WEBVTT - Coaches Show: Nagy, Fangio on defensive performance 0:00:01.480 --> 0:00:07.080 The following is a presentation of the Chicago Bears Network No. 0:00:07.320 --> 0:00:09.760 One News Radio seven eighty and one oh five point 0:00:09.880 --> 0:00:13.200 nine FM. This is the Bears Coaches Show with Bears 0:00:13.280 --> 0:00:16.680 Head Coach Matt Naggie, the coaching staff and Bears management. 0:00:16.760 --> 0:00:19.240 The Bears Coaches Show was brought to you by Whitpley 0:00:19.520 --> 0:00:23.840 CBA's and Consultants and sponsored by Advocate Healthcare, Hilton and 0:00:23.920 --> 0:00:27.160 the Village of Bedford Park. No. From Hellas Hall. Here's 0:00:27.160 --> 0:00:31.000 the Voice of the Bears w BBMS, Jeff Joniyak had 0:00:31.000 --> 0:00:34.080 a great evening. Everybody. Welcome into fancy studios at Hallis 0:00:34.080 --> 0:00:37.000 Hall as the Bears Coaches Show rolls on here as 0:00:37.000 --> 0:00:38.600 we head into a week to out of the season. 0:00:38.640 --> 0:00:41.800 Head Coach Matt Naggie with you until eight o'clock tonight, 0:00:41.800 --> 0:00:43.960 will be joined by a defensive coordinator, Vic Fan Joe 0:00:44.040 --> 0:00:46.280 as well. Good to have you, Coach forty one nine. 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:49.920 Certainly feels good, looks, good smiles all around. Huh. That 0:00:50.000 --> 0:00:52.159 was fun. No, that was a fun game and just 0:00:52.320 --> 0:00:54.240 awesome for the guys that come out and play. And 0:00:54.480 --> 0:00:57.120 we had a great week of practice and translated to 0:00:57.160 --> 0:01:01.480 the game, and you know, that's a that's a game 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:05.200 that we understood going into a hostile environment, tough crowd 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:07.800 and a team that was a little bit wounded, and 0:01:07.840 --> 0:01:09.640 you just never know. And so our guys came out 0:01:09.720 --> 0:01:11.679 and credit to them for playing hard and fast and 0:01:11.760 --> 0:01:15.200 physical and got some turnovers on defense, some touchdowns and 0:01:15.600 --> 0:01:17.120 came out with the win. Yeah. I want to go 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:19.959 back to that practice comment, and you brought it up 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:22.280 earlier today with the media. You said it was the 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:26.880 best of the year potentially practice. What about it? What 0:01:27.120 --> 0:01:31.160 makes practice during a week of prep special? And then 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:33.720 you know it because sometimes I've heard THEMN coaches and 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:37.320 they doesn't really translate. Why do you think this this 0:01:37.440 --> 0:01:41.199 particular week. Well, it's crisp, you know, and the guys 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:44.280 when they're when they're practicing right now, what's happening is 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:47.200 you start to lose some repsum just to help save 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:51.040 on the wear and tear these guys bodies physically, and 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:54.080 so you're looking for great quality mental reps and when 0:01:54.080 --> 0:01:57.960 they're out there, it's not making mistakes, it's it's still 0:01:58.000 --> 0:02:00.600 playing fast in practice. And so when you play fast 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:03.040 in practice and you try to simulate the game tempo, 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:06.840 and then you don't make mistakes or or mental errors 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:09.200 on any side of the ball. Uh, and it's sharp, 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:13.639 it's crisp. You know, the periods go fast because there's 0:02:13.720 --> 0:02:17.240 less mistakes, there's less repeated plays, and um, that's what 0:02:17.280 --> 0:02:19.000 we had this past week. You could see it. I 0:02:19.000 --> 0:02:21.639 thought our coaches really coached their tails off. You could 0:02:21.720 --> 0:02:24.680 you could do. There was just a sense of a 0:02:24.680 --> 0:02:27.799 lot of focus, and we talked about it each day 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:31.400 and even up until our walk through on Saturday, where 0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:35.360 that's really completely a mental day, and our guys were sharp. 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:37.960 And so we were four for four this week, and um, 0:02:38.080 --> 0:02:40.320 you don't always have that, unfortunately, but we we had 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:42.160 it this week and I had a good feeling going 0:02:42.200 --> 0:02:44.400 into it. What's the best way then to carry that 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:47.800 momentum into another week of doing the same thing. Is 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:50.320 it possible? Is it something? Now that this is the 0:02:50.400 --> 0:02:56.840 new the new ceiling for practice, you end up wanting 0:02:56.880 --> 0:03:00.800 to make this uh be completely normal. This is the norm, 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:04.440 and our guys are learning that. Everybody here is learning that. 0:03:04.520 --> 0:03:06.679 And so that's my job as the head coach to 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:08.640 to keep my thumb down on that and make sure 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:11.239 that we all understand that we need to be completely 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:13.720 dialed in. We need to be focused on all the 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:16.360 details and not get complacent, which we've talked about all 0:03:16.440 --> 0:03:19.040 year long. And and um, that's that's where we're at. 