WEBVTT - Coaches Show: Nagy, Lucas on building winning roster 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:08.840 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network 0:00:11.360 --> 0:00:13.760 now on news radio seven eighty and one oh five 0:00:13.840 --> 0:00:17.000 point nine FM. This is the Bears Coaches Show with 0:00:17.160 --> 0:00:20.960 Bears Head Coach Matt Naggie, the coaching staff and Bears management. 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:23.520 The Bears Coaches Show was brought to you by Whitpley 0:00:23.800 --> 0:00:28.080 CBA's and Consultants and sponsored by Advocate Healthcare, Hilton and 0:00:28.200 --> 0:00:31.440 the Village of Bedford Park. Now from Hallis Hall, here's 0:00:31.480 --> 0:00:36.080 the Voice of the Bears w BBMS Jeff Joniac and 0:00:36.240 --> 0:00:38.199 a pleasant, good evening everybody, and welcome back to p 0:00:38.320 --> 0:00:41.120 NC Studios at Hallis Hall on a Bears Coaches Show 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:43.600 with Head Coach Matt Nagge Jeff Joniac with you until 0:00:43.600 --> 0:00:49.040 eight o'clock tonight. Mat Congratulations. A collective, unified effort from 0:00:49.040 --> 0:00:52.320 the game plan to the execution and the way you 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:56.000 guys beat the Vikings with a robust contribution from the 0:00:56.040 --> 0:00:58.960 sixty thousand fans that Soldier Field last night. It was 0:00:58.960 --> 0:01:01.280 a memorable night. You know, it's only one game, but 0:01:01.360 --> 0:01:03.640 everybody left there feeling pretty good about what's going on 0:01:03.680 --> 0:01:06.200 with this organization and this football team. Yeah, it was 0:01:06.400 --> 0:01:08.399 it was a special night, and you're right, you hit 0:01:08.400 --> 0:01:09.760 it right on the head. I mean it started with 0:01:09.800 --> 0:01:13.039 the fans, and I just know our players appreciate it 0:01:13.080 --> 0:01:15.840 so much for the support that they had from the 0:01:15.880 --> 0:01:18.560 first play on and uh, it just brings the energy 0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:20.800 up so much and the guys love that. And it's 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:25.319 in particular on defense. It was a game that you know, 0:01:25.400 --> 0:01:28.160 from the start, getting that that third and one stop there, 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:31.600 got the fans going, got the players going, went ahead 0:01:31.640 --> 0:01:33.440 and had a nice little drive and then from really 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:37.160 from then on the rest of the game, it was challenging. Now, 0:01:37.240 --> 0:01:39.280 that's a good defense that they have, it's a good 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:42.640 offense that they have in Minnesota, and so um, you know, 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:45.120 there were some times ever they started creeping back, but really, 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:48.640 all in all, the three phases came together collectively and 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:51.280 pulled out a great win. Yeah, that's true, because they're 0:01:51.280 --> 0:01:54.400 a team that you're not gonna easily just feel comfortable 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:57.040 with at any point of game. I'd imagine a because 0:01:57.240 --> 0:01:59.760 Kirk Cousins can throw fifty passes a game and get 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:02.400 Artig and so forth. But that defense will always be 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:05.760 ever present danger. But you guys never lost control of 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:08.800 the game. Did you always feel like you were in control. 0:02:08.880 --> 0:02:10.480 We felt pretty good and a lot of that was 0:02:10.480 --> 0:02:13.040 because of our defense. They were so dominant last night 0:02:13.080 --> 0:02:16.000 and you know, in that first half, I think for 0:02:16.040 --> 0:02:18.239 them to have five possessions three three and ounce and 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:22.800 two punts or the turnovers, it just collectively throughout the game, 0:02:22.840 --> 0:02:26.480 you could just feel that you felt in control. Now 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:28.960 on offense, that's in those type of games, you got 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:31.120 to make sure that you're real smart with the football, 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:33.720 you respect the football. Now, we did have the two 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:37.160 interceptions in the fumble, and we need to fix that. 