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Speaker 1: Bears head coach Matt Maggie, the coaching staff and Bears management.
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Speaker 1: from Hollis Hall, here is the Voice of the Bears
Speaker 1: w BBMS Jeff Jonia Goodamed everybody in Happy Holiday's, Merry Christmas.
Speaker 1: This week we have the Bears Coaches Show rolling out
Speaker 1: here from Pancy Studios at Hollis Hall with head coach
Speaker 1: Matt Naggie. I'm Jeff Joniak with you until eight o'clock tonight.
Speaker 1: Looking back at the twenty six three loss to the Chiefs.
Speaker 1: We had you on the postgame show yesterday write the
Speaker 1: raw feeling after the game, and I even said I
Speaker 1: never heard you as down. Does it still feel that way?
Speaker 1: Or having time to collect your thoughts and look at
Speaker 1: the tape again where yet? Yeah? No, it's a you know,
Speaker 1: it's a it's a tough um, it's a tough feeling.
Speaker 1: That you get just because you know, deep down the
Speaker 1: side that all these these guys, these players, these coaches, um,
Speaker 1: you know, we all care so much. And when you
Speaker 1: see that out there and the way that that game
Speaker 1: went yesterday, um, you know you might not necessarily feel
Speaker 1: that or wit or observe that. But that's the hard
Speaker 1: part is that we know that that we can play better.
Speaker 1: The word sloppiness was used, um, you know, lack of details, etc.
Speaker 1: But that's that's from everybody. That's just not on on
Speaker 1: the players, that's all of us. And so that's the
Speaker 1: part that I think is the biggest um observation for
Speaker 1: us is how do we get better in that regards?
Speaker 1: And so that's what we're locked in on and there
Speaker 1: is a frustration to it, but we got to use
Speaker 1: it to get better. And how do you balance what
Speaker 1: you're looking for obviously with what you're hoping to get
Speaker 1: in the end result? With all that said, right, you know, well,
Speaker 1: I mean really to me, it comes down to it.
Speaker 1: It's a pride thing. And so you're in this situation
Speaker 1: and realistically speaking, when you talk about okay, hey you
Speaker 1: can't make the playoffs. When that said, um, now, the
Speaker 1: big challenges is making sure that everybody understands that regardless
Speaker 1: of that, knowing that we can't make the playoffs, Um,
Speaker 1: how are we going to react to that? And how
Speaker 1: are we going to play as a team with the
Speaker 1: pride and and so now against a good football team
Speaker 1: that has good players and good coaching. So, um, you know,
Speaker 1: just to kind of hang around ten, to tend to
Speaker 1: zero and then have a couple of things go on
Speaker 1: and before you know it, you know it's, uh, it's
Speaker 1: just not going real well, Um, that's that was where
Speaker 1: after the game you can feel it wasn't just me?
Speaker 1: Is that? Yeah? You know? And so um, but woke
Speaker 1: up this morning, got to watch the tape, you see it,
Speaker 1: and uh, it's about solutions and answers and we just
Speaker 1: know we got to be a lot better. You also
Speaker 1: mentioned focus, um, and but at times this year that
Speaker 1: focus hasn't been consistent too. Is that Is that a
Speaker 1: worry for you? And is that more? I mean you'll
Speaker 1: know where and why, But I mean how do you
Speaker 1: frame that? Yeah, that's a good question. I think the
Speaker 1: focus is, um, something that happens all week long, and
Speaker 1: the preparations so that when you get in the game, Um,
Speaker 1: you're a you're already locked in, You're already focused. You
Speaker 1: understand each and every play in the significance of it
Speaker 1: and how one one play can change a game, whether
Speaker 1: you hit it or miss it. And uh so we've
Speaker 1: learned a lot this year in so many different ways.
Speaker 1: And I know it's really hard right now for all
Speaker 1: of us to understand that part. Um, but the motivation
Speaker 1: part of this feeling that we have is uh is,
Speaker 1: it's just it's uh it's tough. It's sickening to know
Speaker 1: that we're not playing in the playoffs. And uh So
Speaker 1: what's going to happen is is we're gonna, um do
Speaker 1: everything we can just coming week here against Minnesota, uh
Speaker 1: to win a football game and then and and move
Speaker 1: on from there. And it's about getting better, findal solutions.
Speaker 1: You know, we've got to know you here in the
Speaker 1: last couple of years in a in a professional level,
Speaker 1: but even on a private side. I just know how
Speaker 1: I just feel it every time I talk to you,
Speaker 1: whether it's not a microphone or how competitive you are.
