WEBVTT - Nagy, Desai recap victory over Seattle | Coaches Show 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:02.560 Welcome to the Bears Coaching Show with head coach Mettnaggie, 0:00:02.600 --> 0:00:05.160 brought to you by a Whippley CPA's and consultants. Jeff 0:00:05.200 --> 0:00:07.400 Joniac with you to eight o'clock here on news Radio 0:00:07.440 --> 0:00:10.360 one oh five NINEVBM. Coach Naggie here until the bottom 0:00:10.400 --> 0:00:12.039 of the hour, and then we turn it over to 0:00:12.039 --> 0:00:16.760 the defensive coordinator Sean Dasai. We're recapping what Matt some 0:00:16.840 --> 0:00:20.000 of the newspapers referred to and I love it, kind 0:00:20.040 --> 0:00:23.040 of wish I thought of it as a Saint Nick's 0:00:23.480 --> 0:00:27.080 Day after Christmas miracle. It's a good play on words. 0:00:27.320 --> 0:00:31.120 Although it was definitely a team win, but Nick deserves 0:00:31.120 --> 0:00:33.199 a lot of credit for those two scoring drives in 0:00:33.479 --> 0:00:36.360 the offense in general. Yeah, he did a great job, Jeff, 0:00:36.400 --> 0:00:39.199 you know, stepping in on short notice like that and 0:00:39.240 --> 0:00:41.479 just kind of preparing all week long, and you know, 0:00:41.479 --> 0:00:43.440 those elements aren't easy, and that's a that's a good 0:00:43.479 --> 0:00:46.680 football team that we played, albeit their record there. That's 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:49.199 a tough environment and for those guys to keep on 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:51.320 fighting like they did, for him to make plays in 0:00:51.360 --> 0:00:54.240 the end, it was great. Yeah, the snow probably helped 0:00:54.280 --> 0:00:57.240 a little bit, kept the crowd down because that place 0:00:57.280 --> 0:00:59.360 obviously is one of the loudest in the NFL. They 0:00:59.360 --> 0:01:01.720 still made some noise, but did you feel it was 0:01:01.960 --> 0:01:04.600 egregious in any way? I mean, did it get super 0:01:04.600 --> 0:01:07.520 loud down there? Yeah, there was time. There was times 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:09.280 it got loud for sure. You know, now I've been 0:01:09.280 --> 0:01:12.040 there before. We're like you're saying, there's no snow, and 0:01:12.120 --> 0:01:14.479 that place can rock, So I mean it can get 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:16.640 super loud, and you got to make sure your cadences 0:01:16.920 --> 0:01:20.360 or your silent cadence is good. But early on in 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:23.200 the game, there weren't as many filled seats because I 0:01:23.200 --> 0:01:25.960 think people were getting in so that that definitely helped 0:01:25.959 --> 0:01:28.080 out probably both sides. And it was snow then it 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:29.839 kind of settled down a little bit and you could 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:33.800 you could hear the crowd really taken notice. Did the 0:01:34.040 --> 0:01:39.200 snow add a different flavor to the game a little bit? 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:41.400 Because as kids, we all we all wanted to play 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:44.280 in the snow. I mean we no matter how cold 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:46.320 it was, it was fun to play in a snowstorm. 0:01:46.800 --> 0:01:49.560 It wasn't quite a snowstorm. It was a little flurrying 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:51.880 going out. But some of those guys I know, like 0:01:51.960 --> 0:01:54.120 talking to clear Herbert after he never played in snow 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:56.000 was his first experience, so I'm sure you got some 0:01:56.040 --> 0:02:01.120 of that. Yeah, it's always interesting, and you know, it's 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:03.960 just when you get a snow game like that, it 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:05.760 just creates a little bit of that. I'll be hoonce 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:08.639 to the game and it feels like, you know, it 0:02:08.680 --> 0:02:12.679 feels like football weather, and so the guys now there's 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:14.520 a little difference too with the footing, you know, and 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:17.160 sometimes I think it's advantaged offense because they know where 0:02:17.160 --> 0:02:19.120 they're cutting and they know which way they're going. So 0:02:19.960 --> 0:02:22.200 it's definitely unique that way. But it was fun to 0:02:22.240 --> 0:02:23.560 be a part of. I haven't been a part of 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:25.760 too many of those where it's where the field is 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:28.640 covered like that. But I'm sure the guys loved it. Yeah, 0:02:28.720 --> 0:02:32.119 only the third time in Seattle history a snow game there. 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:35.200 So but let's let's talk down that the twenty four 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:37.919 fourteen and Nick this guy in the offense couple of 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:41.160 scoring drives the past to Jimmy obviously, and then the 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:44.040 two point conversion to Demere with one on one to go. 