1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: Thank guys. Good here swing. 2 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:08,480 Speaker 2: I guess what the obvious question is, how do you 3 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 2: how do you work on preventing turnovers? Create habits, you know, 4 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 2: And I think we've worked a lot at that, and 5 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 2: you know, some games, you know, things like that happen 6 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 2: and you just you know, shake your head and you know, 7 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:29,479 Speaker 2: go back to work, you know, and try to create 8 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 2: the techniques and fundamentals that that you need uh to 9 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 2: protect the ball. And you know, bath security is usually 10 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 2: a result of technique or decisions, you know, and so 11 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 2: or a great player by a defensive player. 12 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:42,519 Speaker 1: You know. 13 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 2: So obviously we we've studied what happened, and hopefully we 14 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 2: can learn the lesson, the hard lesson and try to 15 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 2: improve that aspect of our offense because it's. 16 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 1: Difficult to win when when we turn the ball over 17 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: like that. 18 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 2: Helping them so much, definitely, But when you understand the 19 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 2: gravity of the situation before the conversations like you with 20 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:09,759 Speaker 2: those guys, yeah, I think the only thing you could 21 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:11,680 Speaker 2: do as a coach is you know, is try to 22 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 2: show them how they can improve the the thing that 23 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 2: wasn't done appropriately. But I will I will say this, 24 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 2: like ball security is not just an individual statistic, you know, 25 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 2: and there's and and we don't. We don't go around 26 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 2: place and blame. But it's all eleven guys protecting the 27 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 2: guy with the ball. And obviously the guy that has 28 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 2: the ball, you know, has all of our our fortune 29 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 2: in his hands. So you know, we got to do 30 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:39,039 Speaker 2: a good job of protecting the runners, protecting the quarterback, 31 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 2: and then the guys that have it have to do 32 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:42,960 Speaker 2: a good job of making good decisions and covering it 33 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:45,400 Speaker 2: up when there's you know, any kind of issue or traffic. 34 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 2: And again it's a hard lesson. You know, you don't 35 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 2: like to learn them this way, but it can be 36 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 2: of value if we will learn it and do it 37 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 2: better going forward. 38 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: Confidence in the moderate to us, I've always had a 39 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: lot of confidence in Remindre you know, is. 40 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 2: Here when he when we had when we had the 41 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 2: opportunity to draft them, and I. 42 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: Think Mandra cares a lot about doing the right things. 43 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 2: So you know, I have confidence in all our players, 44 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 2: I really do because I see what they do to 45 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 2: prepare and try to work hard to help us win. 46 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 2: So you know that hasn't changed, and you know we'll 47 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 2: continue to coach and do our job, you know, which 48 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 2: is to try to focus on improving some of the 49 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 2: things that we don't do, you know as well as 50 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 2: we would like. 51 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 1: See if we can't make those the strikes. 52 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 2: I've a challenge that can round with something this defense 53 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:39,639 Speaker 2: as a whole. Yeah, this this is a a really 54 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 2: talented player, you know, and they have multiple guys at 55 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 2: different levels that create some issues here. Derek's a very 56 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 2: rugged guy up front, powerful, strong, explosive, can be disruptive 57 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 2: in the running game, can be disruptive in pass protection. 58 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 2: We'll see him on both sides of the line of scrimmage, 59 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,239 Speaker 2: both sides of the ball, so it's not just one 60 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 2: person that's going to see him. They're going to move 61 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:07,519 Speaker 2: him in terms of where his alignment is. So that's 62 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 2: a challenge, but it's a very I have a great 63 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:13,959 Speaker 2: deal of respect for a zero. I've coached against him before. 64 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 2: He does a great job of trying to put his 65 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 2: players in the right position so that they can make place. 