WEBVTT - Key takeaways from Bears vs. Packers | Bears, etc. Podcast 0:00:00.680 --> 0:00:06.160 Cut over that DJ More episode Touchdown Touchdown Pairs. I 0:00:06.200 --> 0:00:09.280 am Jeff Jonilitz, is not dot go. 0:00:12.000 --> 0:00:13.560 What was like playing for Coachy? Did? 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:16.479 I don't want to answer any questions like that pressure 0:00:16.480 --> 0:00:26.240 coming is a big trouble. Dot it goes Montest Sweat Now. Bears, 0:00:26.239 --> 0:00:29.000 et cetera. Brought to you by Geico with the voices 0:00:29.000 --> 0:00:32.680 of the Bears, Jeff Joniac and Tom Thayer. Well, closing 0:00:32.720 --> 0:00:35.240 out a game of the NFL requires a lot. If 0:00:35.240 --> 0:00:39.600 we're being honest, it takes good fortune, of course, strategy, execution, 0:00:39.840 --> 0:00:42.360 and belief. With Super Bowl winning Bears guard Tom there, 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:44.519 I'm Jeff Jonyac, Episode one twelve with the Bears, et 0:00:44.560 --> 0:00:46.920 cetera podcast brought to you by Geico. Good to be 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:49.159 with you, Tom. Learning how to win is hard. 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:52.960 It's hard, Yeah, Winning Learning how to win is hard. 0:00:53.000 --> 0:00:56.440 Winning is hard. The NFL is hard. If that wasn't 0:00:56.440 --> 0:00:59.360 the case, and everybody else would be applying for this job, 0:00:59.440 --> 0:01:02.400 and that's just not the case. And you have changes 0:01:02.600 --> 0:01:04.800 on your football team throughout the course of the season 0:01:04.840 --> 0:01:07.240 that you have to be able to adjust to. But 0:01:07.920 --> 0:01:11.520 as miserable as I am after the end result of 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:14.920 that game, there's a lot of positive things that I 0:01:15.040 --> 0:01:18.520 am really looking forward to putting in motion next week 0:01:18.520 --> 0:01:22.400 against the Minnesota Viking. So I'm not sitting here today 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:24.959 as miserable as I have. 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:28.520 Been in a lot of Green Bay Bear games. 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:31.399 But they did block the kick and three guys jumping 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:33.480 in the air and leaning on the long snapper, and 0:01:33.520 --> 0:01:35.560 now we can talk about what Flus can't. We'll listen 0:01:35.600 --> 0:01:37.720 to Flues here in a few moments. They're sending the 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:40.039 tape in to get reviewed. But it is what it is. 0:01:40.120 --> 0:01:42.320 I heard Teddy Bruski, which I brought up with Coach. 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:45.679 You'll hear that. Many others have come out and said, 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:48.720 why is this not a penalty? I mean, it's a penalty. 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:50.880 Tom, I know, I know it is. 0:01:51.560 --> 0:01:55.400 I mean it's evident on film. I don't understand why 0:01:55.440 --> 0:01:59.760 the officials decide not to make calls that have ramifications 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:02.440 in the outcome of the game at the most important 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:03.320 times in the game. 0:02:03.840 --> 0:02:05.920 And it's just kind of silly. 0:02:05.960 --> 0:02:08.040 But you know what's even sillier to me is sending 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:11.480 in the tape because that just leads the frustration because 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:13.160 they're gonna go and they're gonna look at the tape 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:16.800 and then you're gonna get a nicely handwritten, typed email 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:20.520 letter or whatever saying, oh, yeah, this should have been called, 0:02:21.320 --> 0:02:24.720 and nothing is going to change in the results. It's 0:02:24.760 --> 0:02:26.959 not like you're going to bring everybody back on the field, 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:29.920 re line them up in the field goal position with 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:32.600 a five yard game, or whatever the case is. And 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:35.200 it just reminds me of a couple of weeks ago 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:39.920 when they called Javon Dexter Senior for launching I just 0:02:40.080 --> 0:02:43.239 you know you again. I think you might have used 0:02:43.240 --> 0:02:46.480 the word consistency. Yeah, And that's what they're looking for 0:02:46.560 --> 0:02:48.040 out of the officials. 