WEBVTT - Bears gear up for Week 16 showdown | Bears, etc. Podcast 0:00:00.640 --> 0:00:06.120 Cut open that DJ Moore nisode Touchdown, Touchdown Bears. I 0:00:06.160 --> 0:00:08.039 am Jeff Joniya litz Us. 0:00:08.039 --> 0:00:13.760 On Donnie go Hurt. What was like playing for Coachy Boddom. 0:00:14.480 --> 0:00:16.439 I don't want to answer any questions like that pressure 0:00:16.480 --> 0:00:22.840 coming is a big trouble. Donnie Goes Mottest Sweat. 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:25.759 Now. 0:00:25.880 --> 0:00:28.480 Bears, et Cetera brought to you by Geico, with the 0:00:28.560 --> 0:00:32.400 voices of the Bears, Jeff Jonyac and Tom Thayer as 0:00:32.400 --> 0:00:34.640 we inched closer to Week sixteen and a rematcher the 0:00:34.640 --> 0:00:37.200 Detroit Liones. We break it down here on Bears et Cetera. 0:00:37.320 --> 0:00:40.680 Episode one of the Bears, Etcetera podcast. We're brought to 0:00:40.720 --> 0:00:42.479 you by gott Go with Tom Thayer, the Super Bowl 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:45.040 winning Bears guard. I'm Jeff Joniac. Coming up on the show. 0:00:45.320 --> 0:00:48.479 Lomas Brown, the outstanding left tackle in Lyon's history, one 0:00:48.520 --> 0:00:50.920 of them will join us. He is the radio analyst 0:00:50.960 --> 0:00:53.040 and a good friend of ours. Also a Hall of 0:00:53.120 --> 0:00:56.040 Fame semi finalist this year, and we'll discuss how the 0:00:56.080 --> 0:00:58.120 Lions look with all their injuries. Tom As you look 0:00:58.160 --> 0:01:00.880 at the tape and we'll get into the Bears in 0:01:00.920 --> 0:01:02.720 a minute. But when you look at the tape. The 0:01:02.720 --> 0:01:04.240 thing that sticks out to me. Yeah, they got a 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:08.600 lot of new defensive players and their defense has regressed some, 0:01:08.840 --> 0:01:12.320 but it's still a dangerous team. When you got an 0:01:12.319 --> 0:01:14.200 offense that could put up so many points at any 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:14.680 given time. 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:16.000 Well, you know. 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:17.880 They have new pieces in place, but it's still the 0:01:17.920 --> 0:01:20.880 same game. And it's a defense that's led by Aaron 0:01:20.920 --> 0:01:25.120 Glenn and how he evaluates coverage against his opponents, and 0:01:25.160 --> 0:01:27.800 how he wants to see the rush up front. What 0:01:27.920 --> 0:01:30.880 type of atmosphere is he playing in. Who does that 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:33.800 give the advantage to There's a lot that goes into it. 0:01:33.800 --> 0:01:36.919 It's almost like the Bears first game against the Detroit Lions. 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:38.319 It's the tale of two halves. 0:01:38.840 --> 0:01:40.960 One that was a slow starter and one that was 0:01:41.000 --> 0:01:44.360 super aggressive. So the Bears somehow have to figure out 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:46.679 a way to take that aggressiveness that they learned of 0:01:46.760 --> 0:01:50.200 in the second half and use it in the entirety 0:01:50.240 --> 0:01:52.520 of this game that's going to be played at Soldier Field. 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:56.320 And to me, I'm not going to have a woe's 0:01:56.360 --> 0:01:59.360 me approach to this game. I'm going to take the 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:02.280 approach to the game that we should beat the Detroit Lions. 0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:06.480 This is our home. This is our atmosphere. The conditions 0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:09.320 are in our favor. So now let's go out there 0:02:09.480 --> 0:02:12.480 and have a positive, positive attitude that starts in the 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:13.919 locker room and bring it to the field. 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:16.240 Yeah, the thing in your favor is this is only 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:18.640 their second outdoor game. Now, I may not bother them. 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:21.040 They did do a nice job up in Green Bay. 0:02:21.120 --> 0:02:23.960 But as a as a former player who when he 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:26.760 went to indoor games, there weren't weren't many I'm sure 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:30.200 in your career, But did it make a difference for 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:32.680 a visiting team to play indoors versus outdoors? 