Chris Emma: Montez Sweat must lead the way for Bears' defense
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What are the latest developments from Bears minicamp?
How did it turn into such an aggressive... Is this let the bodies hit the floor? What is... Why?
Emma's that guy. Watch out. Something's wrong with me. This was because this was all birthed off of when Ben Johnson did the whole thing with talking about Tyson Bajent. Yeah, I forgot what the context was, but he said no.
I think it was like, have you thought about the possibility of Tyson Bajan getting traded?
And he said no, but it sounded kind of demonic, like no.
He was coughing. Like when you watch the video, it doesn't sound nearly as violent as it does with just audio.
So then I asked Grody to say in that style of Ben Johnson saying no. Can you say some people like Chris Emma? Some people like Chris Emma. And he did it on the air, and that's why we have that.
And then we just rolled in with let the bodies hit the floor.
That's right. Check me out, Layla. Something's wrong with me. Emma's in the building. This guy, Emma, he's been, well, he could talk about it. I guess he's been jamming out the Slipknot lately.
Yeah, I'm hearing you two chat about people stealing stuff off your desk over at Hallis Hall.
Yeah.
We got a lot going on here. Yeah, but we're going to do a trade. I'm a country music guy, so I'm going to trade some country music to you. You can play your heavy metal stuff, a little bit of Rammstein, some Slipknot in there as well.
We're kind of mixing it up a little bit, so do Haas Misch. But no, you were actually getting down, vibing with some Slipknot, right? So without me even poking you.
It's good stuff, honestly. It's the workout jam is kind of the deal.
He's big into this stuff.
Yeah, jump right out of bed with that. It's good stuff. He's my new heavy metal inspiration, and I'll get you on some country vibes.
Thank you, Chris. And we're building bridges here on Rahimi Harrison Grody with Chris and Mike.
Good times. Great fun.
So, Chris, you were out at the hall today. You were checking to see if Grody's sunscreen was actually at his desk.
Yeah. People were just jumping in on that sunscreen. Yes, I was going to say something for you, but... It's okay. I brought some more sunscreen. We want to look after our people, so I brought some more sunscreen for the room.
I am very happy to share my lotion with Adam Johns. Suntan lotion, people. I am very happy to do that because I love him and he's great.
I do like messing with his desk whenever he's not there, though. So he'll come back and there's something shuffled a little bit.
You kids and your pranks.
We're crazy, I tell you.
You know, you guys are. I told you the one time I got to do some shows there when NBC Sports Chicago still had the shows. We had like Bears Blitz and Bears Huddle. And I was like, man, this house is everything. We got free soda. We got Hogan Zaidman messing with Chris Emma constantly. We had a plethora of redheaded reporters. Everything was there.
My first five years, I just got picked on every day. And Layla was there to witness. Oh, my God.
I was cackling loudly. Like, it was painfully obvious that I wasn't supposed to be there. Painfully obvious.
All right, so Tez effect out at Hell's Hall today?
You were very bullish on Montez Sweatgroats yesterday. Did that continue today, Chris Emma?
Ben Johnson jumped right to it, asked about Montez Sweat, who we're going to hear from later on this afternoon up at Hell's Hall, about this is a guy who had a season beyond just the 10-saxy law, that he was excellent against the run, that he played well. to his assignment with that defense, and he was a guy who really set the tone for a defensive line that obviously we know more to be desired from that group. And you're going to hear Ben Johnson about his admiration for Montez Sweat. Here's Ben Johnson.
My appreciation grew even more, and I loved him during the season, but when you watch the self-scout after the year, I think this was a guy that played at a very high level. I talked to him yesterday about it. I would argue it was the best year of his career. Whether that showed up statistically or not, that's debatable. But his ability to play the run, play the pass, I thought he did a really nice job.
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