WEBVTT - Week 14 insights and analysis | Bears, etc. Podcast 0:00:00.680 --> 0:00:06.120 Cut over that Dj Moore enzode touchdown, touchdown Bears. I 0:00:06.160 --> 0:00:08.080 am Jeff Jonihan litz. 0:00:07.920 --> 0:00:12.960 Is Ho Donnie go hout what was like playing for 0:00:13.039 --> 0:00:13.680 coach you, digg. 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:16.439 I don't want to answer any questions like that pressure 0:00:16.480 --> 0:00:26.240 coming is a big trouble. Donnie Goes Montese Sweat Now Bears, 0:00:26.280 --> 0:00:29.000 et cetera. Brought to you by Geico with the voices 0:00:29.000 --> 0:00:31.320 of the Bears Jeff Joniet and Tom Thayer. 0:00:32.680 --> 0:00:32.800 Well. 0:00:32.840 --> 0:00:35.720 The Bears ran into US San Francisco buzz saw before 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:38.879 cobbling together a competitive second half, losing thirty eight thirteen 0:00:38.960 --> 0:00:42.480 in Santa Clara, California. Week fourteen did not go down 0:00:42.560 --> 0:00:44.320 like the Bears at hoped, and the result is a 0:00:44.360 --> 0:00:47.360 seventh straight loss and a winless road record this season. 0:00:47.360 --> 0:00:49.760 With Super Bowl winning Bears guard Tom There, I'm Jeff Joniat, 0:00:49.760 --> 0:00:52.560 Episode one eighteen of the Bears, Etcetera podcast brought to 0:00:52.600 --> 0:00:55.840 you by Geico. Coming up, we'll hear from new head coach, 0:00:55.920 --> 0:00:59.000 the interim boss, Thomas Brown one on one interview about 0:00:59.280 --> 0:01:02.680 all sorts of things, but Tom overall, I did like 0:01:02.720 --> 0:01:04.360 the fight in the second half. I did like the 0:01:04.360 --> 0:01:07.920 way Caleb Williams completed balls at high percent of protecting 0:01:07.920 --> 0:01:12.520 the football once again, no interceptions, Roma Dunze flashing again 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:14.640 with his ability to get in the end zone twice, 0:01:15.040 --> 0:01:17.600 first time since two thousand and one when David Terrell 0:01:17.680 --> 0:01:19.520 did it in that famous game against the forty nine 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:22.319 ers of the Mike Brown picked six game. But so 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:25.119 many other things. And we've heard now from Thomas Brown 0:01:25.160 --> 0:01:28.160 on several occasions since the game and after watching tape, 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:30.800 and he'll get into it a little bit, but there 0:01:30.880 --> 0:01:33.760 was a lot left on the bone, and execution was 0:01:33.800 --> 0:01:36.520 the big word, the lack of execution despite a good week. 0:01:36.800 --> 0:01:38.119 They say it was good preparation. 0:01:38.200 --> 0:01:41.320 Yeah, I mean, listen, you can't deny the fact that 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:44.760 there's some frustration that was left behind in San Francisco. 0:01:44.880 --> 0:01:48.560 And that's the whole definition of a team sport when 0:01:48.600 --> 0:01:51.520 you don't win the game, and there's sometimes frustration when 0:01:51.560 --> 0:01:53.440 you do win the game. But there's a lot of 0:01:53.480 --> 0:01:57.080 correctible mistakes in that film. And I think Thomas Brown 0:01:57.200 --> 0:02:00.640 is a guy that's pretty diligent about his work ethic 0:02:01.080 --> 0:02:04.440 and work effort that he expects from the players, and 0:02:04.520 --> 0:02:07.040 he's going to challenge these guys this week when they 0:02:07.080 --> 0:02:10.440 get together in preparation for the Minnesota Vikings. But when 0:02:10.520 --> 0:02:15.000 you talk about that continuous development relationship between Caleb and Romadoonze, 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:18.919 it's undeniable that they got something special that's brewing here 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:24.160 that hopefully will carry a decade long opportunity to succeed. 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:29.400 And then you have some landmark or benchmark accomplishments and 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:34.079 guys like Keenan Allen that you brought up to coach, 0:02:34.120 --> 0:02:36.880 and I'm glad that you did because there's not a 0:02:36.919 --> 0:02:39.240 lot of guys in the league that have been able 0:02:39.240 --> 0:02:41.880 to accomplish what Keenan Allen has, and I think he's 0:02:41.919 --> 0:02:46.040 a good example of continuous hard work when you look 0:02:46.080 --> 0:02:48.600 at what he was able to do in this football game, 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:53.160 in those accomplishments that show the dedication to a career. 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:55.960 I think it's a good influence for these other guys 0:02:56.000 --> 0:02:58.919 to see what you can do if you really dedicate 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:03.799 yourself to a team sport that has the success of 0:03:03.880 --> 0:03:07.639 everybody in mind. And I think that is important because 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:09.919 there's a lot of young guys in this team that 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:13.600 need these types of examples to see to you know, 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:15.000 have the best yet to come. 0:03:15.360 --> 0:03:17.880 Tom, did you guys have issues in your career at 0:03:17.880 --> 0:03:21.920 any point starting fast And did you go through stretches 0:03:22.200 --> 0:03:24.720 like this team. This is a uniquely long stretch of 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:27.320 not able to start fast. And what do you do 0:03:27.400 --> 0:03:30.240 about it? What's the fix? Isn't a mental thing? I mean, 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:32.040 how do you look at it? 