WEBVTT - Press Pass: Malcolm Jenkins

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<v Speaker 1>Um, I mean they're they've been explosive to one of

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<v Speaker 1>the most explosive offenses in the league for the last

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<v Speaker 1>few years. Obviously, Antonio Brown, uh is probably you know

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<v Speaker 1>right now, I'm the best receiver in the league. Ben

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<v Speaker 1>Roethlisberger has been in the top of the league for

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<v Speaker 1>many years. He's one of the league quarterbacks. A really

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<v Speaker 1>good run game in D'Angelo Williams. So they got weapons

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<v Speaker 1>all over the field, some other receivers that are making plays. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, this would be the best offense that

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<v Speaker 1>we've seen so far. Um. You know, so we're looking

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<v Speaker 1>forward to the challenge. Three scores, all three drives have

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<v Speaker 1>an ex play along the way. Um, he's ready, anyone.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, obviously it's something you guys want to live it.

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<v Speaker 1>But what's been the kind of all most big plays

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<v Speaker 1>that's kind of gone wrong? Um? Yeah, he said, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>we're talking about three three X plays in two games.

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<v Speaker 1>It's really not that bad. Um, but you look at

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<v Speaker 1>one was earned cashed by Turell Prior is just a

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<v Speaker 1>really good play. Was in as good as position as

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<v Speaker 1>we can get. He just made an NFL play. The

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<v Speaker 1>other two, uh, last week was a double move. We

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<v Speaker 1>gave up that that we shouldn't um and so we

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<v Speaker 1>want to limit those. And then the other one, we

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<v Speaker 1>had three guys back in coverage and just couldn't come

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<v Speaker 1>down with the ball. So really we we count two

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<v Speaker 1>of them. One was just we got beat on the

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<v Speaker 1>double move. The other one we just failed to make

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<v Speaker 1>a play. So we're not overly um concerned about it.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, I think you know, we left this game

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<v Speaker 1>with one big play down the field, and as a secondary,

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<v Speaker 1>that's usually a win in the NFL. And like I said,

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<v Speaker 1>we felt like we gave him that one was just

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<v Speaker 1>back coverage. UM. But we have seen the three scores

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<v Speaker 1>that we were the drives that we've given up points

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<v Speaker 1>have usually come with a big play. So I think

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<v Speaker 1>the next step is to how do we eliminate you know,

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<v Speaker 1>any of them and make them earn their way down

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<v Speaker 1>the field because we've we've proven so far that making

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<v Speaker 1>teams go the long way it's really hard against his defense. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you gotta keep him in front of you,

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<v Speaker 1>and then when he's in front of you, gotta tackle him.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, he's he's a great route runner. Um, he's

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<v Speaker 1>got speed, he can get behind the defense, UM, and

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<v Speaker 1>if you play too soft, you know, he's a hard

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<v Speaker 1>attack on the open field. So the biggest thing is

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<v Speaker 1>is you gotta make him, you know, earn it all

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<v Speaker 1>the way down the field. You can't give him a

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<v Speaker 1>quick one over the top, um. And when he does

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<v Speaker 1>get those short passes, whether it's the screen or just

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<v Speaker 1>short intermediate route, you got to tackle him and limit

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<v Speaker 1>the yards after catch that little tough star. And then

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<v Speaker 1>seemed like put seem like he played really well after that.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a young kids put the negative playing hard. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean that's one thing that I think, UM, going

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<v Speaker 1>into it, we were pretty confident that if he gave

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<v Speaker 1>up a play, he wasn't gonna lose his confidence or

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<v Speaker 1>loses his technique. And even the play that he gave up,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, he was just really trying to make a

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<v Speaker 1>play when you know he didn't need to, and so

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<v Speaker 1>he he kind of got outside of his technique. But

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<v Speaker 1>other than that, played the rest of the game, we

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<v Speaker 1>thought he played really well, played with good technique, tackled

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<v Speaker 1>pretty well except for like one, UM. So you know,

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<v Speaker 1>for rookies first start, I think I thought he played

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<v Speaker 1>pretty well. Yeah, I guess it depends on what you

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<v Speaker 1>call successful. Uh he's you see teams double team in him.

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<v Speaker 1>He still still finds a way to split the coverage.

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<v Speaker 1>Like I said, if you if you played too soft,

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<v Speaker 1>He's a really hard tackle in open space. Um. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>so I think that the biggest thing is you. You

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<v Speaker 1>can't run away from the challenge. It's gonna be a

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<v Speaker 1>hard matchup. But guy's got to be able to be

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<v Speaker 1>in his face, um and making him earn every catch. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>he's gonna have some catches, um, but those catchers need

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<v Speaker 1>to come with media tackles afterwards. Um and limiting the

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<v Speaker 1>yards after catch and and making somebody else beat us. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>So from a cover standpoint, you know, we're still working

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<v Speaker 1>that out and seeing how we feel about matchups. But um,

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<v Speaker 1>we don't plan to do anything too too far out

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<v Speaker 1>of our character. He's not backing down at all, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know he wants that matchup and um, which is good.

