Coaches Show: Nagy on first win as Bears head coach

the Voice of the Bears w BBMS, Jeff Joni. Had a pleasant, good evening everybody, and welcome into another edition of Bears Coaches Show, brought to you by a Whippley Financial Advisors from panc Studios at how a holly, pleasant good evening and a warm welcome to head coach Matt Nagge. I know it's a team thing, but your first NFL win in the regular season's going to mean a heck of a lot. You're never gonna forget it, are you? No?

I won't. There was a special night and you know, just really neat for our team, our city, our fans. It was electrifying last night. They were a big part of the win. And then for all of us together just to celebrate. It was a really good time. What did you think of the anthem? Wow, that's all I could say, you know, I mean it literally made made you just so proud. Um it was it was so neat. You know, anybody that's never been a part of that.

I was. I was able to see it happen at a Blackhawks game, and but to be out there on the fifty yard line here in the front and center was it was really special. And they roared all day. But you gave him a lot to roar about it. We tried, Yeah, let's start with the defense because that's certainly a big story. You do the scan of the national TV today and that's a big conversation. Fifty two and a Bears jersey. I was getting a lot of love, But it's more than him. He's opening some doors, but

guys are running through and punching down the walls. It is and and uh, you know, it goes to show, um, what can happen when you get eleven guys playing playing together, and then you bring Khalil into this thing, and uh, it just makes it, uh you know special for the guys. They go out, they play physical, they're dominating last night. Uh, it was. It was a big time challenge to keep Russell in the pocket. I thought we did a really

good job at that. And then uh, in turn, you get turn over sacks in good field position with that. I mean in the broadcast, I kept asking time fair is he unwilling to leave the pocket or do they have him just so cornered down in and down out that he had no escape route and he tried to trigger from the pocket. It might have been a little bit of both, you know, of coach Fangio and the rest of our coaches did a really good job at scheming. I thought, for for a quarterback that can be such

a weapon outside the pocket. And then you got to give the players credit for for executing the game plan. And anytime you have collapsed pocket and you don't have green grass, as we like to say in the quarterback room, it's tough. And that's what our defense did last night. They somewhat suffocated them and made them made him really, you know, stay in that pocket. And and it's difficult to make tight, tight window throws when you're in there. And now the league and sex, I know it's two weeks,

but still it's good to be number one. It's something, right it is. Yeah, yeah, and that's that's uh. When you're sacking the quarterback, that means good things are happening. And then and then of course to get the turnovers and have two games in a row here where yeah, pick six is uh, that's uh, that's rare. That's rare company, and it's rare for Russell Wilson. I don't know if you realize this or not. It's only the third of his entire career and been like twenty eight hundred pass

attempts between pick sixes. So that is, in fact, by definition rare. Doesn't surprise me, Danny, excuse me. Prince of Mukamara also gave you the game ball. Yeah, so that was nice as well. In the locker room that Iland saw a snippet of it. What else went on in there? Well, we, uh, the guys had a little fun, you know. We we

we decided to let these guys celebrate it. I thought it was had a good talk with coach Madden this summer and we talked about some different ideas and thoughts, and I just, uh, it's just so important to allow these guys to enjoy the moment. And there's there's um. You know, you only get so long to celebrate these things, and before you know it, you're right here already working on the Cardinals. And so we took five minutes out of our night last night to celebrate it. And the

guys had some fun. There was some good dance moves, and yourself and I stayed out of that bad little dab. Maybe down down the road, Yeah, down the road. You know they're gonna ask that's okay, you opened up. They're gonna ask Man Naggie, our guest here on the Bears Coaches Show, as we get you set for Arizona on Sunday. It's a quick turnaround. Indeed, I will say this one more on that topic. You play music obviously during practice, you did throughout training camp. Your team's a team of dancers,

and Tarik Cohen's probably tops on the list. There's a bunch of guys. They just move. They're out there moving around, they do and they have energy, positive energy, and we're letting a personality show when they're out there. They're having fun and uh, it's I think it's good healthy environment.

