>> THANKS, BRANDIS.
BEARS FANS HAVE REASON FOR
OPTIMISM EVEN IF THE TEAM
DOESN'T COMPETE FOR THE
PLAYOFFS.
THAT IS BECAUSE THIS WEEK MATT
NAGY NAMED ROOKIE FIRST ROUND
DRAFT PICK JUSTIN FIELDS THE
TEAM'S STARTING QUARTERBACK
GOING FORWARD.
SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE
MATCHUP AGAINST THE 3-1 LAS
VEGAS RAIDERS?
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>> JOINING US IS JAMES "BIG CAT"
WILLIAMS FORMER OFFENSIVE
LINEMAN FOR THE CHICAGO BEARS
FROM 1991-2002.
JAMES "BIG CAT" WILLIAMS THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> ALL RIGHT.
AFTER HEAD COACH MATT NAGY
INSISTED DALTON WOULD BE THE
STARTING QUARTERBACK HE DID A
REVERSAL IS THIS THE RIGHT MOVE?
>> DEFINITELY.
DEFINITELY.
I THINK ANYTIME YOU HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GET A YOUNG
QUARTERBACK PLAYING TIME,
KNOWING THAT HE IS THE FUTURE OF
THE FRANCHISE, YOU HAVE TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF IT.
WE SAT HERE FOR THE LAST COUPLE
WEEKS AND HEARD HIM TALK ABOUT
AS SOON AS DALTON WAS BACK AS
SOON AS THAT KNEE ALLOWED HIM TO
GET BACK ON THE FIELD HE WAS
GOING TO BE THE STARTER.
YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO SEE THAT
BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE A
STEP BACK WITH FIELDS AND THIS
IS THEIR VERSION OF NOT TAKING
THAT STEP BACKWARDS.
>> WILL THIS BE PAIRED WITH A
CONTINUATION OF OFFENSIVE
COORDINATOR CALLING THE PLAYS
INSTEAD OF MATT NAGY?
THE OFFENSE LOOKS DIFFERENT WHEN
LASER IS CALLING THE PLAYS?
>> WE HAVE TO HOPE SO.
WE HAVE TO HOPE SO.
WE HAVE TO HOPE THAT NAGY IS ALL
RIGHT WITH JUST BEING THE HEAD
COACH WITH PUTTING HIS INPUT IN
OFFENSE AND ALLOWING LASER AND
FIELDS TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY
WHAT MAKES FIELDS MOST
COMFORTABLE, WHAT HELPS OUT THAT
OFFENSIVE LINE, WHAT MAKES THAT
DEFENSE RUN AND LOOK AS
EFFICIENT AS IT DID LAST WEEK
VERSE DETROIT.
>> WHAT DOES IT SAY THAT FIELDS
WAS ABLE TO HAVE SO MUCH
COMPOSURE AFTER BEING BATTERED
WITH NINE SACKS THE WEEK BEFORE?
SY.
WELL, I THINK IT'S BIG.
BECAUSE THAT IS ONE THING THAT
YOU ALWAYS WORRY ABOUT NOT JUST
A YOUNG QUARTERBACK BUT A YOUNG
PLAYER.
CAN YOU MAKE A MISTAKE ON ONE
PLAY OR MAKE A MISTAKE ONE WEEK
AND COME BACK AND PUT IT OUT OF
YOUR MIND AND CLEAN IT UP.
FOR A GUY THAT TOOK NINE SACKS
VERSE CLEVELAND TO COME IN VERSE
DETROIT AND NOT SHOW ANY ILL
EFFECTS FROM IT, YOU KNOW, YOU
SAW THEM GOING OUT FIRST DRIVE
PUT THE BALL INTO THE END ZONE.
AND HE LOOKED LIKE NOTHING HAD
HAPPENED THE WEEK PRIOR.
THERE WAS NO FEAR IN HIM AS FAR
AS WHAT WAS GOING TO OCCUR FROM
THE DETROIT DEFENSE.
>> CERTAINLY LOOKED LIKE HE WAS
IN CONTROL OF THAT OFFENSE.
IT IS NOT ALL GOOD NEWS.
DAVID MONTGOMERY THE OUTSTANDING
RUNNING BACK IS INJURED HE HAD A
GRUESOME LEG INJURY IT LOOKS
LIKE IT IS A SPRAINED KNEE OUT
FOUR-FIVE WEEKS HOW CAN THE
BEARS MAKEUP FOR THAT?
THE RUNNING GAME IS REALLY
IMPORTANT HERE?
