WEBVTT - Bye Week observations | Bears Weekly Podcast 0:00:00.960 --> 0:00:05.400 Welcome in Tubble Bears Weekly, a Chicago Bears Network production 0:00:05.800 --> 0:00:08.840 download the Chicago Bears Official Act, brought to you by 0:00:09.039 --> 0:00:12.039 Verizon to follow the team on the go. Bears Weekly 0:00:12.160 --> 0:00:16.080 is brought to you by Advocate Healthcare, Atletico Physical Therapy, 0:00:16.239 --> 0:00:20.520 Beth Rivers, CDW, Connie's Pizza by Gens. 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:22.200 Energy, and Miller Life Kierra. 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:26.119 Your host, Jeff Chilneac aka the Mayor of Bearsville, and 0:00:26.239 --> 0:00:28.800 his sidekick, Tom the Surfaster Thyer. 0:00:30.800 --> 0:00:33.240 So we're cooking back today and taking stock of what's 0:00:33.320 --> 0:00:36.360 transpired so far in the Bears twenty twenty three season. 0:00:36.440 --> 0:00:38.240 No football this week, Week thirteen. 0:00:38.280 --> 0:00:40.600 It's the bye week and time for us to welcome 0:00:40.640 --> 0:00:43.960 in our special guest and good friend, Bears quarterback Jim 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:47.240 Miller to the program Serious x MNFL Radios moving the 0:00:47.320 --> 0:00:50.440 chains with his partner Pat Kerwin. They do a great job, Jim, 0:00:50.520 --> 0:00:52.960 of course, with us every week of the offseason. Too 0:00:53.000 --> 0:00:55.080 busy for us, Tom in the regular season. 0:00:55.120 --> 0:00:55.640 We get it. 0:00:55.960 --> 0:00:59.160 The guy is scanning the globe of the National Football League, 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:01.960 but he's still has time to drive down from Michigan 0:01:02.040 --> 0:01:05.039 each week to be a studio host for our new 0:01:05.040 --> 0:01:07.160 partner TV partner on the Bears coverage of this year 0:01:07.160 --> 0:01:10.520 from Marquee Network, Jim Miller, everybody, how you doing big? 0:01:10.600 --> 0:01:11.560 Jim doing great? 0:01:11.600 --> 0:01:12.760 Good to be with you guys again. 0:01:12.959 --> 0:01:14.959 I know you do deep down. You love the Bears. 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:16.840 You played all over the place, but you love this 0:01:16.920 --> 0:01:18.000 team absolutely. 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:20.200 I love the Bears, hey man. It pains me that 0:01:20.240 --> 0:01:23.120 they're struggling the way they are. A lot of good 0:01:23.160 --> 0:01:26.360 people work in that building that are very loyal, have 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:28.920 been there a long time, and you certainly want them 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:32.000 to have some success and hopefully they'll be able to 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:32.759 turn this around. 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:36.000 Jeff, I wish that you would get a sound effects board, 0:01:36.200 --> 0:01:39.200 so when you give Jim Miller an introduction like that 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:42.760 in all of his accomplishments, that you have that fake 0:01:43.080 --> 0:01:47.720 crowd applause behind, just a backup, just a backup. 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:48.040 What you're saying. 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:49.080 You know. 0:01:49.400 --> 0:01:51.480 The thing is, I don't need it, because the fans 0:01:51.840 --> 0:01:54.480 love what he did for the Bears. He was gritty man, 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:57.920 gritty to the core, gritty to the core as you were, Tommy, 0:01:58.160 --> 0:02:00.400 and I like to think I am too, not as 0:02:00.440 --> 0:02:02.880 a football player, but anyway, thanks to our producers Jordan 0:02:02.920 --> 0:02:05.040 tread Up and Dan Burrelly from the Bears and Today 0:02:05.080 --> 0:02:08.680 of the ESPN one thousand studios, Ja Cantu and Jake McGrath. 0:02:08.840 --> 0:02:11.919 Our executive producer of the Bears Ready Network is Eric Ostrowski. 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:15.520 All right, zero to four, to four and four now 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:18.000 four and eight through twelve, with five to go against 0:02:18.000 --> 0:02:22.359 Detroit at home at Cleveland, Arizona Atlanta home at green Bay. 0:02:22.400 --> 0:02:25.360 To wrap us up, we'll start with Tom. Go to Jim. 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:30.200 Give us some perspective on what is left, not what 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:32.280 is behind us, because we're going to get into that 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:34.120 throughout the show and look at things that have gone 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:35.200 well and things that haven't. 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:38.120 But what is the vision right now with the final five? 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:40.640 Yeah, I mean a we're going to talk about the 0:02:40.680 --> 0:02:43.520 elephant in the room when you talk about evaluation of 0:02:43.639 --> 0:02:45.800 outdo our football at the end of the season on 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:49.360 a team that their arrow is starting to point up 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:52.239 for the first time in a while, when you talk 0:02:52.280 --> 0:02:57.119 about a couple divisional opponents left and how much improvement 0:02:57.160 --> 0:02:58.119 a team can make. 