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:36.600 It did, especially if you had a super supportive crowd, 0:02:36.720 --> 0:02:39.000 because when that time, at that era that when we 0:02:39.000 --> 0:02:41.640 played in Minnesota, the crowd was still on behalf of 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:44.760 the Minnesota Vikings. You know, it wasn't like StubHub and 0:02:44.800 --> 0:02:47.359 everything was in existence back then where you could sell 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:50.880 your tickets to the opponents of the fans. When we 0:02:50.919 --> 0:02:52.880 went to play in Detroit when the Bears had the 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:55.520 upper hand, it was more of a Bear supportive crowd 0:02:55.800 --> 0:02:57.800 than it was a crowd on the behalf of the 0:02:57.840 --> 0:03:02.280 Detroit Lions. So, you know, it's a different atmosphere depending 0:03:02.360 --> 0:03:04.639 upon where you played in the majority of the stadiums, 0:03:04.639 --> 0:03:07.480 as you mentioned, when I played were outdoors and you 0:03:07.520 --> 0:03:11.839 could come across that crowd noise always in Green Bay 0:03:11.880 --> 0:03:14.680 and stuff that was always difficult to play in. But 0:03:15.400 --> 0:03:18.160 you know, I want the Bears players to come out 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:20.600 of the locker room and earn the respect of the 0:03:20.639 --> 0:03:24.920 Bears fans, so they show their appreciation by the cheering 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:28.359 and the noise. That could really benefit the Bears, especially 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:29.040 on defense. 0:03:29.120 --> 0:03:33.399 Play loose, play with reckless, evandon, play with fire, play. 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:35.720 Hard, play aggressive, play with your head up, and play 0:03:35.760 --> 0:03:39.440 with meaning. And just like all the adjectives that we 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:41.800 just used to describe what we want to see out 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:44.920 of the Bears, that's exactly how I feel about it. 0:03:45.440 --> 0:03:49.040 Noon Sunday, and I mean, I'm going to go out 0:03:49.040 --> 0:03:51.320 on a limbit. I'm gonna say I think the Bears 0:03:51.320 --> 0:03:53.280 can win this game. I think they will win the game. 0:03:54.440 --> 0:03:57.160 As you're grinning, we'll get to your We'll get to 0:03:57.240 --> 0:03:59.320 your why. Wait wait, we'll get to your why in 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:01.880 a second taste Like Miller time, go to midderlke dot 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:04.640 com slash Bears pod to find delivery options near you. 0:04:04.760 --> 0:04:08.880 Celebrate responsibly, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ninety six galleries 0:04:08.920 --> 0:04:11.520 and three point two carbs per twelve bounces. What is 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:12.000 your why? 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:15.000 You know because I talk about a lot of the 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:18.120 different pieces in place for the Detroit Lions, even though 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:20.359 they're going to play the same style of game. But 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:22.440 now you have to see if these guys are they're 0:04:22.480 --> 0:04:25.480 going to have a lot more reps put upon them. 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:28.680 Are they first ball, are in they in condition? Do 0:04:28.760 --> 0:04:31.240 they have the desire and the fight in them to 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:35.800 play sixty snaps instead of twenty five snaps? Do they 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:38.440 have the production out of the positions that is so 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:42.920 important to their offense? For example, they run a lot 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:45.400 of play action passing. Are you going to get the 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:48.640 same deception out of whomever's playing behind Jamar Gibbs that 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:51.840 you would out of Gibbs and Montgomery? When you look 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:54.680 at the defensive line, they've already lost Hutchinson, Now they 0:04:54.720 --> 0:04:58.160 lost McNeil, who is one of their best defensive players. 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:00.440 Now is that player that's going to be put in 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:03.880 that place? Is he up to the physical demands of 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:08.760 the game, especially in an outdoor, cold atmosphere. And again, 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:12.440 I think the Bears, if they can come forth and 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:15.800 put together the effort out of the defensive line that 0:05:15.920 --> 0:05:20.120 supports the back end of the defense. Get after be 0:05:20.240 --> 0:05:23.080 better athletes at the defensive line than Jared goff Is 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:25.960 dropping back as a quarterback on the natural surface. 0:05:26.240 --> 0:05:28.760 Our Geico gives you more football stat of the week. 