WEBVTT - Rome Odunze on seizing every opportunity in Week 4 | Bears Weekly 0:00:00.920 --> 0:00:03.840 Welcome in to Bears Weekly powered. 0:00:03.440 --> 0:00:07.080 By IGS Energy, a Chicago Bears Network production. 0:00:07.560 --> 0:00:10.440 Bears Weekly has brought you by Advocate Healthcare. 0:00:10.680 --> 0:00:12.800 I've let it go physical efferently. 0:00:12.760 --> 0:00:17.800 CD Dewah, Connie's Piazza, IGS Energy and Mener Liked. 0:00:18.360 --> 0:00:21.880 Here are your hosts, Jeff Jilliac aka the Mayor of 0:00:21.920 --> 0:00:25.520 Bearsville and his sidekick Tom the Surfmaster Thayer. 0:00:26.520 --> 0:00:30.160 Well. After facing three straight second year quarterbacks, the Bears 0:00:31.000 --> 0:00:34.240 now deal with a crafty, consistent sixteen year veteran Matthew 0:00:34.280 --> 0:00:38.479 Stafford and the La Rams at Soldier Field. On Sunday, 0:00:38.960 --> 0:00:42.000 Jeff joniak on Bears Weekly with my Super Bowl winning 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:44.800 Bears guard and partner Tom Thayer. Here on ESPN one 0:00:44.800 --> 0:00:47.519 thousands of Bears Radio Network joining us this week as 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:49.240 well for a couple of segments. Jim Miller will be 0:00:49.280 --> 0:00:52.479 along the former Bears QB. We've got Roma Doonsday coming up, 0:00:52.520 --> 0:00:54.920 Big Tom. We got the Voice of the Rams, JB. Long, 0:00:55.000 --> 0:00:58.280 we got Coordinator Talk. We've got all kinds of surprises 0:00:58.280 --> 0:01:01.680 for you tonight. We're audio tonight in the ESPN studio, 0:01:01.760 --> 0:01:05.000 spinning the dials. Charlie Bevins and thanks to our producers 0:01:05.080 --> 0:01:07.160 Dan Brilly and Jordan Trunip, and the executive producer of 0:01:07.200 --> 0:01:09.080 the Bears Ready Network is Eric Ostrotski. 0:01:09.160 --> 0:01:12.399 Tom, we got the Rams coming to town. Baby, Let's 0:01:12.440 --> 0:01:13.919 go big, Jeff. 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:17.400 I feel like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz because 0:01:17.440 --> 0:01:20.000 I click my heels and I just want to be home. 0:01:20.720 --> 0:01:23.280 And I think for the next two weeks, we're gonna 0:01:23.319 --> 0:01:26.600 learn a lot more about the Bears, about what type 0:01:26.600 --> 0:01:29.479 of control they have on offense and how aggressive they 0:01:29.480 --> 0:01:30.720 can be defensively. 0:01:31.240 --> 0:01:34.160 So I'm excited to see what happens. Yeah, it's gonna 0:01:34.160 --> 0:01:34.880 be fun to watch. 0:01:35.240 --> 0:01:39.800 Always respect Sean McVay, I always respect Matthew Stafford. They're 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:44.679 just brilliant football people, brilliant minds, and that alone can 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:46.880 be a challenge for a team no matter what else 0:01:46.959 --> 0:01:49.400 is on the roster. When you got a Matthew Stafford 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:54.680 and a guy like that particular head coach making decisions 0:01:54.720 --> 0:01:56.240 in calm plays. 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:58.480 Yeah, nothing's gonna be He's in the NFL, and that's 0:01:58.520 --> 0:02:01.120 the great thing about this league. But I think if 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:03.240 you can be the Chicago Bears and you can go 0:02:03.320 --> 0:02:05.960 home and you can have a performance that you can 0:02:06.000 --> 0:02:09.120 be proud of. What a sense of accomplishment, what a 0:02:09.200 --> 0:02:12.600 sense of improvement. That's exactly what this football team is 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:15.079 looking for. And this is what you want to look 0:02:15.160 --> 0:02:16.040 forward to seeing. 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:20.200 All Right, Bears injury report pretty long, Bakers doesn't on there, 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:23.120 Darnell right limited, Kevin Byrd unable to go to day, 0:02:23.160 --> 0:02:26.040 Keenan Allen though back on a limited basis, trying to 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:28.840 get back on the field. Get the three guys that 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:32.600 are your top three weapons in the receiver game on 0:02:32.720 --> 0:02:34.720 the field for Sunday. That would be great as the 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:36.560 Bears look to win their seventh in a row at 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:38.680 home dating back to last season. That's the longest active 0:02:38.680 --> 0:02:42.800 streak in the NFL. So some good news. Billings also 0:02:42.840 --> 0:02:44.720 been practice. Maybe that's a little rest, I don't know, 0:02:44.800 --> 0:02:46.600 but he has a sore knee as well, so there's 0:02:46.600 --> 0:02:49.560 others on there. But don't want to lose Billings, certainly 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:51.720 not against this Rams team that does like to run 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:53.320 the ball as well with kyn. 