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:47.200 I don't I'm sure you haven't had time to see 0:02:47.200 --> 0:02:50.880 a bear. Some great pictures of bird that that will 0:02:50.919 --> 0:02:53.320 be one of the pictures of the year that tell 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:56.240 a story because it's the one end. It's two Seahawks, 0:02:56.280 --> 0:03:02.480 maybe three, and it's it's just unique. It's it's one 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:05.200 heck of a catch and one heck of a trust 0:03:05.200 --> 0:03:07.520 throw there. Yeah, it is. I mean that was a 0:03:07.919 --> 0:03:10.920 to be contestedate that too when you when you see it. 0:03:10.960 --> 0:03:12.800 I actually thought for a second there that they were 0:03:12.800 --> 0:03:14.640 going to shove him out of bounds, but so for 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:17.440 him to keep that balance to catch the football, to 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:21.120 get to defeating bounds, and then to maintain it with 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:23.760 the one handed grab and just kind of holding it 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:25.880 there like everybody to show hey, I got it. I 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:28.120 called it. And then they tried to knock it out 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:29.560 of his hand, but it was too and it was 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:32.560 a special catch by Jimmy too to play before. Are 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:35.280 you happy for those two guys, including not not just Nick, 0:03:35.360 --> 0:03:38.800 but you know Jimmy. You know he'd like to get 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:41.560 every red zone throw, you know, because he's pretty confident 0:03:41.600 --> 0:03:43.400 he's gonna get it. And Demere has come on strong 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:47.000 here of late. Yeah, I'm happy for those guys. You know, 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:50.880 it's Demere has done a great job this entire season. 0:03:51.080 --> 0:03:54.120 Of just doing what we ask and you know, he 0:03:54.160 --> 0:03:56.400 can do a lot of different things within the offense. 0:03:56.560 --> 0:03:58.600 So for him to be able to get some recognition 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:00.680 and be able to be a big part of making 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:03.080 some plays evening in Green Bay on that long touchdown 0:04:03.080 --> 0:04:06.000 catch he had, it's neat to see. He deserves it. 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:08.000 He does things the right way, So I'm happy for 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:11.240 him there. And then Jimmy, you know what a great 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:13.480 way to be able to help your team win a game. 0:04:13.840 --> 0:04:16.040 That's what he does. I think everybody knew that we 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:17.880 were going to have a chance to throw him the ball. 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:20.360 You just gotta make the catch, and he did it. Well, 0:04:20.360 --> 0:04:23.040 what's the key for a vet starting for the first 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:27.279 time in over four hundred days, Well, a guy like Nick, 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:31.640 when you play quarterback, the biggest thing mentally is preparing 0:04:31.720 --> 0:04:34.640 through the week, kind of going through your progressions and 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:36.560 where you're at. And then once you get the game day, Well, 0:04:36.560 --> 0:04:38.719 you had some elements, you had some weather. You got 0:04:38.720 --> 0:04:40.440 to get through that part and then it's just kind 0:04:40.480 --> 0:04:42.800 of like once you get through that first series, I 0:04:42.839 --> 0:04:44.960 think it all just kind of comes right back to you. 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:47.520 So he showed that he did that. We got going 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:49.880 a little bit. I was really happy with how we 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:51.839 were on third down. We had some third and longs, 0:04:52.120 --> 0:04:54.520 but to be fifty percent seven or fourteen on third 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:58.279 down with some of the longer distances we had the guys. 0:04:58.480 --> 0:05:01.880 The guys worked time and they made plays. I think 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:03.840 nine different guys to Chabon and all of them had 0:05:03.839 --> 0:05:06.640 a double digit play at least one. So you were 0:05:06.640 --> 0:05:09.839 getting some chunks against these guys. But the no turnover thing, 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:12.720 that was huge. Yeah, that's big. I think that's really 0:05:12.760 --> 0:05:16.160 big is to make sure you protect and respect that football. 