WEBVTT - Takeaways from season opener | Bears, etc. Podcast 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:02.679 Right justin middle of the field forty five to fifteen, 0:00:03.000 --> 0:00:04.160 bring Bruss in front. 0:00:03.960 --> 0:00:06.600 Of all leaving lions in his way. I am Jeff 0:00:06.640 --> 0:00:12.880 Joniack Wlitz is on donec us what was like playing 0:00:12.880 --> 0:00:13.560 for coache Good? 0:00:13.640 --> 0:00:13.840 Done. 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:16.000 I don't want to answer any questions like that. 0:00:16.160 --> 0:00:24.279 Sixty one yards? What's Sunday stroll for? Justin field? 0:00:25.320 --> 0:00:28.400 Ye Bears et cetera with the voices of the Chicago 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:33.720 Bears Jeff Joniac. Despite the fact the stage was sent 0:00:33.760 --> 0:00:36.000 for the dawning of a new day in football's oldest 0:00:36.040 --> 0:00:38.519 and greatest rivalry, the Bears were unable to grasp the 0:00:38.560 --> 0:00:40.880 moment at disappointing thirty eight twenty loss to the Green 0:00:40.880 --> 0:00:44.680 Bay Packers Sunday afternoon at Soldier Field. Welcome to episode 0:00:44.720 --> 0:00:47.400 fifteen of The Bears et Cetera podcast with Super Bowl 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:49.839 winning Bear Tom Theyer. I'm Jeff Joniac, coming up to 0:00:49.840 --> 0:00:52.159 each week after the game, head coach Matt Eberflu spent 0:00:52.240 --> 0:00:54.400 some time helping us break it all down. We'll be 0:00:54.400 --> 0:00:57.400 doing so shortly, but first got to thank our producers, 0:00:57.440 --> 0:00:59.760 Dan Really, Jordan tread Up, and Katie tuber I just 0:01:00.240 --> 0:01:04.759 couple of players. They're still feeling that hangover the lost time. 0:01:05.120 --> 0:01:07.800 And I met with Dick Bucks for quite a while, 0:01:08.040 --> 0:01:13.200 and so someone who didn't have a ton of experience 0:01:13.280 --> 0:01:15.959 on winning teams certainly knows what it's like to feel 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:18.080 the pain of defeat, and it just it does drag 0:01:18.120 --> 0:01:19.600 you down a little bit. I know, it's onto the 0:01:19.640 --> 0:01:23.280 next game and eyes forward, that is Matt Eberfluss's a 0:01:23.319 --> 0:01:26.240 big phrase, eyes forward to the next But it's hard 0:01:26.240 --> 0:01:27.679 to get rid of it a little bit when you 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:30.319 so invested like you have been over the course of 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:32.600 your career as a player and as an announcer. 0:01:33.160 --> 0:01:35.440 You know it's got a sting. Jeff. If it doesn't sting, 0:01:35.480 --> 0:01:37.240 then you're kind of in the wrong business. 0:01:37.600 --> 0:01:39.680 And if you go through the process and you kind 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:42.160 of correct the mistakes going to the team meeting and 0:01:42.240 --> 0:01:45.360 have thick skin and understand that every single player in 0:01:45.400 --> 0:01:47.920 there is going to get criticized in front of their peers. 0:01:48.440 --> 0:01:49.880 But how do you rebound from that. 0:01:50.200 --> 0:01:53.480 It's not like you completely throw away the entire game 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:56.920 plan and all the information that you've been installing since 0:01:56.960 --> 0:02:00.720 OTAs you go and refine the good things, own correct 0:02:00.760 --> 0:02:03.200 the mistakes, you make sure that people are in the 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:07.280 right place, understanding their assignments each and every down, each 0:02:07.320 --> 0:02:08.160 and every play. 0:02:08.680 --> 0:02:11.320 And that's the great thing about football, Jeff. 0:02:11.600 --> 0:02:14.120 You can go from having the worst feeling in your 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:18.640 football athletic life one moment to having the greatest feeling 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:22.000 a week from that day. So I think that's where 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:25.119 you have to stress the point, that's where your. 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:26.360 Focus has to be. 0:02:26.560 --> 0:02:28.880 And as mattieber Flew says, you got to look to 0:02:28.919 --> 0:02:29.560 the future. 0:02:29.800 --> 0:02:33.000 How did you handle losses? Seriously? And you didn't have many, 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:36.480 but how did you handle them? Because you know, did 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:38.560 you lose sleep at night? Not not just about the 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:43.200 tape review, I'm just saying, like the actual disappointment of 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:48.480 walking off the field, especially in big leverage situations, big games. 