WEBVTT - Nagy on Fields development, Bye Week | Coaches Show 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:02.759 Welcome into the Bears Coaches Show with head coach Matt Naggie, 0:00:02.800 --> 0:00:05.680 brought to you by Whippley CPAs and consungs. Jeff Jonihak 0:00:05.720 --> 0:00:08.039 with you until eight o'clock tonight here on news Radio 0:00:08.080 --> 0:00:10.600 one oh five nine WBBM. Coach Naggie here until the 0:00:10.640 --> 0:00:13.119 bottom of the hour, and then special teams coordinator Chris 0:00:13.160 --> 0:00:16.599 Tabor joins the program. Matt, dramatic finish in hinz Field 0:00:16.880 --> 0:00:20.640 Monday night, but falling short by two this one. I'm 0:00:20.640 --> 0:00:22.919 sure we'll sting for a bit as you go into 0:00:22.920 --> 0:00:25.680 the bye week, i'd imagine, but given how the second 0:00:25.720 --> 0:00:29.160 half took shape and what was overcoming, how Justin Fields played, 0:00:29.720 --> 0:00:32.760 and how the offense elevated because of it, it must 0:00:32.760 --> 0:00:35.880 give you a big boost of momentum into this bye 0:00:35.880 --> 0:00:38.800 week and beyond. Yeah, Jeff, you know, I think you 0:00:38.840 --> 0:00:41.920 know you're right, and it's it's the difficult part is 0:00:42.440 --> 0:00:44.800 you just for these guys and for all of our 0:00:44.840 --> 0:00:48.519 coaches players, you know, everybody's city, the fans, everybody you know, 0:00:48.600 --> 0:00:51.960 you you you know, you put in a lot of 0:00:51.960 --> 0:00:53.760 work and you want to get to win. And that's 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:56.360 an emotional game last night, and it's it's not an 0:00:56.400 --> 0:00:58.520 easy environment, but it's it's fun to be a part 0:00:58.520 --> 0:01:00.880 of that. And for the guy to continue to fight 0:01:00.960 --> 0:01:03.280 to the very end and come down to basically the 0:01:03.360 --> 0:01:05.680 last play and be on the wrong end of it. 0:01:06.200 --> 0:01:09.560 That that's where it's tough. Um, it's an emotional time, 0:01:09.600 --> 0:01:13.679 but you wake up and you realize, like you said, 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:16.120 you know at the same point in time that you 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:19.040 know justin at that moment the end of the game 0:01:19.080 --> 0:01:22.039 to come down and help lead the team to score 0:01:22.480 --> 0:01:24.560 is huge. And that's one of those moments that in 0:01:24.600 --> 0:01:27.720 his career he'll always remember, always be in his rookie 0:01:27.800 --> 0:01:31.600 year and Monday night football in Pittsburgh and soum he 0:01:31.680 --> 0:01:33.240 did it, and he proved to us that he was 0:01:33.240 --> 0:01:34.720 going to do it. He told us he was going 0:01:34.760 --> 0:01:36.240 to do it, and he did it. And that's kind 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:38.080 of where we're at. How'd he tell you he was 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:41.080 going to do it just by his emotions and his 0:01:41.520 --> 0:01:44.399 the look on his face. Like I said this morning, 0:01:44.680 --> 0:01:47.119 he just we walked over to get ready to give 0:01:47.160 --> 0:01:49.080 him the play and get out there for the first play, 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:50.800 and before we did it, you know, just to kind 0:01:50.800 --> 0:01:52.200 of see where he's at, and you get a sense 0:01:52.200 --> 0:01:53.760 of where guys are and to look in their eye. 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:56.120 He just had this big grin on him, you know, 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:59.280 this big smile like this is this is what he 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:03.120 was built for, and it's just it's just rare to 0:02:03.160 --> 0:02:06.120 have that. And so then you know that. But then 0:02:06.200 --> 0:02:08.400 when you see it actually come to fruition and it 0:02:08.520 --> 0:02:10.760 ends in a touchdown or an extra point puts you 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:13.359 up by one, it's one of those moments that we'll 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:15.240 always remember, you know. I wish we could have came 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:17.600 out on the other side, but for his growth and 0:02:17.680 --> 0:02:19.880 for who he is in our offense, it was a 0:02:19.880 --> 0:02:23.720 special moment. You mentioned his growth, and it seems as 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:27.880 if the entire population is so focused on just his growth, 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:30.720 but with his growth comes growth for the football team 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:35.680 in every phase. So sometimes that lost in this because 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:37.880 it's justin fields, the eleventh pick in the first round 0:02:37.919 --> 0:02:40.040 of the NFL draft, and he's got this potential to 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:43.960 be great. Yeah, I think there's a it's an interesting dynamic. 