WEBVTT - Cole Kmet gives insight into Bears’ strategy vs. Texans | Bears Weekly 0:00:00.680 --> 0:00:04.840 Welcome in to Bears Weekly, powered by IGS Energy, a 0:00:05.000 --> 0:00:06.840 Chicago Bears Network production. 0:00:07.320 --> 0:00:09.160 Bears Weekly is brought you by. 0:00:09.160 --> 0:00:16.240 Advocate Healthcare, Athletico Physical, Efferently, CD Dowd, Connie's Pizza, IGS Energy, 0:00:16.560 --> 0:00:17.560 and Metter Liked. 0:00:18.120 --> 0:00:18.840 Here are your. 0:00:18.720 --> 0:00:23.440 Hosts, Jeff Chiliac aka the Mayor of Bearsville and his sidekick, 0:00:23.560 --> 0:00:25.320 Tom the Surfmaster Thayer. 0:00:27.360 --> 0:00:30.360 Thankgrovering the opener was big for the Bears. 0:00:30.360 --> 0:00:32.520 They do it and come from behind fashion and now 0:00:33.120 --> 0:00:35.800 they move into Houston looking to pull the upset of 0:00:35.800 --> 0:00:39.640 the defending AFC South champion Houston Texans. They'll do so, 0:00:40.040 --> 0:00:43.560 possibly a little banged up offensively. Welcome into Bears Weekly 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:46.120 right here on ESPN one thousand of the Bears Radio 0:00:46.240 --> 0:00:49.319 Network with Super Bowl winning Bears guard Tom Thayer. I'm 0:00:49.400 --> 0:00:52.400 Jeff Joniyak. Coming up we visit with Bears tight end 0:00:52.400 --> 0:00:56.160 Cole koment Well. Also here from the coordinators from today's 0:00:56.160 --> 0:00:59.640 podium at Halisaul and of the ESPN studio Spender Thedos. 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:02.760 Tonight is Kendra Smith. Thanks to our producers, Dan Brilliant, 0:01:02.880 --> 0:01:05.560 Jordan Tredap from the Bears and the executive producer of 0:01:05.600 --> 0:01:08.679 the Bears radio network. Is Eric Ostrotski joining us for 0:01:08.720 --> 0:01:11.240 the first couple of segments tonight. Former Bears quarterback Jim 0:01:11.280 --> 0:01:14.160 Miller from Serious xm NFL Radio will get to him 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:16.560 in just a moment. And that barking is one of 0:01:16.600 --> 0:01:19.840 Tom's dogs in the background, Yes, sir ree, which. 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:22.000 Is going only one dog that bars like that, and 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:25.200 that's sweet Lou. If there's anybody on my perimeter, he 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:29.200 is gonna make me aware of it. And sorry, sorry 0:01:29.200 --> 0:01:30.560 for the interruption. 0:01:30.240 --> 0:01:33.480 But it is what it is, man, That's how we 0:01:33.560 --> 0:01:36.600 roll right now, Hey Tom, Jim Miller now ready to 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:38.520 join us as well from Sirius xm n up for 0:01:38.520 --> 0:01:41.400 a radio We missed your brother since the preseason when 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:44.080 you called the preseason games with Adam Aman got yourself 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:48.480 on Hard Knocks. Jim, did that increase your public profile? 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:51.560 You got on Hard Knocks just like Big Tom and myself? 0:01:51.680 --> 0:01:53.240 Yeah, I did hear it. You know a lot of 0:01:53.240 --> 0:01:55.360 people text me and stuff and said things that he 0:01:55.440 --> 0:01:57.960 made the cut last night. But hey, I was down 0:01:58.000 --> 0:02:01.320 in Chicago a week one and the game was fired 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:04.040 up like anybody for the Bears to really pull out 0:02:04.080 --> 0:02:06.560 that victory the way they did. And hey, here we 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:09.200 go week to another big challenge already on store for 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:09.639 the Bears. 0:02:09.680 --> 0:02:11.440 Oh yeah, glad you can join us, Big Jim. 0:02:11.600 --> 0:02:15.760 Let's talk injuries because Roma Dunze not practicing. It appears 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:19.160 a knee injury that widely reported as an MCL of 0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:22.480 some sort. Keenan Allen dealing with a heel, so let's 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:25.239 start there, carry blasting game. Did not practice. Ryan Bates 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:28.000 did not practice today. He's dealing with shoulder elbow issues. 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:30.639 So let's start on the offensive side of the ball 0:02:30.720 --> 0:02:33.800 big time. What is the trickle down with some of this? 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:37.240 You know, guys that have been here all preseason, all 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:40.840 training camp, all OTA's You got Tyler Scott, you got 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:44.360 Colin Johnson. You have the possibility of veils going in 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:46.920 there at the receiver position. When you look at the 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:50.440 offensive line, they're super fortunate they brought in Matt Pryor. 