WEBVTT - Nagy, Lazor talk QBs | Coaches Show 0:00:00.000 --> 0:00:02.160 And welcome into another edition of the Bears Coaches Show 0:00:02.160 --> 0:00:05.160 with Bears head coach Man Naggie. I'm Jeff Joniak. Thirty 0:00:05.200 --> 0:00:07.080 to twenty six to come from behind, went over the 0:00:07.120 --> 0:00:09.280 Atlanta Falcons. The Bears three and over the first time 0:00:09.320 --> 0:00:12.440 since twenty thirteen, and they have a chance to go forward. 0:00:12.480 --> 0:00:14.480 Are for the first time, Matt since the Bears went 0:00:14.480 --> 0:00:16.599 to the Super Bowl in two thousand and six under 0:00:16.640 --> 0:00:18.959 Lovey Smith. So that's something to look forward to Indianapolis. 0:00:19.000 --> 0:00:21.080 Colt will break that down on our third segment today. 0:00:21.320 --> 0:00:23.520 Bill Lazier, the Bears offensive coordinator, checks in at the 0:00:23.520 --> 0:00:26.440 bottom of the hour. First of all, how do you encapsulize? 0:00:26.920 --> 0:00:30.520 What is three victories? Like you guys have accomplished two 0:00:30.560 --> 0:00:34.960 on last place stops, comebacks twice from sixteen down. We 0:00:35.040 --> 0:00:36.920 got to come up with a nickname for these guys. 0:00:37.440 --> 0:00:39.839 Cardiac Kids was the Browns back of the day with 0:00:40.000 --> 0:00:41.879 Brian Pipe. I don't know if you remember him, but 0:00:42.120 --> 0:00:43.720 the comeback Kids. We got a lot of names we 0:00:43.760 --> 0:00:47.159 could throw around. You got one cooking. I don't I 0:00:47.240 --> 0:00:51.320 know this. So it's been it's been a lot of 0:00:51.400 --> 0:00:54.959 fun knowing that when we win these games, we can 0:00:55.000 --> 0:00:58.720 go celebrating Club dub I mean to win the games 0:00:58.840 --> 0:01:00.480 is what's been a lot of fun for us. On 0:01:00.480 --> 0:01:02.240 the sideline. I wish we could have our fans that 0:01:02.280 --> 0:01:04.520 are with us to be supportive of it and be 0:01:04.560 --> 0:01:06.840 a part of it. But they're all different, you know, 0:01:06.959 --> 0:01:09.200 in regards to we don't really want to have a 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:11.680 trend here get behind sixteen points in a fourth quarter, 0:01:11.680 --> 0:01:13.679 but that's what's happened, and our guys have been able 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:16.080 to fight back. It's the first time in history. By 0:01:16.120 --> 0:01:18.119 the way, you listen to this stat I know you're 0:01:18.120 --> 0:01:20.800 not a big, big numbers guy, but down sixteen to 0:01:20.800 --> 0:01:23.960 start the fourth one hundred forty five times in franchise history. 0:01:24.280 --> 0:01:27.760 Team's record prior to this year was one and one 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:32.360 forty four. It's twenty ten matts. There have been six 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:36.759 hundred and forty eight times, the teams only have won 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:40.759 six times. The Bears have won it twice. So how 0:01:40.760 --> 0:01:43.880 do you put that in perspective about this bunch. Yeah, 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:46.520 it's crazy to think about just because when you're you're 0:01:47.280 --> 0:01:49.720 you know, the first time in Detroit, when we're down, 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:52.400 then you come back and it happened so quick, and 0:01:52.720 --> 0:01:56.240 you know, defense got turnover's offensive scoring and making our kicks, 0:01:56.280 --> 0:01:58.040 and all of a sudden, before you know it, you 0:01:58.080 --> 0:02:00.640 have the lead and it's like, okay, let's through that again. 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:02.720 And then you have your second game against the Giants 0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:04.320 and it comes down the last play of the game 0:02:04.400 --> 0:02:07.160 and a tale of two halves. And then this this 0:02:07.600 --> 0:02:11.200 h this past weekend, similar type deal. You know, here 0:02:11.200 --> 0:02:12.760 we are in the fourth quarter and all of a sudden, 0:02:12.840 --> 0:02:14.639 momentum starts to change a little bit and you can 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:17.959 feel it. And by the time that we got that football, 0:02:18.400 --> 0:02:20.480 that punt, they punted the ball to us. Outside of 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:23.160 two minutes, I think there was not one person on 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:24.799 that sideline that knew that we were not going to 0:02:24.880 --> 0:02:28.080 go down there. And when we all knew that we 0:02:28.080 --> 0:02:29.440 were going to go down there and win this game, 0:02:29.520 --> 0:02:31.800 we just felt it. And there's a belief, there's a trust. 