WEBVTT - Setting the standard in Houston | Bears, etc. Podcast 0:00:00.680 --> 0:00:06.000 Get over that Dj Moore episode Touchdown Touchdown Pairs. 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:08.000 I am Jeff Jonihan whitz is. 0:00:08.080 --> 0:00:10.480 On Donnie go up. 0:00:12.000 --> 0:00:13.720 What was like playing for Coachy Dido. 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:16.040 I don't want to answer any questions like that. 0:00:16.079 --> 0:00:22.840 Pressure coming is a big trouble Dotie go Montest Sweat. 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:25.759 Now. 0:00:25.920 --> 0:00:28.520 Bears et Cetera brought to you by Geico with the 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:31.320 voices of the Bears, Jeff Joniac and Tom Thayer. 0:00:32.000 --> 0:00:34.400 Big Test in Houston awaits the Bears in prime time, 0:00:34.520 --> 0:00:37.839 Bears Texans, Rainy Division, whatever the wild scene expected at 0:00:38.000 --> 0:00:41.400 NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas with Super Bowl winning Bears 0:00:41.400 --> 0:00:42.120 guard Tom Fair. 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:43.760 I'm Jeff, Joniak and Rondo. 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:46.120 Week two after the bears thrilling come from behind win 0:00:46.400 --> 0:00:49.360 over the Tennessee Titans. Welcome to episode ninety three of 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:51.640 the Bears et Cetera podcast, and it's brought to you 0:00:51.680 --> 0:00:52.800 by Geico. 0:00:52.960 --> 0:00:55.480 Tom. How are you feeling? I feeling good? Ready to go. 0:00:55.680 --> 0:00:59.360 It's Wednesday, It's work week, looking forward to Sunday Night football. 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:02.800 It's gonna be an environment that some of these rookies 0:01:02.800 --> 0:01:05.240 have never seen before, and it's going to be an 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:07.320 incredible learning and growing experience. 0:01:07.360 --> 0:01:08.720 For the Bears as a team. 0:01:08.640 --> 0:01:11.440 Going to be a white out meeting white jersey, white pants, 0:01:11.480 --> 0:01:13.480 and probably a lot of white hankies or towels in 0:01:13.520 --> 0:01:15.480 the crowd of seventy two thousand plus. 0:01:15.720 --> 0:01:16.640 They're in Houston and. 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:18.600 The Bears wear an orange, so we're gonna have a 0:01:18.600 --> 0:01:20.640 cream scool, a cream socle game. 0:01:20.720 --> 0:01:24.640 Tommy, Well, listen, wear white gloves and wear white sleeves 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:29.200 because it's dangerous when you have that offsetting color, because 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:33.119 then holding calls are more easily seeing by the offensive 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:38.039 line in the defensive back. So understand the importance of 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:40.080 making sure you try to match their color. 0:01:40.319 --> 0:01:42.920 Coming up, we have the voices of the Houston Texans 0:01:43.000 --> 0:01:45.600 joining us. All four of us break down this matchup 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:49.880 and talk about all things broadcasting NFL football. Also Kevin 0:01:49.920 --> 0:01:52.360 Byerd a portion of the interview that you will see 0:01:52.400 --> 0:01:56.120 on Bears Game Day Live ten thirty Sunday morning Live 0:01:56.160 --> 0:01:58.640 from Houston and NRG Stadium and the. 0:01:58.440 --> 0:01:59.720 Bears player profile. 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:02.160 Okay, as you had a chance to really go through 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:04.840 this tape one more time, as we look back in 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:08.760 order to look forward offensively, where are the things that 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:14.359 are correctible that could really advance the Bears offense immediately 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:17.840 against a very good defensive team. They're in Houston with 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:20.680 the Texans, especially on the edges with daneil Hunter and 0:02:20.760 --> 0:02:24.320 Will Anderson Junior, who is the reigning defensive Rookie of 0:02:24.360 --> 0:02:27.400 the Year, as is CJ. Stroud, the offensive rookie of 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:28.880 the Year from the Houston Texans that made it to 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:31.239 the playoffs and won the AFC South last year. 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:34.959 Number One is the offensive line tackle. The tackle has 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:38.480 to play a more physical brand of football. If they 0:02:38.520 --> 0:02:41.000 don't go out and match the intensity of what the 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:44.800 Houston puts on the field defensively week in and week out, 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:47.160 the Bears are going to have a really difficult time 0:02:47.200 --> 0:02:50.880 competing against these guys. And so you need to be 0:02:50.919 --> 0:02:55.600 able to provide the pass protection for Caleb and you know, 0:02:55.680 --> 0:03:00.639 and what he's growing through, and just in the running game, 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:03.040 you know, you got to set that standard. That's one 0:03:03.040 --> 0:03:05.040 thing about the Bears in the last couple of years, 0:03:05.320 --> 0:03:07.679 no matter where they've gone, they've been able to run 0:03:07.680 --> 0:03:08.280 the ball. 0:03:08.080 --> 0:03:09.440 Effectively and physically. 0:03:09.720 --> 0:03:12.200 I just think, you know, and then when you look 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:16.560 at Caleb himself, he's got to have more patience in himself. 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:19.680 He's got to be able to understand that when he 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:23.080 calls to play in the huddle, understand the protection and 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:26.000 then be able to have time according to the play 0:03:26.000 --> 0:03:28.040 call to make sure that you have enough time in 0:03:28.080 --> 0:03:32.400 your mind to do what you're responsible to do. But 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:35.280 I think if there was any one thing that I 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:37.360 would want to point out, it would be the offensive 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:40.080 line must be a lot more, must be more physical 0:03:40.120 --> 0:03:41.000 in their performance. 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:43.280 It's because at bird's eye view from the quarterback Cat 0:03:43.360 --> 0:03:46.000 Williams of the podium on Wednesday at Hallis Hall. 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:50.720 Yeah, I think it was around six throws that you know, 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:53.320 obviously we would have hit those. Everything would have seemed 0:03:53.320 --> 0:03:55.760 a lot different throws that you know we hit in 0:03:55.840 --> 0:04:00.200 practice all the time on simple routes on enemy and 0:04:00.240 --> 0:04:04.320 then you know the one or two deep balls. You know, 0:04:04.360 --> 0:04:08.080 if you hit those the game, everything kind of explodes, 0:04:08.760 --> 0:04:11.760 and you know, you know, things would have been said 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:16.440 differently about about how we playing on offense, and so, uh, 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:18.320 you know, we're just we're here getting better. 0:04:18.680 --> 0:04:20.320 Obviously it was week one for us. We came out 0:04:20.400 --> 0:04:22.600 to win. We're really excited for that, like I said before. 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:24.840 And then uh, you know, just just getting back out here, 0:04:25.560 --> 0:04:27.680 make sure we're focused on the small things, the details, 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:32.960 you know, whether it's myself of footwork drops things like that, 0:04:33.279 --> 0:04:35.960 or whether it's the routes, whether it's the run game, 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:38.880 hand placements, all these other things when blocking to make 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:40.960 sure that you know it's an offense were successful. 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:44.279 Feel good to get that first game in the the 0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:47.040 way and not to kind of focus on which you saw. 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:49.920 Now, Yeah, definitely. 0:04:50.000 --> 0:04:51.680 I you know, going into that game, it was a 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:53.560 little a little weird for me because it's my first 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:59.480 game and we didn't really have anything on the decoordinator, 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:00.680 so it's a little weird for me. 0:05:02.240 --> 0:05:03.760 But when I got out there, you know, I was 0:05:03.760 --> 0:05:04.280 seeing it well. 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:07.720 Missed a few passes obviously, but you know, going back 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:09.239 and watching the film, I was in the right place 0:05:09.760 --> 0:05:11.599 when I was throwing the ball. Like I said, I 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:15.120 had a few also battle balls, but you know, going 0:05:15.160 --> 0:05:18.480 to the right places, you know, seeing it well, making 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:22.120 some O line you know, adjustments and things like that. 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:25.279 You know, having good communication on the sideline with my 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:28.800 teammates and coaches for adjustments or just you know, constantly 0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:32.919 communicating with them. So I think the process, you know, 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:36.200 throughout that game was well, whether it was mental or 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:38.520 or or the small things you know on the sideline 0:05:38.640 --> 0:05:41.360 or like I say, communicating with everybody. I think you 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:44.280 know that process as well. So that was encouraging to see. 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:49.560 And then so waking up, I believe it was Monday 0:05:49.600 --> 0:05:51.640 or Tuesday morning. You know, you woke up and you 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:53.760 realize that, you know, you won your first game in 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:56.800 the NFL. Regardless of how you felt of your performance, 0:05:57.680 --> 0:05:59.480 you know, we won the first game, and you know, 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:03.240 fell super excited, feel super excited about you know, necessarily 0:06:03.880 --> 0:06:06.520 not necessarily how I actually performed, but you know, like 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:07.960 I said, being able to come out with that win 0:06:08.640 --> 0:06:10.599 and being able to help lead these guys to to 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:13.159 to those to that win, and so, uh, you know, 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:16.839 it feels good, really excited. You know, it builds confidence 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:19.039 when you come out and do that. And you know, 0:06:19.080 --> 0:06:21.559 like I said, we're we're we're building on the small things. 