1 00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: What's going on too much. What's the easiest way to 2 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: jump start this offense and find some consistency. Yeah, nothing's easy. 3 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: The best way that I mean, I don't know. It's 4 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: just being able to piece some of the things that 5 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 1: we some of the consistency that we've lacked. Obviously, there's 6 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 1: times where you know, we we like what we have 7 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: early on and it doesn't work out for one reason 8 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: or another early on to sustained drives, its converting that 9 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: first third down, staying on the field early because you know, 10 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:35,199 Speaker 1: whether it's the first drive, second drive, being able to 11 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: get it going at some point. But obviously it comes 12 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,160 Speaker 1: down to more often than not being able to get 13 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: the drive started on first down, but converting that first 14 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: third down. A lot of times that's just you know, 15 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 1: being able to really hone in on the details but 16 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: make that play early on. Is it frustrating that you 17 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 1: just can't get going in that first quarter? Like what 18 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: do you try differently? Have you tried different things going? Yeah, 19 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: we've tried a number of different things, just in terms 20 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: of you know, how we're approaching whether that opening script 21 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: or the first third down or the ranking of things 22 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: early on. In certain situations, that come up to the 23 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 1: you know, the way we do Saturday night walk through 24 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: to make sure we're prepped on everything that could possibly 25 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:16,759 Speaker 1: come up. What we're showing, things like that. So we're 26 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 1: continuing to search. How much did you learn maybe about 27 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 1: Mac and how he played last week and how you 28 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 1: guys can use him sort of moving forward. Yeah, I 29 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: think you learn a lot from being in the fire 30 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: with somebody. You know, we've seen Mac in preseason games 31 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: in camp and practice and all that, and I mean, 32 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: nothing can replicate a game, so there was a lot 33 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:38,680 Speaker 1: of good that you want to continue to build upon 34 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:40,759 Speaker 1: and things like that that you know, you recognize Max 35 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: really comfortable with or Max SE's really well throughout the 36 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: course of the game. But every game, every week is 37 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: so different. You know, the opponent you're playing, who's available 38 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: to you on offense, and how you try to create 39 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: the matchups or the looks you try to create. So 40 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: you know, it's about putting everybody in the best possible position. 41 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: But there's a lot that Mac is very capable of 42 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: that our offense as a hole is very capable that 43 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: we're trying to continue to find a way to get 44 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: the best out of I keep his confidence out for Rest, 45 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: and I know he's a confident kid, right, It's gonna 46 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: be a little bit shaken this week for yeah. I 47 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: mean it's like anything I think in this business, you 48 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:13,239 Speaker 1: just keep going forward. So you have to. There's there's 49 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: a game on the schedule. We play Sunday, so you 50 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 1: kind of you know it's it's how do you approach 51 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: or how do you handle postgame? What that looks like? 52 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 1: How long does it take you to get back? We 53 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 1: tell everybody by the time you walk in Wednesday, it's over. Players, 54 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 1: especially like good, bad, and different. Whatever it is, Wednesday 55 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: is the start of a new week, no matter what 56 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: happened the week before. So I think our guys do 57 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: a good job of keeping that that kind of tunnel 58 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 1: vision where you can sulk, you can celebrate, you can 59 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 1: do whatever happened, whatever happened on Sunday. Yet Monday, that 60 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 1: typically happens usually to Tuesday, most guys are moved on. 61 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 1: But by Wednesday, there's no excuses. We are rolling forward. 62 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 1: So I think that's just the professional aspect of the 63 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 1: guys we have around. They do a good job of 64 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 1: being able to keep their head down and keep moving. 65 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: One things Detroit's defense, you know, stand out honestly as 66 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: a whole. They're they're just really good together and they've 67 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: lost a lot of defensive line and they continue to 68 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 1: thrive just in the situations that they put their guys in. 69 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: They're very instinctive. There's a lot of really versatile guys. 70 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 1: You know, they play a lot of base to eleven personnel, 71 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: which is unique to a lot of people. But they 72 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: are obviously very confident their linebackers and the way they 73 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: can play and the way they move. I think the 74 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: safety is are as versatile as any two safeties we've seen, 75 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:20,920 Speaker 1: just in terms of being able to cover and man 76 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: play in the post, play in the box, tackle, make 77 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 1: plays on the ball. The corners are playing very confidently, 78 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: and then they have a lot of bodies through the 79 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: defensive line. Obviously it starts inside with McNeil and DJ 80 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: Reader and they cause a lot of problems for a 81 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: lot of people. Both run in pass. So I think, 82 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: just as a whole, and you get the consistency of 83 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: being there four years together running the same defense from 84 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: coach Glenn, you kind of see it year to year 85 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 1: evolve and what it's grown into. And then the way 86 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 1: they play, the confidence they play with, the aggression they 87 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 1: play with, the speed they play with. They're doing a 88 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: really really good job. Well, I think four catches the 89 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: last two weeks or Brian Thomas. So how do you 90 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: guard against not going overboard trying to force feed him, 91 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: but obviously you want to get him involved. Yeah, I 92 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: mean we need to do something. So I think the 93 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: biggest thing is giving him those continuing to try to 94 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: give him those opportunities. There's times where you call things 95 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: where you really think he's going to get the ball 96 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: right here, and something happens to take the play away, 97 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: whether it's a pressure, whether it's the ball just didn't 98 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:20,280 Speaker 1: get thrown for whatever we're calling screens the other day, 99 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 1: it didn't even get thrown out to him. At times, 100 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: there's opportunities and we got to continue to find those. 