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[SPEAKER_00]: It's been over to you, right?
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[SPEAKER_00]: What the f*** was that?
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[SPEAKER_00]: What's up, there's fans, fans, fans.
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[SPEAKER_00]: What's going on everybody?
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[SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to another episode of the Nicholas Moriano Show.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm your host, Nicholas Moriano.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Man, what a way to start the 2026 NFL season, a dominant 59.
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[SPEAKER_00]: 59 to 37 victory over the Carolina Panthers on the road and you know what it almost makes me forget how this game started.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I was I obviously didn't travel to North Carolina watch this game, but remember that it started off with a holding penalty on the very first play of the game, Roman Dunes, a two plays later.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Luke they've earned the third fumbles the football away.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Carolina takes over and then they score a touchdown to take the lead on the pair.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then the bear's going to have three straight touchdown scoring drives, the offense explodes, the rushing attack ends with 291 yards on the ground, 39 carries Caleb Williams is running all over the place throwing absolute dots to Cole Comet and somehow some way, Cole's to love and end the game with a single reception, it was honestly a really
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think what's most encouraging and hearing from what a lot of the offense of players had to say in the locker room, that there's still so much to improve the penalties, the misstopper tunities, and for this bear's offense, the knowing that Caleb Williams said it best, he said, like, this is going to be the worst that this offense looks.
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[SPEAKER_00]: score 59 points.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So that I think is very telling of what Ben Johnson bears head coach is kind of instilled in this football team.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They're seeking perfection.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That was actually something that Roman Dunes talked about in his press conference that they're seeking that perfect game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: This by no means was a perfect game, but they still blew out the Carolina Panthers by 22 points in this one.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And yes, it felt like it was obviously close, but the bear is offensive explosion.
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[SPEAKER_00]: just throughout, I think a majority of this game allowed this team to kind of break away from the Carolina Panthers.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So let's get into just some of the top takeaways of some of my initial thoughts.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm obviously going to go back and rewatch this game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Most of the curious what you thought about this matchup, what you liked, what you didn't like, what concerns you, there are definitely some concerns that I have after watching this game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But let's get into all of that and this kind of
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think we have to start with this bears rushing attack because Ben Johnson talked about it post game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He was highlighting Key Love.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He was highlighting that one, he didn't like his own play calling in the
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[SPEAKER_00]: And it's perfect how Caleb Williams described what his favorite play of the day was because it goes back to the rushing attack.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It was Kyle Mnunga's second touch of the game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I know Caleb said it was Mnunga's first touch of the game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It was his second second run of the game, 61 yard touchdown right at the end of the third quarter.
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[SPEAKER_00]: When you look back at that run and I cannot wait to go in the locker and talk to the players about this.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You see the execution all across the board.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The offensive line washes down the panther's defense of front.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Watch the block that Cole Comet puts on one of the defensive linemen.
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[SPEAKER_00]: How loot their burden inserts.
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[SPEAKER_00]: in blocks, one of the Panthers defenders, Cliff Raymond diving to make a block.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then that allows Kyle Vanunga to squeeze through and then just burst up field.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then you see Jada Walker finishing the play.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I believe Fen Johnson described it as a butt block or something using his butt to block the three defenders that were trying to catch up to Vanunga.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That is, that's elite at all three levels.
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[SPEAKER_00]: of blocking with the offensive line, the receivers, tight ends and then finishing the play monungai with the speed like that is what you want to see and that's what the bears are going to be about this season.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The Andre Swift just got paid three years 33.75 million dollar extension.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And he, listening to him post game, he's always looking to prove himself every day.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's also somebody that's never going to take all the credit.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's just nice personality always gives kudos to the offensive line.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's not a selfish player and you see what he does for this football team.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Caleb Williams described him as the golden star, someone that kid, do a little bit of everything on offense.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He can catch, he can run, look at some of the blocks he put on some of these linebackers.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And that was a thing that the Panthers did.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I thought, well, they were able to blitz the A gaps and that caused some problems for the bears, but you don't perfect, perfect comment, my guy.
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[SPEAKER_00]: No block, no rock.
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[SPEAKER_00]: If you do not block on this football team, you are not going to get the rock.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And everybody on this team now, going to year two of Ben Johnson's offense, they live that, you see it out on the football field.
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[SPEAKER_00]: A guy like Cole Comet, he doesn't get all the flashy stats even though he had, he had a hell of a touchdown catch.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, to have that one perfectly thrown by Caleb Williams to play design is excellent as well.
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[SPEAKER_00]: To get him outside the pocket right side, have the whole entire wall there, Cole's in Lovelin having a good block there with 13 personnel on that play two with Sam Rausch on the field.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Obviously, Cole Comet, catch in the touchdown.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Someone like him who doesn't get all of the recognition doesn't get all the flashy stats this is a cool comment to come up with that type of catch over the shoulder perfectly placed in between two defenders.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's that's again, I tweeted out at the time stand by it now even more so after watching it like 10 times that is elite level by your play caller.
