WEBVTT - Nagy reflects on Week 7 | Coaches Show 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:02.679 And even everybody. Welcome back to the Bears Coaches Show 0:00:02.680 --> 0:00:04.640 for this week with Bears head coach Matt Nagge Jeff 0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:06.760 Jonik here with you until eight o'clock tonight. We're brought 0:00:06.800 --> 0:00:10.000 to you by Whippley CPHN Consultants, Bears Director of Player 0:00:10.039 --> 0:00:13.680 Engagement Souper Campbell. Coming up at seven thirty tonight, Matt, 0:00:13.760 --> 0:00:16.360 Welcome back home. Early morning arrived. What tech time did 0:00:16.400 --> 0:00:18.360 you guys get in? Yeah, no, you know what I think, 0:00:18.480 --> 0:00:21.439 Jeff was more like, uh like five or five thirty. 0:00:21.760 --> 0:00:24.160 And after a perplexing night in La could have been 0:00:24.360 --> 0:00:26.599 hard to sleep anyway for you, wouldn't it. Yeah, it was. 0:00:26.720 --> 0:00:29.400 You know, it's it's one of those ones you know 0:00:29.440 --> 0:00:32.400 that you wish didn't happen, but it did happen, So 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:34.559 how you know, what are you going to do about it? Right? 0:00:34.600 --> 0:00:37.920 That's kind of a mentality that we have, and it's 0:00:37.920 --> 0:00:40.040 stings and it's not what you want. It was a 0:00:40.600 --> 0:00:43.919 good football team we played, but that's why that's why 0:00:43.960 --> 0:00:46.519 there's a tomorrow and that's why there's another week. So 0:00:46.560 --> 0:00:48.320 that's what we got to focus on. Yeah, the interesting 0:00:48.360 --> 0:00:50.000 thing in time and I were talking about it after 0:00:50.040 --> 0:00:52.080 we got off the air with you last night. You know, 0:00:52.120 --> 0:00:54.600 if two teams are now five and two, they hold 0:00:54.600 --> 0:00:57.360 different news conferences, but it's a very different feel for both. 0:00:57.400 --> 0:01:00.360 But in the reality of it all because you wash it, 0:01:00.480 --> 0:01:02.279 it's onto the next week. You guys are both five 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:04.240 and two of a fresh clean slate to start week gate. 0:01:04.319 --> 0:01:07.200 That that's the optimist view, but it's also the reality. 0:01:07.400 --> 0:01:10.640 Yeah it is, you know, and when you when you 0:01:10.640 --> 0:01:13.479 start going through, uh, you have a game like this 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:17.800 and if when it feels this way, we also are 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:21.440 aware of kind of how this lead goes right and 0:01:21.480 --> 0:01:25.240 the it's cyclical in regards to how teams are, and 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:27.120 all of a sudden a team or two from last 0:01:27.160 --> 0:01:30.319 week gets beat down pretty good, and then this following 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:32.119 week they come back and they look like they're Super 0:01:32.120 --> 0:01:34.080 Bowl champs. And so what we need to do is 0:01:34.319 --> 0:01:38.480 with us yesterday having that tough loss, how are we 0:01:38.480 --> 0:01:40.200 going to respond to that? You know? And so here 0:01:40.240 --> 0:01:42.800 we go into week eate with a five and two record, 0:01:43.319 --> 0:01:46.120 and uh, you know, we got to use this as 0:01:46.200 --> 0:01:48.720 fuel now to get us going against the Saints. The 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:53.880 undercurrent is, while all three phases had its issues last night, 0:01:54.440 --> 0:01:58.000 the offense has failed to yet put together that complete 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:00.240 game that everybody's going to be happy about and be 0:02:00.280 --> 0:02:02.760 happy about from the little things to the big things. 0:02:02.960 --> 0:02:05.080 Where is it add on that Is it more little 0:02:05.120 --> 0:02:08.200 things or is it a combination of a few big 0:02:08.240 --> 0:02:10.519 things as well? What is your view on it after 0:02:10.560 --> 0:02:13.440 you watch the tape again? Yeah, I would just say, um, 0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:16.720 you're right. You know, there's been that that frustration with 0:02:16.800 --> 0:02:19.240 the offense when you're you know, you're just you're not 0:02:19.320 --> 0:02:24.480 scoring touchdowns, you're not scoring points and um, just some 0:02:24.480 --> 0:02:28.480 some penalties when we shouldn't have them, and just unsuccessful 0:02:28.520 --> 0:02:31.600 tries in the red zone and not coming up with points. 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:33.520 So we have to tie that up and get that 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:37.040 better and get that tighter. Um. I am fully committed 0:02:37.200 --> 0:02:39.600 understanding them with our players and coaches that they're going 0:02:39.680 --> 0:02:42.960 to do that. Uh, we're you know, this group right 0:02:43.000 --> 0:02:46.520 here when challenge has stepped up, and I think they've 0:02:46.520 --> 0:02:50.080 shown that. So as an offense, we are hungry to 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:52.400 get this thing right and it's our job to do 0:02:52.440 --> 0:02:56.040 that with every passing day together with this new collection 0:02:56.120 --> 0:02:58.760 of coaches that started here in the offseason with you, 