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:21.839 So it's not hard, especially coming into a division game, 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:24.960 coming back home. Um, and and that's all we're focused 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:26.720 on right now is the Detroit Lions. How'd you do 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:29.280 it for yourself? You're putting the thumb on everybody else. 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:32.360 How do you do Matt Naggy, Well, it's it's not 0:03:32.440 --> 0:03:36.040 hard because I understand, you know, I realize the importance 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:38.440 of where we're at right now. I know everybody's looking 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:40.840 for me with my direction and my leadership. That's why 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:43.040 I'm here. And uh, and I've learned from one of 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:45.320 the best in the league and coach Reads. So h 0:03:45.480 --> 0:03:49.120 just going through these long seasons. Um, you know, we 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:52.520 just finished got through our our our eighth game and 0:03:52.800 --> 0:03:55.280 for us now to be where we're at now it's 0:03:55.280 --> 0:04:00.320 the second half of the season. But a Saturday, you know, 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:04.160 stay within the the this this start of the third 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:06.440 third quarter for us, and it happens to be at 0:04:06.480 --> 0:04:08.760 home and we're looking forward to it. If you had 0:04:08.800 --> 0:04:13.440 to deal with this defense yourself, how would you do it? 0:04:13.480 --> 0:04:19.080 Because they really played hard yesterday. Just going over it again, 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:23.880 just everybody, like you said earlier today, flying around, the effort, 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:27.520 insight in the trenches, the dbs on it. Everything was 0:04:27.600 --> 0:04:30.680 really really something defensively, it was it was everywhere. And 0:04:30.720 --> 0:04:33.400 that's what I appreciate so much from these guys, and 0:04:33.400 --> 0:04:36.000 and our our offense and our special teams feed off 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:38.560 of that um. The defense feeds off of it from 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:40.640 each other. You know, if the defensive linemen are getting 0:04:40.640 --> 0:04:44.240 pressure on the quarterback um, then it buys the dbs 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:46.040 some time to be able to you know, close on 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:49.120 any any separation at the wide receivers create and ad 0:04:49.200 --> 0:04:52.120 vice versa. If if the dbs are locking down the 0:04:52.160 --> 0:04:54.479 wide receivers, then it gives the d lineman more time 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:57.159 to get to the quarterback. And then at the second 0:04:57.160 --> 0:04:59.920 tier you have the linebackers and they're flying around horizontal 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:02.040 from sideline to sideline. I thought you saw that all 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:04.679 day yesterday. And then you get down in the trenches 0:05:04.720 --> 0:05:07.840 and our guys just made a nice, tough, tough couple 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:11.799 of hits there, a tough couple tackles on their running 0:05:11.839 --> 0:05:14.920 backs and just you felt it in the game. You 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:16.839 watch it on video. You see it on tape, and 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:20.200 it all stuck out offensively, you know, not many snaps 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:22.680 obviously that that's fine. And when you got forty one 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:25.640 on the board, and you know, that's that's great. In 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:27.480 this league right now, it appears you're gonna need to 0:05:27.520 --> 0:05:30.400 score points. I mean to be one of those teams. 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:33.200 And you guys are right now, last four games, the 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:35.600 scoring average way up. You're fifth in the league as 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:39.280 it is. I think that for fans is what's coming 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:42.320 back to me is most exciting is that you guys 0:05:42.320 --> 0:05:44.920 are scoring almost thirty points a game and you're not 0:05:45.000 --> 0:05:48.479 even there yet. Yeah, right, you're right. And yesterday was 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:51.200 a yesterday. It was a strange game on the offensive 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:53.520 side of the ball, just with only having forty six plays. 