WEBVTT - All Access: Kwiatkoski on Giants 0:00:00.000 --> 0:00:02.560 How you doing, everybody, Jeff Joey Acolong my broadcast partner 0:00:02.600 --> 0:00:05.000 Tom Thayer here on Bears All Access coming you Live 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:07.520 from House Hall at PNC Studios. Were about you by 0:00:07.520 --> 0:00:10.399 Igs Energy. Another edition of the show as we wind 0:00:10.400 --> 0:00:12.319 down through the season, Tommy Now a week twelve with 0:00:12.400 --> 0:00:15.960 the Giants in on Sunday, and word that Mitchell Trubisky 0:00:16.239 --> 0:00:17.919 gonna try to give it a go. If he's cleared 0:00:17.960 --> 0:00:19.720 by the medical staff and he makes it through the 0:00:19.720 --> 0:00:22.200 week of practice, he'll be your starting quarterback on Sunday. Good. 0:00:22.360 --> 0:00:24.520 I'm all for him. I want to see Mitchell Trubisky 0:00:24.600 --> 0:00:26.920 full steam ahead. I want to see Matt n Aggie, 0:00:27.160 --> 0:00:29.680 you know, stay behind this offense and try to continue 0:00:29.720 --> 0:00:32.720 the development process of it. You know, they talk about 0:00:32.720 --> 0:00:35.400 the you know, the seven minutes of explosion two weeks 0:00:35.400 --> 0:00:37.479 ago against Detroit. Then I think he came out of 0:00:37.520 --> 0:00:40.479 the box hot this past weekend against the Rams. So 0:00:41.680 --> 0:00:43.479 you know, you gotta have you know, you gotta come 0:00:43.479 --> 0:00:46.800 out against the New York Giants, have a positive drive, 0:00:47.080 --> 0:00:49.720 get the momentum and the emotions and the stadium on 0:00:49.760 --> 0:00:52.960 behalf of the support of the sideline and just you know, 0:00:53.680 --> 0:00:56.240 take it from there could be opportunities to make a 0:00:56.280 --> 0:00:59.280 lot of big There'll be opportunities. The Giants give you opportunities. 0:00:59.360 --> 0:01:01.480 Teams have to in advantage of that. At NFL high 0:01:01.600 --> 0:01:03.800 twelve plays or forty yards or more than thirtieth in 0:01:03.920 --> 0:01:06.160 yards per completion this year, they're given up a lot 0:01:06.160 --> 0:01:08.520 of points. At least twenty seven points nine times, at 0:01:08.560 --> 0:01:11.399 least thirty one points six times. Those are bottom of 0:01:11.400 --> 0:01:13.800 the barrel in the NFL. But they still keep players 0:01:13.840 --> 0:01:15.399 to keep an eye on. But the point is you 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:18.800 can find mismatches that if things are going well, Mitch 0:01:18.880 --> 0:01:21.080 and the receivers have to be in sync, and that's 0:01:21.120 --> 0:01:23.480 on them too. They got to run these routes, proper depth, 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:25.840 proper execution of that stuff, and holding out of the 0:01:25.840 --> 0:01:29.039 football right. Priority number one is give Mitch the protection 0:01:29.080 --> 0:01:31.560 that he needs to locate the receivers and allow them 0:01:31.600 --> 0:01:34.200 to get in position, don't have to make a throw 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:36.959 on a reaction of pressure. And you talk about they 0:01:36.959 --> 0:01:40.360 do have some star potential power on the defensive side 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:43.240 of it, the guy closest to Mitchell Trubisky is Leonard Williams, 0:01:43.280 --> 0:01:45.920 their talented defensive linemen. So yeah, when you look for 0:01:45.959 --> 0:01:48.800 them to attack down field, make sure you get those 0:01:48.800 --> 0:01:52.440 guys blocked first, and then you know, distribute to football 0:01:52.760 --> 0:01:55.080 as efficially it was. You know, Anthony Miller got a 0:01:55.080 --> 0:01:59.680 lot more involved. Turbo Gabriel is still a fast option 0:01:59.720 --> 0:02:03.160 on the outside. And I think and still think, Allen 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:06.320 Robinson is, you know, a solid number one who's got 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:10.120 real good potential. And Jesper Horsted, the rookie how to Princeton, 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:13.520 the undrafted wide receiver turn tight end. He's added about 0:02:13.560 --> 0:02:16.040 fifteen pounds, he says, he's been put on the active roster. 