Speaker 1: But afternoon.
Speaker 2: You know how I feel about talking to you guys
Speaker 2: on Thursday in regards to the previous game, so far removed,
Speaker 2: but I will say that I was extremely proud of
Speaker 2: the coaches and players and how we perform. I thought
Speaker 2: the coaches did our standing job and our preparation and
Speaker 2: getting these guys ready to play, and I thought the
Speaker 2: players did our standing job for us going out and executing.
Speaker 2: Everything we do starts up front. Our D line is
Speaker 2: really the focal point of this defense. You can't say
Speaker 2: enough about you know, fifty four and fifty seven and
Speaker 2: what they do, the best two.
Speaker 1: In the league.
Speaker 2: But I think there's a position group that gets overlooked
Speaker 2: quite a bit in the secondary. They're playing phenomenal football,
Speaker 2: and I want to make sure that I recognize those
Speaker 2: guys with the performers that they have played with the
Speaker 2: last several weeks. You know, I think Mooney is doing
Speaker 2: our standing job, uh, you know, trying to mirror and
Speaker 2: follow the top receiver. Demo is being able to kick
Speaker 2: inside and play nickel because of the UH play that
Speaker 2: we're getting out of Ambry and UH stepping in and
Speaker 2: performing at a high level. So UH, kudos of those
Speaker 2: guys that on the back end you talk about give
Speaker 2: the leader back there along with Jaire who had stepped
Speaker 2: up since Huff has been out. Uh, those guys are
Speaker 2: playing well and it's gonna be a difficult task uh
Speaker 2: this week. Uh A lot of respect for Pete Carroll
Speaker 2: and uh that coaching staff. Thanksgiving Day game has nothing
Speaker 2: to do with our our performance and how we're gonna
Speaker 2: play on Sunday. Norder last week, we gotta we gotta
Speaker 2: go earn this one. Gotta go earn this one. And
Speaker 2: with that, I'll take your questions.
Speaker 3: And was saying after the game that what the d
Speaker 3: line did was show counter to its DNA, you know,
Speaker 3: being so patient and kind of uh deliberate.
Speaker 1: W was that typicult in the week of practice to
Speaker 1: kind of get them to be other than what they're
Speaker 1: there used to be. Uh.
Speaker 2: It it's always hard to try to to really deter
Speaker 2: from your identity, you know, but it's all about you know,
Speaker 2: the element that particular week, Uh, the situation and what's
Speaker 2: best for for the defense. And UH kudos to those guys,
Speaker 2: uh Casseric and uh Tap up front for you know,
Speaker 2: uh number one implementing the game plan and those guys
Speaker 2: going out executing. It wasn't about uh trying to get
Speaker 2: stats this particular game. It was about making sure that
Speaker 2: we maintain our rush lanes and did rush past the quarterback,
Speaker 2: not giving them an opportunity to be a to step
Speaker 2: up inside in the A and B gaps.
Speaker 3: It's just like how you go about coaching that or
Speaker 3: implementing that type of a game plan that is so
Speaker 3: kind of drastically different.
Speaker 1: During the course of play.
Speaker 2: Uh it's just you know, discipline, you know, and constant
Speaker 2: uh repetition of what you want. And uh I again,
Speaker 2: I just thought the guys did a great job trying
Speaker 2: to execute and you know not you know, being very
Speaker 2: unselfish and in doing their job this past weekend.
Speaker 1: So uh I was excited to see that.
Speaker 2: And once again, you know, I know a lot of
Speaker 2: times everything is is predicated off production and sacks and
Speaker 2: those kind of things.
Speaker 1: But they executed the game plan. It was great.
Speaker 3: Where, however, is it to find a group that is
Speaker 3: so insultish like that?
Speaker 2: Uh I, this this whole group, this whole defense is
Speaker 2: that way.
Speaker 1: You know, you can see even at the end of
Speaker 1: the game when.
Speaker 2: Killa got his uh sack, KD Uh, everybody on the
Speaker 2: sideline was so excited. You even saw Deebo, you saw Trent,
Speaker 2: you saw uh Juice. Everybody was so excited for him.
Speaker 2: And uh that's just how this team is, you know, uh,
Speaker 2: very unselfish players. When is there's something you've been doing
Speaker 2: differently that's really just taking his.
Speaker 3: Game to another level.
Speaker 2: I don't wanna say so much different, you know. Besides yeah,
Speaker 2: definitely going with the uh number one receiver. I think
Speaker 2: his level of confidence is there. I think you know, uh,
Speaker 2: he's playing with great technique uh odds in the right spot,
Speaker 2: bless you. And I think he's just you know, really
Speaker 2: locked in and focused.
Speaker 3: Yeah, You'm a shame that since the by Jon kin
Speaker 3: Law has gotten a little bit better and better, you're
Speaker 3: there watching them early in practice. What what exactly is
Speaker 3: is kin Law doing uh over his last month that
Speaker 3: is is noticeable?
