WEBVTT - Eberflus on Justin Fields' recent performance | Coaches Show 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:02.040 Had a pleasant getting verybo Are you welcome into a 0:00:02.040 --> 0:00:04.080 Halloween Monday on the Bears Coach You Show with head 0:00:04.120 --> 0:00:06.520 coach Mattiebriflus Time Jeff Joni Act with you into eight 0:00:06.559 --> 0:00:08.840 o'clock tonight here on news Radio one oh five nine 0:00:08.920 --> 0:00:12.040 WBBM flight back watching the tape, matt a full day 0:00:12.039 --> 0:00:15.480 of breaking it down with a team. What conclusions did 0:00:15.480 --> 0:00:17.400 you arrive at in all three phases if you could 0:00:17.440 --> 0:00:19.200 go through a for us, Yeah, so we you know, 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:22.279 obviously watching on the plane ride home last night and 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:25.040 then this morning and had the team meeting with the players, 0:00:25.079 --> 0:00:26.880 and then we got a chance to watch it with 0:00:26.960 --> 0:00:30.120 the players during our unit meetings, and then we had 0:00:30.120 --> 0:00:31.560 to walk through at the end to clean up all 0:00:31.560 --> 0:00:33.640 the stuff that we needed to clean up. And uh 0:00:34.080 --> 0:00:36.640 really so obviously a rough start for the defense, you know, 0:00:37.080 --> 0:00:40.800 coming out didn't execute like we wanted to on first 0:00:40.840 --> 0:00:43.280 and second down to get him into third down and manageables. 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:46.400 And when we did, they executed better than we did. 0:00:46.560 --> 0:00:49.199 And you know in those situations and those that's why 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:50.960 we always talk to the guys about how third down 0:00:51.040 --> 0:00:52.919 is so important to be able to get off those 0:00:53.040 --> 0:00:55.000 get off the field to stop a drive and we 0:00:55.080 --> 0:00:58.360 have to execute those critical moments. But again, I thought 0:00:58.360 --> 0:01:00.240 the offense, you know, they started with a three and out, 0:01:00.240 --> 0:01:01.880 but uh, you know, I had a couple three and 0:01:01.920 --> 0:01:04.120 ounce during the course of the day. But really all 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:07.120 day long, executed really well. Um, they ran the ball 0:01:07.440 --> 0:01:10.560 really well against a very good defense. Um, We're able 0:01:10.600 --> 0:01:12.760 to get some chunk plays in the passing game on 0:01:12.880 --> 0:01:16.200 some movement passes and some shots that we took, and 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:18.160 did a nice job on third down, you know, and 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:20.680 that showed and uh, you know, so we put ourselves 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:22.440 in a buying, put ourselves in a hole, but we 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:24.560 were able to as a as a football team get 0:01:24.560 --> 0:01:27.960 ourselves back in it. You know. At the end of 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:30.479 the half, you know, we scored that touchdown, and then 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:33.959 Eddie Jackson had the interception um and did a nice 0:01:34.040 --> 0:01:36.320 job of putting us back into scoring range. And we 0:01:36.319 --> 0:01:37.480 only got a field go out of that, but it 0:01:37.560 --> 0:01:40.720 drew us within eleven points to go at intermission there, 0:01:40.760 --> 0:01:43.400 So that was a positive. And we talked to the 0:01:43.480 --> 0:01:45.480 guys at halftime and said, hey, guys, we're only eleven 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:48.200 points down. Offense gets the ball back and we got 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:50.800 a chance to do this thing and and we were 0:01:50.840 --> 0:01:53.280 we were excited about that opportunity. So we traded punts 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:55.880 in the third quarter. Um then our offense went down 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:59.520 and scored to bring it within five points, which was 0:01:59.560 --> 0:02:02.800 really good, and we went for two. We didn't get it, 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:05.800 and uh, you know, so we were still down by five, 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:07.760 and that was the critical moment. I thought that the 0:02:07.840 --> 0:02:10.080 defense right there really had to step up, and we 0:02:10.160 --> 0:02:13.200 jumped off sides. They threw, you know, a triple team 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:15.959 down the middle, got that, had a couple more nice 0:02:15.960 --> 0:02:17.639 plays and then scored on us, and then that's when 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:21.040 the momentum shifted. Next drive by the offense, we had, 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:23.919 you know, the fumble on third down, they recovered it 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:25.919 and scored a touchdown. That was a fourteen point swing 0:02:26.000 --> 0:02:27.760 right there in the middle of the third quarter. So 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:31.359 it was you know, guys fought really hard. We put 0:02:31.400 --> 0:02:34.600 ourselves in a chance to win the game early in 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:37.359 that third quarter there, and we just didn't get it done. 0:02:37.360 --> 0:02:39.360 We got to execute better as a football team. You know, 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:43.399 Justin took some responsibility for not touching Mike and Parsons 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:45.679 on that fumble, but it could have been any number 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:48.600 of guys, any number of guys, and I know, this 0:02:48.680 --> 0:02:51.239 is a weird concept, and I think Tevin Jenkins even 0:02:51.600 --> 0:02:55.560 admitted it at one point. Now that turnovers are celebrated 0:02:55.600 --> 0:02:58.799 with a camera in the end zone, you could honestly 0:02:59.360 --> 0:03:02.560 see where players might ease off a little bit thinking 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:04.840 he was down, he'd pick up. Everybody goes to the 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:07.160 end zone to celebrate. I know a coach doesn't want 0:03:07.160 --> 0:03:09.400 to hear that, but because of this new thing that's 0:03:09.400 --> 0:03:11.720 been going on, Yeah, I just think we got to 0:03:11.720 --> 0:03:13.680 do our jobs there because you got touch him down. 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:15.640 There were several guys there. There's a couple of linemen 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:18.280 right there to touch him down. I think Harry might 0:03:18.280 --> 0:03:20.840 have been close by. So we certainly got to do that. 0:03:21.040 --> 0:03:22.919 And if he pops up, we gotta tackle him, you know, 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:24.560 we gotta tackle him put him on the ground. So 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:27.400 we got to do a better job executing that. Was 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:30.080 it a bad loaf game overall? You know, I didn't 0:03:30.120 --> 0:03:32.280 see a lot of loafs. You know, we're pretty critical 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:34.880 on that. I thought guys were playing hard. And again, 0:03:34.920 --> 0:03:37.280 it's just about assignment football and being in the right position, 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:39.840 trusting the guy next to you, and we have to 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:42.200 do that better. All right, let's talk about Justin's performance 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:46.200 now the last two weeks thirty for forty four, three 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:50.240 thirty three touchdowns, one interception, and one hundred forty two 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:53.680 rushing yards and two touchdowns. It's really a three week 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:57.720 window of just climbing up that staircase. But those are 0:03:57.760 --> 0:04:00.920 winning numbers right there, Yeah, they are. And he's getting 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:04.040 more comfortable, you know. I think that mini buy helped us, 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:08.280 you know, to really you know, accentuate his skills and 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:10.560 also minimize some of the things that we needed to, 0:04:11.720 --> 0:04:14.200 you know, in terms of getting a pocket protection, doing 0:04:14.240 --> 0:04:16.839 a good job with movement passes, and I think that 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:19.160 the offensive stuff has done a really good job with that, 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:21.880 and and he's just getting more comfortable, you know, in 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:24.760 the pocket. He's getting having better presence back there. His 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:27.360 platform has been great, his movement has been great. He's 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:28.760 been getting the ball out of his hands on the 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:31.760 quick throws. So he's growing before our eyes, and we're 0:04:31.760 --> 0:04:34.000 excited about that. One thing that sticks out, at least 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:36.960 from my perspective, that when guys are coming at him now, 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:39.359 and maybe it's just by virtue of so many that 0:04:39.400 --> 0:04:41.680 he's had to deal with because he's a mobile quarterback, 0:04:42.200 --> 0:04:44.719 he just seems to be calmer when they're coming. He's 0:04:44.760 --> 0:04:48.080 not overreacting one way or another. Do you sense the 0:04:48.120 --> 0:04:50.320 same thing. And how much of an impact does that 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:54.320 make on a defense, especially