WEBVTT - Nagy, Lazor self-scouting during Bye Week | Coaches Show 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:02.679 Welcome into the Bears Coaching Show with head coach Mett Naggie, 0:00:02.720 --> 0:00:05.800 brought to you by Whipplely CPAs and consultants. Jeff Joniac 0:00:05.880 --> 0:00:07.760 with you until eight o'clock tonight here on news Radio 0:00:07.840 --> 0:00:10.840 one oh five nine WBBM. Coach Naggie with us until 0:00:10.840 --> 0:00:12.160 the bottom of the hour, and then we joined by 0:00:12.240 --> 0:00:16.560 offensive coordinator Bill Laser. Matt Good Evening Week ten in 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:20.000 the NFL. It was a high scoring affair, several teams 0:00:20.000 --> 0:00:23.479 eclipsing the forty plus point mark, including New England, Dallas, 0:00:23.560 --> 0:00:26.520 Kansas City, and your Bears are hibernating getting some rest. 0:00:26.640 --> 0:00:28.200 How did it all go and how did it go 0:00:28.280 --> 0:00:30.240 for you? Yeah? Thanks Jeff? You know what it was. 0:00:30.600 --> 0:00:33.800 It was good for for all of us to get 0:00:33.800 --> 0:00:36.600 away for a couple of days and now we're back 0:00:36.640 --> 0:00:38.239 at it, and you know how to howd a good 0:00:38.320 --> 0:00:41.320 day of practice with the guys get them back into 0:00:41.360 --> 0:00:43.400 you know, because they get away and it's good to 0:00:43.960 --> 0:00:47.480 kind of um get their get their juices going again, 0:00:47.560 --> 0:00:50.240 get their bodies going again with practice and their energy. 0:00:50.240 --> 0:00:53.240 And it was good. So now they'll have off tomorrow, 0:00:53.440 --> 0:00:55.360 get back out and start a normal week on Wednesday. 0:00:55.560 --> 0:00:58.480 So the time spent obviously is good for guys to 0:00:58.560 --> 0:01:00.880 get their R and R but also to heal up 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:02.840 a little bit. So what's the latest. I know you 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:05.320 touchdown at this morning with the media, But on guys 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:07.680 that missed the Steelers game three starters, you know, we 0:01:07.800 --> 0:01:10.960 forget that Khalil mac and Eddie Jackson, alec Ogletree, how 0:01:10.959 --> 0:01:13.640 are they? And then uh, we understand Tevin Jenkins and 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:16.399 Deon Bush window to possibly return at this twenty one 0:01:16.480 --> 0:01:19.360 day clock gets underway. Now yeah, no, I mean it's uh, 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:23.120 you know with Khalil and Ogletree and Eddie Jackson. Uh, 0:01:23.560 --> 0:01:25.080 you know, obviously we would have loved to be able 0:01:25.080 --> 0:01:26.960 to have them against Pittsburgh, and we did him. But 0:01:27.080 --> 0:01:30.160 those guys are on their own individually working through their 0:01:30.200 --> 0:01:32.880 own their own injuries, and you know, sometimes it can 0:01:32.920 --> 0:01:35.600 be frustrating, and they all are such competitors and want 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:37.039 to get back out there and want to be there 0:01:37.040 --> 0:01:39.480 to fight with their team. And so we'll monitor that 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:42.080 all week long, and again Drey has done a great 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:44.640 job of our trainer of keeping those guys going. And 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:47.080 then the good news is being able to start the 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:50.320 twenty one day practice period with Tevin Jenkins and Deon Bush. 0:01:50.800 --> 0:01:54.280 So we're slowly getting um those guys back, which is 0:01:54.320 --> 0:01:56.280 important too because you know it's a it's a long 0:01:56.400 --> 0:01:58.440 year and this by hit at the right time and 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:00.600 these guys are trying to get back here for this 0:02:00.960 --> 0:02:02.559 second part of the season. Yeah, a lot of questions 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:04.720 about Jenkins from the media this morning because he is 0:02:05.040 --> 0:02:07.400 an interesting figure right now. High draft pick and not 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:10.239 able to see him in pads. Really, you don't really 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:12.720 know a lot about him in terms of getting on 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:14.519 the field. You know who he is as a guy, 0:02:14.680 --> 0:02:16.919 and you've seen him rehab and get ready and get 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:19.920 through that back surgery, But what do you know about 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:22.440 Tevin Jenkins right now? We got to be able to 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:25.000 see where he's at and how he can play. I mean, 0:02:25.160 --> 0:02:27.400 he hasn't had pads on in a long time. So 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:29.400 that's a part of it, right just putting the pads 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:30.960 on and then going out there. And then the other 0:02:31.040 --> 0:02:33.120 part of it two Jeff is being able to communicate 0:02:33.440 --> 0:02:35.919 with those guys when you're out there, whether it's pass protection, 0:02:36.320 --> 0:02:39.480 whether it's a run block, and then just going through 0:02:39.480 --> 0:02:41.560 your day to day, week by week stuff. Now, he's 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:44.560 been really great in high spirits this whole time. But 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:46.720 that's what we got to see before you even start 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:48.720 to say, okay, well he should be at this spot 0:02:48.840 --> 0:02:51.400 or that spot. We got to see where he's at individually, 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:52.720 and then we can make a decision off of that. 