WEBVTT - Smith & Coordinators: Ravens Press Conferences 11/14/24 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:06.600 Welcome to the Raves Presspass Podcast. Today is Thursday, November fourteenth, 0:00:06.680 --> 0:00:08.719 and today we heard from the team's coordinator. So it's 0:00:08.840 --> 0:00:11.639 kicking off with Special Teams coordinator Chris Horton. 0:00:16.200 --> 0:00:20.200 Good to see everyone, Hope everyone's doing well. You know, 0:00:20.520 --> 0:00:22.200 just just looking forward to this week. You know, our 0:00:22.239 --> 0:00:25.280 guys locked in, getting ready to go, taking it one 0:00:25.320 --> 0:00:27.360 day at a time. We've had two really good days 0:00:27.360 --> 0:00:30.120 of practice. Really just trying to get our minds where 0:00:30.160 --> 0:00:32.159 I get our bodies right mentally so we can go 0:00:32.200 --> 0:00:33.800 out there and execute on Sunday. 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:37.920 Questions kick today the. 0:00:37.960 --> 0:00:41.320 League twenty one. Do you have to look clostrat your 0:00:41.600 --> 0:00:46.000 tags you week like this or how much attention to 0:00:46.040 --> 0:00:46.640 put out there? 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:49.199 I think you put the same amount of attention you 0:00:49.240 --> 0:00:53.159 put on weekly. Just as far as from a fundamental standpoint, 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:55.040 these guys, you know, they do a great job of 0:00:55.120 --> 0:00:57.240 just selling out on the play. They're going to try 0:00:57.240 --> 0:01:01.280 to find the weakness of the opponent. For us, it's 0:01:01.320 --> 0:01:04.520 taking a good look at ourselves, diving deep and kind 0:01:04.520 --> 0:01:06.560 of how they try to attack us, attack us in 0:01:06.600 --> 0:01:07.800 the past, and that we. 0:01:07.800 --> 0:01:08.679 End up working from there. 0:01:08.680 --> 0:01:10.960 But at the end of the day, those things happen 0:01:11.040 --> 0:01:13.080 a lot of the times because there's some there's some 0:01:13.160 --> 0:01:16.920 breakdown and protection. So for us, it's, uh, man, let's 0:01:16.959 --> 0:01:19.440 go out there, let's execute fundamentally, and uh let's be 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:21.560 let's be on point because we do understand that we're 0:01:21.560 --> 0:01:22.600 gonna face a good rush team. 0:01:23.680 --> 0:01:26.920 Mitchell change the cougous at all kick returns, getting his 0:01:27.000 --> 0:01:29.000 speed and the ability to break a big. 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:31.920 One, you know, obviously for us man just just having 0:01:32.120 --> 0:01:34.919 him and Justice back there, Uh, it's actually it's actually 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:36.520 a lot of a lot of value and kind of 0:01:36.520 --> 0:01:37.880 what we want to do and the things we want 0:01:37.920 --> 0:01:40.480 to get done. So just having Keaton back there last week, 0:01:41.319 --> 0:01:43.040 just on just on that plage, just thinking back to 0:01:43.120 --> 0:01:45.080 last week, there was some opportunity there. And I think 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:47.520 the more the more teams continue to give those two 0:01:47.520 --> 0:01:51.160 players opportunities to return the ball, we'll we'll find ourselves 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:52.840 on the on the other, on the good end, on 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:54.880 the good side of those returns from here on. 0:01:54.840 --> 0:01:59.840 Out another justin Tucker, miss I don't know, I can. 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:01.720 We talk about the specifically what happened. 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:03.200 On my play And when you have these misses, do 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:05.800 you see trends or do you. 0:02:05.760 --> 0:02:06.920 Take every single kick. 0:02:06.760 --> 0:02:07.960 As its own separate things. 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:11.200 Every kicks is on separate it's on separate kick, you 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:13.800 know when he goes out there, because every every every 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:18.560 football contact, every every uh snap the hole. You try 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:20.880 to make those things as consistent as you possibly can. 0:02:20.960 --> 0:02:23.040 But I think if you, even if you ask justin, 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:25.720 every kick is different and his job. He's gonna go 0:02:25.720 --> 0:02:29.600 out there, he's trying to make every kick. But specifically, 0:02:29.680 --> 0:02:31.919 just speaking on last week, I think if you ask him, 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:33.400 he just tell you he didn't. He didn't make good 0:02:33.400 --> 0:02:36.320 foot the ball with that one. And when those things happen, 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:39.520 you get those misses. But again, man, he's in a 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:41.560 he's in a good place. He's in a good place. 