WEBVTT - Bears hold on to beat Vikings 12-10 | 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 --> 0:00:05.720 Bring Russ in front of all leaving lions in his way. 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:08.080 I am Jeff joni yack litz. 0:00:07.920 --> 0:00:10.480 Is on, Donny go up? 0:00:11.960 --> 0:00:14.360 What was like playing for Coachy boddom Ah. 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:16.000 I don't want to answer any questions like that. 0:00:16.160 --> 0:00:17.439 Sixty one yards? 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:19.000 What's Sunday stroll for? 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:20.040 Justin field? 0:00:25.320 --> 0:00:28.400 Ye Bears et cetera with the voices of the Chicago 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:34.920 Bears Jeff Joniac streak stopping, nail nibbling win by the 0:00:35.000 --> 0:00:37.000 Bears on the road in prime time. It was far 0:00:37.040 --> 0:00:40.400 from a masterpiece, but deeply compelling, as the Bears upset 0:00:40.440 --> 0:00:43.000 the Vikings twelve to ten without scoring a touchdown, Cairo 0:00:43.120 --> 0:00:46.159 Santos bouncing back from an early misfire to boot four 0:00:46.200 --> 0:00:49.320 field goals, including the game winner with ten seconds to 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:52.880 go in Minnesota with Super Bowl winning Bear guard Tom Thayer. 0:00:52.920 --> 0:00:55.160 I'm Jeff joniak and this is Bears et cetera, Episode 0:00:55.200 --> 0:00:58.280 number thirty seven, Bears three and one primetime this season, 0:00:58.600 --> 0:01:01.040 four and eight overall, and now have reached the week 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:04.200 thirteen by five games to go big time, all of 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:06.800 them outdoors and the elements, including three at Soldier Field, 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:09.440 including Week fourteen and noon start with the Detroit Lions, 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:11.759 and whoever you want to slice it. After an own 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:13.760 four start, the Bears are four and four. They found 0:01:13.800 --> 0:01:15.880 a way to get five hundred in the last eight 0:01:15.920 --> 0:01:17.640 games and five games to go, and you never know 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:18.360 what's going to happen. 0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:19.920 Yeah, I guess now. 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:22.919 I mean, they're still playing with attitude, they're still playing 0:01:22.959 --> 0:01:25.880 with hustle, they're still playing with fight till the end 0:01:25.959 --> 0:01:30.360 of the game, and they're making significant improvement in certain 0:01:30.400 --> 0:01:35.480 areas that gives you really a positive thinking about the future. 0:01:35.600 --> 0:01:39.679 So I'm happy what I've seen, and I'm kind of 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:43.360 glad the season's unfolding where and when it is, because 0:01:43.400 --> 0:01:46.240 they played a difficult game in Detroit. They played a 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:50.280 difficult game, and talking about the atmosphere in Minnesota, now 0:01:50.320 --> 0:01:52.720 they have a couple of games on the at home 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:55.040 in the cold, and you're going to learn a lot 0:01:55.080 --> 0:01:58.320 about guys in that role as well. And then you 0:01:58.800 --> 0:02:01.760 close out the season against the Green Bay Packers from 0:02:01.800 --> 0:02:04.480 a team that you played the first week of the season, 0:02:04.920 --> 0:02:07.559 and so I think you're gonna learn a lot about 0:02:07.600 --> 0:02:08.799 your football team. 0:02:08.639 --> 0:02:10.960 No question, and no matter how it unfolded big time. 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:14.880 Justin Fields lost two fumbles in the fourth quarter, but 0:02:15.120 --> 0:02:17.680 resiliently fought back to put that out of his mind 0:02:17.720 --> 0:02:20.560 make the biggest play summer, saying the biggest play in 0:02:20.600 --> 0:02:23.280 his career a thirty six yard strike to DJ Moore, 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:26.160 who took advantage of the coverage that the longest play 0:02:26.200 --> 0:02:28.640 of the game on that dagger route and set up 0:02:28.720 --> 0:02:31.480 Santos for the thirty yard field goal for the win. So, 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:34.680 after going twelve for twelve to start the day and 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:37.000 moving the football again but not abble to put in 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:38.880 the end zone, it's still managing to get the win. 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:42.080 I granted you should when you take the ballaway four times, 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:44.720 but I got to give Justin credit there. He stepped 0:02:44.800 --> 0:02:46.640 up and zipped that throw, And in fact, there were 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:49.200 two throws on that drive, the sixteen yarder, and he 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:51.240 was a little bit Hoho Dini all day. 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:51.560 Yeah. 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:55.400 So the end result and that throw to Dj Moore, 0:02:56.120 --> 0:02:58.400 it leaves a really good feeling. 0:02:58.040 --> 0:02:59.919 About what Justin's capable. 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:05.240 But unfortunately, as a player, as a coach, as a broadcaster, 0:03:05.360 --> 0:03:07.720 and as an evaluator, you don't only get a chance 0:03:07.760 --> 0:03:08.760 to watch one play. 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:10.600 You have to watch the whole game. 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:14.840 So there there are different plays within that game that 0:03:14.919 --> 0:03:18.560 I'm sure Justin would like to have back, or you know, 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:22.560 running backs would like to make a different decision. Offensive 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:26.600 linemen would like to understand their blocking responsibility according to 0:03:26.639 --> 0:03:29.919 the play. But that's the great thing about football. You 0:03:29.960 --> 0:03:33.000 go back and you study your past performance and you 0:03:33.040 --> 0:03:35.480 see how you can be better your next performance. 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:38.280 Good news, Chicago United Airlines is getting brand new planes 0:03:38.280 --> 0:03:40.960 with all the bells and whistles like Bluetooth connectivity screens 0:03:41.000 --> 0:03:44.080 at every seat in room for everyone's roderbag United prior 0:03:44.200 --> 0:03:47.320 to fly the Chicago Bears and you too, all right, Tom, 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:51.080 According to ESPN's stats info for Courtney Cronin our good 0:03:51.080 --> 0:03:53.800 friend from ESPN one thousand does a great job writing 0:03:54.000 --> 0:03:56.960 about the Bears, does so in a fair way. Fields 0:03:56.960 --> 0:04:00.480 blitzed on fifty two percent of his dropbacks, and again 0:04:00.520 --> 0:04:03.880 it was a horizontal, horizontal plan thirteen screens that led 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:06.760 to his lowest air yards per attempt and air yards 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:09.840 per completion of his career, just two point four and 0:04:09.920 --> 0:04:12.000 one point nine in the completion, only three or five 0:04:12.040 --> 0:04:15.880 passes ten plus air yards in the game. So you 0:04:15.920 --> 0:04:17.960 could see the chart, you could see where Djmore ran 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:21.039 his routes. There's one particular one just standing out there 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:23.120 thirty six yards away middle of the field on that 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:25.840 throw that set up the field goal. But let's take 0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:28.440 this in two parts, because you watch the tape very 0:04:28.720 --> 0:04:32.919 very closely, and you do so with a very keen insight. 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:38.480 So how did the entire pass protection plan work against 0:04:38.520 --> 0:04:41.320 a fifty two percent blitz rate? That's one part? And 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:45.000 part b what did you think of a perimeter plan 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:46.520 to fight that blitz? 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:51.279 Okay, so let me make one thing my feeling about that. 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:54.440 So if you have a perimeter plan of attack against 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:57.520 the blitzing football team, I wish they could count in 0:04:57.680 --> 0:05:02.560 lateral air yards. That is significant, how quickly the ball 0:05:02.640 --> 0:05:05.120 has to get out of your hand, how the placement 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:07.800 has to be perfect, and you have to have good 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:11.000 exterior blocks in order to get anything out of them. 