WEBVTT - Analysis of Bears performance vs. Buccaneers | Bears, etc. Podcast 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:03.600 Right, justin middle to field forty five fifteen, bring Russ 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:06.160 in front of a leading Lions in this way, I 0:00:06.200 --> 0:00:09.040 am Jeff jonihacklitz is on Don. 0:00:10.760 --> 0:00:14.760 R Wolves like playing for Coachy boddom Ah. I don't 0:00:14.760 --> 0:00:17.439 want to answer any questions like that. Sixty one yards? 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:24.320 What's Sunday stroll for? Justin Field? 0:00:25.320 --> 0:00:28.400 Ye Bears et Cetera with the voices of the Chicago 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:34.280 Bears Jeff Joniac And when you start talking about wins 0:00:34.320 --> 0:00:36.760 and losses and why or how they occur, you gotta 0:00:36.840 --> 0:00:40.519 talk about opportunities, the ones a team takes advantage of 0:00:40.560 --> 0:00:43.800 and the ones they don't. Every snap really does matter. 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:46.280 We're going to discuss all that coming up today in 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:48.920 episode seventeen of The Bears et Cetera podcast with Super 0:00:48.920 --> 0:00:51.599 Bowl winning Bear Tom Thayer. I'm Jeff Jonahac. Coming up 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:53.680 each week we'll talk with Matt eber Flush. We'll hear 0:00:53.680 --> 0:00:56.560 from him later on. Thanks as always to producers Dan Brilly, 0:00:56.680 --> 0:00:59.240 Jordan tread Up, and Katie Tuber. Tom. How are you feeling, buddy? 0:00:59.280 --> 0:01:02.440 How you feeling about the game. I know how you're feeling. 0:01:02.640 --> 0:01:05.120 I know you're zero and two doesn't feel good, right? 0:01:05.160 --> 0:01:05.880 Now no. 0:01:06.120 --> 0:01:08.320 But you know, I think when you play football and 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:10.319 you invest your whole life in it, you always have 0:01:10.440 --> 0:01:14.360 to watch a game to enjoy the game. But then 0:01:14.440 --> 0:01:16.600 after you go out and study football, you have to 0:01:16.640 --> 0:01:18.480 see how corrections can be made. 0:01:18.720 --> 0:01:21.199 Jeff. In the life of me playing football. 0:01:20.800 --> 0:01:22.720 I don't think there's ever been a game where it 0:01:22.720 --> 0:01:25.720 hasn't been a correction that's been able to be made, 0:01:26.200 --> 0:01:29.080 no matter how good the play is or how bad 0:01:29.120 --> 0:01:31.720 the play is. So I think that's the process that 0:01:31.760 --> 0:01:33.760 you have to go through at this point. You have 0:01:33.840 --> 0:01:36.440 to keep the assistant coaches in the positive frame of 0:01:36.480 --> 0:01:39.680 mind as they coach the players through tape, and you 0:01:39.800 --> 0:01:43.000 have to take them out in the field and try 0:01:43.000 --> 0:01:47.120 to process the information in an athletic aggressive way. 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:49.800 Twenty seven to seventeen to the final, the game was 0:01:49.840 --> 0:01:52.080 there to be won throughout the course of the day 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:56.480 despite some of the problems that they experienced in being 0:01:56.560 --> 0:02:00.200 consistent throughout the day. And there are likely in any game, 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:02.840 no matter what week, five or six plays on both 0:02:02.880 --> 0:02:04.760 sides of the ball that in the end are the 0:02:05.040 --> 0:02:07.480 reason for the outcome, and I think we can pinpoint 0:02:07.720 --> 0:02:10.200 all of those in this particular game. We'll hear from 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:13.040 Matt Eberflu's doing the same. It's the plays you make 0:02:13.080 --> 0:02:15.960 in the place, don't make tom And so let's start 0:02:15.960 --> 0:02:18.600 with the positives and the plays they did make against 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:20.760 Tampa Bay. And I'm going to start on the offensive 0:02:20.800 --> 0:02:23.160 side of the ball, and certainly the connection with DJ 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:26.680 Moore and Chase Claypool, and then the justin fields touchdown 0:02:26.720 --> 0:02:30.720 our places to start. Twenty nine yard run by Roshawn Johnson, 0:02:31.040 --> 0:02:34.239 a good run by Khalil Herbert, a couple of successful screens, 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:37.040 and therefore those are the positives. What do you think 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:37.959 if I missed anything? 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:41.600 No, you know, I agree with you wholeheartedly. 0:02:41.720 --> 0:02:44.520 I think, you know, using cole Kmet Moore as a target, 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:47.200 you know, like we talked about it on first down, 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:49.840 to make yourself in a more makeable second, third down, 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:54.200 the continuous targeting of a guy like Chase Claypool. Don't 0:02:54.240 --> 0:02:56.639 forget about him just because of the criticism he took 0:02:56.639 --> 0:02:59.560 from the public after week one. And I think DJ 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:02.040 Moore deserves more opportunities. 