WEBVTT - Matt Eberflus reflects on Bears' Week 4 victory | Bears, etc. Podcast 0:00:00.680 --> 0:00:05.880 Cut over that DJ Moore zode touchdown touchdown pair. 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:10.520 I am Jeff joniha whitz Is on Dottie go up. 0:00:12.000 --> 0:00:14.880 What was like playing for coach Digg. I don't want 0:00:14.880 --> 0:00:17.079 to answer any questions like that pressure coming is a 0:00:17.079 --> 0:00:22.920 big trouble. Dotie go motes Sweat. 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:25.759 Now. 0:00:25.920 --> 0:00:28.520 Bears, et cetera. Brought to you by Geico with the 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:31.320 voices of the Bears, Jeff Joniac and Tom Thayer. 0:00:32.680 --> 0:00:35.800 A seventh consecutive win at Soldier Field includes a second 0:00:35.880 --> 0:00:38.840 home come from behind victory. Down six in the first half, 0:00:38.880 --> 0:00:41.120 the Bears lay the hammer down to the second half 0:00:41.360 --> 0:00:43.800 and send Matthew Stafford in the Rams back to La 0:00:44.280 --> 0:00:47.880 twenty four to eighteen losers. With Super Bowl Bears winning 0:00:47.920 --> 0:00:51.080 guard Tom Thayer, I'm Jeff Jonyack. Welcome too, Episode ninety 0:00:51.120 --> 0:00:53.640 eight of the Bears Etcetera Podcast, and we are brought 0:00:53.640 --> 0:00:56.600 to you by Geico. That streak the longest since the 0:00:56.800 --> 0:00:59.840 five six era, Tom under Lovey when they won ten 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:04.800 straight home games. And you know it feels good, because 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:09.399 it doesn't look good when you're chasing five hundred every 0:01:09.400 --> 0:01:12.119 other week, because every time you lose, you're chasing two 0:01:12.160 --> 0:01:15.680 weeks down the road, and that calendar shrinks, especially in October, 0:01:15.680 --> 0:01:17.520 and that's these one and three teams or these own 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:19.400 four teams, that's what they're facing. 0:01:19.480 --> 0:01:20.920 And the Bears don't have to face that right now, 0:01:20.959 --> 0:01:21.720 they're five hundred. 0:01:22.120 --> 0:01:24.679 It is about your improvement as a football team. And 0:01:24.720 --> 0:01:26.960 if you know, yeah, you don't want to be one 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:29.840 and three. But what's your main focus is is making 0:01:29.880 --> 0:01:33.320 sure Caleb is getting better, making sure your offensive line 0:01:33.360 --> 0:01:36.160 is more productive, making sure that your defense is still 0:01:36.200 --> 0:01:40.479 playing according to plan, because eventually that one in three 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:44.080 is gonna be now be seven games deep, and then 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:46.440 so on and so forth, and then all of a sudden, 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:48.200 the division is going to be hitting you like a 0:01:48.200 --> 0:01:49.000 pie in the face. 0:01:49.720 --> 0:01:53.240 Yeah, exactly, that division is. Has it been more impressive 0:01:53.280 --> 0:01:53.800 than you thought? 0:01:54.040 --> 0:01:56.600 Uh yeah, oh yeah, of course, of course, of course. 0:01:57.720 --> 0:02:01.000 You know, I think everybody thought the Green Bay Packers 0:02:01.040 --> 0:02:02.639 were gonna be good at the start of the season. 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:05.440 We didn't know what to think with the Minnesota Vikings 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:09.440 after the injury to JJ McCarthy, and they brought brought 0:02:09.480 --> 0:02:13.480 in Sam Darnold, who was a high first round pick 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:15.760 in this league that's been around a couple of teams 0:02:16.200 --> 0:02:19.120 and the Detroit Lions right now, they're on everybody's radar, 0:02:20.080 --> 0:02:24.600 the respect radar, and so it's gonna be interesting to 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:27.120 be able to watch on TV a couple times before 0:02:27.160 --> 0:02:29.840 we do play them. But I think they're interested in 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:34.320 watching the Bears as well because they're a unique team 0:02:34.400 --> 0:02:37.920 to watch right now that has some bona fide veteran 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:39.040 stars on this team. 0:02:39.160 --> 0:02:41.640 Right you don't really know if you're you know, looking 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:45.639 at the Bears what's coming because there's so much development 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:48.840 yet to come. They know about the defense, They certainly 0:02:48.840 --> 0:02:51.800 know about the defense and takeaway defense and the solid 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:54.480 play across the board, but the offense is the wild 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:56.440 card and when it gets cranked up, and you know, 0:02:56.520 --> 0:02:58.880 before we get any further one tell you that we're 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:00.799 brought to you by Miller Lake tastes like middle Time, 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:04.480 Celebrate Responsibly, Midder Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ninety six cavalies 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:07.720 and three point two cars per twelve ounces. Because for you, 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:11.960 as an outstanding analyst and breaking down everything in quite 0:03:12.000 --> 0:03:16.880 the detail, what is the most important takeaway from Sunday's 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:18.359 win team. 