1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: Welcome into the Ravens Press Past podcast that is Thursday. Today, 2 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: we had a chance to hear from the coordinators, so 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 1: let's kick things off with Special Teams coordinator Chris Horton. 4 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 2: Good to see everyone. I hope you guys all had 5 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 2: a great Christmas. I think right now really starting to 6 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,760 Speaker 2: see our guys play the kind of football we've been 7 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 2: knowing that we can play. 8 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 3: Throughout this season. 9 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 2: Just gonna keep encouraging them to just go out there 10 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 2: and just light it rip, have fun doing what they're doing, 11 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 2: and guys are making plays for us right now, questions. 12 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 4: Chris. 13 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:39,159 Speaker 5: In the postgame speech from John on the recording, he 14 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 5: said that it was the best game you guys played 15 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 5: in all three phases that you mentioned the special teams specifically, 16 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 5: Just what did you like about the performance from that 17 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 5: forty nine Ers game? 18 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:49,919 Speaker 2: You know, I just thought we went out and our 19 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 2: guys one of the things we've continued to do is 20 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 2: really just maximize our effort, our physicality, go out there 21 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 2: and just and just play hard. And then we had 22 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 2: an opportunity to really execute some play. We had another 23 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 2: good punt return. Thailand's doing a great job again. He's 24 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 2: taking advantage of his opportunities. We got guys covering kicks well, 25 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 2: you know, obviously we let one get out on us 26 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:11,839 Speaker 2: for a little bit, but you know what, it didn't 27 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 2: hurt us. 28 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 3: That was a good returner back there, you know. 29 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 2: And just to see our guys just go around, fly around, 30 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 2: get off the ball, not guys back and really play 31 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 2: a physical football game against a physical team really showed us, 32 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 2: you know, kind of who we are. 33 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 3: And then when you look at the other phases, you know. 34 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,199 Speaker 2: Our field goal block, our field goal team, those guys 35 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 2: have been outstanding the last couple of weeks of just 36 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:37,479 Speaker 2: making kicks, the protection, all those things that we talked 37 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 2: about when it wasn't going well, and we just want 38 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:41,119 Speaker 2: to make sure we continue to keep that up. 39 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 6: To take it better. 40 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 7: But do you feel like this is as well as 41 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 7: the whole specific. 42 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: Group has played this. 43 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,559 Speaker 8: Year, just where you guys are right. 44 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 3: Now, I do. I think this is. I think we're 45 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 3: starting to hit our hit our stride at the right time. 46 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 3: You know. 47 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 2: Obviously, some of the things that happened early in the 48 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 2: year really uncharacteristic, really came down to kind of one 49 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 2: thing guy here or there. But I think all eleven 50 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 2: guys are starting to play as one. And uh, as 51 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 2: we continue to do that, you'll continue to see us 52 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:08,519 Speaker 2: make a lot more place. 53 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 9: Time to get the very most out of his opp 54 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 9: return opportunities. He's not a crazy burner. He's not the 55 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 9: most elusive guy, but he seems to every time you 56 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 9: get the most out of what cookie? 57 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: Then why how did he do that? 58 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 3: I think it's just phil, you know. I think it's 59 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 3: a guy. 60 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 2: I think it's a guy that understands natural ability with 61 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 2: the ball in his hands. You know, it's those things 62 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 2: in a sense. This guy, it's the right ball, and 63 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 2: he's making great decisions. He's making the right decisions and 64 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 2: and again he is taking advantage of those opportunities. He's 65 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 2: a skilled player, you know. Uh, he's good with the 66 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 2: ball in his hands. He can make guys missing. As 67 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 2: as we found out, he's a strong runner, you know. 68 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:47,559 Speaker 2: And so that's that's good to see. 69 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 3: How old you guys have another runs. 70 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 2: I wouldn't says he's more decisive, Mike. I think it's 71 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 2: more of uh, how how efficient can we be? We 72 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 2: talk a lot about efficiency because every ball is not 73 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 2: a returnable ball, and I think when when he does 74 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 2: return the ball, he's getting those yards. 75 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 3: I think all of our returners have done that for us. 76 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: That was special teams coordinator Chris Horton. Next up is 77 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: defensive coordinator Mike McDonald. 78 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 10: All Right, good to see every buddy. How are we doing. 79 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 5: Well? 80 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:24,639 Speaker 11: After the last interception, we saw the double fist pump 81 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 11: and the fellow and it looked like. 82 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 9: You almost took a weave his hand off with the guy. 83 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 9: Why do you think that release of emotion came at 84 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 9: that at that moment? 85 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 12: Oh man, Uh, it was just it was a great 86 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 12: moment for us to close the game out, and at 87 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 12: that point, the game wasn't entirely over. 88 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 10: You know, if they. 89 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 12: Scored, probably an on side situation with timeout. So you know, 90 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 12: you're you know, you close the game out. Uh, you 91 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 12: know that magnitude and you know you're just juiced about 92 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 12: the guys and then the performance that the guys put 93 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,839 Speaker 12: out there, and and then it just came out. 94 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 3: How do you hinder where Miami's seems to. 95 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 12: Last time you asked me a question, Mike, we've played 96 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 12: pretty good on defense, so let's hopefully repeat that. Yeah, 97 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 12: it's it's a it's definitely, I mean, it's a challenge. 