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:42.320 He's gonna be okay. 0:02:43.440 --> 0:02:43.680 Chris. 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:46.640 Obviously they've got an aggressive special teams unit in all 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:49.880 faces and Jeff mentioned the blocks we saw them last week. 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:52.680 Try the fake punt. I mean, do you is this 0:02:52.720 --> 0:02:54.320 the type of game where you feel like you have 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:56.600 to you guys have to be prepared kind of for 0:02:56.720 --> 0:02:57.600 anything on. 0:02:57.560 --> 0:02:58.880 The special team. 0:02:59.639 --> 0:03:02.600 It's honestly, guys, it's it's no different than every week 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:05.280 for us. We try to find we try to look 0:03:05.280 --> 0:03:07.680 at tendencies that we take a good look at ourselves 0:03:07.680 --> 0:03:09.160 and see, Okay, what are we doing a lot of 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:12.359 and then we try to change those things up. It's 0:03:12.360 --> 0:03:15.720 Pittsburgh Week. Anything's expected, right, those guys will go out there. 0:03:15.760 --> 0:03:17.840 We see this a lot in this trend when when 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:20.280 we've played these guys they do things that they don't 0:03:20.280 --> 0:03:23.920 normally do against other opponents. So we'll be prepared for 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:26.320 every and anything. It's just it's our job to go 0:03:26.360 --> 0:03:29.440 out there and execute. In that moment, people are. 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:34.639 Looking to the accuracy of Tucker for Sam Cook, with 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:37.880 Sam Cook and then after with Jordon status as older. 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:40.720 Is there any merit that you've seen and that being 0:03:40.760 --> 0:03:43.480 a contributing factor to getting accuracy issues? 0:03:44.400 --> 0:03:47.360 I don't personally. Personally, I don't think. I mean people. 0:03:47.440 --> 0:03:50.400 I mean, I know Randy is here every day, Sam's 0:03:50.440 --> 0:03:52.120 here every day. I mean, those are the guys that 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:54.760 I'm leaning on to to kind of be the judge 0:03:54.760 --> 0:03:59.000 of what's happening between with justin so any any outside 0:03:59.000 --> 0:04:01.160 information and things like that, I mean, it has no 0:04:01.240 --> 0:04:03.280 merit here because we got the we got the best 0:04:03.280 --> 0:04:06.280 holder in the business uh here, and we got the 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:09.400 best specialist coach special teams coach here in the building, 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:11.240 helping Justine so that stuff doesn't matter. 0:04:11.800 --> 0:04:13.600 In along the same lines for your. 0:04:13.520 --> 0:04:15.160 For your previous answer, you've been a part of this 0:04:15.240 --> 0:04:16.800 rivalry for a department decade. 0:04:16.880 --> 0:04:19.480 Now, what is it about it that makes it so unique? 0:04:20.120 --> 0:04:22.720 You know, just just just being here for for ten 0:04:22.800 --> 0:04:26.120 seasons now. Honestly, when you walk in there in Pittsburgh 0:04:26.120 --> 0:04:30.600 Steelers Baltimore Ravens, it's the It's it's football. It's it's 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:34.160 like when, uh, when you walk into a in the 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:37.480 arena and it's like gladiators. You know, it's too two 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:40.160 teams that are physically gonna try to get after each 0:04:40.200 --> 0:04:42.920 other play after play after play, and they won't stop 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:45.520 until the other man is down. To me, that's football, 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:47.599 and that's what football has always been. And I think 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:50.480 that's what makes it special. On top of you know 0:04:50.560 --> 0:04:54.039 that at some point in the game, uh, one of 0:04:54.080 --> 0:04:57.360 the phases is gonna is gonna make the play to 0:04:57.640 --> 0:05:01.600 either game momentum, flip him on him, stop momentum, or 0:05:01.839 --> 0:05:03.800 to win the game. And I think that's what makes 0:05:03.800 --> 0:05:07.040 this rivalry special. From from our standpoint, I mean, we've 0:05:07.080 --> 0:05:09.000 been on some on some on some good ends of 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:11.400 making a lot of good plays and that's what we're 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:12.600 looking for to on Sunday. 0:05:13.080 --> 0:05:15.920 He's considered one of the more difficult places to kick 0:05:16.200 --> 0:05:17.040 Pittsburgh Stadium. 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:19.719 Have you have you found that over time? 0:05:19.760 --> 0:05:21.080 And how do you prepare for that? 