0:03:02.240 --> 0:03:03.800 And I think he's. 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:06.440 A type of guy that should be targeted ten times 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:09.880 a week. And I do think that there's a courses 0:03:09.960 --> 0:03:12.040 in the game that you have to revisit the plays 0:03:12.040 --> 0:03:16.360 that are successful early in the game. You know, Jeff, 0:03:16.440 --> 0:03:19.480 the game that we did against the New England Patriots 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:23.480 years ago, when Tom Brady was really successful against the Bears, 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:26.880 he threw the same play to the same player for 0:03:27.080 --> 0:03:30.720 eleven completions. And so I think the Bears are capable 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:33.560 of that. If you find a play that Justin is 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:36.720 more than comfortable with where he can either target his 0:03:36.800 --> 0:03:40.760 wide receiver downfield or pull the ball and go and 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:43.920 put the defense in a negative position, I think you 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:46.520 have to take advantage of it more than once. But 0:03:46.760 --> 0:03:48.880 like you're talking about, I think the Bears are running 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:53.280 screens very well. I think Roshan Johnson has explosiveness at 0:03:53.280 --> 0:03:55.600 the line of scrimmage that if you give him an 0:03:55.960 --> 0:04:00.480 outside crease he's got the speed to take it field 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:02.960 and the willingness to low his shoulder against the third 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:06.000 level to have extra yards attached to it. And that's 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:09.040 the one thing that encourages me about Khalil Herbert. He's 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:12.440 not an easy tackle, so when you have the opportunities 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:15.440 for him to carry the ball, you know, you're always 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:18.400 talking about getting the extra two or three that's important 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:19.200 to this offense. 0:04:19.760 --> 0:04:22.320 So now the consistency of that and knowing what you're 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:25.000 seeing and trusting what you see and just making a play. 0:04:25.000 --> 0:04:27.040 We're gonna hear from Darnell Mooney here in a second. 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:31.400 Darnell made a great point the discussion about justin fields 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:35.719 and throwing guys open or finding open receivers instead of 0:04:35.760 --> 0:04:38.560 taking a sack or just getting rid of the ball. Quicker, 0:04:39.000 --> 0:04:41.640 you know, it's all about just Hey, it's on us, 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:46.279 Mooney said, it's on us. Claypole, me, Dj. The guys 0:04:46.640 --> 0:04:48.800 give it, give us a shot, trust us to make 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:51.880 the play, and then it's on us. I love that comment. 0:04:51.920 --> 0:04:53.880 We're gonna hear about it in a second. But how 0:04:54.400 --> 0:04:55.279 did you process that? 0:04:55.920 --> 0:04:57.679 I think it's a great comment, Jeff. 0:04:57.839 --> 0:04:59.840 You know, I think when you the whole team gets 0:04:59.839 --> 0:05:02.880 to together, you know, seven on seven and the playmakers 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:07.040 of the team. You know, justin if it's third and thirteen, 0:05:07.240 --> 0:05:10.800 he doesn't have to throw a thirteen yard completion. If 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:15.080 he throws an eight yard completion with momentum or eleven 0:05:15.160 --> 0:05:17.440 yard completion to a guy like DJ Moore, that's a 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:18.280 difficult tackle. 0:05:18.760 --> 0:05:21.520 You have the opportunity to turn that into a first down. 0:05:21.960 --> 0:05:25.400 So sometimes I think when they get themselves into these 0:05:25.560 --> 0:05:29.400 third and long scenarios, Justin puts so much on himself 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:32.640 to be the reason the play succeeds. I think that's 0:05:32.680 --> 0:05:35.719 a little unfair to him. I think the offensive line 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:37.960 is getting to know each other a little bit better, 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:41.160 so I think they can use multiple protections during the 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:43.680 course of a game, no matter what front they're seeing. 