Speaker 1: Cut over that DJ Moore nisode Touchdown Touchdown Pairs. I
Speaker 1: am Jeff joniaclitz Is on Donnie got what was like
Speaker 1: playing for Coachy Digg. I don't want to answer any
Speaker 1: questions like that pressure coming is a big trouble.
Speaker 2: Dotie gos Montes Sweat.
Speaker 3: Now.
Speaker 1: Bears et Cetera brought to you by Geico, with the
Speaker 1: voices of the Bears Jeff, Jonyac and Tom Thayer, searching
Speaker 1: for answers on the offense and much more as we
Speaker 1: get you set for Bears Packers in week eleven, Episode
Speaker 1: one ten of the Bears et Cetera podcast with Super
Speaker 1: Bowl winning Bears guard Tom Thayer. I'm Jeff Joniac. We're
Speaker 1: brought to you by Geico. A painful nineteen three loss
Speaker 1: to the Patriots sends the Bears to.
Speaker 2: Four and five through nine.
Speaker 1: Eight more to go and the most challenging part of
Speaker 1: the schedule beginning next Sunday at noon against the Green
Speaker 1: Bay Packers.
Speaker 2: Tom a lot of ty Jess.
Speaker 1: I'll also here on the status at Hollis from Coach
Speaker 1: ebra Fluss and at the podium on Monday, DeAndre Swift
Speaker 1: and TJ. Edwards, two veterans with insights of interest for
Speaker 1: us to break down as well, but most keenly interested
Speaker 1: in what you had to see on tape and specifically
Speaker 1: your reaction to my interview with Matt Eberflush and we'll
Speaker 1: get to that in a little while, but just over
Speaker 1: all your reflections on what's going on.
Speaker 4: They have to figure out the big picture of how
Speaker 4: to play complimentary football in all three phases, because you
Speaker 4: can go out there and you can criticize the performance
Speaker 4: of the offense and you can say, look, they got
Speaker 4: to kind of reinvent themselves to see how to play better,
Speaker 4: to do better, and to score more points. This is
Speaker 4: they're still playing good defensive football. But because you know,
Speaker 4: when you talk about a score that's nineteen to three,
Speaker 4: nineteen is not a great deal of points in the
Speaker 4: NFL with the beginning field position, if the offense could
Speaker 4: take advantage of that and they could get themselves in
Speaker 4: the scoring column, and then you're allowed to do a
Speaker 4: couple things more aggressively on defense.
Speaker 5: And when you have a guy like Tyler.
Speaker 4: Gordon back in the lineup, he gives you that type
Speaker 4: of versatility that you can attack from different angles in
Speaker 4: different levels. So if you're really looking at the big pitcher.
Speaker 4: What can we do starting Wednesday at practice and continue
Speaker 4: through the walkthroughs and into the meetings to make us
Speaker 4: a more efficient offense.
Speaker 5: So we complement the defense and the special teams.
Speaker 4: And that's why you're a professional coach, and this is
Speaker 4: what you've been doing your whole life. This is why
Speaker 4: you're a professional football player. And it kind of DeAndre
Speaker 4: Swift said that a couple times at the podium and
Speaker 4: so and you started it.
Speaker 5: This is Bears packers week. You don't need to say
Speaker 5: a lot more after that.
Speaker 4: This is an emotionally packed week that can do a
Speaker 4: lot to get this thing right back on its feet.
Speaker 1: Now, you mentioned not reinventing the wheel, that kind of thing.
Speaker 1: Is it possible to do that midseason or are we
Speaker 1: just talking about a different approach, whether it be coaches players,
Speaker 1: both coaches and players at how this offense is supposed
Speaker 1: to be working.
Speaker 3: Well.
Speaker 4: I just think, you know, last night on Bears Game
Speaker 4: Night Live, we are talking about, you know, Keenan Allen,
Speaker 4: DeAndre Swift, what do you do well that you can
Speaker 4: build upon going forward? And the passes and the examples
Speaker 4: to Keenan Allen that can affect dj Roma, Dunz a
Speaker 4: Cole Comet and everybody else that can catch the football
Speaker 4: on this team. It's about the efficiency and the timing
Speaker 4: of getting the ball out of Caleb's hands. He's got
Speaker 4: great accuracy, He's super efficient on the short distance passes.
Speaker 4: Allow it to get into the hands of the playmaker
Speaker 4: and then let them make the play. Don't count on
Speaker 4: yourself as a quarterback that has to make the biggest
Speaker 4: of the play.
Speaker 5: Just make the play that's offered to you.
Speaker 4: And we saw repeated examples of it to Keenan Allen
Speaker 4: that I think that can carry through to every team
Speaker 4: that you're going to play the remainder of the season.
Speaker 4: Then you have to look at the plays that DeAndre
Speaker 4: Swift runs well because they're being blocked well. If that's
Speaker 4: the outside zone plays where you can use the athleticism
Speaker 4: of the offensive line to get outside the power base
Speaker 4: and compete more against linebackers and defensive backs. If you
Speaker 4: have defined point of attack plays that you just tell
Speaker 4: the running back follow the offensive line put the responsibility
Speaker 4: on their shoulder, and DeAndre Swift even said at the podium,
Speaker 4: if it means that I got to put my shoulders
Speaker 4: down and get three plus yards per carry.
Speaker 5: That's what we have to do. To me, it's not
Speaker 5: an impossible task.
Speaker 4: It's just going to watch the tape, maybe backtracking and
Speaker 4: watching a couple of other tapes, and just see what
Speaker 4: you're repeatedly doing well, and you can do it. You
Speaker 4: don't need fifty plays going into a game. You can
Speaker 4: do it with the five best manageable plays run wise
Speaker 4: that you can run repeatedly out of different formations, and
Speaker 4: then the passing of getting the ball out of Caleb's hands.
Speaker 1: Good new Chicago United Airlines is getting brand new planes
Speaker 1: with all the bells and whistles, like Bluetooth connectivity screens
Speaker 1: at every seat in room for everyone's roller bag. United
Speaker 1: proud to fly the Chicago Bears in you two. So
Speaker 1: let's listen in to the status at Hollis with the
Speaker 1: head coach Matt Eberfluse as he investigates what potential changes
Speaker 1: might be in store for the Bears in advance.
