Welcoming into another edition of the Bears Coaches Show with head coach Matt Nagie, brought to you by Whip the CPAs and consultants Jeff Joni Yack here until eight o'clock tonight with you Coach Naggie here into the bottom of the hour, and then offensive coordinator Bill Laser joins the program here at seven thirty give me Matt, how you
holding up? And early morning arrival from Green Bay. After a promising start, that twenty four point second quarters certainly was an eye opener, only to have the Packtors get to win with a twenty four unanswered performance on their own to get the victory overall, you touched at it, Taylor, two halves, That's one part of the story. What else did you see on tape? Yeah, that was the biggest thing,
Jeff is having to tail two halves. Our guys understanding the significance of coming out and starting to fasten that third quarter and then finishing in the fourth quarter. And you know we didn't do that. So against the good football team, they're gonna make you pay. They did that right away with the touchdown drive there and start the third the strip sack Phoeble that we had and then they came right back with the throat of the half back for the touchdown. So then we had to recover.
And I felt like even in that point, you know, offensively, being able to kind of flip the field and if you do end up punning, you flip the field, and we just weren't able to do that, and we weren't able to get that ground game going into in the third and fourth quarter, and so we kind of became one dimension on That's where you got to be really really really really really good with those tackles on the edge.
You got to help out with chips and slams and get guys open, and you know, it just we just didn't do enough in the end. Obviously. Yeah, we talk about all the time against great teams and certainly the one you're familiar with in Green Bay, about the you know, you really can't have many stubs of the toe, so
to speak. Do you think that when it starts happening, even though there was success the first half, you go into the locker roo, I'm sure it was all jazzed up that once they start happening again, because these guys have touched the stove when it's hot and burned their finger. Do you think, oh God, here we go again. Is some of that sneak in at times to your team? Well, it's a good question if I answered that any other way.
You say, well it did yesterday. It snucked in and we couldn't recover it, you know, so, but our guys, you could just sense it on the sideline that even though that was happening, there was guys that were trying to stay positive. You know, it wasn't pointing fingers, it wasn't trying to blame. Everyone was staying positive. They were trying to pick each other up, and somebody was trying to go out and make a play. And so you felt that effort to the final snap yesterday, it just
was too much for us in the end. And that's something that Aaron and that team has been doing for a long time, and you know, we weren't able to change that yesterday. You rarely start with special teams in our conversations here, but we have to because it was
a spectacular performance in any respect here. Both phases of the return game ninety seven for the touchdown, thirty four on punt return forty two, forty the kick return that would have been that's a forty yard or when it goes out of bounds, and there were other things that happened overall, summarize what went on in special teams because it gave you great feel position endpoints. Yeah, that was huge. It's almost like getting a turnover, you know. And so
we talked about it all week long. Was we really felt like we could get big returns in the return game, be a kickoff or a punt return. And it's nice to have when when you talk about it all week and then it comes to fruition and the guys make it happen and they execute. It was beautiful to be able to see to be able to see seventeen have that ninety seven yard punt return, that's special. And what's special about that punt return is you could just feel it.
It was one block after the other and then it was just speed down the sideline and finishing with the touchdown. So it's an energy booster. You feel it. It picks you up on the sideline. I thought seventeen had to held a game. You were able to take advantage of some muffs. Two in the punt game, the kindle Vodor running out of bounds. Apparently that was on his own according to the referee after further review of it, Do
you still maintain that happen there? Again, that's one of those calls that, in my opinion, is very very gray and happens, you know, throughout the league all the time, and so it's it's becomes you know, subjective, and he thought that that was what happens, and that's why he bought the flag. Could have been a real big moment though, no question about it for the Bears and the anside
kick of beauty as well. He had the Herbert recovery and a guy that you know had ninety seven yards on the ground and his first meeting against the Packers getting it done in the kick return game. And he's willing to do just about anything, isn't he? Because he shows up some way somehow no matter what he's doing, he does. He's special. He's a special rookie. You can do a lot of different things. You love his mentality.
