WEBVTT - Nagy discusses COVID-19 | Coaches Show 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:02.599 Welcome into the Bears Culture Show with head coach Matt Naggie, 0:00:02.759 --> 0:00:06.040 brought to you by Whippley CPASN Consultants. Jeff Joniac with 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:08.119 you until eight o'clock tonight here on news radio one 0:00:08.119 --> 0:00:11.040 oh five nine w BBM. Coach Naggie with us until 0:00:11.039 --> 0:00:12.440 the bottom of the hour, and then we joined by 0:00:12.440 --> 0:00:15.640 offensive coordinator Bill Laser. We talked Bears bucks and then 0:00:15.640 --> 0:00:19.279 preview San Francisco's visit next Sunday at noon at Soldier Field. 0:00:19.280 --> 0:00:21.920 And even if Matt first and foremost, everybody wants to know, 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:24.560 how are you feeling? Yeah? Good, Even Jeff, now I'm 0:00:24.600 --> 0:00:28.000 feeling good. Um, you know it's you know, you get 0:00:28.000 --> 0:00:29.560 you get up this morning and you get to news. 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:32.080 It's obviously a shocker, but it is what it is. 0:00:32.120 --> 0:00:34.600 And we've got a great staff of people to be 0:00:34.640 --> 0:00:36.680 able to help out and get calling. So that's where 0:00:36.680 --> 0:00:38.880 we're at us how we're handling it. Yes, this morning 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:42.240 revealing a positive COVID test, so you're gonna be remote 0:00:42.280 --> 0:00:46.879 for a time. Yet another hurdle, huh about it? Yeah? Yeah, no, 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:49.400 it is, it is. And for sure, I think in 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:51.920 a lot of ways, Jeff, we are certainly being tested. 0:00:52.800 --> 0:00:55.760 But that's okay. I do believe in the resiliency of 0:00:56.200 --> 0:00:58.600 who we are and everything and what we got to 0:00:58.600 --> 0:01:01.000 do it And this is just another hurdle for us 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:03.639 to get over and I know we will and get 0:01:03.680 --> 0:01:05.959 back to that tape and look as to where we 0:01:06.000 --> 0:01:09.000 can get better from from the game yesterday. And um, 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:10.399 and we got to fix it, and we gotta go 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:11.560 out and we got to do it, and we gotta 0:01:11.600 --> 0:01:13.800 get back on the winning track. So you know, health 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:16.640 is of a most concerned. So you know you sound 0:01:16.640 --> 0:01:19.360 a little stuffy. Uh, you still have the juice to 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:22.240 keep grinding, or you're being a football coach or you're 0:01:22.280 --> 0:01:26.280 being smart. No, no, everything's yeah, We're good. And um, 0:01:26.360 --> 0:01:28.560 whenever you're coaching football, you can always have fun and 0:01:28.600 --> 0:01:31.399 you always uh you know, you get another opportunity to 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:34.640 get back at it. And I think, um again, you know, 0:01:34.800 --> 0:01:38.119 the moments of being with the guys after the game 0:01:38.200 --> 0:01:41.400 and just seeing their seriousness to where we were and 0:01:41.600 --> 0:01:44.320 and and their care and you know, just just talking 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:47.440 about pride and getting this thing back on track is 0:01:47.720 --> 0:01:50.000 is the only thing that we can do. So just 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:52.800 the coaches that we have, the players that we have, UM, 0:01:53.000 --> 0:01:56.200 rallying around each other, supporting each other, and getting it 0:01:56.280 --> 0:01:59.400 right back on track. So two different places, taking me 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:03.400 to both. One before the game Saturday night, because I 0:02:03.480 --> 0:02:06.200 know it's been discussed. You said the team got closer 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:09.359 over the last couple of days for whatever reason that 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:12.920 may be. Can can you share why and then take 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:18.399 us after the game because the result obviously was not good. Yeah, 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:21.960 I'd say two things that I think. Number one, you know, 0:02:22.200 --> 0:02:25.800 as I said this morning, Um, one of the biggest 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:29.680 things is as a as a leader, as a head coach, 0:02:29.720 --> 0:02:31.280 you want to be able to it's your job to 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:32.720 be able to have a pulse to the team and 0:02:32.720 --> 0:02:35.040 where they're at. And you know, we've gone through a 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:38.080 bunch of little things here there, um, whatever it is 0:02:38.520 --> 0:02:41.000 which all teams go through, and I think it's my 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:43.600 job to make sure that when you when you feel like, hey, 0:02:43.840 --> 0:02:46.560 this is a great opportunity to be able to send 0:02:46.560 --> 0:02:49.200 a message to them, and not just for that game 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:51.680 for yesterday, you know, but for for the rest of 0:02:51.680 --> 0:02:53.480 the year and how we handle things and how we 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:55.920 do things and who we are. Let's not forget who 0:02:56.000 --> 0:02:59.919 we are as a team. Um. The results may not 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:02.280 always be what we want them to be. Uh, and 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:04.760 we understand that and what everybody wants them to be. 