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:22.320 Wide performance in the running game four point seven yards average. Now, 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:24.440 if you can go and back that up by another 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:26.960 game at four or you know that you know what 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:27.880 did we talk about? 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:29.519 What was the number that we are searching for? 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:30.480 Four yards and carry? 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:32.640 Okay, so four. 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:35.480 Point seven, that's that's a big advantage that you give 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:36.000 your team. 0:03:36.360 --> 0:03:38.520 I like the construction of the pocket. 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:41.920 I like the discipline of Caleb inside the pocket to 0:03:42.000 --> 0:03:45.360 make some big throws. So I guess I'm narrow minded 0:03:45.440 --> 0:03:48.320 looking at it from the offensive point of view. But 0:03:48.760 --> 0:03:51.800 defense has never disappointed me, so I wasn't searching for 0:03:51.880 --> 0:03:55.880 answers there. My biggest take on the defense is you're 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:59.480 rotating eight defensive linemen and they are eight defensive linemen 0:03:59.480 --> 0:04:03.560 that are being pductive. That's not really something that happens 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:05.839 a lot in the NFL. You know, you probably got 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:09.200 your top five and then you hope three more play well. 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:12.600 But right now you're getting production out of every single 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:15.080 guy that you're putting in that the game. 0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:16.320 And then when you put him. 0:04:16.200 --> 0:04:19.680 In the game, you're talking about putting a fresh stable 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:22.920 of guys in the game. That really helps the linebackers. 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:24.040 In the defensive backs. 0:04:24.560 --> 0:04:27.760 Coming up, we'll hear from Matt Aberfluse in the Status 0:04:27.760 --> 0:04:30.960 at hallis our weekly conversation with him. Let's get back 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:33.840 to the run game, because DeAndre Swift is the central 0:04:33.880 --> 0:04:34.560 finger in that. 0:04:34.640 --> 0:04:36.000 I mean, there were reports. 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:38.480 Nationally that the Bears were gonna look at Roshawn Johnson 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:41.159 as the lead back for this game. He played twenty 0:04:41.160 --> 0:04:43.320 two snaps. I mean, you ride the hot hand, and 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:46.919 DeAndre Swift has a belief in himself and he was 0:04:46.960 --> 0:04:48.719 asking a lot of questions throughout the course of the 0:04:48.720 --> 0:04:51.560 week of everybody trying to find some more answers, and 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:54.200 he found them. Sixteen for ninety three. The touchdown run 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:57.280 up thirty six was a beauty, terrific blocking on that play, 0:04:57.800 --> 0:05:00.000 the longest run since Valas Jones and twenty two. Again 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:02.680 it's the vikings in a forty two yard play and 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:05.440 the first Bear since Jeremy Langford in twenty fifteen for 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:08.920 seventy seventy. We can keep on going because there's all 0:05:08.960 --> 0:05:12.599 sorts of numbers about this particular performance, because he also 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:15.280 had seven catches for over seventy yards, So one hundred 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:19.480 and sixty five total yards from scrimmage is a monster day. 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:21.960 And then you had the hammer hitting the nail in 0:05:21.960 --> 0:05:23.760 a roachhin So love it. 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:26.599 Listen, you know, we've been introduced in the NFL in 0:05:26.680 --> 0:05:28.960 the last four or five years of having a stable 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:32.320 of running backs because you can't forget about Khalil Herbert. 