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:55.400 I don't want to lose any of those guys. 0:02:55.760 --> 0:02:58.560 But the real reality of it is, per game day, 0:02:59.240 --> 0:03:01.720 if you're gonna say that you're healthy and ready to 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:04.440 go on a game day activation, you got to be 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:07.359 ready to go. For four quarters. You can't go out 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:09.080 there and say I'll give it a try in the 0:03:09.120 --> 0:03:12.160 first quarter and if it doesn't work out, then put 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:16.160 in my substitution, because then that roster is down one guy. 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:19.320 So some of these veterans and some of these young 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:22.600 guys are gonna have to be honest with the coaching staff. 0:03:23.000 --> 0:03:25.359 All right, let's talk about the Bears run game for 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:28.120 a minute. Had a chance the offensive assistants were available 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:29.640 this week, so I had a chance to talk with 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:33.800 Chad Morton, the Bear's running back coach, and I asked him, Hey, 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:38.560 is it possible that in this league running backs can 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:42.320 press a little bit and maybe like quarterbacks or receivers 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:45.000 who fight the football whatever. Here's his answer as he 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:48.440 goes into what's been going on with the Bears rushing offense. 0:03:48.640 --> 0:03:48.839 Oh? 0:03:48.880 --> 0:03:52.200 Absolutely, yeah, absolutely so do you see some of that now? 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:56.040 Even I don't really see it right now. I don't. 0:03:56.680 --> 0:03:59.160 I just think it's just like everybody has to be better, 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:00.720 you know what I mean. It's not it's not a 0:04:00.800 --> 0:04:03.280 running back, it's not a you know, just the old lie. 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:03.520 You know. 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:05.000 The receivers are a big. 0:04:04.880 --> 0:04:07.120 Factor in that. The tight ends, even the quarterbacks carrying 0:04:07.120 --> 0:04:09.840 out fakes, you know, being good with the motions, just everything. 0:04:09.880 --> 0:04:11.320 So there's just a lot of stuff that we all 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:13.320 have to get better at. And it was coaches too. 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:16.640 You know you're better at you know, creating great plays 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:18.480 and you know we all have a part in this thing. 0:04:18.560 --> 0:04:21.280 So as a coach, you as a former NFL player, 0:04:21.720 --> 0:04:23.359 when you see a guy pressing, like, what's the what 0:04:23.400 --> 0:04:24.440 are the signs. 0:04:24.040 --> 0:04:26.000 That you Oh, that's a good. 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:28.240 One, a sign of something you went through. 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:31.560 Yeah, just when you start looking for you know, you 0:04:31.560 --> 0:04:34.400 don't trust stuff. You know, you don't. You don't trust 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:36.840 where the intended run is supposed to go. You just 0:04:36.880 --> 0:04:39.080 you know, get the ball and you start dancing around 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:41.520 and looking everywhere else where you know, besides whereas the 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:43.640 ball is supposed to go, and not pressing it because 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:44.960 you just want to hurt and get there. You see 0:04:44.960 --> 0:04:47.559 open space, so you just take off that way without 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:49.560 because every every run is designed right, you got to 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:51.919 press it, get the flow of the linebackers, get the 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:55.360 linemen going, cutting it back, whatever it is. So when 0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:56.960 you start seeing that, that's when you really got to 0:04:56.960 --> 0:04:58.479 get on the guys and just really tell them about 0:04:58.480 --> 0:05:01.280 trusting it and just stick with the details, the design 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:03.000 of the play, and then just execute the best of 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:03.440 your ability. 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:06.320 There's still a point of attack, and there's cutbacks are 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:08.920 welcome and so forth. But it is a there is 0:05:08.960 --> 0:05:11.160 a design point of attack on even outside. 