WEBVTT - Nagy, Lazor talk OT loss | Coaches Show 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:01.920 Good to be with you, everybody, And this is the 0:00:01.960 --> 0:00:04.640 Bears Coaches Show with Bears head coach Matteggie. A tough 0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:07.240 overtime loss to the Saints twenty six, twenty three, we'll 0:00:07.240 --> 0:00:09.160 break it down and look ahead to Sunday's Week nine 0:00:09.240 --> 0:00:11.600 kickoff in Nashville against the Tennessee Titans. This is the 0:00:11.600 --> 0:00:14.800 Bears Coaches Show, brought to you by Whippley CPAs and consultants. 0:00:15.040 --> 0:00:17.600 Bill Laser, the Bears offensive coordinator, will join us at 0:00:17.600 --> 0:00:19.360 seven thirty. Good. I mean, Matt, how you doing good? 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:21.400 How are you doing? Jeff doing okay? What do you 0:00:21.480 --> 0:00:24.800 left feeling about this loss and how it all transpired yesterday? Yeah, Well, 0:00:24.880 --> 0:00:26.520 just like we would saying on a win, it's always 0:00:26.520 --> 0:00:28.760 great to coach off of a win. It always stinks 0:00:28.760 --> 0:00:31.280 coaching off of a loss. And you know, there's a 0:00:31.280 --> 0:00:33.680 lot of reasons for that. I think, you know, all 0:00:33.720 --> 0:00:36.720 three phases, we could have played better in different areas. 0:00:37.760 --> 0:00:41.360 You look at the positives and I feel like offensively, 0:00:41.400 --> 0:00:43.440 which has been the struggle for a lot of this year, 0:00:43.720 --> 0:00:46.240 that we at times did play better. You can see 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:49.360 flashes of what we know we can be situationally on 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:51.479 fourth down, towards the end of the game, we converted 0:00:51.479 --> 0:00:55.320 some fourth downs and then you know, the big third 0:00:55.360 --> 0:00:57.800 down to give Kyra that chance to get a fifty 0:00:57.800 --> 0:00:59.200 one yard field about the end of the game. That 0:00:59.280 --> 0:01:01.800 was some of the good. Some of the bad was 0:01:01.840 --> 0:01:04.040 the fact that just not being able to finish, and 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:06.720 that's kind of the methods to our team this week 0:01:06.800 --> 0:01:09.600 and then rally and stick together and fight through this. Yeah, 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:12.479 a lot of self inflicted wounds really all season long 0:01:12.600 --> 0:01:15.640 that really have hampered the progress, I would say offensively. 0:01:16.120 --> 0:01:20.560 Some mistakes, and those create difficulties for everybody across the board. Yeah, 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:25.240 the mistakes. You know, the teams that don't have as 0:01:25.240 --> 0:01:28.440 many mistakes usually wind up having staying ahead of the chains, 0:01:28.480 --> 0:01:31.800 not putting themselves in holes and being third and long 0:01:31.959 --> 0:01:35.120 second along, and you saw there were some instances yesterday 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:37.600 where that was the case. And so one of the 0:01:37.600 --> 0:01:40.200 biggest things that we need to do is understand that 0:01:40.240 --> 0:01:42.160 we need to be a team in discipline, and we've 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:45.240 already talked about that this morning of where we're at 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:47.160 and where it needs to go moving forward if we 0:01:47.200 --> 0:01:50.120 want to be successful. And that's something you really haven't 0:01:50.160 --> 0:01:54.320 experienced with so many different situations like this with penalties 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:58.360 and faulse starts and those types of things that will 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:01.480 hamper progress. It's new to you a little bit. How 0:02:01.520 --> 0:02:04.640 do you how do you process that as the head coach? Well, 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:06.320 one of the things you do is you talk about 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:09.840 being mentally tough, and um, you know when you're when 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:13.320 you're mentally tough, those things don't happen. And again, there's 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:15.799 a fine line when you're a head coach and when 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:17.880 you're a coach in general, when you start talking about 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:20.440 players and where they're at and you know the effort 0:02:20.440 --> 0:02:22.359 of guys. That's the one thing with our guys and 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:25.280 none of that is from effort. Our guys care immenseally 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:27.720 and so we just got to lock in a little 0:02:27.720 --> 0:02:29.920 bit better. We got to hone in on the details 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:32.959 a little bit more. Whatever we're doing now, we've we've 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:35.600 gone through eight games and we're sitting at five and three. 