WEBVTT - Nagy, Desai talk Week 5 defensive performance | Coaches Show 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:02.639 Welcome into the Bears Coaches Show with head coach Matt Nage, 0:00:02.720 --> 0:00:05.280 brought to you by a Whipple Cepas and consultants. Jeff 0:00:05.320 --> 0:00:07.320 jonahak with you until I had a clock here tonight 0:00:07.360 --> 0:00:09.639 on news Radio one oh five nine w BBM. Coach 0:00:09.720 --> 0:00:11.280 Naggie here until the bottom of the hour, and then 0:00:11.320 --> 0:00:14.520 we turn it over to defensive coordinator Sean Desai. Matt, 0:00:14.600 --> 0:00:18.120 congratulations on that win. An emotional one for you again 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:21.000 back to back weeks. Really you could see it in 0:00:21.079 --> 0:00:24.080 your postgame delivery to the Fellas twenty to nine an 0:00:24.079 --> 0:00:26.960 Allegiance Stadium in Vegas, and you kind of consider this 0:00:27.000 --> 0:00:30.240 a landmark win right now for you personally. Yeah, you 0:00:30.280 --> 0:00:32.880 know what, Jeff, I think the biggest thing for our 0:00:32.880 --> 0:00:35.120 players was just, you know, putting together a really good 0:00:35.120 --> 0:00:37.319 week of practice, which is as every week. But then 0:00:37.479 --> 0:00:40.000 we knew going into this this game yesterday, it was 0:00:40.040 --> 0:00:42.960 gonna be a battle. There was gonna be a you know, 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:46.000 a fight, and we had to be ready for it, 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:47.440 and our guys were and I think that's what I 0:00:47.479 --> 0:00:49.960 was really impressed about and h and they did it 0:00:50.000 --> 0:00:52.760 for for four quarters. And that's what happens when you 0:00:52.840 --> 0:00:54.840 when you when you fight and you do it together, 0:00:55.080 --> 0:00:57.360 and you play smart, you protect the football, you get 0:00:57.360 --> 0:01:01.279 after their quarterback. Um, you know, usually good things happening well, 0:01:01.320 --> 0:01:03.600 you know, and you finished. Sometimes it's one thing to 0:01:03.600 --> 0:01:06.440 come out especially against you know, the Raiders. They're a 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:08.720 team that was starting slow in the first quarter and 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:10.200 even a little bit of the second quarter. But did 0:01:10.240 --> 0:01:12.640 they come out in that third or fourth quarter they 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:14.800 can really get after him. And I look back at 0:01:14.840 --> 0:01:17.560 the start of that first play the third quarter when 0:01:17.800 --> 0:01:20.840 when Robert Quinn made a nice cackle and made a 0:01:20.840 --> 0:01:24.000 second in one, and then we got a tackle for 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:25.640 a loss, and then they had that we had that 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:28.360 break where on the scramble he dropped the ball and 0:01:28.440 --> 0:01:30.759 sometimes that's just the way it goes, and you need 0:01:30.800 --> 0:01:32.240 some of those every now and then. And so we 0:01:32.240 --> 0:01:34.759 were able to take advantage of that. The defense got 0:01:34.760 --> 0:01:36.839 a couple more three and outs, and we were playing 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:39.200 the punk game back and forth to each other and 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:41.839 finally until it broke open and we were able to 0:01:41.840 --> 0:01:44.200 to you know, really at the end of there in 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:46.319 the fourth quarter, get that field goal to make an 0:01:46.360 --> 0:01:48.200 eight point game, and then get that other field goal 0:01:48.200 --> 0:01:50.880 to make it two scores. Fans travel, We know it, 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:52.920 We knew they were going to be there, and you know, 0:01:53.000 --> 0:01:55.400 you you felt it in a profound way. And I 0:01:55.440 --> 0:01:58.040 had a chuckle this morning. And I got back early 0:01:58.080 --> 0:02:00.240 this morning on a red eye. I saw it week 0:02:00.280 --> 0:02:02.760 from a Bears fan thanking the Raiders for building a 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:05.880 brand new stadium for Bears fans. And you know, because 0:02:05.960 --> 0:02:08.200 in the hallways which you can't see and I didn't 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:12.200 see the chance and the singing the Bears fight song 0:02:12.440 --> 0:02:15.120 in the in the corridors of the building is something 0:02:15.160 --> 0:02:19.040 that you would have never seen in Oakland Colisseum during 0:02:19.040 --> 0:02:21.320 the old black Hole day. So you know, this was 0:02:21.480 --> 0:02:25.080 this was an interesting addition to the equation. At the 0:02:25.160 --> 0:02:26.640 end of the game, when we were running off the 0:02:26.680 --> 0:02:30.040 field to head into the locker room, the sea of 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:32.840 orange jerseys and the Bears jerseys all over the place 0:02:33.080 --> 0:02:35.160 was just it was it was unbelievable, and they were 0:02:35.200 --> 0:02:37.320 just cheering and they were such a big part of 0:02:37.360 --> 0:02:39.200 that and it just means so much to our players. 