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:23.440 Make sure we get the small things down so we 0:06:23.480 --> 0:06:26.360 can go dominate and and and have fun doing it, 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:28.040 you know when we get out there in the field 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:30.880 as a team as a collective. So yes, it feel 0:06:30.920 --> 0:06:33.040 really good game. 0:06:32.920 --> 0:06:34.760 That you can improve from week one to week two. 0:06:34.800 --> 0:06:35.600 What do you think it would be? 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:39.560 Yeah, I would say the drops sometimes I rushed my 0:06:39.640 --> 0:06:42.719 drop a little bit, you know, not not needing to. 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:46.039 You know, one one specific. 0:06:45.640 --> 0:06:48.760 Route that uh that I can that I can think 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:51.000 of is roam when he was I think it was 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:54.440 a ten yard route right over the ball, and I 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:56.960 rushed my drop and then uh, you know, try to 0:06:57.040 --> 0:06:59.000 try to juice it in there a little bit and missed. 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:02.280 You know, I didn't need to, Just trying to help 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:04.839 him get the ball to him, getting his hands fast 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:06.840 as possible so he can you know, make magic and 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:07.440 do what he does. 0:07:07.440 --> 0:07:10.600 And so you know, just making sure, you know. 0:07:10.560 --> 0:07:12.520 Trusting to drop, trusting the reads and things like that 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:14.800 and getting through them. 0:07:15.000 --> 0:07:15.200 You know. 0:07:15.560 --> 0:07:17.840 Uh, I say, that's probably the biggest thing that I'm 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:20.080 focused on. And then you know, my finishes on my 0:07:20.120 --> 0:07:21.560 playfakes or anything like that. 0:07:24.280 --> 0:07:26.880 Some of the best quarterbacks in the league struggle throughout 0:07:26.880 --> 0:07:28.560 their rookie year before becoming. 0:07:28.280 --> 0:07:29.400 Really good at it. 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:31.520 Was there anything you saw Sunday that gives you a 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:33.480 confidence that it will be a quicker fix than that 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:34.000 for you? 0:07:34.480 --> 0:07:37.120 Yeah, I mean I think, uh, I think having a realization, 0:07:37.240 --> 0:07:39.200 like I said before, understanding that you know, it's not 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:43.520 throws that I usually miss throughout all the time that 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:46.160 I've been playing quarterback, and all the practice that you 0:07:46.200 --> 0:07:48.400 know that I've that I've had, and and and you know, 0:07:48.400 --> 0:07:50.600 with other teams here in Chicago, all the you know, 0:07:50.800 --> 0:07:53.080 all these other you know things and moments and games 0:07:53.120 --> 0:07:55.640 and all of that. So I think that's one. And 0:07:55.640 --> 0:08:00.720 then also understanding it's the NFL. They got good players 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:03.080 on the other side, They're gonna make plays like a 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:06.440 few bad at balls that we had, you know, right spot, 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:08.720 you know, going the right spot, throwing the right shoulder, 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:12.080 all these other things, trying to throw it over back, 0:08:12.080 --> 0:08:14.320 all these other things that you know, sometimes player is 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:16.000 gonna get his arm up, you know, bat it down. 0:08:16.520 --> 0:08:19.120 So I think those have an understandment of those two 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:23.200 things is really important to keep growing and progressing and 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:25.200 and and to not lose faith in you know, whether 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:30.400 it's the you know, the play, uh you know, the team, yourself, offense, run, 0:08:30.440 --> 0:08:31.400 whatever the case may be. 0:08:32.320 --> 0:08:33.520 You know, keep that that that. 0:08:33.600 --> 0:08:38.200 Confidence and understand that, uh, you know, we obviously didn't 0:08:38.200 --> 0:08:40.079 play as we wanted to us as well as we 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:42.800 wanted to, and we came out, uh twenty four to seventeen. 0:08:43.040 --> 0:08:44.280 Chicago Bears went for. 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:46.319 As good as a season great as the season that c. J. 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:48.719 Stroud had last year, it took him a little bit 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:51.040 before he became as good as he was. Does that 0:08:51.120 --> 0:08:52.920 are there parallels that you can draw just at the 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:55.240 early part of your career as a rookie was trying 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:56.040 to do the same thing. 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:02.520 I'm more so I was looking at like say, for instance, 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:07.240 I was looking at the NFL this past weekend and 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:09.240 and I'm looking at all the all the teams and 0:09:09.280 --> 0:09:13.640 things like that and realizing that, like I've said in 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:16.080 many other interviews that you know, the job is hard. 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:18.920 NFL is hard. You know, the and the defense is 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:22.080 gonna make it tough on you. So you know that's 0:09:22.080 --> 0:09:24.240 what they're gonna do day or weekend and week out. 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:29.320 So you know, comparing you know that too, you know 0:09:29.400 --> 0:09:34.720 myself and in his rookie year. You know, typically guys 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:37.480 coming in they have to figure it out and things 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:40.560 like that, and so you know, that's what we're doing 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:43.600 right now. You know, I didn't have obviously the performance 0:09:43.640 --> 0:09:45.520 that I wanted to, uh So trying to figure it 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:47.600 out as fast as possible, and you know, making sure 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:50.040 that we're all on the same page, making sure that 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:52.280 we're you know, handling, handling the things that we need 0:09:52.280 --> 0:09:55.160 to handle, because like I said, all the small things 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:58.920 become a lot larger on game day and so, uh, 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:01.280 you know, make sure we handle those things, myself included, 0:10:02.720 --> 0:10:06.160 and progress from there. But you know, speaking on that 0:10:06.920 --> 0:10:08.720 and getting back to what I was saying about the NFL. 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:12.839 The guys in the NFL this week quarterback wise, you're 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:17.240 go and watch. It wasn't necessarily week sixteen for even 0:10:17.280 --> 0:10:19.640 the guys that you know, I have been playing ball 0:10:19.720 --> 0:10:24.560 for ten fifteen plus years. You know it's always gonna 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:28.680 be a little rouch rough patch. So understanding that, maintaining 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:32.320 your confidence, if not growing it because obviously you know, 0:10:32.400 --> 0:10:35.000 realizing that you can you know, keep keep getting better. 0:10:35.360 --> 0:10:37.040 And so that's what we're doing. That's what I'm doing, 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:39.079 and we're excited about it. 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:42.000 More from the Texans defense. 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:43.560 Yeah, I expect them to be aggressive. 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:45.719 I expect them to be you know, excited to get 0:10:45.720 --> 0:10:48.240 out there, you know, be in front of their home crowd. 0:10:48.320 --> 0:10:52.720 Believe they played at the Colts last week, so you know, 0:10:52.800 --> 0:10:56.240 get out there, be excited, you know, be aggressive, you know, 0:10:56.600 --> 0:11:00.960 running around, you know, playing well, playing playing together. You know, 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:03.480 that's that's that's how they coach it, I would say, 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:06.480 is that you know they you know, play well, play together, 0:11:07.280 --> 0:11:11.080 you know, fly around, tackle all these other things. And 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:13.120 you know, we get to go versus a great defense 0:11:13.480 --> 0:11:16.760 again this week. So we're excited. I know they're gonna 0:11:16.760 --> 0:11:18.880 be out there excited. I know that the stadium is 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:21.520 gonna be rocking. So h you know, getting a practice 0:11:21.520 --> 0:11:25.040 prepare for that, and uh yeah, we're all excited. 0:11:25.200 --> 0:11:25.720 Go Bears. 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:28.640 One thing we know about Caleb al righty, he's very aware. 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:33.280 He's very aware of everything around him. How he explains it, 0:11:33.320 --> 0:11:35.920 he's very open, and how he explains what he feels 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:37.800 he needs to work on. And and the fact of 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:40.000 the matter is it is true a half a dozen 0:11:40.000 --> 0:11:42.440 passes here or there, you extend to play, you get 0:11:42.480 --> 0:11:44.960 first downs. They only had two third down conversions. And 0:11:45.000 --> 0:11:48.240 now you're talking about not having that big time of 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:51.439 possession difference in the first half. You're talking about maybe 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:54.760 some touchdowns. You're talking about a different version of the 0:11:54.760 --> 0:11:56.319 Bears offense in week one. 0:11:56.400 --> 0:11:58.360 Right, you know, and and Caleb, you know, when you 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:02.280 have time, take your time. When you understand the types 0:12:02.320 --> 0:12:04.559 of passes that you want to throw, you've thrown them 0:12:04.559 --> 0:12:05.480 a million times. 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:07.840 Just throw them as efficiently as. 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:10.920 You have throughout your course of your football life in 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:15.520 practice and in games. And I expect Caleb's curved. 