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yesterday to the Detroit Lions. You look at it, Matt, the fourth largest comeback in team history week one and then a rough ten point fourth quarter loss in week thirteen. It's the story of the National Football League. Just underscores just how hard it is to win every single week. Yeah, it's not it's not easy. And you go to see yesterday, you know how that goes, and you have a ten point lead with four minutes to go, and you know, that's that's what we talk about finishing. So it's every

game is going to be a little bit different. And we've had our challenges this year with that and trying to figure out ways to either come back and win or now keep a lead and win. And so we didn't do that, and we got to pick up the pieces and keep getting after it as losses go. Where does this one stick with you in your history? Yeah, this one, This was one that you always remember for so many different reasons. I you know, it's it's um.

It's kind of like in the middle of the season when we had a couple of those games where the offense was really struggling and the defense was playing really really well and we weren't. We just weren't working hand in hand. And this was one yesterday where I was just so darn proud of the offense and the challenge that was presented to them all week long about coming out from the very first play and creating a tempo, and all game long we had tempo. We were in

control of that whole game offensively. So as much as it stinks to lose the game and it hurts, and this is one you always remember, Uh, that is the one positive that we can take out of this thing and that we need to use here and the rest of the season. Even the best of us in a situation like this could speak it and say it and walk around with it the positivity. But are you challenged right now, even you as a man right now about

this because it's it's one of those deep dark holes. Absolutely, and if you if you can't admit that, then you're probably you know, not telling the truth. So I think that's real and that's where that's where in these times right now, And what I think is really important is a lot of people, and I'm talking about on the field, off the field, everybody. In these moments, people show their true colors. And that's what I'm looking at right now.

Whether it's players, whether it's coaches, whether it's friends, whether it's family. You can see how people are and so I think this is an experience for me that you use it the right way. And the ones that understand how to fix things, the ones that have been callous three times like this, they're the ones that support you as you go through, and they're the ones you lean on in these times. And I'm not just talking about family and friends. I'm talking about the players and the

coaches and experiences you go through. And yeah, you're right, it is. It feels like a pretty deep dark hole right now. But eventually somewhere there's gonna be some sunshine. And I don't know where that is or when it is, but that's just how I live my life, man, and I'm going to continue to stay positive. You know, if you see any of it, you see the negativity, and maybe you have over the course of your career. How

do you approach players that do show that. I'm not suggesting that's happening, but if it does start, what do you do? Oh, you give them advice, You tell them what's in front of us, you know. And then unless you want to continue to keep having it be a dark hole and keep digging a hole, then you can

keep being negative. And that's but then the people that want to be a part of it, the people that want to stay positive, that have good energy, have good juice, you know, that's they're they're the ones that you rely on to get this thing fixed. And so is it natural for twenty four hours for you to be emotional and then to feel hurt. Yeah, I mean you want that too, But you got to be able to get

out of it. And there's great leaders in this world, in the sports world that have been through these times, and it's it's a matter of you know, having a great supporting cast and just listening right now in times like this and not panicking. But that's what we have to do and the ones that want to be a part of that. That's the exciting part for us as coaches. You know, in your position, you have to answer to

every player. They have to answer to you, You have to answer to management, you have to answer to the building in many senses, So are these hard days, even though the communication is something that I know is great with all of you guys. And you mentioned it this morning in the news conference with George and Ted. When they ask questions, you have to answer some hard questions.

Is that one of your bigger challenges? Well? Yeah, And but for me, Um, one of the things that that I like to do is I'm always just in conversations. I'm always very honest and sometimes it might not be the right answer when I'm talking to a player, when I'm talking to a coach, Uh, you know, no matter who I'm talking to, They're always going to get my my open, honest opinion and evaluation of whatever the topic is.

And so um, you know, then then you go from there and you figure out the whys and you figure out, Okay, how how do we get better and how do we work together? And what are the and then if there's no answers, then you got to go to something else. But um, that's why sometimes tough discussions for some people are tough, but a lot of times for myself, just because I believe in that and I live by that, it's not quite as tough as sometimes it may feel.