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:38.519 The luxury for us is that we fast. We started fast. 0:02:39.160 --> 0:02:40.880 Now the next challenge for us is how are we 0:02:40.919 --> 0:02:44.160 going to finish. We want to focus on this coming 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:46.240 week and we want to be able to put ourselves 0:02:46.240 --> 0:02:48.920 in a situation where we regain that momentum. You know, 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:50.440 a lot of this is based, you know. So I 0:02:50.480 --> 0:02:52.840 did an interview with somebody today and they talked about 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:55.080 the game was really four games in one, and it 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:56.920 made sense to me a little bit. And that goes 0:02:56.960 --> 0:03:00.400 back to sequencing. So as you try and play complimentary pause, 0:03:00.600 --> 0:03:03.280 you know that that involves sequencing to help get everything 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:05.680 going in the right direction. So how do you solve 0:03:05.760 --> 0:03:09.679 the sequencing aspect of more consistency? Yeah, I think it's 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:12.880 like what you're saying is like complimentary football. Um. It's 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:15.480 like when you're in a you know, a golf scramble 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:17.359 and you got somebody that can drive well and somebody 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:18.960 that can put well. I mean that's kind of how 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:20.600 it is. And when you when you have your offense, 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:24.360 when they're getting a turnover right, or they get a 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:27.080 turnover inside of the red zone, is the offense turning 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:29.240 that into a touchdown or are they missing the putt 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:32.200 and kicking the field goal? You know? Um, is the 0:03:32.280 --> 0:03:36.040 offense um being able to get in rhythm and get 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:39.920 you know, get some first downs and give a rest 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:41.720 to the defense so that when they come out, they're 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:44.400 really coming off the ball. And it's complimentary football, and 0:03:44.440 --> 0:03:48.160 the more complimentary football, you have, the more successful have, 0:03:48.480 --> 0:03:50.280 because good things will go your way, all right. So 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:52.160 if I had you in my scramble, are you teeing 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:54.320 off or are you as you your short game? Or 0:03:54.240 --> 0:03:57.120 are you putting for me? I am not putting. I 0:03:57.200 --> 0:04:00.760 can tell you that right now. I'm not doing any 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:03.800 of the three for you, So don't invite me. What 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:07.440 is the you know, the good news is, and there 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:10.920 always is some silver lining you must take into the 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:15.160 next meeting, the next practice, the next game, and that 0:04:15.360 --> 0:04:19.719 is there was some breaking open of the run game 0:04:19.839 --> 0:04:23.800 against a very good historically run defense is now forty 0:04:23.880 --> 0:04:26.640 nine games deep and not allowing a one hundred yard 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:29.360 back that goes back to the nineteen seventy Cowboys, believe 0:04:29.360 --> 0:04:31.839 it or not. So you did get close to that, 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:34.680 and David Montgomery did in particular. Yeah, And I think 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:37.599 that's one of the positives that we took out of 0:04:37.600 --> 0:04:40.279 this was that. Yeah. You know, I thought even taking 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:43.320 out that thirty eight yard run by David, in general, 0:04:43.400 --> 0:04:45.919 you felt more five yard pops. You know, it didn't 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:47.960 feel like it was just one yard or you know, 0:04:48.560 --> 0:04:50.680 two yards. There were some good runs in there, and 0:04:50.720 --> 0:04:53.039 I compliment one. And there's a alignment for fighting through 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:56.200 that and getting that done. We do believe that we 0:04:56.240 --> 0:04:58.680 can be even better. It's going to help our past 0:04:58.800 --> 0:05:01.360 came out. We got a shore up some things on 0:05:01.680 --> 0:05:04.159 the front in regards to letting some guys get through 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:06.520 every now and then on that offensive line, and our 0:05:06.560 --> 0:05:08.800 guys know that. But once we get that short up, 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:10.840 I think we can start really putting things together and 0:05:10.880 --> 0:05:13.520 just continue to believe and stay positive. The other silver 0:05:13.600 --> 0:05:16.239 lining to me is you do dig holes as a team. 