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:54.720 It's a sport that can leave you behind in a 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:57.679 big hurry because focus is only on the now, and 0:02:57.760 --> 0:02:59.840 it's on the guys that are ready to go. We 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:02.040 all know that watching the game and being in this 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:05.320 sport for so long. So a young guy like that 0:03:05.800 --> 0:03:09.000 who has high expectations for himself, the team invested a 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:11.959 high draft pick in him, showing respect for what his 0:03:12.120 --> 0:03:16.519 traits are and his talents. How do you monitor his 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:20.040 mindset and where he's at about this and so that 0:03:20.120 --> 0:03:24.079 he doesn't overdo it to try and get ready, or 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:27.160 you know, any any number of things. What he must 0:03:27.200 --> 0:03:29.440 be thinking about, what his teammates think about him. All 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:32.359 that is a part of this evaluation. I think that's real. 0:03:32.480 --> 0:03:35.560 And you know, I know when you get when you're 0:03:35.640 --> 0:03:39.920 hurting like he was in the preseason, and you want 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:41.600 to figure out why and you want to be able 0:03:41.600 --> 0:03:43.400 to play better, and you know you're not one hundred percent, 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:45.640 And now you go and you get fixed and you 0:03:45.720 --> 0:03:47.840 come back, there's always going to be a sense of 0:03:48.000 --> 0:03:51.840 urgency to be able to show improve to everybody why 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:54.840 they made the right decision. That's our job as coaches 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:56.880 is to make sure that he understands what we knew 0:03:56.880 --> 0:03:59.000 that but we got to do it the right way 0:03:59.280 --> 0:04:01.920 and it's gonna be a day by day thing for him. 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:05.320 Um and and then just each day get a little 0:04:05.360 --> 0:04:07.960 bit better. And then and you look at a guy 0:04:08.040 --> 0:04:09.800 like Larry Boorham, right, you know, he had a couple 0:04:09.800 --> 0:04:12.480 of injuries here there, but he's back and now he 0:04:12.600 --> 0:04:15.520 put together two really good games and that that's growth 0:04:15.640 --> 0:04:18.200 as a rookie. So we always often talk about Justin 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:19.840 and him being as a rookie, but we have some 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:22.600 other rookies too, and um, so we'll just continue to 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:26.000 monitor all of that, all right. So self scouting is 0:04:26.279 --> 0:04:28.640 a term we here often once the bye week hits, 0:04:28.720 --> 0:04:30.360 but you know it's a it's a day to day 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:33.960 you're always self scouting, right, But the things you did 0:04:34.640 --> 0:04:38.880 are you able to reveal some progress and growth that 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:41.080 you feel you can really hit the ground running with 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:45.040 for the final eight games. Probably the biggest thing Jeff 0:04:45.080 --> 0:04:47.960 with the self scout for us is more so of 0:04:49.360 --> 0:04:53.640 specific plays and concepts. And I'm speaking on offense that 0:04:53.920 --> 0:04:58.080 we are starting to notice and realize that we like, um, 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:02.520 you know, Justin's throw on them, well, Justin's reading them. Well, 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:06.920 whatever that is progression wise, our guys are feeling the 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:09.920 same way with the identity. And so you see that, 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:13.640 you understand that there's other parts where you say, okay, listen, 0:05:14.040 --> 0:05:17.080 we got to get a lot better at whether whether 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:20.360 it's you know, a third down and third down in distance, 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:23.320 or whether it's a red zone down and distance. We 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:25.680 got to be able to get better in these situations. 