WEBVTT - Urban talks Bye Week self scout | All Access 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:04.240 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:04.360 --> 0:00:08.280 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears official 0:00:08.320 --> 0:00:11.280 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:11.360 --> 0:00:15.920 day and now welcome to Bears All Access. You're All 0:00:16.000 --> 0:00:20.680 Access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:20.720 --> 0:00:24.680 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:24.720 --> 0:00:29.320 Physical Therapy and CDW. Good to be with you, everybody. 0:00:29.440 --> 0:00:32.559 We've hit the bye week in Bears football. On the 0:00:32.600 --> 0:00:34.640 other end of it, it'll be week twelve already against 0:00:34.640 --> 0:00:37.360 the Green Bay Packers. I'm Jeff Jonny Acolong, a broadcast 0:00:37.360 --> 0:00:39.319 partner from news Radio seven eighty and one oh five 0:00:39.320 --> 0:00:43.440 point ATWBBM. Mister Tom Fairtown, we got a pack show tonight. 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:47.159 Pack show. Well, it's good that's in the middle of 0:00:47.159 --> 0:00:49.280 the bye week because we needed a pack show. And 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:50.879 I think, you know, when I look at the bye 0:00:50.920 --> 0:00:53.480 week at the start of the season, I was excited 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:55.640 that it was this far along in the season because 0:00:55.680 --> 0:00:57.800 I thought it would be a perfect time for a 0:00:57.840 --> 0:01:00.160 little break in the middle of this football sea. And 0:01:01.360 --> 0:01:03.520 you know, here it is. They got a break. They 0:01:03.600 --> 0:01:06.440 got the huge opponent coming up the next time they 0:01:06.480 --> 0:01:09.720 take the field. So listen, you have to approach this 0:01:09.720 --> 0:01:13.199 with the positive mind You can approach this with any 0:01:13.319 --> 0:01:18.000 negativity infiltrating the locker room or your mindset. And that's 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:19.680 a hard thing to do. I mean, you got a 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:22.720 group of guys thought gotta I say this all the time. 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:25.920 I'm not just saying this. It's a team that likes 0:01:25.959 --> 0:01:29.440 working with each other. Unfortunately, they can't bond like they 0:01:30.000 --> 0:01:32.640 used to do because of COVID protocols, which are are 0:01:32.640 --> 0:01:35.120 going to be intensive now for the entire league thirty 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:39.240 two teams with new rule by the NFL yesterday. But 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:42.160 they like working with each other and you don't hear 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:44.880 any negativity. You hear a lot of positive vibe out 0:01:44.880 --> 0:01:48.560 of there. But they're clearly frustrated. Though. Oh they gotta be, 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:50.760 you know, because you know, when you think about the 0:01:50.840 --> 0:01:54.000 performance and the attitude and the mental mind frame of 0:01:54.040 --> 0:01:58.160 this defense, they need to be complimented. And unfortunately, right 0:01:58.160 --> 0:02:01.880 now they're not being complimented by an offense that has 0:02:02.360 --> 0:02:05.840 time of possession existence. They don't have a solid running 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:08.880 game right now. It's obviously something they can develop as 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:13.000 time goes on, because the development of offensive football never stops. 0:02:13.320 --> 0:02:16.680 You may consider yourself good or perfect, but there's things 0:02:16.680 --> 0:02:19.080 you can do along the way to get better. And 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:21.200 I think Matt Nagee said it at the podium at 0:02:21.240 --> 0:02:23.840 the beginning of this week. We will look different when 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:26.679 we come back after the bye week. So I think 0:02:26.680 --> 0:02:29.040 that better get the attention of a lot of players 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:31.399 if you're not playing up to code. But it could 0:02:31.440 --> 0:02:34.000 be a change in the philosophical thinking of how they're 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:36.440 going to run their offense. Could be a combination. Anthony 0:02:36.440 --> 0:02:38.760 Harron will be joining us here in moments at six ten. 0:02:38.840 --> 0:02:41.680 We've got Bears defensive lineman Brent Urban coming up at 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:45.359 six thirty, and our special guest tonight Tom six forty five, 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:47.880 We've got the Bears fan of the Year, Paul Vida 0:02:48.000 --> 0:02:51.359 Tech will be joining us from New Lennox. We'll tell 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:53.760 you all about him. That'll be about six forty five 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:56.480 to night. Walso here at chunk of our feature interview 0:02:56.520 --> 0:02:59.360 that we'll be airing this Sunday on Bears Game Day 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:03.760 Life ten am on Fox thirty two Chicago with Tarik Cohen. 