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:18.200 You dig some holes, but you dig out of those 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:21.360 holes and you make it interesting. So can you build 0:05:21.400 --> 0:05:24.160 on that? We can. And when you look at this thing, 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:27.960 it's like, Okay, you're down ten points with nine minutes 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:30.200 to go in the fourth quarter, and as long as 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:32.520 you put a good drive together, you have a chance. 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:35.320 And again that's what we did. We put together. We 0:05:35.400 --> 0:05:38.120 strung together a nice drive from about the twenty five 0:05:38.200 --> 0:05:39.880 yard line. We went the whole way down the field 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:42.200 and on third and goal from the three or four 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:45.000 we scored a touchdown and we capped it off. And 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:48.080 now you at least give yourselves a chance with three 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:50.599 timeouts and then two minute morning to get the ball 0:05:50.640 --> 0:05:52.600 back and to go down and at worst kick a 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:54.280 field goal, and that's what we ended up doing. We 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:57.280 gave ourselves a chance to go to overtime against a 0:05:57.279 --> 0:06:00.120 pretty good football team with a pretty good quarterback. And 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:03.479 so now we got to finish. And again we got 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:06.240 to that point. Our defense did their job. They gave 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:07.800 the ball back to the office. They held him with 0:06:07.920 --> 0:06:10.960 not scoring. The offense now has go ahead, go down there, 0:06:11.000 --> 0:06:13.360 take the ball down and scoring overtime. We didn't do it. 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:16.680 So we've now checked that box off of being in overtime. 0:06:17.080 --> 0:06:19.240 We know how that feels, we know what it's like, 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:21.839 so now we can hopefully use that for us down 0:06:21.839 --> 0:06:24.799 the road. I had the conversation go with Jevan Willmas. Well, 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:29.640 you know it's uh John as he should feels really 0:06:29.640 --> 0:06:31.919 bad about what happened. He knows he's a bigger and 0:06:32.000 --> 0:06:35.560 better person than what his action showed yesterday. But it uh, 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:39.240 you know, it was a discussion that he was very 0:06:39.240 --> 0:06:42.479 apologetic and understands, um you know that he shouldn't have 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:45.279 done that and those that you know, there'll be certain 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:48.000 consequences moving forward, whether it's through the league and or US. 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:50.560 I decided to go with a different puntment return or 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:52.440 how did that work out with Dwayne Harris? Yeah, I 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:55.080 thought Dwayne did a really good job. I'll tell you what. 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:57.200 There's a few there just being down on the sideline 0:06:57.240 --> 0:06:59.120 where I thought he was just gonna let it go, 0:06:59.360 --> 0:07:01.720 and then a second he goes and gets it. And 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:03.960 you can tell one thing's for sure. This guy's been 0:07:03.960 --> 0:07:06.640 doing it for a while because he has he is 0:07:06.720 --> 0:07:10.120 completely fearless. He does not care about his body. He's 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:12.960 gonna catch the football and he's gonna you know, he's 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:15.880 gonna save a lot of a field position. Fulls looking 0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:18.720 to throw in plenty of time, launching deep down the 0:07:18.760 --> 0:07:21.960 middle of the field for Mooney. He's got it inside 0:07:21.960 --> 0:07:25.920 of the Saints twenty five. There you go, Fulls to Mooney, 0:07:26.000 --> 0:07:28.000 the rookie in the big play. Make sure to get 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:30.679 up for the Chicago Bears regular season with Jersey's caps 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:33.320 and other mustafs from the official Chicago Bears Pro Shop. 0:07:33.360 --> 0:07:36.920 Shop now at Store dot We've been waiting for Chicago 0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:39.360 Bears dot com. Back of the Bears Coaches Show with 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:42.000 Coach Naggy, brought to you by Whippley, CPAs and Consultants. 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:46.400 I'm Jeff Joniac a shining star brewing for Darnell Mooney, 0:07:46.440 --> 0:07:48.720 a fifth round pick who never felt like one and 0:07:48.920 --> 0:07:50.880 is not playing like one. One of the top young 0:07:50.960 --> 0:07:53.040 receivers in the league so far through the first half 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:56.440 of the season and building momentum a fifty yard pass 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:58.760 play and a touchdown where he said he knew he 0:07:58.800 --> 0:08:00.480 was gonna catch the pass. It was just a matter 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:03.400 of patience for it to get there. I mean, I'm 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:06.680 not calling this kid cocky. I'm calling it professional confidence. 