0:02:32.280 --> 0:02:34.960 There's something about this team, like I said yesterday, that's 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:37.280 just a little bit special, and I don't know what 0:02:37.360 --> 0:02:40.040 it is, but it's it's powerful and I love being 0:02:40.080 --> 0:02:41.360 a part of it. And it's just a credit to 0:02:41.400 --> 0:02:43.840 all these players and coaches. All Right, Matt, you did 0:02:43.880 --> 0:02:47.280 have the conversation with Mitchell Trubisky and Nick Foles. The 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:50.120 turn to Nick Foles. Now, if you can explain your 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:53.240 decision making after minuting with your coaches and then what 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:56.120 the individual conversations were like, if you could share a 0:02:56.120 --> 0:02:59.640 little bit about that. Sure, Yeah, Well, first of all, 0:02:59.680 --> 0:03:02.600 you know, what we ended up doing in the decision 0:03:02.600 --> 0:03:04.640 that we're making is what we're doing is making it 0:03:04.680 --> 0:03:06.160 for the best of the team, you know, and I 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:09.400 think that's what's um In this profession, you do have 0:03:09.440 --> 0:03:12.280 to have difficult discussions with players, and especially when you 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:15.519 build these tight relationships with them. Fortunately for us, both 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:17.919 of these guys, Nick and Mitch are really good people, 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:20.680 and they're both competitors. They both want to be the guy, 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:23.960 but they also understand. You know, it was having discussions 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:25.520 with him when you had to announce, when we had 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:29.520 to announce the starter after training camp was an important 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:32.000 discussion for both of them. They both handled it really well. 0:03:32.200 --> 0:03:35.520 And now to have this again with them moving forward here, 0:03:35.960 --> 0:03:38.720 they've they've done the same thing. You know, just talking 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:43.880 to to Mitchell Um, he understands it. He doesn't like it, 0:03:43.920 --> 0:03:47.280 he's he wishes it was something different, but he's handled 0:03:47.280 --> 0:03:49.800 it as best as he can and I think it 0:03:49.840 --> 0:03:52.120 definitely makes a lot easier when you have somebody as 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:55.640 supportive as Nick has been to him as when Nick 0:03:55.720 --> 0:03:58.600 was the backup. And I know that Mitchell handled this 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:00.640 the right way and would be just as supportive to 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:03.440 Nick as we move forward here again with Nick just 0:04:03.520 --> 0:04:06.960 I think the biggest thing for Nick and myself as 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:09.800 a play caller is just knowing that we're going to 0:04:09.920 --> 0:04:12.480 learn what's best and how he works best, what he 0:04:12.600 --> 0:04:15.600 likes best, and it'll take a little bit of time, 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:18.480 but I think yesterday was just a little snippet of 0:04:18.839 --> 0:04:21.799 how things can go. And it's just a healthy quarterback 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:23.960 room right now, and I know Nick's excited to get 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:26.560 going when you make that change, and you felt the 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:30.680 juice immediately. You know, when you think about it, it 0:04:30.720 --> 0:04:33.720 was five touchdown throws. You know, one was taken away 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:36.400 by the interception by the Nard that's a debatable one obviously, 0:04:36.600 --> 0:04:39.800 the drop by Anthony Miller. So in six drives, five 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:42.880 touchdown drives, which was what you've been preaching all along. 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:45.440 This season has to be about touchdowns. And you look 0:04:45.440 --> 0:04:48.080 at how the league is forming at the moment, whether 0:04:48.080 --> 0:04:51.120 it be COVID related and no offseason or the reality 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:54.680 teams are popping the scoreboard. Is that move is much 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:57.599 a part of this than anything. Yeah, I think you 0:04:57.640 --> 0:04:59.960 bring up a good point. You know, in six possessions 0:05:00.200 --> 0:05:03.400 to have five five times at that ball ended up 0:05:03.400 --> 0:05:06.440 in the end zone with two of them being called 0:05:06.480 --> 0:05:10.400 touchdowns and both of them being called back, there's something 0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:12.240 to that, And I think you could just feel that, 0:05:12.360 --> 0:05:14.960 and that's you know, it's a credit to Nick and 0:05:15.040 --> 0:05:18.000 to these players of in that fourth quarter to be aggressive, 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:20.960 to take shots we had to, And I think that 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:22.840 that's kind of the DNA of who he is and 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:25.200 what we want to be about. And and so that's 0:05:25.200 --> 0:05:29.080 a start. When you look at Mitchell Trubisky and he 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:31.280 did try to push the ball down the field and 0:05:31.360 --> 0:05:36.320 it's been