WEBVTT - Coaches Show: Nagy, Fangio preparing for Miami 0:00:05.160 --> 0:00:08.240 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:10.760 --> 0:00:13.160 now one News Radio seven eighty and one oh five 0:00:13.240 --> 0:00:16.400 point nine FM. This is the Bears Coaches Show with 0:00:16.560 --> 0:00:20.360 Bears head coach Matt Naggie, the coaching staff and Bears management. 0:00:20.480 --> 0:00:22.880 The Bears Coaches Show was brought to you by Whippley 0:00:23.200 --> 0:00:27.560 CBA's and Consultants and sponsored by Advocate Healthcare, Hilton and 0:00:27.640 --> 0:00:30.840 the Village of Bedford Park. No From Hellis Hall. Here's 0:00:30.880 --> 0:00:34.760 the Voice of the Bears w BBMS. Jeff Joniac had 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:36.840 a pleasure, good even everybody, and welcome to the panc 0:00:37.000 --> 0:00:39.479 studios here at HALLISA and welcome to the Bears Coaches 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:42.360 Show with Head Coach Matt Nagam. Jeff Joniac with you 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:44.879 into eight o'clock tonight and later joined in the program 0:00:44.880 --> 0:00:49.200 by Bears defensive coordinator Vic Fangio. Hope everybody's doing well 0:00:49.280 --> 0:00:50.760 at home. I hope you had a great to come 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:53.560 on to stay and a great bye week for Coach 0:00:53.680 --> 0:00:56.720 Naggie and the fellas. How you doing, Coach doing awesome? Yeah, 0:00:56.760 --> 0:01:00.000 you know. It was a refresher, not not necessarily a reset, 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:02.200 but a refresher a little bit, uh and not just 0:01:02.280 --> 0:01:04.520 the physical aspect of it. I think most folks and 0:01:04.560 --> 0:01:06.480 fans would focus on they got to heal up, and 0:01:06.520 --> 0:01:09.199 you know, you're four weeks into the season and so forth, 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:12.880 so that's not really the issue. It's mental also. It is, 0:01:13.840 --> 0:01:15.920 it is, and I think that one of the things 0:01:15.920 --> 0:01:18.560 that people need to understand is just how important it 0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:21.320 can be for all of us in regards to the 0:01:21.600 --> 0:01:24.640 physical and the mental side. And so, um, you know, 0:01:25.080 --> 0:01:26.960 guys were able to get back in here today and 0:01:27.280 --> 0:01:31.120 have a good, good, good practice. We were able to 0:01:31.160 --> 0:01:34.120 get outside and just kind of let them remember that 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:36.640 it's football time now, so they get back. Well, we 0:01:36.680 --> 0:01:41.400 get all healed up, and mentally for the coaches somewhat 0:01:41.440 --> 0:01:43.560 for the players, and the physically for the players as well. 0:01:43.600 --> 0:01:46.479 And here we go, what about for the coaches, what's 0:01:46.520 --> 0:01:50.360 the I mean, you guys work long hours. Nobody's you know, 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:53.920 feeling that that's an extraordinary thing in the national football 0:01:53.920 --> 0:01:56.640 that you guys do do that. But time with family 0:01:56.640 --> 0:01:58.840 and so forth, that's as important as anything. It is, 0:01:59.200 --> 0:02:01.840 and I believe at in that. I think that it's 0:02:01.880 --> 0:02:04.760 important to stay healthy that way. Um, just to make 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:07.760 sure that we all understand you need to re energize 0:02:07.760 --> 0:02:09.840 a little bit, and for us as a team in 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:14.280 particular um coming from a longer type training camp that 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:17.160 extra week and where we were, it's good for us. 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:19.480 And then the other part two is is for the 0:02:19.560 --> 0:02:23.360 players and coaches, the the your family in regards to 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:25.040 them having you back in the house for a little 0:02:25.040 --> 0:02:27.480 bit and getting to see how things go. And but 0:02:27.520 --> 0:02:30.160 then by the end of it is dad and husband 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:32.959 putting them put the foot down. Yeah, absolutely, and so 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:36.200 there's the rules that I think should be uh, do 0:02:36.360 --> 0:02:38.680 not happen. But by the end of the week, they're 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:40.200 ready to kick you out and let you get back 0:02:40.200 --> 0:02:42.880 to work. And that's where that's where we're at today. 