1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: But Mike Grief on the left. Hey, Devin, just how 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: do you sum up the defensive performance today? Oh? Just 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 1: a gritty win, you know, I think, you know, I 4 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: think Tennessee is very similar to us. You know, they 5 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 1: don't care who's not playing for him. They have a 6 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 1: style of play, They're tough, they're gonna fight you for 7 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:19,760 Speaker 1: for everything. And I think, you know, obviously with Rabel 8 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:22,640 Speaker 1: being there, I think it's just a very similar team 9 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 1: to how we're built. And I think that's how the 10 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: game kind of played out. Was just a battle. Um. 11 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: You know, obviously every play defensively wasn't you know what 12 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 1: we wanted. You know, obviously before the half, you know, 13 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: just defensively, we gotta play that a lot better. But um, 14 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:38,160 Speaker 1: just a grinded out game, you know, getting to stop 15 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 1: on the goal line, like all of those things. Um, 16 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: it was that type of game. And you know, I 17 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,520 Speaker 1: think our offense battled, We battled, and we came away 18 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: with a victory. And you know, we know it's it's 19 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: gonna keep getting harder for the rest of the season. Um, 20 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 1: we just gotta keep getting better and keep trying to 21 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: play our best ball. Dev Can you talk about two 22 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 1: particular plays in the game when the touchdown got over turned, 23 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: you know, the when Mike threw the flag and they 24 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: gave you a touchdown. And also about the long run 25 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: right before the half for them. Yeah, I mean just 26 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: two plays that we got to play better. Kind of recognition, um, 27 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:14,320 Speaker 1: two minute, two minute at the end of the half. 28 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: But you know that situation third and three, Um, we 29 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:19,960 Speaker 1: just got to play to run a little bit better. 30 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 1: M And then the goal line play was it was 31 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 1: a good play call by them. You know, it was 32 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: kind of a look like a run pass option and 33 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 1: they had three on three outside and uh, they go 34 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: with we call it malone. They go with that play 35 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: and it's a it's a tough player when it's man 36 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 1: and man it's just three on three guys sneaks behind. 37 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: So m just two players got to play better. Dev. 38 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 1: What's the confidence level like of this group right now? 39 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: Rilling off the sixth straight wins. I always say confidence 40 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: bills each week. You know, you you play in this 41 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: league and you try to carry confidence because of the 42 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: way you played last week, you it's not going to 43 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: turn out the way you want the next week. You 44 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: got to build that confidence up through the week studying, 45 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: you're studying your opponent, coming out, practicing well, going over 46 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: the game, playing preparation. You know, I think that's where 47 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:11,079 Speaker 1: confidence comes from. UM. You know, beating beating Atlanta and 48 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 1: beating Tennessee, that doesn't that doesn't give us confidence to 49 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:15,920 Speaker 1: go in and play Buffalo next week. It's gonna be 50 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 1: what we do this week leading up to the Buffalo 51 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: game that gives us confidence. M We know that, and 52 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: we got to practice and play to that. TeV. I 53 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: think this is the second time the season that you 54 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: had to tip pass and JC Jackson was there to 55 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 1: kind of clean up the trash. Is there ever any 56 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: doubt with you guys that if the ball just gets 57 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: tipped in the yether, Jc's gonna be there. Jc's the 58 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 1: guy's Johnny on the spot all the time. So UM, 59 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:40,919 Speaker 1: I said it after the game. It's about guys flying 60 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: to the ball. It's about guys defending every yard that 61 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 1: we can on the field. And I think you saw 62 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 1: that obviously on the goal line. You know, four straight plays, UM, 63 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:51,959 Speaker 1: just attacking the ball in the run game and the 64 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 1: pass game. KB makes a great play on you know, 65 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: whether it's first or second down, to make sure that 66 00:02:57,639 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 1: they you know, they gotta run it through, they gotta 67 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: go all four downs, and that gave us a chance. 68 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: And I think, you know, you tip the ball up somehow. 69 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 1: Jc's always always there, so um, I think it's just 70 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: everybody playing hard. You know. The all four turnovers came 71 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:14,360 Speaker 1: from hustling, you know, Dgum, You know they try to 72 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 1: squeak through the whole DG getting off a blog, getting 73 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,679 Speaker 1: his hand in there. J C hustling um, then the 74 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 1: tip pass, and then at the end of the game, 75 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 1: kV getting a hand in there and Jilani getting on 76 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: it like that. That was all hustle players, guys fighting 77 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 1: for every inch and we gotta keep doing that. Uh. 78 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: Devin Jc's interceptions get the headlines, but to turn a 79 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: thirty yard rush into a forced fumble, how big was 80 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: that for you guys? It's huge. I mean it was 81 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: kind of like the player we had in nineteen with 82 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: Nick Chubb breaking out and Jay Jones chasing them down 83 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: and punching the ball out. It's just hustle. You know. 84 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: If you see us practice all throughout the week, all 85 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: our corners do that. They finished the ball, they're the 86 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: last man they're running to the ball, they're they're stripping 87 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: out the ball, they're tagging off and you know, I 88 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: think in practice it's always like, you know, good hustle, 89 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: you know, great job. But when it comes up and 90 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: you know, I don't know who it was chasing on 91 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: the other side that the backs trying to run away 92 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: from and doesn't see JC, and you know, that's what 93 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: it's about. It's everybody hustlings, everybody, you know, trying to 94 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: get to the ball. Someone to play like that is made. 95 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: You know, Jac punches it out, but it doesn't matter 96 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: unless Jay Mills is hustling, gets on the ball. And 97 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: you know, we keep talking about our defense is an 98 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: overall total defensive. Guys playing together. It's not a guy 99 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: or two us, everybody playing harror, playing for each other. 