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I 0:00:06.200 --> 0:00:09.360 am Jeff Joniyan Glitzes on don go. 0:00:12.000 --> 0:00:13.720 What was like playing for coache Goodgo. 0:00:14.560 --> 0:00:16.520 I don't want to answer any questions like that pressure 0:00:16.520 --> 0:00:29.200 coming is a big trouble Donnie Goes, Montest Sweat. 0:00:25.560 --> 0:00:28.400 Now Bears, et cetera brought to you by Geico with 0:00:28.480 --> 0:00:31.320 the voices of the Bears, Jeff Joniac and Tom Thayer. 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:35.159 Nine games in the NFL decided by one score in 0:00:35.240 --> 0:00:38.159 Week eight, Unfortunately, the Bears at the center of the 0:00:38.240 --> 0:00:41.800 drama after an agonizing twelve second play that actually was 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:45.120 seventeen seconds snapped to finish that ended in a Noah 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:48.400 Brown touchdown on a Hail Mary launch by Washington rookie 0:00:48.479 --> 0:00:51.520 quarterback Jayden Daniels and the Bears go down in DC 0:00:51.680 --> 0:00:54.240 with Super Bowl winning Bears guard Tom There. I'm Jeff Joniak. 0:00:54.360 --> 0:00:56.600 Episode one oh six of the Bears et Cetera podcast 0:00:56.880 --> 0:00:59.480 is brought to you by Geico. All I gotta say 0:00:59.560 --> 0:01:02.240 is what a Sunday Tom. If you love the sport, 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:05.680 if you love the excitement, you're loving the NFL, which 0:01:05.720 --> 0:01:08.280 now I believe is up to sixty six games decided 0:01:08.319 --> 0:01:11.120 by one score so far in this first half of 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:14.119 the season, NFL record. But when you're on the losing 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:17.679 end of it, the pain is real. But just like 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:20.640 a win, you gotta flush it. You gotta flush the 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:24.520 loss and tuck it away somewhere. I don't know how 0:01:24.560 --> 0:01:26.720 you feel as a broadcaster, I know how you'd feel 0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:30.160 as a player. As a broadcaster, I think this one's 0:01:30.200 --> 0:01:31.400 gonna sit for a couple of days. 0:01:32.120 --> 0:01:34.880 Yeah, I can't flush it. I need to get out 0:01:34.880 --> 0:01:37.680 the plunger and help it down because I can't get 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:40.679 rid of it. And I've been a part of nearly 0:01:40.760 --> 0:01:43.399 eight hundred games as a player and a broadcaster, and 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:45.319 this is the first time I've ever been a part 0:01:45.360 --> 0:01:50.120 of this. And I think the winning end is as 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:54.520 exciting as the losing end is disappointing, because in the 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:58.040 reality of watching it last night from the booth as 0:01:58.080 --> 0:02:03.560 you and I were seeing it, the overwhelming disappointment of 0:02:03.920 --> 0:02:06.680 watching the opponent catch the ball in the end zone 0:02:06.680 --> 0:02:09.520 and knowing that all the effort that the players put 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:13.639 in to fight a great comeback, to be resilient about 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:17.160 getting themselves an opportunity to win that game, and then 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:20.880 it all go down The drain within that seventeen seconds. 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:24.239 As I sit here today, it's still hard to get over. 0:02:24.440 --> 0:02:28.240 I remember I said, what felt like two seconds on 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:30.440 the board felt like twenty so I was a little off, 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:33.600 but I was in the right area code. It felt like. 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:37.240 It was that way his you know, the quarterback scrambling 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:42.079 ability and then almost the flight of the football was 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:46.840 the great unknown of what was going to happen. 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:51.760 He scrambled for over forty yards back and forth. 0:02:52.480 --> 0:02:56.640 Yeah, I mean, I guess that's what you have to 0:02:56.680 --> 0:02:58.400 do when you know that you have to allow your 0:02:58.400 --> 0:03:01.320 receivers to get in position to make that type of play. 0:03:01.680 --> 0:03:04.160 It's not something you can have a five step drop back, 0:03:04.280 --> 0:03:06.600 throw the ball up in the air and let those 0:03:06.639 --> 0:03:10.560 guys be in position. So he scrambled long enough to 0:03:11.720 --> 0:03:14.440 you know, have the results they have. And we are 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:17.280 talking about a little earlier. I remember playing the Denver 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:20.840 Broncos on Monday Night football and John Elway scrambled against 0:03:20.919 --> 0:03:24.520 our great defense for thirteen seconds, lined up in the 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:28.960 same spot in the field that Jayden Daniels did. Let 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:31.880 a pass go downfield and it was like a twenty 0:03:31.919 --> 0:03:35.360 seven to twenty eight yard completion that factored in the 0:03:35.400 --> 0:03:38.480 outcome of the game. So yeah, you have this memory 0:03:38.640 --> 0:03:42.200 recall of maybe I've seen this before, but the end result, 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:43.280 I haven't seen that. 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:46.000 Before, which is something because there have been plenty of 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:49.440 hail mary's and plenty that have hit. But to be 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:52.200 a part of all that, I mean our one season 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:55.120 which was my first at the mic. You know, the 0:03:55.120 --> 0:03:58.320 Bears back to backs against San Francisco and Cleveland, the 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:03.200 walkoffs with Mike Brown's interceptions. But one of those games 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:06.400 was Shane Matthews of James Allen that would be considered 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:09.240 a hail mary into the end zone that forced overtime. 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:12.520 Right now, that was about as close as I remember. 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:16.279 But you know, you mentioned Elway, and I think with 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:19.719 certain quarterbacks and you could never do this as a player, 0:04:19.760 --> 0:04:24.080 but as a viewers, as a broadcaster, I'm not sweating 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:27.640 many quarterbacks to heave it that far down the field 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:33.039 and have something like that happen. Certain quarterbacks, Yes, John Elway, 0:04:33.279 --> 0:04:38.880 Aaron Rodgers, Johnny Yanidis. Yeah, Jaden Daniels has got a 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:43.240 arm on him. He just whips the football and so 0:04:43.400 --> 0:04:46.520 he launched that thing from his thirty five yard line. 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:49.800 So you know he's got he's got the scrambling ability, 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:52.800 and that's the key ingredient of even setting yourself up 0:04:52.800 --> 0:04:55.440 for this opportunity, because even if you go back and 0:04:55.480 --> 0:04:57.839 you look at the Peyton Mannings or the tom Brady's, 0:04:57.880 --> 0:05:02.520 they don't have the escapability Dan Marinos the escapability to 0:05:02.600 --> 0:05:05.200 extend to play for that long before they have to 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:08.919 get rid of the ball. So he's a uniquely talented kid, 0:05:09.160 --> 0:05:11.400 and I think he and Caleb will see each other 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:14.719 on the field, and everybody's always going to have a 0:05:14.720 --> 0:05:16.920 big interest and it's always going to be a story 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:20.880 that's revisited every time Jalen and Caleb line up against 0:05:20.880 --> 0:05:21.240 each other. 0:05:21.320 --> 0:05:23.599 The weird part is, and we mentioned in the broadcast, 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:27.080 Caleb did that exact same thing just ten miles away 0:05:27.080 --> 0:05:32.359 at Gonzaga Prep College Prep, in that big hail Mary 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:35.960 that put him really in the national spotlight. Pulled it 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:40.880 out almost the same length, same scenario, scrambling to find 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:44.760 time and at the high school level there. But the 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:48.880 other thing about it is too is that when a 0:05:48.960 --> 0:05:52.760 game like this happens, you just hope that it doesn't 0:05:52.800 --> 0:05:55.520 come back to haunt you. And you could say that 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:58.680 about any play obviously that casts you a game, but 0:05:58.760 --> 0:06:01.760 you just hope that it doesn't cost you, and especially 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:02.360 what if. 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:04.560 It improves you? Though? How about if it makes you 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:07.560 a better football team because of what you just faced, 0:06:07.880 --> 0:06:11.599 what Tyreek Stevenson has just faced the message inside the 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:14.680 locker room to everybody that has to pay attention to it. 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:18.000 And we talked a little bit about the resiliency in 0:06:18.040 --> 0:06:20.440 the flight of this football team to get themselves back 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:24.120 in the big play to Keenan Allen, not the interference, 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:27.880 but the scramble throw by Caleb to Keenan. So there 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:30.880 are plays and there are instances in time that you 0:06:31.000 --> 0:06:35.120 have to really take into account what they meant in 0:06:35.160 --> 0:06:35.640 this game. 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:38.159 Takets like Miller Time. Go to Middle lank dot com 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:41.880 slash bears pod to find delivery options near you. Celebrate responsibly. 