Is it help you coach knowing that you have the ability to have outstanding communication because if you didn't have that and you were shut out, it would be pretty challenging. Yeah,

it would be hard. And you have to have that you And now the part of the communication as a as a head coach, um is more ears, you know, is more listening and understanding and being able to paint that picture and figure out the whys and and then also start with myself, you know, and what is it and and understand Okay, here, here's how we get this fixed.

Here's how we get that fixed. I might be the conduit of communication between a player and a coach because there's there's some stuff going on there and or it could be anything, you know, it might be a player and a player. But I got to be able to help that out. That's my job. And so um, there's there's different ways to do it. And I think let's

sting is a big part. All right, let's dip in a little bit here before we hit a commercial break on the offense, there was efficiency and was couraging day. What did you think overall of all the different parts being used in it, including the young guys at Darnel,

Money and Cole commit. Yeah, no, it was everybody. I mean, it was pretty cool to see our tight ends blocking in the run game, our running backs running hard, protecting in the pass game, running backs making plays in the past, game wide receivers making big catches over the middle, run after the catch. When when when you're in a game offensively and you're on the offensive side of the ball and there's not a lot of third downs because the

first and seconds are really good. That's what yesterday was for us, especially obviously in the first half. That first half, those first five possessions, that felt good. And it wasn't just okay, well we were throwing at every play or we were running at every play. We were trying to keep them off balanced with play actions, with the movements and the nakeds our run game. Early on, man, it

just established really well. The line was getting after him, we were creating running lanes, and we were scoring touchdowns. We weren't coming out of it with three. We were scoring touchdowns, and to have three touchdowns there in the first half, that's what you want. That's what we've been wanting all year long. So now we tried to mix it up a little bit in the third and have some no huddle and again I don't know what's going on,

but it didn't work. And so now you know we didn't We didn't get anything going in the third and then the fourth there we had a we had a crucial penalty and in a couple of sacks and again finishing your BIS, you gotta roll over the air side. He's got come out, turned his shoulders. Ten fun tens, touchdown, touchdown, Bears trip bisky eleven yards for the touchdown. Welcome back to the Bears Coaches Show. Cole come out with a big touchdown catching a run. The Chicago Bears and Improven

It are supporting Chicago small businesses. Just Sandwiches is this week's small Business All Pro. Visit Chicago Bears dot com slash Small Business All Pros to learn more here with head coach Matt Naggie, let's talk about that play we broke it down on our TV show on Bears Game Night Live on Fox last night. Just the simplicity of the boot, which is an outstanding effective play, and just seeing that big guy running with a football on several occasions yesterday but into the ends on an end of

the tunnel had to be a joy for you as well. Yeah, that was awesome. You know, we got to keep him going and he gets across there real nice on the naked and Mitch got it to him and nice and quick head, pinpoint accuracy what to throw and then Cole, you know, big body with some speed. It's going to be tough to tackle him there going in and he

was able to get in for a touchdown. Let's go back to what you said about the no huddle to start the third quarter and you kind of chuckled about, Hey, it didn't work for whatever reason because of the ineffectiveness in terms of scoring in that quarter. Is it starting to create ghosts in everybody's head about it too much pressing? I mean, what could be the issue? Yeah, No, I don't, I don't know. You know, I think that we said at the beginning of the week, we're regardless of the score.

We don't care at the score is we're going no huddle to start the third, and so we had to stick to that, and you know, we were running the ball well against him, and you know, you can say, well, shoot, we should have just came out and tried to run the ball. Well, you know, we've been doing that this year and then for different reasons it hasn't been working. So we stuck to it. We weren't going to live in it, but we were going to try to get a couple first downs and then back out of it.

