WEBVTT - Nagy, Lazor talk Montgomery's performance | Coaches Show 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:02.639 And a pleasant could even everybody and welcome into another 0:00:02.759 --> 0:00:05.120 edition of the Bears Coaching Show with head coach Matt Naggie, 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:08.039 brought to you by Whippley CPAs and Consultants. Jeff Jonick 0:00:08.119 --> 0:00:10.559 with you until eight o'clock tonight here on news radio 0:00:10.720 --> 0:00:13.840 one oh five nine w BBM. Coach Naggie with us 0:00:13.920 --> 0:00:15.400 until the bottom of the hour, and then we joined 0:00:15.440 --> 0:00:18.480 by offensive coordinator Bill Laser wrapping up the laws in 0:00:18.600 --> 0:00:21.160 La last night at SOFI Stadium. Good evening, Matt, how 0:00:21.160 --> 0:00:23.040 are you feeling. I'll do it okay, you know, it's 0:00:23.880 --> 0:00:25.960 obviously you want to come out of this thing. Were 0:00:26.079 --> 0:00:28.000 to win last night. We did it, but we got 0:00:28.000 --> 0:00:30.920 to understand where we went wrong and we got to 0:00:30.960 --> 0:00:33.840 try to fix it and do it quick. Yeah. These 0:00:34.040 --> 0:00:37.320 West Coast arrivals make that the case right, turn it 0:00:37.320 --> 0:00:39.280 around quick. But you did get a chance on the 0:00:39.320 --> 0:00:41.600 plane to watch it and then meetings this morning. What 0:00:41.720 --> 0:00:44.239 stuck out to you probably the biggest thing, Jeff, was 0:00:44.360 --> 0:00:48.159 the explosives that we gave up on defense and not 0:00:48.240 --> 0:00:51.320 getting those explosives on offense was was some of it. 0:00:51.440 --> 0:00:53.520 I thought we did a good job offensively of being 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:56.800 able to pick up first downs and um, you know, 0:00:56.800 --> 0:01:00.680 and keep their defense on the field. We just had 0:01:00.720 --> 0:01:02.640 to stay away from some of those big time plays 0:01:02.720 --> 0:01:06.240 where you know, whether it's a full more or an interception, 0:01:07.400 --> 0:01:11.520 those game changing plays. So I was happy with that part, 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:14.040 which is not happy enough with the red zone stuff. 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:16.959 And defensively, I just felt like it again, we gave 0:01:17.040 --> 0:01:20.640 up too many big plays, too many explosives, and you 0:01:20.720 --> 0:01:22.600 just can't do that against a good football team like 0:01:22.640 --> 0:01:25.080 DA and Matthew Stafford will makes to pay. And the 0:01:25.160 --> 0:01:26.840 thing you have to put in perspective as well, and 0:01:26.880 --> 0:01:29.759 I know David Montgomery did it last night. There's seventeen weeks, 0:01:29.920 --> 0:01:33.160 got sixteen more chances to make things happen. And that's 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:35.200 always the refrain when when things don't go well in 0:01:35.200 --> 0:01:37.319 week one. But it doesn't go well for a lot 0:01:37.319 --> 0:01:39.520 of teams in week one. It took three months to 0:01:39.560 --> 0:01:42.240 get here, and you just don't throw everything out over 0:01:42.280 --> 0:01:45.560 the last three months. No, not at all. And that's 0:01:45.600 --> 0:01:48.280 when you got to rely on the resiliency of your 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:50.880 players and the togetherness that you have with these guys, 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:54.240 and these guys care and so we got we gotta 0:01:54.320 --> 0:01:57.600 understand why did this happen, and then we got to 0:01:57.640 --> 0:01:59.200 go out there. Now we get an opportunity to do 0:01:59.240 --> 0:02:02.120 it against Sincy. All right, let's talk about the responses, 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:04.960 and those are always big whatever happens. Yes, the red 0:02:05.040 --> 0:02:07.720 zone interception, how do you respond? How do you respond 0:02:07.720 --> 0:02:09.600 when you guys pulled it within six a couple of 0:02:09.639 --> 0:02:11.600 times in that game when you felt the momentum was 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:14.400 about to turn potentially based on what was going on, 0:02:14.680 --> 0:02:17.880 did you feel that just to overall responsive key points? Oh? Yeah, 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:22.119 we did. And again where I think it started was 0:02:22.320 --> 0:02:25.280 it was seven nothing and then we got to stop 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:27.600 on third and five and made him kick along field 0:02:27.600 --> 0:02:29.000 goal and they made that to go up ten to 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:35.320 ten to zero, and then we ended up having to 0:02:35.360 --> 0:02:38.400 give the ball back to them on downs and they 0:02:38.440 --> 0:02:40.680 went down and then they had a red zone first 0:02:40.680 --> 0:02:42.520 and goal at the two yard line and we held 0:02:42.560 --> 0:02:45.880 them to three points. So I felt that change. We 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:47.520 were able to get to football then and have that 0:02:47.560 --> 0:02:49.480 six team play driving go in and before you know 0:02:49.520 --> 0:02:52.320 it at halftime it's you know, it's a it's a 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:55.320 it's a third team to seven