when you think he's gonna 0:04:54.320 --> 0:04:56.120 go over the line, you know, and he's thinking still 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:58.560 and you know he's making moves like a point guard. No, 0:04:58.680 --> 0:05:01.080 that's hard, you know, that's hard when when a quarterback 0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:03.760 can can evade the rush and keep his eyes down 0:05:03.760 --> 0:05:07.960 the field to strike deep for you know, scrambling scramble 0:05:08.040 --> 0:05:10.800 rules for our receivers and has they also has the 0:05:10.839 --> 0:05:14.240 ability to run as well. That's a double threat. Do 0:05:13.880 --> 0:05:16.200 you do you think his skill right now in the 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:20.240 way he's playing triggers a defender to have some doubt 0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:24.000 what to do or their first step is always to him. Yeah, 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:25.599 you can see that for sure. When he gets on 0:05:25.640 --> 0:05:28.279 the perimeter, he's obviously fast and he's able to get 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:31.320 evade the rush and move in the pockets. So he's 0:05:31.320 --> 0:05:33.000 doing a great job with that. You have two hundred 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:35.920 plus rushing again, you'll love this. The history of the game. 0:05:36.360 --> 0:05:39.440 Four and eight games hasn't happened since the nineteen fifty 0:05:39.440 --> 0:05:42.880 eight Cleveland Browns did it five times. So you were 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:46.800 that apparently, so, uh, just amazing production in the run game. 0:05:46.839 --> 0:05:51.320 And you mentioned earlier today it's all eleven. So it's 0:05:51.400 --> 0:05:53.800 everybody black, and we keep bringing it up every week, 0:05:53.839 --> 0:05:55.560 but this is who who the Bears are for twenty 0:05:55.640 --> 0:05:59.280 ye it is, and we're you know, we're definitely hanging 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:02.800 onto that because that's a way we establish our identity 0:06:03.000 --> 0:06:05.000 and it's important for us to be able to run 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:08.359 the football. Um, it's all eleven of us. Like I 0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:11.000 said in the press conference earlier, it's the receivers, it's 0:06:11.000 --> 0:06:13.800 the tight ends, it's an offensive line jump into the 0:06:13.800 --> 0:06:17.800 second level. It's justin carrying out his fakes. Um, it's everybody. 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:19.960 You know, it's car it's blasting game, you know, leading 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:22.359 the way. It's the two runners, you know, you know, 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:25.560 splitting two and getting their pads down, the two different styles. 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:27.920 And also really you know, having that third element of 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:30.240 the quarterback, the quarterback and run and scramble at the 0:06:30.279 --> 0:06:32.320 same time, and he gives you a good number of 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:34.359 yards too. How about doing that? But still, you know, 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:38.720 five different offensive line configurations in eight games, I mean, 0:06:38.839 --> 0:06:41.360 and you're still getting that. That's the run production. Yeah, really, 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:43.760 just you know, attributed to the guys. You know, the 0:06:43.800 --> 0:06:46.680 players do a great job of paying attention of of 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:50.520 learning the positions, multiple positions, and it's to the coaches. 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:52.800 You know. Chris Morgan, Austin Kane has a great job. 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:55.560 How'd you think Riley Reef handled his job? He did? 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:57.680 He did wonderful. You know, he plays so hard and 0:06:57.720 --> 0:06:59.520 did a really good job in there. He would execute 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:01.960 it well. And Cody white Air can potentially come off. 0:07:01.960 --> 0:07:04.760 I are this week start that window, so that would 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:07.279 be another boost. Yeah, you get Cody get maybe potentially 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:09.279 Larry so you get to call Lars back, you know, 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:11.400 and in Pringle and Pringle has got a chance to 0:07:11.400 --> 0:07:13.360 come back. So we got some decisions to make here 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:16.040 this week, and we're excited about that. All right, very good. 0:07:16.080 --> 0:07:18.160 One segment down here at the Bears Coaches Show on 0:07:18.240 --> 0:07:21.280 this Monday evening with coach Eberflus. You're one of the 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:25.000 lucky ones. You were born a Bears fan. Your dad 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:28.240 insists on being calm. Dad, Dad, your Sunday best is 0:07:28.280 --> 0:07:30.600 always blue and orange. The only thing your dad asked 0:07:30.640 --> 0:07:32.440 when he meets your sister's boyfriend is if he's a 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:36.760 Bears fan. D what I deserve to know. 