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Speaker 1: Now from Hellas Hall. Here's the Voice of the Bears
Speaker 1: w BBMS Jeff Joni yac had a pleasant, good even everybody,
Speaker 1: and welcome to panc Studios at hattisaw. The Bears Coaches
Speaker 1: Show with Head Coach Matt Maggie. I'm Jeff joniak with
Speaker 1: you until eight o'clock tonight. Bears with a nice nineteen
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Speaker 1: What do you see just bus for a real quick
Speaker 1: last night. And I thought that all in all, you know,
Speaker 1: as a slow start we've had that, you know, we
Speaker 1: want to be able to take that starter third quarter
Speaker 1: and take that into the first the start of the game. Really,
Speaker 1: you know, that's been a flaw for us, so we
Speaker 1: want to get that fixed. But I like the way
Speaker 1: that they bounced back. Overall, I thought Mitch made good decisions.
Speaker 1: We had to one interception that uh, the one that
Speaker 1: I thought was was more of toward in the in
Speaker 1: the second half. The first half was more of the
Speaker 1: way they played it, So I'll take that one. But
Speaker 1: other than that, it was he really he made good
Speaker 1: decisions and we just had some unfortunate situations early on
Speaker 1: in that first half that took away two big plays
Speaker 1: and that's how it goes, and we just gotta be
Speaker 1: able to recover from that. Yeah, who knows what we
Speaker 1: can build off those those plays that you didn't get either.
Speaker 1: Obviously the bronicker dropped that it was a walk in
Speaker 1: touchdown probably and the sixty yard or I love the play.
Speaker 1: I mean, the play as it was designed was perfect.
Speaker 1: The blitz pick up by Montgomery outstanding, picking up that
Speaker 1: speedy defensive back Valentine, and then the throw and run
Speaker 1: after the catch. When you look at these things, you
Speaker 1: see what could be added or what how it changed.
Speaker 1: Is the whole complexion of the game statistically or point wise? Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: you do, and you see that, and you know it, Uh,
Speaker 1: like you said, you end up having a guy that's
Speaker 1: wide open and it's probably gonna catch the ball and
Speaker 1: walk in for a touchdown, and instead we end up
Speaker 1: having an interception. So it's just that's kind of where
Speaker 1: things have been um this year and we're waiting for
Speaker 1: that one game, that one play to where it just
Speaker 1: breaks open. Then again we have the other a great throw.
Speaker 1: I mean that throw that Mitch made on that third down.
Speaker 1: You go back and you watch that on the pressure
Speaker 1: that he had in the pocket, he stepped up, it's
Speaker 1: hard to see that throw. He stood in there and
Speaker 1: he made a hell of a throw and a Robin
Speaker 1: ran a great route. There was good protection, and so
Speaker 1: you know, again there it is. We have a nice,
Speaker 1: big game, you got momentum, you're backed up, you're out
Speaker 1: of there, and now we're we're it's you know, you
Speaker 1: don't get it. How do you say lane handle that?
Speaker 1: Though we could look at defense, we could look all
Speaker 1: phases of the game, opening kickoffs out of bound exactly.
Speaker 1: You know, you're ready to go and and this has
Speaker 1: been the story off season long it has, and so
Speaker 1: it has and we're getting challenged. There's no doubt about it.
Speaker 1: We're getting challenged now. When you come out of the
Speaker 1: game with a win, it definitely makes things easier. At
Speaker 1: the same time, just like I said after the game,
Speaker 1: there's just zero complacency. So where we're at right now,
Speaker 1: the fact that our guys are still battling through all that.
Speaker 1: You know, we go in seven down, seven to three
Speaker 1: at halftime, but for them to rally back each week
Speaker 1: here and come back out and start fast and grab
Speaker 1: that lead again end of the game, fourth and eighteen
Speaker 1: or fourth and sixteen, they score that touchdown and then
Speaker 1: for us on third and one to not convert that
Speaker 1: third and one. Those are two plays that we definitely
Speaker 1: went back to finish and so that it doesn't come
Speaker 1: down to the end of the game like it did.
