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" Yeah -- what you Bible Georgia Barrington -- why they have more than 75000. Unique visitors each month so tomorrow to works dot com. Advised Sullivan's steakhouse great food great cocktails. Great tell you who I love Wednesday's triumph. -- we just kind of pressed buttons. And watch a master at work coaches saying and and but before we -- this -- Comcast feedback zone has produced -- in email requests for -- Well from dungy okay. Says the last few weeks after listening to hub. Wanted to find a pillow and -- please tell him to lie with the -- in a few Nuggets could give us some hope for the future and not for the Bears just a reason to want to go on living."

" You know that their daily lost 200000 jobs last -- it's getting better every month idea -- I know it's it's been a rough couple weeks for Bears fans but. I -- I think I'm actually not nearly as negative as some folks I mean you actually have more hope that I do I you know I had. I I'm I'm not saying I believe in them but it but I season young defensive lineman and a good coach I. I think you've got a quarterback he can build around for the next 89 years I think Johnny -- is going to be a really good football player I I think you know Lance -- I forget -- is it all starts running MLS and moved to somebody earlier today I don't think it was you guys I think it was a then math and and they were talking about will -- how much money can count on lance brings up. Thank you can get 34 more years -- a Lance Briggs always plan now and I think. I think Brian -- is gonna come back and play well for a couple years left you know peanut Tillman eventually they're gonna do the right thing the movement to free safety's and go pro bowler to -- This little guy in the problem is. That is they're stuck in no man's land and they're just mediocre people they don't seem to be going exactly in either direction you know and so I don't have great hope for the rest of this year but I'm not real negative about the future."

" here we go then we will start with Davey in Kenosha on the score with --"

" Hey guys how are you today. I look alive want to bring up half a parallel team to the players -- the green bay Packers and -- have brought the idea of quarterback getting killed. Bad defense bad offensive line and I mean aside from the fact the Packers are decent oval but certainly better in the receiving corps. Com better in the defensive backfield the frustration I have is definitely in the coaching and the play calling. All the love. Hitting first dial and I want to get your view on the Green Bay Packers they and why they are not better than what they are."

" Well -- because they've got holes -- And again their foreign three you know and in their right in the thick of this wild card -- with the Bears and I'm not sure how much better you want to VI I I totally disagree that there's any comparison of the Bears because when I look at the young talent on the football team. You know offensively you look at Aaron Rodgers and -- end Greg Jennings and and and James Jones-Drew Michael Finley and even a couple Leung a lineman Spezza and and long run colleges and -- colleges and their young but I think he's got a future. Defensively you just drafted Clay Matthews and BJ -- AJ hawk and Nick Barnett and you know year old at cornerback but I but I think there's a lot of hope for for the future talent wise with the Packers are I guess I'm saying more -- And there is for the Bears as far as why are they not better right now. -- their offensive line stinks I mean that they can't. Protect Aaron Rodgers they can't run the ball consistently. And defensively they're not playing terribly but it does but they seem to let down at key moments in the game because they're still not really comfortable and at three forced. Jim in Milwaukee welcome the score sat out."

" Actually my question not pertain to round the other team I know he just talked about DR Packers had a cold brutality. I can't give all the talent but I'm wondering about the cover two as a team is that if it played out of everyone know where the holes are -- seems like we drop back too far. I give up the slant to give up -- Hey it's recovered to gun and -- and obviously -- American a look at your defense what were able to appears to look at a news being that could take that into account we do have."

" We you know generally a gallon -- I think talk about this most weeks there is the difference between the cover two in the Tampa two and the Tampa two is the base package that the Bears try and play. Every team in the NFL plays cover two -- basically a form of a prevent defense and they're gonna play it for for years to come in certain situations other teams that try and rely on the Tampa two are a lot fewer than there were a couple of years ago. I would just assume and move on I I'd rather get back to a kind of straight 43 base as you can mix and 46 and I. I'd like to do with the way the Philadelphia Eagles do it. Never gets old never gets tired every year they just reload with a different athletes. But if you're gonna play the Tampa two you gotta go out find a three technique tackle you gotta hope that Brian Urlacher comes back a 101%. And he got to find a couple safety self. I wouldn't stick with -- I think you're probably right as we're Lovie made his bones he's probably gonna try to. And so I've probably just described with the -- focus is going to be -- acquiring talent you know she's a gym in Deerfield necks on the score hi Jim."

" I guys. I know you're not Sigmund Freud but why does football coaches so -- paranoid."

