WEBVTT - Coaches Show: Nagy, Helfrich preview Bills 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:11.399 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network No. 0:00:11.640 --> 0:00:14.080 One News Radio seven eighty and one oh five point 0:00:14.160 --> 0:00:17.520 nine FF. This is the Bears Coaches Show with Bears 0:00:17.560 --> 0:00:21.000 Head Coach Matt Nagge, the coaching staff and Bears management. 0:00:21.079 --> 0:00:23.520 The Bears Coaches Show was brought to you by Whippley 0:00:23.800 --> 0:00:28.120 CBA's and Consultants and sponsored by Advocate Healthcare, Hilton and 0:00:28.240 --> 0:00:31.440 the Village of Bedford Park No. From Hallis Hall. Here's 0:00:31.480 --> 0:00:35.040 the Voice of the Bears w BBMS Jeff, Joni and 0:00:35.159 --> 0:00:37.600 good even everybody, and welcome into the Bears Coaches Show 0:00:37.680 --> 0:00:40.800 from Hallis off PNC Studios. As the Bears go to 0:00:40.880 --> 0:00:43.160 four and three, back on top in the NFC North 0:00:43.159 --> 0:00:44.880 with a nice win over the New York Jets twenty 0:00:44.880 --> 0:00:47.360 four ten yesterday. We're with you until eight o'clock tonight. 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:49.600 We'll be joined as well by Mark Helfritch, the offensive 0:00:49.640 --> 0:00:51.760 coordinator of the Bears. Coming up at the bottom of 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:53.800 the hour, Coach and Aggy, Good evening, How are you doing? Good? 0:00:53.840 --> 0:00:56.080 How are you doing? I say, nice, Wind, They're all nice, 0:00:56.280 --> 0:00:58.760 and they're none of them. As we've talked many times 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:01.440 already on this show. Are are easy. There's I don't 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:04.520 care what anybody has to say about who should do 0:01:04.560 --> 0:01:07.640 what when it does not matter. And uh, you know, 0:01:07.800 --> 0:01:10.240 the Bears really took advantage of some really good opportunities, 0:01:10.280 --> 0:01:12.559 made some clutch plays. You guys made some clutch clutch 0:01:12.600 --> 0:01:14.520 plays when you needed to in that game. We did, 0:01:14.560 --> 0:01:16.959 And like you just said, I mean, coming coming out 0:01:17.000 --> 0:01:19.360 of this game with a victory, none of them are easy. 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:22.280 And I was just really happy the guys showing up 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:26.759 and starting um, starting fast and finding every way possible 0:01:26.920 --> 0:01:30.560 to win and collectively, so it was good to get 0:01:30.600 --> 0:01:32.959 back on the on the winning track and put a 0:01:32.959 --> 0:01:36.399 good game together. And so we're um. We celebrated that 0:01:36.480 --> 0:01:38.600 yesterday and now it's time to get ready for the Bills. Yeah, 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:41.280 that celebration with the disco Boscher is catching fire, I 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:43.959 know what, and it's gonna grow over the course of 0:01:44.000 --> 0:01:46.560 the season. Now you've even intimated that you might have 0:01:46.600 --> 0:01:50.320 to put on your dancing at some point, right, Well, 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:52.280 we gotta earn it so for in order for me 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:53.960 to get out there and start dancing to better be 0:01:54.000 --> 0:01:57.880 worth so that bo Sweeney, They're gonna go crazy when that. 0:01:58.840 --> 0:02:02.480 But you know that fun moment, it really is catching on. 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:04.120 I know you guys put it out there that the 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:07.760 Bears organization does on social media after it happens. But 0:02:07.920 --> 0:02:10.280 just Stephen talking to the guys that that little bit 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:13.720 of private time means something. It does, it's that's why 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:16.560 we do what we do. And uh, these guys they 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:19.200 work so hard and they put in so many hours 0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:22.120 and there's there's just so much that goes on to 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:24.880 get those wins. And when you do get them, celebrate them, 0:02:25.160 --> 0:02:27.080 you know, have fun, like we always say, let your 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:30.280 personality show. And those guys enjoy it. It's a time 0:02:30.320 --> 0:02:32.839 for them to bond. And for those that can't dance, 0:02:32.880 --> 0:02:35.320 they'll sit there and watch and and uh, it's just 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:37.720 it's a it's a good five five minutes, you know 0:02:37.800 --> 0:02:40.840 of just uh you know, understanding that it took a 0:02:40.840 --> 0:02:43.720 lot of effort to get that win together and now 0:02:43.760 --> 0:02:46.520 celebrate it and and uh get ready for the next game. 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:50.120 Picks the music. We have some people internally that go ahead, 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:51.960 and then some of the players as well, they'll put 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:54.280 they'll give some input and and so they try to 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:56.360 switch it around with who has the most input and 0:02:56.400 --> 0:02:59.120 who does it each week. So um, hopefully there's a 0:02:59.120 --> 0:03:01.200 lot of songs, because that means there's a lot of wins. 