(Opening statement)- “Good morning everybody. How are we doing? In getting ready for Chicago, some of the things we talked about, even in the preseason, anytime you play one of Lovie’s (Smith) teams, he’s led the NFL in turnovers. In terms of being able to create turnovers since he’s been there, 30 percent of their points have come off of turnovers. You know that they work on it consistently, because you see it. Whether it’s the defenders who are sacking the quarterback, their awareness of the football, the guys down the field making the tackle, their ability to not only identify the football, but get it out. It’s been something consistent since he’s been there and it’s helped them. The amount of points produced off those has won a lot of games for them. I think defensively, even though this is a different scheme than what we faced last week, they create some challenges in terms of the pressures that they use, like we saw last week. There’s some variation in what they do and who comes, so we’re going to have to do a good job identifying those things, being able to pick it up and then executing the pattern on the back end. Even in the running game, some of the movements, some of it could be purely off pressure, some of it could just be part of the overall scheme, but there is quite a bit of moment that you have to adjust to as an offensive line.

“[Offensively], I really liked Matt Forté coming out. I thought he did a lot of good things in college and that translated into pro football with the production that he had last year, especially out of the backfield, leading all backs in receptions. I think he has the ability to really dig it out and get inside, but he’s also shown the ability to, when that’s clogged up, get to an edge and create some big plays. I know his average isn’t what it was, but he still hit the 61-yarder and he has the ability to do that at any point. He gets the bulk of their carries. With (Jay) Cutler, I’ve faced him several times in Denver. He, like a lot of the guys we’ve faced thus far, can create plays. He has the natural arm strength. He has great confidence. He’ll put the ball into tight spots, but he also can extend plays with his feet, whether it’s sliding up in the pocket, moving out of the pocket. He’ll scramble some. He had a touchdown scramble. His ability to get the ball in some tight spots, I think is impressive and also, his ability to extend plays like we’ve seen is something that we need to adjust to and do a better job with than we have been doing. I think their skill position guys, (Devin) Hester, [is] really impressive in the return game, but he’s developing more and more as a receiver. The nice thing they can do with him is, he can get vertical, so he creates those problems. They can run him on the reverses, the Wild Cats, he creates those problems, and then he can take a slant, break a couple tackles and just like if he had in punt return, he’s in the secondary, he can make something happen. I think that Johnny Knox has done a nice job with the way that they’ve used him vertically. He’s created a lot of pressure there. Earl Bennett made some impressive acrobatic catches over the course of the season. There’s one on, I think it was third-and-25 against Atlanta that he went up in got. He had a couple that game that [were] similar to what you saw out of him coming out of college. Then you have Greg Olsen and Desmond Clark, two tight ends that are bigger guys, really good hands, with Greg having above average vertical speed for a tight end.

“On their [special] teams, put whoever you want back there, whether it’s Knox, Hester, (Danieal) Manning, they can all score. Whether it’s punt return, kick return, they can all score, and they have. They all get some opportunities. Bennett’s been back there a little bit too, but that’s going to be probably our biggest challenge to date, from a special teams perspective, coverage unit perspective with the way that these guys can not only hit the return but then also change field and make something happen that’s not necessarily the way it’s drawn up.”

(On if he thinks Green Bay kicked the ball out of bounds so Joshua Cribbs couldn’t return it)- “You know Tony (Grossi), I don’t think they were trying to kick it out of bounds with those. I think they were trying to pin it in the corner of the end zone and then, just based on the way that they covered, overload the coverage, so it gets six guys on that side, anticipating a sideline return because it was so tight to the sideline. I don’t think that the goal there was to kick it out of bounds, but to start on the 40, that’s a pretty good situation as well.”

(On Jay Cutler’s interceptions)- “Brett (Favre) has supreme confidence. Brett will throw the ball into tight spots. Jay’s like that too. He’ll throw the ball into some tight spots because he has great arm strength. He has excellent accuracy and he usually gets those in. He can thread the needle. Every now and then, when you do have multiple bodies around, you’re going to get some that go the other way. There’s great upside and there’s some downside there as well, but he’s made a lot of plays doing what he does. You just need to understand that there are some risks there. More often than not, he hits on the plus side.”

(On having to play the Bears at home)- “They play well at home. I think that anytime you’re coming off a loss or a tough loss, we all have the same approach. We want to get it corrected. We want to get the things fixed that we need to fix. We want to create and be consistent with the style of play. I’m sure they weren’t happy with the result last week, like we weren’t happy with the result last week. It’s a tough environment to play in.”

