WEBVTT - Bears vs. Commanders Game Preview Week 5 | Bears, etc. Podcast 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:02.679 Right justin middle of the field forty five to fifteen, 0:00:03.000 --> 0:00:04.160 bring Russ in front. 0:00:03.960 --> 0:00:05.720 Of a leading Lions in his way. 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:10.799 I am Jeff Jonaha litz Is on Donny go houtcur 0:00:11.960 --> 0:00:12.360 What was. 0:00:12.480 --> 0:00:13.280 Like playing for coach? 0:00:13.400 --> 0:00:13.840 Good done? 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:16.560 I don't want to answer any questions like that. Sixty 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:17.439 one yards? 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:20.040 What's Sunday stroll for? Justin field? 0:00:25.320 --> 0:00:28.400 Yeah, Bears et cetera with the voices of the Chicago 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:29.840 Bears Jeff Joniak. 0:00:32.600 --> 0:00:35.800 A promising performance for nearly three quarters, extinguished in a 0:00:35.880 --> 0:00:38.639 heart wrenching thirty one twenty eight loss to the Denver Broncos. 0:00:38.680 --> 0:00:41.159 The comeback engineered by a future Hall of Fame quarterback 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:43.280 who leads to the NFL and come from behind wins 0:00:43.600 --> 0:00:47.080 Russell Wilson. Now with forty that's the tenor of the morning. 0:00:47.360 --> 0:00:49.360 As we get you set for a look at the 0:00:49.479 --> 0:00:52.080 Washington Commanders as well, A lot jammed into our Bears 0:00:52.080 --> 0:00:55.160 et Cetera podcast. Welcome in episode twenty one with Super 0:00:55.200 --> 0:00:57.400 Bowl winning Bear time. There, I'm Jeff joningf. We come 0:00:57.400 --> 0:01:00.840 to you every Tuesday and Thursday during the season. This week, 0:01:01.240 --> 0:01:03.920 due to the Thursday night matchup in Washington, will come 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:06.320 to you on Friday to recap that Week five matchup. 0:01:06.319 --> 0:01:08.319 But thanks to our producers Dan Really, Jordan tread Up, 0:01:08.319 --> 0:01:10.400 and Katie Tuber coming up, we go over the loss 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:13.320 with the Broncos with head coach Matt eber Flus in 0:01:13.319 --> 0:01:15.160 our weekly discussion, and Tom has lined up one of 0:01:15.200 --> 0:01:19.119 the NFL greats, Washington Redskins quarterback Doug Williams, his old 0:01:19.120 --> 0:01:21.399 buddy from the USFL, would join us as well. So 0:01:21.440 --> 0:01:23.920 we'll combo attack this one today, Tommy, and we'll go 0:01:24.080 --> 0:01:27.160 review and preview on one podcast. So let's dig in 0:01:27.920 --> 0:01:31.280 first and foremost, the impact of a loss takes out 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:34.119 a different feel at times in terms of how you lose. 0:01:34.160 --> 0:01:36.640 It still counts as one, but for some reason, this 0:01:36.680 --> 0:01:38.759 one stings a little bit more than normal. 0:01:39.200 --> 0:01:42.119 Yeah, but you know, Jeff, I'm disappointed it's on the 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:45.200 beginning of a short week because this is one tape 0:01:45.200 --> 0:01:47.120 that I think has a lot of value to be 0:01:47.200 --> 0:01:50.720 able to show the team and break it down in 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:53.800 slow increments, because there's a lot of things that we're 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:57.080 done really well. I think Luke Getzi had a better 0:01:57.200 --> 0:02:00.800 grasp on how to feed justin the right plays, the 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:04.520 right information that can keep you in the attack mode 0:02:04.920 --> 0:02:08.120 justin took advantage of some great throws and some really 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:12.960 small windows. I thought that the process and the fluidity 0:02:13.040 --> 0:02:16.560 of the offense was the continuous growth process that I 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:19.160 want to see. So that's why I'm saying I wish 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:21.400 it was on a longer week and maybe during the 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:24.080 bye week. This is a video that you would like 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:27.000 to revisit to the team to say, hey, here's some 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:30.240 examples of what we've done in the past. Let's continue 0:02:30.360 --> 0:02:31.239 this process. 0:02:31.400 --> 0:02:34.040 Here's Coole Comet on losing a game like this one. 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:37.360 My grandfather was just to say he's a baseball coach, 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:41.639 but he the one to zero losses were so much 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:45.120 worse than the ten oh losses, just because of you know, 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:47.080 those feelings he had, and especially a game like that, 0:02:47.160 --> 0:02:49.200 when you're up and you're in control of the game 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:52.480 and you lose like that, Yeah, that hurts. 