WEBVTT - Whitehair talks return to playoff | All Access 0:00:01.120 --> 0:00:04.560 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.640 --> 0:00:08.600 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears Official 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:11.600 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.680 --> 0:00:16.279 day and now Welcome to Bears All Access. Your all 0:00:16.320 --> 0:00:21.000 access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:25.000 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:25.040 --> 0:00:31.840 Physical Therapy and CDW. It is Super Wildcard Playoff football 0:00:31.920 --> 0:00:34.680 for your Bears, one of twelve teams in action coming 0:00:34.720 --> 0:00:37.760 up this weekend Sunday three forty to kickoff against the 0:00:37.800 --> 0:00:39.360 New World and says we're gonna break it down for 0:00:39.400 --> 0:00:41.800 a full show tonight. Welcome to Bears All Access, brought 0:00:41.800 --> 0:00:44.319 to you by IGS Energy, with my broadcast partner from 0:00:44.320 --> 0:00:47.440 news Radio seven eighty and one oh five point outfw BBM. 0:00:47.800 --> 0:00:53.280 Super Bowl Bear, Tom Fair, you're very familiar with the Superdome, Buddy, Yeah, 0:00:53.440 --> 0:00:55.360 had some big games there. You know, lost a big 0:00:55.400 --> 0:00:58.960 Sugar Bowl there in college to lose the National Championship, 0:00:59.280 --> 0:01:02.000 won the most important game of all winning the Super 0:01:02.000 --> 0:01:04.400 Bowl there. But you know one time we went there 0:01:04.400 --> 0:01:06.679 and I think the Saints were like seven to zero 0:01:07.120 --> 0:01:09.880 and we went down there. They had allowed supportive crowd, 0:01:09.880 --> 0:01:12.720 and we beat them. And so you always have to 0:01:12.840 --> 0:01:15.760 keep those thoughts on the back of your mind and 0:01:15.880 --> 0:01:19.720 your back your memory, because anything is accomplishable if you 0:01:19.760 --> 0:01:21.920 put your mind to it and you go in there 0:01:22.240 --> 0:01:24.360 and you know that you believe, you've got to believe, 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:27.480 and you know you belong. Evidently more attenable because they're 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:29.560 a great home team. They're gonna play different than they 0:01:29.600 --> 0:01:32.720 do ungrass. They got they know that building backwards and forwards, 0:01:32.720 --> 0:01:35.959 fifteen years together, Peyton and Breeze, weapons galore, defense, top 0:01:36.000 --> 0:01:40.880 five scoring defense, top five scoring offense, special teams, outstanding 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:44.240 in every way. But there's no crowd, three thousand fans. 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:46.720 They're gonna be a murmur compared to what that place 0:01:46.840 --> 0:01:51.440 would be under a normal circumstance pre COVID. So that's 0:01:51.480 --> 0:01:54.200 an edge the Bears have to take advantage of. And 0:01:54.320 --> 0:01:56.840 I'm hoping Tom that the game plan is quite similar 0:01:56.840 --> 0:01:59.800 to what it was against the Packers, with the only 0:02:00.000 --> 0:02:02.400 wrinkle is that five trips to the red zone have 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:06.480 to produce four to five touchdowns and four trips at 0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:08.120 goal to goal. You're not going to set up at 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:11.120 thirteen points and that could be a big difference. Yeah, 0:02:11.160 --> 0:02:14.160 you know, Jeff, everything that you mentioned, you got to 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:16.960 be able to do everything that's required of you. And 0:02:17.000 --> 0:02:19.160 that's kind of on both sides of the ball. Every 0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:20.959 time you have the ball on offense, you got to 0:02:20.960 --> 0:02:23.840 take advantage of it. If you're gifted great field position, 0:02:23.880 --> 0:02:26.120 it's got to be converted into a touchdown and not 0:02:26.240 --> 0:02:29.000 a field goal. Just like on the defensive side of it, 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:31.840 if you have a chance to get your fingertips on 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:34.520 three of the opponents passes, you better come away with 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:36.720 at least one of them. You better be able to 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:42.040 change field position. So it's everybody is involved in this opportunity. 0:02:42.160 --> 0:02:45.240 Special teams are equally as important as defense and offense. 