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:06.320 You had Jordan Howard break you down. Why, Well, Jordan's 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:09.480 a big part of this team. And I just thought yesterday, Um, 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:12.600 you know, he ended up having around twenty two carries, 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:15.680 sixteen of him in the second half, and and every 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:17.680 game is gonna be a little bit different. And Jordan, 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:20.880 anybody that knows Jordan is you know, he's an introverted, quiet, 0:03:21.040 --> 0:03:24.000 quiet person. But when he when he's out there on 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:25.960 the field, he runs the ball hard. And and I 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:28.160 just thought yesterday it was a it was an example 0:03:28.200 --> 0:03:31.280 of us just continuing to stick with the run and 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:34.600 the big old line on offense. We got into four minute, 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:36.400 we had to lead and they know we're running the 0:03:36.440 --> 0:03:39.760 football and Jordan had that nice twenty four yard run 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:41.840 with some great blocking by the old line and it 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:44.600 just felt right, you know. And and he's been doing 0:03:44.600 --> 0:03:46.520 everything that we asked him to do. And it was 0:03:46.560 --> 0:03:48.720 a little bit of a sloppy weather game and not 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:50.160 not a lot of rain, but it was it was 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:52.839 it was a game for him to carry that ball 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:54.080 around a little bit, and I thought he did a 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:57.040 great job. Prelude of what's to come. Yeah, sure, you know, honestly, 0:03:57.080 --> 0:04:00.520 with the weather and so forth. But you know, those 0:04:00.560 --> 0:04:03.040 are always important things that we talked about it last week. 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:06.120 In this offense, second half is where you're gonna get 0:04:06.120 --> 0:04:08.720 your carries more than more than a lot of times. 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:11.480 That's how this goes. And now there's times too when 0:04:11.680 --> 0:04:14.400 we started running the ball early that first drive yesterday, 0:04:14.440 --> 0:04:18.800 and and uh, there's gonna be adjustments by the defense. Uh, 0:04:18.880 --> 0:04:21.000 some games you will see more runs in the first half, 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:22.839 but but a lot of times, if you are running 0:04:22.839 --> 0:04:24.480 the ball more in the third and fourth quarter, it's 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:27.200 because you have a lead. And so there's kind of 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:31.440 a philosophy of trying to get to lead early. And 0:04:32.320 --> 0:04:34.320 every game is a little bit different. But when when 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:35.880 you do get a chance to get in the fourth 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:37.960 quarter and you have a double digit lead or you're 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:39.760 you're winning and you're a head and you've got to 0:04:39.800 --> 0:04:42.640 get first downs by running the football, Um, then we 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:45.120 feel very comfortable with who we have. You had the 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:47.480 lead and you never gave up the lead. But there 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:50.080 were moments when and as has happened throughout the course 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:52.720 of the season at will with a young team in particular, 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:55.680 you'll hurt yourself every now and again. That just gives 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:59.040 that a little bit of nervousness to the equation a 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:01.200 little bit. And that happened again yesterday. Yeah, there was. 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:03.359 There was a couple of times, you know, two of 0:05:03.400 --> 0:05:05.400 them to stick out to me. The where the penalties 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:09.160 um defense is. The defense was playing great all day 0:05:09.480 --> 0:05:11.400 and forcing a lot of three an ounce and then 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:15.440 on third down made a great play and unfortunately Eddie 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:19.640 Jackson got called for the unnecessary roughness. And that's a 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:22.280 bang bang play. That's not easy for a defender to 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:25.600 not hit him, especially when we're preaching and teaching all 0:05:25.640 --> 0:05:28.560 week long about being physical and attacking and finishing and 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:31.240 so a lot of effort there by Eddie, and unfortunately 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:33.920 they called the penalty and and that's that's the rules. 