Nagy reflects on Week 7 | Coaches Show

And after a perplexing night in La could have been hard to sleep anyway for you, wouldn't it. Yeah, it was. You know, it's it's one of those ones you know that you wish didn't happen, but it did happen, So how you know, what are you going to do about it? Right? That's kind of a mentality that we have, and it's stings and it's not what you want. It was a good football team we played, but that's why that's why there's a tomorrow and that's why there's another week. So

that's what we got to focus on. Yeah, the interesting thing in time and I were talking about it after we got off the air with you last night. You know, if two teams are now five and two, they hold different news conferences, but it's a very different feel for both. But in the reality of it all because you wash it, it's onto the next week. You guys are both five and two of a fresh clean slate to start week gate. That that's the optimist view, but it's also the reality.

Yeah it is, you know, and when you when you start going through, uh, you have a game like this and if when it feels this way, we also are aware of kind of how this lead goes right and the it's cyclical in regards to how teams are, and all of a sudden a team or two from last week gets beat down pretty good, and then this following week they come back and they look like they're Super Bowl champs. And so what we need to do is with us yesterday having that tough loss, how are we

going to respond to that? You know? And so here we go into week eate with a five and two record, and uh, you know, we got to use this as fuel now to get us going against the Saints. The undercurrent is, while all three phases had its issues last night, the offense has failed to yet put together that complete game that everybody's going to be happy about and be happy about from the little things to the big things.

Where is it add on that Is it more little things or is it a combination of a few big things as well? What is your view on it after you watch the tape again? Yeah, I would just say, um, you're right. You know, there's been that that frustration with the offense when you're you know, you're just you're not scoring touchdowns, you're not scoring points and um, just some some penalties when we shouldn't have them, and just unsuccessful tries in the red zone and not coming up with points.

So we have to tie that up and get that better and get that tighter. Um. I am fully committed understanding them with our players and coaches that they're going to do that. Uh, we're you know, this group right here when challenge has stepped up, and I think they've

shown that. So as an offense, we are hungry to get this thing right and it's our job to do that with every passing day together with this new collection of coaches that started here in the offseason with you, is your communication focus continue to get narrower and narrower to what you guys know you can do and what you can't do. Yeah, it does, and we communicate a lot in regards to that, and you know, we've talked about it for two years now. This has been our

third years just trying to figure out that identity. We thought early on with those three games, of those first three games that we had, we were getting the ball going in the run game, and then we struggled for two weeks and now the last two weeks now it's been four weeks where the run game has really struggled. That's real. So what do we do, you know, schematically,

what do we do execution wise? Well, we communicate, we figure out the wise and you know, it does take one game, and I know that the patience is usually not there for all of us, but it does take one game, and sometimes it's one play. That's why I really was hoping we'd hit that ninety five year a touchdown pass yesterday because I felt like it just takes one play to where it hits and then all of a sudden, next thing, you know, you never look back. And that's what we got to get to that point

right now. In offense, Yeah, for those who may not know what Matt's talking about. The the stutter goal, sprint down the field by the rookie Darnel Mooney and he beat his man, and he beat Jalen Ramsey. It's it's not just some cornerback out there that's new to the game. This is one of the premier defenders in football and beat him just a tick off. But as players too, how do you make sure because clearly you're frustrated, there's no way you can't be. And how do you make

sure they don't get frustrated with those near misses? Like we just we just keep doing this. Yeah, Well, speaking as an offense, um, it's just time for it's time for all of us to just, you know, really tighten it up. And you have to. You don't have a choice. So whatever that we talked about when you're one on one battles, we can't talk about it. We got to do it, and we gotta come together and we gotta

make big plays at big times. And when you do that, it helps out the defense, it helps out the special teams. And you understand that, U when we when you are a team that has three three phases that's playing at you know at a high level. At the same time, we're going to be really tough to beat. We just haven't done that yet. And that's where Okay, we're going into Week eight against another really good football team in

the Saints. UM, we're going to have to make sure that we're doing everything we can to be in that battle. There's an assumption that as you go through a season that you don't have these heart to heart conversations or the looks in the mirror with yourself, your coaches, your players. But it does happen every day in the National Football League. It has to because the league is constantly evolving by the minute, let alone week to week. So is it

hard for you sometimes? And I know at your news conference earlier this afternoon, they are asking you about you know, are you looking at yourself? Are you looking at Matt the play caller as opposed to just the head coach. Are those hard questions for you to hear, or even hard questions even bring up with yourself? No, they're not, because you understand that when you when you're in a big struggle like this, UM, you have to realize, uh, that you know everything is available and that that's what