0:03:03.800 --> 0:03:06.160 It was done before he got injured, so I got 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:08.160 alert you to that, but it was right after he 0:03:08.200 --> 0:03:11.600 got his contract extension, so we'll revisit that. And here 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:15.400 from Tarik Cohen News of the day. Really it's Dwayne 0:03:15.400 --> 0:03:18.400 Harris goes out. I are the punt returner who looks 0:03:18.400 --> 0:03:21.639 like he had a triceps injury, reportedly a torn triceps. 0:03:21.639 --> 0:03:24.440 The Bears added a return specialist yesterday. I have waivers 0:03:24.440 --> 0:03:27.160 DeAndre Carter from the Texans. Thirty nine games in his 0:03:27.200 --> 0:03:29.480 career in nine and a half yards on average on 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:31.560 his punt returns. He's worked with the Eagles as well 0:03:31.760 --> 0:03:34.440 and the Houston Texans. So Anthony Miller did a nice 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:36.080 job though on sounding I don't know if they want 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:38.000 to just give it to Anthony, maybe not because of 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:40.960 the risk of injury, because he looked out standing. You 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:44.320 get the ball in his hands like that. As a receiver, wow, 0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:47.680 that's foam booth quickness there. It's very very good. But 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:50.680 where's his highest upside? Is it as a receiver for 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:53.120 multiple plays during the course of the game or is 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:55.480 it as a punt returner. So you always have to 0:03:55.520 --> 0:03:58.280 evaluate that kind of funny. Yesterday, I had an opportunity 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:00.680 to talk to Cordarrel Patterson and I asked him about 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:03.200 him being a punt returner, and he goes, well, I 0:04:03.240 --> 0:04:06.440 don't know Chris Tabor trusts me enough in catching the ball, 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:09.640 so there is a difference in the way you catch 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:12.920 it as a kickoff returner, and obviously in the multiple 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:15.400 floats they can have in a punt. But I got 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:18.440 a kick out of it because he smiled, because I 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:21.080 think he would do anything that's asked of him. Put 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:23.400 my hand up, what can I do? Coach? That's what 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:26.440 he Yeah, he's doing just about everything already, so you 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:29.440 gotta make sure the trend stays on the tires. All 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:33.320 the assistant coaches spoke yesterday. I've mentioned as many times 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:35.360 on Bears All Access brought to you by a GS 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:39.120 Energy that it's always informative. Mark de Leone can't say 0:04:39.200 --> 0:04:41.839 enough great things about Roe quant Smith Right now, Tom 0:04:42.120 --> 0:04:47.480 he is really, really, really increasing his profile. He plays 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:51.080 angry every single play. He plays angry, and I think 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:53.920 he plays like he's got a chip on his shoulder. 0:04:53.920 --> 0:04:56.039 And I think, you know, he wants to be He 0:04:56.120 --> 0:04:58.680 wants to be great, And I think when you have 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:00.920 a player like that who wants to be great, he 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:03.920 finds ways to motivate himself. I tell those guys all 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:06.560 the time. The only person that control is the way 0:05:06.640 --> 0:05:09.000 you play is you, and roll Kuan's doing that right 0:05:09.000 --> 0:05:12.240 now with a very positive attitude. He's not patting himself 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:14.760 on the back at any time he's asked questions. It's 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:18.240 always about just wanting to get better and deferring to 0:05:18.320 --> 0:05:20.520 his teammates and Danny Trevathan. But you know, I went 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:23.240 back and look, he's got fifteen tackles for lost right now. 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:27.320 Brian Urlacher's best season tackles for lost and granted two 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:30.520 different systems, two different defenses. Brian made a lot more 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:33.719 interceptions in big plays to this point in their careers, 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:37.320 but his best ever was nineteen. So it's quite the 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:40.520 season for ro Kuan Bruin. You know about ro Quan 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:44.200 Before the season ever started, Jeff I was comparing the 0:05:44.320 --> 0:05:47.240 Roquan Smith to Luke Keekley, and I said, he has 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:49.560 that type of talent in him, that type of ability, 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:52.640 that type of desire to grow into a great player, 0:05:52.880 --> 0:05:56.360 that's been expected of him according to where he was drafted. 