0:02:52.520 --> 0:02:53.240 It hurts for sure. 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:55.280 Yeah, and you know he plays with the motion. A 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:57.040 lot of guys in that locker room after the game, 0:02:57.080 --> 0:02:58.520 and I talked about it. We'll talk about it with 0:02:58.560 --> 0:03:01.280 coach Ebriflues well after to the game ended and everybody 0:03:01.320 --> 0:03:04.040 was cleared out their lockers. It tells me that it 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:06.519 really did hurt. It hurt this one. They played well 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:09.079 enough to win the game and they just didn't finish well. 0:03:09.120 --> 0:03:11.200 You know. The unfortunate thing for a guy like Cola 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:12.360 is he had a big game. 0:03:12.560 --> 0:03:13.560 Yeah, he and Justin. 0:03:13.800 --> 0:03:17.120 You know, they had some great connections, some big touchdowns, 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:21.160 some plays that had some big value to that game 0:03:21.240 --> 0:03:24.079 and going forward, and when you have to kind of 0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:26.880 leave that in the rearview mirror, there's nothing that could 0:03:26.919 --> 0:03:30.960 be more disappointing. You got to continue that positive frame 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:33.840 of mind, take the growth process from the game. But 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:37.280 you can't sit there and high five and celebrate because 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:39.320 the outcome wasn't what you wanted. 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:41.800 Right And you know Ron Rivera in Washington is saying 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:44.880 the same thing. He said, no moral victories after a 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:48.480 great performance and a near upset of the Philadelphia Eagles 0:03:48.480 --> 0:03:51.080 down the road. But you know, getting over the hump 0:03:51.160 --> 0:03:52.680 is key. Here's Tremaine Edmonds. 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:55.320 You know, I think yesterday, you know, obviously it was tough, 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:58.480 you know, going home thinking about it, sleeping on it. 0:03:58.520 --> 0:04:01.640 But think about this league is you know, the next 0:04:01.720 --> 0:04:05.200 game comes quick, and you know, I think, based off 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:10.280 my experience, you know that next day it's a step 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:13.160 towards how you want this next game to go. And 0:04:13.520 --> 0:04:15.240 you can even look at it one or two ways, 0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:17.440 like you could take a step back and you know, 0:04:17.640 --> 0:04:21.480 feel sorry for yourself, make excuses, point the finger, you know, 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:24.800 whatever it may be. Or you could take a step 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:27.000 forward and say, listen, this is what we need to 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:30.000 get better with, understand what it is, and we take 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:33.400 positive steps forward. So energy this today was just that's 0:04:33.400 --> 0:04:36.440 what the mindset is, That's what my mindset is, that's 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:38.640 what the guys around me mindset is, and that's what 0:04:38.640 --> 0:04:40.359 we focus on. Thursday is gonna be here before we 0:04:40.400 --> 0:04:41.720 know it. So it's no need for us to feel 0:04:41.720 --> 0:04:45.320 sorry about ourselves. You know, I think that's the really 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:47.440 the only way to deal with it. You know what 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:50.000 I mean is to get better, to get to think positive, 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:52.520 and to get ourselves ready to play on Thursday. 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:54.600 And I thought Tremain acted like a true captain at 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:58.680 the podium on Monday. He was very direct, he was 0:04:58.800 --> 0:05:01.280 very thorough in his expl of where this is at. 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:03.440 You know, you got to look at it the way 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:04.839 it is, You got to put it in a proper 0:05:04.880 --> 0:05:06.800 frame here and if it was a win, you'd be 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:08.839 feeling the same way. You got to forget about it and 0:05:08.920 --> 0:05:11.400 move on. Can you do the same things you did 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:13.839 against Denver against Washington? 