0:05:25.720 --> 0:05:28.440 And if we do that, it might only be sometimes 0:05:28.960 --> 0:05:31.600 two or three plays that we did not convert that 0:05:31.760 --> 0:05:35.200 would have taken us from say the mid twenties in 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:39.680 rankings in the NFL to the upper you know or 0:05:39.800 --> 0:05:42.840 lower teams, you know, by just converting one or two more, 0:05:43.040 --> 0:05:46.120 that's how close it is. So that's the stuff that 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:47.920 we know we can get better. And then obviously the 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:50.160 big pictures we want to be able to score more points. Well, 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:52.240 running the football is no you know what you can 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:53.680 end your hat on that one. I mean, that has 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:57.520 been something from day one how has that come to be? 0:05:57.640 --> 0:05:59.880 I mean, you're averaging almost thirty carries a game. That's 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:02.520 right up there among the league's best. I think it's 0:06:02.520 --> 0:06:04.839 two hundred and sixty six rushing attempts and two hundred 0:06:04.839 --> 0:06:07.560 and seventy past attempts this season. So I don't know 0:06:07.600 --> 0:06:10.680 if you envisioned it that to be the case regardless 0:06:10.680 --> 0:06:13.320 of record. But what do you think about all that 0:06:13.480 --> 0:06:15.920 math and about the running game being something you know 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:18.680 you can do when you need to do it. Yeah, well, 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:21.239 if you if we go back when we think about 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:23.800 the last couple of years here and that that's been 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:27.240 something that you know, we've we've discussed that, Hey, we 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:29.560 got to get better in the run game. You know, 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:32.200 I think we have this year And you just said it, 0:06:32.279 --> 0:06:34.120 you mentioned it. And so when when you hang your 0:06:34.160 --> 0:06:36.520 hat on that and you run the football and you 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:39.719 get better at it, um, you know, like you said, 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:43.080 there's some balance there. Past pass game attempts are very 0:06:43.160 --> 0:06:46.160 similar to rush game. Well, it's gonna take away a 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:48.120 little bit of your pass game if you're running the ball. 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:50.640 More So, what we want to do is is that 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:53.520 little bit of pass game that's being taken away, we 0:06:53.640 --> 0:06:55.640 need to be better with the pass game to make 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:57.480 up for it. And now you've become a good offense 0:06:57.520 --> 0:06:59.640 where you're running the ball well, you're throwing the ball well. 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:04.920 You form points for us bringing in Justin as a 0:07:05.000 --> 0:07:07.600 rookie and having him start where he did during the 0:07:07.640 --> 0:07:09.760 beginning of the season and to where he's at right now. 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:12.360 It's a focus of ours to continue to feel like 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:15.720 we're getting better and better where now you're really getting 0:07:15.760 --> 0:07:17.360 good by the end of the year, which is where 0:07:17.400 --> 0:07:18.680 you want to get good. You don't want to go 0:07:18.800 --> 0:07:21.800 the other way. And that's the excitement for us is 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:24.320 understanding that. Listen, we got a rookie quarterback to scrow 0:07:24.400 --> 0:07:26.720 and every day every week, and our offense is going 0:07:26.760 --> 0:07:29.560 to slowly getting better and better. With an identity match 0:07:29.640 --> 0:07:31.840 it up with the defense of special teams, we could 0:07:31.880 --> 0:07:33.680 get hot at the right time. Welcome back to the 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:35.600 Bears Coaching Show. It is brought to you by a 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:38.800 Whipplee CPAs and Consultant's a proud partner of the Chicago Bears. 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:42.000 Learn more at whipleet dot com. Bears head coach Mattneggie 0:07:42.240 --> 0:07:44.240 with Bill Lazier to join the program at the bottom 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:45.840 of the hour. So when we went to the break, 0:07:45.880 --> 0:07:48.240 we're just talking about justin fields, the passing game and 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:51.960 his growth. I mean, that's second half in Pittsburgh. I 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:55.800 know it's ancient history now, but that for me as 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:58.280 a fan and as a broadcaster and as the play 0:07:58.320 --> 0:08:02.200 by play guys, a platform moment for another piece of 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:06.000 the floor and climbing up those steps because of the environment, 