WEBVTT - Henry, Smith, Stephens & More: Ravens Press Conferences 12/12/24 0:00:03.160 --> 0:00:05.560 Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. It is Thursday, 0:00:05.600 --> 0:00:08.160 December twelfth. The Ravens are gearing up for a game 0:00:08.160 --> 0:00:10.520 against the New York Giants on Sunday, and today we 0:00:10.560 --> 0:00:12.360 had a chance to hear from the coordinators. Let's kick 0:00:12.400 --> 0:00:14.800 it off with offensive coordinator Todd Monkin. 0:00:23.400 --> 0:00:24.400 So during the. 0:00:24.360 --> 0:00:27.240 Bye, I was this week you're focusing on the Giants? 0:00:27.480 --> 0:00:28.280 During the bye? 0:00:28.520 --> 0:00:30.080 How did you kind of split up your time knowing 0:00:30.120 --> 0:00:32.879 that you had three games in eleven days. 0:00:33.720 --> 0:00:37.080 Spend a decent amount on us, spend some time on 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:40.159 the future opponents, and then the back end of the 0:00:40.159 --> 0:00:42.120 week we turned our focus to the Giants. 0:00:44.400 --> 0:00:46.200 When you go back and look you and take that week, 0:00:46.240 --> 0:00:49.559 how much or how much value do you find in 0:00:49.560 --> 0:00:52.080 this self from the self scouting and self reflection you 0:00:52.080 --> 0:00:53.880 get the little extra time to do that you find 0:00:54.000 --> 0:00:55.680 that particularly beneficial this week? 0:00:55.720 --> 0:00:57.480 Do you find a few nuggets? I mean, our coaches 0:00:57.520 --> 0:01:03.120 do a great job each week trying to self scout ourselves, 0:01:03.160 --> 0:01:06.000 but there's a few things that come up that you 0:01:06.040 --> 0:01:08.000 know when you have a little bit more extended time 0:01:08.040 --> 0:01:09.520 that you're able to look at and say, okay, we 0:01:09.520 --> 0:01:13.520 can be better here. Whether it's calling it preparation concepts, 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:14.319 whatever it might be. 0:01:15.880 --> 0:01:18.680 Do you feel that bye week was just necessary at 0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:20.920 this point? I mean this team started earlier than just 0:01:20.920 --> 0:01:23.800 about everybody. With the Chiefs, you had the latest bye week, 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:26.240 and now you're heading into you know, three games eleven 0:01:26.280 --> 0:01:30.120 day is just time wise. Just how challenging has that 0:01:30.200 --> 0:01:31.119 been and what was the. 0:01:31.040 --> 0:01:31.920 Benefits of the vibe? 0:01:32.600 --> 0:01:36.560 The benefits were again, you know, the things we talked 0:01:36.600 --> 0:01:39.080 about in terms of looking ourselves and then future opponents. 0:01:40.680 --> 0:01:42.440 You can see it in terms of our injury report. 0:01:42.480 --> 0:01:43.959 You can see in terms of having the week for 0:01:44.000 --> 0:01:47.000 our guys. To me, it's it's more for our players 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:48.720 and their bodies more than it is us. 0:01:48.720 --> 0:01:49.520 I mean, it's what we do. 0:01:49.560 --> 0:01:52.080 I mean we came in, we worked just like we 0:01:52.080 --> 0:01:54.760 would as if we were you know, it was a 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:57.000 game week, so you know it. 0:01:57.880 --> 0:01:59.720 You always say that comes at the right time, but 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:01.480 I think it did. 0:02:01.480 --> 0:02:05.400 Mark Andrews is one touchdown from the organization record, in 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:06.680 your perspective, would make. 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:07.360 Them so special. 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:14.120 Competitiveness, I mean, he's, uh, he's an elite competitor. I 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:16.919 think that's the best way to put it. Football is 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:20.560 important to him. Everything we do is important. To him, 0:02:20.560 --> 0:02:23.480 meetings are important to him, his body is important to him, 0:02:23.639 --> 0:02:28.320 how he plays, So he's a He's a top, top 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:30.560 level competitor, one of the top competitors I've ever I've 0:02:30.560 --> 0:02:32.160 ever been around. 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:34.440 Do you ever have to dial him back, like in 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:38.200 trading camp in July or you know, just because he's 0:02:38.240 --> 0:02:39.560 so intense in everything he. 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:41.680 Does, he does a pretty good job of monitoring himself. 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:45.720 You'd have to ask him that. I haven't ever. I 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:48.440 think we've had to do that with you know, any 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:51.200 of our players that go as hard as he goes. 