WEBVTT - Nagy, Pagano talk defense | Coaches Show 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:02.360 Welcome in everybody to the Bears Coaches Show with Bears 0:00:02.360 --> 0:00:04.920 head coach Matt Neeggie. I'm Jeff Joniac with you till 0:00:04.920 --> 0:00:07.400 eight o'clock tonight. After the Bears lose to the Green 0:00:07.440 --> 0:00:09.840 Bay Packers up at Lambeaux, I will hear from Chuck 0:00:09.880 --> 0:00:12.320 Pagano at the bottom of the hours you break things down. 0:00:12.520 --> 0:00:15.080 Good evening, Matt, I know you were fiery this morning. 0:00:15.120 --> 0:00:17.840 You're probably fiery right now as well. You woke up 0:00:17.880 --> 0:00:20.000 this morning with what kind of feeling in your belly? Yeah, 0:00:20.000 --> 0:00:21.799 it's just, you know, it's not a good it's not 0:00:21.840 --> 0:00:24.119 a good feeling, just because you know the sense of 0:00:24.160 --> 0:00:26.080 pride that we all have, and when you lose five 0:00:26.160 --> 0:00:28.560 in a row, it's never funny. And no matter what's 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:30.360 four or what game you play, you know, that's just 0:00:30.800 --> 0:00:33.840 that's just not what it's all about. So we gotta 0:00:34.040 --> 0:00:35.960 we have to. There's nothing we can do but go 0:00:36.000 --> 0:00:37.960 out and do it. No more talk about it. We 0:00:37.960 --> 0:00:39.520 just gotta go do it. Yeah. As a head coach, 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:42.120 end coach, period and a play you face a mountain 0:00:42.280 --> 0:00:45.000 of challenging moments over your career. You got forty four 0:00:45.040 --> 0:00:47.159 games into this thing. Are you at your most challenging 0:00:47.200 --> 0:00:49.440 moment as a head coach. Yeah, for sure. I think 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:51.280 last year, you know, we hit we had a four 0:00:51.280 --> 0:00:53.400 game losing shriek, and what it was like to get 0:00:53.440 --> 0:00:55.720 that win, and it just it makes everything go away 0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:57.600 for at least a week until you get to the 0:00:57.640 --> 0:01:01.240 next opportunity. So that's a that's kind of been the message. 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:04.640 What it was yesterday, last night after the game, and 0:01:05.040 --> 0:01:07.440 what it's going to be moving forward here is again 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:10.039 we we we lean in, we pull together with everybody 0:01:10.080 --> 0:01:13.600 that we have. We don't make excuses, we don't point fingers. 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:15.479 We just jumped together. We get back on to say 0:01:15.560 --> 0:01:17.280 the next chance they give us and we grow out 0:01:17.280 --> 0:01:20.000 and we get a win. Raw after the game, you mentioned, 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:22.840 you know, team wide team wide defeat. A lot of 0:01:22.840 --> 0:01:27.000 it on defense. Obviously the turnovers on offense a lot 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:29.480 at play here. But you alluded to the messaging after 0:01:29.520 --> 0:01:32.479 the game. Can you share what the messaging was in 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:35.040 that locker room? And you said your players know what 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:38.759 they feel about what was specifically the messaging from you, Yeah, 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:41.080 just exactly that is to feel it and what kind 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:45.360 of pride do you have, you know, like it's uh, 0:01:45.400 --> 0:01:48.880 there comes a point where uh, you know, we we 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:51.040 we play, we do what we do, we coach, we 0:01:51.240 --> 0:01:54.440 you know, we play, we do this game. In the end, 0:01:54.440 --> 0:01:57.400 you do it to win and and so, uh, there's 0:01:57.400 --> 0:02:00.480 gonna be loss as usually, and when you when you lose, 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:02.080 you got to try to figure out what's the why 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:04.720 part and then you rebound from it. And so when 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:07.960 when there's you know, five in a row, that's when 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:10.320 you know, there comes a point in time where you 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:12.640 just say enough is enough. And I think that's probably 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:16.200 the final message last night was the personal pride enough 0:02:16.320 --> 0:02:19.359 is enough and uh, it's time that we go out 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:21.520 there and just do it and should do it with actions. 0:02:21.720 --> 0:02:23.680 Did you do all the talking or did any players 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:26.280 step up and speak? No? I didn't. I just did. 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:28.840 I did some talking, you know, and and it wasn't 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:30.840 any yelling and scream and it's just real talk. And 0:02:30.840 --> 0:02:34.080 then um, we were able to uh you know, to 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:35.920 to let the guys kind of talk a little bit, 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:38.840 and Khalil had some some things to say, and I 0:02:38.919 --> 0:02:41.560 thought it was really good. And that's why he's a leader. 