1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:04,880 Speaker 1: Good afternoon. UM, had really to two outstanding days of practice. 2 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:08,320 Speaker 1: I think this group is working intentionally and working with 3 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: a purpose. And UM, I know that there's repetition in that, 4 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: but UM, how you get better is repetition. That's how 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: you improve. UM. There's a process to getting better at 6 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 1: anything you do, and that process is identifying the problem, 7 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 1: working the solution, and working with intentful purpose at practice. 8 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: So when I when I say that to you, understand 9 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: what we're saying to our players is UM, to have 10 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: better pad level, you go work underneath the shoots. Then 11 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:39,480 Speaker 1: you take working underneath the shoots too. Uh, individual run 12 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: period or a team run period. Same thing with any technique. 13 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:45,239 Speaker 1: A corner has to improve that, any technique, linebacker has 14 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: to improve that. And that's how UM, young players get better. 15 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 1: And that's how vets sharpened tools and and vets get 16 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: better too. Is intent for purpose, UM, and I have 17 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: a good challenge this week. UM, regardless of the quarterback 18 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 1: that plays, will have a plan for however that unfold. UM, 19 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: but I think our guys are anxious to play a 20 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: division game at home. Look back for the last two 21 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 1: second halfs of the last two games. Is this adjustments 22 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: you and your staff are making that's causing the first 23 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: half to not go well in the second half to 24 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: go well. Or are the players just playing better in 25 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 1: the second half. You know, if there was um a 26 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 1: magic pill for that answer, I already give it to you. 27 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 1: So UM, the truth to the matter is this, Um, 28 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,320 Speaker 1: we have to call things better, we have to coach 29 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: things better in the position meeting rooms, and we have 30 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:42,559 Speaker 1: to execute better. And that's both scheme, that's technique, that's eyes. 31 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:45,919 Speaker 1: Those things have to occur for us to play more consistently. 32 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: So there's not UM. You know, I know you might 33 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: ask me about jack and his performance. It falls on 34 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 1: not one person. Um, when jackson coverage, someone's gotta rush better, 35 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 1: and someone's gotta win a one on one. Um, I 36 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 1: gotta maybe make a better call so he's in a 37 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: better position. Then ultimately him or anyone else in coverage 38 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: has to play with better technique. That that's the true solution. 39 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: That's how you get better. It can't be the only question. 40 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 1: Godwin free say it again. I'm beyond your day after 41 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: the per week. Yeah, you know last week, I know 42 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 1: I mentioned it when we were talking about UM having 43 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 1: a prescription right for our players and really identifying two 44 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 1: to three things that our guys are gonna work on 45 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: to get better at. And you know, we came in 46 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,519 Speaker 1: our position in our in our defensive group meeting yesterday 47 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: and I started asking guys on the round the room 48 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: this week, what's your three things? Dex Bake, what's your 49 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 1: three things? And I think he's done a good job 50 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:54,399 Speaker 1: at identifying three things, working with his position coach individual, 51 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: watching tape and trying to identify things he can improve 52 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:01,119 Speaker 1: in his game. And that's how again, that's how, that's 53 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: that's the process of getting better. That's the process you 54 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,359 Speaker 1: get really kidding better or anything you do, is your 55 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: scheme predicated on Jack Rabbit or whoever that elite corner 56 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: is not needing help? Um, I wouldn't say that fully. 57 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:20,079 Speaker 1: I think, Um, there's certainly times where, UM, when you 58 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: look at what you want to do from a scheme 59 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: standpoint on defense, you might say, Okay, this is a 60 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: guy that has a tough down or this is where 61 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: more help will go on this particular call. Then you 62 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: have some other calls that are more balanced in what 63 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: you do. And UM, certainly in that game tried to 64 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: call some of those balanced things at times, and there's 65 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 1: other times we're calling some things either to try to 66 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: rush the quarterback, get someone creates some one on ones, um, 67 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: which in other places that that creates other one on one. 68 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: So