Speaker 2: Of the kickoff against the Packers.
Speaker 1: All right, thanks very much Matt for joining us once again.
Speaker 1: How you feeling today?
Speaker 6: Okay, thanks for having me.
Speaker 1: I imagine not an easy day this week at Hallis
Speaker 1: Off for you and your staff as you contemplate some
Speaker 1: some tweaks, some changes to your offense and and how
Speaker 1: it operates moving forward.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I think it's important that you take the time
Speaker 7: to do that process, you know. And again, we're we're
Speaker 7: all disappointed in the last three weeks. We know that,
Speaker 7: But what's the what's the solutions and the answers uh
Speaker 7: to you know, moving forward? And what's best for the Bears,
Speaker 7: you know, and not only what's best for the Bears,
Speaker 7: what's best for our offense, what's best for the for
Speaker 7: the quarterback, what's best for the defense, what's best for
Speaker 7: special teams? And and again we're in the process of
Speaker 7: doing that. And again we've got to find some answers here.
Speaker 7: You know, we're playing some good football teams coming up,
Speaker 7: We've got our division starting, so it's it's important we
Speaker 7: get that done this week.
Speaker 1: And it's easy to just make rash decisions in a moment, right, Uh,
Speaker 1: you got to gotta temper your own reactive nature.
Speaker 2: Everybody does. Everybody has that, and then you know, kind
Speaker 2: of take a very thoughtful process.
Speaker 6: Yeah, it's got to be thoughtful.
Speaker 7: It's got to be what's best for everybody and what's
Speaker 7: best moving forward? And uh, you know, I know a
Speaker 7: lot of times you know, a tweak here and a
Speaker 7: tweak there is good and uh, and it can you know,
Speaker 7: it can be you know, improved with just that much.
Speaker 7: And I think it's important that we we look at
Speaker 7: it that way, and you know, going forward, there's going
Speaker 7: to be adjustments and changes because we need to get better.
Speaker 6: As a football team.
Speaker 1: Is it's almost like being a car mechanic, to be honest,
Speaker 1: you're a car mechanic right now.
Speaker 2: Bring in the car.
Speaker 1: Hey, it's just not running right. There's something you know,
Speaker 1: the engine doesn't run right or whatever. And it's not
Speaker 1: just like swapping out four tires.
Speaker 7: You got to look at the engine right and you know,
Speaker 7: and you you make that analogy, and I think it's
Speaker 7: a good one. But you know, there is evidence on
Speaker 7: tape that we have played good football. We have played
Speaker 7: good compmentary football offense, defense and kicking, and our offense
Speaker 7: has scored a bunch of points, you know, uh, in
Speaker 7: consecutive weeks.
Speaker 6: You know, so it's it's it's there.
Speaker 7: We just got to make we got to find that
Speaker 7: winning formula and uh and get back to that, you know,
Speaker 7: And and and not only get back to that, but
Speaker 7: improved from that. You know, it's got to be an
Speaker 7: ongoing process through the rest of the season, and you
Speaker 7: know there's going to be tests, and there are going
Speaker 7: to be adversities come up, and you know, playmaking and
Speaker 7: putting guys in position are going to be at a
Speaker 7: premium going forward. And that's where it is right now.
Speaker 1: One of the biggest things is the protection obviously, or
Speaker 1: how it's handled from the quarterback to the offensive line
Speaker 1: of the backs, tight ends, wide receive, whatever the case
Speaker 1: may be. You're you're going to keep experiencing that. Right
Speaker 1: They're going to load up extras on the line of
Speaker 1: scrimmage and make you figure out a way to stop it.
Speaker 1: Is that the quickest problem solve to get the offense
Speaker 1: back running at a smooth level.
Speaker 7: Yeah, you know, it's always important that when you know
Speaker 7: defenses crowd you up up front, that you you know
Speaker 7: you have things to get over the top, and you
Speaker 7: know those are things that you can do that multiple
Speaker 7: ways and multiple designs. But again, that's an important thing
Speaker 7: to do because you know, defenses in this league, you know,
Speaker 7: if they see something that's working, they're going to keep
Speaker 7: running it.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 6: So that's that's an important that we find answers for that.
Speaker 1: And like you you told me and Tom Sun after
Speaker 1: the game, I talked about the offensive line and I'm paraphrasing,
Speaker 1: but it's like a puzzle right now. You don't know
Speaker 1: what pieces are healthy week to week in game so
Speaker 1: many times as has happened, but nobody cares. You know,
Speaker 1: opposing team is not gonna care about that. You just
Speaker 1: got to figure it out somehow, some way. And but
Speaker 1: you're really you're rigga digging in deep to your depth.
Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, we have.
Speaker 7: We have done that during the course of the year.
Speaker 7: We started out the year pretty solid, you know, with uh,
Speaker 7: you know, a little bit of injury here and there,
Speaker 7: but you know, for the most part, you know, we've
Speaker 7: had some guys shuffle in there and shuffle out, you know,
Speaker 7: so we just hopefully we'll find some guys back, you know,
Speaker 7: this week, you know, based on injury and based on
Speaker 7: how they practice, uh, And we're hopeful that way.
Speaker 1: And so you meet so many times with Caleb and
Speaker 1: have that relationship with him, you would be the first
Speaker 1: to know if there is any concern about what a
Speaker 1: lot of quarterbacks, young quarterbacks if they get hit a lot,
Speaker 1: sometimes they start seeing go. So I'm not saying he is.
Speaker 1: I'm just saying you think about David Carr. I think
Speaker 1: about David Carr all the time. In his rookie year
Speaker 1: and as an expansion quarterback he was. It's so many
Speaker 1: times it likely affected his career. How do you make
Speaker 1: sure that doesn't happen?
Speaker 7: Yeah, you know, it's just I know that I do
Speaker 7: know this that you know, Caleb is confident, he has
Speaker 7: confidence in the in the guys around him, and uh,
Speaker 7: you know, he's he's in his rookie year and he's
Speaker 7: learning as he's going. And again we're looking for improvement
Speaker 7: from him and for our offense and really for our
Speaker 7: whole football team.