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:00.840 But individually, what Justine can show. 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:04.440 Us about the future of the quarterback position with the Bears. 0:03:05.120 --> 0:03:07.200 And I think when you look at a guy like 0:03:07.520 --> 0:03:10.600 Justin it's just not how do you throw the ball. 0:03:11.160 --> 0:03:14.120 It's how do you use the offense of the play 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:17.640 that's being called, and how do you use your assets? 0:03:17.680 --> 0:03:19.480 And that's number one arm talent. 0:03:20.160 --> 0:03:24.760 Number two is your escapability and athleticism, but also how 0:03:24.800 --> 0:03:29.800 are you dissecting the information play by play mentally and 0:03:29.840 --> 0:03:33.600 how efficiently are you using it? So, yeah, you know 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:36.200 you can talk about hopefully there's no more changes on 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:39.600 the offensive line. The defense is playing better, Montes Sweat 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:42.880 has to make sacks. But if this team is going 0:03:42.960 --> 0:03:46.480 to be a division competing football team, it's going to 0:03:46.560 --> 0:03:49.160 be about the future of the quarterback position. 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:52.640 Yeah, I think for me, I think when you look 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:55.120 at those five games, I think the Bears lately they 0:03:55.160 --> 0:03:58.160 have competed much better where they've been in position to 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:00.200 win games at the end of the game. Obviously, the 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:03.240 Troit game got away from them, but you know, even 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:05.920 if you go back to Denver, I mean, that was 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:08.720 a very winnable game in their grass, So they put 0:04:08.760 --> 0:04:11.680 themselves in position to win games. They were able to 0:04:11.720 --> 0:04:15.720 close this one out against Minnesota. But realistically, Jeff, I 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:18.800 don't think three and five. It's to win three out 0:04:18.839 --> 0:04:20.960 of five is too much to ask. I think the 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:25.080 defense is playing much better. I don't think the teams 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:28.520 that they're playing other than Detroit are formidable teams. Two 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:31.360 of them are basically playoff teams when you look at 0:04:31.720 --> 0:04:35.040 three of them. When you look at Detroit, Cleveland, Atlanta 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:37.440 is a playoff team. But it's not a very strong 0:04:37.520 --> 0:04:40.880 division when you look at the NFC South, and I 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:42.720 don't think that's too much to ask. I think the 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:46.240 offense just needs to continue to grow, is what I think. 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:50.440 In the quarterback needs to play consistently, Jim, So if. 0:04:50.360 --> 0:04:53.720 You said three out of five, would you be disappointed 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:55.359 if it wasn't five out of five? 0:04:56.040 --> 0:04:59.039 Because to me, I think you. 0:04:59.120 --> 0:05:01.520 Got to prove in the that locker room that on 0:05:01.560 --> 0:05:05.719 the road or at home you can win the division games. 0:05:06.240 --> 0:05:09.359 And so if you said three out of five and 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:13.520 you had them losing against Detroit and green Bay, that 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:16.000 would be as as disappointing as if they went zero 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:16.520 to five. 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:19.839 Yeah, well, I agree with you. You got Detroit in 0:05:19.880 --> 0:05:22.960 your house in Chicago, bad weather, all the things that 0:05:23.000 --> 0:05:25.760 you talked about, Tom, and hey, they just lost to 0:05:25.800 --> 0:05:29.080 green Bay on Thanksgiving date. When you look at Detroit 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:33.760 and even Week one where the Bears played terrible versus 0:05:33.800 --> 0:05:36.200 Green Bay, who was not a very good football team. 0:05:36.200 --> 0:05:38.839 They're very young, much like the Bears, that make a 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:41.280 lot of mistakes. And I think you're right. I think 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:43.960 it's a winnable game against Detroit at home, and that's 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:45.719 where it needs to be. You need to split in 0:05:45.760 --> 0:05:48.599 your division minimum. 