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:20.200 We talked about it this morning in regards to the 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:23.279 yards after catch, you know, and yards after contact was 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:27.400 really good. You felt guys getting vertical again, extra yards 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:31.480 and that's important. How ready was Ryan Willison just in 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:34.239 case you know, we talked about that on Friday before 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:38.720 the game. Yeah, excuse me, he was ready. We had 0:05:38.760 --> 0:05:41.440 a limited menu of what we were gonna have to 0:05:41.560 --> 0:05:44.960 use with him and we had some other stuff going. So, 0:05:45.000 --> 0:05:46.800 I mean, but I give him a lot of credit. 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:50.200 I give coach Schneider, Mike Snyder, our assistant quarterback coach. 0:05:50.240 --> 0:05:52.000 I give him a lot of credit. They spent a 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:55.320 lot of hours together on Friday, Saturday and Sunday prepping, 0:05:55.440 --> 0:05:57.880 so you never know, right the shoelace can get untied 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:01.560 and you're up. Yeah, oh yeah, didn't even think of that. 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:04.560 That's uh, that's pretty much what Tevin Jenkins dealt with 0:06:04.560 --> 0:06:07.480 in Green Bay, right. Just guy's reaction was, oh wow, 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:10.719 here we go. So Tevin left with a shoulder injury. 0:06:10.839 --> 0:06:12.960 I will learn more across the week. But you got 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:15.480 to see Larry Boorham than a left tackle. How did 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:18.360 he perform after you watch the tape. Yeah, that's never 0:06:18.400 --> 0:06:21.000 easy again going from one side to the other. But 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:22.480 I thought he did a good job. There was a 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:24.479 couple of plays here there. Reopened his hips a little 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:26.919 bit and they got some pressure. But again, like he 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:30.280 battles and he cares, and I really believe that that 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:33.279 he did just fine. And he's a good kid. You 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:36.720 know he talked about in your postgame press conference the 0:06:36.839 --> 0:06:39.400 empty the cup. I kind of liked what I heard 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:41.279 there just from what I read. I did not see 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:45.640 the news conference, but just to update those who didn't 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:47.960 know about it, it was a message really from your 0:06:47.960 --> 0:06:52.240 son tape freshman at Lake Forest. Yeah, it was you know, 0:06:52.360 --> 0:06:54.920 we we have lost that game against the Vikings and 0:06:55.000 --> 0:06:56.800 we were driving home and you know, I don't get 0:06:56.800 --> 0:06:59.280 a whole lot of too many special moments of my kids, 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:01.240 you know, staying pretty busy, and he just had a 0:07:01.320 --> 0:07:03.680 nice little message for me. And then the big, big 0:07:03.680 --> 0:07:06.000 part of the message was listening, we have no regrets 0:07:06.000 --> 0:07:08.320 in life, like whatever we do right, him as a 0:07:08.360 --> 0:07:11.680 player in sports and me as a coach, and referencing 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:14.000 me just giving it everything you got. And it's a 0:07:14.040 --> 0:07:15.760 story that he heard from one of his coaches, and 0:07:15.760 --> 0:07:17.080 it made a lot of sense to them. You know, 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:19.120 it's all of us, no matter how much talent you 0:07:19.160 --> 0:07:21.640 have or I have. If we just empty the cup 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:23.520 and give it our all on that day, we'll have 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:25.320 a pretty good chance to win the football game. And 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:27.800 that was the message to the guys on Saturday night. 0:07:27.840 --> 0:07:30.040 And I love the fact that they were listening, and 0:07:30.080 --> 0:07:32.960 I love the fact that they did it on Sunday. 0:07:33.000 --> 0:07:36.040 And that's what you know, we fight, and we emptied 0:07:36.040 --> 0:07:39.280 our cups and we got the victory. Snap throw going 0:07:39.320 --> 0:07:43.880 to Graham of the endown. He's got it for the touchdown, touchdown, pairs, 0:07:44.640 --> 0:07:47.840 post up touchdown. Jimmy Graham with a slam duck in 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:51.400 the end zone. Pulls gun, lifts his right leg, moves 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:54.000 to his right, checking it, throw it back in the 0:07:54.120 --> 0:07:57.240 end zone. Catch made. They're gonna say it's good for 0:07:57.360 --> 0:08:00.840 the two pointer. Jamir Bird back to the end zone. 