WEBVTT - Matt Eberflus shares Week 2 takeaways and insights | Bears, etc. Podcast 0:00:00.680 --> 0:00:06.160 Cut over that DJ Moore nisode Touchdown Touchdown Pair. I 0:00:06.160 --> 0:00:10.480 am Jeff Jonihan Witz is on Dottie go up. 0:00:12.000 --> 0:00:13.560 What was like playing for coach did? 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:16.439 I don't want to answer any questions like that pressure 0:00:16.480 --> 0:00:20.400 coming is a big trouble, Donnie Go Mottest. 0:00:19.960 --> 0:00:28.360 Sweat Now, Bears, etc. Brought to you by Geico with 0:00:28.480 --> 0:00:31.320 the voices of the Bears Jeff Joniac and Tom Thayer. 0:00:32.159 --> 0:00:33.760 Well, we knew it was going to be a big test. 0:00:33.880 --> 0:00:36.800 Road games always are, certainly in Houston where that place 0:00:36.880 --> 0:00:39.640 was stirred up and the Bears hung in there to 0:00:39.680 --> 0:00:41.479 the finish. They had the ball in their hands with 0:00:41.560 --> 0:00:44.000 a chance to win the game and could not close 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:46.680 the deal. Welcome back to Bears, et cetera. Everybody. This 0:00:46.720 --> 0:00:49.440 is episode ninety four and we're brought to you by Geico. 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:51.559 I'm Jeff Joniac, voice of the Bears, along with my 0:00:51.560 --> 0:00:55.080 broadcast partner, super Bowl winning Bears guard Tom Thayer, and 0:00:55.120 --> 0:00:58.400 we'll hear from head coach Maddy Berfluse coming up shortly. Tom, 0:00:58.400 --> 0:01:00.000 what's your take after watching tape? 0:01:00.400 --> 0:01:03.560 You know, I'm disappointed in the outcome because I really 0:01:03.600 --> 0:01:07.080 respect how well the defense is playing as a team. 0:01:07.560 --> 0:01:11.080 The contributions of the special teams, but it's an organization 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:14.160 process of the offense. And I'm not surprised then the 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:16.440 fact that got beat. Listen, I want the Bears to 0:01:16.480 --> 0:01:19.000 go seventeen to zero all the way to the super 0:01:19.040 --> 0:01:21.800 Bowl every year. But when you look at the schedule 0:01:21.880 --> 0:01:24.960 beforehand and you think of everything that you put in place, 0:01:25.000 --> 0:01:28.199 you got a rookie quarterback, you got a new offensive coordinator, 0:01:28.480 --> 0:01:31.200 you got some new pieces in place on offense. I 0:01:31.360 --> 0:01:34.880 wasn't unrealistic about I thought the difficulty of going into 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:38.080 Houston and winning this game. But it's just that when 0:01:38.120 --> 0:01:40.320 you look at the development of an offense and you 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:42.240 go back and you watch the tape and you can 0:01:42.280 --> 0:01:43.880 slow it down and you can look at it from 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:48.360 different angles, there's significant areas of improvement that can be 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:52.160 made quickly. And I do think that should be the 0:01:52.280 --> 0:01:56.640 preached process from the head coach to the offensive coordinator 0:01:57.040 --> 0:02:00.760 into all the leaders on the offensive side of the ball. 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:04.200 Well, the first thing I would imagine is just helping 0:02:04.240 --> 0:02:07.880 out an offense in terms of running the ball, and 0:02:08.120 --> 0:02:10.880 you know, make a defensive coordinator think twice about like 0:02:11.080 --> 0:02:13.600 these blitzes that we saw and the extra pressures that 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:16.079 we saw. Some teams are going to do it regardless. 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:19.600 That's their makeup, that's their chemistry. If that can be solved, 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:21.760 get the running game going. Heck, what did I talk 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:25.040 about before the game yesterday was all the math that 0:02:25.120 --> 0:02:27.840 happened in the league yesterday with one, two, three, four 0:02:27.880 --> 0:02:31.640 teams with over two hundred yards rushing, including two sixty 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:34.440 one for Green Bay against the Colts. Teams in the 0:02:34.480 --> 0:02:37.960 one eighties, one forties. I mean, you know that was 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:39.680 going to be a big part of this if they 0:02:39.680 --> 0:02:41.959 could get the run game going. But that has not happened. 