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:35.960 Well, you know, it's just a continuous operation of making 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:39.160 sure that you're developing a system that you're super confident in. 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:40.720 But you know, the thing. 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:43.360 About it is is football is kind of the unique 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:46.000 challenge of it is is when you go into an 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:50.680 environment that it's loud and you don't have the organization 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:53.640 that you do at home, sometimes that's in the obstacle 0:03:53.680 --> 0:03:56.800 to overcome. And when you have a young quarterback who's 0:03:56.800 --> 0:03:59.720 in charge of all those elements, sometimes it takes a 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:02.280 while for him to get an understanding of how these 0:04:02.400 --> 0:04:06.520 environments need to be worked. But you know, I'm not 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:08.680 going to sit here and say Caleb has ever let 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:11.320 me down, because he hasn't. And I love what, you 0:04:11.320 --> 0:04:14.200 know where he's going with his career. And I do 0:04:14.240 --> 0:04:18.320 think when you know time takes, time takes a hold 0:04:18.360 --> 0:04:21.240 of this system and they get an opportunity to all 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:24.120 be fighting in the same direction. I think starters will 0:04:24.120 --> 0:04:28.040 be faster, and you know that's why I'm so excited 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:30.400 to see this game, Jeff. You know, it's the first 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:32.680 time in Caleb's career that he's going to have the 0:04:32.760 --> 0:04:35.800 same opponent twice in one year. We didn't do that 0:04:35.880 --> 0:04:39.599 in our college careers, and he hasn't either. So now 0:04:39.800 --> 0:04:41.800 you have a little bit of an example of a 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:45.440 tape to watch of what you've already done against this 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:49.120 football team. I have big expectations for Caleb and the 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:50.080 entire Bear team. 0:04:50.279 --> 0:04:52.440 Do coaches hold back a little bit when they know 0:04:52.520 --> 0:04:53.799 they got a second game coming. 0:04:54.320 --> 0:04:56.800 I don't know if they necessarily hold back or they 0:04:56.839 --> 0:04:58.479 only feed as much as they have. 0:04:58.360 --> 0:05:00.400 To, like show you a little something and then hey, 0:05:00.520 --> 0:05:02.479 oh I got something for you to the next one. 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:07.360 Right exactly, and coaches both ways. But if something's working successfully, 0:05:07.440 --> 0:05:10.080 you can do it multiple times in one game. And 0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:12.280 so you have a game plan or you have a 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:15.320 play sheet that might have a couple hundred plays on it, 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:17.520 but if during the course of that game you only 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:20.280 have to use fifty or sixty of them, then that's. 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:21.000 All you got to use. 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:24.680 Knowing good and well that you've been able to insert 0:05:24.760 --> 0:05:28.000 this information during the course of OTA's in training camp 0:05:28.320 --> 0:05:30.760 knowing that you are exactly looking at this team and 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:34.560 this style of defense when you were inserting it. So hey, 0:05:34.640 --> 0:05:37.160 you may be holding a more than a handful of 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:39.640 plays that you want to use on the road, because 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:44.560 sometimes it's a test to see how is your quarterback developing, 0:05:44.839 --> 0:05:47.400 who are the weapons that he likes to take advantage of, 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:49.800 and now how can you use him in these types 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:50.520 of environments. 0:05:50.640 --> 0:05:53.760 Brought to you by PNC Official Bank of the Bears. 