WEBVTT - Matt Eberflus reflects on Bears' loss to Colts | Bears, etc. Podcast 0:00:00.680 --> 0:00:06.320 Cutover met Dj Moore enzode touchdown, touchdown Bear. I am 0:00:06.360 --> 0:00:08.000 Jeff Jonihan Witz is. 0:00:08.080 --> 0:00:13.800 On, Donnie go up? What was like playing for Coachy Boddom. 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:16.439 I don't want to answer any questions like that pressure 0:00:16.480 --> 0:00:17.680 coming is a big trouble. 0:00:17.920 --> 0:00:25.759 Donnie Goos Montes sweat Now. 0:00:25.920 --> 0:00:28.520 Bears et Cetera brought to you by Geico with the 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:32.240 voices of the Bears Jeff Joniac and Tom Thayer. Well, 0:00:32.240 --> 0:00:34.280 we witness one of the best passing days in Bear's 0:00:34.320 --> 0:00:36.960 history by a rookie quarterback. Caleb Williams certainly the most 0:00:37.000 --> 0:00:39.280 yards thrown by a Bears rookie, with three hundred and 0:00:39.280 --> 0:00:41.960 sixty three is two thirteen of the first half of 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:44.320 the Boston Indianapolis for the most by a Bears rookie 0:00:44.360 --> 0:00:48.760 quarterback since at least nineteen seventy eight. The benefactors of 0:00:48.800 --> 0:00:51.800 a thirty three for fifty two passing performance were fellow 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:54.960 rookie wide receiver Roma Dunze, Tita En Cole Comet, and 0:00:55.000 --> 0:00:58.240 wide receiver Dj Moore, with Super Bowl winning Bears guard 0:00:58.240 --> 0:01:01.160 Tom Thayer. I'm Jeff, Joniack Welcome. In episode ninety six, 0:01:01.720 --> 0:01:03.880 The Bears et Cetera, podcast were brought to you by 0:01:04.400 --> 0:01:07.760 Geico Tom never thought I'd see the day dropping a 0:01:07.800 --> 0:01:11.119 throw nearly sixty times, but you know. 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:15.240 Hey, in this podcast dedicated to Alex Brown. 0:01:15.480 --> 0:01:17.479 Oh you always got somebody. I like it. I want 0:01:17.480 --> 0:01:20.440 to get into the triple digits. We got to get creative, right. 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:21.440 You know. 0:01:21.920 --> 0:01:24.960 The thing about I like most about the passing of 0:01:25.080 --> 0:01:29.080 Caleb on Sunday was the new candidates And when you 0:01:29.120 --> 0:01:32.680 look at how Roman Dude was targeted, how many targets 0:01:32.720 --> 0:01:35.760 Cole Camet received, those are the types of guys that 0:01:35.800 --> 0:01:38.240 we've been looking for to get involved in the passing 0:01:38.280 --> 0:01:41.320 game since the beginning of training camp, beginning of the 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:44.880 regular season. And I think the more use they get, 0:01:45.440 --> 0:01:48.640 the more unsuspecting the defense is going to become. Because 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:51.760 when you have DJ Moore and you have Keenan Allen, 0:01:52.000 --> 0:01:54.760 and you have Gerald Everett, and you have DeAndre Swift 0:01:54.760 --> 0:01:57.320 and ro Sean and all the crew, everybody that can 0:01:57.360 --> 0:02:00.520 catch a pass, I think that gives a ver of 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:03.840 weapons in a variety of ways that Shane Waldrin can 0:02:03.880 --> 0:02:05.000 call passing plays. 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:08.400 Yeah, Cole Comett spoke today about that very topic. A 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:11.880 lot of newness on the offense it'll grow, and he 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:15.240 thinks they're close. He thinks they're close, And after getting 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:18.120 involved to eleven targets and ten catches, I understand what 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:21.040 he's saying. Pick up six first downs in that progress. 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:23.600 And it wasn't like it was a blowout time either, 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:28.920 and a defense playing not to allow you to do 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:32.079 anything big. There's still a one score game, right. 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:33.840 You know? The thing about it is you look at 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:36.639 some of the catches by Rome, they were incredibly long 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:41.919 distance track balls in difficult coverage scenarios that he was 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:42.799 able to make and. 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:43.600 Secure the catch. 0:02:43.880 --> 0:02:46.280 And then some of the catches by cole Comet, they 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:49.760 were physical conclusions to making the catch and then being 0:02:49.800 --> 0:02:51.399 able to stay on your feet and get a couple 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:53.480 extra yards out of it to get beyond the first 0:02:53.480 --> 0:02:55.800 down marker. So it wasn't like it was just a 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:59.400 pitch and catch type game for these guys. There was 0:02:59.480 --> 0:03:02.160 significant kept meaning to each of their catches. 