The clip is from 2023. Week 2. Veteran defensive tackle Grady Jarrett is mic’d up for the afternoon by the Atlanta Falcons. And, man, is that ever a bet on entertainment.

Jarrett is nothing if not passionate. He’s a 290-pound package of kinetic energy, a disruptive defender who loves to talk almost as much as he loves to play football.

So when Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love finishes a 24-yard scramble by puffing his chest and taunting Jarrett, the response is far from surprising. Jarrett springs to his feet, stalks toward Love and, to put it nicely, asks him to lower the volume.

Jarrett was asked Wednesday, when he was formally introduced at Halas Hall as a new member of the Bears, about telling Love to “pipe down.” He just smiled.

“Go ahead. Finish it,” he said. “What else did I say?”

OK. Fine. Verbatim.

“Boy! You better pipe down, little (expletive)! You better pipe down, little (expletive)!”

As Jarrett revisited that encounter, a gleam entered his eyes.

“When you’re playing ball and you cross them lines, you’ve got to be able to go to that dark place,” he said. “Sometimes what happens in that dark place, it’ll get a little crazy.”

Which, honestly, is just fine. The Bears need “a little crazy” right about now. Coming off another last-place season that included a dispiriting 10-game losing streak that began before Halloween and lasted until after New Year’s Day, the team needs to change the way it does things. A lot of things.

Last year’s defense bounced through the spring and summer advertising itself as a unit that could become one of the league’s best. The words “top five” came up a fair amount. And then over 17 games, the Bears instead had a bottom-five run defense. They finished 27th in the NFL in total yards allowed. They were in the middle of the pack in sacks and didn’t produce much of a reel of positive signature moments.

The offseason reset includes this week’s additions to the defensive front: Jarrett at tackle and Dayo Odeyingbo on the edge.

Jarrett’s arrival, after he spent the first 10 seasons of his career in Atlanta, should pack a certain punch. That much was obvious during his introduction Wednesday as he spoke with purpose, humor and spirit.

In less than 25 minutes, Jarrett provided a terrific start to what the Bears could market as a fun tear-off calendar of one-a-day Gradyisms.

A sampling, as he sought closure on his time with the Falcons while also celebrating this new opportunity in Chicago:

“Be pissed off — but not pissed off out of vengeance but pissed off for greatness.”

“My body is good, my body is strong and my mind is hungry to learn.”

“People may try to put you in a back-down position or a succumbing position. And you’ve got to take the bet on yourself. I’m always going to bet on myself. Every time.”

“The best is yet to come. I feel renewed. I feel encouraged.”

As Jarrett filled the room with his presence, fellow newcomers Joe Thuney and Jonah Jackson were off to the side enjoying his gusto. General manager Ryan Poles and coach Ben Johnson were lapping it all up, too, drawn to Jarrett’s contagious positive energy.

“He’s passionate about what he does,” Johnson said. “Just talking to him today gave me goosebumps because this guy loves football. And he’s going to bring that element to the team.”

The hope is Jarrett has enough fuel left in his tank to remain a difference maker in his 11th NFL season.

He prides himself on his durability. In nine of his 10 seasons, he played at least 14 games. Over the last six years, he has had only one injury that has caused him to miss time: a torn anterior cruciate ligament in 2023 that sent him to injured reserve for the Falcons’ final nine games.

But that setback also gave Jarrett renewed purpose for last season: “It took me to another level of preparation, hunger, appreciation.”

Seventeen games played. Fifty-three tackles, nine for a loss. Twelve quarterback hits, bringing his career total to 126. That’s a Falcons franchise record, Jarrett was sure to point out with a smile.

“I thought I’d throw that in there,” he said. “Affecting the quarterback is the bottom line. Getting him off the spot. Getting him uncomfortable.”

If Jarrett can produce at a level that matches the three-year, $43.5 million contract the Bears gave him this week, he will become an instant fan favorite in Chicago. His playing style will be celebrated. His demeanor will be adored.

“I’m just hungry for more,” he added Wednesday. “I’m always hungry. I’m unsatisfied. You know what I’m saying?

“I worry about it sometimes — when the day does come that I’m not playing anymore. Because I just feel (the desire) to be able to chase something or achieve something. Whether it’s in the weight room or on the field, on the practice field. There’s just something in me that I’ve got to feed.”

Oh, and Jarrett should have a chance to converse with Love a little more next season. He has filed away that moment from the “mic’d up” clip.

“You better pipe down, little (expletive).”

“I had already chased him down the field 50 yards,” Jarrett said. “I went and caught him. So I’ve got that speed in me too. Then (for him) to walk away from me talking mess? I mean, what are we doing? You know what I’m saying? But I’m excited to go against him two times a year now.”

His sincerity was noted.