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:57.400 The first half was somewhat normal. When you have two 0:05:57.440 --> 0:06:01.760 defensive touchdowns within one quarter, your plays are going to 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:03.880 be limited. And then when you have a lead like 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:07.200 we had in the third quarter, they they they took 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:09.039 some time off the clock on the first drive. They 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:11.160 went down and kicked a field goal, and we came 0:06:11.279 --> 0:06:13.480 right back and had a long pass interference call on 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:16.400 their defense, and then we ended up getting a field goal. 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:20.040 So two possessions went by there and um, it was 0:06:20.279 --> 0:06:22.520 it was you know, one field goal for another and 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:24.960 you stretched out, you know, eight minutes on the clock 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:26.800 in that quarter and before you know it's a fourth 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:29.039 quarter in your in four minute mode. So it was 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:31.880 a strange day, um for the offense. But that's how 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:33.760 it goes, and and and again. All as we care 0:06:33.760 --> 0:06:36.479 about is that score and being able to put up 0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:40.760 forty one points on the road, um is great to have. 0:06:40.880 --> 0:06:43.200 And uh and it's a credit tall the guys. You 0:06:43.200 --> 0:06:46.039 saved some thirty plays that you never touched your books, 0:06:46.040 --> 0:06:48.919 so you can roll it after something else. You know. 0:06:49.360 --> 0:06:51.359 You know that at one point in the game, you 0:06:51.400 --> 0:06:53.480 had four running backs in and they call it time 0:06:53.520 --> 0:06:58.039 out and Tom Thair literally blurted out, oh, like something bad, 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:01.320 because we wanted we wanted to see what was next. 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:03.960 You know. That's the thing about you. I'm sure your 0:07:03.960 --> 0:07:05.600 guys feel the same way when they get thrown in 0:07:05.600 --> 0:07:07.560 there with Eddie Jackson in the slot that one time, 0:07:07.600 --> 0:07:11.720 and just these little things that really gets your attention 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:14.480 and cause another team to prepare for it. But can 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:16.680 you can you appreciate that though? From yeah, I do, 0:07:17.000 --> 0:07:18.480 I think it's great. We have a we have a 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:21.040 bunch of great talented athletes on our team, and we're 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:23.640 gonna use everybody and and and again that's that's part 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:25.440 of why we do what we do is to have fun. 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:27.920 And I'm a big believer in that. And the guys 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:30.520 like it. And and uh, if you can create an 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:35.960 advantage somehow, whether it's through personnels or formations or play concepts, 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:38.800 and let's do it. And um, you know, we we 0:07:38.880 --> 0:07:41.440 try to mix our personnel's up a little bit, and 0:07:41.480 --> 0:07:43.800 we might be a little bit unconventional, um, which is 0:07:43.840 --> 0:07:46.800 okay because that stresses the defense. And and we just 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:48.680 try to use it. Guys start coming to your door, 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:51.960 our hand in. Man, they're already starry. You know they are. 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:54.280 I know they are. They have to be, that's for sure. 0:07:54.440 --> 0:07:56.880 Our first segment in the books with head coach Matteggie 0:07:56.920 --> 0:07:59.440 for the five and three Bears hitting the midpoint in 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:02.560 terms of the actual sixteen game season with Detroit coming 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:05.840 in on Sundays, Let's step away now the Bears Coaches 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:09.200 Show with head coach Matt Maggie and w bbm's Jeff 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:11.800 Joniac continues, he's got it back to his left three 0:08:11.880 --> 0:08:14.360 receivers to the right. He takes the snap coming to 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:16.600 their side of hold, handing us upthing out of the 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:23.400 flex of Leonard Floyd. Fuck hands out touchdown Bears number 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:29.200 two today their Robbaball. The celebration begins in the end zone. 