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[SPEAKER_00]: by Caleb Williams and the throw, and by Cole Comet catching that pass in a tight, tight window.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Tight window.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Let's get into actually really quickly the first common to hear that I got.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Thoughts on the under usage of love and soul.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I, again, I have to go back and watch the all 22 because there were some plays that Caleb missed in the middle of the field.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Like the one,
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[SPEAKER_00]: maybe 15 yard dig route in the middle of the field if Caleb puts that on lovelin.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He talked about that in his post game press.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Or like that has a chance to go for a explosive game, especially with lovelin open field and what he can do.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm just curious when I go back and watch the L-22, which should be out.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know at some point, maybe tonight or early tomorrow, I want to see how the Panthers were defending him.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I bet you they went into this game knowing that he was going to be a big target.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I liked that they tried to get Lovelin one-on-one with the corner on the outside skinny post.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's a match of I like, but it just, they made it difficult for him.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And that's all right, because not every single team is going to be able to do what they did to lovelin in this game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I, I'm, look, I said on this, in the show that I thought he was going to go for 100 in touch down today.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Completely wrong, but.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, I think the bears made up for that was what they were able to do on the ground with the rushing attack.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But it was interesting to see that Lovelin, you know, in a game where Colston Lovelin Romanoons and Luther Burn all don't have a touchdown.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The bear is still win by 22 and put up 59 that that to me shows you what this offense is all about and what I've been saying all along it is built through the run game that's why you paid The entry so that's why you have a guy like common okay that's why you invest in the offensive line and that's why you you play through that to open up the past game
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[SPEAKER_00]: So it was interesting to see, but again, I want to go watch, rewatch how the Panthers are playing him and see if there were more opportunities throughout the game that, you know, the bears just didn't capitalize like that was also a big theme after this game where the bears felt like they left points out there, opportunities out there.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So there's definitely things to improve on as this offense continues to move forward, looking at week two, Minnesota Vikings get a big win at home against the Green Bay Packers who choke again in the fourth quarter, losing to another NFC.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, they just,
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if you're a Packers fan, I think you've got to be a little concerned of how this team continuously finds way to just lose leads, but we'll see how that goes from here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Oh, I do like this one.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, this is somebody that I do a stock up stock down article after a meal after the game, and I should have put Cliff Raymond in there is just a stock up candidate because he was relating receiver a quiet eight receptions for 84 yards, but the one that stands out to me is just the diving.
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[SPEAKER_00]: the diving reception towards a left-side line where he lays out, I think he gets some wind knock out of him because he lands on the football.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That is
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[SPEAKER_00]: It doesn't get better than that with Khalifa Raymond.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's has speed, quickness, in and out of his brakes, really liked what I saw from him as a returner as well.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But Khalifa Raymond, if you were to just ask anybody who was a leading receiver in this game, I don't know if he would come up naturally, because again, the bear sits so well on the ground game and you had a big play from,
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[SPEAKER_00]: Roman dunes, they down the right side line, which is just an incredible catch.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, the defenders in front of them just natches the football, Randy Moss, Esk, like that's going to be hopefully you can continue to show that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Roman Dunesay and then Louis DeBurn had five or six or three yards, but yeah, it wasn't 21 catches on the day for everybody 269 yards, two touchdowns Colcomet and then the other one to John A Walker who put man, he had some violent blocks in violent blocks violent hits in that game special teams.
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[SPEAKER_00]: There was a block where he had on the outside corner for a cleave Raymond on a screen, the
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[SPEAKER_00]: That it's infectious right when you see somebody like that putting out all that effort I you know, they're going to watch that film Antoine Randall L Richard high tower on the specialty in June of for jade walker.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They're going to love that It's like I said infectious and you know what you you repay those guys who show that effort jade walker gets a touch now The only bear's wide receiver the touch out of this game which is insane
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[SPEAKER_00]: Um, let's see.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We got a Braxon joke.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So yeah, this is also something that I'm really looking forward to watching with Braxon Jones from Blink named 6629.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Braxon's played well.
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[SPEAKER_00]: If anyone was a weekly gun that old on today was Jonah Jackson, got bullied a couple times by Derek Brown.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I did see a couple of those plays and let's be fair.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Derek Brown is a absolute mammoth of a human being.
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[SPEAKER_00]: There was a nice combo block that Jonah Jackson and Darnell Wright
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[SPEAKER_00]: was that DeAndre's first rushing touchdown there were what six rushing touchdowns on the day.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's a little can get a little murky here as I'm kind of going through my thoughts here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But yeah, I'm curious to go back and watch how the online play specifically left tackle.