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:07.960 But if we're real, we understand that we stick together 0:03:08.000 --> 0:03:12.359 and we're real, we don't run from um from failure. 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:15.960 You know, we accept it and we we use it 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:18.400 as adversity to make us get better. Everything is not 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:22.799 always perfect, and how are we going to fix it? So? Uh, 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:26.480 you know, the frustration that that that we all have 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:31.120 is real and understandable. We get all that completely. The 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:33.880 only way to fix it is to be more productive, 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:36.120 which is going to help you win. And that's in 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:38.360 all three phases. And if we do that and we 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:42.160 win it, here's a lot of stuff and you know it. 0:03:42.160 --> 0:03:44.280 It's it's going through these times that you've got to 0:03:44.280 --> 0:03:47.280 be able to stay mentally strong more than anything. And 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:49.880 that's what the challenges for this week. You know, the 0:03:49.960 --> 0:03:52.840 anticipation was it was going to take a monumental effort 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:55.760 to win in Tampa against that team right now is 0:03:55.800 --> 0:03:58.880 as championship caliber as they are, and they're just they're 0:03:58.920 --> 0:04:01.080 on a roll. They've they've been on a role since 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:03.760 late last season all the way through the playoffs. Was 0:04:03.800 --> 0:04:09.040 this almost could you describe as an anticipatory move by 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:13.160 you to make sure everybody keeps their head. But you know, 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:15.600 on Saturday night eight, this may not turn out the 0:04:15.640 --> 0:04:18.400 way we want. You're not saying you're giving up when 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:20.520 you couldn't win, but you know there was a chance 0:04:20.520 --> 0:04:23.599 that this could happen. We're trying to like head something 0:04:23.600 --> 0:04:26.120 off of the pass right right. Probably the biggest thing 0:04:26.240 --> 0:04:28.960 was when when you talk, you know, everything that we've 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:32.960 discussed about, how what our practice habits are, you know, 0:04:33.400 --> 0:04:35.800 what things that we do throughout the week, the little 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:39.560 things um, just making sure we stay stay on all that, 0:04:39.640 --> 0:04:42.360 and then when you get to a point, you know, 0:04:42.480 --> 0:04:45.400 I have the opportunity every Saturday night before the game 0:04:45.440 --> 0:04:47.960 to be able to speak my message to the team 0:04:47.960 --> 0:04:51.400 and whatever that is. Sometimes it's offense, defense, special teams. 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:55.159 Sometimes it's about the opponent we're playing, and other times 0:04:55.160 --> 0:04:57.680 it's it's a little more vocal or a little bit 0:04:57.760 --> 0:05:00.400 more impactful at the right time. And I think that's 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:03.000 what the other the other night was was. Really Again, 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:05.800 it wasn't It wasn't directed so much just at that 0:05:05.880 --> 0:05:08.600 game that we played. It was it was directed more 0:05:08.640 --> 0:05:11.320 so about our team and our family moving forward and 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:13.719 how We're going to do it regardless of the results. 