Speaker 1: Injuries for today. UM, Jimmy Garoppolo foot will not practice.
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey calf won't practice, Deebo Samuel Ankle won't practice,
Speaker 1: Elijah Mitchell growing won't practice. UM, Charles many Oblique will
Speaker 1: be limited. Ambrey Thomas Ankle limited. Go ahead. What is
Speaker 1: Charles's status with the team after the arrest on Monday? Uh,
Speaker 1: he said he's going to practice, Like what is he
Speaker 1: going to be available from the game? If? Yeah, we're
Speaker 1: letting the legal process take care of itself. So if
Speaker 1: if he's healthy, he'll play this way alleged reason. Believe
Speaker 1: that's accurate. Does it give you any cause to play him? Um,
Speaker 1: what we've looked into for the last twenty four hours
Speaker 1: or forty eight hours, not necessarily myself, but other people,
Speaker 1: we feel very good letting the legal process take care
Speaker 1: of itself, and UM, I don't feel we shouldn't kick
Speaker 1: him off our team at this time in treat the
Speaker 1: debo something new or concerned about that at all? Um,
Speaker 1: I mean it's it's it's been there for a little bit,
Speaker 1: and UM, I think I'll be all right, but concerned
Speaker 1: us enough now let them go today, have an X
Speaker 1: ray yesterday, thought that was happening. Yes, and I don't
Speaker 1: expect to have him this week. All of the people
Speaker 1: that you mentioned are key people. Do you expect them
Speaker 1: to all be available for the games? Um? Yeah, I
Speaker 1: expect him too, but there's no guarantees. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: especially when it's be in the NFC Championship game. I
Speaker 1: think there's a better chance they'll be ready since there's
Speaker 1: nothing guaranteed after this, So hopefully keep our fingers crossed.
Speaker 1: The calling and play design, how much is your method
Speaker 1: of teaching those things so they're executed properly changed over
Speaker 1: the years or has it changed much? Ah? Yeah, it
Speaker 1: changes based off of how people play them. Um, so
Speaker 1: you gotta look at it. What the techniques are that week,
Speaker 1: how d line play, how Becker's play coverages, how people
Speaker 1: are coached, how schemes change. So players are just plays.
Speaker 1: It's how you tie them together, how you hide them,
Speaker 1: how you do things off of them, and that's how
Speaker 1: you coach them. There's a lot of video in terms
Speaker 1: of we wanted to look this way. Um, well, you
Speaker 1: start on paper, so they know how it looks on paper.
Speaker 1: But um, then you gotta show them video because there's
Speaker 1: guys in front of those routes that are drawn on
Speaker 1: paper and things, so you gotta, um show verse all
Speaker 1: different types of looks and stuff. And some guys learn
Speaker 1: better on paper, some do it visually on film, and um,
Speaker 1: we always do both. We see Fred Warner leading the
Speaker 1: team and huddles out of huddles many times a week
Speaker 1: the day, and I'm sure he doesn't other times. How
Speaker 1: comforting use it for you to know he's got some
Speaker 1: of that taking care of imagine most of that energy, right?
Speaker 1: And do you ever tell for hey maybe can you
Speaker 1: say it's a little bit at any time? Do you ever? Um? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I do sometimes and I usually do it at halftime
Speaker 1: we're doing a bunch of stuff and um, a bunch
Speaker 1: of adjustments things like that. And actually I Fred talked
Speaker 1: to the guys right before we go out. But um,
Speaker 1: Fred is always going to talk because he's a true leader. UM,
Speaker 1: and Fred should be the guy who talks. Is how
Speaker 1: he carries himself every day and everyone knows how good
Speaker 1: of a player he is. But when it comes to
Speaker 1: what he does day in and day out since he's
Speaker 1: been here, his attention to detail at practice and meetings
Speaker 1: and in games, Um, he's ahead of everybody, and so
Speaker 1: um he earns that by his play and by how
Speaker 1: he carries himself. Just sad about how a team is
Speaker 1: not one after playing in the regular season. It speaks
Speaker 1: to seem to speak to your team's physicality. Are the
Speaker 1: Eagles a team that can I don't know, staying to
Speaker 1: to to and match that physicality? Um? I mean Dallas
Speaker 1: did that last week. I mean when teams come ready
Speaker 1: to play, um, we just I just feel like we
Speaker 1: seem to do it every single week. Um, but this
Speaker 1: is the playoffs and it's very rare that you don't
Speaker 1: get a team that, um gives all they have at
Speaker 1: this time of year. So UM, I feel we're used
Speaker 1: to doing that week and a week out. But um,
Speaker 1: this time of year, that's what you expect from everyone. Know.
Speaker 1: The matchup with sound right early Speer when he was
Speaker 1: in Arizona. How is he changes the players? How's he?
