WEBVTT - Elijah Hicks talks NFL journey, Packers rivalry | Bears Weekly 0:00:01.240 --> 0:00:05.400 Welcome in cub Bears Weekly powered by IGS Energy, a 0:00:05.559 --> 0:00:07.400 Chicago Bears network production. 0:00:07.880 --> 0:00:10.760 Bears Weekly is brought you by Advocate. 0:00:10.280 --> 0:00:16.760 Healthcare, Athletico Physical apparently CD Jawad Connie's Pizza, IGS Energy, 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:18.919 and men are liked here. 0:00:19.079 --> 0:00:23.159 Your hosts Jeff chilliac aka the Mayor of Bearsville and 0:00:23.280 --> 0:00:26.119 is sidekick Tom the Surfmaster, Thayer. 0:00:27.800 --> 0:00:30.880 Pleasant Ganded and everybody, and welcome in as the Bears 0:00:30.880 --> 0:00:34.080 get ready to meet their arrivals, the Green Bay Packers, 0:00:34.080 --> 0:00:37.520 meeting two ten, the most in NFL history, kicking off 0:00:37.520 --> 0:00:40.559 Sunday at Soldier Field between the home standing Bears and 0:00:40.680 --> 0:00:43.599 the Packers. NFC North Division play open for business, and 0:00:43.720 --> 0:00:45.839 so are we. With Super Bowl winning Bears guard Tom Thayer. 0:00:45.880 --> 0:00:48.600 I'm Jeff Jonahak coming up. We visit with veteran safety 0:00:48.600 --> 0:00:51.800 Elijah Hicks in the ESPN studio spending the Dallas tonight 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:55.000 Justin Pottinger. Thanks to our producers Dan Brially, Jordan Treda 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:56.880 from the Bears, and the executive producer of the Bears 0:00:57.000 --> 0:00:59.040 Radio Network is Eric Strowski. 0:00:59.160 --> 0:01:01.960 Good evening, Tom lots to discuss Big Jeff. 0:01:01.960 --> 0:01:04.240 What a week to have a week, you know, when 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:06.440 you think of everything that's going in and this week 0:01:06.480 --> 0:01:09.960 in terms of the division race, and you know, everything 0:01:10.000 --> 0:01:13.000 that we've been kind of waiting for for the this 0:01:13.160 --> 0:01:16.240 regular season, knowing at the start of the season the 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:19.920 division wasn't going to start until the back half of 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:20.480 the season. 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:24.760 My excitement doesn't wane at all. 0:01:24.920 --> 0:01:28.400 I'm a little bit angst and I'm ready for Sunday 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:29.520 to get here, all right. 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:31.480 What makes what makes you anxious? 0:01:32.800 --> 0:01:35.000 Well, you talk about the number of the games inside 0:01:35.000 --> 0:01:38.720 this rivalry and how there's been It's been so up 0:01:38.760 --> 0:01:41.640 and down, and the Packers have been on the upside 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:44.280 of this rivalry now for a little while, and it's 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:47.200 time for the Bears to get back and control this rivalry. 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:50.760 And I know everything that took place this week up 0:01:50.800 --> 0:01:55.680 at hallis Hall, but that doesn't it doesn't tarnish the 0:01:55.720 --> 0:01:58.400 fact that the Bears have to come out there and 0:01:58.440 --> 0:02:00.280 play their best game of the year. Again it's a 0:02:00.280 --> 0:02:03.440 really good football team and get inside this division race. 0:02:03.680 --> 0:02:06.000 Yeah, you know, and there is a lot of season 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:08.040 left and no matter what's been going on, once they 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:10.359 get between the white lines and all the cliches you 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:12.400 want to use, you know, now you just got a 0:02:12.400 --> 0:02:14.680 man up, play football and be the best team that day. 0:02:15.120 --> 0:02:17.520 And sometimes the best team isn't good enough to get 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:20.440 the win. But hopefully that'll be the case against the Packers, 0:02:20.760 --> 0:02:23.280 because a year ago they were three and six. This 0:02:23.360 --> 0:02:24.960 year there's six and three, But they were three and 0:02:25.000 --> 0:02:27.080 six and made it into the second round of the playoffs. 0:02:27.680 --> 0:02:29.560 There was another team that was three and six last 0:02:29.639 --> 0:02:31.040 year and now escaping me. 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:34.600 But so the Bears are in a better shape than 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:38.000 that at four and five, and now they control their 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:41.240 own destiny, so to speak, because they got all the 0:02:41.240 --> 0:02:43.799 games in the division, so they just got to they 0:02:43.840 --> 0:02:46.120 got to pull together, pull on the same rope, and get. 