Mully & Haugh Show

Bears need to make adjustments against the Rams (Hour 2)

In the second hour, Mike Mulligan and David Haugh were joined by Tribune writer Brad Biggs to discuss the latest Bears storylines. After that, Illinois football coach Bret Bielema joined the show to discuss the team's upset of Nebraska last Friday and to preview a big matchup at Penn State this Saturday. Later, Score football analyst Dave Wannstedt joined the program to discuss why the Bears can't get their running game going.

Broadcast on:: 24 Sep 2024
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They got the, they didn't get CJ Stroud. They got the Bryant Young of 2020. No, we didn't say that, but it was interesting to see how good Jayden Daniels looked last night and he put together what will go down as the greatest ever performance by a rookie quarterback in terms of completion percentage ever, ever in the history of forever, in the history of the sport known as grid iron, and pretty astounding to see how easy it is for him. They seem to have the right coordinator, maybe even the right head coach, all things that were available to the bears. What are your conclusions after one of three games over this season? Yeah, Jayden Daniels played really well last night, kind of a bizarre game. I don't believe either side punted. Joe Burl played pretty well himself too, but Daniels completing what? 91% of his passes in the game and guys, he's at 80.3% for the season. Now that's Cincinnati defense. I think everybody's seen his got some issues to it, but that was a road game. I mean, really impressive. He certainly has some guys at skill positions, but it's not like Washington is loaded there. No one's going to look at that offensive line and say, hey, that's a great offensive line, but he's off to a nice start. I wouldn't waste my time. Your passage judgment on Jayden Daniels or Caleb Williams at this point, it's so early for both those guys and reality is they both they're both flashed because Caleb played well in Indianapolis. All things considered. So Brad, the bears are conducting Zoom teleconference is a day after game. So on Monday, we heard from Matt Eberflu's via Zoom. So you don't pick up on some other cues, maybe to see his overall demeanor and the way handled things. But a day later, was he any less tolerant of what he saw against the Colts? Was he less encouraged? I think that was the word that he used after coming from the locker room Sunday? What was your overall impression the way that Matt Eberflu's presented himself on Monday? Yeah, I think they realized they've got to be better run in the football. They just have to be better run in the football that you know, recall back to the previous week then, he used it and he thought they had run it okay and you're looking like really? Were we watching the same game here, man? And there's none of that coming out of this game and they kind of keep harping on execution. Well, you know, eventually you're going to get to that old, what was it, John McKay line when he was the for a long time USC head coach was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach and when he was asked about the execution of his team, he said he was in favor of it. So, eventually, that's going to happen here if these guys don't start running better, getting better blocking up front and in everybody doing a better job in the run game. It's not just the line, it's not just the backs, it's a total team effort. So, we're trying to remember Cliff Kingsbury, he was of course Caleb's quarterback coach in college. Did he get an interview? I know that there was an informational interview with him about Caleb, but was he in the running for the offense? Yeah, he was. Yeah, they interviewed Cliff Kingsbury for the offensive coordinator job, but polls and eber flus were jetting all over the place to interview people for the OC job. And Clint Kubiak, was he in that mix? Yeah, that's the guy. If you're looking at it right now, like, well, geez, who did they not hire that maybe would be doing a better job than Shane Waldron right now? There's two guys right there that you could point to pretty quickly, Brad. That's a pretty good one. Cliff Kingsbury, I know when that name came out, I think a lot of people poo poo did, and he's done a pretty good job thus far. I mean, it's super early, we're three games in, but they talked to him about the Bears job, and then obviously we're able to do some fact gathering in terms of Caleb Williams, because Cliff had spent the one season with Lincoln Riley there at USC working with the offense, obviously. So yeah, they talked to a ton of people. There might have been 10 guys that they talked to, perhaps even a few more. I don't know. It was like the let's just kept going on and on and on and on. Waldron was one of the first guys that they spoke to, and they got to get things going. They've got three points in the first quarter this season, which ties them with this Sunday's opponent, the LA Rams, for a second worst in the league. The Philadelphia Eagles, believe it or not, have not scored in the first quarter this season. Although with that, I'm going to bring some positive news. The Bears have scored 30 points in the fourth quarter, which