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:04.000 is your communication focus continue to get narrower and narrower 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:06.880 to what you guys know you can do and what 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:10.840 you can't do. Yeah, it does, and we communicate a 0:03:10.840 --> 0:03:14.919 lot in regards to that, and you know, we've talked 0:03:14.919 --> 0:03:16.520 about it for two years now. This has been our 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:19.320 third years just trying to figure out that identity. We 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:21.400 thought early on with those three games, of those first 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:23.720 three games that we had, we were getting the ball 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:26.320 going in the run game, and then we struggled for 0:03:26.360 --> 0:03:29.240 two weeks and now the last two weeks now it's 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:31.600 been four weeks where the run game has really struggled. 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:35.640 That's real. So what do we do, you know, schematically, 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:39.200 what do we do execution wise? Well, we communicate, we 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:42.240 figure out the wise and you know, it does take 0:03:42.320 --> 0:03:44.920 one game, and I know that the patience is usually 0:03:44.960 --> 0:03:47.360 not there for all of us, but it does take 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:50.080 one game, and sometimes it's one play. That's why I 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:52.160 really was hoping we'd hit that ninety five year a 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:54.480 touchdown pass yesterday because I felt like it just takes 0:03:54.560 --> 0:03:57.440 one play to where it hits and then all of 0:03:57.480 --> 0:03:59.800 a sudden, next thing, you know, you never look back. 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:01.920 And that's what we got to get to that point 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:04.480 right now. In offense, Yeah, for those who may not 0:04:04.600 --> 0:04:07.440 know what Matt's talking about. The the stutter goal, sprint 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:10.520 down the field by the rookie Darnel Mooney and he 0:04:10.600 --> 0:04:12.600 beat his man, and he beat Jalen Ramsey. It's it's 0:04:12.600 --> 0:04:14.960 not just some cornerback out there that's new to the game. 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:17.520 This is one of the premier defenders in football and 0:04:17.560 --> 0:04:20.799 beat him just a tick off. But as players too, 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:25.640 how do you make sure because clearly you're frustrated, there's 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:27.720 no way you can't be. And how do you make 0:04:27.760 --> 0:04:31.080 sure they don't get frustrated with those near misses? Like 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:36.279 we just we just keep doing this. Yeah, Well, speaking 0:04:36.400 --> 0:04:39.599 as an offense, um, it's just time for it's time 0:04:39.640 --> 0:04:41.839 for all of us to just, you know, really tighten 0:04:41.880 --> 0:04:44.640 it up. And you have to. You don't have a choice. 0:04:44.640 --> 0:04:46.480 So whatever that we talked about when you're one on 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:48.560 one battles, we can't talk about it. We got to 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:51.000 do it, and we gotta come together and we gotta 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:55.000 make big plays at big times. And when you do that, 0:04:55.120 --> 0:04:57.560 it helps out the defense, it helps out the special teams. 0:04:57.600 --> 0:05:01.160 And you understand that, U when we when you are 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:04.000 a team that has three three phases that's playing at 0:05:04.480 --> 0:05:06.160 you know at a high level. At the same time, 0:05:06.200 --> 0:05:08.080 we're going to be really tough to beat. We just 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:11.440 haven't done that yet. And that's where Okay, we're going 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:14.200 into Week eight against another really good football team in 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:16.440 the Saints. UM, we're going to have to make sure 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:20.040 that we're doing everything we can to be in that battle. 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:23.320 There's an assumption that as you go through a season 0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:26.800 that you don't have these heart to heart conversations or 0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:29.280 the looks in the mirror with yourself, your coaches, your players. 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:32.320 But it does happen every day in the National Football League. 