1 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: He seats there, the reporters playing out of that, I 2 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:11,399 Speaker 1: think as I think that was one of our better plays. 3 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: I think just because as a defense, Um, you know, 4 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: we had a call. They came out of empty and 5 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: everybody knew exactly what we were going to. Everybody kind 6 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 1: of knew the ball's going to go out. Um, Dalton 7 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 1: brought the tightening back in. We kind of realized the 8 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: check Pat Mussos like, everybody's just being on the same page. Um, 9 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: and when we play like that, you know, anybody's gonna 10 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: you know, benefit from it. And uh, they happened to go, 11 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: you know to I think it was a boyd and 12 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: Steph made a great break on the ball. Um, you 13 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: know that was a good That was a good play. 14 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:41,640 Speaker 1: But the one handed catch was, uh, that was a 15 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: lot better play. You know, just great coverage outside throw, 16 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: just turned back and catch it with one hand. Um. 17 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: I mean the guy has been on point every week 18 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: we've wind up and played the game. So um, you 19 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: know I thought today just you know, his leadership, by 20 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 1: his play today, you know, each time they came his way, 21 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: just being ready making a play and we needed it today. Um, 22 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: go on the field. Yet sub sold Oltum the importance 23 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 1: to doctor play from your perspective. On other side, I 24 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: thought that was just a great attitude play. You know. 25 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 1: I think from the until that play, you know, they 26 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 1: kind of were having a way, um running the ball. 27 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:22,039 Speaker 1: You know, I didn't think we were. We didn't make 28 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: any kind of plays defensively throughout you know, the early 29 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 1: part of the game. And I thought that was the 30 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 1: first play, you know, our attitude came in, you know, 31 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:32,040 Speaker 1: stopping them on third and short and then lining up 32 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 1: on fourth and one and getting that stop. Um. You know, 33 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: I thought that was an attitude we needed to bring 34 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 1: from the beginning. And I thought, um, that that got 35 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: us going at you know, got us to win up front. 36 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: Obviously every play wasn't great after that, um, but overall, 37 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: just being able to make plays and you know, even 38 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: though they were running and making our own plays, you know, 39 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 1: making some you know, one zero yard games on first down, 40 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: getting it in third and long where we really able 41 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: to get in our defensive packages. And I thought that 42 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: was big for us. Yuys, like you mentioned, it started 43 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: seem like started slow defensively, they ran at Jes the 44 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: first place We're all looked like you guys made a 45 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 1: little bit of adjusting out of the nickel into some 46 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 1: more gun me stuff from the players perspectiom. With what 47 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: just adjusting you know, like you just said, they came out. Um. 48 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: You know, I think we kind of figured out a 49 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: chance just um throughout the year they today they have 50 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,359 Speaker 1: four tight ends up you know, only four receivers. Um. 51 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: So we had kind of talked about it might be 52 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 1: a two tight end type of game, and it turned 53 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 1: out to be two tight ends, three tight ends. You know, 54 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:37,080 Speaker 1: a heavy guy in there, so um, you know, I 55 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: think just realizing that, adjusting to it, and then just 56 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: doing a better job tackling. You know, mixing is a 57 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: really good background. It's hard runs through a lot of 58 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: arm tackles, and I thought we just did a better 59 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: job of wrapping him up and getting them down, um, 60 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: and then you know, getting on the second and third 61 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: guy in driving them back. We just did a better 62 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: job of It's obviously qualifying to the playoffs. You guys 63 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 1: have done about eleven straight times now and you've been 64 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: here right, yes for most of them, but not all. 65 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 1: What does it mean to qualify get into the playoffs? 66 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: And finally, I think it starts with a mentality of 67 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: one game at a time, you know, just stringing them together, 68 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: trying to play good games and you know, being in position. 