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:32.000 Twenty two is the number. That's the stat. Twenty two 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:35.640 players on injured reserve for the Detroit Lions. Few are 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:39.719 even close in that ballpark. As a comparison, the Bears 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:42.599 have nine, so it's a massive amount. Let me throw 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:45.680 some names on defense. Alex Angeloni, Jalen Reeves, maybe an 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:49.400 outstanding special teams player, Derek Barnes linebacker, John Kaminski in 0:05:49.440 --> 0:05:52.880 the rotation up front, Marcus Davenport edge rusher, Aiden Hutchinson 0:05:52.960 --> 0:05:56.760 of course, Ennis Rakestrawn Junior the rookie corner. If he 0:05:56.839 --> 0:05:59.880 got to Melafonu, he's getting his way back to win 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:02.560 to return its safety Bud, he's not back yet. Carlton 0:06:02.600 --> 0:06:06.000 Davis the starting corner. They're starting return man, Nickel corner, 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:09.680 Khalil Dorsey. He gets some action. Alee McNeil, as you mentioned, 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:13.039 mkay Wingo also up front. Wow, I have not seen 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:14.960 a defense this decimated in a long time. 0:06:15.880 --> 0:06:17.760 You know, Jeff, if you take that group of guys 0:06:17.760 --> 0:06:20.320 and you put them on the field as a starting defense, 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:22.200 you have one of the better defenses in. 0:06:22.200 --> 0:06:23.000 All the league. 0:06:23.160 --> 0:06:23.320 Right. 0:06:23.400 --> 0:06:25.800 So now you take them off of the Detroit Lions, 0:06:26.080 --> 0:06:29.640 and now they have to start investing abilities in their backups. 0:06:30.080 --> 0:06:32.440 And so I want to see the Bears come out 0:06:32.480 --> 0:06:35.000 there with a confident Thomas Brown call in the plays 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:38.720 for Caleb Williams, Caleb taking the offensive assets he has 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:43.599 at his disposal, and use them repeatedly, efficiently and effectively 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:45.039 and get into the end zone. 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:47.680 Well, the first thing is they still play hard and 0:06:47.720 --> 0:06:51.880 they are thinking championship. They are not thinking about anything 0:06:51.920 --> 0:06:53.920 other than trying to get to the Super Bowl, as 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:56.720 they got close a year ago. Right now, they are 0:06:56.720 --> 0:06:59.400 the number one scoring defense in the second quarter, allowing 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:02.320 just sixty points. So they're still doing well. They're ten 0:07:02.400 --> 0:07:04.680 play drives, They've given up the fewest points in the 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:10.680 NFL fifty six, fewest touchdowns five. There's plenty good on 0:07:10.800 --> 0:07:13.160 third down they're fourth in the NFL and third down 0:07:13.280 --> 0:07:17.320 yards allowed. So you know, you gotta win situational football. 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:20.200 All things that are necessary to try and complete this 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:20.960 thing get a win. 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:23.520 Yeah, you know, a lot of those analytics, a lot 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:26.160 of those stats, a lot of those numbers are associated 0:07:26.200 --> 0:07:28.760 to the first half, first three quarters of the season 0:07:29.120 --> 0:07:31.440 when the only in climate game that they played in 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:32.520 was up in Lambeau. 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:34.840 And I know they came out and they won the game. 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:37.160 And the point, the preach point after. 0:07:36.960 --> 0:07:41.400 The game was Dan Campbell anytime, anywhere, any conditions. And 0:07:41.480 --> 0:07:43.880 so now when you look at the amount of guys 0:07:43.880 --> 0:07:48.160 that you have on injured reserve and where Caleb can 0:07:48.320 --> 0:07:52.200 go with this offense and the weapons he has, I 0:07:52.200 --> 0:07:54.520 think it's time for the Bears to break out and 0:07:54.560 --> 0:07:57.160 have one of those games that we've been expecting out 0:07:57.160 --> 0:07:58.320 of them all season long. 0:07:58.360 --> 0:08:00.640 All right, let's discuss further in voting the loss of 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:04.560 David Montgomery from Alliance perspective. Here's our good friend. Let's 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:07.040 go to left tackle, the veteran and radio analyst for 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:10.320 the Detroit Lions radio network. Let's listening to Lomas Brown. 