WEBVTT - All Access: Nichols on preparing for Eagles 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:02.640 Hi, you don't everybody Jeff jonnyac here on BEARS All 0:00:02.680 --> 0:00:04.960 Access brought to you by IGS Energy. Good to have 0:00:05.000 --> 0:00:07.560 you from PANC Studios here at hallisaw on this Thursday 0:00:07.600 --> 0:00:10.159 night edition as a look ahead to the Eagles, and 0:00:10.200 --> 0:00:12.039 I'll look back at what's happened so far through the 0:00:12.080 --> 0:00:15.080 first seven games, sitting in today from a broadcast partner 0:00:15.120 --> 0:00:16.960 from news Radio seven eighty and one or five point 0:00:17.000 --> 0:00:20.000 nine f WBBM, the great Jay Hildenberg, the seven time 0:00:20.040 --> 0:00:22.720 consecutive Pro Bowl Center. And I'm sure it got your 0:00:22.960 --> 0:00:25.520 your hair standing up straight and whatever you have left 0:00:25.640 --> 0:00:27.880 on your head, you got the adrenaline flowing when you 0:00:27.920 --> 0:00:31.360 saw all that running going on on Sunday at Soldier Field. 0:00:31.440 --> 0:00:34.160 Oh yeah, it was exciting that especially. You know, I've 0:00:34.200 --> 0:00:37.520 talked about all season in the broadcast that that first 0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:40.240 series in the third quarters one of the biggest series 0:00:40.760 --> 0:00:43.280 of a game. And you stand behind me and you 0:00:43.720 --> 0:00:45.519 tap me on sure, that's the biggest series here, And 0:00:45.560 --> 0:00:47.280 I could not help it say the same thing. I 0:00:47.280 --> 0:00:49.680 thought that was going to be the benchmark moment. Yep, yep. 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:52.760 I you know coach and Aggy talks about gets finding 0:00:52.880 --> 0:00:56.560 that spark and I really believe he probably challenged those 0:00:56.600 --> 0:00:59.160 guys and that at the half time to come out, 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:01.120 there are guys, I'm going to run the ball here 0:01:01.240 --> 0:01:04.120 six straight times, and let's let's see what you can do. 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:06.280 I think it even goes back further because on the 0:01:06.319 --> 0:01:09.720 coaches Show this week right here on this on WBBM, 0:01:09.880 --> 0:01:13.839 rather they did come to him, I think, and said, hey, listen, 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:17.040 before this game, we want this on our shoulders. And 0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:19.480 so he listened to his team. That's great. Hey, you 0:01:19.480 --> 0:01:22.440 know it's it sounds like that right there. Then that's 0:01:22.480 --> 0:01:25.640 a it's a it's a learning. Everybody's learning this whole process. 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:27.319 So you know, this is a this is a team, 0:01:27.400 --> 0:01:29.440 the Chicago Bears, And I think that's what Naggi has 0:01:29.480 --> 0:01:31.959 really built here, that these guys really care about each other. 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:34.920 And I think to be successful that that's where you 0:01:35.000 --> 0:01:38.640 have to really begin with entering this season, that everybody 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:41.280 has to be tight together and be on the same page. 0:01:41.560 --> 0:01:44.559 You're gonna go through ups and downs regardless of any 0:01:44.600 --> 0:01:47.040 season you're in, and it's it's the guys that are 0:01:47.040 --> 0:01:49.920 going to stick together. And I found that to be 0:01:49.960 --> 0:01:53.640 more real that I'm out of football, how important it 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:56.240 is that everybody buys in where you start getting people 0:01:56.280 --> 0:01:59.480 that that questioning things in the locker room. Uh, there's 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:02.040 time for that. Why do you why do you do 0:02:02.080 --> 0:02:05.840 that now as an ex player so many years removed? Well, 0:02:06.000 --> 0:02:07.840 why are you looking at through a different lens? Well, 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:11.160 I think it's easier to do. I mean, football careers 0:02:11.160 --> 0:02:14.160 are so short to begin with, and you got to 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:19.600 get what you you know, what'd you wind me? Ye? Wise? Thirteen? Yeah, 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:21.480 thirteen season. Did you think you were going to play 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:24.400 that long? Uh? Actually don't. In the midst of it, 0:02:24.520 --> 0:02:27.680 I wanted to play a little more sixteen. My uncle 0:02:27.720 --> 0:02:32.640 plays sixteen. But I I look back at it, it's 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:35.480 amazing to play thirteen years. Yeah, it is. It's an 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:38.239 amazing to play. Well one, you know, you're you're you're right, Jef, 0:02:38.520 --> 0:02:40.799 You're right, it is. I mean that the average career 0:02:40.919 --> 0:02:42.959 is three and a half years in the NFL, and 0:02:42.960 --> 0:02:46.520 and so that's why you know that there's such a 0:02:46.560 --> 0:02:48.960 sense of urgency and guys want to win so bad 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:53.000 out there, and uh, but it's just it's it's frustrating. 