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🐻 The Chicago Bears Podcast | Bears vs Vikings Week 2 Preview Hosted by Pat The Designer & Bears Sideline Reporter Jason McKie Brought to you by Midwest Dairy, The Advantage Dealer Group & City Colleges of Chicago The Chicago Bears vs. Minnesota Vikings Week 2 matchup is here, and Pat The Designer & Jason McKie deliver a full preview of a massive early-season NFC North battle. The guys start with the fascinating coaching matchup between Ben Johnson and Vikings DC Brian Flores. J Mack breaks down what makes Flores' aggressive defense so difficult to prepare for and how Caleb Williams and Ben Johnson can counter Minnesota's pressure packages. Then the focus shifts to the trenches, where the Bears offensive line and running game looked like a MONSTER in Week 1. Can Chicago establish the run and use its offensive line to neutralize the Vikings' aggressive defense? On the other side of the ball, good luck to the Bears defense trying to contain Justin Jefferson. Pat and J Mack discuss how Chicago can limit one of the NFL's most dangerous receivers and prevent him from taking over the game. Finally, Jason McKie delivers his signature McKeys to a Bears Victory, laying out exactly what Chicago must accomplish to move to 2-0. 👇 Episode Timestamps: 00:00:00 – Ben Johnson vs. Brian Flores: The coaching chess match 00:11:00 – Bears O-Line & running game looks like a MONSTER 00:16:00 – How can the Bears possibly slow down Justin Jefferson? 00:29:00 – Jason McKie's McKeys to a Bears Victory 🎧 Subscribe for daily Chicago Bears news, game previews, analysis & insider coverage from ESPN Chicago! #ChicagoBears #BearsVsVikings #CalebWilliams #BenJohnson #BrianFlores #JustinJefferson #JasonMcKie #BearsPodcast #ESPNChicago #BearDown

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At City Colleges of Chicago, I get personal support, convenience schedules, and I save thousands of dollars into wishing. They help my community too with free ESL and diploma classes. Love it, live it with classes at City Colleges of Chicago. Apply today at ccc.edu slash apply. Bet on Bears fans and other edition other Chicago Bears podcasts coming your way. Pat the designer Jason McKee in the building. J-Mac week two is here. Haven't really gotten a chance to talk to you since week one fifty. Nine points. J-Mac. I've never seen fifty nine points. Of course we got to talk about our post post game show, but got to get your reaction here on the podcast. And do we think that they can do it again? Some teams are able to establish that identity early, but can you establish it versus the big dogs? And that's what you got coming here with this Vikings defense all that more in today's episode of the Chicago Bears podcast. Hit that like button subscribe to the page leader five star view. Y'all know what the do J-Mac was going on my guy.

You feeling good man. It's another exciting week in a football high school football kicks off tonight. We got a tough opponent on the road again trying to rebound from a tough loss. So we had the pre last week. And then obviously the bears at home the home open is always excited when the home opener kicks off. You know in Chicago, especially you're adding a lot to it having it's alumni homecoming. So a lot of the older 85 bears would be out there. A lot of guys that I played with the be out there. So it's exciting to be able to add that layer of component onto the opening weekend for the fans as well. So it's got to be some good football and a divisional opponent coming in the town. I mean a team that's one. I think they said was it the last six or so. That's the game. That's crazy. It's crazy man. Crazy. It's it's going to be interested to see really like how this game plays out because this is a opportunity to be able to do it. This is a opportunity early to put a foothold on the division after the loss that happened last night. I tell you what Jay Mac lions are looking very vulnerable to good offenses.

And this might be the year where you can really take hold of this NFC North. Today's bears fresh start headlines brought to you by Midwest dairy dairy delivers more. The great taste it delivers nutrients that help power your day visit us dairy dot com to learn more. Love having Jay Mac on a Friday because we know that he has done his homework not only for the high school field, but also for this Vikings matchup. Jay Mac, when you look at what we saw from the Vikings last week, being able to come back on the green Bay Packers team that just might be falling apart at this point. Like we'll see what I'm relishing all of it. I'm enjoying every second. But a Vikings team that I thought showed some really, really good things in that fourth quarter that they weren't able to show the entire game. I thought defensively the blitz that they were able to send was a little bit more effective kind of just overwhelming a Packers offensive line that had some struggles all game, but really wasn't able to hold up at the end of that game. What did you see from the Vikings on tape that stood out that the bears offense is going to have to deal with this week.

