WEBVTT - Henry, Andrews & Coordinators: Ravens Press Conferences 10/31/24 0:00:03.120 --> 0:00:06.320 Welcome to the Raves Prespass Podcast. It is Thursday, October thirty. First, 0:00:06.320 --> 0:00:08.600 the Ravens are gearing up for Sunday's game against the 0:00:08.600 --> 0:00:11.080 Denver Broncos. Today, we had a chance to hear from 0:00:11.119 --> 0:00:13.640 the coordinator, so let's kick it off with offensive coordinator 0:00:13.640 --> 0:00:14.440 at Todd Munkett. 0:00:18.400 --> 0:00:21.239 Can you talk about the difficulty of going through the. 0:00:21.160 --> 0:00:23.840 Practice week when you don't have your starting quarterback out 0:00:23.840 --> 0:00:25.400 there for a couple of first couple of days. 0:00:26.640 --> 0:00:28.840 I mean, it is what it is, you know, Josh, 0:00:28.880 --> 0:00:30.680 can you use the work? I mean, that's what you do. 0:00:30.800 --> 0:00:33.400 You get prepared for it, and like any other position, 0:00:34.200 --> 0:00:37.839 you go to work and you know, guys have to 0:00:37.840 --> 0:00:41.000 still function around him. That what the calls are. The 0:00:41.040 --> 0:00:43.159 calls are upfront and our skill guys, and we've got 0:00:43.159 --> 0:00:46.240 to have, you know, high level of execution no matter 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:47.280 who's at what position. 0:00:49.159 --> 0:00:50.760 Obviously, you guys are able to bring in. 0:00:50.840 --> 0:00:53.600 Deontae Johnson done a lot of things well across the 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:54.440 board offensively. 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:55.920 What do you think he can. 0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:58.000 Maybe at an element he can add to your offense 0:00:58.080 --> 0:01:01.000 that you'd like to see get better even what you've 0:01:01.000 --> 0:01:01.920 already accomplished. 0:01:01.920 --> 0:01:04.560 Well, I think, first of all just seen him the 0:01:04.560 --> 0:01:06.880 first couple of days. I like what I see. I 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:10.760 think he adds tremendous depth to us at receiver. I 0:01:10.760 --> 0:01:12.880 think he gives us another guy that can separate. I 0:01:12.880 --> 0:01:16.360 think that's really what you're you know. I think our 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:18.640 tight ends can separate. I think our receivers can separate. 0:01:19.040 --> 0:01:21.600 I think we've got other guys that you know, can win, 0:01:21.880 --> 0:01:26.480 and I just think it allows us to. You know, again, 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:28.800 you're just always trying to add talent, and I think 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:30.039 we've added a talented player. 0:01:32.160 --> 0:01:33.920 Thought was a you know, if he had a one 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:36.280 hundred and fifteen yards last game and it's kind of 0:01:36.319 --> 0:01:36.960 had a couple. 0:01:36.800 --> 0:01:39.160 Of really big games and season where you've seen his 0:01:39.280 --> 0:01:41.080 growth from last year into this year. 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:45.160 Well, I think a couple of weeks ago I kind 0:01:45.160 --> 0:01:48.440 of mentioned. I just think there's a lot of things 0:01:48.440 --> 0:01:51.880 that go into that. I think our first year for 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:54.960 a rookie, everything's different where he lives, different, food's different, 0:01:54.960 --> 0:01:59.559 coaching is different systems different, the stage you're on is different. 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:02.960 Lot of players, some not as much, but for others, 0:02:02.960 --> 0:02:06.240 it is having to deal with everything that comes with 0:02:06.360 --> 0:02:10.480 being a professional player. Social media. How do you handle 0:02:10.480 --> 0:02:12.280 that part of it. How do you handle the length 0:02:12.320 --> 0:02:14.720 of a season? I mean, holy cow, how long our 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:17.120 season is. I think it's just the comfort of already 0:02:17.160 --> 0:02:18.440 going through it, Like all of us, when you go 0:02:18.440 --> 0:02:21.680 through something, I think it's easier second time around if 0:02:21.720 --> 0:02:22.640 you advantage point. 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:25.800 What was kind of the reason in the game Sunday 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:28.320 why the offense may not have looked the way that 0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:29.959 they have coming into that game. 0:02:30.400 --> 0:02:32.080 Well, they're good. I mean, let's start with that. I 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:38.200 mean they're good on defense. I mean that's a fact, 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:41.600 and you have to give them some credit. Okay, that 0:02:41.720 --> 0:02:46.320 part of it. With that being said, you know, eight 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:48.800 times we got inside the fifty, we got in their territory, 0:02:48.800 --> 0:02:51.880 we scored four. That's really in a nutshell. I mean, 