Speaker 1: All right, So even though things didn't light up on
Speaker 1: the scoreboard, there's always something positive. As you say, when
Speaker 1: you watch the tape, what are some things offensively? You
Speaker 1: feel there is there, there's evidence of building on after
Speaker 1: these last couple of yuys.
Speaker 7: You know, I showed and I showed the guys the
Speaker 7: first part of that game, you know where you know,
Speaker 7: we did some really good things. You know, we went
Speaker 7: three and out on defense. Uh, you know, we end
Speaker 7: up you know, having that great pump return which is
Speaker 7: which is a flip the field type of play. And
Speaker 7: you know, then on offense, you know, we ran the
Speaker 7: ball uh effectively when we did run it, and uh,
Speaker 7: we got to stay to that, you know, and there
Speaker 7: were some tight window throws you know, to in uh
Speaker 7: you know, to roam there were some tight you one
Speaker 7: of the throws DJ, there were some good throws in there.
Speaker 6: And again we just got to be more consistent with that.
Speaker 7: And then when we get into the scoring zone, you know,
Speaker 7: when we get to that kick line and the scoring zone,
Speaker 7: we got to do a really good job of of course,
Speaker 7: we're not trying to kick field goals. We're trying to
Speaker 7: score touchdowns, and we have to do a good job
Speaker 7: of maintaining that kick line. You know, if we're on
Speaker 7: that kick line, so we have at least come away with.
Speaker 1: Three so that the bummer body like the field position
Speaker 1: was so good. That's an enviable moment early in that game.
Speaker 1: You know it four times or three times.
Speaker 7: You had the interception also, you know, so that that
Speaker 7: to me is copmentory football. And I showed the guys
Speaker 7: that those three sequences there to start that game. So
Speaker 7: again that's Uh, that's playing cop meentary football. We just
Speaker 7: got to cash it in there.
Speaker 1: Let's look defensively, how did you guys in your opinion,
Speaker 1: whether the absence of a big bill inside there's such
Speaker 1: a presence.
Speaker 7: As we've discussed, our goal is three to nine average.
Speaker 7: We were four to one, so we were close to it.
Speaker 7: We ended up having a couple of one. Is that
Speaker 7: that that came to there? But for the most part,
Speaker 7: we kept the cup. We kept the big cup, you know,
Speaker 7: so we didn't have big explosives there, and uh, it
Speaker 7: was better. It was better overall. I thought the guy
Speaker 7: stepped up in there in terms of the d tackles,
Speaker 7: played solid pickings, you know. Uh, BC played well, you know,
Speaker 7: so we just got to continue.
Speaker 6: To do that play We don't. I know, we play
Speaker 6: a lot of guys, but we have to play well
Speaker 6: and be consistent there. And I thought it was better yesterday.
Speaker 2: But you like playing a lot of guys though at
Speaker 2: the same time, right, yeah.
Speaker 8: I do.
Speaker 7: Yeah, And I really think Booker's coming on if you
Speaker 7: watch him and the way he's playing. Really excited about him,
Speaker 7: the way he's playing the run game, and the way
Speaker 7: his passion and energy and his strike is really and
Speaker 7: he was really close on a sack too, so his
Speaker 7: development's really coming along.
Speaker 6: Well.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mentioned him because he sticks out like the
Speaker 1: violence which he plays with. Like you said, he there's
Speaker 1: no quit in him. He's always showing up somewhere. Maybe
Speaker 1: he didn't finish the play sometimes, but that's coming.
Speaker 9: Yeah.
Speaker 7: And I also so pointed out, you know, Kyler Gordon
Speaker 7: coming back first, coming back, and he really played a
Speaker 7: nice game, you know, in terms of his reaction, in
Speaker 7: terms of his you know, playing the run, playing in
Speaker 7: the past. You know, I really think that, uh, you know,
Speaker 7: he really came back in good shape and in a
Speaker 7: good way.
Speaker 5: Uh.
Speaker 1: And the ones, you know, I talked to Elijah Hicks
Speaker 1: after the game. It's kind of the first time I've
Speaker 1: talked to him since he's been here. What a what
Speaker 1: a nice, nice young man, and his very thoughtful approach
Speaker 1: to the outcome of that game. And and you know,
Speaker 1: having that interception right there in your hands. These things
Speaker 1: are and that was in the end zone. I'm sure
Speaker 1: Bayer thought he had one. Those could have made a
Speaker 1: difference in the game as well. The ones you didn't finish, yeah,
Speaker 1: there's no doubt.
Speaker 6: And you know, and then in the pocket.
Speaker 7: You know, we thought we gave you know, gave away
Speaker 7: a couple of sacks just you know the other day too,
Speaker 7: I think we could have had some strip sacks in there.
Speaker 7: But again, those are big play moments, you know for
Speaker 7: a football team, you know, when you set the field there,
Speaker 7: get those takeaways on a short field, those are always
Speaker 7: always big time moments.
Speaker 1: Okay, we can talk special teams real quick. Uh you
Speaker 1: mentioned the dayan Ray Carter. He seems to always come
Speaker 1: up with some some good play and in his opportunities.
Speaker 1: What'd you think of the day for Tory Taylor with
Speaker 1: the wind being so unpredictable yesterday, I'm sure that impacted
Speaker 1: everybody because you never knew where it was coming from,
Speaker 1: at what time of the game, the gusts. I could
Speaker 1: feel him in the booth out of nowhere, like that
Speaker 1: was the day yesterday.
Speaker 7: It was real, It was real, and it was you know,
Speaker 7: flipping the field and getting you know, field position was
Speaker 7: at a premium. You know, Tory has done a really
Speaker 7: good job this year when he was when it has
Speaker 7: to cut it against the wind or lay it up there,
Speaker 7: you know, you know, you know, going with the wind also,
Speaker 7: and he did a really good job of managing that,
Speaker 7: you know. I know, I think he figured it out
Speaker 7: really fast, you know, after that first pun of his
Speaker 7: But he did.
Speaker 6: A really nice job.
Speaker 2: Those are great learning tools for him for the rest
Speaker 2: of his career here.
Speaker 6: You know, so I think came and Cairo in there too.
