WEBVTT - Kmet previews the Vikings | All Access 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:03.760 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:03.880 --> 0:00:07.800 and Chicago Bears dot Com. Download the Chicago Bears Official 0:00:07.840 --> 0:00:10.760 mobile app for up to the minute Bears content every 0:00:10.880 --> 0:00:15.480 day and now welcome to Bears All Access, your all 0:00:15.520 --> 0:00:20.200 access passing to Chicago Bears football. Bears All Access is 0:00:20.239 --> 0:00:24.239 brought to you by IGS Energy and sponsored by Athletical 0:00:24.239 --> 0:00:29.800 Physical Therapy and CDW Are we doing? Everybody? Welcome into 0:00:29.880 --> 0:00:32.440 this week's edition of Bears All Access. As we're buried 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:37.280 down on a Vikings arrival at Minnesota on Sunday at noon, 0:00:37.600 --> 0:00:41.320 a massively important matchup for both teams, with the clock 0:00:41.360 --> 0:00:45.320 ticking on the season, it narrows down and still conversation 0:00:45.400 --> 0:00:47.960 about a potential for a postseason berth by one of 0:00:47.960 --> 0:00:50.880 these two teams, maybe neither, but maybe both. Who knows, 0:00:51.000 --> 0:00:53.560 You never know what This wacky twenty twenty Jeff John 0:00:53.640 --> 0:00:56.240 Acolong with Tom Day were brought to you by IGS Energy. Tonight, 0:00:56.440 --> 0:00:59.560 good evening, Tom Hyfield. I feeling good, Jeff, you know, 0:00:59.680 --> 0:01:02.279 kind of really interested in this game because there's so 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:06.680 many different elements to this issue of Minnesota Vikings Stage 0:01:06.680 --> 0:01:10.120 two or Minnesota Bear Stage two than it was stage 0:01:10.160 --> 0:01:13.040 one and there's a lot on the line. There's a 0:01:13.080 --> 0:01:15.679 big point of emphasis by both head coaches how much 0:01:15.760 --> 0:01:20.480 this game means to each organization. You know, there's issues 0:01:20.480 --> 0:01:23.800 with the kicking game in Minnesota, and there's issue or 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:27.240 there's just you know, hope for the continuous improvement of 0:01:27.280 --> 0:01:29.880 the Bears and they can capitalize on the good things 0:01:29.920 --> 0:01:33.360 they did last week. It does sound like Zim is 0:01:33.400 --> 0:01:35.880 gonna stick with his kicker. Dan Bailey says he has 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:37.840 faith in him. He's missed seven kicks though in last 0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:40.199 two games. We're gonna discuss that with our old front 0:01:40.200 --> 0:01:42.440 Pete Bursitch, the radio analyst for the Vikings. He'll be 0:01:42.440 --> 0:01:44.520 coming up at about six ten, and then at the 0:01:44.520 --> 0:01:47.120 bottom of the hour we'll be talking to rookie tight 0:01:47.240 --> 0:01:50.520 end Cole Commet and he'll have a lot of things 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:53.080 to say about what's going on offensively, and that's really 0:01:53.120 --> 0:01:55.880 been the theme all week time. A lot of questions, 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:59.360 a lot of discussion about how the collaboration is worked 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:03.720 with coaches, Man Naggie Mitchell, Trubisky's involvement in it, things 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:07.120 that he is asked for in this offense and that 0:02:07.200 --> 0:02:12.360 they're allowing him to do and that clearly is the movement. 0:02:12.520 --> 0:02:16.080 Clearly the types of plays they're calling, the pace, the tempo, 0:02:16.240 --> 0:02:18.919 all things that we know over the years that Mitch 0:02:19.000 --> 0:02:22.079 has excelled at. Right, you got to have input from 0:02:22.080 --> 0:02:24.920 the quarterback because when you talk about the first fifteen 0:02:25.040 --> 0:02:27.560 scripted or like Matt and Naggie said in this press 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:31.119 conference today that they're making adjustments by series, I think 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:33.679 Mitchell Trubisky has to have a lot of input in that, 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:36.840 whether he's talking on the phone to Bill Laser upstairs 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:40.480 or eyeball to eyeball with Matt and Naggie and they 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:43.680 got Dave Organ and John d Philippo. So I think 0:02:43.720 --> 0:02:47.320 the inclusion of the comfort zone that you can put 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:51.480 with um Mitchell Trubisky and in them with the most confidence, 