WEBVTT - All Access: Assistant coaches talk improvements 0:00:01.280 --> 0:00:04.720 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.800 --> 0:00:08.760 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.800 --> 0:00:11.760 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.840 --> 0:00:16.400 day and now welcome to Bears All Access. You're All 0:00:16.480 --> 0:00:21.159 Access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:21.200 --> 0:00:25.160 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:25.200 --> 0:00:31.480 Physical Therapy and Art Van Furniture in Mattress. Everybody from 0:00:31.520 --> 0:00:34.920 PANC Studios here in Hallisa, It's Bears All Access brought 0:00:34.960 --> 0:00:37.280 to you by IGS Energy with Tom Fair. I'm Jeff 0:00:37.360 --> 0:00:40.200 Johnny Act. Good to have you along. No player this week, 0:00:40.240 --> 0:00:42.839 Tom as they get back to work on Wednesday and 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:44.960 get ready for the New Orleans Saints. But we're gonna 0:00:45.080 --> 0:00:48.440 take the availability that was provided to the media this 0:00:48.479 --> 0:00:50.760 week of all the assistant coaches on both sides of 0:00:50.760 --> 0:00:53.200 the ball, and it's always very revealing what you find out, 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:56.279 and you heard some of them as well. Everybody's got 0:00:56.360 --> 0:00:58.720 very positive attitude at three and two headed into this 0:00:58.720 --> 0:01:01.320 week's seven matchup, and they all have freedom to talk. 0:01:01.360 --> 0:01:02.920 You know, I don't think any of these coaches are 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:05.360 trying to hold anything back. Do you have information you 0:01:05.400 --> 0:01:07.560 have questions and they're going to give you a solid answer. 0:01:07.959 --> 0:01:10.640 And so it is kind of refreshing that when we 0:01:10.720 --> 0:01:13.120 get to hear Matt Naggy on a regular basis, and 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:15.360 he's willing to stand up there each week and answer 0:01:15.400 --> 0:01:17.800 every question that's asked of him, that you get a 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:19.840 chance to hear from the assistant coaches a little bit 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:24.360 because they're dealing emotionally, fundamentally physically with these guys on 0:01:24.400 --> 0:01:28.120 an everyday basis through meetings and throughout the practice field, 0:01:28.120 --> 0:01:31.600 so they deserve to be, you know, give us some answers. Also. 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:34.760 Thoughts on Akim Hicks not able to return to at 0:01:34.840 --> 0:01:37.240 least week fifteen. He could practice a couple of weeks 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:40.720 before if his elbow heals up in night. It's really unfortunate, 0:01:40.800 --> 0:01:43.479 you know, because the game takes such a toll on everybody, 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:45.560 and he was in he was playing in the game. 0:01:45.600 --> 0:01:47.920 He had a little bit of knee soreness, but he's 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:50.640 making plays up and down the line of scrimmage. His 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:54.080 leadership that he's shown since he's been here, the improvement 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:57.480 in his play that he's dedicated himself too since he's 0:01:57.480 --> 0:02:00.240 been here is why he's on the radar of being 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:02.720 one of the top defensive linemen in the league. So 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:06.720 it's really unfortunate that he's not playing. But I keep saying, Jeff, 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:08.720 every time that a guy goes down, there's got to 0:02:08.760 --> 0:02:10.400 be a player that's sitting on the edge of his 0:02:10.480 --> 0:02:12.880 seat waiting for his opportunity. That's pretty much the theme 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:15.800 from Bears defensive line coach Jay Rodgers when asked how 0:02:15.960 --> 0:02:18.919 a keen can be replaced, Well, I mean, I don't 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:22.040 know if replaces the word. He's going to be with 0:02:22.120 --> 0:02:24.320 us throughout the game planning. He's gonna be with us 0:02:24.320 --> 0:02:26.160 on the game day, he's gonna be on the sidelines, 0:02:26.200 --> 0:02:28.679 all those kind of things. So you're gonna feel a 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:31.400 presence of him on the sideline and everything that we do, 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:34.040 you know, from here until whenever that is. Since the 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:37.320 guys and Roy Rob nick Williams really do look to 0:02:37.400 --> 0:02:40.880 him for a lot, is that significant that he'll be 0:02:41.280 --> 0:02:44.000 that involved and to talk to these guys him. I 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:46.520 think when you have a player like him, keeping him 0:02:46.520 --> 0:02:49.160 involved in everything that we do, just like he was 0:02:49.480 --> 0:02:52.000 going to be starting this game. He'll be a voice 0:02:52.040 --> 0:02:54.120 on