WEBVTT - Offense looks to build on performance | Bears Weekly Podcast 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:04.600 Welcome into Bears Weekly, powered by its energy hus Cha 0:00:04.720 --> 0:00:08.159 Cargo Bears Network Production. Bears Weekly is brought to you 0:00:08.200 --> 0:00:12.160 by Advocate Healthcare, Athletico Physical Therapy, Ben Rivers. 0:00:12.200 --> 0:00:13.399 Also brought to you by C. 0:00:13.560 --> 0:00:13.960 D W. 0:00:14.400 --> 0:00:17.600 Connie's Pizza, Ben Miller, Lite Pierre. 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:22.079 Your hosts, Jeff Chiliac aka the Maro, Bearsvielle and is sidekicked, 0:00:22.160 --> 0:00:24.160 Tom the Surfmaster, Theyer. 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:27.680 Feels kind of strange. You know, we're used to these 0:00:28.040 --> 0:00:30.600 short weeks. We've had plenty of Thursday nighters. In fact, 0:00:31.040 --> 0:00:34.240 a year ago Week six against the same Washington club 0:00:34.600 --> 0:00:36.560 came into Soldier Field one and four, one of the 0:00:36.640 --> 0:00:39.440 four worst teams in the NFL at that point in 0:00:39.479 --> 0:00:41.760 the season, and Washington comes in and gets a win. 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:44.280 They won seven out of the last twelve games, finished 0:00:44.280 --> 0:00:48.560 eight and nine, and given the performance on Sunday against 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:52.600 Denver and the near miss and the pain of losing 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:55.760 that game. Tom Thayer Jeff Joniac, I don't know by you. 0:00:55.880 --> 0:00:57.200 I'm I'm way moved down. 0:00:57.720 --> 0:00:58.000 I am. 0:00:58.160 --> 0:00:59.240 It's weird. 0:00:59.320 --> 0:00:59.880 It's only two. 0:01:00.720 --> 0:01:03.920 I've been diving in deep into Washington. We leave tomorrow, 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:07.040 and hey, let's play another one and get that bad 0:01:07.120 --> 0:01:08.720 taste out of the mouth. How you doing tonight? 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:09.280 Yeah, you know. 0:01:09.319 --> 0:01:11.240 I mean it's equally as busy for us as it 0:01:11.360 --> 0:01:13.800 is the players. They're more on their feet and they're 0:01:13.880 --> 0:01:16.600 more learning a new game plan. But we have a 0:01:16.640 --> 0:01:20.039 lot of obligation obligations that usually we have a little 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:22.160 time to fulfill, but now we have no time and 0:01:22.240 --> 0:01:25.000 we still have to fulfill those same obligations. 0:01:25.080 --> 0:01:27.000 But you know what, the one thing that. 0:01:28.600 --> 0:01:30.479 You know, I wish it wasn't a Thursday night game 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:32.920 because I wish the Bears had more to take away 0:01:33.000 --> 0:01:35.480 from this tape on the things they did good, the 0:01:35.560 --> 0:01:38.120 things that they can build upon, the things that they 0:01:38.160 --> 0:01:40.880 could use in this week's game plan. I think there 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:43.000 are some things you could use, but you would like 0:01:43.080 --> 0:01:46.319 to have a little bit of time to study, think 0:01:46.400 --> 0:01:50.520 about them, go over them, you know, rehash them over 0:01:50.600 --> 0:01:52.520 in your mind and on tape, But you don't have 0:01:52.680 --> 0:01:55.640 that luxury. But I still think they learned a lot 0:01:55.680 --> 0:01:58.880 about themselves of things they can use moving forward. 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:02.520 It's interesting because the defensive coaches met with the media 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:05.800 here today up at Hallis Hall, where I'm situated right now, 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:09.240 and I was talking to Travis Smith and we're talking 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:11.760 about and we'll hear some of it loafs and and 0:02:12.040 --> 0:02:14.359 near misses on sacks so far the season, and he 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:18.560 thought I was just talking about this week's guy. I said, 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:20.919 no for the because they haven't even gone through the 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:24.079 full grading of that tape because there is no time. 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:26.359 So it is a real it's real. I mean, you 0:02:26.560 --> 0:02:29.520 lived it in your career on short weeks, so it's 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:32.440 on to something else. So you know, you saw a 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:35.640 lot on tape that was good and today Justin Fields 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:38.320 did as well, and a tip that he feels now 0:02:38.560 --> 0:02:40.880 is maybe the tip of the iceberg of confidence growing 0:02:40.919 --> 0:02:41.560 for the offense. 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:45.799 I think so, I think that is a case. 