Russ Dorsey

And I think his message today is, look, I'm a newcomer here.

I haven't really stepped foot in this locker room with my teammates yet.

And so in the early stages, I've got to lead by example.

And from...

The process of leading by example, then you transition into being a guy that can pick his spots to let his voice be heard.

And so I think that's going to be really interesting.

He also responded to Ben Johnson's referral of him as a trained killer from the owners meetings last week and said, yeah, I'm glad to hear my head coach believes that I play the game the way I believe I play the game.

And so that's a fun little thing to keep an eye on as we get to know Kobe a little bit better and as we get to observe his play style a little bit.

I think as Dan Weir joins us here on Rahimi Harrison-Grody, he's the senior writer for The Athletic covering the Bears.

He's also the co-host of the Take the North podcast along.

That guy, that's what's written right here, Mark Grody.

And I'm curious, Dan, with Garrett Bradbury and having some familiarity with one of his teammates up front and knowing what Drew Dahlman was able to do and what this offense looked like, what did he have to say about, I guess, the assimilation process of him getting used to a new team?

And so you forget that, like, this is the first day of the off-season program today.

They're walking in the door.

They've got to go home and take that playbook and study it.

They got to get their own personal life, you know, settled and arranged accordingly.

And so there's a lot of steps between now and playing meaningful football in September.

I think he's very well aware that Ben Johnson has made this emphasis that, you know, we got to walk into week one.

with the center and the quarterback seeing the game very similarly.

And so there's going to be a process to that.