WEBVTT - Nagy, Pagano reflect on Week 9 | Coaches Show 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:02.320 Pleasant, Good even everybody, and welcome into another edition of 0:00:02.360 --> 0:00:04.720 the Bears Coaches Show with Bears head coach Matt Naggie 0:00:04.760 --> 0:00:06.960 wrapping up a loss to the Titans in Nashville. Jeff 0:00:07.040 --> 0:00:09.080 Joniac with you to eight o'clock tonight. We'll be joined 0:00:09.080 --> 0:00:12.000 by Chuck Bogano, the Bears veteran defensive coordinator, coming up 0:00:12.200 --> 0:00:15.360 at seven thirty met Good evening, and first and foremost, 0:00:15.360 --> 0:00:18.440 how is the team related to their health at the moment, 0:00:18.480 --> 0:00:21.760 the cases of COVID and any concerns moving forward. Yeah, hey, Jeff, 0:00:22.600 --> 0:00:24.320 we're still kind of going through all that. I think 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:26.840 that Andre's done a great job in regards to you know, 0:00:26.920 --> 0:00:31.080 everyone's different level where they're at from last week with 0:00:31.120 --> 0:00:33.280 those guys, and so we'll just keep an eye on 0:00:33.280 --> 0:00:35.080 out here moving before. We do have that extra day 0:00:35.240 --> 0:00:38.120 this week, which which does help in regards to if 0:00:38.120 --> 0:00:40.320 a guy has symptoms or no symptoms. But for the 0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:42.800 most part, hopefully feel a little bit better about it. 0:00:42.840 --> 0:00:46.680 When when Ward lead yesterday about Lachevia Simmons first reaction 0:00:46.760 --> 0:00:49.800 that I had wash because on the trip and you 0:00:49.840 --> 0:00:53.040 guys did what you did to quarantine him. But as players, 0:00:53.080 --> 0:00:55.320 I mean everyone saw a quote from Alan Robinson. It 0:00:55.440 --> 0:00:57.240 is a cause of concern, you know, because he was 0:00:57.320 --> 0:00:59.360 on the flight and whatnot. And Dian Bush do you 0:00:59.400 --> 0:01:01.480 have to play psychologists a little bit with the team 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:04.280 also two calm nerves. Yeah, there's a lot of calls 0:01:04.319 --> 0:01:07.000 that are made. Um you know that when you find 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:08.840 out you just want to make sure. I think the 0:01:08.840 --> 0:01:11.240 biggest thing that the players appreciate is making sure they're 0:01:11.240 --> 0:01:13.520 in the loop as to what's going on with the communication. 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:17.280 So when stuff does pop up, there's a logistics in 0:01:17.360 --> 0:01:19.920 the timeline of how it goes down and what can 0:01:19.920 --> 0:01:22.920 be said and not said, and then there's that communication process. 0:01:22.920 --> 0:01:25.200 Our guys have been great with that and for the 0:01:25.200 --> 0:01:27.120 most part, I thought it's been really good there. So 0:01:27.280 --> 0:01:31.040 Lachevia Simmons gets a limo right home and Dan Bush 0:01:31.240 --> 0:01:33.840 drives home, and that had to be the plan, right 0:01:33.959 --> 0:01:36.160 to coordinate all that and to tell a player this 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:38.480 is what you got to do to keep us all safe. 0:01:38.840 --> 0:01:41.280 That has to be an interesting conversation. Yeah, I'm sure, 0:01:41.319 --> 0:01:43.400 you know, and for them to understand that, I know 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:46.360 for Lachevias it was kind of a homecoming of sorts 0:01:46.400 --> 0:01:48.800 for him to come back to Tennessee and play and 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:52.160 you know, his high school coach how to ticket ready 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:53.720 to see him play, and all of a sudden he 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:55.640 gets this news, you know, in the middle of the night. 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:59.120 So it's crushing. It's it's hard, but it is where 0:01:59.120 --> 0:02:00.960 we're at right now. It's twenty twenty, and I think 0:02:01.040 --> 0:02:02.760 it's all about how we're going to respond, and so 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:04.800 it's not easy. All right, let's talk about the game 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:08.080 big picture. Take us a thirty thousand foot view from 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:11.359 your vantage point on the current state of affairs. Yeah, 0:02:11.400 --> 0:02:14.079 I would say this, I would say, um, starting with 0:02:14.120 --> 0:02:17.360 the with the good Um, with the defense. I thought 0:02:17.360 --> 0:02:20.600 the defense played really, really well, might have been their 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:23.160 best game of the season. Was fired up about the 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:25.920 way that they played on that defensive line, stopping that 0:02:26.000 --> 0:02:30.120 run game. UM, was was really good to see two 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:33.080 games now back to back, both of our linebackers Roquan 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:36.320 and Danny just flying around making plays. The whole unit 0:02:36.360 --> 0:02:40.160 in general. They basically, you know, on the long pass 0:02:40.200 --> 0:02:43.560 there for the touchdown, buster played really good defense and 0:02:43.639 --> 