0:02:52.440 --> 0:03:00.240 between lost shortage plays, missfort down opportunity, some penalties, that's 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:02.720 what you're gonna end up with. We didn't play as 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:05.680 clean as we'd been playing, and that showed, and that 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:10.720 got us to where, Okay, you know, twenty four wasn't 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:13.440 good enough. You know, it just wasn't. And we're certainly 0:03:13.440 --> 0:03:16.919 capable of better, and our guys know it. We got 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:18.720 behind the sticks a little more than you want to. 0:03:19.000 --> 0:03:21.400 We we bailed ourselves out the week before, we had 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:23.440 a number of get back on tracks we got out 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:26.000 of with the penalties. We didn't do that as well 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:28.200 this week, and that stung us. You know, we had 0:03:28.200 --> 0:03:30.799 some other opportunities that we just didn't you know, take 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:34.320 advantage of. We're close and we made a number of 0:03:34.320 --> 0:03:36.800 really good plays. But and there's some calls you wish 0:03:36.840 --> 0:03:38.240 you had back on part of that too, So it's 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:40.200 all of us, right, that's part of it. 0:03:41.320 --> 0:03:43.680 See, Derrick Henry's had a ton of success on the 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:46.720 direct snap kind of stuff over his career. How hard 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:48.880 is it for you to make a decision to take 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:51.320 the ball out of the marsh hands given how good 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:51.720 he is? 0:03:52.960 --> 0:03:55.320 Well, when it doesn't work, for sure, I mean it's 0:03:56.640 --> 0:03:59.160 you know, like any play, when it doesn't work, it's disappointing. 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:03.920 It just happens when it's fourth down, whether you're in 0:04:03.960 --> 0:04:05.720 your own end and you decide to go forward, or 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:07.520 in midfield and you decide to go forward, or when 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:09.119 you have a chance to get points and you don't 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:12.640 get it. You look at a number of things. How 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:15.240 do we scheme it, you know, the thought that went 0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:19.919 into it, how we blocked it, Like any any given play, 0:04:20.040 --> 0:04:22.520 it's just those plays are the ones that you know 0:04:22.560 --> 0:04:24.960 that really sting. As we know, if it's a third down, 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:27.280 all right, find we get another shot at it. Hey 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:29.040 we kicked the field goal when it's a fourth down, mean, 0:04:29.080 --> 0:04:31.040 it's it. We've got to be on We got to 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:34.000 be on point with how we design it and to 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:36.160 give ourselves the best chance, because we had a chance 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:39.599 right there to you know, but even before that play, 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:41.760 I mean we get back to back penalties. I mean 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:43.039 that that's what did it. We would have been on 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:45.200 the two and a half yard line, so the penalties 0:04:45.240 --> 0:04:46.919 backed us up. Then we get to that and then 0:04:47.160 --> 0:04:49.320 I make that call and you know, it stops all 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:51.240 the momentum scoring on the first drive. That's happened too 0:04:51.240 --> 0:04:53.120 in the last three weeks. We've moved it down there 0:04:53.160 --> 0:04:55.279 and we've turned it over either on downs or a 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:58.080 turnover like we did against Commanders, And it's unacceptable. 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:04.440 The team trading for Deontay Johnson Keith Mitchell now trending. 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:04.839 Towards the return. 0:05:04.880 --> 0:05:06.200 How much of a bonus is that. 0:05:06.200 --> 0:05:10.039 To offense it's already been per forming at a really high level. 0:05:10.440 --> 0:05:16.840 Well, I mean again, having really talented players is and 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:20.120 having a really talented staff and a game plan that 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:22.720 they understand allows you to really function at a high level. 