game. And then the 0:02:55.400 --> 0:02:56.959 other part of the momentum is they come out in 0:02:57.000 --> 0:03:00.000 the third and they score that that touchdown right away, 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:02.000 up two scores, and then we came back and scored 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:04.320 a touchdown to make it back to six. And then 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:06.360 they came back and scored a touchdown, and then we 0:03:06.400 --> 0:03:08.960 didn't match it. We had a long drive, but we 0:03:09.040 --> 0:03:11.440 ended up missing the fourth down, so it was kind 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:13.080 of going back and forth, and we were trying to 0:03:13.120 --> 0:03:16.080 chase him and get back to that even score and 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:17.840 we just weren't able to do it, and then they 0:03:17.880 --> 0:03:19.600 punched one more in at the end and before you 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:21.720 know it, you're down to flot me a particularly interesting 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:24.280 matchup when you consider and I keep saying it, and 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:26.600 it's the case, it's always the great unknown week one, 0:03:26.639 --> 0:03:29.400 regardless if you have new coaches and new players or not. 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:32.680 And he had a familiar player though, that knows your bears, 0:03:32.680 --> 0:03:35.240 and that's Matthew Stafford going into a situation with a 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:37.960 coach that you know very well and Sean mcpay and 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:40.280 the result was a very good performance on his part 0:03:40.320 --> 0:03:44.440 and turnover three and nine possessions. Was that part of 0:03:44.440 --> 0:03:48.520 your thinking as you put together this game plan overall? Yeah, 0:03:48.560 --> 0:03:50.080 you never know what they're going to come out, what 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:53.640 they're gonna do, But this is their first time playing 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:55.400 together too, and him as a coach and him as 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:57.880 a quarterback, and Matthews had a lot of experience against 0:03:57.920 --> 0:04:01.320 our defense in particular, so does he not just know 0:04:01.400 --> 0:04:05.520 the personnel or the scheme, but he also knows the personnel. So, um, 0:04:05.680 --> 0:04:07.360 you got to give them credit. You know, they're good 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:10.640 football players, are good football team, good coaches, and um, 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:12.800 we got to be able to step our game up. 0:04:13.120 --> 0:04:16.320 What's most disappointing to you about the defense probably what 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:18.920 I said earlier is that the explosives. Now that's that's 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:21.960 really Yeah. When you give up big chunks, they're they're 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:24.320 a tough offense to stop when you don't do that, 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:26.640 and then when you do give up big plays, it 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:30.240 just makes them even more potent. So but I have 0:04:30.320 --> 0:04:32.120 a lot of a lot of faith and belief in 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:34.599 our players. I know that they care, and I know 0:04:34.640 --> 0:04:35.919 that they're going to want to fix it. I know 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:37.560 that they will fix it. And when you have that, 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:39.599 that's more than half the battle. You take pride in 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:43.039 having really good relationships with your players on both sides 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:45.920 of the ball. You've got leaders in there that visit 0:04:45.960 --> 0:04:49.240 with you and you discuss the overall h state of 0:04:49.279 --> 0:04:52.680 the team each week. A guy like Eddie Jackson, your 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:55.880 relationship with him, because there is a lot expected of 0:04:55.920 --> 0:04:59.200 Eddie Jackson, there is, there is, but and there's also 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:02.080 a trust as well. And when you have these type 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:04.599 of games, you want your leaders like Eddie to step 0:05:04.720 --> 0:05:09.600 up and be able to create other leaders. So these guys, um, 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:12.279 they will fix it. They will, they will know, and 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:14.599 they'll they'll take it personal, which is good. They all 0:05:14.680 --> 0:05:18.280 everybody will. We do this thing together so well. When 0:05:18.320 --> 0:05:20.159 you're when you act that way and when you practice 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:23.000 that way, Um, you're given week two to go out 0:05:23.040 --> 0:05:24.679 there and do it. These guys will turn it around. 