0:02:45.840 it was just really great offense. That's that's the game 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:48.040 of football. And then we gave up that that deep 0:02:48.080 --> 0:02:49.680 cross there over the middle towards the end of the 0:02:49.680 --> 0:02:52.200 game for thirty yards down to the two. Other than that, 0:02:52.600 --> 0:02:54.760 what a job by the defense. Special teams did a 0:02:54.760 --> 0:02:58.960 great job fuel position wise. I thought, you know, Dwayne 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:01.040 did a really good job of punts and doing a 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:03.639 great you know, just giving us that fuel position. We 0:03:03.720 --> 0:03:05.560 got to fake punt. It's it's a shame that we 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:07.840 couldn't turn it into anything. We've been working on that 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:11.559 for weeks and to be able to hit it was awesome. Offensively, 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:13.680 as we all know, it's been a struggle. It's been hard, 0:03:14.240 --> 0:03:17.280 but you know us, Jeff were it would be easy 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:18.920 to quit, but none of us are going to do that. 0:03:18.919 --> 0:03:22.799 We're gonna keep plugging away. And then usually these are 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:25.440 the times where the success stories at the end of 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:27.560 the year. Kay callous you a little bit and you 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:29.079 and you always look back and you say, how did 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:31.440 I handle that? Did I quit? Was I a blamer? 0:03:31.480 --> 0:03:33.320 Did I point fingers? Did I suck it up? And 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:35.760 did I did I fix it? And you know, until 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:37.600 the end of the season comes, you're not gonna you're 0:03:37.600 --> 0:03:39.560 not gonna see any quit from us on offense. When 0:03:39.560 --> 0:03:42.400 the coaches get together and we've touched on these things before. 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:45.320 But as it gets deeper into a season and there 0:03:45.440 --> 0:03:48.920 isn't much difference in the production of the offense at 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:53.840 this point. Are those wrong meetings? Are those meetings vocal? 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:58.440 Are they hot? Are they constructive? How would you describe 0:03:58.560 --> 0:04:00.360 or is it all the above when you and your 0:04:00.400 --> 0:04:03.600 offensive coaches get together about it all? Yeah? No, there, 0:04:03.720 --> 0:04:07.080 there they are. There's a lot of times where, um, 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:10.120 depending on the situation, there there can be some times 0:04:10.120 --> 0:04:12.200 for sure, without getting too much into details, where they 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:14.240 do get a little bit hot, you know. And I 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:16.960 think that's for us as coaches to know and understand 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:20.120 and probably h it would probably be good for a 0:04:20.120 --> 0:04:22.920 few fans to to sit in some of those and 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:24.880 hear what's said, just to have a taste of where 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:26.599 we're at and how we look at this thing and 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:28.160 that it's just not at home, we're just going to 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:30.880 keep doing the same thing over and over. Um. But 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:35.320 when things continue to keep going over and over, that's where, 0:04:35.440 --> 0:04:37.080 you know, you get that point as a coach where 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:39.640 you say, Okay, here's where we're at and we got 0:04:39.640 --> 0:04:41.719 to try something new, we gotta try something different, And 0:04:42.000 --> 0:04:45.320 for us we're like, like I just said, uh, you know, 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:47.680 earlier this morning, talking to the coaches and talking to 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:49.760 other people. We're going to evaluate all that stuff. And 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:51.600 you told me to do that as well, because now 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:53.560 it's almost a weekly question, are you going to give 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:57.200 up the play calling? And so you're at no requirement 0:04:57.320 --> 0:05:01.000 to shed light on that because there is the competition 0:05:01.040 --> 0:05:03.480 aspect of it as well, and keeping things in house, 0:05:03.520 --> 0:05:06.560 and if in fact, something like that does happen, we 0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:09.920 may not know about it. Yeah. Yeah, And and honestly, 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:12.600 you know me, Jeff, you know you know that you 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:14.960 know