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:47.119 It done well. 0:02:47.160 --> 0:02:48.640 You know, there may be a lot of talk about 0:02:48.639 --> 0:02:50.720 the Bears offense going into this game, but I think 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:53.760 the talks should be around the Bears defense because when 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:56.200 you look at Jordan Love and he's got ten interceptions 0:02:56.200 --> 0:02:59.400 and fifteen touchdown passes, and you see how well this 0:02:59.480 --> 0:03:02.000 Bears defenses has been playing throughout the season, and they 0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:05.680 only gave up nineteen points last week. I think that 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:09.520 the Bears have an opportunity, with the super supportive crowd. 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:11.919 At home, to get back on the. 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:17.600 Track of getting turnovers, take getting takeaways, and limiting the 0:03:17.760 --> 0:03:21.000 opponent's offense to limited amount of success. 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:21.720 Yeah. 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:24.480 He did that last year too, three interceptions in the 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:26.919 first half of the season, then one in the final 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:29.919 nine games of the season, I believe. So, yeah, he's 0:03:29.960 --> 0:03:33.600 at ten right now, and that's inviting, And especially when 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:35.440 you know the Bears had their hands on a couple 0:03:35.640 --> 0:03:38.520 of potential interceptions last week they didn't get them. Now's 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:41.120 the time you got to make every play that comes 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:43.440 your way. Again the whole every snap matters thing, but 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:46.960 every opportunity to make a big play, you gotta make it. 0:03:47.000 --> 0:03:49.360 Either side of the ball can't be well, can't be dropped. 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:51.760 Passes can't be dropped. Interceptions can't be a bunch of 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:54.000 false starts to put you in down in distance trouble, 0:03:54.240 --> 0:03:56.119 because now you're just spinning your wheels in mud. 0:03:56.480 --> 0:03:59.440 Right, the offense has to play safe brand of football. 0:03:59.440 --> 0:04:02.480 And you talk and that's safe, I mean making sure 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:05.560 they don't have any pre snap penalties, make sure they 0:04:05.640 --> 0:04:08.840 don't have any formation penalties, make sure everybody's on the 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:12.000 same page assignment wise. And then you talk about the 0:04:12.040 --> 0:04:15.640 great interception by TJ. Edwards last week and that how 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:17.920 much that meant to the team, the field position that 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:20.800 gave the offense, and then you talked about the possible 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:24.520 dropped interceptions. Those are every one of these little things 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:27.919 that we talked about offense, defense, and special teams. They 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:30.600 got to come out here and have their best performance 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:31.120 over the year. 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:34.240 So the latest injury report, First of all, Montese sweat back. 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:36.600 I did run into him, talk to him briefly to 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:38.840 this evening, and I says he's feeling a lot better. 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:42.560 But yeah, these little nix and next that happened over 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:45.279 the course of a season. It's been something he really 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:46.799 hasn't dealt with much in his career. 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:47.360 But an ankle. 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:50.800 But back at practice today, Tevin Jenkins not and then 0:04:50.880 --> 0:04:57.200 limited Braxton Jones and Darnell Arnout right, So that's big 0:04:57.200 --> 0:05:00.880 news right there that I assume and I expect those 0:05:00.880 --> 0:05:02.200 two will be back at tackle. 0:05:02.440 --> 0:05:02.600 Well. 0:05:02.600 --> 0:05:05.200 They got a lot of recovery time until noon kickoff 0:05:05.240 --> 0:05:09.359 on Sunday, so they have to get as much treatment 0:05:09.400 --> 0:05:12.840 as they possibly can outside of the practice time, stay 0:05:12.880 --> 0:05:15.440 off their feet, make sure they're fresh and ready to 0:05:15.480 --> 0:05:17.720 go on Sunday. Because there are two key components of 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:21.200 their offensive line that are needed, and when you talk 0:05:21.279 --> 0:05:23.880 to the return of Ryan Bates, I think it helps 0:05:23.880 --> 0:05:26.720 the interior of the offensive line. Whatever is going to 0:05:26.760 --> 0:05:31.160 happen with Tevin Jenkins, Matt Pryor if Darnell Right plays, 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:34.000 can go back to his offensive guard spot. And when 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:36.880 Matt Pryor was playing right guard, he and Darnell Right 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:40.640 were starting to develop a good, big guy relationship over 0:05:40.680 --> 0:05:42.800 there on the right side, and I think that can 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:44.400 help this offense tremendously. 