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:50.240 It was different for me, Jeff. 0:02:50.600 --> 0:02:53.080 I'm a local guy, so when I walked out of 0:02:53.080 --> 0:02:55.320 the home game, I was eye to eye with my 0:02:55.400 --> 0:02:59.080 whole family. I didn't necessarily feel like a failure, but 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:00.960 I know that they felt bad for me. 0:03:01.560 --> 0:03:03.400 But I was more concerned for. 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:07.280 My living, for my occupation, to the way I made money, 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:10.240 to everything I strive for my whole life. So it 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:14.280 was something that hung with me for a period of time. 0:03:14.840 --> 0:03:16.920 And then you can't. 0:03:16.760 --> 0:03:21.160 Ignore the film sessions, because our film sessions at times 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:25.760 are super critical. And Mike Ditka ran the projector, and 0:03:25.800 --> 0:03:28.960 so you had to understand the plays that you did 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:32.400 miserably bad on. He's going to point them out time 0:03:32.480 --> 0:03:35.560 and time again. And when you're an offensive lineman, Jeff, 0:03:35.800 --> 0:03:38.080 you see him four or five times. It's not like 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:39.840 they just go buy them and say, hey, you got 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:42.560 to do better here, Let's move on to the next play. 0:03:42.960 --> 0:03:47.040 Corrections are made and maybe some hints about how to 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:49.760 use your technique and thinking better. 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:52.920 I felt winning the opener was imperative for a number 0:03:52.960 --> 0:03:56.280 of reasons. I was vocal about it. Not that it'll 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:58.320 make or break the season. That was not the intent 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:01.360 of my statement, but it's the Packers and you don't 0:04:01.360 --> 0:04:04.000 get a plan again until week eighteen. It's how they've 0:04:04.000 --> 0:04:06.160 handled the Bears with a lot of ease over the years. 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:09.160 Players are sick of losing to the Packers. It is 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:12.160 a brand new team. I get it. But I just 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:15.240 felt that this was going to have reverberations potentially, and 0:04:15.320 --> 0:04:17.359 fans are sick of losing to the Packers. There's no 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:17.880 other way. 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:18.880 We all are. 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:23.240 But I just felt it would been a nice platform moment. 0:04:23.400 --> 0:04:28.640 Now it's over. It's definitely over. There's things that we've 0:04:28.720 --> 0:04:31.839 learned about the team through this game that will benefit 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:36.080 them moving forward. It doesn't lessen what I felt was 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:38.719 an impactful moment that could have been embraced. 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:41.919 I agree one hundred percent. Listen, I'm still in a 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:42.839 bad mood over it. 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:45.760 When I go home after a game like the loss 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:48.520 of Green Bay Packers, I can't listen to sports radio, 0:04:48.920 --> 0:04:52.760 I can't watch football highlights on TV. The next day, 0:04:53.160 --> 0:04:55.440 I go home and you study the tape of the 0:04:55.480 --> 0:04:57.320 game and you kind of look at it as if 0:04:57.360 --> 0:04:59.840 you are an active player. What are the things they 0:04:59.839 --> 0:05:02.720 did well? What are the things that are immediately correctable? 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:05.240 All right, let's do you take let's do the exercise. 0:05:05.800 --> 0:05:07.960 Okay, Well, if I look at you know what do 0:05:08.040 --> 0:05:08.680 I need more of? 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:11.279 I need more of DJ Moore earlier in the game 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:14.680 and more targets in the course of the game. 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:17.240 I need more of Cole comment on first. 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:19.480 And second down to put yourself in a more makeable 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:23.680 second and third down scenario. Roshawn Johnson has earned more 0:05:23.720 --> 0:05:27.200 opportunities for me that I need to feed him the 0:05:27.240 --> 0:05:30.560 football more. Whether he's a blocker, a wide receiver, or 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:31.279 a running back. 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:33.599 Nate Davis impressed me. 