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VELUS JONES, THIS IS WHAT YOU

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WERE HOPING TO SEE.

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WHEELER LIMPING A LITTLE BIT.

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DOES HAVE AN ACL TEAR.

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YOUR JOURNEY IS GOING TO

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CONTINUE ON.

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ALL RIGHT, BOYS.

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YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS.

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IT'S VICTORY.

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AUSTIN REED.

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IS HE GOING TO FIND A ROSTER

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SPOT?

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CONTINUES TO DO EVERYTHING

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RIGHT.

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ARE WE MAKING THE RIGHT

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DECISION OR ARE WE MAKING THE

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EASY DECISION?

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Narrator: WHEN THE NFL

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WAS CREATED, GEORGE HALAS'

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CHICAGO BEARS ROCKETED

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PRO FOOTBALL INTO THE NATION'S

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SPOTLIGHT.

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THE BEARS, THE WORLD

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CHAMPIONS.

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DA BEARS!

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GIVE ME 18 INCHES

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OF DAYLIGHT.

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THAT'S ALL I NEED.

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NICKNAMED THE MONSTERS

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OF THE MIDWAY...

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THE REFRIGERATOR.

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THE BEARS TRANSFORMED

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THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE.

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THE CHICAGO BEARS SELECT

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CALEB WILLIAMS.

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I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DID

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THIS PROCESS THE RIGHT WAY WITH

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AN OPEN MIND.

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I THOUGHT BETWEEN HIM, KRAMER,

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STEWARD, VELUS, THEY DESERVED

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ANOTHER CONVERSATION JUST

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BECAUSE THEY PLAYED WELL.

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THE HIGHER CEILING.

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IT COULD LOOK DIFFERENT VERSUS

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HIGHER LEVELS OF COMPETITION.

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ALL RIGHT.

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LET'S PLAY THROUGH THE NUMBER

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GAME.

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RUNNING BACKS AND TIGHT ENDS.

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THE D-LINE MEN.

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THEN YOU STILL HAVE TEN DEEP.

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WHERE ARE WE LONG?

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WHERE ARE WE HEAVY?

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YEAH.

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WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR

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TEAM TODAY.

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OUR SYSTEM IS WORKING.

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SO YES, WE WANT TO KEEP

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EVERYBODY BUT WE ARE NOT IN THAT

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SPACE ANYMORE.

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IT'S TIME TO WIN.

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OKAY, GOOD MORNING.

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HOW IS EVERYBODY DOING?

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ALL RIGHT.

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THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR THAT IS

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NOT VERY FUN, RIGHT?

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FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, RIGHT,

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COACHES, PLAYERS.

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SPRINGTIME BUILDING

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RELATIONSHIPS WITH EVERYBODY,

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RIGHT?

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THE NEXT TWO DAYS, FELLOWS, THE

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TEAM IS GOING TO CHANGE RIGHT

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NOW, WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT.

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I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR

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EFFORT, YOUR FOCUS AND

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INTENSITY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY,

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THE PASSION.

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THE PASSION YOU GUYS HAVE FOR

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EACH OTHER AND THE PASSION YOU

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HAVE FOR THE TEAM AND THE

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PASSION YOU PLAY WITH.

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AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS,

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ALWAYS BE ENCOURAGING.

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LOVE THE BROTHER NEXT YEAR.

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THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO.

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IF HE'S IN A HARD SPOT, PICK HIM

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UP.

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WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS.

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THAT'S REAL.

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THIS TIME OF YEAR IS DIFFERENT,

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IT'S JUST DIFFERENT.

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I WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS AHEAD

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OF IT, OKAY?

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Narrator: THE HARD DECISIONS

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MADE OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS WILL

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HANG IN THE AIR A LONG TIME.

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BECAUSE EVERY BEARS TEAM IS

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MEMORIALIZED IN THE CHANDELIER

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ADORNING HALAS HALL.

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IT HAS MORE THAN A HUNDRED GLASS

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RODS, EACH REPRESENTING

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A BEARS SEASON.

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WHITE FOR A WINNING YEAR,

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BLUE FOR A PLAYOFF TEAM,

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ORANGE FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP.

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A CENTURY'S WORTH OF TRADITION

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IS A LOT TO LIVE UP TO.

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BUT THE 2024 BEARS HAVE FAITH,

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STARTING AT THE TOP,

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WHERE PRESIDENT KEVIN WARREN IS

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GUIDED BY ONE SIMPLE QUESTION:

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WHAT WOULD PAPA BEAR DO?

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OVER 2,000 PLAYERS AND

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COACHES HAVE PLAYED FOR THE

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BEARS.

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BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS

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FOR PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE WHO

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GEORGE HALAS IS CARRIED THE

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FIRST PERSON TO HAVE FULL TIME

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ASSISTANT COACHES, TO HAVE

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PEOPLE UP IN THE PRESS BOX.

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REVENUE SHARING THAT TODAY STILL

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MAKES THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL

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LEAGUE INCREDIBLY SPECIAL FROM A

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FINANCIAL STANDPOINT.

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HE TRULY WAS AN INNOVATOR.

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TO ME IT MEANS THAT EVERY

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DECISION THAT I MAKE IN THIS

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OFFICE, TO LOOK AT IT THROUGH

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THE PRISM OF THE IMPACT THAT

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WILL HAVE ON THE PAST, THE

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PRESENT, BUT ALSO THE FUTURE.

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Narrator: THE FUTURE IS NOW.

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IF ANY COACH HAS SOMETHING TO

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SAY ABOUT A PLAYER BEFORE FINAL

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CUTS, THIS IS THEIR LAST CHANCE.

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POSITION BY POSITION.

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LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE,

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TAKE EVERYONE'S THOUGHTS AND

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OPINIONS.

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TO MAKE THE DECISIONS WE'VE GOT

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TO MAKE TO GET TO THE 53.

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THERE'S FACTORS INVOLVED,

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SPECIAL TEAMS.

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SCARCITY, DEMAND.

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WHAT WE NEED TODAY, WHAT WE NEED

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TOMORROW, WHAT WE NEED DOWN THE

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SAFETIES?

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I THINK THE PLAY LAST NIGHT,

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THE LENGTH AND THE SPEED TO MAKE

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THAT PLAY IS SOMETHING I THINK

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ABOUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

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QUARTERBACKS?

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VETERAN LEADERSHIP, IT'S BEEN

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GOOD FOR THE ROOM.

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DID A GREAT JOB THIS PRESEASON.

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IF YOU HAD TO PROJECT

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AUSTEN'S CEILING?

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HOW DO YOU SEE THAT GOING?

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I THINK FOR HIM, JUST A

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COUPLE YEARS.

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DEVELOPMENT OF THE FUNDAMENTALS.

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HE KNOWS.

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THE NUMBER OF REPS HE GETS.

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WHERE HE WAS TO WHERE HE'S AT

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RIGHT NOW, TO MY MIND, NIGHT AND

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DAY.

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I REALLY LIKE HIS DISPOSITION

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DISPOSITION.

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A GREAT DISPOSITION FOR THAT

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POSITION.

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DOESN'T CONCERN ME TO HAVE TWO

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ROOKIES AND AND A SECOND YEAR GUY?

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HIS MATURITY.

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VELUS IS RIGHT THERE.

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HE'S JUST TOO EXPLOSIVE.

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I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR HIM MORE

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THAN ANYBODY.

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THE STRIDES VELUS MADE WEEK

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TO WEEK, THAT WAS A PRETTY BIG

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STRIDE I THOUGHT, OUTSIDE OF

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JUST THE BIG RUNS.

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WILLINGNESS.

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THAT'S A TOUGH SKILL SET TO

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BYPASS.

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RIGHT.

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APPRECIATE IT.

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I NEED THE COORDINATORS TO

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STAY IN HERE.

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PLAYERS ON THE FRINGE OF THE

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ROSTER NEED SOME KIND OF EDGE,

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LIKE VERSATILITY.

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IN TERMS OF VELUS WITH YOU,

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WHAT WOULD HE DO FOR US?

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KICK RETURN, PUNT RETURN ON

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THE INTERIOR.

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THE OUTSIDE.

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HE CAN PLAY EITHER ONE.

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KICKOFF, HE WILL PLAY ANYWHERE

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ON KICKOFF.

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DEPENDING ON THE CORNER, HE BE

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OF THE FIRST GUNNER IN.

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WE MIGHT ROLL THOSE GUNNERS AND

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AGAIN.

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THIS SPEED, HE LOOKED WAY BETTER

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AT GUNNER THIS YEAR THAN HE DID

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LAST YEAR RIGHT NOW.

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HE'S HAD A GREAT CAMP.

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HE CHANGED POSITIONS.

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HE COMES OUT.

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HE RUNS HARD.

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THE POWER FORWARD.

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HE CAN ALSO TAKE IT TO THE

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HOUSE.

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A POTENTIAL GAME CHANGER, FOR

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REAL.

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IN CERTAIN SPOTS.

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[LINE RINGING]

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HELLO.

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HI, MOM.

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HOW ARE YOU?

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PACKING.

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JUST TRYING TO GET MY LIFE

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TOGETHER.

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I'VE GOT A LOT OF DIRTY CLOTHES.

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HOW ARE YOU FEELING MENTALLY

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ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING?

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I THINK RIGHT NOW, IT'S A

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LOT.

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I'M BEING OPTIMISTIC AND

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POSITIVE.

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ONCE IT GETS TO IT, I'M PROBABLY

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GOING TO FEEL SOME TYPE OF WAY.

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I DON'T KNOW.

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ARE YOU HAPPY YOU ARE ABLE TO

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WORK IT OUT?

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YEAH.

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I DIDN'T REALLY WANT YOU TO

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TRAVEL POST-OP.

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Narrator: THERE'LL BE

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NO FOOTBALL FOR IAN WHEELER THIS

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YEAR.

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THE ROOKIE RUNNER TORE HIS ACL

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IN THE FINAL PRESEASON GAME.

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OH, NO!

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MY MOM IS MY ROCK.

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HAVING HER THERE MEANT A LOT.

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UNFORTUNATE THAT HAPPENED BUT

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SHE GOT TO SEE ME PLAY IN AN NFL

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UNIFORM.

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Narrator: HE'S HEADED HOME TO

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HOUSTON WHERE HE'LL HAVE SURGERY

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THIS WEEK.

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YOUR GRANDMOTHER IS COOKING

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FIVE DIFFERENT MEALS.

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IS SHE MAKING JAMBALAYA?

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I DON'T KNOW PAT I'LL ASK.

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SHE IS MAKING A GUMBO.

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MADE SOME BEINGS.

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IT'S TOO HOT FOR GUMBO.

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SHE WAS LIKE, I WANT HIM TO

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HAVE WHATEVER HE WANTS.

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I'LL BE BACK TOMORROW.

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OKAY.

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WELL, LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S

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ANYTHING I NEED TO DO TO ASSIST

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YOU.

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ALL RIGHT.

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I LOVE YOU, MOM.

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I LOVE YOU TOO.

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STAY IN GOOD THOUGHTS.

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I GOT YOU.

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ALL RIGHT, TALK TO YOU LATER.

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YES, MOM.