98 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 12: It's unique to the rest of the league because it's 99 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 12: just it's at every spot, you know, every every every 100 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 12: guy that can touch the ball can take off. 101 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 10: And score from any point. 102 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 12: So it sounds cliche, but it is all eleven. I mean, 103 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 12: you have to take great angles, you have to have 104 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 12: great force, great secondary force, and the third guy in 105 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 12: the alley, you know, so and and the ball can 106 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 12: hit at any point in the field. They'll you know, 107 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:35,039 Speaker 12: anywhere from the A gap all the way out to 108 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 12: the end of the alley. 109 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 10: So it's a challenge. It's a challenge. 110 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 12: So you know, how we structure things and how we 111 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 12: play blocks and uh, you know, they do some things 112 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 12: schematically that are a little different that we've seen in 113 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 12: the run game and then the perimeter uh like you 114 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 12: know screen game. So, uh, we're getting a great look 115 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 12: this week. You know, I think the guys would practice well, 116 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 12: you know today and the walk through, yes, but you know, 117 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 12: definitely need to attack that the rest of the week. 118 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 8: A lot of tosses from the outside and it's get 119 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 8: to something you get the sides to you French your 120 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 8: bands or you're outside. 121 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:14,719 Speaker 12: Guys that probably yeah, well I wouldn't say it's uh, 122 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 12: it's it's everyone that's responsible for the perimeter, right, It's 123 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 12: not just the defensive ends. Sometimes those guys are unblocked 124 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 12: and they're getting cracked, you know, so they've got to 125 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 12: be able to play those blocks. But it's the guys 126 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 12: behind them too that have to replace when their guy 127 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 12: blocks the perimeter too. 128 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 9: How much do you reference preparing this week? Do you 129 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,359 Speaker 9: reference last year's game with them? And how much have 130 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 9: you grown as a coordinator since then? 131 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:37,159 Speaker 4: That was really really on in your play calling career here. 132 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 10: Uh, you know, we haven't. We haven't talked about last year. 133 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 12: So far into the season, completely new team, but personally, 134 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 12: you know, of course you're going to learn from that 135 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:53,159 Speaker 12: game last year. You want to learn quicker, quicker than not, 136 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 12: you know, than not because you're playing the next week. 137 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 12: So if you're not learning on a week to week 138 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 12: basis off of how your guys are playing and how 139 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 12: you're calling things and how you're structuring game plans and 140 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,359 Speaker 12: the positions your guys are you're trying to put your 141 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 12: your guys in and how things are ruled out and 142 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 12: how clear they are, then you're doing your team of disservice. 143 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 12: So That's something that we take a lot of pride 144 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 12: in of trying to learn from week to week and 145 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 12: definitely that game. You look back and we made a 146 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 12: lot of corrections after that game, you know, take strides 147 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 12: for the rest of the year, and you know, unfortunately 148 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 12: those are going to happen in the NFL, and it's 149 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 12: about how you respond as a team and taking responsibility 150 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:33,359 Speaker 12: for you know, things that you can improve on, I 151 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 12: think as a team and definitely individually, Like that was 152 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 12: our approach then, and that's a long time ago. Man, 153 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 12: you know where to but you know you're obviously going 154 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:43,719 Speaker 12: to try to learn from from every every setback that 155 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 12: you have. 156 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 13: Mike, what's the challenge of how you defend the Tyreek 157 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 13: kill kind of the you know, you guys have physical corners. 158 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 13: How do you to go back and forth with whether 159 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 13: or now you want to press a guy like that? 160 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,039 Speaker 13: Give him space because he's shown he can win in 161 00:06:58,080 --> 00:06:58,600 Speaker 13: both ways. 162 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 12: Well, they do a great job of getting in the 163 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 12: ball creatively, so you you know, it's it's different if 164 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 12: someone just lines up at the X and he's on 165 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 12: the ball and he's not moving and you know where 166 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:07,919 Speaker 12: he's gonna be. 167 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 10: Uh, that's definitely not the case with the with the Tyreek. 168 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 12: So you know, we have we have some initial plans 169 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 12: on how we want to handle it obviously you know, 170 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 12: and did bulge it right now. But it's a challenge, 171 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 12: you know, on how they move them. And it's a 172 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 12: credit to them with their system and the things. 173 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 10: That he's able to do from different spots. 174 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 7: To a place that I like that can practice something. 