Bears wide receiver Darnell Mooney had said the team got too comfortable in the third quarter and it hurt their chances but Matt Everflus isn't buying it.
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00:02 - So the momentum thing is all about execution, right?
00:21 And it's about energy, right?
00:22 And you gotta have that in any part of the game,
00:25 but you certainly have to have it at the end
00:26 'cause the NFL is the NFL, right?
00:28 And it's the way you finish that matters, right?
00:31 It's a two minute, four minute.
00:32 Last two weeks, we did it right.
00:35 You know, Minnesota game,
00:35 we finished it with a winning field goal against Detroit.
00:38 We finished it with sacks and takeaways, right?
00:40 So, you know, it's all the games that we won this year
00:44 have all been executed the correct way, you know?
00:47 And then the ones that we didn't, you know,
00:49 you can point to the two minute, four minute
00:50 or the turnover margin, you know?
00:51 So those are really the factors that you have
00:53 in winning in the NFL, you know?
00:55 So when you do it right, it is right.
00:57 And the guys know that, and we can't, you know,
01:00 ever relax, you know, with the mindset like that.
01:03 And I don't believe our guys do that.
01:05 In fact, I know they don't, you know?
01:07 So we just gotta keep the hammer down.
01:09 It's imperative that we keep doing,
01:11 taking the shots down the field that we took yesterday.
01:14 Obviously, we had one to Bobby.
01:16 That was a big connect.
01:17 It's important that we do that.
01:19 That's a big part of it.
01:20 You know, we got DJ on the side.
01:22 I think that was another big play, you know?
01:24 And then, you know, it's important
01:25 we keep taking the shots down the field
01:27 because when you do that, you back people off, you know?
01:29 And it opens up the intermediate part of it, you know?
01:32 So, and you get people to play, you know,
01:34 more shell that way.
01:36 And then we feel that can open up the run game for us too.
01:38 Since week 11, you know, we got,
01:40 we had 12 interceptions, 14 takeaways.
01:42 So that's a big positive for us going forward.
01:44 We're gonna need to do that in these next three games.
01:47 Both lead the NFL in that stretch.
01:49 A four game stretch with two plus interceptions.
01:52 That's been the first time since 2018.
01:55 That's been really good.
01:55 We got 14 points yesterday off of the turnovers,
01:58 which is really good.
01:59 I think we're really working our returns well.
02:03 We're starting to get more yards on those.
02:05 That's a definite improvement.
02:07 We've outscored the opponents 39 to zero
02:09 in the third quarter, last five games.
02:12 And then obviously Tez.
02:13 You know, Tez has been really a big factor.
02:16 You know, had a nice strip sack,
02:18 but it was good to see yesterday.
02:19 Almost got that one on the side.
02:20 So his career high, you know, he got two and a half sacks.
02:24 He's got 12 and a half for the season.
02:26 You know, both lead, you know,
02:27 and obviously leading our team, which is excellent.
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