WEBVTT - Offense aims to take steps forward against Rams | Bears, etc. Podcast 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:06.040 Right shut open that DJ more ensode touchdown, touchdown, Paars. 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:08.000 I am Jeff joniaclitz is. 0:00:08.080 --> 0:00:10.560 On dot go hus. 0:00:12.000 --> 0:00:13.680 What was like playing for coach good Do? 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:16.439 I don't want to answer any questions like that pressure 0:00:16.520 --> 0:00:23.400 coming is a big trouble. Donnie Goes Motest Sweat. 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:25.759 Now. 0:00:25.920 --> 0:00:28.520 Bears et cetera brought to you by Geico with the 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:31.280 voices of the Bears Jeff Joniac and Tom Fayer. 0:00:32.600 --> 0:00:34.760 Well more challenges for the Bears, this time of the 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:37.159 offensive line. As we got ready to see the La 0:00:37.280 --> 0:00:40.280 Rams it sold your field on Sunday at noon. Welcome 0:00:40.280 --> 0:00:44.240 into Bears ETCA podcast number ninety seven, and this episode 0:00:44.320 --> 0:00:46.280 is brought to you by Geico with Super Bowl winning 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:49.440 Bears guard Tom Sayer. I'm Jeff Joniac. Darnell Wright has 0:00:49.479 --> 0:00:51.320 a back issue. Not saying he's out, but he's not 0:00:51.360 --> 0:00:53.560 going to practice on Wednesday. We'll see how the rest 0:00:53.560 --> 0:00:54.280 of the week goes. 0:00:54.680 --> 0:00:56.920 But now you're back in the shuffle mode and figuring 0:00:56.960 --> 0:00:57.600 out the best fight. 0:00:57.880 --> 0:01:00.880 Yeah, you know again, their fortune to have a guy 0:01:00.960 --> 0:01:03.520 like Matt Pryor, who I think he's got the versatility 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:06.640 and the power to play any position. And then if 0:01:06.680 --> 0:01:08.560 you have a guy like Nate Davis have missed a 0:01:08.600 --> 0:01:12.000 little action last week, he's got to be inserted back 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:15.120 in the lineup and the line has to expect not 0:01:15.200 --> 0:01:17.520 to miss a beat. And so that's just part of 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:20.320 the process of professional football, because if you look around 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:23.200 the NFL, there's a lot of offensive linemen that are 0:01:23.200 --> 0:01:27.400 missing time right now, and you can't blame results on it. 0:01:27.400 --> 0:01:30.440 It's just a matter of That's why you have ninety 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:32.920 guys at the start of training camp, fifty three guys 0:01:32.959 --> 0:01:35.600 on a game day roster, and a practice squad of 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:37.400 guys waiting for their opportunity. 0:01:37.600 --> 0:01:40.240 One of the interesting names we're going to hear is Karanamagaji, 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:42.440 the rookie out of Yale from Hinsdale. He has not 0:01:42.480 --> 0:01:45.200 been able to get into games yet working through that 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:48.160 quad injury, but he's been practicing. He's been getting reps 0:01:48.160 --> 0:01:51.560 of practice, and that's say consideration. 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:53.080 Right there as well, what's your thought on that. 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:56.120 Well, it's only the physical part I have to make 0:01:56.160 --> 0:01:59.160 my determination on because he's been around meetings since he's 0:01:59.200 --> 0:02:01.720 got drafted here with the Bears, so mentally he's going 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:04.680 to be up and ready to go. It's just a 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:07.520 matter of you put him in a comfort zone where 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:09.840 he could be the most confident football player he can 0:02:09.880 --> 0:02:14.120 possibly be at this level after playing in the IVY League. 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:17.160 So I have a lot of faith in his athleticism, 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:20.080 what I've seen out of him and where his career 0:02:20.160 --> 0:02:23.799 is going. But there's nothing like getting over the first 0:02:23.880 --> 0:02:26.400 experience of playing at an NFL level. 0:02:26.600 --> 0:02:29.160 But he also move inside at guard. 