Matt Bowen talks Bears & what it means to be a coach (Hour 3)
Spiegel & Holmes Show
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🗓️ 19 November 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Watch Matt Bowen. |
| 0:01.6 | Bowen's a tough guy. Matt Bowen. And it's intercepted by Matt Bowen. Miller, a ton of time. The coverage is good with Matt Bowen. Seven-year NFL veteran. Well, it's coming from Bowen, and he knocks it out. The Redskins fall on top of it. Matt Bowen's been the guy applying all the pressure. Coach for I.C. Catholic football. |
| 0:21.6 | Matt Bowen? A man from Glen Ellen, Illinois. He's very active. NFL writer and analyst for ESPN. |
| 0:29.0 | Is there anything that's improved on the offense enough to slow Brian Flores down to make him maybe think twice about the blitz packages he uses against the bears. I don't think it matters, Stan. Brian Flores reminds you of playing for Greg Williams. You know, they have a certain identity, right? That's what they are. They are going to bring pressure. There are ways to beat pressure. To get the ball out, to throw in location, to throw in a rhythm where, hey, I have a pressure coming, but it's not going to get home because the ball's out so quickly because I see it fast enough. And that's one way to counter pressure is how quickly your quarterback can ID it and get the ball out. Blitz is coming. Williams gets rid of it here and a doonese diving out for great catch. And he skits up now not a clutch and he searches for it. |
| 1:12.3 | Still going as a doonjay. |
| 1:15.0 | How did that turn into 17? |
| 1:17.2 | He lays out at 6, gain 17. |
| 1:20.2 | Look at this effort. |
| 1:22.3 | Matt Bowen. |
| 1:23.1 | I have a simple rule of beer. |
| 1:25.1 | I only drink beer that you can buy in 30 packs. |
| 1:27.6 | So I'll leave you with that. |
| 1:29.0 | With Spiegel and Homes on 670 the score. |
| 1:33.9 | We love, love, love talking with Matt Bowen about the game that you love and the team that you love, the Chicago Bears. |
| 1:41.3 | He joins us now on the Circa Resort and Casino Hotline, circa Las Vegas.com. Matt, you were right about Brian Flores. Not only was he not going to |
| 1:50.8 | stop blitzing, he blitzed it almost double the pace that he ordinarily does. Now, some of that |
| 1:56.3 | was to stop the run game, but he was here for blitzing and putting some pressure on the Bears. What did you think of the matchup between the two coaches? I thought it was a great match, and look, you saw throughout that football game, Ben Johnson wanted to run the ball. I mean, I think that's becoming a clear identity of this football team right now. Yes, they're going to be balanced. They're going to take their shots like we saw this past weekend, |
| 2:19.3 | and obviously, |
| 2:19.7 | dance and misses down the field, but they are going to run the football. And that's like we talked about last week, Lawrence, it's one way to counter pressure. That's one way to attack the edges with the run game. But also look what Caleb did versus pressure. I'm not saying he had a bunch of splash plays as a thrower. |
| 2:33.7 | But how many times did he get outside and escape pressure and extend plays? |
| 2:38.7 | And how many quarterback in the league can do that? |
| 2:41.1 | I think it's one thing he has to take away from this football game. |
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