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:51.880 Jim Miller, Tom Thayer, Jeff jionigak here on Bears Weekly 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:54.440 out ESPN one thousand of the Bears Radio Network. All right, 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:57.520 let's look overall at what has transpired, what they've dealt with, 0:05:57.600 --> 0:06:00.039 and what they've handled. And you got to start with 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:05.080 the coaching staff. Maddiberflus having to remove two assistant coaches, 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:07.320 including the defensive coordinator. 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:09.360 And now taking on all of that. 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:13.960 From your perspectives, how has he done in doing all 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:16.279 of those jobs and being the CEO of the football 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:18.640 team in addition to being the coordinator of the defense. 0:06:20.120 --> 0:06:22.800 Well, I'll jump in quickly to me. 0:06:23.360 --> 0:06:26.599 As you see the significant improvement of the defense. You 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:30.440 see a lot of personnel being used. Eight defensive lineman. 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:35.800 The linebacker position has improved steadily throughout this season, and 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:36.520 the way. 0:06:36.320 --> 0:06:38.760 You've had to. 0:06:37.839 --> 0:06:42.320 Readjust the defensive backfield due to injuries and rookies, I think, 0:06:42.920 --> 0:06:47.520 and if Matt Eberflus going forward, he should stay the 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:52.400 defensive coordinator. I think he's got a significant attachment. 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:53.960 To this defensive group of personnel. 0:06:54.640 --> 0:06:57.640 And when you have the head coach as a play caller, 0:06:57.720 --> 0:07:02.760 whether it's offensive defense, players understand that they they're held 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:07.200 up to, you know, accountability and their preparation. 0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:07.960 And their performance. 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:13.560 So I like what Matt Eberflus, the defensive coordinator, is 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:14.000 done up. 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:16.160 Unto this point with this group of guys. 0:07:17.200 --> 0:07:19.240 I think he's been tremendous. He even just look at 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:22.600 these last two games the impact. Four turnovers in each 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:27.440 game against Detroit, four turnovers against Minnesota. I think he's 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:30.640 gone outside the box in terms of his blitzing because 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:34.200 everything the sacks really weren't coming until they got Montese sweat, 0:07:34.440 --> 0:07:37.679 so you credit that move to trade and get Montese sweat. 0:07:37.880 --> 0:07:40.560 I think he's been formidable against the run too. He 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:43.560 can really set the edge. Obviously, the stats show it. 0:07:43.640 --> 0:07:46.480 The Bears are top five at stopping the run, and 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:48.720 now they're starting to have a pass rush and I 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:51.080 think we're starting to see they've developed some pretty good 0:07:51.120 --> 0:07:54.840 depth at their defensive backs. You know, the time period 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:59.240 where Jalen Johnson was out, Brisker's been out, Eddie Jackson's 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:02.440 been out, Tyler Gordon's been out, But at the same time, 0:08:02.720 --> 0:08:06.000 guys like Tyreek Stevenson has started to develop. How about 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:09.280 even this last game before he hurt his Hammy, Carrell 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:12.640 Smith I thought played really well and they were trying 0:08:12.680 --> 0:08:14.840 to pick on him. Minnesota was and he led the 0:08:14.880 --> 0:08:18.880 team in tackles. So this defense is pretty darn good. 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:21.880 And I think Matt Eberflus really deserves a round of 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:25.320 applause because you know, since he's taken over it, they've 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:29.920 done nothing but steadily climb. Like Tom is referring. 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:31.680 To, Yeah, number one against the run right now in 0:08:31.800 --> 0:08:35.560 yards points per game is getting better as well. 0:08:35.720 --> 0:08:37.880 I know it's a big picture. 