0:02:50.440 --> 0:02:51.760 Because he is a big man. 0:02:51.880 --> 0:02:53.880 We saw a big man last week and to and 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:56.960 Andre Sweat, but Matt Pryor is equally as big. So 0:02:57.040 --> 0:02:59.360 if they had any hiccups at the right guard position 0:02:59.840 --> 0:03:03.320 or any other offensive line position, I think that Matt 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:06.680 Pryor could go in and steady the ship and then 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:08.679 when you look at Karrie blasting game in the full 0:03:08.760 --> 0:03:11.400 back position, I think every tight end on the team 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:14.760 has that versatility in them, whether it's a guy built 0:03:14.760 --> 0:03:17.160 like Gerald Everett or a guy's big as Cole Cobt, 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:21.280 Steven Carlson, or even Marcedes Lewis. So I don't think 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:23.720 the offense will change one iota. 0:03:24.080 --> 0:03:26.840 However, when you have marquee players, you'd like. 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:30.560 To have them in a game this big, this magnitude, 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:32.359 this nationally scoped. 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:36.640 Yeah, Jim might firepower and firepower that's what you're hoping 0:03:36.680 --> 0:03:39.840 for this year. I mean that Houston defense was down 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:41.960 on the field for only twenty minutes in their win 0:03:42.200 --> 0:03:45.200 in Indianapolis, and in those twenty minutes, somehow the Colts 0:03:45.240 --> 0:03:46.840 put twenty seven points on the board. 0:03:47.320 --> 0:03:49.800 What does that tell you about that defense? 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:52.120 I don't know what you were able to watch and 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:55.640 analyze with detections in that game defensively, but what did 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:56.120 you see? 0:03:56.240 --> 0:03:58.640 I did their training camp. I think that is a 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:01.720 well built team what Nick Cassero has done. Why because 0:04:01.760 --> 0:04:03.560 you know, much like the Bears, they got the rookie 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:06.200 contract and they're starting to spend now. And then of 0:04:06.240 --> 0:04:10.200 course Demiko Ryans, who's really got a good heartbeat of 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:12.280 that locker room. I just you know, just watching him 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:14.680 coach and how that team's going to come together. And 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:18.279 how about since going back to last year, CJ. Stroud 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:22.600 has not thrown an interception in two hundred and thirty passes. Wow, 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:27.239 two hundred and thirty passes. I mean he's playing mistake 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:30.960 free football. That he's the anomaly of all quarterbacks that 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:33.200 have come out. I mean, we saw the young quarterback 0:04:33.240 --> 0:04:36.960 struggle this weekend. You know that got their first start. 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:39.640 And but what they've done with him, the weapons around him, 0:04:39.640 --> 0:04:43.320 with Tank Dell and Nico Collins. I think the Bears 0:04:43.320 --> 0:04:46.080 have an opportunity, but we'll see if the receivers, like 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:48.280 I said, are healthy, otherwise they'll have probably have to 0:04:48.320 --> 0:04:51.480 go more twelve personnel with two tight ends, and then 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:53.800 you wonder if they can keep up with the scoring 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:56.560 of Houston. I think the Bears defense will keep them 0:04:56.560 --> 0:04:59.000 at bay. But this is a very good offense. The 0:04:59.040 --> 0:05:00.520 Bears will be seen good test. 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:03.600 You are at QB, tell us what you saw. Tell 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:05.719 us what you saw from Caleb Williams and the offense. 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:08.320 Yeah, I think he was a little amped up you know, 0:05:08.480 --> 0:05:10.880 I you know, I think the key thing is and 0:05:10.880 --> 0:05:13.119 I'm sure everybody'll say, because it's obvious, if you don't 0:05:13.240 --> 0:05:16.279 make the big mistake, you got a chance. If your 0:05:16.360 --> 0:05:19.880 quarterback doesn't make the big stake mistake, he got a chance. 0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:22.719 I thought he played. He was a little late on 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:24.159 some of his reads. I think we know he could 0:05:24.160 --> 0:05:26.719 have had a couple of touchdowns Keenan Allen dropped that 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:28.320 one in the front of the Pyelot thought he had 0:05:28.360 --> 0:05:30.560 a great one on that had an opportunity on that 0:05:30.600 --> 0:05:33.080 go route down the left sideline. So he was a 0:05:33.120 --> 0:05:35.400 little amped up and a little jacked up. But I 0:05:35.400 --> 0:05:38.080 think again, it says a lot about the maturity of him. 