WEBVTT - Coaches Show: Nagy, Helfrich building off win 0:00:05.880 --> 0:00:08.960 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:12.920 --> 0:00:15.560 now one News Radio seven eighty and one oh five 0:00:15.640 --> 0:00:19.040 point nine FM. This is the Bears Coaches Show with 0:00:19.160 --> 0:00:23.080 Bears head coach Matt Maggie, the coaching staff and Bears management. 0:00:23.200 --> 0:00:25.919 The Bears Coaches Show is brought to you by Whippley's 0:00:25.960 --> 0:00:30.760 CPAs and Consultants, Advocate Healthcare, Rizon and Miller Life. Now 0:00:30.840 --> 0:00:34.760 from Hollis Hall, here's the Voice of the Bears w BBMS, 0:00:34.840 --> 0:00:38.360 Jeff Joni Yak had a pleasant, good even everybody, and 0:00:38.400 --> 0:00:40.519 welcome to P ANDC Studios here at Hollis All for 0:00:40.560 --> 0:00:43.640 another edition to the Bears Coaches Show with Head coach Mentneggie. 0:00:43.680 --> 0:00:46.640 Jeff Jonik with you to eight o'clock tonight. Offensive coordinator 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:48.560 Mark Helfritz joins us at the bottom of the hour 0:00:48.600 --> 0:00:50.240 and the start to the second half of the season. 0:00:50.880 --> 0:00:53.840 Solid win over the Lions twenty to thirteen at Soldier Field. 0:00:54.000 --> 0:00:56.680 Now within a game of five hundred and seven to 0:00:56.800 --> 0:00:59.560 go and getting back to five hundred is the foundation. 0:00:59.600 --> 0:01:02.160 Now you have to start there. Yeah, that's where we're 0:01:02.160 --> 0:01:04.920 at right now, and it's uh, you know, for us, 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:06.840 any way you look at it, we just want to 0:01:06.840 --> 0:01:09.119 be able to get a win coming off of losing 0:01:09.160 --> 0:01:11.399 four in a row. That's hard, and our guys did that. 0:01:11.480 --> 0:01:13.720 They battled really hard and came out with a win. 0:01:13.800 --> 0:01:16.200 And now now we're we're at an opportunity here to go. 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:18.520 Five hundred Bears Coaching Show brought to you by Whipfley, 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:21.800 CPAs and Consultants. All right, we start off usually with this, 0:01:21.800 --> 0:01:26.480 would you see antape? Well, you see um. Overall, just 0:01:26.600 --> 0:01:30.839 a bunch of plays where there's some opportunitistic stuff, whether 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:33.640 it's on offense or defense. They kind of came in bunches. 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:35.039 You know. We had a little bit of a slow 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:37.920 start again on offense and it was a struggle the 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:40.120 first you know, quarter and a half, and then we 0:01:40.120 --> 0:01:42.160 were able to pick it up and get that touchdown 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:43.560 there at the end of the first half and going 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:47.080 at halftime with the lead. Our defense was was was 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:49.320 a bend but don't break type deal in the first half, 0:01:49.360 --> 0:01:52.280 and then offensively to come out in the third quarter 0:01:52.280 --> 0:01:54.600 of the second half and go down there and get 0:01:54.640 --> 0:01:57.600 those two touchdowns was big and you always like getting 0:01:57.640 --> 0:02:01.040 touchdowns after sudden change, so we had that interest by Kwikowski, 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:03.880 great play by him, and then we got real quick 0:02:03.920 --> 0:02:06.320 to a third and seven, and then the player stepped 0:02:06.360 --> 0:02:09.160 up and made a great, great great play, great throw, 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:12.200 great catch, get great route and an awesome protection and 0:02:12.280 --> 0:02:13.720 we're able to get that lead if you're in a 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:16.200 fortunate enough position to get the two for one before 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:19.120 the half. And you know a lot of great teams, 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:21.359 that's where they make their money, so to speak. Over 0:02:21.400 --> 0:02:24.760 the years with the Eagles and with Andy at Kansas City, 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:27.600 was that always in your minds When you know you're 0:02:27.600 --> 0:02:31.480 getting the ball to start the second half and you 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:34.079 have the ball to end the first half, one of 0:02:34.120 --> 0:02:36.880 the things is you want to at worst case end 0:02:36.880 --> 0:02:38.720 the half with the ball and not give the opponent 0:02:38.800 --> 0:02:40.520 a chance to get the ball back. So to be 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:43.040 able to go down there and get that touchdown and 0:02:43.120 --> 0:02:45.400 not a field goal but a touchdown, it was just 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:47.440 just really good, I think for our mentality going in 0:02:47.480 --> 0:02:50.080 a halftime because it was such a sluggish start to 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:52.800 the to the game, and