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:46.320 You know, you have a you have a first round 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:49.120 draft pick that you move up to get at the 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:53.760 quarterback position, and who now has you know, heading into 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:57.839 you know, really, I mean he's he's heading into six 0:02:57.919 --> 0:03:01.560 seven starts now and getting lot of reps and you're 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:03.959 seeing the growth, you're seeing the excitement. He's made two 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:08.160 really big plays now in big time moments back to 0:03:08.240 --> 0:03:11.400 back weeks, and that's what you feel, that's what everybody feels, 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:14.440 and there's the excitement. The tough part is when you lose, 0:03:14.520 --> 0:03:16.639 and Justin will tell you that's all he cares about, right, 0:03:16.960 --> 0:03:19.440 and he understands everything that comes with it. We understand 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:21.440 everything that comes with it. But at the same point 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:23.839 in time, this is a team game and we're doing 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:26.799 everything we can, like we said last night or one eleventh, 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:29.440 to help this team win, and we haven't done that 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:31.680 in the last several weeks and we gotta we gotta 0:03:31.760 --> 0:03:33.280 do that. We gotta do more of that so that 0:03:33.320 --> 0:03:37.480 we can win. What changed that allowed Justin to really 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:40.520 go downfield so much more in the second half and 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:44.640 just the decisiveness now two weeks going, but there's a 0:03:44.640 --> 0:03:49.400 heck of a lot more plays downfield in the second half. Yeah, 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:51.440 that's a good question. I mean, you know, when you 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:53.560 head into a game, it's it's it's kind of like 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:56.000 a boxing match. Those first several rounds, you're just kind 0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:58.840 of seeing what the game plan is right, You know, 0:03:58.840 --> 0:04:01.480 what are you coming with a run game? With a 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:05.080 past game? You saw we had that bootleg on the 0:04:05.080 --> 0:04:07.280 one player where Justin rolled out to his left made 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:09.200 a great throw, and then two plays later we ran 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:11.960 one and they sacked us. And so there's a feeling 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:14.040 out procedure of really where you're at and what you 0:04:14.080 --> 0:04:16.320 want to do. Once we could get a good feel 0:04:16.320 --> 0:04:18.960 of where they were and what their game plan was, 0:04:19.000 --> 0:04:21.880 I think builded a great job, Bill Laser of of 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:23.960 getting our guys into a rhythm. And then the guy's 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:26.560 got to make plays. And you saw more shots and 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:29.760 they're not all completed, but it stretches the defense out vertically, 0:04:29.800 --> 0:04:31.760 which can open up the run game in a quick game, 0:04:31.800 --> 0:04:34.240 and that's probably what you saw. And then Justin just 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:37.160 made some plays and some throws. You know, that one 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:39.520 throwy threw to Jimmy Grammers was as as good as 0:04:39.520 --> 0:04:42.520 it gets. And so when you make throws like that, 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:45.680 you just instantly have more confidence in yourself. It seems 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:48.559 to be also a national discussion on just the hits 0:04:48.560 --> 0:04:51.640 he's taking, some of which can be described as late 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:56.440 or unnecessary, but not drawing flags, and you know it's 0:04:56.480 --> 0:04:59.440 not the NBA. It's not you know, MJ getting because 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:03.039 it's MJ not getting those files. But maybe there is 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:04.680 some of that I don't know, Or is it because 0:05:05.120 --> 0:05:08.239 he's considered a running quarterback and that throws some things 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:14.320 out the window from an officiating perspective, maybe even subconsciously. Yeah, 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:19.520 I think you know, regardless of who you are or 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:22.640 where you're at on the field, you know, the nature 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:24.640 of the game is to always protect all players, and 0:05:24.720 --> 0:05:27.279 let alone the quarterbacks when they're running with the football 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:30.200 and it's a it's a quick game. It's a fast 