is number one in the NFL, who would have thought that after, like, after you watched it so far, would you say, hey, Ben, do you see him? Yeah, you know, yeah, they've scored some in the fourth quarter, but you go look at it and nobody's scored more points in the fourth quarter than the Bears. You're just a ray of sunshine this morning. That's a very optimistic look at it, big glass half full as usual. While we're playing this game of going back and reconsidering things that didn't happen. Let's go. Dan Quinn was also a finalist when Matt Eberflus got the job. Jim Caldwell, Dan Quinn, and Matt Eberflus. Flusi got the job over those three, but Quinn was somebody who was considered passed over. I know he may be technically pulled out, but didn't he want the job? Yeah, he was the Cowboys defense coordinator at the time, and I would think that, yeah, he would have wanted the job if the Bears would have wanted him. Everybody knows what happened in his first run as a head coach in Atlanta, and if that Super Bowl ends a little bit differently, his tenure there probably goes differently, but you won't come across a guy or many guys anyway in the league that are more revered and respected than Dan Quinn. I don't know that I've ever encountered someone that's got a bad word to say about him. That's how he treats people, and when I say people, I mean players, I mean coaches that he works with, the staff members in the building, people on other teams, like he's an exceptional guy, and that is a challenging job he took in Washington, right, when you consider everything that's gone on there for 25, 30 years in the state of the roster and all that, and it'll be interesting to see if they can get it going there, because every time you think the commanders have maybe taken a step forward or two, you wait a little while, and it turns out they're right back where they've always been, but they've got new ownership, new leadership, and Dan Quinn's the man there, but yeah, there's a lot of people pull for a guy, like Dan Quinn, I'll tell you that much. So Brad, the Rams come into town. We know that Sean McVay out in LA said that Cooper Cup's ankle will not allow him to play in Chicago. He will not be a part of that game. We know that Puke Nakua is on injured reserve. He will be unable to play so we know that you got the head coach, you got the quarterback, the receiving corps beaten up, and they're coming off of victory over an equally injured San Francisco 49ers team. What do you think of them coming to Chicago, and they finally got off the snide with their first win of the season against the Niners? Yeah, that's a really beat up football team right now, guys, they've got three offensive linemen down, right? Yeah, they've got offensive linemen down, they've got their cup too. Wide receivers are hurt. They've got I think some deep hits of linemen are down like they've got this kind of injured reserve situation that you look at and say, well, that looks like a team that's pretty beat up in the first week of December, right? And we're we're still in September. So they're in a tough spot there, but that's a really well coached team, right? And you have to respect what they can what they can get done. The Bears have had a tough time against the Rams when they have had to play in LA recently, but that game will be here. And, you know, we'll see. It's just hard to get a close read, I think, on a team like that that has so many key players out, but Stafford's playing at a high level, even with his receivers that are missing right now. And Kyron Williams has been a productive back. If the Bears can do a better job of stopping the run than they did this past week, perhaps they can get after Stafford a little bit. Their leading receiver was too too at well, four catches 93 yards against the 49ers. And Louisville, I think he's a Louisville guy. Good memory, Brad, a lot of speed, a lot of speed and quickness. Yeah, they have a pretty pedestrian receiving court, though, but with Matt Stafford and Sean McVeigh, you don't underestimate anybody in the Bears. Certainly, you're not in a position to do that. Brad, let's look at the offensive line for the Bears. So we talked earlier whether or not Nate Davis was benched or it was injury related because he wasn't able to practice. What do you think they do this week? Do they stick with Matt Pryor at Wright Garden? Does it matter? Oh boy. Well, it all matters as poorly as they've been playing on the online. Although, you know, I get information that Pryor was going to start on Saturday. He was Saturday. Yep. Nice, John. I put it on Twitter. And boy, the reaction, you thought the people were assuming the Bears were putting a Pro Bowl guy in there and Matt Pryor, and I'm not, I'm not knocking him, but there's a reason a guy like that's on a one-year deal for a little less than 1.2 million. So we've got a question at Wright Garden. I'm not positive. He's the solution. But I think they need to evaluate how he played. I know he gave up one sec. I believe in the game and determine who's better and then players Nate in terms of his health, like is the growing better? Is that still an issue? They need to get Bates back there sooner rather than later to be able to see