And then we had a penalty that kind of dug us back a little bit, and before you know it, we had to punt, and now they also got the ball to start the third, so they had one more possession in us in that third, so we really had that possession, I think one other short one and then it was before you know it, it's the fourth. So yeah, no, you mean it's it's It's definitely crazy how this is going on right now. I've never been a part of it. In terms of Matthew Stafford, I mean, he's done this

to a lot of teams. That doesn't make it feel any better, obviously, but now he's got the most fourth quarter comebacks in NFL since he came in the league, and he's tied for seventh all time in NFL history. Knowing that, knowing he's going to have opportunities like that, he's never gonna back down from it. It's still a little bit of a disbelieving moment, isn't it When you got by ten with four thirty to go? How are

you processing that now with coaches? Yeah, now it is because you know, we feel like that's our strength is being able to close him out on defense and then or get to offense where we can just go ahead and get that first down in four minutes and so, but you're going against, like you said, a really good quarterback that if you give him time, he'll dice you with his arm. I mean, he's he's he's so deadly accurate.

And you know that's that's something that I know we talked about this morning as a coaching staff, is being able to limit those big plays and close the games out. Yeah. I think there were eighteen plays off ten yards or more and nine of twenty yards or more with with the Detroit Lions yesterday. He did get out of the pocket a little bit when the rush was coming. It was more of an interior rush, it seemed was that a critical component to the win for the Lions yesterday

and no success place. It definitely helped him getting outside to be able to see those intermediate throws. And so you know, if you lose any contained or if you have a t game or a stunt or a defensive en goes inside and you got to have your detail going outside and have that keep that guy contained. And you'll see some teams that force the quarterback a certain way, well, you know, depending on which way they'd like to roll

out of the pocket. But I just felt like yesterday there was a few times where that happened where it just made it a nice clean pocket for him to be able to see his guys and then he's gonna he's always gonna beat you with his arm. Despite giving up all that yardage and the five touchdowns, there were some some interesting things that did happen defense, And let's

talk about blow Nichols. I think it was an all state tight end and growing up in high school in Delaware, there had the interception that's not an easy catch, I'm certain, and then a sack. Is his play continuing to develop over the course of the year to your satisfaction. Yeah, he's growing, he's getting better, and that's what we need right now, you know, I think that being able to develop these guys that you draft, and that was definitely a huge point in the game where we would have

loved to get points off of that. But it was a big play and it was pretty pretty athletic play all things considered. And then Buster screen in the open field double legg takedown basically for the former All Street wrestler there Worth down on one and dhc limiting a catch to the tight end Hockinson to make it a fourth and one. Those were early in the game, but those are the type of plays that I felt were

very impactful. What do you think, Yeah, for sure, And especially with Buster on that fourth and one, coming the whole way across the field on the Jets week, that's not easy because you don't have a great angle to make that play, but he went in there, and like you said, him having that wrestling background, he's always been

a physical player. Now for his size, he might be pound for pound for pound, one of the toughest on the team, and so I appreciate that about him, and certainly in big play a couple of snaps in there for Trevis Gipson getting his feet we would you see, I liked what he Travis has done a great job all year long and just staying the course, waiting for his time to come, and yesterday that was it. So I think he was in around ten or eleven plays

in the game. Every one of those plays he was, you know, whether it was some type of rush move or trying to you know, affect a quarterback. He did it one hundred miles an hour and he's only going to continue to get better. Nap Drabisky stretches the hand off. Here's David Montgom. We're at the ten, bouncing outside to the five, stiff farm into the end zone. Touchdown left pilot David Montgomery will not be denied. How the Bears lead at nine Nothing Here with the first quarter at

Soldier Field. This segment of the Bears Coaches Show brought to you by Athletical Physical Therapy. Visit Athletical dot com to request an appointment in clinic or virtually and start feeling better tomorrow with Bears head coach Matt nag You just heard the first touchdown run by David Montgomery that may have been my favorite David Montgomery touchdown run of the year, and that that was just sheer desire to get in there break that one down for us. Yeah, no,