0:02:47.520 --> 0:02:49.239 Because the first snap in the first second of the 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:51.720 game is equally as important to making it right as 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:53.640 the last snap in the end of the game. So 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:56.640 this idea, you don't make those calls at end of games, 0:02:56.680 --> 0:03:00.600 whether it be pass interference or that particular No, that's 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:04.720 not how it works. It's not it shouldn't work that way. Nonetheless, 0:03:05.200 --> 0:03:08.800 tastes like mither time Celebrate responsibly Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 0:03:08.840 --> 0:03:11.480 Ninety six calories and three point two carbs per twelve ounces. 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:15.280 Let's break down that snap though from your perspective, because 0:03:15.280 --> 0:03:18.640 you've been on that unit in your career, the idea 0:03:18.680 --> 0:03:22.040 of getting as lower as you possibly can because the 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:25.000 defenders are doing that to try and create that pile 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:27.000 where they can lean off of and put their hands 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:29.399 up in the air. What's the technique there? 0:03:29.680 --> 0:03:32.639 The technique and you know, Dicky used to make fun 0:03:32.680 --> 0:03:34.600 of me all the time for it because on extra 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:37.880 point and field goal protection, as you interlock legs, you 0:03:38.000 --> 0:03:40.720 almost have to get in a stance a three point 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:44.560 stance that you're as low as a frog, and because 0:03:44.640 --> 0:03:48.720 you have to be able to uncoil into force because 0:03:49.040 --> 0:03:52.680 you're always going to have multiple people, especially on the inside, 0:03:52.800 --> 0:03:56.840 attacking you. So that means that you've got to be powerful, strong, 0:03:57.000 --> 0:04:01.200 low win the leverage game. If you are up high 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:04.400 in your stance and you lose leverage at impact, there's 0:04:04.440 --> 0:04:06.760 a good chance that the ball can be blocked. So 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:10.520 you may look silly in your stance, but it's all 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:14.360 about making sure that you instantly win leverage. 0:04:14.400 --> 0:04:16.360 So take me to this though, Why did he make 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:18.599 fun of you? Did he think you look funny on tape? 0:04:18.800 --> 0:04:21.000 Yes, because when we used to look at the extra 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:23.920 point field goals in tape, because we always started with 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:26.520 special teams, and that carried over to offense and defense. 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:29.120 And he used to say, look at yourself here, you 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:31.960 look like a frog, and I go, I know, but 0:04:32.480 --> 0:04:35.040 I've never given up a field goal block or an 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:36.040 extra point block. 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:38.159 So that's what you're going to get out of me. 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:40.800 In that situation, I would say, thank you, coach, I 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:42.520 do look like a frog? Is how I do it? 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:45.599 Well, my whole the whole thing that I got was 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:49.880 Jay Hilgenberg, the snapper back then. So when you when 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:52.920 the ball is snap, you interlock legs with the person 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:56.800 next to you, and Jay used to just emphasize and reemphasize, 0:04:56.920 --> 0:05:00.200 don't touch my leg, don't if you're going to interlock, 0:05:00.240 --> 0:05:05.520 interlock behind me, don't watch me because if he did 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:07.600 get pushed at all when you used to be able 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:10.160 to attack the head of the center, that means that 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:13.840 he would go back over end. And just because you 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:17.400 have no regripping on your with your feet, and so 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:21.720 it was just I was more worried about touching him 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:25.279 than I was and how I looked in the stance. 0:05:25.560 --> 0:05:28.520 Well, that being said, you know, I have so much 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:32.680 faith in Cairo Santos. He's been so good over the 0:05:32.720 --> 0:05:34.799 course of his time with the bar since twenty twenty, 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:38.000 and he's been inbooting a lot of fifty yarders. So 0:05:39.000 --> 0:05:41.400 all the analysis and now is coming out about how 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:45.000 he kicks the ball allegedly and the low trajectory, you 0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:47.960 know whatever. Now that that's convenient for that moment to 0:05:48.080 --> 0:05:50.960 describe all that. But I think he's an outstanding kicker 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:53.119 and they have a lot of faith in him. Tom. 0:05:53.839 --> 0:05:57.440 I can't believe that after seven snaps, the starting offensive 0:05:57.440 --> 0:05:59.760 line had to get somebody else out there, and it 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:03.680 was unfortunate Bates got a concussion or inconcussion protocol. So 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:06.359 in comes Jake Kerrn and he comes in at left guard. 