him. They need Larry Borum healthy. They need their guys healthy so they can truly have some more options there. But they've got to be better across the board. It's just it's been really poor. I'm curious the Nate Davis. And the guys, the Rams are getting trampled in terms of run defense. Well, we thought that we were. That doesn't matter. Yeah, I know it's an adoption left. Yeah, there you go. 5.1 yards a carry is what they're giving up there. Bears can fix that. Right down at the bottom. The Bears will come to the rescue. I know. Does does the Nate Davis is that is it a groin injury? Is it preventing him from practicing? And are they now at a point where they don't want him to play unless he practices? Where what is going on with him? Yeah, well, I was limited in practice. Yeah, he was limited in practice last week. And then but it wasn't to a point that he couldn't go out there because you saw they had a choice there, right? Ron Amagadji was active for the first time. So he had a uniform on and when Braxton Jones went down and was in the medical tent with that knee issue, what they did was they took Matt Pryor, who's who's the one of the nice things about him is he can play just about anywhere on that line. And they moved him to left tackle and Nate Davis came in the game at right guard. So he was healthy enough to be in there. He's probably just not 100%. So they chose that route instead of taking the rookie third round pick and saying, Hey, we're on the road. You didn't play any preseason. Go get them and good luck. So Brad being the voice of reason and guy who is plugged in, help us add some context or how do you answer the question? Maybe you'll get it in the mailbag this week of how Chicago should view Justin Fields starting three and oh with the Steelers and why he looks like a better quarterback when he is wearing that black helmet. Yeah, I probably need to talk to people about that. I've seen clips and stuff. I haven't watched every Steelers game, but he's eliminating some of the turnovers, right? And they've been in some low scoring games and they've come out on top. But I don't know that he's playing great. When you when you really get into it, but a three and oh start with Russell Wilson being the other option. If they keep playing good football, you have to have complete faith that that Mike Tomlin will stick with Fields and he'll continue to be the guy for the Steelers. Yeah, you know, I got to tell you, I think there's so many, you know, fun storylines to look at and all that. But all anybody really cares about is is when they're going to kind of get their act together a little bit, is there anything that the they can do to help Fields throw fewer passes, be more effective and how he's used? You know, it's one thing to come out and say, well, we, you know, we don't want to take the aggression out of him, but you got to protect the ball. And it's another thing to actually do things to help him. I mean, with lining up at the line of scrimmage and trying to run the football help, they have an identity. The identity is throwing the ball pretty much every time that they have a chance to. Yeah, I think I mentioned yesterday, like it wasn't quite as lopsided as it's normally going to be when you see a QB with 50 plus pass attempts, because they had so many offensive plays, right? They had 84 offensive plays. So I think there were 27 handoffs, but they certainly need to be more balanced. And hopefully with some of that balance will come some more explosive plays, because, you know, they didn't as much as they threw the ball, they didn't throw it as well as they needed to, right? They didn't have enough points. They didn't have enough yardage. But guys, dropping back and slinging it 50 times is a recipe for losing. When you look, this is just since 2015, quarterbacks with 50 plus passing attempts in a nine over time game. 23 wins, 141 losses. Wow. That's so that's so you're winning percentage right there is a cool 14%. So it's even worse than the White Sox. Okay. The other thing here is the Bears, the Bears were slinging it in a close football game, right? That thing was not a blowout. Sometimes you see the quarterbacks got a ton of passing attempts, because the team's trying to play catch up. 41 of those losses, 25% of them were for teams that lost by 14 or more points. That wasn't the case here. So the Bears were in the game. They had to keep throwing it because they couldn't run it at all. And the reality is they need to be better thrown it too. If you're going to complete that many passes, attempt that many, you need more yardage and even more importantly, you need more points. And a big chunk of that production came or a sizable portion was the 40, what was it? 47 42 yard hail merited to DJ Moore. This segment with Brad Biggs is sponsored by estwing professional tools made in the USA for 100 years. estwing.com. Thank you, Bigsy. Great. Thank you, buddy. Yep. Great stuff. Have a great day, guys. That is our guy, Brad. Brad Biggs, the football man from the Chicago Tribune. We've got Brett Beelma joining us next, Mully and Honda. This summer, get away in the Hyundai you've always wanted at the Hyundai Getaway sales event. Get the hottest deals of the season on many