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:52.720 I think that's uh. 0:02:52.760 --> 0:02:54.639 He probably would run himself in the ground, But you'd 0:02:54.639 --> 0:02:56.760 have to ask him that, Like I don't. It doesn't 0:02:56.760 --> 0:02:59.400 feel like we've ever monitored that other than when he's 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:02.160 been nicked up a little bit because he doesn't want 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:02.519 to be out. 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:04.400 He really wants to be in there. I mean, he 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:05.280 loves playing the game. 0:03:08.960 --> 0:03:12.360 You have Army and Navy playing here in this area 0:03:12.440 --> 0:03:15.320 this week. I know you're not a disinterested observer to that. 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:18.400 Do you being able to see jet. 0:03:18.240 --> 0:03:19.639 At all and dec or? 0:03:20.400 --> 0:03:25.840 I would doubt it, but go Army. 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:29.679 Obviously that a few Giants have lost some guys up front, 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:31.640 for their in their past rush, you guys have had 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:34.200 the opportunity for the upsive line to every group and 0:03:34.240 --> 0:03:35.200 get healthy over the bridge. 0:03:35.200 --> 0:03:36.560 Just how do you kind of see. 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:39.280 That that uh, that matchup shaping up in I guess 0:03:39.280 --> 0:03:41.280 what are your kind of expectations for the line over 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:42.280 these next four weeks? 0:03:42.560 --> 0:03:44.760 Well, I thought the guys that they played last week 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:48.360 played played pretty well. Like I did, I didn't see, 0:03:48.560 --> 0:03:50.880 you know, a significant drop off. I mean, they're pros. 0:03:51.160 --> 0:03:54.360 You know, they've been waiting for their opportunity. So we're 0:03:54.400 --> 0:03:55.840 gonna have to play well. We're gonna play a lot 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:57.560 better than we did a couple of weeks ago, and 0:03:57.640 --> 0:04:00.080 our guys are up to that challenge. I think the 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:02.320 byeway's going to help, and we've got to be ready 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:04.800 to go. I mean, you know, not only their guys 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:07.040 up front, but you know five of the last six 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:08.800 games that they played have been one score games. 0:04:08.800 --> 0:04:10.200 I mean, let's let's say it like it is. 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:13.320 They're certainly more than capable, and they do a good 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:16.839 job on defense. Schematically, they get good players. We're gonna 0:04:16.880 --> 0:04:17.719 have to play butts off. 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:21.400 As he gets to these December January games, how much 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:23.560 does weather affect game planning. 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:31.400 I guess it could if you knew in advance, you 0:04:31.440 --> 0:04:34.760 know what you're getting. We don't always know in advance 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:39.839 what we're getting. I do think your ability to be 0:04:39.839 --> 0:04:43.159 able to run the ball, play with physicality, control the 0:04:43.200 --> 0:04:47.440 game that way certainly carries you maybe more win than 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:52.200 it does rain. But you know, it hasn't come up 0:04:52.240 --> 0:04:54.320 yet this year to where I've thought about that part 0:04:54.360 --> 0:04:54.640 of it. 0:04:54.960 --> 0:04:56.400 I don't know if you've followed it at all, but 0:04:56.400 --> 0:04:58.800 I'm curious to get any reaction to Bill Belichick taking 0:04:58.800 --> 0:04:59.640 the UNC job. 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:04.680 Huh, all right, I don't know how to react. Good 0:05:04.720 --> 0:05:07.880 for him, I mean, if that's what he wants to do, 0:05:07.920 --> 0:05:12.360 Good for anybody that has an opportunity to be a 0:05:12.400 --> 0:05:16.760 head coach again, whatever level that might be. I'm sure 0:05:16.800 --> 0:05:20.039 it's an exciting time for him those that go with 0:05:20.120 --> 0:05:21.960 him there, and for the University North Carolina. I mean, 0:05:22.240 --> 0:05:28.400 you know, so good for him. 0:05:28.720 --> 0:05:31.440 Next up is defensive coordinator Sac War. 