A lot of yards after contact, and there was even some ones that he didn't have great or have a lot of huge production on the return, but yet you still felt it were broken tackles. He might get three or four or five extra yards. So he's a really good player and he's gonna have a bright future. Injuries piled up a little bit yesterday, Matt So tell us
about DHC. Yeah, it's unfortunate. You know, he went in to make a tackle and you could see he got hit on his forearm, and so he does have the broken forearm and it's going to require surgery and he'll be put on ir But you know, you just you just love players like him that are so interval to the special teams to be able to do things on defense.
And he's been here a long time and sometimes, uh, they're quote unquote role players, but he's a he's a phenomenal player, and you just love his effort and we wish him the best. Speaking of effort, so James Daniels makes it a great black, throws this guy down to the ground, punishes him a little bit, rolls up on Jason Peters and you saw that. You flinch because Peter's is stalemating his guy, and those things do happen. Unfortunately. Uh, he's probably had that more than a time or two
in his seven thousand plus snaps in the NFL. Yeah, for sure, I'm sure it's happening a lot, and it is unfortunate because it's just, uh, it's part of being in the trenches there, and you know it's he ended up getting it rolled up on and he's a he's a tough dude, and he was on the sideline and um, I know he was in pain. But we'll continue to monitor that and see where he is at. Keeper fingers crossed, left hand contusion for Justin Fields. You're feeling optimistic about that?
Are you optimistic as well for Roquan Smith? Or does another hamstring tug concern you here in a short time frame. I do feel optimistic about ro Quan, I think, um, but I but I also don't want to put, you know, anything on him without getting through the week and just kind of seeing where it's at. You know, those uh, those hamstrings and soft tissues you got to be real careful of. And that's kind of where where we're at with him. Others Kiris Tonga, Andy Dalton still working through
some swelling and pain in his hand. A summary there. So with the injury, an opportunity opens up for Tevin Jenkins. I can't imagine a more challenging environment with very few snaps as a left tackle in his life, let alone in the National Football League, coming off back surgery at Lambeau in a in a really raucous environment and a raucous game because the Bears were clicking to go into
the locker room with a halftime lead. Kind of summarize his day, Well, yeah, you're you're right, you know it's it's it's never easy, but I'm sure it's a game that for the rest of his career he'll always remember and know that he can get better from him and we need to be able to help him out as much as we can. He's a great kid, he cares immensely and he's very very talented. So, um, that's a
part of life as a rookie. Defenses know that. So we as as coaches and as teammates got to help out when needed, and um, you know he's gonna learn from that. Harquez sends it in the air far start of the field. Jackem Grant retrieves at the two packs him up. He's in big trouble at the five her verses course gets blockers of the ten to the fifteen, twenty twenty five, thirty down to thirds eggs head away. He goes thirty twenty fifteen ten end zone who touched
down Bears? Wow. Welcome back to the Bears Coaching Show, brought to you by Whippley CPAs and Consultants, a proud partner at the Chicago Bears. Learn more at Whippley dot com. A lightning. You know, it was shocking to us afterwards, given that Devin Hester and his excellence and hopefully a Hall of Fame career, that was the longest punt return in Bears history. I don't know if you knew that, but Kim Grant just heard the highlight, reverse course and
went down the sideline. No, yeah, that's uh, it's interesting to hear that. And it's always fun watching him in practice when he catches all those footballs that are you know, hit to him and the ONNLC and you know, go back and forth with his movement, change in direction, and you know, to be able to put that into action against these guys, it was a huge spar for use. And again there was some great blocking two, which is great.
He's been talking about it. He says he's gonna he was gonna do it somehow some way kick return if he had the opportunity or a punt return. He's been. His attitude is great. He's a guy who's hungry. Matt Lafleur even called him a beast and certainly delivered in the passing game two on that shovel off of the jet sweep from my Justin Fields. Yeah, he's electric. You know, he's quick, he's fast. He can do a lot of stuff. So we're trying to, you know, give him the football
more and let him do some things with football. And he felt that yesterday. I mean that that's game that he'll always remember. He was a big part of being able to help us score points and we got to keep that on stuck Justin Fields, he told us after the game he felt about ninety percent last night. Did take some hits. I think he was hitting nine times, but he avoided a bunch more that could have happened. He had a great day run of the football overall.