101 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: We got to continue to give him opportunities because, like 102 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: we say every week, he is dynamic for us, and 103 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 1: so he needs opportunities to get the Football's frustrating for 104 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 1: him or does he show with you? He doesn't. He 105 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: is a just cool customer, no highs, no lows with him. 106 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:41,919 Speaker 1: He's a competitor. He wants to win, and I think anybody. 107 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: I tell those guys all the time, if you got 108 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 1: something to say after a game, I'm all if we 109 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 1: didn't win, I'm all ears like, I'll take whatever they 110 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 1: have to say. And those guys are great. They handle 111 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: it really well. He never shows emotion one way or 112 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 1: the other in terms of he's frustrated, he's excited, whatever. 113 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:58,720 Speaker 1: He just comes to work every single day and that's 114 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: been that's been the really cool thing about watching him 115 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 1: grow and what getting to know him really of just 116 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: the professional approach from such a young player to keep 117 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: thriving and keep moving forward. At this point in the season, 118 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: Ron Branch is obviously a really young guy, but as 119 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: you're already kind of come one of those guys, you 120 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 1: have to know where he is on the field. You know, 121 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: basically every good play. Yeah, he's been a playmaker for 122 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 1: those guys and Kirby Josephs the same way. Those guys 123 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: are doing a great job. Like I mentioned that, you 124 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 1: get into some of these defenses where that guy's the 125 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 1: post guy, this guy's down, if this guy's down at 126 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: the zone, if this guy's down. They don't really seem 127 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 1: to care. I mean, they'll play them on receivers. They'll 128 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: play them on tight ends, they'll play them both in 129 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:37,159 Speaker 1: the post, and they both do it really well. So 130 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 1: it's not like one of them's out of position just 131 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,119 Speaker 1: to be versatile. They're both playing really well. Brian branch 132 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: is a playmaker. They got a lot of guys. They 133 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: got great ball skills in the back end. That's why 134 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 1: they have I think their second league interceptions. I mean, 135 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: they've done a great job just being disruptive, making plays 136 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: on the ball, I know, down on the other side 137 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:55,039 Speaker 1: of the ball, but gives him a gut money. Seems 138 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: like they've kind of come to post a child for 139 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,160 Speaker 1: like a running back tandem. You think, just with their 140 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 1: skill sets and Travis, as they continue to grow, kind 141 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 1: of grow into kind of want you a punch kind 142 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: of like that. Yeah, that's yeah, certainly you want anytime 143 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 1: you have two backs that their skill set seems to 144 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 1: compliment each other, well, you want to be able to 145 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: use them to play off one another. So that's certainly 146 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,599 Speaker 1: the goal. Yes, How do you feel about how where 147 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: Travis is now? I mean, obviously he's still sort of 148 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: coming back from that hamstring injury. How do you feel 149 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:24,840 Speaker 1: about him now and how important is it to get 150 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: him involved a little bit more heavily this week? Yeah, 151 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: I think like anything, especially whether it's a starter, backup 152 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 1: playing quarterback, you want to be able to lean on 153 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:35,840 Speaker 1: that run game a little bit, and we want to 154 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: be obviously more efficient than we've been so we can 155 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 1: stay I mean you not everybody's excited to run the 156 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 1: ball in second ten, second eleven, things like that. So 157 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 1: having that first down success to start drives particularly gives 158 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: you the able to lean in the run game a 159 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: little bit more. And you go back to the New 160 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 1: England game, we had so many runs. It's because first 161 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: down run for five, you're second five, you're in control 162 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 1: of the game situations, so you're able to lean into 163 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: that a little more. But Travis is just another like Brian, 164 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:02,359 Speaker 1: He's another one of our playmakers. So we want to 165 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:05,359 Speaker 1: give our playmakers as many opportunities in the right situation 166 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: to be able to make plays. It's not just hammering 167 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:09,359 Speaker 1: the ball into heavy boxes and doing certain things like that, 168 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: but giving them opportunities in situations that we think he 169 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: thrives in already. I got one question, how is max 170 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 1: personality kind of fitted practice on the sideline? You're there 171 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: on the sideline with them in the huddle, so a 172 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: little he's different than Trevor's not the same. How the 173 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: fellow teammates felt that, I think guys respond to leadership, 174 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 1: and leadership looks different any way, shape or for him. 175 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: And I think nobody questions Max preparation. So Max probably 176 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 1: has a different intensity in the huddle than Trevor does. 177 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: Trevor kind of has that cool, calm demeanor. Max is 178 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: gonna be there's gonna be a certain intensity and focus 179 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 1: with Mac And so I think as long as you're 180 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 1: true to who you are and you're the same guy 181 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: every day and guys know what they're getting with you 182 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 1: and the way you handle you know the competitive situations, 183 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 1: I think guys respond to that. So, yes, they're very 184 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: different personality wise, so they're gonna be different in huddle. 185 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 1: They're gonna play the game a little bit differently. But 186 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: as long as there are authentic to who they are, 187 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 1: which I believe both those guys are, guys thrive off 188 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 1: that guys respond to that.