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:09.040 I know he played almost seven hundred snaps at right 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:11.960 tackle in his career, but I don't know how much 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:16.240 guard he's played. And I thought the offensive line did 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:18.479 a really good job yesterday, and I think with the 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:21.160 benefit of Caleb getting rid of the ball quicker as well, 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:24.120 help that unit. You break it down, you've broken it down. 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:25.400 What did you see? You know? 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:29.080 I think the offensive line capitalized on an efficiency in 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:32.000 the way they called the plays. They didn't make sure 0:06:32.440 --> 0:06:36.039 they didn't give these guys unrealistic amount of protection time 0:06:36.160 --> 0:06:40.680 that Caleb was trying to identify a receiver. They said, okay, 0:06:40.720 --> 0:06:43.240 we're gonna give immedia get the ball out of Caleb's 0:06:43.240 --> 0:06:46.960 hands immediately. So the pass protection can be more aggressive 0:06:46.960 --> 0:06:50.040 and it can be less time consuming. Then if Caleb, 0:06:50.440 --> 0:06:54.280 if you see an ejection opportunity within that pocket or 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:58.440 the design of the protection, you take off but sensibly 0:06:58.560 --> 0:07:01.359 get down instead of taking any abuse at the end 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:05.839 of your scrambles. And then the design of the specificness 0:07:05.880 --> 0:07:09.600 of the speed of the play, then the way DeAndre 0:07:09.720 --> 0:07:12.640 Swift was hitting the play to those outside edge plays. 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:19.000 Everything helped the offensive line play a faster game themselves. 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:24.760 And when you don't have these lingering, unexpected lengths of 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:28.080 time that you have to hold a protection, it benefits 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:31.080 their style play, especially when you have a tackle play 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:33.400 and guard. And one of the things I know we'll 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:36.240 hear it in the Fluce interview with you, the more 0:07:36.280 --> 0:07:39.360 makeable third downs, And I think that was a key 0:07:39.440 --> 0:07:42.080 point of emphasis when you're going to call the plays, 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:44.760 make sure that you have success on first and second down, 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:49.120 so you're in third in reality, and now you can 0:07:49.160 --> 0:07:51.760 bring multiple guys at the line of scrimmage. They can 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:56.080 be picked up Rochean DeAndre Swift are good reliable blockers 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:59.160 in the backfield. So the combination of the offensive line, 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:02.680 the changes they and the new play calling with the 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:07.240 immediacy of the play calling, I think it benefited everybody. 0:08:06.840 --> 0:08:09.000 Have anew or gently used coat land around. We'll head 0:08:09.000 --> 0:08:11.560 to your local Jewel lost Goo until February tenth and 0:08:11.640 --> 0:08:13.760 donate one of your new or gently used coach to 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:16.320 the thirty sixth annual Chicago Bears Coat Drive help keep 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:18.400 Chicago and warm this winter. All right, let's get the 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:21.440 status at hallis from Bears head coach Matt Eberflus. All right, 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:23.440 thanks Matt once again. You know, as Tom and I 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:25.880 were discussing and with you in post game and more, 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:29.040 we dwelled down and watch tape, but so many positives. 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:31.720 What looked best in your mind? What will look best 0:08:31.760 --> 0:08:32.160 to Maddie? 