the sideline, he'll be a voice in the classroom, 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:56.280 he'll be a voice in everything we do, you know, 0:02:56.400 --> 0:02:58.760 and so his mentality he's been able to develop over 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:01.360 the last few years, will he'll be here. It's not 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:03.320 like we're losing this guy for the season and all 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:05.560 those kind of things, and he goes off and and 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:07.239 you know he's in a different town. He's going to 0:03:07.320 --> 0:03:09.120 be here. He's part of us. He's part of this 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:15.160 Bears Families organization. Another level for he could return. He's 0:03:15.200 --> 0:03:17.320 a he's a young player, he's a second year player. 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:19.920 So I would like to think that there's a more 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:22.640 to grow from him. You know. Um, we'll see as 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:24.720 time goes on how much he does grow. But again, 0:03:24.760 --> 0:03:27.440 he's still a young player. He's an ascending player, and 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:29.040 I think he's can continue to get better and better 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:31.560 as the years go on. What can you teach and 0:03:31.760 --> 0:03:35.760 work on? Dealing with the defensive line is so much 0:03:35.800 --> 0:03:37.880 about using your hands. You know. Obviously he'll have to 0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:39.800 protect that in some way, shape or form. You know, 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:42.960 I broke the same hand in the springtime, so I 0:03:43.040 --> 0:03:44.800 know how it feels and what you can't can't do, 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:46.400 but I don't. I don't played Deven's line now, so 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:49.160 it's a little bit different. Um. You know, we're obviously 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:51.280 working through that process. He had a practice the other day, 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:54.800 did well in that practice, you know, hit some pads, um, 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:58.480 got some good um, you know, movement with with players. 0:03:58.520 --> 0:04:00.280 But again we didn't have the pads on and so 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:02.480 you don't know. But he's going to work through all 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:04.440 those kinks this week and see how he has seen 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:08.040 and before already got hurt from what did you see 0:04:08.040 --> 0:04:10.240 from him in the game actually kind of reflected some 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:13.560 of the things you saw it in training. Kim Blau 0:04:13.720 --> 0:04:17.520 has always been a consistent football player. His football IQ 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:20.400 is very high. He wants to be good. He practices hard, 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:23.600 he prepares well. Um, all those things give you an 0:04:23.600 --> 0:04:27.719 opportunity to play well. And again, he's an ascending player. 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:30.920 Will continue to get well because with all the god 0:04:30.920 --> 0:04:33.559 given ability that he has, he's utilizing all the things 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:36.359 that are not physical in order to give him the 0:04:36.360 --> 0:04:39.200 best opportunity for success. And so he'll continue to get 0:04:39.200 --> 0:04:42.160 better because it's important to him. When the defense adds 0:04:42.160 --> 0:04:45.440 a player, for example, like Khalil mack or or covert 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:48.719 a team, it lets him do things expand with the 0:04:48.760 --> 0:04:51.480 realm of the possible. When you lose somebody like a 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:54.920 team and you have to discover these up and if 0:04:54.960 --> 0:04:57.400 you want to share what this maybe, but other things 0:04:57.480 --> 0:05:00.320 will be able to do without him. U you know, 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:02.640 I don't know, We'll see. I remember last year when 0:05:02.640 --> 0:05:04.320 we lost Klomack for a couple of games. I think 0:05:04.360 --> 0:05:05.960 it was the Buffalo game, in the Jets game. I 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:08.640 think that's right. I thought we had some guys who 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:10.760 came in and filled in those shoes and did pretty well. 