0:12:15.280 --> 0:12:16.199 To be huge. 0:12:16.320 --> 0:12:18.640 I don't think he's going to be a slow process 0:12:18.679 --> 0:12:22.920 of improvement. However, given the circumstances of what they're going 0:12:22.960 --> 0:12:25.200 to go into in Houston, it is going to be 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:28.240 more difficult. But just make sure that you put an 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:32.040 emotion the things you practice. And like you said, he's 0:12:32.200 --> 0:12:34.960 very aware of the things that he needs to do 0:12:35.280 --> 0:12:38.360 to become a better quarterback in the NFL, and it's 0:12:38.440 --> 0:12:41.280 evident and obvious by the things he says at the podium. 0:12:41.640 --> 0:12:44.360 And even it's the you know, the passing game in 0:12:44.480 --> 0:12:47.520 terms of amount of yards you have to throw the football. 0:12:47.720 --> 0:12:51.199 I strongly feel that these weapons are all catch and 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:54.520 run guys. So again, when you're talking about finding your skill, 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:56.640 letting your skill do your thing, let them do their thing. 0:12:56.920 --> 0:12:59.280 Some of those third and shorts, third and three, third 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:02.000 and four, third, five, I call those third and shirts. 0:13:02.000 --> 0:13:06.080 They're actually third mediums and NFL vernacular. But I mean, 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:08.760 let them go and pick throw it two yards and 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:10.600 make them go get the other three or four. I mean, 0:13:10.640 --> 0:13:13.120 I think these guys are very capable of that. On 0:13:13.240 --> 0:13:16.640 ten yards or more exgen stats, Caleb was zero for 0:13:16.720 --> 0:13:18.520 seven pass on the football on his way to the 0:13:18.520 --> 0:13:22.240 fourteen for twenty nine in that day. But is eleven 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:25.120 yard scramble on third down? You often in the past 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:27.560 have said, and these were non running quarterbacks, so he's 0:13:27.559 --> 0:13:30.200 in that category. He doesn't look to run, looks to throw. 0:13:30.600 --> 0:13:32.160 You often come up with a key to the game 0:13:32.200 --> 0:13:35.600 in the past, quarterback access to pick up three first 0:13:35.600 --> 0:13:39.080 downs with his legs. You know, that's twelve plays, that's 0:13:39.120 --> 0:13:41.640 twelve additional place. That's you know what I'm saying. 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:42.240 Yeah, But. 0:13:44.200 --> 0:13:47.520 With Caleb on the road at Houston, with really good 0:13:48.000 --> 0:13:52.839 exterior pass rushers on the outside, if that middle is open, 0:13:53.280 --> 0:13:55.280 you take the green grass and pick up a few 0:13:55.320 --> 0:13:57.480 first downs through the legs. How important would that be 0:13:57.880 --> 0:13:58.480 by Caleb? 0:13:58.960 --> 0:14:00.439 I mean so important, But you said it. 0:14:00.520 --> 0:14:03.800 With the exterior outside pass rushers they have here, if 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:07.280 the two tackles can escort them to the outside and upfield, 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:09.760 and then the interior three can take care of the 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:12.679 two rushers on the inside, maybe there will be some 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:16.199 invited opportunities for Caleb to run and get a couple 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:20.160 first downs, but maybe that same type of pass rush 0:14:20.240 --> 0:14:22.480 may afford Caleb to get the ball into the hands 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:25.280 of Gerald Everett and Cole Comet a few more times 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:27.840 in the game. Because I think as much as we've 0:14:27.880 --> 0:14:32.600 been talking about this wide receiver group all preseason, still 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:36.920 the running backs that can catch the ball DeAndre Swift 0:14:37.000 --> 0:14:39.800 and Cole and Gerald Everett. I think if you can 0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:43.320 simply put the ball into their hands for that three 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:45.960 or five yard distance and allow them to get a 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:50.520 couple yards after completion, then you're talking about the offense 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:53.600 getting that first down and you know, staying on the field. 0:14:54.280 --> 0:14:56.680 We are brought to you by Miller Lite tastes like 0:14:56.720 --> 0:14:59.840 Miller Time Celebrate Responsibly. Miller Brewing Company Milwaukee was con 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:03.240 ninety six calories and three point two cards per twelve ounces. 0:15:04.000 --> 0:15:04.840 As of this taping. 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:06.800 We don't know what the injury report's going to look like, 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:09.440 but it will certainly have Keenan Allen on at Roma Dounza. 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:13.400 To say the least, that's two weapons that may or 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:15.600 may not be ready to go. We'll find out as 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:18.800 the week rolls on. Short of that, what does your 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:21.800 attention then go? If that's the case, DJ had a 0:15:21.800 --> 0:15:23.800 good game. He had a couple of good catches on 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:26.080 good throws by Caleb And of course you mentioned the 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:28.640 tight ends. And let's not forget DeAndre Swift out of 0:15:28.640 --> 0:15:30.400 the backfield right and. 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:33.040 Listen, Tyler Scott, this guy, he's a burner. He came 0:15:33.160 --> 0:15:35.520 up at the end of the preseason and really made 0:15:35.560 --> 0:15:38.520 an impression on me that maybe he could be ready 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:39.640 to take the next step. 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:40.960 And then when you. 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:44.320 Talk about Souch in an early process of the regular season, 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:47.760 if he gets on the active roster listen, if I 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:50.760 would go into the game and I would see myself 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:53.560 on the inactive list, I would put it in my 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:56.840 sole intentions to make sure I do something on the 0:15:56.880 --> 0:16:00.000 practice field to impress the coaches and the special team 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:02.520 coordinator to let them know that I should be a 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:03.400 game day active. 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:05.320 Here's your opportunity, young man. 0:16:05.520 --> 0:16:08.040 If you go into that stadium and you make a 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:10.080 couple of those big catches and a couple of big 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:12.239 plays that you were able to do in the preseason, 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:17.320 right there, you're elevating yourself into that receiver position that 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:20.280 maybe you're a week to week game day active. 0:16:20.680 --> 0:16:23.080 Bears defense played extremely well in the second half of 0:16:23.120 --> 0:16:27.440 that football game. Overall, limited third down opportunities kept things 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:30.040 in check. Head adjust to the run game. Powdered had 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:32.960 some good runs in that game, but overall they shrunk 0:16:33.000 --> 0:16:35.120 the defense down and put a lot of pressure on 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:38.400 Will Levis. We're gonna talk to Kevin Byer here in 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:40.760 a moment, more of a feature interview than I did 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:43.080 with him, but we'll hear from him in a minute. 0:16:43.120 --> 0:16:47.120 But I was thinking about this first of all, DeMarcus Walker. 0:16:47.160 --> 0:16:48.720 I just saw him in the locker room before we 0:16:48.760 --> 0:16:50.840 started taping this podcast, and he had this look in 0:16:50.880 --> 0:16:53.440 his eye, go hey man, nice job, nice step. 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:54.240 You know, we forget. 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:57.200 He had four quarterback pressures. His pressures resulted in the 0:16:57.240 --> 0:17:00.000 two interceptions the Jalen Johnson at the end of the game, 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:03.920 Tyreek Stevenson pick six that was so crucial in this game. 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:08.200 And then I think about Andrew Billings. Andrew Billings, I'll 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:13.720 tell you what, that's an invaluable guy who's There's not 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:16.680 another Andrew Billings that you can just slip in there 0:17:16.720 --> 0:17:21.479 and say, Okay, go to work. No, Andrew Billings is 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:25.600 a vital piece to this defensive puzzle, and he is 0:17:26.440 --> 0:17:28.640 the value is really high right now. 0:17:29.280 --> 0:17:32.680 So we talk about the versatility of the offensive defensive line. 0:17:32.680 --> 0:17:35.320 The first play on offense, they were an unbalanced line 0:17:35.359 --> 0:17:37.960 and right tackle Darnell Wright was lined up to the 0:17:38.000 --> 0:17:42.080 far left outside outside shoulder of Braxon Jones. It was 0:17:42.119 --> 0:17:44.920 the fifth or sixth player of the defense. Andrew Billings 0:17:44.960 --> 0:17:48.480 was lined up at the defensive end outside the left tackle, 0:17:48.760 --> 0:17:52.119 and DeMarcus Walker was lined up over the offensive guard. 0:17:52.520 --> 0:17:55.560 DeMarcus Walker got on, got pressure and made the play there. 0:17:55.680 --> 0:17:58.960 So you're talking about Billings in the versatility of the 0:17:59.000 --> 0:18:02.120 two lines. If you can do that and you can 0:18:02.160 --> 0:18:06.280 incorporate some athleticism at a more dangerous point of attack 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:09.159 and then get results from it, all of a sudden, 0:18:09.200 --> 0:18:12.560 you're starting to increase the preparation of your opponent. And 0:18:12.600 --> 0:18:15.280 if Billings can do what he did on the inside 0:18:15.320 --> 0:18:18.359 from this past week, but maybe be a big run 0:18:18.359 --> 0:18:22.080 stopper on first down at the outside end position, you're 0:18:22.119 --> 0:18:27.160 talking about the type of versatility that, like you said, 0:18:27.240 --> 0:18:29.199 you can only you only see it really from a 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:31.719 few guys of that size, strength and power. 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:35.720 Yeah, thirty attempts in the run game for the Houston Texans. 0:18:35.840 --> 0:18:39.960 New running back Joe Mixon that doesn't happen very much. 0:18:40.080 --> 0:18:42.800 Last year, only six running backs in the league ran 0:18:42.840 --> 0:18:45.040 the ball thirty times in a game that ted his 0:18:45.160 --> 0:18:47.600 career high. You had the young man over there in 0:18:47.640 --> 0:18:51.080 San Francisco getting the start as an undrafted rookie a 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:53.160 couple of years ago. He had twenty eight carries. 