WEBVTT - Eberflus discusses Week 10 loss | Coaches Show Podcast 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:02.560 Happy Monday, everybody. I hope your weekend was great time 0:00:02.560 --> 0:00:04.280 for the Bears. Coach you show with head coach Matt 0:00:04.280 --> 0:00:06.720 Eberflus Jeff Joniac with a heere into eight o'clock tonight 0:00:06.720 --> 0:00:09.639 on news radio one oh five nine w BBM. Good evening, 0:00:09.680 --> 0:00:12.319 Matt hythen good, how are you doing doing? Okay? How 0:00:12.400 --> 0:00:14.520 to go today with the fellas? You know, a lot 0:00:14.600 --> 0:00:16.200 of work you normally do on the Monday. Yeah, we 0:00:16.239 --> 0:00:19.400 had a good team meeting, brought the guys in recap 0:00:19.480 --> 0:00:22.280 the day with them, and really showed him in the plays. 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:23.720 You know, we showed him, you know, hey, how we 0:00:23.720 --> 0:00:25.920 were ten to ten at halftime, and I showed him 0:00:25.960 --> 0:00:29.520 how we dominated the third quarter fourteen to zero. Really 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:31.760 nice job by the defense going three and out to 0:00:31.840 --> 0:00:34.960 start that second half, and then the offense, you know, 0:00:35.080 --> 0:00:37.639 scored touchdown, defense went five and out of the next one, 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:40.279 offense scored another touchdown and the defense did a nice 0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:42.400 nice job of stopping him again. So it was a 0:00:42.440 --> 0:00:44.960 really good third quarter. Um. You know, obviously cole comment 0:00:45.040 --> 0:00:48.440 had two touchdowns in that quarter there. But then we 0:00:48.479 --> 0:00:50.680 talked about the fourth quarter. You know, how we started 0:00:50.720 --> 0:00:52.960 off the fourth quarter, had a couple of things that 0:00:53.000 --> 0:00:55.360 we needed to correct, you know, uh, you know, kick 0:00:55.360 --> 0:01:00.280 out of bounds penalties, things that would cause them to 0:01:00.280 --> 0:01:02.560 to get a drive and keep drives alive. So and 0:01:02.600 --> 0:01:04.880 we obviously made that real nice play. Sandborn made that 0:01:04.920 --> 0:01:07.720 beautiful play that interception which was negated by a penalty 0:01:07.760 --> 0:01:10.360 also so um, you know, and then they got back 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:12.160 in it and tied it. They tied it up there, 0:01:12.720 --> 0:01:15.520 um with the uh the interception return you know, to 0:01:15.560 --> 0:01:17.880 made it twenty four twenty four. So then at that point, 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:20.360 really you know, then it's a tie ball game, you know. 0:01:20.440 --> 0:01:22.440 So then a lot of adversities happened to that point. 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:24.520 Now we got to we set our minds and do 0:01:24.560 --> 0:01:26.560 a great job. And then in a third and one, 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:29.120 you know, Justin responds, you know, by throwing the interception. 0:01:29.200 --> 0:01:31.760 He responds the very next series, okay, just as you 0:01:31.760 --> 0:01:34.880 know he would, um with that six sixty seven yard 0:01:34.880 --> 0:01:38.840 testdown scamper so um pretty special guy. Um. And again 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:41.240 we uh, we weren't clean on the operation on the 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:43.320 extra point and end up missing the extra point. You know. 0:01:43.360 --> 0:01:45.680 So now we go up by six, and we were 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:48.559 up by six there, but I think about seven minutes 0:01:48.560 --> 0:01:50.720 to go in the game, and we couldn't close the 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:52.920 deal on offense, and couldn't close the deal on defense, 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:54.360 and we just we got to do a better job 0:01:54.360 --> 0:01:58.040 in those moments um operating, you know, in that in 0:01:58.160 --> 0:01:59.640 that you know, when we're up there and be able 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:02.360 to finish, to gain the right way, you open up 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:05.360 some windows of discussion here. Let's let's start with Justin 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:08.800 Because Jim Schwantz, who's on our pre and postgame crew, 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:12.040 the former San Francisco forty nine or Chicago Bear, Dallas 0:02:12.040 --> 0:02:15.920 Cowboys special team stud he walks into booth these last 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:19.959 five weeks and he's an a racer. Justin's an a racer, 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:23.680 And is that fair say he races some of the 0:02:23.800 --> 0:02:27.000 shortcomings that pop up during a game. And he's also 0:02:27.160 --> 0:02:30.200 a responder because I think when he does something he 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:33.079 doesn't approve of, like the pick six, which he says 0:02:33.080 --> 0:02:37.080 he'll never throw again, you know, he feels compelled to 0:02:37.200 --> 0:02:39.640 just give it that little extra to be an a racer. 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:42.600 So is that what he's becoming? I guess yeah, he's 0:02:42.600 --> 0:02:45.880 obviously very special. First of all, he's a special person. 0:02:46.040 --> 0:02:48.480 You know, he's a great teammate, he's a great leader 0:02:48.480 --> 0:02:51.919 of this football team, and he doesn't do actions. You know. First, 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:53.560 you know, he's the first guy in, the last guy 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:56.320 to leave, and he is working in the same guy 0:02:56.360 --> 0:02:59.040 every day and he does it. He's there after practicing, 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:01.480 as you know, you know, for forty five minutes, throwing 0:03:01.560 --> 0:03:04.640 routes with these with these receivers every single day. So 0:03:05.200 --> 0:03:07.280 he's special that way, you know. And we always tell 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:09.640 talk about leadership, we say, hey, model of the behavior 0:03:09.639 --> 0:03:11.640 you wish to see, and that's what he does. He 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:15.040 models that. By doing that, he inspires others. He inspires 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:17.320 this whole football team by the way he works. Now, 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:19.799 going to the football field itself on game day, there 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:22.440 is no question that he is something that is hard 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:25.359 to handle for the opponent because the ability to run 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:29.320 on the design runs, but also the unscripted ones as well. 0:03:29.960 --> 0:03:32.079 The third and one was a design run. Everybody knew 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:33.760 that he had a potential to keep it and he 0:03:33.800 --> 0:03:36.360 did what he did. And obviously there's the ones where 0:03:36.360 --> 0:03:38.120 he drops backs. You know, it does a does a 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:40.840 good job of getting those first downs on third down 0:03:41.160 --> 0:03:43.680 or whatever the situation may be. But yeah, he's special. 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:47.400 Fourth quarters, so the production is not good over the 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:52.040 course of I think nineteen fourth quarter possessions one touchdown 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:54.960 I believe to see. But to me, that's a function 0:03:55.000 --> 0:03:59.640 again of a young team. It's a function of learning 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:02.560 how to win. All those things we talk about, you know, 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:04.880 the three to four plays, the six to seven plays 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:06.640 that need to happen over the course of game. But 0:04:06.680 --> 0:04:08.040 it comes to a head in a fourth quarter of 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:09.360 a tight game, and you're gonna be in a ton 0:04:09.400 --> 0:04:12.680 of tight games. My belief is you're gonna be in 0:04:12.680 --> 0:04:14.200 a tight game the rest of the year, no matter 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:16.520 the opponent, because that's how you guys play. Yeah, and 0:04:16.600 --> 0:04:18.240 that's the way the NFL is, right, you know, it 0:04:18.560 --> 0:04:20.760 comes down to the last you know, always within in 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:23.000 the fourth quarter, you always within a one touchdown game. 