1 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 1: We've had two good uh days of preparation, UH getting 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:10,120 Speaker 1: prepared for the Cowboys very tough and physical game. I'm 3 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: sure it's gonna be this uh Sunday night. Good football team, 4 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 1: UH well coached. I think Dak is playing good football. 5 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: I think he compliments that with a solid run game 6 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: with Pollard and then his ability to be able to 7 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: play action get the ball down the field. You know, 8 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: Ferguson is a good tight end that can you know, 9 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 1: uh hold his own in the UH run game and 10 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: can definitely be a problem in the past game. When 11 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: you look at uh their receiving corps, I think their 12 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:43,240 Speaker 1: dynamic with uh ceedee lamb leading away. 13 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 2: So UH with that, I take your questions, you do. 14 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 3: You, uh based on your film study, do you anticipate 15 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 3: you get CD in the slot quite a bit in 16 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 3: this game? 17 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 2: Uh? 18 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: They move him around quite a bit, but they always 19 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: trying to find and create matchups. 20 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:00,120 Speaker 2: So yes, when you talk. 21 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:04,400 Speaker 4: Earlier this season about using different nickels, because you don't 22 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 4: want to ever be in a situation to see what 23 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 4: somebody has when you need him. You want to know 24 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 4: beforehand how has that worked out for you? Are you 25 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 4: pleased with what you've gotten as hard as production out 26 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 4: of your two nickelbacks. 27 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 2: Uh, yes, we are. I am uh. I think Oliver 28 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 2: is playing well. 29 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: I think you guys have probably seeing that from week one, 30 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: uh to last week. 31 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:26,319 Speaker 2: I think he's doing some great things. 32 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: He's great out in space, he can make those hard tackles. 33 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 1: I think he does a great job covering the slot 34 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: and bringing pressure off the edge. So and when we 35 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 1: bring you know, Demo inside and put at outside, I 36 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: don't think we miss a beat. So uh, yes, I 37 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 1: am pleased where we are right now at the nickel position. 38 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 5: How creative do you have to get when you're calling 39 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 5: blitz is against a more veteran quarterback like dak As 40 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 5: opposed to some. 41 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 2: Of the other guys. 42 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: I think you always have to be creative in regards 43 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: to personnel, as you mentioned, scheme and what they're trying 44 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: to do. And then that also affects who you have 45 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: on your on your side. 46 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 2: Of the ball. 47 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: So we're definitely about, you know, changing things up each 48 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: week based off where we're playing in our opponents, so 49 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: we we understand exactly who he is as a player 50 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: and what he's capable of doing. 51 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:18,839 Speaker 2: You're a little more west. 52 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 5: Coast like because. 53 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 3: They having past years. 54 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:23,679 Speaker 4: Uh. 55 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: You know m McCarthy's doing a great job. He's calling 56 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: the plays now and yeah, you can definitely see that 57 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: uh on tape. Uh Again, Dak is doing a great 58 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: job putting the ball where it needs to uh be 59 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: and where it's going. 60 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:37,639 Speaker 2: You know, it comes out quick. 61 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: And you know, we got to make sure that we 62 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: do a great job from a standpoint of playing zone, 63 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: setting up, breaking on the quarterback and when we are 64 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 1: in man, you know, we got we gotta work out technique, 65 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 1: we gotta be stickying coverage. 66 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:51,239 Speaker 5: You faced a lot of teams that have made it 67 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 5: a point to try to get the ball out quick 68 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 5: pretty much everybody this year. How how what is your 69 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 5: process for you know what you used to refer to 70 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 5: switch between zone and man when you wanna come up in. 71 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 1: President Uh I I I I think it's it's always 72 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: you know, the floor of the game. Everything equates with that, 73 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: you know, personnel down, the distance, where we are on 74 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 1: the field, Uh, those kind of things. So, uh that 75 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 1: goes into calling the game and trying to get the 76 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: guys in the best position to be successful. So coming 77 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 1: into a game and knowing that they getting the ball 78 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:19,839 Speaker 1: out quick. It's different things that we have to do, 79 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:23,679 Speaker 1: but don't don't take it slight. Now, they will push 80 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: the ball down the field as well, So we got 81 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:27,679 Speaker 1: to make sure that, you know, ours in the right spot, 82 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 1: will working on our techniques so we don't give an 83 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: explosive to play. 84 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 6: Where Where is he? 85 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 2: Is he Brown? And his sort of physical readiness to 86 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 2: be able to play? You know, that's really a personal 87 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 2: question for him. Uh. What I've seen, I've seen progress 88 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 2: each week. 89 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: You know, he's doing some good things for his transition 90 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 1: at the top end of the route. Uh, he's better understanding, 91 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: you know, the concepts that we're trying to get in 92 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: his own coverage now going into a second week. Uh, 93 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: ods in the right spot, So he's progressing. Uh at 94 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: that point in time where he's ready to go. I 95 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: think that's a you know, that's a question for him. 96 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 4: How how useful or is it useful to go back 97 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 4: for you to go back and watch the playoff game 98 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 4: just to see how the Cowboys tried to attack this 99 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 4: defense last year. 100 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:17,479 Speaker 2: Uh, it's always useful. 