WEBVTT - Coordinators: Ravens Practice 12/28 Press Conferences 0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:05.640 Welcome into the Ravens Press Past podcast that is Thursday. Today, 0:00:05.680 --> 0:00:07.520 we had a chance to hear from the coordinators, so 0:00:07.600 --> 0:00:10.920 let's kick things off with Special Teams coordinator Chris Horton. 0:00:11.880 --> 0:00:14.000 Good to see everyone. I hope you guys all had 0:00:14.040 --> 0:00:17.400 a great Christmas. I think right now really starting to 0:00:17.400 --> 0:00:20.760 see our guys play the kind of football we've been 0:00:20.800 --> 0:00:22.040 knowing that we can play. 0:00:22.200 --> 0:00:23.079 Throughout this season. 0:00:23.800 --> 0:00:26.400 Just gonna keep encouraging them to just go out there 0:00:26.400 --> 0:00:29.560 and just light it rip, have fun doing what they're doing, 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:32.600 and guys are making plays for us right now, questions. 0:00:33.800 --> 0:00:34.080 Chris. 0:00:34.400 --> 0:00:39.159 In the postgame speech from John on the recording, he 0:00:39.280 --> 0:00:41.080 said that it was the best game you guys played 0:00:41.040 --> 0:00:43.920 in all three phases that you mentioned the special teams specifically, 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:46.680 Just what did you like about the performance from that 0:00:46.920 --> 0:00:47.760 forty nine Ers game? 0:00:48.280 --> 0:00:49.919 You know, I just thought we went out and our 0:00:49.960 --> 0:00:52.640 guys one of the things we've continued to do is 0:00:53.200 --> 0:00:56.880 really just maximize our effort, our physicality, go out there 0:00:56.880 --> 0:00:58.280 and just and just play hard. And then we had 0:00:58.280 --> 0:01:01.320 an opportunity to really execute some play. We had another 0:01:01.320 --> 0:01:04.360 good punt return. Thailand's doing a great job again. He's 0:01:04.360 --> 0:01:07.680 taking advantage of his opportunities. We got guys covering kicks well, 0:01:07.760 --> 0:01:10.320 you know, obviously we let one get out on us 0:01:10.319 --> 0:01:11.839 for a little bit, but you know what, it didn't 0:01:11.920 --> 0:01:12.200 hurt us. 0:01:12.360 --> 0:01:14.640 That was a good returner back there, you know. 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:17.440 And just to see our guys just go around, fly around, 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:20.880 get off the ball, not guys back and really play 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:25.480 a physical football game against a physical team really showed us, 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:26.560 you know, kind of who we are. 0:01:26.600 --> 0:01:28.760 And then when you look at the other phases, you know. 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:31.199 Our field goal block, our field goal team, those guys 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:33.200 have been outstanding the last couple of weeks of just 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:37.479 making kicks, the protection, all those things that we talked 0:01:37.480 --> 0:01:39.560 about when it wasn't going well, and we just want 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:41.119 to make sure we continue to keep that up. 0:01:42.560 --> 0:01:43.640 To take it better. 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:44.920 But do you feel like this is as well as 0:01:44.959 --> 0:01:46.560 the whole specific. 0:01:46.280 --> 0:01:47.080 Group has played this. 0:01:47.160 --> 0:01:49.559 Year, just where you guys are right. 0:01:49.400 --> 0:01:52.160 Now, I do. I think this is. I think we're 0:01:52.200 --> 0:01:54.040 starting to hit our hit our stride at the right time. 0:01:54.080 --> 0:01:54.280 You know. 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:56.440 Obviously, some of the things that happened early in the 0:01:56.520 --> 0:01:59.480 year really uncharacteristic, really came down to kind of one 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:02.120 thing guy here or there. But I think all eleven 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:05.120 guys are starting to play as one. And uh, as 0:02:05.120 --> 0:02:07.440 we continue to do that, you'll continue to see us 0:02:07.440 --> 0:02:08.519 make a lot more place. 0:02:10.080 --> 0:02:12.480 Time to get the very most out of his opp 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:16.919 return opportunities. He's not a crazy burner. He's not the 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:18.720 most elusive guy, but he seems to every time you 0:02:18.800 --> 0:02:20.079 get the most out of what cookie? 0:02:20.120 --> 0:02:21.120 Then why how did he do that? 0:02:22.080 --> 0:02:23.760 I think it's just phil, you know. I think it's 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:24.040 a guy. 