1 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: It's the Tamiko Ryans podcast that it's brought to you 2 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: by Amigy Bank, the official business bank of the Houston Texans. 3 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:12,120 Speaker 1: Let's get to it, Coach, good to see you. 4 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 2: Good to see you guys. 5 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: All right following the mini buy and I want to 6 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 1: ask you about this. It's not a regular buye. It's 7 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:20,920 Speaker 1: not a week on either, So how do you handle 8 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: the situation when you get a couple of days like that? 9 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 3: Hey, you get a couple of days, just take it 10 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 3: to get away and refresh, right, It's just the time 11 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 3: to hit reset right, just rejuvenate yourselves physically, mentally. And 12 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 3: that's what we took these past three days to do. 13 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 4: Coach, you sitting at home, whether you're here, you check 14 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 4: out the games or they just kind of noise in 15 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 4: the background, the games that are going on, you kind 16 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 4: of take a look at them. 17 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 2: How do you kind of handle it? Yeah, we uh 18 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:46,160 Speaker 2: sat at home for a little bit watching the games. 19 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 3: I had a little Yeah, I had a little youth 20 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:51,239 Speaker 3: basketball going on and when sons are playing basketball, so 21 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 3: I was able to go see them play, which was 22 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 3: which was fun. Is always fun to see them, you know, 23 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 3: growing and showing their competitive. 24 00:00:58,320 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 2: Spirit as well. 25 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 3: So I had fun doing in that and just sit 26 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 3: back watching some of the games and you see just 27 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 3: how wild the NFL is. Each in every game is 28 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 3: something something different. A lot of games going down to 29 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 3: the last possession, going to overtime. So it's exciting. 30 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: Well, you got to feel good about a few things 31 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: here in first place in the AFC South. As you 32 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,759 Speaker 1: take inventory, you're over the halfway hump of the season here. 33 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: I know you're not playing as well as you possibly 34 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 1: want to, but you're playing well enough to have the 35 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:28,639 Speaker 1: first place position and a six and three record. 36 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 3: Right, we're in a good spot right now, on the 37 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 3: halfway point, right to be in first place in our division. Right, 38 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 3: got six wins out of the first nine, which is 39 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 3: pretty good. 40 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 2: We'll take that. 41 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 3: Of course, a couple of games we dropped there that 42 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 3: we feel like we should have had, but we didn't 43 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:45,400 Speaker 3: make those plays in a game to win them. 44 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 2: So you know, we move forward, We press forward. Now. 45 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 3: It's a great I think the Thursday game came at 46 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 3: a great point in the season, like right at the 47 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 3: halfway point, we get to take a couple of days 48 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 3: to refresh. 49 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 2: And now you know, we press forward. 50 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 3: Now we had eight games games left, and my message 51 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 3: to the team is based basically like, how do we 52 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 3: just get better moving forward? I want to see our 53 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 3: team just continue to grow and continue to get better 54 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 3: and see can we play our best ball down the stretch? 55 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 4: Could you kind of hit on it right there that 56 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 4: I don't want to ask you about because we've never 57 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 4: had to buy this late in the year, we haven't 58 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 4: gotten to it. And we went for we went for 59 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 4: a long stretch. It's a long stretch to play. How 60 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 4: important was it to get those couple of days, not week, 61 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 4: but get a couple of days to at least just refresh. 62 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 4: And what do you think is more important the mental 63 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:35,799 Speaker 4: freshness or the physical freshness? 64 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 3: I think first and foremost it's the mental freshness that 65 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 3: everyone needs. Coaches, players like you just get away from 66 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 3: it for me, because you get you get in the monotony, 67 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 3: you get into out of the hampster wheel. You're just 68 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,839 Speaker 3: going it's the next opponent, next opponent, and you kind 69 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 3: of just get so locked in there that you need. Everybody, 70 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,679 Speaker 3: whatever type of work that we do, everybody needs that 71 00:02:57,880 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 3: rest and recovery. 