of our award-winning Hyundai models, which all come with America's best warranty. But get going because these deals won't last. Add more joy to your journey at the Hyundai Getaway sales event. Now for a limited time. Get 1.99% APR for 60 months on the Hyundai Tucson or Elantra. Hurry into the Hyundai Getaway sales event. Offers end September 3rd. Call 562-314-4603 for details. This show is sponsored by Midi Health. There are great things that come with age, wisdom, experience and knowledge, just to name a few. But if you're a woman over 40, it can also bring some less desirable things like hot flashes, insomnia, brain fog, moodiness and weight gain. All symptoms of menopause and perimenopause. Yes, hormonal transition is a fact of life, but that doesn't mean you have to accept its symptoms as just another part of aging. Midi clinicians are menopause experts, equipped to support you with safe, effective FDA approved medications, as well as supplements, lifestyle coaching and preventative health guidance. You'll come out of the experience feeling heard and with a plan to start feeling better. Midi offers accessible care. All their services are covered by insurance and they're conveniently accessible through telehealth visits and 24/7 messaging. You deserve to feel great. Book your virtual visit today at joinmidi.com. That's join m i di dot com for the corner. It's boy at it's touchdown. Barry Loney's play calling tonight. Devin has been extraordinary and and Altmeyer has executed to perfection. Assistant coach, how's the ball game? Let's write up the gut. Rael is down. Delanoi pulls it off. A huge upset. Dylan Rosie add from Mike linebacker shoots through to make the stop. Molly and ha Chicago sports radio 670 the score. That was the end of it. That was the 31 24 victory and overtime over Nebraska. We are delighted to welcome in the man who led it. The architect of victory. He is Brett Billma with the University of Illinois. I L L I N I and it just keeps getting better. Good morning, coach. How you holding up? I'm good. Molly. Thank you. Getting ready to get out to practice here in about about an hour. So we're starting to get into our Penn State prep boy. Early practice. Yes. Practice is. Yet, you know, it's interesting, you know, when I was head coach of Wisconsin Arkansas, really every place I'd ever been, we'd done afternoon practices. We always fought with the class schedule and college and everything. So when I went to the NFL, most NFL teams practice, you know, in that seven to 10, seven to 11 a.m. window because your body is the most prepared, less complex and just a better way to attack the day. So I took that when we started here and it's really been paying off. We have very few. I would say to Illinois, we have no class complex because class always takes priority, but we really it's the best way for us to practice here at Illinois for sure. Well, practice makes perfect and and you guys are perfect. It's been so much fun to watch. You know, I think Kansas was 19 at the time, Nebraska 22nd. Now you guys are 19 and you're going into Happy Valley Penn State is number nine in the country. Your reward for the great upset victory is a top 10 team. It just doesn't get any easier, especially in the big 10. Yeah, it's, you know, I think one of the exciting parts of our conference, really a college football right now is just the ever changing world. And now to have 18 teams in our conference for us at Illinois, we play obviously this game at Penn State. We have a game a couple of weeks later that we're going to Oregon. We have a 100 year anniversary game right here in our own stadium against Michigan. So it's kind of an unprecedented time, which is kind of the world we live in today. And it's a lot of fun. You're ready for prime time. Certainly the audience for Friday night's game in Nebraska, I think was four million viewers, which really was great for ratings in college football and your program coach. And now I think that you look at Saturday's game against Penn State is going to be another national televised game. I think it's the NBC game. You have risen to the occasion. Your offense has been very, very efficient and explosive. Luke Altmeier is a big reason why. How big of a step has he taken this season so far? You know, David, it's been fun. Obviously, for me as a head coach to watch your players grow and kind of just, you know, expand what they've done in the past. And I know you're a former DB. So you know where I'm coming from, like as a quarterback, his presence, his awareness, his knowledge before the snap is really allowed him to play faster when the ball is in play. We always say volume reflects confidence. He speaks with great volume, but also his actions, you know, with just an unbelievable level of confidence. And I know he's looking forward to the big stage and an opportunity to go play at Penn State. And you know, it's going to be a late night game and it's going to be a crowd that probably is all dressed in white and are very excited. So we're excited about this opportunity ourselves. Yeah, it's really has been fun to watch from a distance. The Nebraska game was just fantastic. That is a very difficult place to play. I don't think Penn State is going