(On if Rex Hadnot is getting more reps)- “Yes, we’ve been trying to increase that each week to get him to a place where he can handle more and more reps. We didn’t want to create a situation where it was too much right off the bat and have had a plan for that and we’re moving forward with the plan. He gets a little bit better each week. I thought he played better this game than he had his first opportunity. We’ll keep moving with that, Tony (Grossi).”

(On if Steve Heiden is a candidate for injured reserve)- “No, I think, Mary Kay (Cabot), that he’s actually making some progress here. [We] have a real good shot to see him here today practicing.”

(On Hank Fraley)- “I really like Hank for a lot of reasons. I like the way that he approaches everything. He has great professionalism. He’s willing to play whatever role he can play. He’s helped Alex (Mack) throughout this process. He’s an excellent communicator. Last week, we were in a really unique situation to go into the game without Steve or Robert (Royal) and really working with Michael (Gaines), who was new this week and Greg (Estandia), who’s been here, but hasn’t had any kind of extensive role, and those were our two tight ends for the game. Hank had been playing some in those packages. We had to use him a bit more, but he’s happy to do it. He does well. He approaches it the same way he approaches his offensive line play.”

(On if Fraley was in danger of not making the team before Hadnot got injured)- “Rex went down fairly early in the process. I don’t think I was looking at it that way, Tony (Grossi), at all. I think that getting to know those guys through the course of training camp, and as you get to know Hank more, you really respect his versatility. An offensive lineman that can play three interior positions has a lot of value.”

(On how he assesses the offensive line protection)- “I think, Jeff (Schudel), there have been some packages that we’ve done a really good job with. I think one of the important things, too, is our ability getting in and out of the huddle, assess what’s happening, get it communicated, make sure everybody sees it the same way. When we’ve done that, we’ve been in good shape. When we haven’t, that’s where you get hit with something that could have been communicated out more effectively. That’s something that we have to do better, is give ourselves some more time to assess what’s happening. I think there have been some individual cases where we haven’t held up as well, whether it be against a gain, or the back against the blitzing linebacker. Those things are technique errors that can improve, hand placement, leverage, where you have a hat for a hat, but your hat doesn’t hold up against their hat. That, often times, just comes down to technique, which is something we’ll focus on too.”

(On Mike Furrey in the nickel package)- “I thought he played pretty well. A lot of people have been beaten by Donald Driver in the slot. It’s a tough duty. I thought on that play, he could have played a little bit more in the trail position, something that we talked about. There is somewhat of a learning curve there, but overall I thought he did pretty well.”

(On what is says about the secondary that he uses Furrey in the nickel)- “With Mike, it’s a little unique, because he has started and played a lot of games on defense. It’s not where we were with Troy Brown, with a guy that had never played defense. He had played defense. He had played pretty well on defense. Being able to use that to help us, I think is a good thing. He’s a smart guy, so he can get the things that he needs to do offensively, as well as defensively, without it being an overload situation.”

(On Kaluka Maiava’s play against Green Bay)- “I think there were times he did really well. I think that the personal foul penalty is something that I wasn’t real fired up about and he’d like to have that play back. Overall, for his first start and extended action, I thought there were some things to build on and he’ll get some more chances. I don’t know if it’ll be every package or a variation of packages. David Bowens played in there as well, where David went to MIKE and (Eric) Barton went to WILL, so that’s another option that we’ve worked with. I think (David) Veikune could get some opportunities, just have to see how he does through the course of the week. There are some different matches that we have there.”

(On what happened on the play in the second quarter near the goal line when Jerome Harrison appeared to be open)- “What happened is, when he initially went to the flat, where Harrison was going to, that initial look, the corner was sitting there and then the corner came off and squatted on Furrey. I think if we had held maybe a beat longer on the flat, when that corner came off on Furrey, he could have had a chance. The way that play’s designed is, you try to go to the flat right now, based on whether or not he’s open or not happen. Then it goes from the flat to the inside player in the progression. Derek (Anderson) went to the flat, looked there initially, had the squat corner, probably could have stayed a beat longer with it, but then went to his second read and that’s when the corner fell off on Furrey.”