0:02:53.080 --> 0:02:55.960 But really, the way to be successful in the NFL 0:02:56.400 --> 0:02:58.480 is as a team is that everybody has to be 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:00.359 on the same page, and everybody has to I N 0:03:00.440 --> 0:03:04.040 and be together. The interesting thing about this conversation lost 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:07.360 in all of it is that we're euphoric about the 0:03:07.480 --> 0:03:10.160 run game coming alive. In that big fifty five yard 0:03:10.240 --> 0:03:13.480 run by David Montgomery was so perfectly blocked it right 0:03:13.680 --> 0:03:16.960 every aspect, including Alan Robinson digging out of safety, to 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:20.040 the double team block and to the poll by Cody 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:23.720 white Air and the accelerating run by David Montgomery, and 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:27.320 that the offense showed signs of life and something you 0:03:27.360 --> 0:03:29.920 can hang you had on a little bit, you know, 0:03:30.200 --> 0:03:33.160 But they still lost, right, you know, and they lost, 0:03:33.200 --> 0:03:36.240 and they lost because of the red zone in effectiveness. Yeah, 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:38.800 and I think I think you're right. I was that 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:42.360 first half being down there hang nine plays or something 0:03:43.200 --> 0:03:45.360 down there close and not making it happen. It was. 0:03:45.440 --> 0:03:48.200 It was frustrating. Four times in the sixteen plays in 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:51.600 the red zone period for the five for twelve yards. Yeah. Yeah, 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:55.080 And that's that's something that you know, it's tough day, 0:03:55.160 --> 0:03:57.680 you know, there's no excuses these guys. These guys know it. 0:03:57.800 --> 0:04:00.440 Their professionals. They got to come back and hit some 0:04:00.520 --> 0:04:03.600 plays as great as your team wasn't as dominant you 0:04:03.680 --> 0:04:06.480 guys were as um as a running team and time 0:04:06.480 --> 0:04:10.560 of possession. Do you recall a period of red zone 0:04:10.600 --> 0:04:13.760 difficulty in your career where, you know, as great as 0:04:13.800 --> 0:04:15.839 you guys were, things weren't happening in the red zone? 0:04:15.920 --> 0:04:17.280 You know, I'm sure. I mean, I don't know if 0:04:17.279 --> 0:04:20.440 we played played so long ago, wasn't called the red zone? 0:04:20.520 --> 0:04:24.159 But well, was it call? Yeah? You know, would you 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:26.880 guys call it back then? I'm not even sure? Really, yeah, 0:04:26.920 --> 0:04:30.160 you guys, I'm sure we probably did. Would you call 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:32.040 the period of when you work between the twenty or 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:36.560 inside twenty, inside the twenty, inside the twenty, um, Yeah, 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:38.800 it gets a little it gets tougher down there. You've 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:40.840 got to be aware of being an offensive lineman. You 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:43.880 gotta be aware because defensive coordinators will take risks, you know, 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:47.080 they'll try to put you in some bad plays, um 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:49.560 in that area, especially when you cross the fifty that's 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:51.640 where you know, around the forty yard line going in, 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:54.120 that's when defensive coordinators are going to try to get 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:56.799 you out of field goal position and try to create 0:04:56.839 --> 0:05:00.360 some bad plays. But the red zone, you gotta you 