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:43.880 But a lot of those stats from the running games 0:02:43.919 --> 0:02:46.560 that you've been talking about, they are established programs that 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:49.959 have a number of veterans inside their program. When you're 0:02:49.960 --> 0:02:52.919 talking about the Bears and they have a running play 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:56.000 called it's got to be things where the offensive line 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:58.000 has to be organized of how to get to their 0:02:58.040 --> 0:03:02.280 angles of responsibility so then the running back can commit 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:06.080 to the hole. I would try to encourage less freelance 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:08.959 ability by the running back, but I would also encourage 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:12.400 more line of scrimmage movement by the offensive line that 0:03:12.440 --> 0:03:15.720 continues upfield to the second level. And then when you 0:03:15.800 --> 0:03:18.959 start fitting into that process together, where the back meets 0:03:19.000 --> 0:03:21.680 the front. I do think that you can get much 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:23.800 more efficiency out of this running game. 0:03:24.200 --> 0:03:28.680 So in that case, Texans did blitz Caleb twenty times 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:33.560 according to next Gen Stats, the highest blitz rate in 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:37.680 the game under Demico Ryans, and once it started paying off, 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:40.120 they weren't going to stop until you stop it. I mean, 0:03:40.120 --> 0:03:41.160 that's just how it's going to be. 0:03:41.960 --> 0:03:44.240 You know, you got to think of our viewing advantage point. 0:03:44.280 --> 0:03:47.320 What are were seven or eight floors above the playing surface, 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:50.800 so we have a chance to easily see all twenty two. 0:03:51.240 --> 0:03:53.360 We know the down and distance, we know the way 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:55.560 they break the huddle, and we know how many guys 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:58.760 are on the opposite the opposing line of scrimmage, and 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:01.440 then you can start counting. Okay, in this pass protection, 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:05.960 they're outnumbered, they're gonna have one free rusher regardless, or 0:04:05.960 --> 0:04:09.240 they're sometimes gonna have two free rushers, and it's really 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:11.800 difficult until you beat that repeatedly. 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:14.160 They are gonna keep doing it. Just like you said. 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:16.760 So, I do think that some of the growing pains 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:20.280 that the Bears are gonna face throughout the early portions 0:04:20.360 --> 0:04:22.440 of this regular season and a. 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:23.159 Caveat to that. 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:27.279 As I tell you what, I've never been impressed by 0:04:27.320 --> 0:04:30.359 toughness before by a guy than I was with Caleb 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:35.240 last night, because he took some unpredictable shots from angles 0:04:35.279 --> 0:04:37.680 that he didn't know they were coming from, and he 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:41.640 bounced up, got back into the huddle, clearheadedly, called to 0:04:41.680 --> 0:04:44.159 play and went on to the next down and distance. 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:47.159 So all my hat my hats are off to Caleb 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:50.200 Williams and what he proved to me as a Bear alumni. 0:04:50.560 --> 0:04:54.440 Yep, it was definitely a vicious attack. We are brought 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:57.279 to you by Geico and middle Light taste like midder time, 0:04:57.320 --> 0:05:00.680 celebrate responsibly. Miller Brewing Company Milwaukee was kind. Ninety six 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:04.280 calories and three point two carbs per twelve ounces. All right, 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:07.440 everybody got in late last night after four am at 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:11.440 hallis Hall, and so a short rest for Mattiberflus to 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:13.919 watch the tape, get into meetings and start breaking it 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:16.039 all down. Let's get the status at allis now with 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:19.000 the Bears head coach. Matt, thanks for joining us. I know, 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:22.200 very early morning arrival, so I'm ach sleep you got 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:25.320 but enough to break down tape and all that, but 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:27.960 to get in the game. You know, I kind of 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:30.560 referred to this as a twelve round fight last night, 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:34.640 so I learned this morning. By the way, twelve round 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:37.240 fight in the heavyweight boxing world is referred to as 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:41.640 the championship distance in boxing vernacular. So a lot of sparring, 0:05:41.680 --> 0:05:44.960 a few punches thrown, some landed, and as it turned out, 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:48.360 literally from Aziz al Sharu, there was a punch thrown. 