Speaker 1: And that's the quarterback in Yeah, that's the Pennsylvania East
Speaker 1: Coast side of you. Um Is there a way to
Speaker 1: explain it to the fan base and maybe to your
Speaker 1: own team just how competitive you are and how riled
Speaker 1: up you are about this. Well, I would just say this,
Speaker 1: I know this. I know being an East Coast guy
Speaker 1: and from Pennsylvania, but coming out here in the Midwest
Speaker 1: and seeing the fans out here in Chicago and how
Speaker 1: passionate and hungry everyone is for wins and to to
Speaker 1: get to that that big game. We understand that, and
Speaker 1: I think it's important the message from our organization, from
Speaker 1: our team, from our players, our coaches, is for everybody
Speaker 1: to understand what that means to us and how we work.
Speaker 1: This is you know, it is unacceptable and it is
Speaker 1: something that we take, uh, you know, into account of
Speaker 1: understanding that we got to be a lot better. And
Speaker 1: I think that's what it's going to be interesting here,
Speaker 1: is when we do get to the end of the season, Um,
Speaker 1: we're all going to reflect and do everything in our
Speaker 1: power to make sure that we get this thing turned around.
Speaker 1: And I think that's the part where we got to
Speaker 1: use this year and what happened, And that's the competitive side.
Speaker 1: If you're not competitive and you don't want to be
Speaker 1: a part of that, then then get off the bus.
Speaker 1: You're either on the bus or you're off. And uh,
Speaker 1: that's that's that's the only way that that we're going
Speaker 1: to do this thing. But I think you suspect that
Speaker 1: the greater number is in that camp. Oh yeah, whether
Speaker 1: without the coaching staff, everybody know and that that's that's
Speaker 1: and there's the part that's frustrating is that when you
Speaker 1: know that you have that many guys that are on
Speaker 1: the bus. UM, but you got to learn because you
Speaker 1: know what what we did this year UM isn't good enough.
Speaker 1: And that's not we didn't we didn't um reach our
Speaker 1: standards that we have and we know that, Okay, how
Speaker 1: do we refocus and what do we do different? You know,
Speaker 1: whether it's the off season, whether it's training camp, whether
Speaker 1: it's during the season, how we handle things and when
Speaker 1: when and the season does come to an end and
Speaker 1: I'll be able to step back and take all this
Speaker 1: stuff into consideration. I will do that. I know everybody
Speaker 1: else in the organization will do that. And that's what's
Speaker 1: going to be the exciting part is knowing that we're
Speaker 1: going to learn. We had one year the first year
Speaker 1: two years ago that that or last year that was
Speaker 1: really good. It was it was. It was good for us.
Speaker 1: Now we had a tough year. You know, how do
Speaker 1: we respond from that? Yeah, the thing that you have
Speaker 1: no responsibility for is everything that came before you. And
Speaker 1: I think the frustration of the city and Bears fans
Speaker 1: that are as loyal as they are is there have
Speaker 1: been six playoff trips since nineteen ninety two, and you
Speaker 1: inherit that burden so to speak when you're in it,
Speaker 1: not that it translates in lagram, but you can see
Speaker 1: the frustration. You could feel the frustration in the building right. No, absolutely,
Speaker 1: and again as you as we and we felt it
Speaker 1: last year when we were having a great year. You
Speaker 1: could feel how how powerful it is and the energy
Speaker 1: and the support and all that and so again, uh,
Speaker 1: even going back to the training camps and just offseason
Speaker 1: and just the support that you have. That that's what
Speaker 1: that's what we want to get back and we know
Speaker 1: that we can do that and it's it's uh and
Speaker 1: we will do that. And I always refer to these
Speaker 1: quiet moments. So what was your quiet moment last night
Speaker 1: or this morning? Well, last night came quick, you know,
Speaker 1: just you know, you reflect on again the why part
Speaker 1: you get up early, in the morning. You come in
Speaker 1: and you watch, you know, all the tape, and you
Speaker 1: see what you thought you saw. Uh it gets kind
Speaker 1: of confirmed and and uh so you take your notes
Speaker 1: and you understand it and you answer questions and uh,
Speaker 1: now here we are got to get ready for for Minnesota,
Speaker 1: and we'll do that. Um So it's just overall in general,
Speaker 1: just just not good enough. Matt Maggie, All right, Coaches
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Speaker 1: at continues. Snapped Raisky handing off, patters him with the
Speaker 1: first inside of fifteen yard line. They standing up, break
Speaker 1: the ball, he keep him over the file, hits on
Speaker 1: the table, down the five power run by the big
Speaker 1: guy receiver, sixteen more yards, not debate any and the
Speaker 1: Bears are first in goal of the Kansas City five.
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Speaker 1: Chicago Bears. You heard Cordarrell Patterson the feisty one when
Speaker 1: he gets the ball in his hands, refusing to go down.
Speaker 1: He's a load and it's been proven over the course
Speaker 1: of the year watching him on kick return and whatnot,
Speaker 1: and and just the general inclusion in the offense plays
Speaker 1: like that. Doesn't that fuel you're fire to make more
Speaker 1: opportunities for him potentially next year down the road? It does?