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:25.919 So we have to learn from these moments and we 0:04:25.960 --> 0:04:28.640 have to get better and improve so we can execute 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:32.160 down the stretch. And that also defense, not just offense. 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:33.720 You know, the defense has to come up and make 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:35.680 a play, make a big sack, make a takeaway. No 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:38.440 takeaways the last two weeks. I'm sure that something in 0:04:38.440 --> 0:04:40.560 the year, like I said in a team meeting, that 0:04:40.640 --> 0:04:42.880 we had one taken away from us. You know, the 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:46.159 Sandborn interception was a great momentum shifter there. You know, 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:49.200 it was twenty four I believe to ten at that point, 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:51.840 and we take that ball away there, take it back 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:54.360 to the twenty five, get a nice drive going there. 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:56.800 We either punt and pin or up by you know, 0:04:56.880 --> 0:04:59.760 three scores or two and a half scores, whatever that 0:04:59.839 --> 0:05:02.600 might be. And that was a big momentum change your 0:05:02.640 --> 0:05:05.159 for us. But and then Gibson Gibson on the fumble 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:07.280 they had on that reverse. You know, we got to 0:05:07.320 --> 0:05:09.360 do a better job of you know, doing a great 0:05:09.400 --> 0:05:12.160 job and that when it's that country fumble or city 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:14.120 fumble or and they're on there in tight quarters that 0:05:14.560 --> 0:05:17.040 we've shield our back towards the opponent and make sure 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:20.040 we don't expose the ball so we can recover it. 0:05:20.080 --> 0:05:24.160 So we touched on the referee situation last week, touch 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:25.839 on a post game. It is what it is. But 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:29.600 how do you prevent your team from getting defeated by 0:05:29.640 --> 0:05:31.960 it during a game? No, you just got to reset. 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:34.039 You got to reset and make sure that your mind 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:35.840 is on the next play. You know, you're going to 0:05:35.880 --> 0:05:38.120 have adversities, and like I said yesterday and the press 0:05:38.160 --> 0:05:40.640 are after the game, your adversity comes in many forms, 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:42.719 and you're gonna have to be able to deal with that. 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:46.880 You know, championship teams, winning teams, they just bust through adversity. 0:05:46.960 --> 0:05:48.520 They see it, they look at it and say, okay, 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:50.160 move on to the next play, and they just keep 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:52.839 making plays. And if you do that, keep executing in 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:54.719 those critical moments, good things are going to happen. Do 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:56.919 you think as a whole they have done that or 0:05:57.160 --> 0:06:00.400 do you notice slump shoulders and reactiveness? No, I don't. 0:06:00.400 --> 0:06:02.640 I don't notice that one good. I think we are 0:06:02.800 --> 0:06:05.040 right there in the moment, and I think that our 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:07.640 guys are growing. You know, we got a young football team. 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:10.159 The guys are learning in these moments and we're only 0:06:10.160 --> 0:06:11.719 going to get better, all right. I love what you 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:13.600 had to say after the game because you brought up 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:15.880 the fact, Okay, you got three straight losses six to seven, 0:06:15.920 --> 0:06:18.400 and that can harm teams, no question. You lose three 0:06:18.440 --> 0:06:21.680 straight in this league, it's like crisis, right any team. 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:24.000 But you said, you know, be there for the man 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:27.000 next to you. Go deeper in that. You can now 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:29.240 our final minute in the segment about be there for 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:31.680 the man next Yeah, it's it's really simple. It's about 0:06:31.720 --> 0:06:34.120 your attitude, and it's about your behaviors, you know. So 0:06:34.160 --> 0:06:35.960 if you have a good attitude, that comes from your 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:38.240 inside out, So that comes from your mind and your heart, right, 0:06:38.320 --> 0:06:40.960 your attitude does, and then your behaviors is the actions 0:06:41.000 --> 0:06:42.960 you show what's inside of you. So what does that. 0:06:43.279 --> 0:06:45.479 It's be on time, it's be respectful, it's the work 0:06:45.520 --> 0:06:47.760 hard and those three things we live by here. So 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:50.200 those guys are doing that, they're showing that. And to 0:06:50.320 --> 0:06:51.680 be a good team that you have to show it 0:06:51.760 --> 0:06:53.760 every single day. And that's what the guys were doing. 0:06:54.560 --> 0:06:56.760 And the leaders show it obviously, and the other guys 0:06:56.960 --> 0:06:58.680 show the way, but you also want them to lead 0:06:58.720 --> 0:07:01.040 on their own. So that's how I've been a big topic. Yeah, 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:02.920 it is. You know, everybody's a leader. You know, you 0:07:02.960 --> 0:07:04.679 got to be able to lead and you lead by example. 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:06.320 You know. It's not a big You don't need to 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:07.560 say a lot of things. You need to do. You 0:07:07.560 --> 0:07:09.800 need to be a doer. We want doors in this building, 0:07:09.800 --> 0:07:12.760 guys that go to to go to work and do 0:07:12.840 --> 0:07:15.040 their business every single day. And as Matt Ebert Fluce 0:07:15.120 --> 0:07:17.320 bears head coach following a lost to the Lions, getting 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:21.040 ready for the Atlanta Falcons snap bootleg fields, he's got 0:07:21.080 --> 0:07:24.320 an opportunity pickling the water. Come at Mexico, rob of 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:29.600 the eighteen. There he goes to the end zone, touchdown, touchdown, 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:34.440 Bears fifty yard strike on second and one and come 0:07:34.480 --> 0:07:37.680 out with this second touchdown of the day. Welcome back 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:39.800 to the Bears coach you show with Bears head coach 0:07:39.840 --> 0:07:42.760 Matt Ebert flus fifty yard touchdown throw to Cole Commit. 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:46.120 How much do it run plays? Set up those deep balls? Right? 