0:05:53.800 --> 0:05:56.960 Such a disparity in yards and I know it's just yards, 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:58.400 but it does lead to points, and it did for 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:01.080 San Francisco going up twenty four. The three nineteen to 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:03.720 four in the first half, I mean, these are these 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:07.680 are remarkable numbers, right, and the inability to convert on 0:06:07.720 --> 0:06:10.039 third down or keep drives alive. They didn't turn the 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:13.359 ball over but once on the fumble by Caleb Williams. 0:06:13.520 --> 0:06:17.880 This sport is something, man, it really boggles my mind sometimes. 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:18.440 Right. 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:19.800 You know, if I go back and I look at 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:22.920 the first half, let me take away the four big 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:26.920 plays by George Kittle. And if you take those four 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:29.680 big plays away and then you change the down and distance, 0:06:29.720 --> 0:06:33.080 you change the frustration of those guys trying to get 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:37.440 first downs. It changes the numbers that you're talking about 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:40.560 of the first half. And so I know the other 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:43.680 receivers they were able to hit a couple of big 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:46.880 plays and stuff, but to me, it's the frustration of 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:50.279 the big plays that were offered to the tight end position. 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:53.200 And I think the Bears have the quality of athletes 0:06:53.279 --> 0:06:56.400 that they can limit the success of tight ends in 0:06:56.440 --> 0:07:00.359 this league. And so to me that was be a 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:04.280 point of emphasis by Eric Washington and his staff going 0:07:04.360 --> 0:07:06.720 into this week because they have a good tight end 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:07.240 as well. 0:07:07.560 --> 0:07:11.240 Yeah, DJ Hockinson, Evan Ingram, and Kiddle all with one 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:14.120 hundred plus yards against the Bears, most against any team 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:16.800 in the league with the tight end position. So it 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:19.280 will be a big match up. And you know this 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:22.200 quarterback this scheme, Yeah, outside zone, but they also like 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:24.000 work in the middle of the field, and that's what 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:27.840 brock Perty did. They had really not screened that much 0:07:27.880 --> 0:07:31.440 this year, but their screens were deadly and so always 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:34.480 new wrinkles that you're gonna have to face a defense, 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:37.480 not with a new coordinator, that's an adjustment to I'd 0:07:37.520 --> 0:07:40.440 imagine even though he's been in the system for the 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:43.360 greater part of this season. But so many things to 0:07:43.400 --> 0:07:45.720 work on, and that's the beauty of this You can 0:07:45.840 --> 0:07:48.280 work on them and they can be fixed as quickly 0:07:48.320 --> 0:07:50.160 as they created problems. 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:52.880 You know, you look at you look at George Kittle 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:55.559 for the whole game, six receptions, one hundred and fifty 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:59.200 one yards for twenty five yard average. You take those 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:01.320 plays out of the first half, you have a chance 0:08:01.360 --> 0:08:05.400 to be have some competitive scoring opportunities by the Bears offense, 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:07.520 and then you maybe have a chance to be a 0:08:07.560 --> 0:08:09.800 little bit more aggressive at and from the line of 0:08:09.800 --> 0:08:13.120 scrimmage because when the Bears did blitz, they were able 0:08:13.200 --> 0:08:16.360 to get brock Perty off a spot, they were able 0:08:16.400 --> 0:08:19.800 to challenge his accuracy. And I think it's the same 0:08:19.880 --> 0:08:21.920 type of attack that you can have for a guy 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:25.880 like Darnold in Minnesota this week. But you have to 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:29.680 make sure that the coverage responsibilities against a tight end 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:32.080 like Hockinson, you don't let it get away from you 0:08:32.559 --> 0:08:35.440 and add extra yards to it because you know you 0:08:35.480 --> 0:08:39.280 have a couple of good wide receivers in Jefferson and Addison. 