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:25.240 But it starts with having a really talented player. So 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:28.200 it's exciting to get those guys back. And it also 0:05:28.279 --> 0:05:31.440 provides depth. If you lose somebody, I mean, that's really 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:34.160 you're that's the nature of what we do. You're gonna 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:37.880 lose players. So having quality depth guys that can come 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:40.840 in and function a really high level and when your 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:44.320 expectations are really high. If your expectations aren't really high, 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:49.560 then well that's different. We're the Baltimore Ravens, so we're 0:05:49.600 --> 0:05:52.200 expected to win. So whoever that is, we gotta have 0:05:52.279 --> 0:05:55.600 enough depth to do that. Go ahead, Are you stuck 0:05:55.680 --> 0:05:58.640 to keeping back this week? That's not up to me. 0:05:59.880 --> 0:06:02.919 The edition of deonce, do you feel like it allows 0:06:02.960 --> 0:06:07.400 you guys to do anything differently or in terms of looks, 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:10.120 formations or even some of the things you guys do 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:10.720 within all of it. 0:06:10.880 --> 0:06:14.520 We'll see see he gets acclimated, you know. First week's 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:18.039 always tough, you know, getting him involved, and you know, 0:06:18.080 --> 0:06:19.960 but I'm excited what I've seen the first two days, 0:06:20.040 --> 0:06:22.440 you know, and we'll see where it goes, you know, 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:25.080 some of that's game planning, how we want to tax somebody, 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:27.839 how many receivers we want in the game, where we 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:31.920 go from here. Same with the tight ends in terms 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:33.599 of where are the backs we have on the field. 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:38.159 To talk about just the kind of pressure that Denver 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:41.880 can put on offense with their blitz packages, and also 0:06:41.920 --> 0:06:43.920 just the talents of cornerbacks and safeties that they had. 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:46.600 Yeah, they're playing at a really high level, very confidence, 0:06:47.080 --> 0:06:51.520 very confident. Their guys are really active. I mean they 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:53.880 play hard, and that's one thing you see on film. 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:58.919 You know, they've done a great job of building the 0:06:59.040 --> 0:07:03.760 core personalities of the players they've got playing on the field. 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:07.040 I think that's impressive, how hard they play and schematically, 0:07:07.080 --> 0:07:11.320 how they challenge you with their pressure package. So we're 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:14.320 up for it. You know, our guys are excited. We've 0:07:14.320 --> 0:07:16.280 seen that for the last four weeks. We've seen teams 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:19.200 that have decided to pressure us. That's to me where 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:22.120 the league is going. Otherwise we wouldn't be seeing it 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:25.440 as much. So we've got to be on point with 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:27.800 all of our IDs and where we go with the ball. 0:07:28.640 --> 0:07:30.920 When you look at the kind of the philosophy behind 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:33.280 those short yardage calls. It is part of it that 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:36.760 Lamar just can't draw quite as much attention in those 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:39.480 situations as he as he normally does. I mean that 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:41.360 is that why maybe it's not as much of a 0:07:41.400 --> 0:07:42.800 factor to have the ball in his hands or not 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:43.400 in his hands. 0:07:46.120 --> 0:07:47.400 I don't know. We love it to be in his 0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:50.880 hands and we love for it to be in Derek's hands, 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:55.400 and unfortunately it didn't work. You know, early in the 0:07:55.440 --> 0:07:57.320 year and the goal line. We did it and we scored, 0:07:57.400 --> 0:08:00.160 and you know, it's a different situation. It was on 0:08:00.240 --> 0:08:01.800 fourth down. You know, this one happened to be in 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:05.000 fourth down, So it stings a lot more as I mean, 0:08:05.000 --> 0:08:07.680 we're not gonna do it again, but we're going to 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:10.360 do whatever we think is necessary to convert and score points. 