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:23.839 I think over time we've we've found that, but we've 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:25.760 also seen our kicker go out there and have great 0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:28.479 have great days and great nights in that stadium. So 0:05:28.920 --> 0:05:31.839 that's what we're looking forward to. Everything that, everything we're 0:05:31.839 --> 0:05:32.799 thinking about, it's. 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:33.240 On the up and up. 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:34.080 It's on the positive. 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:35.520 Vent Uh, It's a new year. 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:38.680 Everything is different, right, what happened last year, in the 0:05:39.080 --> 0:05:41.600 previous years, none of that stuff matters. The only thing 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:43.080 that matters is Sunday at one o'clock. 0:05:43.640 --> 0:05:46.279 Risk, Can you take any credit from Kylon Wallace's touchdown 0:05:46.440 --> 0:05:49.400 and receiving because you've coached him for special teams stuff 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:50.760 along those sidelines for years? 0:05:51.480 --> 0:05:53.320 Not at all, Man, you know, I'm just I'm just 0:05:53.360 --> 0:05:56.680 excited for Thailand. Anytime that kid gets an opportunity, that 0:05:56.720 --> 0:05:59.520 guy just I mean, he goes he just goes crazy. 0:05:59.560 --> 0:06:01.359 So I just want to continue to see him, just 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:04.280 continue to keep developing, keep getting better, and that's all 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:06.480 that's all he does. He's such a hard worker and 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:08.840 he's just waiting for that moment, for that opportunity. He's 0:06:08.880 --> 0:06:12.920 making the most of them. 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:15.840 Next up is defensive coordinator Zach Worth. 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:20.080 You're on a pretty. 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:22.520 Short list of guys that have played as part of 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:23.520 this rivalry. 0:06:23.160 --> 0:06:24.760 And now coach to as part of it. 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:28.120 When you're preparing players, maybe even just new players who 0:06:28.120 --> 0:06:29.960 haven't been aware of this, How do you describe this 0:06:30.080 --> 0:06:33.279 rivalry in a way that maybe people from the outside 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:34.320 don't really understand. 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:36.359 I think it's just really just a tradition. 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:39.320 I mean, you got two great organizations, I think, to 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:44.279 organizations that pride themselves on, you know, winning football, playing 0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:48.839 really physical and really no matter what the circumstances, going 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:49.640 out there playing the. 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:50.960 Best of football possible. 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:53.680 So you just tell them that you're going again to 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:56.200 another team that kind of thinks the way we think, 0:06:56.400 --> 0:06:58.520 you know, from a standpoint of, you know, we want 0:06:58.560 --> 0:07:00.479 to come in no matter who we got on our squad, 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:02.880 we're gonna come in compete at the highest level, and 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:05.520 it's gonna be a physical football games yours. 0:07:05.560 --> 0:07:08.800 They would guys on either side would talk about I mean, 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:10.600 they would use the word hate when talking about each 0:07:10.600 --> 0:07:13.400 other like Suggs would say that, you know, they wanted 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:15.720 to kill hides of work. Do you feel like that's 0:07:15.840 --> 0:07:18.640 not really there the way that it maybe was in 0:07:18.680 --> 0:07:19.680 past generations. 0:07:19.840 --> 0:07:20.560 I wouldn't say that. 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:22.160 I just think you probably just can't say it out 0:07:22.200 --> 0:07:25.640 loud like you probably could back then, you know, you know, definitely, 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:27.360 So I think that those. 0:07:27.040 --> 0:07:29.480 Still the rivalry is still is still there, you. 0:07:29.480 --> 0:07:32.800 Know obviously, you know, back then, I feel like they 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:35.040 played a lot, they played a lot more. 