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[SPEAKER_00]: There are also times where Theo Bennett was in the game at that left tackle spot.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So got to look at that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Also one one area that I was disappointed.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And there's probably more, but one that stands out to me, when I watch the outside corners for the Chicago Bears, I don't wonder how you guys feel about this as well.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So Jalen Johnson, Tyrex Stevens.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I didn't think they played, you know.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I didn't think they played well today, to say it lightly.
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[SPEAKER_00]: When you have Janet Coker, go for eight receptions with 138, two touchdowns, make 1,000, 5 for 75, Jonathan Brooks, one catch 48 yards.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I know that play got extended with Bryce Young, but Jalen Johnson's there, allows Hubbard to get behind him.
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[SPEAKER_00]: There are a couple plays too on the very, on the first offensive series for the Panthers, Jalen Johnson, he's biting on the
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[SPEAKER_00]: the receiver runs a wheel route.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So he's biting out, biting on the outrout, but turns it up field gives up an explosive game that you can't have that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You can't have that if you're Jalen Johnson.
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[SPEAKER_00]: If you're this guy that's supposed to be this number one corner on the spares team,
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't think you really showed too much of that in this game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if you guys felt differently, but the one play that you could say is a positive is that force thumble that happens between Dylan Thineman and Jalen Johnson.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's obviously a plus that you see there.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Jalen Johnson gives up the reception, but is able to fight through the play and help
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[SPEAKER_00]: get the force fumble and I know Ben Johnson gave a game ball two statement who ended up with 10 total tackles on that I want to say that was the most I liked what I saw from Dylan theme and I liked what I saw from Cam Lewis as well and I liked what I saw from the League Muhammad so really it was everybody else in the secondary about the two outside corners.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Because then he also had Tyrex Stevens to get burned for a what 60 yard touchdown down left sign line by Coker.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I can see exactly what that was because the long for that play was 51 yards, politics.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But I liked what I saw from the link Muhammad and he was putting a situation in the game when Tyrex Stevens didn't win out where he had to play from the slot, go outside, and he's outside on McMillan on a fourth down play plays perfectly sticky coverage and is able
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[SPEAKER_00]: Also gets an interception in this game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I don't know how I don't mention that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Like, that is what you want to see from a fourth round traffic.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I've seen Kyla Gordon still in IR.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Still, you know, very uncertain about that situation, but for a guy that is playing a position at Nickel that wasn't his natural position at Texas to do that, then in the game, switched from Nickel to outside, while Tyric Stevenson misses a couple of plays, that is a guy that is not allowing the moment to get too big for him.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And it's a high scoring game, their big plays happening all over the field, Malik Muhammad came to play.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I really like that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You need to see improved play from the outside corners and then overall too.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, the past rush, what do they have?
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[SPEAKER_00]: Looking at the stats here, not that it truly, two sacks on the day, contaviest street with one.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Montez, what had a really nice past rush where going up against Monro, freeling the right tackle, the rookie engages with him, pulls the jersey.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So he uses his momentum against him to get around to go get Bryce Young, but I don't think it was consistent after today.
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[SPEAKER_00]: There was the touchdown run, not touchdown run.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So on the very first touchdown in the game,
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[SPEAKER_00]: After the bear's fumbled the football from Luther Burton, great Jared does a great job of getting through two blocks.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then when he has Bryce Young in his sights, Bryce does one move able to get, you know, outside and fine, hover the running back wide open for a touchdown.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But there's an opportunity there for Jared to make a play.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Doesn't happen.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Shoot when
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[SPEAKER_00]: It was Bryce Young escaped, again, got outside and ran for a touchdown.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He put some move on Jalen Johnson, which just gets put on skates.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You can't have that happen.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And again, those are two veteran players I just talked about, Jalen Johnson, great at Jarrett, where Bryce Young gets the better of them and is able to capitalize and score touchdowns on those plays.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So that needs to be better.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That needs to be better.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I'm curious to just watching the, when I watched all 22 of the past rush,
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, I didn't feel like anybody had a very consistent game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Diode Angbo had a couple of penalties and that's one rough in the past and then was an off side penalty, something like that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So you didn't get production from him, but yeah, that needs to be better.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I wait, Chicago's defense and I see Rochon Johnson has four total tackles that can't be right.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Is it so just look at the stat sheet, just basic stats, dealing thing of intent total tackles, Tyre extremist and nine, Camlo's them and Bush had six.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Rochon Johnson for.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I would also agree with just looking at the comments here for people we're going to listen to the audio version of this.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Sam Roush did not have a good debut.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I just, I know the one play that stands out to me with Sam Roush's A was at the third and short that happens where inside, inside pressure, and then Kalmanon guys taking down for it to your loss.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But then,
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[SPEAKER_00]: What was it, the banana punt?