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:31.400 He's got the skill set, he's got the temple, and 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:33.280 he's got the frame, he's got the feet that he 0:02:33.320 --> 0:02:36.960 could play anywhere on the offensive line. It's just that 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:39.800 I think you have to go through an evaluation process 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:43.080 with Chris Morgan in the entire offensive staff to see 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:45.280 where do you think that he is the most confident 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:48.679 football player, because there's other guys out there that can 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:51.040 If he's okay, if he's not one hundred percent confident 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:53.600 at tackle and he's got the ability to play on 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:56.160 the inside, then who is the next man up at 0:02:56.160 --> 0:03:00.800 the tackle position? And it's just some explora tour work 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:02.480 that you have to do. And that's the one thing 0:03:02.520 --> 0:03:05.480 about Chris Morgan is he does it since the beginning 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:08.919 of their evaluability and he's got a pretty good feel 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:10.560 on who fits the best wearer. 0:03:10.919 --> 0:03:13.960 Matt Pryor played right guard last week. Big dude. 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:17.240 He also has tackle ability. What was robral analysis of 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:18.200 the big guy up front? 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:20.119 You know, the more reps he gets, the better he's 0:03:20.160 --> 0:03:22.240 going to be. Wherever he plays, he gives you a 0:03:22.280 --> 0:03:28.040 definite impact and a powerful run blocking philosophy, whether it's 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:30.680 having a single block at the point of attack or 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:34.119 being involved in the double team. He's got the athleticism 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:37.360 to go up to the second level to block anybody 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:40.840 from a defensive back to a linebacker. So the Bears 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:43.640 are fortunate to have Matt Pryor. He's got a lot 0:03:43.720 --> 0:03:46.600 of experience, and like you said in his introduction last week, 0:03:46.760 --> 0:03:50.000 he's a mountain of a man, and so he takes 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:51.880 up a lot of space. And I think he can 0:03:51.960 --> 0:03:55.320 really put a center if he plays offensive guard, or 0:03:55.360 --> 0:03:57.760 he can put a guard or a tight end into 0:03:57.800 --> 0:04:01.560 a powerful comfort zone. It all matter where he does play. 0:04:01.720 --> 0:04:04.200 Thanks like Miller time, go to millerke dot com slash 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:07.480 bears pot to find delivery options near you. Celebrate responsibly. 0:04:07.960 --> 0:04:11.080 Middle Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ninety six calories and three 0:04:11.120 --> 0:04:14.760 point two carbs per twelve ounces. We also heard as 0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:17.000 we have every Wednesday and we always have to play 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:20.000 it is Caleb Williams, the Bears quarterback. Always interesting thoughts. 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:22.679 A guy who's always in the moment when it comes 0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:24.840 to taking the microphone, whether it be an interview and 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:27.520 a sit down or at the podium, lots to say 0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:31.400 about one of his favorite quarterbacks in the NFL, Matthew Stafford. 0:04:31.440 --> 0:04:32.960 Let listen in and hear what he had to say 0:04:33.000 --> 0:04:36.120 about the Rams starting quarterback and more on the Bears offense. 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:40.480 I've really started watching Megatron obviously all the I mean 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:42.080 getting triple covered and stuff like that. 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:44.000 And then I got a little older and kind. 0:04:43.839 --> 0:04:47.120 Of realized how good Matthew Stafford is at his job. 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:50.240 And so I think that started at a young age, but 0:04:50.279 --> 0:04:53.920 it originally started watching and I guess seeing the highlights 0:04:53.960 --> 0:04:54.760 of Megatron. 0:04:55.080 --> 0:04:56.520 And then what about Stafford's games? 0:04:56.600 --> 0:04:59.720 You really, yeah, he out first I'll say he controls 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:05.160 the game as a as a quarterback. He knows how 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:08.599 to get in and out of things efficiently, efficiently. He 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:09.960 knows where people are going to be, knows where the 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:11.600 defensive players are going to be, so he can move 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:15.240 them on a string. And so, uh, you know, watching 0:05:15.360 --> 0:05:18.920 him be able to move defenders, you know, be able 0:05:18.960 --> 0:05:21.720 to you know, move and maneuver in the pocket and 