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:04.280 It is good and the Bears have the lead. Twenty five, 0:08:04.480 --> 0:08:07.640 twenty four here in Seattle, Welcome back to the Bears 0:08:07.720 --> 0:08:10.240 Coaches Show, brought to you by Whippley. CPA's end consultants 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:12.240 are proud partner with the Chicago Bears. Learn more at 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:15.760 Whippley dot com. Jeff Joni acc with Matt Naggie here 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:18.480 on the Bears Coaches Show. Just heard the touchdown and 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:20.680 the two point conversion. We talked about it in our 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:24.640 first segment. But a former University of Miami basketball player 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:26.600 knows how to box out, you know, that was the 0:08:26.640 --> 0:08:28.960 bulk of his athletic career in college. Is one year 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:31.240 of college football and twelve years later, he's still making 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:35.040 those plays in the end zone and taking advantage of 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:39.240 a mismatch and the relationship of nick locker mates in 0:08:39.280 --> 0:08:41.640 the locker room. Two veterans, they've been around the block, 0:08:41.679 --> 0:08:44.600 they've been through a lot of different things in their career. 0:08:45.600 --> 0:08:47.520 To have a guy still be doing the same type 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:50.199 of things that he started his career doings. It's got 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:52.959 to be pretty impressive to YouTube, it is. And I've 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:55.160 always had so much respect for Jimmy throughout all the 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:58.840 years that he's played and just the way he's done 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:01.200 things and for you know, he's one of these guys. 0:09:01.280 --> 0:09:03.160 Now he'll tell you I'm the best guy in the 0:09:03.160 --> 0:09:05.200 red zone to catch that kaketball, you know, in the 0:09:05.320 --> 0:09:08.200 NFL history, and he's right, he's right. Would you disagree 0:09:08.240 --> 0:09:12.839 with him? You can't. And so when you know they 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:15.199 called a fifty fifty football, you know in that boss 0:09:15.280 --> 0:09:17.240 run and we know when the boss run to Jimmy, 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:20.000 that percentage is a lot higher. So you know, give 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:22.840 credit to Nick for giving him a chance. It's hard 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:24.719 on that dB, it's hard on the safety because you 0:09:24.760 --> 0:09:26.760 spread him out and then Jimmy, Jimmy's got to make 0:09:26.760 --> 0:09:29.840 the play and he consistently does that seventieth red zone 0:09:29.880 --> 0:09:32.160 touchdown his career. Let's talk about the other tight end 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:34.880 because Cole Comet had had a very nice game here 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:37.960 as well. He did, and I really liked, you know, 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:41.960 his attitude, his the way he caught that football right 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:44.280 from the very start. The very first catch of the game, 0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:47.640 for him to catch the football wasn't easy. He got 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:50.120 hit hard, got out of bounds, got a six yard game, 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:52.920 you know, four or five six yard game, and you 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:55.360 saw it the rest of the way. He really played 0:09:55.360 --> 0:09:57.520 physical football, and that's now, that's who he is, that's 0:09:57.559 --> 0:10:00.800 what he is. I really think he's growing proud of 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:03.160 the progress he's making as a tight end in different 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:06.160 areas of the game. And yesterday he made some big plays. 0:10:06.480 --> 0:10:08.440 We talked about it in post game as well. It 0:10:08.600 --> 0:10:11.360 balanced out the offense with the run game. David Montgomery 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:13.880 with twenty eight touches, but the underrated aspect of his 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:17.720 hands in the passing game was a big benefit to you. Yeah, 0:10:17.720 --> 0:10:20.160 and he's always had that. What I thought was neat 0:10:20.240 --> 0:10:23.280 yesterday with David was this was a defense that wanted 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:26.160 to just really any sign of play action. They were 0:10:26.200 --> 0:10:28.280 just going to fly out of there and try to 0:10:28.280 --> 0:10:30.480 take away all the explosives. Well, when you do that, 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:35.200 you leave up you give up the first zone there, 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:37.440 you know, so they're getting their vacating that first zone. 