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:48.080 You know, that's all set up by the outside wide 0:07:48.160 --> 0:07:50.000 zone stretch game, you know, so you have to build 0:07:50.000 --> 0:07:51.880 a run that first, and that's one of our bread 0:07:51.920 --> 0:07:54.960 and butter plays and we run at several other plays too, 0:07:54.960 --> 0:07:56.720 but that's one of the plays we really hang our 0:07:56.760 --> 0:07:58.840 hat on is the wide zone, and off of that 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:00.920 comes to keepers. You know, have the keepers off of 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:04.280 it where you have different various route concepts to be 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:06.760 able to throw shots down the field. Sometimes they're just 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:09.000 normal routes concepts, like a normal boot you got a 0:08:09.040 --> 0:08:10.440 guy in the flat, a guy and an over out, 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:13.520 maybe a guy running a deep comeback. But some of 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:15.600 those times we take shots on those and those are 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:18.760 the post post corner concepts, and that's what Cole ran 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:20.960 um the other day and it was really good. It 0:08:21.040 --> 0:08:23.560 was a pump play and he was wide open on 0:08:23.600 --> 0:08:25.280 the back side of that and there was confusion in 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:27.720 the in the coverage, and uh, I thought Cole did 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:30.560 a great job of really focusing, you know, catching that ball, 0:08:31.000 --> 0:08:33.360 you know, because it was in the sun. Um, he 0:08:33.400 --> 0:08:35.400 had to turn around a little bit for it and 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:37.480 it was up there for a while. And man, what 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:40.800 an athlete he is. And he's really really impressing us 0:08:41.080 --> 0:08:43.679 this year with his with his ability to catch and 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:46.120 run with run after the catch. Yeah. I brought it 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:49.920 up both times because those both catches, both touchdown catches. 0:08:50.000 --> 0:08:52.959 You're battling the sun, you know. Uh, that part of 0:08:53.040 --> 0:08:55.880 Soldier Field at that time of day is challenging. It 0:08:56.000 --> 0:08:57.520 is this time of year or two because the sun 0:08:57.559 --> 0:08:59.800 gets lower, you know, this time of year, and certainly 0:08:59.800 --> 0:09:03.600 it's hitting that corner that we saw yesterday. But great concentration. 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:06.120 So five touchdowns in three games. He had four catches 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:08.800 for seventy four yesterday, I believe it or not. This 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:11.920 is what happens when you start scoring points in the NFL. Right, 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:15.880 It's the first since win. But Cole Comet first Bears 0:09:15.880 --> 0:09:19.319 player with two receiving touchdowns in back to back games 0:09:19.320 --> 0:09:22.960 since Johnny Morris back in nineteen sixty four. Nice, I 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:26.319 like that. Yeah, but you know this relationship with it 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:29.559 and I've heard now comparisons also. It happens again when 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:32.520 you start scoring touchdowns, people start looking for comparisons. But 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:36.679 Mark Andrews the quarterback with a running quarterback in Baltimore, 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:39.600 there's a lot of similarities Mark Andrews and Cole Commet. 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:42.040 I don't know for sure if you feel that way 0:09:42.120 --> 0:09:44.160 or scouts feel that way, but it's a heck of 0:09:44.160 --> 0:09:47.440 a comparison now. And with a QB tight end relationship 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:49.880 like that, it can last to ten years. Yeah, it's 0:09:49.920 --> 0:09:51.719 really it's really nice to be able to have him. 0:09:52.200 --> 0:09:54.120 You know, first of all, the way he works every 0:09:54.160 --> 0:09:58.160 single day, he's positive, he's energetic, He's exactly what we 0:09:58.200 --> 0:10:00.520 want for a Chicago Bear. In turns how he goes 0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:03.280 about his business every single day. And he's a good player, 0:10:03.480 --> 0:10:05.400 you know. So the couple of those two things, with 0:10:05.440 --> 0:10:08.320 his partnership with the quarterback, that's a great tam to have. 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:10.800 And those guys are doing a great job. This year. 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:13.520 Really the chemistry, you know, in the connection they have 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:16.719 really worked on during the course of practice is really 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:18.480 paying off into games. And he's born to be a 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:20.720 bear because he grew up in Chicago. Bear right, you 0:10:20.720 --> 0:10:23.079 know it's perfect. Yeah, there you go. Perfect. He's got 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:25.440 pro football in his blood too, so he's he's got 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:28.880 it all here does week seven through week ten, Fields 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:31.600 now ranks eighth in the league in quarterback passer rating 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:34.839 eight passing touchdowns. That's tied for second in the league 0:10:34.880 --> 0:10:39.160 with the likes of Mahomes, Rogers, Gino Smith, Andy Dalton. 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:43.600 But overall, what we're seeing, what we're hearing, the specialness, 0:10:43.720 --> 0:10:46.560 as you referred to it as it's a runaway freight train, 0:10:46.679 --> 0:10:48.320 just like he was a freight train on that run 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:50.079 to the end zone. We'll get into some of these 0:10:50.120 --> 0:10:52.280 plays when we run the highlights, but he's doing a 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:56.480 little bit of everything and it's quite entertaining, Matt yea 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:58.640 quite entertain yes it is. And we're seeing him go 0:10:58.760 --> 0:11:00.760 right before our eyes and you know he's gonna he's 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:03.160 getting better and all aspects of the game. Um, he's 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:06.240 getting more comfortable in the offense. Uh, he's learning. We're 0:11:06.280 --> 0:11:09.120 able to change and adjust to his style a little bit, 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:11.360 but also change and adjust the offense as we go, 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:13.280 you know, so we can't line up and run the 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:14.840 same things, you know every week. We got to be 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:17.439 creative and we are doing that. And the offensive staff 0:11:17.440 --> 0:11:19.120 and gets here doing a great job. All right, let's 0:11:19.160 --> 0:11:23.280 talk about the offensive line. A seventh change in ten games, 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:25.480 and which is never good for an offensive line. Tevin 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:27.959 Jenkins unable to go this past week's goal field goes 0:11:27.960 --> 0:11:31.520 in at guard. Just what's your thought of that is 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:33.600 and how it's all working. No, I just I would 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:36.640 just say, you know, uh, Chris Morgan, our offensive line coach, 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:39.600 you know, um, I mean I know that, you know, 0:11:39.679 --> 0:11:42.400 Austin King, they do a great job of getting those 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:44.480 guys ready. You know, they have the ability those three 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:47.120 players that don't start to be able to swing in 0:11:47.200 --> 0:11:50.319 and out like that, um is really important, you know. 0:11:50.360 --> 0:11:52.520 And Schofield's one of those guys that can move in 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:55.040 and out. And he did a nice job of stepping 0:11:55.080 --> 0:11:57.160 in there, um, you know, late in the week and 0:11:57.240 --> 0:11:59.040 stepping in or during the game. But that's a credit 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:01.520 to him on the players around him and also the 0:12:01.559 --> 0:12:04.520 coaches around him and Alex Leatherwood was active, But where 0:12:04.600 --> 0:12:06.720 is he had in his progress? Right? Good, he's doing good. 0:12:06.760 --> 0:12:09.559 He's again reflecting him in and out as well, and 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:12.880 he's learning the offense and he's making steady progress all right. 