0:05:44.240 --> 0:05:47.240 So when Justin feels comfortable with the protection that he's 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:49.760 called in the huddle, I think that he has to 0:05:49.800 --> 0:05:53.200 put that onus, like Darnell Mooney says, on the receivers 0:05:53.279 --> 0:05:54.719 and allow them to make the play. 0:05:54.880 --> 0:05:57.000 Here's what Mooney said. It had us on Monday. 0:05:57.320 --> 0:05:59.600 That's something that we feel that we're capable of doing. 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:02.800 It starts to, just like I said, putting the ball 0:06:02.800 --> 0:06:05.200 in the playmaker's hands. Put the ball in DJ's hands. 0:06:05.200 --> 0:06:07.960 The first couple of plays you see gets us down 0:06:08.600 --> 0:06:10.920 down to the end zone pretty fast. And just like 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:13.320 I said, allowing us to be accountable, allowing us to 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:16.239 make those plays or don't make those plays and blame 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:17.800 it on us, We'll take the blank for sure. 0:06:17.920 --> 0:06:20.680 So just allowing us to be accountable for those. 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:22.599 So, by the way, money thinks he's going to be Okay, 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:24.640 Tom bruise on the knee. 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:28.200 Put on knee pads, de emphasize the importance of knee 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:30.960 pads in college football game. Now all these kids come 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:34.240 out of college and they're we're basically wearing shorts. When 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:38.719 you're in the NFL, they're emphasizing all tacklers to go 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:41.640 lower on the body because they're staying away from the head. 0:06:42.200 --> 0:06:44.520 Now you have these guys that have little to know 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:47.480 knee pads on, and when you do get a shoulder pad, 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:50.080 you get a helmet, you fall on a hard piece 0:06:50.120 --> 0:06:52.960 of the turf, then you can expose. 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:54.880 That possibility to happen. 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:57.640 So I just wish that all and I'm not and 0:06:57.640 --> 0:07:00.880 I'm not talking to Darnell. I'm talking to all football 0:07:00.920 --> 0:07:05.719 players on every level about protecting your knees. 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:09.159 And then money on If field should run more, that 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:12.040 was a question after four attempts in three yards. 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:14.320 You can't really say all those things. 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:16.600 I think last year you didn't really think he was 0:07:16.960 --> 0:07:19.480 doing that until we kind of changed things to make 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:22.880 it fit for our offense within what we had. So 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:24.840 we're still kind of trying to figure out what we 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:27.360 what we have what's where we're good at And you 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:29.880 didn't think he would just run the ball until probably 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:32.960 like a couple of weeks in the season where you're understanding, 0:07:32.960 --> 0:07:34.600 like this works for us, so we're going to continue 0:07:34.640 --> 0:07:36.560 to do that. So we're still trying to figure out 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:39.840 what works for us. And I mean it's not it's 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:42.000 not too soon, not too late or whatever to figure 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:43.800 those things out. Obviously, we don't want to be going 0:07:43.840 --> 0:07:46.360 to being if we're tuning over, we're not really talking 0:07:46.360 --> 0:07:48.280 about like what works, and we're probably still trying to 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:49.000 figure out what works. 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:50.920 But we're still trying to figure those things out. 0:07:51.080 --> 0:07:53.280 He brings up a great point. It took until the 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:55.360 middle of the season got to feel comfortable doing it. 0:07:55.400 --> 0:07:57.560 I did expect a little bit more yesterday. Got to 0:07:57.600 --> 0:08:00.360 give credit to the defense though the end state home. 