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:14.320 Absolutely, I mean all these runs, I mean you just 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:16.719 you just read it out. I mean there's there's keys 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:19.480 and things that backs are reading. So I mean it's 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:20.880 really pretty simple. 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:21.640 It really is. 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:23.960 And then with the guys that separate themselves is after 0:05:23.960 --> 0:05:25.400 they get through the hole and then they you know, 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:27.599 then their natural ability takes over and then that's the 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:30.000 ones that separate. But like I tell these guys, from 0:05:30.000 --> 0:05:31.560 point A to point B, you guys should all look 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:33.560 the same that first cut. It should all be the same. 0:05:33.640 --> 0:05:35.640 Then after that you do what you do. If you're 0:05:35.640 --> 0:05:37.640 a big guy, run them over. If you're a quicker guy, 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:39.600 you can make a miss whatever, or do both, you know. 0:05:40.120 --> 0:05:42.200 But we have to be detailed from the running back 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:45.240 standpoint of A to B where we get the handoff, 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:47.760 we you know, press the hole and they'll make our 0:05:47.800 --> 0:05:48.920 cut from there and then we go. 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:52.400 All right, Tom there, Tom and I can see each 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:54.880 other on zoom. He's nodding his head affirmatively. So I'll 0:05:54.880 --> 0:05:56.680 give you the floor and Jim Miller will join us. 0:05:56.720 --> 0:05:59.440 Now he's on with us here on ESPN one thousand 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:01.360 of the Bears. Ready, Now we're go ahead, Tommy. 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:04.239 Very specific to the run game, and I've been saying 0:06:04.240 --> 0:06:06.640 this for the last couple of weeks. The way you 0:06:06.680 --> 0:06:08.800 want to get the most improvement in your running game 0:06:09.200 --> 0:06:11.800 and the best evaluation of how the guys are doing 0:06:11.839 --> 0:06:14.200 in front, you got to hit the hole on the 0:06:14.200 --> 0:06:17.240 inside running game. You got to trust that the offensive 0:06:17.279 --> 0:06:19.920 line is going to develop a hole from the first 0:06:20.279 --> 0:06:23.000 level to the second level, and then you become a 0:06:23.080 --> 0:06:27.560 running back. So Chad Morton, he's wise beyond his years 0:06:27.600 --> 0:06:30.760 and he's got experience. Because it's exactly what I've been 0:06:30.800 --> 0:06:32.120 saying the last couple of weeks. 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:35.279 Say Jim, I'm sure you agree as well. How you doing, 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:36.400 by the way, Well. 0:06:36.680 --> 0:06:39.560 Yeah, I'm doing great. Obviously. You know what the Bears 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:42.160 to succeed, you know, a very exciting year with a 0:06:42.200 --> 0:06:44.680 lot of goodwill that has been built up, and you know, 0:06:44.800 --> 0:06:46.320 like we said, I think it's going to take to 0:06:46.400 --> 0:06:48.640 week eight or week nine. You know, it's a shame 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:52.000 that you mentioned Jeff that they missed the opportunities against 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:55.880 these young quarterbacks. I mean, Anthony Richardson didn't complete fifty 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:59.600 percent of his passes, and so now the test becomes tougher. 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:01.960 But the offense has to get up and running and 0:07:02.040 --> 0:07:05.680 humming minimum by week nine because week twelve all those 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:10.160 division games. Here's what I'd say. Obviously they got to 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:12.320 run the ball a lot better. You know, you mentioned 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:15.840 Tom about right being limited. They've had some issues up 0:07:15.840 --> 0:07:18.280 on their offensive line. And as Tom just mentioned on 0:07:18.320 --> 0:07:21.040 the inside zone run and Chad Morton met this is 0:07:21.080 --> 0:07:23.840 not hard stuff, all right. You just played a basically 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:27.120 a four to five defense. If you're running inside zone run, 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:29.840 if the weak side backer crosses basically the center, you're 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:32.240 cutting that sucker back. If he flows over the top, 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:35.480 you know it'll open up either front side or backside, 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:38.080 depending on what the backers do. And I'd say the 0:07:38.080 --> 0:07:41.119 same for the outside zone run. It's not complicated stuff. 