0:02:42.880 --> 0:02:44.679 You mentioned when you had your weekly news conference with 0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:46.560 the media, you said the Bears, you're in a good 0:02:46.560 --> 0:02:49.280 place right now. You don't want to focus on the 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:52.320 record and the standing where you're at in the division 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:54.880 because there's a long way to go, but you still 0:02:54.880 --> 0:02:57.000 feel you're in a good place right now. Explain a 0:02:57.040 --> 0:02:59.320 little further. Why are you feeling more in a good 0:02:59.360 --> 0:03:03.079 place right now? Well, it really does. I mean, the 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:06.720 records important, and I want our guys under I don't 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:09.160 want to downplay that by any means, I think that 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:12.480 we all understand that. But what's important right now for 0:03:12.520 --> 0:03:14.760 our first time being together, for us as coaches and 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:18.160 for the players, is to really just understand of how 0:03:18.200 --> 0:03:21.080 long of a season that this is and it's going 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:23.280 to be how we navigate through it. You know, do 0:03:23.400 --> 0:03:27.560 we are we content with being three and one, which 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:29.800 I know we're not. But I got to remind those guys. 0:03:29.800 --> 0:03:32.360 I gotta remind everybody that this isn't you know, the 0:03:32.440 --> 0:03:35.160 ultimate goal. The ultimate goal for us is to right 0:03:35.160 --> 0:03:37.640 now currently just focus on the task at hand, and 0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:40.840 that's focusing on the Miami Dolphins, and everything else will 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:43.520 take I promise it'll all take care of itself. And 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:46.119 so if we just control we can control, and that's 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:48.640 working week by week, then at the end when it 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:51.640 really does matter, that all happen naturally. Yeah, I gotta 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:53.800 I gotta point out something because when you said it 0:03:53.840 --> 0:03:56.440 again right there, I promise you you say that a lot. 0:03:57.000 --> 0:03:59.320 And if you go back and I have looking through 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:02.920 notes and whatnot, and and I'm sure players remember also 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:04.680 from the time you got here, you've made a lot 0:04:04.680 --> 0:04:08.120 of statements that have proven to be exactly true what 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:12.040 you expect and how it's all unfolded. How beneficial is 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:15.080 that to you that you're that type of person that 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:17.120 when you say something, this is how it is, and 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:19.320 this is how you believe. Well, yeah, you know, I 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:22.560 mean you're ye your organization it is and you know 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:25.240 sometimes and I don't I don't want to make too 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:27.680 many promises, But at the same time, when you go through, 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:30.960 when you go through UM, then you've had experience through 0:04:31.040 --> 0:04:34.640 different types of scenarios and whether that's a win streak, 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:37.880 a losing streak. And I'm not just talking about one 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:40.680 or two games. I'm talking about a lot of games, six, seven, eight, 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:43.040 nine games. I've been on both ends of those, and 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:46.919 so it can feel like, you know, like like the 0:04:46.960 --> 0:04:48.640 world's coming to an end when you're in one of 0:04:48.640 --> 0:04:51.400 those those six game losing streaks, and they can feel 0:04:51.440 --> 0:04:54.679 like the end of the season can't get here fast 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:57.400 enough when you're on a nine game win streak, And 0:04:57.440 --> 0:04:59.240 so I just want to keep it in perspective for 0:04:59.320 --> 0:05:01.680 us to realize we're only four games into this thing. Now. 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:03.680 I love where we're at. I think we have a 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:09.600 great attitude as a team. We're creating an identity throughout Obviously, 0:05:09.680 --> 0:05:15.039 defense is flying around, they're they're great statistically, you know, individually, 0:05:15.040 --> 0:05:18.520 they're doing great. They're they're helping us win games offensively. 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:21.200 Now we finally had that game, but how do we 0:05:21.279 --> 0:05:24.719 keep that thing going? And so that's what that's why 0:05:24.720 --> 0:05:26.400 we're here as coaches, is to make sure that we 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:28.880 do keep it going. And that's the fun part. And 0:05:28.920 --> 0:05:31.240 so the first quarter of this season, we're three and one, 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:35.719 But I just really truly want everybody in this building 0:05:35.720 --> 0:05:38.039 to focus on the Miami Dolphins and nothing more. Were 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:40.960 you able to get any fresh perspectives from watching games 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:43.360 and so forth, well, what