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:25.640 still deliver you know, some some nice passes down the 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:27.640 field or you know, even just getting the ball to 0:05:27.720 --> 0:05:31.200 your back and allow him to go to work, you know, 0:05:31.279 --> 0:05:33.000 keeping the ball in play and you know a bunch 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:35.400 of different arm angles and you know things like that. 0:05:35.480 --> 0:05:37.679 So you know he's been doing it for a while 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:40.599 and so watching something like that, that that's you know 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:43.480 how the you know success that he's had, you know, 0:05:43.480 --> 0:05:45.120 they want to learn from that. So you know it's 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:47.000 gonna be exciting to go again some coming. 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:47.279 On a Sunday. 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:50.200 You expressed the need for constant communication as this offense 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:51.360 tries to find itself. 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:53.719 What does that require from you? And and what do 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:55.440 you hope that looks like from the group at large 0:05:55.440 --> 0:05:56.400 as you guys figure. 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:56.520 This thing out. 0:05:56.600 --> 0:05:59.760 Rub Yeah, so at first starts with me, you know, 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:04.600 able to be a better communicator too, you know the 0:06:04.839 --> 0:06:08.120 the you know, the coaches, the players and things like 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:11.560 that about you know, I guess I would say a 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:14.160 little bit more things that you know, I I I 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:17.760 like a little bit more for certain situations or you know, 0:06:18.320 --> 0:06:22.000 being a little bit more communicative and and and talking, uh, 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:24.920 you know to those those guys that are out there, 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:29.200 you know, with us, what they're seeing and things like that. 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:31.040 And then you'll get to the sideline and being able 0:06:31.080 --> 0:06:35.800 to handle things properly on the sideline, and and and 0:06:35.960 --> 0:06:37.760 understand that, you know, we have another drive. We have 0:06:37.839 --> 0:06:40.839 this and that when we're in practice, when we're in 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:43.680 throughout the week, and things like that in our off 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:47.479 time throughout the week, making sure we communicate properly to 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:49.640 make sure that we're you know, running things that work 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:54.240 well with us, you know, myself included in that, and 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:56.800 and and things that you know that we haven't may 0:06:56.839 --> 0:06:59.080 have had too many reps on the routes or things 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:01.520 like that over you know, these past three or four 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:05.080 months of being here. You know that we we communicate 0:07:05.120 --> 0:07:07.360 that and just making sure we're running things that we're 0:07:07.440 --> 0:07:11.080 all comfortable with that are obviously good plays that work 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:14.040 well against other teams, but you know, more importantly, things 0:07:14.040 --> 0:07:16.840 that you know, we know and that that we feel 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:17.440 comfy running. 0:07:17.600 --> 0:07:19.080 And Shane asked you for that. 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:21.240 Input ors that have to come from you. 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:23.720 Yeah, So, so Shane and I have talked about it. 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:27.920 And We've talked about it throughout the weeks, but just 0:07:28.280 --> 0:07:31.360 been a little bit more in depth. I would say, 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:34.880 as what is what we've kind of come to after 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:36.960 this past game, been a little bit more in depth 0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:40.280 about it, I would say, is the you know, kind 0:07:40.280 --> 0:07:42.680 of what kind of the adjustment we've made since after 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:43.280 this last game. 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:47.680 Is it hard to feel comfortable doing that as a rookie. 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:52.760 No, I wouldn't say it's it's uncomfortable. He has to 0:07:52.760 --> 0:07:54.320 call the plays and I have to go out there 0:07:54.320 --> 0:07:55.040 and execute. 