How would you say his decision making was and what'd you think of his throws last night? Yeah? I thought it was pretty good. I thought that he made some really really really good throws, especially outside of the pocket on the run. His decision making when he was outside of the pocket was phenomenal. He knew when to tuck the ball, take off and run. He had the one bootleg where he did that with Mooney as a lee bocker, got up and out. He didn't take a lot of
extra hits. I was proud of him for that. And then within the progression game, you know, in a drop back three step, five steps, seven step, there were some times where you know he had to move his feet, slide left, throw right, slide right, throw left, and he did a good job. So he's growing. Whenever you throw pick six, it's not easy to rebound from that, and he did it yesterday coming back at the touchdown task. Yeah, that's the first thing I set out of my mouth.
What's what's the rebound going to be like? And I think he's already given us a pretty good sample size of what he is like in those situations. He is, I mean, he's done it all these games that he's playing, and it's fun because it's consistent. You know, you just feel it. And we were talking to him in between right after the pick six in the next series, and guys are coming over to him and just you know,
not overdoing it, but taking care of him. And he handled a grade and he showed what he's all about. You know, the throat of Mooney early first quarter, that's the one that you know, you know he's getting hit. He knows he's getting hit by Kingsley, Kiki, he's in his face. He fires it and as a reflection of that, NFL next Gen Stats said he was pressured on nineteen to thirty five dropbacks nine quarterback hits, but he was eight to seventeen for one twenty two plus the seven
scrambles for seventy one yards and four first down. So even if the pressure was there with ribs in awe and at ninety percent, he still was able to be productive. And that was that was a killer throw right there. It was and again throughout that game, you know, and that's the NFL. There's not a lot of times where you have a really pretty clean pocket. But for him as a rookie to be able to see that and make these throws that he's making, in particular too, when
you're down multiple scores and they know you're one dimensional. Um, he wasn't forcing throws. I mean he had to pick six to the flat and he give me a good play and then the last pick of the game, you're in kind of desperation mode and um, you know, he again he had to kind of get some stuff around his feet, so he kind of had to throw through some guys. But I really thought that he was productive and he played a really good game on the player
Jalen Johnson. Over the course of the night, he played a physical game with DeVante Adams, a guy who can be a physical receiver. He lines up everywhere. I believe when he was closest to him two or five only nineteen yards. So, uh, would you overall think of Jalen And it's a it's a second time around now with Davante. At times you gotta get him in the slot and Jalen you know knows that's an adjustment too. But overall,
would you think of the second year play? Yeah, you know he's Jalen is really he's growing a lot and he's getting to see that. You know, when you have these I mean that you're when we're talking about Davonte Adams, we're talking about one of the best receivers in the NFL. So you're gonna get challenged and he's gonna get catches. I thought Jalen in the first game did an excellent job garden him. You know, he had that one play
at the very end. We had a big play and then yesterday too, and that's that's going to continue to happen with Jalen. You know, he's a he's a good corner and he's gonna continue to grow. And um, we're gonna keep wanting him to be matched up at times with their best receiver. And so you're gonna win something, you're gonna lose something. But you gotta have a short memory as a dB. And he has that poor man a Russia snap back Rogers looking at throw. They keep
him in the pocket. Pressure coming. Hey, daddy goes sect again. Robert Quinn number thirteen for number ninety four. Download the Chicago Bears App to play our new predictor game or risk It brought to you by Bette Rivers for your chance to win two hundred and fifty dollars and free bets and a custom Bears jersey. One more segment here with Bears head coach Matt Naggie. Just heard another Robert Quinn's sack. Looks like they credit him with two for
the game we keep talking about every week. He's just stacking games in terms of getting pressure on the past or fourteen now and thirteen games. An incredible season continues for this veteran player at outside linebacker. Yeah, he's having a heck of a year. And I just appreciate and love it because he comes to practice every day and practices the same. What you guys see on game day is what he does in practice. Every snap he's out there.
