WEBVTT - John Harbaugh: Monday Press Conference (1/1) 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:05.560 Welcome into the Ravens press pass. Today you'll hear from 0:00:05.600 --> 0:00:08.320 head coach John Harball following the Ravens fifty six to 0:00:08.400 --> 0:00:10.719 nineteen win over the Miami Dolphins Bears. 0:00:10.760 --> 0:00:14.640 Harves, Okay, good to see everybody. Appreciate you coming out 0:00:14.920 --> 0:00:19.160 for the press conference. Very pleased with the victory, very 0:00:19.200 --> 0:00:24.280 pleased with our positioning at the end of the regular season, 0:00:25.360 --> 0:00:28.400 which has one more game left and then moving into 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:31.720 the playoffs. So we have kind of a twofold thought 0:00:31.720 --> 0:00:32.680 process right now. 0:00:33.440 --> 0:00:33.760 We have. 0:00:35.400 --> 0:00:40.440 Our priority, which is the Steelers game and putting our 0:00:40.479 --> 0:00:44.400 best foot forward, playing our best game against our biggest rival, 0:00:45.760 --> 0:00:49.159 who we expected, you know, playing great football, and we 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:51.800 expect it to be a very hard fought game. So 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:53.440 we've got to get our minds right for that as 0:00:53.440 --> 0:00:56.720 we will, and then you know, just planning for the 0:00:56.760 --> 0:00:58.440 next step in the playoffs. So those are two things 0:00:58.480 --> 0:01:01.280 we're looking at today and after today it'll be focused 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:04.680 on the Steelers completely. So from my perspective, the coaches 0:01:04.680 --> 0:01:06.039 are focused on the Steelers right now. 0:01:06.560 --> 0:01:07.520 So what question do you have. 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:12.640 John, beings that you've kind of clicked everything you need 0:01:12.680 --> 0:01:12.920 to do. 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:16.559 Have you made a decision on Lamar will he playing 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:17.119 that final game. 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:19.280 I have not made a decision on any personnel yet. 0:01:19.280 --> 0:01:21.039 We got to kind of work through the injury part 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:23.800 of it first, and that'll take us probably twenty four 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:25.800 to forty eight hours to get a real handle on that, 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:28.440 and then we'll make those decisions. We're not going to 0:01:28.520 --> 0:01:31.080 keep it a secret, Jamison. We'll let you know what 0:01:31.120 --> 0:01:33.160 we're gonna do once we start practicing. 0:01:33.360 --> 0:01:37.640 How'd you touch the team know Howard can know Stevens 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:38.200 and the secondary? 0:01:38.240 --> 0:01:38.479 Please? 0:01:38.560 --> 0:01:39.400 What were you mtes out? 0:01:40.080 --> 0:01:40.200 Well? 0:01:40.400 --> 0:01:42.560 What's the kids a key? This guy's always being ready? 0:01:42.640 --> 0:01:43.880 I mean I say, never know when they're gonna be 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:45.000 able to come in there and play. 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:47.319 Yeah, Tod, I think that's one of the best points 0:01:47.319 --> 0:01:49.480 about the game really, you know, the fact that those 0:01:49.480 --> 0:01:51.600 guys stepped up and we had some things to come 0:01:51.640 --> 0:01:53.520 up there we didn't anticipate, you know, we we had 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:55.600 some game time decisions and we had some things happen 0:01:55.680 --> 0:01:57.840 during the game that knock guys out. 0:01:58.400 --> 0:01:58.560 Thought. 0:01:58.560 --> 0:02:02.080 I thought the corners, the safety just played tremendously well. 0:02:02.120 --> 0:02:04.040 I mean, Darren Worley comes in and plays great ball, 0:02:04.480 --> 0:02:07.360 and all three of the corners, Arthur played great, Rock 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:10.720 played great, Ronald played great. Those guys played against an high, 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:13.840 you know, high high powered offense. I thought they played 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:17.640 good sound football. They covered many, they handled the motions, 0:02:17.720 --> 0:02:20.040 they handled all the different combination coverages we were in 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:23.160 against that offense, and thought they just did a great job. 0:02:24.440 --> 0:02:26.799 You you mentioned you're still sorting through the injuries, but 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:29.080 as of now, any of the guys who were out 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:32.320 yesterday or who got hurt yesterday, are you worried to 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:33.640 not be available for the playoff game? 0:02:35.080 --> 0:02:36.560 IM way too early to say that. 