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:39.400 You dump it down to the back and now all 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:40.880 of a sudden, he can make a guy miss and 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:43.559 make a four yard catch go into a fourteen yard game, 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:46.559 and he did that yesterday. Can you break down the 0:10:46.640 --> 0:10:49.920 Clil Herbert twenty yard touchdown how that all opened up? Yeah, 0:10:49.920 --> 0:10:52.200 we had an RPO there, so a run pass option 0:10:52.280 --> 0:10:55.320 and you know, depending on how they played. Was second 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:56.959 and eight and they decided to play a cover to 0:10:57.280 --> 0:11:00.600 shell and their linebackers were back pretty deep, so I 0:11:00.640 --> 0:11:02.559 thought the line did a great job of blocking their 0:11:02.559 --> 0:11:05.040 guys and Nick made a good read and then Khalil 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:07.400 made a great decision where he just stuck his left 0:11:07.400 --> 0:11:09.640 foot in the ground and got a good block by 0:11:09.679 --> 0:11:12.080 Cody white Hair, and the rest was history. The safety 0:11:12.080 --> 0:11:13.520 had one little chance to come up and make a 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:15.640 play and Khalil made a miss and just kind of 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:18.120 took it into the end zone. What stood out defensively 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:23.240 too well, I thought, I thought defensively that you know, 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:26.840 the two possessions towards the end of the game where 0:11:26.840 --> 0:11:29.800 a field goal puts them up two scores to get 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:31.880 that sack to get them out of field goal range, 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:35.319 and then the next possession that followed that, it just 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:37.080 showed to who our guys are that you know, it 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:38.800 would have been really easy for them to give up 0:11:38.800 --> 0:11:41.280 a ten or fifteen twenty yard game and give him 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:44.560 a pooch field goal to go up ten and two sports, 0:11:44.559 --> 0:11:46.640 But that didn't happen, and they gave us a shot. 0:11:46.679 --> 0:11:49.200 They had some sudden changes where we got three and ounced. 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:52.080 So I just really like where they're at right now. 0:11:52.080 --> 0:11:54.200 We've got some young guys stepping up. We've got some 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:58.079 guys that are playing hard. I'll be asking John to 0:11:58.080 --> 0:12:00.320 decide this later, but do you venture to get how 0:12:00.320 --> 0:12:04.800 many sacks Robert Quinn would have or Khalil Mack would 0:12:04.840 --> 0:12:06.880 have because of Robert quim and vice versa, if they 0:12:06.960 --> 0:12:08.920 were all healthy together for the whole year. Yeah, that 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:11.079 it'd be interesting to see for sure. You know. I was. 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:12.920 I was talking about that last night with one of 0:12:12.960 --> 0:12:16.679 the coaches. Is it's it's really impressive to see what 0:12:16.760 --> 0:12:20.240 he's done and to think about what could be done 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:22.280 if if fifty two is on the other side. So 0:12:22.679 --> 0:12:24.880 I think it just speaks even more to who Robert 0:12:24.960 --> 0:12:26.560 is and the rest of these guys too, Like, let's 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:29.120 not take away from these other guys. They're they're obviously 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:32.760 calls and disruption to where teams can't double and triple 0:12:32.800 --> 0:12:35.680 team Robert every play, and when Robert has an opportunity 0:12:35.679 --> 0:12:38.240 to make a play, he doesn't. Um it's interesting to 0:12:38.240 --> 0:12:43.600 talk about the aspect of coaching in a season that 0:12:44.480 --> 0:12:47.160 has not gone the way you wanted, but you can't 0:12:47.200 --> 0:12:50.400 ever take the coach out of a football man, so 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:53.280 you're you know what I mean. So it's kind of 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:58.520 interesting how things are sometimes framed because it just in 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:01.720 my experience that no matter what coaches are gonna coach, 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:04.240 they're gonna coach to win. We're all in this profession 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:06.160 for a reason. We've all worked hard to get to 0:13:06.200 --> 0:13:10.959 