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:36.640 I thought he played much better than I expected of 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:39.359 him because he hasn't played in training camp very much. 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:42.280 So if I'm going to go and revisit jeff. 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:44.320 A third and one and fourth and one early in 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:47.360 the game, I'm going to go behind Darnell Wright and 0:05:47.480 --> 0:05:50.520 Nate Davis. That is going to be my impact point. 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:53.839 When I look at the defensive side of the ball, 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:59.200 I'm gonna put more emphasis on the game of Tremaine Edmunds. 0:05:59.440 --> 0:06:01.880 Whether do you I make an attempt to blitz him? 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:02.400 Do I allow it? 0:06:02.520 --> 0:06:05.479 Do I put him in more coverage responsibilities out of 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:08.640 the backfield maybe versus tight end? How am I going 0:06:08.680 --> 0:06:13.120 to feed the defensive backs more opportunities to create interceptions 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:17.159 rather than broken up passes? And then the defensive line rotation, 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:20.960 It's going to be a contest each week whoever is 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:23.800 getting the most value out of their reps is going 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:27.839 to earn more playing time. And I remember back in 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:29.800 the day when Jimmy Johnson became. 0:06:29.520 --> 0:06:31.840 The coach of the Dallas Cowboys, and. 0:06:31.839 --> 0:06:36.040 It was the first time that I really recognize a 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:40.359 wide variety of rotating defensive linemen, so you really can't 0:06:40.400 --> 0:06:43.120 fall into a pattern of playing against the same guy 0:06:43.200 --> 0:06:46.480 every single snap, and you understand and learn his tendencies. 0:06:47.000 --> 0:06:49.000 So I think this is a group of athletes that 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:52.120 they can move around. You can put Dominique Robinson up 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:55.279 and down the liner's scrimmage. You can use Yannick and 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:58.040 Gaguay up and down this and both sides of the ball. 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:00.520 You know, you have a guy like Javon Extra can 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:04.599 play inside and outside. Zach Pickens has good explosion, Andre 0:07:04.720 --> 0:07:08.360 Billings Andrew Billings is very strong at the point of 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:10.720 attack and he can play. So all these guys that 0:07:10.800 --> 0:07:13.920 have these talents, and I'm not excluding Justin Jones. I'm 0:07:13.920 --> 0:07:15.920 just trying to say as many names off the top 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:17.920 of my head in how I would look at the 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:18.880 tape going forward. 0:07:18.880 --> 0:07:22.760 Well, the interesting thing too, DeMarcus Walker, he played a 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:26.240 lot of inside. He came inside on Nickel, and the 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:29.320 same goes for Rashim Green. I mean, these guys, they 0:07:29.360 --> 0:07:33.040 do have that versatility to do exactly what you said. 0:07:33.240 --> 0:07:35.920 Exactly, and I think that's one of the strengths of 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:38.800 a lot of these athletes. They have the ability to 0:07:38.800 --> 0:07:42.720 play anywhere, and sometimes it's the identification of film study 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:46.120 of your opponent. Where are the vulnerabilities of the offensive 0:07:46.120 --> 0:07:48.560 line that you're getting ready to play against. Who is 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:53.280 our strongest rusher in certain circumstances that can expose their vulnerabilities. 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:55.760 Those are the types of things that you have to study. 0:07:56.120 --> 0:07:59.560 And I'm sure the entire pre scouting department for the 0:07:59.640 --> 0:08:02.560 Chicago Go Bears looking at the Tampa Bay Bucks give 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:04.920 these guys a great list of notes in how to 0:08:05.000 --> 0:08:07.480 look at those guys when you're getting ready to face them. 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:10.560 Right now, when you spent over two nine ninety nine 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:13.200 dollars at stein Hoffels, you'll score a one hundred dollars 0:08:13.200 --> 0:08:15.400 Bears Pro Shop gift card. 