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:05.239 And while the Bears did cobble together what twenty eight runs, 0:03:05.280 --> 0:03:08.160 the production was a little meager at two point three 0:03:08.200 --> 0:03:09.839 at Carrie what can be fixed here? 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:12.640 Again dedication to the point of attack, making sure the 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:15.000 offensive line are all on the same page. I think 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:17.440 the next two weeks, when they have the opportunity to 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:21.359 use a volume snap count by Caleb Williams, I would 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:23.720 suspect and I would hope that the run game would 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:26.440 be a little bit more organized and it was more 0:03:26.480 --> 0:03:29.480 of a point of attack success and getting to the 0:03:30.400 --> 0:03:32.800 getting the running backs into a position where they have 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:37.240 yards before contact and yards after contact. And again, just 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:39.760 to be you know, to repeat myself, I'm not looking 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:43.720 for unrealistic results. I'm looking for four yards to carry 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:46.000 and if you give me anything more than that, I 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:49.320 consider that gravy. But if you can have a thirty 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:55.520 performance running back performance, you're talking about a lot of yards, 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:58.040 you know, and how much it helps your time of possession, 0:03:58.080 --> 0:04:02.120 your field position, You're scoring opportunity. So I'm excited to 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:03.960 see what happens the next two weeks. 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:06.320 Tastes like Miller Time. Go to Miller lite dot com 0:04:06.360 --> 0:04:10.120 slash bears pod to find delivery options near you. Celebrate responsibly. 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:13.720 Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ninety six calories and three 0:04:13.720 --> 0:04:17.279 point two carbs per twelve ounces. Jeff Joniyak and Tom 0:04:17.360 --> 0:04:20.400 Thayer here and had a chance, as we do each 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:22.880 Monday during the season. Our status at hallis with Bears 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:25.880 head coach Mattyberflus. Hey, thanks Matt, thanks for joining us. 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:26.400 Once again. 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:29.120 This is an off the wall question, but I know 0:04:29.200 --> 0:04:32.719 you using this word temperature. You like guys temperature on 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:35.160 game day and practice week, and we know your your 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:39.000 temperature is high at all times. After a game winner lose, 0:04:40.000 --> 0:04:42.080 do you crash? 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:44.120 I wouldn't use the word crash. I would say that 0:04:45.080 --> 0:04:47.599 once I hit the rack, I do go to sleep 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:51.039 for fast. But there's a lot of a lot of 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:52.440 things that you have to do during the course of 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:55.440 a game, and you know it's exciting and you have 0:04:55.520 --> 0:04:57.880 to be at that level to be able to operate 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:01.599 the right way. But again, it's it's all part of 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:02.120 being in ball. 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:04.159 I don't know how you sleep, because how do you 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:07.080 turn your brain off thinking about again good or bad? 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:10.640 Like your mind must always be working twenty four to seven. 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:12.320 We work, you know, I do, not we? 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:12.560 You? 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:15.600 Yeah, well, I say we because I go home and 0:05:15.800 --> 0:05:17.640 with my family, Okay, you know, so that's part of 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:18.359 the we part. 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:18.400 You know. 0:05:18.440 --> 0:05:21.640 So that really helps me to be able to disconnect 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:23.760 before I go to sleep, and then I'll usually get 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:26.000 up early on Monday morning. I was up super early 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:29.160 this morning, obviously, about three point thirty, so I woke 0:05:29.240 --> 0:05:32.760 up and got going about four o'clock, so it was 0:05:33.120 --> 0:05:34.320 it was a good start. So I got a lot 0:05:34.320 --> 0:05:35.919 of work done this morning and got ready for the 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:36.560 guys to come in. 