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:48.440 You know, like I said before, I think we took 0:02:48.480 --> 0:02:51.000 a step in the right direction as an offense. We 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:52.679 know we still have some things to work on, but 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:56.440 I think, like I said before, we kind of took 0:02:56.440 --> 0:02:57.920 a step in finding and you know, who we are 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:00.959 as an offense, our identity and you know, just just 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:04.600 really just just going out there and playing football. So 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:09.760 I think everybody definitely, you know, took a step and 0:03:10.919 --> 0:03:13.760 it's more confident going into this week. But to be honest, 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:15.359 you know, we always go in the games confident, but 0:03:16.800 --> 0:03:18.679 we got some guys down on defense right now, so 0:03:18.760 --> 0:03:20.920 we know we got to help out our defense by 0:03:20.960 --> 0:03:24.280 scoring points, you know, keeping our defense off of the 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:27.840 field and you know, you know, just setting them up 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:29.959 for a great field position when we don't score and 0:03:30.000 --> 0:03:33.480 stuff like that. So, you know, I think the biggest team, 0:03:33.680 --> 0:03:35.440 the biggest thing for our team is you know, playing 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:38.960 complimentary football. You know, all three phases. Offense scoring points, 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:41.480 you know, defense, getting takeaways, and of course winning on 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:45.080 special teams. So you know, I know that's our sole 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:47.280 job as an offense is just to you know, help 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:48.280 out the other two phases. 0:03:48.640 --> 0:03:51.160 Well, you know, interestingly, going back, you know you saw 0:03:51.560 --> 0:03:55.440 a lot of man coverage against the Bears in this game. 0:03:55.520 --> 0:03:58.640 They switched his zone, and I'm assuming Ron rivera plenty 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:02.080 of all the above, and so how he attacks this now? 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:04.520 Moving forward after having his first three hundred yard game, 0:04:04.600 --> 0:04:06.120 and how are you our receiver hunter of our running 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:08.480 back Bears ran the ball well one hundred and seventy 0:04:08.520 --> 0:04:11.640 seven yards. What are some of the more detailed things 0:04:11.720 --> 0:04:16.480 that you liked offensively? The play designed by Lugetzi, the calls, 0:04:16.560 --> 0:04:18.359 how they were stacked, and how it all worked. 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:22.680 You know, I like them using a flea flicker. I 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:25.760 think it catches teams off guard and off balance. I 0:04:26.000 --> 0:04:28.520 like the quick pitch to Khalil Herbert when they were 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:31.200 blitzing from the opposite side and opened up a clear 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:34.200 running lane. I liked the job that the offensive line 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:37.640 did up front to open up opportunities for Khalil Herbert 0:04:37.680 --> 0:04:40.520 and Rashawn Johnson to be able to hit the hole 0:04:40.600 --> 0:04:44.080 in full stride, which their momentum power carry them to 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:47.400 the third level and beyond. What I liked most about 0:04:47.440 --> 0:04:50.760 the game was the arm confidence that Justin had in himself, 0:04:51.200 --> 0:04:53.040 because you know, when you look at some of those 0:04:53.160 --> 0:04:55.320 passes that Justin threw in the game. 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:58.600 It's not people convincing him to do it. 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:02.200 It's the coach calling the play and then Justin convincing 0:05:02.360 --> 0:05:05.160 himself that he has the talent to get the job done. 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:09.800 And I think he personally took a step forward. And 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:12.480 you know, when you talk about the identity of the 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:16.520 Bears and whatever you want to say, their identity is 0:05:16.640 --> 0:05:19.599 running the ball. And that's the way that you get 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:23.720 the whole ball rolling downhill if you run the ball effectively. 