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:39.399 I would say not at this point, you know, but hey, 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:40.560 that's that's a ways a way. 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:44.480 Specifically with Marlon, was he campaign to try to go 0:02:44.560 --> 0:02:44.799 back in. 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:47.440 We saw him pacing on the sideline, riding a bike 0:02:47.560 --> 0:02:48.040 all that. 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:52.000 Yeah, he wanted to, He wanted to, but it wasn't 0:02:52.040 --> 0:02:52.880 It wasn't meant to be. 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:58.320 Can you talk about Ben Cleetland's performance yesterday, A guy 0:02:58.360 --> 0:03:00.359 that you know was sat back in the dad and 0:03:00.600 --> 0:03:03.079 the third round of thing for you guys, just seating 0:03:03.120 --> 0:03:04.560 his opportunity and when he made. 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:07.600 A bit right another one of probably the great stories 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:11.680 of the game. He played very well and you've seen 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:14.560 it in practice with Ben probably for really all season 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:16.200 he's had a chance to One of the things he 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:18.080 didn't have a chance to do sometimes earlier in his 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:21.400 career was stacked practices because he had little nicks and 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:23.520 bruises and things like that just kept him out of practice. 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:26.160 He stacked the whole season's worth the practices, and to me, 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:28.320 it showed up in the game. He played really well, 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:31.120 run blocking, pass blocking, really all of it. Thought he 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:32.400 had an excellent game. 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:35.880 You guys really used Justice Hill effective in the last 0:03:35.880 --> 0:03:38.440 couple of Yames, especially as he found a use for 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:40.440 himself getting more involved in the passing game. 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:44.160 Especially especially Yeah, you know that we've seen it in 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:46.120 practice a lot. Justice has really good hands. He's excellent 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:49.760 route runner. He's also excellent in pass protection too. And 0:03:49.800 --> 0:03:54.640 then Lamar, you know, saw the coverage diagnosed it a 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:56.520 couple of times and got us into certain routes that 0:03:57.000 --> 0:03:59.560 freed Justice up on some of those rail routes. And 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:01.400 that was I was pretty impressive to see those two 0:04:01.400 --> 0:04:03.720 guys working together at the last scrimmage like that. 0:04:06.080 --> 0:04:09.280 Every team nowadays kind of his next man up, and 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:13.400 successful teams are the ones that kind of usually don't 0:04:13.440 --> 0:04:15.840 see a big drop off when you know, some major 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:16.480 injuries happen. 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:18.279 Do you kind of feel like one of the defining 0:04:18.360 --> 0:04:19.280 characteristics of. 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:21.800 This team to this point has just been that the 0:04:21.839 --> 0:04:24.640 ability for guys to kind of come in when you've 0:04:24.640 --> 0:04:26.880 had some front line gets get injured and not have 0:04:26.960 --> 0:04:27.640 a drop off. 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:31.160 Yes, I mean I think absolutely it's it's a defining 0:04:31.560 --> 0:04:33.440 you have to it has to be that way in 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:35.919 the National Football League for sure. You just have to 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:39.680 have that quality to sustain and have stamina through the 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:42.920 whole season as a team. You know, team stamina requires 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:44.680 guys to step in and play and play at the 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:47.159 same high starter level. I mean, in our minds, everybody's 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:49.680 a starter. You have to be because you're one. You're 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:52.240 one click away from being out there, and you know, 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:54.440 everything riding on your shoulders, so you've got to prepare 0:04:54.480 --> 0:04:56.760 that way. I think our guys have always done a 0:04:56.800 --> 0:04:58.200 good job of that. I think if you go back 0:04:58.240 --> 0:05:01.159 in past years, many any past years, you'll see the 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:04.400 same thing, the same trait with this team. So you know, 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:06.919 just appreciate about that type type of players that we have, 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:08.960 and they've done that this year. 0:05:09.760 --> 0:05:12.160 John as we as we talked to the players up 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:12.960 for the game, yesterday. 