0:18:53.520 --> 0:18:53.960 Interesting. 0:18:54.000 --> 0:18:56.919 I bring it up because Slowick is a part of 0:18:56.920 --> 0:19:00.280 that tree of Shanahan Shanahan. I kept listening to the 0:19:00.359 --> 0:19:03.919 forty nine Ers broadcast the other night, Monday night, and 0:19:04.000 --> 0:19:08.680 hearing about a magic number is now thirty rushing attempts 0:19:08.440 --> 0:19:12.439 for Kyle Shanahan. Here, Joe Mixon, it's that magic number. 0:19:12.520 --> 0:19:16.280 Slowik is a disciple thirty. Are we expecting this and 0:19:16.440 --> 0:19:20.919 this tree, branches of the Shanahan Sean McVay tree, to 0:19:21.000 --> 0:19:21.920 start pounding. 0:19:21.600 --> 0:19:24.080 The football a little bit more? Thirty carries is. 0:19:24.000 --> 0:19:26.399 A lot for a back, right, So if I got 0:19:26.480 --> 0:19:29.600 DeAndre Swift, and I got Rashawn Johnson, and I got 0:19:30.280 --> 0:19:33.560 Khalil Herbert, if you give me that mark, I want 0:19:33.600 --> 0:19:36.359 to give me thirty five carries in the course of 0:19:36.400 --> 0:19:36.760 a game. 0:19:36.760 --> 0:19:39.640 If I have seventy five plays, and I. 0:19:39.640 --> 0:19:43.280 Will distribute them amongst them all, I don't need one 0:19:43.359 --> 0:19:46.120 guy to give me thirty carries. But if you gave 0:19:46.119 --> 0:19:49.960 me thirty carries, Jeff that averaged four yards per carry, 0:19:51.040 --> 0:19:53.520 I'll be celebrating with pom poms. 0:19:53.960 --> 0:19:56.840 And that's what I would like to see. And you 0:19:56.880 --> 0:19:57.720 know that's one thing. 0:19:57.880 --> 0:20:00.520 You know that that's what Joe Mixon did one of 0:20:00.560 --> 0:20:03.920 the NFL season. If you did that weekly, would you 0:20:04.000 --> 0:20:07.879 wear them out by week eleven in an NFL season? 0:20:08.160 --> 0:20:11.520 If you have a stable of backs like the Bears 0:20:11.520 --> 0:20:13.800 have done over the last couple of years and it 0:20:13.920 --> 0:20:16.840 was spread out by a variety of guys, I would 0:20:16.880 --> 0:20:19.320 like to see that if the Bears came, if we 0:20:19.400 --> 0:20:21.920 are doing this podcast at the last game of the year, 0:20:21.960 --> 0:20:24.480 said wow, you know the Bears have averaged four point 0:20:24.560 --> 0:20:27.520 or four point one yards per carry, I would say 0:20:27.560 --> 0:20:29.720 the Bears are doing pretty well and they have a 0:20:29.760 --> 0:20:30.479 winning record. 0:20:30.560 --> 0:20:33.000 All right, let's listening to Kevin Bayern again our sit 0:20:33.080 --> 0:20:35.520 down for a Bears game day line by player profile. 0:20:35.760 --> 0:20:38.440 It all begins with passion. On this Bears defense, they're 0:20:38.440 --> 0:20:42.040 trying to find as many players as possible team wide, 0:20:42.560 --> 0:20:45.880 but specifically defensively, they play with passion. Where did that 0:20:45.960 --> 0:20:48.520 passion get born in Kevin Byard. 0:20:48.400 --> 0:20:51.080 Never really had the opportunity to play youth sports growing 0:20:51.119 --> 0:20:53.040 all the way up. I didn't actually play my first 0:20:53.040 --> 0:20:58.080 youth football game until eighth grade, So it's pretty much 0:20:58.119 --> 0:21:01.240 just growing up in the neighborhood. Obviously, my father, my 0:21:01.240 --> 0:21:03.400 family's big Eagles fans. Growing up, I was a Steelers fan, 0:21:03.520 --> 0:21:06.879 so they didn't really like that. But but growing up 0:21:06.920 --> 0:21:11.840 watching Troy and know that that great Steelers defense was 0:21:11.960 --> 0:21:14.440 very exciting and just the urge that once I was 0:21:14.480 --> 0:21:16.359 able to get out there and actually play with the guys, 0:21:16.880 --> 0:21:19.040 it was one of those experiences that you didn't want 0:21:19.040 --> 0:21:21.359 to let go. And uh, that's kind of where the 0:21:21.440 --> 0:21:23.400 game grew, the love of the game grew, and it 0:21:23.480 --> 0:21:24.520 just kind of took it off from then. 0:21:24.640 --> 0:21:27.760 And you've never stopped, never stopped from going from a 0:21:27.920 --> 0:21:31.639 team where you were beloved and you beloved that city 0:21:31.680 --> 0:21:36.040 in Tennessee Nashville, and then getting traded by that team, 0:21:36.640 --> 0:21:41.359 being released by the Philadelphia Eagles, and then signing here. 0:21:41.680 --> 0:21:45.719 That's a whirlwind. But yet you transition quickly enough to 0:21:45.760 --> 0:21:49.400 be named a captain again. You're one of the new 0:21:49.440 --> 0:21:51.439 guys here, not in the league. But what does that 0:21:51.600 --> 0:21:53.200 say about Kevin Byern. 0:21:54.119 --> 0:21:56.720 Yeah, I just try to be myself. I don't try. 0:21:56.880 --> 0:21:59.199 I didn't try to come in and try to make 0:21:59.240 --> 0:22:01.120 it an effort to put my person out to play 0:22:01.160 --> 0:22:03.919 my person out on this team. It just naturally organically happened, 0:22:05.280 --> 0:22:06.760 you know that. I think that's just the respect of 0:22:06.760 --> 0:22:08.879 the guys on the team that they have for me, 0:22:08.960 --> 0:22:10.560 just the way I come to work every single day, 0:22:11.119 --> 0:22:13.359 the type of person I am every single day, And 0:22:14.200 --> 0:22:16.359 I do feel like I'm a natural leader by trade, 0:22:16.480 --> 0:22:19.119 just a natural born leader. But we have a lot 0:22:19.160 --> 0:22:21.639 of great leaders on this team. So I always said 0:22:21.640 --> 0:22:25.640 that all Pros and Pro Bowls are very nice. Everybody 0:22:25.680 --> 0:22:28.159 wants those, But I think the two most respected are 0:22:28.160 --> 0:22:30.159 the most highest honors you can get in the league 0:22:30.359 --> 0:22:33.160 is walk pay Man of the Year and being voted 0:22:33.200 --> 0:22:36.200 a team captain. I think we played this game obviously 0:22:36.240 --> 0:22:37.960 the respect of your opponents, but the respect of the 0:22:37.960 --> 0:22:40.239 people in your organization, and so, like I said, if 0:22:40.240 --> 0:22:41.960 you voted captain, it is definitely one of the higher 0:22:42.000 --> 0:22:43.960 honors that I definitely don't take lightly. 0:22:44.000 --> 0:22:45.679 At one point, you were the highest paid safety in 0:22:45.720 --> 0:22:49.440 the NFL. You never missed practice, You're one of the 0:22:49.480 --> 0:22:53.040 best takeaway players in the NFL. You've been captains on 0:22:53.520 --> 0:22:59.320 two teams. Your resume screams excellence and the way you 0:22:59.480 --> 0:23:04.439 carry yours so also screams maturity and leadership. As you 0:23:04.520 --> 0:23:10.120 pointed out, are you almost underrated for everything that you've 0:23:10.240 --> 0:23:14.000 accomplished up to this point because and you're still doing 0:23:14.000 --> 0:23:16.080 it at a high level. I just get the sense 0:23:16.080 --> 0:23:17.879 that that may be true. At one point you were 0:23:17.880 --> 0:23:20.320 also a top forty NFL player or the top one 0:23:20.359 --> 0:23:22.520 hundred voted by your peers, though, so maybe not. 0:23:23.080 --> 0:23:23.240 Well. 0:23:23.280 --> 0:23:26.639 I mean, I always kind of felt like I've been underrated. 0:23:26.760 --> 0:23:26.879 You know. 0:23:26.920 --> 0:23:28.720 It was a two star prospect come out of high school, 0:23:28.800 --> 0:23:31.200 didn't have a lot of offers, Kentucky pulled their offers, 0:23:31.240 --> 0:23:33.600 so I ended up going to Militancy State, didn't get 0:23:33.600 --> 0:23:35.680 invited to the combine. Most people don't know that as well, 0:23:35.800 --> 0:23:40.399 nom so my notes. So obviously I've been underrated throughout 0:23:40.400 --> 0:23:43.280 my entire journey, and I think that's where the chip 0:23:43.320 --> 0:23:46.480 on my shoulder comes from. But also just my upbringing, 0:23:47.840 --> 0:23:50.040 having a lot of siblings, watch my mom go to 0:23:50.080 --> 0:23:51.520 work every single day and do what she did, That's 0:23:51.520 --> 0:23:54.800 where the humbleness comes from. The appreciation and gratitude of 0:23:54.840 --> 0:23:57.360 every single day because you know, I lost my mom 0:23:57.359 --> 0:23:59.800 a couple years ago, and so I just try to 0:23:59.800 --> 0:24:02.000 wake very day, which is gratitude, you know what I mean. Like, 0:24:03.080 --> 0:24:06.959 I'm a very confident person, but I'm also humble at 0:24:07.000 --> 0:24:09.480 the same time to know that everything that I've done 0:24:09.520 --> 0:24:12.879 and accomplished I've worked very hard for. And I know 0:24:12.920 --> 0:24:14.639 that if I want to continue to have the success, 0:24:14.800 --> 0:24:16.520 I have to continue to work and continue to grind 0:24:16.560 --> 0:24:19.080 and this journey for me, my football journey, is far 0:24:19.160 --> 0:24:21.000 from over, so I have a lot of work to 0:24:21.000 --> 0:24:23.199 still put in. So if I want to get to 0:24:23.240 --> 0:24:25.840 the you know, obviously the place I want to get 0:24:25.840 --> 0:24:27.880 to is obviously being a Super Bowl champion and things 0:24:27.920 --> 0:24:30.959 like that and more things that complish my career. How 0:24:31.000 --> 0:24:32.800 to continue to work. So I just keep my head down, 0:24:33.119 --> 0:24:36.359 keep working, and you know, I'll look up and kind 0:24:36.359 --> 0:24:39.800 of really cherish everything I've accomplished once I'm done playing. 0:24:40.080 --> 0:24:42.439 Byron and Brisker has a ring to it, the B 0:24:42.520 --> 0:24:45.200 and B Brothers, the Bam Bam. I don't know, know I'm 0:24:45.200 --> 0:24:47.040 going to come up with something during the game that's 0:24:47.040 --> 0:24:50.640 just gonna resonate. Will do you do you feel that 0:24:50.760 --> 0:24:54.600 connective tissue with this emerging player entering his third year. 0:24:54.800 --> 0:24:58.239 Yeah, Brisker is an exciting player to play with. I 0:24:58.280 --> 0:25:00.000 really enjoy it, just even just being in the meat 0:25:00.080 --> 0:25:03.199 and just his mentality. I've said this before, but he 0:25:03.320 --> 0:25:05.919 definitely reminds me of myself when I was a younger player. 0:25:06.680 --> 0:25:09.520 When I was a younger player, I had this I 0:25:09.600 --> 0:25:11.359 still have a chip on my shoulder, but the chip 0:25:11.480 --> 0:25:14.399 was so huge that, like you said, being underrated, to 0:25:14.480 --> 0:25:16.840 feel like you know, every single day right if it 0:25:16.880 --> 0:25:19.800 was practiced in the game, I had to go out 0:25:19.800 --> 0:25:21.720 there and improve myself and make sure that by the 0:25:21.840 --> 0:25:23.879 end of the game everybody knew my name. And I 0:25:24.080 --> 0:25:25.800 see that, I see that energy from Brisker, and I 0:25:25.840 --> 0:25:28.480 just enjoyed watching him, and uh, I think he's gonna 0:25:28.520 --> 0:25:29.719 have a big year one hundred soon. I don't want 0:25:29.720 --> 0:25:31.040 to make any predictions of what he's going to do, 0:25:31.480 --> 0:25:33.160 but I'm super excited to watch him this year. 0:25:33.240 --> 0:25:35.919 So I've been thinking this through too, because you present 0:25:36.000 --> 0:25:37.919 to me as a guy that if you wanted to, 0:25:38.000 --> 0:25:40.960 if you love the game, you can enter the coaching 0:25:41.000 --> 0:25:43.919 realm after maybe you'll be media. She's a great talker, 0:25:43.960 --> 0:25:46.600 But you know, I'm thinking, Okay, I know that Don 0:25:46.600 --> 0:25:49.560 Shula was a defensive back in the NFL, one of 0:25:49.560 --> 0:25:53.320 the best coaches in NFL history. Tony Dungee was a 0:25:53.359 --> 0:25:56.000 defensive back. Todd Bowles was a heck of a dv 0:25:56.280 --> 0:26:02.040 A safety, Dick Leboe, right, you know, Dick lebou absolutely 0:26:02.080 --> 0:26:04.639 and Kevin Bien. You know, could you that's a thinking 0:26:04.720 --> 0:26:07.639 man's position, It's a it's a leadership position, it's a 0:26:07.680 --> 0:26:11.520 settling position. Everything that we're looking at you for this year, 0:26:11.560 --> 0:26:15.040 for this team, a blend of veterans and young players. 0:26:15.520 --> 0:26:17.600 Do you ever see that in your future? Potentially? 