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:13.520 So I think it would be you'd have a difference 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:18.000 of opinion if you could have a staff that counted lateral. 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:19.920 Yards as well as downfield yards. 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:24.320 To me, when you talk about the blitzing of Brian Floores, 0:05:24.360 --> 0:05:27.520 the defensive coordinator of the Minnesota Vikings, I. 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:30.279 Think unless they got just got. 0:05:30.120 --> 0:05:34.920 Beat by a better defensive effort than the blocking effort. 0:05:35.200 --> 0:05:38.080 I think the Bears did a really nice job. I 0:05:38.160 --> 0:05:41.320 think if you could take out the mental airs that 0:05:42.279 --> 0:05:45.479 showed up a couple times in pass protection, I still 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:49.120 think the Bears did a really nice job. Is an 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:52.920 offensive line or running backs ever going to have a 0:05:53.040 --> 0:05:59.480 perfect performance and that many pass blocking responsibilities? Know however, 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:04.040 they one way more than they lost, and it's evident 0:06:04.200 --> 0:06:06.800 in what they were able to accomplish at the end 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:09.719 of the day. So whether you want to talk about 0:06:09.720 --> 0:06:12.880 a rookie like Darnell Right or if you want to 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:18.160 talk about Roshawn Johnson, both of these guys are improving 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:22.040 at a super high rate. Did they make a couple 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:25.440 of mistakes in the game, Yeah, but listen and in 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:29.760 my ninth year as an offensive line veteran, I made mistakes. 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:34.480 So again it's about you know, your next performance being 0:06:34.520 --> 0:06:36.640 evaluated from your past performance. 0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:39.360 First time Bears won a game without scoring a touchdown 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:41.560 since nineteen ninety three, you still were trying to figure 0:06:41.560 --> 0:06:43.240 out if you were in that game six nothing went 0:06:43.240 --> 0:06:45.120 over Atlanta? Were you in Miami already? 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:49.360 I was in Miami, so yeah I was. You know, 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:51.920 I'm always a Bears fan, but at that point I. 0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:57.440 Was, I mean, there is a ton these days, and 0:06:57.600 --> 0:07:00.440 I think it's hard. I'm not listen. It is what 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:03.040 it is. We love this game, and the more interest 0:07:03.160 --> 0:07:07.159 in this game worldwide, the better for all of us 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:11.160 who have dedicated our entire life professionally to this sport. 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:14.400 And you know no more than anybody else in this 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:17.720 world lifetime, since you were a youth football player now 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:22.040 an analyst. The statistical analysis out there, with everything from 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:25.800 next Gen Stats to Pro Football Focus to other things 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:28.800 that are popping up, is just insane. And so it 0:07:28.880 --> 0:07:32.160 does create some narratives though, and it's unescapable. But the 0:07:32.280 --> 0:07:36.880 Next Gen Stats is an NFL fact and funded stat service. 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:38.240 I don't know who's doing it. I don't know what, 0:07:38.440 --> 0:07:42.320 but we should ask them. We should submit this fair question. 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:47.160 Do the lateral yards? Because it and what? Because it 0:07:47.560 --> 0:07:49.640 is something that I never gave thought to that you 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:52.040 just brought to my attention. And because you're a C student, 0:07:52.120 --> 0:07:54.520 you're more of an idea man than a than a 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:57.120 than a scholar. Big time, you're onto something. 0:07:58.000 --> 0:08:00.840 Well, no, listen to man at the podium, and the 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:03.960 question was asked about the game plan going into it, 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:08.880 and they talked about the lateral passing game and how 0:08:09.560 --> 0:08:14.480 much it benefits the Bears offense against this type of attack. Listen, 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:17.320 I think it's a reasonable stat that you should keep 0:08:17.600 --> 0:08:21.840 because when you're talking about Justin standing on the left, 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:26.080 hash In throwing a pass laterally in an instant's notice 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:30.480 to the right sideline, that's thirty five yards of Kerry 0:08:30.880 --> 0:08:35.160 and then DJ Moore gets a catch, gets a block 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:37.840 by e Q Saint Brown, and then turns it into 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:42.720 a twelve yard game. I think there is some significant 0:08:42.760 --> 0:08:46.920 backing and I think it's complementary to the offense. It's 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:50.600 complementary to the speed at of the play and the 0:08:50.600 --> 0:08:55.200 decision and the precision accuracy of a pass that difficult 0:08:55.640 --> 0:08:59.520 for quarterbacks. I just think they deserve more credit than 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:03.000 what the ball only traveled two yards, you know, per 0:09:03.040 --> 0:09:04.680 a temp that's not the case. 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:07.200 Yeah, Well, a lot of folks looked at this and 0:09:07.280 --> 0:09:09.120 if you love offense and you want to see an 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:11.560 aerial show that adn't think much of the game. It's 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:14.439 a It's a low scoring, no touchdown game for the 0:09:14.480 --> 0:09:16.840 Bears a week down a win. There was still drama 0:09:16.920 --> 0:09:19.000 to it. It was still important. It was a road 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:21.000 win in the NFC North for the first time for 0:09:21.080 --> 0:09:24.600 Matt Eberfluss in his administration, and for Justin Fields to 0:09:24.600 --> 0:09:27.440 beat a Viking team that at the moment is still 0:09:27.440 --> 0:09:29.440 in the playoff on is a summer seventh seed, the 0:09:29.440 --> 0:09:31.480 final seed in the NFC for the wild card. So 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:33.679 there's a lot of you got to you gotta look 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:35.560 at it that way. He can't just look at everything 0:09:35.559 --> 0:09:37.440 through a straw. You gotta look at the bigger picture. 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:40.720 Just one point about that, because you have to also 0:09:40.760 --> 0:09:42.640 look at the other side of the ball. Because I 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:44.880 think the Bears did a really nice job of being 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:47.839 deceptive at the line of scrimmage themselves, and then they 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:53.560 created some unescapable pockets for dobs that resulted in interceptions. So, 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:56.440 you know, you talk about the elusiveness of a guy 0:09:56.559 --> 0:09:59.680 like Justin and his athleticism and how he uses it, 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:01.600 and then and you look at what the Bears have 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:05.280 been able to do with a good group of defensive 0:10:05.360 --> 0:10:09.440 linemen that are creating unescapable pockets. Now, if you have 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:12.439 to throw the ball as much as three quarters of 0:10:12.480 --> 0:10:15.840 a second early, it results in the tip ball off 0:10:15.840 --> 0:10:18.800 the fingertips of a receiver that results in the interception. 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:21.679 So you got off to look at it from both 0:10:21.760 --> 0:10:23.200 sides of the game plan. 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:25.520 Yeah, we'll dig deeper into that after we get a 0:10:25.520 --> 0:10:27.640 look at the status at hattis from Bears head coach 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:30.840 Matt Eberfluss. Take a chance download the Bette Rivers app today. 