Kap & J. Hood
9/23 8 AM: Shot or No Shot
[MUSIC] Good morning and welcome in to the Captain J Good morning show on ESPN 1000. And streaming on the ESPN Chicago app with David Kaplan and Jonathan Hood with you. Matt Iberfluze head coach for the Bears joins us this half hour at 8.20. But first shot and no shot, here's Shane Orling, Shane. >> Good morning boys after another Bears loss, how are we feeling? >> We're good man, come on now, they lost, yeah, it sucked. I don't let them affect my mood. I will do my job, I will cheer Mike. You know what off cuz I love my bears, but come on man. I don't let them dictate how I'm gonna feel the rest of my life. No, sorry. >> But today it dictates it cuz it's stuck, cuz that's stunk yesterday. >> Yeah, absolutely stunk. >> But I'm gonna go have a good lunch today, I'm gonna work out. I'm gonna be like, all right, let's go. I'll watch two Monday night games tonight. I'll text with you, I'll call you about some thing that pops in my head. Cuz that's what I do. I'll get a good night's sleep and get up tomorrow and come back at it with you again. >> Come back, you'll be miserable about the Bears all over again. >> Freaking Bears. >> Woody, are you more like Cap or are you more like me? Cuz the afternoon games, two of them were excellent. Cowboys Ravens turned into an excellent game late. Some awesome football late in the 330 window. >> Mm-hm. >> I couldn't enjoy any of it cuz I was just angry. I was just sitting there stewing about what I had to watch. From noon to three. >> It's there's a reason why we got the last broadcast crew from CBS yesterday. Because they looked at that matchup and said the Colts and the Bears are in Andrew Catalan, come on in. Talk about how wacky the game is again for the third time. Wacky? Yeah, I didn't see it being wacky, Shay. I saw that being really bad, especially in the first half. That was not good football on either side. And it just, it was disappointing. I'm not angry about the loss yesterday. I'm just confused of what's going on here and how this gets better. Because if you can't run the football the first three weeks, does that get better against the Rams? Does that get better as you get it further into the season? If you can't run the football effectively, I don't know how the Bears can win football games. Unless the Bears are doing their job defensively and scoring for the offense too, which I've seen all my life. That's the thing, I'm just confused by what I'm seeing here. And we'll talk to you about that coming up this half hour. 820. Here's Shay Norley. Alright, I'm going to start with, I'm going to kind of play the blame game and shot or no shot today. I want to start with DeAndre Swift, who has 13 carries for 20 yards yesterday. That brings his season total to 68 yards on 37 carries. If you want to do the math, it's good for 1.8 yards per attempt. This for a guy you signed in the off season, the moment free agency opened for $24 million. $8 million a year, going to somebody who's getting you 1.8 yards per attempt through nearly three weeks. You want to bitch about the O line? Tell me that's the reason fine. Why did Roshan get nearly four yards a pop on his eight carries? Shot or no shot. Signing DeAndre Swift was a mistake. I mean, through three games, you can't say anything but that. So it's a shot. Now, can it get better? I would hope so. He's a talented cat. He ran for over a thousand yards last year. No, he did have the Eagles offensive line versus our offensive line. But 1.8 yards? Ain't good. Cut it. Jay Moore. How much was Montgomery action for when he before he left? Though they offered him the same contract he got. He just took Detroit. What was the three for 15 in Detroit? Three for it. It was a three for 15 or three for 16. Hold on, I'll get you. Another guy that gives Swell behind a bad offensive line. Montgomery. Yeah, he makes his own holes but imagine him behind this line. Again, again, patchwork line again. Three years 18 with the line. The part of the hoodie that really bothers me is if you watched Swift with the Eagles last year, 30% of his production on the ground came in two games. Week two and week three. And then he just didn't really run well behind the best offensive line. He was below negative rush yards over expected, which is a funky analytic metric that basically says, are you going beyond what the line is opening up for you? He wasn't. He can't get through contact. It's the same thing here. It looks like he runs straight at defenders. He doesn't cut away from them, at least not successfully. He just looks awful. Yeah, I'd say for me, it's a no shot, especially through three games. But here's the thing though. I don't mind him if he's got it. He's not here for it to be a full back or a short yardage back. I understand that. However, just like anything else, it's like the move of Nate Davis being benched yesterday until he had to be pressed in the service. I don't mind Roshan Johnson and Khalil Herbert getting the line share of the carries. Yes, you paid a lot for DeAndre Swift, but if it's not working, he needs to look on the bench. Take a look from the sidelines on how he's got to be a better running back. The offensive line is a big factor in this too. It's not like Roshan Johnson's running like the wind behind this line. The same thing with Khalil Herbert. But what I would say is that you have personnel, you can switch it up. Swift doesn't have to be the load back early. You can go with Roshan Johnson and Khalil Herbert first. You're correct. And if you need, it looks like if DeAndre