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:40.960 We gotta stay away from that. But luckily with our defense, 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:44.320 they went ahead and flip that back to us. And 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:46.800 then again, the one thing is is when when you 0:02:46.880 --> 0:02:49.160 had that fumble in the red zone, uh, they only 0:02:49.160 --> 0:02:51.320 gave up a field goal and there wasn't a touchdown 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:53.400 and then so that that's big. How about this on 0:02:53.520 --> 0:02:56.679 the three sudden changes combined, twenty five yards allowed in 0:02:56.760 --> 0:03:00.200 six points. Yeah, that's that's rare. And that's where we're 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:02.240 at right now with this defense, and those guys are 0:03:02.240 --> 0:03:04.880 playing hard, their trust and everything that that the coaches 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:07.600 are teaching themen, and it's it's nice to be a 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:10.160 part of and like you've been talking about, they've been 0:03:10.160 --> 0:03:14.080 flying around, especially the run game, you know, just filling 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:16.680 their gaps properly and get into their spot quickly and 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:19.120 with a purpose. And so the end result is you 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:21.239 guys lead the NFL and rush defense, you lead the 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:24.280 NFL and yards pret carry alloud, and you know, you're 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:27.480 forcing teams to become one dimensional, which then allows everybody 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:29.480 else to fly around to the ball. And the end 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:32.080 result in this four game winning streak, ten takeaways, fourteen 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:36.080 three and outs and just twelve scoring drives. That's pretty 0:03:36.080 --> 0:03:40.560 significant and that really defines what this defense is capable. Now. Yeah, 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:43.040 they've they've been doing it from from really from the 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:45.800 start in Green Bay until now, and we had that 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:49.200 one game against Miami, but other than that, they've been 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:52.720 u playing to another level and we're going to need 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:56.880 that that they you know, as as the season goes on. 0:03:57.640 --> 0:03:59.960 Defense is so important to have a good defense, and 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:01.880 and everything feeds off of each other, and so for 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:05.280 the offense to be able to just continue to get 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:10.120 first downs, get touchdowns, protect the football defensively, stop the 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:14.840 run game, get after the quarterback, affect the passer, challenge 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:17.320 all passes, and then in special teams. We're gonna have 0:04:17.400 --> 0:04:20.440 there's gonna be times, uh, just like last night the 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:22.240 rest of the season where we're gonna have to make 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:25.159 game winning field goals. And what a credit for Cody 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:28.520 to come back yesterday, go three for three, bounce back 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:31.160 after a tough week, you know last week, and h 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:33.640 you could just see the emotion of our players and 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:36.599 how happy everybody was. Yeah, and you you've alluded to it. 0:04:37.000 --> 0:04:39.160 You guys came a little tighter last night because of that. 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:41.960 Don't either. We did. We did, and those are the 0:04:42.000 --> 0:04:44.839 moments that can carry you on. And really you look 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:47.880 back to Okay, there's one game where we really started 0:04:47.880 --> 0:04:51.520 coming together and this I think last night was that game, Uh, 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:54.640 for for for us to just say, hey, you know what, um, 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:57.520 we're family, and when things were bad for one of 0:04:57.560 --> 0:04:59.680 our family members, we all hung together. We didn't hang 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:03.200 them out to dry. We stuck together. Uh. It came back, 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:05.880 had a chance to help us win, and he did that. 0:05:05.920 --> 0:05:08.480 And then you get to see how joyful that can be. 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:11.800 And that's just it's um, it can it can just 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:13.400 do so many good things for you as you go 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:16.440 down the road. It was a critical kick the conversations 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:18.880 between you and coach Tabor just looking down on the sidelines. 0:05:19.040 --> 0:05:21.440 What were those like, what are you factoring in and 0:05:21.480 --> 0:05:24.320 all those situations. Well, we try our best to try 0:05:24.320 --> 0:05:27.479 to go through all different types of situations um each 0:05:27.560 --> 0:05:30.440 week and decide, okay, if we're in this situation, that 0:05:30.600 --> 0:05:34.240 situation and and so uh um, you know, in that 0:05:34.320 --> 0:05:36.920 short moment, just kind of knowing where that ball was at, 0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:39.240 it was right at that gray area. And so there's 0:05:39.279 --> 0:05:42.080 a lot of different ways several options you can do there. 