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:16.960 Last season, the Bears had eleven unnecessary roughness caused that. 0:12:16.960 --> 0:12:18.560 It was number one in the league at the first 0:12:18.600 --> 0:12:23.080 one yesterday, and that was the sideline Kyler Gordon trying 0:12:23.080 --> 0:12:25.720 to take the ball out and the quarterback gets a 0:12:25.720 --> 0:12:27.959 little shove in the back and boom, they're gonna they're 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:30.680 gonna do that with QBS, no question about it. It's 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:33.880 but as a young player, that's another learning moment for 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:35.720 the future. Yeah, we showed that in a team meeting. 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:37.800 You know, we said it to everybody and we've talked 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:40.280 about it before. With quarterbacks on the sideline, you cannot 0:12:41.040 --> 0:12:44.240 shove them or move them in the white you can't 0:12:44.240 --> 0:12:46.360 do it because they protect the quarterbacks, you know. So 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:49.400 we showed that we're learning from that. And again all 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:51.040 he did was punched the ball and maybe laid a 0:12:51.080 --> 0:12:53.199 hand on him and then you know there they go 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:55.319 on the sideline and they're gonna call those plays And 0:12:56.040 --> 0:12:59.280 was it unnecessary roughness? I don't know, but they're typically 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:02.400 gonna call that. More Fields looking the throw pump big 0:13:02.559 --> 0:13:05.080 now in big trouble, brought down enough you step the 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:07.760 tackle left to the five. Did he get in? He 0:13:09.120 --> 0:13:13.120 powers in and somehow gets in the end zone and 0:13:13.280 --> 0:13:17.160 blew through it. The chart Lion made something big out 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:20.839 of nothing. Touchdown. Bears Calling. All Bears fans get the 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:24.360 ultimate VIP fan package with Chicago Bears VIP security, game 0:13:24.400 --> 0:13:26.760 ticket and appearance from Bears legends and more by visiting 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:29.400 Chicago Bears vip dot com. Welcome back to the Bears 0:13:29.400 --> 0:13:32.199 Coachy Show with head coach Matt Eberflus. Just heard a 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:36.200 riveting run by Justin Fields. Many things went through my 0:13:36.240 --> 0:13:38.760 head trying to describe that play, but seeing it a 0:13:38.800 --> 0:13:40.640 second and third and fourth and fifth time now when 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:43.960 he loaded his shoulder into Deshaun Elliott which knocked him 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:46.040 out of the game. That was a vicious play by 0:13:46.080 --> 0:13:48.000 a big, thick quarterback. And I think you and I 0:13:48.040 --> 0:13:51.720 talked about this in pregame yesterday. Just the size is 0:13:51.760 --> 0:13:54.280 something you have to take into account. Is a big quarterback. 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:57.439 He's not Dante Colepepper at two hundred and forty five 0:13:57.559 --> 0:14:01.280 fifty pounds, but he's thick, he can deliver it. I 0:14:01.280 --> 0:14:05.360 don't think Dante can move that fast either. I played 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:08.240 against Dante when he was at Central Florida. We're at 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:11.160 the University of Toledo U back in like ninety eight, 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:13.280 I want to say, or ninety seven, I don't remember. 0:14:13.360 --> 0:14:16.920 But yeah, I mean I think he has play foot speed, 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:19.400 but I don't know that. I mean, Lamar definitely does, 0:14:20.000 --> 0:14:23.360 Michael Vick does. But sure, let's talk about that first 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:25.240 before we get into the speed of this guy, because 0:14:25.880 --> 0:14:28.320 that's a want two touchdown. Yeah, it is. It is, 0:14:28.360 --> 0:14:30.440 And we did as a football team. We did a 0:14:30.480 --> 0:14:33.000 really nice job of whittling that clockdown, you know. So 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:35.480 that was right before the half um. You know, so 0:14:35.520 --> 0:14:38.520 we have a mechanics for that, and obviously we've been 0:14:38.520 --> 0:14:40.280 doing a really good job of that, you know, points 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:42.760 before half. Um. We're won in the league doing that 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:45.720 right now with point differential. We scored forty points I 0:14:45.760 --> 0:14:48.360 believe up to that point and we have a plus 0:14:48.400 --> 0:14:51.160 thirty point differential, So we're first in the league right 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:53.720 before half scoring that way. But uh, and that's really 0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:56.080 a credit to you know, the offensive staff and really 0:14:56.120 --> 0:14:58.720 the game management of that being able to whittle that clockdown. 0:14:59.120 --> 0:15:01.160 And we had a situation there, right, the ball goes 0:15:01.160 --> 0:15:03.080 out of bounce, right, they call it out of bounce. 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:05.440 Then they changed their call from it's a fumble in bounce, 0:15:05.840 --> 0:15:08.400 so we end up using because it's a clock stoppage there. 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:10.960 We end up using that because it's going to be 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:12.600 a hot clock to start. We had to use our 0:15:12.600 --> 0:15:16.200 time out to avoid a ten second runoff before that 0:15:16.240 --> 0:15:18.480 play actually happened, so that was good. So we had 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:21.240 twenty five seconds, we still had two timeouts. We're all clear, 0:15:21.560 --> 0:15:23.800 squared away on that, and then it ends up being 0:15:23.960 --> 0:15:27.120 we're justin. Joss back on that one play and just 0:15:27.160 --> 0:15:29.240 makes a remarkable play. He makes like four or five 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:32.520 guys miss and then he takes it and decides to 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:35.760 go north. And when he does that, it's it's pretty special. 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:40.160 Do you ever hold your breath? Well, he's he's got 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:42.080 to be smart, you know, we talked about being smart 0:15:42.120 --> 0:15:44.320 and being wise. He was going to score a touchdown there. 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:47.200 He used what he needed to use to get in there, 0:15:47.240 --> 0:15:49.160 so he was he was smart that way. Then the 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:52.320 kickout goes out of bounds, right, and now you get 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:54.640 a get a hail Mary, which you practice probably every 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:57.960 week anyway, right, Yep, defending that, but it's one of 0:15:57.960 --> 0:15:59.840 those moments though it could have. I mean, we've seen 0:15:59.840 --> 0:16:02.720 it happen. Yeah, you just can't let it happen. But yeah, 0:16:02.720 --> 0:16:05.120 we did an okay job. We can clean some things 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:07.880 up in the execution of that very last play, for sure. 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:10.240 And I'm thinking Eddie because I know Eddie was he 0:16:10.280 --> 0:16:13.040 wants to pick, let's face it, but hey, you never know. 