>> THE RUNNING GAME IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW THEY
BUILD OFF OF WHAT THEY DID VERSE
DETROIT.
YOU SAW THEM COME OUT AND SAW
THEM DO A LITTLE BIT A LOT MORE
FROM UNDER CENTER.
YOU SAW THE PLAY ACTION FROM
UNDER CENTER.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT FIELDS IS
VERY COMFORTABLE WITH AND CAN
RUN VERY WELL.
NOW YOU HAVE TO EXPAND ON THESE
THINGS.
YOU KNOW, CAN YOU GIVE HIM THE
READ OPTION TYPE WHERE THEY CAN
RUN OUTSIDE ZONES BUT IF THAT
BACK DEFENSIVE END THAT THEY ARE
NOT BLOCKING CRASHES, FIELDS CAN
READ THAT AND NOW GET AROUND THE
CORNER.
THIS ADDS ANOTHER ASPECT TO THE
RUNNING GAME THAT TEAMS HAVE TO
PREPARE FOR.
AND HE HAS ALREADY SHOWN HE IS A
VERY GOOD ATHLETE.
SO GETTING HIM OUT AND OUTSIDE,
OUT OF THE TACKLE BOX AND
ALLOWING HIM TO USE HIS SPEED IS
PROBABLY THE NEXT EVOLUTION OF
WHAT THIS OFFENSE HAS TO DO.
>> WILL HE BE HURT WITHOUT
MONTGOMERY CAN OTHER RUNNING
BACKS FILL THE VOID?
>> I THINK WILLIAMS WILL FILL
THE VOID HE GOT A FULL DAY OF
PRACTICE IN TODAY.
HE IS A COMPETENT BACK.
YOU DON'T NEED HIM TO BE A WORLD
BEATER AND BREAK OFF SIX, SEVEN
YARDS A POP.
YOU NEED THE OFFENSIVE LINE AND
WILLIAMS TO BE CONSISTENT AND
ALLOW THEM TO OPEN UP THINGS IN
THE PASSING GAME.
ONCE THEY OPEN THOSE THINGS UP,
THEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT SECOND
HALF OF THE GAME POSSIBLY
WILLIAMS BEING ABLE TO BREAK THE
LONGER RUNS ON A DEFENSE THAT
SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE CONFUSED
THAN THEY WERE TO START OFF THE
GAME.
>> SO HOW HAS THE BEARS DEFENSE
STACK UP AGAINST LAS VEGAS HIGH
POWERED OFFENSE AND QUARTERBACK
DERRICK CARR?
>> ORDINARYLY I WOULD SAY IT IS
A GREAT MATCHUP THERE ARE
REPORTS ABOUT THE CHARGERS
DEFENSIVE LINEMAN TALKING ABOUT
HOW IF YOU CAN GET TO CARR AND
PUT HITS ON HIM YOU CAN SHAKE
HIM A LITTLE BIT.
AND THE BEARS DEFENSE IS
SALIVATING OVER THAT.
THEY HAVE A GOOD FRONT BUT THE
THING THAT WORRIES ME A LITTLE
BIT IS NOW HICKS IS OUT.
HE DID NOT PRACTICE TODAY.
MACK DID NOT PRACTICE TODAY AND
HE IS ON THE INJURY REPORT.
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND
WAYS TO GET PRESSURE ON CARR AND
ITH THINK THEY CAN DO IT.
YOU LOOK AT THE BLITZ PACKAGES
THAT THEY WILL POSSIBLY BE ABLE
TO PUT IN AND THEY SHOULD BE
ABLE TO GET HITS ON HIM EARLY
AND HOPEFULLY RATTLE THAT CAGE A
LITTLE BIT.
>> THAT SEEMS TO BE THE KEY TO
SLOWING THAT OFFENSE DOWN.
YOUR BOLD PREDICTION FOR THIS
WEEKEND?
>> I'M TORN BECAUSE OF THE
HICKS-MACK NEWS.
AND MONTGOMERY BEING OUT.
I THINK EARLIER IN THE WEEK, I
WOULD HAVE CHOSEN THE BEARS JUST
THE POSSIBILITY OF THE OFFENSE
BEING SO MUCH BETTER.
BUT WITH THOSE TWO GUYS BEING
DOWN RIGHT NOW AND NOT POSITIVE
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE
GOING TO PLAY, I WILL GO RAIDERS
24, BEARS 20.
>> THAT MIGHT CHANGE IF THOSE
TWO ARE ABLE TO PLAY KNOCK ON
WOOD THEY GET HEALTHY REALLY