66 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 2: Marrig the safety certainly a new addition to their team, 67 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 2: but extremely disruptive all over the field. Blitzer coverage down 68 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 2: most of the time in the front, but very active guy. 69 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 2: Their corners are good, you know, and different present different 70 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 2: challenges to us. So and then last week they blitzed 71 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 2: a lot and created a lot of turnovers and takeaway 72 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 2: So this is a group that we're certainly getting you know, 73 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 2: familiar with as we go through the week, but expect 74 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 2: a huge challenge from them. I know they're well coached 75 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 2: and they got good players. It's a rather young group, 76 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 2: you know, in terms of some of the teams we've 77 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 2: played so far, so a lot of you know, youth 78 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 2: and talent on the defense. And I think our guys 79 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 2: are hard at work getting familiar with these guys. But 80 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 2: a big challenge for us on Sunday, how aware you 81 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 2: of the targets that receivers receiving individually and what connectors 82 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 2: do to make. 83 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: More of an impact going forward. 84 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 2: I literally focus on the process of what we're trying 85 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 2: to do, and I, you know, if we're passing the ball, 86 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 2: you know, efficiently, then you know, I'm not overly concerned 87 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 2: about one person or another. And and you know, I'd 88 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:36,159 Speaker 2: love for all of them to have six catches and 89 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 2: eighty five yards and two touchdowns. You know, it's just unrealistic, 90 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 2: you know, while two weeks ago we'mandre you know, is 91 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 2: our leading receiver. Last week, it's Hunter a week before 92 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,039 Speaker 2: somebody else. You know, I don't know who it's gonna 93 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 2: be this week, you know, And I'd like our young 94 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 2: quarterback to continue to try to distribute the ball to 95 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 2: the person that it's supposed to go to. You know, 96 00:04:57,720 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 2: we involve all of our players in the game plan. 97 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 2: Every one of them. Practice is really hard. I think 98 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 2: they're unselfish. I think they know that the ball may 99 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:07,919 Speaker 2: come to them and it may not, and hopefully, I 100 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 2: think the goal for all of us is that we 101 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 2: hope that the quarterback has thrown it to the person 102 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 2: that's supposed to get it. So, you know, that's the 103 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 2: short and long of it is is you know, if 104 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 2: you start trying to force it to one person or another, 105 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 2: it gets a little bit different, you know, and now 106 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:24,840 Speaker 2: you start making mistakes. 107 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: I'm sorry. Go ahead, as what are the advantages of 108 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:30,479 Speaker 1: being having two tight ends you can move around the 109 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 1: formation for the quarterback? 110 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I think defensively, you see different things. 111 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:37,159 Speaker 1: You know. 112 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 2: Some teams choose to play you in base personnel defensively, 113 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 2: some teams choose to play you a little smaller and nickel. 114 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 2: In this case, Carolina will do both, you know. So 115 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 2: part of that is just, you know, the identification of 116 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 2: what's going on out there, but you know, it gives 117 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 2: us an opportunity to run some different scheme runs. I 118 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 2: think we have two guys that have certainly been very 119 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 2: productive in this lead league at tight end. I think 120 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 2: we're fortunate to have both of them. They've both shown 121 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 2: up in every game so far this year. Have a 122 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 2: lot of confidence in them. I think the quarterback has 123 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:12,600 Speaker 2: a lot of confidence in him also, so just I'm 124 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 2: excited to have a good twelve personnel grouping that. You know, 125 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 2: you try to manipulate the defense a little bit, get 126 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,840 Speaker 2: him an opportunity in space, and they've come through. 127 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: Was telling us yesterday about the kind of the clock 128 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: and he said, went designing whether to extend a play 129 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 1: or trying to give up on it. How close do 130 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: you think he is too improving in that area of 131 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 1: understanding that would obviously be to fewer turnovers. 132 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:39,479 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he's I don't know how else to 133 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:40,840 Speaker 2: say it other than it's a process. 134 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:42,039 Speaker 1: You know. 135 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 2: I think he's done a really good job most of 136 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 2: the year of trying to do that the right way. 137 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 2: You know, there's there's not going to be fifteen plays 138 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 2: in the game like that, you know, but there's probably 139 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 2: going to be a couple. And so it's just the 140 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 2: nature of the National Football League. And when you get 141 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:02,040 Speaker 2: forced into one of those situation, you've got to first 142 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 2: have that feeling like this isn't exactly what I was 143 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 2: hoping for on this play. And then when you have 144 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:09,480 Speaker 2: that and you realize that it's happening, and I think 145 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 2: it's time to make a choice. 