1 00:00:02,966 --> 00:00:07,233 MORE ON OUR WEBSITE. 2 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,033 >>> IT IS OFFICIAL. 3 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,833 IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING. 4 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,800 THE BEARS ARE ELIMINATED FROM 5 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:14,466 THE PLAYOFFS. 6 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:18,900 AND THEIR LOSS TO THE VIKINGS 7 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:20,100 YESTERDAY SECURED THEIR STATUS 8 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:21,166 AS A SUB.500 TEAM AND CREATED 9 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:23,300 MORE QUESTIONS HEADING INTO THE 10 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:24,933 FINAL TWO GAMES. 11 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:26,333 WHY HAS THE TEAM REGRESSED SINCE 12 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:28,433 THE THANKSGIVING AT LAMBEAU 13 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:30,466 FIELD AGAINST THE PACKERS? 14 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:32,600 AND WHICH PLAYERS ARE DOING WELL 15 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:34,433 ENOUGH TO KEEP THEIR ROSTER SPOT 16 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:38,100 FOR NEXT SEASON? 17 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:39,966 JAMES BIG CAT WILLIAMS JOINS ANN 18 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:40,833 KREITER ON OUR WEEKLY EDITION OF 19 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:43,166 BIG CAT AND THE BEARS. 20 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:46,133 >> THANK YOU. 21 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:48,133 UNLIKE THE BEARS FIVE LOSSES, 22 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:50,966 THIS ONE WASN'T CLOSE. 23 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:52,300 JAMES, IT WAS UGLY, IT WAS UGLY. 24 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:56,666 AS YOU WERE WATCHING THE GAME 25 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:58,633 UNFOLD, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING 26 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:00,633 ABOUT THE STATE OF JOHN FOXX'S 27 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:02,433 BEARS? 28 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:04,766 >> IT WAS HARD TO WATCH. 29 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:06,933 YOU SIT DOWN AND EXPECT TO SEE A 30 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:09,000 GOOD GAME BECAUSE IT IS A 31 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:10,533 RIVALRY GAME BETWEEN TWO TEAMS 32 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:11,700 THAT PLAY QUITE A BIT AND DON'T 33 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:15,000 LIKE EACH OTHER AND YOU EXPECTED 34 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:18,800 TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE. 35 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:19,366 FOR THEM TO COME OUT AND NOT DO 36 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:20,300 VERY MUCH AFTER SUCH A GOOD 37 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:21,466 KICKOFF RETURN. 38 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:23,066 IT WAS HARD TO WATCH. 39 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:24,466 IT WAS A LONG GAME. 40 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:25,933 >> AND THE OFFENSE FIRST. 41 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:28,033 IT WAS BRUTAL. 42 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:30,400 IT WAS BROW TALL. 43 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:31,833 THEY ONLY GAINED 10 YARDS IN THE 44 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:34,833 FIRST QUARTER FOR THE ABISMAL 45 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:37,433 STAT OF THE DAY. 46 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:40,233 AFTER THAT GREAT KICK RETURN WE 47 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:43,733 HAVE THIS. 48 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:45,166 MATT FORTE RIPPING OFF A 35-YARD 49 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:47,966 RUN AND IT'S NEGATED BECAUSE OF 50 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:50,433 A PENALTY ON THE ROOKIE. 51 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:51,500 WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THE ROOKIE? 52 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:52,966 IS HE UP TO THE TASK OF BEING AN 53 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:54,600 NFL CENTER? 54 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:57,800 >> IT DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION. 55 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:59,466 YOU LOOK AT SOME GUYS AND THEY 56 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:02,366 HAVE TO FIT INTO THE SYSTEM. 57 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:05,466 WHETHER OR NOT HE FITS INTO THE 58 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:05,900 SYSTEM WITH WHAT FOXX AND THESE 59 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:07,366 GUYS WANT TO DO, I'M NOT SURE 60 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:09,666 YET. 61 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:10,833 BECAUSE FROM EVERYTHING THEY SAY 62 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:12,400 THEY WANT TO BE A POUNDING 63 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:15,566 FOOTBALL TEAM. 64 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:15,933 THEY WANT TO RUN THE BALL AND 65 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:17,666 STICK IT UP IN THERE AND PLAY 66 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:19,833 DEFENSE. 67 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:22,166 AND YOU NEED SOMEBODY THAT IS 68 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:22,533 GOING TO BE ABLE TO BLOW PEOPLE 69 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:23,900 OFF THE BALL NOT A POSITION 70 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:26,500 BLOCKER. 71 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:29,433 IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE AS 72 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:30,833 TIME GOES ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY 73 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:34,100 DO SOME THINGS TO COMPENSATE FOR 74 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:35,666 THE TYPE OF TECHNIQUE THAT HE 75 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:36,966 CAN PLAY OR TRY AND BULK HIM UP 76 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:40,400 MUSCLE WISE TO MAKE HIM MORE OF 77 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:40,866 A PHYSICAL PLAYER. 