WEBVTT - Nagy, Tabor talk 2-0 start | Coaches Show 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:02.440 Had a pleasant, good evening once again, everybody, and welcome 0:00:02.440 --> 0:00:04.920 into the Bears Coaching Show with Bears head coach Matt Naggie. 0:00:04.920 --> 0:00:07.800 This is Jeff Joniak. A nice seventeen thirteen win over 0:00:07.840 --> 0:00:10.559 the visiting New York Giants leaves the Bears at two 0:00:10.560 --> 0:00:12.840 and l here until eight o'clock tonight. We'll be joined 0:00:12.880 --> 0:00:14.280 by Chris Tabor at the bottom of the hour of 0:00:14.360 --> 0:00:17.440 the Bears veteran special teams coordinator, Matt, how you doing, 0:00:17.520 --> 0:00:19.680 How do you feel about things? And what did you 0:00:19.720 --> 0:00:23.480 think of how you won? Not that that you won. Yeah, 0:00:23.520 --> 0:00:26.160 well it's good to be here again. I think for us, 0:00:27.320 --> 0:00:28.800 you go back and you watch the tape and you 0:00:28.880 --> 0:00:32.120 realize a few things stand out, and you know the 0:00:32.440 --> 0:00:35.519 for the defense really stepping up on third down yesterday 0:00:35.600 --> 0:00:37.880 jumped out to me. They had one the one drive 0:00:37.920 --> 0:00:41.120 where were the Giants went ninety five yards and only 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:42.879 had one third down, which meant they were getting some 0:00:42.960 --> 0:00:45.280 chunks there and ended up in the touchdown on fourth 0:00:45.320 --> 0:00:46.880 and golf from the one. But for the most part, 0:00:46.880 --> 0:00:48.800 I was really happy with the way the defense played 0:00:49.040 --> 0:00:51.600 offensively again in the first half was really good. I 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:53.720 thought it was solid. We put points up on the board, 0:00:54.240 --> 0:00:56.640 we were moving to football, We were great on third down, 0:00:56.760 --> 0:01:00.000 and then in the second half, to have two interceptions, 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:02.760 to have a missfield goal, and to have a punt 0:01:02.800 --> 0:01:05.520 as your four possessions. That's how it felt at the 0:01:05.600 --> 0:01:07.440 end of the game. Even though we won, there was 0:01:07.480 --> 0:01:09.560 still frustration there. But I'm okay with that. I think 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:12.440 that the guys understand that were we want to really 0:01:12.480 --> 0:01:14.680 get that four quarter string where we're putting this whole 0:01:14.720 --> 0:01:16.200 thing together, and when we do, I think it would 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:18.560 be pretty good. Is it a gnawing feeling when that 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:21.720 happens a little bit in your belly, It is just 0:01:21.800 --> 0:01:24.640 because you want to You know, it was different than 0:01:25.480 --> 0:01:27.880 last week when we played in Detroit and you scored 0:01:27.920 --> 0:01:30.120 twenty one points in the fourth. You gotta turnover on 0:01:30.200 --> 0:01:33.080 defense and you were doing things on special teams, and 0:01:33.160 --> 0:01:35.840 so it's a little different feeling at the end. But 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:39.360 as I told the team, you know, yesterday was hey, guys, 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:42.120 we're two and oh right now, and yeah it was 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:45.600 an ugly win, but we won, and don't lose sight 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:47.480 of that. These things aren't easy. And now, now how 0:01:47.480 --> 0:01:49.360 do we get better? This is the Bears Culture Show. 0:01:49.480 --> 0:01:52.280 Brought to you by Whippley CPAs and Consultants Mattneggie, Jeff 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:55.000 Joni Eck with you until eight o'clock. What gets lost 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:57.160 in your opinion in games like this and how they're 0:01:57.160 --> 0:01:59.960 won like this A few things. I think when you 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:04.240 look at it from the offensive perspective, you say, okay, 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:06.360 when teams like this know that you have a lead, 0:02:06.920 --> 0:02:08.560 when they start seeing a little bit of what your 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:12.040 identity is, and you got to run the football. I 0:02:12.120 --> 0:02:14.440 thought the first half we were just okay at that 0:02:14.880 --> 0:02:17.280 and then in the second half we got a lot better. 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:20.080 And again some of that is just repeating calls and 0:02:20.160 --> 0:02:22.240 being able to let these guys go out there and 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:24.639 do it again. And as execution, they did a great 0:02:24.680 --> 0:02:28.680 job executing. Defensively, you know you have that pick six 0:02:28.760 --> 0:02:32.320 that's called back. You gotta respond now to some adversity, Okay, 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:34.760 didn't go our way. Myself included, we all got to, okay, 0:02:34.760 --> 0:02:36.320 bounce back. What do we do? How do we get 0:02:36.320 --> 0:02:40.360 a stop? And we did that and then to come 0:02:40.400 --> 0:02:41.880 out with the win at the very last play of 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:43.440 the game, to be able to hold these guys off, 0:02:43.760 --> 0:02:46.160 I think we all felt the same way. But at 0:02:46.160 --> 0:02:48.200 the end we're half of we won. Let's talk about 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:50.839 that play because Eddie Jackson, he's had two of these 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:53.440 now were taken away by penalty in his career, So 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:55.960 with a ball in his hands, he's something to watch. 