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:45.360 So I think it's just given Eric Washington the equal 0:08:45.400 --> 0:08:49.840 opportunity to go on the road and succeed with his defense. 0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:52.440 And I'm almost glad like that they did play in 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:55.880 San Francisco because I like to see Eric Washington take 0:08:55.880 --> 0:08:58.160 the show on the road two weeks in a row 0:08:58.360 --> 0:09:02.600 in a hostile environment and see how this defense set 0:09:02.640 --> 0:09:04.320 of talent can work their skills. 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:06.439 Well, I think Thomas Browning the kid, and I'd like 0:09:06.480 --> 0:09:08.599 to see a little bit more physicality on defense and 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:11.760 a little more violence than we showed. And now as well, 0:09:11.800 --> 0:09:15.000 and you know, now I had three news conferences essentially 0:09:15.160 --> 0:09:19.240 since the game. He used words on Sunday after the 0:09:19.240 --> 0:09:22.440 game like challenge us to be the best, encourage, but 0:09:22.800 --> 0:09:27.400 demand to stay unified. Yep, that right there, demand to 0:09:27.440 --> 0:09:32.040 stay unified. That says something significant, and that's a lot 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:33.800 to dive into a little bit. Got to go to 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:35.880 work this week, gotta go to work next week. Got 0:09:35.880 --> 0:09:37.480 to go to work and do your best in your 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:40.199 four games. So stay unified. Let's see what we get 0:09:40.240 --> 0:09:42.760 out of it. But you know that message has to 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:43.800 come from the players. 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:46.079 That's not something that a coach is going to tell 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:47.679 you in a meeting and then it's going to fit 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:49.400 into the locker room. This is something that's going to 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:51.400 fit in the locker room. And you're going to have 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:53.920 these veterans that have a lot of experience in the 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:56.920 NFL that are going to have to have that conversation 0:09:57.559 --> 0:09:59.840 with some of the veterans in the room and some 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:01.960 the young guys, and they're going to have to all 0:10:02.480 --> 0:10:06.040 kind of, you know, surround each other and as they say, 0:10:06.120 --> 0:10:09.599 circle the wagons. And I think they have a leadership 0:10:09.640 --> 0:10:14.040 inside that locker room that have the ability to voice 0:10:14.520 --> 0:10:17.720 the need for exactly what Thomas Brown is saying. 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:19.560 And I think it can be done, and I think 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:20.320 it will be done. 0:10:20.400 --> 0:10:22.360 Have a newer gently used coach laying around. Head to 0:10:22.360 --> 0:10:25.160 your local Jewel Losco until February tenth and donate one 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:27.280 of your newer gently used coach to the thirty sixth 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:31.520 annual Chicago Bears Coach Drive. Helped keep Chicagoans warm this winter, 0:10:31.880 --> 0:10:34.440 all right. So I took a different approach with Coach. 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:37.520 I did an interview with him for ESPN one thousand 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:40.600 earlier in the day that was more about the game 0:10:40.640 --> 0:10:43.120 ex's and o's. I really, you know, it just kind 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:46.680 of evolved this conversation and it all stemmed from what 0:10:46.720 --> 0:10:49.400 you spent on the on the team plane, watching tape, 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:52.240 breaking things down more than once, and it just became 0:10:52.280 --> 0:10:55.000 a conversation. So let's get the status at Hallis with 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:57.839 head coach Thomas Brown. All right, thanks again Thomas for 0:10:57.920 --> 0:11:00.000 joining us here in Bears, etc. Tom will be along 0:11:00.240 --> 0:11:02.439 in just a minute. I know you've already talked a 0:11:02.480 --> 0:11:06.160 lot about this game and the benefit of traveling that 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:07.839 kind of distance. You do get a lot of work 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:08.880 done on the plane, don't you. 0:11:09.120 --> 0:11:11.960 Absolutely just having a change from a prep standpoint, hited there, 0:11:11.960 --> 0:11:14.360 but also on the way back. It gives me enough 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:15.920 time to be able to grade both sides of the 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:18.240 ball and also take a pick at special teams as well. 