146 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 1: You know, if it's. 147 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 2: Easy to get away and get outside the pocket, great, 148 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 2: If it's not, then it may be either a checkdown 149 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 2: or you know, some type of throwaway if that's the case, 150 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 2: or or just protect the ball and take a sack, 151 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 2: because that's going to happen. 152 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: Too, you know, not having to win everything at one 153 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: play for Drake, do you do you. 154 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 2: Sense that sometimes he feels compelled to take on more 155 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 2: in his shoulders, particularly in the fourth quarter when we 156 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 2: send some of. 157 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 1: Those what's happening, I don't. 158 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 2: I don't sense anything different. I think maybe that's when 159 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 2: a player two has happened. 160 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 1: But I don't. 161 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 2: Seem to notice a you know, him doing anything out 162 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 2: of the ordinary that he's not doing earlier. In the game, 163 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 2: you know, And you know, I think he's found a 164 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 2: rhythm in each game we've played, you know, some longer 165 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 2: than others. But I think he's really trying to do 166 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 2: a good job of distributing the ball where. 167 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: It's supposed to go. And again, I'm just going to 168 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 1: keep coaching. 169 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 2: This this specific aspect of his play, because I think 170 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 2: there's plenty of good and then we just got to 171 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 2: keep chopping away at the stuff that they can help 172 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 2: us improve. Expressiveness times you can go forward on fourth down, 173 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 2: how does that shape you're thinking keep going into a 174 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:27,119 Speaker 2: game that I will within the series. It's it's uh, 175 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 2: you know, it gives you opportunities, you know, and I 176 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 2: we keep talking about it offensively. When we're given those opportunities, 177 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 2: we've got to come through. 178 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: You know. That's part of this this you know, this deal. 179 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 2: If if you're going to get you know, the confidence 180 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:42,559 Speaker 2: of the head coach to let you have an opportunity 181 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:44,320 Speaker 2: to go ahead and go forward on fourth down a 182 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 2: few times, like that's your best execution, that's your best 183 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 2: whatever details that are required on that play. Uh, we 184 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 2: need our best communication in order to to convert on 185 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 2: those opportunities and then get more, you know, so we 186 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:01,680 Speaker 2: got to continue to try to earn the right to 187 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 2: have more, you know, and his faith in us, and 188 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 2: I think our guys have worked hard at trying to 189 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 2: do that. But it certainly does present a different aspect, 190 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 2: you know, to the offense. 191 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: You know, when when you have an opportunity to. 192 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 2: Get two downs on third and fourth down to get 193 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 2: the yardage needed, you. 194 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:21,440 Speaker 1: Know, it changes your mindset a little bit. It could 195 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 1: also affect the call on third down. 196 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 2: Was asking the question your eyes lit up and kind 197 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 2: of has an evil genius smile up. I'm not likeunities. 198 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 1: I love it. 199 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 2: It's exciting obviously for us offensively because it gives us 200 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:35,560 Speaker 2: an opportunity to stay on the field. Look are we 201 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 2: go on the field for one reason, and it's try 202 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:40,679 Speaker 2: to score points, you know what I mean. So, you know, 203 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 2: when you're presented with an opportunity to sustain to drive, 204 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 2: you know, you just want to do your best. You know, 205 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:48,079 Speaker 2: you want to come through for the head coach, You 206 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 2: want to come through for the football team, and you, 207 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 2: like I said, you want to earn the right to 208 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 2: have more of those opportunities. But I mean, it's it's 209 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 2: one of the most exciting plays in football, obviously, because 210 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 2: it's a possession, it counts as a possession, so somebody's 211 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:02,599 Speaker 2: either keeping possession of the ball or you're turning the 212 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 2: ball over. So you know, I appreciate the opportunity. I 213 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:09,719 Speaker 2: think our guys really, you know, have taken that to 214 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:11,559 Speaker 2: heart and we're going to try to execute if we're 215 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 2: putting that position again. 216 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, thank you.