0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:42.160 All right, So last week the chiseling of the identity 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:45.400 started to take shape, and now starting to polish it 0:02:45.480 --> 0:02:47.760 up a little bit, is this is this what we're 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:50.360 looking at for twenty twenty one, Well, I feel like 0:02:50.400 --> 0:02:53.360 it's a mindset right now within the offense and the 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:57.160 identity that we have understanding that you know, a lot 0:02:57.200 --> 0:02:58.679 of this is is you got to make sure that 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:00.240 you're able to run the ball, and we've all always 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:02.080 said that from day one, but I think now you 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:05.639 start looking at different personnels, you look at different formations, 0:03:05.680 --> 0:03:08.919 and but you got to be able to have enough 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:12.519 to where you can make an adjustments too. So really 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:14.720 you can have whatever plays you want. But if the 0:03:14.800 --> 0:03:17.560 mindset of the guys, they understand what we're doing when 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:19.480 we go into it, and I think that's what we're 0:03:19.480 --> 0:03:21.280 really feel in the last couple of weeks is that 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:23.560 identity and now we just build off of that. But 0:03:24.000 --> 0:03:26.320 it's nice being able to head into those games and 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:29.840 then get off to a fast start with the offense 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:32.120 and I just appreciate that from the players and coaches. Well. 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:34.920 And the good news here is also, I mean, while 0:03:34.960 --> 0:03:36.800 the passing game is still trying to get at sea 0:03:36.880 --> 0:03:39.360 legs with a new quarterback and a rookie quarterback at 0:03:39.400 --> 0:03:43.240 that there's other things happening to get wins. So you're 0:03:43.240 --> 0:03:46.839 winning with an offense that's still statistically and not that 0:03:46.840 --> 0:03:50.600 that matters, but is still a work in progress here 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:53.520 in terms of the passing game. Yeah, and that's that's 0:03:53.520 --> 0:03:55.839 a part of this process. Like you just mentioned, So 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:59.080 when you have a rookie quarterback and you're going through 0:03:59.120 --> 0:04:01.960 trying and you build this identity, other things will come. 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:04.240 And I think you felt it against Detroit. We had 0:04:04.280 --> 0:04:06.440 more shots, right, we were able to Mooney was able 0:04:06.480 --> 0:04:09.520 to take advantage of some coverages and Justin made some 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:12.120 good throws. And some games, you know, when you have 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:14.480 whatever it was, thirty seven or thirty eight runs like 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:17.480 we did yesterday, again, a lot some of those can 0:04:17.520 --> 0:04:19.520 come in that fourth quarter when you're in four minute 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:21.520 mode and you're winning and when they know you're going 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:24.200 to run, can you run? So all that said, I 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:27.159 just really big picture offensively. I love the way the 0:04:27.160 --> 0:04:31.240 guys are accepting this identity. Doesn't matter what position, They're 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:33.680 doing it together and it makes it fun. Let's talk 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:37.240 about that running game with Damian Williams sixteen for sixty 0:04:37.240 --> 0:04:40.680 four in a tuddy Khalil Herbert eighteen for seventy five. 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:45.239 But Pro Football Focus had fifty yards of that after contact. Yeah, 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:46.880 and that's what I think that's what you felt. We 0:04:46.920 --> 0:04:50.400 all felt that. So you know, Damien is a guy 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:53.039 where and when we were really evaluating them as a 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:55.159 free agent. One thing that's stuck out on tape of 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:59.000 Damian is that it's very it's it doesn't happen very 0:04:59.000 --> 0:05:01.000 often where the first and brings him down. So if 0:05:01.040 --> 0:05:03.440 you look at that touchdown run, you know that play 0:05:03.520 --> 0:05:05.280 was designed to be able to have him go one 0:05:05.320 --> 0:05:07.080 on one on the corner and we're gonna, you know, 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:09.360 go ahead and bet on our guy, our running back, 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:12.240 and he proved us right. So that's what that's what's 0:05:12.240 --> 0:05:14.400 beautiful about him. He