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:33.600 Here's my conversation with the Bears head coach. All right, Matt, 0:10:33.600 --> 0:10:36.199 thanks for joining us once again. Congratulations sound the win. 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:39.719 Played really hard again. All the analysts around lead keep 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:42.280 talking about how hard the Bears play and eventually, you know, 0:10:42.440 --> 0:10:45.360 keep pounding that rock, it's going to break, and it 0:10:45.480 --> 0:10:49.040 certainly did. Hanging in there and I know you finished. 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:51.960 That was the big theme, and everybody on the team 0:10:52.000 --> 0:10:53.520 in that locker room going to get a painted ball 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:56.920 with finish on it. No greater word than finish. Giving 0:10:56.960 --> 0:10:57.280 out hard. 0:10:57.280 --> 0:11:00.719 It's been right, yeah, and you know, obviously great to 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:03.559 get the division win, and you know, it's always you know, 0:11:03.679 --> 0:11:06.800 fun coaching off a win. And certainly there's a lot 0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:08.600 of things we can learn from that tape as well. 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:12.200 But the situational football was good. You know, we won 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:14.800 the third down battle and you know, obviously the fourth 0:11:14.800 --> 0:11:17.240 downs also and that's a big part of it. And 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:18.839 then we won a two minute you know at the 0:11:18.920 --> 0:11:21.720 end of the game, you know, so the conpmentary football, 0:11:21.960 --> 0:11:23.840 and again we had adversity in there. You know, we 0:11:23.880 --> 0:11:26.680 had a couple of fumbles at the end, you know, 0:11:27.080 --> 0:11:28.600 and we had to do a good job of stopping 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:31.079 them on defense you know, the ford and make them punt, 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:33.600 you know, and in that situation to create that two minute, 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:35.560 and the guys did a great job of that. What 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:37.800 a great play by TJ, you know on that third 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:40.199 down play to force that fourth and ten. Great play 0:11:40.640 --> 0:11:42.560 and then uh, they punt and then we get two 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:44.920 minutes with no timeouts. You know, I thought we utilize 0:11:44.920 --> 0:11:47.200 our timeouts to just to maximize our. 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:48.520 Time in there. 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:52.320 And again we're very comfortable working at two minutes, you know, 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:54.400 because we do a lot in practice with no timeouts. 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:56.679 And the guys did a good job of operating, and 0:11:56.679 --> 0:11:59.160 then obviously the big strike to DJ to put us 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:01.560 in position, and then we did a good job of 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:03.840 you know, milking it down with a couple of nils 0:12:03.840 --> 0:12:07.520 there and the Vikings, you know, use their timeouts, and 0:12:07.559 --> 0:12:10.080 then you know, once we scored the field goal, they 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:12.840 had five seconds to go, and we had another situational 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:15.240 defense that we had to put out there, and the 0:12:15.280 --> 0:12:16.640 guys did a nice job operating. 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:22.280 So there's always reactions over reactions and maybe overstatements and 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:25.840 things when something like this happened. So some are writing 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:28.600 and saying, that's the biggest throw in Justin Field's career, 0:12:28.679 --> 0:12:31.319 the thirty six yard strike the DJ Moore after coming 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:33.960 back from two fumbles. I don't know if you frame 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:36.760 stuff like that way. I know you're looking very much 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:41.000 through a straw at the season instead a big picture. 0:12:41.040 --> 0:12:43.960 But could that be from your experience? 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:46.280 Well, I just know this, that's so great resolve. 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:48.760 Yeah, you know by him, you know, when you have 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:51.000 two fumbles at the end of the game like that, 0:12:51.120 --> 0:12:53.400 to be able to reset your focus and reset your 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:56.920 mind to the task at hand and then go operate. 0:12:57.440 --> 0:13:00.360 You know, didn't take a sack, you know, found the 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:04.360 open receivers scrambled when you know he should have scrambled, 0:13:05.120 --> 0:13:07.880 and then hit the open DJ for the big strike 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:10.840 to put us in the winning position. And that to 0:13:10.880 --> 0:13:13.080 me is growth and that's what that's how I look 0:13:13.120 --> 0:13:13.360 at it. 0:13:13.920 --> 0:13:16.480 You're a defensive guy, do you have respect for the 0:13:16.520 --> 0:13:19.240 pressure packages that Brian Flores puts together. Do you think 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:21.079 it's right up there among the best in the league 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:24.920 and their creativity and constant pressure because he was justin 0:13:25.000 --> 0:13:26.839 was pulling Houdini X last night. 0:13:26.880 --> 0:13:27.880 For sure, yeah he did. 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:30.800 And he did a really good job of evading most 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:33.760 of those for the most part. And again they got 0:13:33.800 --> 0:13:35.680 us in a in a couple at the end. But 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:39.480 for sure, you know, the pressure and again that's that's 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:42.559 something that you know, was made famous by Buddy Ryan 0:13:43.240 --> 0:13:45.320 here at the Bears, you know, when we won the 0:13:45.320 --> 0:13:48.120 Super Bowl here and uh, you know a lot of 0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:49.040 those same elements. 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:52.040 Are there is some Bear defense in there, yeah, a 0:13:52.040 --> 0:13:52.560 little bit. 0:13:52.480 --> 0:13:55.280 Yeah there is, but there's there's you know, multiple fronts 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:57.720 in there. But the coverages are different, you know, and 0:13:57.760 --> 0:13:59.600 I think that we, you know, we can take advantage 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:01.320 of some of those pockets that are. 0:14:01.160 --> 0:14:03.760 Open there, which leads me to that my next question. 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:07.199 Because so much attention to the perimeter to try and 0:14:07.280 --> 0:14:10.240 mute that rush, and that is a great idea, but 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:14.640 over the course of the game, how much patience is 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:17.680 required by you, even as the head coach, not just 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:21.600 the defensive coordinator here too, Now to have that patience 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:24.880 to write it out and knowing your defense was really 0:14:24.920 --> 0:14:26.880 shutting them down over the course of the entire game. 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:29.400 Yeah, I mean you could certainly feel that was the 0:14:29.440 --> 0:14:31.760 type of game it was going to be. You know, 0:14:31.840 --> 0:14:34.520 we anticipated it could be like that, you know, so 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:38.280 we were set. Our mindset was, you know, obviously an attack, 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:40.080 you know, because their offense did a really good job 0:14:40.120 --> 0:14:42.280 in the first two series. Right we go fourteen plays, 0:14:42.320 --> 0:14:44.200 ten plays, we come out of half and go another 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:47.400 ten and we finished the game with another ten play drive. 0:14:47.480 --> 0:14:51.440 So you know, our idea is attack to attack, and 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:53.880 one of those ways to attack is on the perimeter 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:57.480 and to spit the ball when they give you those 0:14:57.520 --> 0:15:00.280 pressure looks, to get it on the edge, and we 0:15:00.360 --> 0:15:03.720 had some very successful play He's doing that, and you know, 0:15:03.800 --> 0:15:05.440 certainly and they're going to get some of their plays. 