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:53.880 I think you have to take his what he says 0:02:54.280 --> 0:02:56.280 and maybe that that is the angle to it, because 0:02:56.320 --> 0:02:58.919 it's assumed that it is series to series, but getting 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:01.440 the quarterback more aold in that aspect of it. I 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:05.120 can understand, oh, one hundred percent, you know, because you 0:03:05.160 --> 0:03:09.160 know what traits are recognized by Mitchell Trobisky to you know, 0:03:09.400 --> 0:03:12.520 to put him in the most positive and confident, you know, 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:14.680 frame of mind, that he can be put in and 0:03:14.680 --> 0:03:19.120 that's using his legs, that's moving pockets, that's identifying receivers 0:03:19.160 --> 0:03:22.320 no matter what the defense changes to during the course 0:03:22.360 --> 0:03:24.320 of the cadence. Because when you look a lot of 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:27.480 those completions that include yards after catch, a lot of 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:30.400 them didn't matter what the defense was doing with the cadence, 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:33.640 they the offense knew what they were doing. So what 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:36.360 do you make of that aspect of things? Because early 0:03:36.440 --> 0:03:37.840 in the year the Bears were near the bottom of 0:03:37.880 --> 0:03:39.880 the league in yards after the catch, So yes, there 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:41.880 are rising We saw some of the big plays last 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:45.560 week against the Texans in their defense. But why is 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:48.960 there so much separation now versus earlier in the seasons? 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:52.480 Too much thinking early in the season. If you're having 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:55.240 you're having multiple guys on the offense, you know, the 0:03:55.280 --> 0:03:58.839 whole offensive line in their protection, every receivers, whether they're 0:03:58.840 --> 0:04:02.120 seeing man or zone. Are the quarterback the two plays 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:05.080 that he calls in the huddle, what best fits the 0:04:05.120 --> 0:04:08.400 defense you're seeing during the course you're cadence and you're 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:11.720 talking about all these decisions made in the matter of seconds. 0:04:11.960 --> 0:04:14.480 So how about we call a play. I don't care 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:17.400 if you stack eleven guys behind each other down the 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:20.279 middle of the field. Whatever we have called, we're still 0:04:20.360 --> 0:04:23.359 we're still able to run with confidence. And so I 0:04:23.400 --> 0:04:26.560 think that's what you know, what we're seeing right now 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:29.159 at this stage of the season. Injury news today, four 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:32.360 guys miss practice, caldel Mac one of them with his shoulder. 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:36.400 So that accounts to me more towards a veteran's day 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:38.800 just to get better because there's nothing stopping that guy. 0:04:38.839 --> 0:04:41.560 He will be on the field on Sunday against the Vikings. 0:04:41.720 --> 0:04:43.920 But in the second day you got three guys buster screen, 0:04:43.960 --> 0:04:46.560 still in the concussion protocol. Jalen Johnson working through his 0:04:46.880 --> 0:04:50.200 shoulder injury, which you know, over the course of the 0:04:50.480 --> 0:04:52.640 week it hasn't sounded like it's going to be something 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:54.719 that's going to be a long term thing. But whether 0:04:54.720 --> 0:04:56.880 he's able to play or not that that remains the question. 0:04:56.880 --> 0:04:59.520 Against the Vikings. Then Dan Bush, who's a part of that. 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:03.200 I'm package that Chuck Bagana likes to use out today 0:05:03.200 --> 0:05:04.640 with a foot injury. What do you make it all? 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:07.280 You know, the uncertainty is only in the rookies, Jeff, 0:05:07.279 --> 0:05:09.800 because we know what Khalil is capable of doing. We 0:05:09.880 --> 0:05:12.400 know that bunch of buster screen will and can't answer 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:14.880 the bell at a moment's notice if he needs to. 0:05:15.279 --> 0:05:18.880 Same thing with Dion Bush Jayalen Johnson, that's a great unknown. 