to be any worse than that. You go in there and they're going crazy and you just, it was amazing to see your team answer every time a question arose. And you know, when you're in games like that is a, you know, is kind of just a fan watching you wonder, wow, how long can they keep doing this? How long can you keep up with them? And good God, it was phenomenal the way that that game went back and forth. And then when you get to overtime, man, it took you virtually no time at all to score a touchdown. And then I think they were facing a 3045 or something 3043. I mean, you want a team in 3043 is my understanding. Yeah, we, we were excited to get over there. You know, actually, I don't know. We've won, I believe our last three trips over there to Lincoln. We won two years ago and then to win this past Saturday or this past Friday, I should say is a really great opportunity. And I think that's probably the way our guys are playing into it. We, you know, obviously everybody knows the name Owen Crews, right, a phenomenal bear and a guy in the Chicago fourth market. Well, his son, Josh Crews is our starting center and he, he got up and gave a preseason talk to us about playing with an edge and playing with a demeanor that is relentless. And I think literally our whole football team took that over. We talked last week about packing our, our tough, smart, dependable edge, right? Like we're going on a road trip to Lincoln. We all need to pack our bags and they packed that edge and they played with it. It's just been a, I think this, this team is a lot of fun to be around. Obviously we're playing Saturday against Penn State, but I told our guys all the time, right, man, you've been preparing to play Penn State since January when we got together, right? Like, it's just that doesn't happen in a week. You put in a lot of great work and hopefully the things that we've been preparing for and talking about are going to play out this weekend. Well, Josh Crews has helped you win the line of scrimmage battle offensively. I think you got a lot of guys who are doing that defensively because that's where it starts. Coach, as you know, I saw Tara Edwards, there's a clip circulating around social media, have him splitting a double team. And it is a thing of beauty because that's the way you coach it. That's the way you want to see it. And I heard him referred to yesterday as one of the more unselfish players in your program. What is it about Tara Edwards that makes him that way? You know, it's, it's funny you say that, right? I don't think anybody would consider a 300 pound plus nose guard as sexy, but it's, it's truly what it was, right? He just kind of understands the game, plays with incredible intensity. He understands leverage, I think. A lot of times the D linemen, one of the things you can be truly gifted is, is not only understand what you're doing, but what they're doing. And he kind of has a unique knack of playing the leverage game with, with often he's double team, right? And he, he kind of threw his leverage into the middle of the double team there and came out. It was a second and one. And he made a, made a tackle for no gain, which put us into a third and short, right? Just another good example of an unselfish player just doing his job. Really fun. He's, he's a guy since last year, you know, he's from the Columbus, Ohio area. He went to Northwestern, transferred into our place three years ago, has been a staple for us and has really come into his own. I remember a day, this past summer, I needed to reach out to him. We were talking about some scheduling thing. He's done our leadership conference. I called him on a Sunday about three o'clock and we were talking, and he goes like, Hey, coach, I got a run. I got a hot yoga class here at four o'clock. I need to go to, I just started laughing because it just, it kind of speaks volumes about, you know, the, the dedicate that this is something he did totally on his own. He, he sculpted his body, did some things that he wanted to take advantage of. And, and we're paying the dividends for it now in, in late September and hopefully going to pay dividends for a while to come. Yeah, you know, you mentioned Olin, I do the pre and the post with him and Olin grew up three houses down from Donovan, uh, Ray Ola. And that's his son, Dylan, who's the quarterback at Nebraska. So to have the crew boys, you've got, uh, both Josh and James on your team to have them going against a kid. And that kid's a good quarterback. He's going to be good. Um, and to have them going against a kid they've known since they were like toddlers, that was really thrilling for the two fathers for the, the, you know, their sons. And, uh, he talked about it on the pregame. And it was, I got a real kick out of just hearing what he had to say about it. Cause I know he's, you know, as proud as could be with his boys. And as you know, uh, Olin can get a little feisty. And so, he's definitely passed that on to his son. So it was interesting. I, uh, I knew our guys were excited to play. So I actually grabbed Josh and James during the course of the week. And I said, listen, I knew the history with Roy Olas. Actually their old line coach was a player at Wisconsin, their uncle, um, uh, was