0:02:45.480 --> 0:02:48.119 But like you said, from what the offense has been 0:02:48.160 --> 0:02:51.200 doing the last couple of weeks, I'm really impressed by it. 0:02:51.280 --> 0:02:54.120 I was super impressed by the four team play opening 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:57.119 drive last week against Green Bay, and that's the same 0:02:57.160 --> 0:02:59.760 attentions that they have to have when they face New 0:02:59.840 --> 0:03:03.320 Orleans on Sunday. No, you gotta get off the field 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:05.920 on third down and long. That's not something that you 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:08.680 can get away with too frequently against great quarterbacks and 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:12.919 great offenses. Today, defensive coordinator Chuck Pagatto, Tommy was asked 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:16.440 to why he thinks his defenders can get those picks, 0:03:16.520 --> 0:03:20.000 can make those big plays and get sacks and create pressure. 0:03:20.040 --> 0:03:22.919 Here's why. If we didn't trust them to make those plays, 0:03:22.919 --> 0:03:25.000 we wouldn't have them in those spots, you know. So 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:26.880 they got to wear a hard hat at you know, 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:29.480 at times, but we fully expect that, you know, they're 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:31.440 there for a reason that you know, we trust them 0:03:31.480 --> 0:03:33.600 to wear that at and to get the job done. 0:03:33.680 --> 0:03:36.240 So in order to go down there and play well 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:40.040 and beat this team, you know, our game rerecords or 0:03:40.160 --> 0:03:42.119 five stars, they got to play that way, our four 0:03:42.160 --> 0:03:44.760 stars or three stars. Everybody's got to play to their 0:03:44.840 --> 0:03:47.200 their ability, you know, and I've got to I've got 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:48.880 to do my job, you know, and I've got to 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:52.400 do it better. And caldel Mac also saying Tom Babe 0:03:52.800 --> 0:03:54.800 flat out got to play the best game and Bears 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:59.120 history defensively, point they do, because you know, offenses change, 0:03:59.280 --> 0:04:02.840 offenses changing. In the NFL, things are being done so differently, 0:04:03.240 --> 0:04:06.280 and when you get the opportunity to play against the 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:10.040 team with this type of reputation, Pagano's right, if we're 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:11.720 gonna put you in a position to make the play, 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:13.880 then you got to make the play. Whether it's something 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:17.520 that's unexpected of as a possible interception by Barkivas Mingo, 0:04:18.080 --> 0:04:20.919 or it's Eddie Jackson or Duke Shelley getting their hands 0:04:20.920 --> 0:04:23.080 on the ball. It's flying through the air, all right, 0:04:23.120 --> 0:04:25.479 So Roe Kuan Smith no practice. Again, we don't have 0:04:25.520 --> 0:04:29.040 any real definitive evidence on if he can possibly come 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:31.880 back from an elbow injury. But how does that change things? 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:35.720 Because given what his athleticism is, like his range, his 0:04:35.760 --> 0:04:38.120 ability goes sideline to sideline, get off the hash, make 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:41.360 plays out of the backfield, go with a running back 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:45.120 like Kamara. He can take a swing and knock him 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:48.400 down before he gets his traction going. These are great 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:52.080 things he can do against an offense like this, Yes, 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:56.080 but the thing about it is you can't dwell on 0:04:56.120 --> 0:04:58.800 the fact if he's not gonna be there, because the 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:02.440 Bears coaches have been coaching these guys every single day 0:05:02.480 --> 0:05:05.120 to be ready when their name is called, whether it's 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:08.640 Josh Woods, Joe l Ea, Booney Way, or a configuration 0:05:08.720 --> 0:05:11.880 of defensive backs involved in the system. Listen, Man, ro 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:15.000 Quan's an All Pro