WEBVTT - Coaches Show: Nagy, Tabor on closing out season 0:00:05.880 --> 0:00:08.960 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:12.920 --> 0:00:15.560 now one News Radio seven eighty and one oh five 0:00:15.600 --> 0:00:19.040 point nine FM. This is the Bears Coaches Show with 0:00:19.160 --> 0:00:23.080 Bears head coach Matt Maggie, the coaching staff and Bears management. 0:00:23.200 --> 0:00:25.919 The Bears Coaches Show is brought to you by Whippley's 0:00:25.960 --> 0:00:30.720 CPAs and Consultants Advocate Healthcare, Rison and Miller Life. Now 0:00:30.840 --> 0:00:33.440 from Hollis Hall, here is the Voice of the Bears 0:00:33.720 --> 0:00:37.880 w BBMS Jeff Jonia Goodamed everybody in Happy Holiday's, Merry Christmas. 0:00:37.960 --> 0:00:40.080 This week we have the Bears Coaches Show rolling out 0:00:40.120 --> 0:00:42.560 here from Pancy Studios at Hollis Hall with head coach 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:45.720 Matt Naggie. I'm Jeff Joniak with you until eight o'clock tonight. 0:00:45.800 --> 0:00:48.400 Looking back at the twenty six three loss to the Chiefs. 0:00:48.440 --> 0:00:51.080 We had you on the postgame show yesterday write the 0:00:51.159 --> 0:00:54.000 raw feeling after the game, and I even said I 0:00:54.120 --> 0:00:57.360 never heard you as down. Does it still feel that way? 0:00:57.440 --> 0:00:59.880 Or having time to collect your thoughts and look at 0:00:59.920 --> 0:01:03.480 the tape again where yet? Yeah? No, it's a you know, 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:06.360 it's a it's a tough um, it's a tough feeling. 0:01:06.360 --> 0:01:08.920 That you get just because you know, deep down the 0:01:08.959 --> 0:01:12.680 side that all these these guys, these players, these coaches, um, 0:01:12.840 --> 0:01:15.040 you know, we all care so much. And when you 0:01:15.080 --> 0:01:16.960 see that out there and the way that that game 0:01:17.000 --> 0:01:20.559 went yesterday, um, you know you might not necessarily feel 0:01:20.600 --> 0:01:23.400 that or wit or observe that. But that's the hard 0:01:23.440 --> 0:01:26.280 part is that we know that that we can play better. 0:01:26.360 --> 0:01:30.280 The word sloppiness was used, um, you know, lack of details, etc. 0:01:30.640 --> 0:01:33.080 But that's that's from everybody. That's just not on on 0:01:33.120 --> 0:01:35.399 the players, that's all of us. And so that's the 0:01:35.440 --> 0:01:39.280 part that I think is the biggest um observation for 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:41.360 us is how do we get better in that regards? 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:44.119 And so that's what we're locked in on and there 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:46.680 is a frustration to it, but we got to use 0:01:46.720 --> 0:01:48.920 it to get better. And how do you balance what 0:01:48.920 --> 0:01:52.040 you're looking for obviously with what you're hoping to get 0:01:52.040 --> 0:01:54.680 in the end result? With all that said, right, you know, well, 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:57.120 I mean really to me, it comes down to it. 0:01:57.120 --> 0:01:59.400 It's a pride thing. And so you're in this situation 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:02.680 and realistically speaking, when you talk about okay, hey you 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:06.360 can't make the playoffs. When that said, um, now, the 0:02:06.360 --> 0:02:10.320 big challenges is making sure that everybody understands that regardless 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:13.360 of that, knowing that we can't make the playoffs, Um, 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:14.800 how are we going to react to that? And how 0:02:14.840 --> 0:02:16.640 are we going to play as a team with the 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:20.160 pride and and so now against a good football team 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:24.000 that has good players and good coaching. So, um, you know, 0:02:24.120 --> 0:02:26.080 just to kind of hang around ten, to tend to 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:28.480 zero and then have a couple of things go on 0:02:28.760 --> 0:02:31.000 and before you know it, you know it's, uh, it's 0:02:31.000 --> 0:02:35.000 just not going real well, Um, that's that was where 0:02:35.200 --> 0:02:36.920 after the game you can feel it wasn't just me? 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:40.360 Is that? Yeah? You know? And so um, but woke 0:02:40.440 --> 0:02:42.640 up this morning, got to watch the tape, you see it, 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:45.400 and uh, it's about solutions and answers and we just 0:02:45.480 --> 0:02:47.360 know we got to be a lot better. You also 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:51.240 mentioned focus, um, and but at times this year that 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:54.600 focus hasn't been consistent too. Is that Is that a 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:58.200 worry for you? And is that more? I mean you'll 0:02:58.240 --> 0:03:00.600 know where and why, But I mean how do you 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:03.480 frame that? Yeah, that's a good question. I think the 0:03:04.240 --> 0:03:08.120 focus is, um, something that happens all week long, and 0:03:08.280 --> 0:03:11.040 the preparations so that when you get in the game, Um, 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:13.359 you're a you're already locked in, You're already focused. You 0:03:13.480 --> 0:03:15.680 understand each and every play in the significance of it 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:18.040 and how one one play can change a game, whether 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:21.480 you hit it or miss it. And uh so we've 0:03:21.560 --> 0:03:24.639 learned a lot this year in so many different ways. 