0:26:17.840 --> 0:26:20.240 Yeah, I definitely could. The way I kind of see 0:26:20.240 --> 0:26:22.240 it is that it can go a lot of different ways, 0:26:22.280 --> 0:26:25.639 you know, Like you mentioned media, actually experiment with some 0:26:25.680 --> 0:26:27.959 media stuff this year as well, so you know, I 0:26:28.000 --> 0:26:29.480 just wanted to be able to put as many stuff 0:26:29.520 --> 0:26:32.320 out there to kind of see what post career will 0:26:32.359 --> 0:26:34.920 look like. I think the first thing that my wife 0:26:34.960 --> 0:26:36.359 will for sure want me to do when I'm done 0:26:36.400 --> 0:26:38.360 playing is kind of take some time off a little 0:26:38.359 --> 0:26:42.680 bit family exactly. But no, I definitely could see coaching 0:26:42.680 --> 0:26:45.159 in the future, right if it's in pro football or 0:26:45.200 --> 0:26:47.800 if it's you know, high school, college or anything like that. 0:26:48.480 --> 0:26:51.840 I'm just, like said, appreciative of everything I've learned from 0:26:51.840 --> 0:26:53.760 this game. I've been around a lot of great coaches, 0:26:53.800 --> 0:26:56.240 like you just mentioned. Dick Lebow was my first defensive 0:26:56.320 --> 0:26:57.919 cordion on I got in the league, and just I 0:26:57.960 --> 0:26:59.760 told you, I was a Pittsburgh fan growing up, and 0:26:59.800 --> 0:27:01.080 so to be able to be in the room with 0:27:01.160 --> 0:27:03.520 him and you know, get so much knowledge for him. 0:27:03.520 --> 0:27:05.119 This guy didn't even have a play call sheet. He 0:27:05.200 --> 0:27:07.280 literally just called plays off the top of his head, 0:27:07.440 --> 0:27:09.000 which is I don't know how he used to do it. 0:27:09.520 --> 0:27:11.600 But I've been around a lot of great coaches, and 0:27:11.680 --> 0:27:14.080 Mike Braber was obviously another great coach. He's tell me 0:27:14.200 --> 0:27:15.400 this all the time, likee, you're gonna be a coach 0:27:15.400 --> 0:27:17.199 one day, You're gonna be coach one day, so you 0:27:17.280 --> 0:27:20.200 never know. Definitely just being on my feet at enjoying 0:27:20.240 --> 0:27:20.960 the moment right now. 0:27:21.280 --> 0:27:21.639 So I know. 0:27:21.680 --> 0:27:25.879 I mentioned a bunch of members of secondaries and days 0:27:25.880 --> 0:27:28.800 gone by in the NFL that became head coaches or coaches, 0:27:28.800 --> 0:27:30.880 and you were quick to point out some others at 0:27:30.880 --> 0:27:32.240 once were the bear uniform. 0:27:32.880 --> 0:27:35.640 Give me to me, Boddy, I'm Jeff Fisher, Leslie Fraser. 0:27:35.680 --> 0:27:38.000 All of them defensive backs went on to become head 0:27:38.040 --> 0:27:42.520 coaches and had great playing careers backed up by great 0:27:42.600 --> 0:27:45.600 head coaching careers. Well, you know, when I was listening 0:27:45.600 --> 0:27:48.800 to your interview with Kevin Byrd, I had a hard time. 0:27:48.840 --> 0:27:52.399 He reminds me of DJ Moore because the respect he 0:27:52.520 --> 0:27:55.560 talks with, the intelligence he talks with, the tone of 0:27:55.680 --> 0:27:58.919 voice he talks with, he reminds me it makes me 0:27:58.960 --> 0:28:01.360 think of a veteran that's really valuable to a football 0:28:01.359 --> 0:28:04.159 team and to a locker room. And so I was 0:28:04.280 --> 0:28:07.639 kind of sitting there listening to the interview thinking of Wow, 0:28:07.880 --> 0:28:10.679 he reminds me of how much respect I have for DJ. 0:28:11.280 --> 0:28:14.120 And it's I think, two real assets that you can 0:28:14.160 --> 0:28:15.120 have in the locker room. 0:28:15.240 --> 0:28:20.320 DJ, Byerd and Swift all born in Philadelphia. Tough Philadelphia, 0:28:20.920 --> 0:28:24.240 so interesting backgrounds for all of those. 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But we 0:29:01.200 --> 0:29:04.360 did a little breakdown of what's ahead for this matchup. 0:29:04.800 --> 0:29:07.360 A big matchup for Houston. It's the first time in 0:29:07.400 --> 0:29:10.200 a long time that they've been in a national TV 0:29:10.320 --> 0:29:13.200 spotlight on a Sunday night, and the Bears have had 0:29:13.560 --> 0:29:17.720 plenty of Sunday opportunities, but the results have not been 0:29:17.880 --> 0:29:20.520 very good. So a tough matchup. Let's break it down 0:29:20.840 --> 0:29:23.320 with the voices of the Houston Texans. What's going on 0:29:23.360 --> 0:29:24.240 in h town. 0:29:24.040 --> 0:29:29.400 Fellas, excitement, excitement galore for Sunday night football. It's gonna 0:29:29.440 --> 0:29:33.200 be Liberty white out, so everybody's encouraged to wear white 0:29:33.280 --> 0:29:35.560 to the game. I think if the Bears were white too, 0:29:35.600 --> 0:29:37.480 that'd be very helpful, But I don't think they will, 0:29:37.840 --> 0:29:39.600 but the Texans will be decked out in their new 0:29:39.680 --> 0:29:42.960 Liberty white uniforms. It's gonna be fun, obviously, both teams 0:29:43.000 --> 0:29:45.640 coming off will when you guys know this is awesome. 0:29:45.240 --> 0:29:47.800 It's going to be a jacked up atmosphere. Yeah. 0:29:47.800 --> 0:29:49.680 I think what's interesting we were just talking with the 0:29:49.720 --> 0:29:52.320 Cassario or a GM guys, and we played in twenty 0:29:52.320 --> 0:29:54.240 twenty two. I mean, it doesn't seem like all that 0:29:54.320 --> 0:29:56.240 long ago. I mean it was just two years ago. 0:29:56.600 --> 0:30:00.240 But you think about how different these two organizations are 0:30:00.440 --> 0:30:03.200 in just two years. I mean, you guys go through, 0:30:03.480 --> 0:30:05.440 you know, the Justin Fields experience, and then you get 0:30:05.480 --> 0:30:07.880 to Caleb this year and just the changes. I mean, 0:30:07.960 --> 0:30:10.440 Montez comes over last year and I mean just gives 0:30:10.480 --> 0:30:13.160 you guys such a boost defensively, and yeah, the secondary 0:30:13.520 --> 0:30:15.440 where you guys are starting to kind of come into shape. 0:30:15.480 --> 0:30:17.520 But for us, you look back to twenty twenty two 0:30:17.560 --> 0:30:19.840 and you're like, man, who still exists from that team 0:30:20.120 --> 0:30:22.120 on twenty twenty two. So even though it was just 0:30:22.160 --> 0:30:25.600 two years ago, these teams are in incredibly different shape. 0:30:25.600 --> 0:30:27.680 And I think that's gonna make Sunday night really exciting. 0:30:27.880 --> 0:30:30.440 Well, you know, a part of your recent success. Were 0:30:30.480 --> 0:30:33.920 you guys curious of your scheduling before the schedule came 0:30:33.960 --> 0:30:37.360 out about your national audiences? This is a Sunday night 0:30:37.440 --> 0:30:41.680 game to open up your season at home? And are 0:30:41.720 --> 0:30:44.400 you happy with the way that your team is scheduled 0:30:44.400 --> 0:30:45.000 this season? 0:30:45.640 --> 0:30:48.800 We do fourteen hours of radio every week, so we 0:30:48.920 --> 0:30:50.240 have nothing better to talk about. 0:30:50.320 --> 0:30:51.880 Then what's the schedule gonna be? 0:30:51.920 --> 0:30:55.160 Like, I'm kidding, the off season is exciting, by the way, 0:30:55.200 --> 0:30:57.400 we have fewer hours in the off season, just five 0:30:57.440 --> 0:30:59.600 hours of radio a week. But the point is this, Yeah, 0:30:59.640 --> 0:31:03.640 we were placing little, you know, fun gentleman bets on 0:31:03.880 --> 0:31:06.360 what the amount of primetime games would be. Now we 0:31:06.400 --> 0:31:09.680 have seven national windows, including the Hall of Fame game 0:31:09.720 --> 0:31:12.280 with the Bears six in the regular season, this being 0:31:12.320 --> 0:31:14.600 one of them, and we knew it would be a lot. 0:31:14.640 --> 0:31:16.760 But that's more than I thought because the Texans have 0:31:16.800 --> 0:31:19.240 the Christmas Day game, so you add that into the mix. 0:31:19.320 --> 0:31:20.880 You got a Thursday night or at the Jets. I'm 0:31:20.880 --> 0:31:22.920 not going to go through them all, but it's a lot, 0:31:22.960 --> 0:31:25.840 and you expect it because you've got a hot quarterback. 0:31:25.520 --> 0:31:27.600 And what should be a good team. Well, we're in. 0:31:27.560 --> 0:31:29.880 Each other's divisions this year, so we're gonna find out 0:31:29.880 --> 0:31:33.520 who wins the AFC South and the NFC North. Oddly enough, 0:31:33.880 --> 0:31:36.040 and we got three out of the first four weeks 0:31:36.440 --> 0:31:38.320 crazy in the division. 0:31:38.680 --> 0:31:41.120 We're both one tozer in the AFC South. So how 0:31:41.120 --> 0:31:43.960 about that? Yes, yes, thank you for beating Tennessee. We 0:31:44.000 --> 0:31:44.920 really appreciate that. 0:31:45.360 --> 0:31:47.240 Yeah, or maybe we can think Will Levis for that, 0:31:47.320 --> 0:31:50.000 but either way, Yeah, it's gonna be pretty exciting. I mean, 0:31:50.000 --> 0:31:52.520 this is the first time we're playing a Sunday night 0:31:52.560 --> 0:31:55.880 game at home. Actually, it's our first Sunday night game 0:31:55.920 --> 0:31:58.239 at home. I think definitely the first Sunday night game 0:31:58.280 --> 0:32:01.640 at home in five years. Haven't been on Sunday Night 0:32:01.640 --> 0:32:05.080 football since before COVID. We beat the Patriots that night, 0:32:05.200 --> 0:32:08.320 and then obviously our organization took a turn and we 0:32:08.360 --> 0:32:10.560 had every single game at noon last year. Tom to 0:32:10.640 --> 0:32:14.320 your question, we're at noon every single week last year 0:32:14.400 --> 0:32:16.920 until we got to Week eighteen against Indianapolis Colts. So 0:32:17.240 --> 0:32:19.600 to see a bunch of primetime games on the schedule 0:32:19.600 --> 0:32:21.680 this year, we were all really excited about that. 0:32:21.720 --> 0:32:23.440 We're just kind of curious where it was all gonna go. 0:32:23.520 --> 0:32:25.720 They're gonna be whipped into a frenzy, and so the 0:32:25.720 --> 0:32:28.000 Bears are going to be walking into quite the trap 0:32:28.040 --> 0:32:29.040 over there in Texas. 0:32:29.240 --> 0:32:32.000 I mean it's gonna be loud. Yeah, what did you expect? 0:32:32.080 --> 0:32:33.520 I mean, this is gonna be insane. 0:32:33.760 --> 0:32:36.080 And it's kind of a part of my question because 0:32:36.280 --> 0:32:39.000 when is the last time that you've walked into a 0:32:39.040 --> 0:32:43.040 season with expectations because of your success last year, the 0:32:43.120 --> 0:32:46.280 expectations of your fan base, is you match that and 0:32:46.920 --> 0:32:50.000 improve upon it. When is the last time going into 0:32:50.000 --> 0:32:55.320 the season that you've had expectations of this status? 0:32:55.800 --> 0:32:58.240 Of this status? I have to go back to maybe 0:32:58.280 --> 0:33:03.200 twenty twelve, right Bill O'Brien, to be fair, look, going 0:33:03.240 --> 0:33:05.160 into twenty nineteen, we thought the team was going to 0:33:05.200 --> 0:33:07.960 be pretty good and they went to the playoffs in 0:33:07.960 --> 0:33:12.320 twenty eighteen. That was Watson's second season, first season back 0:33:12.360 --> 0:33:13.240 from knee surgery. 0:33:13.240 --> 0:33:14.680 We thought, twenty nineteen, let's go. 0:33:15.120 --> 0:33:17.720 But they made a big trade before the season, getting 0:33:17.760 --> 0:33:20.240 Laramie Tunsel. They had to get a new running back 0:33:20.280 --> 0:33:22.240 because they lost Lamar Miller in the preseason. 0:33:22.240 --> 0:33:23.440 They got Carlos Hide. 0:33:23.720 --> 0:33:25.840 We knew they weren't as good as this team is 0:33:25.920 --> 0:33:29.000 projected to be and Johnny, I think you'd agree after 0:33:29.040 --> 0:33:32.960 this opener, this team has a lot of potential, but you. 0:33:32.960 --> 0:33:34.200 Got to keep it going. Obviously. 0:33:34.240 --> 0:33:36.960 Well, I think the thing that nobody saw coming was 0:33:37.040 --> 0:33:39.200 Joe Mixon for thirty carries in one hundred and fifty 0:33:39.240 --> 0:33:40.360 nine yards in a touchdown. 0:33:40.440 --> 0:33:41.600 Like, nobody saw that coming. 