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:23.839 I try to always, you know, watch all phases multiple times. 0:11:23.880 --> 0:11:25.600 I have a kind of a more accurate picture when 0:11:25.600 --> 0:11:26.880 I end up meeting with the coordinators. 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:28.400 But definitely get a ton of work down. 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:31.040 Let me ask you about that because I learned to 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:34.600 watch tape from Tom there, Super Bowl Bear so over 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:37.679 of course from my career. I don't know assignments or 0:11:37.679 --> 0:11:40.000 anything like that, but it's just that that ability to 0:11:40.000 --> 0:11:42.200 watch things over and over again. It slowed the game 0:11:42.240 --> 0:11:44.840 down for me to call the game. When you first 0:11:44.840 --> 0:11:48.680 started playing football and you ran the ball at Georgia. 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:51.560 Did you before you go into the NFL, did you 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:52.800 know how to watch tape? 0:11:53.760 --> 0:11:56.000 Absolutely not. I think come out of high school. You know, 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:57.920 you don't really watch much tape in high school. It's 0:11:57.920 --> 0:12:00.200 no mean everybody's in the same media room and head 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:02.160 coach might have a couple of clips to show from 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:04.960 the other opponent. But other think, like anything else, it's 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:06.560 the skill you have to develop when it comes to 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:09.680 understanding what you're looking at. But also you know understand 0:12:09.679 --> 0:12:12.360 how to break down the actual film. So watching the 0:12:12.400 --> 0:12:15.040 game is one thing, building cut ups and preparations is 0:12:15.080 --> 0:12:17.520 something different. So we try to do a really good 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:20.200 job as I learned throughout talk about the years at Georgia. 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:21.520 Of what am I looking at? 0:12:21.720 --> 0:12:24.000 I think when I was a freshman, I'm just I'm 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:25.920 just watching taping and tape it running. I have no 0:12:26.000 --> 0:12:28.640 idea what I'm looking at. I'm not, you know, necessarily 0:12:28.640 --> 0:12:30.920 reading coverage and looking at linebacker the means I'm looking 0:12:30.960 --> 0:12:33.559 just for big plays. As time goes on, you understand 0:12:33.800 --> 0:12:37.600 to look at you know, formation alignements. From a defensive standpoint, 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:40.800 Are there any pressure tails indicated? When it comes to 0:12:41.640 --> 0:12:45.160 how linebacker's feet are also how guys kind of play 0:12:45.200 --> 0:12:47.880 and defend certain blocks. You kind of anticipate certain reads. 0:12:48.240 --> 0:12:50.840 But I think, like anything else, reperticos. 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:50.960 To the mother of vernon. 0:12:51.080 --> 0:12:52.960 So the more you hear it, the more you hear it, 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:54.360 the more you see it, the more you do it, 0:12:54.960 --> 0:12:56.080 the better you become anything. 0:12:56.320 --> 0:12:59.320 Yeah, you know the crazy thing about it's the subtle stuff. 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:03.199 It's the placement, it's the footwork, it's how somebody's lined up. 0:13:03.559 --> 0:13:07.120 The uniqueness of the greatest players that in a split 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:10.320 second can do something that one tenth of one percent 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:12.600 of the entire world is capable of doing because of 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:16.720 their strength or athleticism or their instincts. Right, And that's 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:18.840 the beauty of watching tape because if you really slow 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:20.720 it down and watch it over and over and over again, 0:13:20.960 --> 0:13:24.960 it almost paints a different picture every time, don't you agree. 