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envisioned obviously or hoped. Yeah, yeah, it's not you know, it's it's unfortunate, and you never want to hit the bye week into a loss, going in after a loss, let alone, you know, four in a row. So that's what we need to do, is we need to figure out why this you know, why this has happened, and we got to use this bye week for us. Is to make sure that we use it to help us

off physically and mentally. Is the only thing we can do. Um. We have to make sure that we're critical of ourselves, um, the way that we're playing, the way that we're coaching, and try to try to, you know, come up with solutions, you know, and these solutions obviously something that is not easy to find when you're really stuck in the muck like this, what's your gut tell you? I mean, you must have some idea in your mind of what the

what the main reasons are. Yeah, it's it's a good question by you, and I think that, Um, you know you're you're when you care as much as as we do, and you know that and you put a lot of time and energy into this. The word frustration can certainly pop in, But then you also got to be mental and strong, right. You got to be able to say, Okay, there's a reason behind all this. And as much as that stinks to hear that there, there's there's gotta be

a reason somewhere. And for us to be five and five, um, and and have these six games ahead of us, we got to make sure that we realize what we have in front of us and we still control everything. But there's gotta be you know, changes that happen, and it's gotta it's got to happen on game day and it's got to happen. What I mean by that is there's gotta be more touchdown score. Um. The way that our defense is playing right now, they're getting takeaways and turnovers yesterday,

which was great. That was a huge INSTIs for us our special teams put together a wonderful day and so we're we're missing that offensive element. And again, it's not it's not about even scoring thirty points or forty points. It's just about being more efficient in the red zone and more efficient on third down. And you know, it's

all of us together, it's coaches and as players. You updated the status sense and injured players, but I think a lot of folks would like to know what the status of Nick Foles is after being driven into the ground last night in that fourth quarter you mentioned this morning, you don't see I hour as a possibility, So that's good. So it's gonna kind of have wait and see situation

with him. And what would you call the injury? Yeah, I think so it's it's kind of that hip glued area where he landed on it really hard, and I think the initial concern at least mind was just listening to it down there on the field, and afterwards was making sure it wasn't anything significant. You know, where something pops out a joint or there's an issue with the

hip or the lag and that's not the case. So in that hip glued area, just you know, being able to kind of kind of see where this thing goes the next couple of days end or a week and again with this by coming one it does. Things happen for a reason, and so we'll get him back on track hopefully and and keep a close by on that. And of course Mitch Trubisky obviously working through a shoulder injury.

It wasn't considered to be a season ender at the time of it happening, and getting a second opinion, but is everything on the table at the quarterback position right now as well offensively, well, I think it is for

for everybody, all all of us. It's we're at a point right now for between h two guys that are injured, we have to figure out, okay, with both their injuries, where are they, you know, And that's that's probably something you know that we're going to have to wait to see as this thing goes, what's best for us and um, you know, depending on Nick's injury, depending on Mitch's injury, where we're at and so that's going to be a little bit of a challenge. But we'll continue to work

through that day by day. As you break down the tape and look at what they did on third down, to you and Matt Mike Zimmer has been one of the best third down steamers in the lead for a long time, long before it became Biking's head coach. It was challenging, obviously, and it's been challenging with all the different stunts and twists and things going to games up front for the offensive line. Some of it for good reason, because it's a bunch that has not worked together every

single snap this season. Is that there in life some of the issues, I would say, yeah, that's some of it. And you know, in the last two years, we've we've been one of the best teams in the NFL against the Vikings on third down. They've always been really really good on third down. That's that's schematically what they do. And the last two years they've had a defense in a unit that's played a lot of snap together on

for down, so it means even better. We've we've been, you know, in four games, really good against them on third down until yesterday, and yesterday just it was a game where we weren't. And it's it's been a common theme this year right now in that area. And so again for us as coaches on third down, being able to make sure that we're putting our players depending on their strengths and weaknesses. What are we doing to help them out or what are we doing to her them?

