Best of the Bears: Could Colston Loveland be the team's No. 1 receiver?
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Could Colston Loveland become the Bears' No. 1 receiver?
Thanks, everybody. The Bears.
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That is credit of CBS. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. And you're thinking about something, Marshall Harris. Your face says it all. What's on your mind?
No, I'm interested in the Colson Loveland aspect of everything, really, because of the way he came on strong after. Remember, he was hurt. Part of last season. And what he did the back half.
He and Luther Verdon.
Yes.
Oh, the irony.
How did Colston Loveland's performance evolve after his injury?
And so, like, they were behind schedule coming out of training camp. And so when they actually got up to board back half of the season, and I don't know, Caleb Williams took off. That's not a coincidence.
No, and I think especially now, now that DJ Moore is out of the building, as they go, the Bears will go. That's part of this. We talked about Garrett Bradbury in our last segment. That's crucial because that's where the play starts. And then you want it to end with that type of result that we just heard. So in the search for trying to figure out who wide receiver one or receiver one, because Loveland is a tight end, is going to be, Our friend of the show, Robert Mays of The Athletic Football Show, sat down with Colston Loveland, this is at Radio Row, and discussed how his and Caleb's connection had grown through the season.
What about the connection that you had with Caleb by the end of the season do you think allowed you to have the playoffs that you did and kind of the back half of the season that you did?
It was definitely a long time coming because I wasn't able to get with him in the summer. After practices, really starting like week four, we hit every route we needed to hit. If we missed it in practice, we'd hit it. Or if we didn't even get the rep in practice, we'd hit it.
What changes were made to the Bears' offensive line this season?
Just so we had bank reps on everything. We'd have third down days, base down days, red zone days. We'd get all those reps so that when it came to game time, it was easy. I'm sorry.
He makes it sound so easy. I'm going to cry. We just practiced a little more and then, you know, bing, bing, boom.
Layla, here's why this almost brought me that single solitary tear down my cheek. Do you remember where they were the year prior? Do you remember where they were a year prior? And so for him to discuss it... and to remark on it as succinctly as he just did, you forget. It's not that you forget. You block out sometimes Caleb Williams' rookie season and everything that went wrong.
People were freaking out over the net drill.
How does the Bears' center position impact their offensive strategy?
I was not one of them.
And when you hear a rookie who obviously did not partake in that season, doesn't know anything about what happened the year before he arrived as a Chicago Bear, as a guy with high expectations is not only a first round pick, but the first tight end taken off the board.
High expectations.
Yes. It's just so reminding you that things are so much better than they used to be.
It's not even that, Marshall. We never got guys talking about their process at all. At all. Occasionally we would get the Darnell Mooney stayed late after practice to work with the gun. You know, the gun that was the football, not the jugs gun, but the jugs machine. So machine.
But you know why, right? Because the process was indefensible before. So nobody wanted to talk about it.
The players knew that.
What is the current state of the Bears' pass rush?
Also because he was having trouble catching the ball in the lights and whatnot. So the point is it was redemptive. It was something that he was doing to try to earn his keeper or to try to get right. And credits to Darnell Mooney for doing it, for example. But you just didn't hear guys talk about watching film casually and how much Caleb Williams famously in the Seth Wickersham book is talking about how he didn't know. So what, we're just going to leave the guy out there by his lonesome? Go look at the sun and chart that while you're at it? The processes and people talking about it and just being able to simplify it is one thing, which you're hearing Colson Loveland talk about. But then to execute it and back it up.
This is not something functional that we had seen in a long time.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Could Colston Loveland become the Bears' No. 1 receiver?
0:01–1:27
2
How did Colston Loveland's performance evolve after his injury?
1:27–2:35
3
What changes were made to the Bears' offensive line this season?
2:35–3:21
4
How does the Bears' center position impact their offensive strategy?
3:21–4:11
5
What is the current state of the Bears' pass rush?
4:11–5:28
6
What insights did Brett Kollman provide about improving the Bears' defense?
5:28–6:36
7
How do the Bears plan to address their needs in the upcoming draft?
6:36–8:13
8
What are the expectations for the Bears' receiving corps this season?
8:13–58:54
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