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:15.200 How how are we going to do it? Because we 0:05:15.279 --> 0:05:18.080 do know, um that the ebb and flow of the 0:05:18.120 --> 0:05:20.920 season and how it goes. And when when we won 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:23.279 two games or two weeks ago, we were feeling really good, 0:05:23.800 --> 0:05:25.640 and now all of a sudden you lose two games, 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:28.120 and so the only way to fix that is to 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:31.800 get back and win that next game at home against 0:05:31.839 --> 0:05:34.240 the good football team with Sam Fran and then win 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:36.160 another one and then get to the bye week and 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:38.719 get back on track like everybody wants to with those 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:42.400 bye weeks, get healthy and then make that run. So um, 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:45.040 you know, for us, that was really the biggest message 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:46.720 of it all. And I feel like the reason why 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:48.479 I thought it was impactful is because I felt like 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:51.440 he was well received, you know, and and now now 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:52.800 we got to go out and do it this week. 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:57.920 Interesting quote after the game from Justin Fields, because obviously 0:05:58.040 --> 0:06:00.359 the young man is not experienced stuff like this in 0:06:00.400 --> 0:06:05.440 his high school or college days. Blessed with great skill himself, 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:07.559 he could lead his high school team, and he certainly 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:10.080 let Ohio State and a great program like that, but 0:06:10.160 --> 0:06:12.960 he said he was asked how he felt and he says, 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:16.560 it's not really anger. It's just like, I've never been 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:18.760 in this position where I'm losing, so I don't know 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:23.160 how to feel. How do you want him to feel? Well? 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:26.359 You when he you know, when he makes a comment 0:06:26.440 --> 0:06:28.480 like that, you understand it because all his life he's 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:30.560 been a winner and that's why he's so successful. I mean, 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:34.040 you look at a guy like Justin at at Trevor 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:36.640 Lawrence as well, right, and another guy who tend to 0:06:36.640 --> 0:06:38.960 lose game many games in college and high school, and 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:41.120 then all of a sudden, you know that the NFL 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:44.599 hits So really, I believe that. Again, as much as 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:47.960 we all want to continue to see the growth physically 0:06:47.960 --> 0:06:50.320 on the field, there's the mental aspect of it too. 0:06:50.400 --> 0:06:53.600 As playing quarterback in the NFL, it's not easy. It 0:06:53.680 --> 0:06:56.920 is difficult. Every team is going to present you with 0:06:56.960 --> 0:07:00.560 a challenge every single week, not just for the quarterback, 0:07:00.600 --> 0:07:02.680 but for all for the offense, for the defense, for 0:07:02.800 --> 0:07:05.599 special teams, for the coaching staff, and you better be 0:07:05.680 --> 0:07:08.280 on your a game every every week. And so um, 0:07:08.600 --> 0:07:10.560 this is a great time for him to learn that. 0:07:10.720 --> 0:07:12.920 And and he's got to be able to voice how 0:07:12.960 --> 0:07:16.080 he feels. And then we all talk through how we 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:18.840 you know, how can we all improve? How can we 0:07:18.880 --> 0:07:22.560 all get better? And the beautiful thing about Justin is 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:25.200 he has that if factor. It's one of his greatest 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:30.120 strengths is his ability to persevere. And that's something that 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:32.200 either have it or you don't. He has it. We're 0:07:32.280 --> 0:07:34.080 lucky he has it, and we know he's you know, 0:07:34.080 --> 0:07:36.640 we're all gonna bounce back, snap, gonna flip it on 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:39.080 the end around here to Herbert, but a nice block 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:41.960 springs him thirty five, thirty cuts it up to the 0:07:42.000 --> 0:07:44.480 twenty five and standing up, he goes out of bounds. 0:07:44.640 --> 0:07:46.840 Welcome back to the Bears Coaching Show, brought to you 0:07:46.840 --> 0:07:49.960 by Whippley CPAs and Consultants, a proud partner of the 0:07:50.040 --> 0:07:53.200 Chicago Bears. Learn more at Whippley dot com. Heard the 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:58.760 Khalil Herbert gent sweep. Initially we mistakenly and the booth 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:02.880 gave him rushing yards, but that was a past. But overall, 0:08:03.560 --> 0:08:06.559 what he's learning and you're learning about his running style 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:10.280 and his adaptability over over these last three games and 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:14.400 what he's expanded in his in his repertoire. Uh really 0:08:14.480 --> 0:08:17.480 is something. This is a great story just to talk 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:19.560 about his day over on how the line blocked for 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:22.400 him in the running game. Yeah, he's he's been really impressive. 