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:38.400 And so they ended up leading into a touchdown. But 0:05:38.440 --> 0:05:41.000 then the next possession by the offense. I was impressed 0:05:41.040 --> 0:05:43.960 with how our guys pulled together offensively when it was 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:47.080 a seven point game to put together eight plays I 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:50.240 think seventy something yards, had five first downs and ended 0:05:50.240 --> 0:05:52.279 it with a touchdown to go back up fourteen. And 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:55.480 so I thought that was a really telling story of 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:59.160 who who our team is, how we stick together, and um, 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:00.800 it was just it was it was a good part 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:02.680 of the day and with Eddie and that, and he 0:06:02.760 --> 0:06:05.880 voiced his concerned about it in the locker room afterwards. Now, 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:08.720 the preach point would be this week, you'd still want 0:06:08.760 --> 0:06:11.560 them to play that aggressive, Yeah, because if he catches 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:14.520 the ball, um, you know, then he pops the ball 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:17.000 out and it makes a great play. And that's just 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:19.599 one of those ones that's it feels like it's the 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:22.840 gray area. It's it's the referees are making the right 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:25.160 call because that's the rules. But for us as coaches 0:06:25.160 --> 0:06:27.440 and him as a player, he's just trying to play 0:06:27.520 --> 0:06:31.240 hard and so um, you know, Fortunately we bounced back 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:33.320 from it and you learn from it, and if he 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:35.440 sees that happened next time, maybe he does pull up. 0:06:36.160 --> 0:06:39.960 We invariably talk about offense first on this show almost 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:43.040 every bit, and we already did a little bit, but 0:06:43.120 --> 0:06:45.640 I wanted to just really pump up the defense because 0:06:46.240 --> 0:06:48.440 they had an opponent on the ropes and that pony 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:50.440 came in on the ropes a little bit, just underman 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:52.240 a little bit, and not that the Bears were one 0:06:52.320 --> 0:06:55.600 hundred percent without Khalil, but really put up season high 0:06:55.680 --> 0:06:59.200 numbers across the board, creativity on the blitzes. And I 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:02.800 want to talk about Bryce Callahan. I mean, we did 0:07:02.800 --> 0:07:05.960 a feature on on our Beame Game Today Live show 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:10.920 this week ironically and not purposely, but just emphasizing the 0:07:10.960 --> 0:07:14.000 difficulty of that nickel position. And a guy who's five 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:16.760 to nine and he's climbing the ladder to take on 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:20.920 tight ends and big receivers and playing physical and playing loose, 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:24.840 and he has the freedom and the confidence to blitz 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:27.800 because he's got a coach who believes in him, and 0:07:27.840 --> 0:07:29.800 he puts that on together and he puts a game 0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:32.640 like that together yesterday. Sure. Yeah, it's it's when you 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:36.400 have a nickel that plays inside that has the athleticism 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:38.920 that Bryce has, it's a benefit and it's an advantage 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:41.760 for our defense. I thought Vic, the coaches and the 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:44.680 players did a really good job at coming in at 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:47.520 understanding that we had to stop the run first. And 0:07:47.840 --> 0:07:49.400 if you go back and look at the numbers on 0:07:49.480 --> 0:07:53.200 first down, really good numbers at stopping the run. And 0:07:53.440 --> 0:07:55.840 when you do that, then you can force teams into second, 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:58.680 a long third or long and that's always advantage defense. 