(On if Anderson is able to see the field)- “You are able to see the field, it’s just with bunch patterns, with patterns where you have multiple receivers tight, things as they distribute could take a little bit, I’m not talking about a significant amount of time, but a little bit longer to clean up, because they have different combination coverages based on you being bunched up. It’s not as quick of a read, as say, you might get if they were extended. It’s really effective against a lot of man-to-man coverages because they have to deal with leverage and things like that.”

(On if Anderson could have gotten the ball to Cribbs earlier on the play Cribbs fumbled on)- “On that particular play, he came back to Cribbs later. Could he have come earlier? Yes, you could have, but each route has a progression, so I think he stayed on the first progression and was looking for that, thought he had a chance there for a bigger play down the field and then came back to Cribbs. We got the first down. We ended up losing the ball on the fumble.”

(On if there is a trend in the NFL of coaches going for it on fourth down)- “I don’t know what the numbers are. I’d say it’s a little different based on who you’re playing against and how confident they feel with what they have there. I’m not sure what the numbers are. There’s definitely something to be said, numerically or statistically, for going for it on fourth down, but there’s also the risk-reward factor. You go for it on your 30, that’s a scoring play. Essentially at that point, if you don’t get it, odds are they’re going to score. Where statistically the percentage is high, statistically the percentage of them scoring if they stop you is also high. You have to look at those two things when you’re evaluating it.”

(On if his approach has changed on fourth down)- “No, I’ve gone for it on fourth down a lot of different times. Sometimes, it worked out really well. Sometimes, it worked out really poorly. Those are decisions that, if it works you look really good. If it doesn’t, you talk about it the whole next week.”

(On Michael Gaines’ 21-yard catch against Green Bay)- “Mike is the guy that caught the touchdown pass against us in the preseason game. You remember that as well. He has good hands. We’re getting to know him here. He made some nice catches during the course of the week. Really Greg (Estandia), since he’s been here, has made some nice catches as well. I thought he made a couple, they weren’t necessarily big gains, but I thought they were well caught in contested areas. That was positive as well. We’ll see where both those guys are, and also have to see where we are with Steve and Robert.”

(On if Phil Dawson will try to play on Sunday)- “He’ll work through the week. I’d like to think we have a good shot at that.”

(On if they need to maximize what Jerome Harrison can bring to the offense)- “Jerome’s gotten a significant number of carries this season, especially compared to the previous years. His role is always going to be defined by the game plan and the things he can do in the game plan. I think he’s made some nice plays and I think there are some plays that he can improve on and he knows that. I think he needs to continue to work on his pass protection and he’s been doing that as well. There have been some good opportunities for him and there will be some other good opportunities for him as we go. I’m not opposed to any breakdown of carries in any game.”

(On if it was disappointing that Abe Elam was not in some of nickel packages against Green Bay)- “No, we’ll keep working different people in different spots to see what the best spots are. Some things we felt that we could do a little bit better with somebody else. It’s not a knock on Abe and it’s never a knock on somebody when you transition them in. It’s just, you feel like the matchup is better or the things that you’re doing in that scheme, it works out better for that person.”

(On if Coye Francies is close to getting on the field defensively)- “I talk to Coye quite a bit. We have a lot of rookies that are playing or contributing. He needs to find a way to do the same thing. Just like when we were talking about with Brian (Robiskie), he has to do it on special teams first and he has to show us that he’s better than the guys that are in his spot right now. Defensively, he has to keep trying to make a case for himself. You’re looking for continued progress from that spot. I talk to him about how important that is. I’ve played with a lot of rookie defensive backs in the past and I don’t think that he’s any different than those guys, he just needs to make his strong case to do that.”

(On Chansi Stuckey’s development)- “He’s been playing in a role and he’ll continue to play in a role. He took a little bit of a step back last week. He was part of that group that missed two days of practice. Ideally, this week will be a normal NFL week of practice. I’m looking forward to him to keep carving out spots. He works, whether it’s him or Mike or Brian, you have some different packages. Cribbs has different packages. You’re always trying to use their strengths.”

(On if the week off affected the way Kamerion Wimbley had been playing)- “Each guy I’m sure responded differently to not being here. Practice is important. You want everybody there. There’s nothing we could do about it and it wasn’t a situation where you wanted to go out with coming off an illness and rep a lot of stuff. I think that would have been counterproductive, but you do want to be able to get all the reps that you can get during the course of the week and it helps. It helps a lot.”

(On if there have been any new cases of the flu since last week)- “No.”