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:27.440 All right, Let's talk offense. The good news it's seven 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:30.880 of eight drives entering Rams territory. So Andy moved the 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:33.800 sticks with the game plan that you mustered up against 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:37.320 a very respected defense with two superstars on it. First 0:05:37.320 --> 0:05:40.000 four drives cross midfield though, and you don't get anything 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:43.440 out of it points wise, but you stuck to it. Yeah. 0:05:43.480 --> 0:05:46.800 We what we tried to do yesterday was, um, stay 0:05:46.839 --> 0:05:49.960 out of those third and eight plus ranges and and 0:05:50.360 --> 0:05:53.880 you know, so unfortunately we had those those fourth and three, 0:05:54.000 --> 0:05:57.040 fourth and fours and we are over four to start, 0:05:57.120 --> 0:06:00.000 so that when you look back, you know, you really 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:02.000 wish you could converted on one or two of those 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:04.760 and try to keep a drive going. But like you 0:06:04.839 --> 0:06:07.400 just said, being able to move the ball, we felt 0:06:07.400 --> 0:06:09.400 like we were getting into rhythm. And this is a 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:12.400 defense that quite honestly, with their personnel and the way 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:14.800 they scheme, they really I mean, you look at their 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:17.400 numbers from last year. When it comes to being explosive plays, 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:20.040 they're they're tough to get against this defense. It's also 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:22.880 tough to run against that defense, and you know Daved. 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:24.279 For David to be able to run for a hundred 0:06:24.320 --> 0:06:27.000 yards breaking off a forty yard or early was good 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:29.840 and it helps them. It helps the mojo, it helps 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:34.280 the mentality of these guys, and so we got to 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:36.360 grow from that. But we got to score more points. 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:38.120 You know, fourteen's not enough. We've got to get more 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:40.599 than fourteen. And if we do that, we'll be in 0:06:40.640 --> 0:06:43.880 each game. And the thing is, this game plan doesn't 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:47.120 mean this is Andy Dalton's game plan every week in 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:49.880 terms of the shore passing game. And I think you 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:52.400 should tell people that because you know how, you know 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:56.160 what happens. Yeah, that's real. That that's very real. We knew, 0:06:58.120 --> 0:07:00.120 you just know that with some of these schemes that 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:04.400 you see that the shorter passes was going to be 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:06.320 something we were going to have to do for several 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:08.880 different reasons. That's not what this offense is. And we 0:07:08.960 --> 0:07:11.720 know that. David A. Montgomery in the backfield on second down. 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:13.640 Here's the snap at a hand off on the cutback. 0:07:13.760 --> 0:07:16.239 Montgomery with her own Brix attack with forty five forty 0:07:16.480 --> 0:07:20.640 Montgomery thirty fifty, Dan yard lining knocked out a bass. 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:23.880 David Montgomery and his horse. How the second player of 0:07:23.880 --> 0:07:26.600 the game riffed off a bundle and the Bears will 0:07:26.640 --> 0:07:29.280 be in business. Forty one yard run. Welcome back to 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:31.280 the Bears Coaches Show. It's brought to you by a 0:07:31.320 --> 0:07:34.480 Whippley CPAs and Consultants are proud partner of the Chicago Bears. 0:07:34.520 --> 0:07:37.080 Learn more at Whippley dot com. The exciting run on 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:40.160 his first carry of the season, David Montgomery goes for 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:42.960 forty one yards. Heck of a cutback against the grain. 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:46.440 Matt and you know in our pregame interview I talked about, Okay, 0:07:46.440 --> 0:07:48.760 he had one touch in the preseason there's the audio 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:51.040 of you and Heat talking and mini camp. He wants 0:07:51.040 --> 0:07:54.239 to put the pads on, and you know, I felt 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:56.360 like he was the thoroughbred ready to break out, and 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:59.800 that was a perfect example. It wasn't for it to happen. 