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:32.600 Obviously? 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:35.079 The obvious is the is the offense, you know, and 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:37.680 and you know they took major strides in one week. 0:08:38.000 --> 0:08:41.000 And my hats off to Thomas Brown and the offensive 0:08:41.000 --> 0:08:44.280 staff and the players. You know, they took ownership, took 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:48.560 accountability of where they were and had found solutions to 0:08:48.600 --> 0:08:52.319 get better. And one of those solutions is getting the 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:55.199 ball to our skill you know, in space, creating space 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:58.040 for those skill players in the offensive play call in 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:00.880 the scheme. And you could clearly see that during the 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:03.480 course of that game. And we just have to do 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:06.280 that in more creative ways as we get going, you know, 0:09:06.280 --> 0:09:07.400 here on to Minnesota. 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:10.199 But you look at you know, the ability to you. 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:13.280 Know, DJ Moore seven for seven on his targets and 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:15.000 receptions you know, sixty two yards. 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:15.400 Same thing. 0:09:15.440 --> 0:09:18.360 You know, Rome got, you know, six receptions sixty five yards. 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:21.920 Keenan had four for forty one, Cole three for forty two, 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:23.920 you know, so you know, and then we got you know, 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:26.200 got a screen pass, a couple of passes off the 0:09:26.240 --> 0:09:29.439 swift too. So I think it's really good. And again 0:09:29.880 --> 0:09:31.839 the offensive staff did a really nice job there. 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:34.760 How did it help the offensive line and the quickening 0:09:34.800 --> 0:09:36.520 of the process because he got rid of the ball 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:40.760 according to multiple stats that services you guys probably have 0:09:40.840 --> 0:09:45.640 your own, but his his quickest time of release getting 0:09:45.679 --> 0:09:46.840 rid of the football this season. 0:09:47.000 --> 0:09:49.199 Yeah, and it's really good, you know, the rhythm and 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:51.200 the timing of it, even even though I said it 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:53.360 in the presser earlier, is that getting the play call 0:09:53.520 --> 0:09:56.800 in and getting operation there, and the energy and how 0:09:56.800 --> 0:09:59.480 we're snapping to the to the line of scrimmage, and 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:02.000 the the ball faking and the carrying out the ball 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:04.400 fakes and all the little details there. 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:06.319 You know, we were. 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:08.960 Improved, and it's something that we emphasize, you know, going 0:10:09.000 --> 0:10:10.959 back to square one, but also being able to get 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:11.600 our guys. 0:10:11.400 --> 0:10:16.800 In space and the last drive. You get sacked on 0:10:16.840 --> 0:10:20.840 the first two. A lot of quarterbacks they're kind of turtle, 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:23.880 it's over, like this is not looking good. What does 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:26.360 he do? He showed what he is what he's going 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:32.920 to be, some terrific acrobat, you know, Huideni type stuff, 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:35.400 getting rid of getting avoiding a sack, getting rid of 0:10:35.400 --> 0:10:38.120 the ball, the room play, I mean the Keenan Allen 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:40.040 played a lot of good stuff there, right that you 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:43.240 can really focus on moving forward to close out games. 0:10:43.520 --> 0:10:45.120 Yeah, I mean, you know it's you know, it's I 0:10:45.120 --> 0:10:46.719 think it was forty two yards, I believe, you know, 0:10:46.760 --> 0:10:49.160 to get us into that position, and you know, the 0:10:49.640 --> 0:10:51.959 you know, the first two sacks, you know, you know 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:53.760 obviously you know we don't you don't want to take those, 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:55.520 and you know we can clean those things up in 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:57.880 terms of protection and you know, getting getting the ball out, 0:10:58.840 --> 0:11:01.240 but the plate at Rome and on the scramble drow there, 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:04.000 you know, scrambling to his right horrific. And then Rome 0:11:04.040 --> 0:11:06.800 really being friendly to him, you know in that you 0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:09.280 know soft zone area there, it was really good. And 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:12.120 then you know the the fadeball, you know, the back 0:11:12.120 --> 0:11:15.800 shoulder fade there versus man coverage was excellent to Rome. 0:11:16.360 --> 0:11:17.440 What a throw, what a catch? 