then that helped propel us 0:02:52.800 --> 0:02:54.960 there and to start a third quarter. Was there any 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:57.400 risk of the oh here we go again scenario with 0:02:57.440 --> 0:03:00.359 the slow start, Well, there's always at risk, and we've 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:02.480 been We've been facing that and been challenged with that 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:06.919 really the whole year. So I just I think that again, 0:03:06.960 --> 0:03:10.120 you talk about the words resilient, you talk about resolve, 0:03:10.240 --> 0:03:12.919 you talk about guys still caring. I mean in a 0:03:12.960 --> 0:03:16.080 lot of different ways. They could have just really not 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:19.079 taken a week seriously and given up, and we don't 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:20.840 have that. I think that's a credit to our players. 0:03:20.840 --> 0:03:23.000 And so you saw that again here we are challenged 0:03:23.040 --> 0:03:25.200 again in the first quarter and a half, but we 0:03:25.320 --> 0:03:28.400 stuck together, and you know, it came down to the end. 0:03:29.120 --> 0:03:32.359 In evaluating Mitch Tchubisky, some of those throws were all 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:34.520 the throws that you've been talking about over the course 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:36.280 of the year that you know he's capable of doing, 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:39.760 and they're in the offense weapons are capable of achieving, 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:42.440 whether it's how they run their route, and a lot 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:44.520 of it came against man coverage. So he's winning against 0:03:44.520 --> 0:03:47.240 mancoverage yesterday. Yeah, we knew that going into it. And 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:49.280 when you have that, you're gonna have to make throws 0:03:49.320 --> 0:03:51.680 and they're gonna have to be pinpoint accurate with all 0:03:51.680 --> 0:03:55.920 the throws. Yesterday, to me, in so many ways was 0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:57.720 such a big game for him and the fact that 0:03:58.160 --> 0:04:02.080 really his decision making yesterday was by far the best 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:03.800 of the year. I really loved that about him. I 0:04:03.800 --> 0:04:06.200 thought that, forget, forget all the throws that he made, 0:04:06.400 --> 0:04:08.640 there was a lot of good decisions that he made 0:04:08.680 --> 0:04:11.680 where maybe there's a shot mentality downfield that's not there, 0:04:11.880 --> 0:04:14.000 and you check it down for a ten eleven twelve 0:04:14.080 --> 0:04:16.600 yard game for a first down, and and and that 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:20.240 was really neat to see. Um, guys were we're really 0:04:20.400 --> 0:04:23.000 rallying around that feeling that we had on the sideline, 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:24.960 and then we were able to get the defensive lead. 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:28.440 Honestly early you could it's fair to say he wasn't 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:30.440 getting a lot of help at times. Yeah, well, no, 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:33.919 there's a Again, unlike wrestling in golf and tennis and 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:36.320 all this stuff that's individual, it's a team sport and 0:04:36.920 --> 0:04:39.520 m unfortunately for the outsiders and for the fans and 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:43.960 for everybody that watches UM, you know, there's there's routes involved, 0:04:43.960 --> 0:04:46.320 there's protection evolved, there's ten other people that make that 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:49.320 play work. And so sometimes when a play doesn't work, 0:04:49.360 --> 0:04:51.359 even though the quarterback gets all the credit for not 0:04:51.440 --> 0:04:55.240 working or blame, uh, yesterday it was a really, really 0:04:55.279 --> 0:04:57.000 solid game for mention, Well, you know, I don't know 0:04:57.040 --> 0:04:58.719 that we've ever really talked about this part of it. 0:04:58.760 --> 0:05:02.320 How does he hand that sort of frustration given his 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:06.479 own battles this season? Yeah, that's think about that. That 0:05:06.480 --> 0:05:08.760 that's hard. And so when you're when you're getting all 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:11.320 the blame and everything's going on you and for for 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:14.159 some of that right and others not um and then 0:05:14.279 --> 0:05:17.240 to have some mistakes occur, mistakes always here. There's always 0:05:17.240 --> 0:05:20.360 some poor routes or their protection breaks down, and and 0:05:20.720 --> 0:05:23.599 or there's a drop ball or there's a misthrow or 0:05:23.640 --> 0:05:26.560 there's a bad play call. That happens a lot. And 0:05:26.560 --> 0:05:29.160 and for for him, he handled a great yesterday. You know, 0:05:29.200 --> 0:05:32.800 he never got