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:32.800 Bears sixtend their lead touch twenty to nothing here in Buffalo, 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:35.400 and it would grow larger. The Bears finish off the 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:37.920 Bill's forty one nine to pick six by Leonard Floyd, 0:08:37.960 --> 0:08:40.719 the first of his NFL career. Welcome Back to the 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:43.959 Bears Coaches Show, brought to you by Whippley Financial Advisors, 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:48.199 a proud partner of the Chicago Bears. And he almost 0:08:48.240 --> 0:08:51.520 was relieved the way he flung that football into the stands. 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:54.200 He can't he can't fall them, right, you know, Leonard 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:56.600 was happy. No, you can't. And it was a great play, 0:08:57.320 --> 0:08:59.160 you know, first of all getting the tip ball up 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:00.760 in the air and then Leonard to be there in 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:03.960 position to catch it and then take those long strides 0:09:03.960 --> 0:09:05.840 into the end zone and then he, like you said, 0:09:05.880 --> 0:09:08.720 he flung it into the end into the stands and 0:09:08.720 --> 0:09:11.360 and uh, I'm you know, I'm sure it felt really good. Yeah, 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:13.760 he was auditioning you know, for an offensive spot. You know, 0:09:13.840 --> 0:09:16.680 showed good hands, good good instincts to run with the ball. No, 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:20.000 he I thought he played well. I thought he was 0:09:20.080 --> 0:09:22.160 close on a number of things. He got a tip pass, 0:09:22.200 --> 0:09:23.800 he sniffed out a screen. I mean he did some 0:09:23.840 --> 0:09:25.440 good things. Oh he did a lot of good things. 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:28.360 And that that's the thing that you know, It's one 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:31.880 thing to to get sacks. It's another thing to affect 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:34.960 a passer. But this kid is just playing with a 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:38.280 very high motor every single play. He had a play 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:41.560 where he made a tackle and he just collapsed the 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:43.800 pocket and came down on the back and it was 0:09:43.840 --> 0:09:45.559 just it might have been one of the best plays 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:48.400 of the game and it's probably may go unnoticed. But 0:09:48.920 --> 0:09:51.040 he's making a lot of great plays right now. And 0:09:51.679 --> 0:09:54.080 as is that whole defense. I mean, you go around 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:56.760 and I went around this morning and just tried to, uh, 0:09:56.840 --> 0:09:59.560 you know, pin it down as to who really stepped 0:09:59.640 --> 0:10:01.520 up and was it one guy And it wasn't. I mean, 0:10:01.559 --> 0:10:04.720 it was literally everybody from the defensive line to the linebackers, 0:10:04.720 --> 0:10:07.280 to the dbs to the coaches. It was just fun, 0:10:07.400 --> 0:10:10.160 really fun effort. You could see it was faffort all 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:11.960 the way through the game, to the end of the game, 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:14.640 to the very last play with the stack. I mean, honestly, 0:10:15.440 --> 0:10:18.120 Aaron Lynch. And let's talk about Eddie Goldman too. You 0:10:18.120 --> 0:10:20.680 brought him up today. He had four tackles last week 0:10:20.720 --> 0:10:23.840 against the Jets, and that's the part of the game. 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:25.680 You really got to watch the tape and slow it 0:10:25.720 --> 0:10:27.679 down to see exactly what he was doing in there. 0:10:27.720 --> 0:10:30.280 But he was. He was using his leverage and getting 0:10:30.440 --> 0:10:32.240 making plays. He made a lot of great plays. And 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:34.880 when you're into trenches in there, there's a lot of 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:38.520 big bodies and a lot of people that you can't see. 