0:05:56.680 --> 0:05:58.680 But if I'm going to look at the season, I'm 0:05:58.720 --> 0:06:02.080 more inspired by Danny Trevathan than I am Roquan Smith 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:05.160 because there was a lot of question marks about Danny Trevathan, 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:09.080 his speed as ability after that Detroit game. That's week 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:13.320 one of a pandemic shortened training camp, and everybody wanted 0:06:13.360 --> 0:06:17.000 to do with the final evaluation Danny Trevathan, and that 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:20.280 was wrong. What I've seen Danny Trevathan do in a 0:06:20.320 --> 0:06:25.600 complimentary kind of linebacker role, the dude's impressive. And I 0:06:25.960 --> 0:06:29.120 am totally impressed with with Roquan has been doing. But 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:32.799 I'm super impressed with what Danny Trevathan has grown into 0:06:33.080 --> 0:06:35.760 and the way he's competed this season. All Right, we're 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:38.599 gonna take a step away. Thanks to our producer tonight, 0:06:38.760 --> 0:06:43.040 Julio root Sayo. For weeks, I've been saying raw says. 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:47.159 I mean, I apologize, Julio. I'm awful with names, always 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:50.080 have been and probably always will. So God bless you. 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:52.119 You're doing a great job. Jordan tread up Dan Bally 0:06:52.160 --> 0:06:54.800 as well helping us out. Coming up next, Anthony Herron 0:06:54.880 --> 0:06:58.000 Aunt Coming up next on Bears All Access on Chicago 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:03.000 Sports Radio six seventy This School. Welcome back to Bears 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:05.479 All Access, brought to you by IGS Energy. Choose clean 0:07:05.560 --> 0:07:08.400 energy for your home at IGS dot com. Because every 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:11.000 good choice adds up to a better world. With Tom Bear, 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:14.679 Jeff Joniac on Bears All Access here on Chicago Sports 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:17.520 Radio six seventy to Score All Blind now joining us 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:21.920 Aunt Herron Auntthonny Herron, the former NFL linebacker, and Fox 0:07:21.960 --> 0:07:26.440 thirty two Bears Postgame Live, Bears Unleashed and all things serious, 0:07:26.560 --> 0:07:28.800 XEM college football, you name it, He's doing it and 0:07:28.880 --> 0:07:31.560 good to have him back on the show. What's your 0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:34.200 bye week gonna be? Like? I know you're working, I 0:07:34.360 --> 0:07:39.960 know you are. Yeah. Yeah, the football season never stops 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:42.280 this time of the year. You gotta know how that operates. 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:45.480 Plenty a big ten going on between radio and television. 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:48.960 Up the Bear's Unleashed tomorrow Over on Fox thirty two. 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:51.040 They having a good time with kayl Sharkia were there 0:07:51.080 --> 0:07:53.520 and the folks. So yeah, there's always something cooking here 0:07:53.560 --> 0:07:55.880 in football season. Oh yeah. I always get a laugh 0:07:55.920 --> 0:07:57.880 out of it when with the fans, my buddies, they 0:07:57.920 --> 0:07:59.280 look at this, gay, what are you doing all week? 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:00.760 What are you got going? Yeah? I think you don't 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:04.000 do anything anything else, But that's not the case, and 0:08:04.080 --> 0:08:06.160 we don't want it any other way, and no way. 0:08:06.400 --> 0:08:08.360 This is the way we like it, all right, take 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:11.080 stock of the situation for us as we continue to 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:13.400 break things down up at we look at the very 0:08:13.400 --> 0:08:16.680 positive aspect of things. The defense. The defense is killing it. 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:22.040 They're doing the yeoman's work. The stars are shining pretty 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:24.000 much across the board as we had hoped before the 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:26.320 season began, and we just talked about it going into 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:28.080 the break. I don't know if you were listening or not, 0:08:28.120 --> 0:08:32.080 but the player ro Quan has certainly caught our attention. 