78 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:42,866 >> AND THAT OFFENSIVE LINE 79 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:43,166 SUFFERED. 80 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:45,600 JAY CUTLER GOT SACKED FIVE 81 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:47,766 TIMES. 82 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:50,800 AS FOR THE DEFENSE, ANOTHER SLOW 83 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:52,166 START ON DEFENSE. 84 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:52,833 THE VIKINGS' OPENING DRIVE 85 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:54,700 CHEWED UP 6-AND-A-HALF MINUTES 86 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:56,833 ON THE CLOCK. 87 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:58,600 WHY DO YOU THINK IT IS THIS LATE 88 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:59,733 IN THE SEASON THAT WE ARE JUST 89 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:00,600 SEEING SOMETHING LIKE A LOT OF 90 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:03,633 MISSED TACKLES? 91 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:07,233 >> YOU KNOW WHAT? 92 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:08,900 THE MISSED TACKLES, THE 93 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:12,033 ASSIGNMENT ERRORS, WHEN THE BALL 94 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:15,100 SNAPS GUYS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE 95 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:16,733 WITH EACH OTHER, WHO IS SUPPOSED 96 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:17,366 TO BE COVERING WHO -- 97 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:19,333 >> ISN'T THIS DEFENSE 101 HERE? 98 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:20,900 >> IT IS. 99 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:22,600 AND FOR IT TO BE HAPPENING THIS 100 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:25,066 LATE IN THE SEASON MAKES YOU 101 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:26,433 QUESTION A LOT OF THINGS. 102 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:28,900 IT'S NOT LIKE THEY HAD A LOT OF 103 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:31,700 NEW STARTER ALONG THAT DEFENSE 104 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:32,033 IN THE GAME. 105 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:33,800 THEY ONLY PENCILED IN ONE NEW 106 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:35,966 GUY. 107 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:37,933 AND HE LED THE TEAM IN TACKLES. 108 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:40,766 >> HE HAD A GREAT GAME. 109 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:42,933 >> BUT YOU HAVE TO ASK QUESTIONS 110 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:44,066 BOTH OFFENSIVELY AND DEFENSIVELY 111 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:46,333 FOR THESE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. 112 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:46,666 YOU GOT TO FOCUS. 113 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:48,233 YOU GOT TO FOCUS ON THE LITTLE 114 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:49,833 THINGS. 115 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:50,966 AND FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF GAMES 116 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:52,133 IT HASN'T SEEMED LIKE THEY HAVE 117 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:54,100 DONE THAT. 118 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:55,700 >> AND ANOTHER FRUSTRATION FOR 119 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:58,800 BEARS FANS, THE OPPOSING 120 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:02,366 QUARTERBACKS LOOK LIKE ALL PROS 121 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:02,666 AGAINST THE BEARS DEFENSE. 122 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:04,100 TEDDY BRIDGEWATER HAD A CAREER 123 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:05,833 DAY. 124 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:06,600 >> THEY ARE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH 125 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:08,266 MAN TO MAN COVERAGE AND 126 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:09,533 QUARTERBACKS BREAKING THROUGH 127 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:11,100 THE CENTER OF THE LINE AND RUN 128 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:13,200 FOR LONG YARDAGE. 129 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:14,366 IT IS A COMMUNICATION ERROR. 130 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:16,233 THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO 131 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:18,633 COMMUNICATE IT WHETHER IT BE 132 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:20,500 FROM A SAFETY OR DEFENSIVE 133 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:22,100 LINEMAN IT HAS TO GET OUT THERE. 134 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:25,733 >> WELL, WHETHER IT IS RIGHT 135 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:28,400 TACKLE KYLE LONG GETTING BEAT ON 136 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:30,566 THE OUTSIDE, MIDDLE LINEBACKER 137 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:32,333 SHEA McLELLAN PLOWING AN 138 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:35,033 ASSIGNMENT OR POOR TACKLING BY 139 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:37,566 ALLEN BALL THE BLAME COULD BE 140 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:39,433 SPREAD FAR AND WIDE BUT THE HEAD 141 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:39,733 COACH REFUSED TO POINT FINGERS. 142 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:42,233 >> I'M NOT GOOD AT THE BLAME 143 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:44,600 GAME. 144 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:46,566 TO ME IT'S ALL OF US. 145 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:47,733 IT'S COACHING, IT'S PLAYING, 146 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:48,100 IT'S EXECUTING. 147 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:50,133 ULTIMATELY WE ARE ALL IN IT 148 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:52,500 TOGETHER. 149 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:54,033 I WOULD SAY I'M DISAPPOINTED IN 150 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:55,733 OUR RECORD. 