0:05:12.960 --> 0:05:15.360 The guys who were here four years ago, it. 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:17.920 Seemed like all of them said that experience does stick 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:20.520 with them, that it will inform kind of how they prepare. 0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:21.760 For this opportunity. 0:05:22.160 --> 0:05:24.080 I guess for you, what do you think are the 0:05:24.080 --> 0:05:26.599 best lessons you took from that experience and how that 0:05:26.640 --> 0:05:27.080 played out? 0:05:27.360 --> 0:05:28.039 Which experience? 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:36.919 That was a disappointment, you know, it just was a disappointment. 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:40.880 We we did our best we had. You know, certain 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:43.360 kind of season's different than this season. It's a different team, 0:05:44.160 --> 0:05:50.359 different circumstances, different everything, you know, except for the record 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:54.000 was about the same, you know, and the bye I think, 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:56.360 I you know, I remember the experience and the choices 0:05:56.400 --> 0:05:58.040 we made. But the decisions we made we made for 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:00.000 certain reasons and we thought they were the right decisions. 0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:03.440 What impacted what how? In terms of us not playing 0:06:03.440 --> 0:06:06.280 our best football that day, It's really hard to say, 0:06:06.560 --> 0:06:09.320 you know what the cause and effect was. We just didn't, 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:10.920 you know, we didn't go out there and we didn't 0:06:10.960 --> 0:06:12.880 do it, you know, And that's the thing that I 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:13.719 kind of take from. 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:16.760 It the most. Of course, you want to, you don't 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:17.880 want to. We want to be better. 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:19.479 We have to play way better than that in this 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:21.120 next game if we want to win so and we 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:23.480 do want to win so uh, but you got to 0:06:23.480 --> 0:06:25.400 look at everything kind of in the in the from 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:28.200 the framework or through the lens of today this team 0:06:28.600 --> 0:06:31.040 and the challenges that we're facing, and that's what we'll 0:06:31.080 --> 0:06:31.480 try to do. 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:33.000 Gener along those lines. 0:06:33.080 --> 0:06:37.960 What kind of easier philosophy you're weighing, you know, what 0:06:38.080 --> 0:06:40.640 kinds obviously injuries that you know that it plays a part, 0:06:41.080 --> 0:06:45.320 but waying the decisions on guys to play and how 0:06:45.400 --> 0:06:48.120 much to play and so forth, versus versus. 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:51.400 Yeah, I mean, I think it's a really good question. 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:57.760 It's a little bit over stated just because you just 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:00.600 it's not like the preseason. We a bunch of guys. 0:07:00.640 --> 0:07:02.680 I mean, you have you have six spots to work with, 0:07:03.560 --> 0:07:07.600 and there's gonna be probably somewhere in that range with 0:07:07.839 --> 0:07:10.400 different guys who have injuries, you know, somewhere three, four, five, 0:07:10.480 --> 0:07:12.920 six guys every week. That's how it is every week. 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:15.440 So it's not gonna be different this week, especially on 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:19.440 another short week. So that pretty much dictates for you, you 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:20.760 know what you're gonna do. So I don't really have 0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:24.040 a philosophy. I think we'll probably make decisions. And the 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:25.640 good thing is I feel like the depth we have, 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:27.960 you know, like like we're doing an offensive tackle, we 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:30.920 can share time with guys, and that's a very valuable thing, 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:33.680 you know, So that comes into play as well. We 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:35.520 just look at all that, but we're gonna the team 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:37.080 we put out there, which is gonna be the team 0:07:37.080 --> 0:07:37.280 we have. 0:07:37.360 --> 0:07:38.240 It's our team. 