0:05:23.880 --> 0:05:26.480 With Khalil Herbert and Roseean and whomever else is at 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:28.720 the running back position. Then all of a sudden, it 0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:32.920 opens deceptive opportunities at the line of scrimmage, which includes 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:36.000 play action pass. If you run the ball successfully on 0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:39.280 first and second down, it opens up your options so 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:43.160 much wider on third down, and the ability to use 0:05:43.279 --> 0:05:46.240 all the receivers instead of just focusing on one. 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:47.800 That's Dj Moore. 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:52.520 So I just think that it's really opened the opportunity 0:05:52.720 --> 0:05:56.680 for this offense to grow in that you know that 0:05:58.000 --> 0:06:02.320 very high. You know that the style of level where 0:06:02.360 --> 0:06:04.640 you don't want to do it incrementally, you want to 0:06:04.680 --> 0:06:06.240 take major steps instantly. 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:09.760 Were able to watch the Giants last night, Yeah, in Seattle, 0:06:09.839 --> 0:06:13.560 so you know, without the threat of Saquon Barkley in 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:15.240 the run game, it was t off time. 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:17.920 So you and more to it. 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:20.119 I mean, that's a whole different type of style whatever. 0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:23.080 But you got to have that play action, You got 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:25.599 to have that ability that Justin needs for sure. 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:28.920 Yeah, and you know, you got to play smart football. 0:06:29.320 --> 0:06:32.400 You can't have these repeated mistakes made, whether there are 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:36.320 penalties on defense or penalties on offense, because you see 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:41.240 how destructive they are when you Justin says complimentary football. 0:06:41.600 --> 0:06:46.000 Complimentary football is playing smart football as well. So when 0:06:46.040 --> 0:06:49.040 you have a running game that you can travel with 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:52.240 and use the power of the offensive line, when you 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:56.080 have the athleticism of Justin, if you can go there 0:06:56.320 --> 0:07:00.040 and just play a smart brand of football in we 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:03.479 don't make mistakes that sets you back in the course 0:07:03.560 --> 0:07:07.680 of a drive that's almost impossible to recover from. So 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:11.880 I think that's a big part of the Bears offense 0:07:11.960 --> 0:07:13.600 and defensive football going. 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:19.280 Forward for me this game and every game moving forward defensively. 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:21.920 On third down, also, we forget about Justin for just 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:24.240 a second of the offense, but third down has got 0:07:24.280 --> 0:07:27.480 to get better. This third and six plus issue that's 0:07:27.520 --> 0:07:30.600 been going on. That's because it's a domino. I think 0:07:30.640 --> 0:07:34.840 you'd agree. You're not getting off the field. That effects 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:38.440 field position for the offense, It affects time of possession 0:07:38.480 --> 0:07:41.680 in the game. It gives the team that you're facing 0:07:42.120 --> 0:07:44.760 a better chance of scoring touchdowns and field goals because 0:07:44.760 --> 0:07:48.120 they keep moving closer to the goal line. And I 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:51.000 think that's a part of the complimentary football is this 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:54.400 issue right now, and there's no team worse in the 0:07:54.480 --> 0:07:56.840 league right now on third down and long than the 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:57.600 Bears defense. 0:07:58.320 --> 0:08:01.440 Right, you know, one of the biggest things that really 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:04.720 give your opponent a big boost is when you go 0:08:04.840 --> 0:08:07.800 out there and you convert a third down, because that 0:08:07.920 --> 0:08:11.440 gets your sideline going, It gets the defense. You know, 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:16.200 your opponent's defense excited because now they're cheering from the 0:08:16.320 --> 0:08:20.280 sideline and they're refreshing themselves. And so if the Bears 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:23.080 defense can make some plays on third downs, and it's 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:27.560 not just making plays, it's creating turnovers, it's getting big hits, 0:08:27.880 --> 0:08:31.040 it's force and fumbles, it's leaving a mark on the 0:08:31.160 --> 0:08:33.839 opponent where you're kind of taking a little bit of 0:08:33.920 --> 0:08:37.400 a sting out of them, because the initial hit is 0:08:37.760 --> 0:08:40.480 the hit that's getting these guys stop. And then when 0:08:40.520 --> 0:08:43.160 you have hits that include a group effort, you know, 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:45.079 you got to take a toll on your opponent. 