we we look at that too. You know, it's not like we're being stubborn or I'm being stubborn in any way, shape or fashion. I mean, Um, when you're struggling as an offense, it's about figuring out solutions. It's about staying positive and what are those solutions. And if it's a if it's a glaring weakness, or if it's something where, um, we feel like we need to make a change somewhere,

then I promise you we'll do that. Uh. And and that's but in the competitor in you and in me, UM realizes that, hey, we got to fight whatever that is, We're going to do it together. And uh, there's no there's no Salkingum, we got to make sure that we uh, we just stay on our details, We communicate, and we play hard. Join the Chicago Bears Crib Club brought to you by PNC for access to exclusive content and sweep stays. Geared for the youngest Bears fans. Visit Chicago Bears dot

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Bears head coach Matt Naggie Jeff Joniac. You know you've mentioned last night, you know, and after the heat of the battle, right after the the locker room and talking to the media and with us on WBBM, when you've gone through some tough things, and you said, you haven't been anything through like this, And I'm assuming just you're looking more at the offensive inefficiency and inability to score.

But when you've gone through tough patches in your career with teams at any level, what are you drawn to work out of these slumps? Like? What what has happened that gives you confidence that you and your coaches and your players are going to collectively figure this out. Um, I would say probably the biggest thing. And I learned this our one season in Kansas City. We had lost

five games in a row. And you know usually in those in those moments, you start just like people start talking now, and you start thinking about the word change right,

and you start getting to and um I had. I had a pretty good conversation with a Hall of Fame quarterback recently that talked about one of the best things that he had us as a player in his career was no change in regards to practice habits, in regards to the message from the head coach, because when when you change, sometimes to everybody it seems like you're searching for answers, and really, when it comes down to it, it's just about doing the little things the right way

and sticking to what you know works and staying. You know what, I like to say a lout as persistence over resistance, and so right now there's some resistance, and so are we going to stay persistent? Are we going to continue to fight through this and do it together? Stay positive, figure out one by one where we're at, and then figure out as a team too, because that's probably bigger than anything is when when you have one side of the ball that's struggling, like we are on offense.

The message to the team in the locker room was, hey, you know, you can go two different directions here. There's that fourk in the road. You can start pointing fingers, you can start blaming, you can start being a me guy, you can start being a negative nelly, you can start being selfish, or you can figure out the solution, do your darn job and try to get better. We're five and two. We've built this five and two record in a hard way, we have and it hasn't been pretty.

But I will say this, it doesn't matter. We're five and two and so now what are we going to do moving forward? And is that going to calloust us down the road? And is it gonna calloust us for this coming week versus the Saints. And I feel like with the character of people that we have in this locker room, the character of coaches that we have, I have no doubt in my mind that will pull through this. You make a great point because the worst thing you can do as a leader is be wishy washy, because

you have now created Swiss cheese. And I know a lot of people also on the other side of the fence say, if you do the same thing over and over and over again, that's a definition of insanity. Right. However, in pro football you sometimes got to work through the issues and the mistakes, the little thing, the nuances. And that's to me, just the way the sport is. It's

not like every other sport. You're right, and there is a balance because to the people that are on the other side with the definition of insanity, they're they're they're correct as well, and so they're both sides are right. It's just a matter of that balance of of how does how does that get balanced? And what is the insanity and what is um the persistence of a resistance

type deals. So um, the one way to cure that is to in speaking to the offensive terms, is to have more rhythm, is to score more touchdowns, and then inevitably in the end, is to win the football game, which which gets you right back on track. So just as there's teams in this league that you'll lose a game one week, or you lose a couple of games in a row, next thing, you know, um, you win four in a row and it feels totally different. You say, you remember that, remember how we felt two weeks ago,

and think about how we feel now, or vice versa. Right, And so that's where, um, I feel like the character of your people in the building really really really have a lot of influence and how you respond to adversity. Well, one of your strengths in my opinion is, you know, you take temperatures, you take the temperature of the team, you take individually collectively, whatnot what's the temperature? I mean, is there some anger and then how do you channel

it is there? Can you see their frustration? How would you take that temperature? I would say the temperature of the team right now is good. We understand after last night's game that that's not who we are. We know we can play better. So that's the temperature of the team. You could certainly feel yesterday. You're you're not human if you didn't feel frustration yesterday on the offense the way