0:08:32.120 --> 0:08:36.720 And Danny Trevathan, yeah, I mean Roquan, you know, to 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:39.040 me every every week of the season. I think the 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:41.520 Rams game was probably the low point for ro Quan. 0:08:41.600 --> 0:08:44.040 It's really the only sort of minus I think on 0:08:44.120 --> 0:08:47.000 his resume this season. He's played at a Pro Bowl 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:50.720 at least Pro Bowl level every game of the season 0:08:50.720 --> 0:08:53.240 beyond that one even all Pro. When you're looking at 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:54.720 some of the efforts that have been made out there, 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:56.720 and I think that one thing I've tried to remind 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:59.400 folks of as we've seen, you know, there've been sort 0:08:59.400 --> 0:09:02.559 of some plays where it's like Roquin one on one 0:09:02.640 --> 0:09:05.040 in the hole and a running back and he'll miss 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:08.760 a tackle. As a Ronald Jones spinds away for a game. 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:12.200 But I think Bears fans have noticed a different times 0:09:12.280 --> 0:09:15.320 this season where maybe Roquin misses a tackle. But the 0:09:15.320 --> 0:09:18.960 thing is he is at or at least around the 0:09:19.080 --> 0:09:23.320 ball so frequently this season. I can't imagine there's been 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:27.080 another linebacker in the NFL who's been more consistently with 0:09:27.160 --> 0:09:31.480 a higher rate of frequency around the football this year 0:09:31.520 --> 0:09:34.920 from him and run plays, in tackles for lost in 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:38.120 pass coverage on running backs and tight ends and receivers. 0:09:38.160 --> 0:09:41.160 He has done it at every level of this Bears 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:43.080 defense throughout the season. Here what I mean, You know, 0:09:43.280 --> 0:09:45.680 you guys have been around him even more than I have. 0:09:45.920 --> 0:09:48.439 I'm sure he's just he's a likable guy where it's 0:09:48.520 --> 0:09:51.200 very easy to wonder whether or not he's sort of 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:54.400 got that that sort of you know, historic Bears mental 0:09:54.440 --> 0:09:56.920 linebacker mentality, because he is a bit of a soft 0:09:56.920 --> 0:09:59.800 spoken and an easygoing guy off the field, but on 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:02.920 the field between the white line, he'd have got everything 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:05.480 you want a modern linebacker to have. No, I think 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:07.400 he's playing like an animal right now. That's what they're 0:10:07.480 --> 0:10:09.760 they're calling it too. But the thing about it, if 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:12.240 he does miss that tackle, what he's doing, and what's 0:10:12.240 --> 0:10:14.920 impressive is he's still tracking it down down the field. 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:17.800 I mean his range and ability to play at a 0:10:17.880 --> 0:10:21.080 high level right now. I think he's contributing to the 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:24.520 is attributable to that I don't even know. I just 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:28.000 made up a word, probably to the idea that, Okay, 0:10:28.200 --> 0:10:30.760 we hand you the reins as a third year player 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:32.800 to make all the calls. You got the green dot 0:10:32.840 --> 0:10:34.640 on the helmet. And I think that's given him a 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:37.760 major boost of confidence fellas. I think there's a lot 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:41.520 of respect that goes with that wellout a doubt and 0:10:41.840 --> 0:10:44.400 especially at that position in the midst of the defense. 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:47.240 And as the organization has watched him grow. You know, 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:50.400 you think back to the last season, whether there's been 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:53.480 other injuries, that linebacker and the introbate, the missing certain 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:56.160 times he was formerly the green dot guy. And even 0:10:56.200 --> 0:10:59.160 when Nick Wikowski and Roeklan Smith were on the field 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:02.040 together for a stret Quikowski was the guy, you know, 0:11:02.120 --> 0:11:04.600 making the calls, being the green dot guy. And the 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:10.520 organization has watched Roquon grow in his overall understanding of 0:11:10.559 --> 0:11:13.760 the scheme of the defense, of fitting blocks with the 0:11:13.800 --> 0:11:15.839 immediacy that you really need to be able to fit 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:18.520 them to play linebacker at a high level in the 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:21.120 National Football League. And so all those physical traits of 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:24.679 those attributes and the natural instincts that are there are 0:11:24.720 --> 0:11:28.360 now being combined just with an overall understanding of the 0:11:28.400 --> 0:11:30.720 position and how you play it versus the run