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:03.000 They're waiting for it, so they weren't crashing down on 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:03.720 our po. 0:08:03.840 --> 0:08:05.000 So how do you change that? 0:08:06.160 --> 0:08:09.640 I think the Bears have not used enough moving pockets, 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:13.920 and whether it's naked bootlegs, bootlegs with protection, if it's 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:17.120 role protection, if it's waggle, which is kind of a 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:20.040 straight dropback, and then you meander off to the right, 0:08:20.160 --> 0:08:24.320 or the left. If Justin has those types of protections 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:27.120 and passes called as soon as he rolls out to 0:08:27.160 --> 0:08:30.160 the side and he sees his targets covered, it gives 0:08:30.200 --> 0:08:33.920 him more of an opportunity to run a field against 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:36.280 less bodies. If you try to keep him in the 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:38.800 pocket and run from inside the pocket. 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:40.120 You're going to run towards danger. 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:42.240 For all your journeys ahead, go with a partner who's 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:44.480 been on your team from the beginning, the one members 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:47.400 and communities have trusted for over eighty five years, Blue Crossing, 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:51.040 Blue Shield of Illinois, always standing by you, with you, 0:08:51.440 --> 0:08:54.520 for you, through it all. Jeff Joniak Tom Thayer on 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:58.080 the Bears, Etc. Podcast. We'll get into the defensive side 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:00.760 of the ball after we listen to head coach Matti Reflucing, 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:04.120 our weekly conversation with the Bears Boss. Well, welcome back 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:06.840 to the Bears Et Cetera Podcast. Matt, Let's start in 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:09.080 because last night on the Bears Game Night Live show, 0:09:09.120 --> 0:09:12.680 one of my featured tapes was talking about opportunity. You 0:09:12.679 --> 0:09:16.760 think only every snap matters in the playoffs, like that's 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:19.640 when the intent every stamp matters, But in reality, every 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:22.640 snap matters in the NFL, no matter of the season, 0:09:22.760 --> 0:09:25.079 when opportunity knocks, you got to open the door and 0:09:25.120 --> 0:09:27.040 you got to kick it down. And there were so 0:09:27.240 --> 0:09:28.240 many opportunities. 0:09:28.280 --> 0:09:31.200 I started out the team meeting with this morning, you know, 0:09:31.240 --> 0:09:33.240 and talking about opportunity. I had a lot of the 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:36.559 plays on there, you know, so you know, the Brisker interception, 0:09:36.920 --> 0:09:39.079 you know, the you know, the cost fumble that we had. 0:09:39.720 --> 0:09:43.560 We had caused a few fumbles, the sack opportunities that 0:09:43.600 --> 0:09:45.640 we that we need to finish those, and those are 0:09:45.640 --> 0:09:47.920 all opportunities to put the guys behind a six set 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:50.640 a short field for our offense, you know, And that's 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:51.400 winning football. 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:51.680 You know. 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:55.280 When we blocked the kick that we are line, excellent job, 0:09:55.360 --> 0:09:57.760 fifty yard line, and then we need to seize the 0:09:57.800 --> 0:10:00.840 opportunity there for a field goal or at least a touchdown. 0:10:01.160 --> 0:10:01.360 You know. 0:10:01.440 --> 0:10:04.320 So those I showed all those plays in the team 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:06.240 meeting today, you know. And then I said, I also 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:08.240 showed them what we did well. You know, I know, 0:10:08.280 --> 0:10:10.080 we had some opportunities that we didn't take care of 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:12.120 and that would have swung the game for sure, But 0:10:12.160 --> 0:10:13.680 I also showed them what we did well. I showed 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:15.520 them the explosive plays on the on the on the 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:19.600 two touchdown drives, those were excellent. I showed the defense 0:10:19.679 --> 0:10:22.240 of the stops they made to keep us in the 0:10:22.240 --> 0:10:25.440 game in the second half and certainly at the in 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:27.400 the fourth quarter to get our get the ball back 0:10:27.440 --> 0:10:29.800 for our offense to go for the go ahead score. 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:32.320 And uh, you know, so those are all things we 0:10:32.360 --> 0:10:34.600 did well. You know a lot of good plays were 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:37.640 made out there. But again, seizing those opportunities is what 0:10:37.800 --> 0:10:40.400 what wins and loses games and and we have to 0:10:40.400 --> 0:10:40.960 take care of that. 0:10:41.320 --> 0:10:44.240 And that goes for quarterback justin fields as well. I 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:46.760 think you'd agree there were some situations where they were 0:10:46.800 --> 0:10:49.240 open receivers. He held on the wall, maybe too long, 0:10:49.480 --> 0:10:53.440 didn't didn't fire, got hit, sack, whatever the case may be. 