Herb Howards breaks down Bears' upgrade at safety (Hour 4)
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What is the significance of the Bears selecting Dillon Thieneman?
Bears beat reporter for the Bigs. Herb Howard is joining us. Herb Howard is here from the Bigs. Herb immediately showed he was going to be somebody asking meaningful questions. He's going to ask a question that everyone else in the room is going to want to know the answer to.
What then happens that they can't get out and get snapped before them? It's a great question.
Well, thank you so much, Herb, for joining us. This has been a lot of fun.
It's always fun with you guys. You are absolutely amazing. I listen to you guys when you don't invite me, so it's nice to see you.
with Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score.
You know that man's music by now. We are happy to have him here talking about the NFL draft, the Bears, and more. It is Herb Howard at Herb Howard, 411 on X, Bears reporter for the Bigs Media. Follow the Bigs Media on YouTube for the latest on Herb. He joins us in studio here on Rahimi Harrison-Grody. Herb, thanks for coming in. be here thanks the pleasure to be here thank you so very very much my favorite compliment in life is to be a great football press conference question asker you excel at it though thank you very much I don't know why I said it that way my brain doesn't always work but uh yeah you I mean you do you ask legit questions that everybody wants to know there was no better example of that I thought than your sit down with Ryan Poles and Ben Johnson at the combat or not at the combat at the owner's meetings yeah
I want to say this because how Herb got on my radar is because I didn't even meet Herb. I was just watching press conferences from my desk where I was confined to at CBS2 back in the day. And I was like, who is this guy asking these questions? Whoever this is, I need to get him on our show to talk about football and his – Twitter mentions, or not mentions, his messages were closed at the time, so it's not like I could just send him a message. So I had to ask around, I was like, does anybody have Herb's number? It took me a while to get your number to get you on the show, but I'm so glad that I did. I'm so glad that you're here today with us.
I'm glad you did. I'm happy to be here with you guys. Thank you so much for having me. Herb, tell us your top 10 favorite questions of two past years, and what is your, tell us of your process.
Do you have a favorite response, though, seriously, of all time?
Um... I remember asking Coach Eberflus, I told him that, because I, listen, I try to be very respectful of what these people do, right? You talk about the coaches, the players, they are at the top of their field. I have a ton of respect for all of them, whether they play or coach at a high level in the NFL or not. So I try to be very respectful, but I think it was after the Patriots game, they scored like three points or whatever and they lost.
Oh, yeah.
The home game. The home game. To a bad Patriots team. And it was like, hey, hey, enough is enough. And so I was in the press conference and I said, Coach, if the offense does not find a way to play complimentary football, you guys will not win games. I said, ultimately, that's going to fall on you. I remember that. Are you willing to get fired without ever exploring the possibility of you improving this offense by changing the coordinator? And he said, you know, we're going to look at everything. We're going to look at the possibility of exploring everything and evaluate everybody. And that was Sunday. And then on Tuesday, he made the change to the coordinator. It took him an extra day than it should have.
But, you know, he got through the process.
Might have taken him an extra two days to do it.
How does Herb Howard view the Bears' draft strategy?
He should have done it that night.
Well, actually, let's stay on this question-asking theme because there will be a press conference today for the Bears' newest Got to go meet the kid. Got to meet the kid. I know you're going to be out there. We've said so much about him. So much has already been written about him. I'll ask you the question that was asked of me earlier. What do you still want to know about Dylan Thienemann and his play and his personality and all that kind of stuff?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the significance of the Bears selecting Dillon Thieneman?
0:01–3:17
2
How does Herb Howard view the Bears' draft strategy?
3:17–10:40
3
What questions should be asked about Dylan Thieneman's fit on the team?
10:40–16:28
4
Why is the Bears' secondary a focus of concern for fans?
16:28–21:01
5
What insights does Herb provide about Ryan Poles' comments?
21:01–27:13
6
How does the Bears' coaching staff influence player selection?
27:13–31:36
7
What challenges does the Bears' roster currently face?
31:36–39:26
8
How do the Bears' draft decisions reflect their long-term vision?
39:26–40:25
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