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[SPEAKER_00]: I believe that's what Ben Johnson described it as, from Tory Taylor to, you know, mess with the, the punt returner there and the bear's capitalizer able to get a feelable there.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So, oh, that makes sense.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Total type of some special teams.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Good catch.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm like, wait, they can't be right, but,
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[SPEAKER_00]: that I think now when you just think about like what what well I mean there are obviously aspects of this game that the bears look at and you want to carry this over into Minnesota but how Caleb Williams played in my eyes was someone that was confident in what Ben Johnson was calling confident where his receivers were going to be any what when he was taking check downs
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, he's looking to hunt big plays.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's always naturally going to be what Caleb Williams does.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But taking those little check downs for six, seven, 15-yard Ganty-Calm and Unguy, it's exactly exactly what you need to be and look.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I know people are gonna talk, oh, did he get the 70% completion president?
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[SPEAKER_00]: She did, not that that's really a two indicator of how he's doing or what, you know, how he's progressing.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's what you want to see from a guy like Caleb Williams take those check down.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think it's gonna have to do that against Minnesota next week.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'll watch that film.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I was watching a little bit of that game, Green Bay, Minnesota, but the bears are going to need to take those early answers when the Minnesota Vikings present.
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[SPEAKER_00]: All these different fronts have eight nine guys lined up on the line of scrimmage, maybe blitz all of them or drop a couple.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You're gonna have to, you need to have quick answers.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Just seeing how Caleb Williams approached this and he missed a couple of throws in this one, but seeing his answers come up really encouraging to see as he's now you're two of this offense well ahead of schedule that that's that's what you want to see there you want to see see the press rush improved you want to see those two outside corners that I mentioned improved you want to see the rushing attack continue to do what it did today.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Dominant performance, 124 and three touchdowns for Swift, 10 and a hundred for common young guy in a touchdown, then Caleb Williams is using his legs and he consistently gets over 20 miles per hour, like the dude, the dude moves and that is a problem for opposing defensive.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So whether he's looking to use his legs to extend in place in the passing game or using it to run, he is somebody that can absolutely burn a defense when he extends the pocket.
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[SPEAKER_00]: All right, guys, let's send it on this.
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[SPEAKER_00]: After this game, how confident are you feeling that the Bears won?
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[SPEAKER_00]: We'll take care of business against the Minnesota Vikings.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And again, we probably both didn't watch both, or maybe we do watch all the Minnesota and crevay game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But I think seeing what I saw today,
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[SPEAKER_00]: knowing that there's still so much room for improvement, despite scoring 59 points and blowing out a team by 22 on the road, leaves me really confident where this team is at.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Because when I wanted to see the rushing attack come out and do what it did today, I didn't think it was going to do it to that magnitude of 291 with six rushing touchdowns, but it did.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And that's against a revamped line-backing room from the Carolina Panthers.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's with some really good players on the defense of front.
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[SPEAKER_00]: yet the bears were able to show what the, what their table of doing to I think any team in the NFL because of one how they block.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Actually, it's a couple of things.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's one you have the play color who wants to run the football.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Two, it's you have an entire offense that is willing to block loves the block and will do that from every position.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Online, wider severs, tight ends, running backs, everybody's a part of it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And because you have all those components and some very talented rushers in the Andre Swift and Common Unguy, this team is set.
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[SPEAKER_00]: to one, not just replicate what it did last season in terms of their rushing attack, which took like four games to get into.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And when you remember the 2025 season, it wasn't just an instantaneous despair as good the bears are a good running team.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It took some time.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The bears right off the bat said, we know we're a good running team.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We're gonna show you how good we are.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And they did that today.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I want to see that continue.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And obviously, I keep seeing the past Russian here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, that needs to be, you need to see more of it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And really quickly, did anybody notice Jordan Vanberg at all?
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[SPEAKER_00]: That was just in a couple of group chats like, hey, where's that rookie at?
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[SPEAKER_00]: Maybe I'll watch the old 22 and have a better answer for you guys, but I didn't really feel his presence all too much throughout this game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So definitely, when I watched the old 22, see, make note if there were any times there, that there are times for Contabius Street flashed.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, Grady Jared had some rushes, but you got to finish.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I'm the one of the runs by Hubbard.
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[SPEAKER_00]: where Damien Lewis, the left guard, he completely takes out Grady Jarrett.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Like he can't have those playsmen as a captain as somebody that's being paid.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, a lot of money like this is not that's not the performance you want to put out there.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Same goes for Jalen Johnson.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's a contract here for Tyric Stevenson.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Don't get out played by the rookie and Dylan Thineman.
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[SPEAKER_00]: No, he's super talented, but those two guys on the outside need to play.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They need to be more consistent.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I'm, and obviously, you have some really good receivers in Minnesota and Justin Jefferson and Addison and you have Hawkins in making plays in the game against the pack or so.