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:08.000 You know, they reacted to some of them, either from 0:15:08.000 --> 0:15:10.000 inside out or doing a good job in the perimeter 0:15:10.120 --> 0:15:13.680 to stop those plays, and that's certainly all part of it. 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:15.720 But that's certainly one of the answers you do for 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:16.240 the pressure. 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:19.560 DJ Moore, we heard what you said about him, and 0:15:19.680 --> 0:15:22.360 I can't stop talking about him. When he gets the 0:15:22.360 --> 0:15:24.800 ball in his hands. You really are counting out a 0:15:24.800 --> 0:15:28.680 positive play. And even if it's covered, he's gonna wrestle 0:15:28.720 --> 0:15:31.640 it out. He's gonna suddenly break away from attack. He 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:34.480 just refuses to quit. He freezes to go down. And 0:15:34.600 --> 0:15:37.400 right now with Justin, Justin hasn't played the whole season, 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:40.480 but they're the number one duo and quarterback rating with 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:45.200 receiver quarterback in the NFL. What is that saying about 0:15:45.400 --> 0:15:48.400 just that relationship right now? And it's his go to 0:15:48.720 --> 0:15:50.880 I mean, yes, Comet's getting a lot of targets. 0:15:51.720 --> 0:15:52.040 You got. 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:54.440 The running game is still solid. He can beat you 0:15:54.480 --> 0:15:57.120 with you with his legs as well, but that has 0:15:57.160 --> 0:15:58.240 proved to be very vague. 0:15:58.280 --> 0:16:00.600 Yeah, I certainly felt that from the on set. Yeah, 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:02.800 you know, when DJ came here, there was an immediate 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:05.560 chemistry with those guys, and you know, you can certainly 0:16:05.560 --> 0:16:06.880 feel that now, you know, and. 0:16:06.840 --> 0:16:09.720 Then you know, we get you know, put the ball in. 0:16:09.640 --> 0:16:11.920 The hands of the players, right you know, so DJ 0:16:12.000 --> 0:16:14.000 is one of our better players, and you know, at 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:15.320 the end of the game, we put it in his 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:18.360 hands and that's an important part of that. And really 0:16:18.400 --> 0:16:19.920 throughout the whole course of the game, you saw the 0:16:19.920 --> 0:16:22.040 targets and the amount of yards and now he has 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:25.320 a thousand thousand yards for the season, you know, seventy 0:16:25.400 --> 0:16:27.000 catches and. 0:16:26.440 --> 0:16:29.000 And certainly that's a that's a bright spot and we 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:29.880 have to keep that going. 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:32.640 All right, There's so many little things. Unfortunately we're not 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:34.280 gonna have time to get them all. But I just 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:36.520 felt this game just there's a lot more to the 0:16:36.600 --> 0:16:39.560 story than just the twelve ten finish. And that's what 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:42.400 made it compelling for me. Let's start with Roshawn Johnson. So, 0:16:42.600 --> 0:16:44.600 ro Sean got I think fifty two snaps in the 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:48.720 game by ground and by air. I've got some good balls. 0:16:48.760 --> 0:16:52.040 But you know, the pass pro there was one snap 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:55.120 I can't remember which one now, he basically took down 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:59.920 two Vikings on the on the blitz. Now, nothing was perfect, obviously, 0:17:00.400 --> 0:17:03.960 but what he did yesterday, how valuable was it? Just 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:07.520 that whatever little amount it was in terms of total yards, 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:09.920 the past protection, the catches to help justin out. 0:17:10.160 --> 0:17:12.359 Yeah, he did a really good job. You know. 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:14.359 Again, he's you know, has a couple of things he's 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:16.000 got to clean up, just like the rest of us. 0:17:16.040 --> 0:17:18.800 But uh, you know, overall, you could you could feel 0:17:18.800 --> 0:17:21.960 his energy. You could feel him in protection. You could 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:25.040 feel him, you know, you know, reading the runs the 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:27.199 right way, you know, and the toss play stretching him 0:17:27.200 --> 0:17:30.080 out to the numbers and then cutting him up and 0:17:30.280 --> 0:17:31.560 running him the correct way. 0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:35.200 You know. So that's certainly a big bright spot for him, 0:17:35.400 --> 0:17:35.560 you know. 0:17:35.600 --> 0:17:37.399 And then you know, finding himself, you know, in the 0:17:37.400 --> 0:17:39.320 scramble drill, finding himself open in. 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:42.160 A couple unique situations. And Klil did too. 0:17:42.160 --> 0:17:43.840 You know, Clil had that one nice one on the 0:17:43.840 --> 0:17:47.280 side on our sideline as well. But those guys got 0:17:47.320 --> 0:17:49.879 to continue to do that. I think Justin's growing that 0:17:49.920 --> 0:17:51.919 way in terms of, you know, keeping his eyes on 0:17:51.960 --> 0:17:55.320 the field. I think he had three h three really 0:17:55.560 --> 0:17:59.960 big chunks in those scramble situations, and he could hit 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:01.760 Mooney on the side on the other one, you know, 0:18:01.920 --> 0:18:03.560 So that was just a little bit high on that one. 0:18:04.440 --> 0:18:06.359 But that was another big opportunity for us. 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:10.000 I'm gonna stick with the rookie theme. Terrell Smith comes 0:18:10.000 --> 0:18:13.200 in legion tackles. All eight were solos, and I would 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:15.000 have loved to see if he had been able to 0:18:15.200 --> 0:18:17.480 stay healthy in training camp and not have the mono, 0:18:17.960 --> 0:18:20.320 because you don't know where he'd be right now. I 0:18:20.359 --> 0:18:22.639 mean maybe you do. I mean, but is that arrow 0:18:22.760 --> 0:18:24.600 definitely pointing up Cressman. 0:18:24.359 --> 0:18:27.600 Yeah, him and Tyreek Uh. You know, Ryan Poles in 0:18:27.960 --> 0:18:31.720 his group did an awesome job of you know, evaluating 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:34.720 those guys, you know, with the evaluations of the coaching 0:18:34.760 --> 0:18:37.399 staff and all of us on the same page to 0:18:37.440 --> 0:18:40.920 be able to get those big corners that are are 0:18:40.920 --> 0:18:44.399 good tacklers, but they can play against bigger body guys. 0:18:44.480 --> 0:18:47.040 And that's that's important in this league because you know 0:18:47.040 --> 0:18:49.240 when you play that you know the go ball or 0:18:49.280 --> 0:18:51.760 the or the slant ball, that the length matters. 0:18:51.960 --> 0:18:52.640 You know it does. 0:18:52.680 --> 0:18:55.160 And even in tackling, tackling, you know in the perimeter, 0:18:55.359 --> 0:18:58.480 length matters because you're able to wrap up, you're able 0:18:58.520 --> 0:19:01.040 to be strong, and you're to be long, you know, 0:19:01.040 --> 0:19:03.000 when you're setting the edge out there in the run game. 0:19:03.119 --> 0:19:05.560 So you know that that's a big part of who 0:19:05.560 --> 0:19:05.920 we are. 0:19:06.400 --> 0:19:10.399 We like long defensive backs and those guys fit right 0:19:10.440 --> 0:19:11.040 under our mode. 0:19:11.400 --> 0:19:14.600 Javon Dexter hits the quarterback gets a flag for it. 0:19:14.920 --> 0:19:17.359 What else is he supposed to do at his length 0:19:17.440 --> 0:19:21.680 and size? Can he turned down? So he doesn't the only. 0:19:21.520 --> 0:19:23.360 Thing that they said there is just you just got 0:19:23.400 --> 0:19:25.480 to brace, you gotta you can't, you know, your body 0:19:25.480 --> 0:19:27.560 weight can't go on the quarterback, and he has to 0:19:27.600 --> 0:19:29.560 do and we coach the guys to do that, to 0:19:29.600 --> 0:19:31.800 make sure that they brace, you know, on the ground 0:19:31.960 --> 0:19:33.560 and don't put their weight on the quarterback. 0:19:33.600 --> 0:19:35.119 And this is the way the rules are, and it's 0:19:35.160 --> 0:19:35.760 for a good reason. 0:19:35.840 --> 0:19:36.000 You know. 0:19:36.400 --> 0:19:37.920 We want to be able to keep the quarterbacks in 0:19:37.960 --> 0:19:41.080 the game. They're a big part of our game, you know, 0:19:41.119 --> 0:19:42.160 and so we got to do it, right. 