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:13.680 He was a legendary figure in the NFL with the 0:08:13.680 --> 0:08:16.520 Detroit Lions at left tackle, the one and only Lomas 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:20.520 Brown and Tom Tayer, and I enjoy the conversations. He's beaming. 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:23.520 Tom that's what happens when you win twelve games. 0:08:24.160 --> 0:08:26.240 It is, it really is. 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:31.600 I mean, it's been unbelievable, unbelievable for us, the city, 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:36.960 just everything, and this winning streat unfortunately ended with Buffalo. 0:08:37.360 --> 0:08:39.560 But to be sitting here at twelve and two with 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:42.480 three games left in the season, with a chance at 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:46.040 the number one seed, you couldn't ask for anything more 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:49.640 other than us being healthy. But you know, you just 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:51.320 roll with the punches. 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:54.040 Well almost. I got a question kind of on that accord. 0:08:55.000 --> 0:08:57.439 Does Detroit know how to win? And I don't mean 0:08:57.600 --> 0:09:00.480 just winning regular season games because now it's coming down 0:09:00.520 --> 0:09:03.200 to crunch time and then the ultimate is the playoffs. 0:09:04.160 --> 0:09:06.520 Do the Detroit Lions know how to win? 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:11.720 That's a great question, Tom, great question I would say. Now, 0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:15.000 I would say, yeah, you talked to me last year. 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:18.640 I think the experience we got last year, I really 0:09:18.679 --> 0:09:22.120 think it's gonna help this year and help push us 0:09:22.160 --> 0:09:25.920 through this year getting to the NFC Championship game. I 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:29.240 think the way we lost that game to bed Up 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:32.920 is by seventeen points in the first half and then 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:35.040 losing a game like that. 0:09:35.200 --> 0:09:37.440 I think we learned a lot from that game. 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:40.000 The number one thing we learned was that we got 0:09:40.040 --> 0:09:44.400 to have home field advantage. Everything needs to run through Detroit, 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:47.839 so that meant getting the number one seed. So yes, 0:09:47.960 --> 0:09:50.840 I think if we get this number one seed and 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:54.920 the games are here in Detroit all regardless on the road, 0:09:55.240 --> 0:09:58.240 I think this team has learned how to win those 0:09:58.360 --> 0:10:01.040 tight games and the in this opponents. 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:04.280 That was our biggest thing, finishing opponents last night. 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:07.439 Kind of a weird similarity in nineteen eighty four of 0:10:07.480 --> 0:10:09.800 the Bears get beat in the NFC Championship game out 0:10:09.800 --> 0:10:12.400 in San Francisco. They have a big talk on the 0:10:12.480 --> 0:10:15.760 flight home. They realize the importance of winning to get 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:18.560 the home field advantage, and then eighty five took care 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:21.680 of itself. So, you know, back in our memory banks 0:10:21.720 --> 0:10:24.280 because they go back so long in the NFL, I 0:10:24.360 --> 0:10:28.720 think about Detroit as it pertains to learning how to win, 0:10:28.800 --> 0:10:31.040 and it seems like, you know, you got guys like 0:10:31.120 --> 0:10:35.040 Jared Goff and Campbell. They're no bigger personality than Campbell. 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:37.040 They have some great leadership on this team. 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:40.760 Yeah, and you know with the I think what gets 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:44.240 lost in the midst to Tom is the assistant coaches. 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:47.520 I mean, think about it. We got all the X 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:50.360 Pro players that we have as an assistant coaches. 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:53.600 When we talk about Randall, Al talk about Hank Freiley, 0:10:54.120 --> 0:10:59.679 Calvin Shephard, Scottie Montgomery, you know Dan Campbell himself. 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:03.560 And I know I'm forgetting a couple. Yeah. 