0:06:41.920 --> 0:06:44.920 Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ninety six calories and three 0:06:44.960 --> 0:06:49.120 point two carbs per twelve ounces. All right, So Tarik Stevenson, 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:50.920 we're gonna hear from him. We're gonna hear from Cole 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:53.799 Comet and Kevin Byern. They were made available on Monday 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:56.680 to the media. But first our sit down interview with 0:06:56.720 --> 0:06:59.640 the head coach, Mattyberflus each week the status at haus 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:02.839 with coach all right man, thanks for joining us once again, 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:06.720 appreciate your time. First, befall before we get into the tape, 0:07:06.720 --> 0:07:09.120 and what you saw. Mood of the team. I think 0:07:09.200 --> 0:07:12.120 that's always important to address after a win or loss, 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:13.600 and it's particularly one this way. 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:15.680 Yeah, I would say that the mood of the team 0:07:15.840 --> 0:07:16.960 is good. You know. 0:07:17.000 --> 0:07:19.800 I know the guys are still disappointed, you know, meeting 0:07:19.840 --> 0:07:22.960 with them today day after the game, but you know 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:25.640 they're also encouraged, you know, because of the things we did, 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:28.120 you know, to be able to come down from a 0:07:28.280 --> 0:07:30.880 you know, twelve zero deficit and to be able to 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:33.760 get ourselves in winning position at the end of that 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:36.680 game was was really good by the whole group. 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:37.000 You know. 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:39.360 We had to obviously had a nice drive going there. 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:42.400 We fumbeled the ball in the one, the defense responding 0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:45.280 with US three and out. We get down there again 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:48.920 and then have the ability to you know, score a touchdown. 0:07:49.640 --> 0:07:51.240 We're a really good third down. 0:07:51.120 --> 0:07:53.600 Conversion by Rome on third and ten, you know, and 0:07:53.640 --> 0:07:57.200 then also Keenan Allen being able to draw that that 0:07:57.280 --> 0:07:59.640 file the DPI puts US at to one and then 0:07:59.640 --> 0:08:02.920 we punched in on a second play, which is really good. 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:05.320 And uh, you know, so we were at scoring position 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:08.000 there in defense. You know, I know that they had 0:08:08.040 --> 0:08:09.400 a couple of yards on them, but you know, we 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:11.320 played good on third down, really played a lot of 0:08:11.800 --> 0:08:15.320 really good red zone defense and held into you know, 0:08:15.400 --> 0:08:19.160 four field goals, which is which is pretty good versus 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:21.840 that particular offensive group that's been scored a bunch of points. 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:24.080 So a lot of good takeaways from this. 0:08:25.160 --> 0:08:26.960 And again we didn't execute on the last play the 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:28.960 way we wanted to the way we had in the 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:33.160 past and the practice. But again that's been addressed and 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:34.480 we'll work to get. 0:08:34.320 --> 0:08:35.480 Better there going forward. 0:08:35.760 --> 0:08:37.720 But again there's a lot of positives to take from 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:40.920 this particular game, and you know, the guys see that, 0:08:41.040 --> 0:08:41.840 and the guys are. 0:08:41.720 --> 0:08:43.280 Working working to improve. 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:45.600 And again we just ripped off three wins in a row, 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:48.439 and you know, this was a hard fought battle and 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:51.040 again we ended up coming up short. But there's again, 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:53.800 after every performance and every every time you play, there's 0:08:53.840 --> 0:08:57.080 only something good and something you could work on to 0:08:57.120 --> 0:08:57.600 improve on. 0:08:58.360 --> 0:09:00.839 Is it okay to have a little anger, I mean 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:03.960 as a player, as long as it's channeled properly, correct. 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:07.120 Anger as long as it's channel in the winning and 0:09:07.200 --> 0:09:11.280 bringing the team together. If there's anger, you know, and 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:13.600 you know, a little bit mad or pissed off, how 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:15.760 do you want to say it? And it's and it's 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:19.440 dividing and pulling people apart, then it's not good, you know, 0:09:19.480 --> 0:09:21.680 because then it's about you and it's about being selfish. 0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:23.080 And I don't tolerate that. 0:09:23.480 --> 0:09:26.439 But I do tolerate guys that are passionate that they 0:09:26.480 --> 0:09:29.880 care and they are pissed and they want to work 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:32.080 to improve and bring the team together and work on 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:33.920 themselves to make the team better too. 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:37.960 I know you spoke to Tyreek. I know he's speaking 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:41.680 to the media today, but in a private moment, is 0:09:41.720 --> 0:09:42.880 he angry at himself? 0:09:43.640 --> 0:09:43.880 Yeah? 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:45.760 I believe he is, you know, so I didn't visit 0:09:45.800 --> 0:09:48.800 with him privately, And you know, the big main message 0:09:48.840 --> 0:09:50.720 to him was how can we use. 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:53.360 This to develop and how can we use this to grow? 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:56.280 And as a player, because he's made a bunch of 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:59.320 plays for us, He's done multiple things well for us 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:02.640 over the course of his time with us, and he's 0:10:02.679 --> 0:10:07.120 made real impactful interceptions, tackles and he's a really good 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:09.360 player and he's one of ours. So we got to 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:12.320 make sure that we you know, obviously you know, work 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:16.040 with him to improve. But again there's also for him. 0:10:16.480 --> 0:10:18.079 This is going to take a minute to get over 0:10:18.120 --> 0:10:20.520 because it was it was a big deal just about 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:22.880 his focus and attention to detail in terms of in 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:23.480 that moment. 0:10:23.800 --> 0:10:26.240 Yes, because then as a head coach and you know 0:10:26.320 --> 0:10:28.719 his position, coach, John Holk, I mean, I'm certain you're 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:31.120 going to watch him this week because you got to 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:34.720 make sure it doesn't impact his next performance he doesn't 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:36.720 go into the tank a little bit or he feels 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:40.120 he can't show that same emotion. I mean, yes, something 0:10:40.160 --> 0:10:42.720 should not have been done like that, no question about it. 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:46.120 You can never excuse it, but you can't multiply the 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:47.080 problem now right. 0:10:47.720 --> 0:10:50.679 Yeah, And I think that it's it's important to use 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:53.160 it as fuel, you know, to really, you know, for 0:10:53.280 --> 0:10:56.000 your next performance. You know, so you could always use 0:10:56.040 --> 0:10:58.680 adversity in a good in a good way, you know, 0:10:58.800 --> 0:11:03.480 really use it as fuel to make you motivated to improve, 0:11:04.000 --> 0:11:07.640 you know, motivated to do it better and make you 0:11:07.679 --> 0:11:08.360 a better player. 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:11.320 From watching the tape, let's go in the defense the 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:15.280 bend no break that happened multiple times three you know, 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:17.880 I think three red zone field goals, which you'll take 0:11:17.920 --> 0:11:21.800 any day in those situations. What was the what's been 0:11:21.840 --> 0:11:24.000 the key to the red zone defense? You guys are 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:27.360 now number one and a red zone touchdown efficiency allowed 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:31.320 this season under forty percent conversion for touchdowns, A big 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:34.640 reason why your defense is playing so well in the 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:38.199 big picture. What's what's the key in what you've seen 0:11:38.240 --> 0:11:40.160 on tape in the red zone defense. 0:11:40.640 --> 0:11:42.960 Yeah, it's always going to come back to the players. 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:44.600 You know, the players are doing a really good job 0:11:44.640 --> 0:11:47.280 of executing the calls in there. The guys know where 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:49.200 they're supposed to be when they're supposed to be there, 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:51.480 and they're doing a good job of that. But in 0:11:51.520 --> 0:11:54.560 the offseason, we did a really good job of studying that. 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:56.160 You know, we really had to improve on that from 0:11:56.240 --> 0:11:59.640 last year. That in third downs, that was going to 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:02.680 be a big point of ephesis for us, and I 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:04.800 think we've improved on both those so far. And again 0:12:04.840 --> 0:12:06.800 it's the year is still young, but we got to 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:09.360 keep working it and making sure the looks are right 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:12.160 and making sure we're executing the calls down there. But 0:12:12.760 --> 0:12:14.960 we put a lot of time and attention to it 0:12:15.000 --> 0:12:17.839 from a from a coach's standpoint, but also, like I said, 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:20.480 it comes down to the players executing those calls. 