also lowered the boom a few 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:16.760 times too down there in the red zone, lowered his 0:05:16.800 --> 0:05:19.159 shoulder and maybe didn't get a you know, many yards, 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:22.279 but it was a physical run. And then with Khalil, 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:24.599 you can just see like the way he glides through 0:05:24.600 --> 0:05:27.880 those holes and he's physical, he's got low contact balance 0:05:28.320 --> 0:05:31.240 and uh and he's smart. So those two guys really 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:33.719 did a great job of picking up where where David 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:37.440 was and Montgomery, and I think with all those guys, man, 0:05:37.480 --> 0:05:39.359 they do such a great job. I gotta talk Jimmy 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:42.039 Graham on one of those late runs. Uh, I get 0:05:42.120 --> 0:05:44.839 I thought of Herbert was down and he's churning his 0:05:44.960 --> 0:05:49.520 legs Allah Montgomery and then here's Jimmy Graham. All of 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:51.880 a sudden, the pile keeps moving and now you look 0:05:51.920 --> 0:05:54.680 at the replay and Jimmy Graham is grinding his legs 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:58.320 and celebrating this. He's not getting targets, he's not getting touches. 0:05:58.640 --> 0:06:00.640 But the last two weeks is a mole as a 0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:05.240 blocker really stood out, And Uh, it's you got to 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:07.520 embrace it at that point in your career to really 0:06:07.560 --> 0:06:10.479 want to do that. And that that speaks volumes to 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:12.960 who Jimmy is as a as a as a person, 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:16.280 but as a professional football player. This guy just wants 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:19.760 to win. And you know, he honestly does not care 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:21.640 about anything but win it. So when it comes, if 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:23.960 he needs to help this team by blocking, then that's 0:06:24.000 --> 0:06:26.160 what he's gonna do. He knows that the other stuff 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:28.680 will come. And I just think he's a very selfless 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:31.839 person that that just cares about his players and his 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:34.560 teammates and his coaches. And if that's what we asked 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:36.360 him to do it, he's gonna do it. Defense went 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:38.960 in there and shut down the NFL's passing leader. How 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:41.760 do you do it? Yeah, No, well they did it 0:06:41.800 --> 0:06:44.919 as one, they did it together. Um, you had to 0:06:44.920 --> 0:06:47.599 be able to stop the run, which we did. You 0:06:47.680 --> 0:06:52.120 got to be able to affect Derek Carr's lane, his 0:06:52.160 --> 0:06:54.240 passing lane, and he had one or two times where 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:56.719 he had a clean pocket for the most time. Most 0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:59.080 of the time there, those guys were really getting after him. 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:01.240 And then it help up the dbs on the back end, 0:07:01.320 --> 0:07:03.039 and so I think all at all we just kept 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:05.640 them out of rhythm and uh. And then Shawn to 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:08.360 Sign as coaches did a wonderful job. Fields under center 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:11.280 takes play fake fields rolling. It was right hit as 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:17.120 he delivers into the end zone, touchdown, Jesper horsh dead touchdown, Bears. 0:07:18.160 --> 0:07:21.560 Fields took another pop. Bears have the lead sixty three 0:07:21.600 --> 0:07:24.120 here in Vegas. Welcome back to the Bears Coaching Show, 0:07:24.160 --> 0:07:26.600 brought to you by Whippley CPAs and Consultant's a proud 0:07:26.600 --> 0:07:29.360 partner of the Chicago Bears. Learn more at Whippley dot com. 0:07:29.360 --> 0:07:33.560 You just heard the touchdown throw justin Fields to Jesper Horstead. 