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:14.040 You know, we expect the same thing the next guy up. 0:05:14.080 --> 0:05:16.280 Mentality is real. I mean, there's a reason why we 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:17.919 build the roster the way we build it because we 0:05:17.920 --> 0:05:20.680 feel like we have good football players here. So you know, 0:05:20.800 --> 0:05:23.039 we didn't have a team for the Minnesota game. I 0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:25.400 thought we played pretty well in the Minnesota game. So 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:28.440 it's all about understanding what your job is, what your 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:31.719 role is, how to execute, how to execute under pressure, 0:05:32.240 --> 0:05:35.440 and doing what we do. You know, we're not asking 0:05:35.480 --> 0:05:38.040 anybody to go outside of the framework of the defense. 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:40.560 We're not asking anybody to do something extra special. We're 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:43.320 asking you to do your job because you're one eleventh 0:05:43.320 --> 0:05:45.520 of the defense. If you're a three technique supposed to 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:46.880 play the guard, I want you to play the guard. 0:05:47.040 --> 0:05:49.040 What I don't want you to do is is feel 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:50.680 like you got to make every play out there. It's 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:53.280 got to be eleven as one mentality or upfront we 0:05:53.279 --> 0:05:55.320 talk about being four as one. If we do that, 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:58.720 we'll be fine. And that's why this is such the 0:05:58.720 --> 0:06:02.040 greatest team games because takes all eleven guys to do things. Well. 0:06:02.320 --> 0:06:05.000 As your takeaway of your self scouting of your unit 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:07.920 this by week, I thought, you know, there's always things 0:06:07.920 --> 0:06:09.560 you have to clean up. You know, there's only five 0:06:09.640 --> 0:06:12.800 games where you know we have to build from, so 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:15.280 you got a small sample size. But there's a lot 0:06:15.320 --> 0:06:17.240 of positives, a lot of things we can clean up 0:06:18.279 --> 0:06:20.599 and try to get better as we go there. Anything 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:24.400 about Nick Williams and Roy Robertson Harris that he didn't 0:06:24.440 --> 0:06:26.960 know that you learned about here in the first five, 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:31.359 I would say I learned something different about them. I 0:06:31.400 --> 0:06:33.280 think what both of them did was take advantage of 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:37.040 their opportunities. Nick played a considerable amount the last few 0:06:37.080 --> 0:06:38.960 weeks with guys being down. He took advantage of his 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:42.480 opportunity and had production. Roy I've always felt like has 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:46.279 had the ability is all about putting it together and 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:48.800 then what you saw week one versus Green Bay and 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:52.520 continue to grow into his own the last few weeks 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:55.320 and he's starting to see more production from him. So 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:58.800 it's a process. It's not an overnight thing with young players, 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:01.359 and of course him being a three or fourth year player, 0:07:02.000 --> 0:07:04.040 it doesn't happen overnight, you know, talking about a guy 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:06.440 who's transitioning from one position to the next, trying to 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:09.640 learn the inside stuff. You know, I knew from experience 0:07:09.680 --> 0:07:12.000 that doesn't not just happen in one game. It happens 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:15.119 over time and when it clicks, it's really awesome to watch. 0:07:15.880 --> 0:07:18.560 You know, Tom just listening that the biggest takeaway is 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:23.240 the theme that remains for this entire defense. Eleven is 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:25.240 one or if you're talking about a pass rush or 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:28.160 a defensive line, four is one. So he doesn't want 0:07:28.160 --> 0:07:31.240 these guys to go out of their realm just to 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:33.680 prove that they are a key Nicks And you're not 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:36.200 going to be just be you right well that you know, 0:07:36.240 --> 0:07:38.360 that's the kind of the message here. You're not going 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:40.560 to fold up your tents because there's been a player 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:42.280 that's been injured and he's going to be out for 0:07:42.320 --> 0:07:46.520 a while. You know, when you put the the growth 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:49.200 of Blow Nichols, you look at the growth ability of 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:51.400 a guy like Rory Robertson Harris, you look at a 0:07:51.400 --> 0:07:54.480 guy who's dedicated a lifetime of getting the opportunity in 0:07:54.560 --> 0:07:57.320 Nick Williams. So every one of these guys, they have 0:07:57.360 --> 0:08:00.240 a different trade and a responsibility for why they're hair 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:03.400 and they're not here because they were evaluated to be 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:06.360 bad players. They were evaluated to be players that could 0:08:06.360 --> 0:08:08.680 come in here and contribute at an all pro or 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:13.320 a really high level. So my expectations don't decrease at all. 