Jimbo Covert reminisces on his days with the '85 Bears & talks Joe Jacoby HOF snub
The Kevin Sheehan Show
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🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Joining me right now is a Hall of Fame left tackle from the 1980s. |
| 0:06.5 | Jimbo Covert played eight years for the Chicago Bears, a member of the incredible 85 champion bears. |
| 0:15.1 | Jimbo's involved with coast to coast for ALS. |
| 0:19.1 | It's a 4,000-mile ride raising awareness and funding for ALS. It's a 4,000 mile ride raising awareness and funding for ALS research. |
| 0:25.9 | You can go to coast to coast for ALS.org and donate now to try to find a cure for this dreadful disease. |
| 0:37.4 | Jimbo is with me and we'll find out more details about |
| 0:40.7 | this 4,000 mile ride, which, by the way, a very good friend of mine is on this ride as we speak. |
| 0:48.6 | It's a great cause. But I want to start with this. You were a part of some incredible University of Pittsburgh teams. |
| 0:58.3 | Dan Marino was the quarterback in the offensive line at one point included you, |
| 1:04.2 | Russ Grimm, and Mark May. |
| 1:07.1 | I mean, did Marino ever get touched? |
| 1:09.6 | Well, not too much. |
| 1:12.1 | And, Kevin, he gets rid of the ball pretty quick, but I think he had a lot to do with |
| 1:16.6 | giving him the opportunity to pick out a receiver and let it fly. |
| 1:21.6 | So he's pretty special quarterback who's great to have him behind us. |
| 1:27.6 | But, you know, we had a great line coach at Joe Moore, who is, you know, |
| 1:31.5 | they have the award now that Joe Moore Award, which is for the outstanding, you know, |
| 1:35.4 | outstanding offensive line in college football, not just a particular player. |
| 1:39.8 | So, and, you know, I know Russ felt about Joe as well. |
| 1:43.6 | So he was the guy that kind of set the tone and was such a great coach. |
| 1:49.2 | And I don't know how many guys you got to the NFL. |
| 1:51.4 | I think someone like 45 guys. |
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