Speaker 2: Well, I can I can really go back even beyond that.
Speaker 2: And and and I know you guys heard me talk
Speaker 2: about kin loll back in the spring when we're talking
Speaker 2: about guys who I think are gonna have a great year.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 2: I think the number one thing with him is he's healthy,
Speaker 2: you know, like he's been in the past.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 2: And then there's one word uh that you're alluding to,
Speaker 2: which is he's playing consistent. You know, he's really been
Speaker 2: consistent in these last couple of weeks. I love the
Speaker 2: way he's playing with low pad level.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 2: Really, as we talk about all the time, trying to
Speaker 2: create a new line of scrimmage, playing on their side
Speaker 2: of the ball. Everything we do is about penetration, and
Speaker 2: you can see that with him sack uh hurts help.
Speaker 3: The ball for a long time, and you guys had
Speaker 3: held up on the back end tremendous coverage. How did
Speaker 3: you get from Cincinnati where it seemed like everybody was
Speaker 3: open to where your guys are at now and coverage
Speaker 3: kinds of things that you work on to get from
Speaker 3: there to hear.
Speaker 2: I think everything is is different, you know. Uh maybe
Speaker 2: based off the call U. We always have a certain
Speaker 2: term and terminology as we call plaster when the quarterback
Speaker 2: starts to scramble and get outside the pocket. And that's
Speaker 2: been a point of the emphasis last couple of weeks,
Speaker 2: particularly with Jalen uh Hurts Uh with his ability to
Speaker 2: you know, extend plays the same thing with you know,
Speaker 2: so uh, we got to do a great job in
Speaker 2: coverage and then when he's ready to try to, you know,
Speaker 2: start winning with his legs, we gotta do a great
Speaker 2: job on the back end for his plastering and staying
Speaker 2: with receivers. And that's what you saw this past week. Logan,
Speaker 2: Ryan had your defense a lot of experience, you know, uh,
Speaker 2: two super Bowls and you know, a wealth of knowledge
Speaker 2: where he can communicate and talk to these young guys,
Speaker 2: particularly on the back end. And then also just understanding
Speaker 2: he's coming into a culture that he's probably used to.
Speaker 1: You know, these guys know how to work.
Speaker 2: They go about their business is a different way, uh,
Speaker 2: each and every day. So uh, I think with him
Speaker 2: coming in, it's gonna be a smooth and easy transition.
Speaker 1: For him as a full time starter.
Speaker 2: I like the word confidence. Uh, He's very confident. I
Speaker 2: love heights communicating and and talking. He's really taking the
Speaker 2: initiative to you know, to be that vocal guy back there. Uh.
Speaker 2: We always say all the time the formation is talking
Speaker 2: to you, you gotta listen with your eyes.
Speaker 1: It's it's telling you certain things.
Speaker 2: He's communicating and verbalizing that with guys out there, which
Speaker 2: has allowing him to be able to Uh, play fast
Speaker 2: and be in position to make plays.
Speaker 1: Khalid Davis.
Speaker 3: We haven't seen a lot of him, but he's obviously
Speaker 3: a very talented player. What do you like about his game?
Speaker 2: Oh, man, Clid Clill has really you know, the whole
Speaker 2: time when he wasn't in there, he he kept that
Speaker 2: mindset of just waiting for his opportunity and for him
Speaker 2: to seize it the way he did.
Speaker 1: This past week.
Speaker 2: Uh, it was glorifying for for not only him but
Speaker 2: for everybody.
Speaker 1: Good pad level. Uh, he's very strong. Uh.
Speaker 2: I love the way he comes off the ball, uses
Speaker 2: his hands well and good. A lot of room movement
Speaker 2: where he can shed and uh get down the line
Speaker 2: of scrimmers and chase things down. So uh, he's gonna
Speaker 2: be getting a lot of a lot of reps here
Speaker 2: coming up soon.
Speaker 1: One game since you saw him last, but it was
Speaker 1: who was the Seahawks? Yeah, but it was a really
Speaker 1: good game obviously. Did was there anything that popped out
Speaker 1: or jumped off the screen to you just from explosive plays?
Speaker 1: You know? DK?
Speaker 2: Of course we know at any time he can make
Speaker 2: those kind of plays. Uh that's what popped off. I
Speaker 2: know they're running the ball well trying to run it more.
Speaker 2: That was really Coach Carroll's mindset, uh, and trying to
Speaker 2: get these guys going, which is gonna open up the
Speaker 2: play action for him. So I assume Walker's gonna be back.
Speaker 2: That's my mindset, that's our mindset. So, uh, it's gonna
Speaker 2: be a difficult task. And like I said before Thanksgiving
Speaker 2: Day last week, doesn't have anything to do with how
Speaker 2: we're gonna perform in and win this football game. And
Speaker 2: that's our mentality. So we're gonna have to go out
Speaker 2: and earn it. And I know it's gonna be a
Speaker 2: tough hard about him. Thank you,