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:26.840 And I know it's really hard right now for all 0:03:26.880 --> 0:03:31.480 of us to understand that part. Um, but the motivation 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:34.320 part of this feeling that we have is uh is, 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:37.320 it's just it's uh it's tough. It's sickening to know 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:40.280 that we're not playing in the playoffs. And uh So 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:43.120 what's going to happen is is we're gonna, um do 0:03:43.200 --> 0:03:46.560 everything we can just coming week here against Minnesota, uh 0:03:46.640 --> 0:03:49.280 to win a football game and then and and move 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:52.440 on from there. And it's about getting better, findal solutions. 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:54.480 You know, we've got to know you here in the 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:57.440 last couple of years in a in a professional level, 0:03:57.480 --> 0:03:59.920 but even on a private side. I just know how 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:02.840 I just feel it every time I talk to you, 0:04:03.200 --> 0:04:05.280 whether it's not a microphone or how competitive you are. 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:10.440 And that's the quarterback in Yeah, that's the Pennsylvania East 0:04:10.480 --> 0:04:14.760 Coast side of you. Um Is there a way to 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:17.640 explain it to the fan base and maybe to your 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:20.800 own team just how competitive you are and how riled 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:22.840 up you are about this. Well, I would just say this, 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:25.480 I know this. I know being an East Coast guy 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:28.000 and from Pennsylvania, but coming out here in the Midwest 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:31.600 and seeing the fans out here in Chicago and how 0:04:31.600 --> 0:04:36.560 passionate and hungry everyone is for wins and to to 0:04:37.120 --> 0:04:40.640 get to that that big game. We understand that, and 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:44.479 I think it's important the message from our organization, from 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:47.800 our team, from our players, our coaches, is for everybody 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:51.200 to understand what that means to us and how we work. 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:53.840 This is you know, it is unacceptable and it is 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:57.359 something that we take, uh, you know, into account of 0:04:57.440 --> 0:04:59.200 understanding that we got to be a lot better. And 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:01.080 I think that's what it's going to be interesting here, 0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:04.039 is when we do get to the end of the season, Um, 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:06.960 we're all going to reflect and do everything in our 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:09.599 power to make sure that we get this thing turned around. 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:11.240 And I think that's the part where we got to 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:14.520 use this year and what happened, And that's the competitive side. 0:05:14.560 --> 0:05:15.960 If you're not competitive and you don't want to be 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:17.680 a part of that, then then get off the bus. 0:05:17.880 --> 0:05:20.080 You're either on the bus or you're off. And uh, 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:22.240 that's that's that's the only way that that we're going 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:25.159 to do this thing. But I think you suspect that 0:05:25.200 --> 0:05:28.920 the greater number is in that camp. Oh yeah, whether 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:32.200 without the coaching staff, everybody know and that that's that's 0:05:32.320 --> 0:05:34.839 and there's the part that's frustrating is that when you 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:36.520 know that you have that many guys that are on 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:40.080 the bus. UM, but you got to learn because you 0:05:40.120 --> 0:05:44.200 know what what we did this year UM isn't good enough. 