And so that's our job here bye week as well as to focus on that. I mean trigged by Eddie Jackson. Eddie Jackson, Um, I didn't hear his news conference after the game. I just saw some quotes, but essentially saying the leaders have to step up here and help the rest of the squad. You've indicated that you're going to meet with players here, what they have to say, what you typically do, How important is that and what do you want to hear well? So, first of all, I'll

make this clear. I think that um, you know, when I made that comment yesterday and regards and talking to players, a lot of that is more it's more schematic, and it's more Okay, how can we help you or what are we doing that we're not doing enough of? Uh? And a lot of that was was geared towards the offense. Um. You know, there's no type of players meeting or anything like that or our call we've had. We do that

every week. We we we work on that every week with our culture and so that I have zero issue there. But with Eddie and with what he's saying, I love that. I love the fact that he is a leader and this is now, you know, become his team with a lot of these other leaders on the team. And I just appreciate when leaders speak up because I think it's times ten of what coaches can say. I really value what they say, and I appreciated that. I think, you know,

he focused in on the word accountability. And when you hear a player talk about accountability and it's not coming from a coach, it means more. And that's just kind of where that went last night. Do you want to hear from other guys like Eddie about that, I mean, making those kind of statements. Obviously, they can't step out

of their own comfort zone. You know, a guy like Kelo Mack talks more on the field, but he's not a very vocal guy, I would imagine overall, but a guy who stands up like a team Hicks or other players like that. And on the offensive side of the ball, there's got to be a few guys like Allen Robinson, of course. Yeah, And that's the thing as well as sometimes when that happens or when you have a player that says that at the end of the game, it kind of just talks about where we're at. These guys.

These guys are grown men on this team, and so offensively when they hear that, they don't need to keep hearing it. They understand where they're at and they know that, Okay, one of our leaders is saying this, it's a little bit of a challenge, and they're going to accept that. We got guys that really want to do what's best for the team. They're not me guys, they're we guys,

and so there you know that happens. You're right, there's not a lot of our other guys that are a lot of you know, once they hear Eddie say something, it kind of just stays at that. Cousin's gonna throw left side, daided through his hands and picked up pike. Cleil Mack down the right sideline map steps out of bounce. He just took it out of his hands and the Bears with a huge stop. Cleil mac with a swipe from Adam Feeling on a rare drop in a coverage

man thirty three yards on the return. Welcome Back to the Bears Coaching Show brought to you by Whippley, CPAs and consultants. I think he was ticked off. He didn't take it to the house. He just ran out of real estate, tiptoeing down the sideline right in front of you. Yeah, he did. It was right in front of me. I had a great angle and I can see that ball just kind of fall right in his chest and he's like, oh,

here it is. You know, I got it. Let's go play football now, And that's what he and just have to step out of bounds. But you know, just knowing Khalil and how he works, he definitely would have wanted to try to score there. But well, it was nice to see that if he's not rushing the quarterback and they're going to drop him to be able to get

an interception as a win win. Real Quan Smith, it's been a rising story, calling him rising real quand these days, but a fourteen tackle, three tackle for loss, one sack outing last night, tweeted this morning, every pain gives a lesson,

and every lesson changes a person. He's been doing these inspirational things on his Instagram and Twitter throughout the course of the season, but right now number one with fifteen tackles, for loss and number tied for first in total tackles in the NFL right now on a defense that continues to make some big plays. So where would you put him And what does that statement mean to you when you hear that, Well, I understand and know that you know this guy, what a growth he's had, you know,

in the last couple of years. And for him to be able to have the significance of really rise into the occasion and take being a team leader and understanding what it takes to be able to stop these these run games that we're seeing, he's making these tackles for losses that are putting them in second and long, etc. And that's um, you know, he's leading by example and to see his growth and for him to be at the top of the league like this right now, it

doesn't surprise me. And I'm really proud of him. And you know, he does not change from week to week, day to day, practice to practice. He's the same guy and he's becoming a big time player. Do you like the fact that Chuck Logano is unleashing him a little bit in the blitz area? Yeah, yeah, we need to

have that. And you know, the more we have that the better off we are because he'll be able to, you know, use his speed and his angles and leverage to be able to beat some of these offensive linemen. And then the good thing that he does is he makes a lot of tackles, uh, in the in the backfield, whether it's a quarterback, whether it's a running back, he's

wrapping up And these are game changers now. You know, if it's a screen, they try to make a screen, they got alignment out there getting ready to block him. He lays alignment, tackles the back for a four year loss Like those are big time plays and he's consistently making those plays. Kim Hicks went out with a hamstring last night. What do you think the status is shorter long term? Yeah, I don't know yet. I think that

it's a right now for him. Um, it's going to be one of those day to day things as we work through this, just to kind of see. I know he was bummed when he came out. You know, he felt like he knew he did it right away. Um, And that's any way you look at it, that's a that's a huge loss for us. So hopefully Andre and his guys can and his trainers can get him back