0:11:17.559 --> 0:11:19.280 You know, that's great to see those two do that, 0:11:19.360 --> 0:11:21.880 you know, those two guys that were drafted together. And 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:24.240 then uh, you know the one, the very last one 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:26.400 was a max you know, it was a max pressure 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:30.000 and we checked it to protection and did a great 0:11:30.040 --> 0:11:32.560 job of adjusting the protection to that and then delivering 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:36.120 the ball on time out on that option out route 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:36.960 to uh Kenyan. 0:11:37.440 --> 0:11:40.720 And these aren't small things. These are big things. Those 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:44.480 those two plays alone are big things, right, Yeah, they's things. 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:47.680 It's big growth, and it's it's it's it's really being 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:50.200 on the same page right and being in tune with 0:11:50.240 --> 0:11:52.800 what's going on on the football field. 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:53.880 And I really believe it. 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:56.440 It slowed down for him and you can see that, 0:11:56.960 --> 0:11:58.640 and you could see him operate. 0:11:58.640 --> 0:12:00.880 And another thing too, you know about say situational football, 0:12:00.880 --> 0:12:04.240 which you're always working on, always preaching about, always working on, 0:12:04.679 --> 0:12:08.720 especially third down. So third down yards going into the 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:11.560 game near the bottom of the league, they're just like 0:12:11.640 --> 0:12:15.200 three point three yards per play, Like yesterday you doubled 0:12:15.280 --> 0:12:18.640 that seven point six yards per play on third down. 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:21.720 A really big jump on third down. 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:22.800 What do you. 0:12:22.440 --> 0:12:24.480 Signify as or as Yeah, we've had. 0:12:24.800 --> 0:12:27.439 A big emphasis on the third downs and and kind 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:29.600 of the inverse of what you're talking about. We we 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:33.720 talked about let's get ourselves into six or less, you know, 0:12:33.840 --> 0:12:36.480 and you know, we were a lot of of shorter 0:12:36.600 --> 0:12:38.760 distances there, which is good. That means you're running the 0:12:38.760 --> 0:12:42.040 ball well, you're you're passing games efficient on first and 0:12:42.080 --> 0:12:45.240 second down, and then you're getting yourself into situations that 0:12:45.280 --> 0:12:46.080 aren't as longer. 0:12:46.200 --> 0:12:49.199 And we did that and so and again we. 0:12:49.440 --> 0:12:52.959 Obviously you stated the yards that we got. We converted 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:53.520 on a lot of. 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:55.720 Those seven of nine and third or six or less 0:12:55.720 --> 0:12:58.000 on third down. Yeah, so that was that was big. 0:12:59.840 --> 0:13:04.600 And then the ability by that offensive line on these 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:10.599 crack sweeps, cracked toss sweep, I mean, Braxton look fantastic. 0:13:11.080 --> 0:13:13.439 It turns into a touchdown. Is that one of your 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:14.439 go to plays? 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:16.520 Yeah, that's one of the first things we put in. 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:19.080 You know, it's you know, probably day two or three 0:13:19.080 --> 0:13:22.120 install I think. But again, you we go direct first 0:13:22.120 --> 0:13:24.320 and then we go outside after that. So it's important 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:27.200 that you know, you get those seal blocks on the 0:13:27.200 --> 0:13:29.560 outside and those are all done by receiver tight end 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:33.959 type guys. You know, Cole and Keenan and Rome and DJ. 0:13:34.200 --> 0:13:36.240 Those are all guys that we put in those positions 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:38.080 and they did a really good job of doing that. 