Yeah, as you know, just defensively with the Vikings and that's where I'll start. You know, Brian Flores, we've time and time again every year since he's been there. We talk about the exotic looks and the blitz rate that he's going to put on his opponent. And that's what he did. He was able to make the adjustments and gave up a lot of explosive plays. They gave a lot of total yardage to the Packers. I think Jordan left through for over 350 yards in that game and they're getting gassed and giving up a lot of explosive plays in the run game and pass game earlier. You see Brian Flores be able to make adjustments, be able to clamp down into fourth quarter, be able to solve that puzzle in terms of how to get to that quarterback. And that's what they did. And that's what really helped you know, turn the tie of the day game. And when you're facing a defense that's going to give you exotic looks that's going to play coverage in an unconventional way, you got to be on your pees and cues from a protection standpoint, but also from your quarterback to your receivers, your running backs. We talked about it last week, but even more so this week, everybody has to be on the same page, right?

Because when you break the hood of your lineup and line of scrimmage, you map, you have a protection called in the huddle. Get to line of scrimmage. There's seven guys on the line standing up. You know, you try an idea. Okay, I got two linebackers in the A gap. I got all these guys standing up, moving around. What's the protection called? Is that protection feasible to be able to pick up a pressure to be able to be able to pick up a seven man protection? Or do we have answers in the passing game in terms of our hot says going to be able to allow the quarterback to get the football out fast enough to beat pressure in terms of guys that we can pick up with our six guys who have protection with our seven guys that we may have protection. So it's key to be able to have adjustments from an offensive standpoint to be able to say, okay, if they come up in this look where they have a seven man front. Do we have our check in to give us a seven man protection? Do we want to just have a six man protection get ball out that seven man that may be listening that's the quarterbacks man to get the ball out quick. So those are all the things when you talk about Ben Johnson, he talks about the details in each and every play in each and everything that we do, right?

It's always rules and adjustments and the what if and that's what's going to be in play with this bear's offense for them to be able to execute at a high level and hopefully put another 59 burger. So you know on the Viking so that's what you're going to get it's going to be a game of chess. It's going to be a game of adjustments and a game of answers, right? What adjustments can we make what answers do we have do I have the right chess piece in place to make a play in terms of that matchup. Yeah, Jay, man, I'll be honest with you. The one thing, you know, watching tape of what the Vikings are able to do that always impresses me is, you know, when people talk about Brian Flores, they talk about them, you know, blitzing so much, but like I feel like in their minds, they're thinking like engage a engage a engage like it's mad, right? Like you just you're just running a blitz every single time, but he does such a good job of disguising the blitz, dropping guys out at times, just throw the quarterback off just enough to make him second guess. Yep. It truly is impressive how he utilizes the blitz.

I don't think I think, you know, people don't give him enough credit. He's a mind on the defensive side almost like Ben Johnson is on the offensive side because you know kind of at the end of the day, what's coming your way, but you don't know how he's going to send it and it keeps the quarterback off off his base off of, you know, I guess confused the innocence in a lot of ways, right? And the one thing that I saw in that panthers game was it felt like Caleb Williams was starting to pick up on those things quicker. They sent a couple of seven man blitzes his way. They also dropped out a couple of seven man blitzes and dropped three or four back in coverage. And it seemed like in both of those situations, you had a quarterback that was able to go on an instant of blitz, but I know exactly where to go with the ball. How much of you seeing Caleb grow from one year to the next and that and how do you feel like after that first week versus the panthers, he's going to be set up here versus the Vikings. Yeah, the biggest growth I've seen is him not really, you know, making negative plays or trying to over create when I say over create is, you know, we saw a quarterback last year that was young and a guy that just wanted to push the ball down feel instead of taking the layup, taking that check down or taking that hits by that receiver.