asap because he's a big part of that defense. It makes sense when you say this, But chasing the lead all the time, how do you see it impacting the defense mentally? I know it does affect how they rush the pass or the ability to or to take the ball away. They're overcoming that and keeping teams out of the end zone. But mentally, how do you feel that's affecting them if at all? Well, yeah, it can. It can certainly get you, um, if it continues to happen

over and over and over. But that's probably, Jeff, a really good point by you, and the fact that, um, that's something that most people think they can just go out and just turn it on and be okay. But there is the mental side of it, and there can be times when there's a sudden change. I mean they just they just got off the off the field and there's a punt return and we muff it and they get the ball and now they got to run back out there on the field. I know by the way,

they're going to get it three and out. You know. So those are some some little parts of this game that a lot of people can miss out on, and um, you know, they're doing that right now, and that's why again the last the last three games, they've really played really, really well as a unit, and unfortunately losing these games is what makes it worse, right because you know, when you have that side of the ball that's really coming along, and then yesterday you're also going to get takeaways as well,

which is what we've been harpening on. We're getting everything we're asking them to do, and that's that's where you know, that third phase of offense has to be able to step up. At one point. I believe in the first half fourteen different players had to tackle. And that will is not just because of Dalvin Cook and getting as Chuck mcgonnah likes to say, or as football coaches like say, as many hats to the ball as possible. It was on everybody and they were doing it to every Viking player.

U is the defense right now feeling in a zone a little bit in that regard? Yeah, you know, you know what I think, what they're doing right now, that's uh, that's really that I like the most is they're playing with a lot of energy. You know, when you play with energy, you see the guys out there in the TV timeouts and they're dancing right, they're they're just they're out there playing together as a team. There's a fun element to it, there's a confidence to it, there's a

little bit of a swag to it. And then good things happen when you when you play with confidence. So that's the part that I like, and I think Das kind of goes back to the message that Eddie was trying to get across to the rest of the guys on the team is um, you know, it's okay to have that, and it's okay to go play loose. It's okay to have some fun, it's okay to have a voice, it's okay to you know, do all that. And again they're doing that on defense and you're seeing positive results

that come from it. Welcome back to the Bears Coaching Show with Bears head coach Matt Nagge. The Chicago Bears and Proven It are supporting Chicago's small businesses. Small World Byron Grilled is this week's Small Business All Pro. Visit Chicago Bears dot com slash Small Business All Pros to learn more. Matt, the Special Team's play gave you feel position and gave you points coming out of the locker room at halftime. Cordarell Patterson has been wanting this for

a while now. He's now the NFL co leader all time record for eight touchdowns in the kick return game and still plenty of left in his career to become the all time leader. At some point, did you think right there, okay, this is exactly the spark to light

the fire for this football team. Yeah, I did. I thought that that was a just that, you know, especially with the struggles we've had coming out in the third quarter, you could feel the sideline, the energy on the sideline really jump up, and to be up by a touchdown and then let the defense go out and do their thing. That that's what I thought was was the coolest part of that. Again, CPS, but he's been waiting for that opportunity.

I know, Coach Paber has been coached in and the rest of our guys that are out there blocking, and so to get that was good. We just gotta, you know, be able to take advantage of some of the fuel position that he gave us as well. I talked about this last night. No matter when he touches the ball or what he does, and he did a lot again last night. Obviously, with the touches, the wildcat hunt, return coverage, the kickoff return. He does everything with a reckless, abandoned

He hits the whole heart. He hits and runs as hard and physical as possible. He's not unique in that regard of the NFL. Other players like that, but not everybody is. How special is that quality about him right now? Yeah, it's a toughness and he knows that. And so when you have the size and speed that he has any experience in this game, um, there's not a lot of stuff to hold you back. So he's a He's a

really good football player. I mean, he had that big catch spreading him out there on third and third and six down in the red zone, and it made it look very natural with the hands catch. So he's a weapon for us, and we just want to make sure, you know, we use them the right way. With David Montgomer being out, he was going to get some more opportunities at the running back position. There's times he's running

downfield as a gunner. So there's a lot of things that he's doing and I bet if you had a little tracker on him to see the amount of runs and where he was yesterday on that football field, it was certainly more than anybody in that game. So I give him credit. And you know, and he's also a team player, you know, he's he's just the guy that wants to do whatever he can to play hard and try to do what he can to help the team win. You got a couple of guys their feet wet in

the run game. Could this lead to more opportunity for the mar Miller our Davis Pierce? I know David's a short term situation. He'll be back, But does that give you some hope of some diversity back there? Yeah, it does. And those guys were excited for these opportunities. And we didn't know how many carries each one of those guys would get. And there's different reasons they're up there, just for different parts of the game, but they all handled it really well. And again, when you lose a player

