1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,760 Speaker 1: A lot of x NFL players have pointed out on 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:04,920 Speaker 1: video that you guys had a lot of trouble with 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: pickplanes over the middle. How do you guys go about 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,959 Speaker 1: addressing that? Uh? You know, uh, you know we corrected 5 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: the film, uh when they came back in on Wednesday, 6 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:18,279 Speaker 1: and you know it's about you know, just again, we 7 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: gotta do I gotta do a better job. Obviously I 8 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:23,080 Speaker 1: didn't do a good enough job, you know, preparing for that. 9 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 1: But like you know, we're gonna get presented with the 10 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: same problems and issues, uh this week with Chicago. You know, 11 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: they got a bunch of good receivers. Um, they do 12 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 1: a great job down in the red area. You know, 13 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 1: they've got so many targets down there, and then how 14 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 1: they disguise their looks and in terms of you know, 15 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: the proximity of receivers close to one another. And we 16 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: just gotta I gotta do a better job of coaching that, 17 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 1: and you know, we'll address it. For the best thing 18 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:48,279 Speaker 1: to do to addresses go through practice. You go off 19 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:50,480 Speaker 1: the tape and you get to practice. And I'm looking 20 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:55,279 Speaker 1: forward to today to get the opportunity. Sometimes those get flagged, 21 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 1: sometimes they don't uh, rop arounds or pick place can 22 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: you can you just have to play it like your 23 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 1: extume it's not going to be a penalty. Well, you guys, 24 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 1: I mean they're they're doing it within the rules. I 25 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: mean teams, I mean they they got the rule book too, 26 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:10,479 Speaker 1: and you know, so like I mean, I don't think 27 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,559 Speaker 1: anybody is purposely going out there trying to break rules 28 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 1: on rubb routes. I mean, or they'll get flagged. You know, 29 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: the the officials do a great job, I think, you know, so, 30 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: I mean everything within the rules. You know, we have 31 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: ways to combat that, you know, and every every week 32 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: you're gonna have to deal with that. You know, this 33 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: week we're dealing with Chicago and I'm sure they have 34 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: some in their arsenal. And you know, going back on 35 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: the tape, you know, whether it's the Detroit game or 36 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,119 Speaker 1: last season, you know, we just got prepared to handle 37 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 1: those better. And you know, I gotta do a better 38 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: job of coaching and obviously dougging. Hey, pat us, what 39 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:46,839 Speaker 1: you saw to that second cornerback spot. Unvisly Corey played 40 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: the majority of the game there from him and then 41 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: a couple of snaps I caught. I mean, you know, again, 42 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 1: I think leading into this week, you know that because 43 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: of what we're dealing with with Chicago, UM, with the 44 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: receivers and to include the tight end, Um, we're gonna 45 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: still have guys competing at those spots. Um. I thought, 46 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 1: you know, everybody competed um pretty hard on Monday night. 47 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: You know, Joe pointed that out, but really not no offense. 48 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 1: But my focus is Thursday. My focus is now. I'm 49 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 1: on you know, third down red area for Chicago. So 50 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 1: you know, I mean I know this. The guys are 51 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: ready to go work today and practice, and you know, 52 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:23,239 Speaker 1: the competition is still there. Um. I like this group 53 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 1: they were competing today in the meeting room, you know, 54 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: just in terms of like, okay, you know who's on 55 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: top of what you know? So, I mean, it's it's 56 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 1: a good it's a good situation for all those guys 57 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:37,119 Speaker 1: and the guys we have in the Roomy Bombardo, Hey, Pat, 58 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: how's it gone? Man? What's up? Hey? Um? Real quick? 59 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 1: What makes Allen Robinson such a such a tough matchup? 60 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: And you know, do you have to give consideration to 61 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 1: maybe giving extra help over the top because of his 62 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: ability to make big plays down the field. I think 63 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: would make some special Um. I mean his catch radius again, 64 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 1: that's one of those I remember when I first heard that, 65 00:02:57,840 --> 00:02:59,079 Speaker 1: I was like one in the world does that mean? 66 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: But like his catch as I mean, it's pretty good. Um. 67 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,839 Speaker 1: I think he's competitive. I mean, he's he's really really competitive. 