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:39.320 How y'all doing y'are doing? Alright? Alright? I'm doing good zat. 0:05:39.560 --> 0:05:41.040 I know the focus is kind of is going to 0:05:41.080 --> 0:05:43.680 be the Giants all week, but you do have three 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:44.560 games and eleve days. 0:05:44.560 --> 0:05:47.120 What's the biggest challenges as far as a coaching staff 0:05:47.320 --> 0:05:49.680 when you have that many games. 0:05:49.360 --> 0:05:50.120 In that short run. 0:05:51.040 --> 0:05:53.080 I think just making sure you guys prepared, making sure 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:54.680 they can go out there and execute what you're asking 0:05:54.720 --> 0:05:56.440 them to do and put them in the best position 0:05:56.480 --> 0:05:59.520 to succeed. I know, me personally and us personally, like 0:05:59.560 --> 0:06:01.719 I'm all on the giants. I haven't even worried about 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:04.359 nobody else, Like I'll stay up late or get up 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:07.120 early when those guys, you know, when those guys show up. 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:08.640 But I'll focus on the giants. 0:06:08.640 --> 0:06:11.919 So just preparing that way and whatever challenges other teams 0:06:11.920 --> 0:06:12.400 may present. 0:06:12.640 --> 0:06:14.800 You know, we're having me days, we had to prepare 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:15.120 for them. 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:17.120 We'll make sure we get the work done and being 0:06:17.200 --> 0:06:19.240 a best position to see Zack. 0:06:19.320 --> 0:06:22.640 There's there's a randomness to turnovers to some degree. You know, 0:06:22.720 --> 0:06:24.680 they come in bunches and it's just how the ball 0:06:24.720 --> 0:06:26.839 bounces some But for the numbers to be down where 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:28.240 they are as you had this buy, we did you 0:06:28.240 --> 0:06:30.400 go back and look and see, like how much are 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:32.760 you creating the plays you want to create to try 0:06:32.800 --> 0:06:35.320 and force them? You know, maybe is that not matching 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:36.800 the results or is it just or you're not creating 0:06:36.920 --> 0:06:37.400 enough of those. 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:39.599 Kinds of plays. I think that it's a combination. 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:41.920 I think that we've had opportunities that we didn't take 0:06:41.920 --> 0:06:45.120 advantage of, even whether it's drop interceptions or we get 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:47.320 a sack, but we're not stripping at the ball. And 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:50.120 then I think also with you know, some of the plays, 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:52.160 you know, with some of the plays you know obviously 0:06:52.320 --> 0:06:55.479 you know blitzes and stuff that causes more you know, turnover. 0:06:55.520 --> 0:06:57.560 So we look at all that throughout the bye week. 0:06:57.640 --> 0:06:59.720 So I'm excited our guys are aware of it. We 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:02.479 made a big emphasis say, you know, coming out of 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:04.279 these last four games, we want to be able to 0:07:04.360 --> 0:07:07.160 you know, generate takeaways and play red zone defense. 0:07:07.200 --> 0:07:10.160 So my guys are aware of it, they practice at it. 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:10.840 We got a good chance. 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:12.400 We got a good job getting a ball out today, 0:07:12.400 --> 0:07:14.560 and practice good job geting the ball out Monday and 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:17.320 yesterday as well. So I'm excited to go out there 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:19.000 and see what these guys do Sunday. 0:07:19.360 --> 0:07:20.320 Yeah, along those. 0:07:20.120 --> 0:07:22.560 Lines, Kyle Hamilton yesterday was kind of asked what was 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:24.480 the next step, and he said, you guys have done 0:07:24.480 --> 0:07:26.120 a good job of limiting the big plays, you know, 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:28.280 the last few games before the vibe, but he kind 0:07:28.280 --> 0:07:31.120 of said it's time to start attacking people. Yeah, do 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:33.880 you feel a growing sense of confidence and these guys 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:36.480 maybe kind of you know, eliminating those big players, but 0:07:36.480 --> 0:07:38.800 getting to a point now where you can start playing downhill. 0:07:38.440 --> 0:07:38.960 A little bit more. 0:07:39.040 --> 0:07:40.720 Yeah, I definitely, I definitely think so. Man. 0:07:40.760 --> 0:07:43.920 I think that you know, the guys would eliminating explosives. 