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He just took a pitch, 0:08:46.000 --> 0:08:49.280 swung the pistick for the home run. Welcome back to 0:08:49.320 --> 0:08:51.839 the Bears Coaches Show here at Habisaw with Bears head 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:54.800 coach Matt Eberflus. Just heard the Justin Fields touchdown throw 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:57.880 to Cole Comet a red zone touchdown. Red zone was 0:08:57.960 --> 0:09:03.880 good yesterday. A hundred catches between touchdowns for Cole. You 0:09:03.880 --> 0:09:05.880 know he's been he's been dying. He's telling me he 0:09:05.880 --> 0:09:08.320 had a celebration planned. It was as simple, you know, 0:09:08.440 --> 0:09:09.640 take a swing. I don't know if you saw it. 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:11.240 He took a took a home run swing there. But 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:14.320 finally success in the red zone on that fourth quarter yesterday. 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:16.880 Breakdown that play for us and what it means because 0:09:17.600 --> 0:09:19.120 he can he can do this, He can do this. 0:09:19.160 --> 0:09:20.520 He could be a weapon in your red zone. Well, 0:09:20.520 --> 0:09:21.839 I want to give a shout out first of all 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:24.720 to Patrick Scales as it was his hundredth game yesterday. 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:27.360 So if you're talking about one hundred, okay, you know 0:09:27.480 --> 0:09:30.600 Cole obviously he's been working really hard. Um, you know 0:09:30.640 --> 0:09:32.440 that play there was it was a really good play. 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:33.960 You know, it was was a run fake to him, 0:09:34.000 --> 0:09:35.360 you know where he would block and then go to 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:38.440 the corner and it was all well thrown ball. It 0:09:38.480 --> 0:09:40.640 was really was. It was well executed by Justin and 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:43.880 cole Um and a perfect fake. Did you see him 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:46.640 as a red zone weapon? He's got the ruggedness to 0:09:46.679 --> 0:09:51.000 fight through traffic. He's um somebody that uh you know, 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:53.559 hasn't had that many opportunities really in his career in 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:57.240 the red zone. Yeah, I really do. I think big receivers, uh, 0:09:57.280 --> 0:09:59.679 you know, tight ends, fullbacks, they should show up in 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:01.400 the red zone, you know, in the tight red and 0:10:01.640 --> 0:10:04.640 the higher red because they're bigger bodies. You know, certainly 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:07.640 the tight ends and receivers that have those bigger bodies 0:10:07.679 --> 0:10:09.840 and you don't have to throw them open. They're always open. 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:12.920 You know. They can use their body to ward offers 0:10:13.440 --> 0:10:16.200 defenders and then big box him and then be able 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:18.079 to catch the ball with strength. And I think that's 0:10:18.120 --> 0:10:20.160 important in the red zone. And with every time there's 0:10:20.200 --> 0:10:22.960 a microphone in his face, he talks about his blocking. First. 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:25.120 He takes pride in and he's worked at it for 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:27.720 a while. He thinks he's always been better than maybe 0:10:27.720 --> 0:10:31.199 people anticipated him to be and it's important to him. 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:33.280 What have you seen in that side of things? Yeah, 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:35.280 really the tight ends group in general, you know, they've 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:37.520 been doing a really nice job. You know, Westcoe himself, 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:39.439 you know, it's done a great job. Griffin has done 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:41.040 a great job, you know. And then Coal. You know, 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:44.400 Cole's leading that group and he's been blocking really well 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:47.040 at the point of attack. He's been winning his blocks 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:49.800 there on the backside, has been cutting off really well, 0:10:49.920 --> 0:10:52.640 jump into the second level when he can, and he's 0:10:52.679 --> 0:10:54.680 finishing his blocks, you know, just like he finishes his 0:10:54.760 --> 0:10:57.520 runs on those screens and the intermediate passes and the 0:10:57.559 --> 0:11:00.079 short passes that he gets that he's a finisher. He 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:03.160 does a good job. Scoring up this week in the NFL. 