Did you anticipate because you're a football guy obviously, so this is gonna be a to me, probably a slam dunk answer, But the constant comparison and the constant microscope, Mitch Robiski's under almost a minute by minute analysis of how he's growing, what he's learning, what he's not doing right. It's I know that's the quarterback position. But were you prepared for that, especially in light of other kids in his draft class and whatnot. Yeah, you are, I know,

I was. I know he is, and that just comes with the territory and he's handled it great. Um you know right now, I just want him to control what he can control and just focus on being the best quarterback he can be. If you do that, everything else normally take care takes care of itself. So what I'm gonna do as a as a head coach and is really just be there for him, support him at all times. And most importantly, I just wanted him to have phone

when he's out there and just let it rip. And there's gonna be times where there's a mistake, maybe it's a bad throw or a poor decision, but we're gonna go about it with the next play mentality And I think you saw that last night. There was a couple of plays that he missed. He did have a couple interceptions, but again that's a part of football. He'll learn from that, and I promise you he'll get better from it. You've been way out in front of that. You've been talking

this way from the moment we started. Why. Yeah, Well, it's because I know this offense and I know what it takes. No matter who you are at quarterback, it does take a little bit of time. And so we all understand in this building, inside those four walls here at House Hall, that you know there's gonna be a

little bit patience needed. Now that doesn't mean that you can't go out and still execute and score a lot of points, but there's gonna be some bumps in the road that you need to be able to recover from. And then as long as you use it as a learning tool to make yourself better in most regards, then in the end, once you get through that patience level, then it'll work out. Thinking about it, he is complete

and seventy percent of his passes. Maybe not all the intermediate to deep rounts yet, but sure, yeah no, And also the shots will come, they'll they'll happen. I think what happens is if you start to try to force the shots down field, then normally you won't be successful. So you got to just let it happen. Play it out, Um,

you know, just stay within the system. I I need to continue to just uh, you know, keep calling plays that can put him in a good situation the rest of our guys and and then again, he has some talent around him, but those guys are learning this offense too. So as much as it is for the quarterback learning this offense, we have a lot everybody on this offense is learning it too. So that's all. That's all too that you're still learning all of them. Very fair, yeah,

very free. You get to see how these guys work. And you know, the plays that worked in Kansas City in this offense could be totally different than the plays that work here in Chicago. And so that's kind of what we're working through right now. And we're creating our own identity on offense. And uh, I don't know exactly when that time is going to come that we know for sure that this is it, but we're in the middle of it right now and I'm just really I like where we're at and as long as we keep

getting wins and that's okay. Well, it's a tried and true system, so you know there's a big, big bonus at the end of the rainbow. For sure. It's work. It has worked, it has worked, and um, you know that's that's what's so exciting. That's why our players are excited. And then as a team collectively, UM, we all just know once once, uh we keep sticking together, and uh we win together, we lose together, and then we play together and and in the end we just all try

to control what we can control. The Bears Coaches Show with head coach Mad Maggie and w BBMS Jeff Jonie app continue back. Here's the throw thirty to the twenty inside cutting off. So pick six, goodbye, Prince Amukamara twenty three ten Bears the lead dot com on the official Bears app All right, so the pick six by Prince Samu Kamara. Uh, you know, all day long, you're waiting, you're waiting, you're waiting for something big to happen. You don't know if it's going to be a bouncing ball

or whatever the case may be. And boy, that was preparation, he said. He even kind of setting it up all day somehow and it was his study that led to that interception. Yeah, it just goes the show what type of player he is anticipating that setting him up. We've seen that in practice, We've seen it in h in training camp, and just what a game changing moment there to be able to not only intercept it, but to take it back and score the touchdown. And that was

obviously a big moment. And to again to have that happened in that game and previously the previous game with khalil Um that that that obviously gives your chances a lot greater in regards to winning that game. I want to go back to something saying the first part, because you know about the next play mentality, you got to give a tip of the cap to the defense after the two interceptions. They did not allow a first down