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:15.560 Also take the pick, get the block and going and 0:16:15.880 --> 0:16:18.240 stranger things have happened, you take at the distance. Yep, 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:20.640 you never know with Eddie because he's a good athlete 0:16:20.680 --> 0:16:23.680 for sure. Exactly the pick six, that's a second of 0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:27.320 his career, but thirteen quarters without an interception before that one. 0:16:27.400 --> 0:16:30.360 So it's not a problem. It's not a problem right now. No, 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:32.280 the offense has done a really good job of protecting 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:34.800 the ball. You know. That was just you know, one mistake, 0:16:34.880 --> 0:16:37.640 you know, one play. He'll tell you, like he said yesterday, 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:39.560 he should have just dirted it in the ground, you know. 0:16:39.720 --> 0:16:42.520 So the mechanics of it, the timing of it was 0:16:42.520 --> 0:16:45.200 a little bit off on that particular screenplay and just 0:16:45.200 --> 0:16:46.720 should have just dirted it in the ground. All right, 0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:48.880 Let's get to the speed element now, because and I 0:16:48.960 --> 0:16:51.280 had a couple of conversations this morning with some former 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:54.360 NFL players. You know, everybody knows what speed looks like. 0:16:54.520 --> 0:16:58.600 But with the way he runs a long strider, right, 0:16:59.240 --> 0:17:01.800 but he's still pulling away from guys and he almost 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:03.840 makes them look like they're standing still. There's some fast 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:06.719 guys on that field yesterday. Has he got a different 0:17:06.800 --> 0:17:10.160 kind of speed that we just teams and players are 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:14.000 not understanding at this juncture. Yeah, I think that, you know, 0:17:14.080 --> 0:17:17.360 just watch the tape, you know, you see him breakdown angles, 0:17:17.400 --> 0:17:19.080 you know, as people have angles on them and he 0:17:19.160 --> 0:17:20.879 just breaks them down. And that's what he has the 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:23.600 ability to do that. He's his speed is as fast 0:17:23.640 --> 0:17:25.639 as it needs to be, you know, I always say that, 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:28.520 so the guys that are super fast. He has different 0:17:28.560 --> 0:17:31.359 gears than most people, and he's able to pull away 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:33.160 from guys as you saw in that sixty seven yard 0:17:33.240 --> 0:17:36.040 run on that third and one. And he's also able 0:17:36.040 --> 0:17:37.880 to pull away guys, you know, from on the sideline. 0:17:37.920 --> 0:17:39.320 You know, he can do that as well and get 0:17:39.320 --> 0:17:41.760 out of bounce. But he's been doing a great job 0:17:41.800 --> 0:17:43.359 with that. We just got to continue to be smart 0:17:43.400 --> 0:17:45.720 when we do it. Is he tired, you know, it's 0:17:45.840 --> 0:17:48.919 it's you know, we're working into our bye week coming here, right, 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:50.840 So we got three games to go before the buy, 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:53.439 and we're gonna be smart about, you know, keeping our 0:17:53.480 --> 0:17:55.080 guys fresh. You know, we want to really do a 0:17:55.119 --> 0:17:58.040 good job of being fresh playing our style these last 0:17:58.040 --> 0:18:00.440 three games before we get to that buy. So we're 0:18:00.440 --> 0:18:02.359 gonna be smart with our football team. And because he 0:18:02.480 --> 0:18:06.600 runs so much by choice and design, would it ever 0:18:06.680 --> 0:18:09.480 be a situation where his legs grow fatigue during a 0:18:09.560 --> 0:18:11.679 game that affect the way he passes. I don't know. 0:18:11.720 --> 0:18:13.160 I'm just throwing it off. Yeah, I don't. I don't 0:18:13.200 --> 0:18:15.080 feel that way. I don't feel that way. He's you know, 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:18.360 super strong, and he's got a great win and endurance 0:18:18.400 --> 0:18:20.600 and he really works himself, you know. So he's had 0:18:20.640 --> 0:18:23.399 that that foundation in terms of his conditioning level. So 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:25.280 I don't see that happening. But we gotta be smart 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:27.159 with him during the week to making sure that he 0:18:27.240 --> 0:18:29.960 is one hundred percent fresh on game day. Second, at seven, 0:18:30.000 --> 0:18:31.680 I've a minute to play here on the third golf 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:34.800 on the takeaway fakes it sets to throw pressure coming 0:18:35.080 --> 0:18:41.240 hit and down he goes the jackhammer. Jack Sanborn his 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:45.280 second sack today, that one coming on the blitz and 0:18:45.440 --> 0:18:48.080 it gets at home and golf goes down a loss 0:18:48.080 --> 0:18:51.200 of five. Great seats available to see You're Chicago Bears 0:18:51.200 --> 0:18:53.200 this season at Soldier Field. Get your tickets at Chicago 0:18:53.240 --> 0:18:55.440 Bears dot com slash tickets. You just heard one of 0:18:55.520 --> 0:18:58.919 two Jack Sanborn sacks a beauty because he's going up 0:18:58.960 --> 0:19:01.919 against a big dude, young a Penney Sewell and he 0:19:01.960 --> 0:19:04.719 had the leverage, worked him and beat him. Yeah, those 0:19:04.760 --> 0:19:07.200 are those are some of the simulated pressures that we run, 0:19:07.320 --> 0:19:09.879 you know, where you were only rushing four guys, but 0:19:10.000 --> 0:19:12.879 you're simulating like you're rushing five or six guys and 0:19:12.960 --> 0:19:16.120 we're just really just dropping back into coverage. And uh so, 0:19:16.320 --> 0:19:17.800 you know, if he had the protection right, you can 0:19:17.840 --> 0:19:19.800 get that right. And he did a really good job 0:19:19.800 --> 0:19:22.400 of just uh you know, hitting it, you know, with 0:19:22.480 --> 0:19:25.159 speed and he gets his pads down. He always has 0:19:25.200 --> 0:19:27.560 the ability to keep his toes pointing at the quarterback. 0:19:27.560 --> 0:19:29.720 He doesn't work away from the quarterback. He works towards 0:19:29.760 --> 0:19:32.040 the quarterback the entire time. So he has a really 0:19:32.119 --> 0:19:35.159 natural knock for that. How about the other sack? What 0:19:35.359 --> 0:19:38.320 was the Yeah, yeah, the other one was he you know, 0:19:38.359 --> 0:19:40.000 we got him on the move, you know. It was 0:19:40.480 --> 0:19:43.040 they're trying to hit the short pylon and Joe did 0:19:43.040 --> 0:19:45.080 a really good job. Joe Thomas did a really good job. 0:19:45.080 --> 0:19:47.199 But he was the outside pressure player. He ended up 0:19:47.200 --> 0:19:49.359 picking up the guy in the flat, which that was 0:19:49.400 --> 0:19:52.120 his first read. And then uh, Samborne did a great 0:19:52.160 --> 0:19:54.080 job of rapping the rush and had a nice sack 0:19:54.080 --> 0:19:56.240 on that one and tracked down Jared Goff for a 0:19:56.280 --> 0:19:59.120 three yard loss. So at twelve tackles had an interception 0:19:59.200 --> 0:20:01.840 taken away. If you didn't, you win the game. I mean, 0:20:02.040 --> 0:20:05.040 there's conversation about a guy being an NFC Defensive Player 0:20:05.040 --> 0:20:08.440 of the Week, honestly, because two sacks of interception wins 0:20:08.440 --> 0:20:11.240 a game in twelve tackles. That's some pretty heavy stuff 0:20:11.240 --> 0:20:13.639 for a second career start. No, that's good numbers, and 0:20:13.640 --> 0:20:15.439 that's what we expect of our linebackers. You know, they 0:20:15.480 --> 0:20:17.320 play off the guys in front of him, and we've 0:20:17.359 --> 0:20:18.720 had some guys in there in the past that have 0:20:18.800 --> 0:20:21.200 had super good numbers. I mean, you can start naming 0:20:21.200 --> 0:20:23.280 the names. I mean there's some guys in our system 0:20:23.320 --> 0:20:26.040 that have had the ability Hall of Fame type players 0:20:26.040 --> 0:20:28.200 that have had the numbers in there, So we expect 0:20:28.200 --> 0:20:30.320 that of our linebackers. Those are big shoes to fill 0:20:31.320 --> 0:20:34.199 and those guys should be productive every single week. What 0:20:34.280 --> 0:20:37.879 are you learning about what he is? No? Smart, very instinctive. 0:20:37.920 --> 0:20:39.840 We knew that, you know from the preseason watching his 0:20:39.960 --> 0:20:42.480 college tape. He's got a really good knack for the ball. 0:20:42.840 --> 0:20:46.200 He has, you know, good ball hawking skills, and we're 0:20:46.200 --> 0:20:48.440 excited where he is because he does have good instincts. 0:20:48.440 --> 0:20:50.680 You know, guys can trigger fast, guys can move fast 0:20:50.800 --> 0:20:53.320 or quick to the ball, and he's got good tackling ability. 