68 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 1: And you know, whether it's you know, at the line 69 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: of scrimmage or further down the field, um, getting open 70 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: away from defenders and the finish on the ball. You know, 71 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: he does a great job at tracking the ball and 72 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: bringing away from defenders hands and and always ending up 73 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 1: with the ball. So I mean, of course, you know 74 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: when you gotta go to a guy like that, you know, 75 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 1: and obviously it's a big target, for a heavy target 76 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: for the quarterback. In terms of going to him, you 77 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,079 Speaker 1: have we have to adjust and you know, whether it's 78 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: a matchup thing or just an awareness and coverage, but 79 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: you always have to adjust for those great players. Anytime 80 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: it's a great player, I don't know when you wouldn't 81 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: adjust or have some awareness of those guys. Now, sometimes 82 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: the plan works out and sometimes it doesn't, But I mean, 83 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: I don't think purposely we're going into like anytime you 84 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: got a good player, one of those great players. You 85 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: have to do something to adjust to it and hopefully 86 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: the plan works out. Workers into the decision to have 87 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: somebody travel or against the receiver like him or you 88 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: know down the line, you know somebody like Chris Godwin 89 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: or Mike Evans are one of these big receivers. What 90 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: goes into the decision to stick to what you're doing 91 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: or Okay, this is a guy that I need to 92 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:16,719 Speaker 1: isolate my best cornerback against. Well, it's based on the matchup. Really, 93 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 1: you know, this league is so people driven. It is 94 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: all about the matchup because your best cover guy is 95 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 1: he best suited to cover that? That their best player? 96 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: You know, like say you got you know, a perimeter corner, 97 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: who's your best player? But they're blessed best player is 98 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 1: a slot shifty guy. I means that what you want 99 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 1: to do, I don't know, Like you don't you have 100 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 1: to think through that. So I mean again always trying 101 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:42,600 Speaker 1: to put our guys on the best spots, um, but 102 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: you have to think about how how it matches up 103 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: with their skill set. That's that's why I take into consideration. 104 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: And then also you gotta think about the other members 105 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 1: of the secondary, like is there a ripple effect throughout 106 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: the secondary if you know it is, you know, like, 107 00:04:56,520 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: what do you have on the other side too? So cool? 108 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 1: We got time. We got time for two more. Pat 109 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: Lennard and Jordan Pat Lennard, Hey, Pat, a couple of 110 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: things here with Blake Martinez everything you wanted him to 111 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: be at the middle of your defense. And then, um, 112 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: Brad Berry strips the ball for that fumble. Would you 113 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: like to see your guys come up with that with 114 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 1: so many bodies there? Or is not just a good 115 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: play by ju I mean I thought, you know, I 116 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 1: thought Brad James did a great job of getting the 117 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 1: ball off. I mean, that's something we practice every day. 118 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: We're gonna continue practicing it, um, throughout the throughout the year, 119 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: you know, whether it's our ball disruption periods, just trying 120 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: to get the ball of guys. So I was happy 121 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:38,720 Speaker 1: about that, you know, Um, you know, you know Pittsburgh does. 122 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: They did such a good job of protecting the ball, 123 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: and you know Chicago does as well. You know, we 124 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,279 Speaker 1: gotta we gotta earn those opportunities to get the ball. 125 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 1: So when it's out on the ground, Yeah, we would 126 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: love to get in love, would love to get it 127 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 1: in And that's for Blake. I mean, Blake's been doing 128 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 1: everything we asked him to do so far, you know, 129 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: and except where I asked him for ten dollars but 130 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 1: he didn't let me get that. But I mean I figured, 131 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:00,600 Speaker 1: you know, he'd be a little cheap, I guess, but 132 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 1: you know, but yeah, Blake has been doing. Blake knows 133 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 1: he has stuff to work on. Um, he wants. The 134 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 1: beauty about Blake and han't known him for a while, 135 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: he wants to be the best he can be. And 136 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:12,600 Speaker 1: he knows that we're gonna drive, We're gonna push him 137 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: to do that, and he appreciates that. He loves to 138 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:18,039 Speaker 1: be coached. That's