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:04.960 We talked about it. Last week it was down but 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:08.440 to eight, excuse me, fourteen teams. He hit twenty six 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:11.520 or more points, including the Bears. Does that signal anything 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:14.960 to you? Um, I think it's a conspiracy in the league. 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:18.000 But no, I'm just teasing, But I do think that 0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:21.080 it's a you know, it goes ebbs and flows. You know. 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:24.040 In twenty twenty the scoring was up, you know, and 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:25.679 then a couple of years before that it was down, 0:11:25.800 --> 0:11:28.240 so it ebbs and flows as we go and h 0:11:28.480 --> 0:11:30.120 and again we just take one game at a time. 0:11:30.360 --> 0:11:33.760 Maybe it has something to do though, just with training 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:36.880 camp and how things are nowadays in the NFL that 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:40.600 it takes all this time, or new coaching staff, you 0:11:40.640 --> 0:11:42.720 know something. There's there was a lot of changes in 0:11:42.720 --> 0:11:45.200 the NFL this season to get ramped up. Yeah, I 0:11:45.200 --> 0:11:47.400 mean there's a continuity piece to that for sure, you know, 0:11:47.600 --> 0:11:50.960 with the group, you know, working together and getting their 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:53.800 gel on, and then certainly that's that happens with new 0:11:53.840 --> 0:11:57.120 staffs for sure. So Justin's a weapon, his arms a weapon. 0:11:57.480 --> 0:12:00.199 You mentioned that as well, the deep ball coming off 0:12:00.200 --> 0:12:04.760 of play action boots whatever. The opportunities were there yesterday 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:07.760 on several occasions that make a big play. Are you 0:12:07.880 --> 0:12:11.840 feeling now that this can be parlayed into big plays, 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:14.840 more and more opportunities to do this, Yeah, I do. 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:16.160 I do think so, And I think we've got to 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:19.200 keep being creative, you know, on offense, and make sure 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:21.679 we do a good job of distributing the ball so 0:12:21.720 --> 0:12:24.480 it's everybody on the team. I think that's that's makes 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:27.920 it hard to defend and really stressing all the parts 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:30.160 of the field, the vertical parts, the horizontal parts, the 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:32.800 middle parts. Make sure we do that in our passing 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:35.160 game because it's hard to defend everybody to grass. And 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:37.400 I think that's what our offense needs to do. And 0:12:37.440 --> 0:12:39.120 that's what we've been talking about with those guys. You know, 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:42.360 a guy like Valish, that's a catch that he could 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:44.240 have made, he should have made. Probably you could say 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:47.240 it's not that it's not challenging, but how do you 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:50.520 keep that man's confidence going given what happened on punts 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:53.640 and now you know, dropping a touchdown pass potentially, Yeah, 0:12:53.679 --> 0:12:55.679 I mean, you know it's you know, confidence is really 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:59.679 is through preparation, you know, So keep preparing, get extra work, 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:02.600 you know, do a good job in practice, and that's 0:13:02.600 --> 0:13:06.360 where I think you foster confidence. Khalil Herbert taking advantage 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:08.960 of every opportunity. Right now, he's putting up some really 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:11.640 good numbers again. He hit his league average at six 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:13.720 point two a season average six point which is tops 0:13:13.720 --> 0:13:16.160 in the league. And he keeps breaking off a big 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:18.320 chunk almost in every game. He had a thirty six 0:13:18.440 --> 0:13:21.720 year old yesterday, including that touchdown that we'll hear about later. 