0:05:44.240 --> 0:05:47.960 And that's not we didn't we didn't um reach our 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:51.560 standards that we have and we know that, Okay, how 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:54.359 do we refocus and what do we do different? You know, 0:05:54.400 --> 0:05:56.640 whether it's the off season, whether it's training camp, whether 0:05:56.680 --> 0:05:59.720 it's during the season, how we handle things and when 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:01.479 when and the season does come to an end and 0:06:01.520 --> 0:06:03.480 I'll be able to step back and take all this 0:06:03.520 --> 0:06:07.239 stuff into consideration. I will do that. I know everybody 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:09.520 else in the organization will do that. And that's what's 0:06:09.520 --> 0:06:11.400 going to be the exciting part is knowing that we're 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:13.599 going to learn. We had one year the first year 0:06:13.720 --> 0:06:15.880 two years ago that that or last year that was 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:18.520 really good. It was it was. It was good for us. 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:20.320 Now we had a tough year. You know, how do 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:23.800 we respond from that? Yeah, the thing that you have 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:26.440 no responsibility for is everything that came before you. And 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:29.919 I think the frustration of the city and Bears fans 0:06:29.920 --> 0:06:32.440 that are as loyal as they are is there have 0:06:32.520 --> 0:06:35.520 been six playoff trips since nineteen ninety two, and you 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:38.359 inherit that burden so to speak when you're in it, 0:06:38.600 --> 0:06:41.279 not that it translates in lagram, but you can see 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:45.200 the frustration. You could feel the frustration in the building right. No, absolutely, 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:48.520 and again as you as we and we felt it 0:06:48.680 --> 0:06:50.359 last year when we were having a great year. You 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:53.400 could feel how how powerful it is and the energy 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:56.960 and the support and all that and so again, uh, 0:06:57.320 --> 0:07:00.640 even going back to the training camps and just offseason 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:03.160 and just the support that you have. That that's what 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:05.039 that's what we want to get back and we know 0:07:05.160 --> 0:07:07.560 that we can do that and it's it's uh and 0:07:07.560 --> 0:07:10.840 we will do that. And I always refer to these 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:13.600 quiet moments. So what was your quiet moment last night 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:16.760 or this morning? Well, last night came quick, you know, 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:20.080 just you know, you reflect on again the why part 0:07:20.480 --> 0:07:22.160 you get up early, in the morning. You come in 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:24.640 and you watch, you know, all the tape, and you 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:27.920 see what you thought you saw. Uh it gets kind 0:07:27.960 --> 0:07:31.600 of confirmed and and uh so you take your notes 0:07:31.640 --> 0:07:34.760 and you understand it and you answer questions and uh, 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:38.200 now here we are got to get ready for for Minnesota, 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:41.840 and we'll do that. Um So it's just overall in general, 0:07:42.000 --> 0:07:45.600 just just not good enough. Matt Maggie, All right, Coaches 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:48.560 Show here brought to you by Whippley CPAs and consultants 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:53.240 were at HALLISAU at PNC Studios. The Bears Coaches Show 0:07:53.440 --> 0:07:56.600 with head coach Matt Maggie and w bbm' Jeff Joni 0:07:56.680 --> 0:08:00.320 at continues. Snapped Raisky handing off, patters him with the 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:03.000 first inside of fifteen yard line. They standing up, break 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:05.040 the ball, he keep him over the file, hits on 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:09.160 the table, down the five power run by the big 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:13.880 guy receiver, sixteen more yards, not debate any and the 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:17.000 Bears are first in goal of the Kansas City five. 0:08:17.400 --> 0:08:19.080 Welcome back to the Bears Coaching Show, brought to you 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:21.360 by a Whippley Financial Advisers, a proud partner of the 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:24.960 Chicago Bears. You heard Cordarrell Patterson the feisty one when 0:08:24.960 --> 0:08:26.960 he gets the ball in his hands, refusing to go down. 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:28.960 He's a load and it's been proven over the course 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:30.920 of the year watching him on kick return and whatnot, 0:08:30.960 --> 0:08:36.000 and and just the general inclusion in the offense plays 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:39.000 like that. Doesn't that fuel you're fire to make more 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:41.800 opportunities for him potentially next year down the road? It does? 