WEBVTT - Recapping a Bears victory in Washington | 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 --> 0:00:05.760 bring Russ in front of them, leaving Lions in this way. 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:12.039 I am Jeff joniyacklitz Is on Dot go up. What 0:00:12.280 --> 0:00:13.800 was like playing for Coachy Boddom. 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:16.560 I don't want to answer any questions like that. Sixty 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:17.439 one yards? 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:19.000 What's Sunday stroll for? 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:24.360 Justin field? 0:00:25.880 --> 0:00:29.600 Bears, et cetera. With the voices of the Chicago Bears Jeff. 0:00:29.360 --> 0:00:34.760 Jonyac Hey, maybe they wanted for fifty one. 0:00:35.120 --> 0:00:38.880 The late Dick budkis from above watching the Bears take 0:00:38.880 --> 0:00:42.559 out the Washington Commanders forty to twenty. Welcome into our Bears, 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:45.960 et cetera. Podcasts wrapping things up after the first victory 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:48.479 of the season, snapping a fourteen game losing streak. We're 0:00:48.520 --> 0:00:50.360 brought to you by Miller Lite, the official beer the 0:00:50.440 --> 0:00:53.720 Chicago Bears tastes like Miller Time Chicago with Tom Thayer, 0:00:53.800 --> 0:00:57.040 the Super Bowl winning beart guard. I'm Jeff Joniac. First 0:00:57.080 --> 0:00:59.440 of all, think about New England on the road, the 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:02.400 last win and this one. The Bears came out swinging, Tommy, 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:04.200 they came out fast and finished drunk. 0:01:04.319 --> 0:01:06.160 Yeah they did, you know. I'm proud of the guys 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:09.440 because they showed a lot of resiliency. They never listened 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:12.120 to the outside noise that can really be a factor 0:01:12.160 --> 0:01:15.560 in this modern day world of social media and opinions. 0:01:16.040 --> 0:01:20.120 And these guys obviously went and prepared mentally as well 0:01:20.160 --> 0:01:22.600 as they could in a short week, because you really 0:01:22.600 --> 0:01:25.839 don't get a chance to prepare physically. But these guys 0:01:25.920 --> 0:01:28.560 came out of the box fast. They had a great 0:01:28.640 --> 0:01:32.280 first drive. Justin was perfect. Dj Moore was making some 0:01:32.360 --> 0:01:36.120 big catches, The running game was actively involved, the offensive 0:01:36.120 --> 0:01:40.600 line was protecting Justin. So when I saw the early 0:01:40.720 --> 0:01:43.520 parts of this game, you knew the Bears were prepared 0:01:43.680 --> 0:01:45.880 and you just hope that they could sustain that effort. 0:01:45.920 --> 0:01:49.440 There's a tremendous start by offense coordinator Lukeetzi dialing up 0:01:49.520 --> 0:01:52.360 some big throws deep up by Justin Fields first to 0:01:52.440 --> 0:01:54.960 Darnell Mooney to start things off. It didn't connect, but 0:01:55.000 --> 0:01:58.360 he certainly connected repeatedly with DJ Moore. A record setting 0:01:58.440 --> 0:02:01.000 day career high two hundred thirty yards cards on eight 0:02:01.040 --> 0:02:04.520 receptions for DJ Moore and two touchdowns. 0:02:04.120 --> 0:02:05.080 Four on the day. 0:02:05.560 --> 0:02:08.239 Back to back weeks with four touchdown passes and right 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:11.480 now Justin Fields leads the NFL in touchdown. 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:15.520 Passes, right. You know, it's amazing because I think everybody 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:17.960 got an indicator. And Luke said it two weeks ago 0:02:18.080 --> 0:02:20.600 that Justin was starting to get it and that he 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:23.240 was becoming more familiar with the playbook, he was getting 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:26.799 a better understanding of timing. We always knew Justin was 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:30.080 an accurate passer, and he's got long ball accuracy in 0:02:30.160 --> 0:02:33.399 him as well, and I think you'll see him capitalize 0:02:33.440 --> 0:02:36.520 it more as the year goes on. But it is 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:41.919 everybody taking their part doing their job here. And when 0:02:41.919 --> 0:02:45.040 you look at the offensive line and Justin and Luke Getzi, 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:47.639 and then you look at the contributions of the defense, 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:49.280 it was a total team effort. 0:02:49.360 --> 0:02:50.760 At the end of the night, I got to talk 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:52.880 about the offensive line to make those plays happen. And 0:02:52.919 --> 0:02:55.760 then we'll dive into DJ and how unbelievable of an 0:02:55.760 --> 0:02:59.440 athlete he is at the receiver position. You didn't know 0:02:59.480 --> 0:03:03.480 what was going to happened when things started going injury wise. Okay, 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:05.520 so you started with Larry Borum at left tackle for 0:03:05.560 --> 0:03:08.240 Braxton Jones. You started Cody white Hair at left guard, 0:03:08.320 --> 0:03:11.359 Lucas Patrick at center, right guard is Nate Davis. 