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:49.560 All Right, Coming up tonight, we've got former Washington quarterback, 0:08:49.640 --> 0:08:51.880 the Super Bowl winner, Doug Williams, a good friend of 0:08:51.960 --> 0:08:54.000 Tom Ferry. He'll be coming up here in a couple 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:56.520 of segments. We've got our executive producer of the Bears 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:59.640 Radio Network, Eric Ostrowski, Jay Kan'tu, Kendrick Smith, and our 0:08:59.800 --> 0:09:02.559 espin studios helping us out as always, Dan Brilly and 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:05.520 Jordan Treadup. When we come back, we'll hear from other 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:09.520 coaches today, Luke Getzi, Travis Smith, We'll hear from Tremaine Edmonds, 0:09:09.760 --> 0:09:12.160 all bits and pieces of this quick week as they 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:15.079 get ready to meet Washington. Thanks for listening, everybody. This 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:17.840 is the ESPN Chicago and the Bears Radio Network. 0:09:18.320 --> 0:09:20.640 Is Bears Weekly with a voice of the Bears for 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:25.000 twenty three years, Jeff Joni on the Bears Radio Network. 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:31.320 This segment of Bears Weekly is brought to you by 0:09:31.480 --> 0:09:34.559 IGS Energy, Jeff Jonniyak and Tom Fair. Good to have 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:36.880 you along on Bears Weekly tonight as we get ready 0:09:36.880 --> 0:09:39.880 to head to Washington tomorrow. Bears will practice tomorrow, have 0:09:40.000 --> 0:09:43.120 open locker room, so we'll hear from more players. News 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:46.079 of the day. Tommy a new safety aboard and he's 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:49.079 a vetman. He a lot of experience poached off to 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:51.640 Baltimore Ravens practice squad. He's thirty two years old. He's 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:53.719 dear Ron Harmon. You know him all those years in 0:09:53.760 --> 0:09:56.560 New England playing for Bill Belichick. That guy's a ballhawk. 0:09:56.679 --> 0:10:01.679 Twenty three career interceptions. Then to Detroit Atlanta in twenty one. 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:05.040 So John Hoape knows him. They call him the Closer 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:08.640 in New England because that was his nickname, and he 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:12.240 and John developed a nice relationships, so that, no doubt 0:10:13.240 --> 0:10:15.240 helped get him here. He was a Vegas last year. 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:17.760 He's played a lot of football, Tom, but he's a 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:21.040 real smart guy, and I think that secondary, as young 0:10:21.080 --> 0:10:23.840 as it is, and all the injury concerns, every little 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:25.439 bit helps right now. And I don't know what his 0:10:25.520 --> 0:10:29.320 status will be, but he's on the roster right now. Yeah, 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:30.000 you know, as. 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:34.360 Quickly as you can learn the assignments and what they're 0:10:34.600 --> 0:10:38.000 being taught here. The quicker that you can get on 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:41.880 the field and help contribute. But you know, just a 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:45.439 little sneak preview of the Bears game day Live that 0:10:45.559 --> 0:10:48.720 we'll be doing from the sidelines in Washington, Jakwan Brisker 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:51.120 is my player to watch because, you know, Jeff, even 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:53.840 though they're bringing a new safety aboard and there's. 0:10:53.640 --> 0:10:55.800 Been a lot of shuffling on the defensive. 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:59.319 Backs, I kind of need more out of Jaquan Brisker 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:01.360 because he was the type of guy that was going 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:03.000 to come in here and I thought that he would 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:06.800 have a physical presence each and every game. I thought 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:10.880 that he would figure in some of the reluctancy to 0:11:10.960 --> 0:11:14.079 catch the ball in the in the backfield because of 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:17.040 the way Jakuwan Brisker could play, and I thought he 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:19.160 would offer a little bit more add or near the 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:22.040 line of scrimmage. So I think this is the perfect 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:25.240 coming out party for Jaquan Brisker. He had a huge 0:11:25.280 --> 0:11:27.559 game in New England last year they went and played 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:30.760 in New England, So just a little sneak preview. Even 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:33.080 though they're bringing in a thirty two year at safety 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:35.800 to come and contribute, which I want him to contribute. 