0:08:07.040 --> 0:08:09.560 How you like that, Yeah, No, I really liked that 0:08:09.600 --> 0:08:11.520 a lot. I think when that ball left and was 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:13.480 in the air, you could see that he has some 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:15.560 leverage on the corner and they took that safety and 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:18.920 they cut the crossing route by a rob which Nick 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:23.120 made a really really really strong throw, hitting him and stride, 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:25.160 and then you know, he made a contested catch. So 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:27.520 we need to get more of those. It stretches the 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:30.440 defense vertically, it opens up It helps open up the 0:08:30.520 --> 0:08:32.080 run game when you do that, and you don't just 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:35.199 throw balls at ten yards And you know, we trial 0:08:35.200 --> 0:08:37.280 on one later in the game and just missed it 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:39.920 a little bit inside. But now we really like where 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:43.080 Moody's at and getting Anthony Miller, which is somebody that 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:45.120 you know I have talked about a lot with you 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:48.040 and hoping that he would have a breakout moment. Is 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:51.360 this maybe similar to a first step to what happened 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:53.400 in the final five games of last season when he 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:55.520 got chances and he made it happen. He had five 0:08:55.600 --> 0:08:57.840 or seventy three and that fifteen yard reception to set 0:08:57.880 --> 0:09:01.000 up the Santos game tank field goal was big. Yeah, 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:03.319 I hope. So I was really proud of Anthony yesterday. 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:05.679 He played a really strong game. He did a lot 0:09:05.679 --> 0:09:09.880 of things the right way. He's he's our energy, you know, 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:12.440 in that offense. He's a guy that just plays really 0:09:12.480 --> 0:09:15.200 hard every single play. It's never because of lack of 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:18.040 effort with him, you know, he wants the ball every play. 0:09:18.679 --> 0:09:21.080 And so I'm proud of him from yesterday, and we 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:23.160 want to just keep growing, all right. So you can 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:25.760 talk about Alan Robinson all day long and some of 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:28.320 his good catches in the end zone over the course 0:09:28.360 --> 0:09:31.080 of his stay here with you. But that diving catch, 0:09:31.120 --> 0:09:35.360 but the route on Marshawn Lattimore equally impressive, as was 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:37.800 the throw break all that down for us, and what 0:09:37.880 --> 0:09:40.160 you thought of that touchdown. Sure. Yeah, it was a 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:44.560 corner route and they played man and so Lattimore had 0:09:44.559 --> 0:09:47.520 outside leverage and a Rob who's really difficult to press, 0:09:48.000 --> 0:09:51.000 got off a good free release, got vertical and then 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:52.960 went ahead and game a little shimmy at the top 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:56.000 and which creates the angle for the quarterback to know 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:57.960 where to throw it. So when you pause that film 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:01.080 and you see when Nick let that and go, a 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:03.400 Rob was nowhere close to where he ended up being. 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:06.480 And so that's an anticipatory throw that Nick had he 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:09.760 trusted Abe to get to that spot. I think that's 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:12.360 a growth between those two guys that we can use 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:14.959 going forward here. And then the effort of a Rob 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:18.320 to dive out layout literally be parallel to the ground, 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:21.280 have strong enough hands to make the catch, finish the catch. 