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:47.960 So one of the upsetting things is hearing that Jakwan 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:51.680 Brisker is on an injured reserve, so he has not 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:55.839 been able to return despite the hopes that he would 0:05:56.000 --> 0:05:59.320 and that he was. There was a whole bunch of concern, 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:01.800 but in the end, you know, definite concern and not 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:02.599 able to come back. 0:06:03.200 --> 0:06:05.279 I only want him to come back if he's ready 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:09.440 and confident to come back. I'm looking out for Jakwan Brisker. 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:13.240 I'm not looking out for the Chicago Bear slashed Jakwan Brisker. 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:16.359 I'm looking out for Jaquan Brisker. He's a great young 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:21.360 man and he has to do with everything is reasonably 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:25.000 responsible for him in his future and make the best 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:26.799 decision accordingly. 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:28.800 So Thomas Brown will be the play callee. He'll be 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:30.240 up in the booth, call in the place for the 0:06:30.240 --> 0:06:32.320 Bears offense. He's done it before, he did it last 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:36.560 year with Carolina, and he met the media on Wednesday 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:38.760 of this week, so let's listen in to some of 0:06:38.800 --> 0:06:40.880 what he had to say about his new role. 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:49.120 George, Kevin Flus and also Ryn, forgive me the opportunity 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:52.360 to lead this offense. Also want to thank Shane Walter 0:06:53.279 --> 0:06:55.680 Conky is lost in this transition of how to fix 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:59.000 people and their families and their lives. Mitt Shane back 0:06:59.040 --> 0:07:01.599 in twenty twenty first working with the Rams and he 0:07:01.760 --> 0:07:04.160 was phenomenal to me and my family to help on 0:07:04.560 --> 0:07:07.680 boarders coming to the NFL, and so I just want 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:09.920 to say thank you to him. But again it was 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:14.440 just odds up moving forward. Excited about the opportunity. This 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:16.680 will not be a one man show. I'm excited to 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:19.240 kind of work and collaborate with our entire staff and 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:21.120 our players to fix the problems that we do have. 0:07:21.760 --> 0:07:26.560 Had a great conversation yesterday with Caleb about my thoughts 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:31.080 moving forward, issues to fix and had a phenomenal walkthrough 0:07:31.120 --> 0:07:34.480 guys were upbeat, moving around, being really detailed, so excited 0:07:34.480 --> 0:07:36.720 about practice. Here's what I said about fixing the problem. 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:39.240 So it starts every day we walk in the building. 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:40.760 What I said to the team today and to our 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:44.440 office staff and players is two things you control when 0:07:44.440 --> 0:07:46.880 you walk in the building. It's your effort and your attitude. 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:49.480 So it starts the first right, how we approach the 0:07:49.480 --> 0:07:52.720 meetings being detailed, being locked in and transferring that to 0:07:52.760 --> 0:07:55.600 the actual practice field, being in about the walk through, 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:58.680 but also making practice as hard as humanly possible so 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:01.080 the game can somewhat become easy year. So to me, 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:02.800 that's gonna be our focus, what we're locked in on, 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:06.040 and so understand that practice preparation always leads to game 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:06.800 day execution. 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:07.720 So that's our focus. 