that I am going to do whatever is best 0:05:15.160 --> 0:05:18.880 for this team, and it has whatever that is, we 0:05:18.920 --> 0:05:21.640 will do. And I said that this morning in regards 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:24.920 to just like you said, in regards to any type 0:05:24.920 --> 0:05:28.279 of advantage that another team could get. I just hope 0:05:28.320 --> 0:05:31.080 everybody can understand that, you know, whether it's an injury 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:34.080 or whether it's something on that topic, it has nothing 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:36.160 to do be impersonal. It's just kind of where we're at. 0:05:36.200 --> 0:05:37.680 And I think a lot of other coaches would be 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:39.520 the same way. All right. So when your calm plays, 0:05:39.560 --> 0:05:41.520 a big part of it is, you know, putting guys 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:44.200 in the right position to succeed, having those players believe 0:05:44.240 --> 0:05:46.200 they're being put in the right position to succeed, and 0:05:46.240 --> 0:05:49.360 then building your plan throughout the course of a game. 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:52.080 But at the same time, it's the little things. More 0:05:52.080 --> 0:05:55.160 and more, it's looking at the little things that derail 0:05:55.440 --> 0:05:58.720 an offense. The little things are becoming big things. Would 0:05:58.760 --> 0:06:01.880 that be the main headline here about the offense in 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:04.880 twenty twenty, Yeah, for sure, for sure. And you've heard 0:06:04.920 --> 0:06:07.039 me say it over and over. I think it's real. 0:06:07.120 --> 0:06:09.760 It's a really touchy subject when you start question and effort, 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:12.360 and that's never been the question with these guys, the 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:16.160 effort efforts there. These guys are awesome guys, coaches and players, 0:06:16.560 --> 0:06:20.159 and so what we got to do as a group 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:24.360 of leaders is just that number one, we as coaches, 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:26.880 this is now at the point in time when you 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:30.279 get to this point where it's now the player's job, 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:34.600 the leaders of that offense, right, whoever you are, the 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:37.120 leaders of that offense, this is your time to step up, 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:39.039 and this is your time to get this thing, to 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:41.960 help get this thing right. I truly believe that, and 0:06:42.000 --> 0:06:43.520 they know that. And I can say that to you 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:45.640 on here because they know that I'll say that to them. 0:06:45.960 --> 0:06:48.400 I'll also say that to myself as a leader and 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:51.000 to our other coaches as a leader. So this is 0:06:51.000 --> 0:06:54.159 when we rally around each other. If you're a leader 0:06:54.279 --> 0:06:56.920 by your actions, then lead that way. If you're a 0:06:57.000 --> 0:06:59.840 leader of vocally, then lead that way. But these time 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:02.080 is when Doc Rivers used to tell us too, right 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:03.840 in the all season, this is when you lean in. 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:07.120 You don't separate, you don't start pointing figures, you don't 0:07:07.120 --> 0:07:11.280 start having crappy practices, none of that. You'll lean in 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:14.120 together and you figure that you figure the thing out, 0:07:14.120 --> 0:07:17.040 and when you figure it out, it's a pretty sweet deal. 0:07:17.400 --> 0:07:19.480 And that's kind of what we're reaching for right now. 0:07:19.480 --> 0:07:21.360 And when we do figure it out, which we will, 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:24.200 When we do figure it out, that's when it's going 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:25.880 to make all this stuff that we're going through right 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:28.120 now a lot better. Fools to throw right side caught 0:07:28.160 --> 0:07:31.640 by trying no pearls into the end zone, but a touchdown, 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:34.960 splitting quarters and fired. How the Bears have their first 0:07:35.000 --> 0:07:37.880 touchdown of the game, five or six remaining. Welcome back 0:07:37.880 --> 0:07:40.120 to the Bear's Coaching Show with head coach Matt Naggie, 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:42.800 brought to you by Whippley CPA's end consultants and get 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:45.120 the latest Bears news, photos and videos delivered straight to 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:47.760 your mobile device. Download the Chicago Bears Official lapp brought 0:07:47.800 --> 0:07:50.960 to you by Verizon. Just heard Ryan Noll's first NFL touchdown. 