101 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: I mean, I think you I can't even tell you 102 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 1: all the kind of you know, games we go back 103 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: and watch and try to find this and that, and 104 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: you know, uh are they consistent? You know, is j 105 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 1: this is what they've changed. So yes, you know, I 106 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 1: I've watched that. We've all watched it. 107 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 6: Hollard looking at as explosive as he did last year 108 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 6: before his injury. 109 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,280 Speaker 2: H To be quite honest, I can't even tell he 110 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 2: had a injury. Uh. That's how well he's running the ball, 111 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 2: you know. 112 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 1: Uh. So, yes, he does look explosive and he's doing 113 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: some good things. He can take it the distance, he 114 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 1: can run in between the tackles. 115 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 4: Uh. 116 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 2: They love to try to get on the edge. 117 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 1: So uh, he's playing at a high level right now 118 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: for him. 119 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 6: A lot of the guys that we're talking of training 120 00:04:56,760 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 6: camp about how good does stefense could be reciting at 121 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 6: getting the ball and scoring once in a while on 122 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 6: defense and so far, I think he got like five 123 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 6: takeaways and haven't scored yet. 124 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 2: But it's only four games. 125 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:13,480 Speaker 4: And how do you get those areas a free Uh? 126 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 1: I don't really think there there's any magic, you know, 127 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: formula and trying to get it done. It's just a 128 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 1: point of emphasis. We we give the presentation every week. 129 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: Coach Sorenson does on the ball and we're going after 130 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 1: the ball. You know, we're making attempt for the ball. 131 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: So uh, our intent is there. I think as eventually 132 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 1: we're gonna you know, we'll get those tips and overthrows, 133 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 1: we get the forest formers, we'll be there. But uh, 134 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 1: I know right now the attention of details there and 135 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: hopefully they come this weekend. 136 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 3: The numbers show that Jackson, Farrell, and Hyder have eight 137 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:52,040 Speaker 3: quarterback hits, like two hundred and forty three quarterback snaps. 138 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 3: You watch the film, what's the film show how they're 139 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 3: how they're playing so far? 140 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 1: Uh I, I think you're right, not only those guys, 141 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 1: but we're hitting the quarterback quite a bit. 142 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 2: You know. 143 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 1: We just gotta find a way, you know, to translate 144 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: those into sacks. 145 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 2: Uh. 146 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:08,600 Speaker 1: I like where those guys are. Uh one of the 147 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 1: things that I emphasize and talk about as well. I 148 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:12,720 Speaker 1: think they're solid in the run game, and that's what 149 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: that's what I look for, That's what we look for 150 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 1: in a complete player, particularly at the defensive end. 151 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 2: Yes, we wanted to be able. 152 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: To put pressure and get to the quarterback, and I 153 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: think they doing that at a high level. But I 154 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: love right now how stout they are in their run 155 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: game as well. 156 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 6: See what happened on the Cargo's first touchdowns just before 157 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:30,719 Speaker 6: half times. 158 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 2: What was pod issue in that play? 159 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: Uh, it's it's just really you know, understanding situational football. Uh, 160 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,119 Speaker 1: something that we talk about all the time and something 161 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 1: that I know we'll we'll grow from based off the call. 162 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: Probably you know, didn't wanna be in a press uh 163 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 1: give up to uh the big play down the sideline. 164 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: And then when they scored on the next play right there, 165 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 1: it was just a mistackle. So it wasn't anything schematically. Uh, 166 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 1: but one thing that we have to do is understand 167 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 1: the situation and don't give up the big play down 168 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 1: the sideline. 169 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:04,839 Speaker 4: Has gee a lot of hard graves, uh familiarity with 170 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 4: the Cowboys. Uh added any sort of extra tidbits for you, Uh, 171 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 4: just in terms of game planning. 172 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 2: Uh. 173 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: He's definitely talked about, uh the things that he was 174 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 1: able to do, they were able to do in the 175 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: past going against those guys twice a year. 176 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 2: Uh. 177 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: Him and Chris talk all the time, and Chris and 178 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 1: I of course collaborate and you know, try to come 179 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: up with the best forming up front. You know, Chris 180 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: does a tremendous job with those guys and and and 181 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: creating and coming up with the uh uh the scheme 182 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 1: that particular week based off protections and those kind of things. 183 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 1: So uh yes, we have got some tidbits from him 184 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: and hopefully they come into play for us on Sunday. 185 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 2: Good Thank you guys, appreciate it.