you do get to see 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:46.680 is a little bit of you know, are you heavy 0:05:46.680 --> 0:05:49.680 in one area or another in regards to tendencies? Is 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:52.440 there something that maybe you know three weeks in a row, 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:54.159 four weeks in a row, that you're seeing the same 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:56.960 defense over and over again, the same offensive play over 0:05:57.000 --> 0:05:58.960 and over again, because they're seeing a weakness that you 0:05:59.040 --> 0:06:01.880 might have. And you want to ask questions. You want 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:03.719 to you want to you want to be able to 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:07.280 listen and listen not only from your coaches and what 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:09.240 you think you need to learn more from your but 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:11.600 also from the players. Get feedback from your own players, Hey, 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:12.960 what do you think we could be doing more of? 0:06:13.360 --> 0:06:16.480 What should we be doing less of? And that collaboration 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:20.599 of the communication I think is so important to helping 0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:23.359 us get better. And so we use last week to 0:06:23.400 --> 0:06:27.240 do some of that and now we're completely or were 0:06:27.360 --> 0:06:29.560 completely on it the Dolphins. Now, So how did you 0:06:29.640 --> 0:06:32.239 do that with the players? Is it you take a 0:06:32.279 --> 0:06:34.599 representative of each group? Do you go through the coaches? 0:06:34.640 --> 0:06:36.600 Do you you send your lieutenants out there and find 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:37.960 out info? How do you how do you go back? 0:06:38.080 --> 0:06:40.040 You do a little bit of both. There's some players 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:42.200 that you may bring in and you want to just 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:44.720 sit down and talk to and get their opinions. There's 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:48.400 others where you'll you know, your players will give your 0:06:48.400 --> 0:06:50.760 coaches feedback as to what they think, and then you 0:06:50.800 --> 0:06:52.560 got to go ahead and they're the middleman, so you 0:06:52.600 --> 0:06:55.480 pull it from them. And then others when you get 0:06:55.480 --> 0:06:58.200 a chance or you're at practice U or there might 0:06:58.200 --> 0:07:01.160 be a comment here there that's that's subtly said or 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:04.200 mentioned to you that you use. And so we have 0:07:04.200 --> 0:07:06.760 a good group of guys that it's all for the 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:11.040 positive and it's all constructive criticism and if there is 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:13.680 any at all, so right now, we'll use it, and 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:15.400 we'll use it to help us get better. I spend 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:17.040 a little bit of time with Kyle Long today, just 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:20.600 you know, recovering from all the multitude of aches and 0:07:20.600 --> 0:07:22.960 pains he had. It's more than aches and pains, obviously, 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:25.560 but how he's able to come through that. And you 0:07:25.640 --> 0:07:28.480 mentioned today at your news conference about the medical staff 0:07:28.480 --> 0:07:31.320 and the physical training staff the job they've done, and 0:07:31.520 --> 0:07:33.840 they've done a great job with him in particular, a 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:36.160 key figure on your offensive line at that interior right 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:41.640 guard spot. He's benefited from a different way of thinking 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:44.400 because of the influence and the decisions you guys have 0:07:44.440 --> 0:07:47.200 all had and how to keep him healthy, keep them fresh, 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:50.040 keep them feeling good. Sure, And it's really when it 0:07:50.040 --> 0:07:52.320 comes down to it, it's not one person in this 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:55.360 building that is making these decisions. We're all doing it together. 0:07:55.440 --> 0:07:58.840 We're listening, we're talking, we're asking questions, and it's for 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:02.000 the best better fit of the player. And so in turn, 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:05.800 when that happens, the player appreciates that. They understand that 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:07.600 you're looking out for them, but yet you're also doing 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:09.640 it for what's best for the team and I think 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:11.760 that's what Ryan's done such a great job at is 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:15.680 is really bringing in great people that are experts at 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:18.040 their position. And so when you do that and then 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:21.840 you communicate and you talk through, you know, certain issues 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:25.480 like we do once a week, it's awesome and it 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:28.400 helps out and you never take it for granted. I 0:08:28.400 --> 0:08:32.160 think it's too important and inevitably in the end, you 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:35.000 want to be the healthiest team in the NFL, because 0:08:35.000 --> 0:08:36.720 that's going to mean that your guys are on the field. 