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:26.480 I think it's a guy that understands natural ability with 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:29.480 the ball in his hands. You know, it's those things 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:31.400 in a sense. This guy, it's the right ball, and 0:02:31.400 --> 0:02:33.919 he's making great decisions. He's making the right decisions and 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:38.160 and again he is taking advantage of those opportunities. He's 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:40.840 a skilled player, you know. Uh, he's good with the 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:43.200 ball in his hands. He can make guys missing. As 0:02:43.320 --> 0:02:45.480 as we found out, he's a strong runner, you know. 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:47.559 And so that's that's good to see. 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:52.480 How old you guys have another runs. 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:56.040 I wouldn't says he's more decisive, Mike. I think it's 0:02:56.080 --> 0:02:59.520 more of uh, how how efficient can we be? We 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:02.120 talk a lot about efficiency because every ball is not 0:03:02.360 --> 0:03:05.040 a returnable ball, and I think when when he does 0:03:05.080 --> 0:03:07.200 return the ball, he's getting those yards. 0:03:07.240 --> 0:03:09.040 I think all of our returners have done that for us. 0:03:11.919 --> 0:03:14.320 That was special teams coordinator Chris Horton. Next up is 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:16.440 defensive coordinator Mike McDonald. 0:03:17.440 --> 0:03:19.720 All Right, good to see every buddy. How are we doing. 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:22.160 Well? 0:03:22.200 --> 0:03:24.639 After the last interception, we saw the double fist pump 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:25.840 and the fellow and it looked like. 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:27.680 You almost took a weave his hand off with the guy. 0:03:28.720 --> 0:03:30.760 Why do you think that release of emotion came at 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:31.560 that at that moment? 0:03:32.440 --> 0:03:34.960 Oh man, Uh, it was just it was a great 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:36.840 moment for us to close the game out, and at 0:03:36.880 --> 0:03:39.080 that point, the game wasn't entirely over. 0:03:39.120 --> 0:03:39.640 You know, if they. 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:43.560 Scored, probably an on side situation with timeout. So you know, 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:46.640 you're you know, you close the game out. Uh, you 0:03:46.640 --> 0:03:50.320 know that magnitude and you know you're just juiced about 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:52.360 the guys and then the performance that the guys put 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:54.839 out there, and and then it just came out. 0:03:56.040 --> 0:03:58.440 How do you hinder where Miami's seems to. 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:01.640 Last time you asked me a question, Mike, we've played 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:07.800 pretty good on defense, so let's hopefully repeat that. Yeah, 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:10.360 it's it's a it's definitely, I mean, it's a challenge. 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:11.760 It's unique to the rest of the league because it's 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:13.880 just it's at every spot, you know, every every every 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:16.560 guy that can touch the ball can take off. 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:17.400 And score from any point. 0:04:17.480 --> 0:04:21.000 So it sounds cliche, but it is all eleven. I mean, 0:04:21.360 --> 0:04:23.320 you have to take great angles, you have to have 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:28.520 great force, great secondary force, and the third guy in 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:30.600 the alley, you know, so and and the ball can 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:33.200 hit at any point in the field. They'll you know, 0:04:33.440 --> 0:04:35.039 anywhere from the A gap all the way out to 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:36.040 the end of the alley. 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:39.760 So it's a challenge. It's a challenge. 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:41.640 So you know, how we structure things and how we 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:45.480 play blocks and uh, you know, they do some things 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:48.080 schematically that are a little different that we've seen in 0:04:48.120 --> 0:04:51.200 the run game and then the perimeter uh like you 0:04:51.240 --> 0:04:56.320 know screen game. So, uh, we're getting a great look 0:04:56.360 --> 0:04:58.520 this week. You know, I think the guys would practice well, 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:00.640 you know today and the walk through, yes, but you know, 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:02.839 definitely need to attack that the rest of the week. 0:05:03.400 --> 0:05:05.760 A lot of tosses from the outside and it's get 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:08.120 to something you get the sides to you French your 0:05:08.160 --> 0:05:09.760 bands or you're outside. 