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:10.720 What's the what's your philosophy on the type of voice 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:13.520 you want to be for Caleb during games? 0:08:14.480 --> 0:08:17.040 Well, first and foremost, I'm always do myself, So I'm 0:08:17.040 --> 0:08:19.600 a pretty direct person. That's what I kind of told you. 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:19.960 Mere say. 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:22.000 We spoke for the first time, and I've obviously been 0:08:22.000 --> 0:08:23.720 around about being in the room the entire time, but 0:08:23.840 --> 0:08:27.400 just in different capacity. So but I think on game 0:08:27.480 --> 0:08:30.080 day when it comes to how you deliver information, to 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:33.880 be solution oriented, to keep myself calm, also keep him 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:36.600 calm as well, to kind of decompress it. In every 0:08:36.600 --> 0:08:38.599 single drive, we have to kind of look forward to 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:40.319 what's coming the next drives. 0:08:40.480 --> 0:08:42.959 How do you bring creativity. 0:08:42.400 --> 0:08:43.120 Down to this album? 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:45.520 I think at this point, when it comes to where 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:47.240 we are in the season, you can't reinvent the whill. 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:48.680 I'm not gonna try to do that at all. That'll 0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:51.840 be kind of sen us and aspiral going backwards in 0:08:51.840 --> 0:08:53.240 my opinion. But it's about being able to try to 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:55.880 find the best ways to be affected without playmakers right, 0:08:55.880 --> 0:08:57.080 to be able to marry what we do from a 0:08:57.120 --> 0:09:01.080 formation and motion standpoint everything and then me starts upfront, 0:09:01.080 --> 0:09:03.440 starts with the run game, how we attack knock at 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:04.959 forward mentality, and we build off of that. 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:08.559 Thomas, what what do you think your quarterback does well 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:11.160 and that you need to emphasize in your scheme. 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:13.160 I think it does a lot well. 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:15.360 I think when it comes to just natural ability from 0:09:15.440 --> 0:09:18.720 throwing the football is I think clearly and obvious. I 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:20.400 think being able to understand how to get the ball 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:22.839 of his hands as fast as possible when it comes 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:25.400 to the constance we kind of just end up dolling up, 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:28.679 but also being able to let him you just natural guy, 0:09:28.720 --> 0:09:29.600 give him a billion of times. 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:30.840 When is when is relevant? 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:34.480 Not every player, but when it comes to especially situational ball, 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:36.520 third down, red zone and come alive with that. 0:09:36.920 --> 0:09:38.560 Did you what did you learn from last year? 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:41.040 And I know they're not the exact same situation, but 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:43.760 what do you learn about coaching up number one pick 0:09:43.840 --> 0:09:45.840 and everything that comes with it on the field and 0:09:45.840 --> 0:09:47.320 off the field, and the pressure. 0:09:47.000 --> 0:09:47.440 And all that. 0:09:48.960 --> 0:09:51.240 Yeah, again I get the question. These are two different 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:56.680 players in ability and also mentality wise. Obviously enjoyed that time. 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:59.079 I have a brance last year, great dude, great player. 0:09:59.120 --> 0:10:02.720 But these are different circumstances. But as far as the 0:10:02.720 --> 0:10:06.600 pressure goes right, pressure to me is a privilege that 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:09.520 means people expect something positive from you. So I embraced that, 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:12.400 excited about the opportunity to come with the territory at 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:14.760 this job. And honestly, if you don't want that, you 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:15.760 probably do something else. 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:19.240 And so Thomas Brown at the forefront, he'll be analyzed 0:10:19.280 --> 0:10:22.800 and overall just your thought. I like his direct approach 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:24.560 to everybody that I've talked to you say the same 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:27.240 thing he tells you. He tells you upfront what he 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:29.240 expects of you, and he's very direct. 