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:44.200 You can punt the football, back them up and make 0:05:44.240 --> 0:05:45.920 your defense play and make them go the length of 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:48.880 the field down seven. You can you know, you can 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:50.720 attempt the field goal, or you can go for it. 0:05:50.760 --> 0:05:53.360 And so uh in our in our situation, it's just 0:05:53.520 --> 0:05:56.200 we all collectively discussed it and decided that's the way 0:05:56.240 --> 0:05:59.800 to go. And uh, after I said we're going to 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:01.880 go for the field goal, I could see several of 0:06:01.920 --> 0:06:04.360 the players who were huddling around waiting for the call 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:07.080 turn around and do fist pumps. They were excited that 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:09.159 that was the decision. And so that's when I knew 0:06:09.200 --> 0:06:11.720 right away when I saw that, and I felt that 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:13.640 that was the right decision and then Cody nailed it. 0:06:13.760 --> 0:06:16.479 You know, there's a psychological aspect, at least from my 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:20.200 opinions as an analyst of football. When you get the 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:22.400 ball to start the game and you're moving down the field, 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:24.400 you already put a team a little bit on their heels. 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:27.240 And that's been happening virtually every week of the season 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:31.360 so far. An aggressive play calling and a plan that's 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:35.240 just really almost frenetic and pace. Yesterday I felt it 0:06:35.240 --> 0:06:38.720 as an announcer. And the end result is, you know, 0:06:38.800 --> 0:06:41.599 I've played six games this season, You've never trailed, including 0:06:41.640 --> 0:06:43.920 four in a row, and you've let in the fourth 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:46.880 quarter in every game this season. But the New England 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:51.600 game is the genesis of that. That first drive. Yeah, 0:06:51.720 --> 0:06:54.280 no matter if you get the kickoff or not, well, yeah, 0:06:54.360 --> 0:06:57.560 I think it is. And for the offensive players to 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:00.200 feel good about, Okay, hey we can move the all 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:02.440 and regardless, you know, you always want to come away 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:05.400 with touchdowns. That's hard, uh, and with that first drive, 0:07:05.760 --> 0:07:08.080 but at least chew up some first downs. Number one, 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:11.480 it gives your defense a breather. Number two, it allows 0:07:11.520 --> 0:07:14.280 you as a play caller and your players to kind 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:16.720 of get into a rhythm of where you're at. And 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:19.880 I think that you've been seeing that this year that 0:07:19.960 --> 0:07:22.800 the players have really taken to the first fifteen that 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:24.680 we have and we don't always stay on it. You know, 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:26.800 there's times that we jump off of it if there's 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:29.280 a feel, you feel somebody you know that that has 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:32.520 a matchup that you like. But uh, uh yeah, that's 0:07:32.560 --> 0:07:35.160 that's important and then and now and then just adjusting. 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:37.360 And there's been times too, Jeff, where we've we've come 0:07:37.400 --> 0:07:39.280 out and we've struggled in the first half and we've 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:42.160 come back to the to the uh the third quarter 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:44.880 to start after sluggish times and come out and done well. 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:49.400 So that's that's been good. Can you define in uh 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:52.000 the short forty five seconds we have before driving in 0:07:52.040 --> 0:07:56.480 the weather just the type of game that a Key 0:07:56.560 --> 0:07:58.720 Micks had last night because I went to I said, 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:01.080 as the best game you ever played? Yeah, yeah, no, 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:03.320 I could. I could see that, and you could feel it, 0:08:03.360 --> 0:08:05.640 and I knew that he was at a point where 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:07.280 he felt like he could do some really good things 0:08:07.320 --> 0:08:09.800 in that game. And he's such a big, powerful guy 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:12.840 and we just we we loved everything he did last night. 