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:14.719 Guys that probably yeah, well I wouldn't say it's uh, 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:17.320 it's it's everyone that's responsible for the perimeter, right, It's 0:05:17.320 --> 0:05:19.680 not just the defensive ends. Sometimes those guys are unblocked 0:05:20.120 --> 0:05:21.800 and they're getting cracked, you know, so they've got to 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:23.440 be able to play those blocks. But it's the guys 0:05:23.440 --> 0:05:25.280 behind them too that have to replace when their guy 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:26.240 blocks the perimeter too. 0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:29.960 How much do you reference preparing this week? Do you 0:05:30.000 --> 0:05:32.359 reference last year's game with them? And how much have 0:05:32.440 --> 0:05:34.440 you grown as a coordinator since then? 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:37.159 That was really really on in your play calling career here. 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:40.000 Uh, you know, we haven't. We haven't talked about last year. 0:05:42.360 --> 0:05:46.040 So far into the season, completely new team, but personally, 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:49.120 you know, of course you're going to learn from that 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:53.159 game last year. You want to learn quicker, quicker than not, 0:05:53.279 --> 0:05:55.400 you know, than not because you're playing the next week. 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:58.080 So if you're not learning on a week to week 0:05:58.120 --> 0:06:00.080 basis off of how your guys are playing and how 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:02.600 you're calling things and how you're structuring game plans and 0:06:02.640 --> 0:06:05.359 the positions your guys are you're trying to put your 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:08.760 your guys in and how things are ruled out and 0:06:08.800 --> 0:06:12.520 how clear they are, then you're doing your team of disservice. 0:06:12.800 --> 0:06:14.880 So That's something that we take a lot of pride 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:17.320 in of trying to learn from week to week and 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:20.360 definitely that game. You look back and we made a 0:06:20.360 --> 0:06:22.920 lot of corrections after that game, you know, take strides 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:25.640 for the rest of the year, and you know, unfortunately 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:27.760 those are going to happen in the NFL, and it's 0:06:27.760 --> 0:06:31.040 about how you respond as a team and taking responsibility 0:06:31.080 --> 0:06:33.359 for you know, things that you can improve on, I 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:35.440 think as a team and definitely individually, Like that was 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:38.160 our approach then, and that's a long time ago. Man, 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:41.839 you know where to but you know you're obviously going 0:06:41.920 --> 0:06:43.719 to try to learn from from every every setback that 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:43.960 you have. 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:47.920 Mike, what's the challenge of how you defend the Tyreek 0:06:48.000 --> 0:06:51.080 kill kind of the you know, you guys have physical corners. 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:53.520 How do you to go back and forth with whether 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:54.960 or now you want to press a guy like that? 0:06:55.040 --> 0:06:58.039 Give him space because he's shown he can win in 0:06:58.080 --> 0:06:58.600 both ways. 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:00.760 Well, they do a great job of getting in the 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:03.640 ball creatively, so you you know, it's it's different if 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:05.880 someone just lines up at the X and he's on 0:07:05.960 --> 0:07:07.440 the ball and he's not moving and you know where 0:07:07.440 --> 0:07:07.919 he's gonna be. 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:12.040 Uh, that's definitely not the case with the with the Tyreek. 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:15.480 So you know, we have we have some initial plans 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:18.200 on how we want to handle it obviously you know, 0:07:18.200 --> 0:07:20.640 and did bulge it right now. But it's a challenge, 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:21.760 you know, on how they move them. And it's a 0:07:21.760 --> 0:07:24.120 credit to them with their system and the things. 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:26.840 That he's able to do from different spots. 