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:35.880 When the stakes were higher. 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:37.360 But I think this year, I mean, this, this game 0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:39.000 right here for Sunday is gonna be for first place 0:07:39.040 --> 0:07:41.680 in division. So I think it's been a while that 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:45.360 this game is actually, you know, had the stakes this 0:07:45.520 --> 0:07:47.600 high in a long time. But I mean, we know 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:49.360 how they feel about us, We know how we feel 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:50.800 about they know how we feel about them. 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:54.240 It's respect at the end of the day. But you know, 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:55.440 it is what it is. 0:07:55.680 --> 0:08:00.600 Exactly. John mentioned earlier this week, turning over it restone 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:03.280 and trying to find a fix for the defensive issues 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:05.280 in the middle of the field or a past defense. 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:08.080 What's this week been like for you and trying to 0:08:08.200 --> 0:08:09.760 kind of I mean, you get a big win but 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:12.480 obviously imagine there's a lot of a lot of fis. 0:08:12.560 --> 0:08:15.600 Oh it's I mean, shoot, we had the weekend we 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:18.640 was up here, you know, coach especially you know, coach 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:21.800 Harb's and the defensive coaches. We were in man, just 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:24.800 trying to go back through from day one, just all 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:29.400 our teach tapes, all our coverage slides, and just see 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:32.839 what details that might have got might have got missed, 0:08:32.880 --> 0:08:35.199 or what details might need to tweak. You know, every 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:38.760 year is different. So doing that and grinding, got in 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:41.120 with the players, had a real good film session starting 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:44.199 on Tuesday, and then really just looking at everything, man, 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:46.920 looking at what we're calling, what we're running, look at 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:50.280 what we're asking the guys to execute, and just trying 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:52.240 to figure out the best way to go out there 0:08:52.240 --> 0:08:54.800 and put the best product on the field. So it's 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:57.960 definitely been a work in progress, not just this past week, 0:08:58.000 --> 0:09:00.800 but like this week is really you know up because 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:03.200 you know Tom is clicking, you know, the truth be told, 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:05.439 it's on's only seven weeks left in the season and 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:08.800 things are not where they need to be at, you know, 0:09:08.880 --> 0:09:12.440 for especially in the past past defense area. So we've 0:09:12.480 --> 0:09:14.920 been working hard, coaches and players to try to get 0:09:14.920 --> 0:09:15.720 the staying figured out. 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:18.360 Kyle callback out there today. 0:09:18.520 --> 0:09:22.000 Just how optimistic are you guys for bilability on shoot? 0:09:22.000 --> 0:09:22.200 Man? 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:24.200 I'm optimistic. It was good to see him out here, 0:09:24.240 --> 0:09:26.360 you know. So I'm gonna continue to hold hope out. 0:09:26.400 --> 0:09:28.440 It'll be a big boost if he's out there for Sunday. 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:31.160 Obviously we know what k Ham means to us, so 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:34.200 I'm you know, I hope to see him out there Sunday, Zach. 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:37.480 After the game the other day, Marlon Humphrey was candid 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:39.720 and kind of self critical about everything. 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:40.520 With the pass, the defense to do. 0:09:41.400 --> 0:09:43.680 How is how have you seen your approach with him 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:46.120 this week? Has he specifically approached you or what's the 0:09:46.200 --> 0:09:48.000 relationship therap been especially this week. 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:49.800 I mean the relationship is great. Me and Marlo got 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:50.560 a great relationship. 