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We ask Brad Biggs if the Bears drafted the wrong quarterback
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What's going on? Well, you're the man. And we've been discussing this morning the idea that the bears, well, they blew it. They took the wrong quarterback. They got the, they didn't get C.J. Stroud. They got the Bryant Young of 2020. No, we didn't say that. But it was interesting to see how good Jaden 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 gridiron. 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, Jaden 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. I wouldn't waste my time. Your passage judgment on Jaden Daniels or Caleb Williams. At this point, it's so early for both those guys and reality is they both they 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 realize they've got to be better run in the football. They just have to be better run in the football. Recall back to the previous week that 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, eventually you're going to get to that old, what was it, John McCayline, when he was the 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 actually, that's going to happen here if these guys don't start getting better blocking up front and 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 offensive interview? Yeah, he was. Yeah, they interviewed Cliff Kingsbury for the offensive coordinator job, but polls and eberflu's were jetting all over the place to interview people for the OC job. And Clint Kuviak, was he in that mix? Yeah, that's the guy. If you're looking at it right now, like, well, geez, who did they 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 list. Yeah, like what? And Cliff Kingsbury, I know when when that name came out, I think a lot of people poo pooed it. And yeah, 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 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 list 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 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, it's physical. 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 in the Bears. You're just a ray of sunshine this morning. That's very optimistic. Look at it, Bigsy glass half full as usual. While we're playing this game of going back and and reconsidering things that didn't happen. Let's go. Dan Quinn was also a finalist. When Matt Eberfloos got the job, Jim Caldwell, Dan Quinn and Matt Eberfloos flew, she 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 he was the Cowboys, the defense coordinator at the time. And I would think that, yeah, he would have wanted the job if the Bears would have wanted him. They're, you know, 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 he's a you won't come across a guy or many guys anyway in the league that are more revered and respected than Dan Quinn. Like, I don't know that I've ever encountered someone that's got a bad word to say about him. Like that's how he treats people. And when I say people, I mean, players, I mean, coaches that he works with, staff members in the building, people on other teams, like he's an exceptional guy and took it. 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, you know, every time you think the commanders of maybe taking a step forward or two, you know, you wait a little while and it turns out they're now 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, a lot of people pull for a guy like Dan Quinn, I'll tell you that much. Plug in a Hyundai EV and the extraordinary happens. It's not just the ultra fast charging capability and long range in the Ionic 5 and Ionic 6 or the adventure seeking spirit of the Kona Electric or the groundbreaking 601 horsepower Ionic 5N. And it's not just the comfort in knowing that every Hyundai EV is backed by a 10 year, 100,000 mile limited electric battery warranty. Hyundai's EVs transform a low hum into a loud adventure. They bring color to your journey and turn energy into main character energy. So forget everything you thought you knew about EVs and turn the extraordinary into something true. Electrifying. There's joy in every journey. 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. They're receiving course 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 to wide receivers or hurt. They've got I think some defensive 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 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 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 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 2-2 at well. Four catches 93 yards against the 49ers. Louisville, I think he's a Louisville guy. Good memory, Brad. Lot of speed, a lot of speed and quickness. Yeah, they have a pretty pedestrian receiving court though, but with Matt Stafford and Sean McVey, you don't underestimate anybody. And the Bears certainly are 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 Right Garden? Does it matter? Oh boy. Well, it all matters as poorly as they've been playing on the online. Although I got information that Pryor was going to start on Saturday. It was Saturday. Nice job. Put it on Twitter. Boy, the reaction, you thought the people were assuming the Bears were putting a Pro Bowl guy in there in Matt Pryor. I'm not knocking at 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 Right Guard. 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 groin 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 Borham 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. That doesn't matter. No, I know. There's an option left. Yeah, there you go. 5.1 yards of carry is what they're giving up there. Bears can fix that. The bears will come to the rescue. I know. Does does the Nate Davis 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, he 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 net. 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 into game at right guard. So who's 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 Mike Tomlin will stick with fields and he'll continue to be the guy for the Steelers. Yeah, I got to tell you, I think there's so many fun storylines to look at and all that. But all anybody really cares about is when they're going to kind of get their act together a little bit. Is there anything that they can do to help fields, throw fewer passes, be more effective and how he's used? It's one thing to come out and say, well, we don't want to take the aggression out of them, but you got to protect the ball. And it's another thing to actually do things to help them. 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 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. So you're winning percentage right there is a cool 14%. So it's even worse than the white sacks. The other thing here is 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 teams 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 the production came or a sizable portion was the 40, what was it? 47, 42 yard. Hell married 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. 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 plug in a Hyundai EV and the extraordinary happens. It's not just the ultra fast charging capability and long range in the Ionic 5 and Ionic 6 or the adventure seeking spirit of the Kona electric or the groundbreaking 601 horsepower Ionic 5M. And it's not just the comfort in knowing that every Hyundai EV is backed by a 10 year, 100,000 mile limited electric battery warranty. 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