0:02:16.400 --> 0:02:18.880 That's been something in the works that's been happening here. 0:02:18.919 --> 0:02:21.800 He's been having very good practices as a scout team 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:24.760 tight end, mimicking some of the offenses that the defense 0:02:24.800 --> 0:02:26.880 of the Bears is trying to stop. On a bright 0:02:26.960 --> 0:02:30.080 young guy. He did flash in the preseason. He definitely 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:33.520 has good hands, got good range, got good wingspan, and 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:36.720 he's a big body. The blocking he will come over 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:39.480 time if he's capable of doing that in the long term. Well, 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:41.000 you know, there was a question asked to Matt and 0:02:41.080 --> 0:02:43.880 n Aggey at the podium earlier this week about how 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:47.800 the U tight end it helps all the other positions 0:02:47.840 --> 0:02:51.440 get involved, and so where where is horse that are 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:54.120 gonna be? Is he gonna be at the Utah? Okay? 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:57.079 So now if he can be an influence at that position, 0:02:57.160 --> 0:02:59.640 it's going to open up opportunities for everybody else. So 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:02.079 that's what I like about it, because I still want 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:05.239 to continue to develop and get Ben Bronner current a 0:03:05.280 --> 0:03:07.959 stance as much as I can allow him to see 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:10.800 if he can really capture that tight end position with 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:14.960 a couple more routes. But hey, anybody that's getting an 0:03:14.960 --> 0:03:18.960 opportunity at this stage of the season, they usually carry 0:03:19.000 --> 0:03:21.600 They usually bring some enthusiasm to the locker room at 0:03:21.639 --> 0:03:24.200 these guys that haven't been exposed to yet. So you know, 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:27.160 I'm I'm okay with it and everybody fighting for opportunities 0:03:27.200 --> 0:03:29.840 coming up in our show tonight, Nick Quiitkowski the Bears 0:03:30.200 --> 0:03:33.320 right now starting inside linebackerpared to the Rokuan Smith. Though 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:35.640 he's a good guy to talk to and a perfect 0:03:35.640 --> 0:03:40.440 example of a guy that is versatile. The more you 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:43.600 can do aspect is all about it with this guy 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:46.840 that's on his name plate. He's an outstanding special teams 0:03:46.840 --> 0:03:48.440 player and a guy who can count on. And I'll 0:03:48.480 --> 0:03:50.640 be enjoyable to talk to him tonight. You know, I 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:52.760 think the Bears are really fortunate to have a guy 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:55.720 like Nick Kokowski because as much as I like Danny Trevathan, 0:03:55.880 --> 0:03:58.400 I have a lot of respect for him. But you know, 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:00.760 when you listen to Roquan Smith and you listen to 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:04.720 Nick talk, they're two really intelligent guys. They're two intelligent 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:07.600 kids that study football and understand the game well. And 0:04:07.760 --> 0:04:09.840 I'm just saying this because Danny Dravathan is a little 0:04:09.840 --> 0:04:12.080 bit more experience than these guys, and he's older and 0:04:12.120 --> 0:04:15.520 he's got more NFL experience. But I do I like 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:18.239 to see the last three weeks that Roquan has put together, 0:04:18.279 --> 0:04:19.919 and I like to see the last two weeks at 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:23.800 Nick Watkowski's put together. He's flashing all over the field. 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:27.200 I don't think he's vulnerable against the passing game like 0:04:27.320 --> 0:04:30.640 they were people were saying before he got his opportunity. 0:04:30.720 --> 0:04:33.960 So hey, Nick has shown some big things, whether it's 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:36.240 the blitz against Dalvin Cook. He had a really good 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:39.280 blitz against an offensive lineman against Detroit that he pushed 0:04:39.360 --> 0:04:41.640 him in the backfield. So I want to see more. 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:43.400 I want to see more. He's got to come down 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:46.000 in restless style. Yea, you know, say Qu's coming at you. 0:04:46.160 --> 0:04:48.880 He may not be a hundred with that right ankle sprain. 