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:02.360 His first carry was pretty neat, and he's worked so 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:04.680 hard in training camp, and you know, that's something that 0:08:04.720 --> 0:08:06.960 we're going to continue to keep going. I mean, it's uh, 0:08:07.320 --> 0:08:10.000 he's you know, the more carries he gets, the better 0:08:10.040 --> 0:08:12.640 he is. And he has a really, really hard bunch 0:08:12.720 --> 0:08:15.000 yesterday that I was really impressed with, and so we 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:17.080 want to keep that going. And I'm just I'm proud 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:19.560 of how's he working, meshing with the old line and 0:08:20.080 --> 0:08:23.400 an old line that lost two tackles yesterday, unbelievable. Yeah, 0:08:24.080 --> 0:08:25.680 he does a good job. You know, he has a 0:08:25.720 --> 0:08:28.520 great relationship with them and they love him the death. 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:30.440 And same with Damian Williams too. You know, we got 0:08:30.440 --> 0:08:33.079 a good backfield back there with those guys. And yeah, 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:35.000 we had a couple of guys who go down yesterday 0:08:35.120 --> 0:08:37.320 in the game but has some other step up. But 0:08:37.360 --> 0:08:39.920 that's a part of football and we just got to 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:43.760 keep rolling along. Pro Football Focus Montgomery five point one 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:47.200 yards after contact per attempt yesterday and three ten plus 0:08:47.320 --> 0:08:50.720 yard runs and now a touchdown in seven consecutive games 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:52.959 dating back to last season. So good start with him. 0:08:53.080 --> 0:08:54.960 And I know you've alluded to it with the media 0:08:55.080 --> 0:08:57.640 in your weekly news conferences all the way back to 0:08:57.679 --> 0:09:00.959 training camp, but just if you could put into a 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:05.319 context what your relationship has become with David Montgomery right now. Yeah, 0:09:05.400 --> 0:09:10.120 it's it's been really special to me just because it's 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:13.080 very authentic between the both of us. David is a 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:16.520 guy that he's uh, you know, he takes these type 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:19.000 of relationships very seriously and I love that about him. 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:22.040 And he comes out of the shelf too. You know, 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:24.880 I can remember his rookie year, how quiet he was 0:09:24.920 --> 0:09:27.559 and how he always wanted to be a professionist and 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:30.760 impress everybody, and now he's more of himself, and you 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:34.440 know it, just having those personal relationships helps so much more. 0:09:34.480 --> 0:09:36.400 And you know, he texted me right at the end 0:09:36.440 --> 0:09:38.120 of the game telling me how much he has my 0:09:38.160 --> 0:09:40.240 back and how much we're gonna get this thing back 0:09:40.240 --> 0:09:42.480 on track, and you know that just goes to show 0:09:42.760 --> 0:09:44.440 what kind of person he is and how much he 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:47.160 wants it for this team in this city and this organization, 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:49.120 and I think we're lucky to have. And how about 0:09:49.160 --> 0:09:51.640 the pairing with the new running backs. Coach Michael Petrie 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:54.640 from Oregon State certainly has had a lot of touch 0:09:54.679 --> 0:09:57.239 points with you know, even players in your own organization, 0:09:57.600 --> 0:10:00.640 our Tavis Pierce, Ryan naw and Oregon State. But just 0:10:00.720 --> 0:10:03.959 that relationship is important also as it pertains to the 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:07.400 running back room and David, it's it's really really important. 0:10:07.400 --> 0:10:09.840 And coach Petrie's done a great job of coming in 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:12.920 here and also getting to learn who these running backs are. 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:15.240 It's a it's a really neat room that we have 0:10:15.320 --> 0:10:18.199 their in a running back room, and Coach Petrie has 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:20.480 just come on in and blended really well with them. 0:10:20.520 --> 0:10:23.400 And I know how much respect they have for Coach Petree, 0:10:23.400 --> 0:10:25.920 and I know how much respect Coach Peatrie has for them. 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:28.760 So we want to just continue to see that grow. 