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:38.440 And when you look at tape and you're looking at 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:40.839 it with a very critical eye, do you how do 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:43.520 you manage your own frustration when things that you think 0:05:43.600 --> 0:05:44.840 are going to work don't work? 0:05:45.320 --> 0:05:46.880 Yeah, I mean you always look at it one play 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:48.560 at a time, right, So you look at one play 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:52.960 and you see what was positive. Execution was good on 0:05:53.000 --> 0:05:56.359 that particular play, the reasons why this guy's making a 0:05:56.440 --> 0:05:59.200 particular block and this guy's making a cut, or the 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:02.440 protection was solid, and you know Caleb delivered the ball, 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:06.080 you know, to Rome or whoever that is. That's all positive. 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:07.480 And then you look at the breakdowns. You know, what 0:06:07.520 --> 0:06:09.680 were the breakdowns when things didn't go well? You know, 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:12.560 in every game, there's always those situations where there's positive 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:15.040 plays and plays you need to correct. And then what 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:18.080 was the correction? Was it an individual technique? Was it 0:06:18.080 --> 0:06:21.200 a scheme thing that we could do better as coaches? 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:23.760 So there's always you always working that these we put 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:26.760 up guys in the position to make plays, and so 0:06:26.800 --> 0:06:28.479 those are always things you're looking at as a coach. 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:31.599 Every play can't work. So in some plays if you 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:33.680 go back to the well and I'm not saying that's 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:35.719 happened here this season, art or do you toss the 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:38.200 play like guys, this display is just not working well. 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:40.120 I think you have to play off the plays you've 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:42.160 seen you put on tape. You know, That's that's an 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:45.160 important thing you do offense, defense and special teams, is 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:47.279 that you're always playing off of that or you're going 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:50.120 to unscouted looks. You know, you're going to something that 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:51.920 is not even close to what you've been doing in 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:52.560 terms of how. 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:53.440 It looks now. 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:56.279 It's certainly always going to be something we have conceptually 0:06:56.680 --> 0:06:58.920 that we've drilled during training camp. We have on our 0:06:58.960 --> 0:07:01.520 menu board that it's something you can put in that 0:07:01.680 --> 0:07:03.120 just looks different to the opponent. 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:05.280 As for the game, and you you've mentioned it more 0:07:05.320 --> 0:07:09.279 than once, the missed opportunities is a frustration in that fact, 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:12.120 the Colts kept giving you opportunities to take control of 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:13.760 the game and just couldn't quite do it. 0:07:13.960 --> 0:07:16.160 Yeah, you know, the first quarter really was just you know, 0:07:16.160 --> 0:07:17.600 we missed the field goal in the first one, we 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:20.400 had the sack fumble, which the officials said it wasn't 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:23.840 a sack phone, So we missed an opportunity there, you know, 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:26.240 and then really just ended uh you know, zero zero 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:29.240 in the first Then the second quarter, you know, obviously 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:31.960 you know, we give up you know, interception for interception, 0:07:32.960 --> 0:07:34.960 and then we end up uh you know, they get 0:07:34.960 --> 0:07:37.880 a touchout off off of the one and then uh 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:40.400 you know the goal line, you know, the four players 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:42.160 in the goal line there, we missed an opportunity there 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:42.640 as well. 0:07:43.200 --> 0:07:43.320 Uh. 0:07:43.360 --> 0:07:44.840 Then we do a good job stopping them on d 0:07:44.960 --> 0:07:46.480 and then we get a hail Mary and we have 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:49.000 another opportunity there to you know, get you know, steal 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:52.280 one there. It's really good catch by DJ. Just got 0:07:52.280 --> 0:07:54.680 to you know, somehow putch it in there, and and 0:07:54.760 --> 0:07:56.880 that's the way it went. And then the third quarter, 0:07:57.200 --> 0:07:59.400 you know, it's when we had the it would come out. 