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:44.000 I think it's he just goes to show you know, 0:08:44.080 --> 0:08:46.120 he's he brings a lot of energy and juice. He 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:49.200 has a lot of experience in this league, and he's 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:51.520 done a lot of good things from that backfield. Uh, 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:53.720 not to mention outside as well, but you can see 0:08:53.840 --> 0:08:56.680 right there on that play. You know the size that 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:58.440 he has, his speed that he hasn't and he has 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:00.319 a couple of guys wrapped around him, he's still getting 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:02.320 a few more yards. So I love his energy, I 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:04.360 love everything about him. I think he's a great addition 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:06.840 for us and I'm looking forward to using them more. Uh, 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:09.920 you said you liked the effort, so but you know 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:13.199 the slappiness of it all um, In terms of those 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:16.760 things that we're going south yesterday, are there any that 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:20.000 really get to you a little bit that you just 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:23.840 gotta they gotta stop. Well, I think naturally you look 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:26.319 at some of the penalties that go on. I think 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:29.720 that's the first thing you look at, Um and and 0:09:29.760 --> 0:09:32.720 so you know, there's our guys know, you know what happened, 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:35.920 and it's it's a tough call um on the on 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:38.079 the ley hill, on the rough and the passer. But 0:09:38.160 --> 0:09:40.640 you know it's a throwaway and you know, I know 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:43.400 Roy knows that in that situation again, if given an opportunity, 0:09:43.440 --> 0:09:45.160 he's not going to push him in a bit, he's 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:47.800 thrown it away and so, uh, that's a that's a 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:51.240 good stop there by the defense that gets negated. Uh, 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:54.040 and then you know we we had the third and four, 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:55.960 we jump all sides, give him a free first down. 0:09:56.679 --> 0:09:59.959 We had obviously the running into the kicker had depend 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:02.040 he's there at the end of the half on offense 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:03.760 when we're trying to you know, get down there for 0:10:03.840 --> 0:10:06.960 maybe steal three points with a field goal. So that's 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:09.160 the sloppiness part. That's the only discipline part. And our 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:12.360 guys understand again that that's where you have to be 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:15.200 able to eliminate those and when you do that, you 0:10:15.320 --> 0:10:17.640 just never know what's going to happen. To the next play. 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:22.120 So we'll take we'll use all these spin them into 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:24.440 a positive, teach it to the guys, make sure they 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:28.000 understand that, and then make sure that we eliminate that 0:10:28.040 --> 0:10:30.800 moving forward. Are you feeling confident that some of the 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:32.760 near misses, whether it be the you know a lot 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:34.880 of folks are focusing on the deep ball to a 0:10:35.040 --> 0:10:37.520 rob but even you know, first and goal at the five, 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:41.080 do you feel that you can close the gap on 0:10:41.600 --> 0:10:45.000 less of those not getting executed and more as you 0:10:45.040 --> 0:10:47.160 move forward. I do, because of what you want to 0:10:47.160 --> 0:10:49.360 do and how you want it to be executed. Sure, 0:10:50.320 --> 0:10:52.640 I absolutely do. I know that we can be better 0:10:52.679 --> 0:10:54.400 down there. You know, you go back to the LA 0:10:54.480 --> 0:10:58.000 game and the struggle that we had inside to five 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:01.439 goal to go in that game. Uh. And so when 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:03.760 you get inside that five yard line, inside the ten 0:11:03.840 --> 0:11:08.800 yard line, uh, efficiency of touchdown efficiency is just so important. UM. 