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How about you? 0:08:42.120 --> 0:08:42.800 I'm doing all right. 0:08:42.880 --> 0:08:45.600 We had our team meeting, you know, and talk to 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:48.559 the players about, you know, just about the standards of 0:08:48.600 --> 0:08:50.400 what we're going to do in terms of after a game, 0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:53.160 you know, reports and action, how we're going to. 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:55.600 Handle this, you know, win or lose. You know. 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:59.200 So it's a twenty four hour rule, and it's important 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:01.200 for us to understand and the corrections we need to 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:02.720 make to get better. 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:03.959 By each position. 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:07.040 And it's always going to be the player and the 0:09:07.080 --> 0:09:09.440 coach working together to handle those things and get those 0:09:09.440 --> 0:09:11.800 things corrected and also to build up on the things 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:12.440 we did well. 0:09:12.679 --> 0:09:14.720 And that's what we're always going to be about. 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:18.120 And the guys had the right attitude today and you know, 0:09:18.120 --> 0:09:21.439 he had great communication in both unit meetings to make 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:23.680 those improvements. And it's got to get done on the 0:09:23.679 --> 0:09:24.840 practice field this week. 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:29.080 Do you also, though, allow that each player individually deals 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:32.079 with loss or performance good or bad, in their own 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:34.319 unique way, and no matter what is said and how 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:36.560 the plan is, they got to go through their own 0:09:37.240 --> 0:09:38.319 look in the mirror a little bit. 0:09:38.480 --> 0:09:41.000 Yeah, when you lose a game, it's it's it hurts, 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:43.280 you know, because you put so much into it during 0:09:43.320 --> 0:09:45.680 the course of the week and there, you know, especially 0:09:45.679 --> 0:09:47.520 for the first game, there's so much bill up to it, 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:50.760 and you know, you got to recognize that, hey, you 0:09:50.760 --> 0:09:52.679 know it was the performance that I had. I did 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:54.400 some good things. There are some things that I need 0:09:54.440 --> 0:09:57.439 to improve on, okay, and that maybe fundamentals or technique 0:09:57.480 --> 0:09:59.920 or it might be your assignment and you need to 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:02.920 prove those because how you get better as a professional 0:10:02.960 --> 0:10:06.400 athlete is you improve through the course of the season. 0:10:06.480 --> 0:10:09.360 You know, you get more consistent, you get better every 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:12.040 single week. And when we do that collectly as a group, 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:13.560 it's going to be good, good outcomes. 0:10:14.040 --> 0:10:16.600 What do you get when a guy doesn't do anything well, 0:10:18.200 --> 0:10:18.920 how do you handle him? 0:10:19.000 --> 0:10:21.640 Yeah? You just you work with them. You work with them. 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:23.480 You just you know, it's your job as a football 0:10:23.480 --> 0:10:25.600 coach to work with the guys that are under you, 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:28.199 you know, and that are working with you, and uh, 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:32.400 it's your job to also develop the man mentally, you know, physically, 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:35.719 and also you know him also as his spirit as 0:10:35.720 --> 0:10:36.760 he brings it into the game. 0:10:37.160 --> 0:10:40.760 There's inherently a lot of overreactions in Week one around 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:43.520 the league, things are really high. This team is all 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:47.640 of a sudden this then something expected over here doesn't happen. 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:50.680 You look at Joe Burrow in Cincinnati. I mean, talk 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:52.400 about a tough day. That was a tough day for 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:59.360 Joe Burrow. However, with all that attention and this ending 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:01.360 the way it did like last year, and the influx 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:06.080 of talent this year, could you see why people feel 0:11:06.080 --> 0:11:07.320 a little flat today out there? 