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:32.839 game down there. Those referees have some tough decisions to 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:35.880 make when it's it happened so quickly, and it's a 0:05:35.880 --> 0:05:37.920 part of the game. The biggest thing that we can 0:05:37.960 --> 0:05:42.080 do is to help justin limit and minimize the amount 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:45.600 of times that he takes those those hits. Every now 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:47.160 and then, there's gonna be one. You know. He had 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:49.320 the one on the sideline where Minka came over and 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:51.320 hit him pretty hard. He had the other one where 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:53.280 he kind of went for a slide and got hit 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:56.040 from behind. And he had a few where he slid 0:05:56.040 --> 0:05:58.880 early which was great and didn't take a hit he 0:05:58.960 --> 0:06:02.560 got somewhere, he ran, got out of bounds. So, um, 0:06:02.640 --> 0:06:05.000 you know, next week or two weeks from now, we 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:07.200 play Baltimore, We're going to see a quarterback that takes 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:09.760 a lot of hits a lot of times. Um. So 0:06:09.800 --> 0:06:11.680 it's just a balance of how many you take and 0:06:11.680 --> 0:06:13.680 how hard, how hard they are. What do you do 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:17.040 by penalties? Well, we got to fix them, and that 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:18.800 that's that starts with me. I got to make sure 0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:21.279 that we continue to emphasize it to the players. And 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:23.440 then when the players are out there, they gotta you know, 0:06:23.480 --> 0:06:26.080 they got to make sure that they follow through with 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:28.279 the execution. I'm not having them. There's gonna be some 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:31.400 penalties here or there. It's the outliers and it's the 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:35.359 max number of penalties that hurt. And we need to 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:39.360 be a better and more disciplined football team. Um, you know, 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:42.880 whether it's an unnecessary roughness, a flagrant foul, whatever, whatever, 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:46.400 any anything that's just controllable. We need to do a 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:49.960 better job at controlling our emotions and the false starts 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:52.000 to jump off side, you know all that stuff like 0:06:52.040 --> 0:06:54.280 we can we can get better there too. So it's 0:06:54.279 --> 0:06:56.480 gonna be an emphasis. It has to. Yeah, that really 0:06:56.520 --> 0:06:59.400 is the key word, the control part and that offense. 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:02.240 We know about the emotion of the game, and you 0:07:02.360 --> 0:07:04.279 played it at a high level as well, so you 0:07:04.320 --> 0:07:07.240 know what it's like. And you're on that sideline. But 0:07:07.440 --> 0:07:11.720 at this point, just because it's gonna be called clearly, 0:07:11.880 --> 0:07:15.120 it's gonna be called on the taunting, is there any 0:07:15.120 --> 0:07:18.640 way to make an edict? Hey, No matter what, I know, 0:07:18.720 --> 0:07:21.720 it's a great play in a great moment, Come with 0:07:21.760 --> 0:07:24.600 your teammates the sideline and celebrate with us, and yes, 0:07:24.800 --> 0:07:27.280 end it right there? Is that a possible message from you? 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:31.280 And this absolutely, without a doubt, without a doubt, that's 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:34.280 I mean, that's that's really the way that we have 0:07:34.360 --> 0:07:37.920 to go. And the players need to understand that it's 0:07:37.960 --> 0:07:41.040 hurt us too much and it's kept teams. I mean, 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:43.400 you worked so hard to get a team off the 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:46.480 field and then to have it happen where they get 0:07:46.480 --> 0:07:50.200 a free player to get back on that's a backbreaker. So, um, 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:52.200 you know what we got to do and what I 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:55.440 need to do is make sure that they follow that lead. 0:07:55.480 --> 0:07:58.400 They understand it, and any point in time that it happens, 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:02.800 it's unaccepted, you know, And so we got we gotta 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:04.840 really make an emphasis to that, so they follow through 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:07.840 and they don't do it. Snap the fields under pressure, 0:08:07.920 --> 0:08:10.920 leaving the pocket. Tuck's gotta fire into the end zone. 