You know, taking that easy completion. We saw a quarterback last year at times that, you know, got outside of the pocket when he didn't have to try to extend plays or uses playmaking ability when he could have sat in the structure of a good pocket and deliver a nice football to whatever see was open based on that route concept. So I saw a guy a young quarterback that you can see took another year of maturity within the offense at the understands and him really played quarterback at an elite level, you know, situationally, yeah, you can talk about the fourth and was a fourth and one that they didn't get, but you know, at the end of the day, he played football in an efficient way. He distributed a football to a lot of playmakers, right? I mean, that ball wasn't just being heavily targeted to one guy. That ball wasn't even heavily targeted to the to the marquee guys we thought we're going to meet marquee guys come into the season. I think coach and loving had I think what two targets. I think a Roma two targets. No catches Roma doomsday had two targets. So he's going to play. He's playing quarterback. He's not locked in on one receiver. He's locked in on who's going to on what that matchup in terms of is going to create based upon the coverage at the deep

defense is giving this offense. So yeah, it's exciting. And I think when you have an offense and that you're going that you feel like you're going to have to lean on more so than the defense because you know the defense is in more shape right now than it's offense. At quarterback, you have to be playing at an elite level, but you also have to play within the structure of the system in place. Yeah, and I think what's going to be very helpful to the team this week is you have to establish what you established that last week, especially versus a team that wants to punch you in the mouth, right? That's what the Vikings want to do. They want to just hit you so many times that eventually you do what the Packers did and you just ball up in a fetal position and just get jumped, right? Yeah, I think if the bears are able to go out there and establish the run game the way that they were versus the Panthers here in the endless. And this is a much better defense. I think that what you face versus the Panthers, but how been has these guys playing it's not just the big guys up front. J Mac, it is the little wide receivers on the outside. It is the Khalifa Amons. It is the Luther burdens that are creating these holes and you know if you got that paired up with De André Swift to you know, I got a text from J Mac. I think it was in between the first and second touchdown after Swiftie had about 80 something yards is I want to told you about that boy. But I told you about that boy. I tell you what now.

You're seeing a De André Swift that is playing at a much higher level and a J Mac. I was with it. I'm glad he got the contract you got because I tell you what he giving you a lot more than what we've seen some of the marquee running bags again. He should ask for a little bit more in that. That's called I think we can win the Super Bowl. I just want to be here for it. Yeah, and this a matter of it's just it goes back to this right. His first year here. We saw what was up front. Yeah, the wet type of system was in the place infrastructure was he set up to be successful. You know, you had a running back people saying, well, why did he cut it back? He's not pressing his aim and point. Well, I'm telling you got to know your person. Who's up front? You know, I mean, you got guys. They guys come free. I'm a cut it back. I'm a cut it all the way back. You know what I'm saying? And that's what we saw. But now you get you have a coach that understands the run game. His whole offense is predicated on the run game. The run game is the foundation of a Ben Johnson offense, right? That run game. I keep saying it time and time again. We know this offense work. The run game sets up everything and everybody is involved in a run game. Whether you're the wild receiver, whether you're tied in, you know, whatever quarterback, everybody's involved in the run game.

And everybody has to be involved in the run game. If you want to have an elite one, the Bears had an elite one last year. They're on the way to having another elite run game this year. And that run game sets up all the explosives in the past game. Despite whatever type of passing concept, it is boot, play action, movement, keepers, all those good things that we like to layer off this run game is predicated off the success of the run game. You know, so many times I said run game. Oh, yeah, it is. And you have a running back. Not just one running back, but you have two running backs and Swift and my young guy, who's when I went back and watched the film of my young guy and care, not my not well, both of them, but watching Swift, right, running outside zone him really just pressing his aiming point, really just running at his aiming point to until something takes them all track, right. And he talked about it in the details in the run game and how he approaches it. He talked about it time and time again. This all season, just holding on to details, aiming points landmarks. Who are my reading terms of linebackers, like all those things is keep. And then we have an offensive line.