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:38.680 I want to see more out of this young player, 0:11:38.880 --> 0:11:39.800 Jaquan Brisker. 0:11:40.240 --> 0:11:43.520 Do you notice anything different on how he's being aligned 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:44.160 and used? 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:47.840 Well, I just think that you have to be cautious 0:11:48.080 --> 0:11:51.160 because you're not getting that immediate pressure on the quarterback 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:54.680 by the four man rush or even if you include 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:57.280 another rusher there, and then you got to make sure 0:11:57.320 --> 0:11:59.560 that you keep him in the deepest of the deepest 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:02.400 or in an area that he can provide, you know, 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:06.199 extra help in the defensive backfield. So I think it's 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:09.400 just a product of not getting pushed with four that 0:12:09.520 --> 0:12:11.840 you have to be more protective in the back end. 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:14.480 All right, let's go back to the offense. Luke Getzi 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:17.760 on the offensive improvement in Denver at the podium today, 0:12:17.800 --> 0:12:19.679 the Bears offensive coordinator. 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:21.719 Well, I think, you know, as you look at the 0:12:22.000 --> 0:12:24.680 way that that game played, you know, when we had 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:27.160 seventy eight snaps instead of fifty snaps that we've had 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:28.640 each of the Cup first couple of weeks, So that 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:30.920 part of it, you know, just showing that where a 0:12:30.960 --> 0:12:32.520 lot of we were able to play kind of the 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:34.240 go into the game plan and play the way we 0:12:34.320 --> 0:12:36.439 wanted to play, and we were able to run the ball. 0:12:36.679 --> 0:12:39.000 You know, we would have we talked about explosives last week. 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:40.719 We were lacking that we were able to go get 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:43.160 those in the run game, and anytime you're able to 0:12:43.200 --> 0:12:45.480 do that, that's going to open up other things for yourself. 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:48.920 And so, you know, just to it was an opportunity 0:12:48.960 --> 0:12:51.640 for us to go out and we executed a little 0:12:51.640 --> 0:12:53.199 bit better in each area and we were able to 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:55.559 create more explosives and that you know always leads to 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:56.079 more points. 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:58.720 How do you evaluate what how do you discern how 0:12:58.800 --> 0:13:00.959 much of that is progress us and how much that 0:13:01.240 --> 0:13:02.720 is facing the worst defense. 0:13:02.440 --> 0:13:02.880 In the league. 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:05.480 Well, everybody in this league is really, really good, So 0:13:05.760 --> 0:13:08.280 I wouldn't take that for anything as far as who 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:11.800 you're playing against. That from that extent, every challenge is 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:13.720 different as well. Right, we go up against a team 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:16.520 this week that is loaded and you know, as good 0:13:16.559 --> 0:13:18.480 of a front five as there is in this league, 0:13:18.520 --> 0:13:21.880 and so it's a different type of challenge, but one 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:23.640 we can build on, you know, as we continue to 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:24.280 go through the season. 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:26.640 I'm glad he answered it that way because even looking 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:30.520 at Washington, their defensive statistics are not sparkling, but we 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:32.679 know what the players look like. I mean, we you 0:13:32.880 --> 0:13:37.240 separate the stats from the actual talent, and this game 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:39.959 it may be the best front four you're going to 0:13:40.040 --> 0:13:44.120 play all season. That front four is dangerous and they 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:46.800 may not be playing to their level of acceptance for 0:13:46.880 --> 0:13:49.920 Coach Rivera, But I mean this is and the secondary 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:51.760 can make place too. This This is going to be 0:13:51.800 --> 0:13:52.280 a handful. 