0:12:20.840 --> 0:12:24.439 All right, look to the offense. Caleb obviously struggled to 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:28.160 find completions just ten for the game, finished those six 0:12:28.240 --> 0:12:31.040 of eight. How was it that he was able to 0:12:31.080 --> 0:12:35.760 mentally stay in the focus of the game plan despite 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:39.520 that and still managed to put the Bears in a 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:40.440 position to win the game. 0:12:41.440 --> 0:12:43.600 Yeah, So you know, it's about the grind, right, He's 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:45.240 got to be a grind through it, you know. And 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:48.120 we were fortunate that our defense, you know, kept us 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:51.400 in that position to win the game, and special teams. 0:12:51.520 --> 0:12:54.560 Our special teams played really well yesterday. The kickoff cover, 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:57.960 the kickoff return, putt return. We have really good protection 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:00.680 obviously toy on the punt and pins you know, created 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:02.920 those field positions for our defense to be able to 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:05.680 get those three and outs or set the field for 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:07.760 our offense, you know, in the in the last part 0:13:07.760 --> 0:13:10.680 of the games. But you know, I think as a team, 0:13:11.120 --> 0:13:14.200 I think all together performed well going down to stretch 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:15.680 as a couple of plays. 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:16.760 You know, everybody's talking. 0:13:16.559 --> 0:13:18.800 About the Doug Kramer play and talking about the last play, 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:21.000 but there's a lot of plays in between that where 0:13:21.000 --> 0:13:23.600 we executed well and did a nice job in terms 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:27.320 of coming together to find a way to win that game. 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:29.520 And again we just came up short. And that's what 0:13:29.559 --> 0:13:32.960 everybody's disappointed about. But in terms of Caleb, I believe that, 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:35.200 you know, he just has to find his rhythm, you know, 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:37.840 inside the offense and really do a good job of 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:39.959 you know, when the titans are there and the backs 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:43.040 are there in those in those lower part of the intermediate, 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:45.240 you know, in the shallow routes, you know, really just 0:13:45.320 --> 0:13:47.760 take take the layups there. And again they weren't open 0:13:47.800 --> 0:13:50.200 every time, and the protection wasn't great all the time. 0:13:50.800 --> 0:13:53.520 But again I thought we did a decent job you know, 0:13:53.600 --> 0:13:56.680 going into the second half in terms of having that protection. 0:13:57.120 --> 0:13:59.760 You know, with all those different players and combinations in there, 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:02.679 that what to me was was really impressive. Doug Kramer's 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:05.360 coming in, their Quran's coming in there. You got different 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:08.320 guys moving around, and you know, I thought for the 0:14:08.320 --> 0:14:11.440 most part, you know, with with that being said, you know, 0:14:11.520 --> 0:14:14.200 all the different combinations did a solid job of in 0:14:14.280 --> 0:14:16.560 the second part of the game there of keeping it 0:14:16.559 --> 0:14:17.160 pretty solid. 0:14:17.240 --> 0:14:20.360 Yeah, let's even let's talk about Amagaji because you know, 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:22.960 as Tom always says, there's no notification you're in. 0:14:23.040 --> 0:14:23.440 That's it. 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:25.240 You know, you've got to be ready to go and 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:28.440 you prepare to play, no matter what your position or 0:14:28.960 --> 0:14:33.120 place on the depth chart is. I watched it all, 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:35.480 you know, you know, I'm not the expert obviously, but 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:38.960 I thought he handled himself quite well. Sure, there's some 0:14:39.000 --> 0:14:41.680 things he'd like to have back and work on technique, 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:43.560 It's always going to be the case for any offensive 0:14:43.560 --> 0:14:47.360 lineman on any given day. But just kind of frame 0:14:47.480 --> 0:14:50.520 what he did in the situation that in a high 0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:52.200 pressure situation. 0:14:52.680 --> 0:14:54.760 Yeah, I mean to come in there and execute the 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:56.840 way he did. You know, I think he had some 0:14:56.840 --> 0:14:59.080 really good pass procepts. You know, I think he really 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:02.080 really did a nice protecting all bad times. 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:02.240 You know. 0:15:02.280 --> 0:15:04.720 Obviously, I think he was laid out a couple, you know, 0:15:04.800 --> 0:15:06.760 opened the gate a little bit of a couple. So 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:09.080 that's you're going to have that, you know, as a 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:12.080 as a young player. But for the most part, it 0:15:12.120 --> 0:15:15.680 was was pretty consistent. You know, again he's again he's 0:15:15.680 --> 0:15:17.160 got to improve, you know, it was you know, it 0:15:17.200 --> 0:15:19.520 was overall was it was. It was a good performance. 0:15:19.560 --> 0:15:21.880 But not you know, up to his up to where 0:15:21.920 --> 0:15:23.800 he can be. And again that's just all part of 0:15:23.800 --> 0:15:25.240 getting in there, getting that exposure. 0:15:25.360 --> 0:15:27.320 Yeah, and you guys have learned a lot about him 0:15:27.360 --> 0:15:29.680 how he worked in this offseason, working through that quad 0:15:30.160 --> 0:15:33.520 uh tear. So that was from last season obviously in college, 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:35.440 So you learned a lot, You bank rolled a lot 0:15:35.440 --> 0:15:38.320 of information on him. And do you feel he made 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:41.760 a lot of strides despite his injury, even metal reps. 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:43.360 Yeah, yeah, I really do. 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:45.840 That showed when he came in and played, so you 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:48.360 know it was it was a good, good performance in 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:50.640 terms of his first performance, but again we looked. 0:15:50.440 --> 0:15:51.280 To get better from here. 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:52.920 Swift's n't he. 0:15:54.080 --> 0:15:56.160 Yeah, exciting to see him play. You know, he was 0:15:56.200 --> 0:16:00.360 really the energizer, you know, you know, defense hold him 0:16:00.360 --> 0:16:02.280 to the field goals and the special teams and then all 0:16:02.280 --> 0:16:04.160 of a sudden, now we get that big, that big 0:16:04.280 --> 0:16:07.320 run over fifty plus yards, really good blocking on the 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:10.360 perimeter and the guys did a really good job with that. 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:12.600 But again, you got a player like like Swift that 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:14.920 can gass it all the way. You know, some guys 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:16.360 can't take it all the way like that, you know, 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:18.400 and he's one of those guys that's dynamic that way 0:16:18.400 --> 0:16:22.040 in terms of his you know, his h his ability 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:23.800 to cut and move, and his ability to take it 0:16:23.920 --> 0:16:25.880 take a home run, you know, with his speed. So 0:16:26.560 --> 0:16:28.480 it was exciting to see that. Then he had a 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:29.960 really cool run in the fourth quarter. You know, he 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:33.840 hurt it over. That guy had good ball security. Really 0:16:33.840 --> 0:16:36.360 gave us a lot of energy there, you know, going 0:16:36.360 --> 0:16:37.000 down to stretch. 0:16:37.480 --> 0:16:40.560 I want to mention Tory Taylor real quick because five 0:16:40.600 --> 0:16:43.280 inside the twenty one shive of a Bear single game record. 0:16:44.440 --> 0:16:47.280 So some weeks he's kicking sixties, other weeks he's just 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:50.360 trying to place it. He really does every every club 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:53.400 in the bag, and his performance should be noted. That's 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:55.120 a pretty significant game right there. 0:16:55.640 --> 0:16:58.160 Yeah, there was four Putton pins and what we deem 0:16:58.200 --> 0:16:59.800 as a putt and pin. It was a really good job, 0:16:59.840 --> 0:17:02.280 you know, be able to set the field there, you 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:05.320 know for us defensively, and then we took advantage of 0:17:05.359 --> 0:17:06.800 that a couple of times. A couple of times we didn't. 0:17:06.800 --> 0:17:08.160 We let him out of there a couple of times. 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:10.080 But we've got to make sure that we take advantage 0:17:10.080 --> 0:17:12.320 of that every time. So we st set the field 0:17:12.320 --> 0:17:13.400 at midfield for our. 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:16.640 Offense, five punts down inside of the Washington twenty, tied 0:17:16.720 --> 0:17:18.840 for the most by any punter in the NFL this season. 0:17:18.880 --> 0:17:21.480 All right, now another road test before you'll get three 0:17:21.520 --> 0:17:24.240 straight at home. I got to finish up this this 0:17:24.440 --> 0:17:26.879 chunk of road games in Arizona against a team you 0:17:26.960 --> 0:17:30.600 beat at Soldier Field last Christmas Eve. Kyler Murray had 0:17:30.640 --> 0:17:33.640 returned by then. I noticed that he's had great success 0:17:33.680 --> 0:17:36.960 with Trade McBride, the tight end bridging last season of 0:17:37.000 --> 0:17:40.520 this season, some really significant production. What do you look 0:17:40.520 --> 0:17:41.640 at their offense real quick? 0:17:42.720 --> 0:17:44.960 Yeah, just about you know, it's always about Kyler right 0:17:45.080 --> 0:17:47.720 in his ability to move out of the pocket extend plays. 0:17:48.480 --> 0:17:49.919 You know, that's always going to be something that you 0:17:49.960 --> 0:17:52.520 talk about with him, and he's got done a good. 0:17:52.400 --> 0:17:52.840 Job of that. 0:17:52.880 --> 0:17:54.600 I know they've scored a lot of points to start 0:17:54.640 --> 0:17:56.680 the season, you know, and have been down in the 0:17:56.760 --> 0:17:59.880 last couple of weeks. But again, a two big win 0:18:00.160 --> 0:18:02.160 for those guys here in the last two weeks. 