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:43.840 But they have to run the football better to really 0:07:43.880 --> 0:07:46.960 protect a young quarterback fifty two times throwing I think 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:50.880 probably all Chicago's No, that's not the map the roadmap 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:53.080 you want for young Caleb Williams. 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:56.040 No, Jim, what are other observations. We talked to you 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:58.240 a couple of weeks ago. You're gonna be joining us 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:00.680 every couple weeks here. What are the things that you 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:02.000 noticed so far about the Bears. 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:04.960 Well, I just think for him, like the two interceptions 0:08:05.000 --> 0:08:07.760 obviously forcing the ball, he's going to learn that. You 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:09.360 just got to move on your read. There'll be a 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:11.560 point in time in the future where he'll be able 0:08:11.600 --> 0:08:13.360 to get that stuff. And like the one that bounced 0:08:13.400 --> 0:08:15.640 off of Roma Doonsay, that was actually it hit Roma 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:17.960 Donsay in the chest. Yes, but it's a tight throw. 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:21.560 I think we know it's double coverage there. Just move 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:24.120 on and your read with different golt of jerseys. You're 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:26.960 the coverage is going to get you to the right guy, 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:29.880 but you've got to get through your reads with speed 0:08:30.160 --> 0:08:32.760 set and throw an accurate ball. Last week, I think 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:35.440 we all know, for granted credit Kleby got the two 0:08:35.480 --> 0:08:38.880 touchdown passes, but the three turnovers, the four sacks. It's 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:40.640 got to stop guys and they got to be able 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:41.240 to run the ball. 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:45.560 Yes, and to me, the play action plays off of that. Tom. 0:08:46.000 --> 0:08:48.480 We saw it work. We saw it work. 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:52.520 First couple weeks there was only eleven play action attempts 0:08:52.559 --> 0:08:55.080 according to Pro Football Focus. I haven't checked what it 0:08:55.160 --> 0:08:58.080 was this past week, but it definitely paid off with 0:08:58.120 --> 0:08:59.319 the big play to Donsay. 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:01.080 We'll be talking to him later on of the show. 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:02.880 So two things there. 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:06.360 You know, Caleb from the podium on Wednesday, he was 0:09:06.400 --> 0:09:10.040 talking about how he needs this running game, excuse me, 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:13.720 to average four yards per carry, and if you can 0:09:13.760 --> 0:09:17.200 do that, you can really set yourself up offensively. But 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:20.439 if you're averaging four yards of carry, it can be 0:09:20.760 --> 0:09:25.120 a lot more influential in the past play action passing game. 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:27.839 So that's what you need to get out of it. 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:31.240 It's not looking for unrealistic yards attached to the run game. 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:34.200 It's just got to have a nuts enough of an 0:09:34.240 --> 0:09:37.600 attachment where it's an influence. 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:40.400 And Jim, this Rams defense that we look to look 0:09:40.440 --> 0:09:42.360 forward to this matchup. I mean, obviously, if you look 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:44.720 at the numbers, you're gonna think this offense, these defense 0:09:44.880 --> 0:09:47.079 is really poor. They're they're lasting the league in a 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:48.760 lot of categories. They've been up a lot of yards 0:09:48.760 --> 0:09:50.760 a lot. They're not good against the run, but they're 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:53.040 a lighter front. They're a three to four defense, but 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:55.360 at the same time. They put a lot of pressures 0:09:55.360 --> 0:09:57.640 on brock Perty last week. They got a lot of 0:09:57.760 --> 0:10:00.520 guys that can get to the quarterback. It's a young, 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:04.600 young defense with a bunch of hungry guys, many rookies 0:10:04.600 --> 0:10:05.760 and undrafted players. 0:10:06.800 --> 0:10:08.080 They just play a little gritty. 