Speaker 1: And a pleasant could even everybody and welcome into another
Speaker 1: edition of the Bears Coaching Show with head coach Matt Naggie,
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Speaker 1: with you until eight o'clock tonight here on news radio
Speaker 1: one oh five nine w BBM. Coach Naggie with us
Speaker 1: until the bottom of the hour, and then we joined
Speaker 1: by offensive coordinator Bill Laser wrapping up the laws in
Speaker 1: La last night at SOFI Stadium. Good evening, Matt, how
Speaker 1: are you feeling. I'll do it okay, you know, it's
Speaker 1: obviously you want to come out of this thing. Were
Speaker 1: to win last night. We did it, but we got
Speaker 1: to understand where we went wrong and we got to
Speaker 1: try to fix it and do it quick. Yeah. These
Speaker 1: West Coast arrivals make that the case right, turn it
Speaker 1: around quick. But you did get a chance on the
Speaker 1: plane to watch it and then meetings this morning. What
Speaker 1: stuck out to you probably the biggest thing, Jeff, was
Speaker 1: the explosives that we gave up on defense and not
Speaker 1: getting those explosives on offense was was some of it.
Speaker 1: I thought we did a good job offensively of being
Speaker 1: able to pick up first downs and um, you know,
Speaker 1: and keep their defense on the field. We just had
Speaker 1: to stay away from some of those big time plays
Speaker 1: where you know, whether it's a full more or an interception,
Speaker 1: those game changing plays. So I was happy with that part,
Speaker 1: which is not happy enough with the red zone stuff.
Speaker 1: And defensively, I just felt like it again, we gave
Speaker 1: up too many big plays, too many explosives, and you
Speaker 1: just can't do that against a good football team like
Speaker 1: DA and Matthew Stafford will makes to pay. And the
Speaker 1: thing you have to put in perspective as well, and
Speaker 1: I know David Montgomery did it last night. There's seventeen weeks,
Speaker 1: got sixteen more chances to make things happen. And that's
Speaker 1: always the refrain when when things don't go well in
Speaker 1: week one. But it doesn't go well for a lot
Speaker 1: of teams in week one. It took three months to
Speaker 1: get here, and you just don't throw everything out over
Speaker 1: the last three months. No, not at all. And that's
Speaker 1: when you got to rely on the resiliency of your
Speaker 1: players and the togetherness that you have with these guys,
Speaker 1: and these guys care and so we got we gotta
Speaker 1: understand why did this happen, and then we got to
Speaker 1: go out there. Now we get an opportunity to do
Speaker 1: it against Sincy. All right, let's talk about the responses,
Speaker 1: and those are always big whatever happens. Yes, the red
Speaker 1: zone interception, how do you respond? How do you respond
Speaker 1: when you guys pulled it within six a couple of
Speaker 1: times in that game when you felt the momentum was
Speaker 1: about to turn potentially based on what was going on,
Speaker 1: did you feel that just to overall responsive key points? Oh? Yeah,
Speaker 1: we did. And again where I think it started was
Speaker 1: it was seven nothing and then we got to stop
Speaker 1: on third and five and made him kick along field
Speaker 1: goal and they made that to go up ten to
Speaker 1: ten to zero, and then we ended up having to
Speaker 1: give the ball back to them on downs and they
Speaker 1: went down and then they had a red zone first
Speaker 1: and goal at the two yard line and we held
Speaker 1: them to three points. So I felt that change. We
Speaker 1: were able to get to football then and have that
Speaker 1: six team play driving go in and before you know
Speaker 1: it at halftime it's you know, it's a it's a
Speaker 1: it's a third team to seven game. And then the
Speaker 1: other part of the momentum is they come out in
Speaker 1: the third and they score that that touchdown right away,
Speaker 1: up two scores, and then we came back and scored
Speaker 1: a touchdown to make it back to six. And then
Speaker 1: they came back and scored a touchdown, and then we
Speaker 1: didn't match it. We had a long drive, but we
Speaker 1: ended up missing the fourth down, so it was kind
Speaker 1: of going back and forth, and we were trying to
Speaker 1: chase him and get back to that even score and
Speaker 1: we just weren't able to do it, and then they
Speaker 1: punched one more in at the end and before you
Speaker 1: know it, you're down to flot me a particularly interesting
Speaker 1: matchup when you consider and I keep saying it, and
Speaker 1: it's the case, it's always the great unknown week one,
Speaker 1: regardless if you have new coaches and new players or not.