on those next two possessions. So again that's team football picking your guys up on the offensive side and so no damage done. It is, and we talk about that all the time, and there's gonna be times where where maybe the defense gives up a touchdown and the offense has to step up and go down and score and so um, you know, to have two interceptions back to back and for the defense to force two, three and ounce was big and and uh it just uh it just stops a momentum that that the the opponent could

have after a big play. And when you have that, it gives you just so much confidence as a team knowing that each each side has each other's back. Well, Kwan Smith got to start at inside linebacker next to Danny Trevathan and it had a big, big day with tackles, with seven tested in coverage, everything you'd want to see from an inside linebacker. The rookie level, you know, saw a lot of what you saw in college. The form tackling was very good. Would you think overall this performing

he did really well. You know. The one thing that stood out to me was being on Monday night and his first start, uh the game. You know, the lights weren't too bright, the game wasn't too big. He played fast, he was very focused, um, very business like at the beginning of the game. At the end of the game, it was the same. And so it showed up in between plays. It made some great tackles, um, you know,

and so that's that's for him a starting point. And now we just hope that each and every rep that he gets in the game, he continues just from prove improof. It's a bit of a feeding friends, you going on that side of the ball, isn't it. I mean you can sense it. So many guys getting a hand into that game. And the different packages. So you played a lot of players yesterday, maybe they didn't get a ton of snaps. I'm talking about the packages of putting Sherik

of Manison. There. You got Aaron Lynch marked down the sheet for this game with a sack and involved very much, um the law. Nichols got his first snaps in the NFL. So everybody wants in right now. It's good. Yeah, they all feel it and they know it. And so again when you have some of the players that we have on defense, Um, there's mismatches that occur, and uh, you know when when other guys need to step up and make plays, you see that happen, and you know, you know,

along with that is uh Danny Trerethan. You know what a great game he had, you know, with with a couple of sacks and forced fumbles and he was just all over the place. And that's what we like, we need to have that and the list goes on and on from the defense yesterday, Uh, it was a special night for them. It was a one that we won't forget. And we got to continue to keep that thing going. And let's look at the offensive side of the ball again.

You mentioned the running game today. You'd like to see in terms of actual pure running plays get a little more production. I would, And I think that you know, in our situation, Uh, the the big old line and the running backs they set the tone. And um, yesterday, Uh, you know, we just weren't averaging as many yards as we would like to in a game. But they understand that.

They know that and any run game is going to help you know, an offense out in particular or quarterback and so um that's something that we'll we'll definitely focus on and uh and I know the guys will work hard at it. We have a great group of offensive line and great group of backs, tight ends, etc. And so um, you know that they'll they'll take a look at the film and see where we can improve a bunch of third and shorts third and make with thirtain you know five or less. Uh, your playbook is wide

open that point, then, isn't it? It can be. And that was the one thing yesterday in the game was in the first half we were five for eight on third downs and they were all third and manageable. I don't think any of them were more than you know, third and six, third and seven. Most of them were

into one, two, three, four range. But then on the other hand, we did not convert a third down in the second half, and so we only had four opportunities, one of them being a four minute third down, So really we were over for three and those were all you know, third and double digits, third and ten, third and twelve, third and fourteen, and so just goes to show you gotta you gotta be able to get positive yards on first down and put yourself in third and

manageable and now your percentages go way up. So first half we did that, second half we did, and so again that's something we need to improve that. As you go back, I watched the tape today as you did, probably more than once, and I mentioned it to you in the in the our post came interview that that long drive bridging the third and fourth quarter. As you look back again now looking in retrospect, how big was that drive? It was big and actually it was our

best drive of the game. And I say that because of where it happened in the game. And then on top of that, we had eleven plays in that drive, Jeff, and we didn't have one third down, and so when you have first down anything, yeah, yeah, So anytime you do that, you're getting more than just positive yards. And then to top it off with a touchdown. To me, that might have been one of our best drives that we've had in two games. And so that was that

was something for us to build on again. We started out hot, went ninety you know, ninety five yards ish for a touchdown to start the game. And it's there, it's there. We just got to find a consistency. Tantonine No more of the Bears Coaching Show with head coach Matt Maggie on news Radio seven eighty and one oh

