James Big Cat Williams

produce on the field in a way that Ben Johnson wants them to.

It was a shock.

You think about a guy that has, you know, only been with the Bears for a year, signed, I think it was a three-year deal, and, you know, was...

mainstay in the center of that offensive line, the leader of that offensive line, the guy that puts people where they're supposed to be, that makes the points, that is looking out for the blitz, that is shifting the line, blocking schemes, whether it be to the left or to the right or whatever little

uh nuances that that needed to be done in that short period of time that short window that a center has to make his calls to hear what the snap count is to snap the ball to get everybody going in the right direction and now you're going to have to start all over again um you know we saw how last season started as far as you know them being able to work together

Now we're going to have to see all over again whether they can get it done as far as those inside guys being able to work together, as far as a player being able to control the whole line and do it

at the highest level.

You think about Tooney, Jackson, now they're going to have to work with a new center.

So we always talk about the ability for an offensive line to work together for a period of time.

Now you're starting all over again.

The main, main play caller or the guy who gets everybody situated has now changed.

So now all these guys are going to have to figure out how they work with this new center and how good he is, whoever they, whoever they choose to bring in at,

doing his job, making the points, making the shifts, sliding guys in the right direction, seeing what's going on with the defense.

So, you know, it's almost like starting all over again.

But the good thing is, you know, you have Tooney, you have Jackson, you have Wright.

You still have to figure out the left tackle position, but you have a good base if you bring a good center in.

Well, I mean, it's funny because when I played, it was the guys who played before me that were always like, man, if we'd have made the money that you guys make now, and it just continues to go on.

But you're able now to make generational wealth.

you're able to make enough money now playing a game that can set your family for life.

So, you know, understanding that, you know, he also had a father who played in the NFL who got injured and had to deal with,