Speaker 1: I think it's he just goes to show you know,
Speaker 1: he's he brings a lot of energy and juice. He
Speaker 1: has a lot of experience in this league, and he's
Speaker 1: done a lot of good things from that backfield. Uh,
Speaker 1: not to mention outside as well, but you can see
Speaker 1: right there on that play. You know the size that
Speaker 1: he has, his speed that he hasn't and he has
Speaker 1: a couple of guys wrapped around him, he's still getting
Speaker 1: a few more yards. So I love his energy, I
Speaker 1: love everything about him. I think he's a great addition
Speaker 1: for us and I'm looking forward to using them more. Uh,
Speaker 1: you said you liked the effort, so but you know
Speaker 1: the slappiness of it all um, In terms of those
Speaker 1: things that we're going south yesterday, are there any that
Speaker 1: really get to you a little bit that you just
Speaker 1: gotta they gotta stop. Well, I think naturally you look
Speaker 1: at some of the penalties that go on. I think
Speaker 1: that's the first thing you look at, Um and and
Speaker 1: so you know, there's our guys know, you know what happened,
Speaker 1: and it's it's a tough call um on the on
Speaker 1: the ley hill, on the rough and the passer. But
Speaker 1: you know it's a throwaway and you know, I know
Speaker 1: Roy knows that in that situation again, if given an opportunity,
Speaker 1: he's not going to push him in a bit, he's
Speaker 1: thrown it away and so, uh, that's a that's a
Speaker 1: good stop there by the defense that gets negated. Uh,
Speaker 1: and then you know we we had the third and four,
Speaker 1: we jump all sides, give him a free first down.
Speaker 1: We had obviously the running into the kicker had depend
Speaker 1: he's there at the end of the half on offense
Speaker 1: when we're trying to you know, get down there for
Speaker 1: maybe steal three points with a field goal. So that's
Speaker 1: the sloppiness part. That's the only discipline part. And our
Speaker 1: guys understand again that that's where you have to be
Speaker 1: able to eliminate those and when you do that, you
Speaker 1: just never know what's going to happen. To the next play.
Speaker 1: So we'll take we'll use all these spin them into
Speaker 1: a positive, teach it to the guys, make sure they
Speaker 1: understand that, and then make sure that we eliminate that
Speaker 1: moving forward. Are you feeling confident that some of the
Speaker 1: near misses, whether it be the you know a lot
Speaker 1: of folks are focusing on the deep ball to a
Speaker 1: rob but even you know, first and goal at the five,
Speaker 1: do you feel that you can close the gap on
Speaker 1: less of those not getting executed and more as you
Speaker 1: move forward. I do, because of what you want to
Speaker 1: do and how you want it to be executed. Sure,
Speaker 1: I absolutely do. I know that we can be better
Speaker 1: down there. You know, you go back to the LA
Speaker 1: game and the struggle that we had inside to five
Speaker 1: goal to go in that game. Uh. And so when
Speaker 1: you get inside that five yard line, inside the ten
Speaker 1: yard line, uh, efficiency of touchdown efficiency is just so important. UM.
Speaker 1: And so that'll be something that we really hammer hard
Speaker 1: here in the off season and make sure that we
Speaker 1: look at it from all different angles, whether it's scheme,
Speaker 1: whether it's personnel, um. Conceptually what you're doing, uh, you know, run, pass, etc.
Speaker 1: What are defenses playing as well? Sometimes there's themes throughout
Speaker 1: the season where some defenses. Each year you'll see trends
Speaker 1: where there's you know, for instance, drop eight where they're
Speaker 1: only rushing three and dropping eight guys and it's hard
Speaker 1: to score versus that, or maybe it's covers zero they're
Speaker 1: blitzing everybody. So we'll look at all that and the
Speaker 1: goal will be to be a lot better. Interesting, it
Speaker 1: just popped into my head. But could we see what
Speaker 1: you can maybe define it as a draft drastic reinvention
Speaker 1: of the offense. Well, you know again mindset. Yeah, nothing's
Speaker 1: ever out of out of consideration for what we do here.
Speaker 1: You know, the players that we have, Uh, we want
Speaker 1: to be able to to to you know, dial this
Speaker 1: offense in around the players, and it's it's not just
Speaker 1: a simple sprinkle mix where it can just happen overnight.
Speaker 1: It takes a little bit of time and it does
Speaker 1: take some things to look into. But I think that
Speaker 1: we feel like, um, you know, we started getting more
Speaker 1: of an identity. I know it was a little bit
Speaker 1: of a struggle in the last couple of weeks, but uh,
Speaker 1: you know, we also know what this offense can be,
Speaker 1: and so that's what's important. We know the stress that
Speaker 1: it can put on people, and so we want to
Speaker 1: we want to make sure there's a balance between what
Speaker 1: it is and what it can be with with scheme
Speaker 1: and with personnel. Even yesterday, can you show your guys
Speaker 1: and say, hey, this is what this is the stress?