Swift with this Bears team is good, he can get for two yards. If it's third and two, he can give you two yards. Because he slams it into the line like he's a full back. And I've seen him better than that. But not with this Bears team and this offensive line. I think the biggest thing too that bothers me, and I'll get to it in a moment, but just you did it the second free agency opened with a mountain of cap space and offensive lineman available and a big hole at center. We immediately addressed running back and now he's not productive. And the guy they really wanted was Sequin. They were, what, finished second. And that cost how much? He was a lot more money. When he's 37, 38 million, Sequin looks pretty good. Yeah, he's the reason he equals one yesterday. Yep. Yeah, it surprised me. Remember at the time, it might have broke during our show. It surprised me the Swift signing because I thought we were good in the running back room, but Butt pulls one to add seasoning. Now what? They don't seem to be all in a Khalil Herbert until they get him down inside the four. Shay? All right, moving the blame game on to the offensive coordinator because Bears center Coleman Shelton was asked about the fourth and one speed option on the goal line. He said, well, I mean speed option on, you know, it wasn't the greatest look to run that. Shot or no shot. This is another player taking a shot at Shane Waldron. And the play call. Maybe, maybe. So can I say semi shot? Because again, I think Caleb will ask. Eberfus, because I told you it's going to be my first question. Coach, we got to go to the fourth down play. Did, did Caleb misdiagnose? He's a rookie. It happens. Misdiagnosed. The front he was seeing and he should have checked out of that play and gone to the right side. Or was that you're going to run that play? Come hell or high water? It's a good question. It's a shot. It's a shot. So if that was the case that, nope, we're running and I don't care what fright you see, then it's a horrible play call. If Caleb was supposed to check out of it, then that's a mistake by a rookie quarterback. Shane. All right, everyone in this division has coaching that can get the job done. We've got proof of concept in Detroit. They just went to the NFC title there, two and one with a good road win yesterday. Kevin O'Connell has the Sam Darnold Viking sitting at 3 and 0 and Matt LaFluor is not just surviving the Malik Willis era. He's thriving in it. Our guy? Time out ahead of a two point conversion. Shot or no shot. Matt Iberflus is officially back on the hot seat. That's a shot. That is a hundred percent shot. There is no way he cannot be on the hot seat because when the general manager and the team president are going to say, hold on a second now. There's more talent on this roster. We can't be. Go for one. No, go for two. Time out. Can't happen. He's always been on the hot seat for me. That question is not new to me because I've been saying this from the beginning. A haircut and a beard is not the reason why that you retain a coach. You retain a coach because of the team getting better from three wins and seven wins to a playoff team, which I expect. Seasons not over. It's just that it's trending in the wrong direction offensively for the first three games. Correct. I mean, thank God the defense is as good as it is. But the point is, though, Cap, is that if they can just get through the little things, like being able to run the football, to give Caleb Williams time. And also, there's not always on the offensive line also. Caleb Williams will regress back to USC and we've seen it several times. Dude, you're going to hold the ball after three seconds, then it's trouble. You think you can spin and turn your way out of it and just roll to the left and roll to the right. These defensive players will come after your ass. And so the idea that you could just be able to hold the football, listen, only a selected few that play the quarterback position in the NFL can hold the ball more than three seconds. We saw him on Sunday football yesterday with Patrick Mahomes. He's one of them. He's one of very few that's like, "Hey, isn't Patrick going to get the ball out?" No, then have to. He'll find a way or he'll throw it away or do something smart with it. Caleb Williams is the same thing, man, but this is what you go through with a rookie cap. Same thing. There's some of the same issues that Richardson had. Williams had yesterday. Young quarterbacks learning on the job. Then there's Andy Dalton, killing the job done, the Red Rifle. My goodness. That unbelievable. Hey, how's that for Mount Kuiper? Just throwing a bus at the organization saying it's not Bryce Young's fault. Cutscene 33 to 7 with Andy Dalton. I mean, like, maybe it was Bryce Young, dude. Yeah. I think so. All right. Can I sneak in one more? Yeah. All these decisions. Look, you signed the Andre Swift. You stick with the coaching staff. You bring in Shane Waldron. You trade for Keenan Allen and use a lot of your salary cap on that move. He's already missed two games. You neglect meaningfully addressing the interior of the offensive line. All of that to me falls at the feet of Ryan Paul's. This can get better. It doesn't have to stay this way. But Sean or no shot, if it doesn't get better, Ryan Paul's will be on the hot seat. That's a no shot. They're all in on Caleb and this regime. I don't know about the coach, but he'll get to hire another coach. Yeah. I would say that Paul's gets at least two coaches. Correct. I'm not pushing even flus out the door. He's going to push himself