a continuing kind of issue for Mitch hitting 0:05:36.360 --> 0:05:39.520 those deep out routes and some of those deep balls 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:42.880 are just a little off. Is that something that he 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:45.800 can work on and get in tune with And what 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:48.159 are you telling him to be ready because the fact 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:50.440 of the matter is he has to be ready in 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:53.719 a moment's notice here. Yeah, for sure. I think Number 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:56.680 one is in this situation, when you're told you know 0:05:56.760 --> 0:05:59.440 that you're you're going to be the backup. There's a 0:05:59.440 --> 0:06:01.800 lot of motion that go through your head, and you know, 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:05.880 there's there's frustration, there's disappointment. But once you get through that, 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:08.279 now you got to pick yourself back up and realize 0:06:08.600 --> 0:06:10.800 what we're all about and how we're going to do things. 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:13.480 And you just said it, You're you're literally one play away, 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:15.680 and so you've got to be mentally strong. You gotta 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:18.560 be mentally all there, and then if and when that 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:21.320 time comes again for you, you know, take it by storm. 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:23.320 So he'll be good. I know he'll handle it the 0:06:23.360 --> 0:06:24.880 right way, and I'm proud of how he's handled it 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:27.960 so far. Falls has made thirteen starts in the last 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:30.719 five years, not including the Super Bowl run, and forty 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:32.280 eight in his career. We look at him as a 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:36.039 veteran backup, but what does he have that he's quipped 0:06:36.040 --> 0:06:38.640 to be a starter for the rest of this season. Well, 0:06:38.680 --> 0:06:43.000 the biggest thing, Jeff, is that the amount of experience 0:06:43.040 --> 0:06:46.800 that he has, He's really seen in all the years 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:49.120 he's been in this league, a bunch of different defenses. 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:53.000 He's been in some different offenses. He now has enough 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:56.440 time here in Chicago to understand the timing of how 0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:59.880 these wide receivers run a route. He's learned that. And 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:03.240 I think his biggest strength is at the line of scrimmage, 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:06.600 so he sees defenses really well. That's a strength of 0:07:06.680 --> 0:07:09.400 his and so when you have that, you want to 0:07:09.440 --> 0:07:12.040 be able to use that and you're able to play fast. 0:07:12.080 --> 0:07:14.120 And it's just with some of the big time games 0:07:14.120 --> 0:07:16.680 he's had, he does it. Well. Here's the snap. Good 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:20.720 rush they throw, as he said, into the end zone, touchdown, 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:24.400 middle of the end zode. How beautiful pro ball, Dann. 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:28.680 The Bears have the lead a stirring performance by Nick 0:07:28.720 --> 0:07:31.880 Foles in the offense three fourth quarter touchdowns, including the 0:07:31.920 --> 0:07:34.240 game winner right there to Anthony Miller. Welcome back to 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:36.440 the Bears Coaches Show with head coach Matt Naggie. I'm 0:07:36.480 --> 0:07:40.120 Jeff Joniak. Does your Chicago Bears fandom go beyond the game? 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:42.840 The NFL Fan of the Year contest aims to celebrate 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:46.320 extraordinary fans you inspire others through football. Visit NFL dot 0:07:46.360 --> 0:07:49.360 com slash Fan of the Year. Now, let's talk about 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:52.160 that play. Because I love x's and o's as much 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:54.480 as anybody, and I really work hard to try to 0:07:54.560 --> 0:07:56.920 understand him. But when you are in a huddle and 0:07:56.960 --> 0:07:59.160 you tell a guy, hey, run to the L, I 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:01.960 have a feeling they're gonna bring extras, And they bring 0:08:02.000 --> 0:08:03.840 the six and the blitz is coming from the rookie 0:08:03.920 --> 0:08:06.360 linebacker and he waits as long as he possibly can 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:10.000 to hang in the pocket and folds finds Anthony Miller 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:13.360 at the L. That's like goal, go down the