" I'm the -- got rejected from the CIA yeah. What your question -- any interested well."

" You know last week because he's not gonna talk personnel on -- on Monday night he gets all the fans who was kept Joliet when he brings up the fact came with an ugly win."

" I mean what's what's the deal with that we don't always an ugly win I was there you were there. Vinatieri were watching the game time and you know everybody's got to keep on everybody's been watching your game. They see what's gonna look at what could withstand big deals."

" Well I have -- Syriana's and we're really again to different things relative to Lovie. I just think it's Levy's personality is his style. The end and he is just is going to be his way or no way and he's not going to be pushed in the saying anything discussing if he doesn't want to now I agree with you that coaches in general. Have become far more paranoid far more secretive and my theory is that it's it's coincidental with the way the money has grown and and the way the stakes have risen and and now. You know all you really got to do is protect that -- to get the second contract and then you know once you've worked. 456 years you've had those last couple years at 345 million a year obviously is still don't want to fail but then you're set -- and so these guys. Think everything is a state secret everything is based around keeping their job their position making their organization unique. And it's getting to that second contract and what you find. Is longer these coaches are around the more expensive they'll become the less protective they've become you look at the guys who've been around 789 years he you know you see Jeff Fisher showing up and paid managers if can you just see Lovie showing up and Aaron Rodgers Jersey and that's just not gonna have a feel maybe a -- the handicap. That however that -- is the exception he's been around fifteen years have been around long time but if you take a step back and think about these coaches by the time they. Usually about time they get to about where -- they start to loosen up a little bit what he seems to be typing up a little bit but that's because I just think nothing's gone the way he thought it would this year."

" point well taken about the amount of information that only exists you can't really. Withholding so guy plays her guy doesn't play a guys active guys -- there -- good there simply are no real secrets unless an NFL team is making radical tactical changes week to week of the just. Don't do wickedness like turning an aircraft carrier."

" I find it almost embarrassing when -- you're loving your other coaches. Refused to talk about their schemes or plays or why they do this or why they do that. And in their mind they clearly are protecting secrets -- that are valuable to their organization. He's absolutely right I mean there's no secrets anymore they're there really aren't they the other wildcat was a secret for a week and by a week three everybody was playing at -- there's very little. Then then that is actually something that you want worry about withholding from another team. Let's -- had a jewel on the score so --"

" From the original what are your okay what do you take your kid oriented but I Notre Dame is still. -- Okay well -- weighed about a minute full credentials and a little longer. Time than lumber was on the score had time. Very tired he and --"

" Well I know that the Bears don't use the fullback a lot of bad you know another you have to tight end and I know they often don't mind is a bit small. But kind of wondering why -- can keep it around because he had had a good blocker he's not the he's not a good review rather backfield as a country our -- BN Nomar driving by blocker like god they're hard stat to back in the day or somebody like bad. Obama don't I just don't get picnic EM why you run your wife go rounded up compromising photos that somebody you don't."

" Well -- the Bears will tell you about Jason McKie is an easy either good blocker only did say was a great blocker but they've always argued that he's a very good receiver. How many you a pretty good receiver you know if you think back to the few plays he's been allowed to maker had a chance to make over the last few years. I just don't think he's a good enough blocker to justify having around from a pass once every two or three weeks. But you know -- the berries are constantly stuck him in Ron Turner is a little bit him in no man's land because and is perfect world he'd be playing. He true west coast offense in which case their fullback becomes a very valuable receiving option but. This first because he didn't have the court -- tough because has never receivers got there isn't able to play a true west coast I think."

" That's why we've seen Greg Olsen motioned me into that spot because maybe it's going to give him that quite the Tom Latham and threat but it it earlier moose Johnston. But he gives you that seem kind of idea of the problem is. The defense knows he's not gonna get -- isolation blocking a linebacker which of those other fullbacks can do. I think what's happened here is is scary and Bobby DePaul than they did the right thing they did a great job making it happen when nobody thought they couldn't going on trading for Jay Cutler. "

" But they under estimated how much the lack of receiving talent. And did an and then I'll be any of us expected guy comes on the offensive line underestimated that part pretty well I've been so the combination -- when I was -- as I think they underestimate how is gonna retired the development of the offense. The end and so I think it's still coming in I think there's still going to be a west coast team. And I think they're tinkering with -- now because I got a hunch that come next year that I offensive line is better you're gonna see him lining up at fullback as opposed to motioning into it. Because again that's something the Bill Walsh used to love to do with his tight ends after red -- and retired and and so resident I think there are Isiah Thomas and I think they're just experimenting with a little bit you know I."