Speaker 1: And he had a familiar player though, that knows your bears,
Speaker 1: and that's Matthew Stafford going into a situation with a
Speaker 1: coach that you know very well and Sean mcpay and
Speaker 1: the result was a very good performance on his part
Speaker 1: and turnover three and nine possessions. Was that part of
Speaker 1: your thinking as you put together this game plan overall? Yeah,
Speaker 1: you never know what they're going to come out, what
Speaker 1: they're gonna do, But this is their first time playing
Speaker 1: together too, and him as a coach and him as
Speaker 1: a quarterback, and Matthews had a lot of experience against
Speaker 1: our defense in particular, so does he not just know
Speaker 1: the personnel or the scheme, but he also knows the personnel. So, um,
Speaker 1: you got to give them credit. You know, they're good
Speaker 1: football players, are good football team, good coaches, and um,
Speaker 1: we got to be able to step our game up.
Speaker 1: What's most disappointing to you about the defense probably what
Speaker 1: I said earlier is that the explosives. Now that's that's
Speaker 1: really Yeah. When you give up big chunks, they're they're
Speaker 1: a tough offense to stop when you don't do that,
Speaker 1: and then when you do give up big plays, it
Speaker 1: just makes them even more potent. So but I have
Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of faith and belief in
Speaker 1: our players. I know that they care, and I know
Speaker 1: that they're going to want to fix it. I know
Speaker 1: that they will fix it. And when you have that,
Speaker 1: that's more than half the battle. You take pride in
Speaker 1: having really good relationships with your players on both sides
Speaker 1: of the ball. You've got leaders in there that visit
Speaker 1: with you and you discuss the overall h state of
Speaker 1: the team each week. A guy like Eddie Jackson, your
Speaker 1: relationship with him, because there is a lot expected of
Speaker 1: Eddie Jackson, there is, there is, but and there's also
Speaker 1: a trust as well. And when you have these type
Speaker 1: of games, you want your leaders like Eddie to step
Speaker 1: up and be able to create other leaders. So these guys, um,
Speaker 1: they will fix it. They will, they will know, and
Speaker 1: they'll they'll take it personal, which is good. They all
Speaker 1: everybody will. We do this thing together so well. When
Speaker 1: you're when you act that way and when you practice
Speaker 1: that way, Um, you're given week two to go out
Speaker 1: there and do it. These guys will turn it around.
Speaker 1: All right, Let's talk offense. The good news it's seven
Speaker 1: of eight drives entering Rams territory. So Andy moved the
Speaker 1: sticks with the game plan that you mustered up against
Speaker 1: a very respected defense with two superstars on it. First
Speaker 1: four drives cross midfield though, and you don't get anything
Speaker 1: out of it points wise, but you stuck to it. Yeah.
Speaker 1: We what we tried to do yesterday was, um, stay
Speaker 1: out of those third and eight plus ranges and and
Speaker 1: you know, so unfortunately we had those those fourth and three,
Speaker 1: fourth and fours and we are over four to start,
Speaker 1: so that when you look back, you know, you really
Speaker 1: wish you could converted on one or two of those
Speaker 1: and try to keep a drive going. But like you
Speaker 1: just said, being able to move the ball, we felt
Speaker 1: like we were getting into rhythm. And this is a
Speaker 1: defense that quite honestly, with their personnel and the way
Speaker 1: they scheme, they really I mean, you look at their
Speaker 1: numbers from last year. When it comes to being explosive plays,
Speaker 1: they're they're tough to get against this defense. It's also
Speaker 1: tough to run against that defense, and you know Daved.
Speaker 1: For David to be able to run for a hundred
Speaker 1: yards breaking off a forty yard or early was good
Speaker 1: and it helps them. It helps the mojo, it helps
Speaker 1: the mentality of these guys, and so we got to
Speaker 1: grow from that. But we got to score more points.
Speaker 1: You know, fourteen's not enough. We've got to get more
Speaker 1: than fourteen. And if we do that, we'll be in
Speaker 1: each game. And the thing is, this game plan doesn't
Speaker 1: mean this is Andy Dalton's game plan every week in
Speaker 1: terms of the shore passing game. And I think you
Speaker 1: should tell people that because you know how, you know
Speaker 1: what happens. Yeah, that's real. That that's very real. We knew,
Speaker 1: you just know that with some of these schemes that
Speaker 1: you see that the shorter passes was going to be
Speaker 1: something we were going to have to do for several
Speaker 1: different reasons. That's not what this offense is. And we
Speaker 1: know that. David A. Montgomery in the backfield on second down.
Speaker 1: Here's the snap at a hand off on the cutback.
Speaker 1: Montgomery with her own Brix attack with forty five forty
Speaker 1: Montgomery thirty fifty, Dan yard lining knocked out a bass.
Speaker 1: David Montgomery and his horse. How the second player of
Speaker 1: the game riffed off a bundle and the Bears will
Speaker 1: be in business. Forty one yard run. Welcome back to
Speaker 1: the Bears Coaches Show. It's brought to you by a
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Speaker 1: Learn more at Whippley dot com. The exciting run on
Speaker 1: his first carry of the season, David Montgomery goes for
Speaker 1: forty one yards. Heck of a cutback against the grain.