street, 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:16.320 hit the the oldsmobile, the red one down the corner, 0:08:16.320 --> 0:08:19.120 and then make an incut as a coach and just 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:23.000 a guy who's a total jim rat like yourself. How 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:25.920 fun is that to hear that? Yeah, it's pretty it's 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:29.000 pretty cool. And then what's crazy, Jeff, is that that 0:08:29.080 --> 0:08:31.840 all that conversation went down and during that two minute 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:34.319 warning that TV time out, so as everybody's at a 0:08:34.360 --> 0:08:37.040 TV time out, we're out on the huddle, and uh, 0:08:37.400 --> 0:08:39.480 you know, Nick is talking through with the guys as 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:41.559 to what could happen, and we were able to get 0:08:41.559 --> 0:08:43.520 a little bit of a pre snap read as to 0:08:43.600 --> 0:08:45.880 what we thought they might do before the two minute 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:48.720 warning him and so, uh you know, there he is 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:50.600 being able to tell these guys, Hey, this is how 0:08:50.600 --> 0:08:52.320 I'm gonna do it. This is the mechanics of how 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:55.679 we're gonna do it, and the you know a lot 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:57.560 of times if you end up getting to a certain 0:08:57.600 --> 0:09:00.439 play at the line of scrimmage, sometimes the defense can 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:02.199 show you a look and then they can get out 0:09:02.240 --> 0:09:04.160 of it because they know you're you're checking and you're 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:06.600 making an audible But if you do it discreetly and 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:08.320 you do it quick, they can't get out of it. 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:11.560 And that's essentially what happened. And so, knowing that that 0:09:11.720 --> 0:09:13.600 was going to be the case, he then took it 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:16.040 to the next level and tell Anthony, hey, we're gonna 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:17.839 get him on this, and then run to the L 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:20.160 because I'm gonna have to get rid of the ball 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:22.200 quick if it's cover zero, and I'm gonna throw it 0:09:22.200 --> 0:09:23.840 to a spot and you run to that L and 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:25.720 you catch the ball. And that's what happened. And so 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:28.559 when you see that, it's really special. So we should 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:31.560 explain the atl is how Atlanta refers to itself here 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:33.839 in twenty twenty with new uniforms and whatnot, and it's 0:09:33.880 --> 0:09:37.599 at atl in the end zone. But those landmarks, is 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:41.000 it's that simple sometime to create those landmarks as opposed 0:09:41.000 --> 0:09:43.880 to all the crazy language in Chinese that you guys 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:46.280 throw at these players in the huddle. Yeah, you know what, 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:48.600 it can get a little crazy when you're when you're 0:09:48.640 --> 0:09:51.559 looking at it from the film view the All twenty 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:53.480 two or from you looking from our TV cut up 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:56.040 versus when you're down on the field, you know. And 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:59.240 so it's just really simple when when a quarterbacker, when 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:01.360 Nick says, hey, into the l there's a spot, there's 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:03.800 a landmark in the end zone that's as an L there. 0:10:03.880 --> 0:10:05.600 Just run to that and the ball be there, and 0:10:05.920 --> 0:10:08.880 that's what happened. And you know, it's sometimes you can 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:11.320 make the game a little easier and then that's what 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:14.559 Nick did. Sometimes simple is better. But when you talk 0:10:14.640 --> 0:10:18.240 to Nick then afterwards about that play, what's he tell you, 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:20.000 because now you could have a good laugh about it 0:10:20.080 --> 0:10:22.880 and you got to win. Well, yeah, I mean it's 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:25.480 always great when it's completed and when it's a game winner. 0:10:25.640 --> 0:10:27.520 You know, it's it's just what it's a memory you 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:30.840 always keep. And you know, just talking to Nick after 0:10:30.880 --> 0:10:32.880 the game, he's had a lot of big moments now 0:10:32.920 --> 0:10:35.679 in his career. He's had a lot of highs and uh, 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:37.640 you know, he may mention to me that that's one 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:39.360 of his favorite plays that he's been a part of. 