0:05:32.360 --> 0:05:34.840 But you got DeAndre Swift who looks like he's getting 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:38.119 a better understanding of what this offense is all about 0:05:38.160 --> 0:05:40.280 and how the blocking is going to unfold in front 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:43.479 of them. You have Roshan Johnson that not only is 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:47.440 he carrying the ball effectively and physically, but he's making 0:05:47.480 --> 0:05:49.560 some catches and he's able to convert him in the 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:54.040 first downs. So for me, as well as DeAndre Swift did, 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:56.960 I'm glad we have a couple more there just waiting 0:05:57.000 --> 0:06:01.280 in the wings to have their fresh presentation of their opportunity. 0:06:01.440 --> 0:06:04.080 So I think it's exciting when you talk about depth 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:06.520 in the running back position as much as on the 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:07.520 defensive line. 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:09.680 So they sparred a little bit. They sparred a little 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:11.520 bit with the Rams in the first half, getting their 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:13.800 sea legs under them a little bit, and then things 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:15.520 open up and to me, the drive of the year 0:06:15.600 --> 0:06:17.400 so far, and we've talked about it. We broke it 0:06:17.440 --> 0:06:20.440 down Sunday night on Bears Game Night Live. You did, 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:23.120 and I brought it up with coach after the game 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:27.200 on ESPN one thousand. It's just the six play run, 0:06:27.360 --> 0:06:31.560 six play pass, twelve plays overall to a touchdown, and 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:34.440 things were in rhythm. And after that point they had 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:37.800 four straight scoring drives. So to me, if they can 0:06:37.880 --> 0:06:41.880 build off of that and start faster that way in 0:06:41.920 --> 0:06:45.039 the future, this is going to be a completely different 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:49.080 football team because Caleb Williams has thrown very few passes 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:52.040 with the lead, which means the defense hasn't played many 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:55.240 games with the lead, and what they can do when 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:58.400 they do have the lead. And I think that's what 0:06:58.400 --> 0:07:00.800 you're looking for here, is to try to get something. 0:07:00.839 --> 0:07:03.400 We got four one score games they've been in, they've 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:05.680 split them, and now you got to win the majority 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:06.919 of those because that's the league. 0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:08.440 You got to win your one score games. 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:11.000 Well, you brought up the boxing, so I'm gonna bring 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:13.760 up a boxing analogy, and Mike Tyson said, everybody's got 0:07:13.760 --> 0:07:15.960 a plan until they get punched in the face. And 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:17.840 I think the Bears did a great job at the 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:20.280 beginning of the game when they held the rams the 0:07:20.320 --> 0:07:22.920 field goals. Then all of a sudden they took those 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:25.640 punches of field goals. Now what did the Bears do 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:29.840 to respond? They got themselves and finally got into the touchdown, 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:32.840 got into the end zone. You know, whether it's the 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:37.760 great play by Caleb or the big run that included Kramer. 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:39.720 You know at the full back, that's the punch in 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:41.840 the face. That's the punch in the face. 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:43.280 That's what I was. 0:07:43.360 --> 0:07:46.200 That's what was my point is that you know, even 0:07:46.280 --> 0:07:50.080 though the Rams scored first with the veteran quarterback, the 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:53.800 Bears punched back. And so I like to see that 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:56.960 the Bears had the proper amount of fight in them 0:07:57.440 --> 0:08:00.200 that was needed at some of the most important and 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:01.400 points in the season. 