0:08:10.400 --> 0:08:12.640 Just didn't didn't work out that time, and we got 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:13.880 we gotta we got to do it better. I mean, 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:15.720 that's just the way it is with every every call 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:16.800 that's it's on me. 0:08:17.600 --> 0:08:20.360 The offense obviously has played really well for the most 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:24.120 part this year, have been efficient and so forth. It's 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:27.120 curious keep talking about being clean and those sorts of 0:08:27.120 --> 0:08:30.760 things that going back to Cleveland, what was the conversation 0:08:30.920 --> 0:08:33.800 with Lamar in terms of that stuff post post game, 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:35.600 in terms of the offense and to get back to 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:36.440 where you guys want to. 0:08:36.440 --> 0:08:36.839 Get back to. 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:42.120 Oh, you know, it's I think every week that we 0:08:42.160 --> 0:08:44.280 look at the tape. It's not really Lamar per se, 0:08:45.040 --> 0:08:48.000 as it is with everybody. It's pretty easy to look 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:51.199 at the tape and you know, look and say, hey, 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:55.480 where can we get better here? Starting with me, staff, 0:08:56.800 --> 0:08:59.520 getting in front of the mistakes, which is what coaching is. 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:02.040 It's getting in front of it before it shows up 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:05.439 on game day. That's what we're paid to do, and 0:09:05.520 --> 0:09:07.880 letting our players shine, and then they got to do 0:09:07.920 --> 0:09:09.360 their part. How do we how do we do it 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:11.840 better in practice? How do we get it to where 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:18.040 you know, the gifts we haven't been turning it over 0:09:18.040 --> 0:09:23.359 from a gift standpoint, but from a discipline of route running, assignment, communication, 0:09:23.840 --> 0:09:28.760 penalties that really put you behind the eight ball in 0:09:28.880 --> 0:09:33.840 terms of consistency. And because we're plenty capable, we have 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:37.319 plenty of good players. So that's really the biggest part, 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:41.600 starting with me, our staff players, eliminating the things that 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:43.920 that stops you from being as efficient as you want 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:45.720 to be. I mean that's a lot of talk, but 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:49.200 the reality is is it's pretty obvious on tape when 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:51.880 we do things the right way. Okay, starting with me 0:09:51.960 --> 0:09:55.120 and everybody else, we're pretty difficult to handle. But we 0:09:55.280 --> 0:09:59.400 just got to continue down that road to again eliminate 0:09:59.440 --> 0:10:01.640 the things that let stop you from you know, scorings, 0:10:01.640 --> 0:10:02.600 made points you don't need to win. 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:08.800 Next up is defensive coordinator Zach Orr. 0:10:12.160 --> 0:10:16.559 Zach, you know that that last Cleveland possession and obviously 0:10:16.600 --> 0:10:20.880 the big pass by Jamis, But but your pressures sending 0:10:20.920 --> 0:10:27.000 a lot of guys. M was with the pressure up 0:10:27.080 --> 0:10:31.839 to that point, you know, adequate and and did you 0:10:31.840 --> 0:10:33.640 feel like you had to send more guys to the. 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:36.959 Comments in Yeah, I think in that situation, they're right there. 0:10:37.000 --> 0:10:39.240 They ended up getting doing a good job and getting 0:10:39.280 --> 0:10:41.560 right down that line of the edge of field goal range. 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:43.360 So trying to knock them out, knock them out of 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:46.600 field goal range and then you know, make it as 0:10:46.640 --> 0:10:49.480 far as field goal as possible, and then worst case scenario, 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:52.360 at least if they are going to score, they score 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:55.080 fast to give our offense a chance to you know, 0:10:55.200 --> 0:10:57.000 go down there and and give them a chance to 0:10:57.000 --> 0:10:59.040 score and win the game. So that was kind of 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:01.480 thinking that was going in and behind how we called 0:11:01.520 --> 0:11:03.960 the game, how gress we were at that point in time. 