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:04.840 gotta go down there and you look for everything, it's 0:05:04.880 --> 0:05:07.159 the worst cases and there offensive lineman, it is always 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:09.240 the worst case scenario. First, you got to think that 0:05:09.400 --> 0:05:12.600 you know where work, where can they disrupt this offensive 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:15.320 play the quickest and you got to secure that then 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:19.480 move on with your blocks. But and then it takes 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:22.320 it's gonna But that was one game they hadn't gotten 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:24.480 in there much this year. When they did, they were 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:28.800 pretty successful with their touchdown efficiency. But you can't. You 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:32.479 can't come out of there with nothing or three repeatedly 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:34.520 and think you're going to survive out. I don't care 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:37.080 how good your defense is. And I thought it was interesting, 0:05:37.080 --> 0:05:38.880 and I'm sure you read it, you know, Kalil Max 0:05:39.040 --> 0:05:41.360 and hey, we're giving up too many points. I mean, 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:44.360 that's nice to say, but the fact of the matter 0:05:44.480 --> 0:05:46.320 is you should be able to win games when you're 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:49.280 holding teams into that kind of figures part. And they 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:51.080 came back and stopped the run. They're gonna have to 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:53.560 do it again this week against the Eagles. Yes, I mean, 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:55.680 and that's where the defense always kind of is in 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:59.200 a tough spot because no matter what you know, if 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:01.960 you give up defense gives up fourteen points and you 0:06:02.080 --> 0:06:04.719 only score ten. You know you can't feel good about 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:09.080 what you did defensively, and I get that, but you 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:12.320 know there's no reason why the Bears can't score outside 0:06:12.320 --> 0:06:14.200 of the red zone. Also try to hit some big 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:16.680 plays down the field, and I look, do you think 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:19.800 they're coming? Yes, I really do. I think I think 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:23.520 they are. There's improvement out there. I think Mitch hurting 0:06:23.720 --> 0:06:27.000 his shoulder set him back a little bit. I'm missing 0:06:27.080 --> 0:06:29.919 that game and then the first game back against the Saints, 0:06:30.240 --> 0:06:33.279 playing with the shoulder harness on that. That's an adjustment 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:35.640 of quarterback has to go through. I hurt my shoulder 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:37.880 in eighty seven. I remember the first time I put 0:06:37.880 --> 0:06:40.960 the should I had to wear shoulder harness that whole season. 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:43.360 I remember the first time I went up and trying 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:45.760 to run and finally got it up to full speed. 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:47.560 I mean I almost fell down. It throws you off 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:51.000 balance because it's your your body's different moves, so I 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:54.880 mean you and full speed doesn't Well, it wasn't. It 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:58.359 wasn't an impressive Yeah, I'll tell you. Jay Hugenberger guests 0:06:58.360 --> 0:07:01.400 sitting in today for Tom there coming up shortly. Blow Nichols, 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:04.000 the young defensive lament would join the program or brought 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:06.320 to you by IGS Energy with a Pause Oranger engineer 0:07:06.400 --> 0:07:10.960 and Dana really our producer. You know. Yesterday Mitch Drubisky 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:15.600 talked about watching the TV copy of the Bears game, 