0:20:53.520 --> 0:20:56.320 Nick Morrow three tackles for loss. Playing the week's side 0:20:56.359 --> 0:20:59.320 last two weeks. You mentioned good things last week, same here. Yeah, yeah, 0:20:59.359 --> 0:21:01.760 he was solid. Both those guys graded out high this week. 0:21:01.960 --> 0:21:04.480 They had a really good game, you know, defending the run. 0:21:05.000 --> 0:21:07.040 You know, a good week of defending the run this week, 0:21:07.080 --> 0:21:09.520 which is which is real positive for the whole group. 0:21:09.560 --> 0:21:12.600 That's the defensive line, the front seven. You know, linebackers 0:21:12.600 --> 0:21:14.639 in the safeties did a nice job aut defending the 0:21:14.680 --> 0:21:17.479 run for sure. Yeah, I think I hope, I'm right. 0:21:17.520 --> 0:21:20.120 I don't know. I think nineteen tackles by the entire 0:21:20.160 --> 0:21:23.040 defensive line group, just the defensive lineman I, which would 0:21:23.040 --> 0:21:26.000 be quite a bit for this season. That might be 0:21:26.000 --> 0:21:28.040 a season high. Is that? Am I right on the money? 0:21:28.040 --> 0:21:30.560 So did that? That's what you want? That's what you want. 0:21:30.600 --> 0:21:32.360 That means the ball is not getting into the secondary 0:21:32.400 --> 0:21:33.960 and the run game, and we're doing a good job 0:21:33.960 --> 0:21:35.880 of really snuffing it out at the line of scrimmager 0:21:35.880 --> 0:21:38.879 a right. Dominique Robinson had six tackles now also virtue 0:21:38.920 --> 0:21:41.440 he played fifty five snaps in the game. So that 0:21:41.520 --> 0:21:44.280 is that the kind of production you want. Obviously you'd 0:21:44.320 --> 0:21:46.919 like to get some sacks if possible, but that's not 0:21:46.960 --> 0:21:49.800 the case right now. Shared at tackle for loss in 0:21:49.880 --> 0:21:52.119 this one overall wod Yeah, we were getting a lot 0:21:52.119 --> 0:21:54.359 of production out of those rookies, you know, with Samborne, 0:21:54.359 --> 0:21:57.400 Dominic Robinson, you know, Kyler Gordon and Jaquan Brisker. We're 0:21:57.400 --> 0:21:58.960 getting a lot of production out of those guys and 0:21:58.960 --> 0:22:00.600 that's great to see. You know, those guys are going 0:22:00.640 --> 0:22:02.960 to be here and they're gonna be working here for 0:22:03.000 --> 0:22:06.400 the Chicago Bears, and they're they're improving every single week now. 0:22:06.880 --> 0:22:09.680 Dominic had more reps because you know, Moe was out, 0:22:09.760 --> 0:22:12.960 Muhammad was out, and they were sharing the role really 0:22:12.960 --> 0:22:15.199 with Gibson was on one side, he was on the 0:22:15.240 --> 0:22:17.760 other side taking the ball with that work and you 0:22:17.800 --> 0:22:19.240 know the other guys that were in there, they got 0:22:19.280 --> 0:22:21.359 maybe ten, ten to five plays and that was it. 0:22:21.520 --> 0:22:23.520 So guys did a really good job with their stamina. 0:22:23.560 --> 0:22:26.520 They gutted it out without having that extra piece in there, 0:22:26.640 --> 0:22:29.560 all right, and Justin Jones uh I circled him as 0:22:29.600 --> 0:22:31.560 one of the key players this week before the game 0:22:31.560 --> 0:22:34.040 and just to be a penetrator, be a disruptor. He 0:22:34.080 --> 0:22:35.720 had a good staff, very nice Yeah, he did a 0:22:35.800 --> 0:22:38.439 very nice job. He also graded out a yesterday. He 0:22:38.440 --> 0:22:41.400 had a lot of good production TfL's you know pressures. 0:22:41.880 --> 0:22:44.560 You had that pressure on that on that big Hail 0:22:44.640 --> 0:22:46.720 Mary play, which I think you know made him sort 0:22:46.880 --> 0:22:50.080 even shorter. But he's been productive for us. You know, 0:22:50.080 --> 0:22:51.840 he's our he's one of our captains and one of 0:22:51.840 --> 0:22:53.880 our leaders on defense, and he's been a nice job 0:22:53.920 --> 0:22:56.720 of really rallying those guys um these last couple of 0:22:56.720 --> 0:22:58.879 games help keep the ball in there. He goes justin 0:22:58.920 --> 0:23:01.680 middle of the field. Party five, bring rush in front 0:23:01.680 --> 0:23:04.359 of him. Please reliance on his way, running left to 0:23:04.440 --> 0:23:10.640 the ten five ends of touchdown, he goes sixty seven yards. 0:23:11.040 --> 0:23:14.480 Ready sent and go to any jewel Osco for freshness 0:23:14.520 --> 0:23:17.560 at your fingertips. With every handoff, get everything from produce 0:23:17.600 --> 0:23:20.399 and meat to Delhi treats and more. Just heard the 0:23:20.440 --> 0:23:23.840 sixty seven yard run by Justin Fields for the touchdown 0:23:23.920 --> 0:23:26.480 two weeks in a row, first time in NFL history 0:23:26.520 --> 0:23:28.480 to rush for at least two twenty five and five 0:23:28.560 --> 0:23:31.560 straight games. Fourth in history with a fifty yard touchdown 0:23:31.640 --> 0:23:33.960 pass and a fifty plush yard touchdown run of the 0:23:34.000 --> 0:23:38.720 same game, sharing that with Lamar cam Newton and a 0:23:38.760 --> 0:23:41.359 gentleman by the name of Ace Parker in nineteen thirty 0:23:41.359 --> 0:23:43.760 eighties of Pro Football Hall of Famer first quarterback Since 0:23:43.800 --> 0:23:46.639 Tobin wrote in nineteen fifty one, with at least one 0:23:46.720 --> 0:23:50.320 hundred twenty five rusher yards in consecutive games, and he 0:23:50.440 --> 0:23:52.600 said it best, I don't care about records, I care 0:23:52.640 --> 0:23:56.240 about wins, right, But comes with that is this uniqueness 0:23:56.280 --> 0:23:58.800 that we're seeing. Well, it's winning football, you know, and 0:23:58.800 --> 0:24:00.520 that's what he does care about. We got to make 0:24:00.560 --> 0:24:03.120 sure that you know, he continues to do winning football, 0:24:03.400 --> 0:24:05.439 which is take care of the ball, take care of himself, 0:24:05.480 --> 0:24:07.480 make sure that he's you know, staying out harm's way 0:24:07.480 --> 0:24:10.440 and operating the offense. And he's doing much better job 0:24:10.480 --> 0:24:12.800 every single week. You can see his growth. He's getting better, 0:24:13.080 --> 0:24:15.960 he's improving in all areas, and we're excited about where 0:24:15.960 --> 0:24:18.840 he is. And you know, the inevitable of getting Walter 0:24:18.880 --> 0:24:22.920 Payton's name mentioned in these unbelievable records as well, first 0:24:22.960 --> 0:24:24.600 Bears player to rush for at least one hundred forty 0:24:24.640 --> 0:24:26.960 seven yards and back to back game since Walter and 0:24:27.040 --> 0:24:30.199 that was back in nineteen eighty four before the Bears 0:24:30.200 --> 0:24:32.600 became a Super Bowl team. On the day as actually 0:24:32.640 --> 0:24:34.840 that he broke Jim Brown's all time rushing record against 0:24:34.840 --> 0:24:37.600 the Saints October seventh, nineteen eighty four. Thank you, Larry 0:24:37.640 --> 0:24:40.440 Mayor of Chicago Bears dot Com. But it's fun stuff 0:24:40.440 --> 0:24:43.280 for Bears fans because, honestly, there hasn't been this kind 0:24:43.320 --> 0:24:47.520 of stuff in the history of Bears football, this kind 0:24:47.560 --> 0:24:51.080 of production from that position running the football right now, 0:24:51.119 --> 0:24:54.119 and the passing aspect of it is also developing, and 0:24:54.800 --> 0:24:58.320 more of it to come you can understand why everyone's excited, right, No, 0:24:58.520 --> 0:25:00.520 there's no doubt. I mean you talk about the legends 0:25:00.560 --> 0:25:02.760 of the Chicago Bears, you go back to Red Greens, 0:25:02.840 --> 0:25:05.200 you know, and Bronco Nagurski, you know, and then Walter 0:25:05.320 --> 0:25:07.840 of course, and all the great runners, Gail, I mean, 0:25:07.880 --> 0:25:09.719 all the guys that have been able to run the ball, 0:25:09.800 --> 0:25:13.080 you know, with electricity like that, you know, break tackles 0:25:13.080 --> 0:25:15.920 and run and break runs that are long runs. Um, 0:25:16.119 --> 0:25:18.199 that's pretty special, you know. And he has that that 0:25:18.280 --> 0:25:21.280 trait you know as a quarterback, which is even more special, 0:25:21.320 --> 0:25:23.520 you know, because he's the he's a passer first, and 0:25:23.560 --> 0:25:25.680 then he's a has the ability to run the ball 0:25:25.720 --> 0:25:28.440 as well, and he's running the offense, you know, doing 0:25:28.440 --> 0:25:30.439 a good job of growing every single week. But uh, 0:25:30.760 --> 0:25:33.240 certainly a special guy. And you know, a guy that 0:25:33.320 --> 0:25:36.280 we're looking at here as a Chicago Bears fans watch 0:25:36.359 --> 0:25:40.360 these games. You're seeing something special every single week. Fourth quarters, 0:25:41.880 --> 0:25:46.360 passing the ball getting touched down. Is that the next step? Yeah? 0:25:46.400 --> 0:25:47.760 I think it is. I think it is. We got 0:25:47.760 --> 0:25:49.800 to execute as a football team. You know, that game 0:25:49.840 --> 0:25:52.160 came down to us executing as a team. We needed 0:25:52.160 --> 0:25:54.600 to you know, seal the deal on offense with seven 0:25:54.640 --> 0:25:56.280 minutes ago, and then we needed to do a great 0:25:56.359 --> 0:25:58.760 job on defense of sealing the deal too, you know. 0:25:58.840 --> 0:26:01.480 So it's it's not just one side, it's it's the 0:26:01.520 --> 0:26:04.560 whole team, and we have to do a good job 0:26:04.560 --> 0:26:06.760 of that in the fourth quarters because we know that 0:26:06.800 --> 0:26:09.240 these games are coming down to these uh, these tight 0:26:09.240 --> 0:26:11.159 games are always going to come down to that in 0:26:11.240 --> 0:26:13.760 the end. I didn't hear your news conference this morning. 