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:15.440 Five tackles for loss. That's a big number and he 0:08:15.480 --> 0:08:18.080 could not be blocked in right now. Good luck trying 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:20.840 to black black that guy. One on one The Bears 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:24.360 Coaches Show with head coach Matt Maggie and w bbm' 0:08:24.400 --> 0:08:28.920 Jeff Joey at continues. Rudolph settles left feeling and the 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:31.600 slot right. Cousins looking left as he goes to throw. 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:36.760 He is sack drop for the loss. Keem Hicks does 0:08:36.760 --> 0:08:41.800 it again, Cousins having nowhere to go half third and 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:44.640 two sacks. Welcome back to the Bears Coaching Show here 0:08:44.640 --> 0:08:47.679 at PNC Studios at Hallisall with Bears head coach Macneggie 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:49.840 and it's brought to you by what Fleet Financial Advisors, 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:52.400 a proud partner of the Chicago Bears. That was a 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:56.360 Keem Hicks making another big play yesterday, really attacking the 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:59.000 run game. And with this defense in general, let alone 0:08:59.000 --> 0:09:02.000 a Keem and Mac and Eddie Jackson and everybody making plays, 0:09:02.480 --> 0:09:05.480 it almost has a feel that, no matter what's happening 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:08.640 the offense moving the ball against you, this defense is 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:10.960 now one snap away from a big play. Do you 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:13.559 feel that as a head coach? Yeah, very opportunistic and 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:17.840 there's so many guys on our defense that can, you know, 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:19.920 make those plays. And I think you've seen that all 0:09:20.000 --> 0:09:22.600 year long with the the the guys that have had 0:09:22.640 --> 0:09:26.240 the interceptions, the sacks, the fumbles, and that's what makes 0:09:26.240 --> 0:09:29.199 it hard and so challenging for the opponent. Uh, just 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:31.080 not knowing where it's coming from. And so when you 0:09:31.120 --> 0:09:33.559 try to scheme and you have guys that are are 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:36.200 good in all these areas and they just work off 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:38.760 of each other, uh, it makes it difficult. And so 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:42.079 we uh, we're glad that that they're on our side. 0:09:42.160 --> 0:09:45.199 We love the way they play, and everybody feeds off 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:47.720 of that great quote from a team last night after 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:50.800 the game. Anyone that steps in Soldier Field is gonna 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:54.240 feel us. That was your mission as a head coach, 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:57.440 wasn't it? It was? And our guys are living up 0:09:57.480 --> 0:10:00.360 to that right now. I think we needed to earn 0:10:00.400 --> 0:10:02.520 it and now to be able to be in a 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:05.640 spot where we're you know, five and one at home 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:10.240 is great and our our guys, we want opponents to 0:10:10.320 --> 0:10:12.200 know that when they step onto the field of Soldier 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:13.880 Field that they are going to feel us. And that's 0:10:13.880 --> 0:10:17.200 all different types of ways, and you have to win 0:10:17.320 --> 0:10:19.600 at home in this league, and so when you take 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:21.720 care of business at home, it helps you in other areas. 0:10:21.760 --> 0:10:24.520 And so now as we move forward here, we're gonna 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:26.080 have some away games and that's going to be the 0:10:26.080 --> 0:10:29.000 new challenge. You can direct it on the offensive side, 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:32.000 as I mentioned to you last night, eleven guys touched 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:34.560 the ball last night, which is a crazy number. It's 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:36.680 fits your vision though. But on the defensive side of 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:40.480 the ball, fourteen guys have sacks, eleven guys have interceptions. 