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:52.479 His production weighed down from early in the season, but 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:57.440 with a bye week after a one yard thirteen carry 0:04:57.480 --> 0:04:59.440 game against the New York Jesschwitz. By the way, their 0:04:59.480 --> 0:05:02.480 defense is a lot better than people think, in one 0:05:02.480 --> 0:05:06.000 of the top statistical defenses. But that's got to sit 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:08.039 in his crowd a little bit if he gets started early, 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:10.400 and they will try it. There's no question what the 0:05:10.400 --> 0:05:12.680 plan will be against the Bears. Let me ask you 0:05:12.760 --> 0:05:15.240 this though, because we've seen it now in a couple 0:05:15.200 --> 0:05:18.800 of times throughout the season. You saw the injury to 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:20.960 Akeem Hicks against the Raiders, and then what did the 0:05:21.040 --> 0:05:26.000 Raiders start doing? Start attacking Khalil so are now you 0:05:26.040 --> 0:05:28.960 saw what the Rams did this week when they really 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:31.599 had an offensive line. They were uncertain up so they 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:33.520 went to it one back. There was eight yards deep 0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:36.680 in the backfield. So my thinking, now, are they going 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:40.360 to take Daniel Jones, who's an inexperienced rookie quarterback, put 0:05:40.440 --> 0:05:43.640 sae Quon Barkley eight yards in the backfield and allow 0:05:43.760 --> 0:05:46.280 him a little bit more exposure time before he hits 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:48.320 the line of scrimmage instead of coming out of a 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:51.800 shotgun or four yards behind the line of scrimmage. It 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:53.840 seems like everybody takes a little bit out of the 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:57.120 last playbook that was successful against the Bears. Now I'm 0:05:57.160 --> 0:05:59.000 interested that they're going to do the same in that 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:02.080 success department because it may release some stress from Daniel 0:06:02.160 --> 0:06:04.360 Job because the deal is here. You don't you know 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:06.680 the book on the Bears right now until further No, 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:08.279 you don't need to score a lot of points to 0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:11.560 beat them, right, So that's just it. They're they're satisfied 0:06:11.560 --> 0:06:13.960 with establishing the run a couple of play action passes. 0:06:14.200 --> 0:06:17.880 The defense has only given up very few points a game, obviously, 0:06:17.960 --> 0:06:20.159 seventeen or less. They've done it seven times this season. 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:21.720 They're four and three. They were ten and oh last 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:25.320 year with that, So yes, that that is the expectation. 0:06:25.640 --> 0:06:29.160 So they have two tight ends that are took the 0:06:29.200 --> 0:06:31.159 words right out of them. How they activated, you know, 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:33.120 a couple of guys from the practice squad or whatnot. 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:35.400 But Red Allison, who's an outstanding one of the best 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:38.120 blocking tight ends in the League's he's banged up as 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:40.320 well as Evan Ingram, but he's back at practicing with 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:42.479 a sore left foot. That foot is was in a 0:06:42.480 --> 0:06:45.960 boot until this week, so he's one of the better playmakers, 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:48.240 you know for the Giants, who've had a ton of 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:51.840 injuries on offense. Their offensive line, though, also seems very 0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:55.400 susceptible on the tackles. On the edges. Tom Nate Soldiers 0:06:55.400 --> 0:06:57.240 given up sixteen and a half sacks in the last 0:06:57.240 --> 0:06:59.640 twenty six games is a New York Giant, and on 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:01.880 the other side, Mike Rembers has given up four sacks 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:04.520 this season. Both of them have combined I think for 0:07:04.560 --> 0:07:07.080 seven holding penalties. So the edges have not been great 0:07:07.120 --> 0:07:09.280 for well too. You know, they've had you talk about 