Olin Kreutz explains why the Bears are better than he thought they'd be

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00:00Love that the open there from our guys Tani and Alex Kuhn included you saying,

00:06this team might be better than I thought they were.

00:10That has rolled around my head since you said it on the postgame.

00:13What kind of factors led you to say that and feel that?

00:17Well, when you watch film, as you guys do, you're always looking for things that are repeatable.

00:21By that, I mean what can win on the road, what can win at home, what carries from game to game.

00:27And this team, I think if you're worried about anything, it's the fact that they're plus 10 in the last three games

00:32and only won each two games by one point.

00:36And they're averaging over three and a half takeaways a game.

00:40And I've been taught well by my former teammates that it's not turnovers, the defense takes it away.

00:45So they've been taking it away and they've been doing a great job of that.

00:48They keep that up, obviously, that leads to a lot of wins.

00:51But the two things I saw, and I'm sure you guys saw also, was all of a sudden, very tough against the run,

00:57adding Kyler Gordon, TJ Edwards back into the defense, right, lining up properly,

01:02kind of unleashing Tremaine Edmonds who just run at plays with his speed and his athleticism.

01:08Andrew Billings now, the starting nose guard since Grady Jarrett's been out,

01:11moving Javon Dexter to three technique, kicking Shemar Turner out to DN.

01:16I thought the defense looked as good as I've seen against the run.

01:19And anybody who watched the Bears before thought they were going to lose against the Commanders

01:23going into the game, the number one rushing offense in the NFL because of that factor alone, right?

01:29But obviously the takeaways early helped.

01:31And then, guys, they started running the ball.

01:33And they wanted to go to nickel.

01:34They went to three wides a lot.

01:36They went to three wide receivers.

01:38And that lined up the Commanders in a very specific front that was advantageous to the Chicago Bears.

01:44Ben Johnson and his staff did an amazing job, guys, with motion and confusion.

01:49I've never seen Bobby Wagner that confused on where to fill in his run fits.

01:54So great job by them.

01:55But those two things are repeatable.

01:58And you can beat a lot of football teams, obviously, running the ball, playing defense,

02:02and getting takeaways like we know around here.