player and he's just scratching the 0:05:15.040 --> 0:05:18.680 surface ultimately what he's gonna be. But you can't fold 0:05:18.760 --> 0:05:21.400 up the tens if he's not there. I love Roquan, 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:23.880 I love everything that he's done on the field to 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:28.320 represent himself. But everything I talk about it all the time. 0:05:28.360 --> 0:05:31.000 The guys that are waiting on the waiting in the wings, 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:34.000 they got to approach this game like it's their super Bowl, 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:37.280 it's their lifeline. It's the biggest game they'll ever play 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:39.920 in their life. So that's the type of excitement I 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:44.040 want to see on if he is replaced. Who his 0:05:44.160 --> 0:05:49.080 replacements will be. Okay, Josh Woods, Joey Booney Way, certainly 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:52.400 opportunities there in DHC is somebody that certainly will get 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:54.600 the playing field if they don't have another plan that 0:05:54.680 --> 0:05:56.600 we don't know about just yet. All Right, we got 0:05:56.600 --> 0:05:59.040 a lot of the show coming up. We've got a 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:01.640 full show, Big Tommy. We're gonna start with Zach Streef 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:03.800 coming up here at six ten, the voice of the 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:06.360 New Orleans Saints, of the former Northwestern player and Saints 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:09.160 offensive linemen. We're gonna be joined at six thirty by 0:06:09.200 --> 0:06:12.159 Cody white Hair, the Bears left guard playing some great 0:06:12.160 --> 0:06:15.360 football for the Bears on that offensive line. We got 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:19.520 a surprise coming up at what sixty eight Ottawa at 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:22.960 Gonlier played against the Saints in that NFC a playoff 0:06:23.000 --> 0:06:26.320 game of significance at Soldier Field. So we'll visit with 0:06:26.400 --> 0:06:28.720 him and we'll hear from Mitch Dubisky a little bit 0:06:28.760 --> 0:06:31.440 as eob our feature this week on our Bears Game 0:06:31.520 --> 0:06:35.000 Day Live show, coming to you on Fox at ten 0:06:35.200 --> 0:06:37.400 thirty on Sunday, A lot ahead with Mike Rank and 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:40.120 our producer. Thanks to dam brilliant Jordan tread Up and 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:42.400 you for being with us tonight. That's more to go 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:45.240 here on Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six 0:06:45.360 --> 0:06:52.960 seventy The Score and welcome back to Bears All Access. 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:55.559 We're brought to you by IGS Energy. Choose clean energy 0:06:55.600 --> 0:06:57.880 for your home at igs dot com because every good 0:06:58.000 --> 0:07:01.159 choice adds up to a better Jeff Joning actin Tom 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:04.040 there with you. Zach Strief, the voice of the New 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:06.400 Orleans Saints, will be joining us shortly, real quick on 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:09.280 the injury report time too. I kind of missed this 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:11.640 one today at such a long list, but a lot 0:07:11.680 --> 0:07:15.000 of full participation today. But I see Josh Woods with 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:18.600 a toe glued injury, so he was limited today. I'm 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:20.960 not certain that's a major concern right now. But Duke 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:24.040 Shelley also limited with a knee. So a couple of 0:07:24.480 --> 0:07:27.200 key players in this mix. And I met a hopeful 0:07:27.240 --> 0:07:30.240 return for Jalen Johnson. Limited today, and that's good news 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:32.080 as he tries to recover from a shoulder injury and 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:34.640 get out the field for a playoff game. You know, Jeff, honestly, 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:37.120 I would have every player on the re injury report 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:40.360 because I would say I would say everybody so are 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:42.680 at this point, and there's other coaches that have done 0:07:42.720 --> 0:07:44.400 that in the past, just to try to keep a 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:47.239 little bit of a curveball in there. Yeah, Saints limited. 