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:09.960 I don't know if you've watched them at all in 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:11.240 the first three weeks of the season. 0:10:11.280 --> 0:10:13.440 Look at last week. I mean they did not lead 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:16.520 the entire game versus the forty nine ers, and then 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:18.679 the momentum and they carry it and they get the 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:21.240 victory literally the last minute of the game. So this 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:25.520 team will fight, and they scheme well with Sean McVay 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:28.880 and what they do offensively defensively, Like you said, they 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:32.240 are very young, but these guys aren't scared. Braden Fisk 0:10:32.240 --> 0:10:36.320 who they drafted defensive end, defensive tackle from Florida State, 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:38.800 Jared Verse, the first round pick who they also drafted 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:42.760 from Florida State, and that Cam Kitchens is a big safety. 0:10:42.400 --> 0:10:43.480 That is a ballhawk. 0:10:44.080 --> 0:10:47.480 So they are young, they're inexperience, they don't know, they'll 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:50.120 try a lot of things. They don't have Aaron Donald, 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:53.000 so you're right, they get pushed around, but they fight. 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:56.800 They fight, and with Jared go or not Jared Golf, 0:10:56.840 --> 0:11:00.280 but Matthew Stafford as their quarterback. They do not quick 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:02.760 because Matthew will compete the entire time, so it gives 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:04.800 him a puncher's chance, that's for sure. But they are 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:08.600 not the legitimate strong team they once were. They are 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:10.960 rebuilding with young players. 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:14.160 And their defensive coordinator, first year Chris Shula, with a 0:11:14.240 --> 0:11:17.520 senior assistant and associate head coach Sean Desai. 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:21.240 So there's gonna be some Fangio defense in here as well. 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:23.720 All Right, when we come back, we're gonna listen into 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:26.560 some of the work of Eric Washington at the podium 0:11:26.640 --> 0:11:28.760 today as the Bears get ready for the Rams. Jim 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:31.480 Miller in Tom there, I'm Jeff Joniak on ESPN one 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:33.600 thousand and the Bears Radio Network. 0:11:34.400 --> 0:11:37.200 Is Bears Weekly with the voice of the Bears for 0:11:37.400 --> 0:11:42.840 twenty four years Chef Chef on the Bears Radio Network. 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:49.680 This segment of Bears Weekly is brought to you by Igs. 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:50.959 Energy, Jeff and Tom and Jim Miller. 0:11:50.960 --> 0:11:54.079 I got the guys here, former Bears with great insight. 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:56.120 Good to have you guys along as the Bears get 0:11:56.160 --> 0:11:58.120 ready to meet the Rams, Eric Washington in the Bears 0:11:58.160 --> 0:11:59.600 defensive cord in there a couple of minutes from the 0:11:59.600 --> 0:12:02.760 podium as we do each Thursday, looking at what Sean 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:05.440 McVay and that offense is cooking up for the Bears. 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:08.640 It's big play capable. There's a lot of things that 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:10.920 happen before the ball is snap. We've got to do 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:13.559 a good job with our alignments, with our assignments, and 0:12:13.720 --> 0:12:15.280 just making sure we have our feet in the ground 0:12:15.320 --> 0:12:15.959 ready to play. 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:19.800 How does after sixteen seasons in the NFL Matthew Stafford 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:22.160 still challenge his. 0:12:22.200 --> 0:12:24.840 Arm talent has not waned at all. He can make 0:12:24.920 --> 0:12:28.040 every throw on the field. He knows exactly what you're in, 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:30.640 so our disguise will be critical and he just he 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:32.400 knows how to get the football out of his hand, 0:12:32.400 --> 0:12:33.400 how to get them into it. 0:12:33.840 --> 0:12:36.680 I would say an ideal plays from. 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:39.120 Facing the second here quarterback in your first three games 0:12:39.480 --> 0:12:41.200 to Matthew Stafford. 