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JUST BECAUSE I HAD A PLAN FOR

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MYSELF DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN

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THAT THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

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I HAD A PLAN TO START IN

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HIGH SCHOOL FROM THE MOMENT I

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STEPPED ON CAMPUS, THAT DIDN'T

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HAPPEN.

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I HAD A PLAN TO GET A

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SCHOLARSHIP TO A D1 SCHOOL.

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THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

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I HAD A PLAN TO GET DRAFTED.

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THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

299
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BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP ME.

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THIS IS JUST ANOTHER MOMENT

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WHERE I'M BEING TESTED.

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IT'S GOING TO BE NICE BEING

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HOME.

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BUT AS SOON AS I AM GOOD ENOUGH

305
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TO COME BACK UP HERE WITH THE

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TEAM, DO REHAB, DO WHATEVER THEY

307
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TELL ME TO DO JUST SO I CAN

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LEARN.

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THIS MIGHT END UP BEING ONE OF

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MY ESSAYS FOR REAPPLYING TO MED

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SCHOOL.

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THESE WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY

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PRACTICES, HOW IMPORTANT OUR

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TIME IS ON THE GRASS, THOSE DAYS

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ARE SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR

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PREPARATION.

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YOU'RE GOING TO GET 41 REPS AT

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THAT PARTICULAR PRACTICE ON THE

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RIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO GET 41

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REPS, TEAM REPS, SEVEN ON SEVEN.

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AND THEN AGAINST THE DEFENSE,

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YOU'RE GOING TO GET ANOTHER 15

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REPS RIGHT THERE.

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YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, OVER 100

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PLUS REPS.

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IT'S GREAT BECAUSE IT'S FOCUSED.

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IT'S BALL ALL DAY, WHICH IS COOL

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COOL.

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IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE

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ABLE TO DEVELOP OUR TEAM AND

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START FAST.

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Narrator: SNAP, DROP,

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AND THROW.

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REPEAT.

335
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AND REPEAT.

336
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THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO DO TO

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GET READY FOR THE SEASON OPENER.

338
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BEING A PRO MEANS REPETITION

339
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TILL IT'S ROTE.

340
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THERE IT IS.

341
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THAT'S A FIRST DOWN.

342
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CALEB.

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NO HESITATION!

344
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GOOD DECISION.

345
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NICE JOB, NICE JOB.

346
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GOT TO GO.

347
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SEVEN ON SEVEN, LET'S GO.

348
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LET'S GET AFTER THEM, FELLAS.

349
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GET THE BALL OUT QUICK.

350
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NICE BALL.

351
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FOR YOU.

352
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A LITTLE TOO LONG ON THE SLANT.

353
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BOOM, READY FOR THE HARD RESET.

354
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OH!

355
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THERE WE GO.

356
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NICE SHOT.

357
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NICE SHOT, GOOD ACTION.

358
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RIGHT HERE.

359
00:13:07,164 --> 00:13:08,733
THAT WAS DISGUSTING FOOTWORK

360
00:13:08,733 --> 00:13:09,600
RIGHT THERE.

361
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I LOVE IT.

362
00:13:11,035 --> 00:13:12,470
SAFETIES COMING FROM DEPTH

363
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AND HE'S RUNNING DOWN.

364
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UNGUARDABLE.

365
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GOOD SHOT, GOOD SHOT.

366
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HEY, ROME.

367
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HOW ARE YOUR LEGS.

368
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I'M 22, SO I'M SOLID.

369
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I'VE GOT SOME JUICE AND ME.

370
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THE OPTION ROUTE.

371
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I KIND OF WANT TO WORK SOME OF

372
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THAT.

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FIVE EACH SIDE.

374
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Narrator: THE TEAM IS

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GROWING.

376
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VETS CAN NOW RELY ON FIRST YEAR

377
00:13:45,469 --> 00:13:46,037
PLAYERS TO PRACTICE IN A WAY

378
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THAT MAKES THEM BOTH BETTER.

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♪ ♪

380
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I FEEL LIKE I'M ALWAYS HOME.

381
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THE WHOLE INSIDE.

382
00:14:03,254 --> 00:14:04,188
Narrator: NOT THAT ROOKIES

383
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LIKE EDGE RUSHER AUSTIN BOOKER

384
00:14:04,822 --> 00:14:09,160
AREN'T STILL LEARNING.

385
00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:10,261
THROW THEM AGAIN.

386
00:14:10,261 --> 00:14:13,364
IT'S COOL.

387
00:14:13,364 --> 00:14:18,836
DID YOU DO THAT MOVE IN COLLEGE?

388
00:14:18,836 --> 00:14:19,537
LONG ARM TO EVERYTHING.

389
00:14:19,537 --> 00:14:22,373
YOUR LONG.

390
00:14:22,373 --> 00:14:23,908
Narrator: THEY'RE ALL GETTING

391
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A GRASP ON THINGS, INCLUDING

392
00:14:24,475 --> 00:14:31,549
PUNTER AND HOLDER TORY TAYLOR.

393
00:14:35,486 --> 00:14:36,921
WHEN I'M COMING OFF THE BALL

394
00:14:36,921 --> 00:14:38,222
AND I SEE YOU BACKING UP.

395
00:14:38,222 --> 00:14:41,625
THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.

396
00:14:41,625 --> 00:14:42,593
I FEEL LIKE EVERY TIME I'M IN

397
00:14:42,593 --> 00:14:46,063
THAT SITUATION.

398
00:14:46,063 --> 00:14:46,397
UNCOMFORTABLE.

399
00:14:46,397 --> 00:14:51,602
I DON'T LIKE THAT.

400
00:14:51,602 --> 00:14:52,370
IS THE GAME A LOT MORE

401
00:14:52,370 --> 00:14:54,372
FAST-PACED?

402
00:14:54,372 --> 00:15:01,445
YEAH.

403
00:15:03,514 --> 00:15:05,950
CANADA WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL

404
00:15:05,950 --> 00:15:07,485
FOR AMERICA.

405
00:15:07,485 --> 00:15:07,852
LOOK IT UP.

406
00:15:07,852 --> 00:15:11,222
RUGBY WAS TRANSITIONING.

407
00:15:11,222 --> 00:15:13,457
NORTH AMERICA, THE FIRST EVER

408
00:15:13,457 --> 00:15:15,793
RECOGNIZED FOOTBALL GAME WAS

409
00:15:15,793 --> 00:15:17,027
McGILL VERSUS HARVARD,

410
00:15:17,027 --> 00:15:17,928
McGILL IN MONTREAL.

411
00:15:17,928 --> 00:15:19,964
THEY CAME DOWN WITH THEIR RULES,

412
00:15:19,964 --> 00:15:20,531
FOOTBALL RULES.

413
00:15:20,531 --> 00:15:27,605
HUG-- HARVARD.

414
00:15:27,905 --> 00:15:31,342
THE RULES OF FOOTBALL WERE

415
00:15:31,342 --> 00:15:35,012
WRITTEN HERE.

416
00:15:35,012 --> 00:15:36,580
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OTHER

417
00:15:36,580 --> 00:15:37,481
STUFF, STILL RELATED.

418
00:15:37,481 --> 00:15:41,018
DID YOU KNOW THAT?

419
00:15:41,018 --> 00:15:44,088
YOU CAN LOOK IT UP.

420
00:15:44,088 --> 00:15:44,522
AFTER HARVARD.

421
00:15:44,522 --> 00:15:47,992
WE GAVE YOU THE RULES.

422
00:15:47,992 --> 00:15:49,627
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.

423
00:15:49,627 --> 00:15:51,162
LOOK IT UP.

424
00:15:51,162 --> 00:15:52,863
THE RULES OF FOOTBALL AS WE KNOW

425
00:15:52,863 --> 00:15:58,302
TODAY WERE WRITTEN AT YALE.

426
00:15:58,302 --> 00:15:59,537
Narrator: ROOKIE OFFENSIVE

427
00:15:59,537 --> 00:16:00,337
TACKLE KIRAN AMAGADJIE KNOWS

428
00:16:00,337 --> 00:16:00,905
THE RULES AND HIS HISTORY.

429
00:16:00,905 --> 00:16:01,472
EVEN BETTER, HE KNOWS HE HAS

430
00:16:01,472 --> 00:16:02,206
PLACE ON THE ROSTER DESPITE

431
00:16:02,206 --> 00:16:03,574
BEING INJURED MUCH OF CAMP.

432
00:16:03,574 --> 00:16:04,508
THIRD ROUND PICKS DON'T OFTEN

433
00:16:04,508 --> 00:16:07,178
GET CUT IN THEIR FIRST SUMMER.

434
00:16:07,178 --> 00:16:09,547
BUT NOT EVERYONE HAS THAT SENSE

435
00:16:09,547 --> 00:16:13,751
OF SECURITY.

436
00:16:13,751 --> 00:16:17,822
YOU KNOW WHAT'S GREAT?

437
00:16:17,822 --> 00:16:18,456
LAST YEAR I WAS PUTTING MYSELF

438
00:16:18,456 --> 00:16:22,059
IN THE HEAD SPACE, IF I GET CUT,

439
00:16:22,059 --> 00:16:28,599
I'LL GO HOME.

440
00:16:28,599 --> 00:16:31,202
IF I DON'T GET CAUGHT, I'LL BE

441
00:16:31,202 --> 00:16:37,441
HERE HAVING A TIME AND A HALF.

442
00:16:37,441 --> 00:16:38,943
LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO

443
00:16:38,943 --> 00:16:39,110
DO?

444
00:16:39,110 --> 00:16:40,878
WE ARE GOING TO BE KICKING

445
00:16:40,878 --> 00:16:41,445
IT.

446
00:16:41,445 --> 00:16:42,480
WE ARE GOING TO GO AND I'M

447
00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:44,515
GOING TO START WORKING AT A

448
00:16:44,515 --> 00:16:46,717
CHILI'S OR SOMETHING.

449
00:16:46,717 --> 00:16:49,220
WE WILL FIGURE IT OUT COME

450
00:16:49,220 --> 00:16:50,287
JANUARY.

451
00:16:50,287 --> 00:16:51,722
YOU WILL BE THEIR QUARTERBACK

452
00:16:51,722 --> 00:16:51,989
COACHING.

453
00:16:51,989 --> 00:16:54,158
YOU WILL BE QUARTERBACK COACHING

454
00:16:54,158 --> 00:16:59,363
FOR WEST FLORIDA.

455
00:16:59,363 --> 00:17:00,765
Narrator: TODAY, THE BEARS

456
00:17:00,765 --> 00:17:01,899
WILL TRIM THE ROSTER DOWN

457
00:17:01,899 --> 00:17:05,102
TO 53 PLAYERS.

458
00:17:05,102 --> 00:17:06,070
THERE SIMPLY ISN'T ROOM

459
00:17:06,070 --> 00:17:11,409
FOR EVERYONE.

460
00:17:11,409 --> 00:17:12,276
FOR SOME,

461
00:17:12,276 --> 00:17:13,911
IT'S THE END OF THE ROAD.

462
00:17:13,911 --> 00:17:16,714
FOR OTHERS, THERE'S HOPE THAT AS

463
00:17:16,714 --> 00:17:17,348
ONE DOOR CLOSES, ANOTHER, IN THE

464
00:17:17,348 --> 00:17:18,182
FORM OF A SPOT ON THE PRACTICE

465
00:17:18,182 --> 00:17:24,555
SQUAD, WILL OPEN UP.

