With continued trouble in short yardage and getting passes downfield, the Bears still see a late-season surge continuing with four wins in six games.
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00:03 Real good positive start to the game.
00:23 Like I said, first, a fast start,
00:25 get those three touchdowns, play some good defense
00:29 in there to go up 21-0.
00:32 But the main thing is that we want to do a good job of
00:34 finishing the half out right.
00:36 I think we did a good job on D and special teams
00:39 finishing out those drives.
00:42 We just got to do a better job of capitalizing
00:44 on the two minutes, the two possessions we
00:47 did have on offense to get at least three
00:49 and potentially more going into the half right there.
00:52 In terms of the injury updates, I'll have more for you
00:55 tomorrow on that.
00:57 But Tevin is still in concussion protocol.
01:01 But we'll see where that goes.
01:02 Cole, his knee, we'll see where that goes in terms
01:05 of his movement tomorrow.
01:08 And that's all I have for you in terms of those.
01:10 Hopefully, this next two games, we will.
01:12 We will make those connections with DJ,
01:15 with the guys that go down the field, Mooney
01:18 and different guys.
01:19 And Cole's done a good job of that too.
01:20 But just got to keep doing it.
01:22 Yeah, they've stepped up in a lot of ways.
01:24 Most importantly, they're playing together.
01:27 So the continuity that they have, obviously,
01:29 the run defense has been stout at times.
01:33 And we certainly need to have that done this week.
01:35 We got a big challenge ahead of us for the run.
01:38 This team is a really good run team.
01:40 They know how to do it.
01:41 And obviously, they got really good personnel
01:43 that can do that.
01:44 So we got to do a really good job this week.
01:46 But the takeaways have been high.
01:48 I know we didn't get any the other day.
01:50 So we're going to have to pick that up here the next game.
01:54 And then obviously, the space tackling, the tackling,
01:57 the sacks have picked up.
01:58 All those things have done that.
02:00 But really, it's just buying into the system.
02:02 Buying into our system, it's got a long history.
02:05 It's been around this league for a long time.
02:08 And the guys understand the core principles and the standards
02:10 it takes to play the positions.
02:12 And they're really doing a good job of rushing and cover
02:15 and cover and rush, really playing off each other.
02:18 On offense or defense, it's always about that.
02:20 Starting with a positive play, if you get the third down,
02:23 you got to convert on those downs.
02:25 And chunk plays are at a premium.
02:28 Or defending against a chunk play, that's how you score.
02:30 Get the ball into scoring range.
02:33 And that's really what we need to do in those situations
02:36 there at the end of the half.
02:37 Now, at the end of the game, if you go back
02:39 to the end of the game, we were trying to put the game away.
02:42 Justin had that beautiful scramble
02:45 that only a few guys in the league can do.
02:48 And a big 39-yard gain or whatever it was.
02:51 And then we ended up throwing the interception after that.
02:53 And really, I'll stick to the comments
02:55 that I had after the game on that one,
02:57 is that the corner made a nice play.
02:59 He sloughed off on the corner route and made a nice play.
03:02 And it's unfortunate that we threw it there.
03:05 But I thought we responded well on defense.
03:07 And after that, we finished the game out the right way.
03:10 Did what we needed to do to finish the game out
03:12 the right way.
03:13 So--
03:13 Yeah.
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