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:12.760 the interruption are the injuries that they've had at the 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:15.160 offensive tackle position, and some guys got a little bit 0:07:15.160 --> 0:07:18.239 of experience. So now with the tight ends being injured, 0:07:18.320 --> 0:07:20.880 I'm going to see when they go to the big packages, 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:24.560 is it gonna be two extra offensive lineman maybe a 0:07:24.600 --> 0:07:26.720 tight end and an offensive lineman when they go that 0:07:26.840 --> 0:07:30.200 big package against the Bear. So yeah, you know, I 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:33.160 the Bears still have to be destructive against it because 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:36.280 their offensive line has had injuries and they have a 0:07:36.280 --> 0:07:39.680 young quarterback who's thinking out there more than just reacting. 0:07:39.800 --> 0:07:42.480 Eric Smith, who made his NFL debut filling in it tackle, 0:07:42.560 --> 0:07:45.360 gave up three sacks against the Jets. So again, the 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:48.679 tackles are an issue. But Daniel Jones, we were impressed 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:51.320 with him in that preseason game and he has done 0:07:51.360 --> 0:07:53.720 nothing to dissuade us from thinking that he's going to 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:56.160 be a long term answer there for the Giants. At quarterback, 0:07:56.400 --> 0:07:58.480 he is having trouble hanging out of the football with 0:07:58.520 --> 0:08:01.480 fumbles though yeah, should be well, that should be catting 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:07.160 it for so is Jared Goff coming into the Bears game. 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:09.600 How many fumbles he's had in consecutive games put him 0:08:09.600 --> 0:08:11.400 the back to throw much? But that's but now that's 0:08:11.440 --> 0:08:14.800 becomes a point of emphasis. I know that Daniel Jones 0:08:14.840 --> 0:08:17.600 has fumbling, but each week they are going to preach 0:08:18.480 --> 0:08:21.080 ball security. I've given up the second most quarterback hits 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:23.720 in the league, two eighty one. So again, it's there 0:08:23.840 --> 0:08:26.080 on the table. Kalo's got twenty two. I think by 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:28.000 himself it's right there on the table. One sack in 0:08:28.000 --> 0:08:29.720 the last six games, all right, that's top there. I'm 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:32.360 Jeff Joniak We're coming to you from PNC Studios here 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:36.199 at Hattle Saw with Paul's Oranger engineer and Dan Burilliar producer. 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:38.480 This is Bears All Access brought to you by IGS 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:42.720 Energy on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. Welcome 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:45.280 back to Bears All Access brought to you by IGS Energy, 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:48.400 a proud partner the Chicago Bears, providing electricity, natural gas, 0:08:48.400 --> 0:08:51.160 and whole warranty products to over one million customers across 0:08:51.200 --> 0:08:53.840 the country. Learn more to bouy IGS Energy at IGS 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:56.080 dot com. Jeff Joniac top there. We'll have to call 0:08:56.160 --> 0:08:58.840 the game against the Giant Sunday from Soldier Field. Pregame 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:02.080 in nine, kickoff at noon before the schedule gets quite 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:04.680 interesting and we never like to look ahead, but we're 0:09:04.679 --> 0:09:07.200 not playing, so we can't. We are afforded that opportunity. 0:09:07.280 --> 0:09:09.319 And it's a short week to Detroit with the Lions, 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:12.520 and then you get the big boys for what looks 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:15.960 like playoff teams in a row, Dallas, Green Bay, Kansas City, Minnesota. 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:18.120 And that's your schedule right now. You're putting a really 0:09:18.160 --> 0:09:21.400 difficult position. Many people have already dismissed the notion of 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:24.959 anything postseason, but you can't think that way as a player. 0:09:25.040 --> 0:09:27.360 Now now you're playing for a lot of different reason. 