Speaker 1: But it's none of it's because a lack of effort,
Speaker 1: you know. And so one of these games that will
Speaker 1: break and we'll get some bounces and things go our
Speaker 1: way and it'll feel better. Go back to the two
Speaker 1: interceptions because you intimated. Okay, so I heard from Mitch
Speaker 1: on the game show miscommunication with he and Alan Rabbinson,
Speaker 1: but it was their coverage that kind of threw the
Speaker 1: communication off. Well, no, it was the way they played
Speaker 1: the coverage. So so they played a particular coverage that
Speaker 1: we anticipated and then just the way that uh that
Speaker 1: the that the backer kind of played his technique on
Speaker 1: a rob There was just a miscommunication with with with
Speaker 1: Alan and Mitch. But you know, you know that in
Speaker 1: my opinion that that's something that takes a little bit
Speaker 1: more reps and and uh uh you know, if that's
Speaker 1: the case, you'd rather Okay, we'll get an incompletion rather
Speaker 1: than and get three points out at worst. But um,
Speaker 1: you know, and and and that one there. So I
Speaker 1: understand Mitch going on and saying that, but I just
Speaker 1: feel like that's a difficult play call and it's a
Speaker 1: difficult play execution in that part of the field. It's
Speaker 1: the same thing at the end of the half when
Speaker 1: they're dropping eight playing cover two. There's not a lot
Speaker 1: of open holes there. So they know that they and
Speaker 1: they know that, uh that you can throw the ball
Speaker 1: over the middle field the clock's going to keep running,
Speaker 1: and then to take a shot that Jill in Love
Speaker 1: intercepted the local kid from Nazareth Academy. That's probably the
Speaker 1: one that I know that Mitch would say, Hey, if
Speaker 1: there's one any game where I want that back, it
Speaker 1: would be that play. So the incorporation and getting Anthony
Speaker 1: Miller go on these last two years twelve one hundred
Speaker 1: and thirty one yards at last two game, twelve catches.
Speaker 1: You really witness his explosion off the line of scrimmage
Speaker 1: on those quick routes. That one drive is the Miller drive.
Speaker 1: I like to call it. I guess is he on?
Speaker 1: Is it coming now? Yeah? Well you're seeing that, and
Speaker 1: what he's doing is he's winning the one on one matchup.
Speaker 1: So when they're playing him in man technique, he's running
Speaker 1: good routes and then Mitch is on time with the throws.
Speaker 1: It's never anything to do with with Anthony Miller being
Speaker 1: shorter of talent. I mean, this kid has ultra he's
Speaker 1: ultra talented. So it's just a matter of putting the
Speaker 1: pieces together, of timing, execution, trust with your quarterback. You
Speaker 1: trusting a quarterback quarterback trust and you you saw a
Speaker 1: little bit of that yesterday. So the defense, again, they're
Speaker 1: not allowing points, so that's keeping you in to sort
Speaker 1: things out offensively, and the pass rush was pretty consistent
Speaker 1: over the course of the day, and you got some
Speaker 1: big hits from Leonard Floyd to including the end of
Speaker 1: the game, right, Yeah, the end of the game was great. Um,
Speaker 1: all in all, I just thought you felt an aggressive
Speaker 1: style of defense yesterday. You certainly felt fifty two out
Speaker 1: there running around doing doing his stuff that we've seen,
Speaker 1: and so we want to keep that going. Uh, It's
Speaker 1: it's not easy, and teams know they're gonna scheme for
Speaker 1: for Khalil every play, every single play, So we're gonna
Speaker 1: we have to try to find other ways to get
Speaker 1: other guys open and to create opportunities for him to
Speaker 1: special teams. We gave a whole segment last night on
Speaker 1: the TV show on Fox Bears Game Night Live on
Speaker 1: Cordell Patterson's coverage. It's been happening all year, but if
Speaker 1: ever there was a play that was more exciting than
Speaker 1: maybe you would think. It's the race to get that
Speaker 1: ball touched down and finish a sixty one yard pump
Speaker 1: by Patrick O'Donnell. I mean it was an excite play. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: it was, and we're able to catch him out there
Speaker 1: with their defense on the field, and so I think
Speaker 1: being able to to you know, make that kick and
Speaker 1: then to see eighty four just run down the sideline
Speaker 1: and just like you said, it was almost like in
Speaker 1: slow motion, like just make sure you get that and
Speaker 1: tap it back in and that's a that's a huge
Speaker 1: flip of the field right there at that point in time.
Speaker 1: And so, uh, that's just who CP is what he does.
Speaker 1: He doesn't look for a lot of recognition. He's really
Speaker 1: good on special teams and uh, you know everyone talks
Speaker 1: about him as a returner, but you can see really
Speaker 1: how important he is another as one of three impressive
Speaker 1: including he's only catching the game, yeah on that play,
Speaker 1: so spotting it down and then racing off the sidelines
Speaker 1: to tackle it. Jabrill Peppers. That was another big play
Speaker 1: right there in the game. The Bears Coaches Show with
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Speaker 1: two yards and the Bears half the lead to start
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Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears. The touchdown catch and run by Alan
Speaker 1: Robinson stuff after the catch, you know, there were plays
Speaker 1: and connections with he and Mitch. This is the first
Speaker 1: one hunder yard plus game he had since Week one
Speaker 1: against Green Bay. But you could tell that it was sinking.
Speaker 1: You liked a certain matchup. Clearly you had him out
Speaker 1: of the slot quite a bit, and he's he's very
Speaker 1: good out of the slot too, he is, and he
Speaker 1: presents a lot of matchups really no matter where he's at.
Speaker 1: But that was a nice little play action for us.