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:43.239 You know, he's been in this league a long time. 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:45.400 He's been a part of different teams win winners and 0:02:45.480 --> 0:02:49.480 losing teams and winning and losing teams, and um, I 0:02:49.520 --> 0:02:52.160 think his you know, overall, his his message was really 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:54.640 really good. Kind of what I just said, you know 0:02:54.720 --> 0:02:57.960 about personal pride, and and that's inevitably what it comes 0:02:58.000 --> 0:03:00.360 down to. You know, that's a benefit to have a 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:03.000 guy like that, because I believe he doesn't really do 0:03:03.040 --> 0:03:05.720 that often. But when a guy doesn't do it often, 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:08.840 it probably has more of an impact. But you could 0:03:08.840 --> 0:03:10.760 even just see it on the field, you know, trying 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:13.240 to talk to guys during the game, pulling guys away 0:03:13.280 --> 0:03:16.040 from conversations with the packers. And he's not a guy 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:18.600 that he doesn't dance around on the field. He's all 0:03:18.760 --> 0:03:21.840 old school business. Is that beneficial to you at this moment? 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:24.360 That's who he is, and that's how he goes about 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:27.040 his business, and he does it with actions, so he 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:29.239 doesn't have to say much. And I think those when 0:03:29.680 --> 0:03:32.840 when guys like when leaders like him do speak, it 0:03:32.880 --> 0:03:34.639 means a lot more than the ones that talk all 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:37.400 the time. And so that's that's kind of where where 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:39.480 we're at in this point in time. You want to 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:42.200 rely on your leaders, and um that's what we did 0:03:42.320 --> 0:03:44.800 last night. I think yeah, this morning, you really emphasize 0:03:44.840 --> 0:03:47.480 the underscore just to need to do more across the board, 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:50.040 not as if people aren't putting in the work, but 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:53.800 just do more, do the extra things because this requires 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:58.240 some extra attention. Who are you're relying on specifically to 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:01.280 also carry that batient for you to get the entire 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:03.840 unit on both sides of the all three phases to 0:04:03.880 --> 0:04:08.240 do exactly what you're asking. Well, just it's the really everybody, 0:04:08.280 --> 0:04:10.880 I mean, it's literally it doesn't matter who you are. Uh, 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:14.280 you just got to dig down a little bit deeper, right, 0:04:14.400 --> 0:04:17.000 and not just the players, but the coaches and make 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:20.000 sure we take a step back and put them in great, 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:22.440 great positions. And then the players were out and they 0:04:22.480 --> 0:04:23.720 are the ones that got to make the plays and 0:04:23.720 --> 0:04:26.279 the other ones that got to execute. So whatever it is, 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:28.600 you gotta we all got to start with ourselves and 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:31.120 then we gotta we gotta you know, we gotta just 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:35.600 get that that confidence and that that energy and all 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:37.960 that stuff that we've had. We just got to get that. 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:40.000 The way you get that is by winning. Do you 0:04:40.040 --> 0:04:43.960 feel it all the team has lost confidence? No? Well, 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:46.960 I mean they haven't. It's natural when you're when you 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:48.760 lose five games in a row, you start, you know, 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:50.279 you just want to figure out, okay, what is it? 