0:13:53.240 --> 0:13:53.679 Yeah it is. 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:57.559 But you know, I think Washington, the defensive coordinator and 0:13:57.640 --> 0:14:00.719 their team meetings, they're saying, hey, we just saw a 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:04.240 performance on an offense that ran seventy eight plays like 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:07.280 Luke gets, he said, there's a lot more versatility in 0:14:07.320 --> 0:14:10.280 the offense. Listen, you better have complete awareness for a 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:14.400 guy like Dj Moore. And so there's compliments that the 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:18.280 defensive coordinator has got to give the Chicago Bears offense 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:20.880 after what they saw out of Denver, and no matter 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:24.320 who they played, like Luke said, because whether you want 0:14:24.360 --> 0:14:26.640 to believe it or not, Justin is still and a 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:31.080 really explosive player that could go off at a moment's notice. 0:14:31.480 --> 0:14:34.640 And if you get defensive linemen on Washington or that 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:37.920 fronts that's a little exposed, is a little bit too 0:14:38.000 --> 0:14:40.720 much space, so they get a little fatigue, and then 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:43.640 that's when you can use, you know, all facets of 0:14:43.760 --> 0:14:47.600 this offense and continue to attack with the plays looked 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:48.920 like that he called this week. 0:14:49.040 --> 0:14:51.120 Well, you know, we like the movement, we like the boots. 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:56.200 Obviously one of the bootlegs was the worst play of 0:14:56.240 --> 0:14:59.280 the game, right the fumble in the sack That has 0:14:59.360 --> 0:15:02.200 to be avoided in the future. But is this a 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:06.840 challenge against this team now moving forward? As Luke outlined today, the. 0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:08.640 Challenge every week when when you have a guy like 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:11.520 we have and everybody's planning for it. Uh and then 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:13.720 now you put the level of talent that these guys have, 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:17.480 it's it's pretty incredible. I mean, the two interior guys 0:15:17.560 --> 0:15:19.720 play the game as good as anybody in this league, 0:15:20.080 --> 0:15:22.400 being able to diagnose what's going on, you know, get 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:24.880 two hands on an offensive line and see what's happening 0:15:24.880 --> 0:15:27.840 in the backfield and then react. So it's a challenge, 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:29.200 it's something that we have to do a really good 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:31.520 job of trying to be creative to find ways to 0:15:31.560 --> 0:15:34.400 get you know, every aspect of our of our game going. 0:15:35.200 --> 0:15:36.960 So you gotta still use that. You got to still 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:39.520 motion them to use naked do that type of thing 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:40.680 against this Washington team. 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:43.840 Even more so, if he's talking about the two interior 0:15:43.960 --> 0:15:46.200 defensive tackles that are as good as you can get, 0:15:46.480 --> 0:15:48.400 you're not gonna beat your head into a brick. 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:50.280 Wall and get nothing out of it and go three 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:50.800 in punt. 0:15:51.160 --> 0:15:54.200 But I tell you what, the thing that demoralizes a 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:57.000 good defensive line the most is a cornerback that you 0:15:57.120 --> 0:15:59.760 can't catch on the outside of the pocket. So now 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:02.520 they're fighting against an offensive lineman trying to get free 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:05.040 of their pass rush and all of a sudden, justin 0:16:05.280 --> 0:16:07.960 or you know, any of the guys, even quick passes 0:16:08.000 --> 0:16:12.440 the cole using Robert Tanyan more, use the backs as pass. 0:16:12.280 --> 0:16:13.520 Catchers out of the backfield. 