Speaker 1: And when you go back and watch the tape, you'll
Speaker 1: see that A rob gave a little little move there
Speaker 1: about fifteen yards down field, which kind of created some space.
Speaker 1: Mitch made a good throw, He made a good catch,
Speaker 1: made sure he called it first, and then once he
Speaker 1: caught it, now it's just a matter or trying to
Speaker 1: beat that guy and carry him into the end zone.
Speaker 1: And he's the type of guy. It wasn't a spectacularly
Speaker 1: perfect throw, but he can clean your guy up. Yeah,
Speaker 1: one hundred times. That's that's his value there. Yeah, without
Speaker 1: a doubt it. It's not an easy throw because you're
Speaker 1: you're you know, there's play action, there's guys in your face.
Speaker 1: You got to see exactly where that safety's at. Plus
Speaker 1: you don't know the exact leverage of the Nickels. So
Speaker 1: as long as you put it in the area for
Speaker 1: him to make a play and make it catch a ball,
Speaker 1: and that's what they did. Run game still churning a
Speaker 1: little bit, Yeah, yeah, it is um But when you're
Speaker 1: able to throw the ball like we were yesterday, we
Speaker 1: were able to move the ball up and down the
Speaker 1: field in the passing game. And so as long as
Speaker 1: you have one of them going and you can move
Speaker 1: the football, yeah, it can open up other areas. So
Speaker 1: we want to keep that, you know, stay on track
Speaker 1: and try to try to get that run. At the
Speaker 1: same time, the thirteen year run by Montgomery again, you
Speaker 1: start talking about taking coaching tape and using it as
Speaker 1: a as a design for weeks to come or next
Speaker 1: year or whatever. That was in my opinion, perfect execution.
Speaker 1: Jee Daniel's coming down, washing out his guy, creating a
Speaker 1: nice lane for sure. And that's that's something that we
Speaker 1: saw on tape with that blast play where he had
Speaker 1: that nice run, and then we came back to it
Speaker 1: a few more times, but they made an adjustment to it,
Speaker 1: so it wasn't quite as good. That's part of football.
Speaker 1: But so yeah, that was a nice run to start,
Speaker 1: and we want to we want to try to have
Speaker 1: more of those. All right, let's go back to the
Speaker 1: defense and get more specific about it. Obviously, the first
Speaker 1: step is stopping say Quon and and you guys were
Speaker 1: all over it right in the first snap of the game,
Speaker 1: and that kind of set the tone with Eddie Jackson
Speaker 1: coming off the line of scrimmage. Yeah, it was nice
Speaker 1: seeing Eddie come off the edge there and get him
Speaker 1: for a five yard loss. Again first downs, Keeping teams
Speaker 1: like that out of second of five, second of four
Speaker 1: is big. And now you put him in a passing
Speaker 1: situation where you got to look out for screens, but
Speaker 1: to keep him to you know whatever. It was three
Speaker 1: point five yards per per rushing attempt and two catches
Speaker 1: for one yard. When you do that against that team,
Speaker 1: you're gonna have a shot. And then these play of
Speaker 1: the safeties at Jackson included but haha, Clinton Dix, Ledgi
Speaker 1: and tackles with seven and I also made some big stops,
Speaker 1: including the fourth and four. Yeah, that fourth and four
Speaker 1: was great. They ran a little man beater, um where
Speaker 1: they they our defensive end did a good job of
Speaker 1: pushing the running back, timing wise to throw it off
Speaker 1: with the quarterback and then haha, came out of nowhere
Speaker 1: to make a big play. So those guys are flying around,
Speaker 1: they're playing with a lot of energy and making plays
Speaker 1: when we need them. What was the reaction on sidelines
Speaker 1: on Khalil's rush on Soldier? It was a very It
Speaker 1: was a nasty, nasty, dirty rush, a left tackle and
Speaker 1: going for the ball. What did that do for everybody? Yeah,
Speaker 1: it just it gets you. You know, you see that
Speaker 1: and it's just it's such a pick up for everybody
Speaker 1: on the on the sideline, and you know that that's
Speaker 1: who he does, that's who he is, that's what he does.
Speaker 1: And um, anytime you can go ahead and get a
Speaker 1: turnover and you know, um that that's huge for our team.
Speaker 1: One of twelve and third down, So once again you're
Speaker 1: making it hard on teams with that third down issue. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, you throw down defense in your overall stopping
Speaker 1: of the run game for the most this season has
Speaker 1: been great, and Chuck dialed up some really significant pressure
Speaker 1: at times during that game. Yeah, that's that's key. And
Speaker 1: when when you can again it goes back to first
Speaker 1: and second down, when you can get teams into third
Speaker 1: and medium too longer. Now, that's where these defensive coordinators
Speaker 1: like to turn up the heat a little bit, and
Speaker 1: we were able to do that. All right, let's talk
Speaker 1: get pinto with that opening kick and weirdly, Aldrigrosas did
Speaker 1: the same exact spinner kick to start the second half.
