Matt Eberflus on Vikings Game and Injuries.mp4

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Bears coach Matt Eberflus gives an injury update on Friday for the Vikings game and how he expects Caleb Williams to hold up under fire from the blitz.

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00:00As you saw, injury wise, we ruled Bates out and Hicks out for the concussion and ankle

00:11for this week.

00:12Keenan was added, rolled his ankle out there, so we pulled him partway through practice,

00:20but we don't think it's severe and we're hopeful for the game, so that's where that is.

00:24Again, he's listed right now as questionable.

00:26DeAndre Swift came back today in a limited fashion and he looked good out there, so it's

00:32good and the rest is where it is right there.

00:36Yeah, Jonathan's doing a really good job in there and he started several games last year

00:41and so he's familiar in terms of being in that role and he's done a good job communicating

00:47with Kevin across and everybody else in the secondary.

00:50Just being able to take the game plan that's in place and execute that at a high level

00:54and then also have the adaptability and understanding that you have to move the game plan during

00:59the course of the game and be able to make those adjustments.

01:03I think this is a great game for that and again, it's going to be out through the whole

01:07rest of the year, but when you do that as a quarterback, as an offense or a defense,

01:12that's when you're really humming and I think that's a big part of having success.

01:16When you're on this, the adversity that we're on right now, you have to be mindful of that

01:20as a head coach and where the temperature of the team is, where everybody's mindset

01:23is and all you can do is look at work patterns and guys have done a really good job coming

01:28in on Monday, understanding where we are, working into Tuesday, Wednesday and the guys

01:34did an awesome job in terms of that and I just give all the credit to those guys because

01:38they are a resilient bunch and they come out fighting and swinging every single time.

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