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:02.200 We get the takeaway right away, get the field goal 0:08:03.240 --> 0:08:05.600 from that. Again, you know, we're hunting touchdowns there, you know, 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:07.280 so we got to do a good job of sudden change. 0:08:07.360 --> 0:08:09.600 Let's get that touchdown. We stole an opportunity there, stole 0:08:09.680 --> 0:08:12.800 to possession, and then it was the special teams, right, 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:15.560 We had the special teams, you know, we had the 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:18.280 rough and the punter that was the big one. We 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:20.560 had another opportunity there, and then we end up you know, 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:24.160 throwing an interception right after that, and then we stopped 0:08:24.160 --> 0:08:26.040 them on d right to give it back to the 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:28.080 O and then we end up jumping off sides, you know, 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:30.800 on the put return, and then we got to respond. 0:08:30.960 --> 0:08:32.400 You know, it's a sudden change for the D. We 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:33.880 got to respond there. They got a couple of big 0:08:33.920 --> 0:08:37.040 plays there with JT, and we got to do a 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:39.439 better job cuping the ball and tackling with him a 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:41.160 very good player, but we got to do a great 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:42.120 job of that, you. 0:08:42.040 --> 0:08:42.880 Know, and j T. 0:08:43.040 --> 0:08:45.720 Everybody is Jonathan Taylor. That's from two days with the COLT. 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:47.880 You got young game and the initials j T. 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:50.880 And then then really in the fourth quarter, the big 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:52.760 play there was you know, offense had a couple of 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:55.600 really good drives, defense made some really good stops and 0:08:55.640 --> 0:08:57.680 we just had the sack fumble, you know, and that 0:08:57.800 --> 0:08:59.839 was on the sixteen yard line, and we got to 0:08:59.880 --> 0:09:02.200 do better job on d rising up, but we can't 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:04.120 give the ball away like that in the fourth quarter. 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:06.800 So and that was the ballgame, and our guys fought 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:08.080 all the way to the end. You know, we had 0:09:08.240 --> 0:09:11.200 some really good drives there in terms of two minute operations. 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:13.679 That was really good to see from offense and Caleb 0:09:13.760 --> 0:09:16.360 and the group and you know, and then at the 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:18.520 end there, you know, I thought we managed the game 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:21.120 well at the end, you know, get using that to 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:24.880 the two minute warning to really utilize some time uh there, 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:26.400 and then we had our time out. We just got 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:28.079 to do a good job on d in four minute 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:29.120 there to get the ball back. 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:34.240 For our Oh what you just explained is this, every 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:37.240 snap does matter. You don't know when it's gonna matter. 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:40.160 And as Caleb said at the podium, it's on the details, 0:09:40.200 --> 0:09:43.680 and the details are so precise. I mean, you could 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:45.920 have had a completely different story. 