0:18:02.160 --> 0:18:03.919 But it's going to be a big challenge for our guys. 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:08.000 Yep, no easy outs in the NFL. As this weekend proved, 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:11.320 what a lot of crazy last second finishes nine games 0:18:11.320 --> 0:18:14.320 decided by one score, so once again, the league's on 0:18:14.359 --> 0:18:17.320 a record pace for one score wins sixty six through 0:18:17.359 --> 0:18:17.760 week eate. 0:18:18.080 --> 0:18:18.520 Crazy. 0:18:19.280 --> 0:18:21.040 Yeah, that's what it all comes down to. 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:23.080 That's what we talked about the tving today, about the 0:18:23.119 --> 0:18:26.280 in the game, in the game scenarios and executing those 0:18:26.280 --> 0:18:29.160 calls and executing those plays, you know, at a really 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:31.879 high rate in terms of being consistent and being on 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:35.560 your job and being on the screws dinner. So again, 0:18:35.600 --> 0:18:38.920 we'll keep repping those and looking at those and making 0:18:38.960 --> 0:18:40.760 sure we're doing everything the right way. 0:18:40.920 --> 0:18:42.680 All right, Matca Lucky be the prep this week. We'll 0:18:42.680 --> 0:18:44.760 talk to you next week. So yes, he is going 0:18:44.840 --> 0:18:46.920 to look at a lot of the positives that led 0:18:46.920 --> 0:18:49.240 the Bears to put themselves in a position to win 0:18:49.320 --> 0:18:51.600 the game. And that's what he does every week, winner, lose, 0:18:51.680 --> 0:18:54.639 and the stuff you have to work on. So what 0:18:54.720 --> 0:18:58.080 are the building blocks from your perspective of what went 0:18:58.160 --> 0:19:03.359 well despite a slow star offensively going seven drives, shout 0:19:03.400 --> 0:19:04.960 out on the first seven drives of the game, and 0:19:05.000 --> 0:19:07.920 then hope arrived when DeAndre Swift takes that crack toss 0:19:08.000 --> 0:19:09.159 left fifty six yards. 0:19:10.320 --> 0:19:12.640 Yeah, you know, just The thing about it is as 0:19:13.160 --> 0:19:16.000 challenging as it was for the offense to go out 0:19:16.000 --> 0:19:20.159 there and gain yards get into scoring position. It didn't 0:19:20.200 --> 0:19:23.040 happen until they had that nice sweep that was led 0:19:23.119 --> 0:19:27.960 by karn Amagaji and DeAndre Swift filed as blockers and 0:19:28.080 --> 0:19:30.480 was able to get into the end zone right there. 0:19:30.560 --> 0:19:32.679 If you look from the you look from the end 0:19:32.760 --> 0:19:35.640 zone to the sideline, it's a whole different football team. 0:19:35.960 --> 0:19:38.880 They're motivated, they're excited, they know they're back in the game, 0:19:39.200 --> 0:19:41.680 they know that this thing has just started because there's 0:19:41.720 --> 0:19:44.639 still time left in the third quarter and then the 0:19:44.640 --> 0:19:47.160 Bears have an opportunity to come back. And I think 0:19:47.200 --> 0:19:50.240 it kind of ignited the fight in the Bears, in 0:19:50.359 --> 0:19:53.160 these players, and that's what I was excited to see. 0:19:53.160 --> 0:19:56.760 But I know earlier in your interview with coach Fluse, 0:19:57.119 --> 0:20:01.760 you talked about the red zone efficiency of the Bears defense. 0:20:01.920 --> 0:20:04.199 And I think you know, Jeff, as we set up 0:20:04.200 --> 0:20:08.000 there broadcasting this game every time over the last in 0:20:08.040 --> 0:20:10.840 the Rams game, in the Carolina game, every time a 0:20:10.880 --> 0:20:14.320 team kicked a field goal, we never lost sight that 0:20:14.359 --> 0:20:16.880 the Bears can win this game. Yeah, if they keep 0:20:16.920 --> 0:20:19.360 them to those field goals and that's what they did 0:20:19.400 --> 0:20:21.000 with that nine to noth in the lead. 0:20:21.040 --> 0:20:22.680 You know, would have been too bad. I mean, it's 0:20:22.720 --> 0:20:25.399 too bad he was out with an injury. That was 0:20:25.440 --> 0:20:28.480 Montese sweat. If he was in there on that final 0:20:28.880 --> 0:20:33.200 drive because he eats grass. He's the guy that can 0:20:33.240 --> 0:20:36.200 track down Jaydon Daniels and put pressure on him even 0:20:36.240 --> 0:20:39.160 on a double team. So that would have been That's 0:20:39.200 --> 0:20:42.600 too bad that that happened. That's a victim of circumstance. 0:20:42.000 --> 0:20:43.280 There, all right. 0:20:43.359 --> 0:20:46.160 So a lot of the guys had plenty of sand 0:20:46.160 --> 0:20:48.240 the locker room after the game. You saw, they wore 0:20:48.280 --> 0:20:51.159 it on their faces. They had that stare that comes 0:20:51.200 --> 0:20:54.520 with losing something you thought you had. But Cole Comet 0:20:55.320 --> 0:20:59.160 had some really important things to say about the outcome 0:20:59.200 --> 0:21:01.600 of this game. I think it's it's worth listening to 0:21:01.760 --> 0:21:02.919 right here, Bears tight end. 0:21:02.960 --> 0:21:06.840 Cole Comet, Yeah, well, I mean from Tyreek, Uh just 0:21:06.920 --> 0:21:09.120 kind of stood up and, you know, in a way 0:21:09.240 --> 0:21:12.760 said that what he did was was unacceptable and uh 0:21:12.840 --> 0:21:14.960 that he's got to be on the p's and q's 0:21:15.000 --> 0:21:19.440 there and you know, which which we all appreciate. I think, uh, 0:21:19.680 --> 0:21:22.160 you know, unfortunately, in that scenario, like he's a guy, 0:21:22.200 --> 0:21:24.040 you know, and gets caught with somebody with a camera 0:21:24.119 --> 0:21:26.639 and and obviously the result to play that happens and 0:21:26.680 --> 0:21:28.480 all those type of things. But I think it's a really, 0:21:28.640 --> 0:21:31.960 uh a good lesson for everybody to learn from in 0:21:32.040 --> 0:21:35.040 terms of how to respect the game. And I think 0:21:35.080 --> 0:21:38.320 we had examples of that throughout the game and quite 0:21:38.359 --> 0:21:41.320 frankly throughout the week of practice this past week, where 0:21:42.240 --> 0:21:45.080 you know, there's there's moments where maybe some guys lay 0:21:45.080 --> 0:21:47.560 off here and there, and those are the type of 0:21:47.600 --> 0:21:49.399 things that can happen when you do that for for 0:21:49.640 --> 0:21:52.840 just a split second, and you know, it doesn't always 0:21:52.840 --> 0:21:54.560 come to bite you in the butt, but when it does, 0:21:54.600 --> 0:21:59.480 it hurts, and that's the that's the unfortunate. And I 0:21:59.480 --> 0:22:02.840 would also say beauty of this game is that you know, 0:22:02.880 --> 0:22:06.040 you disrespect it in a certain way and it'll come 0:22:06.040 --> 0:22:08.879 to haunt you in some form of fashion. So I 0:22:08.920 --> 0:22:11.160 think it's a learning experience for everybody. We all play 0:22:11.200 --> 0:22:13.000 with a lot of passion. Tyreek plays with a lot 0:22:13.000 --> 0:22:15.280 of passion, and we all love him for that, but 0:22:16.280 --> 0:22:19.080 there's definitely a respect level of the game and knowing 0:22:19.119 --> 0:22:21.040 that you got to finish it out into those double 0:22:21.160 --> 0:22:22.440 zeros at the clock. Cool. 0:22:22.480 --> 0:22:23.360 I've got a separate question. 0:22:23.359 --> 0:22:25.640 But when you said there's moments in practice where people 0:22:25.720 --> 0:22:26.760 lay off, what do you mean? 0:22:26.880 --> 0:22:28.280 Just wanted to clarify what you're saying. 0:22:28.359 --> 0:22:30.320 Yeah, it's more of a general thing. I'm not not 0:22:30.400 --> 0:22:33.639 necessarily whether it's how you operate in the weight and 0:22:33.680 --> 0:22:36.080 this is all like things done in the dark, things 0:22:36.080 --> 0:22:40.000 that you only you know personally. And that's like if 0:22:40.000 --> 0:22:43.119 you're in the weight room, are you doing all six reps? 0:22:43.160 --> 0:22:45.080 Or are you doing five reps and getting out of there? 0:22:45.119 --> 0:22:47.800 Are you you know, when you're on the field, are 0:22:47.800 --> 0:22:50.600 you getting the jugs after practice? Are you doing this? 0:22:50.800 --> 0:22:53.639 Or is your footwork correct? And the walkthrough and just 0:22:53.720 --> 0:22:57.760 those little things that can't necessarily always be addressed by 0:22:57.840 --> 0:22:59.919 a coach or another teammate, but things that you do 0:23:00.119 --> 0:23:04.000 in the dark that really come to fruition on game day. 0:23:04.040 --> 0:23:06.639 And I think that's what respecting the game is. And 0:23:07.400 --> 0:23:11.080 if you relentlessly respect the game, I think you you'll 0:23:11.119 --> 0:23:14.639 get the results that you want. And unfortunately, if you know, 0:23:14.800 --> 0:23:17.120 if you get caught disrespecting the game in some form 0:23:17.160 --> 0:23:20.240 or fashion, it does come to get you at some point. 0:23:20.359 --> 0:23:23.080 Tom is a former player yourself, and how much we 0:23:23.440 --> 0:23:28.000 enjoy Cohle's conversation. I thought he crystallized the whole moment there, right, 0:23:28.080 --> 0:23:30.159 There's no other way to put it. You have to 0:23:30.240 --> 0:23:34.240 respect the game at all times, otherwise it's gonna come 0:23:34.280 --> 0:23:34.919 back to bite you. 0:23:35.560 --> 0:23:38.159 Is there any one word out of his interview that 0:23:38.240 --> 0:23:41.280 you come back and you think about it? He used 0:23:41.280 --> 0:23:44.800 the word dark a lot, there's a dark place, and 0:23:44.840 --> 0:23:46.359 you got it. What do you do in the dark? 0:23:46.480 --> 0:23:49.600 Do you do five reps when you need six? Do 0:23:49.640 --> 0:23:53.280 you have the correct footwork and the walkthrough when you 0:23:53.359 --> 0:23:53.720 know that? 0:23:53.800 --> 0:23:55.440 Well, when no one's watching, what are you doing? 0:23:55.560 --> 0:23:55.720 Right? 0:23:55.840 --> 0:23:58.080 Yeah? And that's the thing about it is I I 0:23:58.200 --> 0:24:00.680 like that message by Cole because, as you know, Jeff, 0:24:00.680 --> 0:24:03.919 this is probably one of the first times I listened 0:24:03.960 --> 0:24:08.119 to him that I can think captain, I can think leader. 0:24:08.160 --> 0:24:10.160 I could hear it in his voice. I can hear 0:24:10.240 --> 0:24:14.560 the frustration and the determination, And I thought it was 0:24:14.600 --> 0:24:19.960 a great interview. And I really liked how he represented 0:24:20.080 --> 0:24:25.800 himself the individual, not everybody, the individual, how he represented 0:24:25.880 --> 0:24:29.600 himself and his role in the importance of everybody's role. 0:24:29.680 --> 0:24:32.320 All Right, the man that's getting talked about league wide 0:24:32.400 --> 0:24:35.560 right now. Obviously on social media, it's a big conversation. 0:24:35.760 --> 0:24:38.520 But Tyreek Stevenson spoke to the team, then spoke to 0:24:38.560 --> 0:24:43.879 the media via zoom on Monday, explained his stance on everything. 0:24:43.920 --> 0:24:46.359 Didn't get into the weeds on exactly what he said, 0:24:46.400 --> 0:24:50.399 but took responsibility for engaging the crowd. He says it 0:24:50.440 --> 0:24:52.399 was Bears fans. He was just trying to pump up, 0:24:52.440 --> 0:24:54.760 but for some four seconds of that play, his back 0:24:54.840 --> 0:24:57.480 was turned before the play started. So I've never seen 0:24:57.520 --> 0:24:59.439 that in an NFL game before. I don't think you 0:24:59.520 --> 0:25:02.560 have either. Uh, but it can't happen again. Let's listen 0:25:02.560 --> 0:25:03.440 to Tyreek. 