five point nine FM w BBM, Tribisky Gun Howard. It was left Gabriel to the right, bunch set to the left side, fakes rules, throwing into band zone, catches back, touchdown touchdowns are up sixteenth three out of the Seahawks forty five seconds out of the fourth quarter. Bears in front all right, Anthony Metta was his first NFL touchdown catch. You liked that play, don't you? In the red zone. Yeah,

that was a good one. You know. We were able to get Mitch outside of the pocket, get him on the run and Anthony made a nice little move there on the corner in a good catch and the Bears get the win. As we bring you the Bears Coaches Show, brought to you by Whipfley Financial Advisors, and you can stop by the Middle of Light Chicago Bears Ultimate Tailgate to enjoy food, five dollars, Miller lights, music and games

for every age. Located at the Field Museum Terrace. The Ultimate Tailgate is free to enter and we'll be opened two hours before through one hour after every Bears regular season home game. Okay, so you didn't get to witness it. I don't know if you've had time to go back, but it was pretty cool to see Brian or Lacker out there, missus McCaskey taking the microphone and having every one of those fans attentive to what was going on. But what I loved to seeing all the old teammates

coming back. Yeah, and your guys who witnessed that to see what it's all about here in Chicago. Man, that that's the best right, Yeah, it was, and we caught the tail end of it, and you know, just so much support and just so much hard work through with what Brian has done and then to put it all together at home in front of everybody. What a special

moment for everybody, everybody involved. And you know, like I said, we got to catch the end of it walking out there on the field, but I know everyone was really proud, which which brings me up Danny Treviathan because he was asked about it, he says, oh, we knew, we knew what this meant, this day meant to Chicago. So at the linebacker level, they went out and balled out, as

he likes to say. And he may be the underrated story of the game because he had a huge game and he was playing like Danny trevithan completely healthy thinking of the game, playing the game with that vicious attitude on the field, and I don't I think it's kind of an underrated story in that game. He is for sure, and he's a guy that he had a great game against the Packers as well. He's playing that at a high level and we need that he's an experienced veteran

on our defense. Our guys look to him as a leader, and when they see a leader like him flying around making plays with the energy that he has, it's infectious to everybody else. So he did. He had a really big game last night. I saw him in the locker room afterwards. He was completely exhausted. He left it all out in the field and he did it through all four quarters. Target totals being what they are, they will change week to week based on a lot of different things.

But in his career, Alan Robinson's been a featured target one hundred and fifty one targets his last two years before last year's injury, so he's used to getting targeted. He got the number one amount of targets yesterday and ten catch day. What's this due to the entire offense now moving forward? Because it does create interest from defenders now it does, and you know A rob has respect from every defensive back and safety in this league, and

so he's going to get that. And I think what he's doing is he's now building trust and a good trust with Mitchell and you'll see that continue to get better and better as well. The more and more routes they run the more and more plays that we have. And so for last night, for him to have fourteen targets and ten catches, that's a start. And uh, you know, now his his um you know, yards per catch wasn't extremely high, but again that's per game how that goes.

And so you know, we're just we like where that's at. We want to get that with some other receivers as well and tight ends and but for the most part, we were happy with that. There's no doubt. And I've talked to you about this and you've told us about it as well. This is a tight room, tight team.

It's growing tighter every day. And today's another example, the Bears announcing with the players committing more than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars the local social justice initiatives, the Bears also matching that, so it's a half a million dollars in the discussion. That's a part of this. You've been a part of this as well. What are your

thoughts on all this? Today, the Bears released on Twitter and their and their website and Facebook an eight and a half minute video with the Committee of Gentlemen, Sam Matchel at the at the top of it, obviously, Trey Burton, Chase Daniel Keem Hicks, Mitch Drobiski, and Chairman of the

board George McCaskey. Yeah, So it's this is something that these guys have really been talking about for a long time now, and I just think it's such a neat moment and just really cool for them to be able to u do everything they possibly can to h to handle this, and to to go out there and show their support for this, and so on top of that, then to max it out and to have uh, you know, the Bears match it and like you said, and get that to five hundred thousand dollars is just, um, that's

just very unique, really neat. Uh. And then most importantly too, I think it's one of one of the things that that's neat with that as well as the fact that we're the first team to do that, and and so just a lot of credit to those players for spearheading this thing and making sure that this gets done. And um, you know, I just know everybody involved is really proud, proud of this and wants to just keep it going.