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:22.159 What can you do at an NFL level if you 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:25.479 miss the entire week of practice. Look, the practices aren't 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:28.839 that physical anymore. It's about the mental portion of it 0:05:28.920 --> 0:05:30.720 that you gotta be on your feet and you gotta 0:05:30.760 --> 0:05:34.039 communicate with everybody else, whether it's a linebacker in front 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:37.440 of him, a safety, or a nickel corner to the 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:40.480 to his inside. So you know to me all those 0:05:40.520 --> 0:05:42.800 other guys, Hey man, they could sit in the training 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:47.200 room until Sunday morning and they could They could play, 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:49.360 And I think Jalen could too, but we don't know 0:05:49.440 --> 0:05:51.640 that about him. Guess the same could be said about 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:53.840 Eric Kendricks and Kyle Rudolph. They were out today with 0:05:53.880 --> 0:05:57.159 the Vikings, two veterans, Rudolph missing last week. Kendricks also 0:05:57.240 --> 0:05:59.560 dealing with some things. An outstanding linebacker and I gat 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:01.679 you got a block if he's on the field on Sunday. 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:04.400 We'll discuss all that with Pete Bursache, the veteran radio 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:07.640 analysts of the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago area product and 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:10.520 Notre Damer. We can talk a little Clempson Notre Dame 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:12.400 as well this weekend. It's all coming up next here. 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:15.039 I'm Bears All Access brought to you by IGS Energy 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:18.400 with Tom Thare. I'm Jeff Joniac, our producer Tonight Rick 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:20.800 Cap stick around more ahead here on Chicago Sports Radio 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:29.000 six seventy to score. Welcome back to the Bear's All 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:31.560 Access Show, brought to you by IGF Energy. Choose clean 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:34.119 energy for your home at igs dot com because every 0:06:34.120 --> 0:06:36.520 good choice adds up to a better world. With Tom there, 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:40.760 I'm Jeff Joniac and our good pal Pete Bursage. Man. 0:06:40.760 --> 0:06:42.960 He's just always available. That's what I love about. The 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:46.240 guy joining us from Minneapolis? Or are you a Saint 0:06:46.240 --> 0:06:49.520 Paul guy? Which is it? Am I a what guy? 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:52.160 Are you a Saint Paul or a Minneapolis guy? Where 0:06:52.160 --> 0:06:55.599 are you living? Oh? I'm living at technically Saint Paul. 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:59.200 Now okay, I just want to see what side of 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:02.920 the fence you're on. My friend, Well, you know, yeah, 0:07:03.160 --> 0:07:06.400 the Saint Paul's more old school Hams beer was made there. 0:07:06.400 --> 0:07:09.960 Remember Hams? Oh yeah, my dad used to drink a 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:12.720 lot of that in college. Yeah, this guy my dad 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:15.680 used to love that, you know, a gift from dad 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:18.600 coming to Iowa state where I went to college. If 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:20.960 he was driving up into a couple of cases of hams, 0:07:21.080 --> 0:07:25.320 it was like it was like in the mud Gray, honestly, 0:07:26.560 --> 0:07:29.720 no question about it. Well, Pets, the radio analysts of 0:07:29.760 --> 0:07:32.960 the Minnesota Vikings, as you all know, as uh, this 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:36.240 NFC North keeps us all like family. Here, what's the 0:07:36.280 --> 0:07:39.120 big storyline coming out of Minnesota this week? Don't tell 