James 'Big Cat' Williams: Free agents are seeing Super Bowl on horizon for Bears
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What insights does James 'Big Cat' Williams share about the Bears' recent season?
Rahimi Harrison-Grody.
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A big part of that was predicated on you going in the tape and you see a guy like Burst on their side and the type of rusher that he is. He's very powerful. He's very violent. He was that way coming out of college. And that's translated to the NFL. And it showed up all over the tape where he's taking tackles and just driving them straight back on the quarterback's lap. And we wanted to... We just thought Joe had a great anchor and he was going to be able to help us in that regard.
That is Ben Johnson talking about Joe Tooney, an excellent intro to our offensive lineman joining the show. It is James Big Cat Williams joining us on the Circa Resort and Casino Hotline, CircaLasVegas.com. James, the former offensive and defensive tackle from 1991 to 2002 for the Bears, voted to the Pro Bowl in 2001 and one of the 100 greatest Bears of all times. Big Cat, thanks for joining us.
Oh, thanks for having me. Appreciate it.
It's so good to talk to you, not just for the reasons of it's nice to catch up with you about football, but to do this after a playoff game where the Bears almost made it to the NFC title game and they won their first one previous to that in 15 years. How do you look back at this season?
Well, as an alumni, you're excited. To be doing radio again two weeks after the season's over, this is something that we have not been privy to. It was an exciting season. It was exciting to see a young head coach and a young up-and-coming quarterback along with a team that was... Finding their way. I mean, you know, Ben Johnson comes in and he changes not only the things that are going on on the field with the way that the guys look at themselves, with the way that they look at practices and games. But he's changing the whole mentality of the building from top to bottom. And I think that's something that we've been talking about since I played as far as getting things aligned, doing what you need to do, and making sure the entire building is behind you.
Big Cat, I'm just so curious. How did you handle that loss on Sunday? Because it seemed like it was destined – I want to know your reaction to the play, the fourth down touchdown to Cole Komet, and what you thought was going to happen in processing what actually happened.
Well, I mean, that play, you know, I think, who was it? DJ Moore? I think it was DJ Moore that said it best. You know, Caleb's best throw is going to be his next throw. You know, and I think we saw that. To see him backpedal so far, to see him... hoist that ball up in the air as he's backpedaling to see that ball drop right in the bucket and commit hands. It was, you know, it's one of those things you sit back on your sofa and you're like, wow, I can't believe he just did that. again. I was telling somebody this morning that I was more nervous at 10-10 at the half than I was with the Bears being down 21-3 to the Packers. It was weird sitting on the edge of my seat, hands on knees, rubbing my knees, reaching for my drink, just totally engaged, totally locked in, but more nervous than I had been most of the season.
So Like I said, it's a tribute to what these guys have done all season as far as just not giving up, believing that they have a chance at any point in time in the game. I don't care how much time's left on the clock. You know, Ben Johnson had them to the point where they believed, and you could see it.
I think that's... I think that's such a big part of this. And it's the thing we can't measure, James. It's the thing that we can't drop a play for. We can't understand and measure its effect on a team.
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