0:08:22.400 --> 0:08:25.560 He's last several weeks. Uh. It's he's a guy that 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:28.400 when you see him touch the football, Um, he kind 0:08:28.400 --> 0:08:30.600 of glides. He glides a little bit when he when 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:33.600 he when he somebody comes to just try to arm 0:08:33.640 --> 0:08:36.679 tackle him or even just try to wrap. It's difficult 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:39.640 because he's always moving and UM, it just kind of 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:42.920 like they slide or bounce off of them, and you know, 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:45.640 he also has that ability to just run through the 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:48.360 arm tackle. So all that said, I think it's pretty 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:50.840 impressive against the number one rush defense in the NFL 0:08:51.480 --> 0:08:53.080 for him to be able to put up a hundred 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:55.080 yards in the old line to block the way they 0:08:55.120 --> 0:08:57.839 did alone with the tight ends and stuff. So, um, 0:08:57.880 --> 0:09:00.920 that's certainly a positive point for us that we want 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:02.520 to grow off of. We don't want to lose sight 0:09:02.559 --> 0:09:04.640 of that within that game, even though it was difficult 0:09:04.679 --> 0:09:07.280 in so many ways. Um, we want to grow off 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:09.760 of the positivity of that and that that's something that 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:13.480 is good for us interesting in development. Right before the 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:15.640 game obviously, and we did discuss this a little bit 0:09:15.679 --> 0:09:19.240 after the game with you. Uh in Tampa, Elijah Wilkinson 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:23.760 removed from the starting lineup. Now it's Lachevia Simmons. Certainly, 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:26.360 you know that you always tell these guys, okay, be 0:09:26.400 --> 0:09:29.839 ready to go. But the reality is, you know, is 0:09:29.880 --> 0:09:32.199 a shock to the system. This this is the way 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:36.200 it is in the National Football League. So overall, how 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:38.760 he handled it and then what Alex bars did. Yeah, 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:40.959 so you know you get that, you get that call 0:09:41.000 --> 0:09:43.160 in the morning and um, those are you know we've 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:45.360 had those before in the past for other reasons, and 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:48.920 that's a perfect example why you always got to be 0:09:48.960 --> 0:09:52.640 ready as a backup. And so um, you know, uh, 0:09:52.760 --> 0:09:55.400 Pig came in there and and uh, you know he 0:09:55.480 --> 0:09:58.320 was able to come in on short notice and do 0:09:58.360 --> 0:10:00.160 what you're supposed to do. And you know, there there's 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:03.560 a couple of times where just us collectively, um, you know, 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:06.280 we weren't able to um, you know, to get some 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:08.280 things done. But at the same point in time, his 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:11.120 effort and his care and his wants to get better 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:13.480 and he'll do that with with with Lachavis and then 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:16.160 for Alex to be able to come in and help out, 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:18.559 you know, he has a role within this offense. He's 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:21.000 very versatile, and I thought he did a great job. 0:10:21.080 --> 0:10:24.480 So again, you know, these are part of what you 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:27.920 go through, UH in every season, and we just got 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:30.079 to be able to handle. Everyone's got to stay prepared, 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:33.479 just just like right now with me in my situation, 0:10:33.600 --> 0:10:37.560 you know, everyone in the next man up mentality. Yeah, well, 0:10:38.280 --> 0:10:40.800 I don't know what your availability will be on Sunday. 