What about all this talk of Mike Glennon giving valuable information to Bears coaches as they plan for Sunday’s game against the Buccaneers?

Joe asked Dirk Koetter about that process today.

Specifically, Joe asked Koetter if in his many years of NFL coaching, has he ever gotten valuable info from a player on his team who once played for an opponent.

Candid Koetter did not disappoint.

“I mean, coaches have been trying to do that. I mean, ever since I came into the league, coaches have told me about certain teams that would cut a guy and bring another guy in off the street because he played for [an upcoming opponent] Koetter said. “Every time I’ve tried to do that personally, if I asked [the player] 10 questions, about eight of their answers made no sense at all to me, one of them made a little bit of sense, and one of them said, ‘Oh, yeah, we watched the same film.’ “But again a quarterback is maybe a little bit different animal. When Mike [Glennon] left, we had an oath that he was sworn to secrecy. But we’ll see.”

Great stuff there from Koetter. Joe remembers Ronde Barber talking about this subject a handful of years ago and believing intelligence from players who once played for an opponent was often either incorrect, or it accurate but making Bucs defensive players think too much.

Barber’s take was that teams were largely better off without the knowledge.

Before Joe hit Koetter with the question above, Koetter noted Glennon took good notes with the Bucs and certainly was capable of helping his new coaches and teammates.

Interesting chess match ahead, but football is still about blocking and tackling and talent. And the Bucs should win on all those fronts Sunday.