0:05:32.320 --> 0:05:35.520 It has to because the league is constantly evolving by 0:05:35.560 --> 0:05:38.440 the minute, let alone week to week. So is it 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:40.240 hard for you sometimes? And I know at your news 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:43.320 conference earlier this afternoon, they are asking you about you know, 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:45.240 are you looking at yourself? Are you looking at Matt 0:05:45.279 --> 0:05:47.440 the play caller as opposed to just the head coach. 0:05:47.600 --> 0:05:50.919 Are those hard questions for you to hear, or even 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:54.200 hard questions even bring up with yourself? No, they're not, 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:56.320 because you understand that when you when you're in a 0:05:56.360 --> 0:06:00.480 big struggle like this, UM, you have to realize, uh, 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:04.240 that you know everything is available and that that's what 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:06.080 we we look at that too. You know, it's not 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:08.800 like we're being stubborn or I'm being stubborn in any way, 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:12.880 shape or fashion. I mean, Um, when you're struggling as 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:17.120 an offense, it's about figuring out solutions. It's about staying 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:20.480 positive and what are those solutions. And if it's a 0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:24.120 if it's a glaring weakness, or if it's something where, um, 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:25.920 we feel like we need to make a change somewhere, 0:06:25.960 --> 0:06:29.760 then I promise you we'll do that. Uh. And and 0:06:29.800 --> 0:06:32.919 that's but in the competitor in you and in me, 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:37.039 UM realizes that, hey, we got to fight whatever that is, 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:39.480 We're going to do it together. And uh, there's no 0:06:39.680 --> 0:06:43.280 there's no Salkingum, we got to make sure that we uh, 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:46.159 we just stay on our details, We communicate, and we 0:06:46.240 --> 0:06:48.960 play hard. Join the Chicago Bears Crib Club brought to 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:52.240 you by PNC for access to exclusive content and sweep stays. 0:06:52.279 --> 0:06:55.080 Geared for the youngest Bears fans. Visit Chicago Bears dot 0:06:55.080 --> 0:06:57.920 com slash Crib Club. The Bears Coaches Show brought to 0:06:57.920 --> 0:07:00.640 you by Whippley Cepas and Consultants of PROD. Partner of 0:07:00.640 --> 0:07:02.919 the Chicago Bears. Learned more at whipplea dot com with 0:07:02.960 --> 0:07:06.000 Bears head coach Matt Naggie Jeff Joniac. You know you've 0:07:06.000 --> 0:07:08.800 mentioned last night, you know, and after the heat of 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:11.880 the battle, right after the the locker room and talking 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:14.840 to the media and with us on WBBM, when you've 0:07:14.840 --> 0:07:16.920 gone through some tough things, and you said, you haven't 0:07:16.960 --> 0:07:20.000 been anything through like this, And I'm assuming just you're 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:23.880 looking more at the offensive inefficiency and inability to score. 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:26.040 But when you've gone through tough patches in your career 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:29.520 with teams at any level, what are you drawn to 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:32.120 work out of these slumps? Like? What what has happened 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:36.040 that gives you confidence that you and your coaches and 0:07:36.040 --> 0:07:38.640 your players are going to collectively figure this out. Um, 0:07:38.680 --> 0:07:41.040 I would say probably the biggest thing. And I learned 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:44.320 this our one season in Kansas City. We had lost 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:49.360 five games in a row. And you know usually in 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:52.880 those in those moments, you start just like people start 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:55.680 talking now, and you start thinking about the word change right, 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:59.160 and you start getting to and um I had. I 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:01.040 had a pretty good conversation with a Hall of Fame 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:04.239 quarterback recently that talked about one of the best things 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:09.560 that he had us as a player in his career 0:08:09.880 --> 0:08:13.600 was no change in regards to practice habits, in regards 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:17.960 to the message from the head coach, because when when 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:21.560 you change, sometimes to everybody it seems like you're searching 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:24.920 for answers, and really, when it comes down to it, 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:27.400 it's just about doing the little things the right way 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:31.720 and sticking to what you know works and staying. You 0:08:31.760 --> 0:08:33.520 know what, I like to say a lout as persistence 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:37.080 over resistance, and so right now there's some resistance, and 0:08:37.120 --> 0:08:39.160 so are we going to stay persistent? Are we going 0:08:39.200 --> 0:08:41.760 to continue to fight through this and do it together? 