0:07:55.360 --> 0:07:55.520 You know. 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:57.240 We have alerts and stuff like that that I can 0:07:57.320 --> 0:08:00.520 change and route concepts that I can change depending on, 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:02.960 you know, whatever case may be. But he does have 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:04.200 to call him and I also have to go out 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:06.080 there and execute. So to be able to go out 0:08:06.080 --> 0:08:10.400 there and you know, make decisions and split seconds you know, 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:15.000 hesitation and and and and being you know, not being decisive. 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:18.440 I think that that leads into the first part about 0:08:18.440 --> 0:08:21.800 it is not being comfy and so uh for for 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:24.920 certain plays or whatever case may be, or certain routes, 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:29.000 I think that that's the biggest thing. And so me 0:08:29.080 --> 0:08:32.040 being able to communicate with him is important to understand that, 0:08:32.120 --> 0:08:33.520 and I have to do consistently. 0:08:33.960 --> 0:08:35.960 What do you encourages you most about where the offense 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:39.960 is right now? Yeah, I think I think we're constantly 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:40.520 getting better. 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:43.880 I think, Uh there's a lot of new and as 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:49.120 we all know, wide receivers, running backs and quarterback and 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:52.240 feel offensive lineman and all these different you know parts 0:08:52.280 --> 0:08:57.520 and things like that, and you know, us us constantly 0:08:57.559 --> 0:09:00.880 having the encouragement mindset, but also the positivity that we 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:03.040 see on the actual film you know, if you if 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:05.600 you actually watch it and you know, not get into all. 0:09:05.520 --> 0:09:06.560 The emotions of the game. 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:11.920 Uh, the positivity that we have and the growth that 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:14.040 we're you know, the slow growth that we're having. 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:17.800 Yes, we do need to get it going a little bit, you. 0:09:17.720 --> 0:09:20.400 Know, more efficiently than we are, you know, but the 0:09:20.720 --> 0:09:23.280 growth and positivity that we have within the film that 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:26.000 we've seen and things like that over these past couple 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:28.320 of weeks. 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:29.920 Is a guy who likes to be involved in the 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:32.680 offense even though he's a defensive guy. What has his 0:09:32.840 --> 0:09:35.280 role bean in his last week or so and trying 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:37.959 as you're trying to get this offense, you know, get going, 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:40.320 how how much influences he had and what's his roleman? 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:41.800 And trying to get this going. 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:44.319 Yeah, I mean he's in the room. He's but he's 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:48.960 been in the room since training camp, new new quarterback, 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:52.000 new OC and things like that. Uh, he's been in 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:54.560 the room helping out as much as he could, whether 0:09:54.640 --> 0:09:57.240 it's you know, us asking him how he sees this, 0:09:58.360 --> 0:10:03.000 you know what what works best with this. So it's 0:10:03.200 --> 0:10:06.200 I think he's been helpful, you know, throughout my time 0:10:06.240 --> 0:10:08.280 here of just being in the room because of how 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:09.520 much knowledge he has of. 0:10:09.320 --> 0:10:12.560 Of the defense and defenses that you know that that 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:17.480 he's seen. So he's been great. He's been helpful. The 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:20.600 good Keenan back practice. Yeah, it's great. 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:24.480 I mean to have a guy obviously, as we know 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:27.320 Keenan Allen back, it's gonna be you know, it's gonna 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:28.160 be great for our offense. 