out the door if this team under achieves. I just know that what I saw as you were building this thing is mistakes by the head coach in the coaching staff to cap. Correct. That's all I'm saying. I'm just just trying to be fair about it. Just watching the games are being fair and just analyzing that way. Not trying to be a coach killer. It's never been in my career. Never been a coach killer. But what I'm telling you is is that this bears team, the way it's stacked is we look at this depth chart every morning. All this talent that they've put out put together, whether it's right or wrong. To me, it's good enough to be able to win football games and not do it in an embarrassing way. You can't have sideline decor, decorum like we had yesterday, where it's what's, who's on first? What's on second? Two, one. Time out. What? Can't do it. You can't be right there on the doorstep of scoring and never get in. The way they did it time and time again, running the football jamming it right into the line. And then that clown show play of that play that did not work that blew up for a minus 12. You can't do that. How about the decision of the Colts head coach to kick the ball deep and take a knee. And kneel. What? I think that was a mistake. It looked like Stikum was kind of waving, bearing that ball out. You look for a time out there. Okay, whether he was or wasn't. His players did not execute what he wanted. I mean, that was brutal. How about Kairos Santos can't kick it through the end zone. Missed a 56 yarder short. We don't even get to attempt from 63 at halftime. In six points he left on the field potentially. In a game you lost by five. That's why it's just frustrating that way the Bears lost the game because the Colts open the door time and time again for you to go through it. And you wouldn't go through it. You wouldn't go through the Colts made mistakes. And then Santos made what a 54 yarder? Yeah. That would sail through by five yards. More of your phone calls coming up. Also, Mattie, who's the head coach for the Bears on the home of the Bears, the ESPN 1000. Welcome back to Captain Jay Hood. You're officially locked in. On Chicago's home for sports ESPN Chicago. It's a Captain Jay Hood morning show on ESPN 1000. And streaming on the ESPN Chicago app with you until 10 o'clock. And then my Greenberg comes in at 10 followed by Carmine Urco from 12 to 3. Watland Sylvia 230, black and dollar at 630 right here. On the home of the Chicago Bears ESPN 1000. 312-332-3776 is our phone number. Caleb Williams, the quarterback for the Bears, says that he is feeling the loss. Definitely, definitely feeling the loss. It sucks every single time. You know, taking a loss. It never gets easier. It never gets better. And so, you know, say that. I still am proud of my guys. I'm proud of the steps that we've taken so far. You know, the things we did today compared to last week and the week before. The steps we were taking. You know, super excited about this future of the offense, the team, the defense, special teams. Obviously, you know, defense plan lights out. You know, obviously, they don't want points being up on the board. But to have, I mean, I think it was two interceptions or so. You know, to have two interceptions on their side is all we need for offense, you know. To get those extra drives and, you know, like I said, they're playing lights out. So, you know, those guys deserve to win. They work hard each week to go out and do what they do. They do it well. And we're going to get better offensively. We're going to be better and the special teams was obviously, you know, we got a, you know, a couple of different, you know, plays and puns and things like that that, you know, did well for us. A couple of different returns, you know. But as offense as a team, definitely excited and definitely proud of us. Thoughts there from Caleb Williams. Yeah, he's, I like his demeanor there and it's never going to get easy to lose. And he's, he's growing and it's going to take time and he's a rookie quarterback. But he did show progress. Now, again, the interception, the one where he hit a Dunes A in the chest, that's a force ball. There's two guys there. Hell of a play by their Colts defensive back, hell of a play. But you forced that one in there, made it, it would have been a hell of a play to catch that football. And then the one you cannot, under any circumstance, throw is the one on the sideline. Yeah. That cannot happen. That's a horrible decision. But he also made progress. I saw progress in growth with Caleb. He threw for 363 yards. The 11th highest single game total in the history of the Chicago Bears franchise. I thought there were other things that were far more egregious. The usage of timeouts, the play calling inside the four yard line. Those things were horrible. All right. We're ready to hear from the head coach for the Bears, Matt Eber Flus. Matt Eber Flus. Matt Coolchup, the Chicago Bears. It was really good. I mean, there was a lot of good situations that we had. Breaking down the Bears and the latest updates. All season, all season. You know, there's some really good players on both sides. Can that person function with that, Matt Eber Flus with Captain Jay Hood on ESPN Chicago? It's the Captain Jay Hood morning show on ESPN 1000 and streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. Watch our show on YouTube as well. YouTube.com. Make sure you check in to the ESPN Chicago and hit that subscribe button. Time to talk to the coach, Matt Eber Flus, and he's on the hotline. Thanks, Tyrion Otto