" Heard don't -- today I'm talking about to listing the Bears draft picks from last year from the tradition said mayor John announced it to crumble when you hear the rest of those names don't although -- all the light I don't like I can't even say a good. And they just talked about. Accumulating tell -- every gonna do it but my god and I -- it seems like some a home. For a while some -- gone but some of the -- tamales mine are wasted time at this point with a -- I'm really cure."

" Is about as Juaquin Iglesias because -- I've I've bought the excuse last year and and Earl Bennett. They need for whatever reason didn't grasp the system and I'm not looking to blame anybody the bottom line is he didn't. NN any appears this year. To be -- a capable receiver he's never going to be a one or two but he's capable receiver and so your third round pick that sometimes would you expect to get with a -- atheist. Pretty much all the scouts I was talking to withstand that that that -- that the upgrade in speed the NFL's gonna cost this kid that he just. Isn't fast enough and watching him and burba today. There was zero separation forget whether he knew the routes are not the end and I just fear that here's a kid who was a fine college football player who doesn't translate to the NFL because he's just a quarter -- half a step too slow."

" More with Cubs straight ahead keep it here somebody drops off you jump on 3126446767. Talking football on the score. All week we are talking. -- on the football like okay. Actually you're talking when help has having lost here they're good on Wednesday helped -- all your. For example right now he belongs to Marcus next on the score I'm Marcus."

" He gave me gentlemen. How -- from my concern was in the fourth quarter of the game bad really was not in doubt I moved to six or seven minutes in my example. Why is Jay Cutler an inning -- offensive line problems dropping back the past. -- run the ball -- round the clock Belichick probability not rich kid. I just think. I'm not a big advocate when people complain about the play calling but that's one instance where there's no doubt what you should be doing and I see him dropping back taking unnecessary it's. We got a good quarterback now let's -- nothing."

" Marcus it's a reasonable point that I suspect with the Bears were trying to do last Sunday was to recover from the Sunday before. The end and what that tells you is that even the head coach gets a little testy when you talk about winning ugly. They must -- felt they hadn't done enough for covering yet to post a picture I'd make some better things happen. And I think sometimes you just you lose track commit you know he it was a what -- 2324. Point game I forget at which point the Bears got their last score. There are times when I get real upset about it in thinking this is crazy. Sunday they probably could've gotten amount of their sooner motivated you know -- to get back so he ever had a feeling that really put the game away and and I guess you know he's the quarterback you play this."

" That's part of the reason why that game was so unsatisfying. He has its not like you thought okay did this one is just over now now it's a laugher in any kind of became that way at the end it was so late into the game that is just left GMT."

" I will play devil's advocate here because I made this come through that's that was might suggest it was the same as it was only a bell some trouble the fifth and Utah can. In the press box and after the Cleveland Browns second possession I turned to admit I am I right. And I said you know there's nothing the Bears can do win today. Because this team is the worst -- I mean it was just it was embarrassing particularly on offense what -- Brown's team was doing. And it became obvious to me that that that short of you know -- 73 point nothing good was -- a common -- and that's why. I can't come back where I started on a nice I just don't believe just -- 28 he needed a win you gotta win. You weren't awful doing that it really the only thing to matters now is is there anything you can project and -- this Sunday that gives us hope for makes us feel good about playing the Cardinals. Crystal lake it's Jeff on the score -- Jeff."

" Hey guys thanks for taking my -- love yourself. What I'd like to know is bad and I don't disagree that this analysis but -- from the Bears -- regarding their judgment of talent as well as all the draft choices throughout the years. And -- to make it's a valid argument to what you need to also compare was the other teams have done over the years for example. All over the last three years the Bears -- drafted this many people in the third wrong. And one to three years there either on the team or there and another NFL team or other out of the NFL entirely."

" Total break that's bound and determined that data could have made it does not lie overall."

" But -- pulled together how the Bears can surely compare to other NFL -- up some of the jury -- thank you."