0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:51.280 So but it took into the last snap to knock 0:05:51.320 --> 0:05:55.159 you guys out. And I think that's very important to 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:56.520 state right out of the gate here. 0:05:56.760 --> 0:05:59.000 Yeah, these NFL games, as you know, will always come 0:05:59.040 --> 0:06:01.279 down to the last drive and you know, the last 0:06:01.279 --> 0:06:04.000 part of that fourth quarter. So that's why we practiced 0:06:04.040 --> 0:06:07.160 those moments and those situations during practice and during the week, 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:10.000 during training camp and all year long really, so it's 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:12.039 important for us to be able to execute during that time. 0:06:12.120 --> 0:06:14.719 We gave ourselves a chance to get victory. You know, 0:06:14.760 --> 0:06:17.640 we set up a you know, got a three and out. 0:06:18.040 --> 0:06:20.200 You know, offense did a nice job with you know, 0:06:20.320 --> 0:06:22.440 getting down there to kick that field goal. Kirol hit 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:22.920 a nice. 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:25.839 Field goal there, and we did a good job. 0:06:25.640 --> 0:06:28.000 Of going three and out, utilizing our time out and 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:30.400 getting the ball back for the offense with plenty of 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:32.080 time to be able to go down there and score. 0:06:32.120 --> 0:06:35.039 And you know, we just got behind the sticks, you know, 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:37.159 on the one sack and then ended up being fourth 0:06:37.240 --> 0:06:40.760 and seventeen. So those two players were unfortunate. But again 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:43.600 we put ourselves in a good spot to be able 0:06:43.640 --> 0:06:45.200 to win that football game at the very end. 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:47.920 Did you like my analogy, the boxing one? 0:06:47.960 --> 0:06:50.479 Yeah, oh I love boxing, so yeah, it was yeah. 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:52.839 Real good sparring a bit really kind of the theme 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:54.920 of the first two weeks, you know, when you talk 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:57.720 about a new quarterback, a young quarterback, and a new offense. 0:06:57.680 --> 0:07:00.080 Yeah, no doubt. And again those guys are going to 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:02.240 find their way, you know in terms of you know, 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:05.360 being efficient, being effective, and I thought they were better 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:08.160 yesterday in terms of, you know, Caleb was good being 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:10.200 able to get the ball out of his hands and 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:13.680 and the timely throws and the accuracy was there and 0:07:13.680 --> 0:07:15.120 and those things. And we had a chance to make 0:07:15.160 --> 0:07:18.320 some bigger type plays and those didn't happen during that time. 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:20.680 But again, chunk players are gonna be big. We got 0:07:20.720 --> 0:07:22.440 to have those, and again we got to establish the 0:07:22.520 --> 0:07:23.160 run game first. 0:07:23.240 --> 0:07:25.120 Yeah, let's pick it up from there, because you know, 0:07:25.160 --> 0:07:28.040 we talked about that in the pregame interview. Saw what 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:30.520 was going on around the league yesterday. My gosh, the 0:07:30.640 --> 0:07:33.880 numbers for run games and everybody's at a different point. 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:37.200 Obviously you can't compare everything, but people are running the ball. 0:07:37.240 --> 0:07:41.440 And so if that happens, doesn't that change a lot 0:07:41.600 --> 0:07:43.480 of what Caleb's gonna see from defense? 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:43.720 Yeah? 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:46.400 Absolutely, And I think that's that's a good starting point, 0:07:46.480 --> 0:07:48.880 is to establish that running game. And I think that 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:51.960 sets up a lot of things for you offensively. I know, 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:53.760 on the other on the other side, when you when 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:56.600 you don't defend the run the right way, you know, 0:07:56.680 --> 0:08:00.320 it's it's demoralizing. Well, you feel like you don't have control, 0:08:00.600 --> 0:08:02.760 you know, because you're not controlling the down and distances. 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:04.880 And that's what it is. And that's really about controlling 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:05.760 the line of scrimmage. 