0:33:41.680 --> 0:33:44.760 He was injured or in training camp when I don't 0:33:44.800 --> 0:33:47.360 even know that he traveled to Ohio. I think he 0:33:47.440 --> 0:33:49.520 might have been there, but I don't remember, and I 0:33:49.520 --> 0:33:51.320 think we talked about it in the booth guys in 0:33:51.360 --> 0:33:52.880 the Hall of Fame game, I don't know that he 0:33:52.960 --> 0:33:55.840 was there. And then we saw him very limited in 0:33:55.880 --> 0:33:57.800 training camp and he didn't play in a preseason game. 0:33:57.840 --> 0:33:59.440 So everybody's kind of like, well, what's the deal with 0:33:59.520 --> 0:34:01.920 Joe Mixon? How's this going to look? And we saw 0:34:01.920 --> 0:34:03.720 it a little bit in the practice. We had a 0:34:03.800 --> 0:34:06.120 joint practice with the Rams and Joe had a really 0:34:06.120 --> 0:34:08.560 good practice and thought, man, if they can put that together. 0:34:09.200 --> 0:34:11.479 But to me, it was more about the passing game, like, Okay, 0:34:11.480 --> 0:34:13.719 you can use Joe in the passing game, but look, 0:34:13.719 --> 0:34:16.640 if he runs for seventy five to eighty yards, we'll 0:34:16.680 --> 0:34:19.600 be dancing in the streets, and then they just took 0:34:19.640 --> 0:34:23.640 it to a defensive front that has dominated that Grover 0:34:23.719 --> 0:34:25.640 Stewart DeForest Buckner front has. 0:34:25.560 --> 0:34:27.960 Dominated us for years years. 0:34:28.040 --> 0:34:31.040 I mean even in beating them in Week eighteen, we 0:34:31.120 --> 0:34:33.759 threw the football against him, but we couldn't run for 0:34:34.520 --> 0:34:36.839 I mean, we couldn't run for two yards in that game. 0:34:36.880 --> 0:34:39.280 And then all of a sudden, here's Joe Mixon pounding 0:34:39.320 --> 0:34:41.719 and pounding and it's eight yards, it's thirteen, it's six, 0:34:41.760 --> 0:34:42.280 it's five. 0:34:42.520 --> 0:34:43.479 He just kept going. 0:34:43.520 --> 0:34:47.239 And we're talking during the broadcast during breaks like are 0:34:47.239 --> 0:34:50.480 we seeing this? Because that got us even more excited, thinking, 0:34:50.760 --> 0:34:53.960 all right, if you are the Bears, what do you 0:34:54.040 --> 0:34:56.400 go into your defensive meeting room and say, like, okay, 0:34:56.400 --> 0:34:58.480 we got to stop these three wide receivers. But all 0:34:58.520 --> 0:35:00.600 of a sudden, man, if we to play a little 0:35:00.600 --> 0:35:03.759 bit more nickel or dime even, does that mean that 0:35:03.760 --> 0:35:06.120 they're gonna run Joe Mixon another twenty five to thirty 0:35:06.120 --> 0:35:08.040 times And now the Bears have to stop that. And 0:35:08.080 --> 0:35:10.719 so it just added a whole different dimension that we 0:35:10.880 --> 0:35:12.960 really didn't even see coming. We thought the running game 0:35:12.960 --> 0:35:16.080 would be better, but to do that against that team, 0:35:16.120 --> 0:35:18.360 I think let us know, maybe this is gonna be 0:35:18.360 --> 0:35:20.799 a little bit better upfront than we thought. And look, 0:35:20.880 --> 0:35:22.560 running against the Bear is not gonna be easy. I 0:35:22.560 --> 0:35:24.800 mean we know that front is really really good. You 0:35:24.800 --> 0:35:26.360 know Nick Cassaria, we just had him in here and 0:35:26.360 --> 0:35:27.879 he's like, man, if you thought the Cults were good, 0:35:27.880 --> 0:35:28.840 wait to see the Bears. 0:35:28.840 --> 0:35:30.080 So it's not gonna be easy. 0:35:30.080 --> 0:35:32.040 But just to have that element of a run game, 0:35:32.680 --> 0:35:35.759 to not allow defenses to just go, Okay, well we're 0:35:35.800 --> 0:35:37.799 gonna we're gonna dare you to run and just sit 0:35:37.840 --> 0:35:40.160 back there and take away the pass. Okay, well if 0:35:40.160 --> 0:35:41.800 you dares to run now and now we can hurt you. 0:35:41.840 --> 0:35:43.200 And I think we showed that on Sunday and that 0:35:43.280 --> 0:35:44.240 was really nice to see. 0:35:44.480 --> 0:35:47.200 So when you look at what the Houston Texans brought in, 0:35:47.480 --> 0:35:51.040 did you need both Daniil Hunter and Joe Mixon in 0:35:51.200 --> 0:35:54.120 order to get this team to the next level or 0:35:54.520 --> 0:35:58.000 could you have won about your business with either facet 0:35:58.840 --> 0:36:00.200 staying a status quo. 0:36:01.040 --> 0:36:04.080 You had to replace Jonathan Garnard because he was leaving 0:36:04.160 --> 0:36:06.960 via free agency. You had to find a running back, 0:36:07.000 --> 0:36:09.439 and they were in on the Berkley sweepstakes. Obviously didn't 0:36:09.480 --> 0:36:12.759 get that Devin Singletary. Nick was very honest that they 0:36:12.920 --> 0:36:15.239 made an offer to Devin Singletary, who's now with the 0:36:15.280 --> 0:36:16.840 New York Giants. He was a pretty good back for 0:36:16.880 --> 0:36:19.680 the Texans last year. Mixon is at another level. You know, 0:36:19.760 --> 0:36:23.799 mix In is he Barkley is. Let's not even debate it. 0:36:23.960 --> 0:36:26.080 Mix In is a really good back and he's great 0:36:26.120 --> 0:36:29.160 in this system. And I haven't seen a back this 0:36:29.400 --> 0:36:31.399 kind of back, this kind of production from a back, 0:36:31.440 --> 0:36:35.040 and the potential since Arian Foster. Because Arian Foster was 0:36:35.080 --> 0:36:37.680 so good for this team. Arian Foster caught the ball 0:36:37.719 --> 0:36:41.120 so well Mixon. You look at his receptions throughout his 0:36:41.200 --> 0:36:43.719 stay in Cincinnati. We haven't had a back like that 0:36:43.960 --> 0:36:46.880 who could catch the ball like that since Arian. So 0:36:47.000 --> 0:36:49.319 I'm excited to see all the little nuances what they 0:36:49.320 --> 0:36:51.800 can do offensively as they continue to move forward. 0:36:51.920 --> 0:36:54.280 John, you got your masters of the University of Virginia 0:36:54.280 --> 0:36:57.560 in accounting, So let me ask you this question. Have 0:36:57.680 --> 0:37:00.680 you done the yard before contact with Mick in week 0:37:00.760 --> 0:37:03.520 one and yards after contact? As I'd be curious with 0:37:03.560 --> 0:37:04.480 those numbers. 0:37:04.800 --> 0:37:07.160 You know I hadn't done it yet. Ja, Yeah, but 0:37:07.200 --> 0:37:09.120 you will. I know you you're a deep diver. 0:37:09.800 --> 0:37:13.400 Yeah, but with just eyes just seeing what we saw, 0:37:14.120 --> 0:37:15.960 I think one you know, it's funny a lot of 0:37:16.000 --> 0:37:19.200 times they say that stats are for assistant coaches, geeks 0:37:19.200 --> 0:37:24.200 and losers. Nick Cross and Julian Blackman, the two safeties 0:37:24.239 --> 0:37:29.000 for the Colts, had fourteen and thirteen tackles respectively. Ouch 0:37:29.560 --> 0:37:32.719 the other two corners had sixteen tackles between them, and 0:37:32.719 --> 0:37:36.359 that's forty three tackles in the secondary. And it was 0:37:36.440 --> 0:37:41.279 pretty evident that Joe was getting to the third level unabated. 0:37:41.320 --> 0:37:44.919 A number of times he was reeling off eight, ten, 0:37:45.560 --> 0:37:49.640 thirteen yard runs and the only people there were crossing Blackman, 0:37:49.840 --> 0:37:52.080 and if one of those guys ended up missing the tackle, 0:37:52.560 --> 0:37:53.600 then Joe was gonna end up. 0:37:53.600 --> 0:37:56.160 There was one time Joe I made one of them miss. 0:37:56.000 --> 0:37:57.480 And I thought he's taking that to the house, and 0:37:57.480 --> 0:37:59.799 then he stumbled and ended up being a thirteen yard game. 0:37:59.840 --> 0:38:02.399 But he really he. 0:38:02.440 --> 0:38:05.640 Got to that level, and that's really where he physically 0:38:05.760 --> 0:38:08.080 like he tried to run them over each and every 0:38:08.120 --> 0:38:10.200 time he got back there to kind of prove that 0:38:10.280 --> 0:38:13.480 he has still got that physical presence about him. But 0:38:13.719 --> 0:38:16.440 those are the guys making the tackles, So he was 0:38:16.480 --> 0:38:19.920 getting there pretty easily. But the one thing that we've 0:38:19.960 --> 0:38:23.560 seen from Joe that I think was really interesting was 0:38:23.760 --> 0:38:26.160 how fast he gets into the line of scrimmage. And 0:38:26.160 --> 0:38:28.759 when you're running at zone game, he gets into the 0:38:28.760 --> 0:38:30.640 line of scrimmage. And so what he does, and I 0:38:30.640 --> 0:38:33.320 think Tom would appreciate this, is he makes his offensive 0:38:33.320 --> 0:38:37.640 lineman right. No matter what the defensive tackles do. Defensive 0:38:37.719 --> 0:38:41.120 ends do, just get on him. Just get a hat 0:38:41.160 --> 0:38:44.160 on a hat and let Joe go because if you're 0:38:44.200 --> 0:38:45.960 at least on him, you got him locked up a 0:38:46.000 --> 0:38:47.719 little bit. The only thing they can do is stick 0:38:47.719 --> 0:38:49.520 an arm out to try and tackle him. Joe's gonna 0:38:49.600 --> 0:38:52.600 run through that. So he makes his offensive lineman right. 0:38:52.920 --> 0:38:54.920 And I think that was something that we hadn't had 0:38:55.200 --> 0:38:57.879 in a while because the backs would take too much 0:38:57.920 --> 0:38:59.160 time trying to read where they were. 0:38:59.080 --> 0:39:01.440 Supposed to go, and Joe is two steps and go. 0:39:01.960 --> 0:39:04.440 And I think that really helped our offensive line just 0:39:04.560 --> 0:39:07.319 get even more physical because they knew they could just 0:39:07.320 --> 0:39:08.759 pop off the ball and just. 0:39:08.760 --> 0:39:09.399 Get on a guy. 0:39:09.520 --> 0:39:11.760 Just get physical with Buckner and get physical with Stewart, 0:39:11.960 --> 0:39:13.600 and then Joe's going to take care of the rest. 0:39:13.920 --> 0:39:15.720 And what that ended up being in the fourth quarter 0:39:15.920 --> 0:39:18.560 was our offensive line locking them up and giving Joe 0:39:18.640 --> 0:39:21.280 some pretty good alley ways to not take that contact. 0:39:21.320 --> 0:39:21.600 Joe. 0:39:21.920 --> 0:39:24.480 One thing about mix and he's got great angular vision. 0:39:24.640 --> 0:39:27.880 He has a great he can pre predict how the 0:39:27.920 --> 0:39:30.279 hole is going to open up and where his next 0:39:30.320 --> 0:39:33.279 step is going to come from. Really fun watching that 0:39:33.440 --> 0:39:34.040 on tape. 0:39:34.320 --> 0:39:35.120 So curious. 0:39:35.320 --> 0:39:37.040 You know, we talk a lot about the Bears, and 0:39:37.040 --> 0:39:41.319 they talk about everybody from Roma Dunza to DJ Moore 0:39:41.400 --> 0:39:44.960 to Keenan Allen, to Coole comb At to DeAndre Swift. Oh, 0:39:45.000 --> 0:39:48.440 there's only one football. But when I look at you guys, 0:39:48.920 --> 0:39:51.840 and I think a Stefon Diggs, does he have the 0:39:51.880 --> 0:39:54.719 personality to fit in when you got thirty three touches, 0:39:54.800 --> 0:39:58.160 including the catches by Joe Mixon and the other talented 0:39:58.320 --> 0:40:00.879 receivers you have along with the talent to tight ends. 0:40:02.040 --> 0:40:05.400 Is he a guy that's gonna fit in accordingly? 0:40:06.200 --> 0:40:09.920 Or if he doesn't get his predetermined desire of touches, 0:40:10.719 --> 0:40:11.800 will this become an issue? 0:40:11.840 --> 0:40:13.640 Won't be an issue if they run any place again? 0:40:13.680 --> 0:40:16.799 Because they ran any place? I mean wow, But yeah, 0:40:16.880 --> 0:40:17.399 great point. 0:40:17.480 --> 0:40:21.200 They had Nico Collins six catches over one hundred yards. 0:40:21.200 --> 0:40:25.080 He was amazing. Dell did his thing with a carry 0:40:25.120 --> 0:40:28.600 with three catches. Dig Still had two touchdown receptions. The 0:40:28.640 --> 0:40:33.359 whole band contributed to the sound, and Joe Mixon did 0:40:33.360 --> 0:40:35.440 what he did. So I think they call it a 0:40:35.440 --> 0:40:38.560 five headed monster what they have here. And I think, 0:40:38.680 --> 0:40:41.160 you know, you have to also add in Brevin Jordan. 