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:10.080 Yeah, I sure do, I sure do. But we also 0:11:10.200 --> 0:11:12.040 remember that's a long season. You know, there's a lot 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:14.160 of football to be played. We played, you know, sixty 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:17.200 five snaps you know on offense, you know, on average 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:19.800 and defense, and twenty five in the kicking game. So 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:23.480 and there's over a thousand snaps on offense and defense 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:24.640 you know, during the course of the year. 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:26.040 So there's a lot of ball to be played. 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:29.440 You know, everybody's looking to improve from week one to 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:33.160 week two, regardless of outcome, and we've got to put 0:11:33.200 --> 0:11:34.400 our best foot forward this week. 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:37.360 Again, you can't talk about last year, but it's just 0:11:37.400 --> 0:11:41.000 as a reference point. A lot of games playing from behind. Again, 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:45.800 in this game, Bears never had the lead against Green Bay. Yeah, 0:11:46.120 --> 0:11:49.720 hoping to see what this team actually looks like when 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:52.320 the defense can play on a lead and what that 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:55.079 does then for the offense as well, because that complimentary 0:11:55.120 --> 0:11:57.400 football thing takes on a whole new look. I mean, 0:11:57.840 --> 0:11:59.560 you still haven't really experienced that yet. 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:02.040 Yeah, you know, it's you know, last year at the 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:03.959 Newing game, we did you know for that that was 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:06.480 we were playing from the lead there, you know, and 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:07.880 I think it's going to be good. You know, we 0:12:07.920 --> 0:12:10.199 got to really do a good job of because we can, 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:12.160 you know, run the ball, you know. I think that's 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:13.679 important that we can do that, and then we need 0:12:13.720 --> 0:12:15.600 to play good pass defense and take the ball away 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:16.560 when we do get that lead. 0:12:17.320 --> 0:12:19.480 We are sponsored in part bying Miller Lite, the official 0:12:19.480 --> 0:12:22.400 beer of the Chicago Bears. Taste like Miller Time Chicago. 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:25.760 Jeff Joniac, Matt Eberfluss on Bears, et cetera. This week, 0:12:27.000 --> 0:12:30.720 poor starting field position. That's going to kill you every time. 0:12:30.840 --> 0:12:33.520 It's tough if you're not a team that has had 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:36.120 a lot of success together. It's a brand new football 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:40.719 team this year. Starting behind the chains, unforced, all these 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:43.960 things that added up the field position was very different 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:46.840 for both teams. Almost a great place to start that 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:47.679 and third down. 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:49.760 Yeah, I would say that we looked at our first 0:12:49.760 --> 0:12:52.640 stouting efficiency, you know, the P downs P and ten 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:54.600 which is the start of the series, then first and 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:57.320 ten within, and we need to improve on those. 0:12:57.360 --> 0:12:57.560 You know. 0:12:57.920 --> 0:13:00.719 Defensively, we were very good on p downs, you know, 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:02.720 we were really good. I think they average two point two. 0:13:03.720 --> 0:13:06.640 And then offensively we were really good in the first 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:09.160 downs within, you know, but it was to start this 0:13:09.280 --> 0:13:11.080 series we got to improve on those. 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:12.040 For offense. 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:14.920 So again a lot of those were either pre stat 0:13:14.920 --> 0:13:18.199 penalties or there were perimeter type screens where we took. 