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:55.959 Those are opportunities you got to seize. 0:10:56.040 --> 0:10:58.480 Yeah, he would agree with that one hundred percent, you know, 0:10:58.600 --> 0:11:00.880 And you know, he's got to do a good job of, 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:03.040 you know, delivering the ball on time, and he's been 0:11:03.080 --> 0:11:05.240 doing that and he's doing it more consistent, but we 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:08.320 just need more consistency of that. You're seeing, you're seeing 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:12.880 an advancement from year one to year two in the system. 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:14.920 You're seeing flashes of that. Now, we just need to 0:11:14.920 --> 0:11:18.080 see more consistency with that. And when he feels that 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:20.839 pressure in his pocket presence, you know, just get rid 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:22.480 of the ball, you know, throw it at the guy's feet, 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:25.280 at Herbert's feet or whatever that might be. And you know, 0:11:25.559 --> 0:11:27.320 let's not take those sacks. You know, we can we 0:11:27.320 --> 0:11:31.280 can minimize you know, the losses there a little bit better. 0:11:31.320 --> 0:11:31.920 And he knows that. 0:11:32.840 --> 0:11:35.160 It's interesting because as a public speaker, when I do 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:38.400 big events or whatever, I'm always looking at the eyes 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:41.440 of the people. Okay, are they hearing what I'm saying? 0:11:42.040 --> 0:11:44.600 Are they reacting in a certain way? So when you 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:48.960 show those clips of the opportunities missed, do you see 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:51.120 the heads going? Do you see do you see it 0:11:51.200 --> 0:11:53.360 in your players? And they say, oh my gosh, yeah, 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:56.080 I mean obviously they know it. They know it deep 0:11:56.120 --> 0:11:58.400 down in their heart when it happens, like, you know, 0:11:58.559 --> 0:11:59.440 gotta gotta get that. 0:11:59.480 --> 0:12:02.200 But do you see yeah, oh yeah, those guys are 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:05.280 you know, they're workers and they believe in each other, 0:12:06.000 --> 0:12:08.760 you know, and they have a relationship with each other. 0:12:08.800 --> 0:12:11.840 They love each other. So those players are tight and 0:12:11.880 --> 0:12:13.560 they want to do it for each other, you know, 0:12:13.640 --> 0:12:16.199 those opportunities and see those opportunities. And I showed the 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:18.200 multitude of players you know, in there, so it could 0:12:18.200 --> 0:12:22.360 have been the offensive line, receiver, quarterback, you know, defensive line. 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:24.920 All the opportunities that we did have and that we 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:27.560 can take advantage of. And it's our job to see 0:12:27.640 --> 0:12:29.280 those opportunities. 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:29.040 You know. 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:32.360 I thought it's important to bring up the fact that, 0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:34.760 you know, sudden change is big in the league obviously 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:37.199 after turnovers, how a defense responds or how an offense 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:39.600 responds with sudden change for defense, and when you talk 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:41.760 about injuries, you know, you lose your two safeties for 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:44.679 a part of that game. And young guys come in, 0:12:44.920 --> 0:12:47.360 guys not with a lot of experience. But Quindel Johnson, 0:12:47.400 --> 0:12:50.199 the rookie out of Memphis, got amnt of waivers from 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:52.920 the Rams. Elijah Hicks has had plenty of playing time, 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:55.440 but you know, thrown in there in the heat. And 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:57.760 Greg Stroman, he's been on the roster, he's a veteran. 0:12:57.960 --> 0:13:01.800 But how did those three guysular handle their duties yesterday 0:13:01.920 --> 0:13:04.680 with that sudden change of an injury or a situation. 