Speaker 1: It's obviously there's some components that the Bears don't have,
Speaker 1: and some of those elite calended players that are over
Speaker 1: there in Kansas City, especially like a Travis Counse here
Speaker 1: at the speed they have, but the execution of it,
Speaker 1: you're never out. You know, third and eighteen, you're not.
Speaker 1: You're not out of it. You know, you you get
Speaker 1: a couple of three and outs or whatever, we come
Speaker 1: right back. I mean, those are the types of things
Speaker 1: that you can show them that that offense is capable. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and they've seen it and you know, shoot, you know, Jeff,
Speaker 1: they saw it last year. I mean, you know there
Speaker 1: were some things that we did last year with our
Speaker 1: own offense that I think was that. That's the part
Speaker 1: that again, if you if you do get into the frustration, Okay,
Speaker 1: where we at it as an offense this year and
Speaker 1: we know where we're not where we want to be,
Speaker 1: is the why part? You know knowing that we have
Speaker 1: a lot of the same pieces and so um, but yes,
Speaker 1: also with with Kansas City and with what they do,
Speaker 1: that whole mix of everything and and uh, we got
Speaker 1: to get a fixed man. Neggie is here coming up.
Speaker 1: We've got Chris Tabor, the Special Teams Coordinator, at the
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Speaker 1: coach Matt Maggie on News Where Too seven eighty and
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Speaker 1: of the gun they handed up. Here's Montgomery springy pree
Speaker 1: right thirty five, pouncing to the thirty runs for the
Speaker 1: first down excide of twenty five and out of hounds.
Speaker 1: Best round of today for David Montgomer right down here
Speaker 1: the twenty four yard line of Kansas City and a
Speaker 1: big chunk right there for David. Big run there by
Speaker 1: David Montgomery his rookie season. He was very honest as
Speaker 1: we continued the coaching show. Before the game, we did
Speaker 1: an interview with him on our pregame show, and he
Speaker 1: was very honest about his own performance, not in the
Speaker 1: context of the team, where he needs to be better,
Speaker 1: wants to be better, what he's learning, how great he
Speaker 1: wants to be mentioned Walter Peyton, you know, the never
Speaker 1: dieasy type of mentality, and you know, with this kid,
Speaker 1: you tend to you tend to believe what he's saying
Speaker 1: because of the fire he brings every day. He said
Speaker 1: he wants to get away for about a week and
Speaker 1: just collect his thoughts and just reset a little. Yeah.
Speaker 1: We had to talk last week before practice, and I
Speaker 1: thought it was significant just listening to him reflect on
Speaker 1: the season, on it being you know, a little different
Speaker 1: than what do you expected, not in a bad way,
Speaker 1: but you learn, and um, we've we've taught him and
Speaker 1: I have talked about this thing being a marathon, and
Speaker 1: it's it's not going to happen everynight, and there's got
Speaker 1: to be patience. I think probably there's one thing that
Speaker 1: David takes away from this year is that there needs
Speaker 1: to be a little bit of patience um with uh,
Speaker 1: with his playing style, with with fitting in and how
Speaker 1: we do things and him learning this offense. So we
Speaker 1: were even joking around that, Hey, when he comes into
Speaker 1: the OTAs and lines up in the huddle for the
Speaker 1: first time and runs, you know, a couple run plays,
Speaker 1: a couple of pass plays, how easy that's going to
Speaker 1: be for him to just line up and know, Okay, hey,
Speaker 1: I've done this one hundred times in the past year. Uh,
Speaker 1: that's a significant step. And he'll he'll be able to You'll,
Speaker 1: we'll be able to see more from him the things
Speaker 1: that he's not as good at. He's already talking about
Speaker 1: being better at it and working all offseason at that.
Speaker 1: So that's the type of player that we have and
Speaker 1: that that's what fires you up as a coach. And
Speaker 1: what might those be, those little things that can make
Speaker 1: a difference for him, Well, at this point the learning process, Yeah,
Speaker 1: it could be anything footwork wise. It could be something
Speaker 1: after you get a handoff, you know your vision with
Speaker 1: where the blocks are, learning the scheme of the run
Speaker 1: concept and where the linemen are fitting and where you're cutting,
Speaker 1: and maybe it's a pass route on what your footwork
Speaker 1: is on not so much the route but seeing the
Speaker 1: defense and knowing when to make a certain cut on
Speaker 1: a certain play. And he's learning that. Whereas last year
Speaker 1: at this time when he was you know, really an OTAs,
Speaker 1: he didn't know what he didn't know, Now he knows
Speaker 1: what to be better at and he's gonna he's gonna
Speaker 1: work his tail off at it. And another guy that
Speaker 1: will will be Mitchell Rubinsky. So where do you begin
Speaker 1: with him? Yeah, again, just reflecting on everything this year,
Speaker 1: you know, whether it's uh, you know, the physical challenge
Speaker 1: of where we were at offensively, you know, mentally, we're
Speaker 1: just growing within this offense and being the best quarter
Speaker 1: back he can be. You know, it hasn't been easy,
Speaker 1: but he's fought through it. He's been challenged in so
Speaker 1: many different ways. He's such a hard worker and he
Speaker 1: cares so much. So it'll be really big to just uh,
Speaker 1: you know, he just to keep growing and to understand
Speaker 1: the why parts. And I think that's what we all
Speaker 1: do together. And a lot of people are focusing on
Speaker 1: his deep ball actually, but you know, beyond ten yards,
Speaker 1: I think he's under fifty percent. Even if that elevated
Speaker 1: to a standard that even the average to above average
Speaker 1: passers get to And I don't know what that percentage is.