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:45.400 Stay positive, figure out one by one where we're at, 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:47.480 and then figure out as a team too, because that's 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:50.360 probably bigger than anything is when when you have one 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:52.920 side of the ball that's struggling, like we are on offense. 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:56.120 The message to the team in the locker room was, hey, 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:59.040 you know, you can go two different directions here. There's 0:08:59.080 --> 0:09:01.480 that fourk in the road. You can start pointing fingers, 0:09:01.480 --> 0:09:03.600 you can start blaming, you can start being a me guy, 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:06.440 you can start being a negative nelly, you can start 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:10.000 being selfish, or you can figure out the solution, do 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:13.320 your darn job and try to get better. We're five 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:16.760 and two. We've built this five and two record in 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:19.920 a hard way, we have and it hasn't been pretty. 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:22.560 But I will say this, it doesn't matter. We're five 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:24.120 and two and so now what are we going to 0:09:24.200 --> 0:09:26.480 do moving forward? And is that going to calloust us 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:28.680 down the road? And is it gonna calloust us for 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:32.480 this coming week versus the Saints. And I feel like 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:34.320 with the character of people that we have in this 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:36.680 locker room, the character of coaches that we have, I 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:38.360 have no doubt in my mind that will pull through this. 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:40.439 You make a great point because the worst thing you 0:09:40.440 --> 0:09:43.360 can do as a leader is be wishy washy, because 0:09:43.600 --> 0:09:45.920 you have now created Swiss cheese. And I know a 0:09:45.920 --> 0:09:48.520 lot of people also on the other side of the 0:09:48.520 --> 0:09:50.760 fence say, if you do the same thing over and 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:53.960 over and over again, that's a definition of insanity. Right. However, 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:58.240 in pro football you sometimes got to work through the 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:01.240 issues and the mistakes, the little thing, the nuances. And 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:03.920 that's to me, just the way the sport is. It's 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:07.040 not like every other sport. You're right, and there is 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:09.440 a balance because to the people that are on the 0:10:09.440 --> 0:10:12.440 other side with the definition of insanity, they're they're they're 0:10:12.480 --> 0:10:14.880 correct as well, and so they're both sides are right. 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:17.440 It's just a matter of that balance of of how 0:10:17.480 --> 0:10:20.320 does how does that get balanced? And what is the 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:23.960 insanity and what is um the persistence of a resistance 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:27.080 type deals. So um, the one way to cure that 0:10:27.280 --> 0:10:30.760 is to in speaking to the offensive terms, is to 0:10:31.000 --> 0:10:34.880 have more rhythm, is to score more touchdowns, and then 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:37.640 inevitably in the end, is to win the football game, 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:40.160 which which gets you right back on track. So just 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:43.000 as there's teams in this league that you'll lose a 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:44.760 game one week, or you lose a couple of games 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:47.439 in a row, next thing, you know, um, you win 0:10:47.520 --> 0:10:49.959 four in a row and it feels totally different. You say, 0:10:49.960 --> 0:10:52.280 you remember that, remember how we felt two weeks ago, 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:55.319 and think about how we feel now, or vice versa. Right, 0:10:55.640 --> 0:10:59.079 And so that's where, um, I feel like the character 0:10:59.240 --> 0:11:02.000 of your people in the building really really really have 0:11:02.080 --> 0:11:05.280 a lot of influence and how you respond to adversity. Well, 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:07.480 one of your strengths in my opinion is, you know, 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:10.120 you take temperatures, you take the temperature of the team, 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:13.920 you take individually collectively, whatnot what's the temperature? I mean, 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:17.079 is there some anger and then how do you channel 0:11:17.120 --> 0:11:20.360 it is there? Can you see their frustration? How would 0:11:20.400 --> 0:11:22.680 you take that temperature? I would say the temperature of 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:25.480 the team right now is good. We understand after last 0:11:25.559 --> 0:11:27.880 night's game that that's not who we are. We know 0:11:27.960 --> 0:11:30.760 we can play better. So that's the temperature of the team. 0:11:30.840 --> 0:11:33.360 You could certainly feel yesterday. You're you're not human if 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:37.400 you didn't feel frustration yesterday on the offense the way 0:11:37.440 --> 0:11:39.640 things were going. It's just even when you get close, 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:41.079 you get down in the red zone, or you get 0:11:41.120 --> 0:11:43.280 momentum going all of a sudden, it's something that deflates 0:11:43.320 --> 0:11:44.839 you a little bit, but you got we got to 0:11:44.920 --> 0:11:47.319 use that now to be able to better ourselves. So 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:51.400 the temperature of our team right now is Listen, we're five, 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:55.760 we're five and two, and we understand that we were 0:11:55.800 --> 0:11:57.640 in a good place. But now we got to react 0:11:57.720 --> 0:11:59.520 to it. We got to react to a game that 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:02.480 we played the way we did want to. And it's 0:12:02.520 --> 0:12:04.760 not just one person. So what are we going to 0:12:04.840 --> 0:12:07.360 do now? You know that's up top and honestly, it 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:10.319 is collective. Yeah it is. And I think our guys 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:13.080 they're they're accepting that, you know, and the beauty of 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:16.000 our defense is like you said, is they want to 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:18.600 be the best defense in the NFL, and so if 0:12:18.920 --> 0:12:20.960 there's some errors that we have here there that they 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:23.360 get frustrated with that as well. So, but one of 0:12:23.400 --> 0:12:25.559 the things I think is very very important for everyone 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:28.319 to understand is is that when you go through these 0:12:28.360 --> 0:12:30.240 times that we went through in that game last night, 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:34.559 with that sideline amongst the offense and defense, when it 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:37.040 can be one sided like that, where the defense, you know, 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:40.520 it is holding them pointwise down until it gets, you know, 0:12:41.040 --> 0:12:43.600 feel the fuel position yesterday was just it was difficult. 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:45.800 I think we have five drives inside the ten yard line. 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:47.840 That's another one and I'm not sure I've ever had 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:51.240 happened in my career. 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Yeah, Well, initially when you 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:08.200 get on there, you know everything you want to go 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:09.920 through the game right away, so we were I was 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:12.160 able to get through the game and watch watch the 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:15.080 uh the game both sides and go through that and 0:13:15.080 --> 0:13:17.640 then before you know it, Jeff, it's it's, uh, you 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:20.920 lose so much time here with today being a Wednesday 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:23.240 where we're installing our game plan that you head right 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:25.079 to the Saints, so you go. So I was just 0:13:25.360 --> 0:13:28.200 watching the Saints on the plane, plane ride back and 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:29.959 then you land and it's back to the office and 0:13:30.040 --> 0:13:32.360 your role and so, um, there's there's not a lot 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:35.280 of a short week like that. In the flight, there's uh, 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:37.440 doesn't give you a lot of time to salt. You know, 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:40.640 Nick was I think fourteen of his first fourteen on 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:44.480 first down last night, but then as the downs progressively 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:47.800 went in a different direction, it wasn't as efficient. Um, 0:13:48.000 --> 0:13:50.440 and you're you're facing a really good third down defense. 