Start of new era looked old, familiar for Bears

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00:00The Bears are undefeated and it was the beginning of a new era.

00:04Absolutely.

00:05We said it all week, the beginning of a new era, but it looked like

00:10something very old and familiar.

00:11That is the way the Bears won the last time they were very good.

00:16They did it with their defense and their special teams and a quarterback that

00:19they carried across the finish line.

00:21You said you wrote a flashback to 2006.

00:24And I got to tell you that is, believe it or not, the last time a

00:29Bears quarterback is thrown for less than a hundred yards and

00:34the team still won a game.

00:36That happened with Rex Grossman.

00:38So that's the good news and the bad news.

00:39The good news is that you have a defense and special teams that are good enough to

00:44produce all the points that you need.

00:46Yesterday, there was not an offensive touchdown.

00:49The bad news is the offense looked like it's really struggling right now.

00:52And you have a rookie quarterback that played the part.

00:55He'll get better.

00:56The offense will get better.

00:57Meanwhile, you feel very encouraged because that defense was

01:02ferocious in the second half.

01:04They made adjustments that mattered and the special teams had the pivotal play.

01:07The block punt changed the air in the room.

01:10Everything about that stadium was uplifted.

01:13It was so deflating, Soldier Field at the time.

01:17And then Daniel Hardy, of all people, blocks the punt.

01:21Jonathan Owens vaults across the finish line or the goal line, scores the

01:25touchdown. Bears win, Bears win.

01:28A lot to talk about, a lot to digest.

01:30But the bottom line is when you play like that at times yesterday, as bad as the

01:34offense was, you pull out a victory.

01:36It's very encouraging.