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:41.000 me it's about Dan Bailey. It's got to be more 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:45.160 than that. Well, no, yeah, there's a lot more to 0:07:45.280 --> 0:07:49.080 it than that. I mean, you know, you play a 0:07:49.080 --> 0:07:51.480 team in Tampa Bay that hadn't given up a sixty 0:07:51.560 --> 0:07:56.080 yard rusher all year, and Dalvin Cook goes down there 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:58.920 and puts up one hundred and eight on him. And 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:02.920 the crazy part about this team, guys, is that they 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:05.240 go down there and do something that difficult, meaning you're 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:08.480 running the football against a really good defensive front, but 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:11.480 you don't take care of the simple things and the 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:15.720 easy things like turning the ball over, giving up too 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:18.880 many sacks right, giving up you know what, six sacks, 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:25.200 five sacks, penalties especially in the red zone. Defensively, you know, 0:08:25.280 --> 0:08:28.920 we get a past interference call on a Hail Marry 0:08:28.960 --> 0:08:31.640 in halftime. That call hasn't been made since two thousand 0:08:31.640 --> 0:08:34.000 and nine. But yet we you know, we get one 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:39.080 called against us. I mean, the team is just it's 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:42.840 so hit and miss. It is so hard to put 0:08:42.880 --> 0:08:45.640 your finger on what the problem is or what's going well, 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:50.280 what isn't um it's it's frustrating, it's it's maddening almost 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:52.240 and so week the week the week, I don't know, 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:54.640 you don't know which team's gonna show up, you don't 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:58.000 know which team you're gonna get, and you know we're 0:08:58.040 --> 0:09:00.520 just kind of it's it's so it's I hate that'd 0:09:00.520 --> 0:09:02.559 be able to I wish jooniac I could tell you 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:05.160 this is the problem and this is what's going on. 0:09:05.800 --> 0:09:09.240 It's but there's a lot more to it. Hey, Pete, 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:11.120 When you look at Dalvin Cook and you look at 0:09:11.160 --> 0:09:15.120 your talented rookie Jefferson, you know, breaking records of Randy 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:19.240 Moss Hall of Famer, who who is responsible for who 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:21.760 is it Dalvin Cook in the running game is responsible 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:24.880 for Jefferson to have the rookie season he's having or 0:09:25.559 --> 0:09:28.640 is the threat of Jefferson such a wide concern of 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:31.800 opponent's defenses that maybe the line of scrimmage is a 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:36.520 little bit looser and Dalvin Cook can capitalize on it. Um, Well, 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:38.920 no one's operating in the vacuum. I know that, And 0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:42.359 I think that there's one thing for sure with Kubiak 0:09:42.960 --> 0:09:46.600 our offensive coordinators. He you know, he knows how to 0:09:47.000 --> 0:09:49.640 who you know, and knows how to have a passing 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:53.040 game that's based on the running game. And one thing 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:56.040 about our passing game, it's not a short underneath tight 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:59.680 passing game. I mean, you know, you look at Jefferson, 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:03.760 He's origin almost seventeen yards a reception. You know, Adam 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:07.720 Sealen is close to thirteen. So it's about running the ball, 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:10.960 getting the teams, you know, getting teams to dial in 0:10:11.040 --> 0:10:13.920 on Dalvin Cook and having to stop Dalvin Cook. And 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:15.800 then you make them pay for it once you find 0:10:15.840 --> 0:10:18.400 out how they're going about doing it, and putting extra 0:10:18.440 --> 0:10:20.599 guys in the box to do it, You're getting a 0:10:20.600 --> 0:10:22.840 lot more one on ones in the outside. So I 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:27.600 think Dalvin Cook, without question, is what makes this offense go. 