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:39.600 When you look at it and where they're at near 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:41.160 the bottom of the league in that, but you know 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:44.440 they've also given up a safety in five return touchdowns. 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:47.000 That eats into that a little bit. You got to 0:08:47.000 --> 0:08:50.760 give credit to general manager Ryan Poles too, acknowledging that 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:53.240 Chase Claypole was not a fit here moving him on, 0:08:53.400 --> 0:08:57.120 but adding the Montese sweat, which you indicated, Jim, that 0:08:57.280 --> 0:09:00.760 has been the multiplier that we believe he is, because 0:09:01.080 --> 0:09:03.640 in my opinion anyway, Justin Jones has played a lot 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:06.920 better on defensive tackle, getting more pressures. Javon Dexter is 0:09:06.920 --> 0:09:09.840 starting to play better. They're just getting a little more 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:12.400 oof out of it. And when you're throwing the blitzes 0:09:12.440 --> 0:09:14.640 as well, and you still got to keep an eye 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:17.840 on sweat and the twists and games that they're playing Fellas. 0:09:18.640 --> 0:09:21.560 I think it's been a home run and I hope 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:22.800 it only gets better. 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:25.480 Glad that they've been able to think outside the box 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:28.800 and their creativity and Jim brought up the four turnovers 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:29.720 each of the last. 0:09:29.520 --> 0:09:31.840 Two weeks and it's nice to see him doing it. 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:36.319 Gets an experienced quarterback like Jared Goff at home when 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:39.880 he didn't give up very many interceptions to the opponent, 0:09:40.200 --> 0:09:43.960 and then they took advantage of an inexperienced quarterback within. 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:45.439 The system and Joshua Dobbs. 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:50.400 I think going forward, when you look at creating competitiveness 0:09:50.440 --> 0:09:53.360 on your own roster, it's going to be an interesting 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:56.480 going forward because of some of the names that Jim 0:09:56.480 --> 0:09:57.040 has mentioned. 0:09:57.120 --> 0:10:00.200 One other note on the polls angle the extension for 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:02.640 Cole Comet Andrew Billings, who's been a big part of 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:04.800 that run defensive turnaround from a year ago, and of 0:10:04.840 --> 0:10:07.360 course Sweat getting his ninety eight million dollars. We'll delve 0:10:07.400 --> 0:10:08.880 into all that. We'll look at the offense, of the 0:10:08.920 --> 0:10:12.400 impact and the injuries of how that unit has transpired 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:14.400 over the course of the season. This is Bears Weekly 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:17.080 on ESPN one thousand and the Bears Radio Network. 0:10:17.400 --> 0:10:19.840 Is Bears Weekly with the voice of the Bears for 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:24.160 twenty three years, Jeff Jonyak on the Bears Radio Network. 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:29.800 This segment of Bears Weekly, he is brought to you 0:10:29.840 --> 0:10:32.720 by IGS Energy with Tom Thayer. Our special guest this 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:36.040 week Jim Miller, the former Bears quarterback from Sirius XM 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:38.800 NFL Radio's Moving the Chains. I'm Jeff Joniak. All right, 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:41.800 let's talk on offense first before we're gonna do what 0:10:41.840 --> 0:10:44.600 we're gonna do here. Tonight is three top Offense, three 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:48.120 top defense, Special teams, look at the rookie class. But 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:50.160 I want to touch on the injuries. Jim will start 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:53.760 with you. You certainly lost Justin Fields for four, Khalil Herbert 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:56.800 for four or five, Devin Jenkins before the start the season, 0:10:56.880 --> 0:11:00.440 Nate Davis a handful as well, and you mentioned earlier 0:11:00.440 --> 0:11:02.600 in the show the brisker of the Gordon Eddie Jackson 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:04.720 got to throw in Braxton Jones in there. On the 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:08.400 offensive side, missing a half dozen games, Tremaine Edmunds a 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:13.240 couple that impacts your team, and everybody does, but the 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:16.640 offensive line in particular. I think it's been quite the 0:11:16.720 --> 0:11:20.079 job by Chris Morgan to settle that group. And even 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:24.520 in the course of games, Lucas, Patrick Deevin, people have 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:28.000 lost snaps during the game, the removal of Cody Whitehair 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:30.680 from the starting lineup, always got to be on call 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:32.600 to get back in there to play the garter center. 