0:26:13.920 --> 0:26:16.280 They were asking you something about when you got here, 0:26:16.359 --> 0:26:18.359 what did you think of Justin and what do you 0:26:18.400 --> 0:26:21.280 think now? Can you complete that sentence for him? Yeah? So, 0:26:21.320 --> 0:26:23.840 you know, when you're looking at different jobs across the league, 0:26:23.880 --> 0:26:25.879 you know, you know, had a was fortunate to be 0:26:25.880 --> 0:26:27.920 build an interview for us a couple of spots this time. 0:26:27.960 --> 0:26:29.840 But I've you know, I've had like, I think six 0:26:29.880 --> 0:26:32.239 interviews over the course of three or four years, uh 0:26:32.600 --> 0:26:35.359 and my time as a defensive coordinator. And you look 0:26:35.359 --> 0:26:37.720 at at organizations, but the first scene you look at 0:26:37.920 --> 0:26:39.760 is you know how the organizations set up, you know, 0:26:39.840 --> 0:26:42.320 is it set up for success? And then who's going 0:26:42.359 --> 0:26:44.600 to be the quarterback? And that that's those are two 0:26:44.640 --> 0:26:46.199 things you have to check off right away, you know, 0:26:46.280 --> 0:26:48.879 do you believe in the organization and the leadership, And 0:26:48.960 --> 0:26:51.560 that was a definite yes for me with the McCaskey family. 0:26:51.920 --> 0:26:54.320 And then you look at the quarterback with Justin Fields 0:26:54.320 --> 0:26:56.920 being here, and that was a green light all the way. 0:26:57.040 --> 0:26:58.560 You know, you watch a tape on them, you saw 0:26:58.560 --> 0:27:01.840 the electricity is a ability to you know, throw the ball, 0:27:02.160 --> 0:27:04.520 his deep ball passing. That's I've been saying that along. 0:27:04.560 --> 0:27:06.720 I got that first one. I watched him from you know, 0:27:06.800 --> 0:27:09.280 last year's tape, his college tape. You know, I knew 0:27:09.320 --> 0:27:11.359 that that's a trade of his and then his special 0:27:11.359 --> 0:27:13.920 athletic ability, you know, use the right way, it can 0:27:13.960 --> 0:27:17.439 be a special, special player for the Chicago Bears. I 0:27:17.480 --> 0:27:20.680 think it impacts more because you are a defensive coach 0:27:20.760 --> 0:27:23.520 first and foremost. So you know what is hard to stop? 0:27:23.720 --> 0:27:25.800 Is that part of it? Yeah, no doubt, no doubt. 0:27:25.800 --> 0:27:27.840 And you know what's difficult to stop for sure. And 0:27:27.880 --> 0:27:29.919 I think that when you look at the guys across 0:27:29.960 --> 0:27:31.679 the league. You know, I came into the league, what 0:27:31.800 --> 0:27:35.520 fourteen years ago, um so I've seen the drop back passers. 0:27:35.640 --> 0:27:38.600 You know, I've seen the rivers and the bradies and 0:27:38.680 --> 0:27:42.120 the you know Breezes and you know the Roethlisbergers. I've 0:27:42.119 --> 0:27:44.240 seen those guys when and when they're in their prime, 0:27:44.400 --> 0:27:46.639 you know. And then you saw the maturation of the 0:27:46.680 --> 0:27:49.199 game changing. You know, it started to change, you know 0:27:49.280 --> 0:27:52.320 with the Russells and everybody. You know, uh Lamar and 0:27:52.680 --> 0:27:55.480 Josh and all the guys. They have now pat all 0:27:55.520 --> 0:27:58.000 the guys and our guy and you can see the 0:27:58.080 --> 0:28:01.040 maturation and the changing of the guard. The game has changed, 0:28:01.119 --> 0:28:04.399 you know. So defensive coaches have to you have to change, 0:28:04.400 --> 0:28:07.960 they have to adjust to these guys and and it's 0:28:07.960 --> 0:28:10.760 all about stopping the quarterback. And you can see it. 0:28:10.840 --> 0:28:13.280 And again when I was the coordinator, we certainly had 0:28:13.280 --> 0:28:14.960 to adjust because we were on the on the front 0:28:15.040 --> 0:28:17.639 end of that when it certainly started. But it is 0:28:17.640 --> 0:28:19.720 an exciting time for the NFL. These guys make the 0:28:19.840 --> 0:28:22.720 league special and it's fun to watch. Welcome back to 0:28:22.760 --> 0:28:25.359 the Bears Coaches Show with Matt Eberflus. Now it's time 0:28:25.400 --> 0:28:28.000 to look ahead. Brought to you by Bette Rivers, the 0:28:28.000 --> 0:28:30.200 official sports book partner of the Bears. The Bears back 0:28:30.240 --> 0:28:32.280 on the road Sunday, taking out the four and six 0:28:32.320 --> 0:28:35.400 Falcons in Atlanta, the Falcons coming off ten days rest 0:28:35.440 --> 0:28:38.560 after losing to the Panthers twenty five to fifteen last 0:28:38.640 --> 0:28:41.920 Thursday night. Before we get into the game itself a 0:28:41.920 --> 0:28:45.800 little bit, I want to touch on some players. Matt Adams, 0:28:45.800 --> 0:28:47.120 he's out there. I don't know if you've heard this. 0:28:47.160 --> 0:28:50.440 He had a shirt off in the cold yesterday warming 0:28:50.560 --> 0:28:53.880 up at Soldier Field. I thought, what am I seeing here? Now? 0:28:53.920 --> 0:28:56.160 This is a guy who's braving the elements. Now you 0:28:56.240 --> 0:28:58.800 know him better than us. Yeah, is that Matt Adams? 0:28:58.960 --> 0:29:01.840 Met is a little crazy, um, but I could see 0:29:01.920 --> 0:29:03.640 him doing that. I'll make sure he has a shirt 0:29:03.680 --> 0:29:06.200 on next time. It was awesome. Believe me, it was awesome. 0:29:06.400 --> 0:29:08.640 He was good and he is he close? Is he 0:29:08.680 --> 0:29:10.240 close to getting back? Yeah? We think he is. We 0:29:10.560 --> 0:29:12.680 always see where he is this week, but we do 0:29:12.760 --> 0:29:14.800 think he's close. And he's a really good player for us. 0:29:14.840 --> 0:29:16.560 You know he can he can do a lot of 0:29:16.560 --> 0:29:18.560 good things on special teams, but certainly help us at 0:29:18.600 --> 0:29:21.960 the linebacker level as well. All right, Jalen Jones getting 0:29:22.320 --> 0:29:24.920 more and more action, kindavill door out, how would you 0:29:25.040 --> 0:29:27.600 rate where he's progressed over the course? They see on 0:29:27.640 --> 0:29:30.360 another undrafted guy, but out of the SEC where he 0:29:30.360 --> 0:29:32.360 faced a lot of great talent. Yeah, he's doing a 0:29:32.360 --> 0:29:34.000 solid job. You know, he's been in there. He's really 0:29:34.040 --> 0:29:35.719 done a good job on teams for us, you know, 0:29:36.040 --> 0:29:38.400 as a gunner in different spots for us, on the 0:29:38.440 --> 0:29:41.480 cover teams for sure. Um, you know, he's a big 0:29:41.480 --> 0:29:45.040 four phase guy. But he's also got his work on defense, 0:29:45.160 --> 0:29:46.719 you know, and he's doing a solid job with there. 0:29:46.760 --> 0:29:48.480 You know, he's learning, you know, he's learning the game 0:29:49.000 --> 0:29:51.800 um as he goes, and he's got some good experience 0:29:51.840 --> 0:29:54.080 in there, and we're glad to have him. I know 0:29:54.120 --> 0:29:57.160 a lot of folks look at targets and snaps or 0:29:57.160 --> 0:30:00.720 whatever with the receiver position. Darnel Money is always getting 0:30:00.720 --> 0:30:04.080 a ton of snaps, but Claypool, uh didn't get a 0:30:04.120 --> 0:30:06.760 ton of snaps or targets. Same with Pringle coming back. 0:30:07.040 --> 0:30:10.760 But you know, you game plan for each opponent, so right, 0:30:10.840 --> 0:30:13.360 whatever you're going to try and exploit, you're gonna exploit that. 0:30:13.360 --> 0:30:15.880 That's not to say that there's a reason for that 0:30:16.040 --> 0:30:19.040 other than that. Correct, No, you know, obviously Cole had 0:30:19.080 --> 0:30:21.640 the most you know, targets yesterday, then followed by Mooney 0:30:21.680 --> 0:30:23.520 and I think Pettis head was it was the next 0:30:23.560 --> 0:30:25.880 and then pring Old, then Clay, but um, you know, 0:30:26.000 --> 0:30:28.000 I just think that it's uh, you know, it's game 0:30:28.080 --> 0:30:30.400 by game, you know, and sometimes it was guys were 0:30:30.400 --> 0:30:32.960 targeted and they were the primary and we had to 0:30:32.960 --> 0:30:35.080 go to the secondary read So that happens all the time. 0:30:35.240 --> 0:30:38.160 And then nikkil Harry and Bayleis Jones. Do you have 0:30:38.240 --> 0:30:41.920 these conversations with these players and how are they accepting 0:30:41.960 --> 0:30:44.560 them and is it what you expect them