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:29.240 You're playing for a lot of things right now. As 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:31.240 a player, if you're in the same position, you'll ask 0:09:31.480 --> 0:09:35.720 five of six despite expectations, and now you're you're looking 0:09:35.720 --> 0:09:37.960 at what you're looking at down the barrel of the gun, 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:40.000 so to speak. You know, that's the challenge of being 0:09:40.040 --> 0:09:43.040 a professional athlete because not everything is always going to 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:46.120 come up roses. You're gonna face some obstacles throughout your career, 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:48.920 and that's gonna be judgment day for you. Because as 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:51.440 these coaches sit with these players, Jeff, in the meeting 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:54.360 rooms and on the practice field, you can see effort 0:09:54.360 --> 0:09:57.079 on the practice field and you can evaluate mental effort 0:09:57.120 --> 0:09:59.520 in the classroom. So the first thing I want to 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:01.679 do is talk to every position and you listen, Man, 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:04.080 I need you all in. I need you all in 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:06.360 like we're an undefeated football team getting ready for the 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:08.880 Super Bowl, because honestly, that's the only way you're going 0:10:08.920 --> 0:10:11.800 to improve. If you let at anybody drop their guard 0:10:11.880 --> 0:10:15.280 or or have a lack of efforted practice or the 0:10:15.400 --> 0:10:17.440 effort they put in meetings, Well, let me ask you this. 0:10:17.480 --> 0:10:19.280 The two guys that left the game do an injury 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:23.800 practice now Wednesday. So Bobby Massy right and Mitchell Trubisky, right, 0:10:24.040 --> 0:10:27.520 So that tells me a lot me too. I The 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:30.760 message being sent is these it's important to these players. 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:33.800 And I was listening to an interview with Bobby Massey 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:36.520 and he was talking about the role of Mitchell Chrubisky 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:39.400 and how much confidence these guys have in him and 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:44.360 his preparedness and his work ethic and his enthusiasm and 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:47.200 being a teammate. I'm not sitting here trying to make 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:50.560 any you know, these guys they are going to say that, 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:53.640 but but but the veteran saying it, right. But these 0:10:53.640 --> 0:10:56.320 guys also they understand what's ahead of them too. And 0:10:56.320 --> 0:10:58.240 that's what I'm talking about. When you're being challenged as 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:01.760 a professional, you're being challenged every everyday life, whether you're 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:04.160 nine and oz or oz and nine. And if you 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:06.240 if the game is important to you, you're going to 0:11:06.400 --> 0:11:08.959 reflect that to the coaches. And Eddie Panerosin points here 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:11.160 at a premium right now. Every point matters. And so 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:13.640 the two kicks he missed in a row, which is 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:16.200 a little bit of a delineation that Mattneggie made on 0:11:16.240 --> 0:11:19.400 Wednesday during his news conference that they still have trusted him, 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:21.200 but they got they got to work through this idea 0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:25.280 of missing two in a row. And and you look 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:28.360 at it, he's only had eight kicks in the past 0:11:28.400 --> 0:11:31.240 six weeks. Eight field goals, right, forget about the extra points, 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:33.760 that's a different animal. Got to make those. But he's 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:36.160 missed a couple of those two. But is there anything 0:11:36.240 --> 0:11:38.960 to the idea He hasn't had a lot in the 0:11:39.040 --> 0:11:42.400 last six weeks and that get do that have some 0:11:42.440 --> 0:11:45.160 sort of impact on your mind as a young kicker? 