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:41.000 It didn't bother him after the game. His postgame is like, hey, 0:05:41.080 --> 0:05:43.000 you know, it's my first start. Doesn't matter that the 0:05:43.040 --> 0:05:45.560 stats weren't great, but we won, and I think he 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:48.279 was And I think he's sincere saying it. You know, 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:52.120 these things don't seem to linger bother him where it 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:55.240 you know, because like for me, he missed two touchdown throws, 0:05:55.320 --> 0:05:57.400 I'd be losing sleep at night. You know, it's probably 0:05:57.440 --> 0:06:00.320 bothering him internally, but he doesn't show it. And he's 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:02.120 cool as a cat, and I like that too. 0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:05.080 You know, the two things that I took away from 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:07.080 this game is the fact that it's the first real 0:06:07.120 --> 0:06:10.159 action by Caleb. And after you spend five months in 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:12.680 a red Jersey where no one can get into your space, 0:06:12.800 --> 0:06:15.479 no one can interferre with your legs, your feet, your 0:06:15.520 --> 0:06:16.880 follow through or. 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:19.440 Get anywhere near you, and then. 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:22.120 You're sought You're a sought after product when you talk 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:25.000 about playing in a real game against an opponent that 0:06:25.160 --> 0:06:28.359 has a defense like Tennessee or a Tennessee or a 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:33.039 Houston defense. But the thing to me is the defense 0:06:33.080 --> 0:06:35.560 picked up where they left off. And I think that's 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:38.680 the key ingredient here. It's not that Caleb Williams has 0:06:38.720 --> 0:06:40.480 to come in here and be the savior of the 0:06:40.480 --> 0:06:43.880 Bears organization. He's got to play a brand of football 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:46.400 that he improves week in and week out and then 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:47.840 compliments the defense. 0:06:48.080 --> 0:06:50.039 And one way of doing that is not turning the 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:50.640 ball over. 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:53.440 Yeah, you went, you gave up a nineteen yard sack, 0:06:53.520 --> 0:06:56.679 but you didn't throw the ball into Harm's way where 0:06:56.720 --> 0:06:59.440 you put the defense there, you know, their backs to 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:03.040 the goal line, or you gave him multiple opportunities, and 0:07:03.120 --> 0:07:06.400 so I think, you know, like Jim said and Caleb's 0:07:06.440 --> 0:07:10.200 postgame comments, I think he's going to ascend through the 0:07:10.280 --> 0:07:13.200 season here and he's never gonna be a guy that's 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:18.640 gonna shy away from the big opportunity he's earned in life. 0:07:18.720 --> 0:07:21.640 Yeah, overcoming adversity is part of the whole puzzle, and 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:23.800 I think he's had great experience at that. 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:26.960 This venue will not be too crazy for him either. 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:29.320 He's been on the biggest platforms in college football at 0:07:29.320 --> 0:07:33.200 Oklahoma and USC. He's been rising to the occasion, and 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:36.040 hopefully they can take the starch out of that crowd 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:39.040 with a run game and getting some first downs. Just 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:44.000 two third down conversions some of those seven I believe 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:47.119 we're third and five or less. So those you gotta 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:50.679 get at least five of those, right, five of those 0:07:50.720 --> 0:07:54.280 That gets you another fifteen plays at a minimum, extend 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:56.600 some drives and put you in position to get some 0:07:56.600 --> 0:07:59.560 some more points. And so that's what I'm looking forward to. 0:08:00.240 --> 0:08:02.760 Pass protection's got to hold up against those edge guys. 0:08:03.240 --> 0:08:07.840 Daniel Hunter obviously a wrecker outside coming over from the Vikings. 