Hotline. Coach, give us your overall thoughts in the game. You got a chance to review the film. What stood out most, watching it a second time. Yeah, you look at the tape. You know, obviously you go through the missed opportunities that we had. You know, so really the things we got to clean up. We're looking at those and there's also some things there that we did really well. I thought the ball distribution on offense was better. The explosive plays was better. We got more first downs. The third and fourth down percentage was good. You know, the pass pro was improved. Need to get better there. We were more committed to the run game. I thought that was well defensively. Again, I thought we played well on defense. Took them all away and did some really good things on third down as well. The QBR was not as good. And I thought we reacted really well and sudden change. So those are all the positives. And then things going forward we need to work on is obviously eliminate, you know, the turnovers on offense. You know, the sax fumble obviously was a big play. You know, still establishing our run game and our identity there. I think it needs to be improved. And defensively, you know, we have to eliminate some of those explosives. I think that's why they scored those touchdowns when they did. And then at the end of the game, our four minute defense has got to be better. We got to give the ball back to our offense at the end of it. But we had some missed opportunities, you know, on the goal line. As you guys know, the fourth, the fourth plays inside the form. We ran three plays in there and then we ran the option play at the end. And I think that's, you know, get like a go back to what I said yesterday. That, you know, we have options there. The quarterback has options. We didn't execute the best way we wanted to there. And, you know, so that was unfortunate. And then, you know, really the opportunity at the end, you know, again, like I said, the defense has got to get the ball back for the O to be able to get that late touchdown so we can win that football game. Coach, I got to ask you about the third down call inside the four. Because last year I was listening to you around with Waddle and Sylvie and they asked you about blocking a big with a small. And you said, no, that's a mistake and that shouldn't happen. I just watched the tape about 15 times. I'm sure you've watched the 1500. You guys are asking DeAndre Carter to block 94 Tyquan Lewis. He's outweighed by a hundred pounds. He got engulfed and actually tackled him into Kaleel Herbert. Is that a mistake there? Or was that something that Shane drew up that way? Yeah, we just need to be better there for sure. You know, we got to be better there. You know, as coaches, we got to be better on offense there for sure. But again, we're going to get that, turn a plunge that in there. And again, we got to be better with the match up there. We agree with you in our last couple of appearances that you've had here talking about running the football. It is true that the Bears got to be able to run the football, establish the run, keep the offensive line intact and it makes Kaleel comfortable. Do you think that you're getting enough from the running game, Coach? Because we talked about it, you know, swift to struggling, you know, but at the same time, 28 carries for 63 yards. I know you want more from that, from the running game. Yeah, so I think the run game is everybody. We know that, you know, it's the blockers up front. It's the blockers on the perimeter. And it's also, we believe in all of our backs. I think they all have a unique skill set. And I think, you know, we have to use all three of those guys to their skill sets. And going forward, we got to do a better job there. But again, we got to still establish our identity and establish the run game because it does help our quarterback. It does help the run action pass. It does help our movement passes. It does help the screen game. So again, we're going to need that later in the year to lead on that. And we need to just keep developing and get it better. Rocha Johnson looked good. It looked like his legs were fresh. He did. So that, as hoodie was just asking you about the run game, Matt, in terms of the fourth down play call, and again, I didn't, I wasn't a DC or I didn't play in the NFL, but I've watched a billion games. It looked to me, tell me if I'm wrong, that when Caleb came to the line of scrimmage on fourth down, he should probably, was that a check with me? That he should have checked out of that when that ain't the front we thought they were going to run like they did two weeks ago, that either take a time out because you had them or run it to the other side. It looked like he misdiagnosed the front. Is that accurate? Well, it's like I said before, you know, it comes down to execution. It comes down to the execution of the play. And again, we have options on the play. And we went with the play that was originally called there. So it comes down to execution. You know, that's all it is. Matt, he replaces the head coach for the Bears. He joins us, Captain Jay Hood on ESPN 1000 and streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. Coach, when you work with young players, especially rookies like Caleb Williams or any other rookies in your career, how much is it is trying to accentuate the positives and hide the negatives as well as far as Caleb, just trying to get comfortable with the offense. Audibleing being able to run with the football, is it about what makes him comfortable or is it about the