466
00:17:24,555 --> 00:17:26,057
WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THE

467
00:17:26,057 --> 00:17:27,391
ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM FOR THEY

468
00:17:27,391 --> 00:17:28,926
RELEASED A COUPLE GUYS TODAY.

469
00:17:28,926 --> 00:17:31,195
I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY IN HERE

470
00:17:31,195 --> 00:17:33,831
BECAUSE Y'ALL PUT SO MUCH WORK

471
00:17:33,831 --> 00:17:34,365
IN.

472
00:17:34,365 --> 00:17:34,999
IT'S TOUGH.

473
00:17:34,999 --> 00:17:38,235
I'M JUST GOING TO BE REAL.

474
00:17:38,235 --> 00:17:39,670
THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING

475
00:17:39,670 --> 00:17:40,337
PARTS.

476
00:17:40,337 --> 00:17:41,238
A BILLION DIFFERENT SCENARIOS

477
00:17:41,238 --> 00:17:45,042
THAT PLAY OUT, ALL THOSE THINGS.

478
00:17:45,042 --> 00:17:52,116
I AM NOT I AM DEAF NOT TO THE

479
00:17:53,517 --> 00:17:54,018
ANXIETY.

480
00:17:54,018 --> 00:17:55,619
THE ROOM IS GOING TO CHANGE.

481
00:17:55,619 --> 00:17:57,722
IT'S CHANGED A LITTLE BIT SINCE

482
00:17:57,722 --> 00:18:01,392
WE WERE LAST IN HERE.

483
00:18:01,392 --> 00:18:02,159
UNFORTUNATE PART OF THE

484
00:18:02,159 --> 00:18:02,426
BUSINESS.

485
00:18:02,426 --> 00:18:04,762
REACH OUT.

486
00:18:04,762 --> 00:18:05,863
DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE GONE

487
00:18:05,863 --> 00:18:06,097
FOREVER.

488
00:18:06,097 --> 00:18:08,733
YOU NEVER KNOW HOW IT WORKS.

489
00:18:08,733 --> 00:18:15,639
BUT THIS SUCKS.

490
00:18:15,639 --> 00:18:22,713
C-EURO-SIGN

491
00:18:23,481 --> 00:18:25,783
TO ME IT'S ONE OF THE WORST

492
00:18:25,783 --> 00:18:26,884
DAYS OF THIS JOB.

493
00:18:26,884 --> 00:18:28,252
IT'S HARD TO TELL THAT MANY

494
00:18:28,252 --> 00:18:29,653
PEOPLE THEIR DREAM IS ENDING.

495
00:18:29,653 --> 00:18:32,123
THE IRONIC THING FOR ME IS, I'VE

496
00:18:32,123 --> 00:18:35,192
BEEN CUT IN THIS BUILDING BEFORE

497
00:18:35,192 --> 00:18:37,561
BEFORE.

498
00:18:37,561 --> 00:18:38,462
Narrator: THAT WAS IN 2008

499
00:18:38,462 --> 00:18:41,532
WHEN AS AN UNDRAFTED ROOKIE OUT

500
00:18:41,532 --> 00:18:43,768
OF BOSTON COLLEGE, RYAN POLES

501
00:18:43,768 --> 00:18:44,769
TRIED TO MAKE THE BEARS.

502
00:18:44,769 --> 00:18:45,069
HE WAS CUT.

503
00:18:45,069 --> 00:18:49,673
HE NEVER PLAYED ANOTHER DOWN.

504
00:18:49,673 --> 00:18:50,875
I'VE BEEN THERE.

505
00:18:50,875 --> 00:18:52,209
IT'S A PLACE WHERE I TRY TO HAVE

506
00:18:52,209 --> 00:18:54,478
A LOT OF EMPATHY AND THE WAY WE

507
00:18:54,478 --> 00:18:55,780
COMMUNICATE IT BECAUSE THESE

508
00:18:55,780 --> 00:18:57,615
GUYS HAVE PUT A LOT OF TIME AND

509
00:18:57,615 --> 00:18:58,716
EFFORT INTO MAKING THE FOOTBALL

510
00:18:58,716 --> 00:18:58,916
TEAM.

511
00:18:58,916 --> 00:19:01,619
WHEN I TRY TO DO IS DO A

512
00:19:01,619 --> 00:19:03,554
GOOD JOB GIVING FEEDBACK SO THEY

513
00:19:03,554 --> 00:19:07,758
AT LEAST KNOW THE WHY BEHIND IT

514
00:19:07,758 --> 00:19:11,796
AND CONTINUE TO WORK ON THEIR

515
00:19:11,796 --> 00:19:12,830
CRAFT AND HOPEFULLY HAVE AN

516
00:19:12,830 --> 00:19:14,965
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A FOOTBALL

517
00:19:14,965 --> 00:19:15,766
TEAM.

518
00:19:15,766 --> 00:19:17,835
WE ARE GOING TO RELEASE YOU

519
00:19:17,835 --> 00:19:18,202
TODAY.

520
00:19:18,202 --> 00:19:22,773
WHAT WAS THE DECIDING FACTOR?

521
00:19:22,773 --> 00:19:28,679
GOING HAVE-- GOING HEAVIER

522
00:19:28,679 --> 00:19:29,547
AT THE DEFENSIVE POSITION.

523
00:19:29,547 --> 00:19:31,716
THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING GOING TO

524
00:19:31,716 --> 00:19:34,285
GO FIVE RECEIVERS, WHICH MADE IT

525
00:19:34,285 --> 00:19:36,053
TOUGH.

526
00:19:36,053 --> 00:19:37,154
I KNOW HOW FRUSTRATING THIS

527
00:19:37,154 --> 00:19:37,521
OFF-SEASON WAS.

528
00:19:37,521 --> 00:19:43,027
HOW BADLY HE WANTS TO FINISH.

529
00:19:43,027 --> 00:19:43,694
100% YOU WERE IN THE

530
00:19:43,694 --> 00:19:46,430
CONVERSATION TO MAKE THE 53.

531
00:19:46,430 --> 00:19:48,966
IT GOT GRAY AND MURKY DOWN THE

532
00:19:48,966 --> 00:19:51,769
STRETCH.

533
00:19:51,769 --> 00:19:55,573
I KNOW COACH AND EVERYONE WAS

534
00:19:55,573 --> 00:19:57,375
PROUD OF HOW YOU PERFORMED.

535
00:19:57,375 --> 00:19:58,175
OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOTTEN TOUGHER TO

536
00:19:58,175 --> 00:20:01,212
PUT THAT GROUP TOGETHER.

537
00:20:01,212 --> 00:20:03,314
YOU ARE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING

538
00:20:03,314 --> 00:20:10,020
IN.

539
00:20:10,020 --> 00:20:14,024
[INDISTINCT]

540
00:20:14,024 --> 00:20:15,126
Narrator: THERE WERE

541
00:20:15,126 --> 00:20:15,726
HIGH HOPES FOR THEO BENEDET,

542
00:20:15,726 --> 00:20:17,328
THE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN FROM NORTH

543
00:20:17,328 --> 00:20:18,763
OF THE BORDER, BUT AN INJURY

544
00:20:18,763 --> 00:20:21,332
SUFFERED IN THE FIRST PRESEASON

545
00:20:21,332 --> 00:20:23,033
GAME KEPT THE CANADIAN EAGLE

546
00:20:23,033 --> 00:20:27,271
FROM TRULY TAKING FLIGHT.

547
00:20:27,271 --> 00:20:29,440
HIS ONLY HOPE IS THAT THE BEARS

548
00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:30,041
SAW ENOUGH TO KEEP HIM

549
00:20:30,041 --> 00:20:39,750
IN THE NEST.

550
00:20:46,991 --> 00:20:49,794
HOW IS IT BEEN GOING?

551
00:20:49,794 --> 00:20:50,961
ALL RIGHT.

552
00:20:50,961 --> 00:20:52,997
WE'VE GOT TO RELEASE YOU

553
00:20:52,997 --> 00:20:53,197
TODAY.

554
00:20:53,197 --> 00:20:54,799
YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB FITTING

555
00:20:54,799 --> 00:20:57,568
INTO THE ROOM, BEING A GOOD

556
00:20:57,568 --> 00:20:58,769
TEAMMATE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR

557
00:20:58,769 --> 00:20:59,603
THAT POSITION.

558
00:20:59,603 --> 00:21:01,605
REALLY ANY POSITION BUT THAT ONE

559
00:21:01,605 --> 00:21:02,640
FOR SURE.

560
00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:03,607
WE THINK THERE'S A LOT OF UPSIDE

561
00:21:03,607 --> 00:21:06,811
FOR YOU TO DEVELOP AND BECOME A

562
00:21:06,811 --> 00:21:07,344
CONTRIBUTOR FOR THE TEAM.

563
00:21:07,344 --> 00:21:11,382
SO THE PLAN FOR US REALLY IS TO

564
00:21:11,382 --> 00:21:13,951
PUT YOU ON THE PRACTICE SQUAD.

565
00:21:13,951 --> 00:21:16,620
I THINK ABOUT THIS PRESEASON.

566
00:21:16,620 --> 00:21:20,624
I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY

567
00:21:20,624 --> 00:21:21,592
OPPORTUNITY.

568
00:21:21,592 --> 00:21:23,260
DOING EVERYTHING TO REPAY YOU

569
00:21:23,260 --> 00:21:23,494
FOR IT.

570
00:21:23,494 --> 00:21:24,762
LOVE IT.

571
00:21:24,762 --> 00:21:26,197
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT.

572
00:21:26,197 --> 00:21:29,100
I FELT LIKE BEFORE I GOT

573
00:21:29,100 --> 00:21:30,167
HURT, I WAS GETTING ADJUSTED TO

574
00:21:30,167 --> 00:21:32,203
THE SPEED AND EVERYTHING DOWN

575
00:21:32,203 --> 00:21:32,403
HERE.

576
00:21:32,403 --> 00:21:34,638
PUT SOME GOOD STUFF ON TAPE AND

577
00:21:34,638 --> 00:21:35,439
PRACTICE.

578
00:21:35,439 --> 00:21:36,474
KEEP BUILDING FROM THERE.

579
00:21:36,474 --> 00:21:40,778
I AGREE 100%.

580
00:21:40,778 --> 00:21:46,250
THE FUTURE.

581
00:21:46,250 --> 00:21:48,419
WE SEE THAT.

582
00:21:48,419 --> 00:21:50,020
JUST KEEP WORKING.

583
00:21:50,020 --> 00:21:50,454
APPRECIATE IT.

584
00:21:50,454 --> 00:21:54,125
APPRECIATE YOU.

585
00:21:54,125 --> 00:21:55,659
Narrator: IF NO OTHER TEAM

586
00:21:55,659 --> 00:21:56,327
SIGNS BENEDET IN THE NEXT

587
00:21:56,327 --> 00:21:59,263
24 HOURS, HE CAN RETURN TO THE

588
00:21:59,263 --> 00:22:02,366
BEARS ON THEIR PRACTICE SQUAD.

589
00:22:02,366 --> 00:22:03,100
BUT TODAY IS CUT DAY DAY FOR THE

590
00:22:03,100 --> 00:22:05,503
ENTIRE NFL.