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:00.680 So number one stopped the run. And then when you 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:03.200 talk about Bryce, you know there was a couple of 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:05.880 Nickel blitzes where he came off the slot and uh, 0:08:05.920 --> 0:08:08.240 and and all that does is that edge pressure can 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:12.360 create some some issues for the quarterback in regards the timing. 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:14.280 He's got to move his feet. He feels some color 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:16.800 or some the jersey, you know color coming off the side, 0:08:16.800 --> 0:08:19.760 and now it just takes them off a quick tick 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:21.800 and then to be able to make some tackles and 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:25.040 to make some pass breakups. He's he's very underrated and 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:27.440 does a good job in there in the slot. And 0:08:27.480 --> 0:08:29.760 you guys were in nickel a ton yesterday almost the 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:33.800 entire game. Uh, they still couldn't run against that. So yeah, 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:36.079 everybody doing their job, it is. And that's the guys 0:08:36.120 --> 0:08:37.840 up front too, and they're they're going to be able 0:08:37.840 --> 0:08:40.440 to hold off, hold off to double teams, let the 0:08:40.480 --> 0:08:43.200 linebackers run into those gaps and make plays. And then 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:45.760 anytime he gets the second or third level, then the 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:47.800 DB's got to step up and make tackles. That's Matt 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:50.840 Naggie Coaches Show underway here from Hatta Saw. It's brought 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:54.320 to you by Whippley Financial Advisors, The Bears Coaches Show 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:57.400 with head coach Matt Naggie and Bill u bbm' Jeff 0:08:57.440 --> 0:09:00.600 Joniak continue it waits the snap five of the play 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:03.560 clock takes the snap gives it a look left. Trubisky 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:06.480 throwing left side of the end zone, catch his mate 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:10.280 backing up. They did not say now they do touchdown 0:09:10.320 --> 0:09:14.680 Bears how to throw to the left side Anthony Miller 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:17.120 with a grab. They had to make sure its pet 0:09:17.160 --> 0:09:19.200 were down to the back of the end zone. Defending 0:09:19.240 --> 0:09:22.920 the play. Puster screen the rookie from Memphis from four 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:26.120 yards and that was a big touchdown play. And Matt 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:27.959 Nagi here on The Bears Coaches Show, brought to you 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:32.040 by Whipley Financial Advisors, a proud partner of the Chicago Bears. 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:35.320 You said yesterday and again today as a significant throw, 0:09:35.800 --> 0:09:38.559 significant play and a chemistry between the two on the 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:42.160 back shoulder. Yeah, that was a great throw, really great catch. 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:43.960 And then for Anthony to be able to get his 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:47.840 butt down in bounds counts as two feet, you know. 0:09:48.000 --> 0:09:51.600 So they dropped eight defenders into coverage, they had an 0:09:51.640 --> 0:09:54.640 extra guy. They only rushed three. When that happens it's 0:09:54.679 --> 0:09:58.080 more difficult for the quarterback. There's less lanes to throw 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:01.000 the ball, so Mitch had more time, made it trusted 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:03.760 Anthony on the corner route. The guy had pretty good 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:06.120 coverage buster screen had good coverage, and he threw a 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:08.840 back shoulder. Anthony made a great catch, got his butt 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:11.520 down in bounds and got the touchdown on a big 0:10:11.559 --> 0:10:14.160 third down that dB. You know, he doesn't get his 0:10:14.200 --> 0:10:16.600 head around too fast and not even maybe he got 0:10:16.600 --> 0:10:18.679 a glimpse, but that that's where you can do that 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:21.400 back shoulder for sure. Yeah, No, that that's h and 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:24.679 that takes Uh, there's trust with your receiver, right, and 0:10:24.720 --> 0:10:26.720 then for the receiver to have trust and knowing that 0:10:26.720 --> 0:10:28.920 the quarterback is going to throw it, then Anthony had 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:31.480 to make the catch. And so for him to make 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:34.640 that catch, uh, he ran a good route. They had 0:10:34.679 --> 0:10:36.760 pretty good coverage on him, and then it was a 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:40.000 really good throw by Mitch. And you know, the two 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:43.760 