0:25:03.640 --> 0:25:07.720 Honestly, just letting my teammates down in a situation that 0:25:07.800 --> 0:25:10.560 we pretty much know how to handle on any day, 0:25:10.600 --> 0:25:11.359 you know, pretty much with. 0:25:11.320 --> 0:25:12.080 Our eyes closed. 0:25:12.080 --> 0:25:15.640 So I would say only regret I have from yesterday 0:25:16.400 --> 0:25:19.800 is just letting this team down from you know, working 0:25:19.800 --> 0:25:21.960 hard and coming back and putting us putting ourselves in 0:25:22.000 --> 0:25:25.639 a in a in a in a w column, you know, 0:25:25.800 --> 0:25:28.919 just for me to be out of place and you know, 0:25:29.240 --> 0:25:32.119 do do do something that's out of character of me 0:25:32.400 --> 0:25:33.800 and just you know, costs us a loss. 0:25:34.480 --> 0:25:37.680 What's your process now of kind of gathering yourself emotionally 0:25:37.720 --> 0:25:39.720 and also dealing with what is going to be kind 0:25:39.720 --> 0:25:42.480 of a tsunami of outside criticism. 0:25:42.440 --> 0:25:43.160 Hey, wor everybody. 0:25:43.240 --> 0:25:48.520 Honestly, my my focus is on this building and how 0:25:48.520 --> 0:25:50.040 the people in this building field. 0:25:50.480 --> 0:25:51.399 Understand that's anger. 0:25:51.600 --> 0:25:55.000 Understand you know, somebody ticket I understand that the things 0:25:55.040 --> 0:25:59.119 that go outside of the building that could you know, 0:25:59.200 --> 0:26:01.879 possibly affect how somebody feels and all that. But you know, 0:26:02.119 --> 0:26:04.520 to be honest, I'm worried about the opinion of the building. 0:26:05.119 --> 0:26:08.440 And you know, if you know, these guys got my back, 0:26:08.520 --> 0:26:09.720 and that's how I'm moving forward. 0:26:10.680 --> 0:26:11.040 Tyreek. 0:26:11.920 --> 0:26:13.639 It looks like in the video that you're talking to 0:26:13.680 --> 0:26:16.560 fans since the ball is snapped, and then Matt said 0:26:16.560 --> 0:26:19.280 today that your obligation was to go box out. Noah Brown, 0:26:20.119 --> 0:26:21.879 when you run in and you leap, are you trying 0:26:21.880 --> 0:26:23.840 to make an interception? Are you trying to bat the 0:26:23.840 --> 0:26:27.280 ball down? And is doing that related at all? Trying 0:26:27.320 --> 0:26:30.160 to kind of prove what prove a point or anything 0:26:30.240 --> 0:26:30.560 like that? 0:26:31.520 --> 0:26:35.119 Nah? The play was I opposed a box out? Eighty 0:26:35.160 --> 0:26:38.199 five had to be out to play? Was you know, 0:26:38.320 --> 0:26:41.240 cheering on just cheering with some Bears fans when taughting 0:26:41.320 --> 0:26:44.600 no fans, was just sharing with some Bears fans and 0:26:44.720 --> 0:26:46.760 the Washington fans react to how they wanted to. 0:26:47.480 --> 0:26:49.680 And my goal, My. 0:26:49.720 --> 0:26:52.439 Job was to box out eighty five and you know 0:26:52.480 --> 0:26:55.000 when I went up to hit the balls pretty much 0:26:55.000 --> 0:26:57.479 to knock it down interceptions and then you know, especially 0:26:57.480 --> 0:27:00.200 in the close game like that, so uh, just try 0:27:00.240 --> 0:27:01.960 to make a make a play for my team. And 0:27:02.160 --> 0:27:05.440 you know, he either could have went either could have went, oh, Tyreek, 0:27:05.640 --> 0:27:07.000 you know, good pass not down. 0:27:07.119 --> 0:27:08.960 Or when the situation we're in. 0:27:08.920 --> 0:27:12.160 Right now, when the ball was your back was turned 0:27:12.160 --> 0:27:13.600 to the ball when it was snapped, what was your 0:27:13.600 --> 0:27:16.000 thought process when you turn around and you saw receivers 0:27:16.080 --> 0:27:16.680 running down the. 0:27:16.600 --> 0:27:18.639 Field pretty much to get in my space and all my. 0:27:18.680 --> 0:27:19.720 Space, Tyreek? 0:27:19.760 --> 0:27:22.919 What was when you get to the locker room and 0:27:22.960 --> 0:27:25.000 when you get on the plane, what was what was 0:27:25.000 --> 0:27:25.919 that experience? 0:27:26.080 --> 0:27:30.040 Like it's like every other loss, quiet, you know, everybody 0:27:30.080 --> 0:27:33.560 to theyself trying to figure out what the individual could 0:27:33.560 --> 0:27:36.400 have did better to you know, help help the team win. 0:27:36.520 --> 0:27:38.040 So pretty much like any other loss. 0:27:38.920 --> 0:27:41.280 Heb told us just a couple of minutes ago that 0:27:41.359 --> 0:27:43.560 he's you know, he've used it his his responsibility to 0:27:43.600 --> 0:27:46.000 like pick you up in these moments. What has the 0:27:46.080 --> 0:27:48.240 response been from your teammates? 0:27:48.600 --> 0:27:53.800 Today's pretty much just picking me up, because you know, 0:27:53.920 --> 0:27:56.800 any day, if this happened to anybody else, any anything 0:27:56.840 --> 0:27:58.800 else would have went down like this or any other teammate, 0:27:58.880 --> 0:28:00.320 we all would have been there just for them, just 0:28:00.400 --> 0:28:01.159 as they do it for me. 0:28:01.240 --> 0:28:04.440 So a lot of encouraging words from the guys, a 0:28:04.520 --> 0:28:06.280 lot of love and I know a lot of picky 0:28:06.359 --> 0:28:08.639 heads up. You know, let's focus on next week. So 0:28:09.840 --> 0:28:13.440 great energy coming from the team. Can't ask for nothing better. 0:28:13.680 --> 0:28:16.320 Trek Matt told us this morning that you addressed the 0:28:16.359 --> 0:28:17.280 team and a team meeting. 0:28:17.359 --> 0:28:19.560 How did that come about and what message did you 0:28:19.600 --> 0:28:20.720 want to give. 0:28:20.640 --> 0:28:22.760 To your teammates? Honestly, I can't. 0:28:23.240 --> 0:28:26.399 Honestly do them feel like I should probably share what intimate 0:28:26.480 --> 0:28:28.359 side of me that I shared with the guys, because 0:28:28.480 --> 0:28:30.080 you know, I let them down and them guys hold 0:28:30.119 --> 0:28:32.280 me to high standards, such as everybody in this building. 0:28:32.359 --> 0:28:35.280 But to give you the brief message, just you know, 0:28:35.320 --> 0:28:37.280 I probably apologize in them voice for letting them down. 0:28:37.320 --> 0:28:40.280 I let the moment get too big, and it's something 0:28:40.280 --> 0:28:41.760 that you know can't never happen again. 0:28:41.800 --> 0:28:42.800 It won't ever happen again. 0:28:43.480 --> 0:28:46.800 To the to the coaching side of it, Tyreek, have 0:28:47.040 --> 0:28:51.200 the what of the coaches said and have beyond telling 0:28:51.240 --> 0:28:55.120 you you shouldn't have done that? Are there any consequences 0:28:55.400 --> 0:28:56.760 for it? Beyond that? 0:28:57.080 --> 0:28:59.920 I don't think there's no consequences. As of right now, 0:29:00.240 --> 0:29:02.640 we haven't met having met with the coaches that we've 0:29:02.640 --> 0:29:05.480 been going over film and doing walkthroughs and trying to 0:29:05.480 --> 0:29:08.800 get everything corrected. So honestly, I can't give you no 0:29:09.000 --> 0:29:09.720 details on that. 0:29:09.760 --> 0:29:12.040 But how do you play with an edge like you do, 0:29:12.120 --> 0:29:15.440 but not over overdo it like you've also done? Is 0:29:15.560 --> 0:29:17.360 how tricky is that for you? Do you think that's 0:29:17.440 --> 0:29:19.520 kind of a maturity thing that you need to go 0:29:19.600 --> 0:29:21.760 through or just you know something? How do you improve 0:29:21.800 --> 0:29:24.560 on that? How do you without taking away the edginess 0:29:24.600 --> 0:29:26.520 that makes you you know who you are? How do 0:29:26.560 --> 0:29:28.360 you how do you kind of refine that? 0:29:28.520 --> 0:29:30.120 I don't think it has nothing to do with my 0:29:30.200 --> 0:29:32.160 level of play. I think it's more of a mental 0:29:32.200 --> 0:29:37.280 part of the game that I should improve on far 0:29:37.360 --> 0:29:40.120 as just figuring I mean not figuring out. It's like 0:29:40.560 --> 0:29:43.480 understanding that the game ain't over to all zeros on 0:29:43.520 --> 0:29:45.400 the clock, no matter if we're up about thirty or 0:29:45.440 --> 0:29:47.800 we up by one point, you know, So I would 0:29:47.800 --> 0:29:50.000 just say probably the mental game is just staying locked 0:29:50.040 --> 0:29:52.680 in through the whole sixty minutes instead of you know, 0:29:54.480 --> 0:29:57.120 instead of just you know, fifty eight minutes. 0:29:57.160 --> 0:29:59.280 You know, the game could come down to any any. 0:29:59.040 --> 0:30:01.560 Type of play such as it did yesterday, and no, 0:30:01.640 --> 0:30:03.120 I got to realize that this is the NFL. 0:30:04.240 --> 0:30:07.560 After the unnecessary roughness penalty, Is there ever a moment 0:30:07.560 --> 0:30:09.760 to yourself for you thinking I'm reving up too high here, 0:30:10.080 --> 0:30:12.320 I've got to doll it in. Or does anybody approach 0:30:12.360 --> 0:30:14.560 you and say, hey, you got to lock in here 0:30:15.160 --> 0:30:16.040 after that penalty? 0:30:16.200 --> 0:30:20.320 Oh yeah, No, there's always correction after appenally like that. Uh, 0:30:20.560 --> 0:30:23.120 it's just you know, being a football player and being 0:30:23.120 --> 0:30:26.400 on the field and having your emotions and genuine pumping, 0:30:26.480 --> 0:30:28.920 sometimes things get a little bit out of character. And 0:30:29.160 --> 0:30:30.800 if it happens to me, if it happens to any 0:30:30.800 --> 0:30:33.200 other guys, we always, you know, quick the nip it 0:30:33.200 --> 0:30:34.800 in the butt and let each other know, like you know, 0:30:34.840 --> 0:30:36.760 that that ain't who we are and that in our standards. 0:30:36.800 --> 0:30:40.320 So a couple of guys, let me know, let me know. 0:30:40.320 --> 0:30:43.120 I got to keep my cool, and you know, at 0:30:43.120 --> 0:30:45.680 some point you got to keep my cool. 0:30:46.040 --> 0:30:48.000 Erry Mark asked you a couple of minutes ago about 0:30:48.200 --> 0:30:51.440 consequences being part of this team when when the standard 0:30:51.480 --> 0:30:54.400 is violated? What is the sense of accountability? What should 0:30:54.480 --> 0:30:58.240 be the accountability from one teammate to another in situations 0:30:58.280 --> 0:30:58.480 like this? 0:30:59.200 --> 0:31:02.280 Pretty much what pretty much what's going on on? You 0:31:02.360 --> 0:31:04.480 can't do nothing. You can't take back the game it 0:31:04.560 --> 0:31:08.440 was yesterday. I understand the emotions and how everything flared up, 0:31:08.440 --> 0:31:11.400 but pretty much anything that a teammate could do, it's 0:31:11.400 --> 0:31:13.920 pretty much just point out the problem, address it how 0:31:13.960 --> 0:31:16.520 they feel it. And you know, if I don't respect 0:31:16.560 --> 0:31:18.120 that teammate, then I take it a certain way. 0:31:18.160 --> 0:31:20.080 But I respect all these guys and I love all 0:31:20.080 --> 0:31:20.560 these guys. 0:31:20.560 --> 0:31:22.120 So all I could do is take it on the 0:31:22.200 --> 0:31:24.920 chin and you know, letting them boys know that you know, 0:31:25.600 --> 0:31:27.520 this won't ever happen again. They ain't got to worry about, 0:31:27.560 --> 0:31:31.160 you know, me me playing out a character like that again. 0:31:32.960 --> 0:31:36.080 So Tyreek, you know he answered the questions I mean, 0:31:36.640 --> 0:31:39.440 and he is right in one aspect of this. You 0:31:39.480 --> 0:31:42.760 can't undo what happened, it's done now, and you learn 0:31:42.840 --> 0:31:45.960 from it, and you just can't go down that path 0:31:46.040 --> 0:31:46.600 ever again. 0:31:48.200 --> 0:31:50.600 Okay, then let's not go down that path ever again. 0:31:50.720 --> 0:31:52.600 That's all I leave it at. I don't want to 0:31:52.600 --> 0:31:54.600 see another personal file out. I don't want to see 0:31:54.600 --> 0:31:57.480 you poking your finger in the face of an opponent. 