0:13:05.400 --> 0:13:06.400 I thought, well, you. 0:13:06.320 --> 0:13:08.800 Know, they were prepared, and that's a really a credit 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:11.960 to those players and also their coaches, you know. You know, 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:15.199 that's Andre Curtis, our safeties coach, you know, for the 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:17.840 coaches those two safeties, and he did a nice stob 0:13:17.840 --> 0:13:21.040 with preparing those guys. And also David Overstreet coaches our Nichols, 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:23.920 you know, so he was he's Stroman, you know, and 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:25.560 he does a good job with him too. And those 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:27.640 guys played solid. They were in there, they did what 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:29.920 they were supposed to do, and they had a solid 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:32.720 game for us. And you're gonna need that when you 0:13:32.800 --> 0:13:34.800 have injury, you know. And some of this was you know, 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:38.040 heat related or injury, but the guys did a nice 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:39.000 job coming in and stepping in. 0:13:39.000 --> 0:13:42.040 All right, Let's talk to what was the defensive coordinator yesterday, 0:13:42.040 --> 0:13:45.880 Matt Eberflus. Overall, I thought there were some really good 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:49.640 things stopping the run game, Gervon Dexter, making a couple 0:13:49.679 --> 0:13:52.680 of flash plays he was thrown aside guys and making 0:13:52.720 --> 0:13:58.560 plays and then the overall pressure didn't always finish, But 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:02.599 were you pleased with how you guys and and stopping 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:05.280 them on drives with short field goals that was important 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:07.720 to keep the game still in reach for the Bears. 0:14:07.760 --> 0:14:09.679 Throughout almost the entire sixty. 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:12.199 Yeah, I thought they guys played played well. You know, 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:14.280 they played well at some at points. You know, at 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:16.400 points we can certainly improve. We know that, you know, 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:18.600 certainly on the on the sacks and the takeaways. We 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:20.480 got to get those numbers right. Third out numbers we 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:22.280 got to get right. So you know, we're gonna have 0:14:22.320 --> 0:14:26.520 some focus areas on our defensive team this week and 0:14:26.560 --> 0:14:27.760 those will be what we focus on. 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:28.120 All right. 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:32.520 Kyler Gordon went through it last season. Also, Trakwon Brisker 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:36.040 goes through it last season. Rookie defensive backs Tyreek Stevenson 0:14:36.440 --> 0:14:38.240 knows he's going to have a target on his chest. 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:40.400 There's no way around it. We know he's tough minded, 0:14:40.560 --> 0:14:43.360 he invites it, he's good, he forgets. But you know 0:14:43.720 --> 0:14:46.600 now that you're knee deep in it and he faces 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:50.480 a great receiver like Mike Evans this week, how do 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:53.520 you evaluate where he's at and how do you monitor 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:55.520 that as you go through practice this week? 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:57.240 Yeah, you know he's in a good spot. You know, 0:14:57.280 --> 0:14:59.320 he's in a good spot mentally. You know, just a 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:01.560 couple little tech things. You know, John Hope coaches our 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:04.960 corners and he does an awesome job, and he'll get 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:06.360 him right. You know, he's been a coach for a 0:15:06.400 --> 0:15:09.080 long time and uh, you know, he's had rookies before 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:12.160 and developed those guys into really good players. So you know, 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:14.280 we expect the same about of Tyreek, you know. And 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:16.240 the biggest thing for him is that he has to learn. 0:15:16.320 --> 0:15:19.680 It's a learning experience. This first year. He's gonna learn 0:15:19.720 --> 0:15:22.320 a ton with the different skill sets that he has 0:15:22.360 --> 0:15:24.960 to cover, you know, and you know, Mike's Mike's a 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:27.800 unique skill set, you know, because he's long, he's fast, 0:15:27.880 --> 0:15:30.320 you know, and he can get behind people and uh, 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:32.000 you know that's the one thing that he's good at. 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:35.480 And so he'll learn from that and move forward and 0:15:35.560 --> 0:15:36.400 uh and prove of it. 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:41.880 We know that offensive line chemistry and playing together is significant. 