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:15.880 It's about making sure those players improve their play. If 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:18.640 Blow Nichols is ready to return, what are the unique 0:08:18.680 --> 0:08:21.320 challenges And Jay did touch on it a little bit 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:24.480 about him playing defensive line with a club on his hand. 0:08:24.600 --> 0:08:27.600 Jay mentioned that his defensive linemen are hand fighters, and 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:30.280 you got to be able to use your hands confidently. 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:33.520 If you're Blow Nichols, if you have some type of interruption, 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:37.520 interruption and you're only a one handed player, offensive linemen 0:08:37.559 --> 0:08:40.240 can identify that immediately, and then I really think you're 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:43.480 doing yourself a disservice because you can use the equal 0:08:43.559 --> 0:08:46.040 strength of these other guys that we've seen and they 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:49.319 can be more damaging. 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And with 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:28.520 the way the offensive line is going and the run 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:31.760 game is going, you know it is in the big picture, 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:35.440 not the biggest sample size yet to hit the bye week, 0:09:35.480 --> 0:09:37.640 but there was a lot of self scouting done and 0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:40.880 now the potential, just the potential of Mitch Rubisky, you know, 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:44.640 coming back this week. The benefit of having those guys 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:49.360 play better upfront and try to stay as mentally sharp 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:52.680 as possible. The mistakes are killing them. They all admit it, 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:55.720 and the run game could benefit, and so would Mitch 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:58.880 and so would Chase Daniel even right, But it's all 0:09:58.960 --> 0:10:01.679 gotta be part of the big picture of making sure 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:03.840 the whole offense is better, because I think if you 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:06.040 minimalize and you say, okay, our run game is going 0:10:06.120 --> 0:10:08.320 to be so much better because we're determined to do it, 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:10.600 then you should have done that week one. I do 0:10:10.679 --> 0:10:12.680 think it is a work in progress. And so a 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:15.839 work in progress is the healthier Mitch is, the more 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:18.600 threatening he can become in his running. Ability to the 0:10:18.600 --> 0:10:21.400 outside edge of any defense is going to open up 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:25.360 susceptibility in the middle. And then the whole continuous development 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:27.480 of the passing game and the weapons they have here, 0:10:27.480 --> 0:10:30.000 the Allen Robinsons and such, it's going to help whatever 0:10:30.040 --> 0:10:31.959 you want to do at the line of scrimmage. So 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:34.960 it is a work in progress, and I think you know, 0:10:35.360 --> 0:10:38.360 every one of these guys recognize the continuous effort they need. 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:42.160 Various quarterback coach David Going has consistently been very specific 0:10:42.280 --> 0:10:46.200 and open about his instruction of Mitch and of Chase 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:49.000 Daniel and yesterday, was asked what he would tell fans 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:52.199 and media about comparing development of Mitch Trubisky to other 0:10:52.240 --> 0:10:55.640 young quarterbacks in the league. Right now, though, the hardest thing, 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:57.720 just being as as long as I have as a 0:10:57.720 --> 0:11:00.840 player now coach, is you get in the comparison game 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:03.000 of how things work or how this guy's doing and 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:06.120 compared to how this guy. Everybody has their own set 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:09.320 