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:15.320 Catchus Beard theft corner of the end zone. Touchdown, darn 0:08:15.360 --> 0:08:19.680 Old Mooney touchdown. Bears Welcome back to the Bears Coaches Show. 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:22.200 It's brought to you by Whippley CPAs and Consultants, a 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:24.920 proud partner of the Chicago Bears. Learn more at Whippley 0:08:25.000 --> 0:08:27.520 dot com. There was the fields to Mooney touchdown. I 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:31.400 literally jumped out of my seat, although I wasn't sitting outstanding, 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:34.440 so that's how excited I was. But boy was at 0:08:34.440 --> 0:08:38.240 a throw man and this the throwing to his left 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:42.520 as a right handed quarterback. Honestly, it's you don't see 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:45.880 it very often done as well and as precise and 0:08:45.960 --> 0:08:49.079 with accuracy as he's showing. Not just that thrown, but 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:53.240 it's happened more than once. Is this unique to justin Fields? Well, 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:55.240 I think we're starting to see some of his strengths 0:08:55.280 --> 0:08:57.679 of what he does well. And every now and then 0:08:57.720 --> 0:09:01.800 some quarterbacks will develop some some some favorites or some 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:04.160 habits that team start to see Hey, this guy really 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:06.240 he throws well to the left or he throws well 0:09:06.280 --> 0:09:08.600 to the writer. He's he's a good hitch hitch throw 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:12.080 type guy from the pocket. Um and we I mean 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:14.560 he had the bootleg where he rolled to his left 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:17.040 and threw a nice ball to Cole Comet early on too, 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:20.000 where again you're starting to see that now, and um, 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:23.400 we loved seeing it because especially that last one for 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:25.720 the touchdown is it wasn't a roll out. It just 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:28.280 it was a it was a drop back pass that 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:30.640 wasn't there. So we rolled out and became a runner 0:09:30.679 --> 0:09:33.840 and then all of a sudden became a thrower and 0:09:34.080 --> 0:09:36.520 made a great throw. Mooney made a hell of a catch, 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:38.840 got both feet and at a big time moment. And 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:41.400 that's probably the biggest thing is you know that I 0:09:41.480 --> 0:09:44.000 really feel is that he's making big time plays in 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:47.480 big time moments. And that's what's exciting too. All right, 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:49.840 So you gotta get you your body square at some 0:09:49.920 --> 0:09:52.920 point to make that an accurate throw. But what is 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:56.160 so pronounced with him just from my analysis and you 0:09:56.160 --> 0:09:59.120 you're the quarterback quote here in this in this particular question, 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:02.199 but his follow through no matter where his arm slot 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:05.679 is whether it's right arm, it is very thorough. Is 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:08.880 that where the accuracy comes from or is it more 0:10:08.920 --> 0:10:12.040 complicated than that. But he seems to really really be 0:10:12.160 --> 0:10:15.640 good with making sure that follow through. You can see 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:19.680 it very clearly, and he just it's like a laser. Yeah, 0:10:19.720 --> 0:10:22.440 well I would I would relate it to or compare 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:25.880 it to like a free throw. You know, when you 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:28.520 follow through on a free throw or say it's a 0:10:28.600 --> 0:10:30.560 fade away three, you know, and you just kind of 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:32.720 feel like you know it is it's you know it's 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:34.440 going to be a great throw. There's more of a 0:10:34.520 --> 0:10:37.800 feel to it, is what I'm saying. So it was 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:40.800 very similar right to his touchdown throw two weeks ago 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:43.800 against the forty nine ers, the Jesse James I'm very 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:46.360 similar throw where he kind of threw off his right foot, 0:10:46.440 --> 0:10:48.600 got both feet in the air, how to follow through, 0:10:48.679 --> 0:10:51.800 stide arm and and so it's a natural feel that 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:54.560 he has. It's honestly, it's more DNA than anything. How 0:10:54.640 --> 0:10:58.000 the offensive line do. They did a lot better. They 0:10:58.000 --> 0:11:00.120 really did a good job against a tough defense to 0:11:00.240 --> 0:11:03.360 front in that environment. I was proud of them. I 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:05.160 thought they grew. I thought they got a lot better. 