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:14.560 Right tackle Darnell Wright. You knew that Tevin. 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:16.760 Jenkins was coming back and going to rotate in with 0:03:17.480 --> 0:03:19.920 not the center position, with Cody moveing to center, but 0:03:20.040 --> 0:03:22.919 with Cody, so he comes in on what the third 0:03:23.000 --> 0:03:25.160 or second series of the game, third series of the game, 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:27.519 and then Lucas Patrick suffer's a concussion. 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:29.600 And listen, I wasn't a big fan of Tevin Jenkins 0:03:29.680 --> 0:03:31.840 playing tonight. I thought he had needed a little bit 0:03:31.880 --> 0:03:35.880 of physical wrap up time after his injury to make 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:39.520 sure that everything was set and ready to go. But 0:03:40.320 --> 0:03:42.720 you didn't have that luxury. You had a hiccup, an 0:03:42.920 --> 0:03:47.640 injury with Lucas Patrick having a protocol for the concussion, 0:03:48.120 --> 0:03:51.320 and then Cody did a great job of moving over 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:55.600 and commanding the center position, and then Tevin was in 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:58.000 for the rest of the night. Outside of two series 0:03:58.040 --> 0:04:01.920 that to Charie Carter came in second half in Hevin 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:04.320 played well. So I think when we talk about what 0:04:04.360 --> 0:04:07.560 the offensive line could possibly look like throughout the offseason, 0:04:07.920 --> 0:04:09.760 maybe we're gonna get a chance to see what it 0:04:09.800 --> 0:04:13.480 could possibly look look like early in this season. 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:16.800 And I did speak to Tevin after the game for 0:04:16.960 --> 0:04:20.080 Marquee and their postgame show, and he goes, yeah, he goes, 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:25.640 I was a little surprised at how this all turned out. Obviously, 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:27.880 you don't know what you're gonna need with your dress. 0:04:27.960 --> 0:04:30.280 You got to play, but he did. He weathered it 0:04:30.360 --> 0:04:32.640 and he was happy about it and happy to get 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:36.799 a win. Number one. Also, the pocket was clean. 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:37.760 Yeah pocket. 0:04:37.839 --> 0:04:41.400 So for these big plays, the DJ Moore, he had 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:43.000 most of the big. 0:04:42.800 --> 0:04:43.880 Plays in the game. 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:46.359 And they always list the top ten biggest plays of 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:50.200 the game and he had, I believe five of them himself. 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:53.159 And of course that's justin making it happen. But the 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:55.719 fifty eight yard or in the first quarter, a fifty 0:04:55.920 --> 0:04:59.640 six yard touchdown on the throw left pushed out of 0:04:59.640 --> 0:05:02.200 bounds the Washington thirty for thirty nine yards in the 0:05:02.200 --> 0:05:06.520 first quarter. He also had a thirty two yard connection 0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:09.640 and a twenty yard touchdown. The suddenness that we speak 0:05:09.680 --> 0:05:12.520 of when he makes a catch and then gets out 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:15.920 of a tackle or just snatches the ball out of 0:05:15.960 --> 0:05:17.040 the approaching defender. 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:17.880 Like at the end of the game. 0:05:17.920 --> 0:05:20.800 That was a gutsy throw by Justin Fields, and he 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:23.240 took it to the house and that ended the night. 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:25.720 But so, yeah, you got to say all those complimentary 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:28.359 things about DJ Moore because he has an incredible hand 0:05:28.360 --> 0:05:31.719 eye coordination. He can catch it in a small space 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:34.719 and he can catch it with a distraction in his vision. 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:39.640 But to me, it's about Justin making those throws, because 0:05:39.680 --> 0:05:42.400 we've been begging Justin to make those kind of small 0:05:42.440 --> 0:05:46.240 window opportunity throws and then put the onus on the 0:05:46.279 --> 0:05:48.640 receiver to go up and make a big catch for him. 