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:36.040 That will go down in his history, his personal history 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:39.960 as his first NFL passing touchdown. Break it down for us. Yeah, 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:42.400 we had a little naked there to get Justin on 0:07:42.440 --> 0:07:44.240 the edge, and they played it pretty well, and we 0:07:44.520 --> 0:07:46.160 had an idea that they might try to his own 0:07:46.280 --> 0:07:49.640 zone us out we had we had to naked out 0:07:49.680 --> 0:07:51.840 to the right on the flot and they covered it. 0:07:51.880 --> 0:07:53.960 But again, a lot of times down there in the 0:07:54.000 --> 0:07:56.160 red zone, there's there's not a lot of plays that 0:07:56.200 --> 0:07:59.280 are wide open. So sometimes it's about the players making plays, 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:02.560 and that's exactly would happen. We got the edge, Justin 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:04.840 got to the edge and he made a great throw 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:07.160 to it, running, you know, off his right, throwing it 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:09.080 off his right foot, running to his right, kind of 0:08:09.080 --> 0:08:11.640 throwing back to his left a little bit, and Jesper 0:08:11.720 --> 0:08:13.880 just kind of the guy with face guarding him and 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:15.680 he just made a heck of a catch, which he's 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:17.960 done a lot in practice, you got. I mean, we 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:20.680 see it all the time, so it wasn't shocking by 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:22.920 any means. But he made a great catch and it 0:08:22.960 --> 0:08:24.880 was really neat to see brought up to throw the 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:27.760 mooney with you on the postgame show last night. But 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:31.640 it deserves another look because the mooney on third and 0:08:31.680 --> 0:08:34.880 twelve in the twenty seven yard line. That's a marquee 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:38.200 play in this game because it's fourteen nine and you're 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:40.520 in a dog fight, you don't know what's going to happen, 0:08:40.600 --> 0:08:43.440 and you chewed off another almost nearly five minutes on 0:08:43.440 --> 0:08:46.160 the clock because of that chain mover, no doubt, And 0:08:46.600 --> 0:08:48.760 those are moments that we're all going to look back at, 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:51.880 you know, throughout the season and say, you remember that play, 0:08:51.920 --> 0:08:54.000 and you're right. When it's fourteen to nine, they had 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:56.520 just scored a touchdown and it was so imperative for 0:08:56.600 --> 0:09:00.600 us offensively to get some first downs and worst case scenario, 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:02.680 come out of there with three like we did. But 0:09:03.280 --> 0:09:06.720 that play right there kind of signifies our guys stepping 0:09:06.800 --> 0:09:08.840 up when they had to and Mooney making a play 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:11.960 justin making a throw the old line protecting and uh, 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:14.600 you know those are not easy conversions in the NFL 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:16.600 that those third and twelves are hard, and we were 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:19.439 able to convert it, which great. So the young men 0:09:19.480 --> 0:09:22.680 took a lot of hits obviously, um I think I 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:26.880 numbered six, But some of those can you coach him 0:09:26.920 --> 0:09:29.000 out of them? There's there's something you always want to 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:31.520 coach him out as many as you can. And you 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:33.040 know the one that he took on the very first 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:36.480 one with the quarterback draw um, that that's one there 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:39.440 where you're in situational football. And we knew all week 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:40.720 that that was something we were going to look at 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:42.800 doing and that the safety. You got to give him 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:45.120 credit too, he came up and made a big play. 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:47.719 So as Justin goes through this, we know that at 0:09:47.760 --> 0:09:50.160 times we're going to use his legs because he's so 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:52.720 he's such a weapon. But at the same point in time, 0:09:52.840 --> 0:09:55.400 it's the risk reward, So we got to know and 0:09:55.559 --> 0:09:58.240 understand that we also need him healthy, so that'll be 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:01.040 that'll be importantly. Yeah, and you you kind of felt too. 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:03.240 Once he did take that hit. The Raiders were going 0:10:03.320 --> 0:10:05.440 to try as hard as they could, even you know, 0:10:05.440 --> 0:10:07.480 they drew a lot of penalties and there was a 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:11.160 couple of roughings, so they were going after him for sure, 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:13.439 and that's uh, you know, that's going to happen to 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:16.040 a rookie quarterback and especially a guy that that will run. 0:10:16.120 --> 0:10:18.280 And so he knows that. So what we got to 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:20.600 do is make sure we as coaches teach him as 0:10:20.679 --> 0:10:22.439 much as we can to make