things were going. It's just even when you get close, you get down in the red zone, or you get momentum going all of a sudden, it's something that deflates you a little bit, but you got we got to use that now to be able to better ourselves. So the temperature of our team right now is Listen, we're five, we're five and two, and we understand that we were in a good place. But now we got to react to it. We got to react to a game that we played the way we did want to. And it's

not just one person. So what are we going to do now? You know that's up top and honestly, it is collective. Yeah it is. And I think our guys they're they're accepting that, you know, and the beauty of our defense is like you said, is they want to be the best defense in the NFL, and so if there's some errors that we have here there that they

get frustrated with that as well. So, but one of the things I think is very very important for everyone to understand is is that when you go through these times that we went through in that game last night, with that sideline amongst the offense and defense, when it can be one sided like that, where the defense, you know, it is holding them pointwise down until it gets, you know, feel the fuel position yesterday was just it was difficult. I think we have five drives inside the ten yard line.

That's another one and I'm not sure I've ever had happened in my career. Joined Bears Care and advocate Health Karen, raising funds for programs supporting Chicago area breast cancer patients and their families. Purchase your real Bears fans wear a pink shirt at Chicago Bears dot com slash Pink Bears. Coach Matt Naggie, what are you thinking about on the plane?

What's going through your man? Yeah, Well, initially when you get on there, you know everything you want to go through the game right away, so we were I was able to get through the game and watch watch the uh the game both sides and go through that and then before you know it, Jeff, it's it's, uh, you lose so much time here with today being a Wednesday where we're installing our game plan that you head right

to the Saints, so you go. So I was just watching the Saints on the plane, plane ride back and then you land and it's back to the office and your role and so, um, there's there's not a lot of a short week like that. In the flight, there's uh, doesn't give you a lot of time to salt. You know, Nick was I think fourteen of his first fourteen on first down last night, but then as the downs progressively

went in a different direction, it wasn't as efficient. Um, and you're you're facing a really good third down defense. What is the teaching point here in the in the hook? First of all, try to limit as may third downs as you can, and then when you do get to home, you know, you want to try to keep them six to five or less. Now, I know even last night there was a few in there that we missed in

that range. But to be able to stay in a manageable third down, your percentages are going to increase drastically against any defense that's ranked in the top whatever on third down. But, um, they give you a bunch of different looks. You know, they'll do different things with their fronts and with their linebackers, and they'll try to, you know, trick you. So we're gonna have to be really efficient in regards to our vision and and and being ready

for any unscouted looks. Um, what is your level of concern on Cody white Hair's calf injury. Yeah, I don't know. I would say for him. You know, I think he's a he's a tough guy, and I know he's gonna try to do everything he can to get ready. But we'll just have to kind of see here as we move forward this week as to the magnitude of it, where he's at and that he's gonna be able to go or not. Sam Mustafer, obviously he got in there and played James Daniels. He's out. That's that's a center

right there too. And you know it's not easy to try and figure out if you'd lose somebody of that nature at a very critical position. Yeah, that's a good point. You know, it's it's uh with the COVID now, the way it goes, and just everybody, if you're a close contact, et cetera. I mean, it can knock you out. So we have to be really cautious with that. And again, a guy like Sam, if given the opportunity to be

the next guy up, then he'll do that. You know, he's worked extremely hard at just to get to this point. And you know, I just know that if it does come down to that and he has to come in and play, you saw it yesterday, He's going to come in and give it everything he has. All Right, let's look at the Saints real quick here. Drew Breese obviously is where you're beginning to end the conversation. He'll he'll

take what the defense gives you. He's not gonna for I mean, to play without his two top receivers and still manage to complete most of his passes and get a win. Yeah, I mean, you're talking about one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play the game. And it's crazy to think about because we're literally the same age.