Speaker 1: It's just a weird day at the office or what
Speaker 1: with the kicker. I don't even know how to explain it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you really, you can't make that up to start the game,
Speaker 1: and for that to happen, I mean, that's uh, it's unfortunate,
Speaker 1: but it's uh. Again, our our defense was able to to, um,
Speaker 1: you know, do their best to make sure that we
Speaker 1: get the ball back considering the field position. That's that's
Speaker 1: the one thing when you look back at the first half,
Speaker 1: you go back and you look at starting field position
Speaker 1: for our offense versus their offense, and it was four
Speaker 1: drives in said the ten. Yeah, that's uh, that's you
Speaker 1: gotta that's you gotta take that into consideration. Yeah. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: But like you said, the start of the third quarter,
Speaker 1: so you're always talking about the wise finding out the wise.
Speaker 1: Why is it just that you take a step back.
Speaker 1: The coach is doing a great job. You're doing great
Speaker 1: job of making that one adjustment or two that, or
Speaker 1: is it a different set of play cuts you script
Speaker 1: a little bit. I mean, I don't know, but that's awesome.
Speaker 1: Five straight games is not not easy, No, I hear you. Um,
Speaker 1: I'll be honest, Jeff, if I had, if I knew why,
Speaker 1: I would tell you it's I think there's just there's
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't. I have no idea what the
Speaker 1: answer is because it's that kind of season it is.
Speaker 1: So I'm just glad our guys are doing it now.
Speaker 1: We just let's let's do it. In the first drive
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Speaker 1: of Mitch's touchdown run, well designed little sweep to the right. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's that's a situation where you kind of hang on
Speaker 1: to some of those plays for that for that deal
Speaker 1: right there, and David Montgomery made a hell of a
Speaker 1: block on the edge, and then Mitch, you know, stuck
Speaker 1: his helmet up in there and got us a touchdown
Speaker 1: when we needed it. How About when he ran out
Speaker 1: of the end zone, he waited there for the last
Speaker 1: possible second, waiting for something to open up. You do
Speaker 1: appreciate his pocket savinist there to just hang in there.
Speaker 1: But that was a huge, huge guts you run there. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it was the They were in coverage and he scrambled
Speaker 1: back and you saw him back there in the end
Speaker 1: zone for a little while and then decided to push
Speaker 1: up into pocket and there was there was a lot
Speaker 1: of green grass in front of him, and he made
Speaker 1: made a nice run, all right. Yeah, Jesper Horstead active
Speaker 1: had himself his first NFL special teams tackle and he
Speaker 1: was open on a play that What did you think
Speaker 1: of that one on the bootleg? Yeah, he was He
Speaker 1: was open there in the flat um. There's a possibility
Speaker 1: of maybe getting to him right away, but sometimes the
Speaker 1: angles that you have on the field makes it a
Speaker 1: little bit more difficult. But he was open there. He
Speaker 1: called a little gap screen down in the red zone
Speaker 1: and and so it'll be interesting to see how how
Speaker 1: he does here as we go. And he's done a
Speaker 1: lot of good things for us. Bobby Massy had to
Speaker 1: leave the game and we'll find out over the course
Speaker 1: of the week what the status is. But Cornelius Lucas
Speaker 1: proven to be uh and he's enjoying this opportunity since
Speaker 1: it's been a lot better than it has been in
Speaker 1: recent years for him. So he looks like he's found
Speaker 1: a nice niche here. Yeah, it's important to have that depth,
Speaker 1: and he's done a good job at helping us out
Speaker 1: at that that tight position. Um when we bring him
Speaker 1: into game and do some different things. So well, we'll
Speaker 1: see how Bobby is, but we're we're very lucky to
Speaker 1: have cornelis. And then how is Sherrick McManus. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: same thing with his groin. So you saw him go
Speaker 1: down on that one play, and we'll keep an eye
Speaker 1: on it and see where he's at, you know, hopefully
Speaker 1: hopefully he's he's fun the sequence of events on the
Speaker 1: two point thing, what were you upset with with the
Speaker 1: official specifically? Yeah, we we have a we have a
Speaker 1: play where just like it was executed, where we get
Speaker 1: the ball in the flat and you know down there
Speaker 1: there's a lot of bodies and and and a lot
Speaker 1: of tight space, and so they they decided to throw
Speaker 1: the flag and say that that uh a rob was
Speaker 1: was picking the defender. Um, you know, it's a route
Speaker 1: that we're running and so, um, there can be some
Speaker 1: gray there, but they explained their side of it and
Speaker 1: we understand that. And so a play like that, we
Speaker 1: how do you you like to play? Clearly? It works?
Speaker 1: So do you make adjustments in the future or how
Speaker 1: does that work? Are you just yeah, no, no, no,
Speaker 1: you don't trash it. You can make adjustments. Um, and
Speaker 1: then you just go back here in the off season
Speaker 1: and you find out that you know, real you get
Speaker 1: the real, clean, clean answer of why why that occurred?