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:53.480 That's sprint to the end zone, just getting north and south. 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:55.680 Reminded me a little bit about JP Holts last year 0:07:55.680 --> 0:07:57.400 when he got a few touches, just put his head 0:07:57.440 --> 0:07:59.520 down and go yeah, no doubt. It was great to 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:02.680 see him get that touchdown. And I loved his energy 0:08:02.720 --> 0:08:05.400 that he had on the sideline. And again, um, you 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:08.120 know when David went down and he came in, h 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:10.600 he's able to be that next man up. And so 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:12.880 Ryan's been a guy like you said that that's been 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:16.120 able to really grow into his role and understand who 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:17.680 he is a great He does a great job for 0:08:17.720 --> 0:08:20.520 us on special teams, and then yesterday had a couple 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:23.040 big plays. So I'm proud of him. I want to 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:25.800 see him keep growing and he's definitely can do great 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:28.760 things for us. The Titans defense yesterday and the second 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:31.480 half loosen coverage a little bit. But are you dismissing 0:08:31.520 --> 0:08:34.960 the seventeen point fourth quarter for us? You know, we 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:36.880 got to be able to score more in the first 0:08:36.960 --> 0:08:40.640 quarter and then you know to the third quarter score 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:43.880 score there as well, So you know our guys didn't quit. 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:46.600 We kept fighting. Um, they go into more of a 0:08:46.640 --> 0:08:49.360 prevent defense. It's more predictable as to what they're doing. 0:08:49.600 --> 0:08:52.440 But we did keep fighting and we did score. We 0:08:52.520 --> 0:08:54.720 did make good throws, we did make good catches, we 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:58.240 protected so but we got to understand, like that first 0:08:58.320 --> 0:09:00.760 drive of the game, or that second driver, that third 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:04.400 drive is you know, you can't have three and ounce. 0:09:04.480 --> 0:09:06.319 We got to be able to work off of our defense, 0:09:06.360 --> 0:09:07.960 go down there and get points. That's what we got 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:09.920 to focus on. A kind of an interesting staff. But 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:12.800 seventeen to seventeen to the backs and tight ends for 0:09:12.800 --> 0:09:15.120 one hundred and thirty nine yards is it enough bang 0:09:15.160 --> 0:09:17.160 for your buck? Well, I think you probably see a 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:19.760 lot more of that, Jeff, when you get behind like 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:21.199 we were, and then you get a little a lot 0:09:21.200 --> 0:09:23.680 of the checkdowns is where that can jump up and 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:27.040 be a little bit off. But no, the running backs 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:28.800 in the tight ends, in the pass game, in this 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:31.760 offense are supposed to be on the higher end in 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:35.280 regards to the reception. So again, we just we want 0:09:35.280 --> 0:09:37.480 to be able to I think I was really I 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:40.080 was disappointed with our red zone. Yeah, really in that 0:09:40.160 --> 0:09:42.280 big red zone area, you know that twenty five thirty 0:09:42.320 --> 0:09:44.720 yard area where you're in that field goal slash kick 0:09:44.880 --> 0:09:47.480 four down territory, And that's where I thought yesterday we 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:50.480 just we weren't good enough. All right, Let's dig deeper 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:53.120 into the defense because it does deserve a ton of credit. 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:55.200 They knew what the task at hand was to slow 0:09:55.240 --> 0:09:58.560 down King Henry there, but they did it in a 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:02.000 very big way because a lot of hats on the ball. 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:05.440 That's what the defense was tasked with by Chuck Pagano 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:08.079 this week, and they really delivered in and Roquan was 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:10.040 all over the field and Danny Travitha. We got to 0:10:10.040 --> 0:10:12.480 talk about Danny because when he's going down the field 0:10:12.480 --> 0:10:14.839 breaking up a pass play, I mean, that was a 0:10:14.840 --> 0:10:18.320 heck of a play. It was. Those linebackers played unbelievable. 