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:43.480 I guess it's a day by day process, right, so yeah, 0:10:43.760 --> 0:10:47.840 day by day, Chris Tabor gets the baton for the moment, right, Yes, 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:51.800 that's right, that's right, he's your chief lieutenant Matt. Before 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:54.360 the game in our interview, I said, you know, do 0:10:54.360 --> 0:10:57.040 you feel like the passing game is developing to the 0:10:57.080 --> 0:10:59.880 point that you're knocking on the door? Did anything happen 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:03.520 in the game that changes that thought for you? No, 0:11:03.679 --> 0:11:06.240 nothing happened other than just you know, they brought some 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:09.880 some different blitzes, UM, where there's a communication process to 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:13.480 be able to you know, move within the play, within 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:16.480 the snap for us to get fixed and corrected. And 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:18.600 we'll do that. But you know, we we got to 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:21.959 be able to UH to make sure that the passing 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:25.079 game grows and gets better and UM and then when 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:26.960 you when you have that along with the run game, 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:29.760 they'll complement each other really well. And again, you know, 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:33.599 just going through the tape and just seeing where we're at, Um, 0:11:33.679 --> 0:11:36.120 you know what I think the biggest thing is is 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:38.439 the start, you know, against the team like that in 0:11:38.440 --> 0:11:40.920 that football game. If you get behind twenty one and 0:11:40.960 --> 0:11:44.200 nothing against that team, it's it's trouble. So we got 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:45.720 to be able to to make sure if we're going 0:11:45.800 --> 0:11:48.560 to take the ball, that we don't go three and out. Um, 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:50.959 we need to get first downs at worst, you need 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:53.760 to flip the field. Uh. And then of course you 0:11:53.800 --> 0:11:56.040 can't have the big punt return, and then you can't 0:11:56.040 --> 0:11:58.160 have a penalty on the first play on defense, and 0:11:58.320 --> 0:12:00.439 it kind of goes on and on to art. That's 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:02.079 what we got to eliminate. We got we were a 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:05.400 much better team when we start fast. And you know, 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:07.600 for him, you know, I always get worried with young 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:10.600 quarterbacks getting sacked a bunch, and right now he has 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:13.760 been sacked the most times in the NFL, and it's 0:12:13.760 --> 0:12:16.840 coming at him swift and sometimes in some cases there's 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:18.760 not much he can do other than try to get 0:12:18.760 --> 0:12:22.160 out of trouble. And that's just the reality of it all. 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:25.240 Do you have to keep an eye on that. Yeah, No, 0:12:25.559 --> 0:12:28.120 we need to be very cognizant of that. And um 0:12:28.200 --> 0:12:32.760 and I feel like, especially after the Cleveland game, that 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:35.800 we've been really good with trying to make sure that 0:12:36.760 --> 0:12:39.200 as much as we can, we're helping out. It's it's 0:12:39.400 --> 0:12:42.240 it's literally impossible to help out on every single play 0:12:42.280 --> 0:12:45.480 just for different reasons. But when you can help out, 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:48.160 you need to do that. And that's okay. Um, we 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:50.000 want to make sure that he's feeling good back there 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:52.839 in the pocket, and and then whenever he has a progression, 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:55.000 that he stays within the progression, that the balls out 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:57.520 on time too, because there's a lot of different parts 0:12:57.559 --> 0:13:01.520 of taking sacks, right, whether it's hey, the defense covered 0:13:01.520 --> 0:13:03.840 it up, it was good by the defense and it 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:06.000 wasn't a good play call, was that the ball was 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:07.959 the ball out on time by the quarterback? Was there 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:10.600 a miss block. There's so many things that go into 0:13:10.600 --> 0:13:13.120 that sack study. So we got to make sure that, 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:16.080 no matter what it is, that we limit that so 0:13:16.160 --> 0:13:18.520 that we because those are negative yards, you can't have 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:20.840 negative yards. You gotta stay ahead of the sticks, and 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:23.160 then sometimes they can create turners and we don't want that. 0:13:23.600 --> 0:13:27.480 Snap back fields, what's hiss on? And it's picked up 0:13:27.520 --> 0:13:29.360 throw the comment makes the catch of the forty five 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:33.079 struggling the midfield, and it gets a shade into buccaneer 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:35.760 territory of the forty nine. Download the Chicago Bears app 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:38.080 to play our new predictor game Risk It brought to 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:40.040 you by Bette Rivers for your chance to win two 0:13:40.120 --> 0:13:42.080 hundred and fifty dollars in free bets in a custom 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:45.679 Bears jersey. Final moments with Matteggie. All right, so we've 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:47.880 been talking about tight ends for a while. Cool commet 0:13:47.960 --> 0:13:50.960 Jesse James Crack to Jesper Horstead in the end zone. 