Speaker 1: And we think we have a good idea, but um,
Speaker 1: sometimes that's how it goes. And uh, you know, I
Speaker 1: just appreciate the guys executing it like they did. And
Speaker 1: then with the communication, Yeah, how does it get yea.
Speaker 1: So we ended up having a h an injury. That's
Speaker 1: when Bobby got hurt. And and so as we go
Speaker 1: out there for the for the extra point, um, we
Speaker 1: we were we were good at numbers. We had eleven
Speaker 1: guys out there, so we were ready. Well a couple
Speaker 1: a couple of our guys looked out and saw that
Speaker 1: Bobby wasn't out there and thought we were short. So
Speaker 1: that's kind of where where some of that went down.
Speaker 1: So we got to clean up that communication process and
Speaker 1: make sure that uh they you know, we understand, we're
Speaker 1: good to go, and then we don't have that whole
Speaker 1: too many voices maybe yeah, possibly yeah, yeah, all right,
Speaker 1: signed to Detroit quick week for you. Really it's just
Speaker 1: one light practice. Uh and but the good news is
Speaker 1: you've done These guys have done it last year, that
Speaker 1: stretch of eighteen days and three games. And mentally, is
Speaker 1: that a bonus that that happened last year? He played
Speaker 1: on Thanksgiving to get these guys. They know what they're waiting,
Speaker 1: they know what they're waiting for, right for sure. No,
Speaker 1: we'll have a matter of fact, last year, it was
Speaker 1: even it was even later when we did this because
Speaker 1: we were coming off a night game Sunday night, so
Speaker 1: we got the guys in in the evening. We started
Speaker 1: I think almost at six o'clock. Practice was a start.
Speaker 1: So today we're a few hours before that and um
Speaker 1: and so uh yeah, we'll have the walkthrough and it's
Speaker 1: all mental. You know, this was the one last year
Speaker 1: we're Chase didn't have any reps, you know, no reps,
Speaker 1: no live everything was mental. But our guys have been there,
Speaker 1: done that, and Detroit's probably doing the same thing. Jeff
Speaker 1: Jrisco looks like he'll he'll remain the starter. What did
Speaker 1: you learn about him from the last game, Well, he's
Speaker 1: he's a feisty competitor that he can do things with
Speaker 1: his legs. You know, we've now he's gonna now have
Speaker 1: two more games on top of our game that he's played,
Speaker 1: and they've been in situations to win. Against Dallas, he's
Speaker 1: he's it was a more it was a higher scoring game.
Speaker 1: And then this past weekend yesterday against against Washington, they
Speaker 1: were in it till the end. So he'll they'll be
Speaker 1: ready to go. This is a big game Thanksgiving obviously
Speaker 1: and at their place, so we got to make sure
Speaker 1: we contain them. And yet another new running back both Scarborough,
Speaker 1: former Alabama running back, big thick back six one, two
Speaker 1: thirty five. He put up ninety eight yards yesterday, ninety
Speaker 1: seven yards in a thirty yard run. So another big
Speaker 1: back to get ready for. But you guys, you guys
Speaker 1: have seen him, Yeah, we have. You know, our guys
Speaker 1: have done a good job stopping a run and we're
Speaker 1: gonna have to do that on Thursday. All right, Well,
Speaker 1: good luck with your preparation this week. And Mitch is
Speaker 1: looking forward to playing on Thanksgiving. That's a one of
Speaker 1: these guys, you know, that's that's what we all did
Speaker 1: as kids on Thanksgiving. A so it's his own turkey bowl,
Speaker 1: A first time, and it's like thanks all right, thank
Speaker 1: you very much. Matt Naggie, Bears head coach. Coming up
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Speaker 1: for pinch hitting as you're as your foot ball team
Speaker 1: gets ready for the Detroit Lions. Time to game plan
Speaker 1: and uh, thank you for joining us. Which think of
Speaker 1: the overall performance yesterday. Nice win. Anytime you get a
Speaker 1: win in this in this league, you you appreciate it
Speaker 1: and you're excited about it. Um, you know it was
Speaker 1: it was, it was good. It's it's been a while
Speaker 1: and my players were excited, our coaches were excited, and
Speaker 1: also you know for our fans, we were happy to
Speaker 1: get that w And tell who was super excited. You
Speaker 1: just heard the highlight of Kali max a sack strip
Speaker 1: and recovery by Nick Williams. Uh, he must have felt
Speaker 1: like he's been you know, tangled in a box, you know,
Speaker 1: still making plays obviously, but not the ones he wants. Now.