You know, I think he's forty two, So I didn't even think of that too, right, now to the month, so so to be thinking he's still playing, but he's taking great care of his body and his mind and

he knows where the ball's at. And obviously I get stories from Jimmy Graham all the time from when he was with him and uh and then with with Ryan and Ryan Pace and these guys that take in they've all been you know, they've been there, they've been so um, they know what type of player he is and he's gonna You're always gonna be in the game with Drew Brees and and I think that defense is playing well too. Yeah, did you have a story that Jimmy that that that

you could share that that top of mind. But Drew brobably probably just the biggest, you know, one of the ones in general that he talked about was I think Jimmy's rookie year. Um, you know, Jimmy ran around a little bit off, it wasn't the perfect route, and Drew through it to a spot and Jimmy wasn't at that spot and ended up being an interception. And I think Drew might have got after Jimmy a little bit and told him to listen, here, you rookie, you run to

that spot. I'm throwing to a spot, you better be there. That's a trust that I that I'm gonna have with you. And from that day on, Jimmy always understood that, hey, I better be in that spot that he wants me at and he's thrown to a spot and it's about trust. What do they get out on Kamara? Yeah, he's special. I mean he's such a talented back that can do everything. I mean, they get him the ball, they target him different ways, whether it's in the screen game, it's out

of the backfield, whether it's a handoff. He can break tackles. He's got speed, he's guy there, great hands, great vision. So he's a big time weapon for them, and we're gonna have to make sure we have a good game plan for him. All right. Defensively, here again another front that plays well against the run. I mean this is now fin mic count. This will be five out of the top eight run defense. Isn't yards per carry alloud that you will have faced now in the first It

will be eight weeks of the season. So you're being tested significantly by these fronts. Yeah, we are. I'll tell you what, Jeff, when you watch these guys on defense, that just like you said, at that front, I mean they are swarming front. They fly around, they played fast, they played vicious. You feel them. So like you just said, week by week, that's not going to change. It is what it is. So we have to make sure that we gear ourselves up ready. And you know you really

shouldn't want it any other way. All right, Matt, We'll let you go. You got a lot to do. We'll talk to you next week, all right, appreciate Jeff see it. Welcome back to the Bears Coaching Show, brought to you by Whipfley, CPAs and Consultants. Bears Director of Player Engagement Lamar soup Cavin, one of my favorite guys up at How to sound good to talk to you. Good to see you, Lamar. How you holding up? I'm good, Jeff. How are you in the family doing doing doing fine?

Doing fine? Uh? Let's talk about last night real quick with the fellas. That's a long trip back after a loss. Are these things that when you're at hallisall, when you see the players starting tomorrow again, that kind of act a little bit as counselor and psychiatrists a little bit, huh, get guys through some things. Yeah, you definitely do. Obviously the magnitude of that game Monday Night Football where we were in the season. You know, obviously one game doesn't

make or break the season. By having the right mindset after that game and going to a next week, especially where they upon a light in the Wars, is really important for us to have the right frame of mode success going into Sunday. Yeah, this team has shown a lot of heart and resiliency over the course of the season, so you know there's a lot of paved road ahead Matt.

Matt said it, Nick Fole said it after the game yesterday, So you know, these things are part of the process of getting better and playing that full game with it, which is yet to happen this year. And you know, from your time as a player, do you draw in some of your own experiences, Yeah, I made some Bearrats. Fans might not know. I'll play for the Lions, so we have some rough years in Detroit, So I'm very familiar with some of these some of these tough games

or some of those losses. Right, But that's where probably comes into play, right, the character. You build a roster on character, you build a roster all prior you look for God that are leaders or needs at the times when those intangible qualities need to show up for us to come out and have a great game on Sunday. Hey, what kind of role are you playing with practice squad guys, especially this year adjusting to not playing in games, and

it's it's a very different environment. It's a constantly changing situation minute to minute because of COVID protocols and so forth. But from guys that are working out to potentially being you know, are ready to come in, I mean, is this a big job for you as well? Yeah, I mean it's actually a big opportunity as well. You look at some of the young men and I think, first off, it's a mentality and the psychological component to it. I've never called it a practice squad. I always called it

to developmental squad. The guys know, I've never used practice squad because we're here to develop you. You're not here just to practice. So I think setting that tone of development puts them in the right frame of mind to be able when their name and number is called, to be able to help us out on Sunday. So for my developmental guys that have been on there for the Rashad cowards that Isaiah Rban that used to be with us.