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:11.400 And so that'll be something that we really hammer hard 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:13.960 here in the off season and make sure that we 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:16.520 look at it from all different angles, whether it's scheme, 0:11:16.760 --> 0:11:22.960 whether it's personnel, um. Conceptually what you're doing, uh, you know, run, pass, etc. 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:26.040 What are defenses playing as well? Sometimes there's themes throughout 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:29.840 the season where some defenses. Each year you'll see trends 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:31.960 where there's you know, for instance, drop eight where they're 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:34.360 only rushing three and dropping eight guys and it's hard 0:11:34.400 --> 0:11:36.679 to score versus that, or maybe it's covers zero they're 0:11:36.679 --> 0:11:39.440 blitzing everybody. So we'll look at all that and the 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:42.040 goal will be to be a lot better. Interesting, it 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:45.560 just popped into my head. But could we see what 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:49.120 you can maybe define it as a draft drastic reinvention 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:55.319 of the offense. Well, you know again mindset. Yeah, nothing's 0:11:55.320 --> 0:11:59.319 ever out of out of consideration for what we do here. 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:02.200 You know, the players that we have, Uh, we want 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:05.360 to be able to to to you know, dial this 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:08.880 offense in around the players, and it's it's not just 0:12:09.240 --> 0:12:11.880 a simple sprinkle mix where it can just happen overnight. 0:12:11.920 --> 0:12:13.319 It takes a little bit of time and it does 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:16.040 take some things to look into. But I think that 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:19.600 we feel like, um, you know, we started getting more 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:22.240 of an identity. I know it was a little bit 0:12:22.280 --> 0:12:24.800 of a struggle in the last couple of weeks, but uh, 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:28.240 you know, we also know what this offense can be, 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:30.720 and so that's what's important. We know the stress that 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:33.400 it can put on people, and so we want to 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:35.600 we want to make sure there's a balance between what 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:38.840 it is and what it can be with with scheme 0:12:38.960 --> 0:12:43.920 and with personnel. Even yesterday, can you show your guys 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:47.600 and say, hey, this is what this is the stress? 0:12:47.679 --> 0:12:51.240 It's obviously there's some components that the Bears don't have, 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:53.719 and some of those elite calended players that are over 0:12:53.720 --> 0:12:56.840 there in Kansas City, especially like a Travis Counse here 0:12:56.840 --> 0:12:59.920 at the speed they have, but the execution of it, 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:02.240 you're never out. You know, third and eighteen, you're not. 0:13:02.400 --> 0:13:04.679 You're not out of it. You know, you you get 0:13:04.679 --> 0:13:06.640 a couple of three and outs or whatever, we come 0:13:06.720 --> 0:13:08.920 right back. I mean, those are the types of things 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:11.320 that you can show them that that offense is capable. Yeah, 0:13:11.320 --> 0:13:13.440 and they've seen it and you know, shoot, you know, Jeff, 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:15.280 they saw it last year. I mean, you know there 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:17.000 were some things that we did last year with our 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:19.720 own offense that I think was that. That's the part 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:22.760 that again, if you if you do get into the frustration, Okay, 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:24.320 where we at it as an offense this year and 0:13:24.320 --> 0:13:25.920 we know where we're not where we want to be, 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:29.120 is the why part? You know knowing that we have 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:33.720 a lot of the same pieces and so um, but yes, 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:36.160 also with with Kansas City and with what they do, 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:38.839 that whole mix of everything and and uh, we got 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:41.360 to get a fixed man. Neggie is here coming up. 