at Wisconsin when I was there and, and, and I've known him for a long time. And, uh, sometimes you can make the battles within the battles too much, right? And it can get overwhelming. I would tell you, Josh Cruz was very excited to play that game. There was a play. I showed the team on Saturday where he took the nose, doubled him back, threw him on his back, and then normally Josh would kind of jump on it and make a little statement afterwards, but he played with restraint, uh, and, and played very, very calmly, uh, in the moment where he had had success and just spoke about it. And James, you know, I would say James is playing with a calf on his hand. Um, and it's playing so good, uh, for us on special teams and linebacker. There's so many great stories on our team. And those stories don't just come about by chance, right? Like the case was with those guys that they're raised in a great environment. Um, mom and dad did a hell of a job to get them where they are. Uh, we have so many kids that have put themselves in positions, you know, our quarterback, um, Luke Altmeyer, you know, grew up in an environment. His dad was a doctor at Mississippi State and starting Mississippi. He's been around college footballs whole life and he's dreamed of this moment. And now we just capitalize on a big stage. So very excited for a lot of our guys in our program. So coach, you're back in the top 20. You're at 19. You're no stranger to that kind of success and how to handle it. Maybe some of your players might be. What's the message this week after a big win? You've got to go out on another tough environment. What is the, what is the presiding overwhelming message that you have to have your players understand how to handle success this week? You know, it's, it, for me, the head coach, you always look for these little indicators, right? Little things to tell you many things and it sounds so funny. But we got off the buses on Saturday or Friday night. We go to the airplane. We hop on it and lo and behold, they tell us that champagne was fogged in and we were going to, you know, be on a four hour weather delay. So here is Friday night. You're excited to play the game and win. But now we got a double hour delay. Didn't get back to the champagne here till about four or five in the morning. But I was going through video clips, going through social media and one of our best players through these first four games has been Xavier Scott. A kid from West Palm Beach, Florida, it sounds like a joke. But his high school coach was a guy by name of Jack Daniels, a good buddy of mine that reached out and said, hey, you need to take a look at this guy and he's come in. He started his first game at Michigan, played his tail off three years ago. And now he's playing at a high level for us. Thorpe award was in town to watch us play against Lincoln. But Xavier after the game and goes up to a TV camera that was in his face. And most guys write like a W or, you know, something and he wrote one and O. And what that tells me is they're hearing what we're saying. Like, no matter what we're doing, I know the outside world, things were four and O. But all we're doing this week is trying to get ourselves in a position to go one and O against a really good football team at State College. Right. So our focus has been focused on the present. Everybody else will take you where you want to go or where they want to go. What we need to do is stay focused on Penn State. So today is Tuesday. It's a very, very important day. We practice early downs. We practice our coverage units. We do a lot of basic install for the game this weekend. And that's where their focus needs to be. Coach, thanks a ton. Thanks for jumping on. We're, uh, we're following it and we're really proud of what the job you're doing. It's been fun to watch. Good luck Saturday. Okay, gentlemen, ILL, I and I, that's it. I know the answer. Good stuff. Yeah. Great. Good start for Brett Bielama and the line. Excellent. I mean, really fun. He was in here this summer. We talked about the need to get off to a good start. And he did just that. They're in a position to, hey, be one of the big surprises in the big 10 this year, 18 and a half point dog. That's unbelievable. I mean, if that doesn't fire you up with those, yeah, and it's college football, man. So you know, college football. Hey, we've seen some wild results already. I love it. Molly and Haw, we've got coach wants that in the wings on Chicago sports radio six, seven score. Dave one step bears head coach for six seasons. Super Bowl champion. He has the greatest mustache you've ever seen. Some say it's a symptom of manliness. Others a cause the mustache. When he hanging out with Molly and Haw on six 70 the score. Open up the door. It's Dave. Dave, Dave, Dave, Dave, Dustin, we're not going to waste airtime on that. Okay. Next question. Next question. Thank you very much. Dave one step. Molly and Haw Chicago sports radio six, seven of the score always a delight to have coach one step with us. And he is here this morning. Dave, good morning. How are you doing? What do you think? I'm trying to shake in the weekend guys. Yeah, it's tough. That was a rough and I know how flusin the coaches feel. And you know, the