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Peter King with NBC Sports here at Bears training, camp Lake
Forest, Illinois. And we just in fields, quarterback of
the Bears. And Justin before I ask you a couple of football
things,
I hear that you had a home run out of Wrigley Field
when you hit two out. Okay, so I've got to ask you, what did
it feel like stepping in the batter's box at Wrigley Field?
Field and taking batting practice. I mean, it was
awesome. You know, growing up, you always wanted to play
a professional sport, you know, whether it was baseball
basketball and football. So me pain, you played baseball, lot
growing up in Georgia, sir. So growing up a play travel
baseball from about, you know, 10 years
old to all the way up until
I graduated high school. So
big baseball guy growing up, but I'm yeah, I was just
awesome. Being are getting to enjoy the experience and of
course, you know, hitting those two home runs out of rigor.
That was, it was, it was awesome and
so you're standing in the batter's box at Wrigley Field
and were you Little hyped up, was it cool? Me. I was high wo
school. So there were about three or four. Guys that went
before me
and Cole commit, he played baseball at Notre Dame so he
had hit three out before that. So I was like oh hey you know,
three home runs out then I got to get close to him so it was
a friendly competition and you know guys enjoyed it a lot. So
it was an awesome experience. Yeah.
So
when we talk about the quarterback of the Chicago
Bears and I'm sure you've been going through this for like
the last year.
The Bears have been sort of traveling through a desert for
years looking for. Or
that long-term great player. Yeah.
So tell me. Does the pressure of that?
Do you feel it on your shoulders? Is it welcome, do
you like it? Do you hate it? Do you chafe at it, what's it
like? I mean, I love it.
You know, I think
our fans are very supportive of us and, you know, they want to
see us win just as much as we do, but I think for me
personally, there's no
expectations that, you know, anybody else has that's, you
know, higher than mine. So
my expectations are usually, you know, always higher. And
you know what, you may have for me or what, you know, every
other fans out there might have for me. So I'm doing everything
I can working as hard as I can each. And every day to
be the best quarterback. I can become
the coaching staff change. You know, the one thing I noticed
in this practice, you know, you're now being coached by
Luke gets he formerly the Packers,
I'd say I've seen that Aaron Rodgers, roll out about 500
times where he rolls to the right and throws the ball very
quickly. Yeah. So, I wonder what is This offense like for
you to
learn and where are you right now on the education? Scale in
the new offense? Yes awesome. You know
pretty sure I've
you know I've most of the offense down right now so
right now it's just getting guys on the same page and you
know get into the details and make sure it making sure that
were consistent each and every day. So situationally, you
know, first and second I'm just making sure we're consistent
getting on the ball and stuff like that. So I think now
just getting up every day and practicing that I think you
know, each and every day. We're just going to take a step
forward.
This offense. I've We start is very, very big on the Rhythm,
passing game
and being able to throw
even before your receivers are looking for the ball. You have
to trust them to be in the exact same place. Yeah. Do you
find that? And where are you in that process? Yeah, for sure.
You know, there's Concepts like that concept, time and Concepts
where you
have to be ready to throw before they have their eyes
turned around. And then, that's also, you know, just getting
reps with those guys who are out there, you know, on
the numbers of receivers, you know, just getting on the same page
with them knowing where they're going to be at a certain Time
and just really listening
to my feet and my feet. You know, tell me it's taking
a little bit too long then. Just move on to my next progression.
Does this offense fit you? Yeah, it does, you know,
I think, you know, Luke's a great Mastermind. He's a great
offensive coach. He's probably the best quarterback coach I've
had in my life so him and
you know, they work well together,
you know, just just having them both in my room, you know each
and every day. Then Coach flus comes in there every now and
then just having everybody in there, working collectively as
a group. I mean, it's going to get me better and
you know, Luke's gonna
call what best fits
our team, you know what I do? And
What everyone else does. So
we trusting to do that and
you know each and every day we're going to put in work and
you know keep keep getting better.
Do you pay much attention to the outside world where
not? Many people are expecting you guys to do much this year.
Yeah, we talked about it, you know,
before we start a camp, you know, Luke got the office
together as a group and pretty, pretty much told them, but at
the end of the day, we don't need those outside people. You
know, they're not coming coming on the field taking those hit.
So
the only people that we need is us and we firmly believe that.
And, you know,
there's not one great player in the team you that's going to do
it all. You just, it's going to be us as a group. So all 11
whether it's offense, defense and special teams all 11. We
have to work together. And, you know, if we have all I got all
11 guys on point,
when, you know, everybody's on the field then
we believe that we can be anyone.
And yeah. The last thing I wanted to ask is when I thought
of you getting drafted by the Bears,
the one thing I thought of
in terms of Great Expectations,
is his Great Expectations at Ohio State, obviously,
And you always have guys who are trying to beat you out.
Yeah. You know. And so I wonder do you think it helped you in
this job?
Your former place that you played? Did it help you? Get
ready for this? Yeah, for sure, you know, Ohio State, we expect
to win every game. So,
you know, that's the kind of mindset we need to have here.
And, you know, now we have a new culture in where we do
expect to win every game and we expect to play Harder Faster
and longer than any other team you play. So I'm
just having that expectation. That confidence.
You step on the field, you know, that's going to help us
out, you know,
just in fields. Good luck with the Bears. Thanks a lot. So
much appreciation in Lake Forest, Illinois, with
the Bears, this Peter King.