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:30.640 It's just something else that the defense has. 0:10:30.480 --> 0:10:34.520 To worry about throughout this week and obviously on game day. 0:10:35.040 --> 0:10:36.920 And so it's gonna be great for us. 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:40.200 You know, his his special talent of getting open and 0:10:40.360 --> 0:10:42.640 you know in the phone booth is it's gonna be 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:43.199 great for us. 0:10:43.320 --> 0:10:46.360 It's it been like for you to process information after games, 0:10:46.440 --> 0:10:49.000 to look through game film, and I assume it's a 0:10:49.040 --> 0:10:52.400 lot more corrections than what you had on a typical 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:54.440 day after game in college. What's it been like for 0:10:54.480 --> 0:10:57.760 you to take all of that higher volume and try 0:10:57.760 --> 0:10:58.559 to apply. 0:10:58.320 --> 0:11:02.439 It to practice to the next game or which is 0:11:02.520 --> 0:11:03.000 moving forward? 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:05.600 Yeah, I mean, yeah, I would imagine that there, am 0:11:05.640 --> 0:11:07.720 I is that correct as far as just a basis 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:09.880 of the question, that there's a lot more to go 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:12.760 through than what you had after a game. 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:20.840 Uh, give and take, we probably ran more plays in college, Yes, 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:24.040 corrections and things like that. I think, Uh, I think 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:26.920 both places are are very detailed that I've been in 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:29.720 uh here and I guess you could say three, but 0:11:29.760 --> 0:11:32.040 I was with Lincoln for all three of those, so 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:35.600 you know, both places here and and and being with Lincoln, 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:38.960 I think both places are detailed, you know, having detailed 0:11:39.040 --> 0:11:43.560 coaching and and corrections after games and things like that. 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:47.520 So you know, there may be you know, more motions 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:50.199 and things like that. But other than that, I mean, 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:52.800 I think I think both places are you know, well coached. 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:53.840 I think both. 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:58.160 Places are detail oriented. And uh, you know, I think 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:02.080 I think from me taking the information and you know, 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:05.400 the constant growth throughout the season is really important for me. 0:12:05.640 --> 0:12:09.080 One in my career and then two, uh for Chicago Bears. 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:09.719 And so. 0:12:11.240 --> 0:12:13.679 You know, just just being coachable in any any way 0:12:13.679 --> 0:12:16.280 possible that I can be want to be coached. Being 0:12:16.320 --> 0:12:19.040 coached one of details, you know each week, and so 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:21.160 I just have to go out there and execute, do 0:12:21.280 --> 0:12:24.480 my job and help Chicago Bears win games. 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:27.480 You just said after or just again in terms of 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:29.920 like how fast you are processing and what the protection 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:32.120 can execute as a work in progress, what can you 0:12:32.200 --> 0:12:35.040 do from from your perspective to get those two in sick? 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:36.800 Yeah, one I can. 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:38.360 One. 0:12:38.400 --> 0:12:44.920 I can keep communicating to it offensive line and and positivity, 0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:50.040 constructive criticism, things like that to them. 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:52.960 And then uh, you know how I how I am. 0:12:52.840 --> 0:12:54.720 Maybe in the pocket, how I feel about you know, 0:12:54.800 --> 0:12:56.840 certain things in the pocket. 0:12:57.280 --> 0:12:59.600 So they just have it in mind when they're conscious. 0:12:59.640 --> 0:13:00.040 And then. 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:05.000 That's a cool thing about football is that everything is 0:13:05.000 --> 0:13:07.920 a work in progress. You know, we all haven't been 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:12.080 together for two three years, and so uh, you know, 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:14.079 to get in the live battle with these guys and 0:13:14.200 --> 0:13:17.800 go out there and you know, fight with them is 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:21.640 really important for I think the confidence of all of 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:24.640 us to get up now after a bad play, go 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:27.760 and celebrate with them. After a good play. You know, 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:30.400 I think I think those things. I think those things 0:13:30.440 --> 0:13:32.240 go a long way. And then off the field wise, 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:34.400 you know, hanging out with them, being with them, I 0:13:34.400 --> 0:13:36.480 think it builds a connection throughout. 