0:09:45.600 --> 0:09:47.360 No doubt, no doubt. And it's all about taking care 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:49.040 of It's all about the ball first. I know that's 0:09:49.200 --> 0:09:52.200 elementary to football, but it truly is that. You know, 0:09:52.280 --> 0:09:54.800 and then really you know, you know, working your your 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:56.720 run game average has got to be right because that 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:58.800 puts you in front of the ledger you know your 0:09:58.800 --> 0:10:01.560 margins are better, and then really it's just about you know, 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:04.360 the explosive place. You know, you eliminate the explosives and 0:10:04.400 --> 0:10:06.320 get them. And if you're always on the plus side 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:08.040 of that, if you're on the plus side of all 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:09.560 the three of those things, you're going to be in 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:10.160 good shape. 0:10:10.440 --> 0:10:13.240 Three hundred and sixty three yards passing most mandy quarterback 0:10:13.240 --> 0:10:15.960 in the league this season a couple of games left 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:19.240 here on Monday night, But dropping to throw nearly sixty 0:10:19.240 --> 0:10:23.319 times that comes with some peril. Also, you don't necessarily 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:27.520 want to do that unless is this what you envision 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:30.200 what this team is going to be more of a 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:33.360 passing first type of team in the end. Is that 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:35.520 going to be the identity of the Chicago Bears. 0:10:35.800 --> 0:10:38.040 Yeah, I would say that. I don't see it that way. 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:40.440 I see it more like the opportunities were there. We 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:42.640 had a two minute drive at the end of the half. 0:10:43.520 --> 0:10:45.719 We had those two big two minute drives, you know, 0:10:45.880 --> 0:10:47.439 at the end of the game. So I really think 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:50.199 those passing numbers are a little up because of that. 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:53.240 And if it was a normal game, you know, when 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:56.400 we were ahead in that situation, I think it would 0:10:56.440 --> 0:10:58.000 be more balanced like we want it to. 0:10:57.920 --> 0:11:03.840 Be and pre snap post snap, Caleb uh, definite growth. 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:06.559 I would say, right, you can see it, the confidence 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:09.640 at the line of scrimmage, making his checks, clocks winding down. 0:11:09.880 --> 0:11:11.400 How would you assess all of that. 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:13.120 Well, there's two things going on there. You know, there's 0:11:13.120 --> 0:11:14.960 two weeks in a row. He had to headle the noise, 0:11:15.080 --> 0:11:16.880 you know, so he's handling the noise way better. And 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:20.000 the second performance in there, you know, and you know 0:11:20.040 --> 0:11:22.760 that stadium is allowed stadium, and so he did a 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:24.439 really good job with that. In terms of the pre 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:28.120 snap operating in that environment. You know, the offensive line 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:30.080 did a much better job with the silent count because 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:32.880 they're work on that too, and so there's a lot 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:35.200 of positives there. Then post snap, you know, just going 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:37.680 through his reads and and getting the ball out on time. 0:11:37.840 --> 0:11:40.000 You know, it was really good. You know, again, there's 0:11:40.080 --> 0:11:42.640 there's certain things that he's going to learn from, you know, 0:11:42.800 --> 0:11:45.400 in regards to post snap, but again, for the most part, 0:11:45.440 --> 0:11:47.600 it was it was a level up and getting better. 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:50.440 Have you, in your opinion and your experience, have you 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:55.560 entrusted maybe a lot more for a rookie quarterback than 0:11:56.080 --> 0:11:59.000 the normal rookie quarterback just because of his football IQ. 0:11:59.800 --> 0:12:01.720 Yeah, yeah, you know, you know, we trust k Lob 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:03.760 and you know, he's done a really good job of 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:05.760 working through the work week, you know, in terms of 0:12:05.760 --> 0:12:07.800 his prep, in terms of his practice, you know, in 0:12:07.840 --> 0:12:10.600 terms of his forty eight hour prep. And that's only 0:12:10.600 --> 0:12:12.560 going to get better. You know, he's he's starting to 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:15.360 learn you know, everybody's skill sets, you know, as as 0:12:15.360 --> 0:12:17.400 we get through this and every week we got you know, 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:20.280 different adjustments for the routes and different things based on 0:12:20.320 --> 0:12:22.920 the coverages that we're getting. And he's doing a really 0:12:22.960 --> 0:12:24.959 good job of communicating with the skill and I think 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:27.800 you can start to see that. Really proud of him, 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:30.920 the way he really utilized the layups, so to speak, 0:12:31.600 --> 0:12:33.640 with getting the ball to coal and getting the ball 0:12:33.720 --> 0:12:36.680 to you know, all the running backs you know, in 0:12:36.720 --> 0:12:39.439 the in the short part of the field and intermediate area. 