Bears Coordinator Eric Washington on Distracting Week.mp4

Bears defensive coordinator Eric Washington discusses the distracting week on offense and what it means to his defense facing the Packers.

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00:00Yeah.

00:10What I observed is that, you know, one of the things that I had to do as a coach

00:16on that staff in that situation is just make sure that I kept the guys,

00:20our players focused, our staff focused,

00:22and that we continue to reach for a higher performance,

00:27a higher level of performance and execution.

00:29And that's what we did then, and that's what we'll continue to do now.

00:33No.

00:35And one of the things that I've been consistent in terms of describing the men

00:40that I work with is their character.

00:42And that doesn't just show up when everything is going well.

00:45It shows up in times when things aren't going exactly the way you need them to.

00:50And I've gotten to know that and gotten to a point where I can appreciate that

00:55going all the way back to the point when we first started working together.

00:58My role is to make sure that I do what I'm supposed to do,

01:02the things that are under my charge as good as I possibly can do them

01:06and even better define more for my performance, for my duties, my job,

01:13and the ability to execute those things.

01:15Previously, the efficiency on first down, outstanding.

01:18And so they're skipping third down in some cases

01:21because they're so good on first down.

01:23They're going first down, second down, first down.

01:25And when they do get to a third down situation,

01:28they're situations that are manageable for an offense

01:31and kind of tough to defend as a defense.

01:34There's no remedy or cure like winning

01:36and having the kind of performance that you know you're capable of

01:39that we've had previously this season.