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:07.760 I mean, it's just unbelievable when you got those type 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:10.920 of guys that you could come off the field if 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:13.560 you're having a tough time and be able to talk 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:15.800 to those guys who've been there, done That. 0:11:16.240 --> 0:11:19.640 Was that intentional by Dan when he put the staff together. 0:11:19.800 --> 0:11:22.679 You know, I think so, I really think so. I 0:11:23.240 --> 0:11:25.920 really really think so. And now I'm starting to see 0:11:25.920 --> 0:11:27.920 and that. You know, that's the first thing I do 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:31.880 when I get an opponent's sheet, I look to see 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:35.840 who's on the coaching staff. How many you know, X 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:38.800 players do they have on their coaching staff because I 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:42.080 know the value in that, I know what these guys 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:45.160 could bring to the table. And yes, I do think 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:49.760 Dan Campbell did that surround himself with good assistant coaches 0:11:50.040 --> 0:11:51.640 that used to play in this league. 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:54.840 Yeah, I mean, uh, that's a great exercise to do. 0:11:55.520 --> 0:11:57.640 I occasionally do it. I don't do it every time, 0:11:57.679 --> 0:12:02.360 but I think players who are affect the past, and 0:12:02.760 --> 0:12:05.200 a guy who knows how to coach, because you can 0:12:05.240 --> 0:12:06.920 be an ex player and not know how to coach 0:12:07.160 --> 0:12:10.280 and just tell him what you think. But to teach 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:14.120 him is the key, right, Yes, who is your offensive 0:12:14.160 --> 0:12:15.199 line coach? Most of year? 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:19.160 Bill Muir brought me into the league. He drafted me 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:22.720 in nineteen eighty five. And you know, my last coach 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:25.480 was Bill Muir. So he was on the front end 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:28.240 of my career and he made sure he got me 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:31.600 on the tail and in Tampa Bay when I was 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:33.040 able to win the Super Bowl. 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:36.040 So he was a guy for me that And of 0:12:36.080 --> 0:12:36.800 course I had. 0:12:36.679 --> 0:12:41.880 Some great guys in between, George Warhop, Carl malt I 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:44.720 had some great guys in between there too. 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:47.800 Karl Market. Now that was that was that was an 0:12:47.800 --> 0:12:48.640 angry man work. 0:12:49.040 --> 0:12:52.360 That's a piece of work. That man used to tell us. Tom. 0:12:52.440 --> 0:12:55.880 It was so funny when a guy in the room 0:12:55.960 --> 0:12:56.760 and say you a. 0:12:56.800 --> 0:13:00.319 Guy, borderline guy that maybe couldn't cut he was, and 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:00.880 that he was. 0:13:01.400 --> 0:13:03.640 He was like, son, you know, you. 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:08.480 Were one step from becoming a petroleum engineer. You know 0:13:08.559 --> 0:13:15.360 what that is? That's a gas station at Oh my goodness, man, he. 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:20.160 Is he's the John tierlink of offensive line coaches, where 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:22.000 he's going to tell you like it is and he's 0:13:22.040 --> 0:13:26.520 either going to inspire you or open the door for you. 0:13:27.480 --> 0:13:30.160 Well wait first, first, in an offensive line time, you 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:34.959 know that. You know Tom's offensive line coach was do you. 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:38.120 So last week in the in the locker room when 0:13:38.200 --> 0:13:41.920 Dan Campbell was bent over talking to Skipper about throwing up. 0:13:42.200 --> 0:13:44.400 If you look right above his head, it's the name 0:13:44.440 --> 0:13:47.600 of Dick Stanfeld, one of the greatest offensive linemen in 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:50.959 the history of the Detroit Lions. Was my offensive line 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:54.040 coach from start to finish. Oh wow, and one of 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:57.880 the most incredible coaches that could coach every single position, 0:13:58.080 --> 0:14:01.680 every single step against everying defense from the time you 0:14:01.760 --> 0:14:04.640 got in your stance to the time you made your 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:09.080 collision or what your required assignment on the on the play. 