Speaker 1: If at that percentage and you make one or two
Speaker 1: or more plays of those a game, do you think
Speaker 1: that will help elevate his own confidence, own confidence in
Speaker 1: the offense and just how you guys execute and even
Speaker 1: how you call plays. Sure, it's just another This is
Speaker 1: another year for him that he's been able to understand
Speaker 1: the passing concepts of progressions see more defenses. I mean
Speaker 1: he's he's had a lot of different defenses thrown at him.
Speaker 1: We have as an offense, and so understanding when teams
Speaker 1: are showing one high and rolling back to two high,
Speaker 1: or where where the blitz is coming from, where to
Speaker 1: pick it up with protection. So I know he'll work
Speaker 1: is his his tail off to to be the best
Speaker 1: he can be in to improve into areas that he
Speaker 1: needs to improving. And defensively, you know, everybody's gonna talk
Speaker 1: about the takeaways, and that is an annual roller coaster
Speaker 1: for almost every team. Uh. You know, obviously there had
Speaker 1: been times here in the Lovey Smith there that that's
Speaker 1: what they did and it just happened all the time.
Speaker 1: But uh, there are a lot of reasons for it,
Speaker 1: And I get asked a lot about it too, and
Speaker 1: I don't have an answer because a lot of it's
Speaker 1: the bounce of the football too. There is yeah, there's
Speaker 1: there's that part. And then you know, I know, our
Speaker 1: our defensive coaches stress it all the time, understanding to
Speaker 1: punch the ball out to the peanut, punch right, and
Speaker 1: to go after the football and and uh, sack fumbles
Speaker 1: is you see a lot of that, And so for
Speaker 1: whatever reason, it just didn't happen as much this year.
Speaker 1: But we want to emphasize that the more you talk
Speaker 1: about it, the more you visualize it, the more it
Speaker 1: ends up happening. And that'll be a point of emphasis
Speaker 1: for us. All right, quick look at the Vikings. Obviously
Speaker 1: they're playing tonight against the Packers. Uh going up there.
Speaker 1: It was an heck of a performance by by you
Speaker 1: guys last year. So you know it's the last game
Speaker 1: of the season. You'd like to leave on a on
Speaker 1: a high note. Yeah, it would be. And I know
Speaker 1: they you know, they play tonight and that'll be a
Speaker 1: big game for them. Um, but it's it's always uh,
Speaker 1: you know, it's a it can get loud up there
Speaker 1: in Minnesota in the indoor and h they'll be they'll
Speaker 1: be ready to go. So the biggest thing is just
Speaker 1: us focusing on us having a great week of practice
Speaker 1: and then we just gotta we want to be able,
Speaker 1: like you said, we want to be able to go
Speaker 1: there and do everything we can to get that win.
Speaker 1: And this is our last show of the year. But
Speaker 1: really appreciate all of the time you've given. I know it.
Speaker 1: Your schedule is tough to accommodate, so we really appreciate it.
Speaker 1: Thank you for your honesty and uh, your transparency all
Speaker 1: the time. You're you're a stand up guy when it
Speaker 1: comes to this stuff, win or lose, and uh, I
Speaker 1: know you've alluded to it. You feel you have. You
Speaker 1: have a lot of the wise in your mind kind
Speaker 1: of formulated as the answers, and I think that's probably
Speaker 1: we should. We should leave Bears fans with You feel
Speaker 1: that way, don't you. I do, I really do, and
Speaker 1: I appreciate it, and I know you know it's like
Speaker 1: you said, we want to be able to have more
Speaker 1: of these where we're having some conversations after the wins,
Speaker 1: and that's that's what we're going to focus on. So
Speaker 1: I appreciate it. You know you throughout this and uh,
Speaker 1: let's go get better. Absolutely, Marry Christmas to you and
Speaker 1: your family. Happy Holidays to everybody out there. And coming
Speaker 1: up next, Chris Tabor, the Special Teams Coordinator, joins the program.