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:40.480 But when you actually sit down and you break down 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:43.800 the tape, you realize how great of a game that 0:10:43.880 --> 0:10:45.920 he played. I mean a lot of double teams. He's 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:48.960 in there with six hundred pounds going after him, and 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:52.320 um so he's making great plays. And I just I 0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:54.640 really was. I thought that was really neat at how 0:10:54.679 --> 0:10:57.280 hard he played, and as is all the other guys too. 0:10:57.880 --> 0:10:59.959 And you know, you could say what you want to buy, 0:11:00.000 --> 0:11:02.600 opponents and how you evaluate things. People write about it 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:04.240 all the time, but you know, what you play, who 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:07.040 you play, he doesn't matter. You got to respect every 0:11:07.040 --> 0:11:10.760 single opponent, and your your guys definitely did that. Yeah, 0:11:10.800 --> 0:11:14.320 without a doubt. You have to. And the parody in 0:11:14.320 --> 0:11:17.559 this league is just way too, way too common, and um, 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:22.160 you know, there's no reason for any letdown or for us, 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:24.480 and we're not good enough of a team to do that. 0:11:24.480 --> 0:11:26.720 That's not I mean, we we're trying to create our 0:11:26.760 --> 0:11:30.160 own identity right now and every game is is just 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:32.400 so important and so for our guys that come out 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:35.440 here and be focused and from start to finish what 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:37.920 we needed. I'm glad you use that word identity again 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:40.760 because you had talked to us many times early in 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:43.680 the season about, you know, hoping around mid season to 0:11:43.760 --> 0:11:47.760 have your identity to chiseled out. So is the statue 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:50.160 done on what the identity is? Are you still chipping 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:52.480 away at the block of granted? And what's your opinion 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:55.400 about it all? Yeah, so we're still chipping away. We're 0:11:55.400 --> 0:11:57.760 not there yet, but we're getting close. And what I 0:11:57.880 --> 0:12:01.440 like is that we're we're figuring out ways. We've been 0:12:01.440 --> 0:12:05.520 in different styles of games with big leads, we've played 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:09.080 from behind, we've played close ones in the third and 0:12:09.240 --> 0:12:13.000 fourth quarter. But the good thing is that throughout at all. 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:16.240 I think the biggest separation towards the end of a 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:17.920 game would have been the Patriots game when we were 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:20.880 down fourteen points in the fourth quarter. But for the 0:12:20.920 --> 0:12:23.840 most part, our guys are learning how to play these 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:28.400 four quarters, and defensively, our guys are flying around. Offensively, 0:12:28.440 --> 0:12:30.640 we're still working on some things, but I really like 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:33.840 the growth of our offense individually, where we're getting our 0:12:33.840 --> 0:12:36.600 timings getting better. Our offensive line is doing a good 0:12:36.679 --> 0:12:39.320 job of protecting from Mitch, and in special teams, I 0:12:39.320 --> 0:12:40.959 thought it might have been one of their best games 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:43.800 of the year yesterday with with Cody kicking two field 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:46.600 goals and five extra points, and then with Pat having 0:12:46.640 --> 0:12:49.520 some great punts, and then guys our gunners running downfield 0:12:49.520 --> 0:12:55.760 and creating great field position. Yeah, and always, and I 0:12:55.800 --> 0:12:58.480 gave Pat Scales a little shout out he had his 0:12:58.559 --> 0:13:02.640 first special teams tackle. Ye, so long snappers getting a tackle. 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:07.920 That's always good. Everybody's playing, everybody's playing hard. Really, I 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:10.800 gotta again commend the coaching staff because, and Tom talks 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:13.079 about it all the time, there's never been a moment, 0:13:13.120 --> 0:13:15.319 whether it be a practice we saw in training camp 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:18.200 or a situation where you had to get somebody ready 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:21.080 to fill in and play because of injury or performance 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:24.880 or whatnot. That these guys aren't. They are ready to go. 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:28.240 They know exactly what is being asked of them. You guys, 0:13:28.280 --> 0:13:30.760 as coaches, are doing an unbelievable job of preparing for 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:35.520 preparing these guys. You talk about your staff, but even today, 0:13:35.559 --> 0:13:38.199 the defensive assistance and offensive assistants. We're able to talk 0:13:38.200 --> 0:13:41.839 to the media today and just hearing the exuberance by 0:13:41.880 --> 0:13:45.920 which they feel about these guys, about teaching these guys 0:13:46.400 --> 0:13:49.520 they're genuinely excited about. Now. Winning certainly helps, but I 0:13:49.559 --> 0:13:52.320 think it's just in their DNA this collection of coaches. 