0:19:42.359 --> 0:19:44.040 Is he rising every day? 0:19:44.720 --> 0:19:45.399 Yeah, he is. 0:19:45.480 --> 0:19:48.520 His pressure rates up, He's doing a really good job 0:19:48.520 --> 0:19:51.520 of keeping his pads down, his takeoff, his get off 0:19:51.600 --> 0:19:55.080 is really good, and his approach, you know, to the 0:19:55.160 --> 0:19:57.800 quarterback is getting better and better. So we just got 0:19:57.840 --> 0:19:59.960 to keep building upon that. And Pickens is doing it 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:02.399 good job too, you know, those all those young tackles 0:20:02.440 --> 0:20:03.879 are in there doing the next job. And our two 0:20:03.960 --> 0:20:07.200 vets are doing a solid job in there as well. 0:20:07.720 --> 0:20:11.560 Montes sweat again, he's eating up grass so quickly when 0:20:11.600 --> 0:20:15.879 he breaks free of his block, and he's ragged on quarterbacks. 0:20:15.920 --> 0:20:19.000 I mean, this guy something else and everybody, it's really 0:20:19.000 --> 0:20:20.640 helping you across the board. 0:20:20.400 --> 0:20:23.880 There, Tes is a beast in there now. He's certainly 0:20:24.600 --> 0:20:27.240 one of the better pass rushers in the league for sure, 0:20:27.280 --> 0:20:29.399 and you know, his pressure rate would show that, sacks 0:20:29.560 --> 0:20:31.440 would show that, and you know, we're just going to 0:20:31.560 --> 0:20:33.280 keep getting more and more production at him. We're going 0:20:33.359 --> 0:20:35.160 to set him up the best we can for one 0:20:35.200 --> 0:20:38.000 on ones and he will take advantage of those. 0:20:38.400 --> 0:20:41.480 I just can't get over, you know, we I think 0:20:41.480 --> 0:20:43.199 we talked about this last week, but I can't get 0:20:43.240 --> 0:20:46.000 it out of my head. It just impresses me because 0:20:46.040 --> 0:20:48.560 you don't think much about that forty time, but it 0:20:48.600 --> 0:20:49.840 does factor with this guy. 0:20:50.320 --> 0:20:50.560 It is. 0:20:50.640 --> 0:20:53.080 I mean, he's explosive to the quarterback. 0:20:53.480 --> 0:20:55.480 Yeah, What's what's really cool about him is that the 0:20:55.800 --> 0:20:57.560 effort in which he plays. I think he was at 0:20:57.600 --> 0:20:59.879 seventy one percent yesterday. 0:20:59.480 --> 0:21:00.920 Thirty nine out of the fifty five. 0:21:01.040 --> 0:21:01.200 Yep. 0:21:01.320 --> 0:21:03.200 I mean he's been in the majority of our third 0:21:03.200 --> 0:21:06.120 downs the entire season. I think it's fifty one out 0:21:06.119 --> 0:21:09.000 of fifty six. I believe that is. So we're excited 0:21:09.000 --> 0:21:11.080 about where he is and the production that he's bringing. 0:21:11.720 --> 0:21:14.280 And what's more impressive is that how he plays the run. 0:21:15.280 --> 0:21:17.439 You know, as all the pressures that he gives and 0:21:17.560 --> 0:21:18.920 creates for everybody else. 0:21:19.359 --> 0:21:20.159 He also plays the. 0:21:20.240 --> 0:21:22.520 Run really well, so he's an all round defensive end 0:21:23.320 --> 0:21:25.480 and we're certainly excited. 0:21:25.119 --> 0:21:27.880 To have him number one rushing defense in the NFL 0:21:28.760 --> 0:21:31.800 through thirteen weeks. I guess with the bye week, you'll 0:21:31.840 --> 0:21:35.080 find out in week fourteen. But that is not an 0:21:35.080 --> 0:21:38.919 insignificant jump from ware you worse season ago. What do 0:21:38.960 --> 0:21:39.679 you attributed to? 0:21:40.920 --> 0:21:43.600 Yeah, the guys are really doing a good job, you know, 0:21:43.760 --> 0:21:46.760 just playing together, you know, and when run defense is 0:21:46.800 --> 0:21:49.080 all about being where you're supposed to be, you know, 0:21:49.240 --> 0:21:51.760 and playing with good technique and good pad level, and 0:21:52.080 --> 0:21:56.240 guys understand where they fit in the run scheme. And again, 0:21:56.320 --> 0:21:58.400 we have to do a better job. Yesterday it was good, 0:21:58.520 --> 0:22:00.480 but it was up to our standard in terms of 0:22:00.480 --> 0:22:03.760 the run average. But we got to continue to improve 0:22:03.800 --> 0:22:05.960 on that. And uh, you know, and the coaches have 0:22:06.040 --> 0:22:07.920 done a really good job of coaching. 0:22:07.600 --> 0:22:10.280 That technique and getting the guys in the right position. 0:22:10.400 --> 0:22:12.560 So it's really all of us, you know, the coaches 0:22:12.600 --> 0:22:16.080 and the players together, you know, making an emphasis of it, 0:22:16.480 --> 0:22:18.480 you know, and I think you know the players that 0:22:18.520 --> 0:22:20.840 we acquired, you know, again pointing. 0:22:20.520 --> 0:22:23.399 Back to the to the scouting staff is that. You know, 0:22:23.520 --> 0:22:26.639 Billings is a big part of that. You know, Walker 0:22:26.720 --> 0:22:27.640 is a big part of that. 0:22:27.960 --> 0:22:31.880 You know, Uh, j Clean and Germaine, all those. 0:22:31.640 --> 0:22:34.280 Guys, you know, the inside backers, they're all part of it, 0:22:34.320 --> 0:22:36.840 you know. So it's personnel, it's scheme, it's you know, 0:22:36.920 --> 0:22:38.840 and it's guys coaching and you know and playing it. 0:22:38.880 --> 0:22:41.480 You got a feeding frenzy right now in the takeaway department. 0:22:42.040 --> 0:22:44.919 Jalen Johnson another big game. Three pass breakups, so he 0:22:44.960 --> 0:22:48.520 had a direct hand in his own interception and another 0:22:48.600 --> 0:22:51.800 one and then Robby could have had another pick six. 0:22:52.960 --> 0:22:56.399 I just remember when Lovey and those guys, they they 0:22:56.440 --> 0:22:59.639 had a plan and those guys couldn't wait to start 0:22:59.640 --> 0:23:02.879 blocking for him. So get to the numbers, run the 0:23:02.920 --> 0:23:03.920 sideline right. 0:23:03.840 --> 0:23:04.680 Yep, exactly. 0:23:04.680 --> 0:23:06.280 We you know, we had a good setup for him 0:23:06.320 --> 0:23:09.440 right there, and we'll continue to improve on that and 0:23:09.960 --> 0:23:11.399 we'll show him the tape and we'll. 0:23:11.240 --> 0:23:12.320 Continue to practice it. 0:23:12.359 --> 0:23:12.520 You know. 0:23:13.000 --> 0:23:16.600 And the big thing for Jalen is that man, you know, 0:23:16.640 --> 0:23:19.400 he's he's you know, really sticky. You know, he's got 0:23:19.440 --> 0:23:22.879 great feet and he's able to stay with receivers in 0:23:22.920 --> 0:23:26.520 the intermediate and the deep pass and uh, he's always 0:23:26.520 --> 0:23:28.480 in position, you know, and we're just gonna have to 0:23:28.520 --> 0:23:31.480 work continue to work with him and coach hok and 0:23:31.480 --> 0:23:32.920 and put him in position to. 0:23:32.880 --> 0:23:33.600 Make those plays. 0:23:33.600 --> 0:23:35.159 And he will because he's going to be in position 0:23:35.200 --> 0:23:38.000 to make him and we're excited about his opportunity coming up. 0:23:38.640 --> 0:23:40.640 They get over exuberant. They got the ball and now 0:23:41.119 --> 0:23:42.760 I don't know, I'm not a player. 0:23:42.800 --> 0:23:43.200 So well. 0:23:43.240 --> 0:23:45.320 He also he also had like you said, he had 0:23:45.320 --> 0:23:48.360 a deflection that know, TJ got the interception from too, 0:23:48.440 --> 0:23:49.840 so he's playing. 0:23:49.840 --> 0:23:54.000 Well, let's talk Cairo Santos. He said he he felt 0:23:54.240 --> 0:23:58.240 so much confidence from you that the fifty five yard 0:23:58.280 --> 0:24:01.000 he said he could have kicked sixty. He claims he 0:24:01.040 --> 0:24:02.560 told you sixty at the end of the game too, 0:24:02.600 --> 0:24:05.359 if you needed because of the initial myths that you 0:24:06.000 --> 0:24:09.639 did not waiver. How important is that head coach player 0:24:09.680 --> 0:24:12.359 relationship that you always talk about position coach high Tower 0:24:12.400 --> 0:24:15.000 all that, because it seems to really resonate with Cairo. 0:24:15.200 --> 0:24:18.199 Yeah, that's the whole relationship, you know, side of it. 0:24:18.480 --> 0:24:21.240 And we have relationships with every one of our players, 0:24:21.400 --> 0:24:24.480 and I think that's a really key component to having 0:24:24.520 --> 0:24:27.080 a good football team that can have resolve that can 0:24:27.119 --> 0:24:30.560 go through adversity, that can respond in a positive way. 0:24:31.160 --> 0:24:32.720 And it all starts there, you know. 0:24:32.840 --> 0:24:35.840 So it's my belief in him and his belief in 0:24:35.920 --> 0:24:39.560 me and our relationship that we have together. So it 0:24:39.640 --> 0:24:42.480 was pretty easy because we have that solid foundation. 0:24:42.720 --> 0:24:44.840 All right, You split your last eight, you go into 0:24:44.880 --> 0:24:47.600 the bye a week pretty darn dog gone healthy for 0:24:47.640 --> 0:24:50.560 a late season. You have five outdoor games in the elements, 0:24:50.600 --> 0:24:54.320 three at home. What's your vision here for the final 0:24:54.359 --> 0:24:55.720 five and getting through it all? 0:24:55.960 --> 0:24:58.239 Yeah, you know, certainly please with the health of our 0:24:58.240 --> 0:25:00.720 football team. You know, the performing staff has done a 0:25:00.760 --> 0:25:02.439 really good job. The strength staff has done a good 0:25:02.480 --> 0:25:05.880 job of keeping those guys you know, where they need 0:25:05.920 --> 0:25:08.560 to be. And you know, our practices have been good, 0:25:08.600 --> 0:25:12.200 They've been energized. You know, we're excited about these last five. 0:25:12.040 --> 0:25:14.960 Games and and and that they are outside. 0:25:15.000 --> 0:25:18.160 You know, this is Chicago Bear football to us, and 0:25:18.200 --> 0:25:20.520 we're excited about the opportunity. I talked to the players 0:25:20.600 --> 0:25:23.760 yesterday about I want them to think about the opportunity 0:25:23.880 --> 0:25:27.040 and the plays that are gonna make, you know, come 0:25:27.200 --> 0:25:31.240 going forward into these last five games and rest recovery 0:25:31.320 --> 0:25:33.480 is a big part of this by week to get 0:25:33.520 --> 0:25:36.040 their mind, their body, and their spirit in the right 0:25:36.080 --> 0:25:38.199 spot when they come back in on Monday. 