Speaker 1: You know, Khalil is an impact player in this league
Speaker 1: and for this football team, and so for him to
Speaker 1: come out, um, you know, he gets the football and
Speaker 1: he'll tell you that and so for him to come
Speaker 1: out and make an impact play like that is big
Speaker 1: for us, and it's big for the morality of this
Speaker 1: football team. Yeah, five pressures yesterday as well as the
Speaker 1: four tackles and a force that force fumble. And you know, uh,
Speaker 1: he's been talking about okay, if if he's if he's
Speaker 1: the subject of every team's admiration to put it, to
Speaker 1: put it mildly, and yesterday was one player or four
Speaker 1: guys that hit him, Uh, then somebody else or other
Speaker 1: guys are gonna win one on one matchups. And Leonard
Speaker 1: Floyd had had a big day yesterday. Yeah, I came
Speaker 1: in last night and watched the tape and Leonard was
Speaker 1: all over the type you saw ninety four. There were
Speaker 1: a couple of times where fifty two and ninety four
Speaker 1: randing two each other. And that's the type of you know,
Speaker 1: type of production and a type of disruption that we
Speaker 1: expect from those two guys. And um, you know, Leonard,
Speaker 1: Leonard coming out of his show and playing like that
Speaker 1: was big for a football team. You know. When Mac
Speaker 1: was acquired, it was obviously a significant moment and it
Speaker 1: can it can be considered one of the most significant
Speaker 1: moments in Chicago sports history. You get a player of
Speaker 1: this magnitude, is it still you still feel the rewarding
Speaker 1: aspect of that From the player personnel perspective. Absolutely. We've
Speaker 1: talked about the impact that he has on the football
Speaker 1: field as far as production and his physical capability, um.
Speaker 1: But the person you know, the work at that, what
Speaker 1: he brings to our football team at practice, what he
Speaker 1: means to this city, like he truly cares about this
Speaker 1: city and these fans um, and he's all about giving
Speaker 1: everything that he has for his teammates every single day,
Speaker 1: every single play. Um. And when you're able to add
Speaker 1: something like that to your football club, I think it
Speaker 1: speaks measures um of what you're trying to build. You know,
Speaker 1: you and I've seen you you know in the action
Speaker 1: here and since your time with the Bears coming over
Speaker 1: from the Denver Broncos. You have a unique connection with
Speaker 1: the players. How does that serve you? How does that
Speaker 1: benefit you? And how can you help them? I think
Speaker 1: the most important thing for me is you know, we're
Speaker 1: we're investing, We're investing into the whole player. You know,
Speaker 1: it's not a it's not just a transaction for us,
Speaker 1: It's not fantasy football. Um, like I care about the
Speaker 1: lives of these of these players. U. We care about
Speaker 1: their wives, their kids, the things that they have going
Speaker 1: on outside of the football field. Um, you know, I
Speaker 1: care about Tory, Danny, Trevathan and the Nore and little
Speaker 1: Jayden with Royal Robertson Harrison. Like that's the stuff that
Speaker 1: makes it makes it bigger and more and more than
Speaker 1: just football. I mean, I think that trickles down from
Speaker 1: our ownership, Like the mccaskeys care about all of us here,
Speaker 1: you know, Ryan Pace and mc naggie care about They
Speaker 1: care about Stephanie and my three little girls. And I
Speaker 1: think that type of impact, that type of love creates
Speaker 1: a camaraderie, camaraderie that allows you to dig out of
Speaker 1: holes that we found ourselves in this season. Um, and
Speaker 1: we and we win because of that type of culture.
Speaker 1: What's it like for you watching games? You're you watch
Speaker 1: the games obviously with the same keen interest as a
Speaker 1: fan would, but it's also your job at your career.
Speaker 1: It's it's your passion. Um are you quiet? Yeah? Yeah? Rambunctious?
Speaker 1: Do you let loose? I mean, how do you handle it?
Speaker 1: I think you know, first of all, I told myself
Speaker 1: when I got into this profession that when I stopped
Speaker 1: being a fan of the NFL, I would go work
Speaker 1: somewhere else. Right, So I'm still a fan of the
Speaker 1: Shield and I love the Chicago Bears. The Bears Coaches
Speaker 1: Show with the Assistant Director of Player Personnel Chip Kelly
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Speaker 1: the push stage in the pocket, checks the ball girls
Speaker 1: and broke it up by Clinton Dix at the twenty
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Speaker 1: You just heard the highlight of howhah, Clinton Dix making
Speaker 1: the stop on fourth and fourth. He had himself a
Speaker 1: game yesterday. Champ Kelly safeties in general, but good to
Speaker 1: see how I'm making some big place absolutely when you
Speaker 1: know how it was one of those acquisitions that we
Speaker 1: made this all season that we were excited about, and
Speaker 1: one of the things that we were excited about was
Speaker 1: he wanted to be here right and is showing on
Speaker 1: the football field. He was one of the first people
Speaker 1: I saw it for the game went in and told him, bro,
Speaker 1: you was all over the football field, and the smile
Speaker 1: on his face was was was gratifying and he was excited.