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[SPEAKER_00]: that needs to improve.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But I'm looking forward to watching the tape.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'll get back on here's just again share some of those thoughts after I review the all 22, but appreciate everyone for coming in hanging out.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to another episode of the Nicholas Moriano Show.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm your host, Nicholas Moriano.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Man, what a way to start the 2026 NFL season, a dominant 59.
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[SPEAKER_00]: 59 to 37 victory over the Carolina Panthers on the road and you know what it almost makes me forget how this game started.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I was I obviously didn't travel to North Carolina watch this game, but remember that it started off with a holding penalty on the very first play of the game, Roman Dunes, a two plays later.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Luke they've earned the third fumbles the football away.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Carolina takes over and then they score a touchdown to take the lead on the pair.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then the bear's going to have three straight touchdown scoring drives, the offense explodes, the rushing attack ends with 291 yards on the ground, 39 carries Caleb Williams is running all over the place throwing absolute dots to Cole Comet and somehow some way, Cole's to love and end the game with a single reception, it was honestly a really
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think what's most encouraging and hearing from what a lot of the offense of players had to say in the locker room, that there's still so much to improve the penalties, the misstopper tunities, and for this bear's offense, the knowing that Caleb Williams said it best, he said, like, this is going to be the worst that this offense looks.
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[SPEAKER_00]: score 59 points.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So that I think is very telling of what Ben Johnson bears head coach is kind of instilled in this football team.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They're seeking perfection.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That was actually something that Roman Dunes talked about in his press conference that they're seeking that perfect game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: This by no means was a perfect game, but they still blew out the Carolina Panthers by 22 points in this one.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And yes, it felt like it was obviously close, but the bear is offensive explosion.
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[SPEAKER_00]: just throughout, I think a majority of this game allowed this team to kind of break away from the Carolina Panthers.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So let's get into just some of the top takeaways of some of my initial thoughts.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm obviously going to go back and rewatch this game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Most of the curious what you thought about this matchup, what you liked, what you didn't like, what concerns you, there are definitely some concerns that I have after watching this game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But let's get into all of that and this kind of
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think we have to start with this bears rushing attack because Ben Johnson talked about it post game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He was highlighting Key Love.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He was highlighting that one, he didn't like his own play calling in the
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[SPEAKER_00]: And it's perfect how Caleb Williams described what his favorite play of the day was because it goes back to the rushing attack.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It was Kyle Mnunga's second touch of the game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I know Caleb said it was Mnunga's first touch of the game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It was his second second run of the game, 61 yard touchdown right at the end of the third quarter.
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[SPEAKER_00]: When you look back at that run and I cannot wait to go in the locker and talk to the players about this.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You see the execution all across the board.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The offensive line washes down the panther's defense of front.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Watch the block that Cole Comet puts on one of the defensive linemen.
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[SPEAKER_00]: How loot their burden inserts.
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[SPEAKER_00]: in blocks, one of the Panthers defenders, Cliff Raymond diving to make a block.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then that allows Kyle Vanunga to squeeze through and then just burst up field.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then you see Jada Walker finishing the play.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I believe Fen Johnson described it as a butt block or something using his butt to block the three defenders that were trying to catch up to Vanunga.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That is, that's elite at all three levels.
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[SPEAKER_00]: of blocking with the offensive line, the receivers, tight ends and then finishing the play monungai with the speed like that is what you want to see and that's what the bears are going to be about this season.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The Andre Swift just got paid three years 33.75 million dollar extension.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And he, listening to him post game, he's always looking to prove himself every day.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's also somebody that's never going to take all the credit.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's just nice personality always gives kudos to the offensive line.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's not a selfish player and you see what he does for this football team.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Caleb Williams described him as the golden star, someone that kid, do a little bit of everything on offense.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He can catch, he can run, look at some of the blocks he put on some of these linebackers.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And that was a thing that the Panthers did.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I thought, well, they were able to blitz the A gaps and that caused some problems for the bears, but you don't perfect, perfect comment, my guy.
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[SPEAKER_00]: No block, no rock.
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[SPEAKER_00]: If you do not block on this football team, you are not going to get the rock.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And everybody on this team now, going to year two of Ben Johnson's offense, they live that, you see it out on the football field.
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[SPEAKER_00]: A guy like Cole Comet, he doesn't get all the flashy stats even though he had, he had a hell of a touchdown catch.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, to have that one perfectly thrown by Caleb Williams to play design is excellent as well.
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[SPEAKER_00]: To get him outside the pocket right side, have the whole entire wall there, Cole's in Lovelin having a good block there with 13 personnel on that play two with Sam Rausch on the field.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Obviously, Cole Comet, catch in the touchdown.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Someone like him who doesn't get all of the recognition doesn't get all the flashy stats this is a cool comment to come up with that type of catch over the shoulder perfectly placed in between two defenders.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's that's again, I tweeted out at the time stand by it now even more so after watching it like 10 times that is elite level by your play caller.