0:08:07.840 --> 0:08:10.840 He's always been a problem for the Bears over the years, 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:12.760 because he is good. He's one of the premier pass 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:15.720 rushers in the NFL that often doesn't get talked about 0:08:16.000 --> 0:08:19.080 when you're talking about the Miles Garrett Miles Garretts and 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:22.280 you're talking about the TJ. Watts and all that, but 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:23.960 he's right up there in sax Town. 0:08:24.240 --> 0:08:30.600 Well, one thing about cloud crowd, quieters, sacks, defensive turnovers, 0:08:30.680 --> 0:08:34.040 and special teams touchdowns, and the Bears were able to 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:37.079 do all of that in this past week's game. So 0:08:37.120 --> 0:08:40.079 if you can bring that into Houston and you can 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:44.920 allow your offense to continue to develop over time and 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:48.240 then Caleb not make the big mistake, they're gonna give 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:52.760 themselves a better opportunity because with the Bears have multiple sackers, 0:08:52.840 --> 0:08:57.000 they have defensive lineups that they can put sacks in numbers. 0:08:57.240 --> 0:09:00.480 Then they got turnover opportunities, and then they got special 0:09:00.520 --> 0:09:04.720 teams either big kickoff returns or punt blocks for touchdowns. 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:09.240 Jim Joe Mixon only six backs, thirty thirty carries or 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:10.600 more last year in the NFL. 0:09:10.880 --> 0:09:11.760 He had thirty. 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:14.800 The young man in San Francisco getting the start last 0:09:15.120 --> 0:09:19.400 on Monday night, he had twenty eight carries. Slowick, the 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:21.000 offensive coordinator Houston. 0:09:21.400 --> 0:09:22.760 Is he more. 0:09:22.640 --> 0:09:26.600 Tied to the tree of Shanahan or McVeigh in terms 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:28.920 of this, because I was listening to the forty nine 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:32.640 Ers broadcast on radio and they kept talking about, Okay, 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:37.040 the magic number of carries is thirty thirty carries, thirty carries, 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:37.720 thirty carries. 0:09:37.760 --> 0:09:40.199 So is this where we're headed in this particular scheme? 0:09:40.240 --> 0:09:40.440 Now? 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:44.800 Well, first, to me, it's always going to be Kyle Shanahan. 0:09:44.880 --> 0:09:48.120 It's this is you know slow, It comes from San Francisco, 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:52.199 and that's really and even you know Sean McVay, he 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:55.680 was with Kyle Shanahan in Washington. He was really under him. 0:09:55.679 --> 0:09:59.679 So it's really this all this tree is the Shanahan tree, 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:02.400 and he's been awesome at it. But I would think Slow, 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:05.720 he's gonna be more in line with Kyle Shanahan coming 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:08.360 from San Francisco. I mean, look at that game the 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:11.480 other day by San Francisco. I mean they just ran 0:10:11.640 --> 0:10:15.440 outside zone run after outside zone run and just put 0:10:15.480 --> 0:10:19.000 it on the New York Jets. And that's really gonna 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:22.400 be the style of Houston, you know, because that's who 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:25.000 they want to be. From Bobby Slok, They've got a 0:10:25.040 --> 0:10:28.280 young talented passer, but forty minutes time of possession and 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:30.920 Joe Mixon was a wrecking ball. I still can't believe 0:10:31.920 --> 0:10:35.079 Cincinnati gave away Joe Mixon. Didn Cincinnati just get embarrassed 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:36.720 week one. They could have used Joe. 0:10:36.640 --> 0:10:39.560 Mixon for a seventh round pick. They dealt him for Yeah, 0:10:39.760 --> 0:10:42.800 seventh round pick. Okay, there's still value in backs. That's 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:45.120 what you're telling us, Jim, no question about it. All right, 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:47.440 we're gonna take our first break. Jim back here for 0:10:47.520 --> 0:10:49.760 this segment, we'll talk about Shane Waldron. Hear what he 0:10:49.800 --> 0:10:51.800 had to say, as well as the Bears get ready 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:54.480 for the Texans. Here on Bears Weekly on ESPN one 0:10:54.480 --> 0:10:55.920 thousand of the Bears Radio Network. 0:10:56.480 --> 0:11:00.560 Well, welcome back to Bears Weekly. Come a Bears Network. 