like David, it's never are going to help you. But that's a part of the game. And I thought those guys did a good job stepping up and being a good unit. And I thought Charles London did a good job of getting those guys ready. And so now we just got to focus on trying to get David back

a sap. If you would look in the broad scope of ten games, and you'll talk about this with your team and coaches, would you say, in addition to just shooting yourself on the foot over the course of the season at key moments, the missed opportunities for big plays

is really the headline for the current situation you're in. Yeah, I think obviously specifically you're talking about offense there, you know, even all that said in that game yesterday, all that said on fourth down, we had an opportunity to catch the ball and either score or get it within the five yard line and kick an extra point, win the game, all that said, and so that's the part that you realize, Okay,

where is this season going right now? Well, you're five you were five and one, you're currently five and five with six games to go. So and oh by the way, four of those six are going to be division opponents that you play. So that's a good thing. But we can't worry about anything other than what happens after this buy And again we've been through this. It's not easy, it's not fun. When you do get that one win,

it gives you a little momentum. It's it's it's getting that one win and we're going to be doing it. The next opponent is going to be one of the best teams in the NFL with pretty pretty good quarterback. So there's different ways that we're being challenged, whether it's a run game, whether it's a quarterback, whether it's a defense, and we got to do whatever we need to do to figure out a way to win. We got to

do it. Lastly, you know, that fourth and ninth pass from Poles de Millier to me as a metaphor because the games for the most part have been close, and it's a fingertip and that must feel more aggravating and frustrating because those plays have been there at times this season and that could have changed the whole situation with two or four to go. Sure, absolutely, and that's that's kind of what we're talking about, like you said, a

metaphor for where we're at. Um. You know, it takes one of those plays to click, especially early on in the game, and if you have an opportunity to make a big play, we make the big play. And that's kind of the spark that we're looking for right now and that's what we're searching for, and that's what we're doing. Everything we tend on our end is to make sure that we focus in on that and we continue to stay positive. As hard as that can be. Sometimes we

gotta stay positive. We have to. You have another choice, and that's what we're gonna do. All right, Matt, thank you so much. Good luck with the work week, on the buy and on the time you'll get off a little bit to spend with family. We'll talk you next week, all right, Jeff, take care. That's Bears head coach Matt Naggi coming up next. We'll join by Chris Tabor, the Bears Special Teams Coordinator. This is the Bears Coaches Show, brought to you by Whippley Cepas and Consultants, a prod

partner at the Chicago Bears. Learn more at Whippley dot com. Cordarrell Patterson, we'll have an opportunity about five yards. He comes out on the right, hash angles to the ten to the fifteen of the twenty, gets a pluck twenty five thirty thirty ft forty gets by Bailey. There goes to pony down the sideline ten five tensode touchdown, touchdown, Bears had a record time touchdown by Cardarrell Patterson ties

the NFL record with his eighth kit return touchdown. Josh Cribb is one of those guys that our guest right here, Chris Tabor knows very well. As we get you set for the second part of the Bears Coaches Show, it's brought to you by Whippley CPA's end consultants with Chris Tabor, the Bear Special Team's coordinator and calling out Bears fan Jad's five to twelve to join the Chicago Bears Kids Club brought to you by Jewelasco. For exclusive content and sweepstakes,

visit Chicago Bears dot com slash Kids Club. Well, the pony did it. He got there. He's been talking about it for almost two years now. No, I was really happy for him. You know, he's such a he works so hard at it and he's obviously been really good at it for a really long time. But finally he's had some big ones this year. But finally to be able to to hold onto our blocks a little bit longer and spring him through that, that was big, especially you know, open up the second half like that. That's

that gets you going. Yeah, that was a big box needed for the football team, no question about it. To break down the return overall, who gets some credit on the blocking front, because sometimes those guys don't get the glory. Oh boy, they all do. I mean from you know, start off with a nice double team with Iggy and and Ridley over there on the right hand side, and then a lot of guys just getting their single blocks, which is really really hard, Bush and DHC. I mean,

the list could go on and on. And then the back end guys eighty six Demetrius, he did. He did a great job of kicking out the two and and really the thing that he did, he's just he stuck with his block for so long and really drove his guy for a really long time as opposed to just having a good block and then the guy kind of falls off and makes the play down the field. He's