0:10:29.679 --> 0:10:32.959 Well, I like the second that that he says pressure 0:10:33.040 --> 0:10:35.640 is a privilege, and that is the truth for every 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:39.800 single player and any professional sport because you've earned the 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:43.760 opportunity to have pressure thrust upon you and your next 0:10:43.760 --> 0:10:46.200 step and your next goal. And then he's not here 0:10:46.240 --> 0:10:49.719 to reinvent the wheel. He's only here to take the 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:52.600 offense that they've been inserting since the time he's got 0:10:52.640 --> 0:10:56.520 here and continue that process and that development. For Caleb, 0:10:56.840 --> 0:10:59.480 He's not bringing in a bunch of new material and 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:02.720 ask can learner within a four day period. This is 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:06.040 something that I think that he has an opportunity to 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:09.679 just sharpen what they've been doing since they got here. 0:11:09.679 --> 0:11:14.080 In OTAs, it's the Bears offense. It's the Bears offense. Yeah, 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:16.840 but it's the Bears offense. But it's how and when 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:19.200 you call it what you're setting up for the third 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:21.360 quarter that you run in the first quarter, it's how 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:24.080 you adjust throughout the course of the game by what 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:28.080 you're seeing defensively that is uniquely put together by a 0:11:28.160 --> 0:11:30.760 defense for the Bears and how they can attack it. 0:11:30.800 --> 0:11:33.800 And that's the beauty and the internal aspect of things 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:37.120 that really will come to light one way or another 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:39.199 from any play card and. 0:11:39.240 --> 0:11:41.760 Everything you said that will come to light on Sunday 0:11:41.960 --> 0:11:44.600 when they're actually in the game. But everything they're doing 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:46.960 up until that point, up into Sunday is they're going 0:11:46.960 --> 0:11:49.600 out on the practice field and they're running through a 0:11:49.640 --> 0:11:51.880 practice and then they're going back into the meeting room. 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:55.360 And those are the corrections that Thomas Brown can make 0:11:55.400 --> 0:11:58.360 for Caleb, or he can accentuate the things that Caleb 0:11:58.520 --> 0:11:59.440 is doing really well. 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:02.240 Right now, all right, that's top there. I'm Jeff Jonniak. 0:12:02.280 --> 0:12:05.200 When we return, we'll hear from the quarterback coach, Carrie Joseph. 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:08.679 The offense it's assistants were available to the Bears today 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:11.160 at Hallis Hall. We'll get you set for Bears Packers 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:14.000 here on ESPN one thousand and the Bears Radio Network, 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:21.080 and welcome back everybody. This segment of Bears Weekly is 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:24.040 brought to you by IGS Energy. Jeff and Tom with 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:27.000 you as we get set for Bears Packers and the 0:12:27.120 --> 0:12:29.640 change and offensive coordinate are making the big news, not 0:12:29.679 --> 0:12:32.960 only here in Chicago, but around the NFL landscape, this 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:36.080 has happened before. It happened last season with Buffalo as 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:39.839 they moved to Joe Brady from Ken Dorsey and had 0:12:39.960 --> 0:12:42.640 it paid dividends. It paid dividends when Jim Caldwell with 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:45.360 Baltimore years ago they went to a Super Bowl. So 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:47.959 let's see where it takes us and what it might 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:50.199 look like and more on the now and we'll get 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:53.720 Tom's take on it afterwards. But Bears quarterback coach Carrie 0:12:53.840 --> 0:12:57.840 Joseph a part of this plan now as he continues 0:12:57.880 --> 0:12:59.080 to work with Caleb Williams. 0:12:59.200 --> 0:13:01.520 It's rhythm, you know, getting the ball out out of 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:04.080 our hands, getting into the play maker's hands. You know, Hey, 0:13:04.520 --> 0:13:06.319 number one is open, Let's get it to him, you know, 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:09.079 and we continue to talk about that, and uh and 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:14.000 when we do that, now those plays become unsackable because 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:15.240 the ball is out of our hands. 