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:43.880 We've got Chris Tabor, the Special Teams Coordinator, at the 0:13:43.880 --> 0:13:46.280 bottom of the hour, and Bears fans head to Cobblo 0:13:46.400 --> 0:13:48.720 this March with your favorite Bears players. Inside the Bears 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:51.040 hosts Lauren Screeden and Anthony Adams. Book your trip with 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:54.280 Apple Vacations at Apple vacations dot com. Slash Bears to 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:57.120 book before prices go up. On December twenty seven, The 0:13:57.200 --> 0:14:01.679 King No More of the Bears Coaches Show with head 0:14:01.720 --> 0:14:04.640 coach Matt Maggie on News Where Too seven eighty and 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:08.640 one oh five point nine FM w BBM. Snap out 0:14:08.640 --> 0:14:11.760 of the gun they handed up. Here's Montgomery springy pree 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:14.360 right thirty five, pouncing to the thirty runs for the 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:16.520 first down excide of twenty five and out of hounds. 0:14:17.000 --> 0:14:19.200 Best round of today for David Montgomer right down here 0:14:19.240 --> 0:14:22.160 the twenty four yard line of Kansas City and a 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:24.440 big chunk right there for David. Big run there by 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:27.440 David Montgomery his rookie season. He was very honest as 0:14:27.480 --> 0:14:30.080 we continued the coaching show. Before the game, we did 0:14:30.160 --> 0:14:32.760 an interview with him on our pregame show, and he 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:35.360 was very honest about his own performance, not in the 0:14:35.400 --> 0:14:38.160 context of the team, where he needs to be better, 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:40.480 wants to be better, what he's learning, how great he 0:14:40.520 --> 0:14:44.760 wants to be mentioned Walter Peyton, you know, the never 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:48.880 dieasy type of mentality, and you know, with this kid, 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:51.440 you tend to you tend to believe what he's saying 0:14:51.480 --> 0:14:54.640 because of the fire he brings every day. He said 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:56.240 he wants to get away for about a week and 0:14:56.320 --> 0:15:00.640 just collect his thoughts and just reset a little. Yeah. 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:03.680 We had to talk last week before practice, and I 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:06.880 thought it was significant just listening to him reflect on 0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:09.960 the season, on it being you know, a little different 0:15:09.960 --> 0:15:11.960 than what do you expected, not in a bad way, 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:15.800 but you learn, and um, we've we've taught him and 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:17.880 I have talked about this thing being a marathon, and 0:15:18.240 --> 0:15:20.280 it's it's not going to happen everynight, and there's got 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:22.880 to be patience. I think probably there's one thing that 0:15:23.000 --> 0:15:25.440 David takes away from this year is that there needs 0:15:25.440 --> 0:15:29.240 to be a little bit of patience um with uh, 0:15:29.640 --> 0:15:32.200 with his playing style, with with fitting in and how 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:34.960 we do things and him learning this offense. So we 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:37.640 were even joking around that, Hey, when he comes into 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:39.960 the OTAs and lines up in the huddle for the 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:42.360 first time and runs, you know, a couple run plays, 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:44.560 a couple of pass plays, how easy that's going to 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:46.520 be for him to just line up and know, Okay, hey, 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:49.600 I've done this one hundred times in the past year. Uh, 0:15:49.640 --> 0:15:52.240 that's a significant step. And he'll he'll be able to You'll, 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:54.240 we'll be able to see more from him the things 0:15:54.240 --> 0:15:57.400 that he's not as good at. He's already talking about 0:15:57.440 --> 0:15:59.640 being better at it and working all offseason at that. 0:15:59.720 --> 0:16:02.040 So that's the type of player that we have and 0:16:02.040 --> 0:16:03.800 that that's what fires you up as a coach. And 0:16:04.600 --> 0:16:07.320 what might those be, those little things that can make 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:10.360 a difference for him, Well, at this point the learning process, Yeah, 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:13.160 it could be anything footwork wise. It could be something 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:15.600 after you get a handoff, you know your vision with 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:17.640 where the blocks are, learning the scheme of the run 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:20.480 concept and where the linemen are fitting and where you're cutting, 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:23.400 and maybe it's a pass route on what your