Speaker 1: I just think he's playing real good scheme for him,
Speaker 1: you know he gets I think it gets a lot
Speaker 1: more opportunities. Um. And I just think pass rushers, the
Speaker 1: more they play in this league and stay healthy and
Speaker 1: hang around, the better they get. I mean, it's it's
Speaker 1: hard to rush the quarterback in this league. UM, and
Speaker 1: he's gotten better each year. UM, he's playing at the
Speaker 1: top of his game right now. And he's always been
Speaker 1: a good player. We love him coming out of college. UM,
Speaker 1: but you can tell he just gets better and better
Speaker 1: each year. And Brock out a taste of work in
Speaker 1: Silent County in Seattle. How did he do in that
Speaker 1: scenario and how can you kind of simulate and help
Speaker 1: him with that? I mean, we we'll do the same
Speaker 1: thing we did that week. I mean that was huge
Speaker 1: just because that was our first game really all year
Speaker 1: that it was that important and brock count had experience
Speaker 1: with it, and UM, so it was great to have that,
Speaker 1: especially with us going to Philly. I remembered us talking
Speaker 1: about that that week that we needed that. Um, we
Speaker 1: needed that rep in case we ended up in the
Speaker 1: NFC Championship at Philly, and we got that and very
Speaker 1: fortunate that we did. And I feel we're good to go.
Speaker 1: He knows what to expect, he knows how we do it,
Speaker 1: and UM, we'll give him reps out at all week.
Speaker 1: But he got it ready on just a Wednesday when
Speaker 1: he played Thursday, so it won't be an issue. This week. Yeah,
Speaker 1: just crank up, crank it up. We've only gotten better
Speaker 1: with him. He's coming in and needed that more fluid December. Ah, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean he was. I think he's been pretty fluid,
Speaker 1: um from the beginning. But I mean it gets easier
Speaker 1: and easier each week. Um, you know broadcast, there's lots
Speaker 1: of times that the headset will cut off, and um,
Speaker 1: there's a number of times we don't have to use
Speaker 1: the time out and stuff because he's got a lot
Speaker 1: of those plays memorized. Anyways. Um, I think he gets
Speaker 1: better at anticipating the calls that I'm going to do,
Speaker 1: so once he starts to hear a formation, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: always finish it. But he's already walking to the huddle
Speaker 1: kind of finishing what I'm saying. So, Um, he's good
Speaker 1: from the beginning and he's only getting better at it.
Speaker 1: We've talked about Eric said a lot, but I'm curious
Speaker 1: what your impressions of him were as an offensive coordinator
Speaker 1: in the week before you got here, and how your
Speaker 1: your view of him change coaching him during your time.
Speaker 1: I only I remember going against the Niners defense, um
Speaker 1: the most since sixth team when were in Atlanta and
Speaker 1: their season was kind of over, um, and I didn't
Speaker 1: get to notice those guys watch him in Armstead and
Speaker 1: Buck because just the way they were playing the whole
Speaker 1: game they're in, uh, they were they weren't penetrating, they
Speaker 1: were in frog stances and playing real sound run defense
Speaker 1: and stuff, and we weren't really attacking them that way. So, UM,
Speaker 1: I remember not being sure on the overall of the
Speaker 1: defense playing against the Atlanta And then when I got
Speaker 1: to kind of hunker down and we looked into the
Speaker 1: job and stuff, being able to watch him, um Buck,
Speaker 1: Jimmy Ward, um, just to see some of the um
Speaker 1: the pillars that they already had and we're hoping that
Speaker 1: we could get something to help them. When you guys
Speaker 1: up beat them in Week two last last year, Dyalen
Speaker 1: Hurts looked a little bit raw still at that time.
Speaker 1: What did you see? What have you seen about him
Speaker 1: that has improved in that team in general? That's different
Speaker 1: from when you guys. He's just gotten more consistent. I
Speaker 1: mean you can see in that game the ability that
Speaker 1: he has and what he was close to doing a
Speaker 1: number of times, and he made some big throws in
Speaker 1: that game, and um, we contained him fairly well. But
Speaker 1: I think we're up seventeen to three, like with five
Speaker 1: minutes to go, and then he started getting going again
Speaker 1: and they brought it right into one score game. So
Speaker 1: you could see the ability that he had real early on.