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:07.640 The mass rushing and coverage obviously go hand in hand. 0:11:08.080 --> 0:11:09.920 You know, what's your view of the pass rush and 0:11:10.200 --> 0:11:12.439 how you kind of balance call on blitzes and getting 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:13.640 out of the quarterback, But just the view of the 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:14.600 pass rush over roll. 0:11:14.520 --> 0:11:16.520 Yeah, I think you just said it perfectly, like Russian 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:17.840 Russian coverage works perfectly. 0:11:17.920 --> 0:11:19.720 It has to work perfectly together for it to work. 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:21.439 I mean, you can have great coverage, but now the 0:11:21.480 --> 0:11:24.120 quarterback holds on to the ball, and just the nature 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:26.880 of the National Football League corporate has a lot of time. 0:11:26.920 --> 0:11:29.040 No matter how good your coverage is, he's gonna be 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:30.319 able to find and guys are gonna be able to 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:33.160 get open. And on the flip side, if your coverage 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:34.960 gets there, you have If your rush gets there, your 0:11:34.960 --> 0:11:37.880 coverage has to be able to you know, sustain at 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:39.800 least early on so the rush has a chance. So 0:11:40.200 --> 0:11:42.600 we've had good examples, great examples of the Russian coverage 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:45.160 working together. And when it works together, I mean it's beautiful. 0:11:45.200 --> 0:11:48.040 When not right now, it's not clicking as much as 0:11:48.080 --> 0:11:48.440 we need it. 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:48.640 To be. 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:50.679 So we got different ways that we're trying to look 0:11:50.679 --> 0:11:52.440 at and find ways where we can generate you know, 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:55.360 pressure obviously with blitzes, but just with the four men 0:11:55.440 --> 0:11:57.840 rush and just marrying the coverage and the rush together. 0:11:58.080 --> 0:11:59.640 So we're on the same page, and I think that 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:01.880 will help lead for more big plays for us and 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:03.719 eliminate big plays with offense. 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:06.360 On the tilman slant touchdowner. 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:07.400 It's not the first time. 0:12:07.880 --> 0:12:10.600 Why is it happening that the other team is snapping 0:12:10.600 --> 0:12:12.400 the ball and the regulars defense isn't ready. 0:12:12.840 --> 0:12:15.120 Yeah, man, I mean it's it's unfortunate. It's unfortunate. 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:16.160 You know. 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:18.600 Obviously we want to make sure that we get lined up. 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:20.040 I got to make sure I get the call in 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:22.240 fast enough for those guys. So it's a combination of 0:12:22.240 --> 0:12:24.880 those things. But I think that we got a good 0:12:24.920 --> 0:12:28.080 resolution to those problems getting the call in fast, keep 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:30.880 a thing simple, and going out there executing. But obviously 0:12:30.960 --> 0:12:33.720 it's costing us at critical points of the game. So 0:12:33.800 --> 0:12:35.240 I got to do a better job, and we got 0:12:35.240 --> 0:12:38.120 to do a better job of executing and with the communication, 0:12:38.240 --> 0:12:40.400 and I think that we got a great plan going 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:42.360 forward to make sure that we take care of that 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:44.400 because you definitely don't want you want to be able 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:46.120 to be lined up to give yourself a chance. If 0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:48.440 you're not lined up, I mean that's you know, you're 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:51.040 given offense an easy way off the hook. 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:54.559 If you sure guys hold on to some interceptions, the 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:58.920 entire story about the defense is probably very different. How 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:00.760 frustrating is that and has it affected then the way 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:03.200 you make calls knowing the guys are not made some 0:13:03.280 --> 0:13:03.720 of those. 0:13:03.600 --> 0:13:06.320 Players, Yeah, it's frustrating obviously, you know we expect to 0:13:06.320 --> 0:13:06.960 make those plays. 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:08.720 I mean, it's National Football League. 