sure he doesn't take 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:25.160 that extra hit. All right, So let's get into the 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:27.240 Khalil Mack. This could be known as the Kalil mac 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:30.720 game because I think you know, he rows all boats 0:10:30.800 --> 0:10:33.959 because of his history there and the respect this team 0:10:34.000 --> 0:10:37.000 has for him. Is there any aspect of this that 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:40.360 you felt this team played hard as well for Khalil 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:43.559 Mack on this particular day. No, what I would say 0:10:43.880 --> 0:10:46.320 the way he played was, I mean, it was on 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:49.000 another level, and I think it's it's what a what 0:10:49.080 --> 0:10:50.360 a great game to be able to do that for 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:54.120 considering the circumstances. That said, I think a lot of 0:10:54.120 --> 0:10:57.000 our guys would say on defense and Khalil included that 0:10:57.320 --> 0:10:59.640 they're playing they're playing as one right now. They're doing 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:02.800 it free each other, and they understand the magnitude and that, hey, 0:11:02.840 --> 0:11:05.720 you know this was his old but they honestly, including Khalil, 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:07.440 like that this is about going there to get to 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:11.560 win for the twenty one Bears and so um, you know, 0:11:11.600 --> 0:11:13.600 I think that's probably the biggest thing. But it was 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:16.200 really it was a special day for him and his 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:19.640 teammates definitely helped out. Gotta tuck Robert Quinn too, because 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:22.199 any question about what he's got left in the tank 0:11:22.240 --> 0:11:25.600 in terms of quickness and speed. When he read the 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:28.720 screen to Brian Edwards and he tracked him down and 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:31.120 brought him down from behind, I mean that he looked 0:11:31.480 --> 0:11:34.720 fantastic on that play. But that kind of effort when 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:36.480 that shows up when you're you go to the team 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:39.440 meeting tomorrow, you put that play on the on the screen, 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:41.480 everybody's going to jump out of their scene. That that's 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:43.440 how we do it. For a veteran, that's how we 0:11:43.480 --> 0:11:46.600 do it. Yeah, that's what out of doubt. We've been 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:50.560 emphasizing that this entire season. And that's what you love 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:52.640 is when you can take And here's the deal to 0:11:52.800 --> 0:11:56.120 Jeff is that that didn't just happen. He practices that 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:59.560 on a daily basis. I mean sometimes we have to 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:01.720 pull him back in practice because it's going one hundred 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:04.200 miles an hour all the time. So it translates to 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:06.680 the game. And that's what we all saw. And when 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:09.640 your teammates see that, it's not a sack, it's not 0:12:09.800 --> 0:12:12.760 it's not you know, a sackphone bull, It's not an interception. 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:16.720 It's an effort. Play man. That's contagious. Duke Shelley and 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:19.800 Kindallville Door. You knew they were going to get targeted 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:22.520 because they still have a lot to prove, and I 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:25.320 think they had twelve targets, but they gave up less 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:28.319 than sixty yards in the passing game yesterday. Talk about 0:12:28.320 --> 0:12:30.600 those two guys. That's a that's a big part of 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:33.360 the play yesterday. And even when you look down and 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:35.320 they put Waller, who's one of the best red zone 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:39.280 margets in the NFL, best best tight ends in the NFL, 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:42.840 one on one, it just shows the confidence that that 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:45.319 that our coaches have in Kindle to be there one 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:47.360 on one and he made a great play. And when 0:12:47.400 --> 0:12:49.240 you can do that, you're making special plays. So I 0:12:49.240 --> 0:12:51.840 think in general you could see that, you could feel that. 