175 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 7: Is it whit committee think you have a good designated 176 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 7: Tyreek guy. I mean, there's not a lot of guys 177 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 7: that kind of. 178 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 10: Might much to speak. Yeah, you try your best, can 179 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 10: we got we got our look team does a great job. 180 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 12: I mean, so there's a lot of times we're looking 181 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 12: at like, man, well that's not gonna work because they 182 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 12: you know, they do such a they give such a 183 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 12: great look. 184 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 10: So it's a con We were just talking actually talking 185 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 10: to some of the DB's today. 186 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 12: Hey, it's a constant evaluation of what we're executing well 187 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 12: throughout throughout the game or throughout the week, excuse me, uh, 188 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 12: And then as the week starts to unfold on on 189 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 12: how we decide to play the game. You know, you're 190 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 12: constantly evaluating that and then saying hey, Okay, guys, I 191 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 12: think we're gonna go this direction going into the game, 192 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 12: and obviously you'll adjust as the game kind of unfolds. 193 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 12: But our look team does a great job of getting 194 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 12: the splits and the releases, and our young guys do 195 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 12: a great job of getting those guys ready to go. 196 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 13: Said a lot about how these three offenses of the 197 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 13: Rams and the Dolphins are about to face and the 198 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 13: Niners have very similar offenses. The way that the Dolphins motion, 199 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 13: though the how do you do you kind of have 200 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 13: to put them in their own category from those other teams. 201 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 12: Well, I'd say they the thing they share is they 202 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:39,840 Speaker 12: motion frequently and with fast motion with condensed sets. 203 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,199 Speaker 10: But it's a little bit. 204 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 12: Each team has definitely a different personality of how they're 205 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 12: operating and why and who's doing it. Like I referenced 206 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 12: last week, there's always a rhyme or reason on what 207 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 12: they're trying to achieve. These guys definitely operate independently of 208 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,239 Speaker 12: those two, even though it's you know, similar family of offenses, 209 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 12: probably similar terminology things like that, but uh, it's a 210 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 12: it's a unique operation on their end. 211 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 11: Some of the year, you inevitably get people start to 212 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 11: speculate about at coach openings. Your name has been very 213 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 11: popular in that conversation last few weeks. 214 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 5: How do you deal with that? 215 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 9: Do you compartmentalize it to you ignore it completely? 216 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 3: I mean, you know what do you kind of make 217 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:18,439 Speaker 3: of that? 218 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 10: Oh? 219 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 12: Man, it's uh what, it's hard, it's hard to ignore 220 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 12: it's it's it's an and it's an honor to hear 221 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 12: about it. I mean, it's such a it's such a 222 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:33,559 Speaker 12: unique opportunity when it does come up. For guys that 223 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 12: know me, I'm a one track guy. It's very difficult 224 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 12: for me to kind of do two things at once. 225 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,440 Speaker 12: So try your best to you know, just focus on 226 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:41,719 Speaker 12: the things that we need to focus on, you know, 227 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:43,319 Speaker 12: which is the next game and getting our guys a 228 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 12: position to win. But you know, I thought I thought 229 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 12: you guys would probably asked about this at some point. 230 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:52,560 Speaker 12: But I think it's an opportunity to talk about. Like 231 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:55,199 Speaker 12: when we when we started our staff at the beginning 232 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 12: of last year, we said we were all in all together, 233 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,160 Speaker 12: we wanted to do it together as a staff and 234 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:05,080 Speaker 12: be a collaboration. And so to have that opportunity or 235 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 12: you know, have your name come up like that, like, 236 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,679 Speaker 12: I think it's really a reflection of art of our 237 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 12: coaches and our staff together. I mean, we're we got 238 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 12: a great staff man. Our coaches do a phenomenal job 239 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:18,040 Speaker 12: of prepping our guys on a week to week basis 240 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:22,600 Speaker 12: getting buy in. We have such a diverse group of thought, 241 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:25,559 Speaker 12: and we're not afraid to challenge one another too. So 242 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 12: I mean we'll crack a joke and we have a 243 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 12: good time. 244 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 10: But those guys. 245 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 12: There deserve a lot of credit to for for what 246 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 12: the position that we've been able to put our guys 247 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 12: in as well. 248 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 10: Now the chast's time to throw in the NFL. 249 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 7: How how challenging is it to kind of persruptive bread 250 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 7: on them, you know, especially when it's first and second 251 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:52,839 Speaker 7: from the music pretty open? 252 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 10: Yeah, easier said than done. 253 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 12: Something that we're always stressing is marrying the Russian coverage together. Uh, 254 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:02,560 Speaker 12: you know, it's if you're it's easy to say we 255 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 12: own a disguise and light of the quarterback, but if 256 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 12: it's a progression read, it's very difficult. If they're just 257 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 12: looking at spots and his eyes are very disciplined. Obviously 258 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 12: they got really fast guys that they can create space. 259 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 12: So if you're going to try our best to disrupt 260 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 12: some timing, and obviously our Russian coverage or a rush 261 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:19,679 Speaker 12: has to come alive. You know, even if the balls 262 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 12: out fast, if you're consistently you know, consistently bringing we finally, 263 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 12: you know, do get him to hold the ball and 264 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 12: try to get to a second or. 265 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 10: Third option, maybe maybe it'll come alive. 