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:53.520 So Justin was able to give Dj those opportunities and 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:56.919 he was only fingertips away from the big throws that 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:59.640 he gave to Darnell Mooney. And so now if we 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:02.679 see Arnel Mooney starting to capitalize on some big throws 0:06:02.680 --> 0:06:06.680 along with DJ Moore, the continuance of the tight end position, 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:09.280 you don't know where this offense could go in the 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:10.239 passing direction. 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:12.760 A Bears jumped to a twenty seven to three lead. 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:15.800 Then coming out of the locker room at halftime, Washington 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:18.640 came in strong. They had a seventy five yard drive 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:20.920 to start the third quarter. They put up eleven points 0:06:20.960 --> 0:06:23.000 in that third quarter with a two point conversion on 0:06:23.080 --> 0:06:26.120 a touchdown, but the Bears finished with thirteen points in 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:28.360 the fourth quarter to get that forty to twenty lead, 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:31.520 but it was close to being a seven point game. 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:33.960 Joey Slide missed a field goal and there was plenty 0:06:33.960 --> 0:06:36.279 of time in it. That would have maybe been an 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:38.440 interesting scenario, and that would have been a gut check 0:06:38.480 --> 0:06:40.520 for the Bears because they had a big lead and 0:06:40.880 --> 0:06:43.480 Washington hung in there, chipped away. Running the ball was 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:46.880 out of the question. They were one dimensional. They did 0:06:47.000 --> 0:06:49.039 tossed it fifty something times. 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:52.160 Listen Eric b Enemy, the former offensive coach for the 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:55.040 Kansas City Chief who is now the offensive coordinatoror at 0:06:55.080 --> 0:06:58.720 Washington Redskins. He went to the old Kansas City plan, 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:02.160 where we're going to exclusive throw the ball and if 0:07:02.200 --> 0:07:03.880 we get a run it's going to be because of 0:07:03.880 --> 0:07:07.680 a scramble of a quarterback. But the Washington did well. 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:09.840 But then when the Bears needed to come up and 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:12.600 make some plays, when they had to get some sacks 0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:15.240 in really an important time in the game, they were 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:17.680 able to do that. And I like some of the 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:20.840 creativeness that they showed at the line of scrimmage gave 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:24.440 opportunities for guys to be set free. Stroman as a 0:07:24.480 --> 0:07:26.520 guy that was able to come up and get a sack. 0:07:26.640 --> 0:07:29.480 So all the little things that they did to improve 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:33.480 themselves this week will carry on until the upcoming weeks. 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:35.360 All Right, there were a bunch of other injuries to 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:37.840 the running game, so Khalil Herbert left the game, Travis 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:39.920 Homer left the game. Roshawn Johnson left the game with 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:43.600 a concussion. So left their guy a blasting game who 0:07:43.680 --> 0:07:46.080 we very much respect at the full back position. He 0:07:46.120 --> 0:07:47.640 didn't get a lot of He doesn't get a lot 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:50.000 of snaps throughout the course of the season, coming into 0:07:50.000 --> 0:07:53.360 the game, just three rushing attempts in his career and 0:07:53.400 --> 0:07:57.680 they had to use him. Hey, lasting game on the day, 0:07:58.200 --> 0:08:02.120 had eight carries in twenty six yards and along of six. 0:08:02.000 --> 0:08:05.480 Yeah, but you know, before he had to become the 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:08.840 ball carrier for the Bears, he was really doing a 0:08:08.920 --> 0:08:12.240 nice job blocking and leading Khalil Herbert through some wellied, 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:15.320 well designed holes up through the center of the defense 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:17.920 that got him up to the second level. But when 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:21.520 he was called on an emergency scenario, he came through 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:23.760 for the Bears, and I think that shows one of 0:08:23.800 --> 0:08:26.440 the commitments of carry blasting game. He's not only learning 0:08:26.440 --> 0:08:31.360 the fullback position, he understands the halfback responsibility as well. 0:08:31.640 --> 0:08:34.600 So if they do get into that emergency situation, the 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:37.560 Bears don't have to change their playbook much because Cary 0:08:37.640 --> 0:08:39.840 blasting game can do a little bit of everything. 