Speaker 1: And that's the type of player he is. He's an
Speaker 1: impact player in this league as well. What have you
Speaker 1: learned about David Montgomery? Because he's very serious almost all
Speaker 1: the time, at least from what we see. And he
Speaker 1: plays such a physical brand of football and he's trying to,
Speaker 1: you know, get get things going to the run game.
Speaker 1: But it's the little things. He's also done with the
Speaker 1: blitz pick up on that big player that was nullified
Speaker 1: by penalty. Uh, He's very very aggressive player. David Montgomery
Speaker 1: has an internal fire that isn't coached right, It's something
Speaker 1: that's created through um the adversities and trials of life
Speaker 1: right where he refuses to fail. And so when I
Speaker 1: look David Montgomery in the eye, I know that every rep,
Speaker 1: every play, David Montgomery is trying to be the best
Speaker 1: player that he can be. He doesn't want to go
Speaker 1: down as a good football player in this in this league.
Speaker 1: He wants to go down as one of the greats.
Speaker 1: Um he puts in the work and this and this
Speaker 1: guy does everything he can we have to try to
Speaker 1: dial David back from trying to win the season in
Speaker 1: every rip, you know, because that's what he will he
Speaker 1: will try to do. That's a great way to put it.
Speaker 1: And then you must take great pride in the idea
Speaker 1: that a guy like Rashad Coward has converted himself into
Speaker 1: trying to carve out a career at guard. Now you're
Speaker 1: a Nick Williams who had an uncertain future and is
Speaker 1: making plays man another one yesterday with a fumble recovery.
Speaker 1: We can go down the list of guys Jesper Horstead,
Speaker 1: you know, recreating himself and getting a chance on the roster. Ryan. Now,
Speaker 1: these guys that are not prominent in everybody's minds right now,
Speaker 1: but some of these guys, especially the guests coming off
Speaker 1: the practice squad, they may never leave the practice guard,
Speaker 1: they may never leave their active roster. They get there
Speaker 1: one chance and they take it and run with it.
Speaker 1: I think, I think anytime you're you're you're talking about
Speaker 1: that that type of player, you know, Rashaw's and Nick Williams,
Speaker 1: it speaks to um the coaching staff, you know, like
Speaker 1: a scouts. We go and evaluate these guys and you know,
Speaker 1: we have an idea where we want to play some
Speaker 1: but it's you know, the coach is that ultimately investing
Speaker 1: them and teach them and allow them to develop until
Speaker 1: you know what we initially envisioned, Rashot Coward, you know,
Speaker 1: selflessly converted from a defensive lineman to an offensive lineman
Speaker 1: and now he's starting at guard for us and doing
Speaker 1: a great job. Nick Williams is a great example of
Speaker 1: college scouts having conviction, I mean our pro scouts having conviction.
Speaker 1: We worked him out um in a season that he
Speaker 1: wasn't even in the NFL, and I think at the
Speaker 1: time John City was a pro scout. He loved Nick Williams.
Speaker 1: The rest of us was on board with Nick Williams,
Speaker 1: and we recruited him basically the entire season and signed
Speaker 1: him as a reserve future and then a coach like
Speaker 1: Jay Rodgers for him to get his hands on a
Speaker 1: piece of clay like Nick Nick Williams. You know, and
Speaker 1: now Nick is playing with confidence. You know, he's up
Speaker 1: there and leaders of sacks for our football team. Right
Speaker 1: he leaves the team in sacks. You know, it's a
Speaker 1: it's a great testament of the entire process working. And
Speaker 1: then a guy gaining confidence in his ability. Now he's
Speaker 1: taking liberties and making big plays for a football team.
Speaker 1: Why you getting scouting? I got it. You played. You
Speaker 1: played the Kentucky or receiver and a dB two way
Speaker 1: player played every snap in the game. Now I'm joking,
Speaker 1: but you may have. I don't know you ever. Do
Speaker 1: you ever played both in the same game. I did
Speaker 1: not play both of the same game except in Arena League.
Speaker 1: Played both in every game. You had a very decorated
Speaker 1: Arena League career. But white scouting. You know, I tried
Speaker 1: to corporate world. You know, I worked for a Fortune
Speaker 1: one hundred company for a couple of years. Um, but
Speaker 1: I found myself. I found myself in the midst of
Speaker 1: working for Fortune one hundred company wanting to be in
Speaker 1: a place where you have the most competitive people in
Speaker 1: the world. UM. I wanted to feel the heat of critique. UM.
Speaker 1: I wanted to feel the fatigue of a stressful season. Um.
Speaker 1: Because the reward is so amazing. You know when you
Speaker 1: when you walk into Soldier fielding and you walk out
Speaker 1: of the tunnel with the guys, and these guys are
Speaker 1: are playing and the fans are going crazy. That's That's
Speaker 1: no other feeling like that. You don't get that walking
Speaker 1: into your building every day. And that was IBM, and
Speaker 1: that was IBM, you know. And I was a software
Speaker 1: engineer an IBM, so now trying to engineer, helping out
Speaker 1: with Ryan Pacing the crew for engineering a football team.