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:23.920 That was a huge series for us. Is one of 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:27.439 the connection points with Nick and his receivers tight ends 0:10:27.520 --> 0:10:30.120 running backs is that and correct me if I'm wrong, 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:34.720 But he's an area thrower, get there? Do they still 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:38.679 have to learn that about him? Sure? And that's where 0:10:38.960 --> 0:10:40.680 when you throw it to an area, you want to 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:42.640 make sure that that area is the same area that 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:45.120 your wideouts are thinking and that's part of the process 0:10:45.200 --> 0:10:48.080 of them understanding how this system works, the timing of 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:50.079 where the ball is supposed to be and where the 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:52.600 route is supposed to be, matching ad up and making 0:10:52.600 --> 0:10:55.240 sure it fits. They're working through that. I do think 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:57.719 there's a lot of progressions routes and concepts that were 0:10:57.800 --> 0:11:01.040 running where you're starting to see that ross element really 0:11:01.080 --> 0:11:04.120 go a lot higher. And when that park gets really 0:11:04.160 --> 0:11:06.880 good than it just only helps improve our offense be 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:10.800 a lot better. Is your desire as an offensive plate 0:11:10.840 --> 0:11:14.000 caller head coach to have an area passer? Number One, 0:11:14.040 --> 0:11:16.040 it helps out your O line because the balls out 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:17.920 you're not holding on to the ball until he's open. 0:11:18.720 --> 0:11:20.800 And then number two, it's hard on the defense. So 0:11:20.880 --> 0:11:22.360 I mean, you look at some of these guys across 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:24.080 the league that have been doing it for years and years, 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:26.120 and the one guy from playing against him for a 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:28.439 lot of years was Philip Rivers. You know, Philip Rivers 0:11:28.440 --> 0:11:31.520 throws the spots and it's harder and not everyone's going 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:34.320 to be perfect, but when when you do make that 0:11:34.360 --> 0:11:37.599 throw like Nick did for that touchdown, it's almost undefendable. 0:11:38.400 --> 0:11:41.359 Is there any way to help from a quarterback's perspective, 0:11:41.440 --> 0:11:43.800 Jimmy Graham as tall as he is, it's amazing he 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:46.079 hasn't been hurt more in his career because they were 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:49.960 chopping him low. And can you throw the ball to 0:11:50.080 --> 0:11:53.520 him to help protect himself because I mean he easily 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:58.080 could have suffered injuries on three catches yesterday. Yeah, for sure. 0:11:58.080 --> 0:11:59.960 And you know he's been dealing without his whole career 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:02.440 here because his height has always been a six seven, 0:12:02.559 --> 0:12:04.840 six eight type guy basketball player that can you know 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:07.200 our football player that can be really good at basketball? 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:11.360 Should saying. But again, him and Nick are really find 0:12:11.360 --> 0:12:13.280 in their mash and there's a couple of throws here 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:15.040 there that Nick Probor wents back. There's a couple of 0:12:15.120 --> 0:12:17.559 routes here there that Jimmy would want back to run 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:19.959 a little different. But yeah, you're right, there was a 0:12:20.000 --> 0:12:22.520 couple that went low on him, and fortunately enough he 0:12:22.600 --> 0:12:26.040 came out healthy overall. Do we have any insight on 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:30.360 the offensive line injuries with Bobby Massey in particular, Yeah, 0:12:30.440 --> 0:12:33.400 nothing yet, definite. I mean, Andre's still going he has 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:35.040 a lot of stuff he's going through right now. And 0:12:35.320 --> 0:12:37.040 you know this early to day after, we don't have 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:39.160 any updates for you yet, but we certainly well here. 0:12:39.240 --> 0:12:41.319 You know, as the days go by, handing off, Montgomery 0:12:41.440 --> 0:12:43.560 hit the first any more hits the guest of the 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:46.480 forty to the thirty of the states, hintser the twenty 0:12:46.520 --> 0:12:50.760 and fuckled down near the fifteen of the fourteen yard line, 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:54.880 a third in one run. Then David Montgomery rips up 0:12:54.960 --> 0:12:57.320 a beauty. Welcome back to the Bears Coaches Show, brought 0:12:57.320 --> 0:12:59.600 to you by Whipple, the CPAs and Consultants, a proud 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:02.680 partner Chicago Bears. Learn more at Whipley dot com. We 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:05.640 just heard the David Montgomery thirty eight yard run which 0:13:05.640 --> 0:13:08.280 we referenced Matt in the previous segment. That was on 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:10.800 