151 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:57,333 AND REALLY LEAVE IT AT THAT 152 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:58,466 BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE ARE 153 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:00,700 MEASURED ON. 154 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:01,000 >> THEY ARE MEASURED ON THAT AND 155 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:08,700 RIGHT NOW THE RECORD IS NOT 156 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:11,900 GOOD. 157 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:13,700 THEY CANNOT GET TO.500. 158 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:17,233 THE ABILITY TO GET MENTAL 159 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:19,666 TOUGHNESS THEY WILL BE FACING 160 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:21,400 FORMER HEAD COACH LOVIE SMITH. 161 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:23,100 DO PLAYERS GET UP FOR SITUATIONS 162 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:24,100 LIKE THIS IF THEY ARE PLAYING A 163 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:25,700 FORMER HEAD COACH OR FORMER 164 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:28,466 TEAM? 165 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:30,033 >> I THINK YOU DO GET UP FOR IT 166 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:31,933 A LITTLE BIT. 167 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:34,100 THIS IS FOR ME I HAD THE 168 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:34,433 OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY AGAINST 169 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:36,400 DITKA WHEN HE WENT TO THE 170 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:36,933 SAINTS. 171 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:38,733 AND FOR ME, IT WAS THE GUY THAT 172 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:40,666 DRAFTED ME. 173 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:42,266 IT WAS A GUY THAT BROUGHT ME 174 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:43,966 INTO THE LEAGUE SO I HAD A LOT 175 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:45,133 OF RESPECT FOR HIM BUT I WANTED 176 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:46,400 TO BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF HIM. 177 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:47,766 EXCUSE ME. 178 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:48,833 SO I -- 179 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:51,500 THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET 180 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:52,266 PUMPED UP. 181 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:53,766 AS AN ATHLETE, YOU USE THAT TO 182 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:55,133 YOUR ADVANTAGE. 183 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:59,166 IF THIS IS THE GUY THAT YOU 184 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:00,400 PLAYED FOR WHETHER YOU LIKED HIM 185 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:02,200 OR DIDN'T LIKE HIM, YOU WANT TO 186 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:04,033 BEAT HIM ON SUNDAY. 187 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:04,866 >> THE BEARS GOT TO THE PLAYOFFS 188 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:06,666 THREE TIMES UNDER SMITH AND HIS 189 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:08,700 NINE YEARS. 190 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:09,066 THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIFTH 191 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:11,166 SEASON THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING 192 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:13,833 BACK. 193 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:15,733 HOW DO BEARS PLAYERS IF THEY DO 194 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:17,133 NOT HAVE THE SMITH INCENTIVE HOW 195 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:18,333 DO THEY GET UP FOR THE FINAL TWO 196 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:24,066 GAMES KNOWING THEY ARE NOT GOING 197 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:24,466 TO THE PLAYOFFS? 198 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:26,533 >> FOR EACH PLAYER IT'S 199 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:28,800 DIFFERENT. 200 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:29,933 EACH GUY HAS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT 201 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:31,900 IT IS THAT IS GOING TO MOTIVATE 202 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:34,666 HIM FOR THE GAME. 203 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:36,166 WHETHER IT'S TO GO OUT AND KICK 204 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:37,933 SOMEBODY'S BUTT OR PLAYING FOR 205 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:39,400 YOUR LIVELIHOOD THERE ARE GUYS 206 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:40,833 THAT HAVE NOT STARTED OR HAD 207 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:42,500 OPPORTUNITIES HERE AND THERE. 208 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:43,900 AND NOW THEY ARE GOING TO GET A 209 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:45,733 LITTLE MORE OF A LOOK BECAUSE 210 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:48,033 IT'S THE END OF THE SEASON. 211 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:48,333 AND COACHES WANT TO KNOW WHAT 212 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:49,966 THEY WILL BE ABLE TO USE NEXT 213 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:51,066 YEAR. 214 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:52,133 IF THAT IS NOT MOTIVATION FOR 215 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:53,466 YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS. 216 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:55,433 >> ALL RIGHT. 217 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:55,766 JAMES, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE 218 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:58,233 GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT NEXT 219 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:58,566 MONDAY. 220 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:01,666 IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHERE THIS IS 221 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:05,233 HEADED. 222 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:07,200 I KNOW THAT THE BOW TIE HAS BEEN 223 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:08,233 ELIMINATED FROM YOUR WARDROBE. 224 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:10,633 >> NO, WE CAN GET A WIN. 225 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:12,233 >> WE GOT TO WIN. 226 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:13,000 IF THE BEARS GET A WIN AGAINST 227 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 TAMPA OR THE LIONS.