and 0:11:30.840 --> 0:11:33.600 the past. And he's playing it downhill, and I mean, 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:36.520 you know, he's he's maybe two twenty five, two thirty, 0:11:36.520 --> 0:11:40.880 but he's playing downhill, attacking blockers, whether leave blockers where 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:43.600 their offensive linemen, you name it. He's able to do 0:11:43.720 --> 0:11:46.440 that and combine it with those very special skills and 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:48.720 pass coverage. And I'm sure you guys talked about it 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:50.800 a lot early in the season when Danny Surveyson wasn't 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:54.840 quite his old self early, but that wasn't necessarily negating 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:57.760 the productivity of Roquan Smith. And now that you've got 0:11:57.800 --> 0:12:00.040 both guys back to playing at a high level, with 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:02.800 Danny Trevathan looked like the Danny Trevatan we sort of 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:06.080 expected before that kind of grew someome elbow injury last year. 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:09.400 Now he got two guys at a high level leading 0:12:09.400 --> 0:12:11.560 the pack, being roal crime Smith to the plan at 0:12:11.559 --> 0:12:14.200 that level It just makes it very difficult for folks 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:15.960 to run on the Bears defense in the manner that 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:18.760 they were able too early in the season. Hey, Anthony 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:21.880 quick subject outside the box, Indiana. Do they have a 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:27.240 chance against Ohio State? They've got a chance. I think 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:29.560 they do have a chance. When you look at where 0:12:29.600 --> 0:12:33.160 Ohio State has struggled this season time, it's been with 0:12:33.240 --> 0:12:36.040 the ability to descend the explosive past, to descend the 0:12:36.080 --> 0:12:37.760 big play. And I think the Hoosiers that's going to 0:12:37.840 --> 0:12:40.160 be the marquee game of the weekend. There some other 0:12:40.240 --> 0:12:43.360 rivalry games Oklahoma okahom State that beblin that's going on too, 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:47.160 But I do think that for the Hoosiers because they 0:12:47.200 --> 0:12:49.360 have a quarterback in Michael Pennicks junior playing at a 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:53.040 really high level. They've got a variety of weapons at receiver, 0:12:53.400 --> 0:12:56.880 mister Elias de'angelo' Phillier, he goes by the name Wipe Philliers. 0:12:56.960 --> 0:12:59.079 They've got a guy in ty Fry Fogel, They've got 0:12:59.080 --> 0:13:01.480 Pennicks at quarterbacklack of reference. They've even got a running 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:04.760 back it in Stevie Scotts. I think overall it's the 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:08.120 most well rounded offense Ohio State will likely face during 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:10.719 the regular season and perhaps even going into the Big 0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:13.520 Ten Championship game, to where Ohio State has given up 0:13:13.559 --> 0:13:16.640 a lot of explosive passes this season, folks kind of 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:19.319 make fun of Michigan. Ohio States gives gives up as 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:22.160 many explosive passes per game as the Wolverines due and 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:24.400 they've got some NFL talent on the back end. So 0:13:24.480 --> 0:13:27.880 I think we'll perhaps see a better execution from the 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:30.960 Buckeyes in the secondary, but the Hoosiers, if it turns 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:33.720 into a shootout, Indiana definitely has a chance. And we 0:13:33.800 --> 0:13:37.040 cannot count out Indiana's defense either, because they get after 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:39.520 the quarterback. They leave the Big Ten in sacks all right. 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:41.080 Back to the Bears. We're in the midst of a 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:43.080 bye week, and when a lot of the topic of 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:46.000 conversation throughout the week I've been listening to all over 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:49.959 and reading about is they're trying to avoid a splintered 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:52.360 locker room. When you look at that, and I've been 0:13:52.400 --> 0:13:55.719 a part of a losing team before, and I've been 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:58.480 a part of an offense defense kind of an atmosphere, 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:01.480 who is it who controls this locker room right now? 