266 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 12: And then if the ball's out fast, if we can 267 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 12: you know, get get our hands on the ball up front, 268 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 12: that'll that'll go a long way as well. 269 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 1: That was defensive coordinator Mike McDonald and last but not least, 270 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 1: his offensive coordinator, Todd Munkett. 271 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 13: Todd, how pleased were you with the offensive lines performance 272 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 13: on Monday night? Yet? 273 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:46,679 Speaker 10: Good? 274 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 4: I thought they did it. Thought they did a great job. 275 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:52,559 Speaker 4: I mean, that's that's a tough front man, well coached, 276 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 4: play hard, they're aggressive. Playing at home, I thought, uh, 277 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 4: you know, we did our fair share of chipping and 278 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:04,079 Speaker 4: some things to help sliding to certain people. But when 279 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 4: they had opportunities one on one, I thought for sure 280 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 4: they held their own. And you know, Lamar is one 281 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 4: that you know, if you don't get a clean shot 282 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 4: at him and there's some space, he does a good 283 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 4: job of escaping. 284 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 11: I thought you talked about, you know, La mar vision 285 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 11: as a runner, excellent in your in your high curious's 286 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 11: vision as you've passed here, particularly when he's you know, 287 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 11: all those off script plays and extending the plays and 288 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:35,200 Speaker 11: things like that which get you've seen from him, you 289 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 11: know you're gonna have a season over. 290 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 4: Until Yeah, I do think that's the strength of his 291 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 4: I do think he sees the field very well. You know, 292 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 4: take for instance, well we'll talk about the scrambles first. 293 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 4: You know, he does. He does a tremendous job, and 294 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 4: we've worked awfully hard with our scrambled drills in terms 295 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:59,679 Speaker 4: of our spacing down the field reacting to the quarterback. 296 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 4: But even beyond that, I think he's he's able to 297 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 4: communicate what he sees and and you know, what he anticipates, 298 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 4: and then when he gets outside the pocket, does a 299 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:16,680 Speaker 4: great great job seeing things. But you know, the touchdown 300 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 4: to Zay, you know, more times than not on that 301 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 4: we're trying to get the defense to move laterally and 302 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:29,320 Speaker 4: we're thinking outside post rail to the back. I don't 303 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 4: even know if we ever hits a one time, you know, 304 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,199 Speaker 4: on that part of it. But he saw the reaction 305 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 4: of the safety and made an unbelievable play. 306 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 9: To be real, honest, Paul Leyley's progress and clearly getting 307 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 9: more opportunities now it seems to be to take advantage. 308 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 11: Of them as well. 309 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:50,840 Speaker 4: Who's oh yeah, I've never heard someone actually say it. 310 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 4: It's like, Daniel, like, what is that? It's like your 311 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 4: buddies in college when they have nicknames like Ski and 312 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 4: someone would call and say, is Paul there, Paul Blagowski? 313 00:13:58,480 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 3: Who's that? 314 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 4: You know it's a Ski you know he know my name? 315 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 4: All right, Daniel, Uh no, It's been great, you know, 316 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 4: an opportunity from the play. You know, obviously Pat Pat's 317 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:09,559 Speaker 4: played a bunch you know previously, but to get him 318 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 4: out there and get playing and uh, you know, with 319 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 4: with our situation at tackle has been great. 320 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 3: How unique is that? 321 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 13: To have this rotation along the offensive line is not 322 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 13: usually a spot. Do we see that type of constant 323 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 13: rotation throughout the game? How's it been to have those 324 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 13: guys rotated and keeping guys engaged without the course of 325 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 13: the game. 326 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 4: It is unusual, you know, it's but that's a credit 327 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 4: to our personnel staff, you know, obviously having that depth 328 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 4: where you feel comfortable doing that, right, I mean, and 329 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 4: and that's been something that's helped us with with with 330 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 4: Morgan and also Ronnie as they battle through you know, 331 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 4: some nagging things that have continued. So, uh, it's been 332 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 4: a huge plus for us. 333 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 7: Got what are the challenges that's going against this fan 334 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 7: yoke defense that, Yeah, I guess kind of does a 335 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 7: lot of the same things that Mike step there's a 336 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 7: man of guises and what is Lamar's his capability and 337 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 7: you know best second play ability that you've talked about 338 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 7: and maybe need guys as a kind of counter and. 339 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 10: Coach for an offense. 340 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:11,480 Speaker 3: Yeah. 341 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 4: So first off, you know, they do a tremendous job. 342 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 4: To the naked eye, you would sit there and say 343 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 4: they're not complicated, but they do a great job with 344 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 4: their tools on whether it's upfront or in the back end. 345 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 4: I think they do a great job. I think when 346 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 4: you have what would be called a system, it's easier 347 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 4: to adjust to what you do because they're used to 348 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 4: how teams are going to try to attack them, and 349 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 4: so they immediately can get to another tool or another 350 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 4: answer based on how you attack him. I think they 351 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 4: do a great job of adjusting They're guys play awfully 352 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 4: hard and they're playing with a lot of confidence right now. 353 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 4: You know, like anything m HM with Lamar is