0:07:27.680 --> 0:07:29.520 To a place that I like that can practice something. 0:07:29.640 --> 0:07:32.480 Is it whit committee think you have a good designated 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:34.040 Tyreek guy. I mean, there's not a lot of guys 0:07:34.080 --> 0:07:34.480 that kind of. 0:07:34.480 --> 0:07:37.320 Might much to speak. Yeah, you try your best, can 0:07:37.400 --> 0:07:39.480 we got we got our look team does a great job. 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:41.000 I mean, so there's a lot of times we're looking 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:42.840 at like, man, well that's not gonna work because they 0:07:43.320 --> 0:07:44.680 you know, they do such a they give such a 0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:45.160 great look. 0:07:45.280 --> 0:07:48.200 So it's a con We were just talking actually talking 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:49.120 to some of the DB's today. 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:52.360 Hey, it's a constant evaluation of what we're executing well 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:55.800 throughout throughout the game or throughout the week, excuse me, uh, 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:57.720 And then as the week starts to unfold on on 0:07:57.760 --> 0:08:00.840 how we decide to play the game. You know, you're 0:08:00.880 --> 0:08:03.880 constantly evaluating that and then saying hey, Okay, guys, I 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:05.720 think we're gonna go this direction going into the game, 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:07.840 and obviously you'll adjust as the game kind of unfolds. 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:10.400 But our look team does a great job of getting 0:08:10.400 --> 0:08:13.240 the splits and the releases, and our young guys do 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:14.840 a great job of getting those guys ready to go. 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:18.480 Said a lot about how these three offenses of the 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:20.520 Rams and the Dolphins are about to face and the 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:24.400 Niners have very similar offenses. The way that the Dolphins motion, 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:26.880 though the how do you do you kind of have 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:30.280 to put them in their own category from those other teams. 0:08:32.000 --> 0:08:36.600 Well, I'd say they the thing they share is they 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:39.840 motion frequently and with fast motion with condensed sets. 0:08:39.840 --> 0:08:42.199 But it's a little bit. 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:45.560 Each team has definitely a different personality of how they're 0:08:45.600 --> 0:08:49.480 operating and why and who's doing it. Like I referenced 0:08:49.520 --> 0:08:51.760 last week, there's always a rhyme or reason on what 0:08:51.760 --> 0:08:55.600 they're trying to achieve. These guys definitely operate independently of 0:08:55.600 --> 0:08:58.239 those two, even though it's you know, similar family of offenses, 0:08:58.480 --> 0:09:03.120 probably similar terminology things like that, but uh, it's a 0:09:03.160 --> 0:09:05.400 it's a unique operation on their end. 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:08.760 Some of the year, you inevitably get people start to 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:11.640 speculate about at coach openings. Your name has been very 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:13.520 popular in that conversation last few weeks. 0:09:13.840 --> 0:09:14.560 How do you deal with that? 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:16.880 Do you compartmentalize it to you ignore it completely? 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:18.280 I mean, you know what do you kind of make 0:09:18.320 --> 0:09:18.439 of that? 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:20.680 Oh? 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:24.120 Man, it's uh what, it's hard, it's hard to ignore 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:26.960 it's it's it's an and it's an honor to hear 0:09:26.960 --> 0:09:29.640 about it. I mean, it's such a it's such a 0:09:29.760 --> 0:09:33.559 unique opportunity when it does come up. For guys that 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:35.880 know me, I'm a one track guy. It's very difficult 0:09:35.880 --> 0:09:37.440 for me to kind of do two things at once. 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:40.440 So try your best to you know, just focus on 0:09:40.440 --> 0:09:41.719 the things that we need to focus on, you know, 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:43.319 which is the next game and getting our guys a 0:09:43.360 --> 0:09:48.280 position to win. But you know, I thought I thought 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:50.240 you guys would probably asked about this at some point. 