0:25:38.320 --> 0:25:40.280 All right, appreciate your time as always, have a great 0:25:40.280 --> 0:25:41.119 bye week, all right, thank you. 0:25:41.160 --> 0:25:41.479 All right. 0:25:41.480 --> 0:25:43.960 So he heads into the bye week feeling very optimistic 0:25:44.080 --> 0:25:46.600 Tom about the health of his football team number one, 0:25:47.080 --> 0:25:49.920 and just their their determination and how hard they're they're 0:25:49.960 --> 0:25:53.280 playing on game day, Opposing coaches are seeing it, analysts 0:25:53.280 --> 0:25:55.840 are seeing it. The Bears are playing hard. Whatever the 0:25:55.880 --> 0:25:58.760 results are. Sometimes they're not in your favor, but they 0:25:58.800 --> 0:26:01.720 are playing hard and they're and they're in games. And 0:26:01.800 --> 0:26:03.840 so they managed to find a way to win a 0:26:03.920 --> 0:26:06.119 road game in Minnesota, and not a simple task. All right, 0:26:06.160 --> 0:26:08.119 let's go back to the defense. I want to go 0:26:08.200 --> 0:26:09.800 back to what you were talking about about the line 0:26:09.840 --> 0:26:13.639 of scrimmage. The Montese sweat factor is significant. Let's be on. 0:26:13.680 --> 0:26:15.960 It's making everybody else better on that defensive line and 0:26:16.040 --> 0:26:18.360 for that matter of the whole defense. The balls coming 0:26:18.400 --> 0:26:20.920 out quicker, Like you said, I thought it was kind 0:26:20.920 --> 0:26:24.560 of strange watching the pastor or not in the pocket there. 0:26:24.600 --> 0:26:26.960 They weren't deep drops, they were short drops, and the 0:26:27.000 --> 0:26:30.200 pocket it was really shrinking. The vice scripts were there 0:26:30.600 --> 0:26:32.280 and it was like he was oblivious to it. And 0:26:32.280 --> 0:26:35.520 he's like, I don't know how he even escaped a 0:26:35.600 --> 0:26:38.160 ten sac day because that could have happened to him. 0:26:38.600 --> 0:26:40.920 What was your vantage point? What's your view of how 0:26:41.000 --> 0:26:44.040 he dealt with the Bear's pass rush, and what did 0:26:44.040 --> 0:26:46.399 you think of the job Travis Smith did for the 0:26:46.440 --> 0:26:48.480 simple things of even just putting a cockway on the 0:26:48.480 --> 0:26:50.879 same side with Sweat and let those guys work their magic. 0:26:50.960 --> 0:26:54.200 DeMarcus Walker having three hits on the quarterback Givon Dexter 0:26:54.440 --> 0:26:58.000 again adding to his pressures that guy is on the move, 0:26:58.080 --> 0:27:01.359 he is coming. I just liked the creativity that Sweat 0:27:01.400 --> 0:27:05.080 now has multiplied for this defensive staff to come up 0:27:05.119 --> 0:27:05.640 with plans. 0:27:06.320 --> 0:27:09.000 First of all, I would rather talk about defensive coordinator 0:27:09.080 --> 0:27:11.679 Matty Eberflus because he's got a lot on his plate. 0:27:12.119 --> 0:27:15.600 And if you look at the different the variation of 0:27:15.720 --> 0:27:19.840 defensive fronts, the way they use, the variety of players 0:27:19.880 --> 0:27:23.439 when you filter and Kyler Gordon and Jakwan Brisker, you 0:27:23.480 --> 0:27:27.200 look at TJ. Edwards and Jack Sanborn and Tremaine Edmunds, 0:27:27.400 --> 0:27:29.800 how they can line up at the line of scrimmage. 0:27:30.160 --> 0:27:33.320 And now they have to be accounted for as pass rushers, 0:27:33.400 --> 0:27:36.840 not linebackers. But then they can drop instantly and get 0:27:36.920 --> 0:27:40.919 into a coverage responsibility that maybe the quarterback is not 0:27:41.040 --> 0:27:43.760 aware of where they're going to be. And now you 0:27:43.880 --> 0:27:46.520 talk about Travis Smith and the defensive line and the 0:27:46.560 --> 0:27:49.960 way he used a variety of lineups, and you talked 0:27:50.000 --> 0:27:53.080 about the short drop of Joshua Dobbs, but it was 0:27:53.200 --> 0:27:55.760 crunch time, so they said, Okay, we're not going to 0:27:55.880 --> 0:27:59.000 let Joshua Dobbs get out of this pocket. We're going 0:27:59.080 --> 0:28:01.960 to have a good outside, contained rush that's going to 0:28:02.200 --> 0:28:05.640 be included in pressure. And then the different alignments they 0:28:05.640 --> 0:28:08.800 were able to use on the interior, whether you want 0:28:08.840 --> 0:28:12.359 to use strength of Andrew Billings, if you want to 0:28:12.440 --> 0:28:14.960 use the length of Jervon Dexter, if you want to 0:28:15.040 --> 0:28:18.040 use the get off of Zach Pickens, or however you 0:28:18.080 --> 0:28:20.399 want to use that type of assist the talent. 0:28:20.840 --> 0:28:23.600 I think the Bears did a really nice job of. 0:28:23.640 --> 0:28:30.280 Being able to use multiple players in different unexpected areas. 0:28:30.960 --> 0:28:35.640 And then you make the offense think, and I think. 0:28:35.480 --> 0:28:39.000 That slows down the overall process of the offensive line. 0:28:39.360 --> 0:28:43.160 And a newly brought in quarterback like Dobbs, even though 0:28:43.160 --> 0:28:46.600 he's got a minimum amount of experience with the Vikings. 0:28:46.640 --> 0:28:50.280 Like I touched on with coach Flus, it is a 0:28:50.320 --> 0:28:54.280 magnificent jump from being the worst to the best run 0:28:54.360 --> 0:28:57.320 defense in a calendar a year here from a season ago. 0:28:57.440 --> 0:28:59.760 And that's where they're at right now. He wasn't thrilled 0:28:59.800 --> 0:29:02.200 with the run defense overall yesterday, a little bit too 0:29:02.320 --> 0:29:05.960 much there at times with Alexander Madison, but still the 0:29:06.000 --> 0:29:08.040 end result is their number one rush defense in the 0:29:08.120 --> 0:29:10.240 NFL if you're just in the yards, but I am. 0:29:10.680 --> 0:29:13.480 I mean especially against the run. And the team that 0:29:13.600 --> 0:29:18.280 ran the ball more yesterday successfully won the game. Nineteen 0:29:18.280 --> 0:29:20.800 and three. Now last twenty two games, the team that 0:29:20.920 --> 0:29:23.000 ran ballmore won the game. And you know what, it's 0:29:23.000 --> 0:29:24.760 funny because I think you're looking ahead to Detroit and 0:29:24.800 --> 0:29:26.760 you're thinking the same thing. Whoever runs the ball better, 0:29:26.840 --> 0:29:27.720 Mike win that game. 0:29:28.360 --> 0:29:28.560 Yeah? 0:29:29.080 --> 0:29:32.560 I agree, and I but I think you know one 0:29:32.560 --> 0:29:35.800 thing I always you know me, Jeff, You're the real 0:29:35.880 --> 0:29:36.480 weather man. 0:29:36.560 --> 0:29:37.960 You're the meteorologist. 0:29:38.440 --> 0:29:42.280 I'm just a weather predictor of in terms of football, 0:29:42.680 --> 0:29:45.360 And when I think of Detroit playing, even though they're 0:29:45.400 --> 0:29:50.880 from Michigan playing outside rarely because they play in the Dome, 0:29:51.160 --> 0:29:52.040 then they play. 0:29:51.800 --> 0:29:54.120 In Minnesota in the conference and all that. 0:29:54.520 --> 0:29:58.280 So I think there's a lot that is challenging to 0:29:58.400 --> 0:30:00.040 a team that doesn't. 0:30:00.040 --> 0:30:01.720 Play outside regularly. 0:30:02.160 --> 0:30:05.040 And when you talk about the physical nature of a 0:30:05.080 --> 0:30:08.920 sustained running game, you gotta be able to be comfortable 0:30:08.960 --> 0:30:12.360 playing in those cold temperatures. And so we'll see how 0:30:12.760 --> 0:30:15.320 it all factors out, because the Bears haven't played in 0:30:15.440 --> 0:30:18.120 really any cold weather yet this season. 0:30:18.240 --> 0:30:21.280 We're brought to you by PNC Official Bank of the Bears. 0:30:21.320 --> 0:30:23.800 Jeff and Tom here every Tuesday and Thursday on the 0:30:23.840 --> 0:30:26.080 Bears et cetera podcast, and we will bring you another 0:30:26.120 --> 0:30:28.640 one coming up on Thursday. Tom and I on bye 0:30:28.680 --> 0:30:30.640 week will be joined by a former Bears quarterback and 0:30:30.680 --> 0:30:32.800 our good friend, Eric Kramer has written a new book. 0:30:32.840 --> 0:30:35.240 We'll get into that on Thursday. He'll be our guest, 0:30:35.320 --> 0:30:38.120 so join us then. And of course every Tuesday we 0:30:38.200 --> 0:30:40.400 have Matt Eberflus, the head coach. We just heard from 0:30:40.440 --> 0:30:43.200 him much more time ago. All Right, I got a 0:30:43.200 --> 0:30:45.680 lot of little pockets of stuff after watching the tape 0:30:45.680 --> 0:30:49.200 of this game, gravon dexter. I want to get into 0:30:49.240 --> 0:30:51.280 it again. I know they're taught a certain way to 0:30:51.320 --> 0:30:53.960 hit the quarterback, but man, he's six six. He gets 0:30:54.000 --> 0:30:55.840 there in a big hurr and he hits the quarterback. 