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:48.480 I mean, honestly, because he made four of those eight. 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:51.240 Only that right, But he's he's he's kicking thirty or 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:53.400 forty a day in practice and he is going to 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:56.560 Soldier Field. But there's a big time, right, there isn't. 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:59.119 But that's when you have to have a self confidence 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:02.199 about about you that no matter what the conditions are 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:05.439 where you're kicking, that you this is what you've prepared 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:08.240 your life for. And I keep reverting back because the 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:11.520 first kickoff after they scored the touchdown, it was an 0:12:11.640 --> 0:12:15.240 under kick football with not very much hanging time, And 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:18.120 didn't it make it to the end zone. Where is 0:12:18.320 --> 0:12:22.320 where is Eddie's confidence swing? Where is Eddie paneerro swinging 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:25.000 it at equally the same whether he's kicking off or 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:28.199 hitting field goals, Because that's what it has repetitiously. You 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:30.840 got to be doing the same thing. You don't adjust 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:34.160 as a kicker. You still come up there and you 0:12:34.280 --> 0:12:36.680 swing as efficiently as you can, just like a golfer. 0:12:36.920 --> 0:12:40.280 I mean, they don't change their swing, you know, they 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:43.000 just change the distances. I brought this up to coach 0:12:43.080 --> 0:12:46.760 Naggie on Monday night. He did see and players didn't 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:48.640 complain to him, but we heard from Mark Rody, our 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:52.680 sideline reporter and reporter here on the score that players 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:55.800 were not thrilled with the field and it was slick. Yeah. 0:12:55.840 --> 0:12:57.720 Could that have entered into his mind with his plant 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:01.559 foot only if during his practice, because I was watching 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:04.560 him kick right before kickoff. He was out there by 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:08.000 himself kicking field goals and I think the last one 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:10.840 he end up kicking was like forty five yards away 0:13:11.080 --> 0:13:14.200 and he was hitting it well, he wasn't. It wasn't where. Okay, 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:18.000 my first four kicks my plant foot slipped. If that's 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:20.240 the case, then go put in longer cleats in your heel, 0:13:20.480 --> 0:13:22.320 because you can change the length of the cleats by 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:26.000 a quarter inch. That can give you more plant foot stability. 0:13:26.200 --> 0:13:28.559 But you know, I don't I don't think that was 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:31.560 the issue. It's just that Eddie's got to go in 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:33.760 there knowing that these guys believe in him and they 0:13:33.800 --> 0:13:35.679 want him to succeed, and then he has to go 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:37.840 out there with that mental frame of mind that he's 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:40.640 a confident kicker and he's gonna hold on to this 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:42.880 job for a long time. Tom there, Jeff, Joni k 0:13:42.920 --> 0:13:45.120 with you on Bears All Access. Nick Krickkowski will be 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:48.079 our guest tonight on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy. The 0:13:48.080 --> 0:13:50.240 scores the Bears prepare for the New York Giants. Let's 0:13:50.240 --> 0:13:53.000 talk Eddie Jackson, because in an effort to get him 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:56.520 more involved, I mean, he wants the ball, you know, 0:13:56.559 --> 0:13:58.480 he wants to take the ball away. But playing him 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:00.959 