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:47.200 You definitely build confidence just in defense and just with 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:47.920 the guys. 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:49.520 Out there, you know, playing along with each other. 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:52.760 So I think that, you know, it was something that 0:07:52.760 --> 0:07:54.840 we didn't want to have happened early, and you can 0:07:54.960 --> 0:07:56.840 lose a little bit of confidence and you kind of get, 0:07:57.040 --> 0:07:58.880 you know, play a little bit on your heels when 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:00.440 you start getting up a lot of explode is every 0:08:00.440 --> 0:08:02.520 single game like we were doing or for a good bit. 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:04.360 And I think now that that has calmed down a 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:07.040 little bit. You know, guys are trusting each other more, 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:09.080 trusting the scheme more, and just feel like they can 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:10.840 go out there and go play and know that if 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:12.600 I do my job, the person next to me is 0:08:12.600 --> 0:08:14.400 gonna be where they're supposed to be at. 0:08:14.840 --> 0:08:17.520 To get back off that question, Chris, you when we 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:19.560 talked to him last week, said that the defense had 0:08:19.560 --> 0:08:21.720 been simplified someway, at least on the back end. I mean, 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:24.320 does being more aggressive and being more exotic kind of 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:24.880 going hand in hand? 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:26.400 Are those two separate notions? 0:08:26.600 --> 0:08:28.280 I think you can still be aggressive and exotic and 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:30.280 still keep it simple. You know a lot of times, 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:34.400 you know you can. You can try to do a 0:08:34.440 --> 0:08:35.800 lot of stuff and have a lot of different play 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:38.280 calls in and I think we've done a good job 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:41.400 of just simplifying just a verbiage and just trusting our 0:08:41.440 --> 0:08:43.680 guys that it might not be the perfect play call 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:46.280 for the perfect situation, but just trust them that they 0:08:46.320 --> 0:08:47.760 go out there and play their fundamentals and play the 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:49.720 technique that they'll be fine. So I think that's what 0:08:49.800 --> 0:08:52.680 we kind of got more to. I think we definitely 0:08:53.520 --> 0:08:55.400 still exotic, Definitely still we get to a lot of 0:08:55.440 --> 0:08:58.240 our stuff that we want to get to and attack protections, 0:08:58.280 --> 0:09:01.400 attack offenses. But simplifying a lot of the verbiage and 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:03.240 a lot of the checks I think help us out 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:04.000 a lot. 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:07.680 Sometimes in the buying week, a team will really maybe 0:09:07.720 --> 0:09:11.520 make a substantive change to something and your team kind of. 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:13.120 Did it on the fly before you ever got to 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:17.040 the bye week? Specifically, what did you what did. 0:09:16.920 --> 0:09:18.960 You take care of in terms of self scouting over 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:20.840 the what was your focus in self scouting over the 0:09:20.840 --> 0:09:21.240 bye week? 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:24.480 Just really looking at what the issues were, what we did, 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:26.520 what we did well, and then where we struggled at 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:29.040 and why we why we were struggling and what they 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:30.760 what we can build on and what we can do 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:32.560 going on these last four weeks. So I think we 0:09:32.559 --> 0:09:34.800 looked at everything. Man, it was a real productive week. 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:36.959 I felt like we got a lot done as a 0:09:37.200 --> 0:09:41.440 coaching staff. But I specifically looked at, you know, the 0:09:41.480 --> 0:09:42.480 players we were giving up. 