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:21.600 I mean just flying around, Danny just making tackles, formed 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:24.000 tackles against Henry and the hole on a couple of 0:10:24.040 --> 0:10:27.480 power plays, and road Quan flying around. And I think back, 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:29.600 you know, those two guys in the past two weeks 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:32.120 and put the best back to back games together as 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:34.720 a tanem since they've been here. Um. The other part 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:36.680 two that I think is really important is that that 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:40.720 that defensive line and those asshialle linebackers just setting setting 0:10:40.760 --> 0:10:44.760 the mode up front. Um with with with McCullers and Hicks, 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:46.640 and you know what, what a what a great way. 0:10:46.679 --> 0:10:48.719 Those are two big individuals. Now, when you put those 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:51.200 two guys out there to stop the run, I thought 0:10:51.240 --> 0:10:54.160 Dan Dan McCullers did a great job, uh you know, 0:10:54.440 --> 0:10:57.120 matching there with with Hicks, and then you know, uh, 0:10:57.240 --> 0:10:59.920 these other guys come in and just I thought overall, 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:03.400 like you could really feel us stopping that run and 0:11:03.480 --> 0:11:05.760 we forced them into some quick play action plays. We 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:08.120 made some nice plays. They really had two plays in 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:10.559 that game. One was for a touchdown and one was 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:12.480 to get them down to set up a touchdown. But 0:11:12.520 --> 0:11:15.320 for the most part, really really proud of our defense. Again, 0:11:15.360 --> 0:11:18.880 we're not getting those takeaways and those turnovers. Had an 0:11:18.920 --> 0:11:22.320 opportunity early in the game. You know, you love to 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:24.880 coach off of a broken up past, but I know 0:11:25.000 --> 0:11:27.200 Kyle probably is wishing he had that little pick six 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:29.880 there and but one of the it'll start turning on 0:11:29.920 --> 0:11:31.800 our way. Yeah, you mentioned the colors. We got to 0:11:31.800 --> 0:11:35.120 also mentioned Brent Urban and Mario Edwards because they're they're 0:11:35.160 --> 0:11:37.880 really enjoying this defense right now too, and playing some 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:41.240 aggressive play up front and putting pressure on the quarterback. Yeah, 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:43.040 I think aggressive is a key word. I mean they 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:46.839 fly around and you know, Brent Urban is a is 0:11:46.880 --> 0:11:49.520 a tall, tall individual, and then he also he does 0:11:49.520 --> 0:11:51.439 a great job I think of getting his hands into 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:53.720 division of the quarterback being all to try to tip balls. 0:11:53.960 --> 0:11:57.280 And then Mario Mario is just he just flies around 0:11:57.280 --> 0:11:59.680 and beats guys with the speed and had a huge 0:11:59.720 --> 0:12:02.640 sat so all those guys. You know, Jay Rogers is 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:05.320 doing a really really good job and moving those guys around, 0:12:05.400 --> 0:12:08.560 putting them in different spots. A bunch of the twists 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:11.640 and the games up front that helps our linebackers make 0:12:11.720 --> 0:12:14.360 plays in the run game. And then these DB's breaking 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:16.880 on balls. And I thought Jalen Johnson had a really 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:19.560 really good game estraday. He also had a chance at 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:22.360 an interception he did and he made a nice break up. 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:27.040 And those will start coming. But those safeties, the corners, 0:12:27.040 --> 0:12:30.440 they're they're really coming together right now. You see it, 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:34.120 you feel it again. We get this offense role and 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:36.720 we just we do more on offense, and it's gonna 0:12:36.720 --> 0:12:39.480 be really good to see this complimentary football. They're gonna 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:41.280 fake it. They're gonna snap it and hand it up 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:43.120 to the near side to the forty to the forty 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:46.599 five and it Mingo for the first down on the 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:50.160 fake punt, Bears pick up the first down. Welcome back 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:52.520 to the Bears Coaching Show with Bears head coach Matteggie. 