solely no, but there's certainly times where whatever the 69 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: call may deem that to be the case. Well kept 70 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: her being you in the second half, though, would you 71 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: have had to go to something. I think some of 72 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: the stuff we did in the second half I think 73 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: balanced the coverages. I think, um some other stuff didn't 74 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: it and we just played better and um, because I 75 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: think you could probably if you went call by call, 76 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: played by play in the second half, you maybe see 77 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: some snaps where um, you know it was Jack or 78 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 1: whoever was, there were still some one on ones and 79 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 1: then we were still some one on ones in our rushes. UM. 80 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 1: So I think it's it's having a good balance and 81 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: mix and UM. But I think the process to improvement 82 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: starts with me to our position coaches, to our players 83 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: taking ownership of those fundamentals and techniques. We've gotta get 84 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: better at what is your he's probably your most accomplished 85 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: better obviously a tough matchup. UM don't honestly, I don't 86 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: have concern. I don't have concern about any of our 87 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 1: players as long as they're working the process. And I 88 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 1: think Jack is doing that like he's coming to practice 89 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: all today, he's diving the knock balls away, he's competing, 90 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 1: he's working on fundamentals and techniques. An individual, he's all 91 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 1: in on fixing what he needs to fix. And Um, 92 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 1: the truth is, he's not the only one. You know, 93 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 1: on some of those snaps, there's there's you know, his 94 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 1: technique might not have been as good as he would 95 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: want it to be, But there's maybe a rusher or 96 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,799 Speaker 1: two that their technique wasn't good either. So we're coaching 97 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:28,480 Speaker 1: all of those guys, not just one. Are prehaps getting now. 98 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:35,840 Speaker 1: I think, you know, playtime will always reveal itself on Sunday. 99 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: Were you encouraged by the playoff some of your younger players? Absolutely? Absolutely, 100 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 1: And again I think that goes back to um. You know, 101 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: the question was asked asked about Bake earlier, Um how 102 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: his progress progress is. And I think it's again one 103 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:54,280 Speaker 1: our players taking ownership with the things they got to 104 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: get better at, us trying to identify it as coaches 105 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: than having purposeful work to go get better at those things, 106 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,479 Speaker 1: and so I am it's a continued process and that's 107 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: how agetting young players get better, that's how they get better. 108 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 1: They they have to practice, they have to work those 109 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 1: techniques that they have to improve at whatever they might be. 110 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:13,279 Speaker 1: And UM, we have to make sure as coaches that 111 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 1: were identifying them and being part of the solution. So 112 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,479 Speaker 1: there's that ranking, r Q. Do you use it as 113 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 1: that sort of motivation, especially you know the past defense 114 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,039 Speaker 1: which is Yeah, at the end of the day, I 115 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: just I look at things. I want to be part 116 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: of the solution, you know, and that's that's all I 117 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: care about. And Uh, the numbers of the numbers they 118 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: reveal some things and then other things that they don't tell, 119 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: maybe the full story. Um. You know, I've I've been 120 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 1: where we've been at the top of all those numbers. 121 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 1: And UM as a coordinator and UM again, I'll tell 122 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: you that these guys are working hard and we're working 123 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: with a lot of intent on getting the things corrected, 124 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:54,359 Speaker 1: whether it's scheme and a call or whether it's fundamentals 125 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 1: and techniques. Peppers, they kind of been not to play. 126 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 1: I'm sure you would have seen vision required. UM. I 127 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: think Jabril has played extremely hard. UM. I think you 128 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: know when I when I kind of go back and 129 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 1: look at it, I don't see the ball going his 130 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: way a ton. I think there was a couple of 131 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 1: completions if I remember last week, UM, I also remember 132 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:21,679 Speaker 1: another one throwing the end zone where he's in great 133 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: tight coverage on a really talented tight end. UM big 134 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 1: long guy, and UM, I see a guy that's competing 135 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 1: his butt off and he's working just as hard as 136 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: anyone else to get better with his game.