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:18.120 If you start exploiting that edge of the Washington Redskins defense, 0:16:18.400 --> 0:16:21.320 and now you're putting ball carriers in front of defensive 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:24.160 backs instead of trying to get them a running start, 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:27.440 agets the talented defensive tackle. I mean, that's you know, 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:30.560 plan a number one in the history of the league 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:34.240 of playing great interior defensive linemen. 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:37.480 This is Bears Weekly on ESPN Chicago Jeff Joniyak and 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:40.640 Tom Fair. The potential for Tevin Jenkins to return. He 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:43.240 is full practice right now. I don't know if he's 0:16:43.280 --> 0:16:46.440 gonna play or not. Gets you on that potential, yeah. 0:16:46.440 --> 0:16:48.720 Fortunately, you know he's not one of the new guys, 0:16:49.040 --> 0:16:50.760 right there's a lot of new guys, and it'll be 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:52.280 hard for one of those guys to do that. But 0:16:52.360 --> 0:16:53.880 he's not one of the new guys, so that that 0:16:53.960 --> 0:16:57.000 should comfort him a little bit more. You know, we 0:16:57.160 --> 0:16:58.720 we got some good work. 0:16:58.560 --> 0:16:59.160 In through camp. 0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:01.880 You know, him on the left side, so we're excited 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:03.080 to see if we go, We'll see how far he 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:05.600 can go. We get a chance to let him do 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:07.440 a little bit today. I know it's walk through only, 0:17:07.600 --> 0:17:09.680 but we'll see how the next day or two goes, 0:17:09.720 --> 0:17:10.960 and then we'll just take it from there. 0:17:11.080 --> 0:17:12.680 Do you have a legitimate chance? Does he have a 0:17:12.760 --> 0:17:14.040 legitimate chance to go on Thursday? 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:16.399 I would assume he has a legitimate chance. So, but 0:17:16.520 --> 0:17:17.960 like I said, it's going to take another day or 0:17:17.960 --> 0:17:19.640 two to make sure that we all everybody. 0:17:19.359 --> 0:17:20.320 Feels good with it. 0:17:20.560 --> 0:17:21.359 How you feel about it. 0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:24.399 I mean, he's in uniform, he's in full pads. 0:17:24.440 --> 0:17:27.600 If he is just put enough on display in his 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:31.520 rehab with the trainers and all the other. 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:34.120 Guys that have a hand in that, and then yeah, 0:17:34.160 --> 0:17:37.080 he's gonna be there and ready to contribute if you 0:17:37.200 --> 0:17:39.760 need him. You know, at the beginning of the year, 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:42.359 the biggest thing I hoped for was a drama this 0:17:42.560 --> 0:17:43.920 year by Tevin Jenkins. 0:17:44.480 --> 0:17:46.240 And then you go and you have that type of 0:17:46.359 --> 0:17:50.479 injury in the Indianapolis training camp portion of the season, 0:17:51.160 --> 0:17:54.600 and all of a sudden, now he's not there at all. So, 0:17:55.400 --> 0:17:59.159 you know, Tevin is still highly regarded in terms of 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:02.680 what he could do develop into as an offensive gard 0:18:02.720 --> 0:18:05.560 in this league. But he's also the same guy that 0:18:05.720 --> 0:18:09.800 has to prove it for what is their thirteen games 0:18:09.920 --> 0:18:10.719 left in the season. 0:18:11.280 --> 0:18:13.919 He needs to do it for when they insert him 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:14.520 in the lineup. 0:18:14.640 --> 0:18:17.760 He needs to finish the season in that position in 0:18:17.880 --> 0:18:20.679 a stance out of the blue tent in helping your 0:18:20.800 --> 0:18:26.200 offensive line develop, grow and get that chemistry that we've 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:26.920 been talking about. 0:18:27.000 --> 0:18:29.639 No better guy to teach him than you. What was 0:18:29.680 --> 0:18:33.560 that Week four, nineteen eighty five at Minnesota? You get 0:18:33.640 --> 0:18:37.240 inserted into the lineup and never left Week three. 0:18:38.800 --> 0:18:44.919 First start was Week four against the Washington oh at. 0:18:44.800 --> 0:18:48.760 The time, Redskins. Okay, I didn't realize that part of it. 0:18:48.880 --> 0:18:51.960 That was your first start. Okay, I thought, I thought 0:18:52.000 --> 0:18:53.440 you started the Minnesota game. 0:18:53.640 --> 0:18:54.600 No, that was a game. 0:18:54.680 --> 0:18:57.560 In the first quarter, Kurt Becker was in and I 0:18:57.680 --> 0:18:59.760 went into the game, and that was the game. McMahon 0:18:59.800 --> 0:19:03.639 came in and through all the the touchdown passes. 0:19:03.760 --> 0:19:06.879 We all remember that one, the great blitz pick up 0:19:07.480 --> 0:19:08.080 by Walder. 0:19:08.359 --> 0:19:13.119