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:05.000 So is that an overhand right and then uh brisker 0:08:05.120 --> 0:08:07.840 on on the on the blitz sack that messed up 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:12.160 Matthew Stafford? Is that the uppercut? And then Tory Taylor 0:08:12.200 --> 0:08:14.120 and his big, big right leg. 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:17.640 What's he is? He is the a combination. 0:08:17.640 --> 0:08:20.760 Boom boom kind of the rope of dope where all 0:08:20.760 --> 0:08:22.960 of a sudden that you know, you got your backed 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:25.440 up a little bit and you need a big you know, 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:28.680 a strategy to get you out of that corner, and 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:30.760 all of a sudden, here he is with three different 0:08:30.760 --> 0:08:35.480 styles of punts that are extremely effectively done each and there, 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:39.800 you know, each in their own flight pattern, and it 0:08:39.920 --> 0:08:41.920 was just awesome to see the way it happened. 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:45.040 Jab jab jab, knockout Bears get the win. Let's discuss 0:08:45.040 --> 0:08:47.360 it now with the head coach, Matt Ebraflus and our 0:08:47.400 --> 0:08:49.839 status at hollis all right, Matt, thank you very much 0:08:49.840 --> 0:08:53.080 for joining us once again, and congrats terrific win over 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:56.000 the l A rams. A lot of connective tissue in 0:08:56.040 --> 0:09:00.760 this one, all three phases with I'm referring to so offense, defense, 0:09:00.760 --> 0:09:01.600 special teams. 0:09:02.320 --> 0:09:05.239 It was very knitted, would you agree, Yes. 0:09:05.080 --> 0:09:05.640 You know it was. 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:07.720 I told the guys after the game how proud it 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:10.360 was of them in terms of, you know, playing copmentary. 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:11.920 Football, and they did that. 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:13.240 You know, right at the end of the half you 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:15.040 saw the missfield goal by them, and then we drove 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:17.120 down and got a field goal ourselves, and then really 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:18.679 the end of the game, you know, it was really good. 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:20.120 You know, we had a couple of three announcer had 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:22.360 a take away at the end. But the four minute 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:24.480 job by the offense was excellent too, being able to 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:27.679 expire that time from you know, four fifteen or so 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:29.800 all the way down to wet They got the ball 0:09:29.840 --> 0:09:33.160 with one O three with no timeouts for that last drive. 0:09:33.240 --> 0:09:35.679 So that was a great copmentary football there. Pus the 0:09:35.720 --> 0:09:38.160 putt and pins of the two putt and pins in there, 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:40.200 the sixty six yarder and then the one from the 0:09:40.200 --> 0:09:42.360 forty three, you know, down to the eight, both at 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:44.439 the eight yard line. So Tory did an awesome job 0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:45.520 of that as well. 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:47.600 Now we're gonna talk more about him in a minute, 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:51.480 but you got one past the media today. It caught 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:55.560 my attention because I've heard this before on the Doug 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:59.000 Kramer power run for the touchdown for a Roshawn Johnson. 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:03.000 You call it God's pla and nobody followed up on it. 0:10:03.400 --> 0:10:06.680 So explain it because it is a thing for coaches. 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:10.600 God God's play is power football. Where did you hear 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:13.040 it in your coaching life. I know you've got history 0:10:13.080 --> 0:10:15.439 with all this stuff, but God's play. 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:16.320 Explain it? 0:10:16.720 --> 0:10:19.160 Well, it's it's really just the power play. 0:10:19.200 --> 0:10:20.839 You know, you get to have a kickout and you 0:10:20.920 --> 0:10:24.840 got a polar in that same direction, and uh, it's 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:27.679 it's a good play. It's been around forever and you 0:10:27.720 --> 0:10:29.240 know it's one of the first plays you put in 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:33.000 and it's it's it's been effective for a long time, 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:35.360 you know, So it's been part of football and it 0:10:35.400 --> 0:10:37.880 will be a part of football forever. And uh, it's 0:10:37.960 --> 0:10:38.800 it's a really good play. 0:10:38.920 --> 0:10:42.199 Do you recall when that first was referred to as 0:10:42.240 --> 0:10:42.760 God's played? 