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:27.080 It's like watching poetry emotion at time. 0:13:27.160 --> 0:13:30.199 And I think you know that's why I oftentimes get 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:33.320 irritated when people speak about athletes or football players in general 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:36.040 of not being intelligent. You have to be highly intellectual 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:38.880 to be able to understand and diagnose some processing and 0:13:38.880 --> 0:13:41.280 a split second and make a full speed decision with 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:43.440 the game on the line. So I think it's all about, 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:45.120 you know, kind of what you commit yourself to. And 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:47.480 as you mentioned before, the greats become the greats because 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:50.040 of their habits and what they repeat on a regular basis, 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:52.120 but also what they can kind of do a really 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:54.640 good job of with Tennessees. That's what I try to 0:13:54.640 --> 0:13:56.400 do a really good job with the offense of how 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:59.560 we marry formations, emotions and even just talk what cretib 0:13:59.600 --> 0:14:02.240 about his his mechanics and demeanor in the pocket proof 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:05.720 o wise, they're gonna keep everything off of your hand placement. 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:08.240 Do you grab the tae before the ball comes any 0:14:08.280 --> 0:14:09.880 manner and they can pick up on them for the 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:12.080 ball snap, So try to be as uniform as possible. 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:14.440 They can't get a key on when the ball's gonna 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:15.079 be snapped. 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:17.120 You know, it's almost And I play baseball, so I 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:19.720 always used to hitch before I threw, and sometimes if 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:22.720 a fast runner he got me, you know, but almost 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:25.240 almost every quarterback taps before they throw. 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:25.560 Though. 0:14:25.800 --> 0:14:28.440 To me, that's an indicator, right, but it is part 0:14:28.440 --> 0:14:31.480 of the ritual that you grew up with, or you 0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:34.360 you can't. I mean it's just you, right. Do you 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:37.720 find that interesting that a lot of quarterbacks tap it first. 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:39.800 Yeah, I think it just goes back to habits. 0:14:39.840 --> 0:14:42.000 I think whether you create good habits and bad habits 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:44.880 is to define who you are. And so, as you mentioned, 0:14:44.920 --> 0:14:46.680 a lot of qbs do kind of pat the ball 0:14:46.720 --> 0:14:49.720 before the ball comes out. I remember being in LA 0:14:49.920 --> 0:14:52.840 listening to idb's coaches talk about pattern match and reading 0:14:52.920 --> 0:14:55.800 ke ball out break. Oo's got to make their breaks 0:14:55.800 --> 0:14:57.880 off of a QB pats balls about to come out, 0:14:57.880 --> 0:15:00.920 so they go trigger and drop when the ball, which 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:03.160 to me, if you're aware that from a quarterback standpoint, 0:15:03.440 --> 0:15:05.360 you can play off of that and you can dumb 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:07.640 me tap, make a defensive drive for double moves and 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:10.120 throw the ball behind them. So, but it's definitely all 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:11.840 about kind of playing the game within the game, and 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:15.360 also how much can you disguise and minimize the tendencies 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:16.920 you kind of expose to the other opponent. 0:15:17.080 --> 0:15:19.440 So, with that being said, when you watched it, and 0:15:19.480 --> 0:15:21.360 watch it, watch it again, and watch it again, and 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:24.120 you'll watch it again with the team, what are some 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:29.240 things that you feel are correctible from the tape from 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:30.320 yesterday's game? 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:33.960 Yeah, the execution first and foremost as far as our assignments, 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:36.920 our details, and how we execute the players if they 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:40.560 plays become just lines on the sheet until you bring 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:42.720 to life something. The more clear that we can give 0:15:42.720 --> 0:15:45.800 our guys a better understanding, the better they can execute. 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:48.320 Opposite game played a really good football team. This is 0:15:48.560 --> 0:15:50.440 this is the NFL. That there's no d League of 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:52.160 the NFL, So it's the best of the best that 0:15:52.200 --> 0:15:53.280 are here, and so. 