0:02:56.080 --> 0:02:58.720 That was a terrific return regardless of what happened and 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:02.240 called back. But do you like the aggressiveness because it 0:03:02.360 --> 0:03:05.400 is a debatable thing, and you like the aggressive nature 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:08.440 by which he's attacking the football in that scenario. Yeah, 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:11.400 you have to play it exactly like he did. I mean, 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:14.480 that's such a bang bang play that you can't possibly 0:03:14.520 --> 0:03:17.519 tell Eddie to not pay to play it any different. 0:03:17.760 --> 0:03:19.240 You have to play it the way he did, and 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:21.600 it's it's unfortunate, but it's a part of the game, 0:03:21.639 --> 0:03:24.239 and it's it's not the first one and certainly isn't 0:03:24.240 --> 0:03:26.160 going to be the last one. So I just I 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:28.080 love the way that Eddie Jackson has been playing the 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:30.720 last two games. He's really tackling well, he's seeing the football, 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:33.720 he's making plays, and he's being a great leader. There's 0:03:33.760 --> 0:03:35.840 a lot of discussion already about the tight ends through 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:39.280 two weeks, twelve targets, five catches, one touchdown, fifty five 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:43.800 yards However, watching the tape and watching the run game 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:46.640 and how it's working and David Montgomery averaging five point 0:03:46.640 --> 0:03:49.160 one to carry, it's not just the guy's up front 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:52.080 or his vision and his patients. It's it's the tight 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:53.840 ends when you go to two and three tight end 0:03:53.840 --> 0:03:56.840 packages in it without a doubt. And that's what I 0:03:56.840 --> 0:03:59.280 think is very important for everybody to understand, is that 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:01.800 as a important as it is to be able to 0:04:01.800 --> 0:04:03.720 have a bunch of catches from that tight end room 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:06.480 and do different things there, it's just equally important to 0:04:06.480 --> 0:04:08.280 be able to help us in the run game. They're 0:04:08.280 --> 0:04:10.520 doing a phenomenal job at that right now. The numbers 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:13.600 feak for themselves, and we wouldn't want to change anything 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:15.760 in regards to that. You've always maintained that you know 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:18.400 each week's different, you don't know how it's gonna work 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:21.360 in terms of who's getting targets. So yesterday there's ten 0:04:21.440 --> 0:04:24.680 guys to touch the football, including Bobby Massey, as we 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:26.560 talked about in the postgame show, and the fun part 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:29.200 of it making that big and and let's not joke 0:04:29.240 --> 0:04:32.120 about that, because it saved a minute and forty seconds 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:34.800 off of their ledger. That they could have used at 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:37.240 the end of the game. So that that was very, 0:04:37.360 --> 0:04:40.279 very very important, wasn't it. It really was, And they 0:04:40.400 --> 0:04:42.880 decided to zone us out there on that fourth down, 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:46.520 and for that past to happen, you got to get 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:49.400 a little bit lucky the way squeezing between the two 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:51.719 defenders popped up in the air, and then for Bobby 0:04:51.760 --> 0:04:55.240 to have the awareness to catch that football and get 0:04:55.279 --> 0:04:58.359 and fall forward for the first that's awesome. That was 0:04:58.360 --> 0:05:00.279 a big play for us. So again back what I 0:05:00.320 --> 0:05:03.360 originally was pointing out about the spread, do you prefer 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:06.520 that is that Mitch seeing the field the way you want? Yeah, 0:05:06.520 --> 0:05:08.200 Seven to the backs, eight to the receivers due to 0:05:08.200 --> 0:05:11.760 the tight ends, and one offensive linement. Yeah. Because what 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:14.080 that does, Jeff, is that makes it difficult for the 0:05:14.160 --> 0:05:16.040 defense is just trying to take one guy out of 0:05:16.080 --> 0:05:17.960 the game. And that's always been a part of this 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:20.680 offense is some games you might have somebody that has 0:05:20.720 --> 0:05:22.760 twelve targets, and the next week they might have that 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:25.839 same person might have four targets. It's all based off 0:05:25.839 --> 0:05:27.680 of what the defense wants to do, and then we 0:05:27.720 --> 0:05:31.560 adjust to that. And I think that's that's what you 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:33.839 start to see that's not the first time you've seen that. 