That's just out physicaling people and you look at the right set it off off in the line, Darnel, right, Jonah, Jackson, those guys are dogs and, you know, those guys being able just to take the will of defenders, like we talked about it. Like on the post game show care. The Panthers defensive front. They checked out like Derek Brown was trying to get out the game. They got like coach, this game's over coach. I'm tired of getting rolled up like carpet. I need to get out of here. You know what I'm saying? So when you have that mindset, when you have those type of dudes on your offense, but you also have that type of mentality from your head coach that understands the running game to understands angles that understands formations to create leverage, create numbers, right to create explosives and the run game. Well, you get what we're seeing from this bear's offense of run game. And now that generates the explosive passes that we saw that we saw from the bear's offense versus the Carolina Panthers. What do you think we're going to see offensively from the bears in this to disrupt some of the run blitzes that Brian Flores likes to send his way, probably run blitzes more than it. I mean, blitzes more than anybody in the lead, but specifically like, you know, a lot of teams like to be able to see what's happening and you have your linebackers come up and make the tackle on the run. This

Brown Flores, I get to the line, find a way to have as many people at the line so that we can slow down this run game. What do you think the bears are going to have to do to be able to take advantage of somebody's run blitzes because if you get your receivers blocking the way that they were in that panthers game, you can create as Ben Johnson loves those explosive plays. Yeah, a lot of it's calling a play and then collecting information. So when I call this play, when I run outside zone, how are they playing it? What was the front? What did that defensive end do on the back side? You know what I'm saying? Because at defense events crashing down on the backside. Okay, that sets up our boot. That sets up our keeper. You know what I'm saying? So sometimes we're running our base runs to collect that information to see what adjustments we can make in that run or how we can layer that particular formation, right? Or that run with the pass or a play action pass. So it's just like a boxing fight, right? Styles make fights in the first couple of rounds to see guys come out and they're jabbing, moving around, trying to see how, you know, how they're going to counter certain things. That's just going to see from this bear's offense and his in his Vikings defense. Okay. How was his Viking defense trying to stop us if we run outside zone, we run inside zone, we run power, we're going to do it, right?

Can we run? Can we run boot is that defense men just getting a feel as you crashing down running without sides on in the same thing. You know, when they bring seven up, are they actually bringing all seven is a lot of coming zero or what unconventional way are they're running Tampa to or cover to like those are all the things that this this bear's offense and these players are going to be doing, you know, the first couple of series is collecting information, making those adjustments and then what answers do we have based upon the type of picture or structure they're presenting defensively to us. Of course, that's the chess match that we're all going to be focused in on because it is two of the best minds at football going at it, but unfortunately, on the flip side of things, right? You've still got two great minds going at it, but Kevin O'Connell, maybe with a little bit more of an advantage, no matter who the quarterback is in it. And Jay Mac, I know what was sitting there going, yeah, well, I'd rather see Carson wins than Kyla Murray. I've seen him win a division with Sam Donald. I've seen him go out there and dominate with quarterbacks that we went that guy is done and we're not worried about him anymore. And then he steps into the game again, as bad as we all think, JJ McCarthy is

if not for a Devon Dauverne return that sets up a field goal, the Vikings win the division. Jay Mac, what are the bears going to have to adjust defensively here to slow down this Kevin O'Connell offense? If it's once or if it is Kyla Murray because Kyla Murray was limited, well, you gave a 40. Well, well, well, lollamon will我们 weather, well, lol, well. Here's my point here's my point here's my point here's my point a them do What you All right, they gonna be looking at me Saudi I'm gonna be like you already gonna be like