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:50.640 List a couple of players. One that did not practice today, 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:54.120 Trey Hendrickson. He's got a neck and he was injured 0:07:54.120 --> 0:07:56.360 wednesday'd been limited. But this is a player that's come 0:07:56.400 --> 0:07:58.840 on real strong. He's thirteen and a half sacks on 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:01.560 a unit that has ten different players that have put 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:04.400 together forty five sacks, eighth in the league overall. But 0:08:04.480 --> 0:08:08.640 he's the guy right now that has really went crazy 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:11.760 with the hits. He's hit the quarterback twenty five times, 0:08:11.800 --> 0:08:13.800 thirteen and a half sacks in a bunch of hurries 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:16.960 for a developing player that has really come on strong 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:19.080 for the Saints in this system. You know, he's got 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:21.800 a great arsenal of weapons in terms of his pass 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:24.960 rush moves, his pass rush ability, but he has a 0:08:25.040 --> 0:08:28.040 high motor and it's kind of the perfect combination of 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:32.240 defensive linemen. You have a nice repertoire, the moves that 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:35.640 you can pull against different types of offensive lineman, but 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:39.400 you're always playing at one hundred percent level. And that's 0:08:39.440 --> 0:08:41.720 the unique thing about him. Yeah, he's not the biggest, 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:44.720 he's not the strongest, but he plays with the most 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:48.120 intentions of what he needs to get done. Who else 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:51.600 impresses you on that defense because I'll tell you right 0:08:51.679 --> 0:08:54.360 now since Week eight when the Bears played them, So 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:57.160 you got to include that Bears game. It's the secondary 0:08:57.200 --> 0:08:59.640 that has really come to life. They have put together 0:09:00.480 --> 0:09:03.160 obviously a ton of interceptions to tie for the league 0:09:03.280 --> 0:09:06.120 lead in that category with three other teams, but also 0:09:06.400 --> 0:09:10.280 third and takeaways. Overall, the pressures are up, but these 0:09:10.400 --> 0:09:15.400 corners and the nickel corner. CJ. Gardner Johnson, the guy 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:17.360 that you know, stirred the pot a little bit with 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:19.720 Jevon Whims and the Boys, and probably will be yapping 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:22.400 again because that's how he plays the game. But thirty 0:09:22.520 --> 0:09:25.920 three pass breakups just since week eight by that trio 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:28.679 right there, and it's resulted in some some picks from 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:31.720 Malcolm Jenkins. He's got three since week nine. So a 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:33.480 lot of good things happening for these guys in the 0:09:33.520 --> 0:09:37.439 secondary marrying that Russian coverage exactly. You set it right there. 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:39.560 I don't even need to answer. They're they're marrying the 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:42.760 Russian coverage because they are getting such a quick rush, 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:46.080 such an aggressive approach at the quarterback that they're sometimes 0:09:46.080 --> 0:09:47.960 that they just got to throw the ball up sooner 0:09:47.960 --> 0:09:50.560 than they really want to, just to avoid the sack 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:53.880 or avoid the pressure. And then the defensive backs get 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:56.160 a good job on it. But they're good defensive back 0:09:56.280 --> 0:10:00.800 So it's complimentary football between good