Speaker 7: You know, the expertise and the knowledge that Cairo has
Speaker 7: of soldier field is is is unmatched. And I think
Speaker 7: that having his experience there helps him too.
Speaker 1: All Right, it's a roll up the sleeves, dig in
Speaker 1: kind of moment. Green Bay Packers next. Uh, I know
Speaker 1: you're focused on taking care of your own house right now,
Speaker 1: not not worried about what they're doing.
Speaker 2: But off the buy, we we know what they are.
Speaker 1: I mean, let's just took like it from a one
Speaker 1: one new angle is a new defensive coordinator that we
Speaker 1: haven't facing, Jeff Haley.
Speaker 2: What do you know about where he approaches the game
Speaker 2: and what you might expect that.
Speaker 7: Yeah, but you know, I've seen some crossover games with
Speaker 7: our opponents very sound, you know, a little bit different structure.
Speaker 7: You know, plays a shell but also will drop in
Speaker 7: and play some single high and you know it has
Speaker 7: it has a pretty good butitz package too, you know,
Speaker 7: and I know if they did a good job of
Speaker 7: taking the ball away and that's a that's an important
Speaker 7: part for them, So we have to do a really
Speaker 7: good job of protecting it, you know, locking up the football.
Speaker 7: So again, so it's uh, in an offensively.
Speaker 2: Obviously they're gonna run.
Speaker 6: Yeah, they're they're.
Speaker 7: Explosive, you know in the run game and obviously the
Speaker 7: pass and they they're they're one of the top five
Speaker 7: offenses in the league, you know. So they got a
Speaker 7: really good skill you know, in terms of their new
Speaker 7: runner and the uh, you know, the skill set at receiver,
Speaker 7: and you know, it's gonna be a big challenge for us,
Speaker 7: and we're excited to have been soldier field.
Speaker 1: All right, Jessh Jacobs the running back you're referring to,
Speaker 1: all right, good luckily did prepped this week.
Speaker 6: You got it.
Speaker 1: Thanks, thank you, mat Tom. I think it is important
Speaker 1: you said it before going into this interview. There are
Speaker 1: things they do well. You can't dismiss the entire first
Speaker 1: nine weeks of the seasons as a failure. Absolutely not.
Speaker 1: You're a sub five hundred team at the moment, but
Speaker 1: the whole season's there before you. So taking his time
Speaker 1: gonna figure out what's the best plan of attack. Everybody
Speaker 1: knows it has to get better. Everybody knows they got
Speaker 1: to get more points on the board. Everybody knows Caleb's
Speaker 1: got to protect himself and the team has to protect Caleb.
Speaker 1: Coaches have to figure out the game plan to protect
Speaker 1: Caleb better and face what they're going to continue to face.
Speaker 1: How are they going to diffuse the bomb? The bomb
Speaker 1: is the blitz. The bomb is a six man protection
Speaker 1: needed sometimes seven, sometimes a nice stunt that gets home.
Speaker 1: Everybody is putting the pressure on the Bears until they
Speaker 1: stop it. And that's really what you've been pointing out
Speaker 1: week after week after week, and they're going to continue
Speaker 1: to see it until they stop it.
Speaker 4: Yeah, So the point of emphasis there is then we
Speaker 4: talked about. Is it passes out of the hand quickly
Speaker 4: of Caleb to all the dynamic receivers the Bears have.
Speaker 4: Is it getting back to running screens that can deceptively
Speaker 4: be run against multiple multiple people pressure at the line
Speaker 4: of scrimmage. Is it the type of trapping and the
Speaker 4: interior blocking schemes that you can use against an opponent
Speaker 4: that wants to be over aggressive at the line of
Speaker 4: scrimmage and those are all those things are going to
Speaker 4: be investigated by the coaching staff and you know, and
Speaker 4: to see what best suits the Chicago Bears right now.
Speaker 5: So that's what I said.
Speaker 4: This isn't something that they cannot do, and they just
Speaker 4: have to fold their tents and show up week by week.
Speaker 5: And even again.
Speaker 4: Going back to DeAndre, paying attention to the detail during practice,
Speaker 4: make sure that you don't have those pre snap penalties,
Speaker 4: whether it's false starts or whatever, that comeback to haunt
Speaker 4: you throughout it and take away an entire series. So
Speaker 4: if you can correct those types of issues, you're gonna
Speaker 4: be on at home the next couple of weeks.
Speaker 5: You're gonna be in command of the cadence.
Speaker 4: And if you have to simplify that, and I'm not
Speaker 4: saying simplify so much that the defense knows what you're doing,
Speaker 4: but simplified enough where you don't have pre snap movement
Speaker 4: penalties that come back to haunt the whole series.
Speaker 1: Hey, let's listen in to Deandres we have. I talked
Speaker 1: to him after the game on Marquee and he was great.
Speaker 1: He was great, understood the impact of what's coming up
Speaker 1: down the road. He's a guy that's been on two
Speaker 1: different teams in this division now, and he had plenty
Speaker 1: of good things to say at the podium.
Speaker 2: He spoke like a true leader. Let's listen in.
Speaker 3: I know what we do need to do as players,
Speaker 3: and let's execute better. That's what I do know.
Speaker 10: Yeah, Andrew, do you have a sense for why the
Speaker 10: offense has been so ritchitty since the bye weekend?
Speaker 8: Get much going consistently?
Speaker 3: Come down to detail execution things. That's all correctable. I
Speaker 3: guess we just need to execute better as a unit.
Speaker 3: It's tough when the position that we are in, when
Speaker 3: the defense and special teams you have been playing how
Speaker 3: they've been playing all year, and we can't really, you
Speaker 3: know what I mean, help them, guys. So we need
Speaker 3: to figure it out a way to you know what
Speaker 3: I mean, come out on the other side of that
Speaker 3: and uh be asset for this organization.
Speaker 10: Is it concerning to you that when we've talked to
Speaker 10: you about you many players throughout the year, that it's
Speaker 10: been the same thing where it's talking about details execution
Speaker 10: since we've won.
Speaker 4: That's the answer we've been given for some of the
Speaker 4: things that have gone wrong.
Speaker 10: Is that a concern nine weeks ten weeks in now.