I always got to yell at him and tell him to stay away from the quarterback because he's always trying to get so close. And I appreciate that about him. But it's nice to see him get rewarded and he's helping our defense help pressure was really getting there. Second half, they start out, they start pounding AJ Dillon and and that's something you knew they were going to do at some point in that game. Did that take away some
of the starts out of the rush. Yeah, And again they really have been getting him going lately last several games. And he's a he's a big running back that when he hits when he's going down the hill man he stopped to bring down. And so they got that going and went down there and scored that that touchdown and We're going to continue to do that until you stop it.
And then when you want to stop it, then you've got to stop Davante in that passing game and then the way they take shots, so you know they got him going as a credit to them, all right, some degradation at the nickel position because of injuries over the course of the season. So Zavier Crawford had his struggles last night. You put dhc he gets hurt. Both guys got hurt, actually, and then Eddie Jackson forced to move
into the slot. Obviously has experience at that in his college career, if I'm not mistaken, So what do you do? What do you do at this point now at that position, because it's it's a challenge when these teams are mostly at the time put you in that nickel situation, and yeah, no doubt, yeah, we you know it's it's a part of this game. You get guys injured and banged up, and you know it's other guys have to step in
the roles. And that's what Eddie Jackson did yesterday. I think that's a credit to him that he's able to do that. And again, when you have to do that against DeVante Adams, it's not very easy, you know. But Eddie was able to come in and play some of the nickel a little bit in that game. And and so we're gonna have to continue to be creative with how we you know, work through that and see where we're at. But um, that's probably not a team that
you want that to happen. Well, And you know that five yards slant he hit it twice inside the five yard line, the quick slant one he hit with Lazard on the fourth down, the other to Davante Adams. You as an offensive mind, that's a play that i'd imagine extremely difficult to defend no matter who's throwing the ball. But Rogers, so decisive and quick with his wrist, can flick it in there. Is that a challenging play for anybody? It is. It's hard because you got to protect for
the fade too. They can give you the same move and you can go ahead and they can throw the fade up to you, which they've done a lot as well. So you got to be able to to really be ready for whether it is the key route or the slant route or the fade. And they were able to take advantage of that. All right, What do you feel you can be in the final four games as a football team. Well, we need to win and there are guys, um that's what that's why you do. What you do
is to go out there and win. And that's why the first half, those first two quarters, we were out there just cutting loose, playing having fun. You could feel it, you felt the energy on the sideline. That's what that's what we need to do is just keep it simple and you know, play for each other. We're out there, cut it loose, don't hold back everybody and just see what happens. And then another thing on Tevin Jenkins, because your first worry is, okay, how do you make sure
that that guy does not lose confidence right away? I know Justin talked about it with us after the game because he is a little down and he told them, hey, you know, it's it's your first go around. What we got you. I mean, how do you approach it then? As a head coach, Yeah, it's the same way. I mean, these are these young guys, you know there you have some games where it can just be like wow, you
know this is the NFL. But at the same point in time, these are the games that you'll remember for the rest of your life, because it'll keep you juiced up, it'll keep you going to want to get better and to understand the speed of the game. This is a fast game. It's super fast, and so when you have guys like Kevin and Justin that are really dedicated to their art and trying to be great, they'll bounce back,
you know, and they'll understand that's not easy. We try to get them as many reps as we can in practice, but sometimes when you're the backup, you don't get as many. So all of a sudden, the lights come on and you're thrown in there. That's different. So that's why you know, I really have a lot of trust in him. And you're open for an alignment discussion with your offensive line coach, right, yeah, yeah, Well,