0:31:57.840 --> 0:32:00.640 I don't want to see all that extracurricular activity that 0:32:00.640 --> 0:32:04.440 can lead the Bears as a football team into negative yardage. 0:32:04.800 --> 0:32:08.120 And yeah, you better have learned a lesson. That's a 0:32:08.120 --> 0:32:12.320 teachable lesson to everybody in the NFL about what not 0:32:12.440 --> 0:32:16.200 to do in those important instances of time. You talk 0:32:16.240 --> 0:32:19.360 about the time of the play. He scrabbled for however 0:32:19.440 --> 0:32:22.080 many seconds then he released the ball. The flight of 0:32:22.120 --> 0:32:25.160 the ball took time, and so there's a lot that 0:32:25.240 --> 0:32:27.880 goes into the entirety of that play by the time 0:32:28.000 --> 0:32:30.240 from the time they break the huddle to the time 0:32:30.280 --> 0:32:35.080 that catches made. But I just want Tarik to accept 0:32:35.120 --> 0:32:40.760 accountability and understand that these infractions can ever happen again. 0:32:41.040 --> 0:32:43.240 Have a new or gently used coat laying around. Head 0:32:43.280 --> 0:32:45.960 to your local jewe Alasco until February tenth and donate 0:32:46.000 --> 0:32:47.800 one of your new or gently used coats to the 0:32:47.880 --> 0:32:51.240 thirty six annual Chicago Bears Coat Drive help keep Chicago 0:32:51.280 --> 0:32:54.240 ins warm this winter. A guy Tony Medlin spearheads that 0:32:54.480 --> 0:32:57.080 for a long long time. It means everything to him, 0:32:57.080 --> 0:32:59.160 It means everything to the organization. I know it means 0:32:59.200 --> 0:33:01.360 a lot to you two. You're a big contributor of 0:33:01.400 --> 0:33:03.720 that as am I, and will continue to do so 0:33:03.960 --> 0:33:06.480 on behalf of those who need it as the winter 0:33:06.560 --> 0:33:10.400 months are fast approaching. Right. We love what Tony does. 0:33:10.960 --> 0:33:12.800 Listen, man, I think the coach Drive is one of 0:33:12.840 --> 0:33:16.280 the greatest things the Bears ever started doing. And you 0:33:16.320 --> 0:33:19.480 know they're Gary Hager, the old equipment manager for the Bears. 0:33:19.520 --> 0:33:23.120 He had a big part of putting this whole thing together. 0:33:23.200 --> 0:33:25.560 And Tony is spearheaded it ever since he's been the 0:33:25.600 --> 0:33:29.239 head equipment manager. And when I see people walk in 0:33:29.280 --> 0:33:32.480 the streets of Chicago during the wintertime and I don't 0:33:32.520 --> 0:33:36.040 see them with sufficient and enough clothing or a jacket on, 0:33:36.520 --> 0:33:39.640 I think back about this cod drive and I just 0:33:39.720 --> 0:33:42.920 want them to keep on doing it, and anybody and 0:33:42.960 --> 0:33:46.840 everybody who can participate, please participate, because it's not You're 0:33:46.880 --> 0:33:49.440 not giving up any time or effort all you're doing 0:33:49.520 --> 0:33:51.800 is you're going into your closet and you say, I 0:33:51.840 --> 0:33:53.960 haven't put this coat on in five years. It can 0:33:54.000 --> 0:33:57.280 certainly help somebody else. Go there and deliver it to 0:33:57.400 --> 0:34:01.320 wherever these bins are offered to the general public and 0:34:01.760 --> 0:34:02.960 help somebody stay warm. 0:34:03.040 --> 0:34:05.280 And thank you to a long time partner with the Bears, 0:34:05.360 --> 0:34:08.520 jewel Osco, for their assistance as well. All right, digging 0:34:08.560 --> 0:34:10.960 back in, Kevin Byard also was at the center of 0:34:11.000 --> 0:34:14.760 that Hail Mary Throwbike Daniels in the catch by Brown 0:34:15.280 --> 0:34:20.440 for the win. He also discussed his teammate and landed 0:34:20.480 --> 0:34:23.040 support right where it needs to be, because teammates have 0:34:23.080 --> 0:34:25.319 to take care of teammates no matter what, and that's 0:34:25.320 --> 0:34:27.279 what Bayern's doing with Tyreek Stevenson. 0:34:27.880 --> 0:34:29.359 You know, at the end of the day, you know 0:34:29.440 --> 0:34:32.600 it's a tough way to lose. You never know what's 0:34:32.600 --> 0:34:35.719 going to be to play. But I always kind of 0:34:35.719 --> 0:34:37.840 look at it whereas though like we shouldn't have been 0:34:37.840 --> 0:34:40.440 in that place playing that situation in the first place. 0:34:41.400 --> 0:34:43.960 There's a lot of plays that we could point to 0:34:44.640 --> 0:34:47.319 h during that game deficiently offens best teams whatever it 0:34:47.320 --> 0:34:50.560 may be. Tours though we don't have to be defending 0:34:50.600 --> 0:34:52.640 the last play hell Mary to lose the game like that. 0:34:52.719 --> 0:34:57.040 Obviously it was an exciting game playoff atmosphere. But yeah, 0:34:57.080 --> 0:35:00.840 obviously I know Tarka's kind of you know, been getting 0:35:00.840 --> 0:35:03.680 hammered rid of it was social media and obviously been 0:35:03.719 --> 0:35:04.879 in meetings and things like that. 0:35:04.960 --> 0:35:07.239 But I'm gonna support my guy. 0:35:08.239 --> 0:35:12.800 I think for him, it's gonna be a great lesson 0:35:12.840 --> 0:35:16.520 for him just as we go forward throughout this season 0:35:16.560 --> 0:35:18.480 and just in life period, you know what I mean, 0:35:18.640 --> 0:35:21.120 just you know, how to be able to handle his adversity. 0:35:21.480 --> 0:35:23.680 And you only lose when you don't learn. And I 0:35:23.680 --> 0:35:26.000 think he's gonna learn from it and we'll get better 0:35:26.040 --> 0:35:26.279 from it. 0:35:27.120 --> 0:35:28.919 As a captain, k how do you help him gather 0:35:29.040 --> 0:35:31.879 himself understanding that one he's an emotional player and two 0:35:31.920 --> 0:35:34.280 that there's a lot coming at him from the outside 0:35:34.360 --> 0:35:34.719 right now. 0:35:35.200 --> 0:35:37.000 Yeah, Like I said, man, it's life. 0:35:37.080 --> 0:35:41.040 You know, Like if you know, if any of you is, 0:35:41.080 --> 0:35:43.200 you know, have any children or anything like that, you know, 0:35:43.239 --> 0:35:46.360 if your children does something that you're disappointed in or 0:35:46.400 --> 0:35:50.560 you don't like, does not mean that that's not your 0:35:50.600 --> 0:35:51.799 child anymore, you know what I mean? 0:35:51.840 --> 0:35:54.359 You still love them, You still love on them. 0:35:54.400 --> 0:35:57.040 You know, you can chastise them, you can hold them accountable, 0:35:57.080 --> 0:35:59.120 but you still love him at the end of the day. 0:35:59.320 --> 0:36:02.160 And Ricaus our brother. He's my brother, and I will 0:36:02.200 --> 0:36:05.000 continue to love on him and support him. And you know, 0:36:05.160 --> 0:36:06.480 like I said, I know it's going to be a 0:36:06.520 --> 0:36:08.480 lesson learned from him, and I believe that he'll learn 0:36:08.480 --> 0:36:11.960 from this lesson. And he addressed the team without anybody asking, 0:36:12.040 --> 0:36:14.520 and you know, kind of set his piece and said 0:36:14.520 --> 0:36:15.120 what you need to say. 0:36:15.160 --> 0:36:16.560 And I thought it was a great message. 0:36:16.600 --> 0:36:19.240 Just apologizing, it's saying that you know, he wasn't locked 0:36:19.280 --> 0:36:22.239 in and things like that. So that just shows growth 0:36:22.320 --> 0:36:25.160 right there within hisself. So that's all you can hope 0:36:25.160 --> 0:36:28.319 for in a situation like that. And like you said, 0:36:28.800 --> 0:36:29.879 we'll continue to support him. 0:36:30.239 --> 0:36:30.600 All right. 0:36:30.640 --> 0:36:32.839 Everything we're hearing is what leaders need to say. They 0:36:32.880 --> 0:36:35.160 need to be out in front. And Byard is a 0:36:35.160 --> 0:36:36.080 team captain as well. 0:36:36.160 --> 0:36:39.759 Tom any thoughts, Yeah, I mean, listen, Kevin Byer's got 0:36:39.760 --> 0:36:42.440 a world of experience. He's got years of experience that 0:36:42.560 --> 0:36:46.000 Tyreek hasn't even scratched the surface of yet. But he 0:36:46.040 --> 0:36:49.239 also understands what type of player Tyreek Stevenson can be 0:36:49.960 --> 0:36:52.600 if he stays focused in on his job as a 0:36:52.640 --> 0:36:55.319 football player and what it can mean to the rest 0:36:55.320 --> 0:36:57.799 of his life and the future of his family. So 0:36:57.960 --> 0:37:02.799 Kevin Byard is just trying to give advice to a 0:37:03.040 --> 0:37:07.240 child because he talks about the importance of having kids 0:37:07.680 --> 0:37:10.399 and how you teach them lessons, and when you look 0:37:10.440 --> 0:37:14.360 at the life of a football player, Tyreek is a 0:37:14.440 --> 0:37:17.480 child compared to a parent that Kevin Byard can be. 0:37:17.560 --> 0:37:20.280 It's not an insult and I'm not trying to mince 0:37:20.360 --> 0:37:23.640 words or mix words, but Kevin Byard has got a 0:37:23.680 --> 0:37:27.360 world of experience in the NFL that he can help 0:37:28.000 --> 0:37:31.000 teach Tyreek some really important preparation lessons. 0:37:31.040 --> 0:37:34.200 We're brought to you by PNC Official Bank of the Bears. 0:37:34.560 --> 0:37:36.480 All right, let's dig into this a little bit deeper. 0:37:36.560 --> 0:37:39.880 Let's go defensively, because the defensive line was quite active, 0:37:39.880 --> 0:37:41.640 Tom They had a lot of tackles in this game, 0:37:41.680 --> 0:37:45.120 which you want to see twenty nine combined tackles by 0:37:45.160 --> 0:37:48.480 the defensive lineman only I'm not talking linebackers or anything 0:37:48.520 --> 0:37:51.720 like that. So that was pretty good production. Javon Dexter 0:37:51.800 --> 0:37:55.000 at four solos, Montese sweat three hits on the quarterback 0:37:55.040 --> 0:37:58.040 in a sack. At the linebacker level, Tremaine Edmunds the 0:37:58.040 --> 0:38:01.560 tackle leader with ten TJ six taps. Edwards also had 0:38:01.560 --> 0:38:05.920 a sack. And the three running backs that were of 0:38:06.080 --> 0:38:09.879 concern to me in this game, they only had three 0:38:09.920 --> 0:38:14.120 catches for seventeen yards. So I thought, overall, despite four 0:38:14.200 --> 0:38:16.000 hundred and eighty one yards of offense, and you take 0:38:16.040 --> 0:38:19.760 the sixty one yard completion of Terry McLaurin, scary Terry 0:38:19.840 --> 0:38:22.600 and then the hail Mary, that's one hundred plus right there, 0:38:22.760 --> 0:38:25.800 it looks a little more manageable. But overall, I thought 0:38:26.120 --> 0:38:29.120 the defense spent, they didn't break. They managed things at 0:38:29.160 --> 0:38:31.640 the linebacker level, which was part of your big key 0:38:31.680 --> 0:38:32.160 to the game. 0:38:32.239 --> 0:38:36.279 Actually yeah, but you know, yeah, yardage production is one thing. 0:38:36.600 --> 0:38:39.480 Keeping them out of the end zone for touchdowns as 0:38:39.520 --> 0:38:42.640 another thing. So if you allow them to be productive 0:38:42.640 --> 0:38:45.640 in their offense from their goal line to the thirty 0:38:45.719 --> 0:38:49.040 yard line, you know, that's part of you know, being 0:38:49.080 --> 0:38:51.640 a good defense. When you skid inside the red zone 0:38:51.680 --> 0:38:54.640 inside the twenty and you become a stingy defense and 0:38:54.760 --> 0:38:57.520 keep them out of the end zone, that's what really matters. 