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:40.280 It's gonna go out there and do everything they can 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:41.960 to win the game, play our best football game of 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:43.440 the season and win the game and gets a real 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:44.080 tough opponent. 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:48.920 John winning a super Bowl and making it to February 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:52.120 of the mottos for this team this season, how much 0:07:52.440 --> 0:07:56.160 has Jackson and some of the others ask you about 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:58.160 what it felt. 0:07:57.880 --> 0:07:59.840 Like and what it takes to when a super Bowl 0:07:59.880 --> 0:08:01.160 be you have done? 0:08:01.200 --> 0:08:05.080 So, yeah, that's not been part of our conversation. Our 0:08:05.120 --> 0:08:08.040 conversation has been on the on the week at hand, 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:10.880 you know, framed up by the idea that we are 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:13.600 goals to go, want to know, and that's really all 0:08:13.640 --> 0:08:17.080 we focused on. 0:08:17.280 --> 0:08:20.960 I guess from the perspective of coaches staff communicating the 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:25.679 players in these past four weeks spend for you guys 0:08:25.720 --> 0:08:27.480 in terms of getting ready to face. 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:30.200 These very unique, very challenging offenses. 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:33.240 And what it may be, you know, showed to you guys, 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:36.960 got how you can prepare how much how beneficial could 0:08:36.960 --> 0:08:37.960 be in the playoffs. 0:08:38.000 --> 0:08:40.680 But yeah, I mean I don't I don't take any 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:43.200 great like takeaway from it, other than the fact that 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:44.080 it's what you do. 0:08:44.160 --> 0:08:44.920 It's a process. 0:08:45.960 --> 0:08:49.000 We have a defensive system that we continue to evolve, 0:08:49.160 --> 0:08:51.679 you know, the offensive system that is new to us 0:08:51.679 --> 0:08:53.360 but has evolved throughout the course of the season. Same 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:56.040 thing on special teams. And then you just try to apply, 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:59.480 you know, your system, your players, uh to the opponent 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:01.559 you're facing, you know, and just try to try to 0:09:01.600 --> 0:09:02.959 do the best you can to take away what they 0:09:02.960 --> 0:09:05.680 do well or to attack, you know, what they don't 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:09.160 do well, and to put your guys in position to give. 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:10.800 Them an advantage. I mean, we always seek advantages. 0:09:10.840 --> 0:09:12.320 We always try to find ways to give our guys 0:09:12.320 --> 0:09:14.920 some advantage in the play if we can to at 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:16.720 least be equal. And there's always gonna be sometimes that 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:19.320 guys are disadvantages because of the way it's set structured. 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:21.800 You might you might put the coverage over here and 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:23.839 over here, we're a little light and man you've got 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:25.480 you've got the ankle weights on. You know, you've got 0:09:25.520 --> 0:09:29.439 to come through for us and and overcome the disadvantage, 0:09:29.440 --> 0:09:31.480 you know. So, but we weigh all that out, you know, 0:09:31.480 --> 0:09:33.760 with every every call or every scheme that we that 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:36.280 we do all three phases. I think our coaches do 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:39.320 a phenomenal job of that. Everybody's got their area, you know, 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:41.439 and they just go through the process. And I will 0:09:41.480 --> 0:09:44.560 say to your point that I think our coach has 0:09:44.559 --> 0:09:46.040 done a great job of that. You know, I think 0:09:46.080 --> 0:09:49.240 everybody in their area, you know, whether it's backed up 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:51.080 coach or the or the red zone coach or the 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:53.320 low red zone coach or whatever it might be, those 0:09:53.320 --> 0:09:54.440 guys have all done a great job. 0:09:55.480 --> 0:09:58.080 So change out after the game. There's we saw some 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:01.400 of the postgame celebration in that hot How would you 0:10:01.440 --> 0:10:05.040 evaluate some of the dancing, some of the dance moves, Yeah, 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:05.720 dance moves. 