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:52.560 But I think it's an opportunity to talk about. Like 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:55.199 when we when we started our staff at the beginning 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:57.400 of last year, we said we were all in all together, 0:09:57.600 --> 0:10:00.160 we wanted to do it together as a staff and 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:05.080 be a collaboration. And so to have that opportunity or 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:06.560 you know, have your name come up like that, like, 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:09.679 I think it's really a reflection of art of our 0:10:09.679 --> 0:10:12.600 coaches and our staff together. I mean, we're we got 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:14.800 a great staff man. Our coaches do a phenomenal job 0:10:15.480 --> 0:10:18.040 of prepping our guys on a week to week basis 0:10:18.160 --> 0:10:22.600 getting buy in. We have such a diverse group of thought, 0:10:23.559 --> 0:10:25.559 and we're not afraid to challenge one another too. So 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:26.920 I mean we'll crack a joke and we have a 0:10:26.920 --> 0:10:27.320 good time. 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:30.440 But those guys. 0:10:30.240 --> 0:10:32.000 There deserve a lot of credit to for for what 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:33.480 the position that we've been able to put our guys 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:33.960 in as well. 0:10:39.520 --> 0:10:45.800 Now the chast's time to throw in the NFL. 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:49.520 How how challenging is it to kind of persruptive bread 0:10:49.559 --> 0:10:51.760 on them, you know, especially when it's first and second 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:52.839 from the music pretty open? 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:54.640 Yeah, easier said than done. 0:10:55.600 --> 0:10:58.880 Something that we're always stressing is marrying the Russian coverage together. Uh, 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:02.560 you know, it's if you're it's easy to say we 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:04.840 own a disguise and light of the quarterback, but if 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:07.120 it's a progression read, it's very difficult. If they're just 0:11:07.120 --> 0:11:09.800 looking at spots and his eyes are very disciplined. Obviously 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:12.000 they got really fast guys that they can create space. 0:11:12.080 --> 0:11:14.920 So if you're going to try our best to disrupt 0:11:14.920 --> 0:11:17.720 some timing, and obviously our Russian coverage or a rush 0:11:17.760 --> 0:11:19.679 has to come alive. You know, even if the balls 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:23.040 out fast, if you're consistently you know, consistently bringing we finally, 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:24.520 you know, do get him to hold the ball and 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:25.400 try to get to a second or. 0:11:25.400 --> 0:11:27.000 Third option, maybe maybe it'll come alive. 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:29.000 And then if the ball's out fast, if we can 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:31.160 you know, get get our hands on the ball up front, 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:32.760 that'll that'll go a long way as well. 0:11:35.679 --> 0:11:38.880 That was defensive coordinator Mike McDonald and last but not least, 0:11:38.880 --> 0:11:41.040 his offensive coordinator, Todd Munkett. 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:45.520 Todd, how pleased were you with the offensive lines performance 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:46.480 on Monday night? Yet? 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:46.679 Good? 0:11:46.679 --> 0:11:48.280 I thought they did it. Thought they did a great job. 0:11:48.360 --> 0:11:52.559 I mean, that's that's a tough front man, well coached, 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:56.200 play hard, they're aggressive. Playing at home, I thought, uh, 0:11:57.000 --> 0:11:59.640 you know, we did our fair share of chipping and 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:04.079 some things to help sliding to certain people. But when 0:12:04.080 --> 0:12:07.520 they had opportunities one on one, I thought for sure 0:12:07.559 --> 0:12:10.160 they held their own. And you know, Lamar is one 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:13.120 that you know, if you don't get a clean shot 0:12:13.120 --> 0:12:14.640 at him and there's some space, he does a good 0:12:14.679 --> 0:12:15.520 job of escaping. 