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:44.240 Was that a conversation that you had when you sat 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:47.000 down in your early days with Vic Fangio said, can 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:48.960 we do this too on the defensive side of the 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:52.040 ball or is that just happening organically. It's just happening organically, 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:54.680 And that's I think that's better than anything. Is you 0:10:54.760 --> 0:10:56.880 got guys that are wanting it. They want to be 0:10:56.920 --> 0:10:59.400 the next guy to make a play, and so that 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:01.560 they feel off of each other. So if it's not 0:11:01.679 --> 0:11:03.719 Khalil Mack, if it's not a chem Hicks, if it's 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:06.319 not Leonard Floyd, if he's not Eddie Goldman, if it's 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:07.920 not Roque On, if it's not you know, you could 0:11:07.960 --> 0:11:09.559 go on and on and on and these guys are 0:11:09.600 --> 0:11:12.760 just competing to get that ball. They want takeaways, they 0:11:12.800 --> 0:11:16.719 talk about it, they preach it, y everything all day, 0:11:16.760 --> 0:11:20.360 all the time. It's all about takeaways. And so it's 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:24.319 it's working. I think it'll continue with us. And it's 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:28.120 just an aggressive mentality that we love. In terms of 0:11:28.160 --> 0:11:30.920 the two point conversions, and you've touched on a little bit, 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:34.000 I keep getting asked about the first one, why get 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:38.679 to eleven right away? Well, this was something forget to score. 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:40.800 This was just something that we decided we were going 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:43.840 to do right away. So regardless of what the score was, 0:11:43.880 --> 0:11:46.080 our first time, we were going to do it, and 0:11:46.080 --> 0:11:48.199 we're gonna play it out. And see, we felt very 0:11:48.200 --> 0:11:51.840 comfortable with our our our red zone plays inside to five, 0:11:51.880 --> 0:11:53.720 and so when you have multiple plays that you like, 0:11:53.840 --> 0:11:56.600 why not use them? And uh and and the guys 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:58.839 made some great plays yesterday down there. I mean, I'm 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:02.280 telling you that first play they had great defense and uh, 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:06.000 Mitch made a great throw to to Bellamy and made 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:08.400 a great catch. And and in the second one, of course, 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:12.520 was just a deadly accurate throw to Sheheen who made 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:15.120 a great catch against a really big, good corner, you know, 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:17.640 with a creative alignment with new bodies in there. We 0:12:17.960 --> 0:12:20.520 laughed about it last night, but you know, you're forcing 0:12:20.559 --> 0:12:23.280 teams to prepare for just about anything at this point. 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:25.800 And like we've joked around, you know, you've had Callahan 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:28.880 out there, Eddie Jackson now a Keeman, Roy Robertson, Harris 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:30.959 and Leno splitting out. All these guys are gonna be 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:32.760 knocking on your door. They're gonna want a little piece 0:12:32.800 --> 0:12:36.040 of this fun we have. We have fun with it, 0:12:36.080 --> 0:12:39.120 and they get a knock on the door, uh you know, 0:12:39.480 --> 0:12:42.480 each week and it's uh, so you're knocking on their door. 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:44.760 They're not knocking on your They try to, but I 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:47.240 tell them to stay away. I'll do the choosing man. 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:49.880 Naggie our guest here on Bears Coaches Show. The Chicago 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:52.440 Bears Network presents Inside the Bears, brought to you by Verizon, 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:54.760 Anthony Adams and Lawrence Greed, and cover the world of 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:57.200 Bears football on and off the field every Sunday, United 0:12:57.240 --> 0:13:00.400 eleven o five pm on Fox thirty two Chicago. Watch 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:03.760 anytime at Chicago Bears dot com around the Bears official app. 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:06.400 Leading into this one, after the Detroit game, you had 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:09.920 concerns about where the running game was at, what was 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:13.320 your focus and how you executed it against the Vikings. 0:13:13.520 --> 0:13:16.080 I liked what we did. I thought Jordan Howard ran 0:13:16.160 --> 0:13:18.520 the ball really strong. He was really sticking his foot 0:13:18.520 --> 0:13:22.600 in the ground, getting north and south. The defensive front 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:25.200 that they have is really good against the run. They 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:28.040 they balanced each other out really well. So we tried 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:31.240 some misdirection stuff and had some success early on, and 0:13:31.280 --> 0:13:35.880 then they started making some plays. But for us, we 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:39.240 just we we wanted to be able to establish a run. 