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:37.560 Mitch has talked about the trap eight and that happened 0:05:37.839 --> 0:05:40.480 a fair amount yesterday, and that's an invitation for him 0:05:40.520 --> 0:05:45.080 to move, and he was moving to your satisfaction. Yeah, absolutely, 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:48.440 And you can see that they had a drop eight 0:05:49.000 --> 0:05:51.320 type of play on that scramble there at the end 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:53.880 of the half. When he scrambled back, he's kept his 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:56.600 eyes down field. He didn't put his eyes on the 0:05:56.600 --> 0:05:59.440 defensive linemen or linebackers. He actually pointed to Mooney to 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:02.200 strike back, and then he made a great throw across 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:04.400 the field and Mooney made a great cap. So you 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:06.080 saw that, and then you also saw it Jeff on 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:08.800 the first touchdown, he scrambled out of the pocket, invited 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:10.760 to defender to take him, and then he just lobbed 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:13.159 it over the top to David Montgomery. Highs and lows. 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:15.400 You hope to even out, obviously, but you know, you 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:17.960 look at what his production is right now in terms 0:06:17.960 --> 0:06:20.720 of Mitch five touchdowns, you seven weeks a year ago, 0:06:20.800 --> 0:06:24.480 so there is change in the way the offense is working. 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:27.320 And basically a whole game when you take each half 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:30.680 of the two games of positiveness that you can build 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:33.360 around as an offense. Yeah, that part we like. And 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:36.360 again we're trying to figure out too as a coaching 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:38.800 staff each week as we go, Okay, what do we 0:06:38.920 --> 0:06:40.880 do well? We know what our identity wants to be, 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:43.520 but what do we do well? And now that we're 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:45.440 kind of seeing what we do well what we don't 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:47.839 do well. We got some new players on offense. How 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:50.400 they fit now it makes it a little bit easier 0:06:50.440 --> 0:06:52.920 for us to start scheming and do what you just said, 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:55.200 which is trying to put four quarters in good football together. 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:57.880 Montgomery to the left that Tribisky takes the snap, Mitch 0:06:57.960 --> 0:07:00.400 looking to throw. Mitch with time, Mitch a rod it 0:07:00.520 --> 0:07:03.039 was right, Mitch gonna toss it down to David Montgomery 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:05.760 down the sideline. He's inside the ten, works in the 0:07:05.760 --> 0:07:09.320 middle of the fill left, He's in for the touchdown. Touchdown. 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:13.560 Bears third and six, twenty seven yards catch and run 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:17.920 David Montgomery Bears in front. Six second career touchdown catch 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:20.400 for David Montgomery finished with three for forty five of 0:07:20.440 --> 0:07:23.000 the touchdown plus five. Want to carry on his sixteen 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:25.120 attempts back on The Bears Coaching Show with head coach 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:27.680 Matt Naggy Bears with a win over the Giants. So 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:30.520 his involvement in the passing game, I always felt that 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:32.600 that's an underrated aspect. Tom and I talked about it 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:34.680 a great deal this week leading up to the game, 0:07:34.720 --> 0:07:36.600 that you know, that's that's a part of the game. 0:07:36.680 --> 0:07:38.920 Yes you have Tariko and yes you have Cordorill