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:54.320 And again Duke Shelley did a wonderful job too. Feels 0:12:54.679 --> 0:13:03.760 it takes turns, give it away, touchdown, touchdown. Bears Damian 0:13:03.840 --> 0:13:07.280 Williams in from the four Bears extend their lead with 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:10.199 the Ritters the thirteen three here in Vegas. Hell No, 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:12.760 the Chicago Bears app to play our new predictor game 0:13:12.960 --> 0:13:14.800 Risk It brought to you by Bett Rivers, for your 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:16.640 chance to win two hundred and fifty dollars in free 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:19.439 bets at a custom Bears jersey with Bears head coach 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:22.520 Matt Naggie, Jeff Joniac coming up shortly Sean Desaia, the 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:25.880 Bears defensive coordinator or the back half of the program here. 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:28.800 That was the Damian Williams touchdown around the four yard er. 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:35.280 What a spin move? Huh? That was sweet. It was sweet. 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:38.000 That's what he's done. That's what we talked about. And 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:41.520 when you have that, that makes it a lot easier 0:13:41.600 --> 0:13:44.040 for all of us, and we're just appreciative in you know, 0:13:44.080 --> 0:13:46.760 he did a great job in practice and took it 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:48.880 to the game all right with the with the full 0:13:49.000 --> 0:13:52.480 roster and the utility of having that and guys on 0:13:52.520 --> 0:13:56.040 the practice squad when something happens like you inserted Alex 0:13:56.120 --> 0:13:59.120 Bars last week in offensive lineman do this around the league, 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:02.480 but now and even expanded a role. Looks like he 0:14:02.520 --> 0:14:05.560 was on the field for thirteen times as an eligible player. 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:08.480 You guys had nine runs, four passes, You had a 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:12.080 fifteen yards on the runs and a touchdown and fields 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:14.520 was three or four and for thirty one yards. So 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:17.360 that's good production having that extra attacker out there. But 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:20.600 how he was deployed does this, So talk about that 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:23.680 part of it first him, but what it signals to 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:25.760 the rest of the roster, Hey, we may need you, 0:14:26.040 --> 0:14:28.600 we may need you throughout the course of this season. 0:14:28.720 --> 0:14:32.360 We're using We're utilizing everything on this roster. Without a doubt. 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:35.200 I think our coaches did a great job of game 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:37.960 plan and using him and getting him into game and 0:14:38.280 --> 0:14:41.160 being able to use him at certain times. And you know, Jeff, 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:44.880 like you can put him in on certain calls in 0:14:44.960 --> 0:14:48.960 practice throughout the week on that call sheet, but you know, 0:14:49.480 --> 0:14:51.120 you don't know if you ever get to him, And 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:54.120 it just so happened yesterday that you know we're getting 0:14:54.160 --> 0:14:57.360 to him. And like you said, thirteen plays is a 0:14:57.400 --> 0:15:00.440 good amount. I think it's a good number. You can 0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:02.520 rely on him. Alex has done a great job, will 0:15:02.640 --> 0:15:06.120 be reliable and dependable, and it helps us out. So 0:15:06.200 --> 0:15:08.160 that's that's why we did and I think moving forward 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:11.240 as we go just speaks to who he is, and 0:15:11.280 --> 0:15:13.120 then we can we can keep working off of that. 0:15:13.240 --> 0:15:15.680 Let's dip into the special teams because it was a 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:19.000 complimentary football game. All three phases deserve a credit here. 0:15:19.080 --> 0:15:22.200 The operation continues to excel for the kicking game and 0:15:22.360 --> 0:15:25.880 Cairo with two really important forty six yard field goals 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:28.360 in the fourth quarter of those aren't Those aren't gimmys, 0:15:28.720 --> 0:15:31.960 but now the NFL's longest streak of consecutive field goals 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:36.280 made this guy. Man, he's been a fine and he's 0:15:36.320 --> 0:15:39.760 delivering you great confidence to put him out there. Yeah, 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:42.000 and that's credit to Ryan and all his guys from 0:15:42.040 --> 0:15:45.760 Dick Cairo in here, and it's he's been he's just uh, 0:15:45.800 --> 0:15:47.520 you know, he just comes out and he does what 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:49.280 he's supposed to do. And you get in that moment 0:15:49.360 --> 0:15:51.320 yesterday in the game and you just feel so good 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:54.480 when when he's kicking those forty six yard field goals, 0:15:54.480 --> 0:15:56.400 you really do. And I think that having that calm 0:15:56.440 --> 0:15:58.920 and that confidence that he's brought and still to our 0:15:59.000 --> 0:16:01.520 kicking game, I think it makes all of us feel good. 