0:08:05.800 --> 0:08:08.280 When you're not running the ball and you're stuffed, you 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:12.080 lose yards. There's false starts, there's sacks. So there were 0:08:12.080 --> 0:08:18.160 a number of behind this chain's situations. Yesterday, I counted 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:21.560 thirteen of those situations of third and long or second 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:24.960 and long or first and long. Again, this is correctable. 0:08:25.280 --> 0:08:29.080 This is not like something you're stuck with. It's correctable. 0:08:29.160 --> 0:08:30.440 I told them in the team meeting. You know, it's 0:08:30.480 --> 0:08:33.719 about controlling the controllables. We can control penalties, we can 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:36.400 control you know, in terms of how we operate and 0:08:36.440 --> 0:08:39.320 fundamentally on first and second down. And that's important for 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:41.800 us because when you were in front of the sticks, 0:08:41.920 --> 0:08:42.560 you know a lot. 0:08:42.679 --> 0:08:44.040 It's a lot a lot. 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:46.880 Better and more efficient in terms of functioning on third 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:50.040 down if you get the third down and going forward 0:08:50.080 --> 0:08:50.440 from there. 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:53.480 Every defense is a different personality. So just because Demiko 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:57.240 Ryans through twenty blitzes at a young quarterback, doesn't mean 0:08:57.240 --> 0:08:59.640 everybody's going to do that. May not be in there 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:03.200 DNA to do that, but at the same time, it's 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:07.240 there now right. So knowing that doesn't that help your 0:09:07.280 --> 0:09:09.319 team in some way because they're going to be bracing 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:11.320 for that. They're going to be focusing in that. You 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:13.800 guys are going to coaching on that. I don't think 0:09:13.840 --> 0:09:16.000 Gus Bradley next weekend into him. I don't think he 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:18.240 has his mindset. They're not a big blitzing team, but 0:09:18.280 --> 0:09:19.160 that doesn't mean they won't. 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:21.680 Yeah, I mean, you're always ready for everything you know 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:24.120 in terms of you know, it's a copycat league and 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:26.520 when things start to work, you know, you'll see those 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:28.960 things until you get it corrected. And that's something that 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:29.600 we're gonna have to. 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:31.800 Do right without a blitz. I don't know if you 0:09:31.960 --> 0:09:34.040 did this math of they told you about this, but 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:36.560 Caleb was twenty of twenty five. They're on the football 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:41.280 under no pressure. That's that's a building block for the offense. 0:09:41.400 --> 0:09:43.680 Yeah, I mean I think he started out, uh seven 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:45.679 seven or seven, Yeah, so seven for seven in the 0:09:45.720 --> 0:09:48.720 first couple of drives there, and yeah, I thought it 0:09:48.760 --> 0:09:51.040 was very efficient to start. I thought he had a 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:54.560 really good drive to in the first half with a touchdown. 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:55.960 Like we said at the end of the game, he 0:09:56.000 --> 0:09:59.280 had two nice drives to put us in position one 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:01.360 for a field goal and then won for us to 0:10:01.400 --> 0:10:02.880 win the football game at the end, and we got 0:10:02.880 --> 0:10:04.080 behind the sticks at the end there. 0:10:04.160 --> 0:10:06.480 I know you've probably been asked a lot about the 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:09.680 blocking up front, but as you pointed out, I think 0:10:09.720 --> 0:10:12.520 many times and explain to me and it's just football. 0:10:12.520 --> 0:10:15.720 It is a lot of different reasons. Also, it's the 0:10:15.840 --> 0:10:16.520 entire offense. 0:10:16.600 --> 0:10:19.120 Yeah, no question, everybody's got a hand and when things 0:10:19.160 --> 0:10:21.000 go well, everybody's got a hand in that. That means 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:23.480 all eleven guys are working together. Everybody's doing their job, 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:25.839 and that's on all sides of the ball. And then 0:10:26.160 --> 0:10:28.680 when something breaks down, it's all eleven. You know, it's 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:32.120 about the operation. It's about one particular group. But when 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:35.320 it comes to protection, protections, you know, starts with the 0:10:35.360 --> 0:10:37.839 offensive line, but then it goes to the running backs, 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:40.640 goes to the tight ends, it goes to the receivers, 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:42.559 you know, running the right depths of the routes and 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:45.360 adjusting you when you do see pressure, and it. 0:10:45.320 --> 0:10:46.160 Goes to the quarterback. 