0:12:41.440 --> 0:12:44.920 How does that show up just on the field, just 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:48.840 his experience, his poise, his command of the offense, his 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:52.880 ability to communicate to all all ten pieces to be 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:56.040 able to id us without a whole lot of extra things. 0:12:56.040 --> 0:13:00.360 That offense is typically used to help the quarterback position. 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:03.959 Just a lot of experience, a lot of accomplishments, a 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:05.079 lot of things that he's seen. 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:07.120 You guys put a lot of big bos. 0:13:07.120 --> 0:13:08.839 So Jack Sambarn's not out there a lot, but he 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:12.640 made two real nice plays in the red zone, especially 0:13:12.720 --> 0:13:13.360 the interception. 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:15.040 And what you thoughts about him. 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:17.320 Well, the fact that when Jack comes into the game, 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:20.000 he's the last couple of weeks, I mean, we bring 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:22.200 him in the game in Houston, gets a sack. He 0:13:22.280 --> 0:13:26.120 comes in the game last week, uh, and he gets 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:28.320 his hands up and he for he helps to create 0:13:28.360 --> 0:13:31.040 the the takeaway deep in the red zone. He got 0:13:31.040 --> 0:13:33.520 his actually tip the football. He's just ready to play. 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:38.800 He's a great equalizer for us, very versatile player, extremely intelligent, 0:13:38.920 --> 0:13:40.880 smart and works his tail off er. 0:13:41.000 --> 0:13:43.960 What have you learned about your defense the past three. 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:47.160 Weeks when the offense is not. 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:48.679 Their standards and you know, so you guys are kind 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:50.960 of right out there and situations you don't want to 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:52.400 be in, but you're still getting tho stuffs. 0:13:52.400 --> 0:13:53.760 What have you learned about the guys and kind of 0:13:53.760 --> 0:13:54.280 their resolve. 0:13:54.679 --> 0:13:57.120 What I know about our players, and I'll say this 0:13:57.200 --> 0:14:00.160 every week, is we have great character and and and 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:03.160 that's you know, we're not we don't we're not separated 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:05.280 from the results of the game. But I've been watching 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:09.400 this now since I came on board. The players work hard, 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:12.880 they're dedicated, they're very hum there's a lot of humility, 0:14:13.040 --> 0:14:17.000 there's selflessness, and they're up to the challenge. They're focused 0:14:17.000 --> 0:14:18.720 on what they have to do to help us win 0:14:18.800 --> 0:14:21.360 week in and week out. And they're their own worst critic. 0:14:21.520 --> 0:14:22.080 Yeah they are. 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:23.440 You know, I talked a couple of guys in the 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:25.520 locker about that. They don't want to give up the 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:27.960 big play. Obviously, they got to continue to stop the run. 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:29.920 But the big plays and no matter when they happen, 0:14:30.320 --> 0:14:34.400 obviously it's not part of the plan. Tom this man, 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:37.240 he gets to the podium and he's very direct. 0:14:37.280 --> 0:14:37.720 Every day. 0:14:37.800 --> 0:14:40.480 He mad a few words, but he gets right to 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:40.880 the point. 0:14:41.080 --> 0:14:43.360 And what he had to say about the Rams and 0:14:43.440 --> 0:14:45.560 what they're facing, it's right to the point. 0:14:45.760 --> 0:14:48.120 Yeah, why should you shy away from it? Because you 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:50.440 have to know exactly what you're looking at When you 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:53.960 talk about the Bears defense this week, it's not going 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:58.080 to be about Levis throwing in embarrassing interception that results 0:14:58.080 --> 0:15:00.200 in a touchdown. It's not going to be about to 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:03.640 Anthony Richardson throwing an interception in the end zone. 0:15:03.800 --> 0:15:05.680 To Tremaine Edmonds. 