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:04.360 Do you think the Marquee players the leaders on this 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:07.040 team or is this something that has to be a 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:10.800 message sent from the coaches to keep everybody kind of 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:14.840 on the same plate playing field. Well, I think that 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:17.800 you know, you know how Matt Nakie is is very 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:22.080 consistently glass half full, very consistently a positive guy in 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:24.320 his approach to things with the way he communicates that 0:14:24.680 --> 0:14:27.880 to the teams, So I think that comes across in 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:30.200 a consistent manner. But within the locker room, I mean, 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:33.160 I've certainly been on teams on both ends of that spectrum, 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:36.320 does you know, playoff teams and NFC Championship game locker 0:14:36.400 --> 0:14:38.680 rooms also been our teams that are just struggling the 0:14:38.720 --> 0:14:40.200 long one of the years that I was in Detroit, 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:42.640 we started and twelve had what we felt like was 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:45.520 a quality defense of guys like you know, like Luther 0:14:45.680 --> 0:14:48.680 Ellis and Robert porch Sche and you know, playmakers up 0:14:48.720 --> 0:14:51.360 fronts and just looking across the locker room and thinking, 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:53.760 many can we get a little something out of Charlie 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:55.120 back and we get a little more out of tight 0:14:55.200 --> 0:14:58.080 defer whoever they're rotating through a quarterbacks in the locker 0:14:58.160 --> 0:15:01.000 room did begin to split. I've really got to give 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:03.040 a lot of credit to the defense, and it's part 0:15:03.040 --> 0:15:05.120 of where I think the bye week does come at 0:15:05.200 --> 0:15:07.720 a quality time for the Bears, because not only can 0:15:07.800 --> 0:15:11.320 you sort of lick some some physical and some mental wounds, 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:14.440 but also you can just sort of assess where things 0:15:14.480 --> 0:15:17.280 are at with this squad, Assess what's happening at quarterback, 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:20.960 Assess what's going on with the defense. With the urgents. 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:22.600 I mean, those guys laid it out there, they do 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:24.600 it every week. But you know how it is where 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:27.200 there's there's that extra heartbeat that you can kind of 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:29.600 play with when you're playing hard, but then when you're 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:33.880 really given it that extra nth degree. Special teams brought it, 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:37.600 defense brought it Offense, especially on third down, just couldn't 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:40.200 get over the hump to make the necessary play. And 0:15:40.280 --> 0:15:42.840 I think it's natural, it's human for that to at 0:15:42.880 --> 0:15:46.600 times maybe be a little bit dejecting or frustrating. And 0:15:46.640 --> 0:15:49.920 I think the credit to the Bears defenders, where especially 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:52.560 the leadership, the vocal guys, the A team Hickses and 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:56.080 Eddie Jackson's of the world. They haven't had bupcuts to 0:15:56.200 --> 0:15:59.600 say negative about the Bears offense. It's been continuing the 0:15:59.680 --> 0:16:03.120 challenge each other, sounds, the entire locker room to find 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:06.080 a way to make the plays necessarily winning. That's not 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:08.320 an easy thing to do when you're all laying it 0:16:08.360 --> 0:16:11.040 out there when you know there might be a specific 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:13.800 position group or even a side of the ball that 0:16:13.960 --> 0:16:16.600 may be sort of, you know more at fault for 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:19.200 not leading to wins. So I really got to credit 0:16:19.240 --> 0:16:21.600 the mentality of the Bear's defense, the leadership of Chet 0:16:21.680 --> 0:16:24.720 Pagano and Matt Maggie. We know the Bear's offense is 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:27.360 really what's got to get cooked here, and they have it. 0:16:27.400 --> 0:16:30.480 But you haven't necessarily seen Bears defenders going out publicly 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:32.960 saying things to that extent that can make the locker 0:16:33.040 --> 0:16:36.720 room look fractured. When you look at the remaining schedule, 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:39.280 five of six games outdoors, you don't know what the 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:43.239 conditions can be, and you need the single biggest improvement 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:46.280 on the offensive side of the ball. So if you're 0:16:46.280 --> 0:16:49.160 looking at the wide receivers