front seven players and 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:03.680 then the back end four or five defensive backs. However, 0:10:03.720 --> 0:10:05.960 many of your playing and no disrespect for Cameron Jordan, 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:08.880 because still a terrific player, outstanding player. Hasn't had the 0:10:08.920 --> 0:10:11.120 big sack total that we come used to, but he's 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:14.200 still hurrying the quarterback. Tommy's still knocking him down and 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:17.160 he's still forcing the run game. Well, you know, Jeff, 0:10:17.280 --> 0:10:19.200 I think it's a lot like similar to what the 0:10:19.240 --> 0:10:21.560 Bears are looking at with Drew Brees. You may not 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:24.480 necessarily get sacks, but if you can get the ball 0:10:24.480 --> 0:10:26.800 out of his hands a half a second early, if 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:29.080 you can deflect a couple passes that are meant for 0:10:29.120 --> 0:10:31.480 the middle of the field, if you can get him 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:35.600 off of his position and make him convert his talent 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:38.960 as a quarterback to those forty plus year old legs, 0:10:39.280 --> 0:10:42.680 I think you can change the dynamic of Drew Brees. 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:46.360 But it's different elements outside than just sacks. I gotta 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:49.800 talk Anthony Miller. Don't start chuckling, because I'm always rooting 0:10:49.800 --> 0:10:51.600 for this guy. I'm always rooting for him to get 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:55.080 something going. His best game of the year. Most targets 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:58.120 eleven against the Saints in Week eight, most catches he 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:00.640 had eight, He had a few first down he had 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:03.280 seventy plus yards. That was his high point of this season. 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:08.440 So he's expecting similar opportunities in this playoff game against 0:11:08.440 --> 0:11:11.800 the Saints playing a lot of man So that created 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:15.440 a lot of opportunity for me and the guys. Uh, 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:18.120 you know to you know, running basically any route we 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:21.240 could to get open. I think it's gonna be the same. 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:24.320 I believe that that's top fighting league playing man coverage, 0:11:24.480 --> 0:11:27.040 so I expect to have a fun game. All right. 0:11:27.080 --> 0:11:30.240 We don't know what darnelmoney situation is, so obviously he 0:11:30.280 --> 0:11:32.360 has leap frog him in terms of targets and being 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:36.040 the number two receiver here. But Anthony Miller the coaches 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:38.680 are today saying Bill Laser said, Hey, it's not it's 0:11:38.679 --> 0:11:40.800 not necessarily what he isn't doing. It's just where the 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:43.960 ball's been going. How do you feel about that? Because 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:47.560 with the ball in his hands, he's got yackability. He's quick, 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:51.120 especially out of that slot and uh at C. J. Gardner. 0:11:51.200 --> 0:11:55.080 Johnson's a feisty player. Man. We can make comments about 0:11:55.120 --> 0:11:58.160 his mouth, but he backs it up because he's a 0:11:58.360 --> 0:12:01.920 very very good slot defender. Yeah. You know. The key 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:04.160 ingredient though, is you can't get caught up in that 0:12:04.559 --> 0:12:06.439 part of the game. You can't get a caught in 0:12:06.480 --> 0:12:10.520 the drawing in between plays before after you know, it's 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:12.880 for funny because Bears Game Day Live, we have to 0:12:12.880 --> 0:12:16.559 pick one of our most important Bears, and I wanted 0:12:16.720 --> 0:12:19.400 I had Anthony Miller written down a couple of times. 