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:17.640 Yeah, because I think you still have the same exposable 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:21.560 athleticism by a guy like Justin Fields. I think that 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:24.559 you have a guy like Khalil Herbert that's always gonna 0:05:24.600 --> 0:05:28.000 run hard. You have a good tough guy, I mean 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:31.920 a tough guy, and Dj Moore who's got the willingness 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:34.760 to make catches even then even when he knows he's 0:05:34.760 --> 0:05:38.159 gonna get hit. So all those types of things are transferable. 0:05:38.640 --> 0:05:41.800 And then you know the offensive line is starting to 0:05:41.839 --> 0:05:44.520 get that gel and now that Tevin Jenkins is going 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:47.800 to be activated again, how does that depth fit in 0:05:47.880 --> 0:05:50.400 the mix? So yeah, there's a lot of things that 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:53.480 you can bring with you to Washington. And then the 0:05:53.520 --> 0:05:56.839 defensive side of it, you got to continue to play fast. 0:05:56.880 --> 0:06:00.000 You got to get those tackles for lost by DeMarcus. 0:06:00.760 --> 0:06:03.360 You got to get a nice blitz by Jack Sanborn 0:06:03.440 --> 0:06:06.880 that sets up a sack opportunity for Dominique Robinson. You 0:06:07.000 --> 0:06:09.600 still got to unleash a guy like in Gocway to 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:11.839 see if you can get some one on one matchups 0:06:11.880 --> 0:06:15.640 against this offensive line that you feel favorable with. And 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:19.599 I like last year you're getting a defensive backfield because 0:06:19.600 --> 0:06:23.560 they're playing with depth that are getting experience. So when 0:06:23.800 --> 0:06:26.960 guys turn around and get back on that creates depth. 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:30.120 One thing I would like to see. I'm waiting to 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:33.279 see more out of Jakwan Brisker, And I don't know 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:36.960 if it's a coaching element to a defensive back game 0:06:37.200 --> 0:06:39.600 or he's just it's just been quiet for him. So 0:06:39.960 --> 0:06:43.560 I have high expectations for Jakuan and that's what I 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:45.440 want to see him, how I want to see him play. 0:06:45.600 --> 0:06:47.760 Meanwhile, let's let's find out the status from Houase with 0:06:47.800 --> 0:06:50.599 head coach Mattiberflussh. All right, welcome back coach here on Bears, 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:52.800 et cetera. Let's take a look at things in preview. 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:54.840 We've got to do a double duty today, short week 0:06:55.560 --> 0:06:58.560 or brought to you by PMC Official Bank of the Bears. 0:06:58.960 --> 0:07:02.400 The first is the impact of a loss take on 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:06.000 a different feel in terms of how you lose. So 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:08.400 what I'm saying is they all count the same, but 0:07:08.640 --> 0:07:11.040 is it more devastating to lose a game like that 0:07:11.240 --> 0:07:12.400 when you had a big lead. 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:14.960 Yeah, I would say that you know, you look at 0:07:14.960 --> 0:07:17.080 the first three quarters. I believe that we're going to 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:20.760 create some momentum for ourselves here, number one, because we 0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:23.400 we did things right for three quarters, and that's what 0:07:23.440 --> 0:07:25.400 we're going to build upon, and I think that's where 0:07:25.440 --> 0:07:28.800 our player's mindset is. Certainly, we're all disappointed that we 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:31.840 didn't finish that game the right way. You know, we 0:07:31.880 --> 0:07:33.200 got to take care of the ball. We got to 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:35.960 take the ball away in the fourth quarter. You know, 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:38.200 obviously the go forward on fourth down. You know, if 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:41.280 we get that, we can seal the game and certainly 0:07:41.320 --> 0:07:43.560 put the game in our tilt, in our favorite you know, 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:46.800 at that moment. But again, the first three quarters were 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:49.320 really good, and we took a step forward. We focus 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:53.200 on the details and focus on fundamentals and really did 0:07:53.240 --> 0:07:55.320 a good job of enhancing the skill of our players 0:07:55.360 --> 0:07:57.200 in terms of the play calls and the different things 0:07:57.240 --> 0:07:59.600 that we did with our offense. And I thought our 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:02.320 defense played well too for the first three quarters. We 0:08:02.360 --> 0:08:03.720 just got to do a better job of finishing. 