Speaker 1: Matt and you know in our pregame interview I talked about, Okay,
Speaker 1: he had one touch in the preseason there's the audio
Speaker 1: of you and Heat talking and mini camp. He wants
Speaker 1: to put the pads on, and you know, I felt
Speaker 1: like he was the thoroughbred ready to break out, and
Speaker 1: that was a perfect example. It wasn't for it to happen.
Speaker 1: His first carry was pretty neat, and he's worked so
Speaker 1: hard in training camp, and you know, that's something that
Speaker 1: we're going to continue to keep going. I mean, it's uh,
Speaker 1: he's you know, the more carries he gets, the better
Speaker 1: he is. And he has a really, really hard bunch
Speaker 1: yesterday that I was really impressed with, and so we
Speaker 1: want to keep that going. And I'm just I'm proud
Speaker 1: of how's he working, meshing with the old line and
Speaker 1: an old line that lost two tackles yesterday, unbelievable. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he does a good job. You know, he has a
Speaker 1: great relationship with them and they love him the death.
Speaker 1: And same with Damian Williams too. You know, we got
Speaker 1: a good backfield back there with those guys. And yeah,
Speaker 1: we had a couple of guys who go down yesterday
Speaker 1: in the game but has some other step up. But
Speaker 1: that's a part of football and we just got to
Speaker 1: keep rolling along. Pro Football Focus Montgomery five point one
Speaker 1: yards after contact per attempt yesterday and three ten plus
Speaker 1: yard runs and now a touchdown in seven consecutive games
Speaker 1: dating back to last season. So good start with him.
Speaker 1: And I know you've alluded to it with the media
Speaker 1: in your weekly news conferences all the way back to
Speaker 1: training camp, but just if you could put into a
Speaker 1: context what your relationship has become with David Montgomery right now. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's been really special to me just because it's
Speaker 1: very authentic between the both of us. David is a
Speaker 1: guy that he's uh, you know, he takes these type
Speaker 1: of relationships very seriously and I love that about him.
Speaker 1: And he comes out of the shelf too. You know,
Speaker 1: I can remember his rookie year, how quiet he was
Speaker 1: and how he always wanted to be a professionist and
Speaker 1: impress everybody, and now he's more of himself, and you
Speaker 1: know it, just having those personal relationships helps so much more.
Speaker 1: And you know, he texted me right at the end
Speaker 1: of the game telling me how much he has my
Speaker 1: back and how much we're gonna get this thing back
Speaker 1: on track, and you know that just goes to show
Speaker 1: what kind of person he is and how much he
Speaker 1: wants it for this team in this city and this organization,
Speaker 1: and I think we're lucky to have. And how about
Speaker 1: the pairing with the new running backs. Coach Michael Petrie
Speaker 1: from Oregon State certainly has had a lot of touch
Speaker 1: points with you know, even players in your own organization,
Speaker 1: our Tavis Pierce, Ryan naw and Oregon State. But just
Speaker 1: that relationship is important also as it pertains to the
Speaker 1: running back room and David, it's it's really really important.
Speaker 1: And coach Petrie's done a great job of coming in
Speaker 1: here and also getting to learn who these running backs are.
Speaker 1: It's a it's a really neat room that we have
Speaker 1: their in a running back room, and Coach Petrie has
Speaker 1: just come on in and blended really well with them.
Speaker 1: And I know how much respect they have for Coach Petree,
Speaker 1: and I know how much respect Coach Peatrie has for them.
Speaker 1: So we want to just continue to see that grow.
Speaker 1: All right, Let's let's talk about the receivers, because when
Speaker 1: you put together a game plan like that, and I
Speaker 1: know I asked you as well, with all this new
Speaker 1: speed of your itching too, to let the let the
Speaker 1: throw again the Thoroughbreds run and stretch that field. Is
Speaker 1: it a cell job to them when they know in
Speaker 1: their heart of hearts they want to they want the
Speaker 1: big plays, and those big plays with a short passing
Speaker 1: game are going to come if you have break tackles
Speaker 1: and you create some cushion and get away and make
Speaker 1: the other team force that leverage or create a mistake
Speaker 1: in the in the second Darry or in the coverage.
Speaker 1: Is that a cell job to them? Sometimes when you
Speaker 1: put a game plan like that together, you know what
Speaker 1: to some it could be. But these guys, when we
Speaker 1: put the game plan together at the beginning of the week,
Speaker 1: they understand and they see why why we're doing it
Speaker 1: a certain way, and then when they get their opportunities,
Speaker 1: they want to make the most out of it. So
Speaker 1: they watched just as much film as us, and they
Speaker 1: see that, hey, yeah, they're you know what, there's really
Speaker 1: not a lot of big explosives against this defense, and
Speaker 1: if we do get an opportunity to hit a few,
Speaker 1: we got to take full advantage of them. But they
Speaker 1: were great all week long, and they understand moving forward
Speaker 1: what our goal is and how we want to get
Speaker 1: to it. So there was there was nothing but positivity
Speaker 1: from them. We talk all the time about Aaron Donald
Speaker 1: and how he can wreck a game plan certainly, and
Speaker 1: I thought overall it was a very good job against
Speaker 1: him given what he's capable of. But you know, we
Speaker 1: only touch on Jalen Ramsey, but they moved them, as
Speaker 1: you expected, all over the place, and he was there
Speaker 1: in many situations, goes back to back tackles for loss.