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:35.080 It's been some kind of musical chair going on there. 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:36.640 Yeah, I think you. 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:38.719 Said the right word. You said settled, but I think 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:42.079 it's been unsettled. You know, it really has been unsettled 0:11:42.120 --> 0:11:45.760 since training camp, and finally it is starting to be 0:11:45.960 --> 0:11:48.719 what it should be, because if you remember, go back 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:51.200 to training camp, Nate Davis wasn't even there all a 0:11:51.240 --> 0:11:54.120 training camp, you know, and then you have the injuries 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:57.280 at center and all those things, so the guard position 0:11:57.360 --> 0:12:01.320 has been influx. Finally, they the lineup that they want 0:12:01.440 --> 0:12:04.240 so it is finally settled. But I think throughout that 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:07.600 they still were able to run the ball. I think 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:11.080 the issues have been in past protection and things of 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:13.360 that nature, you know, and those guys got to learn 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:15.720 to make, you know, to play off each other. 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:17.360 In terms of the twist games, we. 0:12:17.280 --> 0:12:19.560 Talked about that earlier and there early in the season, 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:22.400 I thought they had some problems picking up twists. That's 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:25.520 just lack of communication because those guys weren't together. 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:27.199 Now it's finally settled. 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:30.680 Darnell right is playing really well at the right tackle spot, 0:12:31.080 --> 0:12:33.640 Davis is in at the right guard spot, have Lucas 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:37.440 Patrick at center, put Tevin Jenkins as a left guard, 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:40.040 and we could argue is he a better right guard 0:12:40.120 --> 0:12:42.080 than a left guard, But they want to try him 0:12:42.080 --> 0:12:43.920 at left guard and we'll see where it goes. And 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:46.079 then of course you got Jones back. So I think 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:49.360 it's the most settled it's ever been. But the last 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:51.640 four weeks they've rushed over one hundred yards and it 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:54.360 hasn't been a problem. I mean, these guys are pushing 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:56.960 the ball exactly what they want to do. I just 0:12:57.000 --> 0:12:59.480 think in terms of the pass protection, it needs to 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:02.080 be a lot part of it on the quarterback because 0:13:02.120 --> 0:13:05.040 the quarterback's been in and out, as you mentioned Tyson 0:13:05.120 --> 0:13:08.920 Bagent and now Justin Field's highly healthy back in there. 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:12.160 But the passing game has to be more consistent, and 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:15.079 it should be because the offensive line is more settled. 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:18.120 Yeah, it seemed like the popular word at the beginning 0:13:18.160 --> 0:13:21.480 of the season was chemistry, because if there's any position 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:25.040 like the defensive backfield and the offensive line, you need 0:13:25.160 --> 0:13:29.120 multiple practice snaps together to develop the chemistry. And I 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:31.760 think early in the season they were exposed a little 0:13:31.800 --> 0:13:34.760 bit by not having that type of chemistry to put 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:37.920 up with the talented defensive lines they are playing against 0:13:37.960 --> 0:13:40.200 in the early part of the season and a lot 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:41.800 of the stunts that they were going to try to 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:46.080 take advantage of this offensive line with and unfortunately for 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:49.280 the Bears, of the defensive line of the opponent one. However, 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:52.480 throughout the process of getting this offensive. 