rattled. He stayed very composed, very cool, calm, collected, 0:05:33.120 --> 0:05:36.119 and that helped us in the end. What's that quote 0:05:36.160 --> 0:05:41.440 you guys used by complaining? No complaining? Uh, yeah, we 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:44.920 don't like complainers, you know, and it complains kill culture. Yeah, 0:05:44.960 --> 0:05:47.600 there you go, So no complaining, just fight through it 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:50.919 all right? Uh? Talk about the switch that seems to 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:53.440 be the thing to this one. Yeah, the switch? Yeah, No, 0:05:53.520 --> 0:05:55.240 you know, to us, it was it was simple, It 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:57.440 wasn't hard, It was not it wasn't a big story. 0:05:57.560 --> 0:05:59.560 We understand it. You know, to everybody else, it can 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:01.680 it can be come one and and you know it's 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:03.960 somebody that touches the football every play in the center. 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:08.320 But Cody and James, uh, they really handled it really well. 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:11.680 Um they're both completely selfless players. We just felt like 0:06:11.720 --> 0:06:14.960 it gives us a little more experience there. Uh, it 0:06:15.000 --> 0:06:17.680 balances out the line a little bit. And both guys 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:19.560 they understood it. They were they were great with it, 0:06:19.600 --> 0:06:21.840 and I thought for the first game coming back, it 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:24.839 really went well for everybody. I think some are trying 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:27.080 to say it's a bit of an indictment on James 0:06:27.200 --> 0:06:31.080 and his potential either in the future or you know, 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:33.800 at that position, at the center position. But you know 0:06:33.920 --> 0:06:36.920 there is youth involved here in experience and a right 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:39.960 guard and Rashad Coward who's as raw as the day 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:43.120 is long. So uh with Cody, I mean, you know 0:06:43.160 --> 0:06:44.919 what you're getting one hundred percent of the time in 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:48.960 terms of understanding protections and all that that goes into it. Yeah, 0:06:49.000 --> 0:06:51.320 and we first of all, that couldn't be further from 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:56.360 the truth furthest from the truth with Cody or with James. Sorry, 0:06:56.960 --> 0:07:00.360 James has done. This is this offensive struggle. It has 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:02.760 nothing to do with James Daniels. You know, this is 0:07:02.960 --> 0:07:05.480 he's done a great job. This is just like you said, 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:08.520 it's more so of just a balance of experience and 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:11.640 they handled it great. So it's we're excited about where 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:13.720 James is at, where he's going to be. We're excited 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:15.960 about Cody, and then we have a guy that was 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:17.880 playing defensive line a couple of years ago as our 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:20.640 right guard. So every game and every experience that he 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:22.600 gets is just gonna make him better and better. Now, 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:25.200 it was David Montgomery yesterday and he ran hard. He 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:28.360 ran really hard. So I think he had seventeen attempts 0:07:28.720 --> 0:07:32.800 and you know, the long runs weren't there yesterday, but 0:07:33.000 --> 0:07:34.880 what they were were there were some there were some 0:07:34.960 --> 0:07:36.840 runs in there where you could see that second, third, 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:38.600 and fourth effort and he just doesn't go down on 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:41.360 one tackle. Yeah. I know. There's also you know, you 0:07:41.360 --> 0:07:43.720 can create a lot of narratives when you look at 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:46.240 games and you look at just statistics coming in. But 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:50.560 I felt that that defensive front is completely undervalued. I 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:52.600 don't care what the numbers say. When you got a 0:07:52.680 --> 0:07:56.520 deal with Snacks, Harrison and Trey Flowers, and whatever their 0:07:56.600 --> 0:07:59.240 issues may be on defense, that's still a prominent front 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:01.360 that you got to move. They are there there. They 0:08:01.360 --> 0:08:03.640 were really good last year. They're still good this year. Again. 