of issues, good and bad. Right, you can start looking 0:11:09.360 --> 0:11:11.480 at quarterbacks drafted in the same class or the class 0:11:11.520 --> 0:11:13.680 below you, the class after you, and like, oh, this 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:17.080 guy's here and this guy and again. And I've been 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:19.760 around all different quarterback rooms. I've yet to see that 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:23.480 help any quarterback started to get in the comparison game. Well, 0:11:23.520 --> 0:11:25.959 this guy through for four touchdowns last week, I need 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:29.440 a throw for I've never seen that work. The guys 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:31.319 that I've been around, or i've seen or I've had 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:35.880 conversations with, who have really had a who stayed in 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:38.400 this league a long time at a high level, right, 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:41.160 there is no comparison to them. All they're trying to 0:11:41.160 --> 0:11:43.960 do is be the absolute best. Right. We had a 0:11:43.960 --> 0:11:46.760 few years ago a chance to pick Peyton's brain, right, 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:49.559 and I've known Peyton for a long time, and again 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:51.880 I hold him in high regard. You're talking about a 0:11:51.880 --> 0:11:55.040 guy who goes out and every single play matters right, 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:57.760 every single game matter and he played every play every 0:11:57.800 --> 0:11:59.719 game like it was the last one he's gonna play. Right. 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:02.040 He wasn't saying, well if someone sold just through for 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:04.600 three touchdowns last week in my draft class, man, I 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:06.360 wonder how you know I got to compare to that. 0:12:07.200 --> 0:12:10.560 They're competing against themselves the best I've ever been around here. 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:15.000 The standard is to themselves, not how other guys are playing. Now, 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:17.960 I get trust me, I get how that could be 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:21.600 a natural comparison to people outside this building. I'm not 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:25.160 saying that's not a legitimate guy's comparing how is this 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:27.800 guy doing? Look how this guy's playing. At the end 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:30.920 of the day, what we need from Mitchell, just like 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:35.160 every player, is we need him to execute the game plan, 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:38.920 the fundamentals the way we want them to at a 0:12:39.000 --> 0:12:43.079 high level. And once you become consistent in doing that right, 0:12:43.080 --> 0:12:46.040 and there is no magic timetable on that, but once 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:48.880 you become consistent in doing that right, then all of 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:50.800 a sudden, a lot of the other things kind of 0:12:50.800 --> 0:12:53.400 take care of themselves in terms of how is this 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:56.920 guy doing comparing because it doesn't matter. What matters is 0:12:56.960 --> 0:13:01.240 you going out and the job that's at you doing it. 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:05.800 Getting into the other parts of it has never been constructive. 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:08.400 So ever, so what signs do you see that convince 0:13:08.440 --> 0:13:11.000 you that the production is coming? Yeah? I think, well 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:15.079 again you go off what he's done here. So I've 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:17.360 had him right his rookie year, then into his second year, 0:13:17.440 --> 0:13:20.160 and now three games into his third year. Right, I 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:23.200 think we can all at least say from his rookie year, right, 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:25.880 he was into a situation where he wasn't the starter 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:28.240 starting camp, he was the third string. All of a 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:30.319 sudden way he went to second string, and all of 0:13:30.360 --> 0:13:32.760 a sudden, let's playing Minnesota and that he's out there. Right, 0:13:32.800 --> 0:13:35.400 So that was an eight to ten game development of 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:38.080 where exactly we're gonna find Mitchell with really a part 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:40.160 of the roster now that's no longer part of this team, right, 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:43.319 receivers backs. Right, Then you get into his second year, 0:13:43.360 --> 0:13:45.480 and then obviously you have a situation where we bring 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:47.440 a new head coach in and all of a sudden, right, 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:49.480 he's learning a system. And I think we can all 0:13:49.559 --> 0:13:52.440 look at the fifteen games he played last year, right 0:13:52.480 --> 0:13:54.240 with the two that he missed, and say, all of 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:57.760 a sudden, Man, there's games that Man, we want that improvement. 