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:12.080 We look at interceptions when they writ in our hands 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:13.120 like a free throw in basketball. 0:13:13.160 --> 0:13:15.360 You gotta make those. So we look at it. 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:17.240 Our guys are working hard at it, and it doesn't 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:19.520 change the way that I'm calling it, or we're looking 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:22.360 at as a defensive staff or coaches, because our guys are. 0:13:22.280 --> 0:13:23.880 In position to make plays. 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:26.160 Our job as coaches to help those guys put them 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:27.960 in the best possible position as possible. 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:29.360 So we always striving for that. 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:31.920 And guys they've been in position a lot of times 0:13:32.080 --> 0:13:34.280 and I'm confident that they're gonna come down with those plays. 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:37.680 So we just keep coaching it, keep keep coaching, tracking 0:13:37.679 --> 0:13:39.760 the ball, catching the ball, work extra on catching and 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:42.520 tracking the ball, and then when those opportunities come, we 0:13:42.559 --> 0:13:46.520 got to capitalize on them. So nobody's more frustrated than 0:13:46.559 --> 0:13:49.760 the guys who've had those opportunities. So, you know, we 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:52.719 appreciate the attention of detail that they've they've taken to 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:55.120 make sure that we come up with those opportunities next 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:56.240 time they present themselves. 0:13:56.600 --> 0:13:58.040 I'm open those opportunities. 0:13:58.080 --> 0:14:00.400 Do you think that's sort of men to Is you 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:01.360 a confidence issue? 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:04.320 And is that more sort of kind of putting pressure 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:06.200 on yourself when you see the ball coming forward you. 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:07.640 I don't know. I mean, I don't know. I don't think. 0:14:07.679 --> 0:14:09.640 I think the crazy enough is it could be a 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:11.000 mental issue or confident issue. 0:14:11.000 --> 0:14:12.720 But with our guys, I don't. 0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:14.760 See it as a as a confident mental issue because 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:16.040 they're very confident group. 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:17.440 They're still mentally strong. 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:20.720 You know, they're catching, they're catching some interceptions in practice, 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:22.480 which is which is good. Now we got to take 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:25.000 it over to the game. So just they I you know, 0:14:25.040 --> 0:14:27.120 I expect them to keep on attacking the football, and 0:14:27.160 --> 0:14:29.520 I know for a fact I'm confident that we're gonna 0:14:29.520 --> 0:14:31.480 start coming away with those, so it's it's gonna be 0:14:31.480 --> 0:14:31.920 good for us. 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:32.360 Exactly. 0:14:32.720 --> 0:14:34.680 Like a fan came up to you in the grocery 0:14:34.680 --> 0:14:36.520 store or something, and maybe maybe it's somebody who's not 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:38.000 locked into all the details of the team and they 0:14:38.040 --> 0:14:40.080 just said to you, why is this thing not working 0:14:40.120 --> 0:14:42.160 as well now as it was at this time? Rusher, 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:44.240 what will be your answers? 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:47.320 That's good, that's a good question. My answer. 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:50.320 My answer would be, like, you know, everything doesn't. You know, 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:53.440 even though you're putting into work, everything doesn't come together 0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:55.040 as fast as you may want it to. 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:56.760 All you can do is continue to grind. 0:14:56.480 --> 0:14:59.479 Continue to chase perfection, and continue. 0:14:59.080 --> 0:15:00.320 To work at And that's what we're doing. 