Okay, they can't look at you sideways if they look at you sideways you go give up another Let me stop man, I was gonna say well well Yeah, yeah, give a 400 what 450 plus yards last 478 478, I believe yes, 478 and I'm saying LA8 we gave of them was last week too with my defense So I'm not exempt from this too. I'm afraid we got it. We got a tough opponent tonight that that leg can put up those type of numbers So I'm praying to But But now here no so and all serious There's this is this a moment is this moment where you gotta look at your players and say you all have to figure it out This game is this game we're going to call certain plays We're going to try to put you at an advantage, but y'all have to figure out Where the disconnect is because the biggest problem that the Bears had on Sunday I've there were moments like again first half I thought Jaylen and Tyrick we're looking in the backfield way too much

That's what gives you the explosive plays for the touchdowns and the deep passes right but on the flip side of that Jay Matt we're still talking about tackling Yeah, they can't it's execution execution like it's execution and and that goes to your point like tackling's a part of that It's it's being in the right place based upon the coverage and what your responsibility requires if I'm calling a blitz She got to get home. That's a part of execution You know being able to make a play and create a pb you on the ball when you're encouraged with a receiver You know all of those things being able to get to the quarterback with our front four All those things coming to play and and a lot of those and those guys know that they know they didn't play well at all I'm you know Dennis Allen knows it's on him and those guys got to play better and that's just what it is and You know you can talk about the takeaways, you know coach Harris's takeaway meter was three we got three not on our defense So a couple more specials, but he still said three and at the end of the day, you know

This defense the success they had last year was predicated on generating takeaways But a lot of those guys are an innovator's uniform now that generated those takeaways So yeah for the guys going to be right in this defense and there's some guys I felt like young guys that stepped up and made some plays and stated a case that hey These are young guys who can be a pillar of this defense for a long time that they continued to ascend Dylan Theon him and I thought I had a great game led the team in tackles Was an enforcer was the hammer not the nail when he came down and made a tackle Malik Muhammad was asked to do quite a few things he had to play the slot He had to play corner when Tyree got injured came up the interception So I do like what I see from the young guys in their first game, right? But they're gonna continue to get it better But some of the guys who are supposed to be your marquee guys Everybody on that defense man for man has to play better and it just goes back to being fundamentally sound You know being able to like you said make those tackles when that tackle presents itself be able to get to quarterback When I get to the quarterback when I have a one-on-one matchup, right linebackers

So I'm sending second level of pressure and I'm blitzing you I got if I don't get to the quarterback I got to create a level of discomfort and disruption to make Carson wins or Colin Murray wherever it is, you know be able to Elude that pocket or be able to not make that you know on schedule throw or disrupt the timing and rhythm in that Pass game like those are the things that you have to do time and time again playing and play out no defensively to eliminate some of the big Explosive plays in the total the yardish toes that we're seeing this defense give up each and every week You know, it was disappointing to see especially watching it back on tape is a defense that I thought you know pretty Consistently in training camp was big on 11 hats to the ball. You weren't seeing any of that. I thought Excuse me on Sunday versus the Panthers I thought that it was a defense that felt like it was playing very individual It was a defense that felt like it was playing very one-on-one and you can't you can't do that especially when it feels like and I think this was a change that we saw Jay-Mag and maybe it was a coaching point Maybe it was just they finally went we got to stop giving up explosive plays but like early in the game it looked like

Jayland it looked like Tyreek it looked like even Devon Bush at times TJ Edwards They were so focused into the backfield They were looking for the takeaway. They were trying to be aggressive and getting the takeaway and so they're waiting for the pass The Sunday need to try and break on the ball and be able to and then you're getting beat over the top and then in a second half We didn't see much of that you really only saw one big play that Jayland ended up punching out which was the Tech Macmillan pass right so like yeah I felt like you that They have to manage like you want the takeaways you have to be a takeaway defense or you're not going to be really much of a defense at this point right now but You have to manage looking for the takeaways but also doing your job or at least if you're going to be that aggressive Looking for the takeaways know that you have help over the top no way to help is that it felt on all of those plays I was just like where's the safety help Yeah Yeah, and it's just a matter of it goes back to Just like offense and Ben said this time and time again, but this goes for the team in general in all three phase right