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:04.319 Here's your host, the voice of the Bears, Jeff show you. 0:11:10.480 --> 0:11:12.920 This segment of Bears Weekly is brought to you by 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:17.839 Igs Energy, Jeff and Tom and Jim Miller alongside. Before 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:20.120 we delve in, let's listen into what Shane Walder and 0:11:20.160 --> 0:11:23.200 the Bears offensive coordinator I had to say about Week one. 0:11:23.360 --> 0:11:25.360 Caleb Williams and I look ahead. 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:27.680 Yeah, I think for him just going out there playing 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:30.320 with clean eyes, clean feet, first chance to get out 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:32.760 into a road environment, which I'm sure he'll be rocking 0:11:32.840 --> 0:11:35.000 on Sunday night, to be able to get to operate 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:38.520 that way. Great communication with his guys up front, and 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:41.400 you know, the receivers, the running backs, tight ends, everyone 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:44.839 supporting him and knowing that as an offense, we want 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:47.320 to keep improving every single week. And what's that looked 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:49.920 like again? You know a results will speak for themselves 0:11:49.960 --> 0:11:51.640 as we go out there, work at it, clean it up. 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:54.600 I think the thing that gives us so much confidence 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:57.320 as coaches as players as you come in here on Monday, 0:11:57.600 --> 0:11:59.439 head it. First of all, a great week last week 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:02.040 by our defense, inspy, our special teams unit. I heard 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:04.480 Tyreek talking about it too just a minute ago, about 0:12:05.040 --> 0:12:07.679 what a great brotherhood these guys have formed. Everyone has 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:10.240 each other's back, and you felt that from from our 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:12.320 lens on offense right there, whether it was at halftime, 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:14.280 whether it was during the course of the game. So 0:12:14.360 --> 0:12:16.959 then when we're moving forward this week, knowing each week, 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:19.600 you know, different units have to support each other, knowing 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:21.560 that we have to do a better job of supporting 0:12:21.559 --> 0:12:24.280 our defense and our special teams moving forward, and that'll 0:12:24.320 --> 0:12:27.600 happen by just those incremental improvements here, you know, staying together, 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:30.240 playing together. So when we came out to practice yesterday 0:12:30.320 --> 0:12:34.559 as an offense, the tempo that we operated at, the enthusiasm, 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:38.079 effort to hustle, you know, the hustle on the backside, 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:40.920 the blox, you know, all the things that on a Wednesday, 0:12:41.320 --> 0:12:43.599 if if you have the right people, it looks like 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:45.000 what it did yesterday is a. 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:46.920 Developer or established running game. 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:48.680 How much it's doing that would help. 0:12:49.440 --> 0:12:51.000 I think for us, you know, we always want to 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:53.080 have that balance of the run in the past, I 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:55.840 think you know this this past week obviously want to 0:12:55.840 --> 0:12:57.679 do a little bit better job of getting some more 0:12:57.760 --> 0:13:00.400 runs off and helping that and you know, in the 0:13:00.400 --> 0:13:02.360 negative plays and know you know, when you have sudden 0:13:02.440 --> 0:13:05.480 change situations or some things that occurred, or you know, 0:13:05.840 --> 0:13:08.400 Dre has a really big kick return, we want to 0:13:08.400 --> 0:13:11.040 be able to get the runs going in those scenarios. 0:13:11.080 --> 0:13:13.160 And I think for us that's just part of, uh, 0:13:13.240 --> 0:13:14.920 you know, the offense as a whole of what we 0:13:14.960 --> 0:13:17.760 want to be as a balance system. Uh, and starting 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:19.640 with running the ball, and I think you know, Chris 0:13:19.679 --> 0:13:22.120 Morgan and the offensive line has done a good job, 0:13:22.280 --> 0:13:25.000 you know, talking about a group that started out yesterday, 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:27.320 you know, bringing the right attitude, bringing the right effort. 0:13:27.480 --> 0:13:29.320 You know, those guys set the tone for practice like 0:13:29.360 --> 0:13:31.320 they will every day and you know, excited to see 0:13:31.320 --> 0:13:32.960 what those guys go out and do this next one. 