and the development of those guys, 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:50.800 if you look at what they have at the tight 0:16:50.880 --> 0:16:53.520 end position, even though they haven't given colcom At that 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:57.280 much of an opportunity or the role the running game 0:16:57.360 --> 0:17:00.280 has to play in this and hopefully David Montgomery being 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:03.360 back on the field. Where is the biggest jump and 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:06.280 improvement that you need to see made at the latter 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:10.480 part of the season. Well, one thing that this strikes me, 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:13.200 you know, the staff after the game, is where coach 0:17:13.280 --> 0:17:16.040 Maggie he did leave the door open. You know, he 0:17:16.359 --> 0:17:19.119 up until this past game had been fairly definitive when 0:17:19.160 --> 0:17:22.240 asked about the quarterback position and whether or not, you know, 0:17:22.240 --> 0:17:24.440 you stick with Nick Foles and mister biscuit. He's fairly 0:17:24.480 --> 0:17:27.720 definitive about Nick Fole continuing to be the guy. My 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:30.040 impression from the way he's addressing thing since then that 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:33.119 the door is opened pretty much for anyone, but specifically 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:36.399 and especially where quarterbacks can be reevaluated as well as 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:38.280 far as who will be on the field, of course, 0:17:38.359 --> 0:17:41.360 depending on health. So I think if an adjustment ends 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:43.359 up being made, then maybe if ter Bisky's back in 0:17:43.400 --> 0:17:46.640 the line, that that happens. Some adjustments to the offense 0:17:46.720 --> 0:17:49.560 could be key. But I think overall, just the mobility 0:17:49.640 --> 0:17:52.119 that Mitz brings to the table can be something that 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:55.760 even just in a supplementary manner where that backside defender 0:17:55.840 --> 0:17:59.399 that hang defender. Maybe a couple individuals at the second 0:17:59.440 --> 0:18:01.199 or third level have to pay him a little bit 0:18:01.200 --> 0:18:04.400 of extra attention to Traubisky at that mess point. Maybe 0:18:04.440 --> 0:18:07.159 that opens up a cutback lane for David Montgomery or 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:09.720 whoever the running back may be in the game. Perhaps 0:18:09.760 --> 0:18:12.439 that gets a little bit of extra juice in the 0:18:12.520 --> 0:18:15.160 rushing attacking, and doing that gets a little bit more 0:18:15.600 --> 0:18:18.400 out of the play action. You know, I don't necessarily 0:18:18.440 --> 0:18:20.240 think we need to look at it if Mitch's QB 0:18:20.400 --> 0:18:22.600 where you know, he is the savior and suddenly he 0:18:22.640 --> 0:18:25.119 turns into a pro bowler. But maybe there are a 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:28.720 couple of things schematically that adds some juice to the 0:18:28.760 --> 0:18:31.520 offense that we just haven't seen able to get going 0:18:31.840 --> 0:18:34.439 with Nick Foles in there, regardless of who the QB is, 0:18:34.480 --> 0:18:36.800 though I would like to see it. Actually heard Coach 0:18:36.840 --> 0:18:39.160 Launstead addressing this on the score not too long ago. 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:43.200 Here with Danny Parkins do some additional things to help 0:18:43.560 --> 0:18:46.560 protect that offensive line. I've been using the Tennessee Titans 0:18:46.560 --> 0:18:49.800 a sort of a comparable for the Bears offense for 0:18:49.840 --> 0:18:51.600 a couple of years now, where I think it would 0:18:51.600 --> 0:18:53.880 be good to see the Bears offense do a few 0:18:53.880 --> 0:18:56.879 more things that the Titans do with the consistent movement 0:18:56.920 --> 0:18:59.560 of the pocket, with sprint action and boots and some 0:18:59.640 --> 0:19:02.159 max protection on third down like we see Tennessee do 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:05.639 at a really consistent level. There's things like that I 0:19:05.680 --> 0:19:08.080 think would really give your offensive line a better chance 0:19:08.080 --> 0:19:10.919 and hopefully as guys can continue to get more healthy, 0:19:11.200 --> 0:19:13.480 give them a chance to really have, you know, a 0:19:13.520 --> 0:19:17.000 battling opportunity when you have all these one on one 0:19:17.359 --> 0:19:19.439 matchups that can be there within the system. As the 0:19:19.440 --> 0:19:21.359 Bears run it right now, you sort of give the 0:19:21.359 --> 0:19:22.800 guys a little bit more of a break where you 0:19:22.840 --> 0:19:24.800 make sure if you've got more double teams available and 0:19:24.880 --> 0:19:27.600 ship blocks available and things with that sort. Maybe it's 0:19:27.600 --> 0:19:29.320 always some two men routes here and there, But you 0:19:29.359 --> 0:19:32.160 know what I got, Faith and Allen Robinson and Darnelle movie, 0:19:32.200 --> 0:19:35.600 they can still make a play, Yeah, more than a play. 0:19:35.680 --> 0:19:37.679 As Anthony here and breaks it down here on Chicago 0:19:37.760 --> 0:19:40.080 Sports Radio six seventy to score. This is Bears All 0:19:40.119 --> 0:19:42.520