0:13:52.040 --> 0:13:54.959 Line settled, understand who's going to play where and when. 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:58.960 Now you got the communication between Nate Davis and Darnell right, 0:13:59.320 --> 0:14:02.760 you have them, of the relationship between Braxton Jones and 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:06.160 Tevin Jenkins, and I think when you have that group 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:09.920 together for multiple games, multiple snaps whether they're on the 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:13.400 road with the silent count at home with the verbal count, 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:17.800 this offensive line is playing well. The running game is 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:20.840 proof of that, because sometimes it's as difficult to organize 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:23.720 the running game with a makeshift offensive line. 0:14:24.080 --> 0:14:25.760 But if you can. 0:14:25.720 --> 0:14:30.600 Keep this offensive line together in healthy, in having one 0:14:30.680 --> 0:14:33.040 thousands practice snaps that you can. 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:35.840 Put together, you're going to help this team tremendously. 0:14:35.960 --> 0:14:38.360 And would you guys agree that they faced a murderer's 0:14:38.480 --> 0:14:41.160 row of defensive lineman really, you know, let's take it 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:44.640 down the list. Rashan Gary week one, you had George 0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:50.400 Carlaftis week two along with Chris Jones Kansas City. What 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:51.040 else we've got? 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:51.440 Tampa? 0:14:51.480 --> 0:14:54.480 You got Shaq Barrett, Vita Vea. You've had to deal 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:58.640 with twice, Danil Hunter DJ Wanham has been a pain 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:01.240 to the Bears. You had a deal with with Aiden Hutchinson. 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:03.600 You're gonna deal with him again. You had to deal 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:06.800 with Max Crosby. Who am I missing? Because they've had 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:09.320 and every you know, I'm not just saying it's the Bears, 0:15:09.320 --> 0:15:12.280 but this young group has had to learn how to fly, 0:15:12.440 --> 0:15:14.280 how to deal with some of this. These guys that 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:16.920 I just mentioned are all top twenty in the league 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:17.960 in pass pressures. 0:15:18.400 --> 0:15:19.240 These guys are good. 0:15:20.000 --> 0:15:22.640 You think about the Thursday night game against the Washington 0:15:22.800 --> 0:15:26.760 Montens and Montes was there, Chase Young was their first 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:30.320 rounders on the inside, they provided pass protection to have 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:31.760 a record setting night. 0:15:31.640 --> 0:15:32.720 By DJ Moore. 0:15:33.160 --> 0:15:35.720 So you know there are you know, full groups of 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:37.480 defensive linemen they played well. 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:38.600 Against and the individuals. 0:15:38.640 --> 0:15:42.040 But to me, I think our best judgment is what 0:15:42.120 --> 0:15:44.160 you do the second time around. 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:46.280 Against divisional opponents. 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:49.440 So this week when you to the next game the 0:15:49.440 --> 0:15:52.720 Bears play against the Detroit Lions, it'll be interesting to 0:15:52.760 --> 0:15:55.920 see how much better the offensive line plays against that group, 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:59.880 including Hutchinson, Because now you're at home, you're in a 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:04.160 cold weather atmosphere, you're on natural grass and things. A 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:07.680 lot of things change about an indoor team like Detroit. 0:16:07.760 --> 0:16:11.200 So I'll be looking forward to see how the offensive 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:14.320 line plays against Detroit when they play him at home. 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:17.920 They should feel pretty good because they kicked their fannie 0:16:17.920 --> 0:16:19.960 for about fifty eight minutes of the game the last 0:16:19.960 --> 0:16:22.320 time they plied him up in Detroit, all right, and. 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:23.680 Came down to one play. 0:16:23.880 --> 0:16:27.000 Right, You look at Darnell right, he loses that one 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:30.600 on one matchup against Aiden Hutchinson and the game ends 0:16:30.600 --> 0:16:33.760 in a strip sack fumble of Justin Fields. I hope 0:16:33.840 --> 0:16:36.480 Darnell Wright remembers that play because it should stick in 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:36.960 his crow. 0:16:37.240 --> 0:16:38.480 It really should so. 