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:39.880 And we believe wholeheartedly in our players and our coaches 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:43.360 and our staff or you know, everybody in organization, and 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:45.439 so it's just a credit to them for doing such 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:48.720 a great job. The Bears Coaches Show with head coach 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:52.240 Matt Maggie and w bbm's Jeff Joey at continues, I 0:08:52.240 --> 0:08:53.920 mean this is what we expected, you know, every time 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:55.440 we go out there on Sunday, we expected about there 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:57.079 in a week, you know, And that's been the standard 0:08:57.120 --> 0:08:58.679 since day one, you know, since the first time we 0:08:58.760 --> 0:09:03.480 step in this in this facility was first week of April. 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:05.199 The standard was set and that was a coming here 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:08.720 and win games. That is Alan Robinson from earlier today 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:11.959 Bears open the locker room after practice today, Bears get 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:16.480 a get everybody back together and COACHINGEGGI, that's the perfect 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:19.080 answer you want your players to talk about, you know, 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:22.319 because people are hey, aw, you're surprised where you're at. 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:24.240 Are you surprised where you're at in the division? And 0:09:24.320 --> 0:09:26.600 his answer was one I would hope to hear from 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:29.400 every player. No, we're not surprised. You know, we expected 0:09:29.440 --> 0:09:31.760 to win from the time you got in front of them. Yeah, 0:09:31.760 --> 0:09:34.520 that we delivered that message, sure, And that was the 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:38.000 mindset and the way we've attacked this thing is to 0:09:38.120 --> 0:09:40.040 have that mindset. If you're not if you don't have 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:42.480 that mindset, then we're all not in this for the 0:09:42.559 --> 0:09:45.240 right reasons. And I think that our guys have done 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:49.200 a phenomenal job at listening to the message and then 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:52.000 following through with it. And it changes every day, it 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:55.280 changes every week, and it's changing every month right now. 0:09:55.360 --> 0:10:00.680 So our first year here going together on this ride, Um, 0:10:00.720 --> 0:10:04.200 we're learning and and uh, I think my biggest message 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:06.280 to them has always been that it's never going to 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:09.480 be easy, and there's going to be adversity inevitably. They've 0:10:09.480 --> 0:10:12.240 done a great job as young players. We have a 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:15.160 nice balance of veterans and rookies, and they've done a 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:17.800 really good job at at listening to that message and 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:20.720 being able to accept it and learn from stuff. So 0:10:20.920 --> 0:10:22.800 you see, it changes every week. So is this week 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:26.320 just worried about Miami? That's it. It's it's it's really simple. 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:31.280 And you know, um, for us, if you start looking 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:34.120 down the road or you start thinking, um, if we 0:10:34.160 --> 0:10:35.880 get to this point at that point in our record, 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:38.640 is this or that you're you're that, that's you cannot 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:42.480 do that. And so I'm gonna probably overdo it with 0:10:42.520 --> 0:10:45.240 the players, but they're gonna understand that as long as 0:10:45.240 --> 0:10:49.560 they um do that win loser draw, they know that 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:51.680 they we all went about it the right way, and 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:53.920 so I cannot let them