just 354 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 4: you know that can trying to continue in the past 355 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 4: game in terms of consistency and drop consistency in terms 356 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 4: of where his eyes are at, which he's been doing 357 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 4: a great job of. And then when the play breaks down, 358 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 4: as we've said, as a two play quarterback, are our 359 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 4: guys continuing to understand spacing reacting because that's that's got 360 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 4: to be a big part of what we do. 361 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 5: Todd, since we gave the Dolphins defense has been number 362 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 5: one in points allowed and number one in the yards 363 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 5: were game allowed, second in sacks. Just what are you 364 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 5: seeing on defense that is clicking for them? 365 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 4: And oh, it's hard. It's hard to really say other 366 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 4: than you know, obviously they got Jayalen Ramsey back that 367 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 4: gives you comfort at the one corner spot. But it's 368 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 4: not as if they didn't have other pros playing. So 369 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:56,359 Speaker 4: that's that's a little you know, over the top. I 370 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 4: look at games at the beginning and I see, you know, 371 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 4: them playing well before I see them playing well. 372 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:04,200 Speaker 13: Now. 373 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:08,879 Speaker 4: Sometimes there's certain matchups you know that play against you 374 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 4: or certain games that play for you. But I don't 375 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 4: really see. I mean, they're doing the same things. They're 376 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 4: playing awfully well, playing awfully hard, you know, So I 377 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:22,640 Speaker 4: don't I don't really. I know that's gonna sound bad 378 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 4: when I say that that I don't see a difference. 379 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:26,119 Speaker 4: I thought they were really good at the beginning, and 380 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:28,639 Speaker 4: I think they're really good now. I mean that's you know, 381 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 4: maybe in their minds they've cleaned some things up and 382 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:35,639 Speaker 4: they feel like they've given up less, you know, and 383 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:39,239 Speaker 4: played things a little bit more, you know, cleaner. They 384 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 4: might have been going through the same things that we 385 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 4: went through as a new coordinator and learning adjustments on 386 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,640 Speaker 4: the fly and how they're playing their defense, and you'd 387 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 4: have to ask them, But I think they've played well 388 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:51,119 Speaker 4: all year. And I think if you asked coaches that 389 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 4: have played against them, they feel awfully strong about how 390 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 4: well they've played on defense. 391 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:58,440 Speaker 8: I wouldn't you know about Tyler landor bomb when you 392 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 8: got the year and what he you know, mean around 393 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 8: with him every day, how he goes about it or 394 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 8: probably when he does on the field, how value to 395 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 8: him has that favorite to. 396 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:09,160 Speaker 4: Your own been great? 397 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 10: You know? 398 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:12,479 Speaker 4: I mean all he does is work. He's really smart, 399 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 4: he's athletic, you know. So, I mean it's hard to 400 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 4: to get a guy as complete as he is when 401 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 4: you talk about his uh talent level, his intelligence. He 402 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:37,679 Speaker 4: loves playing the position. We really have outside of maybe 403 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 4: the that I can think of, outside of the you know, 404 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 4: the safety that we got with the snap, we haven't 405 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 4: initiative snaps. I mean we haven't. It's been I mean, 406 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 4: he's playing an elite level, you know. So. You know, 407 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:51,719 Speaker 4: at first, when I got here and I found out that, like, 408 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:55,359 Speaker 4: wasn't he the draft pick for Hollywood Brown, I was like, really, 409 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 4: I mean that's what we got a center instead of 410 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,159 Speaker 4: a big time Why I don't Then we got yes, 411 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:01,160 Speaker 4: said perfect, said we got a and we got a center. Great, 412 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 4: this is good stuff. 413 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 9: Miami's pressure, you know, they got fifty two sacks, but 414 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 9: it's not kind of like here, it's. 415 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:08,479 Speaker 4: Not one guy with eighteen or something like that. 416 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 3: They've kind of different guys contributing that. What do they 417 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:14,200 Speaker 3: do to pressure wise? That makes them special? 418 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 4: I think their interior guys are relentless. They do a 419 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 4: great job of pushing the pocket, which brings the outside 420 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 4: rushers into play. You know when they moved. You know, 421 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:31,120 Speaker 4: the linebacker you know out what's his name, what's forty three? 422 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:34,360 Speaker 4: I can and Kingo does a great job on the edge. 423 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 4: He's athletic, he can get edgy, you know they do. 424 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 4: They do a really good job. And like a lot 425 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 4: of teams, you know, when you have relentless pass rushers 426 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 4: and you're up in games, those are going to come. 427 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 4: You know that that's a byproduct of teams are throwing 428 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,200 Speaker 4: the football. They do a great job of that. Wouldn't 429 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 4: consider them a pressure team by nature, but I would 430 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 4: say that they do a good job of picking their spots. 431 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 4: I think Long is a tremendou linebacker blitzing wise, he 432 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 4: gets real edgy, you know, and so you know, it 433 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 4: just compounds. I think they're up and they're relentless. I 434 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:12,200 Speaker 4: think those are the things that you know, you'll see 435 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 4: a lot of sacks of ball doesn't come out and 436 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 4: they continue to fight, uh, you know, and push the pocket. 