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:04.320 And those were two big kicks and and it showed 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:06.640 the importance of it. We see some personality in the 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:09.480 return game with jakeem Grant. Yeah, I don't know what 0:16:09.480 --> 0:16:13.640 you're gonna get interesting, Yeah, without a doubt. And I'll say, 0:16:13.640 --> 0:16:16.760 and you know, that's the beauty of that part of 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:19.320 the game is he does have a lot of experience 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:22.160 doing that back there. So so as coaches you understand that. 0:16:22.280 --> 0:16:25.280 Now there's some things that in the game that you 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:27.800 want to make sure that you're you're you're you know, 0:16:27.800 --> 0:16:30.920 you're being smart about and coach Dabs and coach Dan 0:16:30.960 --> 0:16:32.640 will do a great job with that. But at the 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:34.840 same point in time, I know this, when you kick 0:16:34.920 --> 0:16:37.920 the ball to him, you know every time that he 0:16:38.000 --> 0:16:40.400 can go to the distance. And I think that other 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:43.280 teams know that as well. So it's nice having that's 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:45.680 he's only going to get better and he's been a 0:16:45.680 --> 0:16:48.680 great addition, all right, So it's that it's that point 0:16:48.680 --> 0:16:52.560 in this season, first Packer game, I see the grin here. 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:55.880 We go four and one on a four game role. Uh, 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:58.280 A kind of a hard team to pinpoint outside of 0:16:58.320 --> 0:17:02.480 the obvious the big two with Davante Adams and Aaron Rodgers, 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:04.640 but a lot of injuries. So you got to sort 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:07.440 through that a little bit in terms of personnel. Yeah, 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:10.320 we'll do that. And like you said, nothing needs to 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:13.600 be said in regards I think our building, our our players, coaches, 0:17:13.640 --> 0:17:17.199 everybody understand the significance of this game. Uh, we're not 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:19.280 going to downplay it, but we're not We're also going 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:22.800 to stay in in the moment. Right now with where 0:17:22.800 --> 0:17:25.000 we're at, I think we're in a good place. Um, 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:27.560 we got to have a great week of preparation. Anytime 0:17:27.600 --> 0:17:30.359 you're going against Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams and Aaron 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:33.080 Jones and and uh and that offense, they're always going 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:35.760 to challenge it. They're always in the game. And so uh, 0:17:35.760 --> 0:17:37.240 we were this is going to have to be a 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:40.280 week where again, uh, when we play on Sunday, a 0:17:40.320 --> 0:17:42.960 game where all three phases are together and if we 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:46.320 can keep that going, um, we'll be excited in the end. 0:17:46.400 --> 0:17:49.280 And a game where you again you just you need 0:17:49.320 --> 0:17:52.320 to and you want to keep that crowd. When when 0:17:52.320 --> 0:17:55.119 our crowd gets into it and they affect the game, 0:17:55.560 --> 0:17:58.840 we usually come out victorious. And I think that's where, Uh, 0:17:59.080 --> 0:18:02.359 it's just so energetic. They get going, and there's there's 0:18:02.359 --> 0:18:05.960 such a you know, just a great feeling and it 0:18:06.000 --> 0:18:08.560 just gets our defense going and they get you know, 0:18:08.600 --> 0:18:11.520 and when are getting after the quarterback and trying to 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:13.840 sack him as much as you can and then create turnovers, 0:18:13.880 --> 0:18:16.680 and then it gets the offense going. It's all complimentary 0:18:16.680 --> 0:18:19.399 and august in hand. So that's what I'm really looking 0:18:19.400 --> 0:18:21.960 forward to a seeing our crowd get crazy this weekend, 0:18:22.000 --> 0:18:24.400 and what better way to do it against the Green 0:18:24.440 --> 0:18:26.199 Bay All right, enjoy your week of prep. We'll talk 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:28.520 to you down the road here, all right, Thanks, Jeff, 0:18:28.560 --> 0:18:31.960 Take shade a minute. Bears flip their safety's back deep corners, uptight, 0:18:32.040 --> 0:18:35.360