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:43.600 While we're giving up, was. 0:09:43.600 --> 0:09:47.520 It you know, certain calls or certain opponents we're going against, 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:50.679 certain coverages, certain blitzes, certain players. We looked at all 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:52.920 that and then looked at what our guys are doing 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:55.000 well and then how how we can build on that 0:09:55.040 --> 0:09:56.600 and how we continue to do that, and how we 0:09:56.640 --> 0:10:00.760 can uh you know, compliment I'm met that with other 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:03.040 things and new things that the offense may not see, 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:05.720 and just really put our guys in the best position. 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:07.280 So I think it was real productive. 0:10:07.320 --> 0:10:09.360 I'm excited about you know, what we got done in 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:11.160 the bye week and excited about you know what we're 0:10:11.160 --> 0:10:12.320 gonna be able to do going forward. 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:15.240 What stands out to you about Molik Nabors. 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:19.599 Yeah, man, I remember watching just crossover tape, watching a 0:10:19.640 --> 0:10:23.000 lot of guys in sec DBS and him sticking out. Man, 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:25.760 he's explosive player. He kind of you know, he's not 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:27.320 he's not there yet, but he kind of reminded me 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:29.840 just from his college tape, kind of like Jamar Chase 0:10:29.840 --> 0:10:32.439 from a sense of he's explosive, he can make contested catches, 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:34.719 he gets the ball in his hands. He's a good 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:37.280 rat guy. So you know he's he's a good player. 0:10:37.280 --> 0:10:40.200 They feature him, they trust him a lot. He's one 0:10:40.240 --> 0:10:42.640 of the leading receivers when they leading targets him and 0:10:43.280 --> 0:10:44.439 Wandelle Robinson, and. 0:10:46.040 --> 0:10:46.760 You know he's a good player. 0:10:46.800 --> 0:10:48.360 We definitely got to, you know, know where he's at 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:49.880 and make sure we take care of him and not 0:10:49.960 --> 0:10:51.960 let him wreak the game TVs. 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:55.200 Robinson has parked out of a bigger role without necessarily 0:10:55.200 --> 0:10:57.600 getting a lot of tension for it from me outside 0:10:57.760 --> 0:11:01.480 from your standpoint, where is he growing the most this year? 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:04.560 I think in all aspects. I think in all aspects. 0:11:04.559 --> 0:11:07.040 I mean, t Rob always been a hard worker, a 0:11:07.080 --> 0:11:10.079 physical player. I think now that the game has kind 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:11.719 of just slowed down for him and you were able 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:14.880 to see him just even play even more faster, play faster, 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:17.920 play more aggressive, and play even more physical. And I 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:20.040 think he's even developed better as a rusher as well. 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:23.360 So t Rob's one of those guys who I mean, 0:11:23.520 --> 0:11:25.720 he's a raven through and through. He's a guy that 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:28.360 we love, you know, not talked about a lot, but 0:11:28.440 --> 0:11:31.240 just does his job consistently. You know, he might not 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:32.640 get the praise on the outside, we get a lot 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:34.920 of praise, you know, in our meeting room and in 0:11:34.960 --> 0:11:37.040 our building because he does everything in the right way. 0:11:37.040 --> 0:11:38.640 If he doesn't do it right, then he's trying to 0:11:38.640 --> 0:11:40.360 do it right and he's gonna correct it. So I'm 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:42.599 happy with t Rob. I think he's only going to 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:45.319 continue to grow and get better, and you know, he's 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:47.520 gonna be very important for us down these last four games. 0:11:48.160 --> 0:11:50.680 So actually knowing how these last four are, how big 0:11:50.679 --> 0:11:53.560 they are for you, and it's an unusual schedule to it. 0:11:53.760 --> 0:11:54.560 Do you have to hit. 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:56.520 More one out of time with the guys and then 0:11:56.520 --> 0:11:58.959 when you played was it hard not to peek ahead 0:11:58.960 --> 0:11:59.320 and kind. 0:11:59.240 --> 0:12:01.720 Of think what if now? 