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:07.200 There's sometimes there's reasons for those numbers, but um in 0:08:07.280 --> 0:08:09.440 any case, those players are a good front and it 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:13.240 was a challenge for our guys. The Bears Coaches Show 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:16.840 with head coach Matt Maggie and w bbm' Jeff Joniak 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:20.200 continues step back Tripisky looking at throw Jack's the ball 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:23.120 looking into the end zone for producer preaches up heavy 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:28.880 bags to cach touchdown, touchdown Gars, beautiful throw back Tripisky 0:08:28.960 --> 0:08:31.240 and a great catch for the Will Harris the rookie 0:08:31.240 --> 0:08:33.520 on his back. Bears are tied it up on an 0:08:33.520 --> 0:08:37.560 eighteen yard strike Tropisky to pronicker for the touchdown. Welcome 0:08:37.559 --> 0:08:39.280 back to The Bears Coaches Show, brought to you by 0:08:39.320 --> 0:08:42.360 Whippley Financial Advisers, a partner of the Chicago Bears. Here 0:08:42.360 --> 0:08:45.400 at P ANDC Studios at Hallisaw. Matt Maggie with me 0:08:45.559 --> 0:08:49.120 Jeff Joniac and that touchdown catch for Ben Broncker was 0:08:49.520 --> 0:08:53.560 an outstanding throw, outstanding catch, outstanding route, bring it all 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:56.199 down for us one more time, because you love the 0:08:56.280 --> 0:08:58.560 journey of Brouncker and hanging in there tough, and he 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:00.960 had a chance and he made it, made it happen. Yeah, 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:02.640 that was a big, big point in the game for 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:05.160 us to get a spark and we got man coverage 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:06.880 and he just ran a heck of a route. He's 0:09:06.920 --> 0:09:08.840 stuck the top of the route, set the angle for 0:09:08.880 --> 0:09:10.280 Mitch to be able to kind of see where he's 0:09:10.320 --> 0:09:12.320 coming out of it. And then mister it just on 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:15.360 time with the perfect trajectory to be able to get 0:09:15.400 --> 0:09:17.360 it over top of that defender that was trailing him. 0:09:17.360 --> 0:09:19.480 And then you gotta make the catch. And then not 0:09:19.520 --> 0:09:21.320 only that, you gotta make the catches stay in bound. 0:09:21.400 --> 0:09:23.319 And they did all that in the offensive line, gave 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:27.520 Mitch time. Yeah, he squeezed in it spectrum both tips, Yeah, 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:29.920 grabbing that ball. But you could see his eyes were 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:32.480 on it. They were in the slow motion on the 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:36.040 TV copy, you could see it. But the other aspect 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:38.240 of it, as you always like to say, it was 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:42.360 a nice curved, clean pocket with green grass. Yeah, that's 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:44.040 you have to have that. If you don't have that 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:46.079 green grass, you can't make that throw. You can make 0:09:46.080 --> 0:09:48.760 the throw, but it's probably not as accurate. And to 0:09:48.920 --> 0:09:52.520 make that work and make that happen, those guys executed it. 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:56.280 And it's a guy who stepped in. Adam Sheheen was 0:09:56.920 --> 0:10:01.360 a game day inactive. Where is he at mentally and 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:04.120 his approach to things right now? Yeah, you know, he's 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:06.840 just just continuing to try to improve and get better. Um. 0:10:06.880 --> 0:10:08.599 You know, we have a lot of different players that 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:11.480 fit different molds of what we do and and so, uh, 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:15.120 you know, just looking to have guys just every day 0:10:15.160 --> 0:10:16.920 just do everything they can to be the best player 0:10:16.920 --> 0:10:19.160 they can be and stuck defense. Now, and we start 0:10:19.200 --> 0:10:23.280 with Nick Wikowski. Yeah, yeah, he was handed out tomorrow, 0:10:23.400 --> 0:10:29.400 right maybe, Yeah, there's probably a good candidate there. I'll 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:31.880 tell you what. He was everywhere, he really was. And 0:10:31.920 --> 0:10:34.520 you hate to see a guy like Danny Trevathan go 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:36.719 down because he's really the heart and soul of our 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:40.040 defense and such a leader and just the mentality that 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:42.120 he brings not only the game day but to practice 0:10:42.240 --> 0:10:44.559 and in the meeting room. And he just has that 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:46.520 that that fire about him that I love. And so 0:10:46.600 --> 0:10:48.480 now he's out of the game, Well, here comes quit 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:51.760 and he's able to uh play the way he did. 