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:52.080 And I think the biggest thing that you run into. 0:04:52.160 --> 0:04:55.159 And again this isn't the first time. And you know, 0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:58.400 I was a part of this in in another organization 0:04:58.400 --> 0:05:00.320 where you lose five in a row, we bound back 0:05:00.320 --> 0:05:03.680 in one ten in a row. And so what happens 0:05:03.800 --> 0:05:05.480 is is you just got to be able to understand 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:08.400 that this is Sometimes you get some crazy challenges and 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:10.480 then we're in one. Right now, we're knee deep in one. 0:05:10.560 --> 0:05:14.479 So the confidence part comes back by just one play 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:16.920 at a time at playing well, trusting each other, trusting 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:20.280 what's going on, and then again ultimately in the end 0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:21.960 when when you find a way to get a win, 0:05:22.440 --> 0:05:25.000 it just it takes a lot of that off. It 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:28.520 had to be a jarring experience to watch a defense 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:30.800 that you have a lot of belief in give up 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:33.680 sixteen make that eighteen first downs in the first thirty 0:05:33.680 --> 0:05:36.080 six plays of the game. Yeah, you know, that's just 0:05:36.200 --> 0:05:38.720 it was uncommon for us. And we you know, the 0:05:39.200 --> 0:05:41.800 Packers have a tremendous offense and they've been doing really 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:45.600 well all year long, but our standards with our defense. 0:05:45.920 --> 0:05:48.599 Those guys, they're the ones that set the standards on defense. 0:05:48.640 --> 0:05:50.840 It's the players that set it. They have very very 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:53.919 high standards. So I don't even need to say anything 0:05:54.400 --> 0:05:56.159 for them to know where we're at and how we 0:05:56.200 --> 0:05:58.400 need to play better. So that that's, you know, everything 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:01.240 I discussed this morning with the team in regards to 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:05.400 the and with the media is nothing. You know, that's 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:08.160 that's no news to them. We got tremendous leaders on 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:11.240 that defensive side of the ball that care a lot 0:06:11.560 --> 0:06:13.640 and they have a lot of personal pride. So I'm 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:16.120 excited to see what they do this week. At times, though, 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:17.680 you do have to give it to the cap to 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:20.120 the other guy, and they did. They did have a 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:22.840 great plan that kept you off balance. Yes, there were 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:27.560 mistackles sometimes out of position and mistakes made, But in 0:06:27.680 --> 0:06:29.799 terms of that, do you think that the defense played 0:06:29.800 --> 0:06:32.680 out its heels a bit because everything seemed to be 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:34.560 working in they had they right down the middle on 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:37.200 the opening drive seven orrun seven passes each back had 0:06:37.240 --> 0:06:39.840 seventeen carries. I mean, it was pretty fifty. They were 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:42.200 really well balanced and they were able to they got 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:43.920 us up the middle a little bit there, you know, 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:46.960 with with some of the inside zone stuff and some 0:06:47.000 --> 0:06:50.000 of the waxen and back schemes that we talk about. 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:51.960 Then they hit nakeds at the right time. And then 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:55.120 I thought that that third and third and ten from 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:57.640 the twelve yard line, you know, drop eight and we 0:06:57.640 --> 0:06:59.560 had eight guys in coverage, and you know he was 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:01.800 back there able to just find DeVante and make a 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:04.039 good throw and catch, and so you know, you fight 0:07:04.120 --> 0:07:05.960 hard to get down there into that position and we 0:07:06.000 --> 0:07:08.040 gave up a touchdown. It was a little bit deflating, 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:09.680 and we had to come back and get a stop. 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:12.720 Unfortunately we did. And so again you look at the 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:15.720 other side of the ball though, too is you know, hey, 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:18.480 we said, you know this this offensively, you got to 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:20.880 score touchdowns. And so even even if it is a 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:23.120 team like Green Bay where they're going to score points, 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:26.760 right and our defense is gonna have a game like that, 0:07:27.040 --> 0:07:29.760 we gotta offensively be able to match up Troubisky in 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:32.320 the short gunny hands off David Montgomery blast into the forty, 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:35.360 like the fifty to the forty, up the hash thirty 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:41.840 twenty