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:42.839 And so to hear that in the first game with 0:10:42.920 --> 0:10:45.720 him as a Chicago Bear, you know, and to come 0:10:45.720 --> 0:10:47.760 back and win, like that's pretty pretty cool. So you 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:50.640 do reap what you saw good or bad in this game. 0:10:51.000 --> 0:10:54.360 What is what you reap from that in terms of 0:10:54.440 --> 0:10:58.520 his teammates and now moving forward as you prepare for 0:10:58.600 --> 0:11:01.320 him as a starter for the time with the Chicago 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:05.400 Bears and getting starter snaps in practice, sure, I think again, 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:09.040 and all of this too is all these quarterbacks are 0:11:09.080 --> 0:11:11.240 a little bit different. And one of one of Nick's 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:14.040 strengths that he has is is um you know, and 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:16.960 he's been doing it his whole career is being able 0:11:17.000 --> 0:11:20.679 to um uh maybe give a wide receiver a specific 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:24.520 route within the play call. And because he does, he's 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:26.720 one of his strengths to seeing defenses really well and 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:29.040 he knows where where they're coming from, and maybe a 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:31.480 blitz coming from the field or it's coming from the boundary, 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:35.000 he sees it. And he's not always right. But what 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:37.280 what I think you saw yesterday in that fourth quarter 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:41.400 was our wide receivers just knowing Okay, uh, be ready 0:11:41.440 --> 0:11:44.000 any at all times there could that ball could come 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:46.560 to you and when maybe in a normal situation it doesn't. 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:49.000 And that's no slight against Mitch at all. There's a 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:52.320 lot of quarterbacks that that aren't to that point that 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:54.120 that Nick is, And so I think some of our 0:11:54.120 --> 0:11:56.320 wide receivers and tight ends are realizing, hey, there might 0:11:56.360 --> 0:11:58.280 be a progression into play where I'm number three and 0:11:58.320 --> 0:12:01.080 I'm getting I'm getting the ball. Seeing that cover two 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:03.960 beater to ted Kin Junior, you said is your favorite 0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:06.800 play when you met the media earlier today, Why is 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:09.920 that your favorite throw and play when the protection's right 0:12:10.040 --> 0:12:12.400 and you know what to attack when they're doing cover 0:12:12.480 --> 0:12:15.400 two like that, those pockets are open on that side 0:12:15.400 --> 0:12:17.679 of the field. Yeah, I just thought, Jeff did that 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:22.760 that moment that play, You know, you don't always get 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:25.440 Usually there's nine or ten guys that do it do 0:12:25.480 --> 0:12:27.800 it right within a play, and there's always one or 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:30.120 two that are a little bit off. But that play there, man, 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:33.199 they were Our guys were cooking. They they everybody was 0:12:33.240 --> 0:12:36.160 doing their job. Everything was on time and it's hard 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:38.000 to stop when you're on time and end rhythm. It 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:40.080 was just everything about that play was good. And then 0:12:40.240 --> 0:12:41.920 to throw on top of it that it was fourth 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:43.840 and six to keep the drive going. We had to 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:47.240 have that. And and so I just I love when 0:12:47.280 --> 0:12:49.840 a play comes together when you visualize it and then 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:52.480 when you execute it. It's really it's really neat to 0:12:52.520 --> 0:12:54.760 see third and seven from the twenty six yard line 0:12:54.840 --> 0:12:57.000 left Hash Ryan and the gun pourvn On third Downny 0:12:57.080 --> 0:12:59.360 he is in trouble and Donny goes. They climb over 0:12:59.400 --> 0:13:02.959 the top and bring him down. Keep Hicks and I'm 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:04.959 a sack three and a half a half shy of 0:13:05.000 --> 0:13:07.240 the league lead right now as the Bears get ready 0:13:07.240 --> 0:13:09.240 to meet the Indianapolis coach. Welcome back to the Bears 