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:55.679 I mean everywhere, run, game, pass game, he just special 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:57.920 teams and special teams. And so you look at that 0:10:57.960 --> 0:10:59.520 and you say, well, man, how does a guy play 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:02.920 because he preps, he preps the right way, he cares, 0:11:03.400 --> 0:11:06.800 he's always ready for that call or for you know, hey, 0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:08.760 you're in the game now, and he's he's proven that. 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:10.640 So how do you not just love that? You know? 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:14.160 On our Bears Game Night Live show on Fox last night, 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:17.600 during the highlights of watching him and breaking him down, 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:20.959 it just it just occurred to me that as a coach, 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:23.760 you're trusting your guys are going to get ready, but 0:11:23.920 --> 0:11:26.600 that doesn't always mean that's going to happen for whatever reason. 0:11:26.720 --> 0:11:28.719 But this guy was in the right place and just 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:32.000 it was just perfect, like well it was against Minnesota. 0:11:32.120 --> 0:11:34.600 I can't say perfect because football players and coaches don't 0:11:34.600 --> 0:11:38.200 talk about perfection, but just getting mentally ready to play 0:11:38.440 --> 0:11:41.480 as if you're going to start. It almost sounds cliche 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:44.240 when you're in a locker room interviewing these guys, but 0:11:44.760 --> 0:11:46.640 you gotta count on it. You gotta count on it. 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:49.240 He counted on it with Nick, and he delivered. He 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:52.800 did and as coaches, I mean, our defensive coaching staff 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:55.840 was was just telling me about how much it means 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:58.559 to them that he preps the way he does all 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:02.000 week long, you know, and you don't always get that 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:05.040 everywhere from every player, but with him, that's a big, 0:12:05.160 --> 0:12:08.160 big time appreciation from from the coaching staffs that when 0:12:08.200 --> 0:12:10.640 somebody does go down, the next man up. That's that's 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:12.520 when it works, is when they prep and you're you 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:14.360 gotta get mental reps because you don't get a lot 0:12:14.360 --> 0:12:18.160 of reps in practice. And you know, we as coaches 0:12:18.200 --> 0:12:20.480 know who those guys are and you count on them. 0:12:20.520 --> 0:12:24.360 And then these guys now get the uh, they get 0:12:24.400 --> 0:12:26.800 to success and the recognition for being able to be 0:12:26.840 --> 0:12:29.439 patient and selfless this whole time. I've known him for 0:12:29.559 --> 0:12:33.600 all these years and he's a very likable guy. Number One. Um, 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:36.760 quiet for the most part, but he's blue collar. You 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:41.920 can tell from that background he is. He's he's he's dirty, tough, 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:44.840 you know. And then he showed his athleticism yesterday picking 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:46.840 that slant off, you know and making a good play 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:49.360 and um, you know, you saw he had hands last year. 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:51.280 You remember he caught that flat route in Minnesota. So 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:54.400 he's an athlete though. All right, let's talk about Nick Williams. 0:12:54.559 --> 0:12:56.360 I don't think a lot of folks know who he is, 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:59.079 but everybody seems to be surprised and shocked that he's 0:12:59.080 --> 0:13:02.040 got six sacks the team right now. Yeah, it's another 0:13:02.080 --> 0:13:06.160 great story. Somebody that again has has been a backup 0:13:06.200 --> 0:13:09.320 in this league, but has persevered and who's just continued 0:13:09.320 --> 0:13:11.640 to just battle each and every day and when given 0:13:11.679 --> 0:13:15.439 an opportunity, he shines. And it just it speaks volumes 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:18.280 to Jay Rodgers, our defensive line coach, and Mark Dalion, 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:21.800 our linebackers coach with these guys, of of making sure 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:25.120 that these guys are mentally prepared. And so here here 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:28.000 comes an injury without Kim Hicks, and now Nick Williams 0:13:28.000 --> 0:13:30.960 steps up, plays hard. He's a big man, he's athletic, 0:13:31.040 --> 0:13:32.840 he can move and you saw him doing that yesterday. 