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:30.920 All right, Let's let's talk about the receivers, because when 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:33.120 you put together a game plan like that, and I 0:10:33.480 --> 0:10:35.600 know I asked you as well, with all this new 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:38.079 speed of your itching too, to let the let the 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:42.360 throw again the Thoroughbreds run and stretch that field. Is 0:10:42.400 --> 0:10:45.640 it a cell job to them when they know in 0:10:45.679 --> 0:10:48.040 their heart of hearts they want to they want the 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:51.480 big plays, and those big plays with a short passing 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:53.679 game are going to come if you have break tackles 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:56.240 and you create some cushion and get away and make 0:10:56.280 --> 0:10:59.320 the other team force that leverage or create a mistake 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:01.160 in the in the second Darry or in the coverage. 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:04.000 Is that a cell job to them? Sometimes when you 0:11:04.040 --> 0:11:06.240 put a game plan like that together, you know what 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:08.520 to some it could be. But these guys, when we 0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:10.560 put the game plan together at the beginning of the week, 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:13.360 they understand and they see why why we're doing it 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:16.080 a certain way, and then when they get their opportunities, 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:17.760 they want to make the most out of it. So 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:20.760 they watched just as much film as us, and they 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:22.920 see that, hey, yeah, they're you know what, there's really 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:25.800 not a lot of big explosives against this defense, and 0:11:26.600 --> 0:11:28.720 if we do get an opportunity to hit a few, 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:30.760 we got to take full advantage of them. But they 0:11:30.800 --> 0:11:33.720 were great all week long, and they understand moving forward 0:11:33.760 --> 0:11:35.679 what our goal is and how we want to get 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:38.880 to it. So there was there was nothing but positivity 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:41.040 from them. We talk all the time about Aaron Donald 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:43.800 and how he can wreck a game plan certainly, and 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:46.400 I thought overall it was a very good job against 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:48.800 him given what he's capable of. But you know, we 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:51.480 only touch on Jalen Ramsey, but they moved them, as 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:53.880 you expected, all over the place, and he was there 0:11:53.920 --> 0:11:56.640 in many situations, goes back to back tackles for loss. 0:11:57.240 --> 0:12:01.080 Does he get enough credit right now? Is arguably the 0:12:01.120 --> 0:12:03.360 premier corner in the NFL. And what did he do 0:12:03.480 --> 0:12:06.520 to you guys that caused him damage? I'd say probably 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:08.440 the biggest thing, Jeff, that they did is they moved 0:12:08.440 --> 0:12:10.040 them around a lot, which we knew they were going 0:12:10.120 --> 0:12:13.000 to do that, and they had some tendency breakers that 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:15.439 they that they brought into that game. And again that's 0:12:15.480 --> 0:12:18.360 stuff that's unscouted. That's why in week one, you know, 0:12:18.760 --> 0:12:20.599 there's there's some things that you just aren't going to 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:22.199 see it, and it's just it's fair to us to 0:12:22.320 --> 0:12:24.960 an offense, there's things that they don't see. But Jalen 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:26.600 does a really good job. And not only can we 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:28.840 play really well outside and match up, but he can 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:31.360 play inside and move around. He's smart, he can tackle, 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:34.400 So when you're able to do that move guys around. 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:36.640 It definitely makes it tougher and they know that, and 0:12:36.679 --> 0:12:38.440 that's why he's one of the best corners in the 0:12:38.480 --> 0:12:40.680 league all right. Time for another break here on The 0:12:40.720 --> 0:12:43.120 Bears Coaches Show with Bears head coach Matt Naggie. It's 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:46.080 brought to you by Whippley CPAs and Consultants. This time, 0:12:46.200 --> 0:12:49.360 Field's gonna keep put out a readoption, cutting in, He's in, 0:12:49.720 --> 0:12:54.840 put a touchdown, knifing in between two defenders. He hit 0:12:54.920 --> 0:12:58.880 the accelerator and he's in. From the three touchdown Bears, 0:12:59.720 --> 0:13:04.600 just Fields his first one. Take that football and put 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:07.760 it in a case. Select single game Bears tickets are available. 