0:12:20.000 --> 0:12:22.000 It's almost like I didn't want to jinx myself, so 0:12:22.040 --> 0:12:24.520 I change it. But I do think that Anthony Miller 0:12:24.800 --> 0:12:27.800 will have his most explosive game this week. No, he's 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:30.520 looking for explosives. They're looking for explosives the big place, 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:33.800 twenty yards or more. Against the Saints. When they get 0:12:33.840 --> 0:12:36.320 close to the red zone, something happens. Don't know what, 0:12:36.440 --> 0:12:39.719 but they haven't been great defending the touchdown deficiency, so 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:41.480 that is something. If you move the bond get in 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:43.480 the red zone, you have to take advantage of their 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:46.680 miscommunications back there. You know, the best catch last week 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:49.360 in the game was on his fourth down catch earlier, 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:52.920 So if he made third and fourth down catches alone, 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:56.199 I'd be okay with that. I expect more explosiveness out 0:12:56.200 --> 0:12:58.760 of him. I think of that that long fifty plus 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:02.200 yard pass. If they threw Darnell Mooney, Anthony Miller is 0:13:02.240 --> 0:13:05.840 capable of that same type of route. So if Darnell 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:08.440 Mooney didn't play or he was limited, you don't have 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:11.280 to leave that play on the cover in the cupboard. 0:13:11.360 --> 0:13:14.600 You gotta use that same play with Athony Miller, all Right, 0:13:14.600 --> 0:13:16.240 we gotta listen to a little Khalil Mack. He was 0:13:16.559 --> 0:13:20.079 talking to the media today. I had some really good stuff. Certainly, 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:22.280 he was asked about the underdog thing that seems to 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:24.560 be the vein that everyone's going because the Bears have 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:27.200 been underdogs for most of the games they played this season. 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:31.000 In certain cases understandable. Other ones, maybe you scratch your 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:33.920 head a little bit, specially some home games. But they're 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:36.240 the biggest underdog tom out of the twelve teams that 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:38.640 are playing. They are the biggest underdog against the Saints 0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:41.920 on the road, against a powerful team, and you might 0:13:41.960 --> 0:13:45.840 expect that. But when asked if he feels they're like underdogs, 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:51.840 you're gonna get an interesting response. He personally always it's 0:13:51.840 --> 0:13:54.920 just me and I know these guys do as well. Man, 0:13:54.920 --> 0:13:59.120 it's a lot of disrespect. Oh that we know. I'm saying, 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:02.240 I've been here, and so obviously you got to use 0:14:02.280 --> 0:14:05.720 all of that to your advantage and not to speak 0:14:05.720 --> 0:14:07.800 on it suits so much, but to go out and 0:14:07.880 --> 0:14:11.360 use actions, and that's what we're looking forward to dinner. Well, 0:14:11.360 --> 0:14:14.640 the interesting thing he's asked where he's hearing it from, Well, 0:14:14.640 --> 0:14:16.360 maybe I'm not. You know what I'm saying, and you 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:20.160 just hear certain things and you know that take offense 0:14:20.200 --> 0:14:22.240 to it, but in the right ways. You know what 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:24.680 I'm saying and use it to your advantage. So how 0:14:24.680 --> 0:14:26.400 do you use that to your advantage or is that 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:31.720 just cliche? Well, it's usable cliche because I would say, 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:35.280 we're so disrespected. Before our injury report came out, they 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:37.800 made us a nine and a half point underdog. So 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:39.960 if we had a healthy roster, would we still be 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:42.720 nine and a half point underdog? So I would I 0:14:42.720 --> 0:14:47.880 would use that as as you know, information to turn 0:14:47.920 --> 0:14:50.600 it into a positive because I don't think there's any 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:53.880 reason for these guys to be underdogs by nine and 0:14:53.960 --> 0:14:56.680 a half points. They lost to him in overtime here 0:14:56.800 --> 0:15:00.080 during the regular season when the Bears offense wasn't playing 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:03.960 very well. So hey, man, it doesn't matter what you're 0:15:04.040 --> 0:15:07.480 under It's like Khalil said, actions are louder than words. 