0:13:32.880 --> 0:13:34.720 What do you man about him? From Kansas City just 0:13:34.760 --> 0:13:39.000 observing him. Just a really, really good person that took 0:13:39.000 --> 0:13:41.720 the game very seriously. Every practice mattered, when he got 0:13:41.720 --> 0:13:43.760 his reps, that mattered. And now it's a reflection of 0:13:43.800 --> 0:13:45.520 what you're seeing on game days. He's just doing it 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:50.760 now against the ones um Ryan Nall activated and boom 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:54.360 right away made an impact on teams. Yeah, it's another 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:57.880 another really good story of somebody again. These are these 0:13:57.880 --> 0:14:00.560 are players that were able to either have a history 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:03.720 with or we're bringing them in ourselves and letting them 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:05.880 kind of grow and become the players that they become. 0:14:05.920 --> 0:14:09.040 And you know, you get you get the notice late 0:14:09.080 --> 0:14:11.839 in a week of this opportunity, and I can't tell 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:13.839 you how happy he was. He's worked hard for it, 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:17.240 and you know you saw it yesterday. He made the 0:14:17.320 --> 0:14:21.760 most of it. No more of the Bears Coaches Show 0:14:22.000 --> 0:14:25.200 with head coach Matt Maggie on Newsway Too seven eighty 0:14:25.240 --> 0:14:28.920 and one oh five point nine FM w BBM. Trio 0:14:29.040 --> 0:14:32.240 to the Right, snaff is Back Traubisky, clean pocket, Gonna 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:34.120 zip the ball down of the end of the get 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:36.920 real right side of the End, zade beat the coverage 0:14:37.000 --> 0:14:40.840 for six Bears extent of late in nineteen six over 0:14:40.880 --> 0:14:46.160 the Lions, Nice whip bro by Trapisky to Gabriel and 0:14:46.520 --> 0:14:51.000 three passing touchdowns on successive drives for Mitch Trubisky. You 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:53.760 can help deserving families by donating a gently used winner 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:56.000 coach to the Chicago Bears Jewel Osco Coach Drive the 0:14:56.080 --> 0:14:59.880 participating jewel Asco locations now through February twenty eighth. Donations 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:02.480 benefit the Salvation Army. Back here on the Bears Coaching 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:06.640 Show already feels like February this morning. It does. Yeah, yeah, 0:15:06.720 --> 0:15:10.640 I can't believe it, but that's Chicago right in November. 0:15:11.280 --> 0:15:15.400 The touchdown, we just heard Taylor Gabriel again, a perfectly 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:18.720 thrown ball, great whip on it and running away from 0:15:18.720 --> 0:15:21.320 a defender, break that one down for the touchdown. Now 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:24.000 four touchdowns this year for Taylor, right, So we got 0:15:24.040 --> 0:15:26.640 third and seven, We just had, you know, two plays 0:15:26.680 --> 0:15:28.720 that went for three yards. So I thought that was 0:15:28.760 --> 0:15:32.360 a key moment in the game where after us, you know, 0:15:32.480 --> 0:15:34.120 a sudden change, you want to be able to strike 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:36.640 and get a touchdown, and so to be able to 0:15:36.680 --> 0:15:40.280 do that was big. TG ran that route in practice 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:41.800 and it was one of the best routes. It was 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:44.000 a little different the way it looked, but one of 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:46.280 the best routes I've I've seen so far this year. 0:15:46.600 --> 0:15:48.960 And so I think when you see that in practice 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:50.960 and you feel that, you kind of know that this 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:52.800 might be a good play as a coach, as a 0:15:52.800 --> 0:15:55.160 play caller, but also as players, you feel it. And 0:15:55.560 --> 0:15:58.080 we got man coverage like we were hoping, and he 0:15:58.360 --> 0:16:01.560 beat his guy up and then Mitch made just a 0:16:01.680 --> 0:16:04.600 perfect throw on the spot, Um, which is not an 0:16:04.600 --> 0:16:07.480 easy throw and he had great protection. Now that you 0:16:07.520 --> 0:16:10.480 mentioned it, could you dare to guess a percentage of 0:16:10.480 --> 0:16:12.640 how many plays that you knew were going to work 0:16:12.960 --> 0:16:15.240 because of how they were done in practice and you 0:16:15.240 --> 0:16:18.240 could get the right matchup that that's happened this year. Yeah, 