Patterson 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:41.840 to compliment that out of the backfield. But David David 0:07:41.880 --> 0:07:45.080 could do some damage now he can, and he has 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:47.640 the ability to make plays after the catch two so 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:50.040 he's you saw that yesterday. And to be able to 0:07:50.040 --> 0:07:52.280 catch it on the sideline, stick his right foot in 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:54.720 the ground, make a couple moves, make some guys, missus 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:56.920 score a touchdown just speaks to who he is and 0:07:56.920 --> 0:07:59.120 how he does things. So we liked out about him. 0:07:59.120 --> 0:08:01.360 We want to keep growing area and the beauty of that. 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:04.040 It caps up a twelve play, eighty two yard driving 0:08:04.080 --> 0:08:06.240 seven and a half minutes to open the game, and 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:09.760 that's certainly what you'd like to have your identity b 0:08:10.200 --> 0:08:13.120 isn't it it is? And starting the game with a touchdown. 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:16.040 It was refreshing for us yesterday just for us to 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:19.440 be able to do that making plays. I think we 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:21.520 were four for four on third down, which was a 0:08:21.520 --> 0:08:25.280 big emphasis for us heading into that week. So it's 0:08:25.280 --> 0:08:27.760 a start. It gets the defense going to they go out, 0:08:27.880 --> 0:08:30.080 they get a sack, you know, they get a fumble, 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:32.440 and it just really gets you going the right way. 0:08:32.480 --> 0:08:34.120 Not something you want to think about, but it only 0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:37.360 happened two times last season, So yeah, I mean, doesn't 0:08:37.400 --> 0:08:39.880 that change the way you call games? Then? Even from 0:08:39.920 --> 0:08:42.640 that opening drive. I mean, I know it's a long 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:46.000 game and it's sixty minutes, but that opening drive must 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:48.640 impact you in some way as a play call does, 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:51.320 and Jeffrey, it allows you as a play caller to 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:54.559 get into a rhythm. Plus, when you don't go three 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:56.480 and out and you're able to get some first downs, 0:08:56.520 --> 0:08:58.120 you can see what they're going to try to do 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:01.599 personnel matching, So if you're in a certain personnel, what 0:09:01.679 --> 0:09:03.560 are they going to do to That just gives you 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:06.400 more plays, more opportunities. And you know, the last two 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:09.840 weeks now we've started the game with the football and 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:12.520 it's it's it's our job on offense to have a 0:09:12.559 --> 0:09:14.720 fast start two weeks or you know, last week it 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:17.440 was three and out and now this week was get 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:19.920 a touchdown, So let's keep getting touchdowns that first drive. 0:09:20.000 --> 0:09:22.439 Now let's go to David's run game now, because that 0:09:22.720 --> 0:09:24.560 end of the game, you know, there's seven thirty six 0:09:24.600 --> 0:09:26.760 to go, you've got a four point lead, and he 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:28.720 has a possession on a eleven yard run to start, 0:09:28.760 --> 0:09:30.400 he's got a ten, he's got a nine. A couple 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:33.240 of plays later, then a penalty set you back. Then 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:36.520 he goes off on another twenty three. This is a 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:38.800 perfect scenario to close out a game with a back 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:42.360 who can pick up that kind of potential yardage. But 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:45.240 the key to me was not only those guys up 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:47.680 front coming off the ball, but is he a lot 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:50.720 more patient this year at waiting for blocks to set 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:54.120 up and then moving in the right direction. I think 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:56.360 you could say that. And again that goes with that 0:09:56.440 --> 0:09:59.360 communication that those running backs have with the offensive line 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:02.160 and tight ends. They get together and they meet throughout 0:10:02.160 --> 0:10:04.640 the week and they talk through different run schemes and 0:10:04.720 --> 0:10:07.480 the way that they see different fronts and the way 0:10:07.480 --> 0:10:10.080 that they see the linebackers