Speaker 1: Does he get enough credit right now? Is arguably the
Speaker 1: premier corner in the NFL. And what did he do
Speaker 1: to you guys that caused him damage? I'd say probably
Speaker 1: the biggest thing, Jeff, that they did is they moved
Speaker 1: them around a lot, which we knew they were going
Speaker 1: to do that, and they had some tendency breakers that
Speaker 1: they that they brought into that game. And again that's
Speaker 1: stuff that's unscouted. That's why in week one, you know,
Speaker 1: there's there's some things that you just aren't going to
Speaker 1: see it, and it's just it's fair to us to
Speaker 1: an offense, there's things that they don't see. But Jalen
Speaker 1: does a really good job. And not only can we
Speaker 1: play really well outside and match up, but he can
Speaker 1: play inside and move around. He's smart, he can tackle,
Speaker 1: So when you're able to do that move guys around.
Speaker 1: It definitely makes it tougher and they know that, and
Speaker 1: that's why he's one of the best corners in the
Speaker 1: league all right. Time for another break here on The
Speaker 1: Bears Coaches Show with Bears head coach Matt Naggie. It's
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Speaker 1: put a touchdown, knifing in between two defenders. He hit
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Speaker 1: Bears Coaches Show. Final segment with coach will take a
Speaker 1: look at the Bengals as well. But the highlight of
Speaker 1: Justin Field's first NFL touchdown. We just heard the first
Speaker 1: Bears rookie quarterback to rush for a touchdown and a
Speaker 1: season opener since nineteen sixty. When you have a rare
Speaker 1: talent like that, he's going to score a lot of
Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns. Break down his five play package and how
Speaker 1: it all turned out for you and you know everybody,
Speaker 1: I mean, let's be honest, everyone assumed you're going to
Speaker 1: do something. Your grin is was too great now without
Speaker 1: a doubt, and you know, Justin has been so great
Speaker 1: in this situation and he's just going into the game
Speaker 1: last night. We knew what plays and what ideas and
Speaker 1: thoughts we had with him, and he full advantage of
Speaker 1: I'm starting from the very first play of the night
Speaker 1: when he he gripped and ripped and threw that ball
Speaker 1: out to the flat to Marquis Gibin and so um,
Speaker 1: I just love his attitude, I love his mentality. Uh,
Speaker 1: he's certainly a weapon, and he showed that with that
Speaker 1: touchdown run, sticking his right foot in the ground. JP
Speaker 1: Holts with a great block and then for him to
Speaker 1: get in there and you could just feel the energy
Speaker 1: and excitement and the same way Andy Till on the sideline.
Speaker 1: You know, Andy helped he made He made a nice
Speaker 1: scramble right before that and has some nice throws and
Speaker 1: so when you do it as a team, was pretty
Speaker 1: neat and Justin certainly made some nice plays. The psyche
Speaker 1: and the mentality and the humility of a player like
Speaker 1: Andy for this to have and not not every quarterback
Speaker 1: would love this because you know, you're walking a fine
Speaker 1: line when you're talking about rhythm and everybody. You know,
Speaker 1: when the quarterbacks sound if they don't want to come off.
Speaker 1: So is this a unique situation for you? It is?
Speaker 1: And what's nice about Andy is that he understands that.
Speaker 1: And um, you know, you look at some teams that
Speaker 1: do that, and you know, not just this year, but
Speaker 1: previous years as well, and I think you definitely have
Speaker 1: to have a feel. You have to understand everybody does
Speaker 1: you know, why why are we doing it? You know,
Speaker 1: how does it give us an advantage? You can't just
Speaker 1: do it to do it and we're not, you know.
Speaker 1: So we were able to get him out there, and
Speaker 1: it's nice when you put him out there and you're
Speaker 1: able to get a touchdown. That's always a good thing.
Speaker 1: You know, everybody's stopping when you score touchdowns. All right,
Speaker 1: let's talk about Jimmy Graham only that you know, not
Speaker 1: a huge part of the offense in terms of snaps.
Speaker 1: Cole Comet I think had fifty one snaps, but he
Speaker 1: did finally get his seven hundredth career catch. That's an
Speaker 1: elite group of tight ends that have done that. And
Speaker 1: you pair that with his eighty plus touchdowns and eight
Speaker 1: thousand yards again, you become very fond of Jimmy Graham
Speaker 1: and what he does. And that was an emotional They
Speaker 1: couldn't bring him down to the ground and you get
Speaker 1: to get that Jimmy Graham fire. So we're going to
Speaker 1: see that throughout the course of the season. But just
Speaker 1: to reach that kind of plateau even in defeat, yeah,
Speaker 1: A big picture on Jimmy Graham is a what a pro.