play call? Well, I think it's both. I think it's both. I mean, you obviously have to honor the play calls that we put in there because that's how you operate on offense. But also it's given the quarterback to have some freedom there as well. You know, when he sees something to be able to either individually signal to a receiver or check the entire play, that's all part of offensive football. But again, like you said, there is a lot of positives out there in terms of the offensive play. In terms of, like I said, explosives, first downs, ball distribution, our situational football, third and fourth downs, way better. So again, there's a lot of positives to take away from this game. Again, the result wasn't what we wanted, but there's a lot of positivity that we're going to build upon from this performance. So, hoodie and I were having this discussion. I got two things here. One, can Caleb in that situation, whether it's the fourth down play or the third down play where he sees, uh-oh, here comes 94 DeAndre is not going to be able to block him. Does he have the autonomy to either eight audible out of the play or I'm taking a timeout? This is not going to be good. Can he do that? Well, you know, like I said, we have, we have options on that particular play, you know. So we went with the first option and we have options there. And again, we didn't execute the best way we wanted to. Okay. The other thing is. That's what we're talking about. We're just trying to figure out, like, for Caleb, for any rookie, how comfortable are you in the offense? You could say, you know what, I see something different. Let's do, you know, maybe go to plan B or plan B. Correct. Like a rookie pitcher is going to follow with the catch. Right. Okay. My other question is, coach, I'm watching the game and you've got two fingers up to go for two. I see one of your assistants standing over your left shoulder. He's got one finger up. There's eight minutes to go in the game and then you have to burn a timeout on a two point conversion. Can you take us through that situation? How that happened? Because you needed that timeout late. Yeah. So, like I said, last night is exactly what I'm going to say now is what it is. Is that we got to be better there. The communication has got to be better. We have to be better from the upstairs down to the bottom and communicate with everybody. And it's got to be better there. So, again, that's on the coaches. It doesn't do it to players and we have to do a better job. You always say that you want to do what's best for the Chicago Bears as far as putting the best players out there, putting the position to win. So, starting the game, Nate Davis was on the bench and then he was pressed in the service. What went into that change to put Nate Davis on the sideline and then being pressed in the service late in the first quarter? Yeah. So, Nate Davis on Wednesday had a growing issue and during practice. And then Matt stepped in, Matt Pryor stepped in. And again, he didn't get full reps in the whole week in terms of Nate didn't. And that was in there. So, we went with Matt Pryor. How do you think Pryor did? I thought he did solid. I thought he did solid. You know, there's a couple of players that, you know, he wished he had back. But for the most part, I thought his run blocking was good. Pass Pro was solid. You know, you had to one miss at the end there. But I thought for overall, it was pretty solid. Coach, do you feel like, and everyone has talked about, if your players have talked about, what an elite defensive play caller that you are. But does it take away? Jimmy Johnson was talking. It said, yeah, I never wanted to call the plays or call the defenses once I became a head coach. Because I got to be focused on things. If I'm thinking about my defense against Anthony Richardson, I might miss something I want to see offensively. Is that ever been a concern for yours that, yeah, I like calling the defenses, but it is distracting at times. Oh, no, it is not. It is not. It's, I have a great, great defensive staff. Like I said, you know, they do a great job with the adjustments when I'm on the offensive side managing the game. And they do a great job. Give me all the information we need in terms of calling it for the next series. I give them things to look at when I'm on the offensive side. So I am going to come back to them. They have the answers for it. And they've been outstanding that way. Coach, what's the latest on Ken Allen as we watch these games? We just know on third down. If killed needs a safety valve, it would be him for the first down. He's made his living on third down play. So what's the latest on Keenan? Yeah. So our players are coming back in today and I'll get the latest on everybody here shortly. You know, they come in there about an hour. And we'll see everybody then and we'll see where it is in terms of injury in terms of guys. And back in the building, what they can do this week. And we'll find that out from the training staff. Any injuries that you knew of coming out of last night? Just Terrell Smith. Smitty. That's all we had was he was being out for the game. And I think it's in the lower body hip or hip flexure. Okay. Lastly, you know, about the defense. You know, you talked about late in the game trying to get the ball back to the offense. So, so, Kathy, the whole thing was, you know, that you have a two headed, two, two guys that can run the football well. It's Richardson at the quarterback position and Taylor, right? And so I think that the Bears account themselves pretty well defensively. You know that you, those two guys can run the football, but the passing game pretty much taken out of the equation, right? Yeah. Do you guys did a good job against Anthony Richards? Except for a busted play that I think Jalen said that was on him. Oh, you tell it to pass? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, you know, again, obviously, Pearson is a really fast player. He gets over the top on a bunch of people. And again, we just got to execute the techniques better there. But overall, I thought we did a good job in the passing game. Like I said, we got to do a better job with the run average against those guys. And, you know, we'll be committed to doing that. All right, coach. Have a good week. Okay. Thank you, guys. Thank you, coach. It is Matti. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. As we talk about the Bears, we've got a chance to talk to Matti, but flutes the head coach for the Bears. I mean, I had six more here. Yeah. Coach, 52 passes. I mean, that's not being committed to the run. We just ran out of time. Yeah. It usually works around here. Had to ask about the timeouts. And again, he said it's on the coaches. Okay. Well, he's talking about the importance of running the football and trying to run it effectively. Well, they weren't effective, which you pointed out. Yeah. So the whole fourth down thing with running the ball with DeAndre Carter trying to be a back blocking. We have to execute better. What does that even mean? Well, any time I hear him say that to us or to the pen in my club at house hall on a regular basis, that sounds like it's the players that have to execute more. DeAndre Carter can't block Tyquan Lewis under any circumstances. And that's why I referenced he told Waddle and Sylvie last year because I think it was Mooney last year. They asked to do the same thing and he got destroyed. And now that would that should not have happened, that we're not going to do that. We got to have a big on a big. And then he went back and got a five eight guy. Here's how I know it's on the players from the coaches standpoint because this seems to be a buzzword that's around house hall. Here's how I know. Not just this interview, we just did with Ebert Flus, but also Ryan Polls on the pregame show right here on ESPN 1000. When asked about the offensive line, there's a buzzword there that he uses. Execution. Anytime you have a new center and new quarterback, there's a lot of different things that happen pre snap that move your offensive line one way or the other. And then there's the execution as well. So you can, when you really watch the tape, there's bits and pieces in different spaces that need to get cleaned up. And our group has been challenged to figure that out. Shane and Chris Morgan have done a good job adapting and changing some things going into this next week to clarify a lot of that communication. And then what I saw too was just there was some technique and fundamentals that needed to be cleaned up and that was addressed too. So the guys worked hard this week to clean that up. At the end of the day, I believe it was a rough performance rather than bad talent. Which I think in today's world, he gets thrown out there after one game the second week of the season. So the groups worked hard and I'm excited to see him go to work. The back end of that is fair because what I would tell you, Cap, as always say is that if you're going through a rough patch, you don't want it to be a trend. But here's the thing, the inability to run the football and the offensive line of the issues has been a trend. Because that has three games. First game, fine, three games of this, that's a trend. It is fair enough. Fair enough. But you noticed the word though, execution. Now that becomes a bears front office word. Paul says it, U of Blue says it, Waldron says it, it's about executing. What they're saying is we have a sound game plan, Cap, but they're not executing the game plan. And by the way, half of that is true. But if the game plan is not working, do you have a plan B or plan C? Do you have other plays that you could do to be able to get the offense going? Do you? No. Here's the other thing. The other thing is, I was watching a lot of the Lions yesterday. The Lions, when they had to punch Arizona in the mouth with Penne Sewell and all these dudes up front, when they had to run the football, when they had to come up with a big play, guess what? They did. Jared Goff put the game away on his legs, because those guys move people. Well, they have three first round draft picks on their offensive line. I watched Braxton Jones get stood up and driven back because he does not have a big enough back end. He does not have a strong base. Jürz talked about it, Olens talked about it is what it is. David Jenkins? He's all right. Your center? Your center was so good that the Rams said, get out. We're moving on. And you paid him $3 million for one year. The best guys get 15 or more, 16. Your right guard doesn't really want to play football, and your right tackle is not off to a great start, albeit he was a 10 pick in the first round, has a bright future. One team is more committed to the offensive line, and one team is not. Yep. That's just the fact. Because a very clear cap. I mean, I know Ryan Bates is on the injured list, but I didn't know he was Anthony Munoz, the greatest offensive lineman ever. I mean, come on now. He wasn't even a full-time guy in Buffalo. I'm sure he's a good player, but sweet mother of God. We've got to fix this thing. Shay, the new buzzword