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Speaker 1: only points of the game. And I guess swigger could
Speaker 1: be Eddie Paneero a little bit right. He's kicking, He's
Speaker 1: kicking the ball. Well, um uh, we're real pleased with
Speaker 1: how he's continues to progress. I mean we're obviously have
Speaker 1: now gone through this this next it was the last
Speaker 1: stretch of where the weather changed and how was he
Speaker 1: going to handle the winds and the cold and and
Speaker 1: all those things. And I thought that he's done a
Speaker 1: good job. He's learning to adapt and he's learning to
Speaker 1: hit you know, a little different type of football at
Speaker 1: times if he has to drive it, uh to get
Speaker 1: it there. So hopefully here on obviously we'll be inside.
Speaker 1: But uh like see him finished strong. Yeah, he's seven
Speaker 1: or seven over the last five games. But he really
Speaker 1: struck that ball. That thing exploded off his foot yesterday.
Speaker 1: It did, it jumped off and I could tell right
Speaker 1: on the sidelines that I mean, that's that's how he's
Speaker 1: been hitting. We've been going down to the stadium. And
Speaker 1: he came up afterwards and and said, coach, you know,
Speaker 1: really coming down the stadiums, it's paying dividends and and
Speaker 1: I'm just I'm proud of the work that he's put in. Uh,
Speaker 1: and then just want to keep seeing him grow. And
Speaker 1: Matteggie just moments ago before you got here, he was
Speaker 1: doing his news conference earlier today and reiterated that you know, yeah,
Speaker 1: he has strong belief in Eddie Panerom moving forward. I think, so,
Speaker 1: I developing kickers is not an easy task, and he's
Speaker 1: a He's a guy that started off hot and then
Speaker 1: hit a little slump there. And I think the thing
Speaker 1: that I was impressed about it, Yes, we we hit
Speaker 1: a little lull, but he shot out of it quickly,
Speaker 1: and I was I was proud of him on that,
Speaker 1: and I think that's that's part of growing up and maturing.
Speaker 1: And uh, you know, right now, I think that he's
Speaker 1: kicking a confident ball and striking it well. And when
Speaker 1: you say it's not easy to develop a young kicker,
Speaker 1: what are the biggest reasons why when you deal with
Speaker 1: young kickers? You're you start off with a guy that
Speaker 1: OTA's competing for a job, training camp, competing for a job,
Speaker 1: preseason games, competing for your job. And then you go
Speaker 1: into the season you say, okay, now you've just started,
Speaker 1: you know, and the mental wear and tear that goes
Speaker 1: into that. I think that after a guy goes through
Speaker 1: a season and understands the ups and downs and and
Speaker 1: then learning how to get into a routine, that's all
Speaker 1: the part of the development that takes place. Some guys
Speaker 1: catch on a little bit faster. Some guys don't. But
Speaker 1: I think you can see it throughout the league. There's
Speaker 1: been a lot of different kickers at a lot of places.
Speaker 1: I think Tennessee is on. Maybe they're six guy. I
Speaker 1: know it's a story here, but I think it's a
Speaker 1: story everywhere there is. There's that balance between being patient
Speaker 1: and saying, okay, no, we need to we need to
Speaker 1: move on. You know, when you're dealing with guys that
Speaker 1: are are missing, are they interrupt or is this really
Speaker 1: really who they are? I still like the idea, though,
Speaker 1: of growing your own. You know, when you get a
Speaker 1: young one. So whether it's Lots in New Orleans or
Speaker 1: Butcher in Kansas City, or you know Rosas and New York.
Speaker 1: I mean, if these guys, these guys appear to be
Speaker 1: anyway long term guys, if you can grow them, that's how.
Speaker 1: That is the way to do it, because you you
Speaker 1: begin you know them inside and out, and I think
Speaker 1: that helps when you have to make an adjustment, if
Speaker 1: they hit a little lull, you know exactly what to
Speaker 1: do and where to go to to get a fixed
Speaker 1: Maybe the most underrated story of Pinero's rookie year essentially
Speaker 1: a rookie year. He was at the Raiders last preseason
Speaker 1: before his injury at Soldier Field. He's had two misses
Speaker 1: at field goals opposing kickers seventeen to twenty four overall
Speaker 1: against the Bears this year. Well Butcher had one, so
Speaker 1: eighteen to twenty five, but six misses at Soldier Field.
Speaker 1: He missed an extra point yesterday, so six misses by
Speaker 1: opposing kickers, again underscoring just how difficult that place is.