" Put Jeff when we did the complete detailed study that you're talking about it pro football weekly two years ago all 32 teams we went back seven drafts we looked at every pick. Where where they we also gave teams bonus points for undrafted free agents who became starters and significant contributors because that's when you're really eyeballing talent. And the Bears actually stacked up fairly well there was there was a couple different measurements to look at. But they came out tenth overall that was two years ago we are in the process of updating all -- again right now. And I hope to have those results for in the next couple weeks -- will have those results where but I will tell you just a high level snapshot. Is I looked at the first two rounds and we talked about that last week. The end and the Bears had seven players left out of sixteen potential first and second round draft choices over the last eight seasons. Apparently. Dan Matt had their interns take a look at a few other teams they looked at Indianapolis New England San Diego. They all had twelve players almost twice as many end. Those players were pro bowlers who stars as opposed to the seven players -- the Bears had so that's just the first couple rounds and you make a valid point but I can tell F. I memories we've been working on the data and it's it's not going to be pretty when you see we're we're not just unfairly judging -- the last couple years have never done that there's any favors whatsoever worsen the problem -- I mean you know it is is again we talked about Jerry Angelo is a very good to outstanding middle to late round draft you. Up until a few years ago but but if you look at the last 23 years they're not getting anything -- any of these routes in Antioch it's Paul on the score was -- hi Paul."

" guys I don't know bloated analysis thanks I was that they he -- in my mid season ticket holder in the South Bend. And the best break I hope they come -- I'm pretty sure it was an empty backfield and they've got doesn't card total left slide out. And -- until wide how wide out on the right. And I ultimately Cutler gets -- what kind of correlation exists and what they hope to accomplish what nobody blocking for the guy when their offensive line --"

" Well the formation and makes great sense they've had success -- because we're trying to do you trying to force the other team's corners to cover your tight end and that -- you're you're you're actually wide receivers. Matched up on a safety -- linebacker and what will happen every once in awhile. If you do that enough is that he'll get a Devin Hester Johnny -- in the flat lined up on linebacker. And that's six points and self that's part of what you're trying to do even if you don't get the match if you want. You gotta figure that does clarkin Greg Olsen are gonna win a jump ball against a 596 foot cornerback almost every time self. I kind of like the formation your point would be if you can't block with a five guys you're keeping -- and -- got to be a two or three step drop and get rid of that and that's obviously not what they did."

" In his point being if you can't block no formations network condone it doesn't matter where everybody away your skill position players ever -- blocking people south -- Joe you're on the score."

" Okay. I don't -- job. Okay thank my question is how why what they're gonna pay for the very fit. Enjoyed it finally remark -- may begin Orlando Pace and let him down and -- what I'm younger look at Kirkland I don't know oh. Coming I don't know you know I know only going to bed guard returned him on the words -- on the right."

" Until I I think that again Sunday as pivotal. If they if they find a way to win this football game they are not only in the wildcard -- they're in the driver's seat for the most part any. Right now they're tied for the second wild card spot self. You know what we do hear us talk a lot about our frustration we hope they'd be better we're we're we're disappointed some what we've seen. But but if you're doing objective analysis you can't break the season not yet we know what TN FL is we know that 97 often gets into the playoffs. And they can do that's that's what you're doing right now if they go out. And gets spanked on Sunday and and if Kyle guys cut. If -- Jay Cutler takes a beating they obviously have to do something now as far as what could happen now and in the future. Guys I think if Chris Williams is in as permanent home I don't think there's any thought about him going back to left tackle not no one of the things. That they they mule or we should have known when they drafted him is his arms were no longer when they drafted him and they are now. But one of the things that many scouts we'll talk about with him as you can't have a short armed left tackle. Left tackles are supposed to be a little lighter a little -- little more athletic little more for -- that have long arms to be able to get our hands on and he's fast pass rush and get them on their shoulder pads. Chris Williams -- short armed and he's not particularly strong for his size insult. You're -- describing a right tackle or maybe even -- not describing the left tackle so. You just gotta hope the Williams develops into a good right -- you know now what do you do at left tackle do you give -- mile shout out purity give Kevin Schaefer shot. This is actually do a little better the last couple weeks he had that plane cramped against Atlanta but that was a mental mistake and self. I'm not sure that they did get an Orlando Pace out there makes you better with what you got to work with obviously during the off season. You have to draft offensive lineman you gotta look at free agency for offensive lineman."

" for Israel 67 the scores what do you -- IE BL more on our last couple moments -- pumped up because of everything going anywhere it's just at a -- has other things to do. Hope. We have been very. NFL teams -- goings on your Tony Dungy say that Ted Tim Tebow will be the first overall pick that would be good thing."