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:21.160 I thought you talked about, you know, La mar vision 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:24.720 as a runner, excellent in your in your high curious's 0:12:24.800 --> 0:12:27.960 vision as you've passed here, particularly when he's you know, 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:30.720 all those off script plays and extending the plays and 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:35.200 things like that which get you've seen from him, you 0:12:35.240 --> 0:12:37.360 know you're gonna have a season over. 0:12:37.280 --> 0:12:39.720 Until Yeah, I do think that's the strength of his 0:12:39.840 --> 0:12:45.640 I do think he sees the field very well. You know, 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:49.560 take for instance, well we'll talk about the scrambles first. 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:53.600 You know, he does. He does a tremendous job, and 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:56.000 we've worked awfully hard with our scrambled drills in terms 0:12:56.040 --> 0:12:59.679 of our spacing down the field reacting to the quarterback. 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:05.760 But even beyond that, I think he's he's able to 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:11.160 communicate what he sees and and you know, what he anticipates, 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:13.240 and then when he gets outside the pocket, does a 0:13:13.280 --> 0:13:16.680 great great job seeing things. But you know, the touchdown 0:13:16.679 --> 0:13:21.480 to Zay, you know, more times than not on that 0:13:21.559 --> 0:13:25.200 we're trying to get the defense to move laterally and 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:29.320 we're thinking outside post rail to the back. I don't 0:13:29.320 --> 0:13:31.520 even know if we ever hits a one time, you know, 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:34.199 on that part of it. But he saw the reaction 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:37.240 of the safety and made an unbelievable play. 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:42.040 To be real, honest, Paul Leyley's progress and clearly getting 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:45.760 more opportunities now it seems to be to take advantage. 0:13:45.000 --> 0:13:46.400 Of them as well. 0:13:46.400 --> 0:13:50.840 Who's oh yeah, I've never heard someone actually say it. 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:53.240 It's like, Daniel, like, what is that? It's like your 0:13:53.240 --> 0:13:55.720 buddies in college when they have nicknames like Ski and 0:13:55.800 --> 0:13:58.400 someone would call and say, is Paul there, Paul Blagowski? 0:13:58.480 --> 0:13:58.880 Who's that? 0:13:58.960 --> 0:14:00.600 You know it's a Ski you know he know my name? 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:04.120 All right, Daniel, Uh no, It's been great, you know, 0:14:04.120 --> 0:14:07.040 an opportunity from the play. You know, obviously Pat Pat's 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:09.559 played a bunch you know previously, but to get him 0:14:09.559 --> 0:14:12.600 out there and get playing and uh, you know, with 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:14.800 with our situation at tackle has been great. 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:16.280 How unique is that? 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:19.200 To have this rotation along the offensive line is not 0:14:19.440 --> 0:14:22.040 usually a spot. Do we see that type of constant 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:25.080 rotation throughout the game? How's it been to have those 0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:27.960 guys rotated and keeping guys engaged without the course of 0:14:27.960 --> 0:14:28.280 the game. 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:31.960 It is unusual, you know, it's but that's a credit 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:35.760 to our personnel staff, you know, obviously having that depth 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:39.760 where you feel comfortable doing that, right, I mean, and 0:14:39.760 --> 0:14:44.880 and that's been something that's helped us with with with 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:48.240 Morgan and also Ronnie as they battle through you know, 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:51.320 some nagging things that have continued. So, uh, it's been 0:14:51.360 --> 0:14:53.000 a huge plus for us. 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:56.480 Got what are the challenges that's going against this fan 0:14:56.560 --> 0:14:58.440 yoke defense that, Yeah, I guess kind of does a 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:00.240 lot of the same things that Mike step there's a 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:03.920 man of guises and what is Lamar's his capability and 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:06.720 you know best second play ability that you've talked about 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:09.440 and maybe need guys as a kind of counter and. 0:15:09.480 --> 0:15:10.760 Coach for an offense. 0:15:11.240 --> 0:15:11.480 Yeah. 0:15:11.520 --> 0:15:14.160 So first off, you know, they do a tremendous job. 