You know a lot of those guys. Putting them in the right frame of mind to make sure that when their number is called, they are ready to go. With the COVID involvement. You know, these guys are really adaptable. Right. We had to do all of our rookie programming online on Zoom and then you do your best a lot of rookie programming, but really getting to know them, understanding there why what they wanted to accomplish, and whether it's in person or online, when you build those type of

relationships of what drives them and what they need. Once we had a chance to get in person, it was easy to push them in that direction and understanding that, especially with COVID, it's not just an injury that may bring you up to the active roster, it's also someone taps some positive for COVID. So make sure they're always ready and preparing like starters, and every week is important

for me and my staff. Ay Lamar, you raise a great point, great great point, and you attend NFL meetings for your particular aspect of things, right, I mean, you guys talk. Every team has a person in your role. Have you ever raised the idea to the front office of the National Football League and the committees call it the developmental squad as opposed to the practice squad. It's

a great non institutional knowledge. I keep in nineteen twenty Hollis Hall just a little advantage psychologically for my guys. But my guys know how I feel about that. We talk about that day one, and just the word like

words matter in any conversation that you have. You're telling a guy every day your practice squad, and his mind is like, all right, I'm here to pracate when you tell them that you're on the developmental squad, I'm here to develop you, to make sure that you're going to be able to contribute to us as a member of the Chicago Bears. I think that just puts them in the right mindset to move forward, to take it a little bit more serious seriously. Has it ever come back

to you and saying, player really appreciated that. Yes, Yes, a couple of times. It has just puts you in the right frame frame of mind because a lot of times we speak to them about not being complacency. You know, complacency can sit in when you just feel like you're here for practice and you're never going to get in and you're just happy where you are or ask This helps us to challenge them every week to get better. You know, Wednesdays and Thursdays the workdays. How hard are

you going to push the offense? How hard are you going to push the defense? All of those things are on tape, and you know you move forward with that type of mindset, and coaches one day will say, hey, this guy, the type of effort he's putting in on the developmental squad getting our starters ready, he deserves to have a jersey on Sunday and hopefully that comes fruition for all of my gods on the developmental squad one day.

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the topics of the day. Right now. We're a week out from the vote, and I know the voter registration idea has been really prominent throughout almost every sport, every college. It's really taken on a different life this year, in particular your role in it and how you've managed that for the Chicago Bears here in twenty twenty, no being able to navigate the importance of you know, coming into

play football. Obviously we didn't have our OTAs, we didn't have offseason, so just like in any organization, you're only as goes to people around you. My assistant Erica Marmelajo, we talked about it when she was initially hired of July first, on what we could do to impact the voting initiative of our players and decide that when they check in for their physicals that this would be a

place where we could actually register them to vote. You know, they're just coming in for physicals, and so we thought they would have that time to be monumental to not only take away from football, but also help them roll out there a civil right to register the vote and

take advantage of that. What do you think of the role and being an athlete yourself, you know, for professional and collegiate athletes, because there's a lot a lot of parents out there listening to the show with their own kids at colleges, including the Bears you know, are having for this election in particular. Right, Well, I think, for one thing, for the athletes that you see speaking out, you know, it's always been shut up and play, or shut up and play football, or shut up and dribble.

But when you look at it from the perspective of what we look at when I was recruiting for Wisconsin as we're hearing Chicago Bears, you look for character, right, You look for integrity, you look for leadership, You look for people that understand and can change the culture. So for me, it actually makes sense, like why wouldn't you want athletes at the center of talking civics, of talking what's right in the community, of talking about what's right

in their world. Because deaths our natural attributes. So I believe it would be somewhat selfish to leave that just to the sports a world, as far as in the locker room or on a field. Why not bring those things outside the sports, well, those intangibles that help those guys be successful in the locker room, I think they can help change some lives outside the locker room in their duty as well. It seems like the defensive backs

were keenly interested in this. They cut a bunch of videos for Chicago Bears dot com and other social platforms. Did they come to you or did you spawn the idea with them? It was more of a mutual. I think all the position groups wanted to do something to impact. One of the things that defensive backs with coach to Shade Towns and wanted to do was really impact voting

initiatives and exercising your right to vote. You know, it's a civic duty that a lot of my play a lot of my black players have nowhere further to go than in their home to talk to people that I didn't have to write to vote, you know, thirty forty years ago, So really hits home with them. And there's exercising that right, understanding the history of what it took to get that legislation passed, and understanding that there was

a time where we could not do that. So exercising that right, I think spoke hugely to them and I think they really got behind it and something that they're extremely passionate about as well as the rest of the Bears or organization. Talked to bottom and one cat still cutting some PSA's Spanish language. The offensive line coach a huge fan base right there. Absolutely absolutely as everyone's civic duties. You know, I have players from all over the country.