down to ten. David Montgomery simply went north and south, baby, 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:44.720 David Montgomery with a blast right up up the hash 0:07:44.760 --> 0:07:47.520 marks fifty seven yards a thing of beauty. Matt Naggi's 0:07:47.560 --> 0:07:49.320 we Welcome back to the Bears Coaching Show, brought to 0:07:49.320 --> 0:07:52.400 you by Whippley CPAs and Consultants, a proud partner at 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:55.200 the Chicago Bears. Learn more at Whippley dot com. Nice 0:07:55.280 --> 0:07:57.560 duel there with Cody white Hair and Sam Musta for 0:07:57.600 --> 0:08:00.440 clearing lane fin he just went north and south. He Yeah, 0:08:00.440 --> 0:08:02.360 that was nice early on in that to get one, 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:04.480 it felt great, you know, and I know David was 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:07.480 was really you could feel the how how excited he 0:08:07.600 --> 0:08:09.600 was to see that hole and just get vertical and 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:11.800 made some nice plays there. Being able to stiff for 0:08:11.920 --> 0:08:14.520 him and do different things, and again we want to 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:17.040 be able to finish that with a touchdown. Was certainly 0:08:17.040 --> 0:08:19.120 a great start. Well you look at that, and I'm 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:21.720 sure you got all jacked up inside, But in the 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:24.200 end it was one of only sixteen plays in that 0:08:24.280 --> 0:08:27.240 first half. Can't do much with that, Yeah, sixteen plays, 0:08:27.280 --> 0:08:31.480 you know, we had three three drives in and after 0:08:31.520 --> 0:08:33.719 you know, you look up in his twenty seven to 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:36.800 three and that's when we ended up going down. At 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:39.079 the end of the second quarter and had the four 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:41.880 team play drive that resulted in a touchdown. So that 0:08:42.000 --> 0:08:43.840 felt good knowing that we were going to get a 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:46.640 possession there to start the third, which you know, you 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:48.280 go down there and before you know you can get 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:50.079 it to twenty seven seventeen and have a lot of 0:08:50.080 --> 0:08:52.520 ballgame left. But we just weren't able to do that 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:54.960 in the third quarter and it got out of hand 0:08:54.960 --> 0:08:56.880 and before you know it, you're playing major catch up, 0:08:56.960 --> 0:08:59.559 playing a game like Aaron Rodgers. I know it's tenuous 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:02.960 and it's only the first drive, but is it monumental 0:09:03.040 --> 0:09:05.679 when on that opening drive you don't get the touchdown 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:08.000 to cap it off because you had the juice, you 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:10.959 had the momentum, Mitch's back and you do settle with 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:14.000 the field goal. What effect does that have? Is is 0:09:14.000 --> 0:09:16.800 it psychological? A little bit like, ah, we did it again, 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:19.840 we didn't finish well. I think the energy was there 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:21.840 and that that part was really good, But it's it's 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:25.520 more about, like you said, I just just understanding, like, hey, 0:09:25.559 --> 0:09:27.840 we we got guys and playmakers down here that we 0:09:27.880 --> 0:09:30.800 want to be able to make plays and uh, you 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:33.960 know both really even to throw to to a rob 0:09:34.520 --> 0:09:36.960 um that he had as it came down, it got 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:39.800 got knocked out. Uh, there's a little bit of a 0:09:39.840 --> 0:09:41.520 sense to that, because you want to touchdown, you know, 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:43.880 you know you're gonna have to score touchdowns against this offense. 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:46.320 So that's that's the part there. Well, okay, you come 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:49.199 back and get another opportunity. And we ended up having uh, 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:53.240 you know, a penalty that uh negated uh some stuff. 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:54.600 And then we threw that pick and we knew we 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:56.320 were going to kind of take some shots and it 0:09:56.440 --> 0:09:59.000 just ended up going that way for us and the shots. 