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:13.840 Wow, that's awesome. Now, yeah, I know the name. 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:16.240 I respect the name because you, like you say, he's 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:17.760 one of the all time greats. 0:14:18.120 --> 0:14:21.120 So lomus looking at the injury report yesterday, you guys 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:24.640 had nine guys DNP did not practice, but some of 0:14:24.680 --> 0:14:25.440 them are resting. 0:14:25.840 --> 0:14:27.560 Four of them were offensive linemen. 0:14:29.440 --> 0:14:31.800 Is this team mature enough to get through the course 0:14:31.840 --> 0:14:34.520 of a week without having to go through their paces 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:37.480 and practice to come out with the confidence on Sunday. 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:42.520 Or is just a team that Dan Campbell is instilled 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:45.320 a certain sense of maturity in them that they can 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:45.680 do that. 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:49.000 I think they have the maturity in them if you 0:14:49.040 --> 0:14:51.440 think about it. Time we went through a tough stretch 0:14:51.840 --> 0:14:55.040 when we had four games and eighteen days. 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:57.840 I mean, you know again, and that was tough. 0:14:58.240 --> 0:15:00.640 A lot of those games in between there was no 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:03.400 practice in between those games because you just couldn't you 0:15:03.440 --> 0:15:06.400 couldn't have any contact, you know, so you're trying your 0:15:06.400 --> 0:15:10.240 body still trying to recover. And those were successful games, 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:12.640 like I say, other than the Buffalo game. We lost 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:15.200 on the tail end of it, and I do think 0:15:15.280 --> 0:15:16.640 the guys were kind of tied. 0:15:16.800 --> 0:15:17.520 I really do. 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:21.400 They came out in that Buffalo game, the last game lethargic, 0:15:21.600 --> 0:15:24.480 you know, like we were playing and saying and you 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:27.480 never used that as an excuse. But like I say, 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:31.120 four games in eighteen days, that's a lot to put 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:32.120 your body through. 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:35.320 So I think that has something to do with it. 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:38.440 But I do think it has the team ready and 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:42.080 they know how to practice without having contact. They know 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:46.120 how to practice without having the practice, if. 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:48.800 I can dare say that. So yeah, I think it's 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:49.280 a lot. 0:15:49.160 --> 0:15:52.320 Of things that they've learned going through that stretch of 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:55.320 games that they can use to help throughout the rest 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:56.080 of the season. 0:15:57.720 --> 0:16:02.240 Lomas, David Montgomery, how big? How big is this beyond 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:05.760 the obvious? And what has he meant inside that locker room? 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:09.320 And you know that grit that you guys have owned 0:16:09.400 --> 0:16:11.760 as the kind of the rally cry in Detroit this 0:16:11.840 --> 0:16:14.480 year because of how you guys played it, does he 0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:16.120 exemplify that in every way? 0:16:16.640 --> 0:16:17.520 I'm telling you. 0:16:17.520 --> 0:16:22.080 You know, I love David, love me some David Montgomery. 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:25.400 In like I said before the season started, he was 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:29.560 my offer, my MVP for this team, and he was 0:16:29.640 --> 0:16:33.200 the straw that made that drink mix, that mixed that drink. 0:16:33.280 --> 0:16:33.960 He was. 0:16:34.040 --> 0:16:37.600 He was our call man. And it's gonna be tough 0:16:37.760 --> 0:16:41.400 now knowing that he's out. Now. The great thing about him, 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:45.520 like I said a little earlier, was that this man 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:50.280 here has gotten one two opinions on his knee and 0:16:50.680 --> 0:16:53.360 still going out to get a third opinion. 