closer to the box, how do you like that transition 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:03.400 for him? He was filling gaps, he was making plays 0:14:03.400 --> 0:14:05.880 behind the line of scrimmage. He obviously was a part 0:14:05.920 --> 0:14:08.440 of that forced fumble early in the game. How do 0:14:08.440 --> 0:14:10.840 you look at that, You know, Eddie's got good instincts 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:13.640 at or near the line of scrimmage. He knows where 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:15.679 he can penetrate, he knows how to read blocks, and 0:14:15.720 --> 0:14:18.280 he knows how to read play so quickly that if 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:20.160 he's not going to make the play into the backfield, 0:14:20.160 --> 0:14:23.320 he can make it latterly. I don't hate it, but listen, 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:25.720 how did we all get to know Eddie early in 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:29.680 his career and the team deep? Right? But then can 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:33.800 you I don't know how you can figure defensive back, 0:14:34.080 --> 0:14:36.480 you know, against different formations. Couldn't you put him in 0:14:36.520 --> 0:14:39.960 a position where he's more susceptible than those tip balls 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:42.480 are protecting? Long so you so you can use the 0:14:42.560 --> 0:14:47.000 reactions like last year's Detroit interception. You can see it 0:14:47.000 --> 0:14:49.720 from where we are in the press box, how long 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:54.520 he anticipated that interception. And so again, I don't hate 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:56.360 him at or near the line of scrimmage, but I 0:14:56.400 --> 0:15:00.400 like him intercepting footballs. And in terms of the Bears front, 0:15:00.520 --> 0:15:03.520 because with Kilil Mack getting all that attention, we're still 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:06.760 seeing a lot of one on one matchups that should 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:10.400 be revealing a little bit more. In terms of quarterbacks 0:15:10.400 --> 0:15:12.600 are getting rid of the ball quicker no question about it. 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:15.600 But do you get lulled to sleep a little bit 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:18.040 when it's a steady ground game and you know you're 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:19.880 going to be facing extra guys in the line of 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:22.120 scrimmage and then all of a sudden bam, you're in 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:24.320 a pass rush mode. Yeah, but if you're when you're 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:27.000 facing a steady ground game, if you can limit their 0:15:27.040 --> 0:15:29.320 success on first and second down, then you're guaranteed a 0:15:29.360 --> 0:15:31.560 big pass rush on third down. But when you're giving 0:15:31.680 --> 0:15:33.720 up big yards in first and second down verse the 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:36.320 run game, you're not getting a realistic chance to rush 0:15:36.400 --> 0:15:39.480 the passer because if you're in third and three, they 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:42.240 can do anything. They can run the ball as equally 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:44.480 as effective as they can throw the ball. So now 0:15:44.520 --> 0:15:47.640 you're not in that sprinter's pass rushing stance that gives 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:50.720 Khalil Mack a low body lean in a good shoulder 0:15:50.800 --> 0:15:53.040 lean and makes one on one blocks or two on 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:55.800 one blocks that he can still get pressure. Now you're 0:15:55.880 --> 0:15:59.080 kind of inching off the line of scrimmage because if 0:15:59.120 --> 0:16:01.080 you blow a field, then they run the ball right 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:04.160 right where the area you vacated. There is some edge 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:06.680 protection going on. No question, you got to you got 0:16:06.760 --> 0:16:10.080 It's a gap. Yeah. But boy, I've been bringing this 0:16:10.160 --> 0:16:14.880 up to Neggie and Chuck Pogano, the frustration level of 0:16:14.960 --> 0:16:19.600 an elite pass rusher like that, it's gotta be in it. Oh, 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:21.520 he's not gonna admit it. He's not gonna admit it 0:16:21.520 --> 0:16:24.120 publicly because you got to go out and