0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:19.080 not just the coach's tape, which is the national broadcast, 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:23.200 and it was an advisory decision by man Naggie. Hey, 0:07:23.240 --> 0:07:25.120 here's some advice. Take a look at how what your 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:30.280 body actions are showing what your demeanor is. And Mitch 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:32.840 said it was like watching somebody he didn't know. It 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:35.680 wasn't him. So he wants to get back to being him, right, No, 0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:39.520 I think that's important. It's a great coaching point that 0:07:39.640 --> 0:07:43.360 Naggie did. Just yeah, that's a different perspective, be able 0:07:43.400 --> 0:07:45.760 to look he said, he looked too serious, and you know, right, 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:48.080 and and that's I've been thinking that all year. Mitch 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:50.040 has to go out and have fun. He can't go 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:53.040 out the rest of this season. I don't want to. 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:56.440 I don't care. I mean if Mitch makes some mistakes, 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:59.559 so what, everybody makes mistakes. There's never been one person 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:01.920 in the NFL fill that's played a perfect game. You 0:08:02.000 --> 0:08:05.760 gotta go out. I played. I made every mistake that 0:08:05.920 --> 0:08:08.679 any football player could ever make on the football field. 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:10.720 I made them all. And I'll tell you, I mean 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:13.640 coach stuck with me. I mean, I never would have 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:15.880 gone to the Pro Bowls that I went through if 0:08:15.880 --> 0:08:18.440 he didn't go through my growing pains as a center 0:08:18.440 --> 0:08:20.960 in the NFL. I mean, I caused the first instant 0:08:20.960 --> 0:08:26.120 replay in the history of the NFL. We've talked about 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:28.600 that a lot, but for those who don't know what happened, 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:31.559 it was an eighty six season they had the first 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:35.880 time instant replay was there. And the first series of 0:08:35.920 --> 0:08:38.520 the eighty six season, second or third play of the 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:40.840 game that we were in the shotgun and it was 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:42.599 on three and I snapped it on two and a 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:45.719 half and McMahon wasn't looking and the ball went in 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:47.559 the end zone and they had a replay to see 0:08:47.600 --> 0:08:49.800 what was either safety or a touchdown for the Cleveland 0:08:49.840 --> 0:08:52.840 Browns and ended up being a touchdown. So, I mean, 0:08:52.880 --> 0:08:54.600 that's a heck of a way to start a season. 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:56.480 You got your tail cheot on that one, didn't. Yeah, 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:58.400 I paly probably played one of the best games I 0:08:58.480 --> 0:09:00.760 ever played in my life. After that that will give 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:03.040 a little bit, had a little and drendaline going. Jay 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:05.840 Hilgenberg here, this is Bears All Access will step away 0:09:05.880 --> 0:09:08.520 for a break on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. 0:09:09.120 --> 0:09:11.480 Welcome back, everybody to Bears All Access brought to you 0:09:11.520 --> 0:09:14.160 by IGS Energy, a proud partner of the Chicago Bears, 0:09:14.200 --> 0:09:17.280 providing electricity, natural gas, and home warranty products to over 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:20.439 one million customers across the country. Learn more about IGS 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:23.520 Energy at IGS dot com. Phillion for Tom Thayer this week, 0:09:23.920 --> 0:09:27.440 Jay Hilgenberg is good buddy. How did you guys carve 0:09:27.440 --> 0:09:29.600 out such a friendship? By the way, I think it's 0:09:29.600 --> 0:09:31.160 a great story, and one day I'd like to set 0:09:31.240 --> 0:09:34.880 you both down. Do a Bears Insider feature on a 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:38.320 player profile on the relationship of Jay Hilgenberg and Tom. There. 