0:30:55.880 --> 0:30:58.240 He gets the flag for it is there, and we 0:30:58.640 --> 0:31:01.320 touched on it with Fluce. You just can't lay your 0:31:01.320 --> 0:31:03.440 weight on him. But it is what it is. It's 0:31:03.440 --> 0:31:06.160 the rule. But I like the way he did it 0:31:06.200 --> 0:31:08.280 anyway I take the fut I want him to be 0:31:08.320 --> 0:31:12.680 aggressive and nasty up there. I do that defensive tackle position, 0:31:12.760 --> 0:31:14.760 push in the pocket at his size and length and 0:31:14.800 --> 0:31:18.120 his strength, and another year in the weight room before 0:31:18.120 --> 0:31:20.680 he gets in the year two. I'm very excited about him. 0:31:20.720 --> 0:31:23.640 Me too, you know, in my past experience playing against 0:31:23.640 --> 0:31:27.000 guys like that, so I practice against Steve McMichael all 0:31:27.040 --> 0:31:29.160 the time. But then you got Dan Hampton at the 0:31:29.160 --> 0:31:32.360 other defensive tackle position. You're talking about six ' to 0:31:32.360 --> 0:31:35.600 two against six ' six. So it's kind of similar 0:31:35.640 --> 0:31:39.720 to the interior talent with the Bears are featuring right now. 0:31:40.240 --> 0:31:43.240 So when you get a guy like Javon Dexter, he 0:31:43.440 --> 0:31:45.760 makes you play a different type of game than a 0:31:45.840 --> 0:31:49.000 shorter defensive lineman does because you have to get to 0:31:49.080 --> 0:31:50.719 him quick and you got to try to get your 0:31:50.760 --> 0:31:52.720 hands to him. If you look at one of his 0:31:52.840 --> 0:31:56.120 pass rushers that he makes contact with the offensive lineman 0:31:56.480 --> 0:32:00.240 because he's using his length. Now he immediately puts the 0:32:00.480 --> 0:32:05.000 offensive lineman in a retreat position because he's using his 0:32:05.120 --> 0:32:08.120 strength more than the offensive lineman being able to use 0:32:08.160 --> 0:32:13.040 his striking ability. So you just think about the differences 0:32:13.040 --> 0:32:15.960 and the talents that they have inside. And the more 0:32:16.200 --> 0:32:21.040 Snapster Von Dexter gets, the more he becomes familiar with 0:32:21.280 --> 0:32:25.840 using his structure, and I think that's probably his biggest asset, 0:32:26.080 --> 0:32:30.560 along with his athleticism, his intelligence and the way he's developing. 0:32:30.920 --> 0:32:34.360 But he's starting to learn how to use his tools. 0:32:34.480 --> 0:32:37.200 We've talked about edge rusher's. We over time have talked 0:32:37.200 --> 0:32:38.920 about how they run the hoop and the guys that 0:32:39.000 --> 0:32:42.560 can you know, bend so low like Dwight Freeney or 0:32:42.640 --> 0:32:45.480 Von Miller or how Khalil Mack does the power moves 0:32:45.960 --> 0:32:49.280 and you respect that the ankle flexion to make that turn. 0:32:49.360 --> 0:32:51.760 Not everybody can do it. They just can't. There's a 0:32:51.800 --> 0:32:55.640 small percentage of humans that can do that. But Montese 0:32:55.680 --> 0:32:59.560 Wett is built differently. He's long like Dexter, but am 0:32:59.560 --> 0:33:02.200 I at my mind to be so crazy, over the 0:33:02.240 --> 0:33:05.320 top in love with the idea that if you don't 0:33:05.360 --> 0:33:08.360 sustain a block on that dude within two steps, he 0:33:08.440 --> 0:33:11.240 is going to be on your quarterback like a lion 0:33:11.440 --> 0:33:14.440 on the on the serengetti, and he is going to 0:33:14.520 --> 0:33:17.920 hurt your quarterback. He's rag dolling these guys. He did 0:33:18.040 --> 0:33:21.680 last week, he did it this week. I'm really those 0:33:21.720 --> 0:33:25.360 two steps. Once he's free, he's on you right well, 0:33:25.480 --> 0:33:27.200 who's running away from that? 0:33:27.200 --> 0:33:29.680 That's part of that hoop drill though, that you talk 0:33:29.760 --> 0:33:31.920 about that they use at the combine, They use it 0:33:31.960 --> 0:33:34.520 in training camp. That's what they want you to do, 0:33:34.640 --> 0:33:36.440 is they want you to get low and come around 0:33:36.480 --> 0:33:38.400 the corner and then get off of that in a 0:33:38.440 --> 0:33:42.880 straight line. And that's where Montese sweat. He wins the 0:33:42.960 --> 0:33:46.720 play is he's able to display that bend ability come 0:33:46.760 --> 0:33:50.040 around a corner and then when he's got the opportunity 0:33:50.120 --> 0:33:51.200 to run a straight line. 0:33:51.480 --> 0:33:52.080 Oh you're god. 0:33:52.240 --> 0:33:54.920 No, there's really no offensive tackles that can catch him 0:33:54.920 --> 0:33:58.160 in a retreat position. And there's you know, there's a 0:33:58.200 --> 0:34:00.920 couple of quarterbacks that can run away from him, but 0:34:01.080 --> 0:34:03.720 he much pretty much can go toe to toe with. 0:34:03.960 --> 0:34:04.720 Any of them. 0:34:05.000 --> 0:34:07.880 It's really impressive. That's been one of the highlights here 0:34:08.080 --> 0:34:11.560 since his arrival for me watching him back to the rookies, 0:34:11.840 --> 0:34:15.839 Terrell Smith, feisty little bugger man. I like the way 0:34:15.880 --> 0:34:19.279 he played eight solo tackles and it's not too big 0:34:19.320 --> 0:34:21.799 for him. I know you. Brad Biggs and his ten 0:34:21.880 --> 0:34:24.360 Things for the Chicago Tribune does a great job. Wrote 0:34:24.520 --> 0:34:26.800 on a quote from John Holk back when this was 0:34:26.880 --> 0:34:30.120 during training camp, and unfortunately missed some time in training camp. 0:34:30.120 --> 0:34:32.319 But what's the first word that pops in your head 0:34:32.360 --> 0:34:35.399 about this rookie from the University of Minnesota, And as 0:34:35.400 --> 0:34:38.480 he paused for a long while, he said, reliable. And 0:34:38.520 --> 0:34:40.359 that's a lot to say for a rookie you haven't 0:34:40.360 --> 0:34:43.640 even seen playing in an NFL game yet, just from practices, 0:34:43.920 --> 0:34:45.920 and he's proven to be that when he's gotten on 0:34:45.920 --> 0:34:48.440 the field. What are your thought on how he played yesterday? 0:34:49.680 --> 0:34:54.040 You know, So the foundation of evaluation Ryan Poles and 0:34:54.080 --> 0:34:57.920 his staff, one of the most difficult positions, do identify 0:34:58.000 --> 0:35:00.640 that they truly have NFL cal talent. 0:35:01.040 --> 0:35:02.560 So that's where it begins. 0:35:02.920 --> 0:35:05.319 But as soon as he came into the OTAs and 0:35:05.360 --> 0:35:09.120 got into training camp, they identified him of it not 0:35:09.280 --> 0:35:11.680 being too big for him to having the ability to 0:35:11.719 --> 0:35:15.719 cover NFL caliber receivers. And I was really excited what 0:35:15.800 --> 0:35:19.920 I saw yesterday because you know, you've been on this 0:35:20.040 --> 0:35:23.719 kid since he's been around here, and you really don't 0:35:23.760 --> 0:35:26.680 know what he's capable of doing until you put him 0:35:27.040 --> 0:35:30.160 in the best of circumstances. And when you talk about 0:35:30.600 --> 0:35:35.320 indoor football and that stadium against a really good receiver, 0:35:36.080 --> 0:35:39.040 that's when you really get to judge what this guy 0:35:39.160 --> 0:35:41.879 can be and what you hope him to be. And 0:35:42.400 --> 0:35:45.760 Terrell Smith did a great job. He's not afraid to tackle. 0:35:46.080 --> 0:35:50.480 He's a physical football player, and I think the Bears 0:35:50.680 --> 0:35:53.840 and Ryan Poles and his staff should be really excited 0:35:54.200 --> 0:35:58.800 about the evaluation process and how he's proving them right. 0:35:58.840 --> 0:36:02.959 Right and with the excellence that we've seen. Again, he's 0:36:02.960 --> 0:36:05.759 had his ups and downs, obviously, but Tyreek Stevenson as well, 0:36:05.800 --> 0:36:09.160 by the way, flues at the podium saying that he 0:36:09.239 --> 0:36:11.240 thinks they'll be back before the end of the season, 0:36:11.280 --> 0:36:12.839 but they got to see how he comes out of it. 0:36:13.320 --> 0:36:15.520 With a foot injury at practice just the other day. 0:36:16.080 --> 0:36:18.279 Bears fans, you can be there for live NFL action 0:36:18.320 --> 0:36:20.680 all season long. As the official ticket marketplace of the 0:36:20.719 --> 0:36:23.160 Bears in the NFL, Ticketmaster has a wide selection of 0:36:23.160 --> 0:36:26.080 tickets available for every game, so find tickets today at 0:36:26.120 --> 0:36:29.200 ticketmaster dot com. Slash Bears Jeff and Tom here on 0:36:29.239 --> 0:36:32.919 the Bears Etc. Podcast. Justin Fields this is the part 0:36:32.920 --> 0:36:35.640 we didn't talk about. Yes, he was Houdini, but he 0:36:35.680 --> 0:36:37.800 had twelve runs for fifty nine yards and along of 0:36:37.880 --> 0:36:40.960 fourteen now with four hundred rushing yards, leading the Bears 0:36:41.520 --> 0:36:44.680 in this running back by committee approach. Here this season 0:36:45.480 --> 0:36:48.719 at the running back position, playing just short of the 0:36:48.760 --> 0:36:52.399 full schedule, missing four games, so the runs were still there. 0:36:52.400 --> 0:36:56.680 He still took advantage of some not as many design runs. Again, 0:36:56.840 --> 0:36:59.040 would you like to see a combination of what you've 0:36:59.040 --> 0:37:02.680 seen the last two weeks carry into the next five weeks. 0:37:03.400 --> 0:37:07.800 Yeah, but I would also I think Justin probably left 0:37:07.840 --> 0:37:11.279 about forty to fifty yards on the field. There was 0:37:11.320 --> 0:37:13.520 a couple of times that he tried to extend the 0:37:13.600 --> 0:37:16.919 pocket so long that he ended up throwing the ball 0:37:16.960 --> 0:37:20.320 out of bounds or not having an opportunity to escape. 0:37:20.719 --> 0:37:25.200 If he would recognize and see immediate positive running yards 0:37:25.239 --> 0:37:27.560 ahead of him where he could get out of bounds 0:37:27.680 --> 0:37:30.680 or get down safely. I think you could take any 0:37:30.960 --> 0:37:34.400 fifty nine yard performance and turn it into a triple 0:37:34.440 --> 0:37:38.920 digit performance easily if he wanted to. However, in the 0:37:38.960 --> 0:37:43.359 development of the quarterback position, I like his patients. I 0:37:43.440 --> 0:37:46.160 like his willingness to understand where the line of scrimmage 0:37:46.200 --> 0:37:49.280 is in trying to find a receiver for a bigger play. 0:37:49.760 --> 0:37:53.359 Cairo Santos Tom nine excuse me, ten of his last 0:37:53.360 --> 0:37:56.120 eleven from fifty plus dating the last season, six for 0:37:56.200 --> 0:37:59.280 six this season, and here's this quote after the game, 0:38:00.239 --> 0:38:03.000 missing wide right from forty eight on his first kick 0:38:03.040 --> 0:38:06.200 of the day, No problem, go out there and hit 0:38:06.239 --> 0:38:08.840 the fifty five yard er, matching his career high. Quote. 