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:55.840 Would you say that's accurate for sure? No, we have 0:13:55.880 --> 0:13:59.120 a We have great, great, great coaches on this staff 0:13:59.440 --> 0:14:02.080 that work really well together. They all care about each other. 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:06.320 There's zero egos. And I think that's the part that 0:14:06.440 --> 0:14:08.160 is so big in this league is when you have 0:14:08.280 --> 0:14:12.600 guys that truly love what they're doing. They love trying 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:17.280 to teach, to teach their players everything they possibly can 0:14:17.400 --> 0:14:20.520 to help them get better. They try to really bring 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:24.440 out all their strengths, try to fix their weaknesses player wise, 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:27.600 and then you know the part that goes on notice 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:31.720 is the relationships that are built with these coaches, as 0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:34.160 in nights like tonight when there's meetings going on and 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:36.280 trying to figure out what's the best way to attack 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:40.760 an opponent, the communication, the collaboration with each other, and 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:43.720 then on game day just motivating your players and being 0:14:43.760 --> 0:14:45.800 there for each other. And that's that's why in the 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:49.000 end when we celebrate after these games, there's just so 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:51.000 much effort that goes into it for the players and 0:14:51.080 --> 0:14:52.480 the coaches, and when you do it, you do it 0:14:52.480 --> 0:14:55.400 all together. Mattneggie and the Bears Coaches Show coming up 0:14:55.440 --> 0:14:58.080 at the bottom of the hour. Vic Fangio, the defensive coordinator, 0:14:58.120 --> 0:15:00.960 will join the program as well, and the Chicago Bears 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:03.280 Network presents Inside the Bears, brought to you by Verizon. 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:05.560 Anthony Adams and Lawrence Creeden cover the world of Bears 0:15:05.560 --> 0:15:08.320 football on and off the field, every Sunday night, eleven 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:11.000 o five pm on Fox thirty two Chicago, or watch 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:13.240 anytime at Chicago Bears dot Com or on the Bears 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:17.920 Official Act. The Bears Coaches Show with head coach Medneggie 0:15:17.960 --> 0:15:21.840 and this Hour featuring defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, frought to 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:25.680 you by Whippley, CBA's and Consultants and sponsored by Athletico 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:29.760 Physical Therapy, Verizon and Miller Lite. Once again the Voice 0:15:29.760 --> 0:15:33.040 of the Bears w BBMS Jeff Joni at play fake 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:35.920 Peterman gonna throw Peter Men taps the ball working over 0:15:35.920 --> 0:15:39.280 at what an interception by Kyle Fuller. He snagged it, 0:15:39.520 --> 0:15:41.560 stays out of street. He's got a little bit of 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:43.640 an escort as he winds his way to the twenty 0:15:43.640 --> 0:15:48.640 eight yard line up Buffalo Man, oh Man, Kyle Fuller, 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:52.440 it appeared to me caught the nose of the football 0:15:52.520 --> 0:15:55.640 that interception. That was a heck of a player. Yes, 0:15:55.680 --> 0:15:58.360 it was Vic Fangio joining us here on the Bears 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:01.000 Coaches Show. You break it down for us a little 0:16:01.040 --> 0:16:03.200 more than I described it, because I thought it was 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:06.440 an outstanding, outstanding pluck out of the air. It was 0:16:06.560 --> 0:16:08.640 he had tight coverage on his guy. The guy ran 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:11.520 an end route, which is always hard to cover in 0:16:11.640 --> 0:16:14.720 certain coverages. That he was tight enough and we had 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:17.280 decent rush and he plucked it out of the air. 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:19.920 You know, again, a lot of times interceptions it can 0:16:19.960 --> 0:16:23.080 be tips or something. But he's had a couple here 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:25.080 of late that have been really nice place. Yeah, and 0:16:25.400 --> 0:16:28.280 our share of ricochets and you know, with the tight coverage. 0:16:28.280 --> 0:16:32.000 And he played really wonderful yesterday, obviously getting in a 0:16:32.040 --> 0:16:34.800 lot of attention for his performance, involved in all three 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:40.320 of the interceptions. And it's just his physicality. It's it's there. 