a third and one. That's an example of what third 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:12.760 and manageable can do for you. No, that was a 0:13:12.800 --> 0:13:16.600 big play, and I was really happy to see David 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:18.600 get one of those type of runs. You know, I 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:21.080 think it's good first confidence the O line on just 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:23.680 a simple dive play being able to wash him down. 0:13:25.160 --> 0:13:28.080 You know, you had Cordiroll Patterson going around on a 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:30.240 toss and you could get. All you needed was those 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:32.600 linebackers to just move a little bit to their left. 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:35.360 Our right, and then David can do the rest. And 0:13:35.400 --> 0:13:38.360 that's what he did. That suck defense real quant Smith 0:13:38.440 --> 0:13:41.360 all over the place. Levin tackles the rain, showing up 0:13:41.440 --> 0:13:44.800 still reading it coming downhill with purpose, tough assignment at 0:13:44.800 --> 0:13:47.480 Alvin Kamara and Jared Cook at times. And the play 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:51.200 of Danny Trevathan that one play was significant and really 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:53.559 showed that looks like he's got his burst back now. 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:56.120 It might have been his best defensive play of the year. Yeah, 0:13:56.120 --> 0:13:59.840 you're right, Jeff, I think personally that from talking to 0:13:59.840 --> 0:14:02.200 our coaches as well in the defense side of the ball, 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:05.800 that combined between Roquan and Danny, this was their combined 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:08.680 best game of the season. They really played well. I mean, 0:14:09.320 --> 0:14:13.080 Quans been playing really fast with a lot of confidence. 0:14:13.120 --> 0:14:15.800 He did that yesterday. And then there's some times where 0:14:16.120 --> 0:14:18.880 Danny was left in space to tackle a wide receiver 0:14:19.120 --> 0:14:21.920 back and he made that tackle. And when you have 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:25.040 that along with the other strengths that he has a linebacker, 0:14:25.160 --> 0:14:29.360 he combined him with Roquan in there, they're definitely forced 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:32.280 to be reckoning. Cairo Santos says it may have been, 0:14:32.440 --> 0:14:36.040 and he can't think of any more challenging. Windy day. 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:38.120 There have been colder days, but not a windier day, 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:40.600 and that's got to give you and him a great 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:43.120 deal of confidence moving forward because he is on a roll. 0:14:43.160 --> 0:14:45.080 He's fourteen of sixteen and ten in a row. And 0:14:45.080 --> 0:14:48.120 when we're talking fifty plush yarders in that kind of condition, 0:14:48.560 --> 0:14:50.600 you can kick anywhere. Then I'll tell you what it's. 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:53.400 It's it's a shame that we lost that game because 0:14:53.960 --> 0:14:56.600 with everything that we've been through here the last couple 0:14:56.640 --> 0:15:00.160 of years, with the kicking situation, I'm super proud the 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:03.560 way that Cairo has handled everything, um to the kick 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:06.560 city's made. He's shown up to be able to kick 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:08.760 a fifty one yard or in the wind that was 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:11.760 in there yesterday, to have a to have a time 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:14.200 out called after you made it, to come back and 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:17.280 hit another one. Uh, If that doesn't get your confidence 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:20.160 going as a team, as a player, as a coach, 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:23.520 as a city, I'm just proud of him, and we're 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:25.440 gon we're gonna need him moving forward and be able 0:15:25.480 --> 0:15:27.960 to rely on. It's a weird year with the trading 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:30.640 deadline coming up and what the ramifications are in terms 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:32.520 of the cap for next year. There's already a bunch 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:36.080 of deals going on earlier today. Is there anything you need? 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:38.040 You're not gonna tell me specifically what it is, but 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:40.520 you do collaborate with your general manager Ryan Pace. You 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:44.040 guys talk Is there anything you'd like to have if 0:15:44.240 --> 0:15:46.400 if at all possible? Yeah, I would just say that 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:50.000 that you know, for me, UM, I have ultimate trust 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:53.160 and Ryan and his guys are They look through everything. 