Speaker 1: He's been doing it so long, he's been doing it
Speaker 1: with great quarterbacks, and he's won a lot of games.
Speaker 1: And Jimmy is one of the most selfless people I've
Speaker 1: ever been around. And you would never even know. No
Speaker 1: one on our team knew anything about one cash to
Speaker 1: make seven hundred. No one did, because he doesn't. That's
Speaker 1: not what he's about. But that speaks to who he
Speaker 1: is and how he does things. And I just have
Speaker 1: the ultimate respect for him and I was so happy
Speaker 1: for him yesterday with the tackle situation. We'll know more
Speaker 1: later in the week. But you know, for a guy
Speaker 1: who's very positive and thinks how you're worried at all
Speaker 1: about the the the degradation because of injury at that
Speaker 1: particular spot a very important one. Well, yeah, it's definitely
Speaker 1: an important position. But I have a lot of confidence
Speaker 1: and where we're at and the way we can do
Speaker 1: different things and who will be back and all that,
Speaker 1: So you know that that's a part of football. There's
Speaker 1: other guys that the teams that lost some players yesterday too,
Speaker 1: But we'll just have to have a plan and be
Speaker 1: prepared for whatever comes our way. And what is your
Speaker 1: expectation in a game like this? The defense talked about
Speaker 1: wanting to be great, all the Murray principles involved, including
Speaker 1: Khalil and Eddie and many others. What their response will
Speaker 1: be against the Bengals. Well, I have a sneaky suspicion
Speaker 1: I know what it's going to be like, and it's
Speaker 1: that um. But but again, they gotta do it. We
Speaker 1: gotta do it, and we gotta be able to help
Speaker 1: them out offensively, and they'll come out and do their part.
Speaker 1: And um, when these guys care like they do, UM,
Speaker 1: they're gonna put in a good week of practice. I
Speaker 1: promise you they're gonna fly around, they're gonna fix it.
Speaker 1: They'll have their own discussions of how they can get
Speaker 1: better and why they will and that's why I'm just
Speaker 1: proud to be their coach. Tell me about Joe Burrow,
Speaker 1: really really good young young player. Um, you can see
Speaker 1: him even from yesterday, just some of the things that
Speaker 1: they were doing from from you know, before he got
Speaker 1: injured last year. Boy, what a quarterback at LSU and
Speaker 1: what a leader. And he makes that big fourth down throw,
Speaker 1: a fourth and one throw yesterday which was unbelievable to
Speaker 1: help them get the lead and win. They're winning at
Speaker 1: the end, so, um, we got to make sure we
Speaker 1: come out and play our game and stop them. They're
Speaker 1: likely going to threaten you deep see if you can
Speaker 1: stop it with the Jamar Chase. Yeah. Yeah, he came
Speaker 1: out in his first game and has one hundred yards receiving.
Speaker 1: And you know, just from watching him last year and
Speaker 1: what he could do in college is you know, he's
Speaker 1: a special dude. Now. I mean, he can make some
Speaker 1: really good things happen. And we're gonna have our hands
Speaker 1: full there. And coach Zack Taylor does a great job
Speaker 1: with them, and they got some momentum going. So we're
Speaker 1: gonna have our hands full, but we want to go
Speaker 1: out there and play our game and get back on track.
Speaker 1: All right, Matt, That wraps us up this week. We'll
Speaker 1: talk to you and get ready for the Bengals. Thank you, Thanks,
Speaker 1: Jeff Snap. We're gonna run at Montgomery darting clip. The
Speaker 1: tackle gets near the goal line, He's in for a touchdown. Touchdown,
Speaker 1: Bears right over the right hash three yard touchdown run.
Speaker 1: David Montgomery plow horse inside, gets low and cracks the
Speaker 1: plane of the goal line. Sunday's game against the Cincinnati
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Speaker 1: back of the Bears Coaches Show. Please so welcome, but
Speaker 1: the first time this year, Offensive coordinator Bill Laser kind
Speaker 1: enough to join us. Bill, Good evening. We just heard
Speaker 1: the David Montgomery touchdown run, A great hard run, ripping
Speaker 1: through players including Aaron Donald. So capping what was a
Speaker 1: very good day for David despite the loss. Well, I
Speaker 1: thought David really ran hard. I mean, there was some
Speaker 1: great examples of him taking advantage of reading things correctly.
Speaker 1: Obviously started the game with a big run, but there
Speaker 1: were also some examples of when things weren't real pretty
Speaker 1: in front of him, and David was able to make
Speaker 1: him into some good runs. And so we were really
Speaker 1: fired up about how he played in the pass catching game.