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:15.440 You know. 0:13:15.480 --> 0:13:18.040 We just continue to talk about that, continue to you know, 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:20.240 talk about putting the eyes in the right place, having 0:13:20.360 --> 0:13:23.040 understanding what they're trying to do defensively, and then we 0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:23.840 can get the ball out. 0:13:23.920 --> 0:13:28.760 And that's the plan. Oh man, you're really gonna do 0:13:28.800 --> 0:13:29.120 that to me? 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:33.720 I think that very well. 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:37.360 Rams game. He did a great job Jacksonville. You know, 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:39.480 it's not just him, it's just you know, the course 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:41.439 of the game. You know, when you have you know, 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:43.319 we got to be better overall. You know, we got 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:45.240 a better run the ball that helps him. You know, 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:46.640 we gotta be able to do that. We gotta be 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:49.160 able to stay out of native place. We can't have penantis. 0:13:49.200 --> 0:13:52.160 All those things you know affect you know, the rhythm 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:53.280 in the of the past game. 0:13:53.400 --> 0:13:54.960 So that's just it's a whole collector. 0:13:55.000 --> 0:13:57.680 It's not just Caleb, it's it's a it's all of 0:13:57.760 --> 0:14:00.800 us making sure that we hey still head of the chains. 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:03.160 We'll just to interpret what you were saying a minute ago, 0:14:03.400 --> 0:14:06.280 is there I guess a habit for Ricky quarterback to 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:07.839 kind of have his head swim a little bit, just 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:09.920 because you've been through a lot throughout the course of 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:11.439 a season and then it's a little bit cloudy. 0:14:11.559 --> 0:14:13.680 I won't say his head is swimming. It can happen 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:14.400 to any quarterback. 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:17.480 You know, if you know things are not going well, 0:14:17.960 --> 0:14:20.040 I don't care who you are. You get a hit 0:14:20.080 --> 0:14:22.720 a few times, you know, your eyes start to speed 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:24.760 up a little bit. You start to feel people like 0:14:25.000 --> 0:14:27.320 you guys are around me, ladies around. 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:29.680 Me right now? You know, I can see Ali over there, 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:31.040 but I can still feel your presence. 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:34.080 It happens to any quarterback, you know, and it's just 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:37.640 how do you reset yourself? How do you reset yourself? Hey, 0:14:37.720 --> 0:14:40.160 let's go back to the basics. Let's go back to 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:44.240 mastering the basic basics and every concept, you know, every play. 0:14:44.600 --> 0:14:45.680 That's what we are right now. 0:14:45.880 --> 0:14:48.920 What's that fide line between with him of you want 0:14:48.920 --> 0:14:51.320 to protect the football, you don't want to. 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:53.200 Him to feel like you can't take chances? And how 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:54.680 have you seen him kind of straddle that over the 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:55.320 past few years? 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:57.160 You know, I just try to always encourage, Hey, let's 0:14:57.160 --> 0:15:00.440 be aggressive. Let's be aggressive, would be smart, you know, 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:03.840 Let's be aggressive, let's be smart. And that's the message 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:06.920 that I've started from day one and I continue to deliver. 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:09.360 So now, hey, let's pull the trigger. Let's be smart 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:11.440 about it, but be aggressive. At the same time, I 0:15:11.480 --> 0:15:12.120 said that he's going to. 0:15:12.120 --> 0:15:14.840 Be upstairs, So how to let change these sideline communications 0:15:14.840 --> 0:15:15.520 which we unit. 0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:15.640 To heal with. 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:20.040 So basically, you know, me, Thomas, Caleb, we all collaborate together, 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:22.360 had we come to the sideline, you know, Chris is 0:15:22.360 --> 0:15:22.920 there also. 