0:15:07.840 --> 0:15:11.440 Go out there and motivate the group of guys around you, 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:14.520 like we see the effort that Khalil gives each and 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:19.120 every week. Now, let's talk more about the offense. Establishing 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:21.920 that run again against a very good run defense. Again, 0:15:21.920 --> 0:15:24.760 they do everything well I look at them, I kept 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:29.280 thinking because of Aaron Rodgers and because what they've done 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:31.720 in the second half of the season. Defensively, they're getting better, 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:34.360 the secondaries playing well. They got pressure going on big 0:15:34.360 --> 0:15:36.520 time right now for the Pack, and they got a 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:38.760 running game with a three headed monster. If they wanted 0:15:38.800 --> 0:15:41.160 to that, they are the best team in the league. 0:15:41.400 --> 0:15:45.360 That's my opinion. But the Saints are the most complete 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:48.920 team potentially because they do a lot of great things 0:15:48.920 --> 0:15:52.520 with a lot of personnel on defense, offense, and special teams. 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:54.480 Where do you look at them as you've watched them 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:58.200 on tape, This is a really good football team. They're 0:15:58.200 --> 0:16:00.680 willing to play physically on defense, and that's where the 0:16:00.720 --> 0:16:04.360 Bears have to match him the most. But I'm not 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:07.440 saying this disrespectful, but I don't fear Drew Brees as 0:16:07.520 --> 0:16:11.320 much as I do Aaron Rodgers because Drew Brees he 0:16:11.400 --> 0:16:15.520 throws out of a ten foot circumference. Aaron Rodgers can 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:17.720 go with the with he can go anywhere he wants 0:16:17.720 --> 0:16:20.840 to because his legs will still carry him. So if 0:16:20.840 --> 0:16:24.880 you can condense the pocket immediately around Drew Brees, he 0:16:24.960 --> 0:16:28.080 has a hard time seeing over things. And then if 0:16:28.120 --> 0:16:30.840 you're a defensive tackle and you're rushing closer to him 0:16:31.000 --> 0:16:33.840 and he's getting ready to unload, hands up in the air, 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:36.360 and then you're gonna take up You're gonna fill a 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:38.880 passing lane, and then that's gonna help your defensive back. 0:16:38.960 --> 0:16:42.520 So I have all the respect in the world to 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:45.680 the approach that Drew Brees takes in order to be 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:49.280 prepared as professionally as he has been through his whole career. 0:16:49.600 --> 0:16:52.440 But if we're talking about Aaron versus Drew Brees, I 0:16:52.520 --> 0:16:56.120 still have more fear and respect of Aaron. What about 0:16:56.120 --> 0:16:59.560 the addition, potentially of Michael Thomas. He has not played 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:02.800 much year, just ten quarters. With Drew Brees coming off 0:17:02.800 --> 0:17:06.719 an ankle, maybe they've been screwing him away, putting him 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:08.639 away a little bit, getting ready for the playoffs, to 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:12.600 bring that offensive player of the Year from twenty nineteen 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:15.040 out of the cobwebs and into the spotlight. What do 0:17:15.040 --> 0:17:20.000 you think. I'm not so sure a player that timing 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:23.560 is so important that you can plug and play and 0:17:23.720 --> 0:17:28.000 expect them to go from seventy percent practice effort to 0:17:28.760 --> 0:17:32.080 one hundred. I can't say one hundred percent effort in 0:17:32.119 --> 0:17:36.560 the playoffs, it is different. It's more physical. You kind 