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[SPEAKER_00]: by Caleb Williams and the throw, and by Cole Comet catching that pass in a tight, tight window.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Tight window.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Let's get into actually really quickly the first common to hear that I got.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Thoughts on the under usage of love and soul.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I, again, I have to go back and watch the all 22 because there were some plays that Caleb missed in the middle of the field.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Like the one,
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[SPEAKER_00]: maybe 15 yard dig route in the middle of the field if Caleb puts that on lovelin.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He talked about that in his post game press.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Or like that has a chance to go for a explosive game, especially with lovelin open field and what he can do.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm just curious when I go back and watch the L-22, which should be out.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know at some point, maybe tonight or early tomorrow, I want to see how the Panthers were defending him.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I bet you they went into this game knowing that he was going to be a big target.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I liked that they tried to get Lovelin one-on-one with the corner on the outside skinny post.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's a match of I like, but it just, they made it difficult for him.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And that's all right, because not every single team is going to be able to do what they did to lovelin in this game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I, I'm, look, I said on this, in the show that I thought he was going to go for 100 in touch down today.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Completely wrong, but.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, I think the bears made up for that was what they were able to do on the ground with the rushing attack.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But it was interesting to see that Lovelin, you know, in a game where Colston Lovelin Romanoons and Luther Burn all don't have a touchdown.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The bear is still win by 22 and put up 59 that that to me shows you what this offense is all about and what I've been saying all along it is built through the run game that's why you paid The entry so that's why you have a guy like common okay that's why you invest in the offensive line and that's why you you play through that to open up the past game
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[SPEAKER_00]: So it was interesting to see, but again, I want to go watch, rewatch how the Panthers are playing him and see if there were more opportunities throughout the game that, you know, the bears just didn't capitalize like that was also a big theme after this game where the bears felt like they left points out there, opportunities out there.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So there's definitely things to improve on as this offense continues to move forward, looking at week two, Minnesota Vikings get a big win at home against the Green Bay Packers who choke again in the fourth quarter, losing to another NFC.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, they just,
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if you're a Packers fan, I think you've got to be a little concerned of how this team continuously finds way to just lose leads, but we'll see how that goes from here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Oh, I do like this one.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, this is somebody that I do a stock up stock down article after a meal after the game, and I should have put Cliff Raymond in there is just a stock up candidate because he was relating receiver a quiet eight receptions for 84 yards, but the one that stands out to me is just the diving.
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[SPEAKER_00]: the diving reception towards a left-side line where he lays out, I think he gets some wind knock out of him because he lands on the football.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That is
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[SPEAKER_00]: It doesn't get better than that with Khalifa Raymond.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's has speed, quickness, in and out of his brakes, really liked what I saw from him as a returner as well.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But Khalifa Raymond, if you were to just ask anybody who was a leading receiver in this game, I don't know if he would come up naturally, because again, the bear sits so well on the ground game and you had a big play from,
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[SPEAKER_00]: Roman dunes, they down the right side line, which is just an incredible catch.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, the defenders in front of them just natches the football, Randy Moss, Esk, like that's going to be hopefully you can continue to show that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Roman Dunesay and then Louis DeBurn had five or six or three yards, but yeah, it wasn't 21 catches on the day for everybody 269 yards, two touchdowns Colcomet and then the other one to John A Walker who put man, he had some violent blocks in violent blocks violent hits in that game special teams.
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[SPEAKER_00]: There was a block where he had on the outside corner for a cleave Raymond on a screen, the
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[SPEAKER_00]: That it's infectious right when you see somebody like that putting out all that effort I you know, they're going to watch that film Antoine Randall L Richard high tower on the specialty in June of for jade walker.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They're going to love that It's like I said infectious and you know what you you repay those guys who show that effort jade walker gets a touch now The only bear's wide receiver the touch out of this game which is insane
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[SPEAKER_00]: Um, let's see.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We got a Braxon joke.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So yeah, this is also something that I'm really looking forward to watching with Braxon Jones from Blink named 6629.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Braxon's played well.
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[SPEAKER_00]: If anyone was a weekly gun that old on today was Jonah Jackson, got bullied a couple times by Derek Brown.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I did see a couple of those plays and let's be fair.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Derek Brown is a absolute mammoth of a human being.
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[SPEAKER_00]: There was a nice combo block that Jonah Jackson and Darnell Wright
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[SPEAKER_00]: was that DeAndre's first rushing touchdown there were what six rushing touchdowns on the day.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's a little can get a little murky here as I'm kind of going through my thoughts here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But yeah, I'm curious to go back and watch how the online play specifically left tackle.
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[SPEAKER_00]: There are also times where Theo Bennett was in the game at that left tackle spot.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So got to look at that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Also one one area that I was disappointed.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And there's probably more, but one that stands out to me, when I watch the outside corners for the Chicago Bears, I don't wonder how you guys feel about this as well.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So Jalen Johnson, Tyrex Stevens.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I didn't think they played, you know.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I didn't think they played well today, to say it lightly.