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:35.400 Caleb's accuracy has been one of the calling cards that 0:13:35.400 --> 0:13:37.040 he had been He missed a lot of throws on 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:39.200 something that that he normally wouldn't from your lens, What 0:13:39.320 --> 0:13:40.920 was behind the accuracytions for Caleb? 0:13:41.240 --> 0:13:43.320 I think for Caleb it's just about reps and the 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:46.280 more time he's out there, like anything, like you know, 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:48.839 anyone that's playing any of the positions, anyone that's coaching, 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:52.319 the more reps that we're able to accumulate, uh, the 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:55.760 slower it becomes each week in and out. And I 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:57.599 think I know Caleb had mentioned it though, but the 0:13:58.240 --> 0:14:00.800 tempo was of his feet. I think just playing with 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:03.880 that good, clean tempo and mentioned clean eyes, clean feet 0:14:04.080 --> 0:14:07.320 and sticking to that, and then that'll obviously lead to 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:09.920 an improved accuracy on a couple of throws here and there. 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:11.719 But like you said, we've seen him make all these 0:14:11.720 --> 0:14:13.719 throws throughout the course of practice throughout the course of 0:14:13.800 --> 0:14:16.480 his college career and have all the confidence in the 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:20.040 world that each week that'll get incrementally better and we'll 0:14:20.080 --> 0:14:21.040 be excited what we see. 0:14:21.120 --> 0:14:23.480 All Right, Jim, you're the QB, So I have to 0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:24.920 defer to you right out of the gate when you 0:14:24.960 --> 0:14:27.480 talk about clean eyes, clean feet, to explain what that 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:33.840 all means, big Jim, I've got you. 0:14:33.920 --> 0:14:34.640 Okay, go ahead. 0:14:34.800 --> 0:14:37.600 Yeah, So normally when you when your feet, when you're throwing, 0:14:38.520 --> 0:14:41.640 your feet should marry up with the routes that you're throwing. 0:14:41.720 --> 0:14:43.960 Like we always talking about the timing and rhythms. So 0:14:44.080 --> 0:14:47.480 five step, drop, hitch throw, you know, whether that's throwing 0:14:47.720 --> 0:14:50.320 you know an out route, but your feet will will 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:53.200 really get you to the right spot into our throw 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:55.480 because if you're processing everything you need and he'll be 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:57.920 faster at processing, he'll get better and better at that. 0:14:57.960 --> 0:15:01.320 These are some new looks that maybe's ever seen before. 0:15:01.440 --> 0:15:04.000 But his feet will start to marry up. And sometimes, 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:06.880 like I said, if you're say throwing an out route, 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:09.120 say you're normally in a if they were in a 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:12.800 cover two, you're gonna adjust and throw get your footwork 0:15:12.840 --> 0:15:15.800 to where you're gonna throw a hole shot on the outside. Now, 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:18.120 say if it's single high safety at the snap of ball, 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:20.600 say you know he's under there, and says said, hut, 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:23.160 he's looking at cover two. Now they rotate to a 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:26.000 cover three. Now you've got to get your feet to 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:28.480 where what the drop would be on a five step 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:30.880 drop for an out route to be thrown at twelve 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:34.480 yards and keeping it outside so everything will start to 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:36.960 marry up, where the timing and rhythm will get better 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:39.680 and it would become seamless, and it'll become rope memory. 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:42.320 He's too talented of a player not to do it, 0:15:42.360 --> 0:15:44.680 and he'll get there. It'll just take a little time. 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:45.720 You know. 0:15:45.800 --> 0:15:47.880 What one thing I like about this week and what 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:51.000 Shane kind of alluded to that the run game is 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:54.080 the responsibility of the offensive line. They got to do 0:15:54.360 --> 0:15:57.720 this whole offense, this whole football team a service by 0:15:57.760 --> 0:16:01.560 having an effective running game. I also think after this 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:03.760 week there is not going to be any shock to 0:16:03.840 --> 0:16:07.600 the system in terms of the atmosphere in the crowd, noise, 0:16:08.040 --> 0:16:10.080 in what you're going to face throughout the rest of 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:12.640 your career. And I really like the fact that you 0:16:12.680 --> 0:16:15.440 get these out of the way early a home game, 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:18.640 all of that excitement, the adrenaline is flying like it 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:19.520 never will again. 