0:15:41.960 --> 0:15:44.640 It's it's as long as the NFL has been around. 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:45.240 Uh. 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:48.000 I believe there were like almost nearly a dozen starting 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:51.480 combinations last year. I can't remember the exact number, and again, 0:15:52.160 --> 0:15:56.600 the intended five won't be available probably until week six. 0:15:57.560 --> 0:15:59.960 How is that impacting the offense right now? Because it's 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:01.320 not the same vibe every time. 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:03.800 You know, there's certainly an impact for sure, you know, 0:16:03.880 --> 0:16:06.760 Nate was you know, for personal reasons, wasn't there, you know, obviously, 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:09.360 Tevin and you know, so you're you're moving guys around 0:16:09.400 --> 0:16:11.680 a little bit. But you know, for the most part, 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:13.960 you know, the guys did a solid job yesterday, you know, 0:16:14.440 --> 0:16:16.480 you know, in protection, you know, it seemed like they're 0:16:16.520 --> 0:16:18.240 you know, they did a good job there for sure. 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:21.560 But again, we got to run the ball better. We 0:16:21.640 --> 0:16:24.240 got to do a good job in protection. And the 0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:26.200 guys there out there are going to be the guys 0:16:26.200 --> 0:16:28.520 who were playing with. So Simo does a good job 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:32.720 coaching those guys and they're they're ready to go, and 0:16:33.000 --> 0:16:34.200 you know, he's got to do a good job of 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:37.520 stepping up there and making your opportunity count. 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:40.000 In a backle like Roshan Gent, it doesn't matter who 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:42.920 the back if they rip off a big run excites 0:16:42.960 --> 0:16:45.680 the team twenty nine yards. Do you ever feel like, Okay, 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:47.000 let's feed the beast a little bit. 0:16:48.160 --> 0:16:49.520 Yeah, I mean, you know, he did, he did a 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:51.640 really nice job. I thought Herbert had some good runs 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:53.920 yesterday too. You know, he had some really good runs. 0:16:54.000 --> 0:16:56.120 Make some guys miss you know at the point of attack, 0:16:56.200 --> 0:16:58.560 you know, to keep the play alive. And I think 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:01.560 both those guys are really you know, starting to move up, 0:17:01.720 --> 0:17:02.920 you know, and we just got to do a good 0:17:03.000 --> 0:17:05.480 job of putting them in opportunities so they can be successful. 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:07.400 We could talk a long time, You're out of time, 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:09.680 So let's look at Kansas City, one of the great 0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:12.320 stadiums in the NFL to enjoy game as a fan, 0:17:12.400 --> 0:17:14.280 and I'm sure for a player to play in it. 0:17:14.720 --> 0:17:16.560 What are we facing here with the big red wave 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:18.199 of this defending world champs. 0:17:18.320 --> 0:17:20.080 Yeah, you know, just you know, a lot of skill. 0:17:20.280 --> 0:17:23.160 You know, their skill on both sides is really good. 0:17:23.240 --> 0:17:25.679 You know. Defensively, they they like the pressure, you know, 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:27.600 they're a big pressure team and they got some good 0:17:27.600 --> 0:17:28.040 players there. 0:17:28.080 --> 0:17:30.919 It's gonna be different kind of pressure too, right than balls. Yes, 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:31.880 it'll be different kind. 0:17:32.000 --> 0:17:34.240 It'll be different. There'll be some all outmax pressures and 0:17:34.280 --> 0:17:36.159 different things. And he'll create some new things. He has 0:17:36.200 --> 0:17:38.640 the designer blitzeres that he does every different every week, 0:17:38.720 --> 0:17:41.720 which are new, so he always does those things, you know. 0:17:41.960 --> 0:17:43.960 And then offensively, you know, Andy does a heck of 0:17:44.000 --> 0:17:46.360 a job, you know, scheming up different ways to get 0:17:46.359 --> 0:17:49.879 guys open, get his skill open. So you know, they 0:17:49.880 --> 0:17:52.240 did a nice stop running the ball yesterday, you know, 0:17:52.280 --> 0:17:54.879 in terms of their average, you know, and they really 0:17:54.880 --> 0:17:57.920 were you know, I know they had a hard fought 0:17:57.960 --> 0:18:00.720 battle yesterday, you know against Jacksonville, and I watched that 0:18:00.800 --> 0:18:03.720 game last night. But you know it's a you know, 0:18:03.760 --> 0:18:05.000 it's gonna be a big challenge for us. 0:18:05.080 --> 0:18:08.760