Speaker 1: And um, I know, towards the end of that year
Speaker 1: he started getting on a role and that's when they
Speaker 1: did they make the playoffs last year. Yeah, that's why
Speaker 1: they ended up making it because how good he got
Speaker 1: after that. But we could see signs of it in
Speaker 1: that game, and um, not just watching him this year,
Speaker 1: hearing about it, you know, he's um borderline NFL m
Speaker 1: v P. And then turning the film on these last
Speaker 1: two days, he's just like how he was with potential
Speaker 1: and now he's doing it down and down out specific
Speaker 1: the Rock saw on Sunday from the Dallas defense that
Speaker 1: can prepay from the Eagles defense. UM, I mean, I
Speaker 1: think Dallas's defense was the first defense in a while
Speaker 1: for us that um was really good in all the areas,
Speaker 1: UM just at the d line, UM in the middle
Speaker 1: of the linebacker and the secondary and the way they played,
Speaker 1: so that was a true playoff defense and then put
Speaker 1: a lot of pressure on our guys. And I thought
Speaker 1: it was great test for him because I don't think
Speaker 1: he played much different than he had in all the
Speaker 1: other games. I mean, stuff was tighter, Um, things were harder,
Speaker 1: but he still protected the ball very well and made
Speaker 1: a few um big plays and some key moments. You
Speaker 1: know that third and two slant tay Yuk, the third
Speaker 1: and three I think to Christian in a tight area. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, the the slant to Kittle Um on a
Speaker 1: first down. That was a big one. So I mean
Speaker 1: that was a game where every single play felt like
Speaker 1: it was the most important playing the game and it
Speaker 1: could go either way. And um, he played like he
Speaker 1: always has. Pretty remarkable of the the thing back to training
Speaker 1: camp when he's only getting about five snaps and team
Speaker 1: drill over five passes and team drills, and I mean,
Speaker 1: how did he maximize those opportunities to show you something?
Speaker 1: Um it is? I mean that showed I think he
Speaker 1: was pretty good in those times. You know we weren't
Speaker 1: when you get a quarterback where we did and you
Speaker 1: already have two guys in an ideal world, you're hoping
Speaker 1: to keep that guy on the practice squad. Um, but
Speaker 1: he was looking so good in his reps in practice
Speaker 1: that eventually let him go in the game, and then
Speaker 1: he looked that way in the game, so we thought
Speaker 1: it'd be way too much of a risk to lose them.
Speaker 1: So that's why we end up having to make the
Speaker 1: decision we we did, which isn't always fun for overall roster.
Speaker 1: But I'm sure glad that we did it. And he
Speaker 1: looked that way right away, And so he has a
Speaker 1: natural ability to play the position, and that's why he's
Speaker 1: fun to coach because when he does make mistakes and
Speaker 1: do things, it's he can see it, he can know why,
Speaker 1: we can see it, and we can all understand it,
Speaker 1: which gives him a chance to get better. Play the
Speaker 1: other day where he had a shot at jack and
Speaker 1: he didn't didn't really take it because he was afraid
Speaker 1: to make an the penalty, And that's a sort of
Speaker 1: a dilemma you'll face a lot coming up on Sunday
Speaker 1: out of you sort of navigate that. Jalen when he's running, Oh,
Speaker 1: I mean, that's we talked about that every week. We
Speaker 1: can week out that one was I think it wasn't
Speaker 1: that he was just scared to get the penalty. Is
Speaker 1: that where he was he thought he was going to
Speaker 1: throw it, so he's getting ready to put his hands
Speaker 1: up to tip it, and then all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: I think he shocked him that he that he didn't
Speaker 1: do it, and then he was an awkward position. So
Speaker 1: that's stuff that you talked about all the time. UM,
Speaker 1: it's huge challenge for these guys. I mean, we're expecting
Speaker 1: this quarterback to run it. Um, We're expecting him to
Speaker 1: lower his shoulders. So we always got to come out
Speaker 1: and treat him like a running back until he gets
Speaker 1: himself up, which is sliding or being in that pocket.
Speaker 1: And when he does. Um. Our guys are good enough
Speaker 1: athletes to have to deal with it. Um. Yeah, he's
Speaker 1: a good slider. Jamikos obviously been heavily sought after. How
Speaker 1: would you describe his strengths as a coordinator. UM, I
Speaker 1: mean I think it starts as a man. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's the ideal leader, whether and whatever he does. He
Speaker 1: was that way when he came in to Houston as
Speaker 1: a rookie linebacker. I mean he took over that defense
Speaker 1: right away. You could tell who was in charge when
Speaker 1: he was a twenty one year old. Um, he came
Speaker 1: in here as a quality control and within like six
Speaker 1: months we moved to a linebacker coach and he's just
Speaker 1: he's always been that guy. And UM, and then just
Speaker 1: watching him over these two years, UM, what he took
Speaker 1: in his in his years learning to get there? How
Speaker 1: much better he he runs the system and then then
Speaker 1: he adjusts every week he sees how to play an offense.
Speaker 1: He pays attention to offense and defense. UM. I thought
Speaker 1: he was ready last year to be a head coach.
Speaker 1: And UM, I hope his wife doesn't get mad. But
Speaker 1: I hope he's not a head coach next year. UM.
Speaker 1: But but if he is, he more than deserves it.