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[SPEAKER_00]: When you have Janet Coker, go for eight receptions with 138, two touchdowns, make 1,000, 5 for 75, Jonathan Brooks, one catch 48 yards.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I know that play got extended with Bryce Young, but Jalen Johnson's there, allows Hubbard to get behind him.
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[SPEAKER_00]: There are a couple plays too on the very, on the first offensive series for the Panthers, Jalen Johnson, he's biting on the
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[SPEAKER_00]: the receiver runs a wheel route.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So he's biting out, biting on the outrout, but turns it up field gives up an explosive game that you can't have that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You can't have that if you're Jalen Johnson.
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[SPEAKER_00]: If you're this guy that's supposed to be this number one corner on the spares team,
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't think you really showed too much of that in this game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if you guys felt differently, but the one play that you could say is a positive is that force thumble that happens between Dylan Thineman and Jalen Johnson.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's obviously a plus that you see there.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Jalen Johnson gives up the reception, but is able to fight through the play and help
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[SPEAKER_00]: get the force fumble and I know Ben Johnson gave a game ball two statement who ended up with 10 total tackles on that I want to say that was the most I liked what I saw from Dylan theme and I liked what I saw from Cam Lewis as well and I liked what I saw from the League Muhammad so really it was everybody else in the secondary about the two outside corners.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Because then he also had Tyrex Stevens to get burned for a what 60 yard touchdown down left sign line by Coker.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I can see exactly what that was because the long for that play was 51 yards, politics.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But I liked what I saw from the link Muhammad and he was putting a situation in the game when Tyrex Stevens didn't win out where he had to play from the slot, go outside, and he's outside on McMillan on a fourth down play plays perfectly sticky coverage and is able
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[SPEAKER_00]: Also gets an interception in this game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I don't know how I don't mention that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Like, that is what you want to see from a fourth round traffic.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I've seen Kyla Gordon still in IR.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Still, you know, very uncertain about that situation, but for a guy that is playing a position at Nickel that wasn't his natural position at Texas to do that, then in the game, switched from Nickel to outside, while Tyric Stevenson misses a couple of plays, that is a guy that is not allowing the moment to get too big for him.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And it's a high scoring game, their big plays happening all over the field, Malik Muhammad came to play.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I really like that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You need to see improved play from the outside corners and then overall too.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, the past rush, what do they have?
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[SPEAKER_00]: Looking at the stats here, not that it truly, two sacks on the day, contaviest street with one.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Montez, what had a really nice past rush where going up against Monro, freeling the right tackle, the rookie engages with him, pulls the jersey.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So he uses his momentum against him to get around to go get Bryce Young, but I don't think it was consistent after today.
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[SPEAKER_00]: There was the touchdown run, not touchdown run.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So on the very first touchdown in the game,
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[SPEAKER_00]: After the bear's fumbled the football from Luther Burton, great Jared does a great job of getting through two blocks.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then when he has Bryce Young in his sights, Bryce does one move able to get, you know, outside and fine, hover the running back wide open for a touchdown.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But there's an opportunity there for Jared to make a play.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Doesn't happen.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Shoot when
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[SPEAKER_00]: It was Bryce Young escaped, again, got outside and ran for a touchdown.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He put some move on Jalen Johnson, which just gets put on skates.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You can't have that happen.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And again, those are two veteran players I just talked about, Jalen Johnson, great at Jarrett, where Bryce Young gets the better of them and is able to capitalize and score touchdowns on those plays.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So that needs to be better.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That needs to be better.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I'm curious to just watching the, when I watched all 22 of the past rush,
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, I didn't feel like anybody had a very consistent game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Diode Angbo had a couple of penalties and that's one rough in the past and then was an off side penalty, something like that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So you didn't get production from him, but yeah, that needs to be better.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I wait, Chicago's defense and I see Rochon Johnson has four total tackles that can't be right.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Is it so just look at the stat sheet, just basic stats, dealing thing of intent total tackles, Tyre extremist and nine, Camlo's them and Bush had six.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Rochon Johnson for.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I would also agree with just looking at the comments here for people we're going to listen to the audio version of this.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Sam Roush did not have a good debut.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I just, I know the one play that stands out to me with Sam Roush's A was at the third and short that happens where inside, inside pressure, and then Kalmanon guys taking down for it to your loss.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But then,
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[SPEAKER_00]: What was it, the banana punt?