Speaker 1: Not many to the backs, but there was one that
Speaker 1: sticks out. I don't remember the down and distance, but
Speaker 1: he caught the ball and it was already setting up
Speaker 1: it appeared his defender, and he used that aggressiveness against him,
Speaker 1: just that quick foot in the dirt and boom gets
Speaker 1: past the linebacker. I think it was fifty one reader.
Speaker 1: Those kind of plays in space for him could also
Speaker 1: down the road result in big plays after the catch.
Speaker 1: Would you agree? Yeah? I do agree, And I think
Speaker 1: we saw that really show up more and more as
Speaker 1: last year when I can remember after one of the games,
Speaker 1: and it might it might have been the first Screen
Speaker 1: Bay game. We happened just the way the game when
Speaker 1: we were in two minute mode for a bunch of
Speaker 1: the game, but David ended up catching a bunch of
Speaker 1: checkdowns and making guys miss and making extra yards and
Speaker 1: we kind of felt like from that point on. Last
Speaker 1: year he really gained momentum and making some of those
Speaker 1: plays in space, and obviously yesterday's games is just I
Speaker 1: think shows that he's going to carry that forward. I'm
Speaker 1: an old, old school football guy, so I loved seeing
Speaker 1: the two backs at times yesterday. I think it was
Speaker 1: on four occasions, maybe with Damien as well in there,
Speaker 1: Damian Williams and David Montgomery. The thinking of that is
Speaker 1: certainly different in today's NFL. You don't see that very often.
Speaker 1: What are you looking for when when those two guys
Speaker 1: are in there, I'm certain to create some sort of
Speaker 1: mismatch with what you got defensively, well, I think the
Speaker 1: simple answer is you'd like to find as many ways
Speaker 1: as you can to get your best players on the field,
Speaker 1: and we really felt like through the offseason through training
Speaker 1: camp that Damien had proven he deserves to be out
Speaker 1: there in a chance to get the ball. So now
Speaker 1: you have two guys on the field and who each
Speaker 1: can carry the ball. You know, maybe from where they're
Speaker 1: lined up, the defense doesn't know exactly which direction it's
Speaker 1: going to go. They've both proved it to be good
Speaker 1: pass catchers, so any time you can find a different
Speaker 1: configuration of your good players to present to the defense.
Speaker 1: I think it just gives a defense something else to
Speaker 1: prepare for. As we talked with Matt about this, there
Speaker 1: were moments that you had key points in this game
Speaker 1: where you thought, okay, you know, this is about the turn.
Speaker 1: But it was just always that carrot kept moving out,
Speaker 1: but you got within six twice. What were you feeling
Speaker 1: at at half and at late third quarter in those
Speaker 1: at those junctures thirteen seven and twenty and fourteen, I
Speaker 1: think there were times where we felt some momentum going
Speaker 1: in our favor. We certainly were able to get some
Speaker 1: some first downs by mixing the run in the past.
Speaker 1: And I think, you know, obviously from my vantage point
Speaker 1: in the box, it's different than being on the field.
Speaker 1: I think the coaches on the field felt some confidence
Speaker 1: growing from our players, you know, and there were times
Speaker 1: when it was clicking. But you know, our job is
Speaker 1: to score more than they do, and it's it's really
Speaker 1: that simple, and we didn't. We didn't get it done.
Speaker 1: We spent a lot of time this morning talking about okay,
Speaker 1: the why of why it didn't get done, not not
Speaker 1: to look backwards, but say okay, for the future, and
Speaker 1: we faced this kind of situation again, Let's let's be
Speaker 1: better at it. Certainly we want to take the good
Speaker 1: momentum in any of those little areas of the game
Speaker 1: and carry it forward, but we also have to make
Speaker 1: sure our standards really high, and we didn't reach it.
Speaker 1: So we're ready to go forward and be better. Attending
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Speaker 1: offensive coordinator Bill Laser. Andy Dalton's performance certainly high percentage
Speaker 1: in terms of his completions and attempts, just an ability
Speaker 1: to move the sticks. I mean the time of possession,
Speaker 1: first downs, everything was laid out, but if you miss
Speaker 1: a couple of red zone opportunities, it seems to bite you. Know,
Speaker 1: you describe yourself as a little bit old school, right
Speaker 1: in the old school looks at that time of possession. Well,
Speaker 1: we'd like to lead the league in touchdown touchdownd score
Speaker 1: passes in runs. That tends to help a little bit
Speaker 1: more and part of the NFL in twenty twenty one
Speaker 1: is creating explosive plays, and we did it early in
Speaker 1: the game with the run. We had a couple of
Speaker 1: runs that busted out, but we did not do that
Speaker 1: in the past game. And so as a group, we
Speaker 1: just have to look at everything from um. You know,
Speaker 1: the past game in the NFL is complicated. It takes
Speaker 1: the scheme, it takes the protection, it takes putting the
Speaker 1: right players running the right routes, the read of the quarterback.
