1 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: It's not what they expect. Yeah, it's funny, Like I mean, 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,159 Speaker 1: it happens every year. I mean, you guys probably here 3 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:13,159 Speaker 1: more than we do. When you ask the question like 4 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: what do you know? What I mean, how is it? 5 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: What do you think? Um? But I think it falls 6 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: under people like we can't assume who people are just 7 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 1: because like we see him in front on a TV screen, 8 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. I think the same thing 9 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: like we talked about last year when Cam got here, 10 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: Like I think everyone thought Cam was whatever. You know, 11 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: we got to see at the games, what people wrote 12 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: articles about. But like then you he gets here and 13 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:44,959 Speaker 1: you get to know them. And to me, that's why 14 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: I always say, like you gotta you gotta get to 15 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: know people and then you'll know how they are, who 16 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 1: they are, what they like. But like to kind of 17 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: try to assume. And I think it's funny just playing 18 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: here in my whole career, how all of these guys 19 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: won't work in our locker room. Um, And it's like 20 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: we don't, like we don't know these guys, you know, 21 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: like la Garrett Blunt leaves and goes to Pittsburgh and 22 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: they're like, man, he's bad. It didn't work out and 23 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: like he comes back here. I think it was like 24 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: around maybe mid season, almost plug right back in the 25 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: same thing when him and to Leave came from Tampa. So, um, 26 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: I think between coach not being what people expect, and 27 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 1: I would say overall are just day to day not 28 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: being what people expect because a lot of other people 29 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:31,039 Speaker 1: talk about how it is here and a lot of 30 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: those people have never played here. So you didn't kick 31 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: out how it lives with us as far as what 32 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:42,119 Speaker 1: just his Wednesday monotone, Like you know, we could ask 33 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: about certain things and he's just not going there. Not 34 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 1: even cool you guys, Do you guys enjoyed it? I mean, well, 35 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 1: I'm I remember was waiting with us a couple of 36 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: years ago at some postgame press conference. Bill is where 37 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 1: you are in the auditorium, and he's just like Coughling's 38 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: you're gonna see him on Thursday, you know. Yeah. I mean, 39 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: I mean it's funny to us because like we get 40 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: I mean, it's just different, well we get in our 41 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 1: squad meetings and things like that. So um, well, I 42 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: think it's like I get I talk to you guys 43 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: on on what it's not Wednesday to day whatever the time. 44 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 1: But like, he talks to you guys every day, so 45 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 1: I don't know how it would be if I had 46 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: to talk every day either, So um, especially a lot 47 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: of times, what you said yesterday is probably true for 48 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 1: the next day in the day after. So um, but 49 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: it is I mean for us as players. Yeah, if 50 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 1: we see clips or different things like that, Yeah, it's hilarious. 51 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna lie. It's funny to us to you guys, 52 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 1: particularly on those Wednesdays kind of see. Um No, I 53 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 1: would say, Bills, more of the the message you get 54 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: is going to be the message you get directly from him. 55 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: I would say, it's more of a direct message. Um. 56 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: So whatever he says to you guys on one say, 57 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 1: we've probably already gotten it at eight am on Wednesday. 58 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 1: So um, I would say, that's held true for my 59 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 1: whole time here that you know. I sometimes like I 60 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,080 Speaker 1: have no idea what he says at a press conference, 61 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: but um, I fully know what we get in that 62 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: squad meeting starting off on Wednesdays. Obviously, the um just 63 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: being himself, I mean out wide at the X in 64 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: the slot at tight end. I mean, it's just it's 65 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: hard to really know where he's gonna be because they do. 66 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: They put them everywhere. They find different ways of getting 67 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: the ball, playing like a true receiver, playing like a 68 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: true tight end. UM. And that's not just like intermediate 69 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: short like he's running nines down on the sideline against corners, UM, 70 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: against teams best corners. UM. You know, open a game 71 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: against the Saints, Lattimore's on them, Xavian Howard's on them 72 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: on the Dolphins. So UM, I just think his skill 73 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: set is so rare, and it's hard, you know, like 74 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: if this was a normal week of practice and we 75 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: were like trying to simulate, like you don't like you 76 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: don't there's no other Kyle Pitts out there to be like, 77 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: you know, he's given us the Kyle Pitts look. So UM, 78 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 1: I just think what he has and what he brings 79 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 1: to a team makes it very hard. And they have 80 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: they kind of have two guys like that. When you 81 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: think of CP having that same kind of versatility. Is 82 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 1: he at running back? Is yet wide receiver? You know? 83 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 1: Is he gonna be on the end of the line 84 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: as a tight end slash empty back? Like when they 85 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,280 Speaker 1: come into the huddle, we know who's in the huddle, 86 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 1: but like where they're gonna line up, we just don't 87 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: know until they break the huddle. And I think that's 88 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: made their offense tough, um because they have some weapons 89 00:04:55,120 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: over there that you know, you just can't simulate. I 90 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: think it's tough physically, and I think you have to 91 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 1: you have to have a routine, and you have to 92 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: know exactly what you're gonna do. And I think I 93 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:15,919 Speaker 1: know