437 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 3: So you go back and look. 438 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:21,480 Speaker 13: At think about some of the tape you watched when 439 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 13: you took this job, and you saw how defenses were 440 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 13: maybe trying to stop Lamar the runner at times. 441 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:28,720 Speaker 3: Do you notice the. 442 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 13: Difference now when you watch film and see how defenses 443 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 13: are guarded him. 444 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:39,720 Speaker 4: It's hard really for me to compare because when we've 445 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 4: watched in the past one, I wasn't here, so I 446 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 4: wasn't as in depth in watching it, okay, as thorough 447 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 4: and we're a little bit different in terms of our 448 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:55,160 Speaker 4: personnel groupings. So it's a little bit different to compare, 449 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:59,199 Speaker 4: you know, when you're in multiple tight end groups in 450 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 4: the last years so so, but certainly teams have had 451 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 4: different plans in some common themes that they've tried to 452 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:16,399 Speaker 4: do too, to try and one a disrupted we do 453 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 4: an offense and to corral him. So that is the 454 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:24,400 Speaker 4: challenge for us and for them, you know, to see 455 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 4: what they're trying to do. But for the most part, 456 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 4: you'll you'll have a few wrinkles. But when you play 457 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:33,120 Speaker 4: really good defenses, just like we're about to face, they 458 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:35,639 Speaker 4: didn't get really good by changing a lot of things. 459 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:38,959 Speaker 4: You know, you have a belief system and what you 460 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,440 Speaker 4: do and then you stick to it and then you 461 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:41,919 Speaker 4: can live with the results. 462 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:45,440 Speaker 7: I imagine that when you were looking at the film 463 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 7: from last year, when you were in the off season night, 464 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:50,119 Speaker 7: I ever thought they'd made any if with all this 465 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 7: last year has stood out, how close do you think 466 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 7: he is to you know, that kind of player, that 467 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 7: kind of performance, and what do you see from her 468 00:21:57,600 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 7: as his field and kind of healthier of his past year? 469 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 4: A great question, you know. I mean, you really can 470 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 4: see with each day each week, him gaining more and 471 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:13,239 Speaker 4: more confidence, his ability to practice. Basically almost being out 472 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:16,560 Speaker 4: a year, not really, I mean, but missing the off 473 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:18,120 Speaker 4: season is a better way of putting in a lot 474 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:22,160 Speaker 4: of camp. But you can see his confidence beginning to grow, 475 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 4: and he's playing faster, you can see that, and he 476 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:30,120 Speaker 4: has it in him. And so it's been better every 477 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 4: week and he's been able to practice every week. And 478 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 4: that's a big part of a player's development when you 479 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 4: have a skill set that he has, and he loves football, 480 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 4: he likes to practice. So it's just a matter of 481 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:44,400 Speaker 4: staying healthy in that development will continue to come. 482 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 1: Today the locker room, we talk with one of the 483 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:52,359 Speaker 1: leaders of the defense, Roquan Smith. He really sets the 484 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 1: tone for this defense. And here's what he had to 485 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 1: say during his time with reporters. 486 00:22:58,880 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 3: With the nentime. 487 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 13: Now, you know, if all these December games, they're all big, 488 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:05,719 Speaker 13: but you go from one big matchup out in San 489 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:09,119 Speaker 13: Francisco to now the Dolphins come to town to potentially 490 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 13: not just win the division, but now win the AFC. 491 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 14: Yeah, it's definitely a huge game, but we're not making 492 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:15,840 Speaker 14: it uh any bigger than what it is. It's the 493 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,439 Speaker 14: next game on the schedule, and we're gonna treat it 494 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 14: just like uh any other game throughout the regular season, 495 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:22,879 Speaker 14: and we're gonna be ready to rock and roll and 496 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:24,920 Speaker 14: gotta protect the house by any means. 497 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:26,440 Speaker 3: Saw you show up on injury? 498 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 4: Cool with a pack injury? 499 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:28,880 Speaker 13: How you feel out right now? 500 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 3: I feel great? 501 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 14: You see me out there practice ready to go? 502 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 3: Baby? What's some of the challenge except this team. 503 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:37,720 Speaker 14: Brands so yeah, No, I think it's a uh really 504 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 14: talented team. Uh starting at the quarterback position, what's starting 505 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:42,920 Speaker 14: with the head coaching position? I think he's a uh 506 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 14: actually like it uh personality you know from Afar in 507 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 14: a sense, but uh in the way he uh carries himself. 508 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:52,200 Speaker 14: But like starting with two of Manu Treek on the outside, 509 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:55,040 Speaker 14: uh the running back uh three to one most twenty eight, 510 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:57,480 Speaker 14: A lot of speed out there. Tight ends play goodball 511 00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:58,880 Speaker 14: as well, and they I think they just all work 512 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:01,800 Speaker 14: well together and it's definitely attract team on grass. But 513 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:03,680 Speaker 14: you know, we wouldn't like it any other way. We 514 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 14: prefer to go through the best to be the best. 515 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:07,120 Speaker 14: So we're looking forward to the matchup. I think it's 516 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:07,920 Speaker 14: gonna be a great one. 517 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:10,800 Speaker 7: Name And you've said it other times. 518 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 8: You love the way you play McDonald paul's game and. 519 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 3: Works few can you spand on that a little bit? 520 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 3: What what is it that you that you love so much? 521 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 14: Uh? I just think it's a wizard. I think it's 522 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 14: more so finds out what what teams struggle with, what 523 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 14: teams struggle with, team's weaknesses and our strength and being 524 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 14: able to like make those into a game plan, uh situation. 