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:40.959 And then you have guys from the inside coming outside 0:13:41.000 --> 0:13:43.080 to kick out and that's where you saw Braxton out 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:46.439 there doing that and a couple other guys on the perimeter. 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:50.480 And it's also evident on the perimeter screens as well, 0:13:50.480 --> 0:13:51.320 and you saw that too. 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:56.839 DJ play almost like Deebo with the ball in his hands, thick, 0:13:57.440 --> 0:13:59.800 his explode, all the things that make him a great receiver, 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:02.160 especially on some of those sideline routes when they think 0:14:02.200 --> 0:14:05.000 you got them and you don't. That plays well when 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:06.520 the balls in his hands, no matter how you get 0:14:06.520 --> 0:14:07.160 it to him, isn't it. 0:14:07.280 --> 0:14:11.040 Yeah. Yeah, he's a really good yard off to catch guy. 0:14:11.240 --> 0:14:14.160 He's got great contact balance and the sooner you can 0:14:14.160 --> 0:14:17.599 get the ball in his hands is better. But he 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:22.480 also is he runs deep routes too, and he's exciting 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:26.120 that way. So we're exciting about just keep on developing 0:14:26.600 --> 0:14:29.960 that chemistry between the receivers and the quarterbacks. 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:32.120 I know that you're starting to see. 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:34.120 Some of that as we go, and those guys spend 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:38.680 extra time together last week, pre practice, post practice, in 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:39.760 the meetings. 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:41.960 And I think it's going to pay some givings. 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:42.160 You know. 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:45.240 I said the same exact thing last night on Bears 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:48.560 Game Night Live. It's gonna happen. Like to me, it's 0:14:48.560 --> 0:14:54.200 the last frontier. Yet they're almost there on these deep shots. Yes, 0:14:54.320 --> 0:14:57.280 like you said, a few have hit. But when those hit, 0:14:57.400 --> 0:15:00.880 what's that going to do for the office in general 0:15:01.200 --> 0:15:04.240 and defenses and how they defend the Bears, because that 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:06.720 would change a lot of things about pressures and all that. 0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:09.680 Yeah, yeah, it really will. So stretch it out. We 0:15:09.760 --> 0:15:11.119 got to keep working. 0:15:10.880 --> 0:15:12.560 That, stretching all the parts of the field in our 0:15:12.600 --> 0:15:15.960 passing game, you know, finding that open space if it's deep, 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:18.840 you know, or short. We need to keep doing that 0:15:19.280 --> 0:15:20.440 and be creative and we do. 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:21.040 It all right. 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:23.000 Defense, What are your thoughts. 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:25.400 Yeah, defensively, you know, we wanted to stop the run. 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:27.440 I thought we did a better job of that. You know, 0:15:27.480 --> 0:15:30.000 we weren't perfect in that regard, but I thought we 0:15:30.040 --> 0:15:32.040 did a better job in terms of stopping the runner. 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:36.400 I know that he had some scrambles in there, and uh, 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:39.280 you know, really, to me, the biggest thing is is 0:15:39.280 --> 0:15:40.800 is a pass rush. You know, we really got to 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:43.520 get that going. I know it's been you know, a 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:45.040 couple of weeks since we've got it going in the 0:15:45.120 --> 0:15:47.720 right direction. But we got to really do a good 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:50.520 job of squeezing the pocket and you know, and condensing 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:53.400 that so there's nowhere to run or you know, get 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:54.960 out of the pocket and then throw deep. And that's 0:15:54.960 --> 0:15:57.680 what happened on a couple of those deep passes. So 0:15:57.720 --> 0:15:59.840 we just got to be you know, more coordinated with 0:15:59.840 --> 0:16:00.560 our pass rush. 0:16:00.960 --> 0:16:01.120 Uh. 0:16:01.360 --> 0:16:03.520 When Montes I was asked last night, also, is he 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:06.000 playing hurt? And I would say, yeah, everybody is right now, 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:07.880 little little banged up, right you. 