0:10:06.000 --> 0:10:08.400 Well, I can I can say this. I think that 0:10:08.800 --> 0:10:10.559 probably as I look at this crowd out here, you 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:16.280 all can probably relate to this. While I was dancing, okay, 0:10:16.960 --> 0:10:19.120 I would thought it was pretty darn good. I mean 0:10:19.120 --> 0:10:21.280 I thought it was impressive, you know, I mean I 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:21.840 thought I was. 0:10:21.880 --> 0:10:23.360 Smooth, you know, rolling. 0:10:24.720 --> 0:10:27.120 Then my daughter showed me later on tape and it 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:28.719 looked a lot like what happens at home when she 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:29.439 video takes me. 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:30.560 It wasn't too much different. 0:10:30.640 --> 0:10:32.599 So, uh, I was a little bit disappointed. And the 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:34.599 when you know, the tape doesn't lie, I was a 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:35.959 little bit disappointed in the performance. 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:38.760 But uh, but you the other well, you know I 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:41.880 got low. Did you notice I was ever bed? 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:43.280 You know, there's a lot to be said for that. 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:46.400 But uh, but like I think my advice would be 0:10:46.440 --> 0:10:48.880 to any any any young people who are working away 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:51.319 into with dancing at like dances and proms and things 0:10:51.360 --> 0:10:53.760 like that. Here's my advice. It's like, don't be shy, 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:57.800 don't be afraid. Bring the energy, man, get off the wall, 0:10:57.960 --> 0:10:58.840 get out there and dance. 0:10:58.880 --> 0:10:59.440 Bring the energy. 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:00.920 Doesn't matter what you look like it, but it's how 0:11:00.960 --> 0:11:04.600 much fun you have, all right, No wallflowers, you. 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:05.880 Can have energy. 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:10.920 Ill back and obviously had a huge catch yesterday. He's 0:11:10.960 --> 0:11:14.480 had some games down the stretcher where he's played really well, obviously, 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:18.600 and I'm curious what aside from him he had the field, 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:23.559 what what's his impact been? Particularly is we get to 0:11:23.720 --> 0:11:26.520 this part of the season for a guy who's been there, 0:11:26.600 --> 0:11:27.640 done that, right. 0:11:27.960 --> 0:11:29.480 Well, yeah, I think he I think that part of 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:32.320 the leadership part is really good. I mean, Dell's leadership 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:34.200 is been outstanding and he's a he's a real relational 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:36.760 type leader. Uh he is, like to the point, he's 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:38.720 been there, he's done that, He's been in these big games. 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:41.520 He's had great success, you know. I mean, he just 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:44.040 he knows, he knows what takes, you know. And uh 0:11:44.320 --> 0:11:47.240 so I do think he's he's with the guys, he 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:50.840 encourages guys, really was very encouraging kind of a leader. 0:11:51.520 --> 0:11:51.600 Uh. 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:53.160 The other part of it, though, is his ability to 0:11:53.240 --> 0:11:55.679 make plays. I mean, to me, he's a major factor 0:11:55.720 --> 0:11:57.520 out there. I mean, people are, they're they're they're giving 0:11:57.600 --> 0:12:00.960 him attentions. He's there, They're man, sure they cover him, 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:02.520 and he's he's coming up with the ball. 0:12:02.640 --> 0:12:02.760 You know. 