Inside the Bears' locker room: OTAs preview (Hour 4)
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The premier locker room show in Chicago. Inside the locker room.
Oh my goodness. You know, because you've never heard of that show before, Inside the Locker Room. And it's a little different from the show that has the theme that we're listening to right now. Those are completely different shows. And while I like to make all these jokes because they're funny, and we like to have bits here at The Score, Mark Grody goes and messes up our bit. Because then you, what do you do on Saturday? You did host Inside the Clubhouse. Way too much credibility now for actually being part of inside the clubhouse with Bruce Levine. That's instant credibility. You faced your friend and nemesis, Bruce Levine.
This is baseball season. It's my season.
Yes, that's right. It is Bruce season. Bruce Bruce with it, if you will. He warned me to keep my Bears football talk out of it on Saturday. He did. Get lost with it. Get loose with it. So here we are. Don't stop with it. Bruce Bruce with it. That's not exactly the lyrics, but those are the ones that are safe to play at home. Bruce. Don't silence of the lambs this. No, I won't. I'm not going to. But the point is you did all of this work on Thursday. I'm pretty sure you had like an 18 hour shift. Pretty much. It started with the Bears assistant coaches who are rarely available. It's true. Being available. Yes, and here's the thing. It was a really good availability for us because they basically had all the assistant coaches in one of the big rooms at Hallis Hall and downstairs, and they were all at their own tables with chairs around the tables.
So for reporters, which I am, we all got to sort of choose our own adventure. We could sit down with... You know, a JT Barrett for a couple minutes. Get him when you feel like your recorder is filled on that. I think I'll move over to Al Harris here, see what he knows. Maybe I'll go talk to a Jeremy Garrett, who is the Bears defensive line coach. So that's what I did. Got to go table to table. And I would like to say that as an old school reporter, Bravo bears to be able to do this. This is real press availability. You actually get information. The benefit of it is, is that we get to share these conversations with you and you become more informed because of these types of sit down breakout nature type of interview sessions.
Like everybody doesn't do them anymore and they do actually not just benefit us. No, our job is to share the information with you. So I'm really happy that the bears did this. Right. And look, the assistants appreciate it, too, because they get a little bit of shine. They get a little bit of publicity because ultimately one would suspect that most of these guys are hungry for promotions in their lives and moving on to bigger and better jobs. Let's start with I sat down with. Al Harris, who is the passing game coordinator. He's also the defensive backs coach. And one of the things that I have brought up consistently during this offseason is, what do they think of Tyreek Stevenson? Is Tyreek Stevenson even in their plans this year?
Is he going to start? Is there going to be a rookie that's going to jump in and take over for Tyreek Stevenson. He wasn't starting towards the end of the season. Do they even like Tyreek Stevenson anymore? So I brought these questions to Al Harris on what the status of Tyreek Stevenson is, and I'll fill in with a few more notes as well. Your evaluation of Tyreek Stevenson after his season, it seems like he started off fast and towards the end of the season he wasn't starting or playing as much in games, but your overall assessment of Tyreek.
I think I could have done a better job with Tyreek. You know what I mean? So that's where I'll leave that. But I can say this. The guy that's showing up to work every day, meetings, you know, I am very optimistic about the season coming up for him.
Can you elaborate a little bit on just your part? You said you could have done better with him. Can you give an example of how so?
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–4:46
2
What insights did Mark Grote share from conversations with Bears' assistant coaches?
4:46–11:16
3
How does the Bears' coaching staff evaluate Tyreek Stevenson for the upcoming season?
11:16–25:36
4
What are the expectations for rookie cornerback Malik Muhammad?
25:36–27:10
5
How do injuries impact the Bears' cornerback lineup during OTAs?
27:10–41:55
Speakers
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