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:10.319 You know, that's not easy on the road silent count. 0:11:10.480 --> 0:11:12.880 You know, we unfortunately, we had a couple of false 0:11:12.920 --> 0:11:15.360 starts with which hurt us, and the guys understand that 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:17.520 and know that. But for the most part, I really 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:19.800 thought they did a good job. And that's another part 0:11:19.840 --> 0:11:21.920 of the growth that we're happy about. With the offense, 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:25.320 We're getting more explosives. I think we had eleven explosives yesterday. 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:28.959 Eight passes of sixteen or plus yards and three runs 0:11:28.960 --> 0:11:31.600 of twelve or plus runs. So, you know, being able 0:11:31.640 --> 0:11:35.120 to have that sometimes eliminates going twelve and fourteen play 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:38.160 drives because you're getting big place and it's first time 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:40.720 in three years a Bear's quarterback had a stat line 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:45.559 with a yard propositive attempt of ten yards or more. Yeah, 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:48.240 it's been a minute, but he had it. I'm undenied 0:11:48.240 --> 0:11:50.480 in Pittsburgh. All right, Let's let's go to the defensive 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:55.120 side of the ball. Concerns, positives. What do you take 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:58.559 out of this one? Well, you know the positives. I'll 0:11:58.559 --> 0:12:01.280 start off with that is, you know, at what we 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:04.600 were able to do. We were able to hit ben Um. 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:06.680 You know, we had four sacks. We kept them. The 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:09.440 two hundred and five yards passing two hundred and eighty 0:12:09.480 --> 0:12:13.040 total yards of offense for them. So that's the good. 0:12:14.120 --> 0:12:17.960 And also I think we we held uh Naji Harris 0:12:17.960 --> 0:12:23.680 to a pretty low yards per per carry. That's good. Um, well, 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:26.480 we gotta be a little bit better at of situational football. 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:29.560 Is again that complimentary football when we need to stop 0:12:29.960 --> 0:12:32.000 getting that stop when we need it. Now, we always 0:12:32.000 --> 0:12:35.200 need to stop. We get that. But uh, there at 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:37.040 the end of the game, would have been really good 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:39.040 to be able to not allow them to get down 0:12:39.040 --> 0:12:41.080 there for that field goal attempt. A couple of things 0:12:41.080 --> 0:12:43.960 here there we can get better at. But um, you know, 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:48.040 for the most part, the other part that we're emphasizing 0:12:48.080 --> 0:12:49.840 as the takeaways. You know, we didn't come away with 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:52.560 any takeaways on defense, so that can help flip the field. 0:12:52.600 --> 0:12:55.960 But we uh, we really feel like, um, you know, 0:12:56.040 --> 0:12:58.360 get healthy here, get some guys back and get get 0:12:58.440 --> 0:13:01.200 rock and a rolling Yeah, the third along the third 0:13:01.240 --> 0:13:04.480 and six plus going into the game, twenty eighth in 0:13:04.520 --> 0:13:07.800 the league defensively, and so they hit on a few 0:13:07.880 --> 0:13:11.000 more of those. It doesn't seem like it's a killer, 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:14.560 but those lead to scoring drives when you convert those yeah, 0:13:14.600 --> 0:13:16.920 they do. They just keep the drive going. And they 0:13:16.960 --> 0:13:18.840 had a couple of those third downs like you're saying, 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:21.920 and even some third and goals you know that they 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:24.600 were able to take advantage of. So I know that's 0:13:24.600 --> 0:13:27.160 an emphasis that Sean's really focusing on, and our guys 0:13:27.360 --> 0:13:31.080 understand it. Again, this bye week will really allow us 0:13:31.120 --> 0:13:33.800 to reflect us to where we're at, how we're going to. 