100 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:29,479 Speaker 1: And I think that's been the reason why we've been 101 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: able to play well this year. Devin, two quick ones. One, 102 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: did they have any wrinkles in their run game early? 103 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: For things you didn't expect? In two? When you think 104 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: about your game at Buffalo next Monday night, what's the 105 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: first thing that comes to mind? You know, I think, yea, 106 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: they definitely had some small things in there. I think everybody, 107 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 1: every every game us defensively, the teams we play against 108 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,840 Speaker 1: are always gonna have different wrinkles in there. We just 109 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: had to make sure we did a good job of 110 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:58,159 Speaker 1: not allowing them, you know, five yards, then two yards, 111 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 1: and then next you know, you're in the third and short. So, Um, 112 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 1: they did a good job at that. And then next 113 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: week's gonna be a fight. There's gonna be a battle. Uh. 114 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:07,160 Speaker 1: Those guys are tough. They're good on both sides of 115 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:10,840 Speaker 1: the ball. Special teams, complimentary football, they do that well, 116 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: we do that well. Um. AFC East Division opponents. Uh, 117 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: it's always tough, you know, so home away, it doesn't matter. 118 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 1: Both teams are gonna bring it. So, as Bill would say, 119 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: if you like competition, Monday night is gonna be where 120 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:30,360 Speaker 1: you want to be. Obviously, in the standings, big win 121 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:33,720 Speaker 1: means a lot. Um the game within a game. You've 122 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: been here a while, you know how competitive Bill is. Um. 123 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: The last two times you played the Titans twenty eighteen, 124 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,160 Speaker 1: they beat you badly down there and then they knocked 125 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 1: you out of the playoffs the last game between you know, 126 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 1: Brady was here. Um, does that ever come up in 127 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: the discussion what this means? Not only to everyone here 128 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 1: in the standings, but also maybe to Bill going against 129 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:54,919 Speaker 1: the four I got this beating him a couple of times. Um, 130 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: I'm not sure you have to probably acts Bill, I know, 131 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 1: for me standings, who want the last time two times? 132 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:03,839 Speaker 1: I don't care about that. You know, it is what 133 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 1: it is. You know, Whinning today doesn't make you know, 134 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:08,720 Speaker 1: losing the nineteen in the wall car feel better, you know, 135 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: like it's for me, It doesn't erase anything. You know, 136 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: when you lose a game, you kind of deal with 137 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 1: it that that is what it is. When we lost 138 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,040 Speaker 1: in the playoffs, you know, like that that kills your season. 139 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: It's over. So when in today doesn't make up for that. 140 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 1: But it's all about this team and what today meant 141 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 1: for this group of guys, you know. And I think 142 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: that's what we're battling. That's what we're fighting for for 143 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty one Patriots, That's what it's about for us. 144 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: And I think that's what guys have bought into. That's 145 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 1: what we're fighting, that's what we're doing each day. Um, 146 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:38,599 Speaker 1: and I think we just got to stick to that. 147 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 1: That's a question one, Hey, Devin, drawing from your experience 148 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:45,719 Speaker 1: as long as you played for this organization, you've played 149 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: with very reliable place kickers, and you know that can't 150 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 1: be said for a lot of teams around the league. 151 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 1: I think Tennessee is using its ninth kickers since twenty 152 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:57,480 Speaker 1: nineteen to have a guy like Nick Folk come through 153 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 1: four for four last week for the fourth time on 154 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 1: the road the year. Five field goals made this year. 155 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: What does that do for the mentality of a football team, 156 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,039 Speaker 1: you know, particularly when you're playing games that are tight. 157 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 1: In this case, you know the game was broken open, 158 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: but it was tight most of the way. You're spoiled. Um, 159 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: Nick lines up, we think he made it. Like it 160 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: comes down to that, and um, like you said, I've 161 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 1: been very spoiled. You know, we lost Steve. I think 162 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 1: it was in twenty ten. I think that was my 163 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 1: rookie year when Steve got hurt and you you felt 164 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: the difference of that, you know, And then and nineteen 165 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: when Steve got hurt, and you know, we had a 166 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: couple of different kickers in and then Nick comes in 167 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 1: and ever since then, um, as they call in a 168 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 1: special team Steady Eddie, he's just been kicking him through 169 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: the uprights and you know you really felt it last year. 170 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 1: M It felt like every big moment he took the field, 171 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: the ball was throw it uprights. And he's continued to 172 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 1: do that. So, Um, It'sraeli. Hats off to him, to Jake, 173 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: to Joe, those guys as specialists. To me, it's just 174 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: fun to watch him Friday in the weight room, laughing, 175 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: joking all around, going crazy in there. Um. Their bonding 176 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 1: and how they go out and execute on the field, 177 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: to me is what's reliable, and it's as consistent as 178 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: we got on this team. Um, and we rely on 179 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: them to do that weekend and week out, and they 180 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 1: rely on the rest of us. That's why we continue 181 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 1: to talk about this is a This is an overall 182 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: strong team that bonds together and everyone loves to go 183 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 1: out there and do their job and play their role 184 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: and be the best they can in their role. And 185 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: we just got to keep doing that all throughout the season. 186 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: Thank you, Van