BB: Well, that isn't exactly the way
you draw them up, but we're happy with the win. The Bears are a good
football team and it was good to come out on top. I'm sure neither team
feels like they played their best football today, but still, all that being
said, fortunately we were able to make more plays than they did and that's
why we won. There were plenty of mistakes to go around out there, all the
way around, every phase of the game, both teams, but we had some guys step
up, make some big plays at the right time, and that ended up being the
difference in the game. A lot of things we have to work on, a lot of things
we need to work on, and that's what we'll do this week – get back to work on it.
Q: Would you comment on Asante [Samuel's] job today?
BB: He made three big plays. Yes,
made three big plays – and missed one. He
has good hands, plays the ball well. He's an instinctive guy.
Q: How did you think your offensive
line met the challenge upfront with the Bears' defense?
BB: I think there were
some good things in the game – I think actually there were a lot of good things in the game. I thought we played
hard, I thought we made a lot of plays, but that was almost
overshadowed by some of the plays that we didn't make, or
gave up, however you want to look at it. I think there is
probably a lot of good and not so good, probably, in every
phase of the game, in every unit of the game.
Q: Junior Seau – what is the status on him?
BB: I'm not sure,
exactly. I'll wait until I know more. I don't know. But we
certainly miss him, and if he's not able to play we'll
miss him going forward.
Q: If you had known going
in you were going to have five turnovers against Chicago,
what would you have said your odds were of winning?
BB: Like I said,
there are a lot of things that we need to do better. We gave
up some long balls, almost got a punt blocked, turned the
ball over; and then they had some of the same problems. Like I
said, it's not the way you draw it up. It's a question of
making plays at the time you need to make them to win the
game. Luckily we made a couple more than they did.
Q: Was it hard to get a
read on the way the game was being called with the defensive
backs and the way they were covering? It seemed like some
plays were called, others maybe could have been but
weren't.
BB: I don't know. Again,
our job's to play and not to officiate. When there's contact
down there, if you're not playing the ball, I think you're
probably going to get those called against you.
Q: Have you been working with
[Tom] Brady on those running moves?
BB: Yes, he had two big
runs on that touchdown drive and those were certainly key
plays. He made a nice move there coming up the middle on [Brian] Urlacher; and the short-yardage sneak, that was a
play that he kind of checked to when he saw some space in
there and thought he could make it. Those were big runs. Not
going into the game the guy you think is going to have a
couple big runs for you, but he did.
Q: When you see him
running at Urlacher, what's the first thought running
through your
mind? Get down?
BB: Well, he had a little
space to work with. He had another good run earlier in the
year. Who was that against? Cincinnati? Or somebody.
Yes, I think it was Cincinnati when he broke out of there. You
know, he's a football player, he's a competitor. I have all
the confidence in the world in Tom's judgment. If he
thinks he can make the play then I trust him to go ahead and
make it.
Q: Kevin Faulk set the franchise record for receptions by a running back
today.
What, in your opinion, makes him excellent in the passing
game.
BB: I think Kevin's
good in all areas of the passing game. He's quick, he
understands coverages – man and
zone – kind of knows where the
open spots are, he has good hands, knows how to set
defenders up, knows how to find open spaces and does a good
job of beating man coverage. He's a good screen back, is
good getting loose in the open field and plays the ball in
his hands, and we like to see him get it in those
situations.
Q: Any comments from
players on the [new field] surface?
BB: No, I didn't hear
any. No. We were just trying to concentrate on the Bears.
We had our hands full with that, believe me.
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