All right, our remaining minute, what would you tell us about the years on the Cardinals that you've done some quick work on in a short week. Yeah, well I know this. You know, people can look at you know, what they've done offensively with scoring six points in two games. They can talk about their record being owned two But but I'll say this, and this will be the message to the team, is that there's way too much parody

in this league. And uh, you know, you just have to understand that every every team in this league can win any single game, regardless of their record or what has happened in the past. And sometimes, as they say, a wounded animal sometimes the scariest one. And so our guys we're going to be completely ready and they need

to understand how focused we need to be. We're on a short week today just being our only day for for game prep um, so we need to understand that we need to get guys back in, get some rest, get going tomorrow and and uh and just know that uh um, you know, for for us, let's put together a complete game here in week three on the road. Let's be sharp, detailed, focused and win together. Very good. Well, go at it. I know you got a lot of

work to do at Naggie. Congratulations segre Man Naggie, Bears head coach coming up next Star Director of Football Administration. Here with the Bears Joey Lane. The Bears Coaches Show with head coach Matt Naggie and this hour featuring Director

of Football Administration Joey Lane. Front to you by Whippley CBA's and Consultants and sponsored by Athletico Physical Therapy for Rizon and Miller Litte once again the Voice of the Bears w BBMS Jeff Joniac In the gun seventeen down to play clock the staffish back Rick pushed by Roy Rob again pocket start to close full comes out at the forty yard line. They get to him again. He is being cornered in the pocket, unable to get out.

Have a Bears defense to a standing ovation. Harrett Soldier field and was clil max sacking the quarterback and stripping him once again. And it is great to see the Bears defense playing on the home turf to that kind of excitement level. Welcome back to the Bears Coaches Show and here with Director of Football Administration Joey Lane. Good evening, how you doing, Jeff, Thanks for having me, Hey, congratulations

on the win for the entire front office. Great to have you here, and uh, you know, great to delve into a unique job in sports, and that is your job obviously a part of your job, and that's the art of contract negotiating in the National Football League. It's part of what you do. But with the contracts grabbing headlines, every every writer out there somehow finds a way to get the exact terms of the deal that the team never does put out but some extraordinary value and impact

on a franchise. What made it motivated you to to pursue this aspect of sports. No, really, it's just, uh, you know, it's kind of you know, an area that intrigued me ever since I, you know, learned about the business side of sports. Uh you know, I would say maybe it's a it's a young you know kid in high school. Uh, you know, just can kind of intrigue me. And never you know, never know, it wasn't the most athletical or anything like that. So I don't sell yourself

short to go and sell yourself out. And when I got to college, I kind of studied up on the CBO and and I was just lucked into a job with the Saints in two thousand and five, and I was fortunate enough to work for Mickey Loomis, work under Russ Ball, Kay Harley there obviously, you know Ryan. I learned a lot from Ryan there and he took me

here with him. So so it's just a lot of a lot of luck involved, and that's why why I'm here, and good people to learn from fresh in our minds obviously is what many have described as a seismic acquisition with Khalil Mack and then that's David days before the opener. But in order for it to all come together, you were also negotiating this long term contract with Max Age and Joel Siegel, and I'm certain time was of the

essence on this one. What was the pressure like in writing that contract, which turned out to be the highest paid defensive contract in NFL history. Yeah, that was a busy time. It was kind of kind of blur a little bit, but I wouldn't necessarily call it, you know, pressure,

There was some urgency there to get it done. I think it was Friday night when things kind of came together and we got the go ahead from from the Raiders to contact Joel Siegel, who we have a great relationship with and and to see if we get a deal done and and finalized the trade and and once once we we contacted Joel and and and really it was just a matter of, hey, Joel, we have we've gotten permission and and does Khalil wanted to be a Bear and and uh Joel was fired up about he said,

you know, Khalil was fired up about, uh, the opportunity to become a Bear and and just a storied franchise and you know, be a member of the organization and the historic defense and uh so really the relationship we had which all it just kind of made it made it easy. There are a few things we needed to work through in that short time, but he was motivated to get something done. Khalil was motivated to get something done.