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:41.480 But they handed it pretty good to the Detroit Lions, 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:45.120 and like Tom said, second time around, payback. That's what 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:47.480 That's what I would be thinking as a player. Enough 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:49.600 of this, Hi, can I ask you? 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:52.320 I'm sorry, Jeff, I want to ask you about that 0:16:52.400 --> 0:16:55.480 protection though, because if you think about that protection and 0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:59.320 how loud the stadium was, they give Darnell Right no help, 0:16:59.400 --> 0:17:02.840 they get the corequarterback starts in shotgun, then still has 0:17:02.880 --> 0:17:06.840 a three step drop after that. I don't think that 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:10.159 that was the best protection. That was the best drop 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:14.520 area for a guy like Darnell Right going against Hutchinson. 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:18.640 So I do think there would be some rethinking if 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:21.440 that same scenario presented itself in the future. 0:17:22.520 --> 0:17:25.040 I agree with that it was a tough situation for 0:17:25.119 --> 0:17:27.400 him to be in, but nobody wants to hear about 0:17:27.440 --> 0:17:28.080 the labor beat. 0:17:28.320 --> 0:17:30.160 Labor paints Tom deliver the beat. 0:17:31.960 --> 0:17:35.120 I thought. Overall, though, you know, Hutchinson in that spin 0:17:35.240 --> 0:17:37.159 move is deadly he's always going to go to it, 0:17:37.200 --> 0:17:39.920 and throughout the game, Darnell did a really good job 0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:43.000 on him. But again, yeah, it doesn't matter when you lose, right, 0:17:43.040 --> 0:17:45.479 everybody looks at the facts of the matter. All right, 0:17:45.520 --> 0:17:49.040 let's look at our top three offensive players so far 0:17:49.119 --> 0:17:51.439 this season. We'll lead off with We'll lead off with 0:17:51.480 --> 0:17:53.080 Big Jim. 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:56.000 Well, of course, you got to say DJ Moore, you know, 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:58.760 and look what he's provided. I mean that game against 0:17:59.480 --> 0:18:01.920 Washington and just how you know, you just see even 0:18:01.960 --> 0:18:05.680 this last week against Minnesota, even on those wide receiver screens, 0:18:05.720 --> 0:18:09.040 the guy's just plowing forward to you know, to make plays. 0:18:09.440 --> 0:18:10.840 You got to turn to Cole Comet. 0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:13.800 I think he has at at times just shined, even 0:18:14.040 --> 0:18:17.199 this fourth and ten that he converted against Minnesota. But 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:20.000 he's made and he's been a steady blocker. He's getting 0:18:20.000 --> 0:18:23.119 more involved in the passing game. And for me, my 0:18:23.280 --> 0:18:26.000 last guy, I'm gonna say, darn out right, I think 0:18:26.320 --> 0:18:28.440 you know when you look at him, he's been thrown 0:18:28.480 --> 0:18:31.359 into the fire. That Tom just you know, gave an 0:18:31.400 --> 0:18:33.680 example of a difficult position he was in. 0:18:33.720 --> 0:18:35.000 But you can see him. 0:18:35.080 --> 0:18:37.760 He can physically move some guys and he's a guy 0:18:37.840 --> 0:18:40.240 that you know at times have been asked to pull 0:18:40.359 --> 0:18:42.800 and he moves really well for a big man, So 0:18:43.200 --> 0:18:44.800 I'm excited about his future. 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:46.800 When you look at the young right tackle. 0:18:47.600 --> 0:18:50.119 Well, I'm gonna I'm gonna put throw Tevin Jenkins in 0:18:50.160 --> 0:18:53.600 there because of a lot of the drama that we've 0:18:53.640 --> 0:18:56.600 seen since he's been here. He's really settled into a 0:18:56.640 --> 0:18:59.280 position that I think that he can become one of 0:18:59.280 --> 0:19:03.359 the most more powerful offensive guards in the division. And 0:19:03.400 --> 0:19:05.399 he really does a lot to help a guy like 0:19:05.480 --> 0:19:08.920 Braxton Jones continue to develop into the left tackle position, 0:19:09.440 --> 0:19:13.840 and Tevin is playing for where they not where they 0:19:13.920 --> 0:19:17.200 drafted him for, but how they expected him to play. 0:19:17.760 --> 0:19:20.760 Number two, I'm going to go with Cole Komett as well. 0:19:20.880 --> 0:19:24.359 Because I think he's really taken a position, the whole 0:19:24.400 --> 0:19:28.800 tight end position, and kind of single handedly handled every 0:19:28.880 --> 0:19:31.120 role that you need out of that position and he's 0:19:31.119 --> 0:19:35.119 done it well. And number three, it's Roshawn Johnson because 0:19:35.200 --> 0:19:37.560 if you look at the running back position and if 0:19:37.600 --> 0:19:40.280 you want to have an offense that can do multiple 0:19:40.320 --> 0:19:44.040 things with a talented quarterback like justin for a guy 0:19:44.119 --> 0:19:48.520