just stuck with him the whole way. And then obviously the pony, I mean, he just run so strong and if you can just get him started and get him going downhill, you give yourself a chance. Well, he's put up now four one hundred plus yard return games this year, I think it's seven and now in two years, which is rare air. Indeed, he's two hundred yards ahead of the next closest pursuer in the NFL and the kick return game. Uh, he's just flat out the best right

now in this current era of football. He is, I mean, and you know he works at it. He does, and he's so big and strong and has has speed for for that size of a man, not a lot of people have. And we're fortunate that he's here and for him to be able to be one of the great returns. Obviously, this franchise has always had great returns and it's great to put him right in there with those guys. So it's that means a lot to our unit, and our unit takes pride in that. And he's still you know,

we got a lot of work to do. Well. You're certainly aware of all these returners in NFL history. So Josh Cribbs, Leon Washington and are the two guys that he's uh there with with eight and given the opportunities that will come, I think he has a very good chance of becoming the all time leader with a ninth at some point in his career. How do these three guys compare, I mean, they're all kind of different. He's

the biggest one, right, He's the biggest one. When I was in Cleveland, I had I had Cribsy and their running style is very the same though. They they're both downhill players that could run strong, breakthrough tackles, and we're fearless and that and really, you know, I've I'm describing great return those two guys as great returns. But that's that's the description. If you want a really good kick return, there's your description. And uh, you know in Leon Washington,

I remember playing against Leon Washington. You know, he was a smaller guy, but but very stout. He was a running back and he could break tackles and those things. And it's you know, we played Detroit, Leon on his he's coaching for the Lions, and it was pretty neat and pregame, I was talking to Leon and he came up to the pony and told him. He said, he goes, Hey, really enjoy watching you change the game. And I thought that was from one grade to a player that is great. Also,

I mean, I thought that was pretty cool. And I just kind of stood back and just kind of took

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CPAs and Consultants. Picking up the conversation on the attitude and the approach of Cordarrell Patterson, who did just about everything last night that you possibly could that put the GPS on him. I'm sure the mileage was way up there, and he still was fresh and still running with a reckless, abandoned and downhill with a fury run on the ball, wildcat covering punts, kicker off or turn touchdown, which takes some emotion and I'm sure adrenaline that that could whoop

you out a little bit, right, No, no question. But you know what's what's so unique about this player, He's just a good football player. The things that you just describe right there, whether he's he's playing offense or covering kicks or returning kicks. Me does everything at a very high level. And he's a guy that when he touches the ball, he impacts the game. And I think when when you say that, obviously that's that's a good football player.

And uh, I say, he's just so excited that that he's on our team because we know that when we faced him a few years ago, it didn't go well for us, you know, So I like seeing him with the sea on the helmet. Yeah, and a full circle given that he was drafted by the Vikings, know as many of those players has respect for them, did it in a Viking uniform at Soldier Field as well. So it's kind of a neat story and still growing chapters.

I hope he's going to be here for a long time because I think he's a guy who puts his hand up. I'll do anything you want. Just tell me what to do and I'll go and do it. He's got he's got a great attitude. Chris Tabor, our guest here on the Bears Coaches Show, let's talk about the

punt return game. Obviously, Dwayne Harris suffered an injury. It wasn't on the muff I don't know, to be honest with you, I think it maybe possibly could have occurred there, but it happened right before we really kind of he did something on the sideline right before we went out and and he wasn't able to go, So we just had to make a quick sudden change substitution right there on the fly. And you know, credit to Anthony Miller coming in. I mean, he's a he's a good football player.

He's a tough kid, and coming in and field and the ponds that it wasn't super windy, but there was some wind down there, and just to be able to do that and then give us production and set up field position, it's really proud of him, especially on the last one the thirty two yard or where he got around the corner just to set us up there to give us a chance. And you know, it's uh, it's it's good that we had an option like that to go to. I'll tell you he impressed me. The footwork

and a phone booth. Basically he was he was making making some really really good cuts in the open field, no expect you know, on that first one, uh, he took he was aggressive with it, took a chance the gunner was right there and made a miss and he makes two sudden movements kind of to be honest with you, TC style to Cohen, you know, Tariq style there, Uh sudden movements and made guys miss and then got the ball around on the outside for I don't know if

it was maybe I think it might have been ten yards, but it was a it was a well learned uh first down right there that he gave us. It's always a risky thing and the punt return game, certainly, even in Dwayne Harris's situation and coming down with a triceps injury. UH, to put a starter player out there, would it be? Then you guys are gonna think about long and hard here during the bye week about that position. Or do you prefer as a special teams coordinator to have more