0:40:41.400 --> 0:40:43.319 You know, he actually is a pretty good player for 0:40:43.360 --> 0:40:45.680 them at tight end. Kate still over played some fullback 0:40:45.719 --> 0:40:47.960 for them, and he's gonna play some tight end obviously 0:40:48.000 --> 0:40:48.440 a lot. 0:40:48.280 --> 0:40:49.520 Of tight end. That's what he is. 0:40:50.239 --> 0:40:53.239 I think Diggs is fitting in very well. He likes 0:40:53.280 --> 0:40:55.960 it here, he likes the atmosphere. I know, we talk 0:40:56.000 --> 0:40:58.239 about culture all the time in this business. Let me 0:40:58.239 --> 0:40:59.759 tell you, Demiko Ryans. I mean, I've been in the 0:40:59.760 --> 0:41:01.920 bill for a long time. I've never seen it like this. 0:41:02.000 --> 0:41:05.080 I've never seen football operations like this with this guy 0:41:05.200 --> 0:41:10.640 in charge. The positive vibes, the positive attitude, win or lose, 0:41:10.880 --> 0:41:13.400 We're all in it together. He has family Night on 0:41:13.480 --> 0:41:17.040 Tuesdays with the assistant coaches. He wants the players to 0:41:17.080 --> 0:41:21.239 be better men. Husband's fathers want he legit wants that, 0:41:21.480 --> 0:41:23.120 and I think they all feel that and I think 0:41:23.360 --> 0:41:25.600 Diggs is part of the mix right now. These are 0:41:25.640 --> 0:41:29.040 good guys to be around. I can't anticipate that being 0:41:29.080 --> 0:41:31.960 a problem here. I think he's gonna get plenty of touches. 0:41:32.120 --> 0:41:34.440 But he knows he's got eyes. He knows they have 0:41:34.520 --> 0:41:36.760 Nico Collins. He's going to be an a leade receiver 0:41:36.840 --> 0:41:39.879 in this league. He already is, but the reputation hasn't 0:41:39.960 --> 0:41:41.640 quite caught up with the production yet. 0:41:41.800 --> 0:41:45.359 Busy Heart Seltzer Flavors for every vibe, Celebrate Responsibly, Most 0:41:45.440 --> 0:41:50.120 course Beverage Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We're with the broadcasting crew. 0:41:50.520 --> 0:41:52.920 Andre Ware is the color analyst, but we got Mark 0:41:53.000 --> 0:41:57.240 Vandermer and John Harris the sideline reporter and analyst as well. 0:41:57.520 --> 0:41:59.680 All right, what are your I see when you see 0:41:59.680 --> 0:42:00.720 the bear on tape? 0:42:00.800 --> 0:42:02.000 Yeah, I always get this question. 0:42:02.239 --> 0:42:04.200 I mean, for it's got to start with eighteen, I 0:42:04.239 --> 0:42:07.120 mean with Caleb because we all saw him in college. 0:42:07.200 --> 0:42:08.840 We obviously watched Hard Knocks. 0:42:09.160 --> 0:42:11.359 Of course, opponents early in this season are watching Hard 0:42:11.440 --> 0:42:13.560 Knocks with a fine tooth comb to see, you know 0:42:13.600 --> 0:42:15.680 what you can pull out of there. But I think 0:42:15.760 --> 0:42:19.040 it's interesting when Tom asked about Diggs because I think 0:42:19.040 --> 0:42:21.680 there are a lot of preconceived notions about how Diggs 0:42:21.760 --> 0:42:23.360 was going to be in a locker room with a 0:42:23.360 --> 0:42:25.799 lot of you know, a lot of stars around him. 0:42:25.840 --> 0:42:27.719 I think the biggest thing about Diggs is he's one 0:42:27.719 --> 0:42:30.000 heck of a leader. I mean, he's one of the 0:42:30.040 --> 0:42:33.240 most vocal leaders I've seen on this in this organization 0:42:33.280 --> 0:42:35.200 since I've been in the lot and been here at 0:42:35.440 --> 0:42:36.279 with the Texans. 0:42:36.600 --> 0:42:38.440 I think with Caleb, the thought was, well, you know, 0:42:38.520 --> 0:42:39.440 Prima Donna, you. 0:42:39.400 --> 0:42:41.960 Know he's he's not gonna be working hard, doesn't no football, 0:42:41.960 --> 0:42:43.520 you know, paints his nails, all that kind of stuff. 0:42:43.520 --> 0:42:45.600 And I think what you end up finding about Caleb 0:42:45.680 --> 0:42:47.719 is that guy loves ball. He loves to play, loves 0:42:47.760 --> 0:42:50.040 the chest match of it. He has a great time 0:42:50.080 --> 0:42:52.360 out there. He's a really good leader. Going to be 0:42:52.360 --> 0:42:54.359 a good leader for that organization. I think it's got 0:42:54.360 --> 0:42:56.640 to start there. But when you look at the their 0:42:56.719 --> 0:42:59.560 three headed monster wide receiver, we'll see about Roma Dunsay. 0:42:59.640 --> 0:43:02.040 But you know DJ Moore, I think we face him 0:43:02.080 --> 0:43:04.200 at Carolina. He scared us to death and we only 0:43:04.239 --> 0:43:07.600 saw him once every so often. But you know, Keenan 0:43:07.600 --> 0:43:09.200 Allen was the guy the Texans were in on so 0:43:09.280 --> 0:43:11.120 you know, the Texans were pretty high in Keenan Allen. 0:43:11.560 --> 0:43:14.040 He's Greensboro, North Carolina guys, so I got North Carolina 0:43:14.040 --> 0:43:15.759 in the family. So they'll be cheering for Keenan Allen 0:43:15.760 --> 0:43:17.480 on Sunday, so it'll be kind of tough to get out. 0:43:18.080 --> 0:43:20.279 But I think the Bears offensive line has gotten better. 0:43:20.320 --> 0:43:20.440 You know. 0:43:20.560 --> 0:43:23.279 Darnell Wright, Braxton Jones, I think was a little bit 0:43:23.280 --> 0:43:27.080 of a surprise a few years ago. But defensively, Sweat 0:43:27.080 --> 0:43:29.680 scares everybody, you know, the way he comes off the edge, 0:43:29.680 --> 0:43:32.800 and I think and I was watching something about Sweat 0:43:32.800 --> 0:43:35.600 this offseason and said once after Sweat got with the Bears, 0:43:35.840 --> 0:43:38.360 they were one of the most productive and best defenses 0:43:38.520 --> 0:43:40.399 in the league for the last half of last year, 0:43:40.719 --> 0:43:44.000 So you know that he's gonna be roaring off the edge. 0:43:44.000 --> 0:43:44.520 I don't know that. 0:43:44.520 --> 0:43:47.200 Laromy Tunsel is quite one hundred percent totally coming off 0:43:47.239 --> 0:43:50.319 the offseason injury, and the Colts got four sacks, so 0:43:51.120 --> 0:43:54.040 protecting against Sweat and that defensive line. I loved Austin 0:43:54.080 --> 0:43:56.279 Booker coming out of Kansas. I think he's gonna be 0:43:56.320 --> 0:43:58.720 a phenomenal player in due time. I thought the pickup 0:43:58.800 --> 0:44:01.920 of Taylor was incredible. I was watching a game the 0:44:01.920 --> 0:44:04.560 other day and I'm like, who's fifty two? He's got 0:44:04.600 --> 0:44:06.359 some bursts and went, oh, that's Taylor. I'm like, man, 0:44:06.360 --> 0:44:09.520 that was a great pickup by Ryan Poles experienced secondary. 0:44:09.760 --> 0:44:11.560 I think those guys back there are gonna be very 0:44:11.640 --> 0:44:15.640 very good. Buy Art helps Edmunds and Edwards at linebacker 0:44:15.680 --> 0:44:18.840 could really be a thorn on our side because Franklin 0:44:19.200 --> 0:44:21.440 and e J. Speed for the Cults are a little lighter, faster, 0:44:21.840 --> 0:44:25.000 but I think some of the heaviness between Edwards and 0:44:25.120 --> 0:44:27.920 Edmunds just their size, can end up being something that 0:44:28.000 --> 0:44:31.200 helps them. So to me, the Bears are a little different, 0:44:31.440 --> 0:44:34.200 differently constructed than us, but I think there is so 0:44:34.360 --> 0:44:37.120 much talent at key spots that they're gonna make it 0:44:37.200 --> 0:44:39.200 really tough on us to get Joe Mixon one hundred 0:44:39.200 --> 0:44:41.920 and fifty nine yards for us not to get sacked 0:44:41.920 --> 0:44:44.600 four times. It's a really talented team. And if Caleb 0:44:45.320 --> 0:44:48.520 really gets going with making some magical plays out of 0:44:48.560 --> 0:44:51.840 the pocket, the rolling right, thrown back left and you know, 0:44:51.920 --> 0:44:54.680 rolling to the sideline, spinning around and doing what he does, 0:44:55.239 --> 0:44:58.000 and you get a few plays. Tom you talked about it. 0:44:58.239 --> 0:45:01.240 Energy Stadium is going to be jack there's no question. 0:45:01.400 --> 0:45:03.480 But if Caleb does a couple of those plays and 0:45:03.520 --> 0:45:06.200 those magical things that only he can do, this place 0:45:06.200 --> 0:45:07.800 will get quiet in a hurry, and then all of 0:45:07.800 --> 0:45:10.400 a sudden, it's like, oh boy, we're in a fistfight again, 0:45:10.840 --> 0:45:12.719 and that's really not where we want to be. So 0:45:13.080 --> 0:45:14.959 that's something they've got to take away. But I'm looking 0:45:14.960 --> 0:45:17.320 forward to seeing this Bear squad. It's a really talented 0:45:17.320 --> 0:45:19.439 group that we're excited to see. I'll tell you one thing. 0:45:19.960 --> 0:45:22.920 Everybody talks about Caleb Williams around the country, and I 0:45:22.960 --> 0:45:25.799 guess that's natural. Look how the Bears won the game 0:45:25.880 --> 0:45:28.400 last week. You got to be ready for everything, the 0:45:28.440 --> 0:45:31.359 third phase, the defense. Look how they won games last year. 0:45:31.360 --> 0:45:34.120 I know fields ran well down the stretch, but my goodness, 0:45:34.320 --> 0:45:36.960 you can win games in a variety of ways in Chicago, 0:45:37.560 --> 0:45:39.400 and you got to be ready for everything as the 0:45:39.440 --> 0:45:40.600 Houston Texans, but. 0:45:40.719 --> 0:45:42.800 I think they'll be ready. It'll be a nice battle. 0:45:43.360 --> 0:45:45.960 The last time the Texans played in this building regular season, 0:45:45.960 --> 0:45:49.160 well wasn't regular season, was the postseason, and they dominated 0:45:49.160 --> 0:45:51.360 the Browns. And I'm not saying that's going to happen again. 0:45:51.560 --> 0:45:54.040 But the fans want to see it, so yeah, it's 0:45:54.040 --> 0:45:55.440 going to be an electric atmosphere. 0:45:56.000 --> 0:45:58.920 Just one question about the building. Is the roof repaired? 0:45:59.800 --> 0:46:03.200 And will it be open? And what is the temperature 0:46:03.239 --> 0:46:06.360 going to be inside the facility once the game starts. 0:46:06.719 --> 0:46:10.200 I'm not telling now. They fixed they fixed part of 0:46:10.239 --> 0:46:13.800 it for this game. Okay, so if it rained, it 0:46:13.840 --> 0:46:16.160 would not rain on the field, all right, So that's 0:46:16.200 --> 0:46:21.640 that's done. They might open it, they might not because 0:46:21.760 --> 0:46:24.040 it's based on whether and if it's you know, if 0:46:24.040 --> 0:46:25.799 it looks to be in the seventies and there's no 0:46:25.880 --> 0:46:28.000 rain in the forecast, I think why not open it? 0:46:28.040 --> 0:46:30.120 But that's me, so we'll see how it goes. 0:46:30.440 --> 0:46:34.160 I don't think you will not have an uncomfortable temperature 0:46:34.200 --> 0:46:36.880 situation of the building, regardless whether it's open or closed 0:46:36.960 --> 0:46:39.600 or whatever. So I you know, expect to have a 0:46:39.680 --> 0:46:43.160 nice evening weather wise, you know, whether it be indoor 0:46:43.280 --> 0:46:45.279 or outdoors at NRG Stadium Sunday night. 0:46:45.320 --> 0:46:47.239 Can you hear the difference in the noise though with 0:46:47.320 --> 0:46:50.760 the rough open as as compared to when it's closed. 0:46:50.960 --> 0:46:52.719 Johnny can answer that better because you guys know in 0:46:52.760 --> 0:46:55.520 the booth. Sometimes you don't really get the best measurement 0:46:55.560 --> 0:46:57.080 of this in an audio way. 0:46:57.120 --> 0:46:58.719 What do you think, Johnny. Yeah, when when. 0:46:58.640 --> 0:47:00.640 Bill Obrian was here and I was when I started 0:47:00.680 --> 0:47:03.359 down on the sidelines, he wanted the roof close because 0:47:03.400 --> 0:47:05.879 you wanted that sound on top of you. And there 0:47:05.920 --> 0:47:08.720 were games back then. I mean, we played a Thursday 0:47:08.760 --> 0:47:10.360 night game against the Colts. It was the lottest I 0:47:10.400 --> 0:47:12.040 ever heard it, and I was standing right next to 0:47:12.840 --> 0:47:14.839 I was standing right next to Shane Leckler at the time, 0:47:14.880 --> 0:47:16.160 and we were trying to talk about something that was 0:47:16.160 --> 0:47:16.839 happening on the field. 0:47:16.840 --> 0:47:17.520 I couldn't hear him. 0:47:17.800 --> 0:47:21.560 So there's a distinct difference with it opened versus closed. 