we'll work through all that. You know, there's there's just so many little variables that go through, whether it's the health of a player. The different guys that we have on our roster were extremely deep at our offensive line. So we'll go ahead this week and talk through all that and decide what's best for us. Mondner extra day
back in prime time thoughts. Yeah again, division opponent, you know, another football team, that this will be the first time we play them this year, this late in the season, for the first time. You know. The one thing about them, Jeff is every game they play has been coming down in the last play of the game, so they're well prepared for that. And we got to have a great week of practice and during we tend to get to win. All right, man, enjoy your preparation this week. We'll talk
to you next week. All right, Thanks, Jeff sa Fields with Herbert in the game to his left, Ja came Grant emotion. He'll take the flash, but we clip out in front plenty of pluckers. Jackin Grant Guests thirty twenty down inside the first to the end zone touchdown Bears, Jack Caine Grant. Select single game Bears tickets are available. Cheer on the Monsters of the Midway live at Soldier Field this season. Visit Chicago Bear dot com slash tickets
for more information. Back on the Bears Coaches Show with our guests this week. Bears offensive coordinator Bill Laser just heard the jackiem Grant touchdown off the fly. Sweep the shovel ahead from your quarterback. Justin Fields really really becoming a big part of this offense right now. It certainly matched up with what he did in the punt return game, a huge day for number seventeen. Yeah, I think Jackiems has proven that that he can be electric out there.
He's you know, and the thing that strikes you on game days he goes. He plays with a ton of confidence, you know. And obviously I get to I get from from the box. I get to watch him feel the punts and play with great confidence. But even when we get the ball in his hands on offense, he just brings not only explosiveness but great confidence. So we're really glad we have him. Love his passion for the game.
Number one, just getting you know him on a couple of lengthy interviews and a feature we did on him, smile on his face, loves being here. I think he just loves knowing that what he thought was going to be offensive opportunity in Miami this year, it was not going to materialize that way. And I just think he's thankful and he's repaying you guys in a big way. Yeah, we'll keep well, well, he can keep the payments coming. You like it, all right? Tell us the tailor two halves.
That's that seems to be the theme of this one, with this one with the Packers. Yeah, I thought, excuse me, I thought we were able to We were able to keep them off balance and keep things moving around in the first half. Uh you know, mix up and running the past, and obviously this came out at halftime and in and uh I had those three and outnce we weren't able to weren't able to turn some of the things that we thought maybe could be big plays into
big plays. Um. You know, if it was obviously we spent a lot of time on this morning on it, and if it was one thing, it would be easy to fix. But we've got to do a great job as coaches just being focused on as far as I was the gaming one of the best things to uh uh to come back with. And obviously, you know, execution is the key. What did the first half tell you
about what the offense is capable of? Oh, I think I think it was nice to get some some big plays out of some short throws, you know, and so so guys were I think are excited about that because you know, creating big plays is one thing we talk about, and I think we were able to get our run production uh, kind of with with with a number of varied schemes, and so that was good to um get some some different kind of runs, help us get some production. UM So, I think I think guys played with toughness.
I think they played with confidence in that first half, and we have to kind of recapture that as we start the game next week again it will be on another big stage and be in the primetime game. And then uh, you know, obviously the you know what, we're all pros players and coaches, and it was what we have to make sure we do is maintain it and just keep it throughout the throughout the game. Now, Justin said he was about ninety percent. We just touched on
that with Mattuh. He says he feels it on every throw. Did you get any sense of that watching from up top? No, I that's not not not something that that struck me. I think once the game went, I think we were very aware of what his situation was physically, So we wanted to be careful, you know in the run game of of of not overdoing it and you know, keeping an eye on him. And we also understand the way he plays that some passes are going to turn into runs and that of course proved to be the case.