0:13:21.760 --> 0:13:24.599 But just to kind of put into a context what 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:27.240 he means right now to this team. Yeah, I mean 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:29.400 both guys, you know, Herbert, you know Demo would both 0:13:29.400 --> 0:13:30.920 do a great job. It's great to have the one 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:33.480 two punch there. And they'll they'll be the first to 0:13:33.480 --> 0:13:35.680 tell you it's about the offensive line, in the tight 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:38.360 ends and the receivers. It's all eleven. They're a piece 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:40.560 of that and it's really good to have the one 0:13:40.600 --> 0:13:43.760 two punch. There are different styles, right, but certainly Herbert 0:13:43.800 --> 0:13:45.199 does a nice job and does a nice job. You'll 0:13:45.240 --> 0:13:48.480 stay with his average and he has great cutback ability. 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:51.080 He can take capture the edge with his speed. But 0:13:51.200 --> 0:13:53.640 he's again his vision is really really good. Well, yeah, 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:56.319 three prong it's not two, no, it's yeah. You know, 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:58.840 Bobby Douglas a record is there for the taking for 0:13:58.960 --> 0:14:02.960 justin he's approaching that. You know. Nine hundred and seventy 0:14:03.040 --> 0:14:06.200 nine yards I think was Bobby Douglas's single season rushing 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:09.040 record at quarterback. Would that be a good news thing 0:14:09.320 --> 0:14:11.400 or not so good news if you want, if you 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:12.719 want to look at it that I think if it's 0:14:12.720 --> 0:14:14.760 done in the right way. You know, again, he's our quarterbacks, 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:16.319 so we gotta be safe and we gotta make sure 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:19.880 we do it the right way creatively, all right. That's 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:22.280 Matt Ebert Flus here on the Bears Coaches Show, Snap 0:14:22.320 --> 0:14:26.800 back field looking a throw, It's caught to the touchdown, 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:31.320 caught at the one. Nikkil Harry carries in the defender 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:35.320 into the end zone, and the Bears, with forty seconds 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:38.120 to go on the first half, get a very very 0:14:38.160 --> 0:14:41.920 badly needed touchdown. Fields on the strike on one on 0:14:41.920 --> 0:14:44.640 one man cover calling. All Bears fans get the Ultimate 0:14:44.720 --> 0:14:48.120 VIP Fan Package with Chicago Bears VIP. Secure a game 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:50.560 ticket and appearance from Bears legends and more by visiting 0:14:50.640 --> 0:14:54.040 Chicago Bears vip dot com. Just heard the throw justin 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:56.640 Fields and Kiel Harry and welcome back to the Bears 0:14:56.640 --> 0:15:00.240 Coaches Show with Matt Ebert Flus about that one. Ten 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:04.120 on the field recognizes it, boom zero and throw. Yeah, 0:15:04.200 --> 0:15:05.760 I mean it was it was you know, we were 0:15:05.800 --> 0:15:08.920 going you know, in and out pretty fast there and uh, 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:11.280 you know, our substitution must have threw them off. I 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:13.960 think they may have had an injury to one of 0:15:13.960 --> 0:15:16.280 their corners and they didn't sub in, so they had 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:18.480 we got them with ten on the field there and 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:20.560 they recognized it. You know, we saw the matchup that 0:15:20.600 --> 0:15:23.360 they had on the inside receiver which was Harry, and 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:25.800 he ran a nice route and uh, and it was great. 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:28.640 He provided leverage you know, on the on the coverage 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:31.120 and he was open on the inside and Justin did 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:32.760 a nice job would deliver in the ball. It said, 0:15:32.760 --> 0:15:35.840 grip it and rip it, see it and throw it. Yeah, exactly. 