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:54.120 What is the teaching point here in the in the hook? 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:56.520 First of all, try to limit as may third downs 0:13:56.559 --> 0:13:58.080 as you can, and then when you do get to home, 0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:00.760 you know, you want to try to keep them six 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:03.240 to five or less. Now, I know even last night 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:05.319 there was a few in there that we missed in 0:14:05.400 --> 0:14:07.599 that range. But to be able to stay in a 0:14:07.679 --> 0:14:10.800 manageable third down, your percentages are going to increase drastically 0:14:11.600 --> 0:14:15.480 against any defense that's ranked in the top whatever on 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:17.760 third down. But, um, they give you a bunch of 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:20.120 different looks. You know, they'll do different things with their 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:22.880 fronts and with their linebackers, and they'll try to, you know, 0:14:22.960 --> 0:14:25.520 trick you. So we're gonna have to be really efficient 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:29.120 in regards to our vision and and and being ready 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:32.000 for any unscouted looks. Um, what is your level of 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:35.480 concern on Cody white Hair's calf injury. Yeah, I don't know. 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:38.320 I would say for him. You know, I think he's 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:40.840 a he's a tough guy, and I know he's gonna 0:14:40.840 --> 0:14:43.000 try to do everything he can to get ready. But 0:14:43.120 --> 0:14:44.800 we'll just have to kind of see here as we 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:47.840 move forward this week as to the magnitude of it, 0:14:47.920 --> 0:14:49.680 where he's at and that he's gonna be able to 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:52.560 go or not. Sam Mustafer, obviously he got in there 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:55.400 and played James Daniels. He's out. That's that's a center 0:14:55.480 --> 0:14:58.680 right there too. And you know it's not easy to 0:14:58.680 --> 0:15:00.720 try and figure out if you'd lose somebody of that 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:03.920 nature at a very critical position. Yeah, that's a good point. 0:15:04.000 --> 0:15:06.440 You know, it's it's uh with the COVID now, the 0:15:06.480 --> 0:15:10.040 way it goes, and just everybody, if you're a close contact, 0:15:10.120 --> 0:15:12.360 et cetera. I mean, it can knock you out. So 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:15.280 we have to be really cautious with that. And again, 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:18.600 a guy like Sam, if given the opportunity to be 0:15:18.640 --> 0:15:21.360 the next guy up, then he'll do that. You know, 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:24.200 he's worked extremely hard at just to get to this point. 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:28.680 And you know, I just know that if it does 0:15:28.720 --> 0:15:30.000 come down to that and he has to come in 0:15:30.040 --> 0:15:31.720 and play, you saw it yesterday, He's going to come 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:33.640 in and give it everything he has. All Right, let's 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:37.000 look at the Saints real quick here. Drew Breese obviously 0:15:37.120 --> 0:15:39.720 is where you're beginning to end the conversation. He'll he'll 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:41.440 take what the defense gives you. He's not gonna for 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:43.920 I mean, to play without his two top receivers and 0:15:43.960 --> 0:15:46.760 still manage to complete most of his passes and get 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:48.760 a win. Yeah, I mean, you're talking about one of 0:15:48.760 --> 0:15:52.320 the greatest quarterbacks to ever play the game. And it's 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:55.040 crazy to think about because we're literally the same age. 0:15:55.080 --> 0:15:57.040 You know, I think he's forty two, So I didn't 0:15:57.040 --> 0:15:59.360 even think of that too, right, now to the month, 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:02.200 so so to be thinking he's still playing, but he's 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:05.400 taking great care of his body and his mind and 0:16:05.800 --> 0:16:08.200 he knows where the ball's at. And obviously I get 0:16:08.280 --> 0:16:10.320 stories from Jimmy Graham all the time from when he 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:13.160 