do that. And I have 0:10:54.000 --> 0:10:56.160 full trust and I know that they'll when we get 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:59.960 back out there on Wednesday, they'll they'll be focusing on Miami, 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:02.720 whatever we need to do to win that game and 0:11:02.840 --> 0:11:05.080 nothing else. You know. Also, one of the things that 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:07.560 you know, I've been asked to cizillion times on shows 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:11.080 that I've had to do as well. You know, you said, 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:14.160 what the offense is designed to be from the moment 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:17.160 you got here. So there's really shouldn't be any surprises 0:11:17.200 --> 0:11:20.400 about it. Not one target is going to be the 0:11:20.480 --> 0:11:22.600 name of the game for every single week. It's going 0:11:22.679 --> 0:11:26.760 to spread it around. There's one ball, and you have 0:11:26.840 --> 0:11:30.360 many many types of weapons, including at the running back position. 0:11:30.440 --> 0:11:32.960 So you had a lot of questions today about Jordan Howard. 0:11:32.960 --> 0:11:34.960 He was asking a locker room about it if he's frustrated. 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:38.000 He said he isn't because he didn't speak after the 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:41.079 game against Tampa. That was the assumption that everybody made. 0:11:41.160 --> 0:11:45.280 But that being said, your players understand that, right They 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:48.800 understand that this is the way the Bears offense is 0:11:48.800 --> 0:11:51.080 going to be. They don't care at all. They really don't. 0:11:51.360 --> 0:11:53.840 And so when you talk to these guys and you 0:11:53.920 --> 0:11:58.520 understand it's funny. Sometimes Marking myself will go over and 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:01.560 we'll talk to some of our guys, help Chroc, We'll 0:12:01.600 --> 0:12:04.079 go over and we'll we'll say, hey, you know, we 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:07.040 may discuss a certain route or a certain concept that 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:10.040 we think is good for us, and it's a benefit 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:12.320 to that player because it's going to them. I can't 0:12:12.320 --> 0:12:15.199 tell you the amount of times that our players have said, hey, listen, 0:12:15.280 --> 0:12:17.080 you know that's fine, that's great. I don't care though. 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:19.480 We're good at you you know, we're let's just keep going. 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:22.000 Let's just keep you know, doing what we do conceptually, 0:12:22.520 --> 0:12:25.199 and that means a lot to us as coaches. And 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:28.680 so they're understanding that each and every single week, it's 0:12:28.720 --> 0:12:30.800 could be someone different. And I think that's what makes 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:36.200 this offense effective and it makes it work because you 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:38.840 can't just single out one guy and take one guy away, 0:12:38.920 --> 0:12:42.520 and now the offense doesn't work. And so that's kind 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:44.520 of what I was raised on, and coach reads West 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:48.440 Coast offense was. I mean, you look back in the 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:51.720 in the two thousands and there's not a lot of 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:54.240 wide receivers other than Terrell Owens that that many people 0:12:54.280 --> 0:12:56.760 can name in that Eagles offense. But they won a 0:12:56.800 --> 0:12:58.840 lot of games and they produced a lot of great 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:02.840 offensive numbers. Since then, the offense has evolved in Kansas 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:04.840 City with some of the players that we had there, 0:13:05.200 --> 0:13:07.520 and now it's kind of taken a life of its own. 0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:09.640 And so what I think is so neat is you 0:13:09.720 --> 0:13:12.240 might see Tarik Coe and get a bunch of catches 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:14.240 and have a bunch of yards, and the next week 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:18.080 you may end up seeing you know, Alan Robinson or 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:20.720 Trey Burton or Taylor Gabriel or Anthony Miller. The list 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:23.160 goes on and on. Jordan Howard, you know, our tight 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:26.040 ends down. So when you have that, you can just 0:13:26.080 --> 0:13:28.120 start calling plays and know that as long as the 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:30.600 quarterback makes the right decision, gods will be open to 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:33.280 make plays. And that's what we're striving for right now. Yes, 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:36.880 it's inevitable, No, as a as a competitor, somebody does 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:39.439 start getting a lot. And then if it feels back 0:13:39.880 --> 0:13:42.680 that they want that hunger, but you want that hunger too, yeah, 0:13:42.679 --> 0:13:44.400 you do want it. And then the other thing that's 0:13:44.440 --> 0:13:48.560 that's crucial here to understand is that inevitably, in the end, 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:51.199 who cares about numbers? Right, we want those letters. And 0:13:51.280 --> 0:13:54.200 so as long as we're winning, no matter how we 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:56.000 do it, as long as we have one more point 0:13:56.040 --> 0:13:58.080 than that other team, I don't care how we did it. 