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:53.400 So we've had conversations right after the game, day after 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:56.400 the game, leading up through all the you know, up 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:58.680 to now and then I appreciated the conversations will. 0:09:58.559 --> 0:09:59.280 Continue to happen. 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:01.960 But Carlow, I mean, he's been he's been himself. Man, 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:04.600 He's always been a leader. You know, he's been here. 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:07.439 He's the longest tenured draven on our defense, and he 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:10.640 he knows what the standard is and obviously we're falling 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:13.560 short standard multiple times this year. So you know, he's 0:10:13.600 --> 0:10:15.760 he's just like we talked about as coaches were leaving, 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:18.920 you know, no stone unturned. He's doing that and the 0:10:18.920 --> 0:10:22.600 players are doing that as well. So you know, seeing 0:10:22.640 --> 0:10:24.960 great leadership out of Marlin. He's had a heck of 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:27.440 a practice, heck of a practice week. He's going hard 0:10:27.480 --> 0:10:30.120 as leading away by more by example. But you know 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:32.440 when he when he speaks up, you know, everybody's listening. 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:34.760 So I'm proud of you know, how he's leading us 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:36.760 and trying to get this thing turned around. 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:39.560 That he talked particularly about feeling like there was a 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:43.240 disconnect between what happens during the week and then maybe 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:46.360 what happens on Sunday. How do you address that in particular, 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:48.480 you know, maybe feeling like everything is exactly where you 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:51.400 want it on Friday, then maybe it isn't two days later. 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:52.520 How do you how do you go with that? 0:10:52.760 --> 0:10:54.680 Yeah, I think the film session that we had is 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:56.520 it was just real good. It was just you know, 0:10:56.559 --> 0:11:00.160 holding each other accountable and you know, having to open 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:01.480 in open form conversation. 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:03.040 You know, what is it? 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:05.920 What is the problem that when we go out there 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:08.680 on game day and it's just not all the time, 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:12.560 but certain plays that we feel like we've covered or 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:14.880 whatever the case may be, may not be getting, you know, 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:16.560 done the way it needs to get done. And it's 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:18.960 a combination of things and it's not just it's not 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:19.360 just them. 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:20.760 I asked him, what can I do better? 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:22.800 Maybe I can you know, cut out some things or 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:24.280 whatever to make us lock in. 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:24.920 And focus better. 0:11:25.000 --> 0:11:27.839 So it's just an open form, open discussion, and that's 0:11:27.840 --> 0:11:29.800 what I think we continue to try to find and chase. 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:32.360 So I'm excited we've done some stuff this week. I'm 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:35.000 dexcited to see come to Fruition on Sunday. 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:38.440 It seems like Nick Wiggins has played several good games 0:11:38.440 --> 0:11:40.320 in a row here, really kind of stacking. Where have 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:42.320 you seen him make strides? And do you feel like 0:11:42.679 --> 0:11:44.400 he could be a guy that sees even more action? 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:47.400 Yeah, I mean he's getting better and I think I 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:51.199 just seen him more locked in on his technique and fundamentals. 0:11:51.240 --> 0:11:54.560 He's always had good technique and fundamentals, but you know, 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:57.240 this National Football League, I think he recognized early on 0:11:57.320 --> 0:11:59.800 that you can't take you can't lax for one second. 