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, just it all has to come together.
Speaker 1: Now that I'm not complaining. That's our job is to
Speaker 1: put it all together. And I think that's one of
Speaker 1: the areas where where we fell short. Um wasn't making
Speaker 1: enough big plays in the passing game to to help
Speaker 1: score the opponent. But let's talk about Justin Field's touchdown
Speaker 1: and and just his performance overall and his five snaps
Speaker 1: and what you saw. It's probably obvious that our commitment
Speaker 1: was to get justin in the game. We think he
Speaker 1: has a great ability to help us win. And uh,
Speaker 1: you know, we spent some time as a staff thinking
Speaker 1: about it. Okay, what are the best ways to get
Speaker 1: him started in his first regular season NFL game, and
Speaker 1: I think we're off. We're off to a good start.
Speaker 1: We have great confidence in his obiited to go and
Speaker 1: certainly what he's proven so far, whether he kept the
Speaker 1: ball like you like down the touchdown run and ran
Speaker 1: with it or whether he made a read to give
Speaker 1: it to the back, but he's proven that he's going
Speaker 1: to be a threat to make yards with his legs.
Speaker 1: Of course, the first play he went in, he decided
Speaker 1: to throw it, so I think over time he's gonna
Speaker 1: show that he can do it all. But certainly impressive
Speaker 1: physical performance on that touchdown run. You know, I don't
Speaker 1: know if you heard what he had to say afterwards
Speaker 1: in the postgame news conference, but the elation and the
Speaker 1: just the raw excitement that you would see from even
Speaker 1: a high school kid scoring his first touchdown, but it's
Speaker 1: in the NFL. And he allowed that vulnerability to show
Speaker 1: a bit and saying, you know, yeah, you think you're
Speaker 1: you're good enough, but do you really think you're good
Speaker 1: enough to make it one day here? And he goes
Speaker 1: it was just a lot for him to spoke in
Speaker 1: that he actually got to play in a regular season
Speaker 1: game with starters against starters and what he would probably
Speaker 1: describe as real football. Um, that raw enthusiasm. I'm glad
Speaker 1: to hear for a young player like that, certainly one
Speaker 1: of the most important position in all of sports. Well,
Speaker 1: I'm smiling as you say that. I did not hear
Speaker 1: here his postgame press conference yet, but um, you know,
Speaker 1: I just I just think of the enthusiasm he brings
Speaker 1: to the practice field. And it isn't all just game
Speaker 1: funning games every day. A lot of it is hard
Speaker 1: work and the meeting room is hard work. And part
Speaker 1: of what guys learn if they're going to make it
Speaker 1: a long term and continue to improve and get better
Speaker 1: long term, it's just to find a way to bring
Speaker 1: enthusiasm to the grubling day to day work, and Justin
Speaker 1: certainly does bring that. And so I'm excited to hear
Speaker 1: the enthusiasm he had about that that first game, because yeah,
Speaker 1: he's gonna have to bottle it up and keep it going.
Speaker 1: It's a long season, and you know, I think people
Speaker 1: take for granted that the guy like Justin uh, you know,
Speaker 1: played at Ohio State. He's been big games and college
Speaker 1: playoff games and bowl games and all this, but it's
Speaker 1: it's it's still exciting going out there for that first game,
Speaker 1: you know, and when the lights turn on, the crowd,
Speaker 1: the crowd starts yelling, it's it's it's exciting. So I'm
Speaker 1: glad he started off with some success. And when when
Speaker 1: he's running scout and he's learning on the job, it's
Speaker 1: an important part of his development to just try to
Speaker 1: make life miserable for the defense throughout the course of
Speaker 1: the week to get them ready. How important is that
Speaker 1: right now for him? Well, for the team, Number one,
Speaker 1: it's critical that they get the best play against them
Speaker 1: as possible in practice. So that's number one. That's his
Speaker 1: responsibilities to get them ready. The better he plays, more prepared,
Speaker 1: they'll they'll be for the next day. Number two for himself. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, working against the defense in practice, there are
Speaker 1: some real benefits to it as far as the development
Speaker 1: of an NFL quarterback. For example, I mean, there's no
Speaker 1: crowd there, there's no stats. Um, so if the defensive
Speaker 1: coaches are saying, hey, run this big twenty yard en
Speaker 1: route with one of the receivers, Hey, let's see if
Speaker 1: we can get the ball in there, I mean you
Speaker 1: can go back and say, well, it's kind of tight,
Speaker 1: I'm not going to do it. I'm just gonna check
Speaker 1: it down to the back here in practice. Or you
Speaker 1: can go back and say, hey, let me have fun
Speaker 1: with this and let me test myself and let's see
Speaker 1: if I can get the ball in there. And there's
Speaker 1: really no negative ramifications if I can, right, the defense
Speaker 1: kind of wants to throw it in there anyway, so
Speaker 1: to get a chance at it. And I saw justin
Speaker 1: really have fun with attempting those things in practice this week.