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:41.760 You guys have been budd heast forever. Yeah, we're like brothers. 0:09:41.800 --> 0:09:44.000 I would have to say we are. Tom and I 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:46.520 are very close talked. I call him, I bug him, 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:48.560 I call him all the time on the phone and stuff. 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:51.320 So right, you do get under his skin, you know? Yeah? 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:54.559 I know I do. There's there's no question. Does he 0:09:56.240 --> 0:10:00.440 guys are very very interesting character? Doesn't n Not really? 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:03.760 Not really? I know I I bug him, you're very accepting. 0:10:03.760 --> 0:10:05.720 In other words, well, i'd like to think so. He 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:08.280 probably say a different story. He probably say the exact thing, 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:11.240 and I'm saying about him, you're more tolerant. I'll give 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:15.800 you that. Well that's not saying a lot. Yeah, Jay 0:10:16.000 --> 0:10:19.439 Jay comes into the booth every Sunday with his protein 0:10:19.520 --> 0:10:22.480 shakes and a huge bag of pistachios. I got you. 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:25.520 I mean, you can you knock out a full bag 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:29.480 in one game? Oh? Yeah, easy one. Who's a big bag? Yeah? 0:10:29.520 --> 0:10:31.400 It is a big it is. It doesn't mean I 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:33.280 was a couple of weeks ago or I was down 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:36.080 at the Kansas City Houston game with the Tobes and 0:10:36.200 --> 0:10:39.880 I sat next Tory. Yeah, Sheryl Tobe during the game, 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:42.800 and I had my bag of pistachios and I ate 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:44.959 the whole bag. And she was just amaze. She goes, 0:10:45.000 --> 0:10:47.760 you know how many calories are in that bag? I go, no, 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:50.040 I don't. Yeah, you don't need anything, all right, your 0:10:50.120 --> 0:10:52.800 twigs and berries. Game appreciate you don't tell me how 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:54.960 many calories around it. Well, you're looking good. I'll tell 0:10:55.000 --> 0:10:56.679 you that. I'll tell you also, is looking good? Is 0:10:56.720 --> 0:10:59.760 the Philadelphia Eagles, and the reason is they were in 0:10:59.800 --> 0:11:03.800 a similar situation as the Bears. Interestingly, both teams, both 0:11:03.840 --> 0:11:06.760 teams had players only meetings last week. Right, both teams 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:09.240 have come off two rough losses. They got pretty much 0:11:09.360 --> 0:11:12.360 punched in the mouth in both of those situations. They 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:13.960 hit the road to go to Buffalo and beat a 0:11:14.040 --> 0:11:17.120 very good Buffalo team this year. And now they're feeling 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:19.840 good because they'll have three consecutive games at home. They 0:11:19.840 --> 0:11:21.640 got a bye week after they play the Bears, and 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:25.960 they're close in proximity versus the Bears, are in the 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:28.680 division race the Dallas Cowboys. So they're feeling good. They're 0:11:28.679 --> 0:11:30.959 feeling really good. They might get the Sean Jackson back 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:33.760 this week, might get Darren Sprowls back. They might not 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:37.600 have Miles Sanders. But your impressions of just what the 0:11:37.600 --> 0:11:39.720 Philadelphi Eagles are thrown at you these days, and what 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:42.559 do you think of Carson Wentz, Well, I mean, they're champions. 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:44.160 I mean that's the one thing is so they have 0:11:44.240 --> 0:11:46.160 the heart of the champion. They've been there, they've won 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:48.320 the Super Bowl. They know what it's like, they know 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:53.000 pressure games, they know when a game is the season's 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:56.160 life for death. And that's you know, obviously they had 0:11:56.200 --> 0:11:57.760 a good meeting and went up to and beat a 0:11:58.120 --> 0:12:02.439 supposedly good Buffalo team. So they are gonna these guys. 