0:11:59.800 --> 0:12:01.320 You can lax for one play, because as soon as 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:03.400 you lax, that's what happens when you know, you get beat. 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:05.720 So he's he's done a heck of a job coming. 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:07.600 In working his butt off at practice and it's been 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:08.439 translating to the. 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:12.680 Game session with with Trent and he's played like not 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:14.920 even front of the snaps and past three weeks. You know, 0:12:15.400 --> 0:12:17.679 where have you seen him grow the most this season 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:18.880 on his first year as a starter. 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:23.240 Yeah, man, just understanding offensive schemes where there's blocking or 0:12:23.280 --> 0:12:24.079 route concepts. 0:12:24.440 --> 0:12:25.160 He's done a good job. 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:27.600 He's a hard worker, like I've always stated, and uh 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:29.520 with him, just with a lot of these young guys, 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:30.120 just experience. 0:12:30.160 --> 0:12:31.559 Man, he just needs experience. 0:12:31.200 --> 0:12:33.320 To get out there, get adjusted the game speed, and 0:12:33.400 --> 0:12:35.719 to uh to put himself in better positions. And that's 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:37.600 what he's done. So he's continued to get better every week, 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:40.199 week by week. And we'll please wear you at right now. 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:42.560 That film session that you mentioned was that something Is 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:44.280 that something you always do or was that kind of 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:46.240 something to take stock of where you are. 0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:47.280 And at this point of the season. 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:49.240 Oh, no, that's something that we always do, but it 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:51.440 was it was. It was. It was real good. 0:12:51.640 --> 0:12:54.240 I'll say that, it was a real good conversations, you know. 0:12:54.559 --> 0:12:56.320 And I hate to say this because you want but 0:12:56.720 --> 0:12:59.280 when you left the stadium plate Thursday, right, how are 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:01.160 you reading? Was rustration high with you? 0:13:02.240 --> 0:13:04.080 Yeah? I was? I was. 0:13:04.120 --> 0:13:06.320 I mean, I was. I was crushed. Honestly, I felt 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:07.920 the same way that our players felt. I felt the 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:11.240 same way Marlin felt. And you know, people trying to 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:13.600 you know, people tell us, you know, got family, friends, 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:16.199 people around the building on staffs, and you got to 0:13:16.280 --> 0:13:19.319 enjoy the win, which I'm grateful for the win. We honestly, 0:13:19.520 --> 0:13:22.200 as a defense, we did we did enough to win 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:23.719 that game. Even though it was by the skin of 0:13:23.760 --> 0:13:25.600 the teeth, we did enough to win the game. So 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:28.760 enjoyed it for two seconds. But man, we we got 0:13:29.280 --> 0:13:31.400 in this building. Man, the standards, so it is high. 0:13:31.440 --> 0:13:32.880 And that's what that's what we like. I know, I 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:35.120 like that. I'm a competitive person for this defense. We 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:38.520 have high expectations for ourselves and we're real competitive and 0:13:38.520 --> 0:13:40.520 when we don't go out there and perform the way 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:41.480 that we feel like we. 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:43.360 Should go perform, it hurts. 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:45.960 And you know, I was, you know, I was, I 0:13:46.000 --> 0:13:48.079 was hurt man, honestly, So it took me a couple 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:50.560 of days to to to you know, get over that 0:13:50.679 --> 0:13:54.199 move forward. But yeah, man, I mean I'm always great 0:13:54.240 --> 0:13:55.400 for to win. That's the number one thing. 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:56.000 We win. 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:58.480 I'm gonna be good, but I always gotta look at 0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:00.480 how we perform on defense, and if it's not up 0:14:00.520 --> 0:14:02.920 to the standard, you know, I'm not gonna be happy 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:04.480 too long after I celebrate the win. 