72 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:00,679 Speaker 2: And we're it's hard. 73 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 3: To get that in the NFL season, especially when you 74 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,959 Speaker 3: have such a late bye week as we have. But man, 75 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 3: everyone needed that little refresher to get our sales right 76 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 3: mentally to spend time with the family, which is very 77 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,799 Speaker 3: important and vital because I feel always feel like if 78 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 3: you're personally right, if you're if you're good away from 79 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 3: the building, that's gonna make you better once you're in 80 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 3: the building. So I'm encouraged, I'm refreshed, I'm excited to 81 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 3: see you know what's ahead for us. 82 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 1: How hard is it for you to completely unplug, even 83 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:33,920 Speaker 1: for a few hours, coach, because I know you got 84 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: to have a feeling of Hey, if I call so 85 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: and so and I got an idea about this or 86 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 1: that or the other thing, how hard is it to 87 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: let go like that? 88 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 3: It is hard. It's hard to let go because it's just, 89 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 3: you know, football. It consumes us, our job because everybody 90 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 3: arounds as they're asking or trying to send some encouraging 91 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 3: words or whatever the case may be. So it does 92 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 3: consume us. So I take the phone and I just 93 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 3: chunk it out of the way. I don't want to 94 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 3: nobody text me, and everybody has the answers to how 95 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 3: everybody turns into a coach, and that's when I just 96 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 3: throw the phone away. 97 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 4: So with the game on Thursday, coach, I know you 98 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 4: know I love too much in the past. But just 99 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:10,119 Speaker 4: just in looking back, I know you and I talked 100 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 4: after the game about just as it happened, the frustrations 101 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 4: that you had as you went back and you watched 102 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 4: the film, did you feel any better about some of 103 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 4: those things, Like, you know what, in the game, I 104 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 4: kind of had this feel, but I go back and 105 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 4: watch the film and I kind of got this feeling 106 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 4: about it. Do you have any kind of thoughts about 107 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:28,479 Speaker 4: you know what you're frustrated about that maybe you saw 108 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 4: it a little bit differently as you watch the film. 109 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 2: Oh, it's the same. Frustrating for me. I wish it 110 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 2: was different, but it's the same. 111 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:38,720 Speaker 3: It's just like we were in a really good spot 112 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 3: going into the half, and I mean just to come 113 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 3: out at halftime, and it's something we kind of been 114 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 3: focusing on as being better coming out of the half, 115 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:48,919 Speaker 3: and for us to not stop the run. It was 116 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 3: just the saying that this doesn't stay well with me right, 117 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 3: how we fit the. 118 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 2: Run, That's the one thing. 119 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 3: And then just operation, like just not playing the right 120 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 3: way offensively right, and we we got our we got 121 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 3: ourselves and you know, in shooting range, right, we're there 122 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 3: across midfield a couple of. 123 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:10,359 Speaker 2: Times, and then we find ourselves going backwards. Right. So 124 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 2: those things just didn't sit well with men. 125 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 3: They're all fixable, right, And that's the encouraging part about 126 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 3: going forward. Like man, they're all fixable, right. We know 127 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 3: we how to fit the run, we know how to 128 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 3: play the run. We gotta of course it's gonna come 129 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:24,919 Speaker 3: up this week. We gotta be more we gotta be 130 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 3: more physical, we gotta set edges offensively. 131 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 2: Let's execute better, let's. 132 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 3: Operate faster, and let's just keep pressing forward, moving the 133 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 3: ball forward. 134 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:37,040 Speaker 2: But uh, still a little little frustration. 135 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 3: But at the end of the day, like I tell 136 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 3: the guys like this, in this league, like there are 137 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 3: a lot of ups and downs. We talk about building 138 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 3: a foundation. We talk about the grind of a season. Right, 139 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 3: they're always ups and downs every season. But how strong 140 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 3: is your foundation that allows you to withstand right, a 141 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 3: little little win, little waves that come at you. It's 142 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 3: just about being steady, right, And that's right. One our 143 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 3: team focused on just us being steady, focusing on ourselves 144 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,840 Speaker 3: and let's keep pressing forward. We lost the game one 145 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:10,479 Speaker 3: we felt like, yeah, we should have won it. It 146 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 3: didn't happen. They made more plays than we did. At 147 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 3: the end of the day, what do we do about it. 148 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 2: We don't suck. 149 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 3: We don't just hold our heads down because of it. Man, 150 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 3: that there was some good players. It may I mean, 151 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 3: Wilson made too, I mean, unbelievable kenches. 