And also, you know in an NFL game, you're usually going to get hit in the pocket throughout the course of the game, so we just we just had to keep an eye on that. But you know, even as as we've gone through practice and he was working his way back from the injury, he looked good throwing for a while, So I don't think it's the kind of thing that you can you're gonna see and notice back to throw fields, tight pocket over the middle, caught back to bear bird and away he goes thirty twenty five,
twenty fifteen ten and jo touchdown. Touchdown. Bears attending Sunday's game be sure to step by the Miller Light Ultimate Tailgate, located at the Field Museum for food, games, music, and more, free to Bears fans of all ages. The Ultimate tail Gate opens at ten am through one hour. Post game. Bill Laser, I guest here on the Bears Coaches Show, just heard the Fields throw to demere bird outstanding bang bang play. Break it down for us how it all
worked out well. I thought it was a good example. Obviously, when you have a play like that, a lot of things go right in the protection it was. It was a third down playoff thought we protected well and get addressed in time. And with the mirror running that route from the backfield, and we had a few times of the game we wanted to want to receiver up in
the backfield. It gave him space to run the route against the defensive back, their dime dB who he was facing, and so it gave him space releasing from the backfield so I couldn't get their hands on him. I thought, what two things really stood out in that execution. Number one was the speed that Demir ran the route. He got up the field, he closed the cushion on the dB, and when he stuck his right foot in the ground and broke, he didn't slow down, he didn't turn his
numbers back to the quarterback he broke. He kept full speed. We'd like to say, and you gotta at your breakpoint, you gotta get kept get separation and keep separation. And I thought it was a great example of demere of sticking his foot in the ground, breaking away from the dB, and then accelerating rather than trying to be careful to make sure he had the catch. You know, it really
looked like a pro doing that. And then the number two was Justin had have been stride, you know, which which when you talk about run after the cats, yards after the catch, which in the NFL is a is a big is a big deal leading to success. But those are the things you need. A guy who could get separation and keep separation out of his break and then hit him in stride with the ball. And so when those two things came together, it gave you an opportunity. And it came after the pick six, so and it
was quick, boom, get out there. That has to really help flush all that sickness in the moments of a guy taking your past the other way for six. Well, that might be human nature, but the nature of a quarterback is a short memory. Move on. So I think Justin proved he can do that. All right, let's talk about Tevin Jenkins being put in that position. Obviously he was put in that position because you guys had him
ready and dialed in, ready to go. What are you what are your takeaways and your conversations with a rookie that experienced that kind of baptism in the National Football League. Well, let's let's not feel bad for Tevin Jenkins. Right he was. He was a draft pick for a reason for Louis believin his ability and has proven him production on the field.
You know, he obviously you know, we don't make excuses here, and it's it's pretty clear with the injury stuff that he's he's behind the you know, behind a little bit as far as you know, practice reps in that, but that that doesn't change the fact that we have really high expectations for him. And if you're suited up on game day ready to go, then when you step in, we expect you to get the job done. And I don't say that to be to be to be mean.
I say it because that's the expectations we have the Tevin, and I think that's how Teban's gonna play. I think I think we're all gonna be very happy that we have them, and he'll get he'll get better from what happened. But probably the best, the best, uh, I think I could do for Tevin is keep the expectations high because he deserves it. And that bunch set where he's lined up, he's got a black um block a dB I think it was Shannon Sullivan and he got he got called
for a hold there. What's the teaching point. What's the coaching point? It just it comes down to the fundamentals and just understanding, you know, hand placement and positioning. Once the defender gets in a certain position, it's it's it happens all the time on plays. Now, when you're in the in the scrum, in the middle of the line, it doesn't get seen as easily. But when guys get into a certain position, you can't grab him anymore. You got for a home or push him and just finish
the block a different way. So I think he knows U and I'm sure he'll learn from what happened in that moment and it won't hopefully happen again. You know, it just shows you how athletic the guy is. We can put them out there in space on a dbat and gets hands on him. Yeah, what what motivated you to do that that very point? The athleticism of this particular offensive lineman. Yeah, I think we have. We feel
really good about our offensive tackles athleticism. So a few times in the games, or a couple of times in the game, we put them on linement out there wide and just just finding a little different way to put pressure around the defense by formation and putting them in a bind as far as having to having to cover the whole field, continue to go to that wildcat. Are you happy with what you're getting out of the Wildcat
and what it's doing to the defense. Well, you know, we're just fortunate that in David Montgomery, we have a guy that is one hundred percent completely trustworthy, not only with whatever cadency's going to use or taking the snap and handling the ball in the backfield like a quarterback, but also when there are plays where he has reads to make on defensive players, give or pull reads, just
unbelievably trustworthy to make those reads. So again, it's it's just another way for us to put pressure on the defense, make them defend the whole field. And the bonus to it is that on a lot of those plays, it puts the ball in David Montgomery's hands. Welcome back to the Bears Coaching Show Final moments a Bears offensive coordinator Bill Laser. After the loss up in Green Big, you had Alan Robinson back on the field for the first
time in several weeks. Uh, and he and Darnell Mooney, Uh, you know, didn't have a ton of opportunity for a variety of different reasons, from your play calling to maybe what the Packers were doing. But do you feel good about getting him back out there to help balance out the offense a little bit, just given you another top weapon. Well, I feel great about having him back. And U, if you follow the injury reporter in the weeks, it's it's uh.