There's never going to be the perfect play call something. I can't say that sometimes there's a perfect play call right but But when there isn't right right when there isn't a perfect defensive call that's called right that puts you in and Advantages position right to stop that offensive play Where are my playmakers or my players have to elevate that call to make that coordinator right So you know what I'm saying? So like you talk about Being in the right position and coverage Being able to win a one-on-one matchup in protection. Yeah, if I send TJ Edwards and and that running back has TJ Edwards in protection. Yeah, they've got it picked up. They have the right protection call But can TJ Edwards beat Aaron Jones for a sack on Carson witz or Kyler Murray? Whoever's going to be under center, you know, I mean those are the things I'm talking about right being able to win your one-on-one matchups Being able to make an open field tackle when that running back is in the open field if I may Safe your or corner or or a linebacker out there, you know, that's to make that tackle

Can I make that one-on-one tackle? Can I play man coverage and win, you know More than half of my matchups. You ain't gonna win them all or can I win the big one when it matters most win Excuse me when it's third and five and we're in man coverage and they're running, you know Whatever type of route. I got Jalen Johnson on Justin Jefferson Can I win that one-on-one matchup situationally when it matters most like those are the things when I talk about a player Being able to elevate the call that's being you know, that's called out there on the field And that's what you got to happen to this bears defense right there's no Dennis housing to call some perfect calls But majority of the time that call is not going to be perfect Do I have the personnel that's gonna make that call right and do have the Excuse me do I have the player that's gonna be able to make a play To get that off and off the field No 100% and I think you know when I see you know The hope is that you're going to be able to improve and in some way defensively. I'm hoping There was a lot of stuff that was just week one right like I don't think that this bears defense is going to be that bad

Every single game and I thought that they were actually better in the second half now You need four quarters of that but I thought that you found a way to improve as your offense continued to be a high powered offense But going up against this Vikings team the difference now that you have is you've got an offensive coordinator in Kevin O'Connell Who's going to look to exploit some of those matchups when you look at that that that film From that Panthers game Jay Mac. Did you feel like maybe some of that was just you know Jalen and TJ guys that had injuries and stuff like that Trying to get back used to being out there or Did it feel like it just you know? Just missed the assignments just mistakes just just missing too many opportunities to that you should have been able to win Or that we thought you were going to be able to win coming into decision when you give up that much yards Um, you know, it's everything assignments Alignment execution Tackling You know, it's a lot of things and those players will say the same thing. This is what it is So you go back to the drawing board you learn from the tape always say this you don't lose you learn

Well, what do we learn from this right we got to be better in tackling We got to be more we got honing more into details Uh in terms of our our worst supposed to be you know in whatever in whatever defense that's called You know on the back end right we've got to be able to make plays and win that one on one matchup when it's called for Gotta be able to make sound tackles right we got to get to the quarterback all these things they know Dennis Allen said this in his meeting all week and these are the things they went out there and tried to focus on in practice right and now can we take Can we learn from those mistakes that we had in Carolina right we know we got to write our runs everybody's talking trash about us right and now home opener Can we go out there and put together a really good performance against a team that maybe without their starting quarterback But he still has weapons so it's another challenge and each time we weeks gonna present his own challenge But this is our challenge this week. How can we answer the bell this week and play better defensively we will see You you gotta I love the fact that you say you got to win your one-on-ones because to me there's one name

I'm looking at and I get it like he he comes away with a sack By the end of the year his numbers probably will look really good again But Montess wet disappeared after that said fully gone and you can't sit there and tell me guy he's not calil mat He's not max crossby. He's not miles gear. They're not sending three at them They're not he's not coming off of the edge and then there's a running back chipping every play And then you know you're sending a tight in his ways He's getting one-on-one matchups and he's not winning yeah, and he's You have to be a staple of this defense right now you are the highest paid i believe player on this defense You are the the engine of this defensive line I thought the defensive line looked really good When he was creating that pressure early on in the game And the secret that he was gone I thought that the rest of the defensive line went with it great. He Jared had a couple of plays where one But like you know you're one-on-one with Bryce Young in the backfield Grady jay is thirty thirty four years old at this point