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:06.480 You often hear quotes from injured players that could apply, 0:08:06.520 --> 0:08:09.080 I guess in this case on four start. But the 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:12.200 comeback is greater than the setback. Can you use that 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:13.880 belief to your advantage anyway? 0:08:14.000 --> 0:08:16.040 Yeah, you know the main thing is, you know, guys 0:08:16.040 --> 0:08:18.400 sticking together. You know, we got a tight group. You know, 0:08:18.480 --> 0:08:21.360 the relationships that we have together are strong. The bond 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:23.400 and our team is strong. And you can feel that. 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:25.440 You can see the way they're fighting for each other. 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:27.840 You can see the way they fought last week. You know, 0:08:28.040 --> 0:08:30.440 get to get it done and again, only good things 0:08:30.440 --> 0:08:32.160 are going to happen when we keep fighting for each other. 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:34.160 To your point, I went into the locker room very 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:37.959 late yesterday how to do some stuff for Marquee Network 0:08:38.000 --> 0:08:43.280 and Eddie Jackson, Jalen Johnson, Khalil Herbert, Takwan Brisker, Tremaine Edmunds, 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:45.800 t J. Edwards. They were all in there, some still 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:48.160 hadn't even gotten into the shower yet. And this is 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:51.360 well after that locker room cleared out, and it stuck 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:54.800 with me, is they're sitting there talking, they're chopping it 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:56.920 up doing whatever they're talking about the game. You know 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:59.280 they are, and you could just see it on their faces, 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:01.840 like and then talk to Herbert, you know, you could 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:04.040 see the pain on his face. We gotta get we 0:09:04.160 --> 0:09:06.800 gotta get that we gotta get that. Yeah, we got 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:09.240 we gotta, we gotta, we gotta. So to your point, 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:11.400 it is a tight team. They were they were talking 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:14.400 about the game, talking about what's next. 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:16.760 Yeah, you know it's important to them. You know, these guys, 0:09:16.760 --> 0:09:18.920 we spend so much time together, you know, and we 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:23.120 invest so much energy and time into preparation for each week. 0:09:23.480 --> 0:09:25.640 You know, when you put that passion into it, you know, 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:28.520 you expect to win, you know, And and those guys 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:30.199 do you know, we just got to put our best 0:09:30.200 --> 0:09:33.439 foot forward going into Washington, and our preparation has got 0:09:33.440 --> 0:09:33.880 to be right. 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:36.160 Heck, you know, we'll preview Washington in a second. But 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:40.959 my key to the game, I was always asking, fourth quarter. 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:45.160 That's it, no matter the circumstance, trailing, leading, done matter, 0:09:45.600 --> 0:09:48.840 fourth quarter, decision making, execution. 0:09:48.559 --> 0:09:49.120 All that. 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:51.560 That that's the key to this league. It's fourth quarter. 0:09:51.640 --> 0:09:55.600 You can it's perfect evidence support it to yesterday. 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:57.120 Yeah, I mean, it's most of them come down to 0:09:57.160 --> 0:09:59.760 one score games. And again that's uh, you know a 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:01.840 certa the case that we had to finish in that 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:04.880 game last yesterday. But again again we got to put 0:10:04.880 --> 0:10:06.000 a rest foot forward this week. 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:10.520 Did justin fields need a game like that to exhale 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:15.520 a little bit. I'm not suggesting that, you know, there 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:18.439 was anything tied up in his head about how he's 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:20.280 been playing or how the offense has been playing, but 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:23.280 just to have that success. And I keep using your 0:10:23.360 --> 0:10:26.960 term finding his skills, you know, finding his skill the players, 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:29.480 the tight ends, the running backs, the targets to the 0:10:29.480 --> 0:10:33.199 wide receivers. Fourteen targets, thirteen catches. So he found his skill. 