of a return specialist. I think that's something that you you know, those decisions are based upon the makeup of your team and where you're at with your team, and I think you know it's a this is a good time for us going into the bye you know, we need we need to heal up a little bit and then we can kind of see where where those those things take us. By the way, did you do you name your plays for a kick and punt return, especially

kickoff return like offensive coaches do. Was there a name for that kick return or is it simply a return left, return right or turn middle? No? We we you know, we give a direction in the blocking scheme is involved with it all. It's not as worthy as what offensive plays are, but it does. It signifies what we're doing, and then there's rules based off of that, you know. But no, no, no fancy names, no funny names. No, no, we don't know. It's private. Yeah, it's it's kind of blog.

I don't think. I only maybe really excited about it. Nothing like, hey it's the Pony Express, right, No, huh yeah, all right. Cairo Santosh is on a roll period. He's really proven himself right now. He's doing a nice job. Really proud of him stepping in and uh, you know,

he's performing at a high level. And uh, that's that's been That's been very comforting because you know, when we go out and we need to get our points, he's given he's given us points and he's given us a production there, so hopefully we can can keep that going. Welcome back to the Bears. Coaching show with Bears Special teams coordinator Chris Tabor were brought to you by a

Whippley CPA's in consultants. As you hit the bye week and yourself scouting, there's so much discussion about it offensively and defensively. Uh, do you do the same thing and what are some things that you may have already highlighted that you'd like to see some more to more of an emphasis that you'll need to work with your guys on. Well, I think you know, we'll we'll do a deep dive

into where we're at where we need to improve. I think I know that's kind of coach speak, but I'll really get going into and I and I try to do it every few weeks of just studying our own players and trying to view them as if I was the opponent and giving them some tips so that let them know how they're viewed so that they can make adjustments in their game. And then we can if there's

some tendencies we need to break those things. But the weather is going to be changing, so you know, we need to get better in our in our cover game. And uh, that's that's an area of emphasis that we want to hit. You know, they only they had one return last night for zero yards and Bush made a great play. But we're gonna, you know, as we continue here through these next games, there's there's gonna be some guys that are going to give us problems. So we

got we gotta be sounding our fundamentals right now. Twenty ninth and parintment return average nineteenth and kickoff return average in coverage. So those are numbers that you're not comfortable with right now. Are any players that people you know only focus really fans look at the gunners. There's so many, so many other components special teams, right down to protecting

a field goal, kick or snap of the football. Any guys that you like to say that have risen over the course of this first ten games of the year that maybe people haven't noticed. I know, Joel Ye Booney Way is your leading tackler on special teams for example. No, the guys have been doing a nice job, you know. And I don't never like to single out guys because

then I always feel like I missed somebody. But because I am proud of him and I think that I think that we're growing, We're still not where I want us to be. But guys like DHC DeAndre Houston Carson, I mean he's a player, uh that you know, he's our personal protector in pun I mean he's he's making calls and setting everybody up for to be successful. And you know the answer your question. Fans don't see that part. He's you know, so he's a as I say, he's

the he's the straw that stirs our drink. And uh, you know, not everyone sees that, but I am. I'm proud of all our guys. They're they're you know, we just got to keep getting better, you know, because we have we still have a long ways to go. No penalties yesterday, I think only one for the whole game for the whole team, so, but none on special teams that had cropped up a couple of times here during the course of the season. So is that area that you're more optimistic about to clean that up? No, I

think so. I think we had penalties early in the year and we've addressed that. And I know that, you know, if you if people were looking at statistics, you'd say that you're high and I'd always you know, high in the you know, penalties, But I always say, you know, stats are just ideas about numbers. I think we've had one penalty in the last four games on special teams, so we're proud of that. That's that's where we need to be. But at the same time, we've got to

be able to play aggressive. It's it's the self inflicted penalties that we cannot live with. We're gonna let you go appreciate it. Good luck in your preparation of the course. Byway, hope you get some time allway as well. All right, thank you. It's a wrap on tonight's Bears coach a show. Want to thank our producers Jordan trud Up, Dan Burrelly

Andy Gersher and Lisa Fielding on the board. Most of all to you for listening Bears at the Bye Packers away on November twenty ninth on Sunday Night Football for Bears head coach Matt Naggie and special teams coordinator Chris Taber. I'm Jeff Joniak, wishing you a pleasant, good evening. This is News Radio seven eighty and one oh five point nine FM WBBM. Good night, everybody,