0:08:06.480 --> 0:08:10.720 because of the moment, and frankly five yards away from 0:08:10.760 --> 0:08:12.520 a game winning field goal on the road and a 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:15.280 walkoff went into the bye week. Honestly, I mean that's 0:08:15.480 --> 0:08:19.240 is that where your excitement maybe begins for sure, And 0:08:19.520 --> 0:08:21.760 you know two weeks ago and I guess forty nine 0:08:21.840 --> 0:08:23.640 is fourth and one. What a huge moment at home 0:08:24.160 --> 0:08:25.800 to be able to make a play with his legs 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:28.880 and and and score score that touchdown. To me, that 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:31.600 was a moment too to everybody at home to see 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:34.079 that and feel that. But then in now, in a 0:08:34.559 --> 0:08:37.120 like the environment you talked about against the team that 0:08:37.200 --> 0:08:40.280 hasn't lost in thirty years on Monday Night football, when 0:08:40.320 --> 0:08:42.400 I looked at him and just saw the confidence that 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:45.240 he had on the sideline before that drive, I knew 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:47.920 we were going to score and and you don't really 0:08:48.000 --> 0:08:49.559 know what until you do it. But then he did it, 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:53.240 and that is a platform moment. That's what we want 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:56.400 to grow from and he wants to grow from. And uh, 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:58.880 you know that's that's the excitement that we all have 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:01.800 right now. So there some moments now that other other 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:03.959 guys are growing with him. So I the first guy 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:06.680 I think of, Well, you know, it's Darnel money for sure, 0:09:06.800 --> 0:09:09.560 but Cole commet so I believe twenty nine targets over 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:11.920 the last five games. He had thirteen first downs in 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:15.240 those games early in the area out of three first 0:09:15.280 --> 0:09:17.120 down game and then three weeks in our own no 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:19.199 first downs because it wasn't getting the ball much. But 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:22.319 you know, he was hurting to say, the fields miked 0:09:22.400 --> 0:09:25.520 up after the game. Let's build on this, bro, So 0:09:26.000 --> 0:09:30.319 let's let's do that. We can do this. How significant, Yes, 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:32.719 you got the running game, you got leaders, but you're 0:09:32.840 --> 0:09:35.800 tight end, You're young tight end with your young quarterback 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:40.520 and young backfield. How significant is that for those two 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:44.599 guys to bond in that sense? It's huge? And you 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:48.280 know from meeting me, from the first day that we met, 0:09:49.720 --> 0:09:52.040 where I stand and what I believe in with tight ends. 0:09:52.280 --> 0:09:54.439 And you know, for us to be able to get 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:57.360 Cole Commet, who's again, we got to remember this, this 0:09:57.520 --> 0:09:59.880 is a second year tight end. I could get fun 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:02.120 examples of really good tight ends in this league that 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:06.280 you know, did not have the numbers or the progression 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:08.880 that cold Comet's having right now and became really good 0:10:08.920 --> 0:10:11.520 players early on in their career. And that's where he's at. 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:13.719 So when you when you throw a rookie quarterback into 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:15.319 the mix as well, and you throw the timing into it, 0:10:15.400 --> 0:10:17.720 when you see those two start to build that relationship, 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:20.760 like he said, let's build on this brouh, that's what 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:23.920 you want, and so you start having more and more connections. 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:27.079 A tight end can be a quarterback's best friend for 0:10:27.200 --> 0:10:30.280 many different reasons. And um, you're starting to see that 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:33.040 the targets go up. You talked about Mooney, you know, 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:35.079 you talk about a rob, you talk about you know, 0:10:35.480 --> 0:10:38.360 Marquis good and had a big catch, our running back room, 0:10:38.400 --> 0:10:40.439 our other tight ends. I mean, it's we want to 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:42.959 keep growing with all that, but that that relationship between 0:10:43.040 --> 0:10:45.920 cold Comet and Justin is only going to get stronger. 