591
00:22:05,503 --> 00:22:07,705
EVERYONE'S ROSTER IS IN FLUX.

592
00:22:07,705 --> 00:22:09,140
THERE ARE EVEN TRADE TALKS.

593
00:22:09,140 --> 00:22:11,342
ANOTHER TEAM HAS ASKED ABOUT

594
00:22:11,342 --> 00:22:17,381
VELUS JONES.

595
00:22:17,381 --> 00:22:20,785
JUST TRYING TO COME UP

596
00:22:20,785 --> 00:22:21,018
WITH--

597
00:22:21,018 --> 00:22:21,652
DRAW THE LINE.

598
00:22:21,652 --> 00:22:26,690
SEE WHAT WILL WORK.

599
00:22:26,690 --> 00:22:30,394
I WOULD NEVER GO BELOW FOUR.

600
00:22:30,394 --> 00:22:31,262
THE VALUE.

601
00:22:31,262 --> 00:22:34,532
DOESN'T MAKE MAKE SENSE ON PAPER

602
00:22:34,532 --> 00:22:34,732
PAPER?

603
00:22:34,732 --> 00:22:41,806
THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE VALUE.

604
00:22:42,073 --> 00:22:45,676
DOES IT MAKE SENSE RIGHT NOW?

605
00:22:45,676 --> 00:22:46,010
POSITION.

606
00:22:46,010 --> 00:22:53,084
LOOKS REALLY GOOD.

607
00:22:53,417 --> 00:22:56,353
BECAUSE HE SPECIAL TEAMS, IT

608
00:22:56,353 --> 00:23:00,958
KICKS OFF THIS EXTRA RUNWAY.

609
00:23:00,958 --> 00:23:02,593
BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ACTIVE

610
00:23:02,593 --> 00:23:04,962
AND HELP US WIN GAMES ON SPECIAL

611
00:23:04,962 --> 00:23:06,764
TEAMS.

612
00:23:06,764 --> 00:23:09,433
YOU'RE WILLING TO ADD THE EXTRA

613
00:23:09,433 --> 00:23:13,204
RUNWAY TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP.

614
00:23:13,204 --> 00:23:15,239
THE TRANSITION OVER TO

615
00:23:15,239 --> 00:23:15,573
RUNNING BACK.

616
00:23:15,573 --> 00:23:16,974
HAD A GREAT ATTITUDE ABOUT IT.

617
00:23:16,974 --> 00:23:17,875
YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE'VE

618
00:23:17,875 --> 00:23:19,009
ASKED OF YOU.

619
00:23:19,009 --> 00:23:20,077
YOU MADE IT.

620
00:23:20,077 --> 00:23:20,945
YOU'RE IN THE RUNNING BACK ROOM.

621
00:23:20,945 --> 00:23:23,914
WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW

622
00:23:23,914 --> 00:23:24,615
WHAT I MEAN?

623
00:23:24,615 --> 00:23:26,317
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW HOW

624
00:23:26,317 --> 00:23:28,986
APPRECIATIVE WE ARE OF YOU

625
00:23:28,986 --> 00:23:29,754
MAKING THAT SWITCH.

626
00:23:29,754 --> 00:23:32,022
IF YOU HAVE BEEN GREAT WITH IT.

627
00:23:32,022 --> 00:23:34,759
A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN TAKE IT AS A

628
00:23:34,759 --> 00:23:35,025
NEGATIVE.

629
00:23:35,025 --> 00:23:35,659
THEY DON'T THINK I'M GOOD ENOUGH

630
00:23:35,659 --> 00:23:38,763
AT RECEIVERS SO THEY WILL TRY TO

631
00:23:38,763 --> 00:23:40,865
FIT ME SOMEWHERE ELSE VERSUS IT

632
00:23:40,865 --> 00:23:42,600
WASN'T LIKE THAT.

633
00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:43,601
WE SAW SOMETHING EXTRA SPECIAL

634
00:23:43,601 --> 00:23:44,702
YOU CAN DO.

635
00:23:44,702 --> 00:23:46,237
WE ALREADY KNOW YOU CAN PLAY

636
00:23:46,237 --> 00:23:47,038
RECEIVER BUT DURING THE

637
00:23:47,038 --> 00:23:49,740
RUNNING BACK STUFF.

638
00:23:49,740 --> 00:23:51,242
HOW EXPLOSIVE, HOW FAST, HOW

639
00:23:51,242 --> 00:23:52,009
PHYSICAL YOU ARE.

640
00:23:52,009 --> 00:23:53,711
GUYS WHO HAVE PLAYED

641
00:23:53,711 --> 00:23:54,612
RUNNING BACK THEIR WHOLE LIFE

642
00:23:54,612 --> 00:23:55,613
CAN'T EVEN DO THAT.

643
00:23:55,613 --> 00:23:56,280
THAT'S WHAT WE SAW.

644
00:23:56,280 --> 00:24:02,553
I'M EXCITED.

645
00:24:02,553 --> 00:24:05,356
I'VE STILL GOT A LOT TO LEARN.

646
00:24:05,356 --> 00:24:08,359
I'M GOING TO GIVE IT MY ALL.

647
00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:09,093
WE WILL CONTINUE TO TALK

648
00:24:09,093 --> 00:24:14,765
ABOUT YOUR ROLE.

649
00:24:14,765 --> 00:24:15,900
I WANT TO PUT YOU EVERYWHERE.

650
00:24:15,900 --> 00:24:19,403
I THINK YOU COULD DO EVERYTHING.

651
00:24:19,403 --> 00:24:20,371
PASSING, EVERYTHING.

652
00:24:20,371 --> 00:24:22,807
TRYING TO BE THE BEST

653
00:24:22,807 --> 00:24:23,941
RUNNING BACK IN THE ENTIRE

654
00:24:23,941 --> 00:24:24,675
LEAGUE BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO

655
00:24:24,675 --> 00:24:25,242
WORK YOU LIKE THAT.

656
00:24:25,242 --> 00:24:27,011
WE ARE GOING TO TRAIN YOU LIKE

657
00:24:27,011 --> 00:24:27,344
THAT.

658
00:24:27,344 --> 00:24:28,112
WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU,

659
00:24:28,112 --> 00:24:29,013
BROTHER.

660
00:24:29,013 --> 00:24:30,648
YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOME GREAT

661
00:24:30,648 --> 00:24:34,285
STUFF IN THIS LEAGUE.

662
00:24:34,285 --> 00:24:35,553
YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT

663
00:24:35,553 --> 00:24:36,754
JOB.

664
00:24:36,754 --> 00:24:37,321
ALL OF THE GUYS.

665
00:24:37,321 --> 00:24:38,889
THEY ALL FIT.

666
00:24:38,889 --> 00:24:41,759
THEY ARE OUR STAFF, OUR

667
00:24:41,759 --> 00:24:43,494
DISPOSITION.

668
00:24:43,494 --> 00:24:45,996
YOU ARE INVESTING WHEN YOU CARE

669
00:24:45,996 --> 00:24:50,267
ABOUT THEM.

670
00:24:50,267 --> 00:24:52,770
Narrator: CHICAGO'S

671
00:24:52,770 --> 00:24:53,471
QUARTERBACK ROOM IS TALENTED

672
00:24:53,471 --> 00:24:55,940
AND TIGHT KNIT.

673
00:24:55,940 --> 00:24:57,141
NUMBER ONE OVERALL PICK,

674
00:24:57,141 --> 00:24:59,677
CALEB WILLIAMS,

675
00:24:59,677 --> 00:25:00,678
IS THE STARTER.

676
00:25:00,678 --> 00:25:02,246
TYSON BAGENT'S IMPRESSIVE CAMP

677
00:25:02,246 --> 00:25:03,647
HAS EARNED HIM THE NUMBER TWO

678
00:25:03,647 --> 00:25:06,117
SPOT.

679
00:25:06,117 --> 00:25:07,685
TWO QUESTIONS REMAIN.

680
00:25:07,685 --> 00:25:09,120
WILL THE BEARS KEEP THREE

681
00:25:09,120 --> 00:25:12,390
QUARTERBACKS OR ONLY TWO?

682
00:25:12,390 --> 00:25:13,991
AND IF IT IS THREE, WILL IT BE

683
00:25:13,991 --> 00:25:17,094
ROOKIE AUSTIN REED OR FIFTH YEAR

684
00:25:17,094 --> 00:25:24,168
PRO BRETT RYPIEN?

685
00:25:30,241 --> 00:25:35,312
HOW ARE YOU DOING, BROTHER?

686
00:25:35,312 --> 00:25:40,117
WHAT'S GOING ON?

687
00:25:40,117 --> 00:25:44,388
TALKED TO KYLE.

688
00:25:44,388 --> 00:25:45,489
WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE

689
00:25:45,489 --> 00:25:46,557
DONE SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE.

690
00:25:46,557 --> 00:25:49,527
YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING SOME

691
00:25:49,527 --> 00:25:51,962
EXPERIENCE TO A YOUNG GROUP.

692
00:25:51,962 --> 00:25:53,531
HUGE.

693
00:25:53,531 --> 00:25:54,765
ABSOLUTELY.

694
00:25:54,765 --> 00:25:55,733
APPRECIATE IT.

695
00:25:55,733 --> 00:25:56,367
HOW ARE YOU DOING?

696
00:25:56,367 --> 00:26:00,237
GOOD TO SEE YOU.

697
00:26:00,237 --> 00:26:01,906
WE ARE GOING TO RELEASE YOU

698
00:26:01,906 --> 00:26:02,106
TODAY.

699
00:26:02,106 --> 00:26:04,308
THIS IS THE TOUGHEST PART ABOUT

700
00:26:04,308 --> 00:26:04,809
IT.

701
00:26:04,809 --> 00:26:11,749
YOU BATTLES.

702
00:26:11,749 --> 00:26:14,085
IF WE KEPT THREE, YEAR OF THE

703
00:26:14,085 --> 00:26:15,019
THIRD GUY.

704
00:26:15,019 --> 00:26:16,687
HOPING THAT YOU'LL CONSIDER

705
00:26:16,687 --> 00:26:18,422
COMING BACK FOR PRACTICE SQUAD

706
00:26:18,422 --> 00:26:20,591
THERE'S NOT A SECOND OPTION OUT

707
00:26:20,591 --> 00:26:20,791
THERE.

708
00:26:20,791 --> 00:26:22,693
A LOT OF RESPECT FOR YOU, HOW

709
00:26:22,693 --> 00:26:24,795
YOU CONDUCTED YOURSELF, HOW YOU

710
00:26:24,795 --> 00:26:25,396
HANDLED YOURSELF.

711
00:26:25,396 --> 00:26:27,198
EVERY DAY YOU COME IN HERE AND

712
00:26:27,198 --> 00:26:28,299
YOU ARE ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS FOR

713
00:26:28,299 --> 00:26:30,668
YOU ARE A JOY TO BE AROUND.

714
00:26:30,668 --> 00:26:31,702
GUYS LIKE YOU.

715
00:26:31,702 --> 00:26:32,903
GUYS GRAVITATE TOWARD YOU.

716
00:26:32,903 --> 00:26:35,339
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE

717
00:26:35,339 --> 00:26:35,539
ROOM?