0:09:59.400 --> 0:10:03.480 How'd you feel about that in terms of Mitch's decision 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:07.280 making on those plays, Yeah, he was you know that 0:10:07.400 --> 0:10:10.680 ball there, the decision. We knew that it was gonna 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:12.680 end up being a one on one throw on either 0:10:12.720 --> 0:10:15.720 the nick or the safety. The safety that's down, but 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:18.400 that's safety that played over the top. He ended up 0:10:18.440 --> 0:10:22.080 getting his his his he backced on and made a nice, 0:10:22.200 --> 0:10:23.880 nice play, and we wanted to kind of get that 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:26.120 throw a little bit more outside, but it didn't end 0:10:26.240 --> 0:10:28.920 up that way. So we're gonna take shots and sometimes 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:30.280 you got to be able to do that to stretch 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:32.840 the defense. And we had another one there that we 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:34.959 had Mooney over the middle for about twenty yards and 0:10:35.040 --> 0:10:38.440 he slipped. So we just got to continue to pick 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:40.640 and choose when there has come. You know, Tom and 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:42.480 I got into a little bit of a discussion on 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:44.440 the air about slipping. I thought there was a slip 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:46.960 of gym both sides. It looked like a Christine field. 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:50.160 You know better than I. But when when players slip, 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:51.839 and I know some even at the high school level, 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:55.600 coach just want no excuses for slipping. But did you 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:57.440 feel there was some of that or was it some 0:10:57.520 --> 0:11:00.120 of it just some of the throws were not with 0:11:00.160 --> 0:11:04.360 the velocity or the direction that that needed to be. No, yeah, no, 0:11:04.440 --> 0:11:06.600 there were slipping on both sides last night. I think 0:11:06.600 --> 0:11:09.520 there was something there with the field because it was 0:11:09.559 --> 0:11:11.679 really you know, it was offense defense and it was 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:13.840 our team end their team they were slipping too, So 0:11:14.240 --> 0:11:16.600 there was definitely something to that. We've known net in 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:18.600 the past before, you know, and we were aware of 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:20.800 that and uh we you know, we had the same 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:23.960 issue last year. All right. Overall, how would you evaluate 0:11:23.960 --> 0:11:26.560 Mitche's performance and is it is it worthy of another 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:29.400 start against the Lions? Yeah? I would say this. I 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:32.839 think that early on I really liked where he was at. 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:35.000 We became a little bit one dimensional as the game 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:37.560 went on, and that's to any quarterback in this league. 0:11:37.600 --> 0:11:39.440 It's that's never easy when you have to drop back 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:42.360 every play and make throws and they can just see off. 0:11:42.360 --> 0:11:45.400 So decision making, I thought, um, you know, he did 0:11:45.440 --> 0:11:47.600 a good job. There were some some some things here 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:49.319 there that you know, you can always say are a 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:51.560 little bit gray on where you go with the football, 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:54.400 But he did make a couple of plays with his legs. 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:58.840 Protecting the football and staying away from turnovers is important. 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:02.400 And again and we as a staff, myself, everybody included, 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:05.480 will continue to just keep evaluating him. See where Nick's 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:08.520 at in regards to his health. But as I said 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:11.920 this morning too, I feel like, uh, you know, it 0:12:12.080 --> 0:12:14.760 was it was certainly a game where I know Mitch 0:12:14.840 --> 0:12:16.600 wanted to play better just to be able to help out. 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:18.640 It didn't happen, But we're going to stay positive through 0:12:18.679 --> 0:12:21.200 it all. Six different group of offensive lineman in the 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:23.760 first eleven games, fourth and four games up. How did 0:12:23.760 --> 0:12:27.080 you think they did up there and that reconfiguration? Were 0:12:27.080 --> 0:12:29.679 you happy with generally the results of that? I was, 0:12:29.720 --> 0:12:31.880 I was actually really happy and pleased with the way 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:33.680 that those guys played. I thought that they did a 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:35.440 great job in the run game. They opened up some 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:38.480 nice lanes and then pass protection wise against some of 0:12:38.480 --> 0:12:40.720 those those defensive ends that they have and Kenny Clark 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:43.840 on the inside, I thought they handled themselves really really well, 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:47.400 so that that was definitely a plus coming out of this. 