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:36.160 Certain areas can get better. You know, it was a 0:13:36.240 --> 0:13:39.920 terrific comeback because, as you said, the environment was it 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:41.840 was really loud in there. I know my ears are 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:44.640 still ringing Montgomery again a little while, Keah, this time 0:13:44.640 --> 0:13:46.520 we give it the Mooney left to the tenth, to 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:50.040 the five into the end zone, put a touchdown and 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:54.560 David Montgomery pumps his piss because two Steelers thought he 0:13:54.679 --> 0:13:59.160 kept that ball. Terrific ball, fake Montgomery, the Mooney, David 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:02.320 Montgomery on the cat and the gift to Darnel Mooney 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:05.079 a second touchdown for the Bears wide receiver in their 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:08.560 loss to the Pittsburgh Stealers. Back with Matt Nagge here 0:14:08.600 --> 0:14:11.440 on the Bears Coaches Show. Download the Chicago Bears app 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:13.280 to play a new predictor game Risk get brought to 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:14.880 you by Bette Rivers for your chance to win two 0:14:14.920 --> 0:14:17.360 hundred and fifty dollars in free bets and a custom 0:14:17.440 --> 0:14:21.320 Bears jersey. Here with Matt as we look at that wildcat. 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:24.920 David Montgomery ran it very well yesterday. He did a 0:14:24.920 --> 0:14:28.880 great job. He's done really well with that and it's 0:14:28.920 --> 0:14:31.160 just a little change up. The defense has to prepare 0:14:31.200 --> 0:14:33.000 for it. There's different things we can do out of it. 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:35.600 But the execution level was really great by everybody. And 0:14:35.640 --> 0:14:38.880 then Cole Comet he had one of those explosives. A 0:14:39.000 --> 0:14:42.240 really good day for him, and Jimmy Graham good to 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:46.080 see that working obviously, and it just and Alan Robinson 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:47.960 the whole thing. And here again this goes back to 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:50.880 justin fields because if he plays well and throws the 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:53.560 ball well and he's protected and they're getting the running 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:55.800 game going and all these other weapons that everybody's been 0:14:55.840 --> 0:14:58.880 asking for and getting targets to start to get those 0:14:58.920 --> 0:15:02.120 targets in the big place. Yeah, I felt that yesterday, Jeff, 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:06.280 where you were able to see some different guys getting 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:08.360 getting those targets. Like you're saying, you know, whether it's 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:12.160 a short pass, whether it was downfield, rout and even 0:15:12.200 --> 0:15:14.800 whether it was complete or incomplete, but you saw us 0:15:14.800 --> 0:15:16.920 getting the tight ends, evolved the running backs a little 0:15:16.920 --> 0:15:19.600 bit here there, those wide receivers, and I think what's 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:22.120 happening is you're starting to see just and feel more 0:15:22.160 --> 0:15:24.560 and more comfortable with these reps he's getting with these 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:28.880 particular receivers and running backs. And now we got to 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:31.400 grow off of that. We're kind of finding a nice 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:33.960 little balanced schematically with what we like to do with them. 0:15:34.400 --> 0:15:37.680 We're finding out what his strengths and weaknesses are, and 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:40.080 we're trying to put it all together to make it 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:42.000 the best for us. All Right, we all know it's 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:44.560 been a tough schedule. Your opponents of one forty three games, 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:47.640 most in the league. It's a it's a treacherous road. 0:15:47.680 --> 0:15:49.360 We knew that was going to be the case. In 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:53.400 addition to that, you guys faced According to Pro Football Focus, 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:56.200 who are the four highest graded defensive linemen in the league. 0:15:56.200 --> 0:15:58.880 You faced Cam Heyward last night, Aaron Donald, Miles, Garrett, 0:15:58.880 --> 0:16:03.480 Max Crosby. Top four receivers in yardage, Cooper Cup, Deebo, Samuel, 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:07.240 Jamar Chase, and Dvante Adams. So the record is three 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:09.880 and six, But you faced a lot of things that 0:16:11.320 --> 0:16:13.640 theoretically sharpen you for the rest of the road here, 0:16:13.640 --> 0:16:16.920 getting your guys against these type of players and quarterbacks 0:16:16.960 --> 0:16:19.320 and future Hall of famers. How would you assess it 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:22.200 all as we hit this midley point. Well, the good 0:16:22.240 --> 0:16:25.080 part is that it calases you for sure, because you're 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:27.920 going up against those those great players, like you just said. 0:16:28.800 --> 0:16:30.280 But what we got to be able to do now 0:16:30.400 --> 0:16:32.960 is take that and use it to our advantage moving forward, 0:16:32.960 --> 0:16:35.800 because you know, you know the schedule better than anybody. 