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:04.000 This is gonna be a tough game for the Bears, 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:06.320 no question about it. Now, if you're getting ready for them, 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:08.240 you got a deal. Obviously. Look at what they do 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:11.160 with that wide nine defensive front. I know, we hear 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:13.080 a lot about it. It's Jim Schwartz. We got him 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:14.960 into truck, so became a thing to hear about the 0:12:15.000 --> 0:12:18.240 wide nine. And that's for those who don't know exactly 0:12:18.240 --> 0:12:20.800 what that is. It just spread those defensive linemen out. 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:23.800 They get up feel quick, a fast flowing defense. But 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:25.520 you got to stop the engine in there. And let's 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:28.600 Fletcher Cox. Yeah, three technique defensive tackle on this. Yeah, 0:12:28.960 --> 0:12:32.000 he's a disruptor in there. He's a great one, uses 0:12:32.080 --> 0:12:36.959 his hands well. Um. But I like, I like with 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:39.360 the Bears offense how they're gonna match up against this 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:42.480 on that wide nine because that that old power play 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:44.960 where Montgomery had the fifty five yard run. I mean, 0:12:45.000 --> 0:12:47.760 that's the perfect design play for that type of defense. 0:12:47.800 --> 0:12:51.400 And I think, and why is that? What makes that 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:54.240 well inviting. I mean, if that defensive end is coming 0:12:54.520 --> 0:12:59.280 playing so wide and coming up field, I mean the backguard, 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:02.280 the old guard. How Cody Whitehair pulled around there, I 0:13:02.280 --> 0:13:05.400 mean that that defense and basically he's taking himself out 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:08.240 of the play already, so you know, to turn it up. 0:13:08.280 --> 0:13:10.400 I mean, there was there's gonna be a design hole. 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:12.280 You don't have to look for daylight. Just take it 0:13:12.320 --> 0:13:14.920 and go north to south and you'll be happy to know. 0:13:15.040 --> 0:13:17.920 If you haven't watched it already, your guy, James Daniels 0:13:17.920 --> 0:13:20.160 pancakes his gay. Yeah, he had a great block on that. 0:13:20.280 --> 0:13:22.920 I mean the whole line did have a great perfect Yeah, 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:25.040 they had a great block. And that's what's fun about 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:27.199 offensive lineman. He start having plays like that and the 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:30.080 executions there so whole. I mean hope hopefully on that 0:13:30.120 --> 0:13:32.319 one play right there, that they can build off that 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:36.280 and and just have the confidence that those plays are 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:39.000 going to hit, and also a confidence with coach Nagy 0:13:39.120 --> 0:13:40.920 that you know, we're gonna keep going. He saw the 0:13:41.000 --> 0:13:45.200 success of hitting these consecutive plays. And and it's true 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:49.200 that the more the offensive line will run these plays, 0:13:49.240 --> 0:13:51.920 the better their their technique and their footwork and all 0:13:51.960 --> 0:13:54.640 their coordination and everything it will be going. It is 0:13:54.679 --> 0:13:57.120 one thing, and I know it aggravates offensive lineman who 0:13:57.160 --> 0:14:00.680 played the game to now analyze the game. But it 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:04.560 sounds so perfect to say, Okay, Cody hit hit the 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:07.640 hit the guy in the exact spot on his shoulder 0:14:07.679 --> 0:14:09.760 to clear out the lane, and then you two guys 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:12.400 got to drive this guy to the next linebacker. And 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:14.720 the footwork and the technique has to be complete. And 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:17.959 it's not that way, right, No, it doesn't. It sounds 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:22.200 good right now. That's that's true, Jeff. During the week, 0:14:22.720 --> 0:14:25.400 that's where that's when you work on your fundamentals and technique. 