0:10:46.240 --> 0:10:48.400 I mean, so it's a whole group that's working together 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:51.320 to make sure that that's a clean operation in terms 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:51.720 of protection. 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:54.960 All right, let's talk the defense again, giving you guys 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:57.400 a chance to win every game. And it goes back 0:10:57.440 --> 0:10:59.840 and again. I know you don't love talking about what's 0:10:59.800 --> 0:11:02.200 happened in the past, but the fact of the matter 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:05.920 is thirteen in the last fourteen games, you guys have 0:11:06.280 --> 0:11:08.880 allowed twenty points or less eight games in a row. 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:15.360 So that speaks to the continuity, the consistency of personnel 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:21.120 you calling the plays. This is a significant moment to 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:24.120 give you guys a chance to win all those games. 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:25.199 Yeah, if you old. 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:26.640 Team under twenty points, you got I. 0:11:26.600 --> 0:11:29.240 Would say that, you know, the guys understand where we are, 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:32.080 you know, you know in the season, and the guys 0:11:32.120 --> 0:11:34.560 that are doing a good job of executing the calls 0:11:34.559 --> 0:11:37.040 and doing a good job of hanging together and being 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:39.360 there and really setting the field for the offense. And 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:42.440 that's going to continue to be that way because I said, 0:11:42.480 --> 0:11:44.160 since the beginning, we got to play well around this 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:47.720 rookie quarterback, around Caleb, and he's getting better, and he 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:49.559 got better from week one to week two. You could 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:52.320 see that. That's clear and evident. If you watch the 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:55.800 tape and look at it. You know, everyboy's gonna be 0:11:55.800 --> 0:11:57.760 talking about, you know, sacks and those types of things, 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:00.000 but you know, the evidence is there that he's getting 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:02.440 better every single week and he made a big jump 0:12:02.760 --> 0:12:04.920 to me from week one to week two. 0:12:05.360 --> 0:12:10.640 All right, two games, four quarters, three points allowed in 0:12:10.679 --> 0:12:13.960 the second half. What's that say about what's happening? And 0:12:14.040 --> 0:12:17.080 even in terms of adjustments, they're just making teams go 0:12:17.320 --> 0:12:20.400 the distance with you. In terms of the your defense. 0:12:20.559 --> 0:12:22.840 Always goes back to the players, right it's about execution. 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:25.360 So the players execute the calls that are made, and 0:12:25.720 --> 0:12:27.600 I think that they're doing a really good jobs. It's 0:12:27.640 --> 0:12:29.720 because they've been together now for a couple of years. 0:12:30.160 --> 0:12:33.199 They understand when we tweak and adjust little things here 0:12:33.240 --> 0:12:35.800 and there, you know, during halftime or during a serial 0:12:36.000 --> 0:12:39.280 in you know, in game adjustments. And they've done a 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:39.960 nice job with that. 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:41.040 You know. 0:12:41.080 --> 0:12:43.280 I always like to use that word deploy. You deploy 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:46.680 some guys yesterday that I don't hear anybody talk about. 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:50.080 But Jack Sanborn had great blitzack, gotten the way of 0:12:50.080 --> 0:12:52.880 a pass early in the game. Anytime you ask him 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:54.640 to do something, he seems to make a play. 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:56.440 Yeah, he did a really good job at the end 0:12:56.480 --> 0:12:58.319 of that game. Not only that, but in the four 0:12:58.360 --> 0:13:00.640 minute mode too. We put him in there. Nice play, 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:03.360 a couple of nice tackles there. But that that that 0:13:03.480 --> 0:13:05.760 sack was huge to be able to reset the field 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:08.120 for us and get the ball back for the offense. 