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:30.000 I mean, he you know, he makes Kirk Cousins better 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:33.480 because Kirk Cousins is a much better play action passor 0:10:33.559 --> 0:10:36.240 than he is just to drop back pocket type passer. 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:41.160 So Dalvin is definitely, you know, he's really the starting 0:10:41.240 --> 0:10:44.320 point for the entire offense. You look at the Vikings 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:46.160 right now, so you look at the injury report for 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:48.720 the Bears. They got three defensive backs listening on the 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:51.240 injury report. I raise an eyebrow if I look at that. 0:10:51.640 --> 0:10:55.280 If you're if we're looking at the Minnesota Vikings, where 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:59.440 what position are they the thinnest at right now? Well, 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:02.839 we're sent a corner for you know, a very very 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:05.000 long time. You know, you have Cameron Danceler and Jeff 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:08.880 Gladney and then uh Chris Boyd or Chris Jones coming 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:13.360 in uh to you know to spell them. Um, you know, 0:11:13.480 --> 0:11:15.800 defensive line, we have a lot of bodies. It's just 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:18.040 a matter of you know, when you know you lose 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:21.240 you know, you lose some of your better defensive lineman 0:11:21.559 --> 0:11:24.120 uh earlier in the season. You know you just don't 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:29.120 have really much left. And then you know it's those 0:11:29.160 --> 0:11:31.160 are the spots that we're thin I mean, Kyle Rudolph's 0:11:31.160 --> 0:11:33.640 still battling injury or Smith junior is doing a good job. 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:36.920 Tyler Conklin is doing a good job. Um, but I 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:42.120 think our you know, with our team, cornerback and linebacker two, 0:11:42.320 --> 0:11:44.360 Eric Kendricks is probably gonna be out. I mean, that's 0:11:44.360 --> 0:11:47.320 a huge, huge loss for us. We've been playing with 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:50.520 Audam Todd Davis from the Denver Broncos has been doing 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:53.720 a great job. But still when you have Eric Wilson, 0:11:53.800 --> 0:11:57.920 Todd Davis and Troy Die a rookie from Oregon Oregon State, 0:11:57.960 --> 0:12:00.000 I can't remember which, but when you have those guys 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:02.600 is out there in linebacker, you, yeah, it just makes 0:12:02.640 --> 0:12:05.959 you makes you a little nervous. I guess our guest 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:10.119 is Pete Bursus, the radio analyst for the Minnesota Vikings 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:12.400 here on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy the Score. This 0:12:12.559 --> 0:12:15.520 is Bears All Access with Tom There Jeff Joniac. But 0:12:15.920 --> 0:12:19.040 you know, when you talk about that cornerback position, this 0:12:19.120 --> 0:12:21.560 was the plan though, right, You're going with young guys 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:24.600 and try to weather the storm. But you know you 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:27.520 thought maybe a little bit more upfront would would take 0:12:27.559 --> 0:12:30.720 care of the pass rush. But you lose Daniel Hunter, 0:12:31.120 --> 0:12:34.520 you don't resign Verson Griffin and gock Way comes but 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:36.920 he goes you know, we played you in week ten 0:12:37.040 --> 0:12:39.680 and he's still you're leading sacker. Has that impacted what 0:12:39.800 --> 0:12:43.000 goes on in the back end? You know, you know, 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:46.480 you're exactly right. I mean you I mean you look 0:12:46.520 --> 0:12:48.839 at the number of guys on our defensive line with 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:54.240 multiple sacks, you know, not many. You know, dj Wanham 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:56.760 is leading our defensive line group with three and then 0:12:56.800 --> 0:12:58.560 you have a Foty Identibo with three and a half. 