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:28.640 I mean, you got to be conscious of that. Everything 0:14:28.640 --> 0:14:30.600 you do, every step you take in practice, you gotta 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:32.600 be working your techniques. I used to tell Tom all 0:14:32.640 --> 0:14:35.680 the time. You know, we got a big noseguard this week, 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:39.440 and Tom, I want you to take your left hand. Tom. 0:14:39.640 --> 0:14:41.480 They're played right guards, so I want to take your 0:14:41.560 --> 0:14:44.200 left hand. You hit the nose guard in the shoulder, 0:14:44.280 --> 0:14:46.960 don't hit, don't hit my shoulder, don't hit my body, 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:49.560 don't hit. Just give me a hand on his shoulder 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:52.880 and that's all I need. It's just little stuff like that. 0:14:52.960 --> 0:14:56.000 And if if you if this, if this offensive line 0:14:56.040 --> 0:14:58.760 can stick together long enough and be able to work 0:14:58.800 --> 0:15:01.720 through those little techniques to work with each other, it 0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:03.520 comes a long way to get If you're a guy 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:07.600 like Rashad Coward who just come off his second NFL start, 0:15:07.680 --> 0:15:11.200 he is an very inexperienced playing that guard position, very 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:14.360 inexperienced playing the offensive line in general, and you have 0:15:14.400 --> 0:15:16.520 a three penalty game like he did with two false 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:18.560 starts in a hold, how do you make sure that 0:15:18.640 --> 0:15:22.200 doesn't happen again? Mentally because the physical part of it, 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:25.640 you know, again, stuff happens. Every offensive lineman gets flagged, 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:28.680 But to have three in one game after having a 0:15:28.720 --> 0:15:32.520 real good start is first week. What would you explain 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:35.160 and how what advice would you get? Yeah, just to um, 0:15:35.760 --> 0:15:39.520 you know, learn from it, be prepared, you know, think 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:42.040 about what it is that caused. And again, you know, 0:15:42.120 --> 0:15:45.760 tell him, Hey, everybody makes mistakes out here, everybody does it. 0:15:46.280 --> 0:15:50.720 You're you're you're gonna make mistakes and what but don't 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:53.640 lose how aggressive you are? I like how aggressive he is. 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:58.920 I mean similar situation when I played, um my other guard, 0:15:59.200 --> 0:16:02.240 Mark Bortz. He was a defensive lineman that converted it 0:16:02.320 --> 0:16:05.200 to offensive lineman and he got thrown that the year 0:16:05.240 --> 0:16:11.320 they converted him to the offensive guard. It was like 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:13.840 his third game, I think, second or third game of 0:16:14.160 --> 0:16:16.800 that that season eighty three season, he got thrown in 0:16:16.880 --> 0:16:20.080 a game to do an injury and he didn't know 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:22.520 what was then it was. It was one of the 0:16:22.560 --> 0:16:24.960 funniest plays I've ever seen in the NFL. We had 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:29.640 a straight toss play called, and the toss he had 0:16:29.640 --> 0:16:31.640 a bubble over him, so he had a lineback inside 0:16:31.640 --> 0:16:34.960 linebacker like five yards off the ball, and a straight 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:37.920 toss play is there's there's no faking. The quarterback opens 0:16:38.000 --> 0:16:40.160 up to the play side and tosses it to the 0:16:40.240 --> 0:16:43.360 running back to the play side, so that linebacker is 0:16:43.400 --> 0:16:45.720 flowing as soon as he's he's flying out of there. 