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:41.600 And I think that's really good for him, and that's 0:12:41.600 --> 0:12:43.400 why he saw all those yards. You know. Plus we 0:12:43.440 --> 0:12:45.280 were in a two minute mode for the fourth quarter, 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:47.440 and that's going to continue to grow. 0:12:47.679 --> 0:12:49.680 A week ago, I threw some numbers and I don't 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:51.160 remember him now, but I think it was four of 0:12:51.200 --> 0:12:53.840 eleven in play action first two weeks of the season. 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:57.520 But yesterday on our Game Night Live show, I broke 0:12:57.559 --> 0:13:01.360 down all those clean pockets with play action, and play 0:13:01.400 --> 0:13:04.440 action was working. So the amount of runs certainly impact that. 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:07.680 Doesn't that make a huge difference open up the offense? 0:13:07.840 --> 0:13:08.000 Yeah? 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:08.360 It does? 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:08.840 It does? 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:10.839 You know the run It all starts with the run game. 0:13:10.880 --> 0:13:12.920 You got to be able to effectively run the ball 0:13:12.960 --> 0:13:14.679 and be committed to it, and then that's going to 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:16.520 open up a lot of things, a lot of windows 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:19.959 in other areas of the field. And we believe in that, 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:22.640 you know, we we we trusted that. We know that's true, 0:13:23.080 --> 0:13:24.360 and we have to keep working. 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:28.200 That so that that four play driving from the four 0:13:28.640 --> 0:13:33.079 just the average person believes going sideways to get a 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:37.880 yard is maybe not the plan, but teams do it. 0:13:38.040 --> 0:13:40.280 Atlanta did it last night too. I think it was 0:13:41.679 --> 0:13:44.480 how what do you explain? How do you explain that one? 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:46.880 I guess yeah, I mean we you know, we went direct, 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:49.760 uh straight ahead, you know for three straight plays and 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:52.200 uh again, the execution has got to be there and 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:54.200 we should be able to get that on third down, 0:13:54.240 --> 0:13:55.960 and we were hopeful that we were going to get it. 0:13:57.280 --> 0:14:00.000 And then the fourth down plays again was a play 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:02.319 at the line of scrimmage that could be inside or 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:05.200 outside based on what we saw, and Cable was up 0:14:05.240 --> 0:14:07.120 against the clock a little bit, and you know, went 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:09.360 with the one, and again we got to do a 0:14:09.360 --> 0:14:13.920 better job executing even in that play as a whole. 0:14:13.760 --> 0:14:17.079 Group, Rosehawan Johnson, I think he had sixty plus yards 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:20.760 from scrimmage, battering around just like you did last year. 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:23.160 Do you think he's in perfect place right now to 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:24.520 start earning more snaps? 0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:26.480 Yeah, you know, you know, I feel really good about 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:28.080 a running group. You know, I think the running backs 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:30.680 are all three different and different skill sets and I 0:14:30.680 --> 0:14:33.200 think we need to utilize those guys for their skill sets. 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:36.640 And and again Rosean had a really good day yesterday 0:14:36.680 --> 0:14:40.600 in terms of getting downhill of really going forward, you know, 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:43.080 you know, making contact at three and then getting five, 0:14:43.160 --> 0:14:45.560 making contact at four and getting six and seven. So 0:14:46.640 --> 0:14:48.600 that was that was really good to see. And also 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:50.920 in the passing game, you know, him splitting two, catching 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:54.240 the ball and the checked down area, getting his shoulders 0:14:54.280 --> 0:14:57.680 north and splitting two. And I think he's going to 0:14:57.760 --> 0:14:59.880 continue to do that, you know, And Swift made some 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:02.400 place too in the passing game as well. So it's 0:15:02.480 --> 0:15:04.440 it's important to be able to utilize all three of 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:04.920 those guys. 0:15:05.560 --> 0:15:09.240 Back to the Montes sweatsack a big quarterback like that 0:15:10.760 --> 0:15:14.160 in the force fumble. When they say, I mean, I 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:17.120 know it's subjective, but we got push pushes and we've 0:15:17.160 --> 0:15:20.120 got all these things going on in the league. What's 0:15:20.160 --> 0:15:20.640 the difference. 