" I you know I think he's going to be the first quarterback taken and that partisan comments and how disappointing some of the other quarterbacks have been Jevon Snead at Mississippi hasn't been we'd hoped he would be Sam Bradford heard again Colt McCoy has had not season. Yeah I Tony I love my respect that and did you and to death but I can't imagine. That would be a good thing taking Tim Tebow over at least eleven or twelve players I can take over a tough man -- better prospects. Not a quarterback obviously put -- McCain career on the score with of."

" I guys I was I was gone because yesterday how we're talking about. How it's affected Bears receivers don't get it and let's see things color does. Now if you look at other teams. You know Peyton Manning in all its other team's fate he thought about 500 people I can play changing the play. Based on the defense. I don't -- out -- doing that. Is there anything why."

" Thank you just answered your own question because I don't think he can count on his receivers. To react that quickly and to get where they need to go. I mean would be my first cancer that there there's probably a couple they are doing -- consistently they never -- again but I I think -- back -- it as much as Peyton -- Because he doesn't have Reggie Wayne and and I realize Austin Colleen Pierre Garcon are rookies got -- Clark to. And and so he's got to people can kind of do and I know line calls the protection change -- the Bears are calling a lot of balls and and it's not like. They they have this ridiculously simple system it's not that different from a lot of other teams do. That they're not effective with a because at the end of the day guys football is about blocking and tackle right and they're not blocking the hotel right. I don't know -- the Duke and I don't know what he's talking about this is that this couldn't odd notions of football of that are out there and I hope that included a former I don't think it did but I hope."

" But they've done negate the heat especially in the no huddle lived in the same double snaps stuff. Yeah where they go up as ever but he gets set and then they stopped and then they do the might point and then they changed the play you or they pretend to change the play -- they do all that stuff. They just can't do it as much because they're not as good at football. Indian Lincoln Park here on the score."

" We're up to -- target my question how liar what -- the nation with."

" Longer -- tackles baker out of the land of the guys from USC -- these economic salute him like alligator arms and he's doing pretty."

" Well he's doing okay yeah he learned what not when you look at that group of seven that went in the first round. He's probably the top of the second tier but but but government is to be seen how good he'll be over his career."

" There's I hit the strategies employed outside the explanation of the other coaching trees and James Blake give it -- defense they're well you're either Tony Dungy -- to warrior."

" Spell check slash. I've forgotten those low -- for three. Bonds own political reforms to go trick or so and -- I'm more likely bring more variation in defense is just small boys and -- you tarnishing guys that just."

" I am just -- I'm curious what that over the years there's just not more variation in the defense especially when. We've got a game play your game plan against two different have a defense or what happened a couple of --"

" Well you know I think they've been playing this game for nine years in both offense and defense they tried a lot of different things this kind of boiled down to these are the things they give you the best. Percentages the best that's now but to say that there's only two is not accurate because. The Philadelphia Eagles are -- a base 43. That looks different on almost every single snap and that's the Jimmie Johnson influence with the various different pressure looks. That he likes to come up with you know -- go back to your high school college days wanna play a wide tackle six wanna play a five man line occasionally. There's a lot of teams that play a base 43 who occasionally will put a linebacker on the line with a handgun -- will look like a five man line than at the end of the day. Based on the abilities of these athletes though the that basic 4334 alignment. Probably gives you the best shot and dealing with these offences."

" Do Lovie Smith actually show a five to jumble look at at one point I wanna say I I don't think I'm imagining that I wanna see who it was. You either of the year before they went to the Super Bowl the Super Bowl here describe what is and they got into it -- yeah I think when he was so he's not as if he's completely unwilling to try things -- feels he has the personnel to do."

" That's another club he's a really good defensive coach I think the problem is I'm not sure he's a great head coach and I think he'd be a lot more effective. If he was doing nothing but running this defense you know one of the things my sources were telling me. Is that come out of Cincinnati spent more time in the offensive meetings and he did in the defense of meetings and Kennedy was creating a fair amount of you know the evaluation and maybe even pressure there he is they have accountability where he is that coaching honestly he's got to do. But I I I really believe that that he's probably. An excellent defensive slip by you could probably use an excellent defensive football coach and he may not be getting the maximum you know effectiveness out of his defense because he's a little distracted trying to worry about both sides of the ball. Of great stuff as always you will be. And -- 7 o'clock seven to ten with Dan Hampton -- in studio we wow yes lined up a Rod Graves is gonna check in much -- only got Ken Summers the Arizona Republic we're open to talk to Casey Jones suffered tracked Casey down enough for I have all sports. All calls all your show from seven attendance. Outstanding -- thank you."

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