0:13:07.840 --> 0:13:09.920 Cheer on the Monsters of the Midway live at Soldier 0:13:09.960 --> 0:13:12.680 Field this season. Visit Chicago Bears dot com slash tickets 0:13:12.720 --> 0:13:15.400 for more information. Jeff Joniac Matt Naggie here on the 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:17.760 Bears Coaches Show. Final segment with coach will take a 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:20.319 look at the Bengals as well. But the highlight of 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:23.800 Justin Field's first NFL touchdown. We just heard the first 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:26.079 Bears rookie quarterback to rush for a touchdown and a 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:29.199 season opener since nineteen sixty. When you have a rare 0:13:29.280 --> 0:13:30.880 talent like that, he's going to score a lot of 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:35.480 rushing touchdowns. Break down his five play package and how 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:39.160 it all turned out for you and you know everybody, 0:13:39.720 --> 0:13:41.920 I mean, let's be honest, everyone assumed you're going to 0:13:42.000 --> 0:13:47.600 do something. Your grin is was too great now without 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:50.800 a doubt, and you know, Justin has been so great 0:13:51.559 --> 0:13:55.200 in this situation and he's just going into the game 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:58.319 last night. We knew what plays and what ideas and 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:00.719 thoughts we had with him, and he full advantage of 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:02.600 I'm starting from the very first play of the night 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:04.800 when he he gripped and ripped and threw that ball 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:07.480 out to the flat to Marquis Gibin and so um, 0:14:07.520 --> 0:14:10.480 I just love his attitude, I love his mentality. Uh, 0:14:10.559 --> 0:14:12.880 he's certainly a weapon, and he showed that with that 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:15.560 touchdown run, sticking his right foot in the ground. JP 0:14:15.720 --> 0:14:18.400 Holts with a great block and then for him to 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:20.040 get in there and you could just feel the energy 0:14:20.040 --> 0:14:22.880 and excitement and the same way Andy Till on the sideline. 0:14:22.880 --> 0:14:24.840 You know, Andy helped he made He made a nice 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:27.280 scramble right before that and has some nice throws and 0:14:27.360 --> 0:14:29.800 so when you do it as a team, was pretty 0:14:29.800 --> 0:14:32.920 neat and Justin certainly made some nice plays. The psyche 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:35.320 and the mentality and the humility of a player like 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:38.800 Andy for this to have and not not every quarterback 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:41.520 would love this because you know, you're walking a fine 0:14:41.560 --> 0:14:44.200 line when you're talking about rhythm and everybody. You know, 0:14:44.400 --> 0:14:46.560 when the quarterbacks sound if they don't want to come off. 0:14:47.160 --> 0:14:50.520 So is this a unique situation for you? It is? 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:53.560 And what's nice about Andy is that he understands that. 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:57.800 And um, you know, you look at some teams that 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:00.440 do that, and you know, not just this year, but 0:15:00.520 --> 0:15:02.880 previous years as well, and I think you definitely have 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:05.240 to have a feel. You have to understand everybody does 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:06.960 you know, why why are we doing it? You know, 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:09.920 how does it give us an advantage? You can't just 0:15:10.000 --> 0:15:12.080 do it to do it and we're not, you know. 0:15:12.200 --> 0:15:14.440 So we were able to get him out there, and 0:15:14.480 --> 0:15:15.920 it's nice when you put him out there and you're 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:17.640 able to get a touchdown. That's always a good thing. 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:20.160 You know, everybody's stopping when you score touchdowns. All right, 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:22.880 let's talk about Jimmy Graham only that you know, not 0:15:23.000 --> 0:15:25.560 a huge part of the offense in terms of snaps. 