718
00:26:35,539 --> 00:26:39,944
THE ROOM IS GREAT.

719
00:26:39,944 --> 00:26:41,512
I THINK FOR BEING A SECOND YEAR

720
00:26:41,512 --> 00:26:43,614
GUY, HE'S AS EXPERIENCED AS

721
00:26:43,614 --> 00:26:46,384
YOU'RE GOING TO GET.

722
00:26:46,384 --> 00:26:50,588
CALEB IS DOING GREAT.

723
00:26:50,588 --> 00:26:51,322
I THINK YOU HAVE A TON OF

724
00:26:51,322 --> 00:26:53,090
VALUE IN THERE.

725
00:26:53,090 --> 00:26:55,359
YOU KNOW THE SYSTEM.

726
00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:59,764
FOR SURE.

727
00:26:59,764 --> 00:27:02,666
HEARING FROM THOSE GUYS IN THEM

728
00:27:02,666 --> 00:27:03,667
BEING APPRECIATIVE, SAYING HOW

729
00:27:03,667 --> 00:27:04,468
MUCH.

730
00:27:04,468 --> 00:27:05,035
OBVIOUSLY KNOW HOW THE

731
00:27:05,035 --> 00:27:06,904
BUSINESS GOES IN THE NUMBERS

732
00:27:06,904 --> 00:27:07,972
WORK.

733
00:27:07,972 --> 00:27:08,739
I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.

734
00:27:08,739 --> 00:27:09,373
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT

735
00:27:09,373 --> 00:27:11,475
YOU GUYS GAVE ME.

736
00:27:11,475 --> 00:27:13,911
A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES DIDN'T

737
00:27:13,911 --> 00:27:15,112
GET AS MUCH REPS OR PLAYTIME FOR

738
00:27:15,112 --> 00:27:18,049
THE FACT THAT I GOT THAT

739
00:27:18,049 --> 00:27:19,050
OPPORTUNITY MEANS A LOT.

740
00:27:19,050 --> 00:27:20,851
TRIED TO HOPEFULLY SHOW YOU I

741
00:27:20,851 --> 00:27:22,153
CAN PLAY IN THIS LEAGUE AND

742
00:27:22,153 --> 00:27:24,188
BELONG IN THIS LEAGUE.

743
00:27:24,188 --> 00:27:25,322
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

744
00:27:25,322 --> 00:27:26,290
WE SAW IN KANSAS CITY BUT ONCE

745
00:27:26,290 --> 00:27:28,626
YOU GOT YOUR CHANCE, YOU SHOWED

746
00:27:28,626 --> 00:27:28,793
UP.

747
00:27:28,793 --> 00:27:32,897
A LOT OF RESPECT FOR YOU, BRO.

748
00:27:32,897 --> 00:27:35,599
BE A GOOD.

749
00:27:35,599 --> 00:27:35,933
YOU TOO.

750
00:27:35,933 --> 00:27:39,303
APPRECIATE YOU.

751
00:27:39,303 --> 00:27:40,137
APPRECIATE YOU GUYS ABOUT

752
00:27:40,137 --> 00:27:46,744
BEING UP FRONT.

753
00:27:46,744 --> 00:27:47,411
WE WILL KEEP GOING.

754
00:27:47,411 --> 00:27:49,447
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU

755
00:27:49,447 --> 00:27:53,484
BACK.

756
00:27:53,484 --> 00:27:55,453
WHAT IS THE DOUBLE-EDGED

757
00:27:55,453 --> 00:28:01,425
THING FOR?

758
00:28:01,425 --> 00:28:03,327
IT'S A DANISH TERM FOR

759
00:28:03,327 --> 00:28:09,266
"CHERISHED THE LITTLE THINGS."

760
00:28:09,266 --> 00:28:11,035
Narrator: AT 28, RYPIEN IS

761
00:28:11,035 --> 00:28:11,802
HOLDING OUT HOPE FOR A SPOT

762
00:28:11,802 --> 00:28:13,637
ON A 53-MAN ROSTER.

763
00:28:13,637 --> 00:28:15,706
IT WON'T BE WITH THE BEARS,

764
00:28:15,706 --> 00:28:16,674
BUT THERE'S A CHANCE ANOTHER

765
00:28:16,674 --> 00:28:20,711
TEAM WILL COME CALLING.

766
00:28:20,711 --> 00:28:22,179
IF RYPIEN DOES WIND UP ON THE

767
00:28:22,179 --> 00:28:24,081
BEARS' PRACTICE SQUAD, IT MIGHT

768
00:28:24,081 --> 00:28:25,750
SPELL THE END OF THE LINE FOR

769
00:28:25,750 --> 00:28:32,823
UNDRAFTED ROOKIE AUSTIN REED.

770
00:28:36,360 --> 00:28:37,795
I'M AT PEACE WITH WHAT

771
00:28:37,795 --> 00:28:38,062
HAPPENED.

772
00:28:38,062 --> 00:28:39,463
I FEEL LIKE I DID EVERYTHING I

773
00:28:39,463 --> 00:28:40,731
POSSIBLY COULD HAVE WITHIN MY

774
00:28:40,731 --> 00:28:41,499
CONTROL.

775
00:28:41,499 --> 00:28:42,967
IT'S TOUGH BUT IT'S PART OF THE

776
00:28:42,967 --> 00:28:43,234
BUSINESS.

777
00:28:43,234 --> 00:28:45,836
I THINK I PROVED I CAN LEAD NFL

778
00:28:45,836 --> 00:28:48,606
PLAYERS IN A HUDDLE.

779
00:28:48,606 --> 00:28:50,341
I CAN RUN AN NFL OFFENSE FOR THE

780
00:28:50,341 --> 00:28:52,009
WAY IT HAPPENED IN PRESEASON

781
00:28:52,009 --> 00:28:54,645
GAMES, I CAN SUCCEED IN THE NFL

782
00:28:54,645 --> 00:28:55,112
LEVEL.

783
00:28:55,112 --> 00:28:57,114
TO MYSELF, IN MY MIND, I KNOW I

784
00:28:57,114 --> 00:28:58,549
BELONG TO THIS LEAGUE.

785
00:28:58,549 --> 00:28:59,817
I LOVE THE BEARS ORGANIZATION

786
00:28:59,817 --> 00:29:02,920
LOVE TO COME BACK HERE BUT GOD

787
00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:04,688
HAS GOT A PLAN AND I'M GOING TO

788
00:29:04,688 --> 00:29:05,189
END UP EXACTLY WHERE I'M

789
00:29:05,189 --> 00:29:07,758
SUPPOSED TO.

790
00:29:07,758 --> 00:29:08,726
Narrator: SERENITY IS NOT

791
00:29:08,726 --> 00:29:10,628
THE SAME AS SURRENDER.

792
00:29:10,628 --> 00:29:11,595
ADRIAN COLBERT UNDERSTANDS THAT

793
00:29:11,595 --> 00:29:12,897
DOWN TO HIS SOUL.

794
00:29:12,897 --> 00:29:14,698
HE'S PREPARED TO MEET HIS FATE,

795
00:29:14,698 --> 00:29:22,173
WHATEVER IT IS.

796
00:29:31,549 --> 00:29:38,556
ADRIAN COLBERT IS HERE.

797
00:29:43,194 --> 00:29:46,630
THIS KILLS ME.

798
00:29:46,630 --> 00:29:47,832
Narrator: SOME CUTS ARE

799
00:29:47,832 --> 00:29:51,669
DEEPER THAN OTHERS.

800
00:29:51,669 --> 00:30:01,669
THAT'S GOOD.

801
00:30:41,685 --> 00:30:46,524
I APPRECIATE YOU, MAN.

802
00:30:46,524 --> 00:30:47,391
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT YOU

803
00:30:47,391 --> 00:30:51,929
THAT'S DIFFERENT.

804
00:30:51,929 --> 00:30:52,596
THERE ARE SOME GUYS THAT YOU

805
00:30:52,596 --> 00:30:56,734
JUST RUDE FOR.

806
00:30:56,734 --> 00:31:01,172
SOME GUYS YOU JUST ROOT FOR.

807
00:31:01,172 --> 00:31:04,508
IT'S PART OF THE JOB I HATE.

808
00:31:04,508 --> 00:31:07,878
THANKFUL FOR OUR TIME TOGETHER I

809
00:31:07,878 --> 00:31:08,813
HOPE OPPORTUNITIES POP UP.

810
00:31:08,813 --> 00:31:09,714
YOU NEVER KNOW.

811
00:31:09,714 --> 00:31:13,184
YOU KNOW HOW CRAZY THIS LEAGUE

812
00:31:13,184 --> 00:31:14,785
IS BUT YOU'VE WORKED YOUR TAIL

813
00:31:14,785 --> 00:31:16,721
OFF, DID EVERYTHING YOU'RE

814
00:31:16,721 --> 00:31:22,393
SUPPOSED TO.

815
00:31:22,393 --> 00:31:24,061
I WANT YOU TO KNOW, FOR SOME

816
00:31:24,061 --> 00:31:26,130
REASON, THIS IS DIFFERENT FOR

817
00:31:26,130 --> 00:31:28,065
YOU.

818
00:31:28,065 --> 00:31:32,436
BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THERE'S

819
00:31:32,436 --> 00:31:33,270
CERTAIN PEOPLE, SOMETHING ABOUT

820
00:31:33,270 --> 00:31:35,339
THEM IS SPECIAL.

821
00:31:35,339 --> 00:31:35,573
YOU DO.

822
00:31:35,573 --> 00:31:36,607
WHEREVER YOUR CAREER TAKES YOU

823
00:31:36,607 --> 00:31:39,910
FROM HERE, I HOPE YOU DO BIG

824
00:31:39,910 --> 00:31:40,144
THINGS.

825
00:31:40,144 --> 00:31:44,482
I APPRECIATE THAT.

826
00:31:44,482 --> 00:31:47,651
IT'S BEEN A BLAST JUST TO

827
00:31:47,651 --> 00:31:49,987
OBVIOUSLY BE HERE.

828
00:31:49,987 --> 00:31:53,524
IT'S A HISTORIC ORGANIZATION.

829
00:31:53,524 --> 00:31:54,959
NOT EVEN JUST THAT, IT'S BEING

830
00:31:54,959 --> 00:31:56,127
AROUND YOU GUYS.

831
00:31:56,127 --> 00:31:57,461
BEING AROUND THE FRONT OFFICE,

832
00:31:57,461 --> 00:32:00,131
BEING AROUND THE COACHES AND THE

833
00:32:00,131 --> 00:32:00,765
PLAYERS WHO HAVE EMBRACED ME FOR

834
00:32:00,765 --> 00:32:04,101
BEING ME.

835
00:32:04,101 --> 00:32:05,936
YOU NORMALLY FIND MANY PLACES

836
00:32:05,936 --> 00:32:06,337
LIKE THAT.

837
00:32:06,337 --> 00:32:07,972
EVERYBODY WANTS YOU TO BE THE

838
00:32:07,972 --> 00:32:08,873
SAME.

839
00:32:08,873 --> 00:32:09,974
EVERYBODY WANTS YOU TO BE

840
00:32:09,974 --> 00:32:14,845
EXACTLY LIKE THE NEXT PERSON.

841
00:32:14,845 --> 00:32:17,848
IT ALLOWED ME TO REALLY BE ME.