0:12:52.559 --> 0:12:56.000 The fake punt on the eleven yard run by Barkbus Mingo, 0:12:56.040 --> 0:12:57.520 what do we call on that play? We got a 0:12:57.600 --> 0:13:01.320 name for it, I'm sure to Yeah, we call it 0:13:01.360 --> 0:13:04.480 Sally at seven. That's that goes back to the Delaware 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:06.720 the Delaware wing t days when I was there. But 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:09.200 Tabes likes to call it that because that's what That's 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:11.600 what the first time I saw that, I mentioned that 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:14.760 looks like Sally at seven and the little counter handoff. 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:17.840 So Tabes has been working on that for weeks. And uh, 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:19.320 you know, you had to hit the right time. And 0:13:19.360 --> 0:13:22.000 I give coach Tabs a lot of credit. He saw 0:13:22.040 --> 0:13:24.040 the way that they were playing and what a what 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:25.839 a great call at that time to be able to 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:28.640 hit it. Uh, And and I just I that's a 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:32.320 way to be aggressive and attacking and when you hit those, uh, 0:13:32.360 --> 0:13:35.600 it's really really a great spark to the team. And uh, 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:37.720 that's probably one of the parts in the game where 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:41.080 I'm just a little little little disappointed at offensively, we 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:44.240 didn't turn that into seven points. Sally at seven. I 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:46.160 think a lot of fans would get a kick out 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:48.720 of understanding the background on some of the names of 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:52.120 these plays. Well, Sally at seven is a little uh, 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:56.320 it's a little fake zone zone read counter back to 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:58.240 the to the wing back in the Delaware wing t 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:00.360 So it looks like you're handing off one side and 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:03.120 then you hand it off underneath to the running back 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:05.280 or the wing back head in the other direction in 0:14:05.320 --> 0:14:07.680 a counter So that's just what it looked like to me. 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:10.560 And so we called it that, and I always I 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:12.560 tell Tage Man, just let me know when Sally at 0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:14.640 seven's coming, and so we talk about it all week 0:14:14.679 --> 0:14:17.040 and then he feels them out as to where they're at, 0:14:17.040 --> 0:14:19.560 and then again he called it at a great time. 0:14:19.720 --> 0:14:22.640 As you learned in eighteen, you've learned that the traits 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:24.800 in the skill sets of some of your players are 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:28.120 not just restricted to their position or their position group 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:30.920 that they have athleticism that you can carve out a 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:33.640 plan for them. I dam miss being able to use 0:14:34.000 --> 0:14:37.200 some of those guys in other ways offensively. That's the 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:39.360 part that you really like, is that creativity of being 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:41.280 able to get into all that and do that. And 0:14:42.240 --> 0:14:44.720 you know, we just gotta continue to battle through that 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:46.240 and then when the time comes that we got to 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:47.920 use them, we'll do them. We have them in there now, 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:49.880 we just system matter of getting to them. Yeah, I 0:14:49.920 --> 0:14:52.480 hear you, Dwayne Harris Matt I've proven to be a 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:55.040 gutsy return man back there. He catches everything and he 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:57.080 wants to go that that one bomb punt that he 0:14:57.080 --> 0:14:59.560 caught over his shoulder, it could have been a disaster, 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:03.120 but he turned it into something positive and really helped 0:15:03.160 --> 0:15:05.280 you get better if field position than you would have. 0:15:05.320 --> 0:15:07.480 But you know, he had sixty four punt return yards 0:15:07.520 --> 0:15:08.960 in the game. The first eight games of the year, 0:15:09.000 --> 0:15:12.840 you had forty seven total. So he's been a difference guy. Yeah, 0:15:12.960 --> 0:15:15.560 without a doubt, he's been awesome back there the last 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:18.640 couple of games. I mean, he tricked me last week. 0:15:18.680 --> 0:15:20.320 He tricked me in one that he I thought he 0:15:20.360 --> 0:15:22.280 was just gonna let hit and he did it and 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:25.080 just got it last second and saving us a major 0:15:25.120 --> 0:15:27.200 field position and doing a great job with it. He's 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:30.480 a guy that we're trusting back there. Uh. When you 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:34.120 have that, that's huge, and so I feel good about that. 