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:09.840 It's gonna be about individual defensive players making great man 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:13.480 demand plays, whether it's coverage on the back end, a 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:17.680 defensive lineman beating an offensive lineman instantly and creating a 0:15:17.760 --> 0:15:20.600 sack out of it, or having those tackles that we've 0:15:20.600 --> 0:15:24.720 come to expect from TJ and Tremaine. So it is 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:29.000 going to be about defensive skill effort more than looking 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:30.920 for a quarterback to make a mistake. 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:34.960 I'll tell you, Jim, Without Cooper Cup and without Pouka Nakua, 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:38.880 you look at what they have at receiver and you're like, okay, 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:42.640 two two that has been making plays. Okay, Kolby Parkinson, 0:15:42.640 --> 0:15:45.280 a former Seattle Seahawk. They invested in a free agency 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:48.360 three or twenty two million dollars deal. Then Kyron Williams. 0:15:48.880 --> 0:15:51.240 They've got Blake Korham in there, but they haven't used 0:15:51.280 --> 0:15:53.520 him yet. Just eight carries. So you look at this 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:56.760 team and the offensive line has five guys on the 0:15:56.760 --> 0:16:00.960 injury reserve list right now. So but yet they go 0:16:01.000 --> 0:16:04.520 and beat the forty nine ers because Matthew Stafford knows 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:07.560 exactly what he's doing up there. What would you do 0:16:07.760 --> 0:16:10.800 against this Rams offense if you're the Bears defense, Because 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:13.040 for the I mean, he hasn't done this a ton. 0:16:13.400 --> 0:16:15.360 He did a lot of twelve personnel in this game, 0:16:15.760 --> 0:16:18.680 and that's two tight ends, one back, and that kind 0:16:18.720 --> 0:16:20.480 of made a difference for the Rams. 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:23.600 Well, I We'll say this because of his offensive line 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:27.280 and without the receivers, his release time is a lot longer. 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:31.160 Even the NFL tracked it. He before all the injuries, 0:16:31.360 --> 0:16:33.040 he's getting the ball out of his hand about two 0:16:33.080 --> 0:16:36.760 point six seconds. After all the injuries closer to three, 0:16:37.200 --> 0:16:39.480 closer to three seconds actually two point nine. 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:41.600 So that means opportunity, opportunity. 0:16:41.720 --> 0:16:44.440 There's opportunity. But like Tom said, it's not gonna be 0:16:44.560 --> 0:16:48.760 just a flat out stupid bad read by Matthew Stafford 0:16:48.760 --> 0:16:50.880 that leads to a turnover. It's gonna have to be 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:53.960 You're gonna have to work for it. Obviously, strip sack, fumble, 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:57.080 tip ball at the line of scrimmage, you know where 0:16:57.120 --> 0:16:59.160 you bet the ball, like what the happened to c 0:16:59.320 --> 0:17:01.680 Dra Stroud last week. Because you're not going to fool 0:17:01.680 --> 0:17:05.400 Matthew Stafford, and every play looks the same. You know, 0:17:05.600 --> 0:17:07.879 this is a team that when they run their play action, 0:17:08.359 --> 0:17:11.080 it looks exactly like the run play. So it causes 0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:14.600 you pause. They try to put you in conflict as 0:17:14.640 --> 0:17:17.400 a defense, and it doesn't matter. Granted, we know Kupp 0:17:17.480 --> 0:17:19.760 and pukin the corp are great players, but they're still 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:21.439 going to run their offense. They're going to do what 0:17:21.480 --> 0:17:24.000 they do with kyn Williams. I think he's had a 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:27.640 touchdown in six straight games running basically ride thirty four 0:17:27.760 --> 0:17:29.920 at the goal line, and nobody seems to be able 0:17:30.320 --> 0:17:33.120 to stop it. So this team will fight. They're young, 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:37.640 they're inexperience because and they don't know, especially on defense. 0:17:37.800 --> 0:17:40.440 And look what they accomplished last week by not knowing. 0:17:40.680 --> 0:17:43.640 I mean that's a division rival opponent in the forty 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:46.159 nine ers that they should know inside and out. But 0:17:46.280 --> 0:17:48.880 yet these young players on defense don't. They're just out 0:17:48.920 --> 0:17:51.760 there playing and much like the Bears did two years ago, 0:17:51.800 --> 0:17:54.040 throwing the young bucks out there and see what they 0:17:54.119 --> 0:17:56.119 can do. Right, yet they're still winning games. 0:17:56.240 --> 0:17:58.720 This is what I love about you. You can't take 0:17:58.760 --> 0:18:01.960 the quarterback out of the man. Tell everybody what ride 0:18:01.960 --> 0:18:03.439 thirty four is because I don't know. 0:18:04.960 --> 0:18:07.560 Yeah, well, it's an inside zone run that they run 0:18:07.680 --> 0:18:10.200 all the time, and it can bust both front side 0:18:10.240 --> 0:18:13.960