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:11.520 Coaches Show with Bears head coach Matt Naggie. I'm Jeff 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:14.439 Joniak and welcome. Brought to you by Whippley Cepas and 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:17.040 Consultant's a proud partner of the Chicago Bears. Learned More 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:19.439 and Whippley dot Com Bill Laser coming up at the 0:13:19.440 --> 0:13:21.800 bottom of the hour. Let's talk about the pressure because 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:23.760 I can't wait to see it. Maybe you've already told 0:13:23.760 --> 0:13:27.679 it up on how many pressures or hurries the front 0:13:27.720 --> 0:13:30.319 gave yesterday to Matt Ryan because at different points of 0:13:30.360 --> 0:13:32.280 the game. Let's take the first drive of the game 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:35.000 out of it and the opening drive of this third 0:13:35.040 --> 0:13:37.760 quarter out of it, because I felt it really made 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:40.520 him jump in there and feeling uncomfortable. Without a doubt, 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:43.679 I think we had seven team pressures. We ended up 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:46.160 getting them into a sixty seven point seven rating. We 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:49.760 had some sacks, some hits. You felt that at all times, 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:53.079 and even Jeff that third quarter, that first drive of 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:55.320 the third quarter we got off the field and unfortunately 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:57.120 we had a late hit or not a late hit 0:13:57.160 --> 0:14:02.199 but UNSPORTSMLI conduct on ninety six. So with Akim Hicks 0:14:02.200 --> 0:14:05.720 and you really really felt at all game and you 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:09.120 have to have that really against any quarterback but great 0:14:09.160 --> 0:14:11.880 quarterbacks like Matt Ryan, and it affected them and at 0:14:11.880 --> 0:14:14.000 the end there to get that interception to finish it. 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:17.160 But pressure in the quarterback is how you start. Let's 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:20.520 talk about the run defense though. Is that something that 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:23.680 does have your attention at the moment. Yeah, we want 0:14:23.680 --> 0:14:26.280 to get better there. I think that, Uh, there was 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:29.080 a couple of third down runs that they hit on 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:32.720 us yesterday and some longer ones. I think if you 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:35.440 go back and you ask our guys, our coaches on 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:38.440 a few of those plays. You know, we definitely need 0:14:38.480 --> 0:14:40.680 to be better there. If you you get pressure on 0:14:40.720 --> 0:14:42.560 the quarterback, you stop the run, you make a team 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:45.840 one dimensional, you usually do pretty good. So we're gonna 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:47.760 keep focusing on that. I got a lot of faith 0:14:47.760 --> 0:14:50.600 in our guys up front. You don't have a guy 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:54.080 like Tarik Cohen on the active roster at the moment 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:57.560 we lose him to acl Tara it's awful, especially on 0:14:57.680 --> 0:14:59.760 a fair catch on a punt. Where do you go 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:02.520 from here on that? And does that alter how you 0:15:02.560 --> 0:15:05.080 may use your personnel moving forward? And is the punt 0:15:05.120 --> 0:15:08.040 return a wide open competition at the moment, Yeah, I 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:10.760 would think it would be. I know Coach Tabor will 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:12.600 have some some guys back there that he wants to 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:15.160 take a look at and regards to replace, and Tarik 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:17.160 it's it stinks to lose him because he's such a 0:15:17.200 --> 0:15:20.880 valuable piece of this team and we'll do everything possible 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:23.960 to make sure he still feels that. He was in 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:26.360 great spirits last night, which I love about the kid 0:15:26.920 --> 0:15:30.600 um in regards to offensively with you know, how we 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:33.200 replace him. I have a lot of faith in our 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:36.120 coaches that schematically will be able to find different ways 0:15:36.120 --> 0:15:38.840 that you use different people, if that's somebody on this 0:15:38.960 --> 0:15:43.040 roster already or somebody different, or whatever that case may be. 0:15:43.240 --> 0:15:44.960 I do have a lot of faith in our guys, 0:15:45.000 --> 0:15:47.640 