I mean it just the effort of David. I mean, this kid's been doing this since he's been here. I'm just so proud of the way he runs. He runs so hard, he makes so many people miss his effort. His determination to score is second to none, and so you know, obviously a lot of the guys on that play did their job in blocking in but when that football's in his hands, it's going to take more than one guy to get them down. I think he showed

it there. And let's talk about Darnel money because you know, you quick, you you wake up this morning, you start looking at some of the team stats getting ready for the next game. You see Darnell Mooney's got seventy one targets, forty catches for one or twenty eight yards, second most yards after the catch in the receiver room. This is maybe a not so quietly emerging season for a fifth round draft pick. Yeah, we're very fortunate to have Darnell. I mean, he's come in here and done a lot

of great things. And to tell you the truth, you know, we want to be able to, you know, look for him even more because he's such a playmaker. You see yesterday and that third down they played a little zone. They had a guy waiting there for him in the flat, and Mitch just made a great, great throw underneath, and then Darnell just turned on the Jets and out ran them down the sideline and instead of going out of bounds, stuck his head in and got another four or five yards.

So I just we've been very impressed from him from day one. He's a great kid. Matt, is it too easy to be critical of a rob on that catch that could have been a first down defender fell down? I know that was my immediate reaction. Now you gotta get that no matter what, because you get shots at the end zone. Then given the time, I know there's a balance Beteen getting out of bounds and whatnot. But

how do you frame that? Yeah, I would say it's it is hard because again for me just knowing who Arab is as the type of person and he is, and how how his football IQ is is so high, and sometimes in those situations when you turn around, they catch the ball and you catch it and you turn around. To all of us that are watching it on TV, we know where that yellow lines at, we know where that first down markers at. But when you go to turn around, sometimes you just you lose your awareness a

little bit of where you're at. And then, oh, by the way, you know, you're always taught to get out of bounce. So he was kind of caught in between the two. And we have we have the ability there to get a first down, we call timeout or if we don't, we got to go for it. And that's what happened. So I know Arabs is probably kicking himself more than most people. But that's definitely a tough one. One thing about fans and football, it is an emotional reaction,

good and bad. And in the world of fans and media for that matter, I assume there's black and white decision making and that's certainly not the case. And as you stand for your team, what is the most difficult thing right now? By standing before your team, well, just letting them know you know they're What's the part to the players that you keep hearing and from the coaching staff is, you know, is everyone wants this so bad and there's really when it comes down to it, we

have Sundays to get this done. And Monday, Monday through Saturday is important to get your practice reps. It's important to do your meetings and all that stuff. But when it comes down to it on Sunday for those sixty minutes, are we doing enough to win the game? And so the talk goes only for so long and you know the messages and at some point in time that as as players and as coaches, you just got to find a way to get it done. And that's kind of

where we're at right now. All right, let's look at the Houston Texans a record that is four and eight, but they have had very strong games against a lot of first place teams. What's your early looking, Yeah, well, they're They've always been a good football team. They're a

team that's in the playoffs all the time. And I know they've gone through some stuff this year, but you know, Deshaun Boston is a quarterback that can not only beat you with his arm, but can can get outside of the pocket, extend plays and beat you with his legs.

And then the weapons that have their own offense as well. Defensively, JJ Watt is where it starts for them and he's their leader, and I just think that for us, we got to make sure, I think we keep continuing to worry about us and what we do, but also understand where they're at. So you got two teams right now that you know they had a tough loss. The way

that they lost too was tough. So you got two teams that lost in two different tough, you know, difficult fashions, and are going to continue to go fight against one another until somebody gets a win. You know, somebody asked me about this other day, just a friend of mine, a fan. He goes, you know, why do coaches always say, you know, when you're ask them questions about other teams, Hey, we do got to worry about us, because that is

the truth though, and explain a coach is thinking about that. Yeah, well, there's you have to be aware of your opponent and what their strengths and weaknesses are, but you also need to be able to do the same thing to your own team. And especially I think when you're going through what we're going through right now, is you have to