0:13:57.760 --> 0:13:58.880 But all of a sudden, if you look at a 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:02.360 totality of the game right in different situations, I think 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:03.839 we can all say that's a lot to build on. 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:06.760 There's a lot of successful things that happened within situations 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:09.920 of different games. And you're saying, okay, arrows pointing up 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:12.720 in that situation. Well, then you get to twenty nineteen 0:14:13.120 --> 0:14:15.560 and again right, you have a three game sample size. 0:14:15.920 --> 0:14:19.480 So his last game he played right, I think, if 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:22.520 I'm not mistaken, one of the higher completions in terms 0:14:22.560 --> 0:14:26.920 of his career. There was a red zone interception, right, 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:30.440 I get that. There's also three touchdowns in which one 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:31.920 was one of the best players I've ever seen the 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:33.880 kid make, and Taylor Gabriel made one of the best 0:14:33.920 --> 0:14:37.000 catches I've ever seen a live in person. So again, 0:14:37.280 --> 0:14:40.040 that was nothing to do with man, that was a 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:43.080 great design that kid made the play right in a 0:14:43.160 --> 0:14:47.320 situation in which Right helped us offensively in the first half. 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:49.800 So when I look at all the games in which 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:52.560 he's played, Right there's things that we can definitely get 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:54.680 better at one hundred percent. I'm not sure any player 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:57.040 or any coach that we're gonna say, there's the guys 0:14:57.040 --> 0:14:59.680 a finished product. But then you look at some of 0:14:59.680 --> 0:15:03.280 the things he did well, right two minute drives, right, 0:15:03.400 --> 0:15:05.440 the Eagles two minute drive playoff game right in a 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:07.720 critical situation, gets us sound. I get it. We didn't 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:10.080 end up winning the football game. Right. Then you look 0:15:10.080 --> 0:15:13.360 into twenty nineteen. Every year is different, I get it. 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:16.800 But when I see this kid where he's come from 0:15:16.840 --> 0:15:19.600 to where I think he's going from two thousand when 0:15:19.640 --> 0:15:21.760 we drafted him for those games on which he played, 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:24.880 and then where he is now from a maturity standpoint, 0:15:25.320 --> 0:15:27.640 from how he handles things to how he handles the 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:29.880 game plan coming in each week, to how he even 0:15:29.880 --> 0:15:32.160 took the field Esja after an injury in which he's 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:33.840 been out two weeks and we don't know how long, 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:36.200 how much longer he is going to be out. All 0:15:36.200 --> 0:15:38.440 of a sudden, I'm sing, I'm seeing a guy growing up. 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:41.760 I'm seeing a maturity. I'm seeing a guy becoming, you know, 0:15:41.920 --> 0:15:44.040 an older person. Twenty five. He's been in league when 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:47.280 he was twenty two you're seeing those things again, are 0:15:47.320 --> 0:15:51.200 they measured in quarterback rating and all that? I don't know, Right, Obviously, 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:54.520 the end goal is for a high successful production, and 0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:57.960 that's everybody's goal. Is Mitch good at drowning out I 0:15:58.000 --> 0:16:00.840 think more than anything else? Right, I mean, obviously, you guys, 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:02.920 or he's with you guys every week, I don't we 0:16:02.920 --> 0:16:05.320 don't ever talk about what questions we're just ask and 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:08.000 at the end of the day, right, I mean, when 0:16:08.040 --> 0:16:09.880 he steps in between the White Lions, he gets so 0:16:10.040 --> 0:16:11.960 sixteen minutes and maybe some more in overtime, but he 0:16:12.000 --> 0:16:15.040 gets so sixteen minutes to go prove and go play football. 