Speaker 1: And you know John d Philippo, quarterback coach, obviously do
Speaker 1: this a long time and he's helped a lot of
Speaker 1: guys develop, so we're just trying to encourage him and hey,
Speaker 1: this is how you approach practice actually can have fun
Speaker 1: with it. Not only are you helping the team be better,
Speaker 1: but you also have a chance to develop yourself while
Speaker 1: you kind of test things out. Welcome back to the
Speaker 1: Bears Coaching Show with offensive coordinator Bill Laser, our final
Speaker 1: segment to nights, and now it's time to look ahead,
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Speaker 1: partner of the Bears. Bengals arrive at Soldier Field, but
Speaker 1: the first time since twenty thirteen believe it or not,
Speaker 1: only the twelfth overall meeting of the running backs stealing
Speaker 1: the show in week one for their respective teams. David
Speaker 1: Montgomery the top output in the NFC and Joe Mixon
Speaker 1: the top output in the AFC with his one hundred
Speaker 1: twenty seven yards rushing our stat of the week. Before
Speaker 1: we get into the game a little bit, you got
Speaker 1: a guy that you know very well in Andy Dalton
Speaker 1: and just getting to know him here in the last
Speaker 1: few months. Just the confidence and the poise. So you
Speaker 1: go down two more tackles in the game and you're
Speaker 1: feeling gratefully of a guy with that kind of experience
Speaker 1: to just settle everybody down in Andy, right. Well, Andy,
Speaker 1: Andy tends to have that effect on us really from
Speaker 1: the moment he came here and showed up on the
Speaker 1: field with the other players. He brings a confidence. I
Speaker 1: think it's hard to find a lot of things that
Speaker 1: can possibly happen to us that he has an experience
Speaker 1: at some point in the past, right and he's he's
Speaker 1: kind of proven that he can he can get through
Speaker 1: these things. And no one likes to have guys get
Speaker 1: go down, especially up front when you're the quarterback. But
Speaker 1: I think he's had it happened before, and he's he's
Speaker 1: played through it. I've been with him sometimes when we've
Speaker 1: had to find a way to win, when when you're starting,
Speaker 1: tackles go down, and he's gotten it done. So he's
Speaker 1: had that effect now on us, and we'll continue to
Speaker 1: All Right, quick, look at the Bengals place. You were
Speaker 1: at twenty sixteen through twenty eighteen, quarterback coach, an offensive coordinator,
Speaker 1: and you certainly know Joe Mixon. Yeah, well, yeah, Joe.
Speaker 1: Joe's a real talent. And the thing that I that
Speaker 1: always stands out to me when I think of Joe
Speaker 1: is how much the man loves football. Joe really does.
Speaker 1: He prepares in his past protections, he takes care of
Speaker 1: his body, and he really has fun out their plan.
Speaker 1: He has an enthusiasm I think shows up in his play. Obviously,
Speaker 1: very very talented guy. Last time I was with him
Speaker 1: twenty eighteen, he led the AFC and rushing that year. So, um,
Speaker 1: you know, I'm obviously I don't spend my time studying
Speaker 1: their offense. I study their defense, but I'm fairly certain
Speaker 1: Joe will be ready to bring it for them this week. Now.
Speaker 1: The defense had a nice job on Dalvin Cook sixty
Speaker 1: one to him. Overall, what's a quick snapshot of their
Speaker 1: defense before we let you go? Well, they have I
Speaker 1: think in watching them, they've changed quite a few of
Speaker 1: their personnel. You know, they change some guys up front.
Speaker 1: They lost one or two good players, but they also
Speaker 1: have added some new faces. I thought they're from had
Speaker 1: a renewed intensity on Sunday. I thought that they really
Speaker 1: brought it both in the run game in the pass
Speaker 1: game with their defensive front, and that was probably turned
Speaker 1: up a notch from where it had been in the past.
Speaker 1: And I think Jesse bates their safety. I was there
Speaker 1: when we drafted Jesse, and I think he has really
Speaker 1: developed into a good player in the NFL. He from
Speaker 1: that deep safety position, he sees the field, he anticipates
Speaker 1: and breaks on the ball, and he's proven that he
Speaker 1: can catch it if he gets there, which they don't
Speaker 1: all do, but he does. So he's a good player
Speaker 1: back there. All right, Bill, appreciate the time as always
Speaker 1: talking a few weeks, all right, Jeff, And that'll do
Speaker 1: it for tonight show for Bears head coach Matt Naggie.
Speaker 1: An offensive coordinator, Bill Laser our producers Dan Billy, Jordan
Speaker 1: tread Up, Andy Gersher and Keith Johnson. I'm Jeff Joni Yak.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much for listening. Next Sunday Bears and
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