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:48.800 And you wouldn't look that tape with Boorsi. Here's his 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:52.080 first snap in the NFL. He went straight straight as 0:16:52.080 --> 0:16:56.000 the linebacker, and then when the linebacker moved ran straight, 0:16:56.040 --> 0:16:58.280 you know, the other way. He took a straight right 0:16:58.440 --> 0:17:01.040 and chased right after him, five yards behind him. And 0:17:01.360 --> 0:17:04.760 the next that Monday, in the meeting, stick Stafford goes, Mark, 0:17:04.840 --> 0:17:06.600 what do you do with her? You got to take 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:09.520 a proper angle to cut that that guy off. Don't 0:17:09.520 --> 0:17:13.359 you understand the action in the backfield? And Mark goes, 0:17:13.440 --> 0:17:15.840 no coach, no coach, and turn the lights on. He 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:17.879 goes here. Look at your diagram at you draw it. 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:21.359 You drew a straight line from guard to the line docker, 0:17:21.640 --> 0:17:25.440 so he ran to right. So you know, coaching, that's 0:17:25.480 --> 0:17:27.480 where you have to be specific. Yeah, coaching is a 0:17:27.480 --> 0:17:29.360 little more complex than you think it is. All right, 0:17:29.400 --> 0:17:34.040 you can't assume no one exactly what to do. Jay Hilgenberg, 0:17:34.080 --> 0:17:36.080 our guest here on bears Ow Access, will be joined 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:39.040 by Badon Nichols coming up as well this evening. It's 0:17:39.080 --> 0:17:41.200 brought to you by IGAs Energy. Good to have you along. 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:43.760 Back to the Eagles. One of the guys that's playing 0:17:43.760 --> 0:17:46.320 great on that front right now is Brandon Graham. He's 0:17:46.359 --> 0:17:48.760 got five sacks all on third down this year for 0:17:48.800 --> 0:17:51.240 the Eagles. And if you're looking at the guy like 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:53.919 this six two, two sixty, he wins the game of leverage. 0:17:53.960 --> 0:17:56.280 And right right, those are the scary guys. You know, 0:17:57.200 --> 0:17:59.240 two things are scary front off to lineman and the 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:02.680 NFL guy that never stopped moving their feet as pass rushers. 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:07.200 And I think that the shorter guys, the leverage guys, 0:18:07.359 --> 0:18:09.480 I always had problem with against the guys. You know, 0:18:09.560 --> 0:18:12.520 I'm six two, so there were not many people shorter 0:18:12.640 --> 0:18:14.639 than me out there in the field, but there were 0:18:14.680 --> 0:18:17.080 a few, and they were difficult guys to play against. 0:18:17.160 --> 0:18:20.640 What's your opinion at Carson wentz Uh Just an intense, 0:18:20.720 --> 0:18:24.320 tough player. He's a gamer. He'll sit there in the pocket. Um, 0:18:24.520 --> 0:18:26.760 he's not will he's willing to take a hit, He's 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:31.199 not afraid of anything out there. Fierce competitor. He's going 0:18:31.240 --> 0:18:33.359 to give you some chances, though, I think how we 0:18:33.440 --> 0:18:35.400 hold onto the ball to knock it away from him? 0:18:35.880 --> 0:18:38.320 So yeah, they say he's a perfectionist to the point 0:18:38.359 --> 0:18:42.800 that he will wait until the last possible second, and 0:18:43.240 --> 0:18:45.560 he will also eject the pocket though he will beat you, 0:18:45.400 --> 0:18:47.520 But he did last week a couple of double digit 0:18:47.560 --> 0:18:49.359 runs as well. All Right, we're gonna step away for 0:18:49.359 --> 0:18:52.520 another break here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. 0:18:52.880 --> 0:18:55.080 Get an insiders look at the past one hundred years 0:18:55.080 --> 0:18:58.119 of Chicago Bears football with the Chicago Bears Centennial Scrapbook. 0:18:58.160 --> 0:19:01.560 Buy your copy. It's store dot Chicago Bears dot com 0:19:01.640 --> 0:19:04.879 Jeff Joniac Jay Hilgenberg in for Tom Thare this week, 0:19:05.200 --> 0:19:07.800 and our special guest this week is second year Bears 0:19:07.840 --> 0:19:12.879 defensive lineman Belong Nichols headed home this weekend against the 0:19:12.960 --> 0:19:17.320 Philadelphia Eagles, team you rooted for growing up. You lived 0:19:17.320 --> 0:19:20.520 in Chester, PA, not too far from Philly, and then 0:19:20.560 --> 0:19:24.320 over to Newark, Delaware. So that's Eagles territory over there, 0:19:24.359 --> 0:19:27.480 Eagles territory over there. Yeah, it's all Eagles territory over there. 0:19:27.520 --> 0:19:31.080 How you feeling? Oh man, I feel I feel blessed. 0:19:31.240 --> 0:19:33.239 I can't wait to just get there and you know, 0:19:33.400 --> 0:19:35.480