He he's not as nimble as he once was right like he's not going to be able to get in there and wrap up Bryce Young time in time and time again because Bryce Young able to move a little bit better Kyla Murray is gonna be able to move a little bit better now if you get Carson wins Ready to jay might do some things to Carson wins that that might be one where it's gonna be a A fun match up there, but you have to find ways To create pressure if your Montess sweat and I think it's the thing that we saw in last night's game Where aiden Hutchison played aiden Hutchison came away with a sack but for the most part every Down and Josh Allen's just that good he can get away from it aiden Hutchison is Creating some kind of pressure, right? I agree I agree and I think you know, it's it's yeah, and I don't want to I mean Yeah, we we sing a loud sweat, but it's all those guys on that front one at defense You know, I mean it's it's you know, we'd everybody step up and create consistent Consistent pressure disruption havoc whatever you want to call it right chaos confusing all those great adjectives

That we need to see on a play in and play out bases from this defensive front And you know, it's week one yeah week one is over Another opportunity home opener division opponent. Let's crazy and chaos and happy And that's gonna make things easier on the back end. That's what we have not seen right them them be able to To the rush being able to match the coverage right the rush is bad the coverage bad the coverage is good right The rush is bad still allows a completion. You see what I'm saying? Rush in cover. It's got to match up. They got to be on the same you know, I want to cord And you have to be able to bring disruption and create chaos despite whatever quarterbacks on the center I don't care who it is each and every week It's gonna it's gonna be harder and harder for this defense to get off into the field if we're not generating pressure or disruption You know in terms of our past rush 100% 100% the hope is that we're gonna be able to find some of that this week jmack Do you feel like the Chicago Bears are 2 and 0 by the time we get past this Sunday? I think so and you know couple of the the mikes of the game that I have oh

Ladies and gentlemen almost forgot. Oh, what am I doing? Jayback good good job, brother. I thought that's where you were going I thought that's where you go. That's absolutely where we going with it because we got to get into our Mikes Jayback what are the keys to this week? For Chicago Bears victory. Yeah, be able to one first off You always gonna start to protect the football run game past game whatever your ball carry the footballs in your hand Gotta make sure it stays in your hand. You gotta protect it right being able to make adjustments and be able to execute under pressure Why do I say that we said the time and time again Brian floor as cover zero exotic looks blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Right pressure creates opportunity when you're in lead when in lead offense right because They're bringing pressure right how do we how do we response to that pressure? Will I get somebody in a route to replace that blitzer right? It's gonna allow me to generate explosive play because it's gonna create Sometimes 101 matchups go in your 101 right pressure brings about opportunity for elite offenses right hand that

Thank-foot ball off Caleb and that ball off there to them two young style and you got back there running back there balls You got Kyle Monunga. John Jay Swift. Hey, let them go Both over 100 yards last week pat like oh my goodness some boys little Florida McKee came out Yeah, really excited That was running it man. I mean they Inside zone outside zone duo power everybody and everybody blocking in the run game. What a beautiful thing Like it's so beautiful when I see you know A receiver or Luther bird anybody come come that the motion into the be gap and lead on a linebacker And bring a running back for an explosive play like It is a thing of beauty like I love watching that like Ben Johnson like I like me. You're my guy man. You're my guy man. You're my guy. You really are got to get you get it now Here's another thing right first down first down here be 50 50 on first down right B 50 50 on first down when first down right get positive yards on first now I say between first and second down you at least got to get six yards right because it's gonna put us in third and manageable