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:03.640 I think you definitely know what's on the I think 0:12:03.640 --> 0:12:06.800 you definitely know what's on the horizon. But I think 0:12:06.840 --> 0:12:08.480 we do a good job here, even when I was 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:11.280 a player expressing like, man, you got to stay singular, 0:12:11.320 --> 0:12:13.360 focus on what's going on. You know, we know that 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:15.040 this is a day to day game, a week the 0:12:15.080 --> 0:12:18.280 week league, and you know, before you get down the line, 0:12:18.320 --> 0:12:19.800 you have to handle what's in front of you. So 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:21.760 that's what we've that's what we focus on, and we 0:12:21.840 --> 0:12:24.600 understand that everything out there is going to be for us, 0:12:24.920 --> 0:12:26.800 but we have to make sure we handle our business 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:29.719 first with whoever we're going again, and I just love 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:32.880 the mindset that since I've been here, you know, at 0:12:32.880 --> 0:12:35.320 the Ravens have is it doesn't matter who we're playing, 0:12:35.360 --> 0:12:38.000 where we're playing, when we're playing at uh, we got 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:39.280 to show up and we got to go play our 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:41.360 best brand of football. If we want to go get accompassed, well, 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:42.280 we want to get accompassed. 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:44.760 You made that an emphasis? Have you made that an emphasis? 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:44.880 Though? 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:46.440 I mean, you're the giants at two and eleven. 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:48.280 They're missing a bunch of guys they're down to their 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:51.800 thirst string quarterback and with you know Pittsburgh Casey right 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:53.720 there to follow them to make sure that they do 0:12:53.880 --> 0:12:55.400 stay here in this moment this week. 0:12:55.520 --> 0:12:57.600 Yeah, I mean, truthfully be told, we haven't talked nothing 0:12:57.640 --> 0:12:59.800 about the record. We haven't talked to anything about the 0:12:59.840 --> 0:13:02.960 opponents on the rise, and like our mindset, you know, 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:05.920 we got Yeah, we're playing a little bit better, you know, 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:07.760 but we're not where we want to be at, especially 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:09.160 as a defense. I know we're not where we want 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:10.920 to be at as a team, and just a mindset 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:12.720 come out to buy was good for us to reload, 0:13:12.800 --> 0:13:14.319 refocus and we got back. 0:13:14.400 --> 0:13:15.960 We said, I don't care who. 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:17.960 On the schedule, you know, we got, we got, we got, 0:13:17.960 --> 0:13:19.920 we got, we got business to handle. So that's what 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:21.120 we got to go out there and go do. So 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:23.240 we're not really looking at that. I don't care who 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:25.079 it is, you know what I mean, it could be 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:27.480 one of the greatest teams ever that everybody say we're 0:13:27.480 --> 0:13:29.199 going against. You know, we got to prepare the right 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:31.520 way and make sure we have our stuff ready. 0:13:31.320 --> 0:13:34.920 To rolla with the both of the season behind you, 0:13:34.920 --> 0:13:37.520 and as you navigate this role as coordinator, what are 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:40.000 some of the adjustments you've had to make to continue 0:13:40.000 --> 0:13:41.800 to learn and grow in your role. 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:43.760 That's a good that's a good question. I got to 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:45.640 think about that for a second. I gotta think about 0:13:45.679 --> 0:13:50.120 it for a second. I think that a lot of 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:52.640 it's trust, you know, trust the instincts, Trust the instincts. 0:13:53.000 --> 0:13:54.040 Unit position for a reason. 0:13:54.120 --> 0:13:59.640 And you know, I would probably honestly say that just trust, 0:13:59.679 --> 0:14:02.720 trust instincts. You know, that's I think that. And also 0:14:03.000 --> 0:14:05.439 just you know, trust the players. 