0:16:15.520 --> 0:16:19.480 And again, it's not necessarily just like how I coach, 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:22.640 it's not to prove anybody wrong. It's to prove yourself right, right, 0:16:22.680 --> 0:16:26.000 that you are ready to execute the game plan, you 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:28.280 are ready to coach this week. It's not the other 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:30.560 way where you're trying to prove the naysayers wrong. You're 0:16:30.560 --> 0:16:33.480 trying to prove the people yourself more importantly, that you 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:36.560 are right, you are doing the right things. So again, 0:16:37.040 --> 0:16:38.360 you know, I know I kind of give you guys 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:40.720 the same thing, but just I'm I guess I look 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:44.160 at it from a wider lens, right, and again my 0:16:44.320 --> 0:16:46.160 lens if we want to scope and go down and 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:49.320 go narrow. His last game, right, that's the last thing 0:16:49.320 --> 0:16:52.000 I can go off of is the Washington game with 0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:54.720 six naps in Minnesota, and he is, in my opinion, 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:57.880 pointing in the right direction. That is typical over going man. 0:16:57.920 --> 0:17:02.360 He is very very good explaining things in great detail 0:17:02.440 --> 0:17:05.560 about what quarterbacks go through. Given that he did play 0:17:05.560 --> 0:17:08.040 in this league as well, it helps. But he's got 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:10.639 a very keen sense of where Mitch is at. And 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:12.399 he does feel as he ended this thing with the 0:17:12.560 --> 0:17:15.920 arrow up because of how he played against Washington, the success, 0:17:16.040 --> 0:17:19.000 the difficult throws and again only six snaps against the 0:17:19.040 --> 0:17:22.480 Vikings before the injury. But the unfortunate aspect that now 0:17:22.520 --> 0:17:24.320 it's been several weeks, can you pick up where you 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:26.240 left up? If he's able to go on Sunday, you know, 0:17:26.280 --> 0:17:28.040 you think of Dave were going. He talks about his 0:17:28.080 --> 0:17:30.680 own playing experience, other players that he played with, and 0:17:30.800 --> 0:17:34.000 different developments of offenses around the league for all quarterbacks. 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:36.480 But you've got to think of the quarterbacks. They work 0:17:36.520 --> 0:17:38.720 in a small room. It's not like we were talking 0:17:38.760 --> 0:17:41.560 about the defensive line and you're talking about seven eight bodies. 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:43.600 You look at the offensive line, nine or ten different 0:17:43.600 --> 0:17:47.840 bodies and Dave were gone. He's got great experience from 0:17:47.840 --> 0:17:50.080 his own development to other quarterbacks he's been able to 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:52.080 work with, and how it all fits into the continuous 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:55.040 development of Mitchell Trubisky. So again, this is a work 0:17:55.040 --> 0:17:57.439 in progress. This is a work in progress of a 0:17:57.520 --> 0:18:00.280 young man. So when you talk about before, what's going 0:18:00.320 --> 0:18:03.040 to help Mitch the most, his ability and his threat 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:05.199 to run the ball to the outside, the help of 0:18:05.240 --> 0:18:08.000 the running game itself, and then the more used to 0:18:08.040 --> 0:18:10.240 get the ball out of your hands to get a downfield. 0:18:10.440 --> 0:18:13.600 This offense can be equally as threatening as we always 0:18:13.840 --> 0:18:17.120 imagine it to be. But it's the continuous growth process 0:18:17.160 --> 0:18:20.119 from the quarterback position that probably will have the biggest 0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:23.280 emphasis on the improvement of this offense. Just signing completions, 0:18:23.320 --> 0:18:25.360 that's what it always talks about, and I think that's 0:18:25.400 --> 0:18:27.480 as simple as you can make it. Finding completions I 0:18:27.480 --> 0:18:29.640 don't know or where they're at on the field, Move 0:18:29.720 --> 0:18:32.080 the chains and make things happen. Complete your passes at 0:18:32.119 --> 0:18:34.600 a high percentage rate and get in the red zone. 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:36.439 The red zone has been something they have not had 0:18:36.480 --> 0:18:38.960 a lot of snaps in that'll change the scoreboard in 0:18:38.960 --> 0:18:41.000 a big way. We'll continue on in our next segment 0:18:41.040 --> 0:18:43.520 with Mike Fury, the Bears Receivers coach, as we get 0:18:43.560 --> 0:18:46.200 you set for Bears Saints. This is Chicago Sports Radio 0:18:46.240 --> 0:18:50.800 six seventy to Score. Sunday's game against the New Orleans 0:18:50.800 --> 0:18:52.400 Saints is brought to you by Hall of Fame partner 0:18:52.440 --> 0:18:55.840 Advocate Healthcare, the official healthcare partner of the Chicago Bears. 0:18:55.840 --> 0:18:58.320