get you right first. And so when you're winning and you feel like you got you right, then you can focus a little bit more on what you're about to see, but right now, when you're going through what we're going through, it's very important that you get you right, and so that's where we're at. All right, Matt, We'll let you go. Appreciate your time as always, and good luck in your

prep this week. For the Houston Texans, I appreciate Jeff Corderil to the ten to the fifteen of the twenty Little Scuffle twenty five thirty slip of their tacklers down the left side to the forty to the forty five and knocked out the bounds on the first side line. You have a hard time bringing down a freight train like Corderill Patterson. Welcome back to the Bears Coaches Show, brought to you by Whippley Cepas and Consultant's, a proud

partner of the Chicago Bears. Learn more at Whippley dot com. Now joined by Chris Tabor, the Bears veteran special teams coordinator. Good to have you alongside, Chris. How you doing today? Doing good? Thanks for having me, Thanks for your time. This is probably something you always want. You want at least a couple of big plays on special teams that impact the game in some form or fashion at least got one with that big return from Cordelle Patterson. Let's

start there. We just heard the highlight the guy keeps on churning, he keeps on rolling. No, and that that was a good job by the guys blocking. Uh, and he did. There wasn't a lot of room in there, and he just kind of picked his way through there. But the guys were I thought, physical at the point of attack there and did a good job giving him that. Crease Detroit had been coming into the game and kicking short to a lot of people and they've been doing

a great job covering. So that was that was a big challenge to our guys, and that was a good way for us to start right out of the gate. More and more, are you noticing or maybe it's just been consistent that when you got a guy like him back there, everybody else, the other ten guys want to make it special because he's special. No, I think that. I think there's a lot of truth to that, And I think that because they know that it could go at any moment, and you don't want to be that

guy that didn't finish your block. So uh, you know, in that room, they take a lot of pride in that unit. So I'm really pleased with him. We just had a feature with him for our Bears Game Day Live show on Fox, and you just the guy had a grin from ear to ear. He just loves the game. And you know, some guys can talk it, but he shows it every single every single day. And uh, it's must be a joy to coach this guy. He's he is. He's definitely one of the funnest guys that I've I've coached.

He's uh, he is. He's fun to be around because he does he just likes to play football. He is a football player, you know. I mean he's a guy obviously the balls in his hands, he's special, but he can also go down and cover kicks. I mean, he just he just plays. That's that's That's what you really appreciate about him for special teams tackles. Heading into the next game here against the Houston Texans, do you think because of his running style he delivers more punishment than

he takes. Oh yeah, I I do. I mean he I remember standing out on the field one time with another coordinator and we were just visiting and then the returners came out for the warm up and here he comes in the in the coordinator looked at me and he goes, my gosh, I knew he was big. I didn't realize he was that big. I said, Oh, yeah,

he's big. He's big and he moves fast. So no, he's it's a he has special traits, he really does, and he's just you know the other thing about him, he's he's a really just he's a good team player, you know, and he's really great for our room, and uh, you know, we're glad that he's with us. Yeah, he's approaching nine hundred yards and returns. You talk about when in the punt game, you know, get our first first down, but you get a forty five yard like that. He

just gave you four first hounds. And in his career, you know, this is he's heading towards his third NFL one thousand plush yards season and return yards. And I don't know if fans care about that stuff, because we also we trumpet running backs for doing it, receivers for doing it, but honestly, when it's a returner, it's a tremendous hidden yardage and field position. And um, this will be the first time since twenty fifteen if he gets there, and that was with the Vikings. In his first year,

he had over thirteen hundred yards in the NFL. Wow, I did not I did not know that. Uh, that stat right there. That's uh, that's good to know. I appreciate that little that little NuGet. Well, you know, you can count on me for a few nuggets now and the end. I appreciate that. That's the extent of it. Um. How is DeAndre Carter working out at this point? This is your fifth punt returner this year. He's doing well. You know, he had one chance yesterday and was very aggressive,