0:38:09.120 --> 0:38:11.839 I love this coach for allowing me to do that. 0:38:12.239 --> 0:38:16.319 The belief in him and he felt empowered, and that's 0:38:16.320 --> 0:38:19.719 a significant thing for a kicker, and they got to 0:38:19.800 --> 0:38:22.040 feel like they have the trust of their coach to 0:38:22.120 --> 0:38:23.240 go out there and do it. 0:38:23.239 --> 0:38:23.600 It is. 0:38:23.680 --> 0:38:27.760 But the one thing that I'm a little apprehensive about 0:38:27.880 --> 0:38:29.840 as the remainder of the season, He's never going to 0:38:29.920 --> 0:38:33.640 have perfect kicking conditions because of the temperature, and it 0:38:33.680 --> 0:38:35.840 affects every kicker in the NFL. 0:38:35.920 --> 0:38:39.120 I'm not saying this is exclusive to Cairo. 0:38:39.840 --> 0:38:42.360 I just think that when you get into the wind 0:38:42.520 --> 0:38:45.279 of the winter and you get into the temperatures, you 0:38:45.320 --> 0:38:48.920 get the hard footballs and everything, it changes what your 0:38:49.080 --> 0:38:53.040 distance comfort is. So I'm really interested to see how 0:38:53.560 --> 0:38:57.960 Cairo closes out this season with the type of kicks. 0:38:57.960 --> 0:39:00.680 Hopefully he'll be able to make tom. 0:39:00.800 --> 0:39:05.000 I know it's not been an easy ride, and there's 0:39:05.000 --> 0:39:07.960 no linear way to finish a season. You never know 0:39:08.000 --> 0:39:09.920 what's going to happen. You look what happened with the 0:39:09.960 --> 0:39:12.480 Lions last year. They started so poorly and they finished 0:39:12.480 --> 0:39:14.440 winning six of their final eight games. It's been a 0:39:14.440 --> 0:39:17.239 bounce that they've taken into the next year with a 0:39:17.280 --> 0:39:21.759 coach that has has everybody's attention up there. But you know, 0:39:21.880 --> 0:39:24.839 twelve ten then it doesn't sound great, then look great 0:39:25.400 --> 0:39:27.440 at all times, but you still squeeze out a win, 0:39:27.719 --> 0:39:30.640 and when you clear through the clouds, do you feel 0:39:30.640 --> 0:39:34.440 a little bit better about especially because of how hard 0:39:34.920 --> 0:39:38.560 and how opportunistic the defense has been. These eight takeaways 0:39:38.560 --> 0:39:42.640 in the last two games, I mean that's significant. The 0:39:42.680 --> 0:39:46.160 negative part of it is, out of those eight takeaways, 0:39:47.200 --> 0:39:52.480 you've only gotten thirteen points. Your three turnovers offensively has 0:39:52.520 --> 0:39:56.160 led to fourteen points for the opposition. So if they 0:39:56.200 --> 0:39:59.640 can just find a way to start taking advantage more 0:40:00.040 --> 0:40:03.040 of their opportunities, would you feel a little more optimistic 0:40:03.080 --> 0:40:04.000 about what's going on? 0:40:04.880 --> 0:40:08.080 Oh yeah, yeah, you know, take advantage of the turnovers. 0:40:08.719 --> 0:40:12.640 Have the Bears defense be more stingy in the red zone. 0:40:13.000 --> 0:40:15.480 But I don't care what the score was as long 0:40:15.520 --> 0:40:18.840 as they beat a divisional opponent on the road, because 0:40:18.880 --> 0:40:22.279 they should have beaten Detroit, a divisional opponent on the road. 0:40:22.760 --> 0:40:26.799 And Jeff, how do you win the division? You got 0:40:26.920 --> 0:40:29.960 to win division road games. And if you can prove 0:40:30.040 --> 0:40:33.120 to yourself if you can close out the season and 0:40:33.200 --> 0:40:36.040 go in there and perform at the opponent stadiums and 0:40:36.080 --> 0:40:39.239 win these games, you're going to go into the offseason 0:40:39.360 --> 0:40:42.680 thinking that you should be the division favorite going into 0:40:42.760 --> 0:40:46.880 next year. So, you know, whatever the score is, you 0:40:47.280 --> 0:40:51.480 look at all the storylines around the NFL how Pittsburgh 0:40:51.520 --> 0:40:55.080 hasn't won the numbers battles, but they're you know, they 0:40:55.120 --> 0:40:58.000 have a winning record and some of the other teams 0:40:58.080 --> 0:41:03.160 around the league. So I'm more encouraged about the win 0:41:03.480 --> 0:41:05.719 and where the Bears are going than discouraged. 0:41:05.840 --> 0:41:07.120 Yeah, Like we said, if. 0:41:07.040 --> 0:41:09.120 You're a player watching a tape, or if you're a 0:41:09.160 --> 0:41:13.480 coaching staff trying to make better decisions red zone and 0:41:14.239 --> 0:41:17.600 scoring opportunity for your offense. 0:41:17.320 --> 0:41:20.200 Yeah, no style points necessary. You don't apologize for wins. 0:41:20.320 --> 0:41:22.680 None of that matters for sure. Visy Heart Seltzer, the 0:41:22.719 --> 0:41:25.719 Official Heart Seltzer or the Chicago Bears Remaining Moments with 0:41:25.800 --> 0:41:28.560 Tom Thayer Jeff Jonik here on the Bears et cetera podcast. 0:41:28.560 --> 0:41:31.480 We certainly appreciate you guys joining us over the course 0:41:31.520 --> 0:41:34.600 of this season so far. We're not going to abandon 0:41:34.640 --> 0:41:37.080 you during the bye. We could be back on Thursday 0:41:37.120 --> 0:41:42.040 with more, all right, Tom, former Bears, Devin Hester, Julius Peppers, 0:41:43.000 --> 0:41:45.480 Jared Allen, you know, not here that long more of 0:41:45.480 --> 0:41:48.800 a Minnesota Viking, Kansas City chief. But twenty five modern 0:41:48.840 --> 0:41:51.279 era make it twenty four modern era semi finalists for 0:41:51.320 --> 0:41:53.440 the Pro Football of Fame class At twenty four. We 0:41:53.480 --> 0:41:56.920 certainly expected Devin to be in there and Peppers, but 0:41:57.040 --> 0:41:59.879 the interesting it's an interesting list, and you know it's 0:41:59.880 --> 0:42:02.960 not going to be a simple task again for Devon 0:42:03.520 --> 0:42:06.080 uh To to get in there, even though everybody believes 0:42:06.080 --> 0:42:08.200 he should and will at some point. But some of 0:42:08.239 --> 0:42:15.400 the others on that list, Dwight Freeney, Antonio Gates, James Harrison, 0:42:15.880 --> 0:42:22.200 Rodney Harrison, a Chicago guy, Tory Holt, Andre Johnson, Robert Mathis, 0:42:22.239 --> 0:42:30.360 Pep Steve Smith Senior, Fred Taylor, hinz Ward, Reggie, Wayne Patrick, Willis, 0:42:30.640 --> 0:42:34.200 Darren Woodson, the former Cowboy. I mean, it's a it's 0:42:34.239 --> 0:42:36.000 a pretty significant list. 0:42:36.360 --> 0:42:39.800 I don't consider Julius Peppers or Jared Allen or guys 0:42:39.800 --> 0:42:42.920 at Fern here and had a cup of coffee, and 0:42:43.000 --> 0:42:45.520 they're not going to wear the bear's hat when they 0:42:45.560 --> 0:42:46.560 go into the Hall of Fame. 0:42:46.600 --> 0:42:49.280 How about Mary and Catholic ser Rodney Harrison. 0:42:49.320 --> 0:42:51.480 I'm not so sure he deserves it. I will. 0:42:51.600 --> 0:42:54.600 I like him, I like the way he plays, the 0:42:54.640 --> 0:42:58.160 way he played, but in that class on that list, 0:42:58.200 --> 0:43:00.440 I looked at it today. I admire a lot of 0:43:00.440 --> 0:43:03.680 those guys. But I'm pulling for Denver, all right, Denver. 0:43:03.920 --> 0:43:04.840 I'm pulling for. 0:43:04.800 --> 0:43:10.080 Devin because he's he's got a special, you know, craft 0:43:10.400 --> 0:43:13.320 that he perfected, and I think he deserves it. 0:43:13.320 --> 0:43:16.960 It's deserving in every way, shape and form. To just 0:43:17.160 --> 0:43:21.399 use a cliche, but I certainly hope it happens. It's 0:43:21.440 --> 0:43:23.360 going to happen eventually, I hope. I certainly hope it 0:43:23.400 --> 0:43:25.920 happens for him. After spending time with them in Orlando 0:43:26.239 --> 0:43:30.080 and week two three against Tampa, that was a wonderful 0:43:30.120 --> 0:43:33.440 experience and I got to feel his passion for this 0:43:34.000 --> 0:43:37.520 and his desire to get there. And it'll be an 0:43:37.560 --> 0:43:39.120 amazing feeling if he does. 0:43:39.400 --> 0:43:42.719 For you, and I is the fact that we interviewed 0:43:42.800 --> 0:43:44.799 Dan Fouts a couple of weeks ago, who is a 0:43:44.840 --> 0:43:49.120 Hall of Fame voter, and he has his attention as 0:43:49.160 --> 0:43:50.080 a player who. 0:43:50.000 --> 0:43:51.759 Deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. 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All right, Tom, 0:44:25.360 --> 0:44:27.719 We're celebrating a win into the bye week. You can't 0:44:27.760 --> 0:44:30.120 get any better than that, for sure. Check us out 0:44:30.160 --> 0:44:33.120 on the various platforms. We'll be doing Bears Game Night 0:44:33.200 --> 0:44:35.439 Live on Sunday Night on Fox. Will check us out 0:44:35.440 --> 0:44:37.480 for that. We'll have a recap of all this as 0:44:37.520 --> 0:44:40.080 well Bears, etc. On Thursday again with Eric Kramer, the 0:44:40.120 --> 0:44:45.080 former Bears quarterback and a really compelling book that he 0:44:45.160 --> 0:44:48.400 has written about his journey not just in football, but 0:44:48.480 --> 0:44:50.960 off the field and his battles as well. For Tom 0:44:51.000 --> 0:44:54.120 Day Rhyme Jeff Joniak Our next podcast Thursday. Check us 0:44:54.160 --> 0:44:56.480 out and thanks for listening. Everyone. 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