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:53.960 We can and weak out. 0:15:54.000 --> 0:15:56.240 You going to face really good opponents with really good players, 0:15:56.640 --> 0:15:58.320 and so have to be ready for that challenge and 0:15:58.360 --> 0:15:58.880 be up to it. 0:15:59.400 --> 0:16:00.800 I think also when it comes. 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:05.880 To separating, you know, motivation and confidence from actually execution, 0:16:06.280 --> 0:16:07.880 I think our guys would definitely motivated. 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:09.800 They were definitely confident. We had a really good week 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:10.360 of preparation. 0:16:11.000 --> 0:16:13.680 But the game, that execution is what matters the most 0:16:13.680 --> 0:16:15.720 when it comes to winning and losing football games. 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:19.400 And with that becomes the psyche of a player or 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:22.240 a team. Do you do you feel that you have 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:25.800 a pretty firm grasp on the overall psyche of the team, 0:16:25.920 --> 0:16:29.000 especially one that now has unfortunately lost seven games in 0:16:29.040 --> 0:16:31.080 a row, because that could go many different ways. But 0:16:31.520 --> 0:16:33.400 you've been there the whole season, and it's not just 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:36.520 now that you're in charge. You have had a good 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:39.400 sense of it, but the hopes of a winning season 0:16:39.440 --> 0:16:42.520 for example, our dash, but now it's about just putting 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:44.640 your best foot forward for the final four. Do you 0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:46.280 have a good sense of that from these guys? 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:47.760 Yeah, I mean I feel like I do. I mean, 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:49.600 I've seen any time you drop seven in a row. 0:16:49.880 --> 0:16:51.120 I'm not gonna say the psychic is going to be 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:51.800 in a great spot. 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:55.760 That would be unrealistic and not a true statement. But 0:16:55.840 --> 0:16:57.239 I think as far as our guys. 0:16:57.080 --> 0:16:59.800 Belief in themselves and ability better fix things and get better, 0:17:00.160 --> 0:17:02.520 that's not lost. I think there's definitely still a good 0:17:02.520 --> 0:17:04.520 continuity in a locker room as far as they're belief 0:17:04.560 --> 0:17:06.720 in each other, which is one of the big points 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:08.280 of infaties that I want to make last week, as 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:11.119 far as staying connected unifying as a football team. So 0:17:11.160 --> 0:17:14.360 we had an opportunity to concede and move forward and ultimately, 0:17:14.400 --> 0:17:17.320 like we're all paid uh to do our jobs and 0:17:17.359 --> 0:17:20.800 so regardless of feelings, those don't really matter. 0:17:20.880 --> 0:17:22.120 I think feelings come and go. 0:17:22.920 --> 0:17:24.960 As a as a grown man, you have to do 0:17:25.000 --> 0:17:27.760 stuff sometimes that you don't feel like doing. Our responsibility 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:30.520 is to attack every single day and be at at best. 0:17:30.800 --> 0:17:35.560 And this converges with the Monday night game national attention. 0:17:35.600 --> 0:17:37.760 They're they're gonna be looking at us, They're gonna be 0:17:37.800 --> 0:17:40.000 poking at us. They're gonna be looking at you know 0:17:40.200 --> 0:17:44.520 what's next and everything. How do you plan on telling 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:47.560 these guys, Hey, listen, man, this is us on Monday Night. 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:51.560 I mean, we we gotta we gotta stay together, which 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:54.800 I don't doubt you wont uh, But we gotta, we gotta, 0:17:54.920 --> 0:17:58.159 we gotta really play some really good football against this 0:17:58.240 --> 0:17:59.359 Minnesota Viking outfit. 0:18:00.160 --> 0:18:00.360 Yeah. 0:18:00.359 --> 0:18:02.119 I think my message continue to say the same. As 0:18:02.119 --> 0:18:04.760 far as the outside, no's. I think it becomes harder 0:18:04.800 --> 0:18:08.640 for our players at times because it's a social media generation. 0:18:08.800 --> 0:18:11.240 Everybody looks at their phone and watch every TV show. 0:18:11.920 --> 0:18:14.240 I don't look at anything on purpose of football season. 0:18:14.240 --> 0:18:16.080 I don't really care about the outside world or what 0:18:16.119 --> 0:18:18.680 their thoughts are. Even if it's positive, then it don't 0:18:18.680 --> 0:18:21.960 help me do my job any better. And so I'll 0:18:22.040 --> 0:18:25.240 keep the same mess As far as yes, a primetime game, yes, 0:18:25.240 --> 0:18:26.160 Monday night football. 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:27.359 Yes, the whole world is watching. 0:18:27.480 --> 0:18:29.960 But the most important thing is how to prepare and 0:18:30.400 --> 0:18:33.440