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:25.360 Have we talk about the last drive? Boom? 0:15:25.360 --> 0:15:27.840 Then to me as a quarterback coach, get that information 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:30.040 to him. You know, as we see the film, you 0:15:30.040 --> 0:15:32.360 know what adjustments we want to make what happened on 0:15:32.360 --> 0:15:35.360 that last drive? And then also I'm big at hey, 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:37.920 what did you see? Because from the sideline and behind 0:15:37.960 --> 0:15:40.480 there it's different, you know, so I want to hear 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:43.040 what he saw so we can all come together and say, Okay, 0:15:43.040 --> 0:15:45.440 look what the picture is showing. Think this way. You know, 0:15:45.600 --> 0:15:47.280 you got to have that conversation. You got to have 0:15:47.320 --> 0:15:49.680 that communication. So that's how we're planning working. 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:50.840 I know, people away time. 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:54.720 Quarterback development isn't always linear, and then sometimes there jumps. 0:15:54.960 --> 0:15:56.840 Jordan loves an example of that last year where the 0:15:56.920 --> 0:15:57.520 first half. 0:15:57.360 --> 0:15:58.960 Wasn't great and the second half was. 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:01.240 Do you guys point matter point the other quarterbacks on 0:16:01.360 --> 0:16:02.680 the league to look what happened to them? 0:16:03.400 --> 0:16:06.520 I'm pointing to Killer Williams and the Chicago Bears. What 0:16:06.600 --> 0:16:09.000 can we do to make sure that we got him 0:16:09.000 --> 0:16:09.880 going in the right direction? 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:11.240 That's our focus. 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:15.640 You know, no disrespect to your question, but hey, let's 0:16:15.760 --> 0:16:18.160 because he's different you know, he's not Jordan's so I 0:16:18.200 --> 0:16:19.920 don't know what they did with him, but I know 0:16:19.920 --> 0:16:22.000 where we want to go as an offense, you know, 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:24.960 collectively to help all of our guys, because we have 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:27.040 a lot of talent and we got to get everybody involved. 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:28.280 So we're putting a plan together for that. 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:31.480 Thomas, what's the value of his presence in a week 0:16:31.560 --> 0:16:32.840 like this and a stretch on a body? 0:16:33.040 --> 0:16:33.160 Oh? 0:16:33.200 --> 0:16:33.480 You know what. 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:36.240 He's authentic, you know, and you know, I love Shane 0:16:36.400 --> 0:16:38.600 and our prayers go up for him and his family. 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:40.680 And I've been with him for four years. He's done 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:42.760 a lot for me in my career. Uh. 0:16:43.040 --> 0:16:46.520 Just Thomas' approach, you know, And he's just Thomas is Thomas. Uh, 0:16:46.720 --> 0:16:48.720 he's gonna keep it real with you. He's gonna be 0:16:48.760 --> 0:16:52.080 straightforward with you, and he's gonna be honest. So you 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:54.760 better take it and you roll with it and you 0:16:54.840 --> 0:16:56.600 respect it. And like I said, I've been on him 0:16:56.600 --> 0:16:59.000 for a few years now and he's never changed. So 0:16:59.440 --> 0:17:02.480 and I think him just coming taking the step forward 0:17:02.520 --> 0:17:04.200 and standing in front of the team and say, hey, 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:05.600 this is how we're gonna roll with it, this is 0:17:05.600 --> 0:17:07.680 how we're gonna get it done from the meeting rooms 0:17:07.720 --> 0:17:09.879 to the practice field to the game and then we're 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:10.960 gonna do it all over again. 0:17:11.400 --> 0:17:14.000 That's who he is. And uh, that's how we're gonna row. 0:17:16.280 --> 0:17:17.920 Doing too much at the line. 0:17:17.920 --> 0:17:20.520 Obviously, he's adept enough and smart enough to make a 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:22.480 lot of changes to limbit is it. 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:24.080 Has it been too much the past few weeks? 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:26.240 Nah, I I wouldn't say that. I wouldn't say that 0:17:26.440 --> 0:17:28.920 Kelb is very smart. We just got to help our offense, 0:17:29.280 --> 0:17:31.200 like you said, to put us in a better situation, 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:33.119 and we just gotta play better, you know, we just 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:35.480 gotta play better collectively, and we just got to stay 0:17:35.480 --> 0:17:38.439 ahead of the change. NFL, you don't still ahead of 0:17:38.440 --> 0:17:40.320 the chains. It's hard, you know, it's hard. 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:43.560