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:02.120 I mean, that's it. Cameron Danzler is a you know, 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:05.360 third round pick. Um. He's starting to play better. You know, 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:07.960 he had an interception a couple of weeks ago, a 0:13:08.000 --> 0:13:10.120 forced fumble and a fumble recovery. He's starting to play 0:13:10.200 --> 0:13:13.160 with some confidence. And Jeff Gladney is as well. Um, 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:16.960 but he moves inside whenever teams go three wide, and 0:13:17.000 --> 0:13:19.520 so that'll bring you know, like Chris Jones out or 0:13:19.600 --> 0:13:22.240 Chris Boyd out, you know, onto the field and that's 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:26.600 usually where teams are, you know, trying to go having defensively, 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:29.280 having the blitz more to get pressure on the quarterback. 0:13:29.320 --> 0:13:30.760 We can't just do it all the time with a 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:34.200 four man rush. So Harrison Smith has been more involved. 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:38.200 Eric Wilson's a very good blitzer. Um, and we have 0:13:38.320 --> 0:13:40.640 to you know, we have to send sometimes an extra 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:43.959 guy just to get the ball out quickly. So Um, 0:13:44.280 --> 0:13:46.959 but we knew that, we knew we were going to 0:13:47.000 --> 0:13:50.040 be young at corner going into this season. But um, 0:13:50.920 --> 0:13:53.560 you know we were. They're getting better, The young guys 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:56.600 are getting better. Jeff Gladney's a competitor, he's healthy, he's 0:13:56.600 --> 0:13:59.040 staying on the field, he's getting better week in and 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:01.960 week out. And it's like it's about time, you know, 0:14:02.000 --> 0:14:05.560 we start, you know, seeing and getting some return on 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:09.080 some of these younger corners. Let's talk special teams because 0:14:09.080 --> 0:14:11.880 all I read Monday and Tuesday weren't do we have to? 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:15.719 Well listen, the anger I want to take is is 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:19.320 the history of it? All your writers there went through 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:22.160 the entire history of the impatience, I guess is the 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:25.200 best way to describe with Zim in terms of not 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:27.400 tolerating much and moving on from things. And here he's 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:30.120 sticking with Dan Bailey after seven miss kicks in two games. 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:33.720 I mean, what is the real story about your Special 0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:36.520 Teams unit? Because I always felt it was pretty dog 0:14:36.520 --> 0:14:39.680 on a good unit and they do play hard it 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:43.080 may not be as highly thought of as as years passed, 0:14:43.120 --> 0:14:47.840 but overall, is that is that an accurate depiction of 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:51.920 what's going on from a Mike Zimmer point of view? Well, 0:14:52.040 --> 0:14:55.560 I I the fact that Mike sticking with Bailey, I 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:58.680 think is you know, it's a prude. It's the prudent 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:01.880 thing to do. I mean, Um, they know what's going 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:04.920 on more than we do. Uh, they know where Bailey's 0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:08.320 head is more than than any of us do. Um. 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:11.720 And for you know, for him to stick by him, um, 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:13.760 you know that's I think it's I think that's awesome 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:16.760 that he's doing that. I mean special teams wise. What's 0:15:16.760 --> 0:15:20.160 been hurting us too, is just our punt return Um. 