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:34.319 Did he need a game like that? 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:34.840 Yeah? 0:10:34.880 --> 0:10:37.040 I mean, I think it's it's really a good step 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:37.800 in the right direction. 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:38.280 You know. 0:10:38.400 --> 0:10:42.199 I think that he has a lot of confidence anyway, 0:10:42.480 --> 0:10:45.120 you know, and now he's able to look and see 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:47.600 the fruits of his labor. He's been working his tail 0:10:47.640 --> 0:10:49.680 off to be able to have a game like that. 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:54.520 And again he was on fire. You know, he had 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:56.320 obviously that first half and you know in the four 0:10:56.400 --> 0:10:59.160 touchdowns and all the things that he accomplished during that game. 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:01.000 But again, he will be the first to tell you 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:03.640 that we need to finish, you know, and that's not 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:06.520 just him as everybody and you know, I just saw 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:08.400 him in the hallway. We're just talking about it together. 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:11.680 So it's really important that we learn how to do 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:14.120 it as a football team. But again, this is a 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:17.480 step in a momentum direction for us as a football 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:19.840 team this last. 0:11:19.600 --> 0:11:24.520 Week, and you can have things, situations pull the rope 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:28.600 on that momentum. So, Jase Claypoole, you discussed it at length. 0:11:28.679 --> 0:11:30.679 We don't need to go into every question about it. 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:32.640 But he will not be with the team this week. 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:37.679 A part of it is how he's acted, performed, et 0:11:37.679 --> 0:11:41.679 cetera day to day to day, clearly, but with a 0:11:41.720 --> 0:11:44.560 young team that's still learning how to win and a 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:48.880 locker room full of young guys, professional examples have to 0:11:48.920 --> 0:11:50.160 be set by veterans. 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:51.520 Is that part of this. 0:11:52.240 --> 0:11:53.800 Well, I would say we have a lot of great 0:11:53.840 --> 0:11:57.280 examples in our locker room that are just awesome. 0:11:57.360 --> 0:12:01.400 But you can't have anybody pull the rope on it. 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:04.000 Yeah, I mean, so you know, the guys have to 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:05.679 pull the rope in the right direction, you know. So 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:08.440 it's important for us to be able to look at 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:11.679 the positives and making sure that we're you know all 0:12:11.800 --> 0:12:15.160 you know, you know, on time for things right, being professional, 0:12:15.320 --> 0:12:18.840 being respectful, you know, and then working you know, working 0:12:18.880 --> 0:12:21.400 hard and working smart. And you know, the guys in 0:12:21.440 --> 0:12:23.320 the in the in the building are doing a great 0:12:23.360 --> 0:12:24.800 job of that and they're hanging together. 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:25.160 All right. 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:27.920 Let's turn our heads to Washington. Ron Rivera a great 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:31.120 Chicago Bear, also a coach here as a defensive coordinator 0:12:31.120 --> 0:12:33.760 in Love Smith. I tell you the first thing that 0:12:33.800 --> 0:12:37.240 sticks out is that defensive front for that Yeah, and 0:12:37.280 --> 0:12:39.200 you placed them last year I think week six. 0:12:39.240 --> 0:12:42.520 Right, Yeah, the defensive front is is really good. You know, uh, 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:46.360 all first rounders up there, and you know, they roll 0:12:46.440 --> 0:12:48.880 pretty good, and they got they rotate guys in there 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:51.680 as well. But again, those first four guys are really 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:54.400 good players, and they can really create pressure on the quarterback, 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:57.599 which allows them to play a lot of coverage. You know, 0:12:57.679 --> 0:12:59.599 so they certainly do that, and and Jack does a 0:12:59.640 --> 0:13:01.280 good job of coordinating that defense. 