Speaker 1: It's it's a tough place to kick. I mean, there's
Speaker 1: obviously the statistics show it. And you know, we've had
Speaker 1: the advantage of going down there, you know, every Wednesday
Speaker 1: and having multiple different types of wins. Obviously it was
Speaker 1: it was really a pretty nice night last night for
Speaker 1: you for December twenty second on the lake. But when
Speaker 1: we went down on Wednesday, I think it was about
Speaker 1: fourteen degrees with real feel of five and uh and
Speaker 1: he kicked well. Bears Special Teams Coordinator Chris Tabor our
Speaker 1: guest here on The Bears Coaches Show. The Bears Coaches
Speaker 1: Show with Special Teams Coordinator Chris Tabor and w BBMS
Speaker 1: Jeff Jodiac continue this segment of the Bears Coaches Show
Speaker 1: brought to you by CDWD people to get it learned
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Speaker 1: Edipineer in our last break, last segment rather but out
Speaker 1: of the break. You know, Eddie Penner I saw I
Speaker 1: met his dad in London and just a delightful gentleman,
Speaker 1: very grateful that is on his having this opportunity. And
Speaker 1: and you were just telling me in the break that
Speaker 1: mom and brother first time seeing him playing an NFL game,
Speaker 1: So you know, it put a nice little bull at
Speaker 1: least on the on the home on the home on
Speaker 1: for Eddie Paneto, but hopefully a big long career. And
Speaker 1: you know, guys love it when the family comes to
Speaker 1: see them play because not everybody can actually get there,
Speaker 1: no no question. And that was uh. I think that
Speaker 1: was obviously special for for Eddie, but I know it
Speaker 1: was real special for his his mom and dad and
Speaker 1: his brother and for them to be able to get
Speaker 1: him see uh, I mean he when he when he
Speaker 1: made that field goal, I mean I mean he made it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: there was there was no doubt about it. He didn't
Speaker 1: he didn't flirt with the pipes. I mean it was
Speaker 1: right down the middle, and I know they were excited
Speaker 1: to see it. We got a chance to see Dave
Speaker 1: Tobe before the game. Obviously means a lot to you,
Speaker 1: and it means a lot to Chicago Bears fans. He
Speaker 1: was an excellent, uh individual here on the coaching staff,
Speaker 1: and uh, it's just always fun to see guys like
Speaker 1: that doing so well in the league and having his
Speaker 1: son Shane on staff. Good to catch up. Oh, it
Speaker 1: was awesome. I mean it was It was a lot
Speaker 1: of fun. I mean, uh, you know, we laugh before
Speaker 1: the game and then you don't even know that he's
Speaker 1: over there during the game because you're just so enthralled
Speaker 1: with what you're trying to do with your guys. But
Speaker 1: he is. He's such a class guy, and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: his units have always been really good, and we knew
Speaker 1: last night that that was going to be a big
Speaker 1: challenge and and we actually visited this morning a little
Speaker 1: bit about it and kind of some of the things
Speaker 1: we were trying to do and what they were trying
Speaker 1: to do. And um, you know, I told him that
Speaker 1: hardening kid. I said, it's a big statement. But he
Speaker 1: runs well behind his pads and kind of has that
Speaker 1: lean and kind of reminds me. I saw him on
Speaker 1: some of his cuts kind of looked like a little
Speaker 1: young Devin Hester, so to speak. And and Tobe cast me,
Speaker 1: we're slow down on that the brakes, Yeah, but no
Speaker 1: to be able to hold that guy to five yards, uh,
Speaker 1: you know per per return. We were excited about that,
Speaker 1: and I know that they were excited about, you know,
Speaker 1: eliminating our guy in the in the kick return games.
Speaker 1: So behind the scenes and in our world that was
Speaker 1: a that was a good chess match and a good battle,
Speaker 1: and uh, always fun to see him. How do you
Speaker 1: scout a friend and a guy that you know, you
Speaker 1: worked with for many years and now you guys have
Speaker 1: both grew your branches, so to speak, And how do
Speaker 1: you because you always have to be aware of the
Speaker 1: unknown as well, and you know the mindset of the individual,
Speaker 1: and he knows you. Yeah, it is it's a that's
Speaker 1: kind of I think the other piece of the puzzle
Speaker 1: that that makes it fun. But uh, I know that
Speaker 1: he asked me today, he said, I was waiting for
Speaker 1: a surprise on side and I said, well, I was
Speaker 1: waiting for for this from you guys, and we just
Speaker 1: kind of chuckled about it. But you just have to
Speaker 1: to go into it and say, hey, we gotta got
Speaker 1: a player game. I'm gonna need to be aggressive and
Speaker 1: when we need to be but uh, just try to
Speaker 1: play good football. And and see what happened from me
Speaker 1: just talking to you last week on the side, you
Speaker 1: had me on high alert. I thought for sure they
Speaker 1: were gonna go for a fake. It was fourth and short,
Speaker 1: I think, and like, I'm looking up see if Colquits
Speaker 1: thrown the ball, and you know, I like, you never know,
Speaker 1: and uh, it's it was interesting because they really do
Speaker 1: have an outstanding group of personnel. And that speed translates
Speaker 1: to special teams too. And you know, we're not gonna
Speaker 1: talk about the Chiefs because that's that's a whole issue.
Speaker 1: But the speed has it increased this year on your
Speaker 1: unit because of the types of players, And do you
Speaker 1: want to see it? How valuable is that speed on
Speaker 1: special teams? Well, you can't coach it, yeah you know,
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, you can coach a guide maybe
Speaker 1: to get bigger and stronger in the weight room and
Speaker 1: those type of things. But speed, Yeah, that that that's
Speaker 1: that's a tough one. I think that our front office
Speaker 1: has done a really nice job with regards to giving
Speaker 1: us guys and on our units, and I've been real pleased.