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:22.640 You know, kJ Osborne was was as young as a 0:15:22.720 --> 0:15:25.800 rookie from Miami. We've had him on some kick returns 0:15:25.840 --> 0:15:29.040 and some punt returns been you know, been disappointing. I 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:32.040 mean you look at Cardill Patterson and what he's done. 0:15:32.280 --> 0:15:36.040 I mean we've had forty nine yards of punt returns 0:15:36.120 --> 0:15:40.400 this season, guys forty nine told the whole year. You know, 0:15:40.520 --> 0:15:44.560 Chad beebe muffing a punt and then fortunately comes back 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:46.600 later in the game catch touchdown to win the game. 0:15:46.640 --> 0:15:50.120 I mean, we we've had so many mistakes on special 0:15:50.160 --> 0:15:54.480 teams um, so many uh you know, kick returns, punt 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:57.480 return It's just it's been it's like as soon as 0:15:57.520 --> 0:16:00.720 things get good, they get better, then all of a sudden, 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:02.680 something else rears its ugly head. And it's just been 0:16:02.760 --> 0:16:05.440 kind of moving around. You know. We had Austin cutting 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:07.360 the long snapper that we brought in and then we 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:10.720 had to release him. I mean, it's been it's been 0:16:11.000 --> 0:16:14.920 a revolving door. And in a lot of ways, uh, colquitt, 0:16:15.040 --> 0:16:17.400 our punter has been consistent, so yeah, we got a 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:21.400 consistent punter um. But overall it's just been a very 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:24.200 inconsistent group on a lot of that I think has 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:26.400 to do with a lot of these guys having to 0:16:26.440 --> 0:16:28.640 play defense. You know, when you're down starters. The guys 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:31.160 that you have is your special teams unit. They're out 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:32.600 there on the field, so then you got to limit 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:37.600 their snaps and you know, um, it's yeah, we haven't. 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:40.720 We've lost more games with the special teams than we've won, 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:44.440 and that's usually not a good thing. We're talking about 0:16:44.600 --> 0:16:46.800 is than kickers. But I got to ask you one 0:16:46.840 --> 0:16:49.280 more question. Do you think there could be a little 0:16:49.280 --> 0:16:52.000 bit more emphasis that Bailey's got to hit the ball 0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:54.560 out of the end zone given the fact that Corderyl 0:16:54.680 --> 0:16:58.000 did return a kick off against you guys, Because you know, 0:16:58.200 --> 0:16:59.760 it's kind of like when you put that type of 0:16:59.760 --> 0:17:03.720 pre sure I'm a kicker, maybe it interferes with his 0:17:03.800 --> 0:17:06.680 integrity or just his ability just just to go out 0:17:06.680 --> 0:17:10.480 there and concentrate and get the ball off of his foot. Well, 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:13.520 you know, guys, it's one thing. There's one thing that's 0:17:13.640 --> 0:17:17.040 changed throughout the twenty thirty years, last three years of football, 0:17:17.080 --> 0:17:18.720 all the things that have changed. One of the things 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:20.920 that's changed the most is just these kickers and how 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:25.040 far they can kick the ball. And really, right now, 0:17:25.119 --> 0:17:27.080 it's not hard or it's not too much of a 0:17:27.160 --> 0:17:28.920 challenge for anyone to be able to send it out 0:17:28.920 --> 0:17:31.080 of the back of the end zone. And I mean, 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:34.800 discretion is the better part of valor. I mean, you know, why, 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:39.600 why why let Cordell Patterson have the opportunity, Why even 0:17:39.640 --> 0:17:42.639 give them the chance when you can start at the 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:46.159 twenty five and you know, make make those guys go 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:48.520 up and down the field. You want to know why, 0:17:50.840 --> 0:17:56.000 it's fun why, Because that's why. Don't kick it out 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:58.720 of the back end for you guys, don't extend your arms. 