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:04.400 Jack del rio. Let's not talk about Sam Howe, an 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:08.600 emerging player. He's had moments of great success already this season, 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:11.520 other times not because of taking a lot of sacks 0:13:11.559 --> 0:13:14.400 or whatever. But what's your quick snap of analysis of 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:14.960 Sam Howe. 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:17.560 Yeah, I mean he's poised, you know for a young guy, 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:20.200 and and and delivers the ball and distributes the ball 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:22.199 well within the offense. I think he has a really 0:13:22.200 --> 0:13:25.960 good grasp of Eric's offense, and I think that, you know, 0:13:25.960 --> 0:13:28.160 he's doing well and he's progressing, He's getting better every week. 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:30.400 And you saw the game yesterday, you know against Philly. 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:33.800 You know, they played you know, variations of the coverage 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:35.400 and he was able to read him and deliver the 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:37.800 ball in the right spots and you know, made some 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:40.160 big plays you know down the stretch there to obviously 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:41.920 tie the score, to get it into overtime. 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:43.480 You know. 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:46.120 So I thought he's really he's really progressing. 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:46.360 Well. 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:49.160 Take a chance down though. The Bette Rivers app today. 0:13:49.600 --> 0:13:52.120 You know, a really good division that NFC East. They 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:54.240 play a very particular brand of ball, just like the 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:58.800 NFC North does what you saw on tape. Does it 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:01.719 look like Kansas City fence with Eric b enemy a 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:04.280 little bit? Uh, He's got his own touchout. 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:06.960 No, I think there's a there's certainly that Kansas City 0:14:07.280 --> 0:14:09.600 style to it, but I think Eric's got his own 0:14:09.640 --> 0:14:10.520 little flavor. 0:14:10.280 --> 0:14:10.800 To it, you know. 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:13.600 So, uh, you know, we'll keep studying it, looking at it, 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:15.440 and again we put a lot of time on it, 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:16.560 you know, in the. 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:19.160 Past, you know, obviously before the plan ahead, Yeah, you 0:14:19.240 --> 0:14:19.600 got a. 0:14:19.520 --> 0:14:21.800 Plan ahead and we did that and again we'll be 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:22.280 ready for it. 0:14:22.280 --> 0:14:24.960 All right. So in terms of our health and our players, 0:14:24.960 --> 0:14:28.080 I had good news with Kevin Jenkins cleared to start 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:30.360 that process of getting back from his calf injury. Are 0:14:30.360 --> 0:14:32.200 you optimistic even for this game? 0:14:32.320 --> 0:14:34.240 Yeah, he's been He's clear to practice, like you said, 0:14:34.320 --> 0:14:36.040 and we'll see where he is, you know, we'll see 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:38.040 where he goes and see how he's moving around and 0:14:38.160 --> 0:14:40.000 uh and we'll just look at him as you know, 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:41.920 I know, they will only walk through practices. But again 0:14:41.960 --> 0:14:44.280 he'll be working out on the side to get more 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:46.360 get himself moving around and we'll see where it goes. 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:49.560 And then Kylie Gordon saw him no cast anymore, nothing 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:51.520 at So that's also coming soon. 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:52.680 Yeah, that's that's really good. 0:14:52.720 --> 0:14:55.120 And again to get some of those starters back is 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:56.520 going to be you know, a shot in the arm 0:14:56.560 --> 0:14:58.080 for us. You know, when you get talent you know, 0:14:58.120 --> 0:15:00.640 back into your team, it's certainly helpful. 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:01.040 All right. 