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:02.400 And we know that the work that we're putting in, 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:04.680 we know that attention of detail that we're doing is 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:07.480 gonna pay off. And you know, obviously it sounds like 0:15:07.520 --> 0:15:09.320 a broken record, been saying that for a couple of weeks, 0:15:09.320 --> 0:15:13.160 but I honestly truly believe that with the coaches and 0:15:13.160 --> 0:15:15.160 the players that we have, it's gonna come together, and 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:16.800 it's gonna come together at the right time, and it's 0:15:16.800 --> 0:15:19.000 gonna be big for us down this last half of 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:19.760 the season. 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:21.000 A big picture. 0:15:21.040 --> 0:15:23.600 When things aren't doing as well as you want them 0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:26.280 to be, how much do you say yourself, well, you 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:28.120 have to change some of what we're doing to get 0:15:28.200 --> 0:15:31.520 different results. Versus, hey, I believe in what we've built here. 0:15:31.640 --> 0:15:33.640 We need to be patient for it to come together. 0:15:33.760 --> 0:15:35.000 Yeah, look, you look at all of it. 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:36.720 I think you'll be crazy if you look at some 0:15:36.800 --> 0:15:39.240 things and be like, you don't have to change some 0:15:39.280 --> 0:15:41.720 stuff up. So we've been looking at that hard look 0:15:41.760 --> 0:15:43.280 and see what our guys can go out there and 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:46.560 absolutely execute to the highest level and feel confident and 0:15:46.560 --> 0:15:49.040 and we're gonna do that. And also you look at 0:15:49.080 --> 0:15:51.360 some of the things that you may not have executed 0:15:52.160 --> 0:15:55.080 like you wanted to, but you're looking at the rules, 0:15:55.120 --> 0:15:58.320 the fundamentals and the principles of everything is sound and 0:15:58.360 --> 0:16:00.240 we've got examples of doing that well. So you just 0:16:00.240 --> 0:16:01.720 continue to try to coach up. So it's a good 0:16:01.760 --> 0:16:04.200 balance you have to you have to find. But here 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:08.040 we're we're always about what can our players do, uh, 0:16:08.480 --> 0:16:10.080 and what can they execute at a high level and 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:11.280 go out there and play confident fast. 0:16:11.280 --> 0:16:12.320 So we're always looking at that. 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:15.080 And me me personally, I'm I don't care what what 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:17.080 we run, what covers you run. If we got a blitz, 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:19.400 a whole bunch, if we don't have the blitz at all, whatever, 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:21.400 these guys can go do whatever's gonna help us play 0:16:21.440 --> 0:16:23.560 at a high level of defense. That's that's what we're 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:23.880 gonna do. 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:27.040 How concerned are you about the health status of your 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:29.720 interior of your defensive line right now? And how does 0:16:29.760 --> 0:16:32.040 that impact the way you may call the game? 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:32.680 Yeah? 0:16:32.720 --> 0:16:34.800 Man, I mean, obviously we got some guys that are 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:37.120 banged up. You know, we'll see if they if they 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:39.800 you know, make it to the game Sunday, obviously, Uh, 0:16:39.840 --> 0:16:42.200 those guys are very important players for us. But I 0:16:42.200 --> 0:16:44.480 mean the guys we got behind them, I'm excited about. 0:16:44.480 --> 0:16:47.160 They've been getting some good work in practice. So uh, 0:16:47.240 --> 0:16:49.440 here in Baltimore, the interior d line is something we 0:16:49.480 --> 0:16:52.920 take serious and we always have a contingency plan for that. 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:55.120 And I don't think that's gonna really change, you know, 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:56.640 the way the way we call it. You know, if 0:16:56.640 --> 0:16:58.520 we have to adapt in game, we will, but I 0:16:58.520 --> 0:17:00.280 don't think that's gonna change the way. We got big 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:03.520 guys from the starters, from the depth pieces, big strong, 0:17:03.520 --> 0:17:06.360 physical guys who know how to play square and get 0:17:06.400 --> 0:17:06.760 after it. 0:17:07.400 --> 0:17:10.120 When you have a guy like Marcus Williams who used 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:13.960 to playing every snap every week doesn't play at all, 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:15.840 do you do you feel a need to explain the 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:18.199 reasoning mind that not just to him, but to the 0:17:18.320 --> 0:17:20.320 entire secondary or the entire defense, so they sort of 0:17:20.400 --> 0:17:21.359 understand the big picture of. 0:17:21.320 --> 0:17:21.720 What's going on. 0:17:21.840 --> 0:17:22.760