Speaker 3: But that's still a problem for sure, because at the
Speaker 3: end of the day, we uh, everybody's here to do
Speaker 3: a job and we want to produce and we want
Speaker 3: to all play together. We want to play well together.
Speaker 3: So it's not clicking.
Speaker 5: This is dead.
Speaker 3: But at the end of the day, it really comes
Speaker 3: down to execution and detail. But it does get tiring
Speaker 3: of saying the same things over and over again. So
Speaker 3: just got to and I mean, everybody just gotta do
Speaker 3: their job.
Speaker 2: What do you see when you get the film.
Speaker 3: I just feel like everybody can be a little bit
Speaker 3: more intentional in the work, take a little bit more
Speaker 3: pride and the detail and the focus that that goes
Speaker 3: into it, the preparation that goes into it throughout the week.
Speaker 3: So when come game time on Sunday, is execution because
Speaker 3: we've seen it on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. So I
Speaker 3: feel like that's where we can grow and get better.
Speaker 3: First and foremost, it starts on Wednesday.
Speaker 10: When you're during the game yesterday, when you see the
Speaker 10: score and you see the struggles you guys are having,
Speaker 10: you look at alongside you, you see DJ, you see
Speaker 10: Keen and you see Call, you see Rome, See what's
Speaker 10: going through your mind? That collection of guys isn't putting
Speaker 10: up the points.
Speaker 8: It's frustrated.
Speaker 3: It's frustrating just to I'm not gonna sit up there
Speaker 3: and talk about the talent and all that that's that's
Speaker 3: on the offense, because everybody sees that on paper. But
Speaker 3: we got to do a job as as us collectively
Speaker 3: of finding a way to showcase that on the field,
Speaker 3: which we have a great opportunity ahead of it. That
Speaker 3: was the last game we played in the season, so
Speaker 3: we'll blessed with another opportunity to go out there and
Speaker 3: go to work.
Speaker 10: Are you worried at all about what this is doing
Speaker 10: with to Caleb seeing him sad as much as he
Speaker 10: isn't going through.
Speaker 3: No, no, no, I continue to uh talk to him
Speaker 3: and try to help lead in any way I can. No,
Speaker 3: he ain't phased at all. I know he's gonna gonna
Speaker 3: learn from everything, which which we all need to do.
Speaker 3: You can always learn, can always be better. But I
Speaker 3: know he gonna learn from everything that he needs to
Speaker 3: learn from and continue to work.
Speaker 9: And it's the frustration of thinking that you guys should
Speaker 9: be better than you are with the reality that rookie
Speaker 9: quarterbacks are rookie. You know sometimes things you know are
Speaker 9: gonna take.
Speaker 3: Him yeahs and flows throughout the NFL season, I said,
Speaker 3: that wasn't the last game of the season that we played.
Speaker 3: Could we have had that? What we want that one back?
Speaker 3: For sure? We have another opportunity, a great opportunity this week.
Speaker 3: It's the visional opponent. So if you got any ounce
Speaker 3: of competitive bone of your body, you should. It's a show.
Speaker 1: He's in your camp, Tom, find the things that work,
Speaker 1: and let's do him better. Let's let's be laser focused
Speaker 1: at practice. He's putting himself in that category and everybody
Speaker 1: in that category. So you know, players, players, the players
Speaker 1: want to lead. Well, players got to then lead on
Speaker 1: the field and practices as well.
Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, I really like what I heard out
Speaker 5: of DeAndre Swift today.
Speaker 4: I mean I have a whole new respect for him
Speaker 4: because I haven't heard him much on the difficult situation
Speaker 4: that he was facing at the podium today, and he
Speaker 4: stood up there and spoke like a true leader on
Speaker 4: this football team. But you know, the whole thing of
Speaker 4: being layers are focused in practice and in meetings and
Speaker 4: walk through to make sure that mentally you're.
Speaker 5: On top of the game and everything.
Speaker 4: That's but you know, you may even have to pick
Speaker 4: up the tempo of practice and give them more because
Speaker 4: I know that nowadays with the collective Bargaining Agreement, you
Speaker 4: don't have the luxury of being in pads, so you're
Speaker 4: not really out there beating each other up. You can't
Speaker 4: afford to do that at this late stages. But if
Speaker 4: there's a more of a realistic tempo to practice and
Speaker 4: you get an understanding at the speed of the receivers
Speaker 4: and their location according to the passes called things like
Speaker 4: that could help the timing of Caleb and we're talking
Speaker 4: about speeding up the process of the passing game to
Speaker 4: take away a little bit of the pressures.
Speaker 5: Maybe that's something that you have to invest.
Speaker 4: A little bit of energy in to get more realistic
Speaker 4: in the timing of what you see on Sunday?
Speaker 2: Would that help the offensive line?
Speaker 1: However it may be constructed against the Packers based on
Speaker 1: injury and availability, Would that help the offensive line the most?
Speaker 5: One hundred percent?
Speaker 4: It does every segment, every facet that you're that you're
Speaker 4: a part of, the speed of the game helps you.
Speaker 4: And like I said, I'm not talking unrealistically about going
Speaker 4: out there and punishing themselves during the week so they
Speaker 4: don't have it on Sunday. It's about making sure things
Speaker 4: move a little bit faster in front of your face.
Speaker 4: So you know how to adjust athletically. You know how
Speaker 4: to adjust when you have combination blocks, whether you know
Speaker 4: wherever they may happen. And if you see a faster
Speaker 4: pace of pressure, you gotta put the idea in the
Speaker 4: head of everybody that's involved that, Okay, I need to
Speaker 4: get this ball out of my hand three quarters of
Speaker 4: a second faster in the game, and if you present
Speaker 4: that in practice, you get a better understanding of what
Speaker 4: that timeframe really is.
Speaker 1: According to the Next Gen Stance the NFL Stance Service,
Speaker 1: Caleb his time to throw was two point seven nine seconds.
Speaker 1: That was the worst since weeks one and two, facing
Speaker 1: the teams he faced then. So yeah, that's not a
Speaker 1: lot of time, obviously, but enough time to get the
Speaker 1: ball out if you know where you're going with the ball.
Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 4: Exactly, I one hundred percent agree with you, and I'm
Speaker 4: glad you brought that up because if you take what
Speaker 4: that average time is and then let's take the five
Speaker 4: completions to Keenan Allen, and let's look at the time
Speaker 4: that the ball was out of his hands and those completions,
Speaker 4: and I bet you it changes significantly from that two
Speaker 4: point seven.
Speaker 5: Nine or nine seven.
Speaker 1: It is crazy that when you put it in those terms,
Speaker 1: just how quick two point seven nine seconds is or
Speaker 1: three seconds? But that's that's a football play and but
Speaker 1: it is. It is a snapshot though, of just how
Speaker 1: challenging it is, especially when they when you know they're coming,
Speaker 1: you know they're bringing blitz. Is they got blitz more
Speaker 1: than any other game this season forty eight point eight percent,
Speaker 1: highest of any Bears opponent this season. So you know,
Speaker 1: pages are going to be taken out of this playbook
Speaker 1: again until the Bears solve it right and are these
Speaker 1: are things they're they're tasked to do. Here have a
Speaker 1: new or gently used coat land around Head to your
Speaker 1: local jewelasco until February tenth and donate one of your
Speaker 1: new or gently used coach to the thirty sixth annual
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears Coat Drive.
Speaker 2: Helped keep Chicagoans warm this winter. Also, speaking with TJ.
Speaker 1: Words, he had a very nice game yesterday with thirteen
Speaker 1: tackles to lead the team, had the interception that was
Speaker 1: thrown right to him by Drake may Uh. And he's
Speaker 1: always a picture of of of leadership and maturity and
Speaker 1: common sense when he takes the podium as well, and
Speaker 1: when asked simply about how to get better, it's the
Speaker 1: same thing you and I have been talking about.
Speaker 2: It comes down to that. In the NFL, it's about execution.
Speaker 2: Let's listen.
Speaker 11: In more to t J Edwards, I thought our prep
Speaker 11: was good and everything like that, but it was you know,
Speaker 11: to that point to where you know we didn't we
Speaker 11: didn't create that juice, right. It's it's either us getting
Speaker 11: to take away or kind of getting a rhythm on
Speaker 11: the other side, and it's all it's everyone together, right.
Speaker 8: It's never a one sided thing with that aspect.
Speaker 6: But I do I do.
Speaker 11: We all acknowledge it as something that we want to
Speaker 11: continue to focus on and at the end of the
Speaker 11: day come in especially at home. You know, someone's got
Speaker 11: to make a play to get things going, and uh
Speaker 11: get that head in the right direction for sure.
Speaker 10: TJ is the snowball effect of the last three weeks,
Speaker 10: Like still from all out of the hail Mary, and
Speaker 10: all of that is it's something else.
Speaker 8: I mean, I just don't work. You know, we're not
Speaker 8: executing I think from top, top to bottom. You know,
Speaker 8: we've seen that.
Speaker 11: We know that's it's not to our standard what we've done,
Speaker 11: no one's you know, I think a loss is a
Speaker 11: loss in the NFL, and all of them are. All
Speaker 11: of them are tough, right, whether it's the Hail Mary
Speaker 11: or this last one or Arizona, it's kind of that's
Speaker 11: kind of how that goes. And all we can do
Speaker 11: is figure out a way for it to look better
Speaker 11: going forward, like we have to. There's a there's a
Speaker 11: sense of urgency and we understand that. But that's one
Speaker 11: thing that I know can't happen is getting hung up
Speaker 11: on what went wrong and uh not being able to
Speaker 11: move on.
Speaker 8: So I know it's gonna be a good week of
Speaker 8: prep for us, for sure. When you've been on.
Speaker 3: Teams before, whether in the NFL or in college, that
Speaker 3: have gone through maybe stretches of losses, like what what
Speaker 3: worked to get on the right track again?
Speaker 11: Yeah, I think, especially in our in this league, accountability
Speaker 11: huge and I think I'm truly understanding, you know, whether
Speaker 11: it's whether it's you not have an understanding of what's
Speaker 11: being asked of you or if you know, because you
Speaker 11: can kind of take I think what we've what we've
Speaker 11: kind of seen is you can kind of take a
Speaker 11: you know, maybe you just miss a tackle or something
Speaker 11: like that. Right, it happens and that, but you know,
Speaker 11: being in the wrong spot and those things or something
Speaker 11: that we always want to make sure we're on top of.
Speaker 11: So it's getting those things fixed up so we don't
Speaker 11: beat ourselves. That's the the biggest thing in this league.
Speaker 11: Everyone's too good too. If you hurt yourself, it's going
Speaker 11: to be a longer, a longer down for you. So
Speaker 11: we're just trying to look at everything we can to
Speaker 11: get this thing going. We're we're excited for this opportunity.
Speaker 11: It's a it's a big one. It's an exciting one. Uh,
Speaker 11: it's going to keep unplugged.
Speaker 10: We heard a lot about accountability obviously after the Washington game. Yeah,
Speaker 10: a lot about it last week. What can you guys
Speaker 10: do to make it different this week? Because I imagine
Speaker 10: it was a point of emphasis last two. So what
Speaker 10: do you how do you figure out a way to
Speaker 10: actually make it stick this week?
Speaker 5: Yeah?
Speaker 11: You know, I think it's it's player coach communicating with
Speaker 11: each other in terms of maybe what we need and
Speaker 11: what they see and getting on the same page with that.
Speaker 11: But it's it's such a thing in this league that
Speaker 11: if you're off by a little bit right, you get beat,
Speaker 11: or if you're off by a little bit, you're you know,
Speaker 11: the drives extended, or it's it's a three and now
Speaker 11: it's it's such a small.
Speaker 8: Margin for air that we have to be on top
Speaker 8: of every single detail.
Speaker 11: And you know, it's one thing to say it, and
Speaker 11: it's one thing to you know, give it the speech
Speaker 11: and that in that sense, but we got to go
Speaker 11: and show that we're understanding it and that we're we're
Speaker 11: correlating those meetings and a walk through to the field
Speaker 11: on Sunday because that's that's really what we are.
Speaker 8: That's our resume, right.