0:47:22.160 --> 0:47:25.319 But even at that point, I think the crescendo that 0:47:25.400 --> 0:47:27.879 will be there, hopefully on Sunday, and then that's gotta 0:47:27.920 --> 0:47:30.640 be something that I would think that Maddens coaching staff 0:47:30.640 --> 0:47:32.840 are talking to them about, is look, burst that bubble 0:47:32.880 --> 0:47:35.880 early and get this crowd sitting on its hands, Like, 0:47:35.960 --> 0:47:38.960 do something early to get them sitting on their hands, 0:47:38.960 --> 0:47:40.839 and then you kind of got them where you want them. 0:47:40.840 --> 0:47:42.920 So it'll be interesting. I mean, it'll probably be a 0:47:43.000 --> 0:47:47.080 kickoff probably eighty six eighty seven outside at that point, 0:47:47.160 --> 0:47:49.640 so I don't think it'll be bad down on the field, 0:47:50.160 --> 0:47:53.680 but if it's open. But if it's closed, it'll be fine. 0:47:53.719 --> 0:47:56.080 You won't even you won't even sense it, and I 0:47:56.080 --> 0:47:57.719 don't even know if you can see the top of 0:47:57.760 --> 0:47:59.759 it from the booth on the eighth floor. So I 0:47:59.800 --> 0:48:01.840 think it'll end up being a good and it'll be 0:48:01.880 --> 0:48:03.799 fine on both sides. It won't let it be like 0:48:03.840 --> 0:48:07.640 being in Chicago in September, but it'll be good enough 0:48:07.680 --> 0:48:08.480 for a Sunday night game. 0:48:08.480 --> 0:48:11.040 For as an offensive lineman, I'm worried about the noise 0:48:11.120 --> 0:48:14.560 because if you cannot hear the volume cadence from Caleb, 0:48:14.880 --> 0:48:18.239 it can really create some dysfunction on the line of scrimmage. 0:48:18.239 --> 0:48:21.400 So as an ex offensive lineman, that was my concern. 0:48:21.440 --> 0:48:24.799 And I'm not a big fan of the extreme heat 0:48:24.800 --> 0:48:26.080 and humidity as well. 0:48:26.600 --> 0:48:29.239 I don't think anybody in Houston is either, Tom. I 0:48:29.239 --> 0:48:31.360 don't think we like the humidity. But you bring up 0:48:31.400 --> 0:48:33.640 a great point and that it's only the second game 0:48:34.040 --> 0:48:37.520 of Caleb having to hear the play and then communicate it, 0:48:37.560 --> 0:48:39.560 so I would imagine the first quarter. 0:48:39.400 --> 0:48:40.399 It's gonna be pretty tough. 0:48:40.440 --> 0:48:42.560 But if the Bears hit back and you don't make 0:48:42.600 --> 0:48:44.720 this a tough game and start getting people in energy 0:48:44.719 --> 0:48:47.239 stadium a little tense, it might quiet down a little bit. 0:48:47.880 --> 0:48:49.000 So that's gotta be big for them. 0:48:49.040 --> 0:48:51.480 But if they let the Texans get off to a nice, 0:48:51.480 --> 0:48:55.040 little nothing lead, that noise is gonna amp up, right, 0:48:55.160 --> 0:48:56.960 you yamp up for full sixty minutes. 0:48:56.719 --> 0:48:57.880 All right, We had fun doing that. 0:48:57.920 --> 0:49:00.480 We appreciate and respect all our fellow booths around the 0:49:00.560 --> 0:49:04.560 National Football League. We gain valuable insight obviously from those 0:49:04.920 --> 0:49:07.800 discussions because they're in the building like we're in the building. Again, 0:49:07.880 --> 0:49:10.120 I mentioned at the outset of that set up of 0:49:10.160 --> 0:49:13.920 the interview, Bears on Sunday night have really struggled. Now 0:49:13.960 --> 0:49:16.560 it's not the same team, obviously it changes every year, 0:49:16.600 --> 0:49:19.279 but it's a string of games that have proven to 0:49:19.280 --> 0:49:22.799 be very difficult. This will not be any easier trying 0:49:22.800 --> 0:49:25.600 to beat this Houston team in their own building, which 0:49:25.640 --> 0:49:26.640 will be rocking and rolling. 0:49:27.000 --> 0:49:28.640 Right, It's going to be, like I said, it's going 0:49:28.719 --> 0:49:32.480 to be an environment unlike rookies or first year players 0:49:32.520 --> 0:49:35.080 have maybe never seen in their career. If you come 0:49:35.160 --> 0:49:37.239 from a small program and you never get into that 0:49:37.280 --> 0:49:39.960 big of a stadium that's packed to the roof and 0:49:40.000 --> 0:49:42.560 it's as loud as you can possibly get. They have 0:49:42.719 --> 0:49:45.200 one of these whiteout games where they want the crowd 0:49:45.239 --> 0:49:48.520 to be supportively dressed in white as everybody on the 0:49:48.560 --> 0:49:52.840 field is dressed in white. And you know, it's difficult, 0:49:53.080 --> 0:49:55.759 you know, to contend with. However, if you bring a 0:49:55.800 --> 0:49:57.759 defense on the field that you have a lot of 0:49:57.760 --> 0:50:00.719 respect and you like to travel with, the defense makes 0:50:00.760 --> 0:50:03.319 a couple big plays early in the game and then 0:50:03.360 --> 0:50:06.040 you put the crowd into shock. Because even though the 0:50:06.360 --> 0:50:09.759 Houston Texans were so successful last year, I still think 0:50:09.800 --> 0:50:12.480 there's a little let's wait and see. Was this in 0:50:12.520 --> 0:50:15.160 an anomaly or is this going to carry over to 0:50:15.480 --> 0:50:19.000 CJ second CJ Stroud's second year in his career. 0:50:19.120 --> 0:50:21.040 So I guess it's still wait and see. 0:50:21.040 --> 0:50:25.480 They did beat Indianapolis in Indianapolis by two, but now 0:50:25.480 --> 0:50:27.480 it's their first home game and the crowd's going to 0:50:27.520 --> 0:50:28.440 be excited to see. 0:50:28.560 --> 0:50:31.560 Yeah, it was interesting to take a look at that 0:50:31.719 --> 0:50:35.560 game because they really kept the ball. Forty minutes of 0:50:35.640 --> 0:50:38.560 time of possession. The Colts had just twenty and still 0:50:38.600 --> 0:50:40.000 put up twenty seven points. 0:50:40.280 --> 0:50:43.160 Yeah, you know, I mean time of possession was a 0:50:43.200 --> 0:50:45.160 factor in a lot of games this week, and that's 0:50:45.160 --> 0:50:48.560 what the Bears are fighting to have more ball control 0:50:49.000 --> 0:50:51.080 and if they can have a defense early in the 0:50:51.120 --> 0:50:53.680 game that gets them some three and outs and the 0:50:53.719 --> 0:50:56.600 Bears can compute that into one big play or maybe 0:50:57.080 --> 0:51:01.720 a physically dominated running series, then all of a sudden, 0:51:02.360 --> 0:51:04.280 you know, that's the type of confidence you can build 0:51:04.320 --> 0:51:04.600 off of. 0:51:04.800 --> 0:51:05.040 Yeah. 0:51:05.080 --> 0:51:09.000 Well, they were limited to three field goals from Kyemie 0:51:09.400 --> 0:51:12.960 Fairbane from fifty plus, so that that took off a 0:51:13.000 --> 0:51:13.840 few touchdowns. 0:51:14.239 --> 0:51:15.480 Otherwise it would have been a. 0:51:15.480 --> 0:51:18.520 Much bigger beating of the Indianapolis Colts, whom the Bears 0:51:18.560 --> 0:51:20.920 play in Week three in Indianapolis. 0:51:20.920 --> 0:51:22.439 One thing up, oh go ahead. 0:51:22.760 --> 0:51:25.520 One thing about Houston is they open up an Indianapolis Dome, 0:51:25.719 --> 0:51:29.240 they go home domb week three, they play Minneapolis Dome. 0:51:29.640 --> 0:51:34.480 You know, and I know your feelings of indoor football, but. 0:51:34.760 --> 0:51:39.040 Yeah, I gotta adapt, I gotta adapt and overcome. Yeah, 0:51:39.200 --> 0:51:42.839 you know, because that roof is not completely fixed down 0:51:42.880 --> 0:51:46.719 in Houston from the past hurricane earlier this summer, it 0:51:46.840 --> 0:51:50.120 is still even if they don't open the roof, because 0:51:50.160 --> 0:51:53.440 there is a gap, it's gonna be It's considered an 0:51:53.480 --> 0:51:58.600 outdoor game. So if if per chance there was a storm, 0:51:58.719 --> 0:52:01.880 and there was, you have to adopt the lightning delay 0:52:02.600 --> 0:52:05.760 because of that sliver of light. And apparently that sliver 0:52:05.840 --> 0:52:08.080 of light will if it's a sunny day, there's like 0:52:08.120 --> 0:52:11.440 a patch of ten yards of white light that is 0:52:11.480 --> 0:52:14.800 on the field, like a UFO hovering over the stadium. 0:52:14.920 --> 0:52:17.120 So you might, you know, you might find that it's 0:52:17.120 --> 0:52:19.560 a little warm down there. Tommy in the building, it's 0:52:19.600 --> 0:52:23.440 Jimmy warm. It's a daytime temperature high of ninety four degrees. 0:52:23.560 --> 0:52:27.280 But luckily Hurricane fran Scene is going to be skirting 0:52:27.360 --> 0:52:31.920 to the northeast, so it won't give the deluge of 0:52:32.080 --> 0:52:36.720 rain that they had earlier this hurricane season, so maybe 0:52:36.800 --> 0:52:38.000 we'll get through unscathed. 0:52:38.040 --> 0:52:38.239 Yeah. 0:52:38.480 --> 0:52:41.200 Well, and it was supposed to go towards the Midwest 0:52:41.360 --> 0:52:44.440 right around our travel times. Hopefully that won't interrupt our 0:52:44.480 --> 0:52:46.120 travel plans on Saturday, big time. 0:52:46.120 --> 0:52:46.319 A right. 0:52:46.440 --> 0:52:48.880 Last lastly, well, you know, I'm a little jumpy. 0:52:48.920 --> 0:52:51.800 I'm a little jumpy on the plane real quick. Matti 0:52:51.840 --> 0:52:54.560 reflues to when his Wednesday meeting with the media, one 0:52:54.600 --> 0:52:56.759 of the first things he talked about was going to 0:52:56.800 --> 0:52:58.960 the practice field, and we're gonna have a very physical practice. 0:52:58.960 --> 0:53:01.560 And you've mentioned the kicking game of Houston and he 0:53:01.640 --> 0:53:04.000 I think he means special teams in general. Frank Bush 0:53:04.120 --> 0:53:07.919 outstanding special teams coordinator. They had the number one rank 0:53:07.960 --> 0:53:10.799 special teams unit in the league last year according to 0:53:10.800 --> 0:53:14.000 those who analyzed those things. That's a very good unit 0:53:14.040 --> 0:53:17.280 with a very good kicker, obviously, but I thought, I 0:53:17.280 --> 0:53:20.719 felt it is interesting that that's the first chink in 0:53:20.760 --> 0:53:23.080 the armor. Not chink in the armor, that was that 0:53:23.200 --> 0:53:27.080 was the first bullet that Matt Eberflu's touchdown was special 0:53:27.080 --> 0:53:28.640 team's toughness for this game. 0:53:29.600 --> 0:53:30.440 No doubt about it. 0:53:30.480 --> 0:53:32.560 But you know, how impressed are you with the special 0:53:32.560 --> 0:53:35.839 teams performance this past week by the Bear? Great field 0:53:35.880 --> 0:53:38.680 position on punt return, really good field position on a 0:53:38.760 --> 0:53:43.000 kickoff return, block punt for a touchdown. So if it's 0:53:43.200 --> 0:53:45.399 you know, they're special teams going up against the Bear 0:53:45.480 --> 0:53:48.479 special teams, you know, I think our group of guys 0:53:48.520 --> 0:53:51.120 will go toe to toad with them, and Coach high 0:53:51.160 --> 0:53:53.759 Tower puts a motivated group of guys out there knowing 0:53:53.800 --> 0:53:57.239 their importance in the overall success of this football team. 0:53:57.360 --> 0:53:59.960 So hey, it's part of the battle I look for. 0:54:00.280 --> 0:54:03.400 Two and you know it definitely has You know it 0:54:03.440 --> 0:54:04.160 definitely had. 0:54:04.040 --> 0:54:05.839 A hand in the outcome of the game last week. 0:54:06.000 --> 0:54:09.520 Visy Heart Seltzer Flavors for every Vibe, Celebrate Responsibly, Motion 0:54:09.640 --> 0:54:13.000 Course Beverage Company Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Blue Cross and Blue 0:54:13.000 --> 0:54:15.879 Shield of Illinois right here at home, driving access toward 0:54:15.960 --> 0:54:19.319 healthier communities. Through it all, this should be a good time. Tom, 0:54:19.320 --> 0:54:21.760 We'll see you on Sunday. Don't be late. Special Thanks 0:54:21.760 --> 0:54:24.080 to the guys from the Houston Texans and for Tom there, 0:54:24.080 --> 0:54:27.000 I'm Jeff Jonahak. Thanks for listening. Everybody, please subscribe now 0:54:27.000 --> 0:54:30.040 in the Chicago Bears Official Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever 0:54:30.120 --> 0:54:33.240 you get your podcasts. Bear down and congratulations to Tyreek 0:54:33.239 --> 0:54:36.279 Stevens and Tom. He is the NFC Defensive Player of 0:54:36.360 --> 0:54:39.040 the Week for his pick six and overall performance he 0:54:39.080 --> 0:54:41.680 had one Week seventeen last year as well. 0:54:41.880 --> 0:54:44.560 Coming on, I believe that's his first pick for a touchdown. 0:54:44.680 --> 0:54:47.360 Though you've heard him out the podium. I was blown 0:54:47.400 --> 0:54:50.760 away by that. The kids talented plays a cornerback position. 0:54:50.840 --> 0:54:53.319 You could have thought somewhere along the line he would 0:54:53.360 --> 0:54:54.359 have stumbled into one. 0:54:54.440 --> 0:54:57.279 Well, hopefully we see many more that'll do it for us. 0:54:57.320 --> 0:55:06.239 Bear down everybody, most steps