0:10:46.080 --> 0:10:48.920 All right, let's touch defensively. You know the run game, 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:51.440 And you made a great point. You know, you guys 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:54.640 were doing a nice job defending it. San Francisco game. 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:57.400 They did some different things on the edges and and 0:10:57.600 --> 0:10:59.760 and got you. They got you on the big chunks. 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:04.480 But are you relatively comfortable with where that's going? Eddie 0:11:04.480 --> 0:11:07.160 Goldman had himself a good game watching that again on tape. 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:11.520 Is that okay? Are you still confident in the run defense? 0:11:12.200 --> 0:11:14.480 I am? I absolutely am, and I think going into 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:17.040 this the defensive line was definitely and is one of 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:19.559 our greatest strengths on defense, depth wise and everything. And 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:21.760 Coach Frump does a great job of those guys. Those 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:24.959 guys play hard, and you just mentioned it with Eddie Goldman. 0:11:25.080 --> 0:11:27.199 Eddie Goldman had the best game of a Bear this year. 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:30.720 He is getting better, you see it on tape. We're 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:33.079 gonna need that because teams are going to continue to 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:35.240 run the ball. We're getting later and later in the 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:38.600 season and weather starts to change and teams know they've 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:40.440 got to run it. So we know that we gotta 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:42.520 stop it. And if you don't stop it, they're gonna 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:46.160 keep running. So that's that's an emphasis for us. And 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:48.120 I have ultimate belief in our guys. So on Our 0:11:48.160 --> 0:11:50.080 Bears a Game Night live show last night, we had 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:52.440 to come up with a player of the first half 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:56.840 of the season. Tom went with David Montgomery for reasons 0:11:56.880 --> 0:11:59.120 other than yes, he missed him game, but reasons other 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:01.400 than just his induction is just what he means and 0:12:01.520 --> 0:12:04.079 his fight and his grit. And I could have easily 0:12:04.120 --> 0:12:07.360 gone with Roquan Smith, for example, but I went with 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:12.560 Robert Quinn because he's a different player. We've seen him burst, 0:12:13.000 --> 0:12:16.280 have the explosion, make up ground quickly closed the distance, 0:12:16.360 --> 0:12:19.520 six and a half sacks. He's getting explosive plays in there. 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:23.880 Would that be fair as well for Robert Quinn. Absolutely, 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:28.520 And you know, you look at guys like Khalil Mack, 0:12:28.679 --> 0:12:31.839 who unfortunately with the injury hasn't had the production of 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:34.559 numbers because of not being out there recently, but he 0:12:34.760 --> 0:12:37.120 was off to a hot start too. You can never 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:39.719 go wrong with Roquan Smith. Roquan Smith's plays some of 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:41.800 the best football that I've ever seen a middle linebacker 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:44.839 played a long long time. So that's that's the easy one. 0:12:44.920 --> 0:12:48.360 But with Robert Quinn and what he does, unfortunately, you 0:12:48.400 --> 0:12:49.719 know he had to miss them one week with the 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:52.920 being in the COVID protocol and stuff. But he's he 0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:56.319 practices hard, he plays hard. He's reminded everybody how good 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:58.719 of a player he is. Offense has got to know 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:01.800 at six and a half sack, So you're you're absolutely 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:04.480 right picking him. Download the Chicago Bears app to play 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:06.280 our new predictor game, A Risk It brought to you. 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:08.720 Buy Bette Rivers for your chance to win two hundred 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:11.360 and fifty dollars in free bets and a custom Bears jersey. 0:13:11.360 --> 0:13:13.840 Matt Naggie with us our final segment with head Coach. 