842
00:32:17,848 --> 00:32:21,819
I THINK IT'S ALLOWED ME TO

843
00:32:21,819 --> 00:32:23,554
THRIVE ON THE FIELD AND OFF THE

844
00:32:23,554 --> 00:32:23,754
FIELD.

845
00:32:23,754 --> 00:32:25,589
I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU I

846
00:32:25,589 --> 00:32:27,491
APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT.

847
00:32:27,491 --> 00:32:31,395
THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.

848
00:32:31,395 --> 00:32:37,935
NOW WHEREVER THIS TAKES ME,

849
00:32:37,935 --> 00:32:39,570
WHETHER IT'S THE NEXT TEAM.

850
00:32:39,570 --> 00:32:41,238
I KNOW I HAVE THAT AND IT WILL

851
00:32:41,238 --> 00:32:45,109
CARRY ON TO ME BEING A PARENT AS

852
00:32:45,109 --> 00:32:45,309
WELL.

853
00:32:45,309 --> 00:32:51,048
KNOWING I CAN INSTILL GREAT

854
00:32:51,048 --> 00:32:52,316
VALUES AND MY SON.

855
00:32:52,316 --> 00:32:53,684
BELIEVING IN HIMSELF, NOT BEING

856
00:32:53,684 --> 00:32:55,653
CONTINGENT ON WHAT WOULD PEOPLE

857
00:32:55,653 --> 00:32:57,888
THINK.

858
00:32:57,888 --> 00:32:59,290
THE MORE RESPECT I HAVE FOR

859
00:32:59,290 --> 00:33:00,091
YOU.

860
00:33:00,091 --> 00:33:02,727
SOME PEOPLE I MEET ALONG THE

861
00:33:02,727 --> 00:33:03,494
WAY.

862
00:33:03,494 --> 00:33:04,795
THEY ARE DIFFERENT IN THE WAY

863
00:33:04,795 --> 00:33:06,130
THEY CARRY THEMSELVES.

864
00:33:06,130 --> 00:33:06,997
IT'S A SPIRIT THING.

865
00:33:06,997 --> 00:33:09,300
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

866
00:33:09,300 --> 00:33:16,374
IT HITS ME.

867
00:33:17,975 --> 00:33:18,242
OH, MAN.

868
00:33:18,242 --> 00:33:27,585
I APPRECIATE YOU.

869
00:33:38,729 --> 00:33:41,899
♪ ♪

870
00:33:41,899 --> 00:33:44,935
RYAN HAS BEEN REALLY AWESOME,

871
00:33:44,935 --> 00:33:49,173
SUCH A GREAT GUY, SUCH A GREAT

872
00:33:49,173 --> 00:33:49,740
LEADER.

873
00:33:49,740 --> 00:33:51,008
VERY PRESENT WITH HIS PLAYERS

874
00:33:51,008 --> 00:33:53,611
AND CREATING THIS ENVIRONMENT

875
00:33:53,611 --> 00:33:56,714
WHERE PLAYERS ARE ALLOWED TO BE

876
00:33:56,714 --> 00:33:57,581
THEMSELVES FULLY.

877
00:33:57,581 --> 00:34:00,918
THE ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE HAS

878
00:34:00,918 --> 00:34:04,422
BECOME THE FAVORITE OF ALL THE

879
00:34:04,422 --> 00:34:08,225
PLACES THAT I'VE BEEN, THAT

880
00:34:08,225 --> 00:34:09,060
ENABLED ME TO FIND THAT LOVE FOR

881
00:34:09,060 --> 00:34:16,133
THE GAME.

882
00:34:17,134 --> 00:34:17,635
IT FELT SO GOOD.

883
00:34:17,635 --> 00:34:18,636
I FELT SO FREE.

884
00:34:18,636 --> 00:34:19,704
I FELT SO AT PEACE.

885
00:34:19,704 --> 00:34:21,972
I FELT NO STRESS.

886
00:34:21,972 --> 00:34:24,275
I FEEL LIKE I WAS ABLE TO GO UP

887
00:34:24,275 --> 00:34:25,609
TO A PLACE AS FAR AS JUST THE

888
00:34:25,609 --> 00:34:30,214
LEVEL OF BELIEF IN MYSELF.

889
00:34:30,214 --> 00:34:33,184
IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR

890
00:34:33,184 --> 00:34:33,884
ME.

891
00:34:33,884 --> 00:34:35,086
COLBERT GOT ME ALL EMOTIONAL.

892
00:34:35,086 --> 00:34:39,056
THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT THE

893
00:34:39,056 --> 00:34:43,461
DUDE.

894
00:34:43,461 --> 00:34:50,534
IT'S REAL.

895
00:34:51,135 --> 00:34:51,669
THE THING THAT MAKES YOU

896
00:34:51,669 --> 00:34:52,136
PROUD.

897
00:34:52,136 --> 00:34:53,371
WE ARE DOING A REALLY GREAT JOB

898
00:34:53,371 --> 00:34:58,275
ON THE PEOPLE.

899
00:34:58,275 --> 00:34:59,143
AUSTIN REED.

900
00:34:59,143 --> 00:35:02,279
HE'S A GOOD DUDE, SPECIAL DUDE.

901
00:35:02,279 --> 00:35:03,314
THAT ONE WAS TOUGH.

902
00:35:03,314 --> 00:35:06,951
HE WANTS TO BE BACK.

903
00:35:06,951 --> 00:35:07,818
CAN'T GUARANTEE IT.

904
00:35:07,818 --> 00:35:08,386
I HOPE.

905
00:35:08,386 --> 00:35:10,321
BUT I UNDERSTAND HER AND HE WAS

906
00:35:10,321 --> 00:35:12,957
APPRECIATIVE OF THE OPPORTUNITY.

907
00:35:12,957 --> 00:35:14,392
EVERYONE WANTS TO BE ON THE

908
00:35:14,392 --> 00:35:14,959
PRACTICE SQUAD.

909
00:35:14,959 --> 00:35:18,729
IT NEVER GETS EASIER.

910
00:35:18,729 --> 00:35:19,029
IT'S TOUGH.

911
00:35:19,029 --> 00:35:22,833
WE BUILD THESE FREAKING

912
00:35:22,833 --> 00:35:23,734
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE GUYS.

913
00:35:23,734 --> 00:35:24,101
YOU CARE.

914
00:35:24,101 --> 00:35:31,175
YOU CARE ABOUT THE PERSON.

915
00:35:31,709 --> 00:35:34,278
LET'S INVEST IN PEOPLE.

916
00:35:34,278 --> 00:35:35,012
MIND, BODY, SPIRIT.

917
00:35:35,012 --> 00:35:40,284
THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE.

918
00:35:40,284 --> 00:35:41,218
Narrator: IT'S BEEN A FULL

919
00:35:41,218 --> 00:35:42,253
24 HOURS SINCE THE BEARS MADE

920
00:35:42,253 --> 00:35:43,721
THEIR FINAL CUT.

921
00:35:43,721 --> 00:35:45,256
THAT MEANS THEY'RE FREE

922
00:35:45,256 --> 00:35:46,290
TO RE-SIGN ANY OF THOSE PLAYERS

923
00:35:46,290 --> 00:35:48,926
TO THEIR PRACTICE SQUAD.

924
00:35:48,926 --> 00:35:50,561
UNLESS OF COURSE THAT PLAYER

925
00:35:50,561 --> 00:35:51,695
HAS SIGNED WITH SOMEONE ELSE

926
00:35:51,695 --> 00:35:58,769
IN THE INTERIM.

927
00:36:00,771 --> 00:36:02,973
WENT IN YESTERDAY MORNING AND

928
00:36:02,973 --> 00:36:06,243
HAVE A GOOD TALK WITH POLES.

929
00:36:06,243 --> 00:36:07,578
WENT HOME, TALKED TO MY AGENT,

930
00:36:07,578 --> 00:36:11,115
HE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, COULD

931
00:36:11,115 --> 00:36:13,184
HAVE A POSSIBILITY WITH

932
00:36:13,184 --> 00:36:15,286
MINNESOTA.

933
00:36:15,286 --> 00:36:16,921
WASN'T REALLY SURE WHAT IT

934
00:36:16,921 --> 00:36:17,922
LOOKED LIKE.

935
00:36:17,922 --> 00:36:20,891
OBVIOUSLY I WASN'T GOING TO MOVE

936
00:36:20,891 --> 00:36:21,425
PRACTICE SQUAD TO PRACTICE

937
00:36:21,425 --> 00:36:21,926
SQUAD.

938
00:36:21,926 --> 00:36:26,197
MY BIGGEST THING WAS IF THEY

939
00:36:26,197 --> 00:36:27,798
BRING ME BACK TO THE ROSTER I'D

940
00:36:27,798 --> 00:36:29,934
BE WILLING TO DO IT.

941
00:36:29,934 --> 00:36:31,602
THEY GOT THE CONTRACT DONE

942
00:36:31,602 --> 00:36:32,937
AROUND 6:00 P.M. LAST NIGHT.

943
00:36:32,937 --> 00:36:35,339
FLYING OUT THIS MORNING AT

944
00:36:35,339 --> 00:36:36,907
AROUND 9:00.

945
00:36:36,907 --> 00:36:37,241
HAPPENS FAST.

946
00:36:37,241 --> 00:36:38,309
THE GOOD REALITY OF THIS LEAGUE

947
00:36:38,309 --> 00:36:41,345
IS THAT WHEN YOU PUT OUT GOOD

948
00:36:41,345 --> 00:36:43,681
TAPE, YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO

949
00:36:43,681 --> 00:36:44,448
HAVE A JOB SOMEWHERE.

950
00:36:44,448 --> 00:36:47,518
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I TOLD ALL

951
00:36:47,518 --> 00:36:47,818
THESE GUYS.

952
00:36:47,818 --> 00:36:49,687
ESPECIALLY AUSTIN.

953
00:36:49,687 --> 00:36:52,323
I SEE A LOT OF MYSELF IN HIM

954
00:36:52,323 --> 00:36:53,324
BEING IN A SIMILAR SCENARIO WHEN

955
00:36:53,324 --> 00:36:56,727
I CAME OUT OF COLLEGE.

956
00:36:56,727 --> 00:36:58,896
BITTERSWEET OBVIOUSLY.

957
00:36:58,896 --> 00:37:00,364
GETTING A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IN

958
00:37:00,364 --> 00:37:00,931
MINNESOTA.

959
00:37:00,931 --> 00:37:02,933
THIS TEAM I THINK IS GOING TO DO

960
00:37:02,933 --> 00:37:04,235
SPECIAL THINGS THIS YEAR.

961
00:37:04,235 --> 00:37:05,436
THERE'S A LOT OF SPECIAL PEOPLE

962
00:37:05,436 --> 00:37:06,037
IN THE BUILDING.

963
00:37:06,037 --> 00:37:08,739
IT'S TOUGH.

964
00:37:08,739 --> 00:37:09,907
THEY ARE GOING TO BE GREAT.

965
00:37:09,907 --> 00:37:13,944
I'M EXCITED FOR THEM.

966
00:37:13,944 --> 00:37:15,713
Narrator: RYPIEN'S MOVE

967
00:37:15,713 --> 00:37:16,313
TO THE VIKINGS MEANS THE BEARS

968
00:37:16,313 --> 00:37:16,914
CAN MAKE A MOVE OF THEIR OWN.