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:39.160 of have a different brand, a different style of the game. 0:17:39.240 --> 0:17:41.800 So I'm not certain that you can just play. He's 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:44.520 still great, he's still a dynamic receiver, one of the 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:47.520 best in all of the NFL. But I just don't 0:17:47.520 --> 0:17:49.760 know if you can go from zero to one hundred 0:17:50.040 --> 0:17:53.240 within a week's time. Chuck Bogano had a lot of 0:17:53.240 --> 0:17:56.639 great things to say about Avian Kimara obviously today, And 0:17:56.800 --> 0:17:59.199 you know, the whole idea of what you do with 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:02.120 a guy like that at so much yard from scrimmage 0:18:02.119 --> 0:18:03.520 because he can do it on the ground and in 0:18:03.600 --> 0:18:06.080 the air. Things they did to him in the Week 0:18:06.160 --> 0:18:09.199 eight meeting pretty good. But is your best shot to 0:18:09.320 --> 0:18:13.200 control this guy and not worry about completely shutting him down. 0:18:13.320 --> 0:18:17.240 It's a question posed to Chuck Pagano today earlier with 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:19.679 the media. You gotta have a bunch of eyes on 0:18:19.720 --> 0:18:23.119 this guy, obviously public enemy number one. They've got a 0:18:23.119 --> 0:18:25.400 ton of talent. Michael Thomas is going to be back 0:18:25.440 --> 0:18:28.600 and Hall of Fame quarterback. You know, great option for 0:18:28.640 --> 0:18:31.680 him in the past game, Manuel Sanders. So the list 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:34.639 goes on and on and on. But Alan's he's just 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:37.800 a tremendous all around back, and you know, you split 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:40.520 him out and like a wide receiver trying to cover him, 0:18:40.640 --> 0:18:42.840 trying to figure out, Okay, who do we got that 0:18:42.920 --> 0:18:45.680 we can put on him? And it's not going to 0:18:45.760 --> 0:18:47.680 be just one guy. It's going to be all hands 0:18:47.720 --> 0:18:50.560 on deck. Yeah, you know, it's kind of like the 0:18:50.600 --> 0:18:54.000 old philosophy that John Tierlink, a great defensive line coach 0:18:54.040 --> 0:18:57.119 who passed away a year or so ago, and George 0:18:57.119 --> 0:19:01.440 Allen when we faced the team, they had a dynamic quarterback. 0:19:01.880 --> 0:19:05.360 It was every single play, Jeff, you rush the quarterback 0:19:05.400 --> 0:19:07.919 and you tackle the running back on the way by. 0:19:08.040 --> 0:19:10.640 So I think that if you have a passive approach 0:19:10.720 --> 0:19:13.720 at the defensive line waiting for Alan Kamara to come 0:19:13.760 --> 0:19:16.000 towards you, Drew Brees is gonna throw it over the 0:19:16.040 --> 0:19:18.000 top of you all the time. But if you have 0:19:18.040 --> 0:19:21.879 a high impact rush zone into the backfield and Alvin 0:19:21.960 --> 0:19:25.280 Kamara gets that handoff he's an outlet receiver, then you 0:19:25.320 --> 0:19:29.359 put Drew Brees in a defensive backpedaling position. So to me, 0:19:30.080 --> 0:19:32.800 I am gonna sick the dogs. Every one of these 0:19:32.840 --> 0:19:36.399 defensive lineman. They're gonna rotate, they're gonna stay fresh, and 0:19:36.440 --> 0:19:40.520 I'm gonna bring it every single play that I possibly can. 0:19:40.800 --> 0:19:44.480 And that's gonna include James Voters, It's gonna include Barkvous Mingo, 0:19:44.920 --> 0:19:48.360 It's gonna include Gibson, It's gonna include every single guy 0:19:48.400 --> 0:19:51.199 that has a defensive upfront Jersey number on. All Right, 0:19:51.200 --> 0:19:57.320 with the with the turnover thing, is the luck about 0:19:57.359 --> 0:20:00.280 to twitch? Because the luck hasn't been there a year? 0:20:00.880 --> 0:20:04.159 So is this a game in the playoffs? Because he 0:20:04.200 --> 0:20:06.200 doesn't turn it over much? They don't turn it over much. 0:20:06.280 --> 0:20:09.960 They're outstanding plus night. But after a while, if you're 0:20:09.960 --> 0:20:11.760 in the right position, is the ball going to bout 0:20:11.760 --> 0:20:17.320 your way? Finally? Yeah, I think. I think the velocity 0:20:17.359 --> 0:20:19.600 of the football that Drew Brees throws is a lot 0:20:19.640 --> 0:20:22.760 different than the velocity of football that Aaron Rodgers throws. 0:20:22.800 --> 0:20:24.959 So I do think the defenders are going to have 0:20:25.040 --> 0:20:28.200 more opportunities to get in front of an Aaron pass 0:20:28.560 --> 0:20:31.560 or a slower velocity pass. Can he still hit his 0:20:31.640 --> 0:20:34.520 mark every time against these guys? He can, but it's 0:20:34.520 --> 0:20:37.879