525 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 14: So I think it's just that in a nutshell and 526 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:37,440 Speaker 14: just having everybody on the same page throughout the week 527 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 14: and on game day just. 528 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:39,680 Speaker 3: Ready to rock and roll. 529 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:41,680 Speaker 14: So I enjoy playing in the defense and I think 530 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 14: it's it's pretty sweet. So if you haven't played in them, hey, 531 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 14: it's pretty sweet. 532 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:51,119 Speaker 15: You know how important is you mean? 533 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:52,119 Speaker 3: You can't hear that. 534 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 15: I speed with your scouts, right, So how important is 535 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:58,160 Speaker 15: kind of mentally looking at the fellows in a week 536 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 15: like this set track our team term, you know, and 537 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:04,360 Speaker 15: kind of gauging what your difference is gonna be whin 538 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 15: they're actually sagas. 539 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 14: Yeah, at the end of the day, Uh, the field 540 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 14: is one hundred yards long, and what is it like 541 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 14: fifty three yards wild? 542 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:13,080 Speaker 3: Fifty two how many? 543 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 14: Yeah, yeah, something like that, uh yards wide, So you 544 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 14: can only go so far. You know, there's a hundred 545 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,359 Speaker 14: yards this way and fifty is something uh going across 546 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:23,440 Speaker 14: that way. So when you look at it from not perspective, 547 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,160 Speaker 14: I think it's just more so doing our jobs and 548 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:27,640 Speaker 14: getting back to our responsibility. 549 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:28,440 Speaker 8: And I think if we. 550 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 14: Do that, we'll uh slow slow a lot of that down. 551 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 14: But you know, obviously, uh it's a lot easier said 552 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 14: than done. But we're ready for it, and we're gonna 553 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 14: be ready for it. 554 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,640 Speaker 3: How much motivation? How you know you win, you get 555 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:41,480 Speaker 3: that number one seed? How much motivation is that? 556 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 14: Uh? I think that's that goes for both sides, if 557 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:46,120 Speaker 14: I'm not mistaken. I'm not sure, but uh yeah, it's 558 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 14: definitely big. But I think it's the next game, honestly, 559 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 14: and it's the next game, and it's like all livelihood 560 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 14: versus their livelihood. So when you look at it from 561 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,639 Speaker 14: that perspective, Uh, it's very simple for any man. And 562 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:58,639 Speaker 14: we're at home, so you gotta defend your grass by 563 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:01,639 Speaker 14: any means. And we're definitely gonna invite them in and 564 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 14: we're gonna have to do everything that it takes to 565 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 14: get the job done. But we know it's not gonna 566 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 14: come easy. But hey, nothing comes easy worth having you, right, 567 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 14: so we'll be ready. 568 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:12,440 Speaker 15: Obviously you talk with this a little bit last week 569 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 15: with the Niners, but the amount of emotion that Miami Bass, 570 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 15: what's heat registering that to make sure all. 571 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 3: Responsibilities forgot you? 572 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:25,880 Speaker 14: Honestly, man, I just think it's it's eye candy for sure, 573 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:30,439 Speaker 14: And honestly, I think it's just more so final formation. 574 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 14: You get back to what you're doing. I think how 575 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:34,359 Speaker 14: I look at every single game, every single ponent I 576 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:36,920 Speaker 14: go up against, regardless of the amount of motions you're doing, 577 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:39,359 Speaker 14: I'm looking at the final formation, the final picture, because 578 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:41,439 Speaker 14: that's what you truly want to do out that picture. 579 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 14: And like maybe some guys can't, like car like can't 580 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 14: really visualize that see that in a sense, But that's 581 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:49,639 Speaker 14: how I look at things, and that's how me and 582 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,680 Speaker 14: PQ just try to look at things throughout the week. 583 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:57,480 Speaker 1: Since Kyle Hamilton is a really important player for this 584 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:00,600 Speaker 1: defense and he talk with reporters today at his locker. 585 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:02,360 Speaker 10: I'm good. 586 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:06,160 Speaker 6: Uh, day by day, it could have been worse. 587 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 3: You think it, think it play Sunday. 588 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 6: U, it's day by day, so evaluating, you know, short 589 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 6: week out the day less to kind of evaluate everything. 590 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 6: But I mean do everything I can to make through 591 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 6: the game. 592 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:21,879 Speaker 3: Ky, what exactly how it looked like the reda got 593 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 3: folded up underneath you? But did you reaggree is your 594 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 3: injury essentially or yeah? 595 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,359 Speaker 6: It was the same thing. And you know, I was 596 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 6: talking about taking the brace off before the games. It 597 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 6: was annoying me, but something told me not to And 598 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 6: I'm glad I didn't because when I was on a 599 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,120 Speaker 6: the brace Moudeer prevented something else is happening. But yeah, 600 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:40,640 Speaker 6: I just got my ankle rolled up and I guess 601 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,120 Speaker 6: that kind of went up into my knee and caused 602 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:43,640 Speaker 6: some knee pain. 603 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:44,720 Speaker 10: But I'm good. 604 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,680 Speaker 3: I wanted to play where you got the second interception 605 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 3: and you were laying on the ground for a while there. 