0:13:36.160 --> 0:13:38.800 The year, and I think it's gonna keep growing. You 0:13:38.800 --> 0:13:39.560 were pretty surprised. 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:41.280 You're pretty surprised on Sunday when we told you through 0:13:41.280 --> 0:13:42.080 the ball two times. 0:13:42.200 --> 0:13:43.920 Yeah, but as you guys try to get the running 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:45.480 game going, do you have to kind of fight the 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:47.360 feeling that you have to put this entire offense on 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:49.880 your shoulders until you can effectively. 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:54.760 No, I don't fight any feelings of that. You know, 0:13:54.880 --> 0:13:58.160 I'm I'm more of a guy that And I said this. 0:13:58.640 --> 0:14:01.600 I was talking to Shane this more I mean, and 0:14:01.720 --> 0:14:05.520 like you, like I just said before, communication wise, just 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:07.640 talking to him this Morning's like I gotta throw the 0:14:07.640 --> 0:14:08.280 ball fifty times. 0:14:08.280 --> 0:14:09.360 I got to throw the ball fifty times. 0:14:09.400 --> 0:14:10.920 But if we're in a flow and we're running the ball, 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:14.000 we're getting four yards of pop on the on the 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:15.880 play and things like that. You know, let's keep let's 0:14:15.920 --> 0:14:17.520 keep handing the ball off to our running backs and 0:14:17.559 --> 0:14:21.240 being let them be special. So, like I said, you 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:23.720 know whatever, like I said on you know, Sunday after 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:26.000 the game. Whatever it takes to win the game is 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:27.920 what I'm gonna do and what I'm happy to do. 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:31.800 That's what it's. What I'm here to do is win games. 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:32.840 So we've got to get it going. 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:34.880 I've got to get the offense going, got to get 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:36.080 the run game going, and things like that. 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:36.880 I gotta be better. 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:40.200 Would not turn the ball over and and and and 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:42.800 a lot more. So you know we're gonna be better. 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:45.520 We're excited for this week. I'm gonna go against the 0:14:45.640 --> 0:14:48.000 l A Rams, you know, at our hometown. I know 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:49.840 everybody's gonna be happy and rowdy to you know, to 0:14:49.880 --> 0:14:50.200 be there. 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:50.600 Tom. 0:14:50.720 --> 0:14:52.440 I know he loves Tom Brady. I know he loves 0:14:52.480 --> 0:14:55.720 Aaron Rodgers. He sought out both in conversation. But he's 0:14:55.760 --> 0:14:59.200 always had uh A great respect for Matthew Stafford, how 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:01.680 he controls a and his name has come up repeatedly, 0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:04.360 and he's not wrong. Matthew Stafford's in charge has been 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:07.040 since his rookie year. He's had a long career. He 0:15:07.080 --> 0:15:09.240 gets rid of the ball quickly and he plays from 0:15:09.240 --> 0:15:12.160 that pocket. What else about Stafford's game? Before you get 0:15:12.200 --> 0:15:14.560 into what else Caleb said about the Bears sticks out 0:15:14.560 --> 0:15:16.480 to you as it pertains to this game against the 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:17.360 Bears on Sunday. 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:20.240 Okay, And this is a real sticking point for me, 0:15:20.360 --> 0:15:23.640 Jeff in this game is the intelligence of Matthew Stafford. 0:15:23.720 --> 0:15:27.000 I think it's going to be the most challenging game 0:15:27.160 --> 0:15:30.960 for the defense so far this year. Manda Man, scheme 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:33.840 to scheme level to the level, because you are not 0:15:34.000 --> 0:15:37.000 going to fool Matthew Stafford at the line of scrimmage. 