152 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 2: It's some things. It's just it happened. It was bad. 153 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 2: It happened. Now we pressed forward. 154 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:34,719 Speaker 1: Yeah, and sometimes you have to look at what you 155 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 1: have to work with. 156 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:36,280 Speaker 2: Right. 157 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: You talked about mixed and Tank had a really big 158 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: game the other night. You had some positives going on 159 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: that you can build with. 160 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, a ton of positives. 161 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 3: Man, that's where I like to live on those positives, right, 162 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 3: Tank and making plays for us. You know, when uh, 163 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,360 Speaker 3: we give the ball to Joe, something good, something good 164 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 3: is gonna happen. Right, So it's us trying to find 165 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 3: a way to lean into that a little bit more, right, 166 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 3: because Joe has been such a productive player, right, an 167 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:03,839 Speaker 3: impact player for us, right, And we've been blocking it 168 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 3: really well in the run game, and that's been a 169 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 3: strength of ours. 170 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: I want to ask you about this and not about 171 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: anybody specific, but when you have players who are out 172 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 1: and they might be able to go, but it's kind 173 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: of iffy. How tough are those decisions because you might think, 174 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: well another week would be good, but we could really 175 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: use you, but we don't want to make you worse. 176 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 1: That must be really difficult to decide those things. 177 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 3: Oh, that's one of the toughest spots being at head coach, 178 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 3: right of making having to make that call of for 179 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 3: guys clothes, but we still don't know. For me, I'll 180 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 3: always lean towards making sure a player long term health 181 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 3: is always at the forefront of my decision, as opposed to, Oh, 182 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 3: come back a week too soon and now we lose 183 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 3: you for call it four or five more weeks. So 184 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 3: let's make sure right you are you can practice throughout 185 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 3: the week right, and let's make sure you can show 186 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 3: your teammates and yourself you can gain that confidence. Oh, 187 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 3: I can go out and perform my job to the 188 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 3: highest level. 189 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: You have to tell them to sit down, like, hey, 190 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:03,559 Speaker 1: you got to sit and they want to play. 191 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 3: Sometimes sometimes droughout my conversation with them. I talk around, 192 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 3: around and let them make that decision. 193 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 2: I was going to say in the game. 194 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 4: During the game, I'd imagine that's pretty tough because you're focused, 195 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 4: you know, Hey, I want to make sure I got 196 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 4: the right defensive call against this offensive scheme, and then 197 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 4: he's sitting there going, oh, I want to go back in. 198 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 4: How tough is it during the game to kind of 199 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 4: kind of handle that? 200 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's very hard. 201 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 3: I mean because if guys are if they felt something 202 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 3: to where they had to leave the game, obviously they're 203 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 3: not going to be at their best. Sure, So is 204 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 3: that guy at seventy percent better than our other guys 205 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 3: who are fresh and ready to go? Right, I'm always 206 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 3: on let's get as many healthy guys out there as 207 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 3: possible going one percent, and that's going to be better 208 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 3: than a guy who's hubbled. 209 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 1: All right, So the Detroit Lions coming in and they're 210 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: pretty good. I'm sure you've heard about that. So what 211 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,439 Speaker 1: do you think just zooming out and zooming in toward 212 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 1: them as they heading here on Sunday night? 213 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, dah, zooming out This team is you know, I've 214 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 3: heard all the bulls about the team, right, and you 215 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 3: put on the tape and it shows, right, they they 216 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 3: have a really cool play style. They play the game 217 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 3: how I envisit a football being played. 218 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 2: They're physical. 219 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:14,199 Speaker 3: They're tough right all across the offense, their defense especially 220 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 3: all of them are very tough, physical players and it 221 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 3: shows on tape right. Offensively, they do a really good 222 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 3: job of running the ball, putting the quarterback in good spots. 