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:45.720 I really don't just passed down from coaches from general. 0:10:45.559 --> 0:10:47.560 I know my my coach, my former coach that I 0:10:47.600 --> 0:10:49.960 worked for for a lot of years, Gary Pinkell, was 0:10:50.120 --> 0:10:53.000 at the game as my guest with his two sons yesterday, 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:54.960 so it was great to see him afterward. 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:56.840 And I know he loves that play. 0:10:56.960 --> 0:10:59.320 And I know the guy he worked for, Don James, 0:10:59.679 --> 0:11:01.840 uh of that play too, So it was good for 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:03.040 him to be able to see that. 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:06.280 Yeah, the film University of Washington coach Don James correct 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:08.320 awesome coach power. 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:09.559 Every coach loves power. 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:12.880 Yeah that power, yep, every coach. It's a good play. 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:16.960 It's a good play, steady offensive performance, high percentage of completions. 0:11:17.440 --> 0:11:21.400 I think Caleb was fifteen to fifteen with less than 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:24.320 fifteen plus air yards according to the Next Gen Stats 0:11:24.320 --> 0:11:28.720 and NFL analysis. That's that's some really good precision right there. 0:11:28.960 --> 0:11:30.079 Yeah, he did a really good. 0:11:30.160 --> 0:11:32.439 And his quarterback rating was really good too, at a 0:11:32.440 --> 0:11:34.840 one to six, and that's his highest of the year. 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:37.960 That just tells you that he's playing clean, efficient football 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:41.280 and he did a really good job protecting the ball yesterday. 0:11:41.320 --> 0:11:43.120 I know we had the one strip sack, but Matt 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:47.400 and we're covering that yeah prior, yeah, yeah, at that time. 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:50.199 But for the most part, it was really good, clean football. 0:11:50.440 --> 0:11:52.760 And the deep shots will come, right, they're getting closer 0:11:52.800 --> 0:11:53.319 and closer. 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:54.719 Yeah, yeah, they are, they are. 0:11:54.800 --> 0:11:57.440 And we had a couple of chances yesterday, you know, 0:11:57.520 --> 0:11:59.320 to be able to do that, and they covered him 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:01.240 pretty good, and he did a really good job of 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:02.760 getting the ball to the short part of the. 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:06.199 Field defense, taking the ball away twice nearly a third 0:12:06.480 --> 0:12:08.199 the blitzes. That's where I want to get into the 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:13.800 chess match. And as offensive coordinators have a particular instinct 0:12:13.880 --> 0:12:17.360 or timing for a play, so to defensive minded coaches 0:12:17.480 --> 0:12:22.480 and defensive play callers. Do you have a set number 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:24.480 in your mind game or do you just get a 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:27.120 feel for one, or do you have them predetermined over 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:27.880 the course of the week. 0:12:28.400 --> 0:12:30.600 Yeah, I think you're go into the game and you know, 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:32.960 just like an offensive coach, you have your sequence that 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:35.840 you want to operate with, you know, in terms of 0:12:35.880 --> 0:12:39.199 the first fifteen, and then you kind of feel the 0:12:39.240 --> 0:12:39.960 game out, you know. 0:12:40.040 --> 0:12:41.680 Then you have to you have to feel the game out. 0:12:41.720 --> 0:12:43.640 You have to have those particular ones that you want 0:12:43.679 --> 0:12:45.520 to use at certain times. 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:47.840 And I think that's that's a gut feeling. 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:51.880 But you certainly know when that time is, you know, 0:12:52.120 --> 0:12:54.679 and it's important that you recognize that as a play call. 0:12:54.800 --> 0:12:57.280 Can you lull a team to sleep without them and 0:12:57.320 --> 0:13:01.160 then boom? I mean, I'm not suggesting the brisker blitzack 0:13:01.320 --> 0:13:04.199 was one of those moments, but maybe it was. And 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:06.640 and then you just know when to pull the trigger. 