Speaker 1: Players like Swift and Edwards and Comet in previous weeks
Speaker 1: and many others on this team. It does, It does
Speaker 1: give you a slice of insight into a calm approach
Speaker 1: because you can't be wigging out here. It's still a
Speaker 1: team that has won four games. It's a team that
Speaker 1: has again I'm gonna emphasize the whole season in front
Speaker 1: of them. They can make a lot of noise if
Speaker 1: they pull this thing back together. They've shown that they can.
Speaker 1: And I don't care who you play and what where
Speaker 1: everybody's ranked defensively, it doesn't matter. That's just a bunch
Speaker 1: of math, because as we know, each and every week
Speaker 1: in the league, you can stub your toe each and
Speaker 1: and every week, somebody's going to upset somebody. Each and
Speaker 1: every week, somebody is going to win a game they shouldn't.
Speaker 1: But if as long as you stay focused and just
Speaker 1: take one at a time, all these coaching cliches you
Speaker 1: can come up with, you can turn the direction of
Speaker 1: this thing on a dime as quickly as it's turned
Speaker 1: in the negative way.
Speaker 5: In a dime, Oh no doubt about it.
Speaker 4: And you know, DeAndre Swift was a great example of
Speaker 4: leadership at the podium, and so was TJ. Edwards, And
Speaker 4: I think both of those guys realize if you got
Speaker 4: into the auditorium before a team meeting and there was
Speaker 4: no head coach standing in front of you, you'd have
Speaker 4: to realize that the guys sitting in the seats are
Speaker 4: going to be responsible for this thing getting better for
Speaker 4: this thing getting turned around, because no coach is ever
Speaker 4: going to be in a stance during the course of
Speaker 4: the game.
Speaker 5: Pay attention in meetings.
Speaker 4: The effort that you give mentally and physically in practice
Speaker 4: is going to reflect and the results on a Sunday.
Speaker 5: So TJ and DeAndre Swift.
Speaker 4: Are a great example of leadership, and I think they
Speaker 4: stood up there and talk about the importance of concentrated work,
Speaker 4: ethic and effort during the course of this week and
Speaker 4: every week to follow.
Speaker 1: We're brought to you by PNC Official Bank of the
Speaker 1: Bears and tastes like Middle Time Celebrate Responsibly, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Speaker 1: Ninety six calories and three point two carbs per twelve ounces.
Speaker 1: Time four the Geico brings you more football stat of
Speaker 1: the Day. Interesting eleven teams three and six in the
Speaker 1: NFL through Week ten. Pretty rare that a third of
Speaker 1: the NFL has playoff hopes that are flickering. And it's
Speaker 1: only early November, approaching mid November. But and in the history,
Speaker 1: only nine teams have come back from three and six.
Speaker 1: Has nothing to do with the Bears record, it's.
Speaker 6: Just a stay.
Speaker 1: But since nineteen ninety so not many five teams have
Speaker 1: been three and six and made the playoffs since the
Speaker 1: wildcard expansion in twenty twenty. They include, and I'm just
Speaker 1: using this as a reference, the twenty three Packers, the
Speaker 1: twenty three Rams, the twenty two Jaguars, and the twenty
Speaker 1: one Eagles, all teams that you know, made noise in
Speaker 1: the playoffs significantly here in the last couple of years.
Speaker 1: So the Bears are in a better position at four
Speaker 1: and five and now take on their our tribal So
Speaker 1: let's dig into that a little bit. I don't know
Speaker 1: what you think of that stat. Somebody put it out there.
Speaker 1: I just thought i'd sent it your way. Tommy, Well,
Speaker 1: you know, you listen.
Speaker 4: To all those stats of the past and the different
Speaker 4: examples of teams what they're able to accomplish with the
Speaker 4: certain records.
Speaker 5: But we've been talking about this all season.
Speaker 4: This season does not start till until week eleven, that's right.
Speaker 4: I don't know how many times we have said that. Yeah,
Speaker 4: I can remember being in the viewing suite during any
Speaker 4: camp and the different people that would come and watch
Speaker 4: practice would ask that question about not records, but big
Speaker 4: games and all that. And each time we reference it
Speaker 4: doesn't really start until week eleven. And so when you
Speaker 4: bring up the topics and the different examples that you
Speaker 4: just brought up, here we are, man, We're ready to
Speaker 4: rock and roll. No matter what the record is. You
Speaker 4: still got the whole division to play. So I think
Speaker 4: there's some excitement still to come in the this NFL season.
Speaker 4: There's still some excitement to come for this Bear season.
Speaker 1: Let's find out what they're truly made of. I mean,
Speaker 1: what this team is truly made of. They believe in themselves.
Speaker 1: They believe that they've got talent to get the job done.
Speaker 1: Coaches believe in the players. Players believe in themselves. That's significant.
Speaker 1: And don't look at this as a big mountain you
Speaker 1: have to climb right now. All you got to do
Speaker 1: is climb that little bunny hill right now.
Speaker 2: It's the Packers. That's it. Week one.
Speaker 1: Don't look at the entirety of the schedule because in reality,
Speaker 1: there's a bunch of teams in this league still trying
Speaker 1: to punch their way into what they really are. Some
Speaker 1: are not, some already know who they are. The Kansas
Speaker 1: City Chiefs haven't played high level football. They're winning games.
Speaker 1: They know how to win they've told everybody by how
Speaker 1: they play, they know how to win, and it's a
Speaker 1: whole different bunch of reasons why. But the rest of
Speaker 1: the league is just still trying to figure out what
Speaker 1: they are or what they are at this point, and
Speaker 1: that includes the Bears, and so whatever changes appear to
Speaker 1: be coming, we don't know what they are as of
Speaker 1: this taping. Hopefully they look at under the microscope and
Speaker 1: the way that is constructive, productive, and that players are
Speaker 1: going to be put in a position to win.
Speaker 4: Alls I'm looking for is a confident Bear football team
Speaker 4: walking off the practice field on Wednesday, feeling good about
Speaker 4: the effort they just put out there and going, Okay,
Speaker 4: let's take the momentum of this Wednesday practice and turn
Speaker 4: it into a Thursday practice. Be efficient, be smart at
Speaker 4: the line of scrimmage, make the right decisions, work at
Speaker 4: a speed that is relatable to the speed of what
Speaker 4: you're gonna almost see on a Sunday. And if you
Speaker 4: can walk off those practice fields feel good about what
Speaker 4: you just left behind, that creates confidence inside the locker room.