to think it? Yeah, 0:30:44.560 --> 0:30:46.280 it's like I said last week, and and I think 0:30:46.320 --> 0:30:49.200 post game or maybe it was on Monday, but it was. 0:30:50.160 --> 0:30:52.880 You know, it's about competition, you know, it's about guys, 0:30:52.960 --> 0:30:56.240 you know, delivering during the course of the week, you know, alignment, assignment, 0:30:56.240 --> 0:30:58.640 knowing your job, doing your job, blocking the point, blocking 0:30:58.680 --> 0:31:01.000 on the back side, and then being a playmaker. That's 0:31:01.000 --> 0:31:04.080 what the receiver positions about. And we're going to reevaluate 0:31:04.080 --> 0:31:06.640 that every single week. Are there guys on the practice 0:31:06.680 --> 0:31:10.720 squad right now that are making an impact that we're 0:31:10.720 --> 0:31:13.160 not even aware of that could be finding their way 0:31:13.200 --> 0:31:16.040 to action at some point in the season or is 0:31:16.040 --> 0:31:18.040 that still an ongoing process? I mean, are the guys, 0:31:18.080 --> 0:31:20.560 I mean, how they perform. Yeah, they're doing well. They're 0:31:20.600 --> 0:31:22.760 doing well. The guys, the show team guys are really 0:31:22.800 --> 0:31:24.720 the backbone of our practices. You know. They have to 0:31:24.720 --> 0:31:27.520 do a great job and they are of giving us 0:31:27.520 --> 0:31:30.560 the looks we need offense, defense and kicking, and those 0:31:30.560 --> 0:31:32.800 guys are doing a tremendous job. They play with speed, 0:31:32.840 --> 0:31:35.200 they play with you enthusiasm, they get they do it right, 0:31:35.240 --> 0:31:38.760 Their alignments are good, they're trying to mock what the 0:31:38.760 --> 0:31:41.200 opponents they are trying to give to us on game day, 0:31:41.240 --> 0:31:43.040 and we've got to get a good look every single week. 0:31:43.320 --> 0:31:45.640 And those practice squad guys are doing a really good job, 0:31:45.680 --> 0:31:48.080 you know. And that's something that's probably not a small 0:31:48.120 --> 0:31:50.520 thing because you need them to give the same kind 0:31:50.520 --> 0:31:53.560 of effort that you're expecting if they were running a 0:31:53.600 --> 0:31:58.040 Bears plays. They're doing snap for the opposition here because 0:31:58.040 --> 0:32:00.000 you're not going to get a true field. No, that's right, 0:32:00.000 --> 0:32:02.920 and you know we're evauating those guys. We evaluate their talent, 0:32:03.000 --> 0:32:06.200 their effort, their skill sets every single week. When we're 0:32:06.240 --> 0:32:08.240 looking at on offense, you guys are looking at the 0:32:08.280 --> 0:32:11.880 defensive players and vice versa. So it's an important part 0:32:11.960 --> 0:32:14.840 and obviously Ryan's crew, you know, and Ian are looking 0:32:14.880 --> 0:32:16.880 at those guys every single week, and we're always trying 0:32:16.880 --> 0:32:19.360 to improve our roster. We're always trying to upgrade our 0:32:19.400 --> 0:32:22.360 practice squad, and you know, upgrade the Chicago Bears. I 0:32:22.360 --> 0:32:25.760 thought it was interesting. Nate Sutfeld, the backup quarterback for Detroit, 0:32:25.880 --> 0:32:28.320 had to be justin fields at practice last week and 0:32:28.400 --> 0:32:31.440 he was out of breath. Yeah, they ran him into 0:32:31.480 --> 0:32:33.880 the ground. I mean, think about that. Who's going to 0:32:33.960 --> 0:32:37.680 imitate that guy? Yeah, that's gonna be hard right everywhere? Yea, 0:32:37.880 --> 0:32:41.040 in most cases, in most cases. Anyway, all right, let's 0:32:41.080 --> 0:32:44.320 look at the Falcons. Arthur Smith. You coached against his 0:32:44.400 --> 0:32:47.240 offenses in the AFC South, So he seems like a 0:32:47.360 --> 0:32:50.840 very competitive and very fiery coach. Yeah, he is, and 0:32:51.080 --> 0:32:54.280 he's a very good coach. He's committed to the run game. 0:32:54.840 --> 0:32:57.640 He's big into play actions. He's made his living off 0:32:57.640 --> 0:33:00.280 of that, and they do it better than most for sure. 0:33:00.320 --> 0:33:02.520 And uh, he's done a nice job for the Falcons. 0:33:02.920 --> 0:33:04.840 And yeah, they're fourth in the league. And rushing to 0:33:05.240 --> 0:33:08.760 your point about that, what's your thoughts on Marcus Mariota. Yeah, 0:33:08.840 --> 0:33:11.000 you know, he has the difference. He has the ability 0:33:11.000 --> 0:33:14.160 to run the ball, you know, just like our guy exactly. 0:33:14.160 --> 0:33:16.440 So they have the disconnects, they got the quarterback runs, 0:33:16.440 --> 0:33:19.840 the design runs. You know, Marcus I believe was with 0:33:20.000 --> 0:33:21.960 the Raiders last year and did a lot of the 0:33:22.200 --> 0:33:24.480 uh you know quarterback runs with them as well on 0:33:24.560 --> 0:33:27.680 third and short because we played him last year. And uh, 0:33:27.760 --> 0:33:30.000 you know, obviously a heck of an athlete. And they're 0:33:30.040 --> 0:33:34.200 twelfth and scoring entering this week. H Cordell, Patterson, Tyler 0:33:34.360 --> 0:33:36.560 l Gear. They're like they are like twelve guys running 0:33:36.560 --> 0:33:39.080 the football. And then you got a tight end with 0:33:39.120 --> 0:33:42.560 the unique athleticism basically wide receiver and Kyle Pitts, which's 0:33:42.600 --> 0:33:45.240 been your experience with him. No, they're all good athletes, 0:33:45.320 --> 0:33:47.440 all those guys. They all create a lot of mismatched 0:33:47.520 --> 0:33:50.400 problems for you. And they're strong and they're they're athletic, 0:33:50.480 --> 0:33:52.960 and their their ability to run with the ball after 0:33:53.000 --> 0:33:55.480 they catch it. You know, like Cordell is an amazing 0:33:55.520 --> 0:33:57.680 player in the in the special teams as well as 0:33:57.760 --> 0:34:00.320 you know, just him being the big athlete he is. Yeah, 0:34:00.720 --> 0:34:03.040 if he's back there and kick return, he's been lining 0:34:03.120 --> 0:34:05.880 up nine and three quarters deep in the end zone, 0:34:05.960 --> 0:34:08.959 so he's willing to take a deep kick out. That's 0:34:09.160 --> 0:34:11.359 that's nothing new. He's done that before in the past, right, 0:34:11.440 --> 0:34:13.680 So that'll that'll be a that'll be a game plan 0:34:13.800 --> 0:34:15.640 thing for you, whether ye try to boot it out. 0:34:16.000 --> 0:34:18.880 We got good special teams as well. Yeah. How about defense, 0:34:19.040 --> 0:34:21.640 Grady Jared always a tough guy to deal with. Yeah, 0:34:21.640 --> 0:34:23.879 he's a forc inside for sure. He's he's a big 0:34:23.920 --> 0:34:27.160 problem to handle. Um, you know the defensive coordinators. One 0:34:27.160 --> 0:34:30.040 of my mentors, danps I, used to be as GA 0:34:30.080 --> 0:34:33.560 way back at Toledo, so he's a good coach. Work 0:34:33.640 --> 0:34:36.239 with him for quite a while at Toledo before he 0:34:36.320 --> 0:34:38.840 went to Notre Dame in the early nineties. But there 0:34:38.920 --> 0:34:41.320 was a long time ago, but we've stayed in touch 0:34:41.360 --> 0:34:44.600 and certainly really respect him. You know, I love his 0:34:44.640 --> 0:34:47.759 wife mel and uh, we're super close. But he's a 0:34:47.760 --> 0:34:50.399 good coach. He keeps coming out of retirement. Yeah, yeah, 0:34:50.400 --> 0:34:53.200 he does well. He's he's a Super Bowl winning defensive 0:34:53.200 --> 0:34:55.239 coordinator a couple of spots, so he's done a good job. 0:34:55.640 --> 0:34:58.160 That's a pretty cool story right there. Uh. And there's 0:34:58.160 --> 0:35:01.000 a lot of expair players coaches on that staff to 0:35:01.200 --> 0:35:03.120 kind of be kind of an interesting lead up to 0:35:03.160 --> 0:35:04.640 the game. I guess if no, it'll be a good 0:35:04.640 --> 0:35:07.680 matchup for sure. Yeah. Overall, you feel good, Yeah, we 0:35:07.719 --> 0:35:09.760 feel good. We feel good where we are. We're excited 0:35:09.760 --> 0:35:11.439 about this week. We got to get back to work, 0:35:11.760 --> 0:35:13.239 you know, clean up the things that we need to 0:35:13.239 --> 0:35:15.200 clean up, and just keep improving the things that we're 0:35:15.200 --> 0:35:18.879 doing well. And our eyes are forward to Atlanta. All right, 0:35:19.080 --> 0:35:21.480 good luck, Thank you so much, appreciate it. Enjoy the 0:35:21.560 --> 0:35:24.600 preparation this week. Thank you. As Bear's head coach, Matt Eberflus, 0:35:24.680 --> 0:35:27.520 want to thank our producers Keith Johnson, Andy Gersherd, Dan 0:35:27.600 --> 0:35:30.440 Burrelli and Jordan tread Up. We're headed to Atlanta to 0:35:30.480 --> 0:35:33.200 take on the Falcons. Our pregame coverage at nine, kick 0:35:33.239 --> 0:35:35.520 off at noon. Appreciate you, listen to everybody, have a 0:35:35.560 --> 0:35:38.680 great night coming up CBS News here at the top 0:35:38.719 --> 0:35:41.000 of the hour. This is News Radio one oh five 0:35:41.120 --> 0:35:42.280 nine w BBM.