0:15:01.080 --> 0:15:05.360 We will talk to you on Thursday with our pregame interview. Okay, look, 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:08.680 this week, we'll see you. That thinks all right. A 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:11.360 part of the discussion there was Chase Claypole and you 0:15:11.400 --> 0:15:14.000 know he talked about it in depth. We're not going 0:15:14.080 --> 0:15:16.320 to go through it in depth. You got so many 0:15:16.440 --> 0:15:19.080 questions about why he's not going to be a part 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:21.800 of this this week, and his future certainly is in 0:15:21.880 --> 0:15:25.040 some serious question here with the Bears. Whatever happens next 0:15:25.320 --> 0:15:27.680 is up to the general manager Ryan Poles in the 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:32.440 front office and that kind of conversation. But I pose 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:34.840 this question, and you just heard it to coach Iberflus, 0:15:34.880 --> 0:15:39.240 I'll pose it to you. Despite the man's talent, whatever's 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:42.080 been going on, it's not just what he's saying, it's 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:46.080 what he's doing, clearly not doing that meets a certain 0:15:46.120 --> 0:15:51.360 standard weekly, daily and on the field that they have 0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:53.920 surmised that, hey, you know what you need to step 0:15:53.960 --> 0:15:57.040 away here? Is that the right move with a young 0:15:57.080 --> 0:15:59.680 team because you don't want you want veterans that influence 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:03.760 you be professional, You don't want to have those types 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:06.520 of players that give a different kind of vibe in 0:16:06.560 --> 0:16:09.280 the locker room. Would you say that's a fair representation 0:16:09.400 --> 0:16:11.280 of why this may be happening. 0:16:11.680 --> 0:16:13.840 Jeff, Have you ever competed in a real tug of 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:15.240 war with a rope? 0:16:15.880 --> 0:16:18.640 I have, But sadly now it's a serious topic We're 0:16:18.640 --> 0:16:21.520 going to laugh because it was with Anthony Adams on 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:23.200 the beach with a bunch of ex Bears and a 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:24.000 Bears fan trip. 0:16:24.080 --> 0:16:27.240 Yeah, I did it, Okay. To analogize, you have to 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:30.200 have everybody pulling in the right direction. You have to 0:16:30.320 --> 0:16:33.400 have everybody giving their best in the same direction in 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:36.920 order to try to win a struggle of that type 0:16:37.040 --> 0:16:40.120 of that type of struggle, and it's a week to 0:16:40.160 --> 0:16:45.160 week struggle in the NFL, So you need people talking positively. 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:48.560 You need people if they have something that they would 0:16:48.600 --> 0:16:50.280 like to get off their chest, they have to do 0:16:50.320 --> 0:16:54.240 it to their coach privately. And if you feel that 0:16:54.360 --> 0:16:57.520 you're being underutilized them, bring that to the head coach 0:16:57.600 --> 0:17:00.600 and tell them what your concerns are. You make sure 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:04.040 you don't start a negative topic outside the locker room, 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:07.560 because now, if you start a negative topic outside the 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:10.439 locker room, Jeff, every single media person that walks in 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:13.199 that locker room is going to ask everybody the same question, 0:17:13.560 --> 0:17:16.120 no matter if you're a receiver to a defensive back, 0:17:16.160 --> 0:17:19.280 to a defensive lineman, to a tackle, And once you 0:17:19.359 --> 0:17:23.720 start answering a question about somebody else, it's a distraction 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:29.119 that continue that brings on a negative preparation process. 0:17:29.240 --> 0:17:31.879 Good new Chicago United Airlines is getting brand new planes 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:34.639 with all the bells and whistles, like Bluetooth connectivity, screens 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:37.240 at every seat and room for everyone's roller bag. United 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:40.200 Proud to fly the Chicago Bears and you too, Jeff, 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:42.440 Joni k Tom Thare and the Bears, et cetera. Podcast. 0:17:42.640 --> 0:17:46.280 All right, without further delay, let's jump into our conversation 0:17:46.920 --> 0:17:50.440 with Doug Williams, your old teammate in the United States 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:53.000 Football League and a great member of a Super Bowl 0:17:53.119 --> 0:17:57.199 champion Washington Redskins team back in the day. From Zachary 0:17:57.320 --> 0:18:00.000 Louisiana to Grambling in the mid seventies, to the seventh 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:02.960 teenth pick of the seventy eight NFL draft by Tampa 0:18:02.960 --> 0:18:05.800 Bay to the USFL and the Arizona Wranglers to the 0:18:05.920 --> 0:18:08.919 Washington then known as the Redskins from eighty six to 0:18:08.920 --> 0:18:11.760 eighty nine. A two time Super Bowl winner and one 0:18:11.760 --> 0:18:15.320 of the greatest players in Washington history. I'm telling you, folks, 0:18:15.680 --> 0:18:18.440