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:55.280 They look at every position, regardless of a team in 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:58.400 need or a better player if it makes sense that 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:01.080 that can make us better as wee now, but also 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:04.440 makes sense financially. Um. And what's the draft capital that 0:16:04.520 --> 0:16:07.400 you have? We're always looking at everything. So well, we'll 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:11.440 probably get together a little bit here after after uh, 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:14.880 you know, the day keeps going and then UM reconvene 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:17.080 on all that stuff. I gotta talk to you about 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:22.360 the third quarter just season long? How penetratingly challenging is 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:27.480 that at this point because it's eight games and seven points? Yeah, 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:31.600 it's it's, uh, it is, it's very challenging. UM. It's 0:16:32.120 --> 0:16:36.880 it's uh, you gotta be able to score coming out 0:16:36.880 --> 0:16:39.000 at half. It's a momentum type deal as well. It's 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:43.360 fuel position, UM, and we are looking into all of that. 0:16:43.400 --> 0:16:47.600 We've been looking into it. It's just really strange right now. Um, 0:16:47.640 --> 0:16:49.640 but it's the first half of the season. So our 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:52.560 goal right now is to say, Okay, let's go back 0:16:52.560 --> 0:16:54.480 and look at what the teams that are doing really 0:16:54.520 --> 0:16:57.480 well in the third quarter, what are they doing, and uh, 0:16:57.600 --> 0:17:00.960 is there something that we're missing schematically? Is something we're missing, 0:17:01.760 --> 0:17:04.080 you know, as simple as this, Jeff, It could be 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:06.720 are we coming out of the locker room too late, 0:17:06.800 --> 0:17:08.480 for instance, Like those are the little things. It could 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:10.320 be just be a couple of minutes to where your 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:12.080 mind's right and you're set and all that stuff. So 0:17:12.160 --> 0:17:14.320 we've done that, We've already fixed that and thought of that. 0:17:14.760 --> 0:17:17.960 But those are examples, and we certainly need to be better, 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:20.280 and not just on offense, but on defense as well. 0:17:20.280 --> 0:17:22.560 We got to be better in that area. Do you 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:26.280 script or have you ever scripted a second half? Start? Yeah? 0:17:26.320 --> 0:17:28.960 We do. And again, the other part of this too 0:17:29.000 --> 0:17:31.280 is sometimes we'll put together a first half and a 0:17:31.320 --> 0:17:36.359 second half, and then we'll also get together and talk 0:17:36.400 --> 0:17:39.080 through some of the unscattered looks that we're seeing in 0:17:39.160 --> 0:17:41.320 the first half, and then we work off of that. 0:17:41.440 --> 0:17:44.280 Now they do the same thing on defense. And then 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:46.000 there's some stuff that we did in the game in 0:17:46.040 --> 0:17:47.720 the first half that you really liked it. Maybe you 0:17:47.760 --> 0:17:51.199 didn't think you did, or vice versa. But really, when 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:52.720 it comes down to it, when you look at the 0:17:52.720 --> 0:17:56.600 teams that are having success, they're staying away from negative plays, 0:17:56.720 --> 0:17:59.560 they're staying away from penalties. If you do that, you'll 0:17:59.560 --> 0:18:02.439 have a good chance to score. Lastly, we're down the Titans. 0:18:02.440 --> 0:18:04.959 I think they take them in the mentality of their 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:07.440 head coach and coach Rabel. You know, he have an 0:18:07.480 --> 0:18:10.159 identity that they're gonna beat you with the ground and 0:18:10.240 --> 0:18:13.240 pound and then but then don't trust me. They're really 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:15.440 good at play action passes too. I mean, I think 0:18:15.480 --> 0:18:17.280 Kenyon Hill is doing a great job at being able 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:21.359 to work off of off in that run game, and 0:18:21.480 --> 0:18:23.280 it gets you going, get you going, get you going, 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:25.200 stopping a run, stopping a run, stopping a run, and 0:18:25.200 --> 0:18:27.119 all of a sudden, over the top comes to play action. 0:18:27.520 --> 0:18:29.399 All right, Matt, thank you very much. Good luck with 0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:32.200 your prep this week. Thanks Jeff calling all Bears fans 0:18:32.280 --> 0:18:34.680 age five to twelve to join the Chicago Bears Kids Club, 0:18:34.680 --> 0:18:37.600 brought to you by jewel Osco for exclusive content and sweepstakes. 0:18:37.680 --> 0:18:40.919 Visit Chicago Bears dot com Slash Kids Club. We continue 0:18:40.920 --> 0:18:42.879