plus not to you know, it gives David Montgomery, it 0:15:47.640 --> 0:15:51.280 gives Cordell Patterson, it gives you know, Ryan Nall or 0:15:51.320 --> 0:15:53.880 Tavius Piers. It gives these guys opportunities. That's a part 0:15:53.920 --> 0:15:55.960 of this how that's how you draft and develop. I 0:15:56.040 --> 0:15:59.000 boiled this down to three hours yesterday. Okay, the rescue, 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:03.640 Nick was the rescue. That is something that is all 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:06.560 ingrained in him. What is it about the wiring of 0:16:06.600 --> 0:16:08.920 this guy allows him to step into the fire and 0:16:09.000 --> 0:16:12.480 take control. It's probably a DNA thing, honestly, Jeff, I 0:16:12.480 --> 0:16:15.560 think it's something where for him, he's built that way. 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:19.440 He's been in big time moments. You know, you talk 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:22.800 about being in the super Bowl and the way that 0:16:22.800 --> 0:16:26.400 that game was played in his calm that he had 0:16:26.880 --> 0:16:29.120 the whole time. I felt it from him when we 0:16:29.120 --> 0:16:31.240 played the Eagles a few years ago in the playoff game. 0:16:31.720 --> 0:16:34.000 I sensed it because our defense was getting after him. 0:16:34.040 --> 0:16:36.840 And then he'll he'll you know, he still talks about 0:16:37.400 --> 0:16:40.520 how difficult it was playing against our defense and so 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:44.480 but yesterday, Jeff, I, I also felt it in the 0:16:44.560 --> 0:16:47.680 fourth quarter during TV Timehouse, I'd look out at him 0:16:47.720 --> 0:16:50.160 before I call a player, after I called play. There 0:16:50.240 --> 0:16:52.680 was just an extreme amount of calm from him and 0:16:52.920 --> 0:16:55.640 the moment wasn't too big. And it doesn't mean that 0:16:55.760 --> 0:16:57.640 something good's going to happen. You don't know, but I 0:16:57.640 --> 0:16:59.840 think that's the strength of his to the point of 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:02.480 he may come out and throw three touchdowns a one 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:04.880 quarter and you're never gonna know if he threw three 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:08.840 interceptions of one corner and that's just not everybody has that, 0:17:09.000 --> 0:17:14.280 but he has it, and it probably affects his teammates 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:17.240 more than they know, and affects his you know, his 0:17:17.320 --> 0:17:20.760 coaches too. Second one is redemption. It's Anthony Miller drop. 0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:23.280 Then they go to him and he makes the big one. 0:17:23.400 --> 0:17:24.919 He wants to be great, he said it in the 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:28.960 postgame show. So what about redemption. Yeah, that that keyword 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:32.359 right there is trust And with redemption with Anthony, you know, 0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:34.880 he would tell you he wished he could get that 0:17:34.880 --> 0:17:37.320 That passed back two weeks ago in New York right now. 0:17:37.640 --> 0:17:40.479 But he's a fighter and he cares, he's passionate, and 0:17:40.520 --> 0:17:42.880 so hey, he got a chance, he made the most 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:45.560 of it and it doesn't surprise me one bit. And 0:17:45.560 --> 0:17:49.359 then relentlessness because that is also found in your pass 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:51.800 rush with a guy like a Kim Hicks and Khalil 0:17:51.880 --> 0:17:56.840 Mack and Robert Quinn, but this team in general, it's relentlessness. Yeah, 0:17:57.359 --> 0:18:00.000 I love that word. And that's a that's a word 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:02.400 that just speaks in so many manners to different parts 0:18:02.440 --> 0:18:04.480 of the game. And you feel fifty two Khalil Mack 0:18:04.560 --> 0:18:07.679 on every play coming around the edge, ninety four you 0:18:07.720 --> 0:18:11.240 know with Robert Quinn and offensively you can feel it. 0:18:11.320 --> 0:18:13.680 You felt it on the from the bench, you felt 0:18:13.720 --> 0:18:15.840 it on the field. Once we got to that fourth quarter, 0:18:16.200 --> 0:18:18.320 it was just like, okay, we're gonna be relentless here 0:18:18.359 --> 0:18:21.639 with with the aggressive calls and with the aggressive decision making. 0:18:21.680 --> 0:18:25.840 And you felt it. So you know, between rescuing, you know, redemption, relentless. 0:18:26.080 --> 0:18:28.000 I love all three of those are word. All right, quick, 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:29.959 look at the Colts. I have a lot of respect 0:18:30.040 --> 0:18:33.119 for Frank Reich as a as a head coach. Obviously, Uh, 0:18:33.480 --> 0:18:35.800 you know, Chris Baller as a general manager, and so 0:18:36.160 --> 0:18:39.160 they're they're doing good things there in Indianapolis, and so 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:41.880 Frank's gonna have those guys ready. They're playing really well 0:18:41.960 --> 0:18:45.480 right now. They're they're really balanced, and I think we're 0:18:45.480 --> 0:18:46.960