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:36.840 That's a credit to Ryan Pacing his guys for finding 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:38.600 him and bringing him in and getting him in here 0:15:38.680 --> 0:15:41.200 now to let him go play football. So I'm really 0:15:41.240 --> 0:15:42.800 really proud of him. I think Dwayne Harris is a 0:15:42.840 --> 0:15:45.240 great player back there. Quick injury update. You don't play 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:47.240 until Monday night, so we're not gonna know a lot 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:50.000 of things. But you did tell everybody today Shereck McManus. 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:52.160 He said a tough year. He's been banged up quite 0:15:52.160 --> 0:15:54.240 a bit now with a broken index finger. What's that 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:56.200 mean for him down the road? I guess yeah, I 0:15:56.200 --> 0:15:58.400 don't know, we'll see it could be a possibility. I 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:00.880 R just with him him and then where he's at. 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:03.040 I mean, he's been a really such a great soldier 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:05.360 for us and being able to be a great teammate 0:16:05.400 --> 0:16:08.640 and obviously special teams and then has a great role 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:11.720 in the defense. So it'll give somebody else an opportunity 0:16:11.760 --> 0:16:13.560 to step up. But we love the way Sharks were 0:16:13.600 --> 0:16:17.200 playing and David Montgomery officially in the concussion protocol. I 0:16:17.240 --> 0:16:19.480 thought for a moment it was a shoulder, so when 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:21.440 he was coming off the field, just from the two 0:16:21.520 --> 0:16:25.600 quick TV shot, But how do you keep his spirits up? Also? Yeah, Well, 0:16:25.680 --> 0:16:28.080 David's an emotional player, which I love. It's it's a 0:16:28.120 --> 0:16:32.240 good emotion. He cares immensely about his craft, He cares 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:35.120 immensely about this team. He cares immensely and being able 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:36.880 to be out there with his buddies and his teammates 0:16:36.880 --> 0:16:39.480 and his coaches and so, you know, a lot of 0:16:39.480 --> 0:16:41.960 this is out of all of our control. He's got 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:43.840 to do everything he can to take care of himself 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:46.000 and then when the time's right, we'll see where he's at. 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:50.480 But you always want to have eleven David Montgomery's on 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:52.760 your team because he's a special, special player. All Right. 0:16:52.800 --> 0:16:55.640 You've very familiar with the Vikings, had great success against 0:16:55.680 --> 0:16:58.120 them so far in your career, and they're coming off 0:16:58.120 --> 0:17:01.320 a couple of wins. But at Dalvin getting everybody's attention 0:17:01.400 --> 0:17:03.960 right now. Yeah, anytime you have over twenty carries and 0:17:04.400 --> 0:17:07.320 you know two hundred yards your average tend to carry, 0:17:07.359 --> 0:17:09.800 that's pretty good. So our defense is going to be 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:12.360 challenged again against the run. They like to set things 0:17:12.400 --> 0:17:14.160 up off of that with a bunch of nakeds play 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:17.600 actions and shots. So defensively we'll have to, you know, 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:20.520 really be focused in on that. And then again offensively, 0:17:20.560 --> 0:17:22.360 I think we need to worry about ourselves right now 0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:24.840 and make sure that we take care of us and 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:27.359 uh but again they've they've always I know they're a 0:17:27.359 --> 0:17:29.680 little they've had some changes on defense and they've made 0:17:29.680 --> 0:17:32.639 some different moves, but coach Nimmer does a really good 0:17:32.720 --> 0:17:35.520 job with his defensive scheme and the things that they do. 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:37.920 And so we're gonna have our handsful. Lastly, one game 0:17:37.960 --> 0:17:40.960 in twenty days. Now, does that help this team? Yeah? 0:17:40.960 --> 0:17:44.040 I would, I would say right now healthwise, and then 0:17:44.080 --> 0:17:45.920 what the what the buy coming up? We're at a 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:48.840 position where again it's it's this is a big one. Now. 0:17:48.920 --> 0:17:51.879 You also talk about division games, right, so you know 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:55.360 it's always very very important. It's one when I first 0:17:55.440 --> 0:17:56.920