at House Hall is execution. You're right. These coaches and the general manager yesterday on the pregame show is putting you on the players. They need to execute better. That is a fact. That is true. But also, you have to put them in the best position to succeed at the same time, correct? He did at least admit the match up, the Andre Carter on the line of scrimmage, trying to make a block on the edge, not good. That has to be better. They have to improve the match-ups, and they can't do that. But it's like the same mistake multiple times. And then being asked, like, point blank, does Caleb have the ability to change the play and call a timeout? Well, it's just execution. Okay. So no, that's my read, then. No, he doesn't. How do you ask this? I followed up me. He's called. He will never, ever throw anyone under the bus. Like yesterday, Antonio Pierce, Antonio Pierce stood up there and said, "We had guys make business decisions late in the game because they were getting blown out. We'll make business decisions, too." He did not say yes, and he told the answers no to that question, because he's a rookie quarterback, and they don't want to give him the kitten kaboodle to be able to audible out of Shane Waldron's mess. But Caleb said to himself, whatever, I don't have the ability, he didn't say it, and I'm just going to paraphrase. He said that whatever the coaches want him to execute, he's got to be able to get it done. Correct. So again, let's not get it twisted. That ain't Patrick Mahomes and Blue and Orange. Correct. That's not a veteran quarterback. He's a quarterback that was in his third game. That's learning on the job. So for us, watching football forever, yeah, he should have been able to look at that and say, "Time out, let's do something different." But it's Caleb Williams' cap. He ain't Superman. People call him a generational talent, and that might be the case at some point, but that generational talent will not be able to realize who he is until he could be able to do everything at the quarterback position. And everything clearly is not audibly out of place. The answer's no to the question. It's what Waldron wants. I think that's clear, isn't it? Fair. Just based on his answer. Yes. And I tried to press coach. Can he? Auto. We got to be better. We got to execute. Like, just say, "No, we don't let him do that," or, "Yeah, he did, and he missed the front. He's a rookie, and it'll get better." You may not remember this. You asked the same question to him last year about Justin, and he said, "Yes." Right. That he has built the autonomy to audible out of it because Justin's winning at the time in his second third year and his third year, you asked him the same question last year. Yeah, absolutely has opportunity to audible. How about this year? No. He's a rookie. Fair. But execute, though, but put the players in position to succeed. Execute score. Correct. That's all I'm saying. And again, the timeouts are egregious, and those cannot happen in an NFL coaching office. It cannot. Now, he took culpability for that. It's on us, on the coaches, not the players. I would prefer, like if he said to me, "How can I be better?" I don't mean as a coach. I mean as an interview. Sure. Coach. Just say, "That's on me. Nobody else. That's on me." It's always got to be the coaches. It's never on him. He's to my knowledge, especially with us or while on Sylvie, he's never point the finger at himself. And by the way, that's one way to go about coaching. That's fine. If you win a lot, no one cares about the mistakes. If you win a lot, if you're a perennial playoff team, nobody cares about the mistakes. But when you have something as glaring as we saw yesterday, it goes, "It's about execution." He's just brushing off the questions. Agreeges. That's an egregious mistake. But I'll go back to those plays first and goal at the four. Wildcat? All right. You got to the two. Herbert again. Not your best interior runner. That's Rochon Johnson. To the one, third and goal. DeAndre Carter against Taekwann Lewis. Not really a smart decision there, coach. And what did he say? We've got to be better. Last year, at least, he said to Waddle and Sylvie, "Yeah, we can't be blocking a little with a big." I mean, a big coming in, we can't block with a little guy. Right. And he did it again. And he got... I posted it on my Twitter and on my Facebook. You go look at that video, anybody out there and tell me that's a good play design. And I'll tell you, you don't know football. David. That was Dallas. Saw you exactly what we saw on ESPN 1000. David, listening on the ESPN Chicago app. What's up? Hey, guys. Thanks for taking my call. You bet. I just listened to your interview with Coach, and I thought it was good, generally really good questions. I just want to comment on the fourth and one, you guys are kind of beating them up for saying it's execution. I mean, go back and look at it. There's four offensive linemen laying on the ground. I get it. Maybe you're trying to cut guys on the backside, but should at any point when you're running the ball on the goal line, should your playside guard, playside tackle and your center be laying on the ground? No. Nope. And you know what else is not a good look, Coleman Sheldon, four offensive linemen laying on the ground. So maybe it is some execution. Maybe Caleb should have changed the play, but yeah, I don't know. There's that to think about two things, guys. Yeah. And the quarterback in your city could do that. Dak Prescott. He's been around a long time. He could do that, but it's clear