this point. We're all competitors, and when you're in these moments, 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:13.880 you got people that look to you to lead, and 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:16.640 there's there's no other choice. It is what it is, 0:13:16.679 --> 0:13:18.800 and the record is what it is as well. So 0:13:19.080 --> 0:13:20.720 it's our job that we're out there and to fight 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:23.959 every single play, to show that fire, to show that 0:13:24.000 --> 0:13:26.800 commitment to this organization no matter what the record. You 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:28.680 saw that even with Seattle, you know they're in a 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:31.400 similar situation. Then they have the same mentality and they 0:13:31.440 --> 0:13:34.120 came out swinging yesterday and it was a good game 0:13:34.160 --> 0:13:37.000 to watch if you were a fan. Download the Chicago 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:39.079 Bears app to play our new predictor game or Risk It, 0:13:39.160 --> 0:13:40.800 brought to you by Bette Rivers for your chance to 0:13:40.840 --> 0:13:42.760 win two hundred fifty dollars in free bets and a 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:45.960 customed Bears jersey with Bears head coach Mattnege. Our final 0:13:46.000 --> 0:13:47.760 statement here on the Bears Coach the Show. After a 0:13:48.040 --> 0:13:51.360 impressive win in Seattle, I'm the road twenty five twenty four. 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:53.640 Here's a little nugget for you as well. Our statman 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:56.720 duck Letty did the research. It's the first time in 0:13:56.760 --> 0:14:00.480 Bears history that score is a final twenty five twenty four. 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:03.160 Bears have never won a game. It doesn't matter in 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:05.200 the big picture, but it's a good nugget and only 0:14:05.200 --> 0:14:08.480 the fifteenth time in NFL history. It's an odd score. 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:10.960 Believe it or not. Yeah it is. I never knew that. 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:13.680 So it's interesting while we're on the twenty five side, 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:18.200 not to twenty four exactly exactly. And you I think 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:21.120 you told the folks this morning in your news conference 0:14:21.160 --> 0:14:23.080 then no matter what that was, that was your plan 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:25.960 to go for two. Yeah it was we you know, 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:30.760 we actually were talking on the sideline right right as 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:34.560 that drive started. I knew if I got an opportunity 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:37.080 to talk to Mooney or Demir, I wanted to talk 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:39.520 him about the two point play, just so they it 0:14:39.640 --> 0:14:41.880 wasn't a surprise and they know the plays we have, 0:14:41.960 --> 0:14:44.160 but which one we're going to choose. So that obviously 0:14:44.440 --> 0:14:46.440 told them that we're going for two when we do score. 0:14:46.760 --> 0:14:48.320 I could give him some details on it. And then 0:14:48.320 --> 0:14:50.240 at the two minute morning, I brought the mirror over 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:53.640 and I explained to him, Okay, when we get to touchdown, 0:14:53.640 --> 0:14:55.640 we go for two. Here's the play. Just remember if 0:14:55.680 --> 0:14:58.000 it's man, if it's owned, And we talked that through 0:14:58.000 --> 0:15:00.840 a little bit, and Demir put will spin onto it 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:03.120 and Nick made a good throw and so we were 0:15:03.200 --> 0:15:05.320 we were committed to that and everyone felt that way. 0:15:05.400 --> 0:15:07.160 So if you put it in his head, maybe you're 0:15:07.200 --> 0:15:09.040 the one that gassed him up on that thirty yard 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:11.760 catching run, because Money was tearing through tacklers like he 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:17.680 was Marshawn Lynch. He was. That's that's a moon. I'll 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:19.560 tell you what. When he gets gold Man, he gets rolling, 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:22.120 and uh, I thought for a second there he was 0:15:22.160 --> 0:15:23.760 even going to break that last one. And then you 0:15:23.800 --> 0:15:25.880 can see dads knew something jumping in and trying to 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:29.040 push him out of the tackle. So that was pretty 0:15:29.080 --> 0:15:31.880 neat to see from a wide receiver that's one hundred 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:35.320 and seventy five pounds, right, that was just flat out impressive. 