of them hamn't connected on a high percentage yet. Right again, 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:46.840 the day to day growth though, any kind of success, 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:48.880 what does that do for the two of them, Well, 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:50.880 it helps them and they're both you know, you're you're 0:10:50.920 --> 0:10:53.960 looking at one guy that's a rookie, um, just in 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:56.559 this offense and the other one is in his second 0:10:57.000 --> 0:10:59.240 year per se in the NFL, but really as a 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:02.040 rookie in this fense. So that timing is gonna come 0:11:02.200 --> 0:11:06.280 and the more type of throws that they have like that, Um, 0:11:06.320 --> 0:11:09.800 just it's just gonna build more and more. It'll be gradual. Um. 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:13.120 But as you as you'll see here over time, Uh, 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:16.319 Anthony's a really good receiver and he'll he'll have that 0:11:16.360 --> 0:11:19.719 bond in that connection with Mitch. Late in the game, 0:11:19.800 --> 0:11:23.160 Kyle Long gets injured. Um, you guys have talked about it. 0:11:23.160 --> 0:11:25.000 It's gonna be twenty four to forty eight hours before 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:27.720 you know and any real details on the extent of 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:31.760 the injury and whatnot. And everybody's talking about it the 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:33.880 same way. They feel awful for the game because he's 0:11:34.120 --> 0:11:37.080 overcome a lot. Yeah he has, and that's ah, but 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:39.280 it's a part of the game and Kyle knows that. 0:11:39.320 --> 0:11:42.080 And uh, um you know he got it rolled up 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:44.280 pretty good when you see it on tape and was 0:11:44.320 --> 0:11:46.920 in some pain. So, like like we said this morning, 0:11:46.960 --> 0:11:49.440 the next twenty four or forty eight hours, he's going 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:52.240 through that evaluation process to know exactly what it is, 0:11:52.240 --> 0:11:54.400 and then we'll know more for him as far as 0:11:54.440 --> 0:11:57.480 what his future holds and how that thing goes. But um, 0:11:57.600 --> 0:11:59.160 you know, we have we have a bunch of guys 0:11:59.240 --> 0:12:02.679 that are close, you know, in particular on the offensive line. 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:05.960 We have good depth there and I think Kyle'll be 0:12:05.960 --> 0:12:07.800 the first to tell you if it was any other position, 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:10.720 including his, it's it's the next man up and we 0:12:10.760 --> 0:12:13.559 gotta stit together. We got a rally make sure that 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:17.960 whoever it is until we find out exactly what it 0:12:18.040 --> 0:12:20.160 is what Kyle, hey, next guy's in And let's go 0:12:20.520 --> 0:12:24.080 safe to say at least missed this game coming up. 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:27.120 I would imagine, yeah, go ahead, Well yeah, again, we 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:29.120 don't know for sure, but it could yeah, it could. 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:30.560 It could be. I mean, he was in some pain 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:32.440 and so we'll just have to you know, once we 0:12:32.559 --> 0:12:34.240 know more than it will be a lot clear force. 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:37.600 What I was driving at is. So with Kush coming back, 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:40.800 you know, Brian Witzman that you had thirteen games and 0:12:40.880 --> 0:12:44.360 starting experience with last year, would you be open to 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:46.800 keeping guys in similar spots so you don't have the 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:49.200 wholesale changes on the offensive line Because you just said 0:12:49.200 --> 0:12:52.320 even today. You were really happy with the protection yesterday 0:12:52.679 --> 0:12:55.960 against the pretty you know, pressure pack defense, Yeah, they were. 0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:58.200 They did a lot yesterday the Jets. A lot of 0:12:58.240 --> 0:13:00.840 games were the ends in the town acles twist and 0:13:00.840 --> 0:13:02.840 they stunt, they try to get you off levels, and 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:05.920 the offensive line did a really good job of working 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:09.400 through those games. So now with Kyle's situation, we'll off 0:13:09.440 --> 0:13:12.080 to see how that goes where he's at. But like 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:15.640 I said, between having James, Daniels, Kush and Witzman, we 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:18.600 have three guys there that if we need to, we'll 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:20.760 take those three guys. We'll figure out what's best for 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:23.199 him where they where they work best at. And that's 0:13:23.200 --> 0:13:25.920 where Harry comes in. Harry Easton, our offensive line coach, 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:28.040 will come in and put them in a good situation 0:13:28.120 --> 0:13:32.200 and and just really focus on what we need to 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:34.440 do and then we just keep going along. All right. 