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:23.520 Well, when they deem it that forward progress is stopped 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:25.960 and that's that's not reviewable in terms of that means 0:15:26.000 --> 0:15:27.920 it's down, you know. So that's what they said, and 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:29.920 that's what they did. And again I'm sure they looked 0:15:29.960 --> 0:15:32.240 at it, you know in New York too, and and 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:34.400 that was the decision they made. But again, I'm just 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:37.800 really proud of that play in terms of how we 0:15:37.840 --> 0:15:40.120 did push the pocket get to the quarterback and we 0:15:40.240 --> 0:15:42.840 utilized our technique in terms of stripping the ball. And 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:46.560 I think that the recovery was great too. So those 0:15:46.560 --> 0:15:48.120 guys did a really good job on that play. Again, 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:50.640 put them behind the sticks. Again, we wish we would 0:15:50.640 --> 0:15:51.800 have had the ball. There could have been a big 0:15:51.840 --> 0:15:54.240 difference in the game, but we end up, you know, 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:56.920 stopping the screen. You know, DT did a wonderful job 0:15:56.960 --> 0:15:59.960 of coming out on the next play, you know, redirect 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:02.000 to the screen and making a really nice play on 0:16:02.000 --> 0:16:03.920 that and then we force him to pump. 0:16:04.120 --> 0:16:04.400 All right. 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:07.040 Lastly, the Rams coming in. Sean McVay. Always got to 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:07.840 be ready for that guy. 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:10.720 Yeah, there's a big you know, a big victory you know, 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:14.200 on Sunday, and they can't come back victory. So it's 0:16:14.360 --> 0:16:16.960 again a big challenge, you know obviously scheme wise, and 0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:19.320 you know, going against those players, and they got a 0:16:19.320 --> 0:16:20.920 lot of good players and it's gonna be a big 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:21.520 challenge for us. 0:16:21.520 --> 0:16:23.080 All Right, we'll talk to you about that game later 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:23.400 in the week. 0:16:23.400 --> 0:16:24.360 Thank you, Matt, Thank you. 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:27.359 Kay tell me any thoughts on his perspectives. 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:30.120 You know, mascot a lot on his plate when you're 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:34.320 thinking about paying attention to every single phase of football offense, defense, 0:16:34.360 --> 0:16:37.240 special teams. And then he says he watches it slowly, 0:16:37.320 --> 0:16:40.040 one play at a time. That's a lot of investment 0:16:40.120 --> 0:16:42.960 in time of trying to look at all the elements 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:45.920 of an offense, a defensive play, a special teams play, 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:49.200 and how you can become more successful, what corrections you 0:16:49.280 --> 0:16:52.280 need to make, how to increase some of the fundamentals 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:55.600 and the technical teachings that you need to incorporate during 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:59.560 the week. And you know, I think that's the endless 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:01.920 job of a head coach in the NFL, and it's 0:17:01.960 --> 0:17:03.880 something that you have to do every day, no matter 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:05.560 if you win the game or you lose the game. 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:09.879 But when I said bringing this team home, bringing this 0:17:10.080 --> 0:17:13.240 defense home, I expect big things out of them, because 0:17:13.280 --> 0:17:15.439 it's not going to say, Okay, let's just bury our 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:18.439 head in the sand and forget about making improvements and 0:17:18.560 --> 0:17:21.399 just show up here next Sunday. No, it's getting on 0:17:21.440 --> 0:17:26.320 the practice field starting Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Make 0:17:26.359 --> 0:17:29.760