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:12.319 Also, restraint, let's talk about that. Because you have a 0:13:12.360 --> 0:13:15.079 high character football team. You want this team to play hard, 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:18.760 play physical, but you wanted to do it with some 0:13:18.800 --> 0:13:22.640 great responsibility in terms of character. But Temper's flair so 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:26.040 Roshawn Johnson got popped in the popped in the face 0:13:26.080 --> 0:13:28.680 on the sideline. He could have taken a swing he 0:13:28.760 --> 0:13:32.440 did not, Tyreek Stevenson. Wide receivers and corners they do 0:13:32.480 --> 0:13:34.720 bad all the time. That could have been a situation 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:36.920 where that got out of hand. How do you feel 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:39.800 about that, especially on the road, in a very tempestuous 0:13:40.160 --> 0:13:45.560 environment and things not going completely well offensively, that people 0:13:45.679 --> 0:13:46.840 maintain their composure. 0:13:46.920 --> 0:13:48.960 Yeah, that's that's important, you know. I talked to the team, 0:13:49.200 --> 0:13:53.120 you know, on situational Friday. We watched a situation's tape 0:13:53.760 --> 0:13:57.040 you know, around the league, and we showed that a 0:13:57.080 --> 0:13:58.720 couple of weeks Togo, I think the first week on 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:01.719 the sideline when a I think it was one of 0:14:01.760 --> 0:14:04.240 the quarterbacks in the league got hit and one of 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:06.640 the guys that were on in street cloths and practice 0:14:06.640 --> 0:14:09.720 squad ended up, you know, bumping into the guy who 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:12.760 did it, and he got fined, He got the organization 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:14.520 got fine. I said, guys, we can't have that, you know, 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:17.080 we can't have fouls on the sideline. I know, we 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:20.040 don't like when people hit you know, illegally. Let the 0:14:20.200 --> 0:14:22.880 let the referees call the foul. And then move forward 0:14:22.920 --> 0:14:25.640 from there, and we can't make a bad play on 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:27.880 their part, you know, a bad play on our part. 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:30.000 So we got to make sure we keep our water 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:32.560 temperature the right temperature during the course of the game. 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:37.040 I quick look at what's ahead here with Indianapolis. They've 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:39.760 given him a lot of rushing yards to forrest Buckner 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:43.080 maybe out I suffered an ankle injury and played ten snaps. 0:14:43.280 --> 0:14:45.480 I know it's very early, but you know this team 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:48.640 very well. We practiced against them last summer, a lot 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:51.640 of the same personnel there. This is an important game 0:14:51.680 --> 0:14:54.560 for them. Anytime the teams facing a three game losing streak, 0:14:54.880 --> 0:14:57.600 panic sets in from the outside in. How are you 0:14:57.640 --> 0:15:00.440 looking at this in terms of the build up from 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:01.880 a bear's perspective. 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:04.040 Yeah, just really focus it on us. Like I said, 0:15:04.040 --> 0:15:07.480 control the controllables. We need to get better this week. 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:10.720 We have to improve as a football team, and us 0:15:10.760 --> 0:15:12.600 coming together and doing that's going to be of the 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:18.040 utmost importance starting today and then working through the Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:18.840 Saturday practice. 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:21.120 So you be ready for the questions about your ex 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:24.080 colts days again, because that's always an easy one, right, 0:15:24.160 --> 0:15:25.720 But you had a great time there, sir. 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:28.520 My time at the Colts was awesome. The Ursay family 0:15:28.640 --> 0:15:32.800 is a wonderful family, and I enjoyed my time in Indianapolis. 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:34.440 All right, I appreciate your time. We'll talk to you 0:15:34.480 --> 0:15:36.440 next week. Thank you. Right, Tom, He's gonna he's gonna 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:39.680 keep talking about resiliency because resiliency is necessary to win 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:41.720 in this league, no matter what week it is. And 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:44.280 complimentary football. And there were moments in that game where 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:47.600 there were complimentary moments, including at the end of the 0:15:47.600 --> 0:15:49.680 game when they force a turnover and the Bears have 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:52.080 the football on a chance to win the game. So 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:54.320 that has to be top of mind. You got to 0:15:54.440 --> 0:15:56.160 you gotta stay together as a team. We heard from 0:15:56.160 --> 0:15:59.240 col COMBT today. We heard from Tremaine Edmunds as well, 0:15:59.720 --> 0:16:03.560 so they discuss some of these same topics, big moments 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:07.000 to take advantage of from a teaching perspective, Like you said, 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:10.440 but any other takeaways from Eeberflus, You. 