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:43.000 We're brought to you by a PNC Bank, Official Bank 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:45.600 of the Chicago Bears. So I mentioned, and we're going 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:47.280 to get to the defense in a moment here. They 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:50.319 did have five sacks. They put pressure on a very 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:52.960 tough quarterback, you know I mentioned, and you agree. I 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:55.320 think that he reminds you of Baker Mayfield a little bit. 0:08:55.559 --> 0:08:58.040 He's gutsy, he kind of gets he's not that tough, 0:08:58.080 --> 0:08:59.640 so he kind of gets swallowing up in the pocket, 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:00.760 but he hangs tough. 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:03.920 He does. And you know, like we saw Baker a 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:06.319 couple of weeks ago in Tampa Bay and he really 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:09.120 showed a solid knowledge of his offense by getting rid 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:11.120 of the ball as he was falling to the ground. 0:09:11.400 --> 0:09:13.959 And Sam Howell has that same type of fight in him. 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:15.840 If you want to get him to the ground, you 0:09:16.000 --> 0:09:17.960 have to get him to the ground. It's not something 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:20.880 like he's going to trip, stumble and fall. And you 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:24.160 saw there's multiple times where more than one guy had 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:26.320 to hit him to bring him to the ground. However, 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:29.679 the relentless pursuit of the Bears defensive line did a 0:09:29.800 --> 0:09:32.679 nice job of keeping him contained. All right. 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:35.440 Balance was Keith thirty two runs called by Luke Gatzi, 0:09:35.600 --> 0:09:39.199 thirty two pass plays, nine rushing first downs, nine passing 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:39.880 first downs. 0:09:39.880 --> 0:09:41.080 How about that for a game plan? 0:09:42.320 --> 0:09:44.680 Well, it came to work out that way. I don't 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:47.160 think he go with the intentions of saying, okay, check 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:50.440 one one run, one pass. No, it's kind of the 0:09:50.440 --> 0:09:53.440 way the game worked itself out. But you know the 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:56.920 nice thing about Luke is he never neglected either portion 0:09:57.160 --> 0:09:59.480 of the game. Even when they had a big lead, 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:01.760 they still through the ball. And then when they were 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:05.640 trying to keep the lead and kind of challenge the 0:10:05.679 --> 0:10:08.640 defense for time of possession, he was keeping it. Even 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:10.840 then you lose all the running backs and you have 0:10:10.920 --> 0:10:13.920 to insert Carrie blasting game. So many changes on the 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:17.560 offensive line. So I'm glad he didn't neglect anything because 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:19.360 there was personnel changes. All right. 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:21.959 Let's talk defense, because you can look at it and say, okay, 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:23.640 they gave up a lot of yards. The Bears had 0:10:23.640 --> 0:10:25.920 four in their fifty one yards. They had three eighty eight. 0:10:26.480 --> 0:10:29.600 They had actually more, as it turned out, offensive plays 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:33.240 than the Bears. The Commanders with sixty six. They had 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:37.079 time of possession pretty much even thirty seven completions on 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:42.080 the day for their quarterback Sam Howell, but the turnovers 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:45.760 a couple of big ones. Greg Stroman junior, a former 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:50.160 Washington draft pick, local guy from Virginia Tech. Nice swipe, 0:10:50.280 --> 0:10:52.680 then he was sent on a blitz, had a sack, 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:55.360 and then I'll tell you this, Trull Smith's going to 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:55.800 be a player. 