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:09.400 Yeah, I think it's instincts. You know, I've been calling 0:13:09.440 --> 0:13:12.000 defenses a long time, so I think it's just instincts 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:14.400 with you know when and you know what to call 0:13:14.600 --> 0:13:15.440 and when to call it. 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:20.080 And that's a fastball gets everybody going, uh blitz Blitzer aside. 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:21.680 Yeah, the man had a great game. 0:13:21.880 --> 0:13:24.000 We talked about it on the post game show last 0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:26.479 night with You with Tom and I on the broadcast. 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:27.400 Uh. 0:13:27.440 --> 0:13:29.400 But talking to him after the game, he said he 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:31.840 really felt he had a really strong week of practice, 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:34.800 he felt free. I don't know what that means, but 0:13:35.120 --> 0:13:37.720 you can explain it better than I can can ask him. 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:41.000 So did you sense that from brisk this past week. 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:44.080 Yeah, he's he's really working harder at his footwork, you know, 0:13:44.160 --> 0:13:46.640 and he's doing the basics. And that's that's what you 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:48.280 do as a as a player. You know, you do 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:51.600 the ordinary extraordinary. You know, you don't do extraordinary things, 0:13:51.679 --> 0:13:53.680 you just do the ordinary extraordinary. 0:13:53.760 --> 0:13:54.360 So that's a. 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:58.120 Footwork, that's your base, that's your your pad level when 0:13:58.160 --> 0:14:01.160 you enter the tackle, you know, wrapping through the tackle, 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:03.280 running your feet. You know, he did all those things 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:06.480 yesterday and we haven't sent him that much this year 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:08.520 so you know, so far. But he's always been an 0:14:08.520 --> 0:14:11.959 outstanding blitzer, you know, as Is Kyler is also a 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:14.679 good blitzer with both of our backers are good pressure players, 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:17.280 so we have options to be able to send different 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:20.160 guys from different ways. And I think that, you know, 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:23.440 Brisker just really has been paying attention to the basics. 0:14:23.600 --> 0:14:26.720 It really felt if Jermon Dexter took another big step 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:29.760 this year and nets headed in next direction right now, 0:14:29.840 --> 0:14:34.160 pressureing the quarterback backside plays had another sack yesterday. I 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:36.440 think he's tied with a couple of other guys in 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:39.040 the league for interior defensive linemen in sacks, But that 0:14:39.080 --> 0:14:41.880 would just elevate the entire defense. Is he on that 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:44.200 path and is the defense on that path with him? 0:14:44.320 --> 0:14:45.920 And sweat and everything else that's going on. 0:14:46.040 --> 0:14:47.360 Yeah, I think that goes all the way back to 0:14:47.400 --> 0:14:50.000 the spring. You know, he went back, you know, in 0:14:50.040 --> 0:14:53.960 the summertime, came back in tremendous shape. And I'm telling you, 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:57.440 in terms of working during training camp, I don't think 0:14:57.480 --> 0:14:59.560 anybody worked harder than he did. I mean, he was 0:14:59.640 --> 0:15:02.520 running and getting himself in game shape, and that's why 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:03.080 he's got. 0:15:02.880 --> 0:15:03.520 A fast start. 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:06.320 And I've always told the guys that if you're never 0:15:06.480 --> 0:15:08.840 gonna be quite in game shape until you start playing games, 0:15:08.880 --> 0:15:10.960 I said, but you got to be real close, and 0:15:11.000 --> 0:15:12.640 if you are, then you're going to be playing at 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:15.680 a high level right away, so it doesn't take you time. 