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:04.440 Let's have a little fun, Pete, I know for sure. Fine, right, okay, yeah, 0:18:04.440 --> 0:18:07.119 well we'll we'll put our we'll put Amrabdula up against 0:18:07.119 --> 0:18:10.200 your Cordarell Patterson and we'll see what happens. Right enough enough, 0:18:10.280 --> 0:18:13.520 kicker talk. Hey, So now, last last time the Bears 0:18:13.520 --> 0:18:16.199 played the Vikings, Kirk Cousins got over the hump of 0:18:16.320 --> 0:18:19.719 winning on Monday Night football. Does Kirk Cousins feel like 0:18:19.760 --> 0:18:22.600 he's got a bigger hump to get over because the 0:18:22.720 --> 0:18:26.120 consideration for both teams is they're still in the playoff hunt. 0:18:26.119 --> 0:18:29.200 And you know, Kirk Cousins seems to be the stir 0:18:29.359 --> 0:18:33.280 that the straw that starts the drink. Well, you know 0:18:33.359 --> 0:18:36.359 he had. I think the win down to New Orleans 0:18:36.920 --> 0:18:41.359 UM a year ago was huge. To that overtime victory UM. 0:18:41.400 --> 0:18:43.200 I think that answers a lot of questions. I mean, 0:18:43.720 --> 0:18:47.320 I think for Kirk this is the bottom line. If 0:18:47.400 --> 0:18:50.480 if you try to do what Carolina did at the 0:18:50.600 --> 0:18:54.320 end of a game when you're rushing three people, UM 0:18:54.720 --> 0:18:56.720 and you turn it into a seven on seven drill 0:18:56.800 --> 0:18:59.280 Kirk Cousins, will shred, will shred you. I mean he 0:18:59.359 --> 0:19:02.440 if you let if you give him time and let 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:04.679 him just survey what's going on. But you know in 0:19:04.720 --> 0:19:09.640 the defensive backfield, he can just go up and down 0:19:09.680 --> 0:19:13.400 the field. Where teams have had successes is in pressure 0:19:13.840 --> 0:19:17.000 and keeping him in the pocket and keeping pressure on him. 0:19:17.040 --> 0:19:19.520 I mean, those are the things. More so I don't 0:19:19.560 --> 0:19:22.880 think he carries a lot of that with him into 0:19:22.920 --> 0:19:25.800 these games where he feels like, you know, this is 0:19:26.240 --> 0:19:28.560 an opportunity for me to do this as an opportunity 0:19:28.560 --> 0:19:30.080 for me to win Monday night game. This is an 0:19:30.119 --> 0:19:31.840 opportunity for me to do this on the road or 0:19:31.880 --> 0:19:35.800 at home. I think for him it's it's really getting 0:19:35.840 --> 0:19:39.040 into a rhythm of a game and understanding and seeing 0:19:39.080 --> 0:19:41.920 what's going on downfield. And he doesn't do that very 0:19:41.960 --> 0:19:44.080 well when he has people in his face constantly. So 0:19:44.240 --> 0:19:48.199 protection is something that's huge. And if you want to 0:19:48.200 --> 0:19:51.120 get him off off his game, you get pressure on him, 0:19:51.359 --> 0:19:53.280 you just don't let him sit back there and get comfortable. 0:19:54.080 --> 0:19:56.520 Beat versus you. Our guest here on Bears All Access 0:19:56.960 --> 0:19:59.320 on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score a couple 0:19:59.359 --> 0:20:02.080 of minutes to go with you. Let's switch gears because 0:20:02.119 --> 0:20:05.800 you know you Golden Domer's got a big one. Where 0:20:05.800 --> 0:20:09.560 are we What are we thinking? Here? Well, we're playing 0:20:09.560 --> 0:20:15.720 When are we playing? Clemson? Come on, man, you help 0:20:15.760 --> 0:20:17.520 us out. What are you thinking? What are you thinking? 0:20:17.560 --> 0:20:20.239 Where's your where's your where's your thought process? Put your 0:20:20.240 --> 0:20:23.920 analysts capped on both of you, guys. Uh time you 0:20:24.280 --> 0:20:25.600 got time? You go ahead and take this one. I 0:20:25.640 --> 0:20:27.439 don't watch a whole lot of college football anymore. I 0:20:27.480 --> 0:20:30.160 just don't have time. Well, you know, when you look 0:20:30.160 --> 0:20:32.720 at the quarterback position, in the most high profile position 0:20:32.800 --> 0:20:35.720 in the country, and you have the marquee quarterback in 0:20:35.800 --> 0:20:38.600 the country for Clemson and they didn't play him last 0:20:38.640 --> 0:20:42.280 time they got together, it seems like, you know, uh, 0:20:42.760 --> 0:20:44.920 Lawrence is gonna put him over the hum. It's gonna 0:20:44.920 --> 0:20:47.600 put him over the edge. He's gonna take this one. This, 0:20:47.920 --> 0:20:51.520 you know, championship Conference championship game down. But I think 0:20:51.520 --> 0:20:55.439 this is probably the best defense that Clemson will face, 0:20:55.880 --> 0:20:59.720 uh this season. You know, and not luckily Notre Dame 0:20:59.760 --> 0:21:02.359 has had a lot of chance to play games and 0:21:02.520 --> 0:21:05.200