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:42.120 It's always been there, as a matter of fact. But 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:45.040 his confidence level seems to be very high, and the 0:16:45.080 --> 0:16:47.840 respect of his teammates is also equally. He's high. Well, 0:16:47.880 --> 0:16:51.800 anytime you can experience success, that goes a long way, 0:16:51.840 --> 0:16:55.400 and you know, improving your own confidence and attitude and 0:16:56.680 --> 0:17:00.680 the attitude of others also, so you know, you can 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:02.440 talk all you want, but eventually you got to do 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:04.320 it on the field, and he's been doing that of late, 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:06.520 and it sounds to me he's just from reading about 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:10.800 his teammates talking about him, other defensive backs. He's he's 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:13.160 become a guy that takes guys to the side, talks 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:15.240 to them a lot, doesn't do it in front of 0:17:15.240 --> 0:17:18.440 a lot of people. His demeanor is very serious, business 0:17:18.480 --> 0:17:21.480 like and quiet. On the quieter side. Is that something 0:17:21.560 --> 0:17:24.359 that he that you urged him to do or is 0:17:24.359 --> 0:17:27.120 he doing all this stuff organically? Now? I think he's 0:17:27.119 --> 0:17:30.680 doing it mostly on his own and with good intentions, 0:17:30.720 --> 0:17:33.840 and the more you can have with that, And again, 0:17:33.920 --> 0:17:38.399 I don't think he felt comfortable doing that prior to now, 0:17:38.520 --> 0:17:40.640 or you know, maybe towards the end of the last 0:17:40.680 --> 0:17:44.080 year when he started experience some good success. So success 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:48.240 has a lot of things that fall off of that 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:50.920 that help, and that's one of it. It It bears fruit, 0:17:51.359 --> 0:17:55.200 bears fruit bears fruit. He's you know, and your relationship 0:17:55.240 --> 0:17:58.200 with him has grown equally, you know, it's it's it's 0:17:58.200 --> 0:18:01.480 been a unique relationship with him, has in it. Well, yeah, 0:18:01.520 --> 0:18:04.280 he's been here since we've been here, or I've been here, 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:08.040 i should say, and it's been a good relationship. You know. 0:18:08.119 --> 0:18:11.080 The year he sat wasn't able to play because of 0:18:11.119 --> 0:18:13.560 his injury, you know, it was a tough year for everybody, 0:18:13.600 --> 0:18:16.280 and but I like the way he's come back from that, 0:18:16.600 --> 0:18:19.200 and you know, and he's just picked up where he 0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:22.119 left off last year and had a nice season. How 0:18:22.200 --> 0:18:26.840 would you describe your defense right now? The way it's playing. Well, 0:18:26.880 --> 0:18:29.560 the last couple of weeks, I've been obviously better than 0:18:29.600 --> 0:18:32.560 the two weeks prior to that. We've done a pretty 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:34.840 good job overall of not giving up the big play. 0:18:35.680 --> 0:18:39.200 We've done a nice job of playing the run. Both 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:42.040 of these last two teams that we played ran the 0:18:42.080 --> 0:18:45.080 ball well. That was part of the offense that they 0:18:45.080 --> 0:18:48.040 were doing very good. And we've been able to control 0:18:48.080 --> 0:18:51.000 the running game without having the work extra hard to 0:18:51.040 --> 0:18:53.960 do it. Our guys up front, to Keim and Eddie, 0:18:54.600 --> 0:18:58.639 the inside backers, the outside backers, you know, the guys 0:18:58.680 --> 0:19:00.560 that are rolling in and out there have done a 0:19:00.640 --> 0:19:04.840 nice job. Everybody's getting a chance, man, everybody's doing something well. 0:19:05.240 --> 0:19:09.280 The Bears Coaches Show with defensive coordinator bet Bengio and 0:19:09.560 --> 0:19:13.200 w bbm's Jeff Joniac continue, Bears are blitzings. Peterman is 0:19:13.240 --> 0:19:16.040 throwing the protection holes he throws. I can test it. 0:19:16.080 --> 0:19:19.199 Are you hooked up? And it accepted? Amos up with it? 0:19:19.440 --> 0:19:23.320 Amos hit from behind Bears football at the thirty eight 0:19:23.400 --> 0:19:27.640 yard line up buffatall there for the deflection. Adrian Amos 0:19:27.640 --> 0:19:31.119 with the swife his second You're here pick first of 0:19:31.280 --> 0:19:34.520 this season on the tip by Kyle Fuller. All right, 0:19:34.560 --> 0:19:36.600 so it all adds up right now, Bear, And I 0:19:36.680 --> 0:19:38.960 know Vic Fangio does not want to hear all the math, 0:19:39.080 --> 0:19:42.920 but it's my obligation right to say number one in 0:19:42.960 --> 0:19:46.800 the NFL and points off takeaways two in total takeaways 0:19:46.840 --> 0:19:50.480 two and turnover margin two interceptions tie for second, and 0:19:50.560 --> 0:19:53.480 forced fumbles. But this is the point I want to make, 0:19:53.640 --> 0:19:56.320 is that the number of guys that are touching the 0:19:56.359 --> 0:19:59.920 ball in these cases, so ten players with the fourteen pack, 0:20:00.960 --> 0:20:04.399 that's significant, isn't it. I think so. I kind of 0:20:04.440 --> 0:20:08.800 noticed that today at some point, and we've had a 0:20:08.840 --> 0:20:11.199 lot of guys get them, which is good. I think 0:20:11.280 --> 0:20:13.320