Now the playbook is still open right we don't want to be third long because you know Brian floor is going to bring pressure regardless on third life is gonna be pressure on first down too So it doesn't matter but it gives you more opportunity to have your entire playbook at a disposal when you're in third manageable Right and the last thing is defensively we can't give up 37 we can't give up over 40 yards like you can't do that Defense let's play let's go back and let's I don't know what you got to do go to the found the bears defense and take a dip and put some Pirate and her lacquer on you put some lands breached on you put some time of hair It's on you put some oldest Wilson on you put some richer than on you the fountain of bears defense You know I'm saying to come out there and let's get it done Carson wins under center collar murray And it's an it don't matter. Let's go play bears football bears defense tackle with physicality right create chaos create habits Make them get on the bus or back to Minnesota and and head to well here and get on that plane right nothing but ice on Right because they know they came to shoulder field and play they physical game

So that's why expect to see from this bears team on Sunday versus the Vikings Hey man, they allow mugs to hit go out there and hit them. I'll tell you I'm watching hits and this I Right it's some hits out here that would have been pennilies last year Yeah, they said the memo I'll be sick get after if you want to declead them. That's okay. I love it. Just don't hit them in the head It's football man. It's football Like You know already hits that we see listen where they were just like we can't have that he's defensive if you don't if you don't want to get hit Go play chess or go get you one if you're tired of getting hit hard Go put one in a big old cupcakes that they put the extra cupcakes That's so soft, bro like that's the I hate seeing it you got the cupcake with your team logo on it But like come on, bro. It's football man like What helmet you don't need to help me in a cupcake shell like come on man Well if you got to put one of those on to be physical go do it long as it come out with a win. I don't care do it you got to be Hey bro, I'm telling you bro Romeo dobs his his

Guardian cap get bigger every single game is it it's expanding it slowly Like come on. What are what are we doing? What are we doing in football now? What are we doing? What are we doing? I'm waiting to see I'm waiting to see like a running back that don't have no concussion issues or nothing with it on just so he could be like you know I'm gonna light you up with this just put next you're gonna see guys wrapped in bubble wrap. Oh, it's just bubble wrap You know come on man. It's football. I keep I keep and I don't know the data. I don't know. Yeah, I mean but like From everything that I know about a concussion a concussion happens when your body hits a sudden stop and your brain keeps moving What is this change? Because if I run towards our linebacker and he hits me and I have a sudden stop My brain is going to keep moving and slam into my skull Yeah, man, it's just me. Hey, I don't know. I don't know Well, hey man, uh appreciate y'all but I want somebody put the data out there our concussions actually down if

Mugs are wearing these because that's the whole point or y'all just making it look You look bad. I can't even say look good look bad. You look good. Look for dick. It looks ridiculous Let's be honest keeping a spade it looks ridiculous. You look soft out there son. You look soft I'm not playing I'm not playing I don't you know me do what you got to do I do what you got to do to go out there and be ready to play so More and be wearing one more power to you if you don't wear one even more power to your dog. So So it has that made is that is that at the high school level and people doing that at the high school level at all Have I seen guys where we've had a couple guys? I feel like that's the fish if you see that on defense like we going to him I'm we going to him we go right in yeah, I'm pretty sure you You know that's a good question. I don't I can't recall if I've seen anybody wear one this year We've got a couple players wearing me practice. I'm just because they were banged up But none of our players have worn many game and I'm saying like I'll go you got it. You know, I'm just saying I've been seeing I can't recall

Any level but in FL yeah, yeah, I think college is a college on Sunday really are you on in college? I'm pretty I don't know that's a good question. I'm gonna start looking now. I got a really only See it in the NFL which is why my whole point and all of that is like I think y'all are just trying to like make it look like things are safer like how can cut now you do get concussions If you get hit in the head helmet to helmet blah blah, so it stops the sample a glancing blow But a lot of these must be getting cushions just from like Running into another player. Yeah, it's not always helmet to helmet. It's just your brain slamming into your skulls I don't know. I'm not gonna like a doctor But you look crazy out there Romeo dives. Hey, hey if you go have it at least catch the football I'll say that maybe she'll take it off and catch the ball Hey man for the great Jason McKinish your boy fat the designer back at it again As always man, y'all stay safe out there. You can go bad now one love we will in fact be looking for angels In the DB room we will be looking for angels in the DB room. Got to say under his cuddle, please

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