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:07.760 A new feeling for you as when you were a player, 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:10.439 did you have games that you know, you or your 0:14:10.559 --> 0:14:12.760 unit or your defense played poorly but gotta win And 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:15.120 how did you handle it then versus how do you 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:16.040 manage that now as. 0:14:15.920 --> 0:14:16.840 A COVID Uh? 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:23.480 Now, me, me personally always been like always like real 0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:27.520 self critical of myself. And so even as a player, 0:14:27.880 --> 0:14:29.200 if we won the game, I feel like I didn't 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:29.680 play good. 0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:34.800 I felt bad, you know. So, Uh, as a coach you. 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:36.560 Got to kind of just you know, I still I 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:39.320 still share those same emotions. But as a coach, you know, 0:14:39.360 --> 0:14:41.920 you got to kind of, you know, figure out and 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:45.200 get yourself together and really understand the big picture. 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:45.880 Of what needs to happen. 0:14:45.920 --> 0:14:48.680 Because as a coach, you naturally are in the leadership position, 0:14:48.720 --> 0:14:51.000 and you know, players and other people around the building 0:14:51.000 --> 0:14:52.960 and see how you're gonna respond. So I think it's 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:56.480 good to that they see your natural, raw emotions. But 0:14:56.600 --> 0:14:58.640 then you know, how are you gonna respond? And we 0:14:58.680 --> 0:15:01.320 always talked about how you're gonna respond, So I always 0:15:01.320 --> 0:15:03.480 look at it like, as a coach, how I'm gonna respond? 0:15:03.480 --> 0:15:04.720 Am I gonna sit there and pout and. 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:07.040 Soak, or I'm gonna figure out and do something about 0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:08.680 it and try to continue to work and get better. 0:15:08.760 --> 0:15:11.320 So I think we continue to do the latter. I 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:13.120 think that leads by example in a good way. 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:16.240 Rating How soon were you back here in the office 0:15:16.280 --> 0:15:17.720 after after that Thursday night game? 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:21.200 I was there next morning, next morning, next morning, didn't 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:23.000 sleep much, didn't sleep much, but I was here the 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:23.560 next morning. 0:15:23.760 --> 0:15:26.560 So fitting into. 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:28.200 Your defense, I know we just got here last week, 0:15:28.280 --> 0:15:29.840 But how do you envision this role? 0:15:29.960 --> 0:15:30.080 Man? 0:15:30.160 --> 0:15:31.440 He's done. He's done a good job. 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:34.920 I mean, honestly, I've been surprised. How you know fast 0:15:34.920 --> 0:15:38.600 he's picked up the playbook and the language and the terminology. 0:15:38.640 --> 0:15:40.560 I mean, obviously he's been a he's been an all 0:15:40.600 --> 0:15:43.280 Pro player, he's been a savvy player, a smart player. 0:15:43.320 --> 0:15:45.120 We've known that about him for a long time, but 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:47.480 I was really impressed with him. He came in, came 0:15:47.520 --> 0:15:49.600 in with Monday maybe and got it, got in with 0:15:49.640 --> 0:15:53.240 our dB coaches and grinded out the playbook and he's 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:54.520 got He's come out here done a good. 0:15:54.480 --> 0:15:55.240 Day of practice. 0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:57.200 Like I think, every day of practice he's gotten better 0:15:57.200 --> 0:15:57.560 and better. 0:15:57.640 --> 0:16:00.680 So like today was real good. So shoot, well we'll 0:16:00.680 --> 0:16:01.360 see Sunday. 0:16:01.360 --> 0:16:02.720 I have I have full confidence in him if he 0:16:02.760 --> 0:16:04.200 has to go out there, and he go out there 0:16:04.200 --> 0:16:06.240 and play good ball for us. 0:16:07.200 --> 0:16:09.920 What did you see from George Pickens, especially with his 0:16:09.960 --> 0:16:13.200 partnership with with Russell Wilson? And I guess how dangerous 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:14.720 of a downfield threat has it become? 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:17.200 And it's kind of offense. Oh, it's real dangerous. 0:16:17.240 --> 0:16:20.680