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:56.840 Won't let them put him down on our r man. 0:16:56.920 --> 0:17:00.680 That's saying so much about his character and where he's 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:03.520 at and what the love he has for this team 0:17:03.600 --> 0:17:05.360 and how he wants to be out there. 0:17:05.680 --> 0:17:08.240 He's still trying to find a way to play. 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:10.680 That's why I said I love that guy, and that's 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:13.680 why satan On, I'm telling you it's gonna be hard 0:17:13.760 --> 0:17:17.120 to replace him. We got Sonic back there, Jamiir Gibbs. 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:20.639 We got Sonic back there, but without Knuckles. I just 0:17:20.680 --> 0:17:22.480 don't know how that's gonna look. 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:22.880 Man. 0:17:23.000 --> 0:17:26.960 So we're in the unknown world, and our first test 0:17:27.160 --> 0:17:31.800 really be this Sunday against Chicago. I mean, Chicago's pretty 0:17:31.800 --> 0:17:35.800 good up front defensively, so we're gonna see how our 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:39.240 offensive line would have struggled over the last week or 0:17:39.280 --> 0:17:42.080 two couple of weeks we struggled up front. We're gonna 0:17:42.080 --> 0:17:45.040 see how we match up against that d line in Chicago. 0:17:45.640 --> 0:17:48.920 Long So the backups for McNeil and Montgomery, are they 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:52.439 capable of absorbing another twenty reps? 0:17:53.200 --> 0:17:58.080 So I like Craig Reynolds. I like Reynolds behind him. 0:17:58.119 --> 0:18:01.400 I think he's pretty good. I think he could provide 0:18:02.680 --> 0:18:06.400 a little bit of what David Montgomery gave us between 0:18:06.440 --> 0:18:10.040 the tackles, I think, but again, it's not gonna be 0:18:10.119 --> 0:18:13.639 David Montgomery. They're talking about they probably gonna have to 0:18:13.680 --> 0:18:17.280 bring somebody in, you know. So and then you got 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:20.359 to see only Vodke, who's a rookie. So you know 0:18:20.440 --> 0:18:22.440 what I'm saying that he hadn't played a lot or 0:18:22.560 --> 0:18:25.360 touch the ball a lot. So now do you want 0:18:25.400 --> 0:18:28.000 to when the games get tough with tom as you know, 0:18:28.160 --> 0:18:29.879 and this time of the year, you got to be 0:18:30.000 --> 0:18:33.199 executing at a certain level, do you really trust the 0:18:33.280 --> 0:18:36.600 rookie back there, you know, carrying the ball seven eight, 0:18:36.800 --> 0:18:40.479 nine times a game. So it's a fine balance that 0:18:40.520 --> 0:18:43.080 we're going to have to find with this running game. 0:18:43.040 --> 0:18:44.200 And teams know that. 0:18:44.480 --> 0:18:47.760 Now that teams know that, you know, how does that 0:18:47.880 --> 0:18:49.000 change our approach? 0:18:50.240 --> 0:18:52.800 Well, the Bears and Lions they've had some tussles, so 0:18:53.400 --> 0:18:56.879 the Bears they play the Lions tough, they do. The 0:18:56.920 --> 0:19:00.000 outcomes may have not always been what we expected here 0:19:00.040 --> 0:19:04.080 in Chicago or the finish, but how do you what's 0:19:04.119 --> 0:19:08.399 your level of respect given that this team is dealing 0:19:08.400 --> 0:19:11.040 with a pretty hefty losing streak and an unknown future. 0:19:11.480 --> 0:19:13.280 How do you respect how they're playing and how they're 0:19:13.280 --> 0:19:13.880 coming out there? 0:19:14.400 --> 0:19:15.760 So this would be my question. 0:19:15.880 --> 0:19:18.919 I throw back at you two guys, because before he 0:19:19.119 --> 0:19:22.919 got the job, Thomas Brown, I heard some of his 0:19:23.119 --> 0:19:25.320 press conferences and I was like. 0:19:25.560 --> 0:19:29.960 Man, this dude here, and then he got the job. 0:19:30.600 --> 0:19:33.240 My question to you guys is how has the team 0:19:33.280 --> 0:19:34.400 responded to him? 0:19:34.640 --> 0:19:36.919 Because he even said hisself he could. 0:19:36.800 --> 0:19:39.479 Be a little rough around the edges because he going 0:19:39.600 --> 0:19:42.639 to tell the guys, you know, what they need to hear, 0:19:42.960 --> 0:19:46.760 and it may not always come out roses what he says. 0:19:46.880 --> 0:19:50.080 So how has the team responded to him? 0:19:50.480 --> 0:19:53.280 You know, have they have you all you guys seen 0:19:53.640 --> 0:19:57.399 a remark uptick in the team? 0:19:58.000 --> 0:20:00.040 Well, I would say against San Francisco, I was a 0:20:00.040 --> 0:20:02.800 little disappointed in what happened out there, but there was 0:20:02.880 --> 0:20:05.439 that was the great unknown with Thomas Brown being in 0:20:05.480 --> 0:20:08.320 control of the first week. But I think they responded 0:20:08.359 --> 0:20:12.560 better the other night in Minnesota. The defensive line played better, 0:20:12.640 --> 0:20:15.240 they played him, had a more physical approach on defense. 0:20:15.800 --> 0:20:19.280 And you know, you got a guy like Caleb Williams, 0:20:19.320 --> 0:20:23.119 Lomas the guy is gonna be something special from the 0:20:23.200 --> 0:20:27.000