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[SPEAKER_00]: I believe that's what Ben Johnson described it as, from Tory Taylor to, you know, mess with the, the punt returner there and the bear's capitalizer able to get a feelable there.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So, oh, that makes sense.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Total type of some special teams.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Good catch.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm like, wait, they can't be right, but,
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[SPEAKER_00]: that I think now when you just think about like what what well I mean there are obviously aspects of this game that the bears look at and you want to carry this over into Minnesota but how Caleb Williams played in my eyes was someone that was confident in what Ben Johnson was calling confident where his receivers were going to be any what when he was taking check downs
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, he's looking to hunt big plays.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's always naturally going to be what Caleb Williams does.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But taking those little check downs for six, seven, 15-yard Ganty-Calm and Unguy, it's exactly exactly what you need to be and look.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I know people are gonna talk, oh, did he get the 70% completion president?
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[SPEAKER_00]: She did, not that that's really a two indicator of how he's doing or what, you know, how he's progressing.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's what you want to see from a guy like Caleb Williams take those check down.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think it's gonna have to do that against Minnesota next week.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'll watch that film.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I was watching a little bit of that game, Green Bay, Minnesota, but the bears are going to need to take those early answers when the Minnesota Vikings present.
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[SPEAKER_00]: All these different fronts have eight nine guys lined up on the line of scrimmage, maybe blitz all of them or drop a couple.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You're gonna have to, you need to have quick answers.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Just seeing how Caleb Williams approached this and he missed a couple of throws in this one, but seeing his answers come up really encouraging to see as he's now you're two of this offense well ahead of schedule that that's that's what you want to see there you want to see see the press rush improved you want to see those two outside corners that I mentioned improved you want to see the rushing attack continue to do what it did today.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Dominant performance, 124 and three touchdowns for Swift, 10 and a hundred for common young guy in a touchdown, then Caleb Williams is using his legs and he consistently gets over 20 miles per hour, like the dude, the dude moves and that is a problem for opposing defensive.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So whether he's looking to use his legs to extend in place in the passing game or using it to run, he is somebody that can absolutely burn a defense when he extends the pocket.
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[SPEAKER_00]: After this game, how confident are you feeling that the Bears won?
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[SPEAKER_00]: We'll take care of business against the Minnesota Vikings.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And again, we probably both didn't watch both, or maybe we do watch all the Minnesota and crevay game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But I think seeing what I saw today,
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[SPEAKER_00]: knowing that there's still so much room for improvement, despite scoring 59 points and blowing out a team by 22 on the road, leaves me really confident where this team is at.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Because when I wanted to see the rushing attack come out and do what it did today, I didn't think it was going to do it to that magnitude of 291 with six rushing touchdowns, but it did.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And that's against a revamped line-backing room from the Carolina Panthers.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's with some really good players on the defense of front.
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[SPEAKER_00]: yet the bears were able to show what the, what their table of doing to I think any team in the NFL because of one how they block.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Actually, it's a couple of things.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's one you have the play color who wants to run the football.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Two, it's you have an entire offense that is willing to block loves the block and will do that from every position.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Online, wider severs, tight ends, running backs, everybody's a part of it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And because you have all those components and some very talented rushers in the Andre Swift and Common Unguy, this team is set.
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[SPEAKER_00]: to one, not just replicate what it did last season in terms of their rushing attack, which took like four games to get into.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And when you remember the 2025 season, it wasn't just an instantaneous despair as good the bears are a good running team.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It took some time.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The bears right off the bat said, we know we're a good running team.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We're gonna show you how good we are.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And they did that today.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I want to see that continue.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And obviously, I keep seeing the past Russian here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, that needs to be, you need to see more of it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And really quickly, did anybody notice Jordan Vanberg at all?
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[SPEAKER_00]: That was just in a couple of group chats like, hey, where's that rookie at?
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[SPEAKER_00]: Maybe I'll watch the old 22 and have a better answer for you guys, but I didn't really feel his presence all too much throughout this game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So definitely, when I watched the old 22, see, make note if there were any times there, that there are times for Contabius Street flashed.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, Grady Jared had some rushes, but you got to finish.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I'm the one of the runs by Hubbard.
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[SPEAKER_00]: where Damien Lewis, the left guard, he completely takes out Grady Jarrett.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Like he can't have those playsmen as a captain as somebody that's being paid.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, a lot of money like this is not that's not the performance you want to put out there.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Same goes for Jalen Johnson.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's a contract here for Tyric Stevenson.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Don't get out played by the rookie and Dylan Thineman.
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[SPEAKER_00]: No, he's super talented, but those two guys on the outside need to play.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They need to be more consistent.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I'm, and obviously, you have some really good receivers in Minnesota and Justin Jefferson and Addison and you have Hawkins in making plays in the game against the pack or so.
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[SPEAKER_00]: that needs to improve.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But I'm looking forward to watching the tape.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'll get back on here's just again share some of those thoughts after I review the all 22, but appreciate everyone for coming in hanging out.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I know it's late on a Sunday night.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I actually have a lot of giants are up 21 to seven right now on.
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[SPEAKER_00]: uh, that was Cowboys, but I know it's uh, first week of football, really love that.
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