moving on different places and 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:12.760 calls that they have. And so again what I think 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:15.439 is important is you have a defense yesterday that knows 0:10:15.480 --> 0:10:18.400 that the run is coming. You're in four minute mode essentially, 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:22.720 and when you're getting ten, nine, ten eleven yards per pop, 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:24.480 you got to keep it going and they know that, 0:10:24.679 --> 0:10:26.960 and we were still able to run. So that part 0:10:27.040 --> 0:10:29.480 feels good, and I think that Dave is doing a 0:10:29.480 --> 0:10:31.719 great job at growing in that area to play a 0:10:31.840 --> 0:10:35.079 Kyle Fuller, I thought, really set a tone early because 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:38.240 those Giants, those receivers, and I know people are dinging 0:10:38.280 --> 0:10:40.720 the Giants. You certainly didn't. Leading up to the game. 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:43.439 You sent the warning out that this is a team 0:10:43.440 --> 0:10:45.240 that plays fast, but they get a lot of yards 0:10:45.280 --> 0:10:48.079 after the catch in their careers, some of these receivers, 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:50.559 and I thought he had a blanket coverage type of 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:52.640 day and Jalen Johnson wasn't far behind him on that. 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:55.520 Now that they've played really well and it helps when 0:10:55.520 --> 0:10:59.240 you got guys up front getting into that quarterbacks lap, 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:03.400 which I thought we did yesterday some nice breakups. I 0:11:03.400 --> 0:11:06.360 think really the only the only true negative and pass 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:09.280 coverage when you look at yesterday was probably those last 0:11:09.280 --> 0:11:12.480 two plays of that first half when they hit the 0:11:12.559 --> 0:11:14.880 dagger over the middle for about a twenty five thirty 0:11:14.920 --> 0:11:18.440 yard game and came back and hit another one, you know, 0:11:18.920 --> 0:11:20.640 to be able to give them a fifty eight yeard 0:11:20.640 --> 0:11:22.920 field goal attempts. So other than that, though, I thought 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:24.640 they did a great job, and I thought that Chuck 0:11:24.720 --> 0:11:26.720 Pagana did a really good job at calling the game. 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:30.040 I'm about to play a barkivous mingo showing you he 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:32.520 does have pass rush. He was a high draft pick obviously, 0:11:32.520 --> 0:11:34.959 and his up played his career in a variety of 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:38.200 roles and certainly on special teams four year as well. Yeah, 0:11:38.440 --> 0:11:41.240 Barkivas has done a really good job at fitting our scheme, 0:11:42.240 --> 0:11:44.719 you know, especially on first and second down. He has 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:46.719 a good feel for what we like to do. And 0:11:46.960 --> 0:11:49.440 I think he's a guy that you see every single play. 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:52.040 His motor is just rolling. I mean he is attacking 0:11:52.080 --> 0:11:54.560 and going after in the run game, in the pass game, 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:56.960 and he's really helping us out in that area. Yan 0:11:57.080 --> 0:12:00.520 Bush in there and the dime the interception, Any chance 0:12:00.559 --> 0:12:04.120 he could have taken it outside and gone, I thought, 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:07.400 maybe maybe it would have been nice, But at the 0:12:07.440 --> 0:12:09.520 same time, I will take that interception. I thought he 0:12:09.559 --> 0:12:12.400 did a phenomenal job at reading the route of the 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:14.920 wide receiver and he timed it up just right to 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:16.520 be able to step in front make that play. The 0:12:16.559 --> 0:12:18.600 Chicago Bears are teaming up with proven It to help 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:21.240 support local small businesses as part of the Small Business 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:24.000 All Pros initiative. Visit Chicago Bears dot com to apply. 0:12:24.120 --> 0:12:25.719 Back on the Bears Coaching Show brought to you by 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:28.760 Whipplely CPAs a consultants, Matt Naggie one more segment to go, 0:12:29.240 --> 0:12:31.200 and again Chris Taber joining us here at the bottom 0:12:31.240 --> 0:12:33.520 of the hour. Matt, and as you look at what 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:35.840 you looked at it at yourself in the offseason as 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:39.079 a play caller, how is it all evolving for you? 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:42.800 Two games in so far? I feel it's pretty good, 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:46.160 you know. I like the communication with our coaches throughout 0:12:46.200 --> 0:12:48.920 the week, especially on Monday and Tuesday when we really 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:51.040 start game planning. I love the way that that's going. 