0:15:36.320 --> 0:15:38.280 Is it that simple? It was, And we had a 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:40.320 we had a protection on in that particular case where 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:42.080 it was you know, we had you know, the tight 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:44.760 end and the back we're end protection. So it was 0:15:44.800 --> 0:15:47.840 a nice pocket um there. And uh, he did a 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:50.360 nice joboul delivering the ball to me. The bigger story 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:53.600 about that play is one play earlier, he throws the 0:15:53.640 --> 0:15:56.960 interception to Digs, but he was clobered on the play. 0:15:57.000 --> 0:15:58.840 You get the flag and he comes right back and 0:15:58.920 --> 0:16:02.120 delivers a money show. Yeah, he's got to say something. 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:04.680 We've said this before. You know, Justin is a tough, 0:16:04.920 --> 0:16:08.080 tough guy and he can he can certainly do these 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:10.280 these amazing things on the field, and we see that 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:12.840 and uh, one of the things he is amazing is 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:16.440 he is tough and he can come right back after 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:19.440 a long run or after he might take a hit 0:16:19.840 --> 0:16:21.680 and it doesn't phaze him. And he does a really 0:16:21.680 --> 0:16:27.160 good job of recentering himself, recomposure in the huddle, take command, 0:16:27.440 --> 0:16:29.120 and then moving on to the next play, and he does. 0:16:29.160 --> 0:16:30.920 He does a great job of it, and then includes 0:16:31.000 --> 0:16:34.640 something like that throwing because the interception came first. Yeah, 0:16:34.680 --> 0:16:36.920 he really does a good job of cycle of the snap. 0:16:36.960 --> 0:16:39.480 Turn the page. It's one play, turn the page to 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:41.120 the next one, and go to the next one, and 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:42.520 then go to the next one. At the end of 0:16:42.520 --> 0:16:44.480 the end of the day, you're gonna sit there and 0:16:44.600 --> 0:16:46.400 you know you're gonna read your book. How was it? 0:16:46.560 --> 0:16:49.480 How did I execute on each play? And he does 0:16:49.480 --> 0:16:50.880 a really good job of that. And that's what you 0:16:50.920 --> 0:16:53.240 got to do as a quarterback, a good batter and 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:55.400 different we're moving on to the next play. We gotta 0:16:55.440 --> 0:16:58.480 keep going forty five days, forty five snap day for 0:16:58.640 --> 0:17:02.440 nikkil Harry, so he gotta substantial amount of playing time. 0:17:02.880 --> 0:17:05.040 Do you believe the targets will increase for him as 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:08.240 well with that playing time as he absorbs this playball. Yeah, 0:17:08.240 --> 0:17:09.840 Like we said, we want to distribute the ball evenly 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:11.439 to everybody, So we want to make sure that we 0:17:11.560 --> 0:17:13.800 keep on doing that and certainly to kill hers part 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:17.440 of that plan. First snap, the underthrow to Equimenius Saint 0:17:17.480 --> 0:17:19.800 Brown just put a little air on it. I know 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:22.439 he probably wants that one back in a big way. Yeah, 0:17:22.480 --> 0:17:24.560 both guys did a great job running the routes. You know, 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:27.040 Mooney was on the other side, eq was on the 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:28.920 one side. They both did a really good job. Both 0:17:28.920 --> 0:17:31.080 were open and uh, yeah, he's got to let that 0:17:31.080 --> 0:17:33.320 one fly and I'm sure, I'm sure he wants that 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:35.720 one back for sure. Justin after the game, also admitted 0:17:35.760 --> 0:17:38.000 to having some sore legs after playing two games in 0:17:38.080 --> 0:17:40.920 you know, six days. But that's the NFL life a 0:17:40.920 --> 0:17:45.360 few times this season. How significant is that though, Just 0:17:45.400 --> 0:17:48.160 to recognize what's going on, you play through it. And 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:51.240 that's also that also defines professionalism and leadership. Yeah, I 0:17:51.280 --> 0:17:53.320 talked to with the performance team about that. You know, 0:17:53.560 --> 0:17:55.399 there is something too that you play two games on 0:17:55.440 --> 0:17:57.320 turf in six days and you're in a plane, you know, 0:17:57.359 --> 0:17:59.880 So there's some things that are there. So we're gonna 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:02.600 we'll do some things on Wednesday for the guys to 0:18:02.640 --> 0:18:04.600 get their legs back for Thursday, Friday and then we'll 0:18:04.600 --> 0:18:07.920 get them running on Sunday. So around the league, we've 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:09.879 mentioned this for several weeks now, but that was a 0:18:09.880 --> 0:18:13.880 five game month he just finished. Yep. And would you 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:17.639