0:38:57.600 --> 0:39:00.239 And so I understand there's a lot of yard cards 0:39:00.280 --> 0:39:02.759 giving up. They have a lot of playmakers on that 0:39:02.760 --> 0:39:06.120 football team. Jayde and Daniels did some nice job in 0:39:06.160 --> 0:39:09.799 scrambling when he had to. However, they kept him to 0:39:10.239 --> 0:39:14.440 nine early points and you know, kept themselves in the 0:39:14.480 --> 0:39:17.000 opportunity to play up until the last play. 0:39:16.840 --> 0:39:18.640 Of the game, right and they did miss a field 0:39:18.680 --> 0:39:21.239 goal that you know, maybe that size up front was 0:39:21.560 --> 0:39:24.800 a little too much for Austin Cybert kicking from distance 0:39:24.880 --> 0:39:27.040 because he didn't get any elevation on that kick. He 0:39:27.120 --> 0:39:30.479 might have scraped the ground at first when he wound 0:39:30.560 --> 0:39:33.440 up to make that kick. Also, a terrific job by 0:39:33.480 --> 0:39:36.600 Tory Terry Taylor in the punt game. Five inside the twenty, 0:39:36.920 --> 0:39:40.399 I think three inside the ten. So that's playing good 0:39:40.480 --> 0:39:44.680 chess match defense with your leg. Among the top backs 0:39:44.680 --> 0:39:46.799 in the league right now is DeAndre Swift. Tom last 0:39:46.800 --> 0:39:49.799 four weeks had some really good productions getting into the 0:39:49.840 --> 0:39:52.120 end zone. I'd like to see him more involved in 0:39:52.120 --> 0:39:54.600 the passing game, honestly, right out of the gate. I 0:39:54.640 --> 0:39:57.240 know you agree, get the tight ends and the backs involved. 0:39:57.480 --> 0:40:00.200 Those are the easy completions that Caleb couldn't find in 0:40:00.239 --> 0:40:01.680 the early part of the game, and it kind of 0:40:01.760 --> 0:40:04.239 lingered until late when he went six to eight. But 0:40:04.400 --> 0:40:06.680 finding ten completions is not enough, obviously. 0:40:07.080 --> 0:40:07.160 No. 0:40:07.280 --> 0:40:10.320 I'm glad you transitioned though, to DeAndre Swift to Caleb, 0:40:10.719 --> 0:40:12.239 because I think the best thing you can do for 0:40:12.320 --> 0:40:15.640 Caleb and a young developing quarterback is to have him 0:40:16.320 --> 0:40:19.200 have a decisionless process at the line of scrimmage where 0:40:19.239 --> 0:40:22.080 he's not audible concerned, where he knows if he has 0:40:22.160 --> 0:40:25.120 an outlet passed to a wide receiver. He's not thinking 0:40:25.200 --> 0:40:29.319 about reading defenses and changing the play. He's concerned about 0:40:29.360 --> 0:40:32.080 efficiently getting the snap of the ball off correctly and 0:40:32.120 --> 0:40:34.520 getting the ball out of his hands into the hand 0:40:34.520 --> 0:40:37.520 of a playmaker, that being DeAndre Swift or any of 0:40:37.560 --> 0:40:41.160 the other backs. So I think the best process we 0:40:41.160 --> 0:40:45.200 can talk about there is how DeAndre Swift can improve 0:40:45.200 --> 0:40:49.480 the thinking process for Caleb to make him a more complete, 0:40:49.600 --> 0:40:51.800 efficient and decision making quarterback. 0:40:51.880 --> 0:40:54.720 Good New Chicago United Airlines is getting brand new planes 0:40:54.760 --> 0:40:57.480 with all the bills and whistles, like Bluetooth connectivity screens 0:40:57.520 --> 0:41:00.359 at every seat in room for everyone's rollerbag. United Pride 0:41:00.400 --> 0:41:04.040 to flout, United Proud to fly the Chicago Bears, and 0:41:04.080 --> 0:41:09.400 you too, let's take a look at the Cardinals, because 0:41:09.440 --> 0:41:11.640 this is a team I didn't put a lot of 0:41:11.640 --> 0:41:14.080 faith at all on their defense, but their defense is 0:41:14.080 --> 0:41:16.960 playing actually a little bit better than I thought they would. 0:41:18.040 --> 0:41:20.600 And then with Kyler Murray, obviously, now we have to 0:41:20.640 --> 0:41:24.080 be really aware of what he does with his legs. 0:41:24.400 --> 0:41:27.120 He does not take direct hits. If you're going to 0:41:27.200 --> 0:41:29.359 try and deck them, he's gonna slide first or get 0:41:29.360 --> 0:41:31.680 out of bounce, he'll go down. He does not take hits. 0:41:32.160 --> 0:41:33.960 The Bears got a taste of him last year on 0:41:34.040 --> 0:41:36.200 Christmas Eve as Soldier Field, but now he's at home. 0:41:36.560 --> 0:41:38.839 I think it'll be a partisan Bears crowd. A lot 0:41:38.920 --> 0:41:40.719 of people I know are going, you know, they're going 0:41:40.800 --> 0:41:43.080 to fill that joint up with Bears crowd. So it 0:41:43.120 --> 0:41:46.200 may feel a little bit like London than Arizona for 0:41:46.239 --> 0:41:49.279 a Cardinal home game, at least that's my guess. But 0:41:49.760 --> 0:41:54.320 where your concerns lie, especially offensively with this team, well. 0:41:54.160 --> 0:41:56.560 You know, Kyler Murray thirty six pass attempts and he 0:41:56.640 --> 0:42:00.000 was not sacked. It's really frustrating for a defensive line 0:42:00.440 --> 0:42:03.080 because it means that the less he's sacked, the more 0:42:03.080 --> 0:42:06.279 you're chasing him around and he can be super fatiguing 0:42:06.320 --> 0:42:09.160 and he can make you frustrated if he gets you 0:42:09.200 --> 0:42:11.480 on the periphial and gives you a headfake and turns 0:42:11.520 --> 0:42:14.080 it into a first down. So to me, and we 0:42:14.160 --> 0:42:16.680 always talk about it, you got to limit the first 0:42:16.760 --> 0:42:20.640 downs by third down scrambles of a quarterback like Kyler 0:42:20.719 --> 0:42:23.719 Murray and make him throw the ball more often, even 0:42:23.719 --> 0:42:26.640 though if you're not putting him on the ground, try 0:42:26.680 --> 0:42:30.960 to create incompletions or interceptions. And you have a guy 0:42:31.040 --> 0:42:34.200 like James Connor and he's you know, in this last 0:42:34.239 --> 0:42:38.160 game he had twenty rushing attempts and then he had 0:42:38.200 --> 0:42:43.080 two catches on three targets. He's a versatile back and 0:42:43.120 --> 0:42:46.879 he's really physical. He plays well with Kyler Murray because 0:42:46.960 --> 0:42:50.759 Kyler Murray creates running lanes for him because of the 0:42:50.840 --> 0:42:53.239 contained type of rush that you have to have by 0:42:53.280 --> 0:42:56.600 the defensive ends and then the interior of the defensive 0:42:56.640 --> 0:43:00.239 lineman and the separation of the linebackers to either you're 0:43:00.280 --> 0:43:03.240 not necessarily going to spy Kyler Murray, but you're always 0:43:03.239 --> 0:43:04.799 going to try to keep him in front of you. 0:43:05.200 --> 0:43:08.800 So the way that Kyler Murray's athleticism changes the style 0:43:08.840 --> 0:43:12.839 of the defense. It opens up opportunities for Connor. And 0:43:12.880 --> 0:43:15.719 we haven't got to your favorite guy at the tight end, Yeah, 0:43:15.760 --> 0:43:16.920 Travan Harrison Junior. 0:43:17.000 --> 0:43:20.239 Yeah, Trey McBride became aware of him at Colorado STATEED 0:43:20.239 --> 0:43:22.319 a couple of years ago. They drafted him, and now 0:43:22.320 --> 0:43:25.879 he's really hitting his stride. But since Murray's return last year, 0:43:26.400 --> 0:43:30.160 that was in Week ten, So this is a cumulative 0:43:30.239 --> 0:43:32.879 number here. So in his last fifteen games, one hundred 0:43:32.920 --> 0:43:35.160 and twenty two targets and ninety five catches, So that's 0:43:35.160 --> 0:43:38.280 a high completion percentage to him. Almost one thousand yards, 0:43:38.320 --> 0:43:41.960 ten point three a catch, forty nine first downs, and 0:43:42.000 --> 0:43:44.400 he's off to a great start again. He had eleven targets, 0:43:44.480 --> 0:43:46.680 nine catches, one hundred and twenty four yards in that game. 0:43:46.760 --> 0:43:49.279 He's not caught a touchdown pass this year, but he's 0:43:49.280 --> 0:43:52.560 moving the sticks, Tom and then you throw in Marvin 0:43:52.600 --> 0:43:55.600 Harrison and he's starting to get going. So you have 0:43:55.640 --> 0:43:57.480 a weaponry to be concerned about here. 0:43:58.480 --> 0:44:02.160 Harrison Junior eighteen to five, eighteen point five per catch, 0:44:02.640 --> 0:44:05.520 so he's almost got two downs per every catch he makes. 0:44:05.840 --> 0:44:10.799 He made six six catches on seven targets, so Murray, 0:44:11.120 --> 0:44:16.400 Connor McBride, Harrison Junior, and they have other guys. But 0:44:16.640 --> 0:44:20.360 when you talk about the big four in the athleticism 0:44:20.400 --> 0:44:23.960 and the production of those guys, that's a heck of 0:44:24.000 --> 0:44:28.880 a you know, a heck of a responsibility for the defense. 0:44:28.480 --> 0:44:30.879 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois right here at home, 0:44:31.000 --> 0:44:34.680 driving access toward healthier communities through it all back to 0:44:34.719 --> 0:44:38.640 the hail Mary, how is it practiced? Well, here's the 0:44:38.680 --> 0:44:41.359 only I know. Here's the one thing because you're not 0:44:41.480 --> 0:44:46.200 doing that full live. You don't want guys jumping turning 0:44:46.239 --> 0:44:50.360 an ankle and practice. So yeah, it's ripped and you 0:44:50.520 --> 0:44:54.239 do it frequently. I don't know how frequently they do 0:44:54.320 --> 0:44:57.400 it during the season, but you have to. You have 0:44:57.480 --> 0:44:59.920 to stay sharp with it. Everybody's got an assignment go 0:45:00.120 --> 0:45:03.879 do it, but just everybody's clear time you don't. It's 0:45:03.880 --> 0:45:06.000 like a special teams play. You don't run that thing 0:45:06.239 --> 0:45:08.200 full blast. 0:45:08.200 --> 0:45:11.080 No, but what you do, it's almost like doing a 0:45:11.120 --> 0:45:14.560 rebounding drill in basketball, where you don't necessarily want guys 0:45:14.680 --> 0:45:17.719 jumping up in groups because you'd have the threat of 0:45:17.800 --> 0:45:21.600 turning an ankle. But you understand your responsibility a body 0:45:21.640 --> 0:45:27.040 position against your assignment. So if I'm covering Jeff Joniac 0:45:27.120 --> 0:45:29.759 on a hail Mary, I know that I gotta be 0:45:29.840 --> 0:45:32.000 by I gotta be feeling you. I gotta have an 0:45:32.080 --> 0:45:35.720 elbow on you. I gotta be able to have something 0:45:35.800 --> 0:45:38.280 touching you that I know if you leave your feet, 0:45:38.719 --> 0:45:41.440 either I gotta leave my feet, I gotta nudge you 0:45:41.520 --> 0:45:44.040 with my hip, or I gotta out rebound you to 0:45:44.120 --> 0:45:48.520 that position. You cannot leave a character in the back 0:45:48.560 --> 0:45:51.080 of the end zone all by himself. And then the 0:45:51.200 --> 0:45:53.479 last thing that you can't you cannot tip the ball 0:45:53.520 --> 0:45:54.719 in the air, you. 0:45:54.680 --> 0:45:57.560 Know, sit down, knock it down, knock it down. 0:45:57.680 --> 0:46:01.080 That's all you ever hear about the hail and so 0:46:01.800 --> 0:46:06.799 lessons learned Again. We talk about being in this game 0:46:06.880 --> 0:46:09.160 now for thirty years together and it's the first time 0:46:09.200 --> 0:46:11.920 we've had this happen to us. I don't expect it 0:46:11.960 --> 0:46:18.239 to happen again. But the responsibility of your specific technique, 0:46:18.239 --> 0:46:20.760 it is a technique, it's not just a by chance. 0:46:21.239 --> 0:46:23.560 So you got yeah, that's the other thing, right place, 0:46:23.600 --> 0:46:24.200 at the right time. 0:46:24.280 --> 0:46:26.479 I'm glad you brought that up, because, yeah, we called 0:46:26.480 --> 0:46:28.760 a hail mary, which is in other words of prayer, 0:46:28.800 --> 0:46:31.120 and yeah, in many respects. You could look at it 0:46:31.120 --> 0:46:35.000 that way, but there's technique involved across the board right 0:46:35.280 --> 0:46:38.920 offensively and defensively, techniques of rush off front. 0:46:39.000 --> 0:46:41.239 How you want to keep he contained, keep the guy 0:46:41.320 --> 0:46:44.920 inside the pocket so he doesn't have that outside throwing lane. 0:46:44.960 --> 0:46:47.280 To extend time and try to get to an open 0:46:47.320 --> 0:46:50.359 throwing area, you have to have a linebacker there. That's 0:46:50.440 --> 0:46:53.920 kind of spying that midfield in case the quarterback decides 0:46:53.960 --> 0:46:57.200 to run and do the whole lateraling thing that we've 0:46:57.280 --> 0:46:58.200 seen happening. 