uh with with that he catches the ball. Well, you know we didn't uh and I thought yesterday I mean that that punter. Uh, we tried to apply a little bit of pressure just because we felt like if we if we did a little bit of that, that his punts wouldn't be is booming. He was number one in the league in nett and gross and yesterday he got some roles, really is what he got. So I think that when he gets an opportunity to this, this kid

has he has, he has a chance. He's doing a nice job for us and and uh, you know, glad he's here. Also, The Chicago Bears Network presents Inside the Bears, brought to you by Verizon and Anthony Adams and Lauren Screeden cover the world of Bears football, on and off the field, every Sunday night at eleven o five pm on Box thirty two Chicago, or watch anytime at Chicago Bears dot Com around the Bears official app here with

Chris Tabor, the Bear Special team's coordinator. All right, let's dig into the game now, uk looking at the decision making on that potential on side kick after the Lion scored a touchdown and then putting Mooney back there as opposed to Patterson. What's the thinking, because I'm certain you're looking at two possible scenarios and trying to find the

right answer the two scenarios there. Prader, he has a really good high high hopper what we call where it goes into the ground and then it hangs up in the air on his onside kick, and h Cordell has always been that hands guy because he is so big and strong, and there's always, obviously on that play a lot of bodies around. So that's why we play him there and then you like to put we had Cohen

back there earlier in the year. That's a guy that obviously has to be able to field the football and has speed to be able to track a lot of things because he has to cover a lot of field now and uh and that's what that's what Mooney gives us. And they did a nice job of executing that kick right there to get you inside there. I mean on the flip side that you want to get him inside the twenty. And that's what that's unfortunately, is what they

did to us. What was it his decision to just go third base third base, slide and slide it out or what was the decision making there? On my Mooney's part, I was fine with his decision making. I mean, he feeled the ball. That ball wasn't it was. It was too close to let it drop and see if it goes back for a touchback. Uh. And those guys obviously your hands team uh not as good as blockers. Uh. So it's because you're you're trying. You're thinking the hey, possible ball coming at me. I got a dodge at

those those type of things. Then find my guy to get but no, he's you know, he's gone, and then you know, I have no problem with him. He doesn't need to take a shot or get held up and then they come in and punch the football. At the end of the day, we must make sure that we have the football at the end of that play, playing

the percentages on something like that. With all the different scenarios in the game, because of three timeouts in the two minute warning, it's likely more likely they would kick it deep, right, I think I think that's those Those are checks that you can have. You can put your kick return team out there and they kick an onside kick at two minutes to go and you don't get the ball back, and then we can we can sit around and we can talk about that or at the

end of the day. We must make sure that we have the football at the end, at the end of that play, and that's those Those are scenarios, and they go you put your hands team out there, then the kickoff team because of those timeouts, then they elect to kick it deep and pin you there and say that we're going to use the timeout. So that's a though. Those are shit away that come up. But you must always make sure that trump card is have the football

at the end of the play. All right, let's talk about Cairo Santos now up to sixteen in a row. I don't think you care much about the streak, obviously, because those can become their own little distractions. But boy, he continues to shine. What a great season he's having given him where he's come from. How pleased are you with Cairo right now? I'm doing He's I'm proud of him. You know, I still think there's room for improvement there.

And you know, he's he's making kicks and he's getting his points and that's what a field goals kicker job is. And then yesterday you know, tried to move the ball around a little bit on agnew and because he's such a dangerous reach turner. But I've been real pleased with him. He's he's getting better and you know, he's he's healthy now, fully healthy, and I think that's a credit to him to get back to where he was when he was

in Kansas City. There were a bunch of miss kicks in the league yesterday day in your case, an extra point block. You can break that one down for us. But just is it the turn of the calendar to December with some of these kicks, you think anyway, So I thought, you know, they they had a really good guy there. We didn't do a good job in our c gap there, and I thought the kick was a little low. So we gotta, you know, we gotta do you know, this kind of combination of those things. But yeah,

you might. I mean the wind and the weather change and the balls not flying as far as it was early in the year. I mean, those those things are going to pop up. I didn't see that. I didn't know that there was a lot of miskicks in the league. I didn't I haven't perused the rest of the league yet. Yeah, hey, is it a fun chest match for you with the return game? And I know the league continues to look at it and make adjustments and rules changes and whatnot.