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:28.280 Cole Comet I think had fifty one snaps, but he 0:15:28.320 --> 0:15:31.400 did finally get his seven hundredth career catch. That's an 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:34.240 elite group of tight ends that have done that. And 0:15:34.280 --> 0:15:36.640 you pair that with his eighty plus touchdowns and eight 0:15:36.640 --> 0:15:40.800 thousand yards again, you become very fond of Jimmy Graham 0:15:40.840 --> 0:15:42.760 and what he does. And that was an emotional They 0:15:42.760 --> 0:15:44.320 couldn't bring him down to the ground and you get 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:46.080 to get that Jimmy Graham fire. So we're going to 0:15:46.120 --> 0:15:48.240 see that throughout the course of the season. But just 0:15:48.280 --> 0:15:51.680 to reach that kind of plateau even in defeat, yeah, 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:54.720 A big picture on Jimmy Graham is a what a pro. 0:15:55.400 --> 0:15:57.800 He's been doing it so long, he's been doing it 0:15:57.840 --> 0:16:01.120 with great quarterbacks, and he's won a lot of games. 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:04.520 And Jimmy is one of the most selfless people I've 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:07.000 ever been around. And you would never even know. No 0:16:07.080 --> 0:16:09.760 one on our team knew anything about one cash to 0:16:09.840 --> 0:16:12.480 make seven hundred. No one did, because he doesn't. That's 0:16:12.560 --> 0:16:15.360 not what he's about. But that speaks to who he 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:17.120 is and how he does things. And I just have 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:19.240 the ultimate respect for him and I was so happy 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:22.960 for him yesterday with the tackle situation. We'll know more 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:25.280 later in the week. But you know, for a guy 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:28.200 who's very positive and thinks how you're worried at all 0:16:28.280 --> 0:16:32.440 about the the the degradation because of injury at that 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:36.280 particular spot a very important one. Well, yeah, it's definitely 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:39.960 an important position. But I have a lot of confidence 0:16:39.960 --> 0:16:42.080 and where we're at and the way we can do 0:16:42.120 --> 0:16:45.040 different things and who will be back and all that, 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:48.640 So you know that that's a part of football. There's 0:16:48.680 --> 0:16:51.360 other guys that the teams that lost some players yesterday too, 0:16:51.360 --> 0:16:53.000 But we'll just have to have a plan and be 0:16:53.080 --> 0:16:55.160 prepared for whatever comes our way. And what is your 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:58.440 expectation in a game like this? The defense talked about 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:01.800 wanting to be great, all the Murray principles involved, including 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:04.800 Khalil and Eddie and many others. What their response will 0:17:04.840 --> 0:17:08.680 be against the Bengals. Well, I have a sneaky suspicion 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:10.360 I know what it's going to be like, and it's 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:13.439 that um. But but again, they gotta do it. We 0:17:13.480 --> 0:17:15.280 gotta do it, and we gotta be able to help 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:18.280 them out offensively, and they'll come out and do their part. 0:17:18.320 --> 0:17:21.199 And um, when these guys care like they do, UM, 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:23.000 they're gonna put in a good week of practice. I 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:25.560 promise you they're gonna fly around, they're gonna fix it. 0:17:25.600 --> 0:17:27.880 They'll have their own discussions of how they can get 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:30.520 better and why they will and that's why I'm just 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:32.840 proud to be their coach. Tell me about Joe Burrow, 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:37.080 really really good young young player. Um, you can see 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:39.240 him even from yesterday, just some of the things that 0:17:39.280 --> 0:17:42.320 they were doing from from you know, before he got 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:45.480 injured last year. Boy, what a quarterback at LSU and 0:17:45.840 --> 0:17:49.080 what a leader. And he makes that big fourth down throw, 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:52.280 a fourth and one throw yesterday which was unbelievable to 0:17:52.280 --> 0:17:54.640 help them get the lead and win. They're winning at 0:17:54.640 --> 0:17:57.119 the end, so, um, we got to make sure we 0:17:57.200 --> 0:18:01.000 come out and play our game and stop them. They're 0:18:01.040 --> 0:18:02.920 likely going to threaten you deep see if you can 0:18:02.920 --> 0:18:06.240 stop it with the Jamar Chase. Yeah. Yeah, he came 0:18:06.240 --> 0:18:09.080 out in his first game and has one hundred yards receiving. 0:18:09.119 --> 0:18:13.040 And you know, just from watching him last year and 0:18:13.200 --> 0:18:15.800 what he could do in college is you know, he's 0:18:15.840 --> 0:18:17.800 a special dude. Now. I mean, he can make some 0:18:17.840 --> 0:18:19.920 really good things happen. And we're gonna have our hands 0:18:19.920 --> 0:18:22.880 full there. And coach Zack Taylor does a great job 0:18:22.920 --> 0:18:25.440 with them, and they got some momentum going. So we're 0:18:25.440 --> 0:18:26.879