69 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 1: And I think that's one thing we do a good 70 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 1: job of just giving ourselves a chance. You know. There's 71 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 1: ups and downs of the season, when I think at 72 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: the end of the day, we always give ourselves a 73 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: chance and m you know, because of that next week, 74 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 1: we'll have a chance to play for a championship, you know, 75 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: And I think that's what you want, you know, you 76 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: want to have a chance to do that, and making 77 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 1: the playoffs is always a part of the season, but 78 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: I think for us, it's all about playing for championships. 79 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: And the first one starts tomorrow, getting a chance to 80 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 1: try to win our division. And um, you know we're 81 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: gonna play on a short week and we're going against 82 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 1: a team that is going to come in here and 83 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: be ready to go. You know, we played in Buffalo 84 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: early in the season. It was down to the last 85 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: couple of plays of the game, and um, this will 86 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: really be no different. They're a good football team, they 87 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: know us well, we know them well. Um, it'll be 88 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: just one of those just hard nose you know, Blue 89 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: Call are just fighting, you know, heavyweight punches after one 90 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 1: another zone. We gotta be ready to go next week. 91 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: And you know, but that's why you play the game 92 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: and have those type of games later. Its free year 93 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: as long as play stretch the season. Touchdown. Yeah, I mean, 94 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 1: he's in year fourteen. But you know, when your dad 95 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 1: plays twenty you gotta kind of play twenty two. So, um, 96 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 1: you know, it's been cool just to watch him out there. 97 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: He looks like he's twenty five, you know, first guy down, 98 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: and um, I think now you add Bethel in there 99 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: and having those two guys at that gunner spot, Um, 100 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: it's tough. You know. Slay gets in there, gets in hand, 101 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 1: and then Bethel's right behind and able to you know, 102 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: kind of jump in and get an arm out for 103 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: the ball and then recover it. Um. You know, just 104 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: having those two guys, I think is you know, it's 105 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: a big help for us special teams wise, and they're 106 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 1: both leaders, so it helps us a lot. There's a 107 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: lot obviously a lot of often you know stuff this 108 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: week terms of videotaping and whatnot. Did that playing a 109 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: role in the motivation of the steam of preparations. We 110 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:08,239 Speaker 1: didn't even know about any of that so, uh, we didn't. 111 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: I didn't even know what you're talking about. Four in 112 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: the second half for just the biggest ships, the final 113 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: stopping a run. You know, I think doing a good 114 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 1: job of stopping a run on the early downs and 115 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: you know, forcing them innute passing situations and then guys 116 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 1: making really good plays, you know, try to double move 117 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 1: JC and then a nine route on JC. We say 118 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: it all the time, like if there's a nine route 119 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 1: going his way, we believe not, you know, just incomplete 120 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:36,799 Speaker 1: pass but we feel like it's hired than fifty fifty 121 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 1: that he'll come down with it. And you know, Steph 122 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: making his two plays. I think we kind of got 123 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 1: control of the situations, got ahead on early downs um 124 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: and then got him in you know, the third down 125 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: packages looks that we want to do. You know, we 126 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 1: want to be in our circin passages and able to 127 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: do things, and we did a good job of just 128 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 1: taking advantage that inn't making plays when they came our 129 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 1: way him from the last team hotel arrival to the 130 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: sadium here day. And it's curious, is this any different 131 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: from what you've been experiencing us the fuss in terms 132 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: of volume of support you guys are getting a Yeah. 133 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: Past nation has been traveling this year, you know, we 134 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: pull up to Still hotels and it's a line of 135 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:14,840 Speaker 1: people outside cheering us on. And then we come into 136 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: the stadium today and fans cheering us on it and 137 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: getting us going, cheering on the offense when they're out there. 138 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 1: It's a good feeling. And I think it's it's because 139 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,840 Speaker 1: of our hard work and giving ourselves a chance that 140 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,600 Speaker 1: our fans follow us and cheer us on. So we 141 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: got to keep going our part, keep practicing hard, keep preparing, 142 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: being ready to go and looking forward to this chance 143 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 1: next week. And it's a great opportunity for us as 144 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: a team to go out there and playing our first 145 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: championship game of the year. Appreciate it.