0:16:20.040 --> 0:16:20.880 And then you go to. 0:16:20.920 --> 0:16:23.600 This environment that they're going to face this week in Houston, 0:16:23.960 --> 0:16:26.800 a white out Sunday night, National TV. 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:29.479 The crowd is going to be absolutely insane. 0:16:29.960 --> 0:16:32.560 But I know you've been in big games like this 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:35.920 before in the college level, but you haven't played against 0:16:35.960 --> 0:16:40.280 guys like this before in a loud stadium. Because these 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:42.800 guys that you're going to face throughout the entirety of 0:16:42.840 --> 0:16:47.560 your NFL career are completely different athletes than what you 0:16:47.760 --> 0:16:51.400 faced an allowed atmosphere in college. So I think these 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:54.200 first two games are going to do more for the 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:58.720 development of Caleb than a lot of other portions of 0:16:58.760 --> 0:17:00.640 improvement will do for him. 0:17:00.840 --> 0:17:01.000 Jim. 0:17:01.080 --> 0:17:04.119 I'm also you know about flowing rhythm. I know every 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:08.960 quarterback wants that. Every quarterback enjoys working in rhythm. So 0:17:09.560 --> 0:17:12.280 you know when personnel packages are thrown into the mix, 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:15.119 and I believe they had twenty six different groupings of 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:18.600 personnel in that game, how do how do you get 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:21.880 that with that kind of change down to down, how 0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:24.120 do you get into that rhythm as a passer? 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:27.240 Well, well, the reads are still going to be the reach. 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:29.199 You know, you're going to go through your progressions and 0:17:29.560 --> 0:17:32.320 you know you're going through this checklist once you hear 0:17:32.359 --> 0:17:35.080 that play. So imagine me just sitting there looking at 0:17:35.080 --> 0:17:38.360 the sideline or in the huddle, waiting for that call 0:17:38.400 --> 0:17:40.159 to come in my helmet. And as soon as I 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:43.520 hear those words, I'm coming up with my checklist. All right, 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:45.760 we're you know, I got to be careful here. We 0:17:45.840 --> 0:17:48.400 might have to audible to this play. This looks no good, 0:17:48.480 --> 0:17:50.879 so all right, this coverage we're going to you know, 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:54.119 make an adjustment here. So and I'm going through this checklist, 0:17:54.400 --> 0:17:56.760 all right. And by the time we say ready break 0:17:56.800 --> 0:17:59.200 and we're walking up the line of scrimmage, All right, 0:17:59.280 --> 0:18:00.000 now what am I little? 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:01.040 All right? 0:18:01.160 --> 0:18:03.399 Like I said, all right, strong safety is down. Be 0:18:03.520 --> 0:18:06.480 ready for the strong safety blist. That's what my checklist there. 0:18:06.800 --> 0:18:08.879 If it looks like it's coming, hey, I'm gonna I 0:18:08.960 --> 0:18:11.880 may check a week side run, you know, so I'm 0:18:11.920 --> 0:18:14.719 seeing you know, pressure on the right side, and then 0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:17.080 I'm going through the checklist, make the audible run the play, 0:18:17.119 --> 0:18:19.600 because that's my job to get the offense and the 0:18:19.600 --> 0:18:22.520 best play to take advantage of the defense. And I 0:18:22.520 --> 0:18:24.960 think again, he'll get better and better and better. He'll 0:18:24.960 --> 0:18:27.520 see it, he'll understand it, and now how do I 0:18:27.600 --> 0:18:30.160 attack it? And that's gonna get better and better every 0:18:30.200 --> 0:18:30.680 single week. 0:18:30.800 --> 0:18:33.400 Tom Demiko. Ryan's talking a lot about stopping the run. 0:18:33.440 --> 0:18:37.960 He's got some really good players on that defense, obviously 0:18:37.960 --> 0:18:41.560 at the at the ends, but they've got a bunch 0:18:41.600 --> 0:18:44.320 of new bodies as well, some really named players in 0:18:44.359 --> 0:18:47.320 the secondary. Jalen Petree is their nickel, but he's a safety. 0:18:47.359 --> 0:18:49.600 He's he's a guy that'll come up. He's not afraid 0:18:49.640 --> 0:18:53.879 of contact, so he's already thinking like the Bears, you know, 0:18:54.000 --> 0:18:57.400 could be taking that path to success. 0:18:58.240 --> 0:19:00.320