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:12.160 Know, it's just the fact that you got to hang 0:16:12.160 --> 0:16:14.800 your hat on what the defense is offering you right now. 0:16:15.080 --> 0:16:17.920 They bring stability inside that locker room that no matter 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:20.240 where you go, no matter where you play, how much 0:16:20.280 --> 0:16:23.600 experience you have or how inexperience you are, that you 0:16:23.680 --> 0:16:27.440 can attack from every possible angle. They got depth and 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:31.240 the defensive line. They got quality linebacker play and guys 0:16:31.280 --> 0:16:33.360 that can come in and out of the lineup, and 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:36.000 they have a number of defensive backs that, as you 0:16:36.040 --> 0:16:38.720 always say, they're deployable in a lot of different ways. 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:41.840 So if you have to have one side of the 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:44.600 ball to hang your hat on, it's gonna be the 0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:47.240 defense right now. And then when you listen to guys 0:16:47.280 --> 0:16:51.320 like Tremaine Edmunds, who is just a character of unbelievable 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:55.800 strength for that locker room, and he understands that, Look, 0:16:55.840 --> 0:16:57.920 you're going to go through some growing pains with this 0:16:58.000 --> 0:17:02.080 offense because there's youth there in the most important position 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:07.800 in football. Allow them to grow through their building opportunities, 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:12.280 and defense keep going out there and doing what's asked 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:14.960 of you, because there's going to be a turnover. There's 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:16.840 going to be something that's going to get this thing 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:20.639 turned around, and it may and be initiated by the defense. 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:22.560 Yeah, I think they know that. The journey here, I 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:25.040 mean it started late last year when they started playing well. 0:17:25.480 --> 0:17:29.000 Three second half points allowed in two total games, that's incredible, 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:31.520 that's best in the league. And eight games in a 0:17:31.640 --> 0:17:34.640 row allowing less than twenty and thirteen of the last fourteen, 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:37.760 so less than twenty points. You put yourself in a position, 0:17:37.840 --> 0:17:39.440 then your team has a chance to win. 0:17:39.960 --> 0:17:41.760 Right, you know, you go back and you just look 0:17:41.760 --> 0:17:44.959 at the defensive line, the different configurations of lineups they 0:17:45.000 --> 0:17:47.960 can have the way that people. You know, you get 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:50.639 your Von Dexter rushing from the end, you got DeMarcus 0:17:50.680 --> 0:17:53.639 Walker rushing from the end of the defensive tackle position. 0:17:53.680 --> 0:17:54.960 You got big push up in. 0:17:54.960 --> 0:17:59.320 The middle by Billings, You've got Montese Sweat, Austin Booker, 0:17:59.440 --> 0:18:02.320 and Darryl Taylor that can rush from the outside as 0:18:02.320 --> 0:18:05.120 well as any three rushers on any team in the 0:18:05.359 --> 0:18:06.600 National Football League. 0:18:06.680 --> 0:18:09.160 And then they're backed up by a quality group of athletes. 0:18:09.200 --> 0:18:12.320 So I still think that no matter what building you 0:18:12.400 --> 0:18:15.560 go into, home or away, that the Bears defense can 0:18:15.600 --> 0:18:17.040 dictate the pace of a game. 0:18:17.400 --> 0:18:19.439 So when we break it down even further, when he 0:18:19.560 --> 0:18:22.560 was knat Blitz last night, Cata Williams twenty of twenty 0:18:22.560 --> 0:18:25.760 five for one hundred and fifty nine yards and an interception, 0:18:26.600 --> 0:18:29.480 better protection use that run game. In fact, let's listen 0:18:29.480 --> 0:18:32.359 to Cole Comett talk about just that very topic, getting 0:18:32.400 --> 0:18:34.400 that running game going to help open the passing game. 0:18:35.000 --> 0:18:37.160 Well, I always think it always starts with running football. 0:18:38.080 --> 0:18:40.800 I think every you know, every offense, you know, the 0:18:40.880 --> 0:18:43.960 number one goal is to run the football effectively. So 0:18:44.480 --> 0:18:46.560 I think it always starts there, and you know, from there, 0:18:46.560 --> 0:18:48.600