And and we worked through it, and uh, through the night Friday and Saturday, you know, morning afternoon we kind of kind of finalized. Something had to be quite the adrenaline rush. You'll even admit that, right, Yeah, absolutely, it was. It was fun. It was it was, It was really fun. The Bears Coaches Show with Director of Football Administration Joey Lane and w bbm's Jeff Joeyak continue snap us back to Russell Wilson they keep him in the pocket, tripped

up and down it goes again. Sack by Danny Trevathan tripped him up if he's ready to check the pocket. Oh, he had a heck of a game. Two sacks, I believe eight tackles in this one, and a spirited performance by the Bears inside linebacker, and I went over the seahawk. Welcome back to the Bears Coaches Show here from PNC Studio at Halis Hall with Joey Lane. Joey, you, guys, General Manager Ryan Pace acquired and or retain players writing contracts worth my math's even close, I don't know, but

totally over four hundred million bucks this year. Given the complexity the NFL salary cap and how challenging it is to balance the accounting of that cap, at times, while you're looking at the present, you're also have an eye on the future financially on the franchise, don't you. Oh yeah, totally.

I think with every decision we make, they're kind of two components to it, and it's a you know, if you will, micro and a macro and micro with the goal is always to compete today, but uh, you know, we're always looking and thinking, thinking about how decisions affect our roster two three, four years down the road. And uh, you know, and that's that's the importance of the importance of working with you know, good people Ryan Ted, coach, Naggy Josh Champ to where the communication and the kind

of going over the cost benefit of each decision. It's it's really easy and for us to be on the same page when we're we're making these decisions of kind of being arm in arm. You know, fans often read or hear discussions related to the CBA and again that's negotiating by the league in the nfl PA. But it is a living, breathing document, is it not. And it can be interpreted differently, i'd imagine by teams and more importantly agents, right, And so how complex is that to

navigate even in your position? And do you know this thing cold? Yeah, I'd like to say, no, it's definitely our governing law, right, you know, I'd like to make it sound like it's a little more complicated than yea it is to to increase my worth. But uh but really, you know, once you get get get a hold of it, um, you know, and you'd find out how to navigate it. Uh, it's definitely something we reference, uh, you know daily, myself and Nick Sabella, we're always kind of uh looking back

at it, um and and going through it. But you know, from from a standpoint of us and agents to where there's a lot of black and white to it, you know, some of the things are subject to interpretation and um. But but we uh we we there there. There are not many times to were uh where we're kind of fighting over some things in the CBA. We kind of leave that to uh, the union and the league. Your NFL history, as you're indicated in the first segment here,

began with the Saints. You spent eleven years there, you were an intern there. It's where you worked with Ryan. So how closely did you guys at that time work together in that organization and how would you describe your relationship. I definitely would say we're we're pretty close, working together

for almost fourteen years at this point. Um. You know, kind of coming in as an intern, Ryan was a pro scout at the time, and you know, like I said, I didn't necessarily come in with an intense football background, so uh, you know, Ryan kind of kind of brought me on in his wing a little bit of uh you know, working with the personnel department and kind of trying to do whatever I can and and uh it was great, you know to to listen to how the scouts and the evaluators you know talked, and right Ryan

kind of showed me what what they were, you know, looking for and football players and what they looked for traits wise. So I you know, really really gathered a lot uh during during those times. And and uh and right right now just again being being together with them for fourteen years, and it's, uh, the communications really seamless right now. There's a lot of you know, trust on on each side. And that's that trust is something that I definitely don't take for granted. Man, you're right here