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:20.160 Some losses, you know, so we have to do a. 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:22.400 Better job blocking on the perimeter and making sure our 0:13:22.440 --> 0:13:23.440 operation is clean. 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:26.040 Yeah, what's the key on those perimeter blocks? 0:13:26.520 --> 0:13:28.840 Yeah, it's just about aiming points, okay, and then being 0:13:28.920 --> 0:13:31.400 us sustain you know. It's it's all about aiming points 0:13:31.400 --> 0:13:32.080 in your technique. 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:33.679 What is the proper technique? 0:13:33.800 --> 0:13:34.760 Yeah, I would just say that. 0:13:34.720 --> 0:13:37.320 We're aiming for the outside shoulder, okay, and that's our 0:13:37.360 --> 0:13:39.200 aiming point. And if he tries to go under, then 0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:41.160 you got to be able to work your feet back inside, 0:13:41.280 --> 0:13:43.320 you know, because you got to start, you know, trying 0:13:43.360 --> 0:13:45.760 to circle the defense is the operation for that play, 0:13:45.840 --> 0:13:48.559 particular play. And if he tries to work back inside, 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:50.400 you got to work your feet back inside, because it's 0:13:50.400 --> 0:13:51.679 all it's all about your feet. 0:13:51.880 --> 0:13:55.840 I was wondering, I attacked Alan Williams about this last week, 0:13:55.880 --> 0:13:57.600 just about tackling for the first game. 0:13:58.200 --> 0:14:00.640 Did you think it was good missing nine? 0:14:00.679 --> 0:14:02.960 We didn't end up missing three on one play and 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:05.120 that was that QB scramble that we ended up stopping 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:07.120 him on third down on the sideline, on their sideline, 0:14:07.640 --> 0:14:10.480 So really we missed, you know, so that's still pretty good. 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:12.000 You know, we want to get that number down to 0:14:12.040 --> 0:14:15.600 five or less for a game that's outstanding, and we'll 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:18.400 achieve that a few times this year. But nine's a 0:14:18.400 --> 0:14:21.280 good number. Single digits a good number. I thought the 0:14:21.320 --> 0:14:23.840 corners tackle well. Tyreek, as you know, had had just 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:26.320 outstanding tackles. And I've been saying that since day one 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:29.480 that he loves to hit, he loves to tackle, and 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:32.840 that was good to see. And I thought Tremaine did 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:35.040 a nice job tackling. You know, that's a big back 0:14:35.080 --> 0:14:37.400 over there, and you know, he does a really good job. 0:14:37.400 --> 0:14:40.120 And they got that also the other back that's a 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:44.000 good player too, Jones. So guys at a decent job 0:14:44.040 --> 0:14:46.760 with that all day. Like I said, yesterday, we ended 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:49.680 up stopping the run. It was two point nine, which 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:52.280 is a big emphasis for our defense this year and 0:14:52.920 --> 0:14:53.520 going forward. 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:57.960 Quarterbacks who are really good at manipulating with their eyes 0:14:58.640 --> 0:15:01.720 to open windows opportunity, and Jordan Love did it on 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:05.200 a couple of occasions yesterday. What's the defensive counter to that? 0:15:05.760 --> 0:15:07.440 Yeah, I mean it depends on what coverage you're in, 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:09.600 what concept you're in. If you're in a true zone, 0:15:09.760 --> 0:15:12.000 it's just about being disciplined in your zone and not 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:15.280 not melting with the quarterback's eyes and staying in your zone. 0:15:15.320 --> 0:15:17.640 But if it's a match principle, you're gonna be matching numbers, 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:19.840 so it doesn't really take you off of your coverage. 0:15:20.600 --> 0:15:23.960 And again we do both things, but it's uh, it's 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:25.120 just about being disciplined. 0:15:25.440 --> 0:15:27.240 Did you have a lot of mental area yesterday? 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:29.160 No? No, we did not. 0:15:29.320 --> 0:15:32.720 We had we we had physical errors and technique stuff 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:34.880 that we got to improve on. There was not There 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:37.280 was not a bunch of mental errors. So it was 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:39.800 really more of a physical thing that we got to 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:41.800 improve on just technique and fundamentals. 