0:13:34.480 --> 0:13:37.080 We're with Bears head coach Matt Neggie. The Chicago Bears 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:39.560 Network presents Inside the Bears, brought to you by Verizon. 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:42.800 Anthony Adams and Lorden Screeden cover the world of Bears football, 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:44.720 on and off the field, every Sunday night at eleven 0:13:44.760 --> 0:13:47.480 o five pm on Fox thirty two Chicago, or watch 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:49.960 anytime at Chicago Bears dot com or on the Bears 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:54.800 official f No more of the Bears Coaches Show with 0:13:54.920 --> 0:13:57.920 head coach Matt Maggie on News where Toyo seven eighty 0:13:57.960 --> 0:14:01.679 and one oh five point nine FM w bb coing 0:14:01.720 --> 0:14:06.400 in the game, Jerbisky looks things over. Jets are bringing extras. 0:14:06.400 --> 0:14:10.080 Scherbisky floks a pass put white open. There goes toing forty, 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:14.439 Mickfield big luck to the thirty to the twenty angle 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:20.760 ten five hands up touchdown. They beat the Blitz touchdown pairs. 0:14:21.040 --> 0:14:25.120 They got the laid Cohen seventy yard catching run, the 0:14:25.280 --> 0:14:27.720 longest play of the season and third time in four 0:14:27.760 --> 0:14:31.160 games for three cone, one hundred plush yards from scrimmage. 0:14:31.280 --> 0:14:34.240 He is hit a groove yey he has. He's uh, 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:36.400 he's a weapon, as we know. You know, he's able 0:14:36.440 --> 0:14:39.720 to do things into batfield, running the ball um uh. 0:14:39.760 --> 0:14:41.800 And then you get him into backfield and you want 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:43.200 to go ahead and throw a screen or you want 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:45.400 to motion the mountain, run some routes with him. He's 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:48.200 very dynamic and uh, you know him and Mitch they're 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:51.440 they're timing, they're they're getting that down. And yesterday Mitch 0:14:51.520 --> 0:14:54.040 just made a great, great pass over top some defenders 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:57.320 and Terik kind of did a great jobs, you know, 0:14:57.400 --> 0:15:00.120 squeezing through a bunch of guys to to leak out 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:01.960 on the screen, make a great catching, a great run. 0:15:02.200 --> 0:15:04.880 Let's not forget Taylor game. Bro Yeah, unbelievable block. Have 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:07.400 been a shorter play, big block, Yeah, yeah, absolutely, And 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:11.280 that's that's the difference between um, you know, like a 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:13.640 thirty five yard game versus a seventy yard game and 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:16.200 a touchdown in points. And so that's what it takes 0:15:16.280 --> 0:15:18.600 is the little things and everybody on every play, all 0:15:18.680 --> 0:15:21.000 eleven players doing their job. And when you do that 0:15:21.480 --> 0:15:23.800 and you execute it, then like I said yesterday, those 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:25.720 are those are the fun ones that teach off of 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:28.560 ton of yards after the catch yesterday and in your 0:15:28.600 --> 0:15:30.440 history there have been a lot of big yard after 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:32.880 the catch seasons for you. It's not just the guys 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:35.600 who can catch and run, But do you demand your 0:15:35.640 --> 0:15:38.600 receivers on everywhere you've been that they have to block 0:15:38.800 --> 0:15:41.560 they need to And the reason being is that there's 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:44.520 just in this offense, there's a lot of different guys 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:47.120 that can catch balls at different times predicator based off 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:49.920 of the defense and whatever coverage they want to play. 