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:37.120 A lot of young guys put their hand up and 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:40.040 made some plays and interesting. Talking to Herbert after the 0:15:40.040 --> 0:15:44.880 game too, he used the term we decided. He didn't 0:15:44.920 --> 0:15:49.600 necessarily mean last night, we decided as a group, and 0:15:49.680 --> 0:15:51.800 whether he's talking about young guys, whether he's talking about 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:54.880 the Rickey class and Justin and and that group, we 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:58.400 decided we are gonna We're gonna finish this thing strong. Um. 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:01.960 I thought that was an impressive quote. It really caught 0:16:02.040 --> 0:16:06.880 my attention. We decided because a lot of guys they 0:16:06.880 --> 0:16:09.000 don't decide that. They just want to finish up and 0:16:09.080 --> 0:16:12.360 go home. Yeah, No, that's who That's who they are, 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:15.960 and we're seeing that. I think that's what special is. 0:16:16.000 --> 0:16:18.440 You got these young guys that are saying we're going 0:16:18.440 --> 0:16:22.760 to decide to finish it our way, and it's important 0:16:22.760 --> 0:16:25.880 to us that we finished strong. It just kind of 0:16:25.880 --> 0:16:29.520 shows that who we all are as competitors. And now 0:16:29.560 --> 0:16:32.200 we got a game coming up here against the Giants. 0:16:32.960 --> 0:16:34.800 That's the only thing that matters right now is making 0:16:34.840 --> 0:16:36.960 sure we decide to empty our cuff for this game 0:16:37.480 --> 0:16:41.080 and give it everything we got at home and do 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:44.520 everything we can to get another win. What's it been 0:16:44.600 --> 0:16:47.640 like for you right now? Because that empty the cup 0:16:47.680 --> 0:16:52.280 thing is is obviously symbolic for you and significat And 0:16:52.400 --> 0:16:55.680 you've always been about those types of things, you know, 0:16:55.720 --> 0:16:58.920 those sayings, those things that try to kind of set 0:16:58.960 --> 0:17:02.600 the tone for your week, your season and whatnot. So 0:17:02.920 --> 0:17:06.000 it's interesting, even at this late juncture in the season 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:09.160 that these things are resonating with you well for sure, 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:12.200 and it's there's different ways than they happen organically of 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:15.080 how some of these messages can impact you, whether it's 0:17:15.119 --> 0:17:17.800 me with my sons or whether it's a player with 0:17:17.840 --> 0:17:20.080 a coach or a player to a player. You know, 0:17:20.359 --> 0:17:23.720 I've made it well known about what I believe in 0:17:23.880 --> 0:17:26.800 being you for everybody as you go through good times 0:17:26.800 --> 0:17:28.840 and bad times is always stick to who you are. 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:31.239 That's been real And now this one here with NT 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:33.399 and the Cup is when whether things are good or 0:17:33.440 --> 0:17:36.680 things aren't good, have no regrets, right, leave it all 0:17:36.680 --> 0:17:39.679 out there. So that's a that's I think it can 0:17:39.720 --> 0:17:41.919 be impactful to the players, to the coaches, and in 0:17:42.000 --> 0:17:45.560 times like this when you're not playing for the playoffs, 0:17:46.240 --> 0:17:48.920 it can really bring things in perspective too, because that's 0:17:48.920 --> 0:17:50.439 another part of this too, Jeff. I think we all 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:53.040 got to have a little perspective and be appreciative of 0:17:53.119 --> 0:17:56.280 where we're at and what our job is, and that's 0:17:56.320 --> 0:17:58.320 to go out and win. Have you had your own 0:17:58.400 --> 0:18:01.240 challenges about staying in the as you know, bouncing off 0:18:01.280 --> 0:18:05.240 that you honest quote from the World Championship for the 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:08.240 Bucks that you hung on too early in the year. Yeah, 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:10.400 I mean it's I think it's only natural for all 0:18:10.440 --> 0:18:12.800 of us. Whether it's the start of the season and 0:18:12.840 --> 0:18:15.080 you're anxious to get to the middle of the season, 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:16.760 or it's the middle of the season you're anxious to 0:18:16.800 --> 0:18:19.600 get to the end, whether it's the playoffs or whatever. 0:18:19.680 --> 0:18:22.399 And but you have to con you gotta always just 0:18:22.480 --> 0:18:25.919 remind yourself that today is the only thing that's guaranteed. 0:18:26.440 --> 0:18:28.760 And our players do a good job of that. They 0:18:28.800 --> 0:18:31.720 focus in install meetings, when we're out here, at the 0:18:31.800 --> 0:18:34.560 walk throughs or at practice. That's the other part of 0:18:34.560 --> 0:18:37.600 this too, is the really they practice like they play, 0:18:37.760 --> 0:18:39.840 and when you do that it makes Sundays a lot easier. 0:18:40.200 --> 0:18:43.240 All right, quick word on the Giants. Yeah, again, the 0:18:43.240 --> 0:18:45.159 team that we're getting started on watching tape getting in 0:18:45.240 --> 0:18:48.040