Speaker 1: Champ Kelly, our guest here on the Various Coaches Show,
Speaker 1: brought to you by Whippley, CPAs and Consultants. How do
Speaker 1: you manage your time? Because you've got a great, beautiful family.
Speaker 1: I've seen your kids at the games. You're always around
Speaker 1: them when they're when they're here, you're you're a doting father.
Speaker 1: And this is a very demanding career and there's no
Speaker 1: there's no other way to put it. I've known I've
Speaker 1: known Scouts for thirty years and the grind is is
Speaker 1: what they thrive on. And it's a balancing act to
Speaker 1: be sure. Yeah, you know, I think the most amazing
Speaker 1: thing is um, this profession means a lot for us, right,
Speaker 1: you know, every everybody that's in this building that is
Speaker 1: invested in winning. But priorities are priorities, and for me,
Speaker 1: my family will always be first, right. I won't jeopardize
Speaker 1: missing time with my girls and missing time and watching
Speaker 1: my kids go to plays and doctors appointments and basketball games,
Speaker 1: because that's that's most important. The Bears Coaches Show with
Speaker 1: Head coach Matt Maggie continues exclusively on the Home of
Speaker 1: the Bears News Radio seven eighty and one oh five
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Speaker 1: brought to you by with three CPAs it consults a
Speaker 1: few more moments with our special guest tonight, Bears Director
Speaker 1: of Player Personnel Champ Kelly. You're an outstanding communicator. Why.
Speaker 1: I grew up in the Deep South, in the country,
Speaker 1: rural town in Florida, and I was always concerned that
Speaker 1: people couldn't understand my dialect. So I speak with emotion
Speaker 1: or an enthusiasm, and I appreciate every day and I
Speaker 1: hope people understand my rhetoric and my communication by filling
Speaker 1: me more so than always just hearing me. And I
Speaker 1: really take pride and being truthful, honest and trying to
Speaker 1: come across as authentic as possible. What's it? What's it
Speaker 1: like if you can describe in a few words working
Speaker 1: with Ryan Pace now and all this time you've invested
Speaker 1: with him and player personnel Director of Player Personnel, Josh Lucas,
Speaker 1: Mark Sadowski. Guys. What I appreciate about those guys, especially Ryan.
Speaker 1: He's authentic, right. Ryan teaches us to be convicted, right,
Speaker 1: and without conviction, there's no transformation. And so when we
Speaker 1: make decisions, we make decisions as a group. We believe
Speaker 1: in them, we live by them, and we move on.
Speaker 1: We don't worry about that, you know what's going on
Speaker 1: on the outside. We believe in each other, and I
Speaker 1: think that trust is what makes us great. How do
Speaker 1: you overcome or maybe you thrive off of it? The
Speaker 1: professional tug a war of opinion, because what you see
Speaker 1: and what Ryan sees or what I see slightly different
Speaker 1: at times. You know, the most important thing to know
Speaker 1: is that boats don't sink because of the water outside
Speaker 1: of them. Boats sink when the water gets inside. And
Speaker 1: so as long as we trust and believe in our process,
Speaker 1: then the inside of our boat stays dry and we
Speaker 1: sail forever. What's on your book stand right now? I'm
Speaker 1: currently just read reading the Bible and going through a
Speaker 1: lot of older YouTube videos. I've been listening to, you know,
Speaker 1: Marla the King, I listened to a little bit of
Speaker 1: Malcolm X and here the contrast. So it's been it's
Speaker 1: been really kind of kind of good the last few weeks. Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: you know you mentioned something you want to feel the
Speaker 1: stress of a season, right, is the stress of a
Speaker 1: twelve and four just as stressful as the current five
Speaker 1: and six season. Absolutely, sometimes it's even more stressful. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, to to maintain winning and deal with the
Speaker 1: pressures of always trying to be great. Um, it's just
Speaker 1: as hard as sometimes fighting back from adversity, in which
Speaker 1: we're doing right now. Um. But again, when you have
Speaker 1: the right culture, the right culture, and the right players,
Speaker 1: nothing is impossible. In this league. There's the smiling Champ
Speaker 1: Kelly who's always reminded me to do just the same.
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us, appreciate your time. As we wrap
Speaker 1: up with Assistant Director of Player Personnel, Champ Kelly, Gibson's
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Speaker 1: tonight's Bears Coaches Show. Here's a gift card to enjoy
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Speaker 1: Thank you very Mrs prob all right, that's gonna do
Speaker 1: it for the night's program for Bears head coach Matt Nagge,
Speaker 1: Champ Kelly and producers Dan Briley, Kevin Foy, Andy Gersher
Speaker 1: and Keith Johnson, and I'm Jeff Joniac. We'll bring the
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