for me, being in one place has made it 94 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: easier because I know what to expect going into the week. 95 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 1: I know how the week is gonna be from a 96 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: mental standpoint of how we're gonna game plan, how we're 97 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 1: gonna cram everything that we normally do in a three 98 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: day period, how we're gonna get that into a day 99 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:34,040 Speaker 1: and a half two days. Call it like, I know 100 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 1: what to expect out of that, and then it's doing 101 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: everything possible physically. And I think always saying how you 102 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 1: leave Sunday kind of determines what you're gonna need to 103 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: get ready for Thursday. There's times I've left a game 104 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: Sunday beat up and it's like round the cloud treatment 105 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: trying to get back right. So I feel like every 106 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: year we talk about this like I mean, quite frankly, 107 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: it sucks to play Sunday and then have to play 108 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: again Thursday. But you push through, and you look at 109 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 1: the next break that you're going to get as a 110 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 1: ten day break, and you gotta just push through mentally 111 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: and continue to tell yourself that and go out there 112 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: and try to, you know, play play a good game. 113 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: And I think that the thing about it is there's 114 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 1: two teams that are going through the same thing and 115 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: come down to who who out prepares each other, who 116 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 1: can kind of recover better? Like all of those little 117 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:26,719 Speaker 1: things in a short amount of time, play a big 118 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:30,159 Speaker 1: factor come Thursday night. What have you gotten better at, 119 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: you know over the years, prepared for a Thursday night 120 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: game as your game, more experience, Like you said, you 121 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 1: know what to do now after all these years. But 122 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 1: compared to win this first became a thing to what 123 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 1: you're doing now, how's that preparation changed? I would say, 124 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: when I first started, didn't know what I was doing. 125 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 1: I was following I was following James Sanders, Kevin Fall 126 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:51,479 Speaker 1: like I was following those guys, which I always think 127 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:53,040 Speaker 1: is the best thing to do as a young guy, 128 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 1: follow the older guys that have done. And I think 129 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 1: as you get older, you just learn what your body needs. 130 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,359 Speaker 1: You learn how to kind of watch them in a 131 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: way of knowing. You know, like it's a short week 132 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: for everybody, so some things that you've seen on film 133 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 1: will probably show up. You don't have a ton of 134 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: time to practice things from offense or defensive staying standpoint 135 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: and you know, and then also being prepared for some 136 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: little things that they can do that might make a 137 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 1: difference for you as a defense um as they gain 138 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: playing and get ready for the game. So UM, I 139 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: would say just the little things here or there, um 140 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: that I've learned over the years, and then seeing what 141 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 1: other guys do like all of those things. I think 142 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 1: one of the things that we've done that has worked 143 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: for us is just meeting as a group. You know. 144 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: Um usually we get practice time, like we're on the 145 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 1: field a lot longer. Short week you don't have that, 146 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 1: so you try to make that up meeting together as 147 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: a group and get a lot of mental reps UM, 148 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: And I think that's helped over the years. Leadership comes 149 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: in a lot of different ways that they be a 150 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: lot of guy you know to be a leader. I'm 151 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 1: curious from your view of Mac. What have you ai? 152 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 1: I still remember when I first came in here, Bill 153 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 1: said to the whole team, leadership is about attitude and performance. 154 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: And I think that's what it comes down to. If 155 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: you come to work with a good attitude every day, 156 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: you come in focus, ready to go, and then you perform. 157 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: I think that's what your teammates ultimately care the most about. 158 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: You know, It's not about are you the best player 159 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: on the team or you the guy who yells all 160 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: the time, like guys, you know, not just Mac. But 161 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: I look at Mac, I look at Jacobe, I look 162 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 1: at Kyle Dugger, like I look at all of these 163 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 1: guys that you might not always see, you know, leading 164 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 1: a speech or doing this or doing that. But I 165 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 1: think it's a consistency when you look at those guys. 166 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: They show up every day to work, they work their 167 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: butts off. They do the things that no one else 168 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 1: you know, I say, they do the things that people 169 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 1: don't like to do, the gritty stuff. Um and they 170 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: do that day in and day out, over and over again. 171 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 1: And I think as a teammate, you look and you're like, man, 172 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 1: like that guy, you know, like we had Julian here 173 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 1: for years who is a rowdy, emotional player, But I 174 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:09,959 Speaker 1: think his true leadership came from his toughness and consistency 175 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: of people knowing if there was a strong safety that 176 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 1: was in setting the edge and he had to come 177 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: and crack them and get him out of there, no 178 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: matter who it was, like, he was on running there 179 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:20,559 Speaker 1: and he's gonna throw his body in there and put 180 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 1: it all out for the team. And I think that's 181 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: what you know, some of these guys out are quieter 182 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 1: on our team. They do those things and I think 183 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 1: that's why they've given us great leadership this year, and 184 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 1: other guys over years past appreciate it.