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:04.559 So he's a guy that could break out and have 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:08.959 ten catches in any time in a game, or he 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:11.240 has the one that makes a huge difference in the game. 0:12:11.320 --> 0:12:11.439 You know. 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:14.040 That's really kind of one of those great Odell Beckham 0:12:14.520 --> 0:12:15.200 type of catches. 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:15.400 Man. 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:16.360 I mean, wow, you know. 0:12:16.559 --> 0:12:18.280 So, uh, he's he's a. 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:19.760 He's a factor, a big factor. 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:24.119 John on that video of the postgame shot Baby. 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:26.080 Kind of looked kind of emotional when he's talking about 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:28.760 how much the team means means, don't just talk about 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:32.199 the strides he's made, just you know, how hes you know, 0:12:32.400 --> 0:12:35.199 not everything's got his way this year totally, but it 0:12:35.320 --> 0:12:37.319 seems to you know, his attitude and all that. 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:39.760 Yeah, I mean, I think Rashad like he's been through 0:12:39.840 --> 0:12:43.520 so much adversity personally with the with basically the injuries, 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:47.520 you know, high pick, you know, high expectations, and then 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:50.200 fighting through injuries, fighting through injuries, you know, and then uh, 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:53.000 and then this I think this year kind of that 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:56.040 settled out kind of early season and then just grinding 0:12:56.200 --> 0:13:00.840 every single day, going to work, stacking practice is knowing 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:04.200 at some point in time and yeah, disappointing sometimes after games, 0:13:04.240 --> 0:13:06.560 you know, you know, maybe maybe the Dan gets may 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:08.160 balls he wanted or you know, maybe he didn't make 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:10.400 a catch he wanted to make, yet not letting him 0:13:10.400 --> 0:13:12.319 get it, not letting that get him down, you know, 0:13:13.000 --> 0:13:15.079 and uh, and knowing a big day was coming. You know, 0:13:16.679 --> 0:13:18.000 I don't he wants me to tell you, but I 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:19.719 told him, I said man, I said, he came to me. 0:13:19.800 --> 0:13:22.559 I saw him Friday. I said, you know, big game, 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:24.640 bait Man, It's gonna be a big game for bait, 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:27.560 and and he came up with some massive catches for us, 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:30.920 kept some drives going. I think that's just a prelude 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:31.720 to what's coming. 0:13:33.559 --> 0:13:36.800 Because times was around a time at this point, just 0:13:36.880 --> 0:13:40.160 because I mean, you have imagine he did the long land, 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:41.440 but you still't have. 0:13:41.600 --> 0:13:42.440 To retire it off. 0:13:42.920 --> 0:13:46.319 Yeah, I honestly, it's hard for me to say. It's 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:50.000 not something I'm directly involved with every single day Medically. 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:52.640 Eric's involved with that with the team, doctors and stuff. 0:13:52.720 --> 0:13:56.480 So I don't know if I could really add anything 0:13:56.559 --> 0:13:57.600 to it that would be helpful. 0:13:59.679 --> 0:14:03.160 Reason meets big plays. Obviously Thailand's return. You know San 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:06.440 Francisco there's a long punt return lead in the game yesterday. 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:08.880 What do you think has really kind of come together 0:14:08.960 --> 0:14:11.760 for the special team sceneit where they're making this splash plays. 0:14:11.559 --> 0:14:14.240 Now, Yeah, the old thing, Preparation meets opportunity, and those 0:14:14.280 --> 0:14:16.319 guys have been out there practice. You see them every day. 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:20.360 They practice for early and they they work hard. And 0:14:21.200 --> 0:14:23.120 that return, that particular return we've been working on for 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:26.080 about six weeks and it's a little you know, cutback 0:14:26.120 --> 0:14:28.720 return that we had and it was executed beautifully. 0:14:30.120 --> 0:14:33.520 Good celebrations home court. Is it throughout the season to 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:35.520 have those moments of fun and do you feel like 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:38.640 through something different about the culture of the slabern this year. 0:14:39.560 --> 0:14:40.280 It's a good question. 