play. But 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:26.000 I mean, how do you how do you unlock this? 0:16:26.560 --> 0:16:29.360 You know, it's the relentlessness. It's got to be other 0:16:29.400 --> 0:16:33.520 guys capitalizing on them, relentlessly hitting Khalil mack with with 0:16:33.640 --> 0:16:37.400 two or more bodies someone you know. You know, when 0:16:37.440 --> 0:16:41.040 I look at the ability, the athleticism, the size and 0:16:41.080 --> 0:16:43.520 the strength of a guy like Roy rob and then 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:45.120 he goes out in the first game of the year, 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:48.920 it gets a sack against Aaron Rodgers, I expect a 0:16:49.000 --> 0:16:52.440 sack out of him every third game and maybe maybe 0:16:52.520 --> 0:16:55.440 multile you know, maybe back to back games. Um, So, 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:58.160 these guys that are getting one on one opportunities, and 0:16:58.320 --> 0:17:01.520 some of the offensive lines, offensive lineman, they're playing against 0:17:01.640 --> 0:17:05.760 our backups, maybe multiple backups, so that you got to 0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:09.040 see these guys being able to capitalize. You know, when 0:17:09.040 --> 0:17:11.320 you look at the athleticism of a guy like Leonard 0:17:11.320 --> 0:17:14.119 Floyd he has it all. He's got quick feet in 0:17:14.240 --> 0:17:16.600 a small amount of space, He's got great length, he 0:17:16.680 --> 0:17:19.880 can be hazardous around the corner. He's a guy that 0:17:20.080 --> 0:17:22.160 when you talk about Khalil, you know at the start 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:24.760 of the season, Oh, he'll have seventeen sacks, Leonard Floyd 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:29.200 better follow you with ten because he's got some He's 0:17:29.240 --> 0:17:32.040 got some of the traits that team search for in 0:17:32.160 --> 0:17:35.400 that type of rusher. Nick Williams still remains You're leading 0:17:35.400 --> 0:17:38.320 sacker on the Bears with six As the Bears get 0:17:38.320 --> 0:17:42.000 ready to meet a Giants team that has some interior 0:17:42.280 --> 0:17:45.800 strength at guard with will Hernandez the left guard is outstanding. 0:17:46.200 --> 0:17:48.800 And you know they brought in Kevin Zeitler this year 0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:51.320 and he's a That's a good pair of guards right there. Yeah, 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:53.600 the question market center right now that you know there 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:55.879 are a good pair of guards. But it's sometimes sae 0:17:55.960 --> 0:17:59.439 Quon Barkley when he's healthy and his elusiveness and his 0:17:59.560 --> 0:18:02.359 style playboll catching the ball and running the ball. He 0:18:02.400 --> 0:18:04.960 can make these offensive lineman look a shade better because 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:07.880 he breaks so many tackles. All right, that's Tom there, 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:11.679 I'm Jeff Joniac. This is Bears All Access from PNC 0:18:11.880 --> 0:18:14.080 Studios here at Hattis Saw the Bears and Giants come 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:16.240 up on Sunday. We brought to you by IGS Energy. 0:18:16.440 --> 0:18:18.840 Back with more after this on Chicago Sports Radio six 0:18:18.920 --> 0:18:21.360 seventy The Score. Welcome back to Bears All Access, brought 0:18:21.400 --> 0:18:24.480 to you by IGS Energy. Here on Chicago Sports Radio 0:18:24.520 --> 0:18:26.320 six seventy The Score coming to you live from PNC 0:18:26.440 --> 0:18:29.240 Studios at Hallis Hall. Sunday's game against the New York 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:31.680 Giants has brought to you by PNC, the official bank 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:35.040 of the Bears. Good to have Nick Quickoski alongside. Thanks 0:18:35.119 --> 0:18:37.240 jonas Man. Thanks. Have you ever been on this show 0:18:37.280 --> 0:18:40.680 over the years? Yeah? Probably last year, maybe two years ago. 0:18:40.760 --> 0:18:43.440 It was one of the live shows. Oh right, yeah 0:18:43.560 --> 0:18:46.320 yeah yeah. So yeah, you're your guy that you've been 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:48.639 around a while. But you know, the bright lights and 0:18:48.640 --> 0:18:51.280 all the attention not kind of your thing, isn't. No. Yeah, 0:18:51.280 --> 0:18:55.360 I'm just like, you know, come to work and clock out. Boy, 0:18:55.400 --> 0:18:57.360 That's what you do, isn't it. Fl Is that down 0:18:57.359 --> 0:19:00.440 to a t? That that's blue collar roots somewhere there? Yeah, 0:19:00.440 --> 0:19:03.639