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:03.560 And so far four games, defense has has really held 0:14:03.600 --> 0:14:05.719 up their end of the stick and they've helped out 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:08.160 now for the offense. Last week they did a good 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:11.040 job of being able to do that to work there. 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:13.680 And well, there's a lot more games left and there's 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:16.120 gonna be different ways to win, but our message to 0:14:16.120 --> 0:14:17.960 the team is as long as we get that win 0:14:19.120 --> 0:14:22.040 than I don't think really anybody cares. And that's what's 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:26.200 special about this team. No more of the Bears Coaches 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:29.680 Show with head coach Matt Maggie on news radio seven 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:33.280 eighty and one oh five point nine FM w BBM. 0:14:33.520 --> 0:14:36.080 I feel like, well, we're hitting a groove. You saw 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:38.320 a last game, so I was getting in the right 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:41.480 path right now. Yeah, that's Jordan Howard offense. Love what 0:14:41.520 --> 0:14:43.280 they did against Tampa Bay and now it sounded in 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:45.760 the Miami Dolphins, says. The Bears get ready for Week 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:48.600 six of the National Football League season and the Chicago 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:51.280 Bears Network presents Inside the Bears, brought to you by Verizon. 0:14:51.320 --> 0:14:53.960 Anthony Adams and Lauren Screeden cover the world of Bears football, 0:14:54.000 --> 0:14:55.920 on and off the field, every Sunday night at eleven 0:14:55.960 --> 0:14:58.800 o five pm on Fox thirty two Chicago, or watch 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:02.440 anytime at Chicago bear dot Com around the Bears official app. 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:04.320 Thanks for joining us down at the Bears Coaches Show. 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:06.600 Mattneggie here for a more segment. We're with you until 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:12.080 eight o'clock tonight. Weather since we're focusing in Miami. You 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:15.400 got a gift today, warm and humid, which is the 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:18.920 expectation at the end of the week. My broadcast partner 0:15:18.960 --> 0:15:23.120 Tom Thayer Uh played there and he is He was 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:25.520 a sweater back in those you know, that's what he 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:29.200 always was, worried about the weather. But nowadays there's so 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:33.440 much attention paid to hydration and so forth. You got 0:15:33.440 --> 0:15:36.600 that in their in their head already right about staying hydrated. 0:15:36.640 --> 0:15:39.320 That the Jen Gibsons of the world are going to 0:15:39.400 --> 0:15:41.880 make sure that that's the case. Yeah, they will, and 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:45.000 it is very important. It's a different um, it's a 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:47.560 different feel down there, and like you said, today it 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:49.680 was a little humid and we were in the mid eighties, 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:52.760 which will be similar to what it is down in Miami. 