Welcome in to another edition of the Under Center podcast on NBC Sports Chicago.

I'm JJ Stankovitz, joined in our ceremonial Coke closet by John Moon Mullen.

Also with NBC Sports Chicago, Moon, the Bears are coming off a win, only the second time this year. The feeling around House Hall this week, certainly positive. But it was positive last week coming

off the Vikings game. You can just tell the difference Mitchell Trebisky has made in this building

since he became the starting quarterback, right?

Which is kind of amazing, if you think about it, because the kid really never played.

Yeah. So how do you get excited about somebody who'd never played?

But I think we saw that even before the Minnesota game,

that what he had shown some of the defensive guys in particular,

nicknamed him the Pretty Boy Assassin, which is a real compliment.

So he had shown them not just the coaches, but the players were liking what they

saw. So you really saw some energy. I think somebody, you were involved with Kendall White

Wright, didn't even say that they, I think he's kind of, Trisius, kind of sharpened the focus

with his patience or something, which is huge coming from this team. Yeah, he's done that. He's,

he's instilled this sense of confidence in everyone, too, that rubs off.

And, you know, the raising all boats, the cliche is saying about that.

But when you do have a guy who instills confidence in the other 10 guys around the field with him and the defense, that's huge.

That's huge for a franchise. Well, that's what, you know,

honestly, that's the cliche of, that's what the quarterback is. I mean, if you don't do that,

then you've got the wrong guy. Yeah. You know, all the great ones pick the team up. And

if the team needs a boost, he's good enough to do that. And the Bears haven't had that for a while. I mean, Jay Cutler would go the other direction as often as you make a great play and made

too many interceptions.

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