footwork 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:26.600 is on not so much the route but seeing the 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:29.520 defense and knowing when to make a certain cut on 0:16:29.560 --> 0:16:33.120 a certain play. And he's learning that. Whereas last year 0:16:33.320 --> 0:16:35.840 at this time when he was you know, really an OTAs, 0:16:36.120 --> 0:16:38.240 he didn't know what he didn't know, Now he knows 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:40.240 what to be better at and he's gonna he's gonna 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:42.280 work his tail off at it. And another guy that 0:16:42.320 --> 0:16:45.240 will will be Mitchell Rubinsky. So where do you begin 0:16:45.320 --> 0:16:49.760 with him? Yeah, again, just reflecting on everything this year, 0:16:49.880 --> 0:16:53.960 you know, whether it's uh, you know, the physical challenge 0:16:53.960 --> 0:16:57.320 of where we were at offensively, you know, mentally, we're 0:16:57.320 --> 0:16:59.960 just growing within this offense and being the best quarter 0:17:00.040 --> 0:17:02.760 back he can be. You know, it hasn't been easy, 0:17:02.800 --> 0:17:05.439 but he's fought through it. He's been challenged in so 0:17:05.480 --> 0:17:08.320 many different ways. He's such a hard worker and he 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:11.639 cares so much. So it'll be really big to just uh, 0:17:11.840 --> 0:17:15.240 you know, he just to keep growing and to understand 0:17:15.240 --> 0:17:16.920 the why parts. And I think that's what we all 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:19.680 do together. And a lot of people are focusing on 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:22.160 his deep ball actually, but you know, beyond ten yards, 0:17:22.240 --> 0:17:25.919 I think he's under fifty percent. Even if that elevated 0:17:26.480 --> 0:17:30.919 to a standard that even the average to above average 0:17:30.920 --> 0:17:33.399 passers get to And I don't know what that percentage is. 0:17:34.080 --> 0:17:36.560 If at that percentage and you make one or two 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:38.600 or more plays of those a game, do you think 0:17:38.640 --> 0:17:42.399 that will help elevate his own confidence, own confidence in 0:17:42.440 --> 0:17:44.760 the offense and just how you guys execute and even 0:17:44.760 --> 0:17:47.520 how you call plays. Sure, it's just another This is 0:17:47.560 --> 0:17:51.160 another year for him that he's been able to understand 0:17:51.200 --> 0:17:54.880 the passing concepts of progressions see more defenses. I mean 0:17:54.920 --> 0:17:57.560 he's he's had a lot of different defenses thrown at him. 0:17:57.600 --> 0:18:01.119 We have as an offense, and so understanding when teams 0:18:01.119 --> 0:18:03.200 are showing one high and rolling back to two high, 0:18:03.280 --> 0:18:05.359 or where where the blitz is coming from, where to 0:18:05.359 --> 0:18:07.840 pick it up with protection. So I know he'll work 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:10.840 is his his tail off to to be the best 0:18:11.040 --> 0:18:12.840 he can be in to improve into areas that he 0:18:12.880 --> 0:18:16.520 needs to improving. And defensively, you know, everybody's gonna talk 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:19.840 about the takeaways, and that is an annual roller coaster 0:18:20.000 --> 0:18:23.399 for almost every team. Uh. You know, obviously there had 0:18:23.400 --> 0:18:25.320 been times here in the Lovey Smith there that that's 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:27.160 what they did and it just happened all the time. 0:18:27.240 --> 0:18:29.320 But uh, there are a lot of reasons for it, 0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:31.040 And I get asked a lot about it too, and 0:18:31.280 --> 0:18:33.000 I don't have an answer because a lot of it's 0:18:33.040 --> 0:18:35.280 the bounce of the football too. There is yeah, there's 0:18:35.400 --> 0:18:37.399 there's that part. And then you know, I know, our 0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:40.840 our defensive coaches stress it all the time, understanding to 0:18:40.880 --> 0:18:43.240 punch the ball out to the peanut, punch right, and 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:47.280 to go after the football and and uh, sack fumbles 0:18:47.640 --> 0:18:49.520 is you see a lot of that, And so for 0:18:49.560 --> 0:18:51.880 whatever reason, it just didn't happen as much this year. 0:18:52.040 --> 0:18:53.920 But we want to emphasize that the more you talk 0:18:53.920 --> 0:18:55.919 about it, the more you visualize it, the more it 0:18:56.000 --> 0:18:58.320 ends up happening. And that'll be a point of emphasis 0:18:58.320 --> 0:19:00.600 for us. All right, quick look at the Vikings. Obviously 0:19:00.640 --> 0:19:03.880 they're playing tonight against the Packers. Uh going up there. 0:19:03.880 --> 0:19:06.560 It was an heck of a performance by by you 0:19:06.560 --> 0:19:09.120 guys last year. So you know it's the last game 0:19:09.160 --> 0:19:10.960 of the season. You'd like to leave on a on 0:19:11.000 --> 0:19:12.919 a high note. Yeah, it would be. And I know 0:19:12.960 --> 0:19:14.679 they you know, they play tonight and that'll be a 0:19:14.680 --> 0:19:17.639 big game for them. Um, but it's it's always uh, 0:19:17.680 --> 0:19:19.639 you know, it's a it can get loud up there 0:19:19.680 --> 0:19:22.600