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:56.120 Also. 0:10:56.160 --> 0:10:58.520 We think Taderik Stevenson is going to be a player 0:10:58.520 --> 0:10:59.120 for a long time. 0:10:59.120 --> 0:10:59.800 Physicality. 0:11:00.440 --> 0:11:02.679 Terrell Smith is no slouch either, and he had to 0:11:02.760 --> 0:11:05.600 leave the game briefly as well. But these are two 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:09.360 rookies starting at corner, and the receivers were quiet, especially 0:11:09.520 --> 0:11:10.240 Terry McLaurin. 0:11:10.240 --> 0:11:11.720 We kept waiting for him to go off. 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:15.439 It never happened, no, And you know I was in there, going, boy, 0:11:15.480 --> 0:11:18.200 they're gonna set up Terike Stevenson. They're gonna try a 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:20.640 double move. When they did try a double move, the 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:24.960 receiver ran right into Tarik Stevens Stevenson and it wasn't 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:28.240 a penalty. So they did a nice job. I think 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:32.080 they complimented the pass rush well, and you know, you 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:34.600 got to kind of see that evolution of young defensive 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:38.080 backs because you know, we were introduced to it last 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:40.120 year when a lot of defensive backs had to play 0:11:40.280 --> 0:11:42.360 and they all played well. I think they're in a 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:44.880 position where a lot of these young guys are getting 0:11:44.920 --> 0:11:47.760 experience that's gonna pay dividends down the line. 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:48.640 Brisker did play. 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:50.160 We didn't know for sure that was gonna happen, but 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:53.240 they did this, you know, without Jalen Johnson. They did 0:11:53.240 --> 0:11:56.280 it with Kyler Gordon still mending from his broken hand. 0:11:57.080 --> 0:12:00.680 Eddie Jackson did not play. So this is a this 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:05.679 is a mix of different varieties and experience level. And 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:08.080 Matt Matt Eberflu said before the game, Yeah, it is 0:12:08.120 --> 0:12:10.319 a challenge. It is a challenge to make it all 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:13.600 fit together like a puzzle. But it managed to work 0:12:13.840 --> 0:12:15.960 just well enough to stop Washington. 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:18.800 Matta complimented him equally as well after the game. Because 0:12:18.880 --> 0:12:21.839 every single coach had to make some type of adjustment. 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:24.880 Luke and calling the plays because of the running back position. 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:29.600 Chris Morgan changes on the offensive line and understood how 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:32.360 he was going to rotate these guys. You have to 0:12:32.400 --> 0:12:35.199 look at the receiver position after a couple of them 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:38.800 went down. Same thing on defense, changes all over the play. 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:42.960 So Matt's coaching staff was really well prepared for the 0:12:43.080 --> 0:12:45.360 changes that they had to make at a moment's notice. 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:47.200 We touched on the two rookie corners. 0:12:47.240 --> 0:12:51.000 Let's talk on Javon Dexter because he had three pressures 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:52.959 in the game. I think he had a run stop 0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:58.079 as well. His birthday last night, so that was big 0:12:58.080 --> 0:13:01.319 for him to and you know, I interviewed him as well, 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:02.600 and man, he's big. 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:03.440 He's a big dude. 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:07.080 And you know that's a topic now how much development 0:13:07.120 --> 0:13:10.679 can he make every single game? And that's gonna be 0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:12.600 something to watch here along with Zach Pickens. 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:14.760 Well, we talked about during the broadcast. One thing that 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:17.439 impressed me is I was sitting on the Bears bench 0:13:17.960 --> 0:13:21.560 pregame and watching him go through warm ups with the 0:13:21.559 --> 0:13:24.600 defensive line coach and the assistant defensive line coach, and 0:13:24.640 --> 0:13:27.280 they were kind of calling out assignments during the course 0:13:27.320 --> 0:13:29.640 of his warm up and he was adjusting to every 0:13:29.679 --> 0:13:32.160 single one of them. Is how does he use his frame, 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:34.720 how does he use his length? How does he fill 0:13:34.840 --> 0:13:38.400 the void? Or fill the gap according to his responsibility. 