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:54.080 That didn't result in the touchdown, but a good bid 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:56.520 on trying to get one. So the tight end got involved. 0:13:57.200 --> 0:14:00.520 Is this a new floor to keep building one? For sure? 0:14:01.160 --> 0:14:03.079 You know some of the personnel that we're working with, 0:14:03.840 --> 0:14:07.520 you can see you saw some of that yesterday and again, um, 0:14:07.600 --> 0:14:09.880 we'll continue to grow. We want to be able to 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:12.880 be multiple in our personnel packages with whatever that is, 0:14:13.760 --> 0:14:16.120 to be able to see where they're at as a 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:18.640 defense and kind of go back and forth. And so 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:21.200 yesterday happened to be a little bit heavier that in 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:23.840 that side of it, and then again target wise too. 0:14:23.880 --> 0:14:25.720 So those guys have done a great job. We want 0:14:25.720 --> 0:14:27.640 to keep that going, yeah, you know, and they've also 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:30.800 done a very nice job of blocking. Uh would you agree? 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:33.640 So all these last few weeks, so you know, does 0:14:33.640 --> 0:14:37.360 this grow nown to maybe where you know, the defense 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:41.000 is suspecting them in there as blockers as opposed to receivers, 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:43.000 and then does that create opportunities for them in the 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:46.320 passing game? Yeah, yeah, for sure. And you know, you 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:48.320 get these guys that are out there and they're blocking, 0:14:48.360 --> 0:14:51.280 and that's where you see like the play actions or 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:53.480 the movements. You know, Jesse James had had a naked 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:55.560 yesterday where we bootlegged to them and threw them one 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:58.080 in the flat and Coles had a couple and you know, 0:14:58.120 --> 0:14:59.840 like you said, we had the one faith to je 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:02.920 Spur in the end zone. But it can help more 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:05.240 so probably in the playashing game where we are running 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:08.000 the ball well with the tight ends and so what 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:11.200 we gotta schematically, you know, we gotta make sure tendency 0:15:11.240 --> 0:15:14.320 wise we're doing all right stuff. But they've definitely been 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:18.200 more involved, all right, let's talk about the defense yesterday, 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:22.320 and they had a real challenge on their hands obviously 0:15:22.640 --> 0:15:26.560 with Tom Brady and short fields. A couple of guys 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:31.640 that deserve recognition. Obviously, DeAndre Houston Carson prove again his value, 0:15:32.280 --> 0:15:35.200 got involved in many different ways as starting safety, but 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:39.640 finished with eleven tackles. He may not be the fastest, 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:42.040 he may not be the biggest, but boy, he is 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:44.600 smart and really knows what he's doing. Yeah, it's it's 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:47.040 great for Sean to be able to have him to 0:15:47.200 --> 0:15:50.360 use him in different packages. I think DHD has done 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:53.760 a phenomenal job at really number one being such a 0:15:53.880 --> 0:15:56.000 leader on the special teams unit, but then number two 0:15:56.080 --> 0:15:57.800 being able to go out there and be productive, like 0:15:57.800 --> 0:16:00.160 you just said, on the defensive side of the ball. 