that's the one thing I know about 139 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: that man. He loves to be coached. And you know, 140 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:23,919 Speaker 1: so is it everything we want right now? Absolutely not. 141 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 1: He wouldn't say that either. He knows we got we got, 142 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:28,720 Speaker 1: we got ways to go, and and the beauty about 143 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: it is he wants to improve. So that's that's the 144 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 1: good things. Last one, last one here, Jordan's hey, Pat, 145 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:39,599 Speaker 1: you talk about you know, perimeter corners and whether you 146 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 1: want to move him inside or not. Well, the Steelers 147 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: like to move Juju inside the Bears if you wants 148 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 1: last year, I'm sure they did it puenty when they 149 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,160 Speaker 1: played the Giants. Is Brad Berry? Do you consider him 150 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: a perimeter corner? Would you like him to go inside? 151 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: How do you? How do you do that? I mean 152 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 1: the label? I mean, I think James is just a 153 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:02,040 Speaker 1: very good defensive back and you know, and you know Brad. 154 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 1: I mean, James has been able to play inside, outside, 155 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 1: He's been able to do anything we've asked him to do. 156 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: So the I was really just putting that out there 157 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: just in terms of like the generic labels. To me 158 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: a corner as a corner, I'm looking for guys hopefully 159 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: that are tough, that can tackle, and that can get 160 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 1: their hands on people and run that. I mean, so 161 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, you know, do we label the positions perimeters? Uh? 162 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: Inside corner? Yeah? I mean, but again it's about the matchup. 163 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: I mean, so it's who you want to put this 164 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: guy on or near? And then what's the ripple effect 165 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 1: throughout the secondary? So it's not always based on the 166 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: one person. It could be a domino effect or ripple 167 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: effect or whichever one's right. But in terms of what, 168 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 1: how how the secondary would have to adjust if we 169 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 1: put somebody on a certain guy, you know, and plus 170 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: you know early in the season, who knows, I mean, 171 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 1: you know earlier. I mean where we're at now, we're 172 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 1: not hopefully that's not what we're gonna be at. And um, 173 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: you know where we're at last week. Hopefully we're gonna 174 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: be like Joe talked about Will being proof for Sunday 175 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: and then you know, three weeks from now, hopefully we're 176 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 1: way more improved than that. So you know, so building 177 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: building off that, What did you what did you think 178 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: of the overall defense the other day? And what are 179 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: you expecting? What do you want to see this week 180 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: get better? I want I mean what I think. I 181 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: mean again, I'm not living in the past, but it 182 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: wasn't good enough. I mean, guys played hard, but we 183 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 1: know we we got we got ways to go. But 184 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: you know, week one and we didn't get the win. 185 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 1: We didn't do enough to get the win. So that's 186 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: that's on me. I got I have to do a 187 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,079 Speaker 1: better job. It starts with me, um, and then from 188 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: this week, I know this we got we had, we 189 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 1: had some good film sessions, we had good walk throughs, 190 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 1: and now getting to practice today and the thing we 191 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 1: have to get better at is the stuff we talk 192 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: about all the time. We gotta improve our football position, 193 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:46,679 Speaker 1: you know, um in terms of our eyes, hands and 194 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: our feet. We gott improved our tackle and we gotta 195 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: work on that today. You know, in terms of our 196 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 1: entry and being ready to handle these space players. And 197 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 1: then you know, when it gets down to the run game, 198 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: playing with good pad level, playing with our hands, getting 199 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 1: stench and get off blocks, passing game, you know, affecting 200 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:06,679 Speaker 1: the quarterback, playing our leverage, defending the deep part of 201 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:08,439 Speaker 1: the field. That's the stuff we gotta work on. It 202 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:11,079 Speaker 1: seems like a lot, but that's our daily checklist in 203 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:12,960 Speaker 1: terms of what we want to do to be a 204 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 1: good defense and then and then just improving upon the situation. 205 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:19,079 Speaker 1: So you know, that's on me. They get that better 206 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:21,199 Speaker 1: and do a better job coaching, and that's what we're 207 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 1: gonna work on today.