0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:38.240 I mean, we got we got some really good football 0:16:38.240 --> 0:16:40.480 teams ahead of us, so and that's how it should be. 0:16:40.560 --> 0:16:42.360 We get that we need to be able to beat 0:16:42.440 --> 0:16:43.960 all of those teams that are in front of us, 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:46.200 and we really feel like with who we have and 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:48.520 getting getting some of our guys back is going to 0:16:48.600 --> 0:16:52.440 be crucial. But it definitely makes you better, that's for sure. 0:16:52.520 --> 0:16:55.480 And I think really for again looking at Justin, for 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:57.320 him to be able to play some of these defenses 0:16:57.360 --> 0:17:00.440 that he's seeing, he's done a he's done a really 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:04.560 really good job of, you know, making the game slow 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:07.639 down a little bit on defense, but yet still making 0:17:07.680 --> 0:17:10.560 plays and being great Monday, you know, through Saturday, and 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:13.000 that's where we want to keep growing. In addition to 0:17:13.000 --> 0:17:15.080 what you do and say as a head coach and 0:17:15.119 --> 0:17:19.119 your staff, would you know because sometimes these situations, not 0:17:19.200 --> 0:17:22.320 that these guys are quitters by any means, they showed 0:17:22.320 --> 0:17:25.200 that fight perfectly example last night, but you are three 0:17:25.200 --> 0:17:31.080 and six. Would Justin's presence and development alone help everybody 0:17:31.160 --> 0:17:35.160 else stay in tune here and keep going. Yeah, and 0:17:35.160 --> 0:17:38.119 and I really I know that for a fact, But 0:17:38.200 --> 0:17:41.080 I also know who our players are and where they're at. 0:17:41.119 --> 0:17:45.399 And again, Roquon, I thought had a great message, you know, 0:17:45.480 --> 0:17:47.720 just just talking to the to the guys last night 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:50.040 at the end in the locker room, just not not 0:17:50.080 --> 0:17:52.479 a lot, just short and sweet to the point of it. 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:54.800 You know, it's it's time we get back on track. 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:57.080 And so when you hear that coming from your players 0:17:57.359 --> 0:18:00.960 and your leaders, it really is is great to hear 0:18:01.040 --> 0:18:03.119 from the coach's perspective. And I know that the players 0:18:03.200 --> 0:18:05.280 feel that too. So they're gonna get away for a 0:18:05.320 --> 0:18:07.439 little bit. They're gonna come back in a week and 0:18:07.520 --> 0:18:10.600 be able to be refreshed and rejuvenated and be ready 0:18:10.640 --> 0:18:13.960 to attack these these final guaranteed eight games and what 0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:15.760 do you want out of the week for yourself and 0:18:15.840 --> 0:18:18.800 your stuff? Well, you know, it's h It's something where 0:18:18.920 --> 0:18:21.000 for for us as a staff, we're already attacking the 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:24.560 self scout in all three phases, which every team does. Um, 0:18:24.880 --> 0:18:26.760 we're able to some of the coaches will be able 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:29.399 to get away and um, break away for a little 0:18:29.440 --> 0:18:32.640 bit and get some time for their mental health, which 0:18:32.680 --> 0:18:35.280 is which is great and important, and be able to 0:18:35.320 --> 0:18:37.959 come back at this thing and get refreshed. So for 0:18:38.000 --> 0:18:40.840 me personally, I'll be able to really look at all 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:42.639 three phases. I kind of had a sneak peek to 0:18:42.680 --> 0:18:46.040 it last week when I was, you know, out with COVID. 0:18:46.160 --> 0:18:49.160 So it's almost like two weeks now that I'm able 0:18:49.200 --> 0:18:52.119 to do this and really get back on track health 0:18:52.200 --> 0:18:56.120 wise without specifics, because that's a wait and see. Will 0:18:56.160 --> 0:18:59.560 you feel are you leaning more towards optimistic than yes 0:18:59.640 --> 0:19:04.280 and miss? Yeah, we are, we are. That's that's a 0:19:04.320 --> 0:19:06.680 part of the game or injuries. Every team's going through 0:19:06.680 --> 0:19:09.680 it right now in some significant positions. But I really 0:19:09.680 --> 0:19:12.800 do feel like you're heading into this bye week and 0:19:12.880 --> 0:19:15.760 then into the next week when we prep for for 0:19:15.880 --> 0:19:18.399 Baltimore is we are starting to get a lot of 0:19:18.560 --> 0:19:21.040 death back and it's a it's a great time to 0:19:21.080 --> 0:19:23.440 have the buy right now. So I would say, yeah, 0:19:23.440 --> 0:19:27.520 definitely lean more towards optimism. All right, Hopefully you have 0:19:27.640 --> 0:19:29.560