cap is through his first three games this season. He does not have the ability to be like, you know what? I saw this at USC, didn't work, but it's what they want me to run. Okay. Fingers crossed. Yeah. I still, again, I'm not in that huddle. I'm not in that locker room. I still believe he went to the line and did not do what he's supposed to do with the front that was presented because it was not the same front that they ran when the, I think it was the Texans ran a speed option and school and got a big game that there's no way anyone could tell me. Caleb didn't make a mistake there and he's a rookie. It's going to happen. Sure. Just say it. Guess what? Caleb was supposed to change out of that play or take a timeout. Whatever the case may be, and I don't believe he's willing to say that. I don't know how you can, I don't know how you can be pleased because I believe that's what he was told us, pleased about running the football, but then have 52 passes. Correct. That was the one question I wish we could have one more minute with them. Just came here out of time. Yeah. We can't get it all in, unfortunately. We will take more of your phone calls and we will hear from Lance Briggs coming up at 935. Come out the Bears on a Bears Monday on cap and J.Hood. If you missed something, get the podcast on the ESPN Chicago app. Jeff and J.Hood are back on Chicago's home for sports. ESPN Chicago. Nick Bolst sucks. He sucks. I'm just a fan. I'm not a football designer. I love the Green Bay Packers. The guy is front, but there he goes. This is not Detroit, man. This is the Super Bowl. I love women. He starts to come. This is a really thickly built guy. I mean, what's the answer you're looking for on these things here? Over a reaction Monday with around the NFL. Here's Shane Orlin. Yeah. Quick one today. I want to start with Minnesota because the Vikings, makes me sad, have the best coaching staff in the NFL right now. They aren't just surviving and advancing with Sam Darnold. They're beating the brakes off of good teams and sitting pretty at 3 and 0. Brian Flores might be the best defensive coordinator in the sport. Kevin O'Connell, right now today, argue against him being the best head coach. How on earth is that team 3 and 0? It's unbelievable. Yeah. That is not even an over reaction. It's the Bears' worst nightmare. The Vikings are actually good and already know Detroit's good. To me, it's still the class of the division. Green Bay getting a dough in Malik Willis. That is a nightmare for the Bears. Even though through three games, you just hope that the offense gets better so you can compete. Because if you keep going like this, you'll be looking up at the other three teams like you're used to. That was a horrible loss. Horrible. And Kevin O'Connell, was he not hired to say here as he ever flew? I believe he was. Well, if we were trying to fix Justin back then, why wouldn't you bring him in? That guy's a stud. Yup. A guy that would be on the hot seat the same way with a blue and orange hat on. Shay. He'd just be a boob, eh? O'Connell? Fire. Shay and Orley, I just don't, I never understand how we can't get these guys here. Cowboys, buddy, not making the playoffs. The offense, the offense outside of a few minutes in the fourth quarter yesterday has been awful, currently ranks 20th in EPA per play, 27th in down to down success rate. Defensively, they're gross against the run, books out. You go to Dallas, you run the football. They can't stop it. They're all finesse. They're all pass rush. They will not make the playoffs. I think, I'll tell you one thing I've never said about the Dallas Cowboys. I've never said, man, that's a soft football team. You mentioned, you said finesse. I've never seen them so soft before, especially at home. Did you see the video of Dak walking to the locker room? I saw him. Did you see it, Shay? I did not. He's walking to the locker room and some fan underneath in the tunnel said something he goes, "Jump off the bandwagon now." Okay. It's something about, you know, you jump off, what do you say, you can go jump off now, huh? Yeah, something like that. Yeah. But don't come back. Yeah. They'll come back toward the end, but again, they fell short. Yep. Now they're at the Giants coming up, okay. They take on the Giants. That's going to be Thursday. So a short week for the Cowboys. Cowboys Giants. And watch out for the Giants because final over reaction of the day, they have your offensive rookie of the year, Malik Neighbors. Both preseason, a favorite quarterback struggling so far, neighbors breaking out the last two weeks. Guess what he's on pace for? This isn't going to happen. It's not a video game. But the pace he's on right now, 130 catches, 1,500 yards, 17 touchdowns. He's the leader in the clubhouse for offensive rookie of the year. Man, he is phenomenal in already showing leadership as a rookie on this football team. That's off to him. Could he be a day ball saver, okay? Could he save the ball's job, okay? Neighbors the best, okay? And that is our over reaction Monday. But actually, you say over action Monday, really good points, Jay. Yeah. You guys, he's got the Cowboys out of the playoffs. So that's something you see, New Orleans tweet of the picture of him watching the football game at the wedding. That was good. They're all dancing in the background. They had no idea. Nebraska and Illinois was on shout out to fighting a line. Big win. Great game. That was man. Oh, God. Doctor. If you're on hold, you will be on the years. We talk to you about the Bears on cap and J. two minutes.