0:12:51.640 --> 0:12:53.560 We're taking that to the week for the players to 0:12:53.600 --> 0:12:56.000 be able to put into practice and see what we 0:12:56.440 --> 0:12:58.360 do well, what we like and don't like, and then 0:12:58.360 --> 0:13:00.320 it's on the players to be able to execute. Didn't 0:13:00.320 --> 0:13:01.600 for us to be able to put it out there 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:04.360 to do everything we can to get to win. So 0:13:04.360 --> 0:13:07.440 so far, it's been really, really good. Darnell Mooney got 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:10.199 himself half the amount of snaps in this game and 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:13.080 delivered with his first NFL touchdown. What I loved about 0:13:13.080 --> 0:13:16.760 it is just the ability to recognize the situation Mitch 0:13:16.880 --> 0:13:19.760 was buying some time coming back to the quarterback and 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:23.000 shedding his receiver to get to the football. Yeah, Darnell 0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:25.640 has done a great job at really making this game 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:29.000 slow for a rookie. Love where he's at kids playing 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:31.560 really fast, I mean getting in there in some blocks. 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:33.559 He was a lead blocker yesterday in the run game. 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:37.160 And then to make that touchdown, that touchdown catch at 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:40.640 a crucial moment on a scramble by Mitch. That's what 0:13:40.720 --> 0:13:42.439 you love to see. And I think that this kid's 0:13:42.559 --> 0:13:46.480 arrow is majorly up right now and it's gonna be 0:13:46.520 --> 0:13:48.120 fun to see what he does arrest of the season. 0:13:48.280 --> 0:13:51.520 I was playing around Toss, I say, I swear Levin's 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:54.920 leading the way on this play, and he goes, well, 0:13:54.920 --> 0:13:57.040 you know, maybe just providing some No, he was the 0:13:57.120 --> 0:13:59.920 lead blocker on the play. Yeah, it wasn't really scripted 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:02.000 that way, but it looked pretty sweets. So maybe they'll 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:03.880 be scheming for that play next week. Hey, you'd love 0:14:03.920 --> 0:14:05.880 to have tough receivers like that that are willing to 0:14:06.000 --> 0:14:08.719 dig out guys no matter their size, get in the way, 0:14:08.760 --> 0:14:12.160 creating interference that extends your running plays. It does, and 0:14:12.720 --> 0:14:15.120 those guys, those running backs, trust me, they love seeing that. 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:18.160 When you got little guys in there making blocks on linebackers, 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:20.240 that's what it's all about. Let's stock pass rush for 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:22.800 the big three when they're when they're jelling, when they're 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:25.280 gonna have more time together. I can't even imagine how 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:28.520 it's gonna look because a bigger cheam's got a couple already. 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:32.480 Matc had is yesterday, and of course the return of 0:14:32.640 --> 0:14:35.600 Robert Quinn or the debut of Robert Quinn. So as 0:14:35.640 --> 0:14:38.840 he gets more and more time with these guys, the 0:14:38.960 --> 0:14:41.440 types of stunts and twists and things you guys can do. 0:14:41.560 --> 0:14:44.760 It really is an endless library. I would imagine. Yeah, 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:47.120 it should only get better. And I think for Robert 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:49.920 to have, you know, a little over twenty plays yesterday, 0:14:50.040 --> 0:14:51.760 but you felt him when he was in there. I know, 0:14:52.320 --> 0:14:55.320 you gotta know where he's at when you scheme offensively. 0:14:55.800 --> 0:14:57.720 And now what that does is taste a little bit 0:14:57.760 --> 0:15:00.320 of pressure on the other edge off of fifty two wheel. 0:15:00.360 --> 0:15:03.280 So you know, as we get further and further into 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:05.080 this season, hopefully we see more and more of that. 0:15:05.960 --> 0:15:08.960 By my math, fifteen teams scored thirty or more in 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:11.760 Week two. I don't know why, but it's blowing up 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:14.960 a little bit on the scoreboard. But it does underscore 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:17.800 the importance of taking advantage of every opportunity to put 0:15:17.840 --> 0:15:20.560 points on the board. So if you do the Anthony 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:22.640 Miller that would have been a tough catch, but an 0:15:22.760 --> 0:15:25.560 unbelievable throw by Mitch right where you want it to 0:15:25.680 --> 0:15:28.400 make a big play there, the missfield goal. You know, 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:31.360 you can talk about some other things like that. Is 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:34.720 this a paramount example, especially going in against Atlanta, a 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:37.240 team that does have the ability to score points, to 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:41.760 take advantage of every single scoring opportunity you can. It does. 