Speaker 1: With all the motion that you do, kind of forcing
Speaker 1: defenses to react to what you guys are doing, how
Speaker 1: much does that prevent the defense and from giving a
Speaker 1: disguise coverage? And then you know, having a rookie quarterback,
Speaker 1: how much does that benefit? If that's all the case there,
Speaker 1: I mean, that's up to them, you know. It's it's
Speaker 1: sometimes that you can keep your disguises and sometimes it
Speaker 1: makes some more challenging. So that's just what other people
Speaker 1: decided to do. UM, if they want to decide to
Speaker 1: do that, and maybe that can make it harder for
Speaker 1: him or harder for us, but maybe it can make
Speaker 1: them late to some things who want to hit pretty quick.
Speaker 1: So there's give and take to everything. And um, that's
Speaker 1: why you tried to see everything is not like a problem.
Speaker 1: You know, if someone's causing a problem on something and
Speaker 1: usually opens up a good thing on in another area.
Speaker 1: And just you gotta balance out your game plan. So
Speaker 1: you can do that. I'm gonna cheat and ask two questions,
Speaker 1: but everyone's doing that especially Yeah. Uh kyla us Check
Speaker 1: said that you have a sort of different development pattern
Speaker 1: for rookies. Make sure they get a lot of reps,
Speaker 1: make sure they get a lot of attention as opposed
Speaker 1: to work. Sorry's career. Is that an intentional thing on
Speaker 1: your part that you came up with? And the second
Speaker 1: question is this is your third time in the last
Speaker 1: four years at this level. Obviously you weren't super Bowl
Speaker 1: with Atlanta. There's some frustrations obviously from those those previous ones.
Speaker 1: How do you not let those frustrations get to you
Speaker 1: at the moment it is? Um, I don't read all
Speaker 1: your articles. UM, I just treat it as a football game. Um.
Speaker 1: And when you lose big games, those are hard real
Speaker 1: hard however they happen, and you've got to deal with
Speaker 1: that forever. Um, But I feel like that's what kind
Speaker 1: of hardens you to it. It makes you get back
Speaker 1: to the reality of what it really is. It's the
Speaker 1: reality of it is. It's a It's a really good
Speaker 1: football game that I loved watching growing up. It's probably
Speaker 1: my favorite thing to do in the world, and I
Speaker 1: feel very blessed that I get to be somewhat a
Speaker 1: part of it. And Um, you prepare so hard during
Speaker 1: the week, you don't think about that other stuff. We're
Speaker 1: playing the game, the players are playing the game, we're
Speaker 1: coaching the game, and you go off exactly what you
Speaker 1: think based off your preparation and what you've worked at
Speaker 1: to try to learn, and you don't ever look back. Um.
Speaker 1: The only time that I ever have regrets and games
Speaker 1: is when I feel I've made decisions that I didn't
Speaker 1: want to make, or you don't feel like that that
Speaker 1: was the right decision. You went for another reason. Um,
Speaker 1: it's been a long time since I've done something like that.
Speaker 1: And when you do that, you're excited for these moments
Speaker 1: when or lose. A lot of people don't like the
Speaker 1: pressure of it players, people in general, because you put
Speaker 1: yourself out there and it's really tough if you don't
Speaker 1: come up um victorious. But like I've always said in
Speaker 1: her growing up, there's only one team that's happy at
Speaker 1: the end of the year, and other thirty one teams aren't.
Speaker 1: And you always keep going and try to be that team,
Speaker 1: and you do that till you're done playing or until
Speaker 1: you're done coaching. Rookie development is more just player development.
Speaker 1: I mean, this isn't college like you can't. You don't
Speaker 1: just get red shirt years, and guys who think they
Speaker 1: do get that are usually out of the league in
Speaker 1: two to three years. UM. So it's more that I
Speaker 1: don't necessarily think it's just rookies. I guess our whole
Speaker 1: building does that. But I put pressure on a lot
Speaker 1: of people because the guys that think they have time,
Speaker 1: just the more experience you have, you realized they don't
Speaker 1: have time. It might be the next play, which everyone says,
Speaker 1: but I mean I think of Brock Purty would have
Speaker 1: thought he had this whole year, UM, would have ruined
Speaker 1: our whole team season. And try to tell that to
Speaker 1: running backs all the time, to wide receivers. So it's
Speaker 1: I mean we've played with like four to five backs,
Speaker 1: you know, I think six years in a row. So, UM,
Speaker 1: the practice squad guys are pretty day important to UM.
Speaker 1: The guys who think they're just doing practice squad and
Speaker 1: you have a couple of injuries and the only other
Speaker 1: way you can get to the playoffs or go to
Speaker 1: the playoff game, say if you have good guys on
Speaker 1: practice squad or good rookies ready to step up, so
Speaker 1: there's not just guys usually sitting out there wait waiting
Speaker 1: to know your scheme and replace people. All right, thanks guys,