players always bounce back quicker than coaches. But you know, our fans, I mean, it's that was a rough one. That was a rough one with with the expectations. I think that everybody had and yeah, they rush for 63 yards today, 63 yards. Was that the most disappointing part? Yeah. Oh, 100%. And I was all over this game and not just with the statistics, not just that they were the worst, you know, they had given up 250 yards, the two of the three teams they played running a ball against them. Yeah, that that makes you, you know, get excited. But more so, just the fact that we haven't run the ball this season. And I, I kept saying to myself, this is the time that we're going to come out and we are going to stamp and we're going to say who we are as an offense. And that was the biggest thing that that I was waiting on is, you know, you can say what you want, guys. Okay, run Luke Getzi and that whole crew out of time, that I talk to people in the NFL every week. And last year, if you were playing the Bears, you know what they said, bring your mouthpiece because these guys are going to run the ball and hit us in the mouth. So, you know, it wasn't, it wasn't good enough. But my point is, we kind of knew who we were right now. I'm kind of a little bit confusing. You guys know, I'm on board with flus all the way. I'm going to ride this thing to the end. But, but boy, that was disappointing. Well, though, what you're saying though, is that it's because of a lack of emphasis, not ability. That's what you're suggesting there. That's what I, when it comes to the run game, that's exactly what I'm saying. Now, I charted this thing. They ran a lead with commit leading. They ran a belly play. They ran a toss. They ran the, they ran five different styles of run. I'm not even going to talk about the option. They ran five different runs. Okay, guys. And so they tried them all early. And you know, Mercedes Lewis, I was telling everybody in my mind, we're going to see Mercedes Lewis, we're going to see Herbert, we're going to see Rochon. And here we go, commit is the full back, move him around. And let's go pound these guys and give Caleb a chance to throw some play action passes. That was what I was expecting. And that was so disappointing to me, you know, that, that we just couldn't, it couldn't make it happen. And you put yeah, you don't don't, I'm a, I'm a Herbert's not maybe a great back. I get that. Okay. But let me tell you something. The guys had, he's run, he every, it's over five yards a carry last year in the preseason combined for the Bears. And if, and I've coached, I've been very fortunate, very blessed. You know, the Ricky Williams, Emmett Smith, I played with Tony Dorsett, coach LaShawn McCoy, great running backs need to get lathered up. It's really tough to stick them in there. And when their legs aren't loose, they haven't been hit and say, okay, you're the guy now, you know, and it's so we say and don't bring a guy in on the one. Well, that's tough. I mean, people are going to criticize him and say they shouldn't have put Herbert in there. You know, I, he needs a half a dozen carries to get going. In my opinion, at least the few backs that I've been around have been pretty decent. When you say don't ask you about the option, it makes me want to ask you about the option. Help us understand that one day. Two, two thoughts. Okay. And this is just my experience from, from when I started coaching with Johnny Majors, Jackie Cheryl, Jimmy Johnson, way back. When we were, we were an option team, we would run the split back via option. So I know a little bit about the option. And we kind of had a golden role that we didn't want to run the option inside the 20. And a closer you get to the goal line, the tougher it is. Why? Because when you run it up field, think about running it at the 50 where now the linebackers are playing running pass. Your safeties are playing running pass, right? Everybody, David, you played safety. Now you get down inside the 20 and those safeties, everybody's closer to the line of scrimmage. It's very difficult to say the safety won't be involved in a play or the linebacker won't be involved in the play. They don't have to cover as much ground. That's why we would stay away from the option. And you know what that told me though, and I'll shut up on this, when they ran that play, that told me that Fluse probably said, and I've been there, I want to go for it. Okay, bang, we're going for it. Now we got to come to the offense. And what do we like? What play do we like? What's your favorite play? And exactly right. And he's on the phone with a line coach who I think is really outstanding. He's getting a bad rap others deal. And we come up with an option that tells me this and I'm done that they had no confidence in running the ISO, the lead, the belly, whatever you want to run inside and knock people off the ball, quarterback, sneak, whatever you pick a play that we're running between the tackles. When you run that play, that's telling me that you got no confidence doing that. The segment of Dave wants to sponsor by Chicago roofing contractors.org, providing all weather protection for your business. All right. 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