0:13:38.800 --> 0:13:46.000 So you know, listen, Javon Dexter, his assets, his tempo, everything, 0:13:46.040 --> 0:13:48.240 he should be going through the roof for the rest 0:13:48.240 --> 0:13:48.880 of the season. 0:13:49.000 --> 0:13:51.320 We talk about situation of football and we said, hey, 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:53.560 third down's got to get better. Well, it did get 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:56.480 better on the offensive side of the ball. Defensive side 0:13:56.520 --> 0:13:59.160 of the ball. Again, they were throwing every down, so 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:02.040 they had you know, fifty conversion six of twelve, but 0:14:02.080 --> 0:14:05.640 it wasn't a game changer. I talked about that being 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:09.320 an impact on where the Bears start field position, for example, 0:14:09.320 --> 0:14:11.280 if you're not getting guys off the field. The Bears 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:14.280 averaged their own thirty seven yard line. So that's that's 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:16.360 a major upgrade because they were near the bottom of 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:19.480 the barrel in the league in terms of starting field 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:21.600 position where they got the ball, they didn't turn the 0:14:21.640 --> 0:14:25.000 ball over. And then fourth quarter you were watching it 0:14:25.040 --> 0:14:27.280 closely because no matter what the lead was, and we're 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:29.360 starting to get nervous. As we touched on earlier here, 0:14:30.280 --> 0:14:32.880 they finished the job, and it was justin and DJ 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:36.080 Moore finishing the job. It wasn't it was the offense 0:14:36.600 --> 0:14:37.800 finishing the win. 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:43.120 Well, you know when Jason McKee entered and interviewed Matt 0:14:43.240 --> 0:14:45.920 Iberflus coming out of the locker room. You know, you 0:14:46.000 --> 0:14:47.800 kind of listen to his voice and you say, Okay, 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:50.680 is the apprehensive Is he nervous? I think he was 0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:53.240 excited for the opportunity to get out and start the 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:56.000 second half. But you always have concerns because of what 0:14:56.160 --> 0:14:58.840 happened last week. But I think Matt did a nice 0:14:58.920 --> 0:15:01.960 job of keeping as de defense actively involved in the game, 0:15:02.280 --> 0:15:04.800 and then the offense did a nice job of complimenting 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:08.880 the defense. And I think I remember the punter for 0:15:08.960 --> 0:15:11.160 the Bears the first time he punted in the game, 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:14.400 and you said, you said, this is his first punt 0:15:14.800 --> 0:15:16.320 and it's kind of odd because it might have been 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:19.840 in the third quarter. And uh, you know, so when 0:15:19.920 --> 0:15:22.520 you think of field position and the and their role 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:24.880 and how important it is to give the Bear a 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:28.560 little bit of uh, you know, backside freedom, it was. 0:15:28.600 --> 0:15:31.720 It was great to see them capitalize on their their 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:33.600 field position in their play. 0:15:33.880 --> 0:15:38.160 Yeah, Washington punted twice and the Bears punted three times 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:40.000 on the day that said Bear scored on the first 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:43.480 five possessions. That means that they were in the red zone. 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:47.440 Five consecutive drives. They only managed to score three touchdowns 0:15:47.440 --> 0:15:49.800 out of the five, but I'll take that as they 0:15:49.840 --> 0:15:51.240 continue to grow their offense. 0:15:51.320 --> 0:15:54.440 How about this three games in counting with no kickoff returns. 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:57.200 It's a source sub ject because I wrote it down 0:15:57.240 --> 0:15:58.120 on the plane time. 0:15:58.160 --> 0:15:59.800 I wrote it down playing in the game. 