0:46:57.920 --> 0:47:00.800 Here is a painful loss. Remember the Atlanta game in Atlanta, 0:47:00.920 --> 0:47:03.319 Matt Ryan, he had no time left hit I think 0:47:03.320 --> 0:47:05.920 it was Harry Douglas on an out rot gets out 0:47:05.920 --> 0:47:09.319 abound seconds. Yeah, and they kicked the field going won 0:47:09.360 --> 0:47:12.319 the game. Yeah, so we've had our ship, believe me 0:47:13.160 --> 0:47:14.200 and Aaron Rodgers. 0:47:14.640 --> 0:47:18.839 I meant, did you get a hail married? You get 0:47:18.840 --> 0:47:19.600 a hail foot? 0:47:19.760 --> 0:47:21.120 I guess I don't know. 0:47:21.719 --> 0:47:22.640 Yeah, I was. 0:47:22.719 --> 0:47:25.759 I was gonna say yesterday, but I didn't want to. 0:47:25.800 --> 0:47:28.000 I didn't want to make it all about I didn't 0:47:28.000 --> 0:47:30.440 want to make it all about Washington. But I know 0:47:30.480 --> 0:47:35.759 the Sun Times used the headline, oh hail No. I 0:47:35.920 --> 0:47:39.200 was gonna say that, but I chose not to because 0:47:39.239 --> 0:47:42.160 they they'd made this big thing Hale Washington, Hale Command 0:47:42.200 --> 0:47:45.000 all that. So all right, well, let's talk injuries because 0:47:45.000 --> 0:47:47.319 the offensive line now is is a little bit in 0:47:47.440 --> 0:47:50.280 question here. What's going to happen. Don't know the severity 0:47:50.320 --> 0:47:53.600 of Braxton Jones or Tevin Jenkins. Tevin had to leave 0:47:53.640 --> 0:47:58.239 the game twice, both in the end with knees. I'm 0:47:58.239 --> 0:48:01.160 not thinking it's severe, but I don't know, won't know 0:48:01.239 --> 0:48:05.879 until midweek until guys start practicing or not. And how 0:48:05.920 --> 0:48:07.640 you felt about Karanamagaji. 0:48:08.520 --> 0:48:10.840 You're inserted in the game in the middle of a 0:48:10.920 --> 0:48:15.919 high profile game where it's distracting crowd noise. I think 0:48:15.960 --> 0:48:19.879 Amagaji came in there he had no mental errors and 0:48:19.920 --> 0:48:22.640 that was that's the key ingredient right there. Yeah, he 0:48:22.680 --> 0:48:24.400 had a couple times that he was trying to be 0:48:24.520 --> 0:48:26.560 over aggressive and he got his head down and missed 0:48:26.560 --> 0:48:30.440 his block. But the result of the play was a 0:48:30.440 --> 0:48:35.000 second down and three. The hurdle play by DeAndre Swift, Yeah, 0:48:35.120 --> 0:48:38.200 but he made the defender take a longer path to 0:48:38.320 --> 0:48:40.359 get to the point of attack, and so he never 0:48:40.440 --> 0:48:44.279 got there. And DeAndre Swift was up the field. I 0:48:44.320 --> 0:48:46.960 want to see a guy miss being aggressive, then I 0:48:47.000 --> 0:48:49.680 want to see a guy miss being passive. And so 0:48:50.040 --> 0:48:53.640 I'm not going to sit here in downgrade karam Amagaji 0:48:53.680 --> 0:48:56.840 for what he did in Week one, because there are 0:48:56.920 --> 0:48:59.479 significant improvements you can make if you know that you're 0:48:59.520 --> 0:49:01.760 going to be the starter, and if that's the case, 0:49:02.280 --> 0:49:05.160 I have high expectations for him. A super intelligent kid. 0:49:05.400 --> 0:49:08.200 He's got good bendability, he's got good arm length, he 0:49:08.320 --> 0:49:12.520 uses his punch well. And so if you are drafted 0:49:12.680 --> 0:49:15.560 to be a starter in the NFL, your time has come, 0:49:15.640 --> 0:49:16.320 my son. 0:49:19.360 --> 0:49:22.880 Okay, father Thayer. The thing about it is he just 0:49:22.960 --> 0:49:26.880 faced the most significant competition he's ever faced in his 0:49:27.040 --> 0:49:30.160 college or high school football plan life. Right then in there. 0:49:29.960 --> 0:49:32.279 No doubt about I don't I don't think there's a 0:49:32.280 --> 0:49:36.200 lot of those guys playing against Hinsdale Central, so they 0:49:36.239 --> 0:49:40.359 are you know, I'm not gonna you know, I listen, 0:49:40.360 --> 0:49:42.120 there's a lot of great high school football players, and 0:49:42.160 --> 0:49:44.399 there's a lot of great players in the IVY. Yeah, yeah, 0:49:44.440 --> 0:49:48.040 no doubt about it. But I'm just proud of his 0:49:48.360 --> 0:49:51.840 mental preparation. So the Bears didn't have to shrink the playbook. 0:49:52.000 --> 0:49:55.000 I really like his length and as athleticism too. He 0:49:55.000 --> 0:49:57.239 can move, he can move as we saw on that 0:49:57.360 --> 0:49:59.879 toss Cracks We've Left, which I do love that play 0:50:00.160 --> 0:50:03.880 Braxton Jones also and I wish they would use it more. Actually, 0:50:03.920 --> 0:50:06.800 Bears fan Steinhoffel's a proud partner of the Chicago Bears. 0:50:07.040 --> 0:50:10.920 This Bears season, Steinhoffel's partnering with Special Spaces Illinois to 0:50:10.960 --> 0:50:14.080 create dream bedrooms for children battling cancer. For every false 0:50:14.080 --> 0:50:16.319 start caused by the Bears defense during a home game, 0:50:16.480 --> 0:50:20.320 Steinhoffls donates one thousand dollars to Special Spaces Illinois shop 0:50:20.360 --> 0:50:23.040 in store and online at Steinhoffels dot com. We'll be 0:50:23.120 --> 0:50:25.480 back with you on Thursday. We'll get in the weeds 0:50:25.480 --> 0:50:27.520 on Arizona. Look at their defense a little bit. They've 0:50:27.520 --> 0:50:29.640 had a lot of injuries, a lot of injuries on 0:50:29.680 --> 0:50:31.920 the defensive line, so I don't know what's left for 0:50:32.000 --> 0:50:35.560 them to deal with. But I'm expecting a bounce back 0:50:35.680 --> 0:50:39.560 performance by the Bears in a much needed way, frankly, 0:50:39.680 --> 0:50:42.440 because things are going to start getting real interesting here 0:50:42.440 --> 0:50:45.560 in a couple weeks and you can't look past obviously, 0:50:45.640 --> 0:50:48.400 but you're gonna have three home games coming up after 0:50:48.560 --> 0:50:51.120 this trip to Arizona, which will be the eighth trip 0:50:51.160 --> 0:50:53.680 to the Bears will have taken so far this season already, 0:50:54.000 --> 0:50:55.440 so it's a lot of trips. When you put in 0:50:55.480 --> 0:50:57.840 the preseason in London, they're traveling the most air miles 0:50:57.880 --> 0:51:00.680 I think of any team in the league, and you 0:51:00.680 --> 0:51:04.239 know travel does come with a price at times. One 0:51:04.320 --> 0:51:06.600 last one we got to get to. Tommy is our Geico. 0:51:07.120 --> 0:51:09.480 The Geico brings your more football stat of the day. 0:51:09.520 --> 0:51:11.360 It's not about the Bears. I think you're gonna like 0:51:11.400 --> 0:51:14.920 this one, tom This is about the Jets. They became 0:51:14.960 --> 0:51:20.319 the first team since nineteen forty. Put that in perspective 0:51:20.400 --> 0:51:24.759 to lose a game, scoring twenty or more points, no turnovers, 0:51:24.800 --> 0:51:27.319 and holding their opponent under two hundred and fifty yards 0:51:27.360 --> 0:51:31.919 of offense. Previously teams were seven hundred and fifty six 0:51:32.040 --> 0:51:38.399 and oh under those conditions. Well, that's interesting. That's an 0:51:38.480 --> 0:51:41.040 interesting math for me on that one. Because you know 0:51:41.160 --> 0:51:45.080 your baseball. You can always say, you know what, there's 0:51:45.200 --> 0:51:48.880 no way on the face of this earth that if 0:51:48.920 --> 0:51:51.160 you watch the game even for one hundred years, say 0:51:51.160 --> 0:51:53.279 you're one hundred and ten years old, and you watch 0:51:53.320 --> 0:51:56.080 baseball since you've been a ten year old kid, something 0:51:56.160 --> 0:51:58.239 new is always going to happen. You can say that 0:51:58.440 --> 0:52:01.360 less of the case of the Nation Football League, but 0:52:01.719 --> 0:52:04.080 I keep getting proved wrong. That's another example. 0:52:05.520 --> 0:52:08.279 Yeah, I mean it is. I I think if you're 0:52:08.280 --> 0:52:10.600 a fan of football no longer, how no matter how 0:52:10.640 --> 0:52:12.720 long you've been a fan of football, you can always 0:52:12.760 --> 0:52:17.440 see a first. And this was my first Sunday in Washington. 0:52:17.520 --> 0:52:20.759 You better not have a second unless it's a Bears win. 0:52:21.080 --> 0:52:22.600 Yes, I only want a second. 0:52:22.640 --> 0:52:25.000 No, no, no, let me let me ask you as 0:52:25.040 --> 0:52:29.359 it's happening. Okay, the first it's an art well, first 0:52:29.480 --> 0:52:31.560 was an incomplete, then it ERTs throw, and then and 0:52:31.600 --> 0:52:35.320 the one to McLaren. Forget about you as an analyst 0:52:35.400 --> 0:52:38.920 for a second, as somebody just watching the game. What 0:52:39.480 --> 0:52:42.680 was going through your head as this is unfolding in 0:52:42.719 --> 0:52:44.359 the final twenty three seconds? 0:52:45.719 --> 0:52:49.000 Do you recall you know? Well, I was thinking I 0:52:49.200 --> 0:52:52.800 don't like the easy completions that they're giving up because 0:52:52.840 --> 0:52:56.919 of how dynamic kickers are in the NFL and how 0:52:57.000 --> 0:52:59.719 long of attempts that they're willing to give them. Then 0:52:59.760 --> 0:53:05.440 the speed of McLaren, and then you know, Jade and 0:53:05.520 --> 0:53:10.399 Daniels and his escapability, his arm strength and just luck. 0:53:11.200 --> 0:53:13.600 I'm going God, please don't let these guys get lucky. 0:53:13.680 --> 0:53:17.719 The bear, you know, luck is gonna come in, is 0:53:17.719 --> 0:53:19.320 going to answer this thing somehow. 0:53:19.480 --> 0:53:21.640 Hey, Daniels could have run for a touchdown for all 0:53:21.680 --> 0:53:24.279 we know. It would have been hard to do. 0:53:24.719 --> 0:53:27.640 But hey, I'm not TJ would attract him down and 0:53:27.680 --> 0:53:28.200 lit them up. 0:53:29.520 --> 0:53:34.480 But I gotta say, you're yelling a body caught. It 0:53:34.640 --> 0:53:38.239 was just priceless. They played it on NFL Network time. 0:53:38.280 --> 0:53:41.359 They played the Washington call. They were very calm. They 0:53:41.360 --> 0:53:44.399 were very calm, and then throwed because there's a long 0:53:44.440 --> 0:53:47.440 developing play and then they lose their mind. You and 0:53:47.480 --> 0:53:53.400 I calm making the play sounded a little tense. Boom, 0:53:54.000 --> 0:53:57.440 ball falls into his hands. I couldn't believe my own eyes, 0:53:57.480 --> 0:53:59.960 and you took it right from my eyes to your mind. 0:54:01.040 --> 0:54:03.879 And then I just quietly said, he caught the ball, 0:54:03.920 --> 0:54:07.640 and the game is over. Miracle finish, it's the Marilyn miracle. 0:54:07.719 --> 0:54:11.319 I guess that's what they're calling to me. What are 0:54:11.360 --> 0:54:12.040 you gonna call it? 0:54:12.680 --> 0:54:15.480 I need to think of another word for disaster that 0:54:15.560 --> 0:54:17.000 rhymes with bears. 0:54:16.719 --> 0:54:19.759 Right, come up with one. For our podcast, episode one 0:54:19.800 --> 0:54:22.720 oh seven that'll drop on Thursday. We'll preview the matchup 0:54:22.719 --> 0:54:25.560 against Arizona. Also plan to talk to a Bears player, 0:54:25.560 --> 0:54:27.239 and heck, who knows, we may talk to a few 0:54:27.280 --> 0:54:30.120 surprises along the way. Special thanks to Matt Eberflus As 0:54:30.160 --> 0:54:33.200 usual for Tom Thayer, I'm Jeff Joniac. Thanks for listening. Everybody, 0:54:33.200 --> 0:54:37.200 please subscribe now. I'm the Chicago Bears official Apple, Spotify, YouTube, 0:54:37.280 --> 0:54:39.600 or wherever you get your podcasts give us. 0:54:40.400 --> 0:54:43.000 I will not revisit the Hail Mary after today. 0:54:43.120 --> 0:54:44.839 No, I don't want to talk about it anymore. It's 0:54:44.920 --> 0:54:48.520 it is, It's over. That book is close, Tom, that's it. 0:54:48.520 --> 0:55:02.319 It's a wrap, right, Go Bears. One less