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:46.440 Talk about loving the physicality of the game. Ro Shawn 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:50.520 Johnson man, we've seen it all camp. My favorite play 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:54.800 of the entire day was flattening Rudy Ford. And I 0:15:54.840 --> 0:15:57.600 think that's the kind of run much like a big 0:15:57.680 --> 0:16:01.560 hit on defense, it gets the whole sideline rowing. I 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:03.920 thought that could have been a benchmark moment in the game, 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:07.400 even though we're trailing. Do you agree with that? Do 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:10.760 you agree that a run like that, you know, running 0:16:10.800 --> 0:16:13.640 through somebody, finishing your run like he did, can just 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:16.000 inspire a team to get something going. 0:16:16.080 --> 0:16:17.120 You can see that for sure. 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:18.760 You know, you saw early in the game when we 0:16:18.800 --> 0:16:21.880 had that big hit, you know on defense. You know 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:24.840 Yannick had that hit on the toss play. You know, 0:16:24.840 --> 0:16:26.960 we had a couple of TFLs there. But and again, 0:16:27.000 --> 0:16:28.800 it's certainly running the ball like that, you know, the 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:32.440 physicality of that certainly. You know in Chicago with the 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:35.160 Bears fans, you know, they certainly appreciate that type of style. 0:16:35.680 --> 0:16:38.240 Yeah, some of the alumni obviously we're in the house, 0:16:38.560 --> 0:16:40.720 had a big number I guess at the at the 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:44.640 event on Saturday night, over one hundred I think showed up, 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:47.680 which is fantastic. But some some legends out there, Dick 0:16:47.760 --> 0:16:50.840 bud Gets one of them. Well, the Galton has been 0:16:50.880 --> 0:16:53.000 here in a while, former Super Bowl Bear wide receiver. 0:16:53.160 --> 0:16:56.600 I know you you appreciate all that they were all there. 0:16:56.680 --> 0:16:59.040 I'm certain certain you weren't shaking hands before the game 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:02.040 and seeing everybody. But uh, it's good to have those 0:17:02.080 --> 0:17:02.880 guys back in town. 0:17:03.480 --> 0:17:04.480 Yeah, it always is. 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:07.879 I see those guys frequently in the in town or 0:17:08.240 --> 0:17:10.679 in the summertime at the golf course or you know, 0:17:10.880 --> 0:17:13.120 or in the facility, and those guys are always great. 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:15.240 To talk to and be able to visit with. 0:17:16.560 --> 0:17:22.160 Bucks, Mike Evans, outstanding, Chris Godwin. You got Baker Mayfield, 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:24.200 you got Vita Vea to deal with, and you got 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:27.520 the heat. All all adds up to a pretty tough contest. Huh. 0:17:27.600 --> 0:17:30.120 Yeah, I mean, the NFL is a great league, right, 0:17:30.160 --> 0:17:32.520 It's a lot of parody. So we got a challenge 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:34.399 ahead of us. You know, we end up starting to 0:17:34.400 --> 0:17:37.040 put our game plan together today and in the next 0:17:37.080 --> 0:17:39.359 couple of days and bring the guys back in on Wednesday, 0:17:39.480 --> 0:17:41.320 you know, and we've already talked to him about being 0:17:41.320 --> 0:17:43.280 able to being prepared, so it's not a big deal 0:17:43.840 --> 0:17:44.240 for us. 0:17:44.880 --> 0:17:47.000 And like the weather park, yeah, the web part because 0:17:47.000 --> 0:17:48.600 Tom's crazy about it. He told me it's going to 0:17:48.640 --> 0:17:50.600 be ninety with eighty five percent humidity. Now it's down 0:17:50.640 --> 0:17:53.080 to like eighty six fifty chance of rain and maybe 0:17:53.119 --> 0:17:55.000 sixty five percent, so still be hot. 0:17:55.240 --> 0:17:57.440 Yeah, but that's so we're we prepare our guys early 0:17:57.520 --> 0:17:59.560 for that uh in the week, you know. So the 0:17:59.560 --> 0:18:02.080 preparaight is right, and it's you kind of climb to 0:18:02.119 --> 0:18:05.160 that part of it in terms of your hydration, and 0:18:05.440 --> 0:18:05.960 we don't. 0:18:05.760 --> 0:18:07.280 Make a big deal out of it after that. So 0:18:07.320 --> 0:18:08.960 it's just about education and go. 0:18:08.960 --> 0:18:11.200 Down there and let it rip hies forward. 0:18:11.359 --> 0:18:12.359 You got it, thank you. 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:18.320