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:16.760 We're just starting to scratch a service on a real 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:19.480 quiet Smith. So I think he's playing faster than he 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:22.920 ever has in his time here. He gets it, He 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:26.480 triggers quickly, and he's a marauder out there. Tell us 0:13:26.520 --> 0:13:29.360 more about what you see. The one thing Jeff that 0:13:29.480 --> 0:13:36.800 I see starts on Wednesday, goes to Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 0:13:36.920 --> 0:13:40.599 and then finishes on Sunday. Every single rep he is 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:44.920 in there practicing his tailoff. And you know, I always 0:13:44.960 --> 0:13:47.120 look out and every time in practice, if there's a 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:51.439 ten play period, he's there for play one through ten 0:13:51.800 --> 0:13:55.240 in practice. That's rare. And so sometimes we have to 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:57.120 be able to just pull him out and save some 0:13:57.240 --> 0:13:59.120 of his legs and make sure we're keeping an eye 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:01.800 on apple Key doesn't want to come out. He practices 0:14:01.840 --> 0:14:05.800 how he plays, and he plays how he practices. Um. 0:14:06.000 --> 0:14:09.840 This guy is extremely motivated. He's a football player high 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:13.079 i Q. He's a missile on the field. UM. And 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:16.719 he's out to show everybody, um why he is the 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:18.959 best middle linebacker in the NFL. And we're lucky to 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:21.120 have him. So, you know, I'm looking forward to the 0:14:21.160 --> 0:14:23.800 rest of this year. Has he always been that way? 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:27.640 He has? He has, and I think but what happens 0:14:27.800 --> 0:14:29.960 is just like justin as a quarterback, as a rookie, 0:14:31.520 --> 0:14:34.760 when you start playing more, more and more plays throughout 0:14:34.800 --> 0:14:37.200 the season and now here he is in his uh, 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:41.240 you know, his fourth year, the game slows down. You 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:43.520 have keys, you have tendencies, you know how to study tape. 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:45.800 So when you're out there on Sunday, man, you're just 0:14:45.920 --> 0:14:48.560 flying around, you know. And that's what he's doing right now, 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:50.520 and you're starting to see it. And now it's it's 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:53.000 only going to get better. That takeaway bucket getting little 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:56.240 lonely in it. Yeah, it is you're right, and you know, 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:58.840 and we talk about it, We bring it up, we 0:14:58.920 --> 0:15:02.080 talk about it in practice, you practice it. Um, you 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:04.240 want to be able to get to that point in 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:06.560 the game where you can get some turnovers, and that 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:09.320 is something that usually comes in EBB and flows with 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:12.440 with how that happens, and so hopefully we'll start to 0:15:12.480 --> 0:15:14.840 see that turn What I don't want to get into 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:19.160 with that, Jeff, is something where where you start pressing 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:21.720 right and you're trying to you can't. It'll they'll come. 0:15:22.080 --> 0:15:24.120 They'll come when they come, as long as you talk 0:15:24.160 --> 0:15:27.640 about it, you teach it and and you just take 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:29.440 it into the game and they'll they'll come up and 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:31.280 it'll flip the field for the offense and we'll get 0:15:31.320 --> 0:15:33.560 more more scores as well. Yeah, pressing would lead to 0:15:33.600 --> 0:15:36.280 miss tackles and uh, you know, taking some chances you 0:15:36.360 --> 0:15:38.360 don't want to take all. Right, before we get into 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:40.960 the Baltimore Ravens, Um, we got to talk about Clyde 0:15:40.960 --> 0:15:43.920 Emrick because Clyde Emerick will be later rest this week. 0:15:44.240 --> 0:15:46.840 H meant a lot to me. I'll probably get choked 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:49.040 up talking about him, but you know, when you think 0:15:49.040 --> 0:15:51.520 about it, he has had an impact on every coach 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:54.800 from George hallis to you in the history of the 0:15:54.920 --> 0:15:57.480 Chicago Bears from nineteen sixty three when he was first 0:15:57.560 --> 0:16:00.440 introduced to him, in nineteen seventy one when he became 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:02.760 the head strength and conditioning coach, the first of it's 0:16:02.840 --> 0:16:05.280 kind of the National Football League. What did you learn 0:16:05.360 --> 0:16:07.960 from him? Well, you're right, it's it's a what a 0:16:08.320 --> 0:16:12.720 what an emotional time and just what what a great 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:15.280 man that you saw around the building all the time, 0:16:15.400 --> 0:16:18.160 always had a smile on his face. The relationships that 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:20.680 he built with with so many people in the support 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:23.360 staff that he used to work with, and and um, 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:25.400 I mean for somebody to be ninety years old like 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:28.520 he was and be able to be around the building 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:31.520 and have so much love for his Chicago Bears is special. 