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:42.920 I think this is a really special, mature team, a 0:14:43.000 --> 0:14:47.800 team that really has is connected, is really emotionally. You know, 0:14:47.920 --> 0:14:49.760 there's a lot of bonds there. I think they love 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:51.200 each other, I really do. I think there's a strong 0:14:51.240 --> 0:14:54.120 brotherhood family. It's a family type of a team, and 0:14:54.200 --> 0:14:56.600 they're genuinely happy for one another when they do well. 0:14:57.120 --> 0:14:58.880 And so when they do well, you know. 0:14:59.080 --> 0:15:02.480 Opportunity they're able to celebrate it because they're really happy 0:15:02.560 --> 0:15:04.760 for each other, you know. And that was what you saw, 0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:06.720 you know, especially in a moment like that, a defining 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:09.120 moment when you win a division title. I mean, it's 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:11.520 a big deal in the National Football League to win 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:14.800 a division championship. It's really hard to do. Everybody's really 0:15:14.840 --> 0:15:19.160 good our division, especially you know, so our guys. It 0:15:19.280 --> 0:15:22.440 was great to see what guys think it likely is again. 0:15:22.240 --> 0:15:24.520 To the point where you see him make these big 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:27.120 clutch plays, and it's like, okay, you're kind of almost 0:15:27.360 --> 0:15:29.720 it's expected now for him to kind of be in 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:31.280 that situation and produce. 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:33.160 Do I expect it? 0:15:33.600 --> 0:15:34.040 Of course? 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:37.200 Yeah, yeah, just not really a surprise anymore. 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:38.960 It's calling it always like, yeah, that's kind of what 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:39.560 he does now. 0:15:39.840 --> 0:15:41.360 Yeah, I mean, you know, funny, the guys that see 0:15:41.360 --> 0:15:42.840 in practice every day were kind of like, hey, you 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:44.640 know what you been waiting for. You know, he's been 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:46.160 that way since he got here, kind of making those 0:15:46.240 --> 0:15:48.560 kinds of plays. But yeah, just the experience, the game 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:51.080 playing experience, I think is really kind of has gotten 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:52.600 to the point where he's been able to take it, 0:15:52.760 --> 0:15:54.960 take that, get the confidence out there and say hey 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:56.440 I can really do this in big games. 0:15:56.880 --> 0:15:59.760 He's been he's been great. You know, it's been It's 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:00.480 been fun to watch. 0:16:03.680 --> 0:16:03.960 I was. 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:05.560 I turned around like, oh, you know, you had that 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:08.600 smile at Todd's that grinch smile that he's got there, 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:11.640 you know, and he was all happy, you know, Yeah, 0:16:11.680 --> 0:16:12.640 it was great, It was great. 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:13.640 It was fine. It was fine. 0:16:14.440 --> 0:16:17.160 That and Travis Switzer, all those guys, Craig Versus, all 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:20.000 those guys are down there, so it was cool, be 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:20.720 fast about this. 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:23.240 Guy before, But Kyle Annoys had a new single season 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:28.920 career sacks numbers, Jenny Clowney's one sack from setting a 0:16:29.000 --> 0:16:30.000 time of personal best. 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:34.720 What about this team and this unit allows them to 0:16:34.840 --> 0:16:36.120 foster that kind of success. 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:39.640 Well, I think that I don't know that's a good 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:42.080 question for those guys, but I do think our system 0:16:42.160 --> 0:16:45.120 is built in such a way as we are equal opportunity, 0:16:45.800 --> 0:16:48.520 you know, uh, scheme builders. I guess you could say, 0:16:48.560 --> 0:16:50.760 you know, it's it's set up for it's set up 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:52.960 for everybody. You know, everybody can do something. You know, 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:55.560 do your job really great, you know. But it's also 0:16:55.640 --> 0:16:57.480