Right I can live in a bubble because I speak the players that have different background where they came up at, what their political affiliations are. Right, so understand that this is a universal right that all of them, no matter what your background, no matter what your party affiliation is, you have a right to vote. And I think all the players understanding and support each other rock the vote

on social media and web campaigns. How has it been received from what you're hearing, It's has been phenomenal, It's been It's been phenomenal. I really think we're at a tipping point and in a page where you will start to see more athletes becoming politically responsible um with their with their platforms. Before they were athletes, before we saw them on college on Saturday, before we saw them in

the NFL, they were members of their community. And I think through this process, the best thing that has happened is we've been able to educate them on what it means to vote, whether it's your local election, whether it's your state election, whether it's a national election, and how those things impact them individually. When I first got here four years ago, I had a lot of single, single men in my locker room. Right now have Now those men are now fathers. Now those men are now married.

So they grow and they've learned that their responsibilities and the decisions that they make by going to the ballot bossball and basically affect their family and their children for years to come. It's more than symbolism. But the officers are closed next Tuesday, and that is an important attraction for everyone to see what do you what do you what do you feel about that? You know? In terms

of making that decision, No, I think it's important. I think having a support of coach Naggy and George McCaskey and Ted and said Phillips or to be able to close the officers, to understand and make that statement that this is a day and I'm in the camp that it should be a national holiday, you should be able to have that day off. I will firmly stand in

that camp. But for them to support us to be able to do that just really shows up the top to the bottom support that we have not only in the locker room, but from the front office and mad management as well, with Ryan and Matt as well. Back on the Bears Coaches Show, Jeff Jonnyac with the Mars Sup Campbell, the Bears player engagement Director. As we wind down our show tonight, let's let's tackle a couple of

different topics one injured players. I've always felt it's a lonely journey for them when they're having season ending surgeries that really remove them from the day to day family experience, and then you throw COVID and the protocols on top of it. So I look at a guy with a boundless energy of a Tariko, and how's he handling it with his first serious injury of his life. I mean, if you know Teri's personality, you know he's handling it

with a smile. He's approaching the best way that he can, you know, rehab him stuff, looking forward to having him back in the building soon. We miss his energy, we miss his personality. But as someone in my role of engagement, you know, it's always difficult to get these guys to kind of slow down, look at the big picture, look at life outside of football, kind of see how things

may be. So as much as you never want to have a guy on IR, you never want to see a guy injured, and almost the opportunity for conversations about life, about where you want to go, about what life is going to be like once you finally hanging the helmet up, and I think looking at it that way, from that opportunity standpoint is not only do you give them another zest, but hopefully mentally it puts them in a position where when they come back to play football, it's not about

football anymore. It's also about football and also erstanding where football can take you if you understand where you want to go when you hang your halbit is this more than ever before you making sure you have great communication with coach Naggie and Ryan Pacier, general manager, based on everything the wide range of situations and moments that have occurred from the time the offseason started to where we're

at right now. Yeah, absolutely absolutely. I mean, Jeff, would you be in an inside and you know how it had to gay. A football week can be getting prepared for a game Coach Naggie's big on his exs and ohs. Ryan's always in the process of trying to get us better and looking at the best plan for us moving forward. So the fact that Coach Nagie and Ryan makes time for me to sit down and talk about these things, to understand that we're on the same page as far

as what's going on, it's just monumental. I know it's not like that everywhere, but I'm definitely in a privased position to have a leadership like that, to be able to have those open, honest conversations. This is an adaptation that is unique because this has never ever happened before, right, right, And unfortunately it's a litmus test, right, what do we do what our best practices? You know, every day is a best practice test, right? And you here, Ryan mentioned

obsess You miss here, Coach Nague missied obsess. Right. We have to seize these moments and rather than being on the defensive of what these obstacles present to us every day, it's about being on the offensive, planning two or three months ahead, two or three weeks ahead, what can happen? How do we handle that? So, along with the training staff,

Andre Tucker John tomp Yer, Truity staff. Everyone's played a part in our evolution of how we've handled COVID, and I'm really proud of the way that we've done that. Keep paying it in there and thanks so much for your time, Lamar Soup Campbell, awesome, Jeff, mission around the building. Talk soon. Likewise, that's a ramp on Tonight's Bears Coaches Show.

Want to thank our producers Jordan Trudup, Dan BURRELLI, Andy Gersher and Keith Johnson, and most offen you for listening Bears Saints with our pregame at noon kickoff three twenty five For Bears head coach Matt Naggie and Director of player Engagement Lamar Soup Cambell, I'm Jeff, Jonny. Each have a pleasant, good evening. This is News Radio seven eighty and one or five point nine FM w BBM. Good night, every buddy,