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:03.120 So he's been doing it a while, he's savvy, had 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:05.640 a big pick in that Raiders game, and then yesterday 0:16:05.720 --> 0:16:08.560 obviously played well too. So that's something that we want 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:10.800 to keep going. And uh, you know, those guys are 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:13.360 doing a great job, and a game like that without 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:16.360 Hickson Quinn, you feel their absence. But how did you 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:20.000 think overall, given the scenarios that they did over all 0:16:20.040 --> 0:16:23.160 the defense? Yeah, I thought, well, I started with their practices. 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:25.360 I thought the guys had a great week of practice, 0:16:25.400 --> 0:16:27.760 and um, you know there there were some times there 0:16:27.800 --> 0:16:31.360 where they were getting some chunks, uh in the second 0:16:31.360 --> 0:16:35.360 part of the third and fourth quarter. Um, and you know, 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:37.920 just we knew going into but it was gonna be 0:16:38.040 --> 0:16:40.640 very difficult to try to get pressure on Tom. He 0:16:40.920 --> 0:16:43.480 gets the ball fast and he really you talk about 0:16:43.520 --> 0:16:45.720 timing with your feet, I mean that that's a that's 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:48.200 a five hits throw type throw on every play, whether 0:16:48.200 --> 0:16:50.520 it's play action, whether it's dropped back, that balls out 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:52.480 and he's not going to really let you get touched 0:16:52.480 --> 0:16:54.760 too often. So when you do get opportunity, you got 0:16:54.840 --> 0:16:57.360 to hit them. Um. But then once they got that lead, 0:16:57.400 --> 0:16:59.720 they were really able to get that run game going 0:16:59.720 --> 0:17:01.920 to do some different things. And but I was proud 0:17:01.960 --> 0:17:05.680 of our defense with those as you know, as minute 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:08.399 as it can sound um to us, the fact that 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:11.000 they um were able to hold them on that fourth 0:17:11.000 --> 0:17:13.720 and inches, fourth and one and fought twice down there 0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:16.359 in the goal line. Uh that that's that speaks to 0:17:16.359 --> 0:17:18.000 who they are and we got to be able to 0:17:18.080 --> 0:17:20.959 use that moving forward. You made a passionate plea this 0:17:21.000 --> 0:17:24.480 morning in your news conference with with the media for 0:17:24.640 --> 0:17:28.639 points and it's all about points right now, do you 0:17:28.880 --> 0:17:34.600 feel that you and your staff will find those pathways 0:17:34.600 --> 0:17:37.720 to points? Yeah? I do, I do, And and uh, 0:17:37.760 --> 0:17:39.560 it's it's not just it's it's gonna be all of 0:17:39.640 --> 0:17:43.080 us doing it together. And UM, trust me, they're they're 0:17:43.119 --> 0:17:46.520 all grinding a way right now, trying to find these 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:50.160 answers with the players and and and making sure that um, 0:17:50.320 --> 0:17:54.439 you know, there there's some in my opinion, you know, 0:17:54.480 --> 0:17:59.520 when when you have you know, these coaching um ideas 0:17:59.520 --> 0:18:01.919 and thought and suggestions from the players too. When you 0:18:01.920 --> 0:18:03.560 go through all this, you want to make sure that 0:18:03.560 --> 0:18:05.280 you're honest when you go through it all too. So 0:18:05.520 --> 0:18:08.119 if there's any opportunities within the game that should have 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:10.400 been made, then you know, we bring that out. And 0:18:10.480 --> 0:18:13.600 if it is execution, we bring that out. So when 0:18:13.600 --> 0:18:15.239 you get an opportunity to make a play, you make 0:18:15.280 --> 0:18:18.439 the play. When we get an opportunity to call a 0:18:18.520 --> 0:18:20.320 play at a certain time, you got to make that 0:18:20.359 --> 0:18:24.800 play call. So that's kind of um that emphasis and 0:18:25.640 --> 0:18:28.560 when we do that, uh, you know we can we 0:18:28.640 --> 0:18:31.000 have the ability to be really special. And so we 0:18:31.080 --> 0:18:32.520 just got to go out. We got to do a 0:18:32.520 --> 0:18:35.560 great week of practice and uh and see where it goes. 0:18:35.760 --> 0:18:38.440 All right, final thirty seconds, you're gonna get an angry 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:40.840 bunch of Niners. They've lost four in a row, so 0:18:41.000 --> 0:18:43.280 we know what that's like and backs against the wall, 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:45.080 the whole every cliche of the book when they come 0:18:45.119 --> 0:18:48.200 to town. Yeah, well, you know, another another team that 0:18:48.640 --> 0:18:50.879 has had a lot of success over the years, and 0:18:51.160 --> 0:18:53.560 they're really well coached, and you know, they work through 0:18:53.560 --> 0:18:55.680 the run game and the play actions, and they got 0:18:55.800 --> 0:18:57.840 a fast defense that flies around. You know, they had 0:18:57.840 --> 0:19:01.000 a big game last night. You know, some weather versus 0:19:01.000 --> 0:19:04.320 the Colts. So um. You know, again, every one of 0:19:04.320 --> 0:19:06.320 these games the NFL, you can throw the records out 0:19:06.359 --> 0:19:08.520 the window. They all matter and they all are tough. 0:19:08.880 --> 0:19:11.800