was with him and uh and then with with Ryan 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:16.080 and Ryan Pace and these guys that take in they've 0:16:16.080 --> 0:16:19.400 all been you know, they've been there, they've been so um, 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:21.280 they know what type of player he is and he's 0:16:21.280 --> 0:16:23.120 gonna You're always gonna be in the game with Drew 0:16:23.120 --> 0:16:25.840 Brees and and I think that defense is playing well too. Yeah, 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:28.080 did you have a story that Jimmy that that that 0:16:28.200 --> 0:16:30.840 you could share that that top of mind. But Drew 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:33.360 brobably probably just the biggest, you know, one of the 0:16:33.360 --> 0:16:35.960 ones in general that he talked about was I think 0:16:36.040 --> 0:16:39.760 Jimmy's rookie year. Um, you know, Jimmy ran around a 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:42.600 little bit off, it wasn't the perfect route, and Drew 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:46.080 through it to a spot and Jimmy wasn't at that 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:49.920 spot and ended up being an interception. And I think 0:16:50.000 --> 0:16:51.640 Drew might have got after Jimmy a little bit and 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:53.600 told him to listen, here, you rookie, you run to 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:56.520 that spot. I'm throwing to a spot, you better be there. 0:16:56.560 --> 0:16:58.520 That's a trust that I that I'm gonna have with you. 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:01.800 And from that day on, Jimmy always understood that, hey, 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:03.640 I better be in that spot that he wants me 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:06.560 at and he's thrown to a spot and it's about trust. 0:17:07.119 --> 0:17:09.600 What do they get out on Kamara? Yeah, he's special. 0:17:09.760 --> 0:17:13.160 I mean he's such a talented back that can do everything. 0:17:13.280 --> 0:17:16.200 I mean, they get him the ball, they target him 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:19.280 different ways, whether it's in the screen game, it's out 0:17:19.280 --> 0:17:22.360 of the backfield, whether it's a handoff. He can break tackles. 0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:25.280 He's got speed, he's guy there, great hands, great vision. 0:17:25.400 --> 0:17:30.080 So he's a big time weapon for them, and we're 0:17:30.080 --> 0:17:31.520 gonna have to make sure we have a good game 0:17:31.560 --> 0:17:34.800 plan for him. All right. Defensively, here again another front 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:37.320 that plays well against the run. I mean this is 0:17:37.400 --> 0:17:39.800 now fin mic count. This will be five out of 0:17:39.800 --> 0:17:42.600 the top eight run defense. Isn't yards per carry alloud 0:17:42.880 --> 0:17:44.560 that you will have faced now in the first It 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:47.240 will be eight weeks of the season. So you're being 0:17:47.240 --> 0:17:51.040 tested significantly by these fronts. Yeah, we are. I'll tell 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:53.720 you what, Jeff, when you watch these guys on defense, 0:17:53.840 --> 0:17:55.760 that just like you said, at that front, I mean 0:17:55.760 --> 0:17:59.480 they are swarming front. They fly around, they played fast, 0:17:59.520 --> 0:18:03.280 they played vicious. You feel them. So like you just said, 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:05.600 week by week, that's not going to change. It is 0:18:05.640 --> 0:18:07.760 what it is. So we have to make sure that 0:18:07.840 --> 0:18:10.720 we gear ourselves up ready. And you know you really 0:18:10.760 --> 0:18:13.280 shouldn't want it any other way. All right, Matt, We'll 0:18:13.320 --> 0:18:15.120 let you go. You got a lot to do. We'll 0:18:15.119 --> 0:18:17.119 talk to you next week, all right, appreciate Jeff see it. 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:19.199 Welcome back to the Bears Coaching Show, brought to you 0:18:19.200 --> 0:18:23.040 by Whipfley, CPAs and Consultants. Bears Director of Player Engagement 0:18:23.240 --> 0:18:25.439 Lamar soup Cavin, one of my favorite guys up at 0:18:25.480 --> 0:18:26.920 How to sound good to talk to you. Good to 0:18:26.920 --> 0:18:28.880 see you, Lamar. How you holding up? I'm good, Jeff. 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:31.080 How are you in the family doing doing doing fine? 0:18:31.160 --> 0:18:33.680 Doing fine? Uh? Let's talk about last night real quick 0:18:33.680 --> 0:18:37.119 with the fellas. That's a long trip back after a loss. 0:18:37.680 --> 0:18:40.119 Are these things that when you're at hallisall, when you 0:18:40.160 --> 0:18:42.760 see the players starting tomorrow again, that kind of act 0:18:42.880 --> 0:18:46.000 a little bit as counselor and psychiatrists a little bit, huh, 0:18:46.040 --> 0:18:49.600 get guys through some things. Yeah, you definitely do. Obviously 0:18:50.359 --> 0:18:53.080 the magnitude of that game Monday Night Football where we 0:18:53.080 --> 0:18:55.760 were in the season. You know, obviously one game doesn't 0:18:55.800 --> 0:18:58.119