in May fifteen. So what's it like not a half such a pivotal role in helping, you know, reshape the riter and reflect what Ryan's vision is for what he wants the Bears to be. Yeah, I mean, first off, it's it's incredible to be working you know for the Chicago Bears, right you know, uh, such a great franchise and the McCaskey family. It's, uh, it's you got to

pinch myself. So uh, and then the exactly Ryan you know, kind of taking me over from New Orleans and and you know, being able to really uh, you know, carry out his vision. It's it's pretty cool. The best the best thing about it is, you know, kind of where we are from four years ago when we got here. Um, you know, the character and the culture of this football team.

And that's that's really is a testament to Ryan and with Coachnaggi coming into they share the vision, that vision for the football team and uh, you know, and and and you know Ryan's what he's looking for in players and uh, and that being carried out by Josh champ Mark. Uh, it's it's it's pretty pretty cool to be sitting here today and looking at the culture of our team and where we're at as a negotiator. Do you have a philosophy? Uh? Yeah, I think it's you know what, I would say that

there's two It's two parts to it. There's one, you know, kind of be principled, having your principles, um. And then that really in a sense of you know, we don't we don't get stuck on a quote unquote position and trying to win within a negotiation. You know, we have we have an honest thought process that's always going to be genuine and evan is based you know. Um and and you don't necessarily think you could. We might not agree with the other side, but always but they they

have to respect that. Um and then and then a cooperative with with agents. Uh. You know, really, when when you go into these negotiations, like I said, it's not necessarily you're trying to win, it's working together. It's almost like a partnerships. That's why our relationships are important. Um. You know, let's try to get something done. Let's try to get to the heart of the issues and work together to see if we can find that common ground.

But Bears Coaches Show with head coach Matt Maggie continues exclusively on the Home of the Bears News Radio seven eighty and one oh five point nine FM w BBM, and our final moments with Joey Lane here on the Bears Coaches Show. Kind enough to spend some time with us. Uh, you know, you're an even kiel guy. You're very friendly. I always gonna smile on your face. But when you're new, O, shat do you change? Is just like the feel for the guys. Does the switch flipp Does the emotion take over?

What's going on with that? No, I wouldn't say, um, you know, as as coach now he says, be you you know, bry So, I don't say we necessarily you know, change. I'd like to consider, you know, myself as a genuine person. So, um, you know, it's it's I would just say that going through these negotiations once again, it's it's it's in. It just stresses the importance of having relationships with agents to

where you get to know their personality. Right. So, uh no, no, negotiation is really no two negotiations are like you know,

they kind of take on a life of its own. Um, you know, and there's momentum swings you know here there and um you know you gotta yeah, just understand that there there's an end game and you're trying to find common ground with with with an Asian and and uh the other side and you could control which you could control, and and like it's it's you just kind of get you have to get past those momentum swings and and because that's not going to be productive if you you

get rolled up and you get you know, let emotions kind of get involved. So just as long as as each side, you know, it's motivated to get something done, and usually you can find that common ground. Have you always been a football guy? He grew up in uh Louisiana as a kid, you know, I, uh growing up in Louisiana, a huge Saints fan growing up. Uh you know. Once again, I you know, it was a ninety nine

pounds in high school. I couldn't even couldn't even get a helmet that fit me, you know, in high school my freshman year. So, uh, you know, if the football guy guy concept, I wouldn't necessarily categorize myself as that. I like to think, I, you know, bring something unique to the organization and look at uh the game from a different lens. Um you know, obviously the business side of it. But uh but yeah, so I you know, I definitely, um, you know, definitely see myself as as

kind of just a fan living a dream. All right, Well, you're doing a heck of a job and we appreciate you taking the time. Joey Lane, director of Football Administration of the Bears, thank you so much. All right, thank you, Jeff. We will talk to you for the Week three kickoff in Arizona, where the Bears meet the Owen two Cardinals in Glendale, Arizona. Have a great night, everybody. Thanks for listening.

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