0:14:05.520 --> 0:14:06.800 Let them. Let them go out there and go do 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:09.200 their thing. Man. And not that I not that I. 0:14:09.120 --> 0:14:12.160 Haven't, but just even more, just like the players are 0:14:12.200 --> 0:14:13.240 the ones who make the plays. 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:13.440 You know. 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:14.840 It's so it's a it's a great call. 0:14:14.960 --> 0:14:16.760 When when if a player make great play, even if 0:14:16.800 --> 0:14:18.400 it's even if they didn't do the right thing that 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:20.640 you wanted them to do, you know, and it could 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:22.000 be a it could be a bad call. They did 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:24.680 everything right and somebody made a great play. So just 0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:26.640 let them go out there, don't overthink it. Just trust 0:14:26.640 --> 0:14:29.000 your instincts and and let the chips follow what they may. 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:31.200 Thank you, we appreciate y'all. 0:14:34.640 --> 0:14:42.160 Next, we heard from Special Teams coordinator Chris Horton, good to. 0:14:42.120 --> 0:14:44.040 See everyone today. I hope you guys are doing well. 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:48.360 What do you got for me today, Chris, As your 0:14:48.440 --> 0:14:53.720 approach to returning kickoffs changed since you've been learning this. 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:59.400 New kickoff and all that it requires, that you want 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:00.840 a kind of your structure on that. 0:15:00.840 --> 0:15:02.000 As is progressed. 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:06.240 I think looking forward to what we what we did 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:08.080 earlier in the year, I don't think the approach has 0:15:08.160 --> 0:15:12.560 changed as much as what we would have initially thought. 0:15:12.600 --> 0:15:15.320 I think if teams give gives us a ball, we 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:17.640 our philosophy still is a we want to return that 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:19.520 ball depending on how deep the ball is in the 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:21.840 end zone and things like that. I think again, I 0:15:21.880 --> 0:15:24.280 don't still don't see any benefit of a ball that's 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:26.760 two to three yards deep in the end zone for 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:30.360 us to bring that ball out. Right now, now, as 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:32.840 we continue to study the play, here we are with 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:36.200 four games left, you know, we're starting to see some things. 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:39.240 I think we're doing things a lot better than what 0:15:39.280 --> 0:15:41.880 we did earlier in the year from learning from the play. 0:15:41.920 --> 0:15:44.440 But I don't think the approach has changed much at all. 0:15:45.200 --> 0:15:47.760 As it gets colder, you know, generally the ability to 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:49.960 just kick the ball you know, deep into the end 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:52.320 zone or out of it may not be there as 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:54.440 much as it has been earlier in the season. So 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:57.400 you what have you learned about returning and also covering 0:15:57.760 --> 0:15:59.760 in this new format. Do you think now that it's 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:01.840 more like you have to deal with it on are 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:03.000 more often times. 0:16:02.840 --> 0:16:03.240 In a game. 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:06.280 It's one of the things that Uh, again we're still 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:08.880 continuing to look at. We still don't have a lot 0:16:08.920 --> 0:16:12.200 of a lot of plays. From our standpoint, I think 0:16:12.240 --> 0:16:14.320 we we tend to do things a little bit differently 0:16:14.360 --> 0:16:16.480 than than what I've seen from across the league, from 0:16:16.520 --> 0:16:18.080 as far as you know, how we want to set 0:16:18.160 --> 0:16:19.840 up on the ball, how we want to block. So 0:16:19.920 --> 0:16:23.000 I think as we continue to go through the practices, uh, 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:24.080 we continue. 0:16:23.680 --> 0:16:24.440 To force ourselves. 0:16:24.560 --> 0:16:26.040 You know, while we're out here, we don't we don't 0:16:26.080 --> 0:16:27.640