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:04.480 Fourteen combined kickoffs, fourteen touchbacks, and with all kidding aside, 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:08.200 this is consecutive weeks, and okay, you're trying to figure 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:11.680 out what Veylas Jones is, right, He's not even He's 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:15.440 just standing there and I know it's strategy and everybody's 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:18.400 doing it. Everybody's doing it, and forget about that fair 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:21.240 catch rule. They're just kicking it. They're not coming out, 0:16:21.240 --> 0:16:23.080 they're not putting their guy back in the end zone 0:16:23.120 --> 0:16:25.240 to take it out. They want the field position. As 0:16:25.280 --> 0:16:28.080 I referred to you before the week he got underway 0:16:28.120 --> 0:16:31.920 with this Thursday night matchup. There were eighty two returns 0:16:31.960 --> 0:16:35.040 for an average of twenty three point seven yards. So 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:36.840 if you're going to get the ball out to twenty five, 0:16:36.960 --> 0:16:41.520 is that two yards that you're giving up by returning 0:16:41.560 --> 0:16:46.440 those eighty two kicks worth the potential of a game 0:16:46.480 --> 0:16:50.840 breaking play or a fifty yard return. Your special teams 0:16:50.920 --> 0:16:53.080 unit are getting win sprints. They're not getting what I mean. 0:16:53.120 --> 0:16:55.400 Do you tell me as a guy who was on 0:16:56.280 --> 0:16:58.000 kickoff and punt his whole career. 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:00.360 Well, I was on kickoff return in our reach turns 0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:03.160 always had a little bit more freedom, Whereas if you 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:06.199 have a bona fide Devin Hester type guy, you're going 0:17:06.280 --> 0:17:08.200 to give him a little bit more freedom to back 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:10.359 up in the end zone. So maybe it's time to 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:14.719 take Veayalis Jones and give him five running back plays 0:17:14.760 --> 0:17:16.399 a game if you're not going to play him at 0:17:16.440 --> 0:17:19.399 wide receiver because the competition is stiff. I want to 0:17:19.400 --> 0:17:21.399 see Vayalis put the ball in his hands because he 0:17:21.560 --> 0:17:24.520 is still a physical runner. So maybe you do get 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:27.000 him in a multi back set, or you put him 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:29.560 back there and give him some carries in a one 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:32.360 back formation. So maybe that's the way that you try 0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:33.320 to get him some touches. 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:36.040 Good new Chicago United Airlines is getting brand new planes 0:17:36.080 --> 0:17:38.840 with other bells and whistles like Bluetooth connectivity screens at 0:17:38.840 --> 0:17:41.359 every seat in room for everyone's ruler bag. United proud 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:43.960 to fly the Chicago Bears and you too, all right, 0:17:43.960 --> 0:17:45.560 a couple of the notes before we get into Dick 0:17:45.600 --> 0:17:48.760 budgets and wrap this up. First forty point games since 0:17:48.800 --> 0:17:51.679 the forty one to seventeen win at Jacksonville December twenty seventh, 0:17:51.920 --> 0:17:57.560 twenty twenty justin fields the last two first halves against 0:17:57.640 --> 0:18:02.240 Denver and at Washington. Consider that one whole game. Will 0:18:02.280 --> 0:18:05.440 you twenty eight to thirty seven, four to twenty seventy 0:18:05.480 --> 0:18:08.520 six percent completion percentage in six touchdowns that's just in 0:18:08.560 --> 0:18:09.080 the first. 0:18:08.960 --> 0:18:13.160 Halfs Yeah, impressive. And again, you know how I felt 0:18:13.200 --> 0:18:15.480 about him throwing that hail Mary pass in the last 0:18:15.480 --> 0:18:17.760 play of the first half last week. I don't think 0:18:17.800 --> 0:18:19.920 they should have done it. They should have thrown an 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:22.600 easy completion or taken a knee, and then he would 0:18:22.640 --> 0:18:24.800 have been up twenty four out of twenty four in 0:18:24.840 --> 0:18:27.399 that game because he came out in the second half 0:18:27.520 --> 0:18:29.240 and completed his first five. 0:18:29.080 --> 0:18:30.400 Or six, all right. 0:18:30.440 --> 0:18:34.560 And then the other aspect I wanted to bring up 0:18:34.600 --> 0:18:38.800 statistically is where did it go here? In his first 0:18:38.800 --> 0:18:42.520 twenty plays to kit the ball, rolling eight of twelve, 0:18:42.520 --> 0:18:44.680 one hundred and forty five yards, a touchdown, a sack, 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:47.240 and seven first downs. Bring it up because they always 0:18:47.240 --> 0:18:50.080 have a first fifteen. So if you if you're starting 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:53.399 strong with your first fifteen to twenty and you're getting 0:18:53.600 --> 0:18:56.199 a couple of scores on the board, what does that 0:18:56.280 --> 0:18:59.800 do for the rest of the game plan and the defense? 0:19:00.040 --> 0:19:02.320 And they're playing on a lead, which they have really 0:19:02.400 --> 0:19:05.399 done during that fourteen game losing streak. 0:19:05.480 --> 0:19:07.840 Well, in that first fifteen they do a lot of 0:19:07.920 --> 0:19:11.479 exploratory stuff. You run a certain set, you run a 0:19:11.480 --> 0:19:14.000 certain route, you run a certain type of play because 0:19:14.040 --> 0:19:15.919