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:49.880 We feel good about where we're at with those guys, 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:53.440 and I was pleased with him and Charles Lenno hates 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:55.959 mission snaps, let alone games, and how he handle that 0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:58.640 with the right toe. Yeah he did. He I commend 0:12:58.679 --> 0:13:00.880 him for doing everything in Kenny, get back to the game. 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:02.839 You know, there's a couple of times you got pushed back. 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:04.920 I don't know how much anchor he can put on 0:13:04.960 --> 0:13:08.319 an outside foot, but um again, I think each day 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:09.880 he'll get better and better to be able to come 0:13:09.880 --> 0:13:12.840 out of this game with really no injuries across the 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:15.640 board as a positive. And uh so that you know, 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:18.800 head into this this next game with with with some 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:21.439 guys that have finally played together the Chicago Bears and 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:25.080 proven it are supporting Chicago small businesses. Little Street Art 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:27.160 Center is this week's small business off Probe is at 0:13:27.200 --> 0:13:30.400 Chicago bears dot com slash small Business All Pros to 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:34.240 learn more with Bears head coach Mattneggie. You consistently talk 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:38.520 about persistence over resistance. Is this this term going to 0:13:38.559 --> 0:13:41.320 get a major workout from here on in? Because you 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:45.520 talked about things like personal pride. That's that's always a 0:13:45.640 --> 0:13:48.880 big thing obviously to to focus on. But just the 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:52.719 circumstances and where we're at with COVID and I mean, 0:13:52.760 --> 0:13:55.800 how do you make sure that the focus remains and 0:13:55.960 --> 0:14:01.920 have that persistence over resistance? Yeah, Well, just like last night, uh, 0:14:01.960 --> 0:14:04.960 in regards to the people that we have in our building, 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:07.880 is for times like this is being able to rally 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:11.800 around each other and pull together. Um, when you don't 0:14:11.800 --> 0:14:14.200 have that, it can it can definitely go the other way. 0:14:14.600 --> 0:14:17.360 And that that's kind of what my messaging was for 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:20.960 last night was Hey, um, there's gonna be some fire here. 0:14:21.000 --> 0:14:23.720 There's gonna be some some ability for us to be 0:14:23.760 --> 0:14:25.440 able to get out there and have some juice and 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:28.960 energy and get get that back and um, and I 0:14:29.000 --> 0:14:31.200 just feel like with the people that we have, the 0:14:31.280 --> 0:14:34.280 leaders that we have the culture of who we are 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:37.320 when you have times like this of lots of resistance. 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:40.440 That's when you pull together and you you persist and 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:42.760 you just keep going. You keep going, and it seems 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:45.520 it can seem very frustrating, but you just keep going. 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:47.800 And uh that that's where I have a lot of 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:49.840 trust in our players and coaches. Do you feel over 0:14:49.920 --> 0:14:52.000 the time you've been here that when the noise starts 0:14:52.000 --> 0:14:55.080 cranking up, this team is good about the blinders and 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:58.080 air muffs. And maybe now more than ever I do. 0:14:58.160 --> 0:15:00.200 And you know, we we we were we went through 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:03.320 this last year. And again all of this is because 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:06.280 of everybody caring, you know, you know, all all the 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:09.440 fans and all the you know, the city and everyone cares. 