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<v Speaker 1>You know he's not afraid of it. He's not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>play so off. He's gonna be competing, and that's that's

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<v Speaker 1>what we want the desire every Um No, I mean

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<v Speaker 1>we hadn't really pressured that much or showing that looked

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<v Speaker 1>too much. Um, and I'm always usually in those formations,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm tied to the line of screaming anyway, any others

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<v Speaker 1>back to me, you know, hard play action away from me,

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<v Speaker 1>and as soon as he set up, you know, it's

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<v Speaker 1>really the guy who didn't see me was the tight

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<v Speaker 1>end to that. To my side, Um, well, I think

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<v Speaker 1>it was in charge of blocking me and didn't see me. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Poston didn't see me. And so you know when you

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<v Speaker 1>when you run that play action and you turn it

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<v Speaker 1>back to the defense, you as a quarterback, you're you

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<v Speaker 1>got a lot of faith in you, in your line

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<v Speaker 1>and in the protection, and it just you know, came open.

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<v Speaker 1>Never again. Um, it really, you know, it was all

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<v Speaker 1>based off of that. That wasn't that wasn't playing necessarily

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<v Speaker 1>like that. Um. We just knew certain looks we were

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<v Speaker 1>going to try to attack. Um other looks. We probably

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<v Speaker 1>played more coverage. So we had a good game plan.

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<v Speaker 1>They just happened to give us a look that and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, obviously versus a call that was really opportunistic.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's a good call by Jim. Please, you guys

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<v Speaker 1>in this conference, No, it's not many guys like Antonio

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<v Speaker 1>Brown anyway, you talk about just even his skill set

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<v Speaker 1>on his route running, Um, you know, it's the amount

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<v Speaker 1>of targets he gets, his production, his ability to stress

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<v Speaker 1>the field. I think the closest guy in our division

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<v Speaker 1>is probably Aldell Beckham, but um, you know he's he

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<v Speaker 1>You talk about the amount of production that Antonio Brown

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<v Speaker 1>puts out year in a year out, Um, it's you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's really unmatched relationship communicate right around. I mean it's

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<v Speaker 1>hard on you. You know, it's it's it's a tough matchup.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's what makes it often so good. And as

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<v Speaker 1>soon as you try to, you know, divert all your

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<v Speaker 1>attention to Antonio Brown and Ben Roethlisberger, they hand it off,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, to to Williams. And you know he's been

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<v Speaker 1>a great back in his league for a long time,

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<v Speaker 1>very productive, very hard runner. Um. And so they make

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<v Speaker 1>you stay honest. And so guys are gonna have to

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<v Speaker 1>win matchups and and and that's there's no way around it.

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<v Speaker 1>Either we're gonna have to be able to stop the

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<v Speaker 1>run and sometimes we're gonna be one on one with

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<v Speaker 1>Antonio Brown. Are gonna have to win those matchups? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>people trying he still catches the ball and even in

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<v Speaker 1>bracket coverage, he knows how I mean, they have that

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<v Speaker 1>relationship where they know the looks that they're getting, they

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<v Speaker 1>know the weaknesses of it, um, and they do a

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<v Speaker 1>good job of having a lot of different checks and

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<v Speaker 1>outlets built into the play calls. So if you stack

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<v Speaker 1>the box and it's not a good run, he can

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<v Speaker 1>always check to a screen. And then you got Antonio

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<v Speaker 1>Brown in space. If you got too many guys on

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<v Speaker 1>the perimeter, they run it. Everybody's you know, choked up.

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<v Speaker 1>They can throw a deep so it's a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>outlets for them to really get themselves out of trouble

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<v Speaker 1>and put themselves in the best situation. And so you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's really gonna come down to those one on one matchups.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you cover it? Not only cover, but can you

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<v Speaker 1>tackle in space one on one UM and make them

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<v Speaker 1>earn their way down the field, play in and play

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<v Speaker 1>out and not give up a cheap easy one over time. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>I think early, you know, probably like an Andrew Luck.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I think Andrew had a pretty good grasp

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<v Speaker 1>of his offense. Is Rocky Year made some mistakes and

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's obviously a small sample we talk about

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<v Speaker 1>two games. But he's been impressive. You know, as far

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<v Speaker 1>as I've seen the amount of confidence he's he has

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<v Speaker 1>the line of scrimmage, uh, the ability to stand in

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<v Speaker 1>the pocket, throw it and get hit and then do

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<v Speaker 1>it again. UM. So he's a very courageous quarterback, sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>almost too courageous. But you know, it's been impressive. I think,

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<v Speaker 1>just like you know, the rest of the country that's

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<v Speaker 1>sitting back watching him and in kind of awe. It's

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<v Speaker 1>the same with the veterans on the team. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>we you know, we keep waiting for those rookie moments

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<v Speaker 1>to come and so far they haven't, which has been

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<v Speaker 1>good for us. They've you know, turned into win So

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<v Speaker 1>hopefully he can continue to get better. Um and you know, defensively,

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<v Speaker 1>hopefully we'll continue to help him out good enough to

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<v Speaker 1>be too enough from