969
00:37:16,914 --> 00:37:17,548
AND THEY'VE GOT SOMEONE IN MIND

970
00:37:17,548 --> 00:37:24,622
FOR THE PRACTICE SQUAD.

971
00:37:26,290 --> 00:37:29,326
OBVIOUSLY, PRACTICE SQUAD

972
00:37:29,326 --> 00:37:30,461
CONTRACT.

973
00:37:30,461 --> 00:37:35,099
YOUR WEEKLY PAY.

974
00:37:35,099 --> 00:37:36,367
STANDARD ELEVATION.

975
00:37:36,367 --> 00:37:39,236
YOU CAN GET ELEVATED THREE TIMES

976
00:37:39,236 --> 00:37:39,837
WITHOUT BREAKING YOUR CONTRACT

977
00:37:39,837 --> 00:37:41,505
DURING THE YEAR.

978
00:37:41,505 --> 00:37:43,140
AWESOME.

979
00:37:43,140 --> 00:37:46,310
LAST PAGE, SIGN YOUR NAME,

980
00:37:46,310 --> 00:37:48,112
DATE, INITIAL WHERE IT SAYS

981
00:37:48,112 --> 00:37:48,946
PLAYER.

982
00:37:48,946 --> 00:37:51,048
AND YOU'RE BACK.

983
00:37:51,048 --> 00:37:52,049
LET'S GO.

984
00:37:52,049 --> 00:37:52,383
CONGRATS.

985
00:37:52,383 --> 00:37:55,619
KEEP THE PEN FOR GOOD LUCK.

986
00:37:55,619 --> 00:37:57,354
HAPPY TO HAVE YOU BACK.

987
00:37:57,354 --> 00:37:59,490
THANK YOU.

988
00:37:59,490 --> 00:38:01,125
THANK YOU, AUSTIN.

989
00:38:01,125 --> 00:38:02,093
APPRECIATE IT.

990
00:38:02,093 --> 00:38:02,526
ALL RIGHT.

991
00:38:02,526 --> 00:38:07,932
AWESOME, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

992
00:38:07,932 --> 00:38:08,999
Narrator: CAMP IS OVER.

993
00:38:08,999 --> 00:38:09,633
THE DEALS ARE DONE.

994
00:38:09,633 --> 00:38:11,001
AT LEAST FOR NOW.

995
00:38:11,001 --> 00:38:13,537
IT'S BEEN A HARD COUPLE OF DAYS.

996
00:38:13,537 --> 00:38:14,372
TIME TO LET YOUR HAIR DOWN

997
00:38:14,372 --> 00:38:18,876
AND RELAX.

998
00:38:18,876 --> 00:38:23,581
I'VE REALLY BEEN HAVING MY

999
00:38:23,581 --> 00:38:27,551
HAIR BRAIDED, 2020.

1000
00:38:27,551 --> 00:38:27,885
PROBABLY 2020.

1001
00:38:27,885 --> 00:38:31,122
EVER SINCE.

1002
00:38:31,122 --> 00:38:31,956
SO TRAINING CAMP IS

1003
00:38:31,956 --> 00:38:33,391
OFFICIALLY DONE?

1004
00:38:33,391 --> 00:38:34,225
HOW ARE WE FEELING?

1005
00:38:34,225 --> 00:38:37,728
DEFINITELY EXCITED.

1006
00:38:37,728 --> 00:38:40,865
GOING INTO MY SEVENTH YEAR.

1007
00:38:40,865 --> 00:38:43,768
UNDRAFTED, MADE THE 53.

1008
00:38:43,768 --> 00:38:44,735
YOU NEVER CAN TAKE THAT FOR

1009
00:38:44,735 --> 00:38:51,675
GRANTED NO MATTER WHAT.

1010
00:38:51,675 --> 00:38:53,310
IT BE CRAZY.

1011
00:38:53,310 --> 00:38:53,811
WALKING TO THE BUILDING

1012
00:38:53,811 --> 00:38:59,617
SOMETIMES FOR YOU SEE GUYS.

1013
00:38:59,617 --> 00:39:02,787
AT THE INDIANA FEVER GAME.

1014
00:39:02,787 --> 00:39:04,488
HOW WAS THE GAME, BABY?

1015
00:39:04,488 --> 00:39:05,256
IT WAS GOOD.

1016
00:39:05,256 --> 00:39:06,724
IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.

1017
00:39:06,724 --> 00:39:08,292
IT WAS CRAZY.

1018
00:39:08,292 --> 00:39:09,693
IT WAS LOUD.

1019
00:39:09,693 --> 00:39:10,227
THAT'S COOL.

1020
00:39:10,227 --> 00:39:17,301
IT WAS REALLY NICE.

1021
00:39:17,902 --> 00:39:23,040
EVERYBODY'S TALKING.

1022
00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:26,110
MIGHT BE THE SHORTEST ONE.

1023
00:39:26,110 --> 00:39:27,845
I WILL LET YOU GO.

1024
00:39:27,845 --> 00:39:28,079
CALL ME.

1025
00:39:28,079 --> 00:39:32,149
I WILL.

1026
00:39:32,149 --> 00:39:37,988
HELLO, EVERYBODY!

1027
00:39:37,988 --> 00:39:39,423
Narrator: RECEIVER DJ MOORE'S

1028
00:39:39,423 --> 00:39:39,990
NEW CONTRACT MEANS CHICAGO

1029
00:39:39,990 --> 00:39:40,224
IS HOME.

1030
00:39:40,224 --> 00:39:41,559
HE AND HIS FAMILY HAVE FOUND THE

1031
00:39:41,559 --> 00:39:46,864
PREFECT NEW PLACE TO SETTLE IN.

1032
00:39:46,864 --> 00:39:53,938
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

1033
00:39:54,572 --> 00:39:55,673
[LAUGHS]

1034
00:39:55,673 --> 00:39:57,808
HEARS THE LIVING ROOM.

1035
00:39:57,808 --> 00:39:58,509
BECAUSE IT'S SO BIG.

1036
00:39:58,509 --> 00:40:00,978
I THINK WE COULD PUT A POOL

1037
00:40:00,978 --> 00:40:01,579
RIGHT HERE.

1038
00:40:01,579 --> 00:40:02,313
ARE EXTREMELY.

1039
00:40:02,313 --> 00:40:04,949
LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING

1040
00:40:04,949 --> 00:40:05,549
CHICAGO HOME.

1041
00:40:05,549 --> 00:40:07,318
THIS IS MY ROOM.

1042
00:40:07,318 --> 00:40:08,352
MAKING IT THE BEST SIX YEARS

1043
00:40:08,352 --> 00:40:12,390
WE POSSIBLY COULD HAVE.

1044
00:40:12,390 --> 00:40:16,560
AND RETIRE A BEAR MAY BE.

1045
00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:17,862
COULD MAKE THAT A THING.

1046
00:40:17,862 --> 00:40:24,935
WHAT'S THE BIG EXCITING NEWS?

1047
00:40:27,738 --> 00:40:28,906
[WHISPERING]

1048
00:40:28,906 --> 00:40:29,940
MOMMY'S PREGNANT.

1049
00:40:29,940 --> 00:40:30,608
SHE'S PREGNANT.

1050
00:40:30,608 --> 00:40:33,010
SHE'S HAVING ANOTHER BABY ON HER

1051
00:40:33,010 --> 00:40:34,612
WAY.

1052
00:40:34,612 --> 00:40:40,885
HE THINKS IT'S A BOY.

1053
00:40:40,885 --> 00:40:43,054
WHATEVER WE HAVE IS WHAT GOD

1054
00:40:43,054 --> 00:40:45,289
BLESSES US WITH AND I'LL BE

1055
00:40:45,289 --> 00:40:46,323
HAPPY.

1056
00:40:46,323 --> 00:40:47,658
Narrator: BLESSINGS COME

1057
00:40:47,658 --> 00:40:47,992
IN MANY FORMS.

1058
00:40:47,992 --> 00:40:49,527
FOR GM RYAN POLES, IT'S THIS:

1059
00:40:49,527 --> 00:40:51,662
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS,

1060
00:40:51,662 --> 00:40:52,730
HE DOESN'T HAVE TO SCOUT

1061
00:40:52,730 --> 00:40:59,804
A QUARTERBACK.

1062
00:41:00,371 --> 00:41:01,472
HAVE YOU SEEN THE

1063
00:41:01,472 --> 00:41:01,872
RUNNING BACK YET?

1064
00:41:01,872 --> 00:41:04,141
I HAVEN'T.

1065
00:41:04,141 --> 00:41:08,279
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A

1066
00:41:08,279 --> 00:41:11,649
DEFENSIVE END CATCH KICKS IN

1067
00:41:11,649 --> 00:41:12,817
PREGAME?

1068
00:41:12,817 --> 00:41:17,555
[LAUGHTER]

1069
00:41:17,555 --> 00:41:19,623
THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD TALENT.

1070
00:41:19,623 --> 00:41:21,826
SHOOT.

1071
00:41:21,826 --> 00:41:27,531
I'M JUST GETTING STARTED HERE.

1072
00:41:27,531 --> 00:41:29,500
LOOKING AT THE...

1073
00:41:29,500 --> 00:41:30,301
QUARTERBACKS, YES.

1074
00:41:30,301 --> 00:41:30,935
HOPEFULLY IT STAYS THAT WAY FOR

1075
00:41:30,935 --> 00:41:38,008
A LONG TIME.

1076
00:41:39,610 --> 00:41:43,481
I THINK WE SHOULD GO CHECK.

1077
00:41:43,481 --> 00:41:45,483
WE TALK ABOUT THE SEASON AS A

1078
00:41:45,483 --> 00:41:45,850
ROLLER COASTER.

1079
00:41:45,850 --> 00:41:47,184
TRAINING CAMP IS WHEN YOU ARE

1080
00:41:47,184 --> 00:41:50,321
GOING UP THE FIRST HILL AND THE

1081
00:41:50,321 --> 00:41:51,655
FIRST GAME KICKOFF, YOU GO DOWN

1082
00:41:51,655 --> 00:41:51,922
THE HILL.

1083
00:41:51,922 --> 00:41:52,490
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

1084
00:41:52,490 --> 00:41:57,061
IT'S THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM.

1085
00:41:57,061 --> 00:41:59,463
IT STARTED WITH US TAKING

1086
00:41:59,463 --> 00:42:00,097
THESE WALKS AROUND OUR PROPERTY

1087
00:42:00,097 --> 00:42:01,832
WHEN WE FIRST BOUGHT IT A COUPLE

1088
00:42:01,832 --> 00:42:03,467
YEARS AGO.

1089
00:42:03,467 --> 00:42:04,869
JUST TO RELAX, TUNE EVERYTHING

1090
00:42:04,869 --> 00:42:09,373
OUT, CHECK OUT THE BEES.

1091
00:42:09,373 --> 00:42:10,241
THEY HAVE THE APIARY ALREADY

1092
00:42:10,241 --> 00:42:11,308
HERE AND THEY ASKED US, WOULD

1093
00:42:11,308 --> 00:42:12,743
YOU LIKE TO KEEP THE AVIARY AND

1094
00:42:12,743 --> 00:42:15,012
WE SAID SURE.