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:52.960 So you will see different guys catch balls. And because 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:55.120 of that, the guys that are different that aren't catching 0:15:55.120 --> 0:15:58.400 the ball, they need to block. Our guys recognize that. 0:15:58.440 --> 0:16:00.680 They realize that Mike Ferry or wider sever coach does 0:16:00.680 --> 0:16:05.000 a really good job at teaching that to our young guys. 0:16:05.040 --> 0:16:08.680 And and you know, whether you're twenty yards down field 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:10.720 or your five yards down field, it's important to make 0:16:10.720 --> 0:16:13.160 those blocks. Protecting the ball was one of your keys 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:15.680 again this week. It always will be. But now looking 0:16:15.680 --> 0:16:20.160 back our statman Doug Clutti, So when Mitch's nineteen starts, 0:16:20.200 --> 0:16:23.160 he's lost the turnover battle only in three games in 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:25.800 his career, in ninth straight of not losing the battle, 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:28.000 including all seven this year for the first time since 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:31.680 a very long time here in Bears history. Does that 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:35.120 say something about him? Yeah, yeah, for sure. It's it's 0:16:35.680 --> 0:16:38.040 we talk about ball security, and we talk about on 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:41.560 the offensive side, respect the football, and when you win 0:16:41.640 --> 0:16:47.000 that turnover margin battle with your opponent, you have the 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:49.760 percentages of winning are higher. And that's for the season 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:51.520 as well. And right now we're doing a good job 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:56.440 at taking the ball away from these offenses. And then 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:59.520 when we're on offense, we're protecting in respecting the football. 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:02.640 You match those two together and that helps you win 0:17:02.720 --> 0:17:06.919 games defense three and outs, six of them yesterday, I 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:08.920 think on the first ten possessions of the game. Maybe 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:11.520 I think that was accurate. But it's a fewest in 0:17:11.520 --> 0:17:14.480 the NFL right now, fewest first downs allowed, only fifteen 0:17:14.560 --> 0:17:19.160 red zone drives allowed. This is preventing teams from getting 0:17:19.160 --> 0:17:22.760 in any sort of rhythm, clearly right it is. And 0:17:23.160 --> 0:17:26.639 I think when when you're able to get to the 0:17:26.760 --> 0:17:29.440 offense off the field and create three and ouns. What 0:17:29.480 --> 0:17:31.400 it can do too is for the play caller, they're 0:17:31.400 --> 0:17:33.200 trying to figure out you know you're there, you're doing 0:17:33.240 --> 0:17:36.520 something right. So I thought defensively for us, again, it 0:17:36.600 --> 0:17:39.600 starts on first down. If you can, um you know, 0:17:39.680 --> 0:17:42.320 keep them to second and eight second and nine second 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:45.880 and ten, now you have a great chance to get 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:49.480 them into a longer third down distance, which again has 0:17:49.520 --> 0:17:53.040 advantaged defense. And so we we we stayed that course yesterday. 0:17:54.000 --> 0:17:55.800 And when you do that now, now you've got to 0:17:55.840 --> 0:17:57.760 be good and special teams too, and if the field 0:17:57.760 --> 0:18:00.679 position becomes a part of the game because they're not 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:03.160 flipping the field when they're not getting first down, so 0:18:03.840 --> 0:18:07.359 it all kind of works together. And then I just 0:18:07.600 --> 0:18:10.280 I just think that the guys really rallied together yesterday. 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:12.800 They were playing fast, they were flying around, and it 0:18:12.920 --> 0:18:16.359 started from the very beginning the first drive and really 0:18:16.359 --> 0:18:19.359 went throughout the game. You guys showed up with a 0:18:19.880 --> 0:18:23.080 great idea with the throwback uniforms, which looked great. I 0:18:23.080 --> 0:18:24.760 think fans love them. And then you took the ball 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:27.399 and ran with it even further. The genesis of that 0:18:27.480 --> 0:18:30.040 idea of having players pick up a Bears legend and 0:18:30.119 --> 0:18:32.480 you've shown up at the press conference and George Hollis 0:18:32.560 --> 0:18:35.639 number seven a nice touch to the day. Sure, No, 0:18:35.760 --> 0:18:39.480 it was, and collectively it was all of us within 0:18:39.520 --> 0:18:41.200 the organization. There was a few of us that got 0:18:41.200 --> 0:18:43.800 together and just decided to, you know, just could be 0:18:43.840 --> 0:18:45.919 something neat to do. And that's what I think is 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:47.879 so special about who we have in this building and 0:18:47.880 --> 0:18:51.320 who we have in this team and coaches, players, management. 0:18:51.800 --> 0:18:53.680 We all think the same thing and we knew it 0:18:53.680 --> 0:18:56.560 would be special. We all kind of just started putting 0:18:56.600 --> 0:18:58.280 our minds together and how we can make it work. 0:18:58.320 --> 0:19:00.520 And we did it. You know, the guys. The guys 0:19:00.600 --> 0:19:02.760 enjoyed it. It was really neat to see them grab 0:19:02.840 --> 0:19:05.560 their jerseys after our team meeting, get the team picture 0:19:06.320 --> 0:19:08.000 at the end of it, and then and then seeing 0:19:08.000 --> 0:19:10.280 some of the guys come in game day with that, 0:19:10.400 --> 0:19:14.000