0:15:09.760 --> 0:15:12.160 You know, you gotta you gotta love that. And so 0:15:12.320 --> 0:15:15.360 when they care, there's a there's a feeling of let's 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:18.000 go out and that That's what I think is very 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:20.920 important for us is to understand that and that we 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:23.000 we know that, we feel that we want that and 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:25.760 we got to do it together. And so, um, I 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:29.040 really just believe that, Uh, that's where we're at, and 0:15:29.440 --> 0:15:32.200 we got to just continue to just keep going and 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:33.800 find a way to get a win. One thing I 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:38.080 feel that I don't often hear, but you also hold 0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:42.280 your coaching staff accountable almost every single week with comments 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:46.280 and especially this morning, was that received. And do you 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:48.920 guys have that kind of working relationship where you know 0:15:49.040 --> 0:15:51.520 you're the CEO of the football team and they they 0:15:51.600 --> 0:15:54.800 also have to do what you're asking the players to do. Yeah. No, 0:15:54.960 --> 0:15:58.080 they do a great job with that. And um, it's 0:15:58.160 --> 0:16:00.360 kind of the same deal with with the player that 0:16:00.360 --> 0:16:02.840 we bring in. It's very similar with the coaches too, 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:07.120 that we build these relationships and trust. And one thing 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:09.320 that I believe wholeheartedly in is is a lot of 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:12.680 pure honest conversations. And I just I don't believe in 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:15.000 just saying things the people that I think they want 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:17.360 to hear. I just tell them exactly what I feel. 0:16:17.520 --> 0:16:22.120 I really don't care if it if it hurts your feelings, 0:16:22.120 --> 0:16:24.120 I don't care if you hurt my feelings. But let's 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:26.120 at least get it. Let's let's see where we're at. 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:28.840 And so that's those guys. Our coaches know that, and 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:31.720 they do a great job with that. They accept that 0:16:31.840 --> 0:16:35.720 they care. And when you have that, it's I feel 0:16:35.720 --> 0:16:37.840 like it's healthy and it helps you in times like 0:16:37.920 --> 0:16:41.920 this where there can be frustration. Frustration you need to 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:45.360 have really great communication so that everyone's speaking the same language. 0:16:45.600 --> 0:16:48.520 And if you do that, then you know, okay, where 0:16:48.560 --> 0:16:51.440 we can get better where we're not doing well right now, 0:16:51.600 --> 0:16:53.680 and then let's make sure we're speaking the same language. 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:56.720 Some people can easily dismiss it and say, well, everything's broken, 0:16:56.920 --> 0:17:01.240 can't fix it. But are there corrections that are simple 0:17:01.720 --> 0:17:04.000 to complicated that are still on the table for this 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:06.879 Bears team here in the final five games? Yeah? Absolutely, 0:17:06.920 --> 0:17:09.360 And our guys know, uh, you know, with with these 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:13.280 final five games, Uh, every game that goes by, you 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:16.680 start losing the controlling your own destiny deal. And so 0:17:16.760 --> 0:17:18.800 but we can't worry about that. The only thing we 0:17:18.840 --> 0:17:22.280 can worry about, Jeff, right now is making sure that 0:17:22.440 --> 0:17:24.359 we have a great week of practice and then and 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:26.880 then we got to have those four quarters. And so 0:17:26.960 --> 0:17:30.560 again I said it, talk doesn't mean anything. It's about 0:17:30.600 --> 0:17:33.919 doing it. So it gets redundant just keep saying it. Uh, 0:17:34.320 --> 0:17:36.760 it's you know, as a as a coach, as a player. 0:17:36.800 --> 0:17:39.160 They don't want to keep saying or keep talking about it. 0:17:39.640 --> 0:17:41.919 They want Sunday to get here so they can do it. 0:17:41.960 --> 0:17:43.680 We all want Sunday to get here so we can 0:17:43.720 --> 0:17:45.880 do it and get back on track. Well, you get 0:17:45.880 --> 0:17:47.920 the Lions week one to win in Detroit. They come 0:17:47.960 --> 0:17:50.320 to Soldier Field with a new head coach at the moment. 0:17:50.320 --> 0:17:52.800 The interim coach, Darryl Bebel has been a head coaching 0:17:52.840 --> 0:17:55.720 candidate in his life as a as a very prominent 0:17:55.880 --> 0:17:58.719 assistant coach throughout his career. What do you expect from 0:17:58.760 --> 0:18:01.800 the Lions? Well? Again, Uh, first of all, I know, 0:18:02.040 --> 0:18:04.879 I know Daryl Belvill well and I think he's a 0:18:04.880 --> 0:18:07.320 great coach, a great person and a great leader. And 0:18:07.359 --> 0:18:11.399 so u those guys are gonna play hard. And again, 0:18:11.440 --> 0:18:13.280 they got a great quarterback that I have a lot 0:18:13.280 --> 0:18:15.439 of respect for. MTT staff are great players on that 0:18:15.560 --> 0:18:19.240