Speaker 4: Then it increases a positive conversation inside the locker room
Speaker 4: amongst the players, and it has something build on in
Speaker 4: the meetings and stuff. So just start with a great
Speaker 4: Wednesday practice and feel good about walking off the practice field,
Speaker 4: and I think that'll do a lot for your mojo.
Speaker 2: Let me ask you this question.
Speaker 1: Would a win over the Packers be bigger than a
Speaker 1: Hail Mary loss to the Washington Commanders for this football.
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, of course, a division win against a team
Speaker 4: that's considered a good football team. You know, you look
Speaker 4: at the touchdown interception ratio between the two quarterbacks playing
Speaker 4: in this game. Jordan Love has thrown quite a few interceptions.
Speaker 4: So yeah, you go out there. Hey man, we just
Speaker 4: talked about ten seconds ago about the season doesn't start
Speaker 4: until week eleven, and here we are right back at
Speaker 4: that subject. You go out there and you beat the
Speaker 4: Green Bay Packers at home, in front of your home crowd.
Speaker 4: But all of a sudden, the narrative changes about the
Speaker 4: Chicago Bears and about the seriousness of the relationship in
Speaker 4: where they are in the division. So heck, yeah, man,
Speaker 4: give me that win, and I'll be the happiest bear
Speaker 4: walking out of that stadium.
Speaker 1: Blue crossing, blue shield of Illinois right here at home,
Speaker 1: driving access toward healthier communities through it all, let's dig
Speaker 1: in a little bit to before we give our Thursday preview,
Speaker 1: but let's look at the defense of the Green Bay Packers.
Speaker 1: Coach Flues intimated that's definitely a change with the new
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator there, Jeff Hafley right now, Rashan Gary and
Speaker 1: Kenny Clark two and a half sex zero sex respectively. However,
Speaker 1: they've got I think thirteen players that have combined for sacks,
Speaker 1: so they're getting a lot of production and they're taking
Speaker 1: the ball away.
Speaker 5: That's the only they only have twenty two as a team.
Speaker 4: Yeah, so it's not like they have a guy up
Speaker 4: there that's almost reaching double digits, like when you see
Speaker 4: Cincinnati or what Hutchinson was doing in Detroit.
Speaker 2: And Trey Henderson, Boy, he's good and he there in Cincinnata.
Speaker 10: Yeah.
Speaker 5: Yes, and.
Speaker 1: Against the Vikings and Lions in two big games they
Speaker 1: were home games. They trailed twenty eight to nothing against
Speaker 1: Minnesota and twenty four to three against Detroit. So again,
Speaker 1: I know we think of the Packers only through a
Speaker 1: bear's lens because of the streak of losses and the
Speaker 1: inability to knock them off on a consistent basis. But
Speaker 1: they're not humming either at a high level just yet,
Speaker 1: so there is opportunities here to make some noise. Now, offensively,
Speaker 1: you alluded to the quarterback turnover prone throws, no question
Speaker 1: about it. What does Jacobs look like in the back
Speaker 1: field for them, the former Raider versus what they had
Speaker 1: and the guy that did a lot of damage against
Speaker 1: the Bears over time. Now at the Minnesota Vikings and
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones, the difference in their styles. Is this more
Speaker 1: of a battering ram back in your opinion.
Speaker 4: The difference in the styles of the two backs, it's
Speaker 4: because of the quarterback. You think of what Aaron Jones
Speaker 4: did with Aaron Rodgers and how sometimes he could deceptively
Speaker 4: go through a play action fake and have a swing
Speaker 4: pass out.
Speaker 5: And also now.
Speaker 4: He's on the edge of the defense and he's he's
Speaker 4: running more in open space, where Jacobs he had to develop.
Speaker 4: He had to develop a battering ram style, a guy
Speaker 4: that could have multiple carries in the course of a
Speaker 4: game because he was playing with a struggling quarterback in
Speaker 4: his first stay with the Raiders. But now you're playing
Speaker 4: with a guy like Jordan Love who's not at the
Speaker 4: level of Aaron Rodgers, but he is playing a solid
Speaker 4: brand of football over the last couple of years. He
Speaker 4: doesn't really give you the versatility of Aaron Rodgers in
Speaker 4: terms of a pass catcher, a downfield weapon and not
Speaker 4: necessarily an our po guy but an outside zone type
Speaker 4: of player. But still Jacobs can do it all. I mean,
Speaker 4: he's a good, durable running back that's had success in
Speaker 4: the league because he's willing to have high double digit
Speaker 4: carries if they need it.
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Wilson has really come on well as a change
Speaker 1: up as well. They still have aj Dillon, but this
Speaker 1: running back has done a nice job. So stop of
Speaker 1: the run again, It's going to be a big, big
Speaker 1: part of this whole thing for the Bears defensively. All right, Well,
Speaker 1: that gives you a little sneak peek at what we're
Speaker 1: looking at. Got to dig in deeper for the Packers.
Speaker 1: Can't wait to the matchup. We'll have it for you
Speaker 1: starting at twelve POHT two on ESPN one thousand of
Speaker 1: the Bears Radio Network. Bears Fan Steinoffls is a PROMP
Speaker 1: partner of the Chicago Bears and this Bear season, Stein
Speaker 1: Officers is partnering with Special Spaces Illinois to create dream
Speaker 1: bedrooms for children battling cancer. For every false start by
Speaker 1: the Bears defense during a home game, Steinhoffels donates one
Speaker 1: thousand dollars to Special Spaces Illinois shop in store and
Speaker 1: online at Steinhoffels dot com. That's gonna do it for us,
Speaker 1: thanks to head coach. Thanks to Bears head coach Matt
Speaker 1: ebra Flus. For Tom there, I'm Jeff jonahak As always,
Speaker 1: thanks for listening everybody, and please subscribe now in the
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears official app apples, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you
Speaker 1: get