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:08.800 Everybody's banged up. 0:16:09.480 --> 0:16:11.560 That's the time of the year, and you know we're 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:13.920 working in here. But uh, you know, we'll get the 0:16:13.960 --> 0:16:16.800 guys healthy ready to go for this week versus Minnesota. 0:16:16.880 --> 0:16:19.040 I like what you had to say earlier on Monday 0:16:19.440 --> 0:16:22.920 at hallis Hall when you were discussing your weekly news 0:16:22.920 --> 0:16:25.600 conference and you you look the guys in the eye 0:16:25.600 --> 0:16:27.720 and they looked you in the eye at the meat 0:16:27.800 --> 0:16:32.440 team meeting on Monday morning, and you just felt a 0:16:32.520 --> 0:16:35.160 positive vibe from that. Can you go deeper into that 0:16:35.400 --> 0:16:37.440 to what you were forering to maybe expand your thought 0:16:37.480 --> 0:16:37.640 on that. 0:16:37.840 --> 0:16:39.840 I mean, you know, when you're going through adversity, you 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:43.640 know your your mental toughness is tested and your resolve 0:16:43.720 --> 0:16:45.880 is tested, and you have to look each other and 0:16:45.960 --> 0:16:47.840 I look yourself in the mirror and say, hey, I'm 0:16:47.840 --> 0:16:50.360 going to get this done and be determined and we're 0:16:50.360 --> 0:16:52.840 going to do it together. And that to me is 0:16:53.200 --> 0:16:56.240 the starting point. And these guys have came to work 0:16:56.280 --> 0:16:58.320 every single week. I know we've had a couple of 0:16:58.320 --> 0:17:01.640 disappointing losses, last plays of the game type of thing, 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:05.920 and again we just got to keep keep diving in 0:17:05.960 --> 0:17:08.159 to how we can get better and how we can 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:11.440 improve as a football team and keep playing together the 0:17:11.520 --> 0:17:14.040 right way and then, uh, you know, we'd like to 0:17:14.080 --> 0:17:14.760 result the end. 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:18.280 There's all sorts of components to get a win obviously, 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:19.920 or things that have to happen to get a win. 0:17:20.000 --> 0:17:23.639 But the biggest is belief. That's to me is belief 0:17:23.680 --> 0:17:26.200 belief that you're gonna like go march down the field 0:17:26.240 --> 0:17:29.399 like Caleb did, found a way. So do you feel 0:17:29.400 --> 0:17:32.280 the belief is there on this team that they and 0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:35.800 but still learning how to finish and learning how to win. 0:17:35.960 --> 0:17:39.120 Is that that's the great unknown, right? 0:17:39.320 --> 0:17:39.679 Yeah? 0:17:39.800 --> 0:17:42.080 Yeah, And there's some great examples of that. You know, 0:17:42.200 --> 0:17:44.520 just in the first half, how we how we intercepted 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:46.240 the pass and they drove it the length of the 0:17:46.280 --> 0:17:48.680 field and then they was you know, being able to 0:17:48.720 --> 0:17:51.800 dis exhaust that whole first, you know with a touchdown 0:17:52.600 --> 0:17:54.000 and take the wind out of that and take all 0:17:54.040 --> 0:17:56.199 the time out. And then in the fourth quarter, you know, 0:17:56.280 --> 0:17:58.880 we do a really good job, you know of stopping them. 0:17:59.280 --> 0:18:02.000 You know, we dig it out of there. We decided 0:18:02.240 --> 0:18:05.439 to take a delay and then punt and pin. You know, 0:18:05.480 --> 0:18:08.879 they had that explosive pass they score with him. I 0:18:08.920 --> 0:18:12.080 think it was a minute eighteen, right, and then we 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:14.520 stopped a two point conversion. You know, Tremain did a 0:18:14.560 --> 0:18:17.439 nice job of making the adjustment he needed to at 0:18:17.440 --> 0:18:21.440 the line of scrimmage at that particular play and made 0:18:21.480 --> 0:18:24.560 a nice stop and then you know the offense, you know, 0:18:24.640 --> 0:18:27.000 does their thing, you know, with obviously the adversity to start, 0:18:27.040 --> 0:18:29.480 but also you know, converting on the third, you know, third, nineteen, 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:31.520 fourth and three and then getting some position to win 0:18:31.520 --> 0:18:34.440 the game. So there's evidence right there that we can 0:18:34.480 --> 0:18:36.680 get this thing done, and we just got to keep 0:18:36.720 --> 0:18:38.920 finishing the right way with detail. 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:42.119 I know you can't talk about it in detail. I 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:44.440 know you sent it into the league, but the rule 0:18:44.480 --> 0:18:46.879 is the rule. And I heard Teddy Bruski on the 0:18:47.000 --> 0:18:50.280 ESPN saying, hey, officials, you just can't pick and choose 0:18:50.280 --> 0:18:53.680 when to apply the rule. And so long snapper got 0:18:53.720 --> 0:18:56.919 buried in there, that's me saying it. You're not saying that. 0:18:57.000 --> 0:18:59.440 But it was enough to warrant to send the tape in. 0:18:59.560 --> 0:19:04.560 So in terms of consistency, we all seek that right 0:19:04.600 --> 0:19:06.320 in making calls. It doesn't matter. 0:19:06.359 --> 0:19:08.200