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:18.720 To the naked eye, you would sit there and say 0:15:19.320 --> 0:15:22.680 they're not complicated, but they do a great job with 0:15:22.760 --> 0:15:26.640 their tools on whether it's upfront or in the back end. 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:29.600 I think they do a great job. I think when 0:15:29.640 --> 0:15:33.120 you have what would be called a system, it's easier 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:36.760 to adjust to what you do because they're used to 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:40.320 how teams are going to try to attack them, and 0:15:40.400 --> 0:15:45.960 so they immediately can get to another tool or another 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:48.040 answer based on how you attack him. I think they 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:51.200 do a great job of adjusting They're guys play awfully 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:53.640 hard and they're playing with a lot of confidence right now. 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:58.840 You know, like anything m HM with Lamar is just 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:03.800 you know that can trying to continue in the past 0:16:03.840 --> 0:16:08.920 game in terms of consistency and drop consistency in terms 0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:10.360 of where his eyes are at, which he's been doing 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:12.120 a great job of. And then when the play breaks down, 0:16:13.360 --> 0:16:15.920 as we've said, as a two play quarterback, are our 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:22.640 guys continuing to understand spacing reacting because that's that's got 0:16:22.680 --> 0:16:23.880 to be a big part of what we do. 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:28.840 Todd, since we gave the Dolphins defense has been number 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:32.200 one in points allowed and number one in the yards 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:34.960 were game allowed, second in sacks. Just what are you 0:16:35.000 --> 0:16:37.480 seeing on defense that is clicking for them? 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:44.400 And oh, it's hard. It's hard to really say other 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:47.480 than you know, obviously they got Jayalen Ramsey back that 0:16:47.560 --> 0:16:50.800 gives you comfort at the one corner spot. But it's 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:52.960 not as if they didn't have other pros playing. So 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:56.359 that's that's a little you know, over the top. I 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:59.440 look at games at the beginning and I see, you know, 0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:03.840 them playing well before I see them playing well. 0:17:03.880 --> 0:17:04.200 Now. 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:08.879 Sometimes there's certain matchups you know that play against you 0:17:09.040 --> 0:17:11.520 or certain games that play for you. But I don't 0:17:11.560 --> 0:17:14.320 really see. I mean, they're doing the same things. They're 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:18.600 playing awfully well, playing awfully hard, you know, So I 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:22.640 don't I don't really. I know that's gonna sound bad 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:24.280 when I say that that I don't see a difference. 0:17:24.359 --> 0:17:26.119 I thought they were really good at the beginning, and 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:28.639 I think they're really good now. I mean that's you know, 0:17:30.280 --> 0:17:32.320 maybe in their minds they've cleaned some things up and 0:17:32.359 --> 0:17:35.639 they feel like they've given up less, you know, and 0:17:35.760 --> 0:17:39.239 played things a little bit more, you know, cleaner. They 0:17:39.280 --> 0:17:40.960 might have been going through the same things that we 0:17:41.000 --> 0:17:44.040 went through as a new coordinator and learning adjustments on 0:17:44.080 --> 0:17:46.640 the fly and how they're playing their defense, and you'd 0:17:46.640 --> 0:17:49.600 have to ask them, But I think they've played well 0:17:49.640 --> 0:17:51.119 all year. And I think if you asked coaches that 0:17:51.160 --> 0:17:54.520 have played against them, they feel awfully strong about how 0:17:54.560 --> 0:17:55.720 well they've played on defense. 0:17:56.320 --> 0:17:58.440 I wouldn't you know about Tyler landor bomb when you 0:17:58.520 --> 0:18:01.280 got the year and what he you know, mean around 0:18:01.280 --> 0:18:03.040 with him every day, how he goes about it or 0:18:03.200 --> 0:18:05.800 probably when he does on the field, how value to 0:18:05.880 --> 0:18:07.320 him has that favorite to. 0:18:07.520 --> 0:18:09.160 Your own been great? 0:18:09.320 --> 0:18:09.520 You know? 0:18:09.680 --> 0:18:12.479 I mean all he does is work. He's really smart, 0:18:12.920 --> 0:18:21.480 he's athletic, you know. So, I mean it's hard to 0:18:21.480 --> 0:18:26.480 to get a guy as complete as he is when 0:18:26.520 --> 0:18:32.760