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:40.160 He's going to understand exactly what he sees across the 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:42.680 line of scrimmage from him, He's going to know how 0:15:42.720 --> 0:15:45.320 to stick with the player, make the change. He's going 0:15:45.400 --> 0:15:48.600 to take advantage of your vulnerabilities. So if he is 0:15:48.920 --> 0:15:51.400 making a determination through the course of the week of 0:15:51.440 --> 0:15:55.160 tape study that hey, this aspect, this element of their 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:58.920 game is not as strong is I think our offensive 0:15:58.960 --> 0:16:02.240 firepower is, and then you're going to look to be attacked. 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:04.920 But Matthew Stafford is a guy that he's going to 0:16:05.000 --> 0:16:08.480 come into the Bears stadium Sunday, no matter how loud 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:11.320 the crowd is, He's going to be in control of 0:16:11.400 --> 0:16:15.760 the line of scrimmage because of experience, intelligence, and he's 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:17.560 played there before, and. 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:19.280 With Caleb, you know you can't. 0:16:19.960 --> 0:16:23.400 So much is expected obviously, and he does not shy 0:16:23.480 --> 0:16:26.960 away from it one bit. He does not make excuses. 0:16:27.280 --> 0:16:29.520 He does not look like this is going to be 0:16:29.560 --> 0:16:32.040 too big for him. But you can't be everything right now. 0:16:32.080 --> 0:16:35.040 You just can't get everything right right now. You fight 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:37.760 for it every single rep, every single day in practice. 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:43.760 I'm expecting at week four at home to feel like, okay, 0:16:43.800 --> 0:16:46.120 the start of maybe getting into a comfort zone a 0:16:46.160 --> 0:16:50.360 little bit, because you learn something new every single game, 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:53.320 and he learned a lot in the last game throwing 0:16:53.360 --> 0:16:56.960 fifty two passes. What did you hear from him today? 0:16:57.320 --> 0:16:59.000 That gives you confidence for Sunday. 0:17:00.160 --> 0:17:02.640 Everything I'm gonna do going forward is going to be 0:17:02.720 --> 0:17:08.200 for Caleb, and whatever happens, however it goes. Whatever I 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:11.920 have to do to make Caleb the most complete quarterback 0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:14.719 I can possibly make him, then that's what I'm gonna do. 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:19.520 When Caleb Williams, you know, evaluates his performance through the eyes, 0:17:19.600 --> 0:17:22.440 the ears, the play calling of Shane Waldron and how 0:17:22.480 --> 0:17:25.320 he feels himself and how he looks at his next 0:17:25.320 --> 0:17:29.199 opponent in his past opponent. Everything I'm doing going forward. 0:17:29.560 --> 0:17:31.840 The rest of the year is going to do everything 0:17:32.280 --> 0:17:36.440 to play into the improvement of Caleb Williams and how 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:39.160 his future is going to fit into the Chicago Bears. 0:17:39.600 --> 0:17:41.800 There's a lot of strings you have to pull, and 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:43.760 there's a lot of different ways that you're going to 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:46.960 face opponents week to week. But you know, when Caleb 0:17:47.000 --> 0:17:51.680 walks away from the podium each week, I'm as impressed 0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:54.240 as I was the last week because he knows exactly 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:59.399 what he's saying. He knows how his improvement factors into 0:17:59.440 --> 0:18:02.240 the Bears as a football team, but now as a 0:18:02.280 --> 0:18:05.400 coaching staff from Matt Aberflus and being in the room 0:18:05.440 --> 0:18:10.760 and helping him understand defenses better to Caleb understanding more 0:18:10.840 --> 0:18:15.360 about NFL defenses the more he plays them. Whatever you 0:18:15.440 --> 0:18:18.719 can do to increase the performance of Caleb, that's what 0:18:18.760 --> 0:18:21.000 I'm going to look at week and week in and 0:18:21.040 --> 0:18:21.520 week out. 0:18:21.880 --> 0:18:24.320 You know what, It's interesting, he doesn't have he's twenty two. 0:18:24.760 --> 0:18:27.960 He doesn't he doesn't have the luxury of being twenty two, 0:18:28.200 --> 0:18:30.960 right Like, mentally, he's not twenty two good. This is 0:18:31.000 --> 0:18:37.240 a mature adult in a very challenging position. The job 0:18:37.400 --> 0:18:39.399 is hard, as he says, to be the quarterback. The 0:18:39.520 --> 0:18:41.880 job is hard to be quarterback of the Chicago Bears 0:18:42.119 --> 0:18:45.440 in a town starving right now. And it's interesting because 0:18:45.440 --> 0:18:51.240 you wonder how often this crosses his mind, because, let's 0:18:51.280 --> 0:18:54.280 be honest, man, for fans in this town, he's the hope, 0:18:54.800 --> 0:18:59.639 he's the long term hope, and he's embraced it without hesitation. Tom, 0:19:00.080 --> 0:19:02.560 But I wonder in his private moments, does it ever 0:19:02.600 --> 0:19:04.719