You go through the week, you don't always know on Monday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday who you're gonna have. But but having Allan back is huge for us. Well, I would say one of the things when you come out of the game, you know, as a coaching staff, you you look at uh statistically, you know where did the ball go? We did a plan? Go the way we planned it would. I mean, when you call a run play, you can be pretty sure
who's getting the ball. When you call a pass play, you have your main target in mind, you have a reason you're calling it, but the defense can almost always take you off target if if necessary. And so we end up in the plan setting so much up where we say that Darnell Mooney or Alan Robinson is the number one target, the number one read in this play. But you know in the past. Some of it's going
to come down to the defense that they're in. And you know, even the first time we played them, they did roll their coverage and put a safety over the top of Alan on third down, so we knew that that was a possibility. So a lot of it's going to be depending on how the quarterback sees it. You know, Justin's got decisions to make out there, and you know in the past game you also rely on the protection holding up at on that particular play, and you know,
just a number of things. So we come out of the game and we know we're better as a team in an offense when Darnel and Alan get the ball, and it's not because we're trying to make them happy or anything else. It's because we're better when they get the ball and we've gotten the ball in their hands. Are now it's time to look ahead. Brought to you by Bette Rivers, the official sports book partner of the Bears, take a look at the Minnesota Vikings by the way
Delvin Cook from an offensive point of view. For them two old five and two touchdowns on twenty seven carries last week against the Steelers, But what are they looking like? Defensively right now. So they've got some big names in there and Kendricks and obviously Harrison Smith and some big guys up from Well, they have a system on defense that we know very well, and we know how extensive it is. You know, they have a lot of blitz answers.
We know it's a very sound system. We know what what what makes it really go in our opinion, is when they have veteran players in there that really know the system. And that's what they have. You know, some of these guys have been have been in the system, so they know all the adjustments. They probably know a lot of our calls, you know, and do a lot of things based off what they hear at the line
of scrimmage. It you know, when you get in your division, sometimes you get that cat and mouse game going back and forth. But it's a it's a system that can be sound by lining up and just playing defense, or they also can decide to put preser on you with with their many varied blitz packages, and it's well coordinated.
They don't make a lot of mistakes and you can see those veteran players help get the younger players that they've added up to speed so I think they they are going to prove to be to be quite an adversary, and uh, you know, we know them. You know, you get to the point where you feel like you know them real well, and I'm sure they feel the same about us. So it'll be one of those classic division battles on the big stage Monday Night football, Soldier Field.
We'll see you there. Sounds great. That's gonna do it for tonight's program. I want to thank our producers Dan Really, Jordan tread Up, and Keith Johnson on the board, and for coach Naggie and offensive coordinator Bill Laziers take on the Vikings at Soldier Field on Monday night. Our pregame coverage at four to twenty, kickoff at seven fifteen from Soldier Field. That I'll do it tonight. Thanks for listening, everybody. This is News Radio one oh five nine WBBM. Good night, everybody,