Speaker 1: You know. Obviously we've had some injuries and some of
Speaker 1: those guys are now in starting roles and doing well
Speaker 1: and really proud of them. But it also gives our
Speaker 1: other backups opportunities. Um, Josh Woods the play more and
Speaker 1: he's and he's a guy that can run, you know.
Speaker 1: So Ryann All that's now playing quite a bit and uh,
Speaker 1: he's he's he's playing well. So my hat hats off
Speaker 1: to to our front office and getting those type of
Speaker 1: players for us. You know, Woods, he's gotten five Special
Speaker 1: Teams tackles after one yesterday going into the game. Shehrick
Speaker 1: McManus was the leader with eight, and obviously he's on IR.
Speaker 1: But you know, Cordell Patterson left the game briefly, came
Speaker 1: back and made a nice down punt. Yeah. No, he's
Speaker 1: uh especially now he's he's good. Yeah, I mean he
Speaker 1: really is. He's in. Dave and I Dave we were
Speaker 1: talking about this morning actually just how big he is
Speaker 1: and how violent that he plays on the outside and
Speaker 1: uh and what a matchup problem he is. So I'm,
Speaker 1: like I've always said, I'm glad he's on our side.
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Speaker 1: Back on the Bears Coach to show our final segment
Speaker 1: of the year, So you have the final word there,
Speaker 1: Chris Faber, Special teams coordinator the Bears. They get ready
Speaker 1: to meet the Minnesota Vikings yesterday. So Kevin Pierre Lewis
Speaker 1: was on our postgame show and he was very open
Speaker 1: about his mistake and that he brought it up it
Speaker 1: happened in London, and how it could happen again. He goes,
Speaker 1: I have to be better. I know better than that.
Speaker 1: Again he in the moment. But these are the kinds
Speaker 1: of focused things I think that Matt Nagee was referring
Speaker 1: to overall team wide throughout the season at times, and
Speaker 1: certainly yesterday, no question, and KPL, you know, I as
Speaker 1: a coach, I take responsibility for that, you know, and
Speaker 1: got to do a better job to make sure that
Speaker 1: that doesn't happen. Obviously, mistakes like that you don't want
Speaker 1: to have happened. Those are things that as we move forward,
Speaker 1: have to continue to clean up and at the same
Speaker 1: time want to be able to also build on some
Speaker 1: of the positive things that have happened this year. You know. Obviously,
Speaker 1: I think that with the addition of of CP or,
Speaker 1: the kick return game is light years ahead of where
Speaker 1: it was a year ago. You know. I think that
Speaker 1: Pat O'Donnell has done a nice job. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: because we put some For example, we put some pressure
Speaker 1: on pat yesterday you're you know, and and the guys themselves,
Speaker 1: this is the AFC return specialist, pro bowler, you know,
Speaker 1: and we're still chasing some things out there, and guys,
Speaker 1: we're gonna have in order for us to to accomplish
Speaker 1: a goal, we're gonna have to go through the best
Speaker 1: and uh and the guys did that. And Patio was
Speaker 1: a big cog in that wheel from the standpoint, I
Speaker 1: mean hang time and in the location and given our
Speaker 1: guys a chance to get down there to make a
Speaker 1: play on a special player. He did that. So uh,
Speaker 1: you know, there's there's other things that that you know,
Speaker 1: I think that the growth of Eddie has been has
Speaker 1: been a positive. I think obviously with the story that
Speaker 1: it's been I think that's we talk less about it
Speaker 1: than probably people anticipated. I would say, you know the
Speaker 1: nice thing right now, You know we do miss Quikowski
Speaker 1: and kpl because they're not four phasers anymore, and the
Speaker 1: Bronickers and the McManus and those types of players. But
Speaker 1: what it's also done is it's given other guys, as
Speaker 1: I mentioned earlier, Woods, Gnall, all those type of players
Speaker 1: opportunities to take advantage of getting game experience. And you
Speaker 1: can't beat that. All right, Chris, we're gonna let you
Speaker 1: go appreciate it all season long. All the coordinators Mark
Speaker 1: Helfrich included, and defensive coordinator Chuck mcgonald for taking the
Speaker 1: time to join the Bears Coach Show. I have a
Speaker 1: great holiday, Marry Christmas to you, and go get the vikings.
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Speaker 1: Thanks again, Thanks again, guys, that's gonna do it for
Speaker 1: tonight's show. Thanks for listening all season long, everybody for
Speaker 1: Bears Head coach Matt Nagge, Special Teams Ordinator Chris Tabor
Speaker 1: for our producers Dan Bally, Jordan tread Up, Keith Johnson
Speaker 1: and Andy Gersher. I'm Jeff Joniac. We'll bring you Bears
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