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:41.439 So we're going to continue to just keep trying to 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:43.960 get better and better. And again, this Detroit team that 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:46.480 we're playing, they're really solid toil as well versus a run, right, 0:13:46.480 --> 0:13:48.360 which you did learn in the first matchup, But we'll 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:50.840 talk about it coming up in our next segment. Let's 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:54.199 look at some other aspects of the game. The onside kick. 0:13:54.240 --> 0:13:56.880 We're not gonna ignore Benny cunning him because you know, 0:13:57.120 --> 0:14:00.000 you don't know how that ball is gonna gonna bounce around, 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:03.120 and so surehanded veteran guy, one of your captains from 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:05.920 time to time on special teams, saw him after the game, 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:08.160 gave me a huge hug, almost broke my Ribs. I 0:14:08.160 --> 0:14:12.120 mean his excitement about just making that play, which was 0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:15.960 every every aspect of this is important because one bad decision, 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:19.400 one bad mistake, can turn the tide. That was huge, 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:21.920 just talking about that for a bit, just the importance 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:24.400 of that on site kick. Well, obviously the week before 0:14:24.440 --> 0:14:28.680 we missed it, and so you know it's you gotta 0:14:28.720 --> 0:14:30.560 be able to get these on site kicks. And we 0:14:30.640 --> 0:14:33.000 knew in that situation too, if we get it, it's 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:35.120 game over and we can get into victory. And so 0:14:35.160 --> 0:14:37.520 he made a great play getting at and it was 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:40.320 just a great job by him him the best formation 0:14:40.320 --> 0:14:45.600 in football victory formation. No more of the Bears Coaches 0:14:45.640 --> 0:14:49.280 Show with head coach Matt Maggie on Newsweydio seven eighty 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:53.560 and one oh five point nine FM w BBM motion 0:14:53.640 --> 0:14:57.720 man Dick Snap Cousins looking this way, throws best intercepted, 0:14:58.280 --> 0:15:06.400 there goes and he checks into the pick six. Wow. 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:12.960 This defense is playing Magne Difference at Soldier Field called 0:15:13.080 --> 0:15:17.200 the Orange Crush today because they are crushing the Vikings. 0:15:17.400 --> 0:15:20.200 Eddie Jackson with a pick six now four touchdowns since 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:23.880 his debut season in twenty seventeen. Nobody has as many 0:15:23.960 --> 0:15:26.720 return touchdowns on defense in the NFL during that period 0:15:26.720 --> 0:15:30.240 of time. Then Eddie Jackson and I gotta tell you, 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:33.360 Scott Hagel was in the booth with us and during 0:15:33.400 --> 0:15:35.120 the time out he said, we're going to pick six here, 0:15:35.200 --> 0:15:39.160 So boom, first snap, pick six. Place erupted, erupted. And 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:41.880 I don't think Soldier Field is quiet yet from that 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:45.320 because through the time out, the place was going crazy. 0:15:45.480 --> 0:15:47.840 And it must just be a great feeling for you 0:15:47.880 --> 0:15:50.720 as a head coach to be in the bowl there 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:53.120 in the bowl of the stadium feeling that energy. You 0:15:53.120 --> 0:15:55.440 could feel it. And that was a huge part of 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:58.640 the game too, because offensively we were we were struggling 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:00.760 a little bit. We were a little bit out of 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:04.280 rhythm and uh and and again their defense is playing well. 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:06.440 And for for Eddie to make that play and then 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:08.680 not only to make that great catch, but then he 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:12.320 started leading the guys. Hey blocked this guy block right away. Yeah, 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:14.280 and and he became a ball carrying a runner and 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:17.760 so um to get that touchdown that was that was huge. 0:16:17.800 --> 0:16:20.160 And as you can see the rest of the game, 0:16:20.200 --> 0:16:22.080 the game, you know, we still had a lot of 0:16:22.120 --> 0:16:24.120 game ahead of us, but in that point in time, man, 0:16:24.160 --> 0:16:26.760 what a big play. Is it fair to say, you 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:29.440 know you answered the moment? Yeah, you know, yeah? I 0:16:29.480 --> 0:16:31.840 think I think so. For our guys, that was a 0:16:31.840 --> 0:16:35.680 big challenge. They know that, uh uh, and that was 0:16:35.760 --> 0:16:38.840 the test and they handled it well. So now again, 0:16:39.000 --> 0:16:41.880 keep the horse blinders on, okay, put the ear muffs on. 0:16:42.000 --> 0:16:44.320 Don't listen to all the hype. Don't listen to anybody 0:16:44.320 --> 0:16:46.480 outside when things are going bad. Don't listen to him 0:16:46.480 --> 0:16:48.240 when things are going good, don't listen to him. Let's 0:16:48.240 --> 0:16:49.800 just worry about us in here. It's kind of an 0:16:49.840 --> 0:16:51.720 open ended question. I asked all the guys in the 0:16:51.720 --> 0:16:54.720 booth last night after the game, what happened here last night? 