0:16:18.280 --> 0:16:21.680 there's there's um, there's there's more than probably most people 0:16:21.680 --> 0:16:24.280 would think. Um. You know. The other one too, was 0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:28.280 was um three Cohen's touchdown yesterday. Again, just a lot 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:30.800 of details that go into it. Just looks like a 0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:32.760 simple flare route that you throw to the back and 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:35.280 he just okay, well anyone care. But to the credit 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:39.120 of the players, they executed it just to perfection. And 0:16:39.200 --> 0:16:41.880 when you get the ball in twenty twenty nine hands, 0:16:41.920 --> 0:16:43.800 he makes good things happen in us what they did. 0:16:44.320 --> 0:16:47.480 He also, you know, he did an interview with our 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:50.160 sideline reporter Mark Rody before the game before you know, 0:16:50.240 --> 0:16:52.040 last week, and he said, you know, I like running 0:16:52.080 --> 0:16:54.360 between tackles. I want to get north and south. So 0:16:54.440 --> 0:16:56.400 we have this idea that he only wants to try 0:16:56.440 --> 0:16:58.000 to make a home run every time and go hot, 0:16:58.120 --> 0:17:01.680 but he seemed to be more dedicated to that yesterday. 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:04.280 What would you how would you? No? I agree. I 0:17:04.320 --> 0:17:06.119 think that's one of the benefits of who he is 0:17:06.160 --> 0:17:08.680 as a player is that he's not just a guy 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:11.360 that is a scat back that can go outside. And 0:17:11.680 --> 0:17:16.680 now the other thing that's that's uh goes unnoticed and 0:17:16.720 --> 0:17:20.959 shouldn't is teams are very very aware of who he 0:17:21.080 --> 0:17:23.240 is and where he's out in the field. And you 0:17:23.280 --> 0:17:24.960 go back and you watch that tape and you watch 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:27.159 how many times we had two people on him. What 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:29.760 that does is open others. And so because he might 0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:32.439 not have the numbers, there's hidden numbers in there, and 0:17:32.480 --> 0:17:34.840 he needs to be a part of this other stuff. 0:17:34.880 --> 0:17:37.439 I would say that's been buried with all due respect 0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:40.280 to what you think is the fourth and one call 0:17:40.520 --> 0:17:43.760 to me is the is the game changer? I believe 0:17:43.880 --> 0:17:48.879 that was absolute necessity given the scenario really revealed a 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:51.320 lot of benefits. How do you look at it now? 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:53.800 Twenty four hours later? I felt like at that point 0:17:53.800 --> 0:17:57.280 in time that um, you know, we were we were struggling, 0:17:57.760 --> 0:17:59.840 and and it was it was before you look up 0:18:00.359 --> 0:18:03.560 at the clock and there's three, four or five minutes 0:18:03.640 --> 0:18:07.200 left in the second quarter and it's fourth and one. 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:10.639 You know, we we uh, I know we're pretty backed up, 0:18:11.119 --> 0:18:14.520 but we're gone nine nothing thirteen nine or whatever. But right, 0:18:14.560 --> 0:18:17.879 but we're at a point where it was good for us, 0:18:17.920 --> 0:18:19.840 and I knew our I really felt good. Our coaches 0:18:19.880 --> 0:18:23.080 felt good about being able to execute that play and 0:18:23.200 --> 0:18:25.280 that's what they did and so it gave it gave 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:28.000 our guys a little bit of juice and um, I'm 0:18:28.080 --> 0:18:30.200 I'm proud of them. Did Kyle Fuller ever right to 0:18:30.240 --> 0:18:35.119 be ticked off yesterday? Um no, I think that uh 0:18:35.680 --> 0:18:38.720 all of our guys. It's an emotional game, and there's 0:18:39.119 --> 0:18:41.160 it was a close. It was a very close call. 0:18:41.359 --> 0:18:43.240 And it's hard because it's so fast and when a 0:18:43.280 --> 0:18:46.680 quarterback gives himself up lately, that's the part that is 0:18:46.720 --> 0:18:48.560 hard for these defenders and you got to be real 0:18:48.600 --> 0:18:51.320 clear with that. And I think it was the biggest 0:18:51.359 --> 0:18:55.000 issue was for the hitting the helmet and it's so 0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:57.520 close in that moment, so you can understand both sides. 0:18:57.880 --> 0:19:02.440 So club dub open, I'm vincent Mulcamara had an interesting 0:19:02.640 --> 0:19:07.360 reaction to it, and he says, it's not I'm paraphrasing, 0:19:07.760 --> 0:19:10.760 basically saying. People can have an opinion about it or 0:19:11.080 --> 0:19:13.199 poke fun at all they want, but the fact is 0:19:13.880 --> 0:19:18.359 losing four straight games impacted us. It impacted and underscored 0:19:18.480 --> 0:19:20.919 just how hard it is to win one game. You 0:19:20.960 --> 0:19:23.240 know us, Jeff, I mean, we're we're that's who we are. 0:19:23.359 --> 0:19:25.960