But you know, like you said with Agnew, how to how to deal with a guy like that, how to disrupt somebody's really vice versa? What other teams are going to do to Cordel back there? Is that a fun part of coaching for you? No, it is, it is. I mean, just like Detroit yesterday, Praytor had not been kicking off Fox had been the kickoff guy and then I see Prator warming up. Man, We're prepared, but yeah, it just it does it throws you off or teams

against us. We get a lot of different looks with regards to which safeties are pulling out to try to confuse our count and those type of things. So we always get something each week that goes off script, so to speak, and it is fun to be able to figure it out and make the adjustments. I really that's that's enjoyable. Welcome back to the Bears Coach You Show, brought to you by Whippley CPAs in Consultants. A few

more minutes with Special Teams Coordinator Chris Tabor. Want to talk about the coverage units and just the play off some of the guys and Joel Ea booney Way has been at the top of the chart and tackles now. I think he's up to eight tackles overall. A lot of your guys have tackles this year. It's not just one or two guys with the lion's share, but very athletic body, very very thick body going down there and

making place. I'll tell you I thought yesterday, he is he's a he's he's he's improving and we've made note of that, and I think a lot of the good guys, Uh, yesterday, I thought we played much faster, uh in in our coverage area. And I don't you know, obviously that Detroit was a really good special teams unit, so we we had our work cutout for us. But just I thought we played more physical. Mingo played more physical DHC is

playing physical Holts. He had couple tackles, you know, when you're starting to pick that up from your tight end position. Though that that's a big deal in the special teams world. Just uh, you know, your bigger bodies being able to make plays in open space. That's that's been really good force. Has that been a coaching point of views to be more physical now? I just wanted playing tough, hard nosed football. And I just I like our group, I really do.

And I love the way that they prepare and practice and and I was just I was proud of their effort that they gave us yesterday. And they they've they've been doing that so uh, you know, but there's still room for improvement for us, and that that's the thing that I think they're encouraged by about. And I am two and and uh. You know this week will be another challenge for us. So you know, let's let's play

better and and uh and keep improving. Is it a good thing when the numbers for the tackles and who's involved is spread out over the entire unit? Is that a sign of what? For you? I think that's a sign of you know, it's it's a whole collective unit. You know, when you have just one player making all the tackles, then you know, then he can be pinpointed and taken away by another team. When it's when it's spread out, that means that guys are are are playing

off of each other. Uh. You know, maybe one guy, you know, like I said, he's a dog and he flushes the bird out of the bushes, and the other guy he shoots it. He gets it, you know, but it was because of the dog went into the bush, you know. So I think that's what we're what we're getting. Some guys are are they don't make the tack but I say they forced the tackle. So I think that that's good. If we can keep it spread out, that's

good for us. Let's talking about Patio. I know he's one of the top guys in the league and inside the twenty this year, and he got some punts inside the ten yesterday. No, that was big, those those those two pooch punts. I thought we were really big time by him because you kind of get into that area where maybe there's not a lot of room and just for him to eliminate the touchback and we don't get those. Uh, that's that's big for us. I've been proud of him,

all right, scratch the surface out of the Texans. What are we looking at? Big strong fast, you know, just getting into him right now. And I've been kind of tracking them through the We have this thing, the Big Play tape, and they're on it a lot. They make a lot of big plays and they got good cover units and so well, we'll have our hands full, all right, Big Chris, appreciate the time. It's always good luck with the prep this week. We'll talk to you down the road. Everybody.

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