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:44.200 It does. And when you talk about our upcoming opponent 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:46.720 here with Atlanta, they're scoring a lot of points. And 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:50.240 so what I like about our defense right now, regardless 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:52.560 of who you're playing, is our defense isn't given up 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:55.080 you know, a lot of points. So we're we're pretty 0:15:55.120 --> 0:15:57.520 good in that category right now. That'll be a challenge 0:15:57.560 --> 0:15:59.120 for us this week. But I know our guys will 0:15:59.160 --> 0:16:03.040 be ready for it offensively, knowing that that should always 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:04.720 be the goal. And we have that and we want 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:07.160 to stay attacking and aggressive, and it's going to be 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:09.960 a really good chance for us to try to put 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:13.040 these four quarters together and score as many points as 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:15.720 we possibly can. Ye. I saw a tweet on Twitter 0:16:15.880 --> 0:16:18.920 from Daniel Jeremiah from NFL Network. He was studying the 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:21.880 games and he said, if you're linebacker, safeties can't cover, 0:16:22.200 --> 0:16:24.640 you're gonna be exposed as a defense. Do you feel 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:28.560 you have that part ratcheted down as well because of 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:32.080 guys like Roquan Smith, Eddie Jackson and your secondary Kyle 0:16:32.160 --> 0:16:35.000 Fuller among the leagues leaders and pass breakups the last 0:16:35.240 --> 0:16:38.560 three plus years now and Jalen's coming on strong. Yeah, 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:40.760 we do. We like our guys that can cover. Of course, 0:16:40.800 --> 0:16:44.160 when you have a safety like Eddie Jackson and a 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:48.560 guy like Tshaun Gibson, they're pretty good matchups advantage us 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:50.960 when they're out there covering it. There's tight ends and 0:16:51.440 --> 0:16:54.000 that part is great. To have a guy like Roquan 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:56.040 who can fly around and do different things and still 0:16:56.040 --> 0:16:58.640 be able to blitz and stop the run game. I 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:01.920 like that part and they accept the challenge. They want that. 0:17:02.040 --> 0:17:04.119 So there's gonna be games we have our hands full, 0:17:04.359 --> 0:17:06.560 but they'll be ready. Matt Ryan's eye's gonna be good, 0:17:06.600 --> 0:17:10.840 isn't he Yeah, he's he's um. He's seen a lot 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:14.800 of different defenses. He's been in some big time games. Uh, 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:17.480 He's always been a really really good quarterback that he's 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:21.840 deadly accurate um and you know, playing he's always been 0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:24.520 a part of high scoring offenses. So I think that 0:17:25.000 --> 0:17:26.480 our guys are gonna have to be ready for the 0:17:26.600 --> 0:17:28.879 challenge again. Like always, you got to be able to 0:17:28.960 --> 0:17:31.840 affect these quarterbacks in the pocket and make them get 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:33.560 off rhythm, and if you do that, you always have 0:17:33.640 --> 0:17:37.640 a chance. They now are looking at two star receivers 0:17:37.800 --> 0:17:40.480 Julio Jones and Calvin Ridley's on a tear at the moment, 0:17:41.200 --> 0:17:43.680 number one in the league and yards four touchdowns out 0:17:43.720 --> 0:17:46.200 of the gate. They've got a whole trio of of 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:49.240 of talent there guy on third down two and Russell Gage. 0:17:49.280 --> 0:17:52.960 So big challenge for your defense here, no doubt about it. 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:55.239 And I think those two wide receivers complement each other 0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:58.880 really well. You got Julio, who's who's big, strong, tall 0:17:58.920 --> 0:18:01.960 and fast, and you got Alvin who's super fast, becoming 0:18:02.000 --> 0:18:04.439 a really good route runner and can score a touchdown 0:18:04.520 --> 0:18:06.120 on any play when he has that ball in his hand. 0:18:06.200 --> 0:18:08.199 So our gods will be ready though, they're gonna look 0:18:08.200 --> 0:18:10.080