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:18.040 That's why you got a fast start. And then Billings 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:20.080 is really doing a good job too. He had a 0:15:20.160 --> 0:15:22.840 really nice couple of nice pressures in there too. He's 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:24.840 really dead in the pocket with how physical he is 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:27.520 and how strong he is, and that that affects the 0:15:27.560 --> 0:15:28.200 quarterback too. 0:15:28.280 --> 0:15:28.480 Yep. 0:15:28.560 --> 0:15:32.280 And Darryl Taylor taking him advantage of his opportunities at 0:15:32.360 --> 0:15:36.080 late pressure there marrying the pressure with the interception to 0:15:36.360 --> 0:15:39.400 close the deal with brisk Uh. Just he doesn't get 0:15:39.400 --> 0:15:42.240 many reps. He gets pass rush reps, but they're counting. 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:43.120 Yeah. 0:15:43.160 --> 0:15:46.040 I was really pleased with DT this week, you know, 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:47.680 in terms he was. He was ill, like I said 0:15:47.680 --> 0:15:49.720 at the presser yesterday a couple of days ago, and 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:53.520 he's the coaches. Travis did a nice job of getting 0:15:53.560 --> 0:15:56.120 them ready and Booker, you know, Booker really did a 0:15:56.120 --> 0:15:59.000 good job on his hustle plays down the field on 0:15:59.040 --> 0:16:01.880 a couple of those screens, and the guys were getting 0:16:01.880 --> 0:16:03.480 out of the getting out of the stack. You know, 0:16:03.520 --> 0:16:05.640 out of the stack means you're rushing the quarterback and 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:09.120 then the ball strown and you immediately with instantaneous reaction, 0:16:09.760 --> 0:16:12.400 work your angle to the football with speed and uh. 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:14.800 Those guys do a great job with that, and they 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:16.840 hustled on those plays. 0:16:16.520 --> 0:16:18.240 With this group up front. 0:16:18.400 --> 0:16:21.320 The more they see this success, see a pop on tape, 0:16:21.360 --> 0:16:24.520 see that the coaching you're teaching, the technique that's being taught, 0:16:24.560 --> 0:16:27.200 the fundamentals and then it plays out. Does this just 0:16:27.280 --> 0:16:29.440 kind of feed the beast a little bit for these guys, 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:33.600 meaning that they can really make big strides in a 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:36.640 short period of time playing together in the rush? 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:39.480 Yeah, I really, I really believe that that that that's 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:42.480 that's the case. I really want to you know, it's 0:16:42.520 --> 0:16:45.120 about the players. So you know, you know, you can 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:47.320 show them and you drill them and you do the 0:16:47.400 --> 0:16:49.880 and hold them to a standard, but it's only good 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:52.200 when they hold themselves to that same standard, you know, 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:55.120 So when it's player led, and that's what you're starting 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:58.440 to see with us being in our system for a 0:16:58.440 --> 0:17:00.600 couple of years now, it's starting to be player led. 0:17:00.640 --> 0:17:02.720 Like we you know, we talk about it, we show 0:17:02.760 --> 0:17:05.040 it and bring it to a man's attention in terms 0:17:05.040 --> 0:17:07.360 of the details of it, but it's it's led. 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:08.840 By them, which leads me to this. 0:17:08.880 --> 0:17:10.520 Then I wasn't going to ask you about this, but 0:17:10.640 --> 0:17:13.919 all that talk about the communication, the players, leadership, all 0:17:13.920 --> 0:17:16.879 of that, if you're saying it's players led, this is 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:18.359 exactly what you want to see. 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:21.720 Yeah, it is correct, It's exactly because you know, the 0:17:21.720 --> 0:17:25.040 accountability piece is led by the players, you know, so 0:17:25.640 --> 0:17:29.800 you know, obviously we hold, we hold coaches and players 0:17:29.840 --> 0:17:32.640 and everybody accountable. But when it's led from the inside out, 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:36.560 meaning that the partnership of the coach and the players 0:17:37.040 --> 0:17:40.720 are leading the accountability piece, that's when it becomes special. 0:17:40.520 --> 0:17:44.399 Which you've always preached, You've always preached, let's tuck DeAndre Swift. 0:17:45.160 --> 0:17:45.800 Wonderful game. 0:17:46.000 --> 0:17:48.439 Just felt like maybe everything was off his back, you know, 0:17:48.560 --> 0:17:50.480 it just played played fast. 0:17:50.760 --> 0:17:51.719 Yeah, and he was. 0:17:51.960 --> 0:17:55.359 He really worked hard last couple of weeks to be 0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:56.399 able to get to this point. 0:17:56.560 --> 0:17:58.840 And I'm excited for him to be able to have 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:01.199 a day like that, to be able to have it 0:18:01.240 --> 0:18:02.000 pay off for him. 0:18:02.040 --> 0:18:04.199