0:16:54.760 --> 0:17:01.400 What happened to this evolving confidence together SNIT football team? 0:17:01.680 --> 0:17:04.280 Do you have an answer for that? Well, I mean 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:06.760 we've been working on this all year long. We've been 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:10.359 we've been tested in different areas. We've gone through a 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:12.800 couple of losses, we've gone through a couple of wins together, 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:16.800 and you know, this is why you play the game. 0:17:16.840 --> 0:17:18.720 If for these type of moments to get your game 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:22.880 flexed at home on Sunday night football, what a better 0:17:22.880 --> 0:17:24.520 way to go out and try to show everybody what 0:17:24.560 --> 0:17:28.080 we're made of. And now that's over, that's in the past, 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:30.560 and now we got to regroup now and get ready, 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:34.119 you know, in less than eighty hours for another big 0:17:34.160 --> 0:17:37.440 division game. And so going back a few weeks ago, 0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:39.240 we discussed that and we talked about, hey, we have 0:17:39.280 --> 0:17:42.400 three games here in the next twelve days, and how 0:17:42.400 --> 0:17:44.959 are you going to prepare yourself mentally and physically, And 0:17:45.000 --> 0:17:47.480 so far, so good, but now we got to finish it. 0:17:47.520 --> 0:17:49.800 Does it feel because of the two wins a little 0:17:49.880 --> 0:17:51.440 light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak, 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:54.000 because if it were any other way, maybe it would 0:17:54.000 --> 0:17:56.479 be a little more challenging. Well, yeah, you know, if 0:17:56.760 --> 0:17:58.800 it's the other way and you lose both of these games, 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:00.399 then I think what people can tend to do is 0:18:00.480 --> 0:18:02.280 press a little bit and feel like they really got 0:18:02.280 --> 0:18:03.920 to have it. Then it takes you out of your game, 0:18:03.960 --> 0:18:06.159 and we don't want that. That's that was our message 0:18:06.200 --> 0:18:08.639 all week long was let's play loose, let's be ourselves, 0:18:08.680 --> 0:18:11.920 let's have fun, let's prepare like we know how to prepare, 0:18:12.160 --> 0:18:14.480 and go into this thing and let our personality show. 0:18:14.520 --> 0:18:16.840 And so they've done that now the past few weeks 0:18:16.840 --> 0:18:18.920 they've handled their business and now it's a matter of 0:18:18.960 --> 0:18:22.160 being able to have another challenge on a short week. 0:18:22.640 --> 0:18:25.680 These guys are beat up. Now you know physically that 0:18:25.800 --> 0:18:27.760 there's some bumps and bruises, and so how do we 0:18:27.800 --> 0:18:30.359 recover and get them back on track to get ready 0:18:30.359 --> 0:18:32.360 as healthy as we can for that game. What are 0:18:32.400 --> 0:18:34.720 some of your methods you have planned to do that? Well, 0:18:35.320 --> 0:18:37.960 the biggest thing is just making sure physically that we 0:18:38.000 --> 0:18:40.679 don't overdo it, and you really don't have an opportunity 0:18:40.680 --> 0:18:43.600 to do that with just so much short time. You know, 0:18:43.640 --> 0:18:46.240 we have the game plan putting pretty much put together. 0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:50.639 They'll come in here later on tonight and have an 0:18:50.640 --> 0:18:53.880 opportunity to go through everything, so it'll be a later 0:18:53.960 --> 0:18:56.439 night for us, but they understand that they know that 0:18:56.480 --> 0:18:58.159 they got to take care of themselves. They got to 0:18:58.160 --> 0:19:00.320 babysit themselves and make sure they're doing the right thing, 0:19:00.680 --> 0:19:03.200 and then tomorrow will have one day of practice and role. 0:19:03.400 --> 0:19:05.960 Did you have to work last night after the game? No? No, 0:19:06.160 --> 0:19:08.520 My work was shutting my eyes and closing my eyes 0:19:08.560 --> 0:19:10.680 for a little bit and coming in here early. What 0:19:10.720 --> 0:19:13.040 did you learn now as you sit here from the 0:19:13.080 --> 0:19:17.880 first meeting with the Lions. So number one, it's hard 0:19:17.880 --> 0:19:22.760 to win these division games. And for us, we had 0:19:22.800 --> 0:19:25.479 that game at home and we felt like there were 0:19:25.520 --> 0:19:29.119 some things that we we we did well both offensively 0:19:29.200 --> 0:19:33.920