1095
00:42:15,012 --> 00:42:16,680
IT'S BEEN GREAT WATCHING THEM,

1096
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:19,250
OBSERVING THEM, AND GETTING THE

1097
00:42:19,250 --> 00:42:19,784
HONEY.

1098
00:42:19,784 --> 00:42:20,184
WE HARVEST HONEY.

1099
00:42:20,184 --> 00:42:24,455
HE DOESN'T DO IT.

1100
00:42:24,455 --> 00:42:25,890
IT WOULD BE COOL IF I COULD

1101
00:42:25,890 --> 00:42:29,627
DO THAT BUT I'M A LITTLE BUSY.

1102
00:42:29,627 --> 00:42:32,696
LOOK AT THEM ALL.

1103
00:42:32,696 --> 00:42:37,701
THAT'S SO COOL.

1104
00:42:37,701 --> 00:42:38,069
WAY TOO MUCH--

1105
00:42:38,069 --> 00:42:41,272
I HAD ONE BUZZING THE TOWER.

1106
00:42:41,272 --> 00:42:42,907
MY DAD HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON MY

1107
00:42:42,907 --> 00:42:44,642
LIFE IN TERMS OF WORK ETHIC.

1108
00:42:44,642 --> 00:42:47,478
HE HAS BEEN GONE SINCE 2015.

1109
00:42:47,478 --> 00:42:49,447
I MISS HIM EVERY DAY BUT I KNOW

1110
00:42:49,447 --> 00:42:50,614
HE'S WATCHING.

1111
00:42:50,614 --> 00:42:52,349
HE KNOWS THE HARD WORK AND THE

1112
00:42:52,349 --> 00:42:53,217
ADVERSITY WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THE

1113
00:42:53,217 --> 00:42:55,252
FIRST COUPLE YEARS AND HE'S

1114
00:42:55,252 --> 00:42:59,757
EXCITED FOR THIS YEAR FOR SURE.

1115
00:43:02,993 --> 00:43:03,994
Narrator: THE OPENING DAY

1116
00:43:03,994 --> 00:43:06,664
ROSTER HAS BEEN SETTLED.

1117
00:43:06,664 --> 00:43:10,267
BUT HEAD COACH MATT EBERFLUS

1118
00:43:10,267 --> 00:43:12,002
KNOWS THAT THE 2024 BEARS WERE,

1119
00:43:12,002 --> 00:43:13,637
AT LEAST IN PART, SHAPED BY MEN

1120
00:43:13,637 --> 00:43:20,711
NO LONGER AT HALAS HALL.

1121
00:43:24,415 --> 00:43:25,216
OKAY.

1122
00:43:25,216 --> 00:43:26,917
HOW ARE WE DOING?

1123
00:43:26,917 --> 00:43:27,718
GOOD.

1124
00:43:27,718 --> 00:43:29,520
JUST WANTED TO GO BACK AND

1125
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:30,855
REALLY THANK THE GUYS FOR A

1126
00:43:30,855 --> 00:43:32,757
REALLY GOOD TRAINING CAMP AND

1127
00:43:32,757 --> 00:43:33,891
ALL THE PLAYERS THAT

1128
00:43:33,891 --> 00:43:35,226
PARTICIPATED IN IT AND OF COURSE

1129
00:43:35,226 --> 00:43:37,061
YOU SAW WE HAD TO LET MANY OF

1130
00:43:37,061 --> 00:43:38,329
THOSE GUYS GO.

1131
00:43:38,329 --> 00:43:40,498
THAT'S ALWAYS A DIFFICULT TIME.

1132
00:43:40,498 --> 00:43:42,233
GOT A CHANCE TO SEE THOSE GUYS

1133
00:43:42,233 --> 00:43:44,535
AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR HARD

1134
00:43:44,535 --> 00:43:45,336
WORK AND THEIR EFFORTS.

1135
00:43:45,336 --> 00:43:48,005
SO THE NEXT TWO DAYS, WE GET A

1136
00:43:48,005 --> 00:43:49,974
CHANCE TO HAVE OUR TEAM TOGETHER

1137
00:43:49,974 --> 00:43:51,609
HERE AND REALLY GO THROUGH THE

1138
00:43:51,609 --> 00:43:54,879
RHYTHM AND FLOW OF THE IN SEASON

1139
00:43:54,879 --> 00:43:55,513
WEDNESDAY AND IN SEASON

1140
00:43:55,513 --> 00:43:55,780
THURSDAY.

1141
00:43:55,780 --> 00:43:57,314
IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO DO

1142
00:43:57,314 --> 00:43:59,717
THAT WITH A YOUNG QUARTERBACK,

1143
00:43:59,717 --> 00:44:00,584
WITH AN OFFENSE GOING THROUGH IT

1144
00:44:00,584 --> 00:44:03,888
FOR THE FIRST TIME.

1145
00:44:03,888 --> 00:44:04,855
I CAN FEEL THE CLOSENESS AND THE

1146
00:44:04,855 --> 00:44:08,592
BOND THEY ARE FORMING EARLIER

1147
00:44:08,592 --> 00:44:09,493
THAN EVER BEFORE.

1148
00:44:09,493 --> 00:44:11,662
I THINK OUR TEAM HAS DONE A

1149
00:44:11,662 --> 00:44:14,265
REALLY GOOD JOB OF COMING

1150
00:44:14,265 --> 00:44:15,666
TOGETHER AND I THINK IT'S GOING

1151
00:44:15,666 --> 00:44:17,735
TO BE A BIG PART OF IT.

1152
00:44:17,735 --> 00:44:20,337
HERE WE GO.

1153
00:44:20,337 --> 00:44:20,538
READY.

1154
00:44:20,538 --> 00:44:21,205
♪ ♪

1155
00:44:21,205 --> 00:44:23,007
Narrator: YOU CAN FEEL IT

1156
00:44:23,007 --> 00:44:23,307
IN THE AIR.

1157
00:44:23,307 --> 00:44:24,508
SUMMER'S GONE.

1158
00:44:24,508 --> 00:44:31,582
THE BEARS HAVE TEN DAYS BEFORE

1159
00:44:31,582 --> 00:44:32,616
THE BEARS SEASON OPENER IS JUST

1160
00:44:32,616 --> 00:44:35,152
DAYS AWAY.

1161
00:44:35,152 --> 00:44:36,487
TIME TO FOCUS ON THEIR WEEK ONE

1162
00:44:36,487 --> 00:44:38,456
OPPONENT.

1163
00:44:38,456 --> 00:44:40,925
KEEP GOING.

1164
00:44:40,925 --> 00:44:47,998
THERE WE GO.

1165
00:44:48,999 --> 00:44:52,703
18, YES, YES, CALEB.

1166
00:44:52,703 --> 00:44:53,237
YES!

1167
00:44:53,237 --> 00:44:53,871
THAT WAS CRAZY.

1168
00:44:53,871 --> 00:44:56,073
THAT WAS THE BEST HE HAS THROWN

1169
00:44:56,073 --> 00:44:57,808
IT.

1170
00:44:57,808 --> 00:44:58,709
100%.

1171
00:44:58,709 --> 00:45:05,916
♪ ♪

1172
00:45:20,197 --> 00:45:22,032
GOOD!

1173
00:45:22,032 --> 00:45:23,434
HEY, VELUS.

1174
00:45:23,434 --> 00:45:23,968
PERFECT.

1175
00:45:23,968 --> 00:45:25,503
I'M PROUD OF THE PROCESS WE HAVE

1176
00:45:25,503 --> 00:45:25,903
SET UP.

1177
00:45:25,903 --> 00:45:27,838
IT'S SPECIAL.

1178
00:45:27,838 --> 00:45:28,973
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ACQUIRING

1179
00:45:28,973 --> 00:45:30,074
THE BEST TALENT.

1180
00:45:30,074 --> 00:45:32,810
IT'S ABOUT ACQUIRING THE RIGHT

1181
00:45:32,810 --> 00:45:34,078
TALENT.

1182
00:45:34,078 --> 00:45:35,880
WHERE OUR ROSTER WAS, FOR HOW

1183
00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:38,783
FAR WE KNEW IT HAD TO GO.

1184
00:45:38,783 --> 00:45:40,351
CAN WE TAKE THAT BIG JUMP FROM

1185
00:45:40,351 --> 00:45:41,919
WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR TO THIS

1186
00:45:41,919 --> 00:45:42,286
YEAR?

1187
00:45:42,286 --> 00:45:45,189
I THINK WE ARE CAPABLE OF DOING

1188
00:45:45,189 --> 00:45:52,163
THAT.

1189
00:45:52,163 --> 00:45:59,236
♪ BACK IN CHICAGO I FEEL IT ♪

1190
00:46:01,605 --> 00:46:02,606
VERTICAL.

1191
00:46:02,606 --> 00:46:03,641
Narrator: CHICAGO HAS REASON

1192
00:46:03,641 --> 00:46:05,342
TO BELIEVE.

1193
00:46:05,342 --> 00:46:07,812
WHETHER FOR ROOKIES

1194
00:46:07,812 --> 00:46:11,248
READY FOR A STAR TURN...

1195
00:46:11,248 --> 00:46:14,351
HERE WE GO.

1196
00:46:14,351 --> 00:46:15,720
Narrator: OR THE BEAUTY OF

1197
00:46:15,720 --> 00:46:20,458
SYNCHRONIZED SUCCESS.

1198
00:46:20,458 --> 00:46:21,392
WELCOME.

1199
00:46:21,392 --> 00:46:21,926
Narrator: THEY'RE JUST

1200
00:46:21,926 --> 00:46:23,661
GETTING STARTED,

1201
00:46:23,661 --> 00:46:24,161
AND DISCOVERING HOW GOOD

1202
00:46:24,161 --> 00:46:30,134
THEY CAN BE.

1203
00:46:30,134 --> 00:46:31,135
I'VE GOT THREE RULES.

1204
00:46:31,135 --> 00:46:33,237
BEYOND TIME, WORK HARD, RESPECT.

1205
00:46:33,237 --> 00:46:33,938
THREE RULES.

1206
00:46:33,938 --> 00:46:36,073
NOT REAL HARD.

1207
00:46:36,073 --> 00:46:40,177
ALL RIGHT.

1208
00:46:40,177 --> 00:46:43,948
♪ AND WHEN I'M BACK IN CHICAGO,

1209
00:46:43,948 --> 00:46:44,482
I FEEL IT ♪

1210
00:46:44,482 --> 00:46:46,384
♪ ANOTHER VERSION OF ME, I WAS

1211
00:46:46,384 --> 00:46:49,153
IN IT ♪

1212
00:46:49,153 --> 00:46:54,291
♪ I WAVED GOODBYE TO THE END OF

1213
00:46:54,291 --> 00:46:54,592
BEGINNING ♪

1214
00:46:54,592 --> 00:46:57,428
♪

1215
00:47:00,564 --> 00:47:07,571
HERE WE GO!

1216
00:47:10,274 --> 00:47:12,543
THERE WE GO.

1217
00:47:12,543 --> 00:47:18,482
GET AFTER IT.

1218
00:47:18,482 --> 00:47:22,019
[EXHALES]

1219
00:47:31,695 --> 00:47:41,695
♪ ♪