606 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:53,119 Speaker 3: What was going through your head at that time when 607 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:56,200 Speaker 3: you when you got hitting low into high. 608 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 6: Yeah, I didn't even Obviously I didn't see the places 609 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,200 Speaker 6: after the game, and it looks kind of wild looking 610 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:04,919 Speaker 6: at it from that perspective, But I mean splitching obviously 611 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 6: got hit on the ground and got landed on and 612 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,399 Speaker 6: kind of had to hit a hard reset on the ground. 613 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 6: Caught my breath and then instead of the play was 614 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:16,880 Speaker 6: still going on. Just you know, they always preach front 615 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 6: of the ball and good things happening. That's a it's 616 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,840 Speaker 6: a great play by Marlow at the same time, plaster 617 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 6: and scrambling quarterback and uh, in the right place at 618 00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 6: the right time. 619 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:28,879 Speaker 13: How important was it? You know, so much talk about 620 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 13: all the star players on the nine or side of 621 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:33,119 Speaker 13: the ball, but it was you guys and stars that 622 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 13: ended up taking over the night. 623 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:37,800 Speaker 6: I mean, the same message before the game that we 624 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 6: were saying, and you know, outside of the building, people 625 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:44,240 Speaker 6: are gonna have their own narratives on notions, and I 626 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 6: could honestly care less. I think a lot of people 627 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:49,000 Speaker 6: here could care less about how good or bad or 628 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 6: to somebody saying that we are. And I think the 629 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 6: same ghost after a win like that, Uh, you gotta 630 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 6: keep the same mentality. You can't feed in all the 631 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker 6: good press that you're getting now, and I feel like 632 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,239 Speaker 6: the same time, everybody in here is having the same 633 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 6: mindset that we at before the game, going from. 634 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 13: San Francisco's offense now on the AMAS. 635 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:10,840 Speaker 6: Yeah, there's some similarities there, but at the same time, 636 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:14,800 Speaker 6: personnel is completely different. They provide a bunch of problems 637 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 6: on their side of the ball. They got a capable quarterback, 638 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:19,960 Speaker 6: you get a bunch of receivers and uh some running 639 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 6: backs who are all really fast and do their job 640 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:25,040 Speaker 6: as well. And I think it's up to us to 641 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:27,120 Speaker 6: exect the game plan that we haven't played, which I 642 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:28,640 Speaker 6: think is a great one, and for us. 643 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:29,959 Speaker 10: To go out there and get a wink. 644 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:33,239 Speaker 3: In a different note, what has been the best thing 645 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 3: for you working with Mike McDonald over the last. 646 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 9: Two years, and when you make of his game being 647 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:41,040 Speaker 9: in all the speculation about the head coach opening exhibus. 648 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:44,239 Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean if that, you know, we're we're got 649 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 6: a goal in mind. Still. 650 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 10: We got to finish out what we started here. 651 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:49,320 Speaker 6: But if that were to happen, it would be as 652 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 6: much aserve. You know, he's a young right star in 653 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:54,600 Speaker 6: our league and you know, just like the players are 654 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:56,480 Speaker 6: executing at a high level, so is he and we 655 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 6: don't do that without him and all the other people 656 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:00,280 Speaker 6: of the stuff. So he's got a great plan place 657 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:04,760 Speaker 6: every week. And he's open to criticism for sure from us, 658 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:07,360 Speaker 6: you know when we're being a little a little sensitive 659 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 6: and braddy about stuff. But he hears us what we're 660 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 6: talking to man. I think that's a great quality would 661 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:13,320 Speaker 6: mean to you. 662 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:18,080 Speaker 9: Just lead to novid WINPEC pinch the number one. See 663 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 9: you have that on you're right there on Sunday. 664 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:21,360 Speaker 10: Yeah, it was. 665 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,200 Speaker 6: We were kind of talking about it in the defensive ending. 666 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:26,320 Speaker 6: We get a two for one special this week. If 667 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:28,360 Speaker 6: we get a win, we win a division and we 668 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:31,240 Speaker 6: went to the conference and it doesn't get much bigger 669 00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:33,600 Speaker 6: than that. I hope, I hope that we all have 670 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:36,000 Speaker 6: the mentality to come in and I know for a 671 00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 6: fact that we're all everything in this game, and I 672 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:41,720 Speaker 6: know that next week obviously it's a big game against 673 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:44,680 Speaker 6: Pittsburgh as well. But we got to focus on the 674 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:46,959 Speaker 6: task at hand, and we don't. Uh, we don't win 675 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:48,760 Speaker 6: this week, and we still leave things up here. But 676 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 6: I think it's a good thing. And everything that we 677 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 6: want in front of us is in our heads. 678 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 10: Last one for Kyle Police put your reaction. 679 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:01,960 Speaker 8: I thought it was pretty cool. 680 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 6: I didn't initially people were talking to me about it 681 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:10,720 Speaker 6: after the game, about whether I win or not, and 682 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 6: I was like, okay, cool whatever, but uh, and then 683 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 6: a bunch of people were coming and gratulating me, like 684 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,360 Speaker 6: I want MVP or something. But I mean, it's just 685 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:21,320 Speaker 6: another weekly accolade. I bet y'all can Dave who won 686 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:23,280 Speaker 6: the Defense Player of the Week in week seven. So 687 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:26,560 Speaker 6: it's it's cool for the time being, but we still 688 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:27,800 Speaker 6: got another another game to win. 689 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,360 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Ravens Press Pass podcast. Thanks for listening, 690 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:36,160 Speaker 1: Hit that subscribe button and also leave a rating and 691 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:36,720 Speaker 1: a review.