0:15:52.840 --> 0:15:56.080 So it's important. I want our guys to know that. 0:15:56.120 --> 0:15:57.800 But I don't want to overdo it either, you know, 0:15:57.840 --> 0:16:00.320 so that they can just continue to play and but 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:02.800 hopefully it's a nice sunny day, a little humid and 0:16:02.840 --> 0:16:05.240 get to sweat, you know, sweat sweat a little bit 0:16:05.320 --> 0:16:09.240 and go play some football. James Daniels Eric Kush was 0:16:09.280 --> 0:16:11.560 brought up again today about the left guard position you're 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:16.240 evaluating that on a daily basis, aside from the obvious 0:16:16.240 --> 0:16:19.600 and how they played with James is doing day to 0:16:19.680 --> 0:16:22.400 day in the practice field. And I'm always curious to 0:16:22.440 --> 0:16:27.040 know because some coaches don't necessarily think this way, but 0:16:27.120 --> 0:16:30.560 what you do on the practice field is extremely important 0:16:30.560 --> 0:16:32.880 to get you to Sunday. It is, and he doing that. 0:16:33.240 --> 0:16:36.880 He's doing a great job, and he's getting mental reps 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:39.200 and then coach Harry does a great job of getting 0:16:39.240 --> 0:16:42.160 them in there for some for some physical reps as well. 0:16:42.240 --> 0:16:45.440 And so Kush has done has done a really good 0:16:45.520 --> 0:16:48.520 job at you know, understanding where we're at, where he's at, 0:16:48.520 --> 0:16:51.920 where James is at, and they're working together. And when 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:55.040 you have that um on your team and you have 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:58.320 selfless players that just care about getting, you know, doing 0:16:58.320 --> 0:17:01.160 whatever they can to make this offense go as best 0:17:01.160 --> 0:17:03.440 as it can, you're in a good place. And so 0:17:03.560 --> 0:17:05.719 we have that, and James are going to continue to 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:08.760 keep working hard, keep listening, keep listening to what coach 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:10.399 Harry has to say, and then Kush is going to 0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:13.240 do the same thing you mentioned in our last segment 0:17:13.240 --> 0:17:15.960 about we're talking about spreading the ball around and stuff. 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:18.840 So Trey Burton, he's getting touches the other tight ends. 0:17:19.200 --> 0:17:21.919 Those days have yet to come yet, but does it 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:24.400 feel good what you see on the practice field from 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:26.960 the d n Sims, the Ben Bronickers, Daniel Brown's. You 0:17:27.080 --> 0:17:29.640 will be getting Adam Schehen back at some point here 0:17:29.840 --> 0:17:32.240 in somewhat the near future. It is, And it's a 0:17:32.240 --> 0:17:34.720 good problem for us to have. Is those tight ends 0:17:34.720 --> 0:17:36.560 did such a great job in the preseason and it 0:17:36.600 --> 0:17:38.879 was good work for them, and so they're continuing to 0:17:38.920 --> 0:17:43.040 work hard in practice. They're learning, they're learning about this 0:17:43.119 --> 0:17:45.600 system and how we do things, and so for us 0:17:45.680 --> 0:17:47.840 it just gives it gives us an advantage to be 0:17:47.880 --> 0:17:51.720 able to scheme different players, different personnel groupings, formations, etc. 0:17:52.520 --> 0:17:54.919 And you know, again, they don't really care. They know 0:17:55.040 --> 0:17:57.560 that whatever we ask them to do, they'll do it, 0:17:57.840 --> 0:18:01.280 whether it's one play or fifty ways, they're there and 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:03.159 we believe in those guys. This is one of the 0:18:03.280 --> 0:18:06.359 rare days. I have to think back that no questions 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:09.440 about Khalil mac and we haven't talked. He was named 0:18:10.440 --> 0:18:13.840 defensive player the month. That certainly was an expectation given 0:18:13.840 --> 0:18:17.640 the unique numbers I ran in him. Today, I mean 0:18:17.720 --> 0:18:20.160 every day He's like a ray of sunshine. He's happy, 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:23.640 go lucky, just loving it, loving it here, he said, Man, 0:18:23.680 --> 0:18:25.960 but it is moving fast. It's already week six, and 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:29.200 for him it must feel different than everybody else because 0:18:29.240 --> 0:18:31.560 of being dropped in like this. Yeah, it has to 0:18:31.600 --> 0:18:33.800 be a complete whirlwind for him, and and then for 0:18:33.880 --> 0:18:35.679 him to play as well as he's been playing, for 0:18:35.760 --> 0:18:38.320 him to elevate the players on our team as much 0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:41.879 as he has. Again, there's so many other things that 0:18:41.920 --> 0:18:46.320 go into, you know, a move and a transition. He's 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:49.320 done it all and he's played lights out and so 0:18:50.240 --> 0:18:53.800 we're lucky. We're happy that we have him. The other 0:18:53.840 --> 0:18:58.800 part with Khalil's that he understands he's he's played, you know, 0:18:59.240 --> 0:19:01.560 every year he's play he's plays sixteen games, and so 0:19:01.640 --> 0:19:05.119 he understands the grueling part of the season how to 0:19:05.160 --> 0:19:07.159 take care of your body, so he can he not 0:19:07.240 --> 0:19:09.720 only does that, but he'll teach these guys how to 0:19:09.760 --> 0:19:12.919 take care of your body. You know, really understand. You know, 0:19:12.960 --> 0:19:14.679 this is what you got to do when you're in practice, 0:19:14.720 --> 0:19:16.960 you go hard. Now, they also rely on coaches to 0:19:17.080 --> 0:19:19.240 pull back reps a little bit as well, so that 0:19:19.280 --> 0:19:21.480 we're not you know, crushing them with the amount of 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:24.080 reps in practice. And so he's a good teacher in 0:19:24.119 --> 0:19:26.720