Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus says he'll handle defensive play calls this week at Tampa with Alan Williams away from the team for personal reasons.
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00:10 Allen Williams will not travel with the team this weekend.
00:22 He's out for personal reasons.
00:24 I will be assuming his responsibilities.
00:27 >> Well, I've done it for 12 years total.
00:30 Yeah, so really it's more about the operation of the game management side of
00:35 it, which when offense is up, it'll be normal business.
00:38 And then with throwing challenge flags and being right there with Luke and
00:43 the offense.
00:43 And then when the defense ups, I'll be making the calls.
00:47 And then when we're off the field, to make the corrections pretty quick,
00:52 the guys on the sideline are gonna help me do that with the players.
00:55 And then really from there, it's just about setting up the next series.
00:59 What's coming in the next series for those guys, and we can communicate that.
01:02 And then from there, it's just normal.
01:05 >> I got a lot of experience on the defensive staff.
01:07 John Hoke is a very experienced coach.
01:10 Andre Curtis, a very experienced coach.
01:13 They've been in the league a long time, been in our system a long time.
01:16 So, Berganzi has been with me for a long time.
01:20 So, Elver Street, all those guys have been with me.
01:22 So they know how I like to operate.
01:24 They know how it is when I am calling the play and running that side.
01:30 So it'll be good.
01:34 Yeah, I would just say that I think they're handling it well.
01:38 The people of their age, man, they're really resilient and all that.
01:43 I think they're handling it very well.
01:44 The practice is really good, spirited practices, high energy.
01:48 And that's been good.
01:50 >> Responsible.
01:50 >> Yeah, I mean, it's just really for
01:52 what we thought the organization needed at the time.
01:56 And so that's where we went with it.
01:58 We thought it was best for the Bears as a whole for me to be the head coach,
02:02 to oversee offense, defense and kicking.
02:04 So that's why we did it.
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02:06 >> Tween series on Sunday when you're.
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