0:16:31.720 --> 0:16:34.600 And anybody that you talk to, it doesn't matter whether 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:37.840 you're in this building or you're outside or on the telephone, 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:40.240 they all have nothing but positive things to say. And 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:42.920 how much he impacted them. And obviously to have a nickname, 0:16:42.960 --> 0:16:46.520 the legend, that's pretty special. So um, we all love 0:16:46.600 --> 0:16:49.840 him to death. We prayers, you know, thoughts and prayers 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:52.960 with his family, and uh, boy, it's it's it's it's 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:56.080 hard to replace him, for sure. Question about it, all right, 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:59.320 John Harbaum, Baltimore Ravens. First thing you think of, much 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:02.440 like the rest of the AFC North, physical toughness, great 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:04.359 special teams, run the ball. And then you got, oh, 0:17:04.440 --> 0:17:08.440 by the way, a very gifted quarterback, elite athleticism, and 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:10.199 Lamar Jackson. What are we what are we looking at 0:17:10.280 --> 0:17:13.080 here on Sunday? Yeah, well, first of all, get ready 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:17.639 to play sixty tough minutes maybe more right. They've had 0:17:17.680 --> 0:17:21.320 some overtime games, three of them, yeah, three exactly three 0:17:21.400 --> 0:17:24.280 of them. So you got to be able to out 0:17:24.359 --> 0:17:28.800 physical a physical football team. This is probably one that's gonna, 0:17:28.960 --> 0:17:32.440 you know, be something where all week long. The emphasis 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:36.359 of understanding that not just physically but mentally. When you 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:39.400 have an unbelievable player that touches the football every play 0:17:39.480 --> 0:17:41.680 like Lamar Jackson, that can beat you with his legs 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:44.440 and his arms. Uh, Schematically, they do a great job 0:17:44.480 --> 0:17:47.440 on offense defensively, have a ton of respect for Wink Martindale. 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:50.399 He throws a lot of different stuff at you. Special 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:54.040 teams as coach hardball's thing, and so there's a reason 0:17:54.160 --> 0:17:56.760 why they win a lot and they're consistent doing it, 0:17:57.160 --> 0:18:00.280 so this is this is another one of those fifth fights. 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:02.800 This is it and we wouldn't want it any other way. 0:18:02.880 --> 0:18:04.960 It's going to challenge us and we just got to 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:07.440 continue to play together. Miami did a heck of a 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:10.679 thing against Lamar Jackson. I mean it was at two 0:18:10.760 --> 0:18:13.880 level defense and they loaded up the line and had 0:18:14.280 --> 0:18:16.560 a little picket fence back there and they didn't allow 0:18:16.600 --> 0:18:18.400 them many escape routes. So there are things in there 0:18:18.440 --> 0:18:22.119 that you can use. Well, you know, anytime that you 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:24.760 see a team have success, you're always going to see, Okay, 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:26.399 what's the why, and then you got to see how 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:28.639 it fits with who, what your scheme is, you know, 0:18:28.800 --> 0:18:32.240 and defensively, and then what we want to do. So Sean, 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:34.600 I'm sure we'll be looking at a lot of different 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:36.320 things to be able to slow them down and stop 0:18:36.400 --> 0:18:39.880 them and then but our biggest thing is because they're 0:18:39.880 --> 0:18:41.880 such a good football team, is getting back to those 0:18:41.920 --> 0:18:45.240 three phases. But in the end, you know, we lost 0:18:45.280 --> 0:18:47.600 four four games in a row and it's time that 0:18:47.680 --> 0:18:49.880 we that we win against a really good football team 0:18:49.920 --> 0:18:51.680 and that that's going to be the automate focus and 0:18:52.119 --> 0:18:53.960 we gotta be we gotta be strong across the border. 0:18:54.040 --> 0:18:56.000 All right, Matco luck with your preparation this week. We'll 0:18:56.040 --> 0:18:58.720