223 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 3: There's not a lot of drop back passes, but they 224 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 3: do a good job of play action. That's what Golf 225 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 3: has been really good at since he was with the Rams, 226 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:34,199 Speaker 3: the play action passing game. Good decision maker, not loose 227 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 3: with the football, and it doesn't throw a ton of interceptions. 228 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 3: He finds the open guys and they do a really 229 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 3: good job of just their run after catch. So it 230 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 3: may be some short intermediate passes the way you know 231 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 3: Saint Brown, all this Gibs. How they turn a short 232 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 3: check down or or short pass, how they turn that 233 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:55,560 Speaker 3: into explosives. It's been really really cool to see. And 234 00:09:55,559 --> 00:10:00,199 Speaker 3: then they have Jamison Williams, who is you know, explosive 235 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:03,319 Speaker 3: play threat. So they have a lot of playmakers all 236 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 3: across the field. Defensively, they play really good ball. You know, 237 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 3: Aaron Glenn has done a great job with this unit. 238 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 3: I mean they're a top ten and all of the 239 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 3: most important category you talk about points, red zone, third down, 240 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 3: They're a top ten defense. Tackle, well, take the football away, 241 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 3: Brian Branch, Kirby Joseph to really good safeties, young players 242 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 3: who are impact players for their defense. So, man, I 243 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 3: love this matchup, Like, and I talked to our guys 244 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 3: about earning it. 245 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 2: You gotta go prove it each week, like, hey. 246 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 3: This is it Sunday night. Our play is gonna be 247 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 3: an outstanding environment. I see we're in all Red Battle Red, 248 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 3: So I mean, what a cool environment with a you know, 249 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 3: a team who's been you know, they think they've lost 250 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 3: one game, so they're riding high. And so if we 251 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 3: want to go out and show the people who we are, 252 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 3: let's go do it this week. 253 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:59,200 Speaker 4: And coach, they're just watching them on film. It even 254 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 4: on an offense. It feels like their physicality is maybe 255 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 4: the best part of their overall team. And I mean 256 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 4: I'm just talking to lines like I'm on Raal, go 257 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 4: out there, I'm blocking and knocking into the into the bleachers. 258 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 4: It feels like to beat them, you got to match 259 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 4: and exceed their physicality. 260 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, you have to. 261 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 3: And that's what you know I've been standing on, is 262 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 3: we're going to be a physical football team. Well, the 263 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 3: matchup this week is all about let's see how physical 264 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:27,680 Speaker 3: we are, Like you said, from their receivers, their tight ends, 265 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 3: like of course, their offensive line. 266 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 2: They'll add in an extra offensive lineman to run the football. 267 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 3: Then they'll go jumbo personnel in the middle of the 268 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 3: field and they're daring you to stop the runs. I 269 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:40,439 Speaker 3: love that match up. You know a little bit of 270 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 3: my former linebacker coming out, but I love this match up. Yeah, 271 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 3: versus these guys, just to see where our guys stack up. 272 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 1: It's your third primetime game this regular season, and you 273 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:53,960 Speaker 1: went through it at home already with the Bear Sunday 274 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 1: night prime time at NRG Stadium. How much does that 275 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:59,320 Speaker 1: help to have gone through that whole experience waiting around 276 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: all that we're talking a d He said, Yeah, waiting 277 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 1: around all day as a thing, and I know you 278 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:04,840 Speaker 1: can probably relate as a player. So what about that 279 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 1: part of it? 280 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, our guys have they've had and they've done it 281 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 3: what two times already? Right, we had a really good 282 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 3: game versus the Bears. Uh this Thursday game that was 283 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 3: that felt like forever I got spend on the East 284 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 3: Coast the extra hour, It felt like it was forever 285 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:22,200 Speaker 3: just waiting. But you know, our guys had been in 286 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:24,840 Speaker 3: this environment at home Sunday night. They know what it 287 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 3: feels like. So the preparation, the schedule, it's all the 288 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 3: same schedules, so they should be used to it by now. 289 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:33,080 Speaker 3: And you know, want to be a good team, you 290 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:36,080 Speaker 3: got to get used to schedules being adjusted playing in 291 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 3: those prime time spots. So I'm I'm happy excited that 292 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,679 Speaker 3: our team gets to get these moments in the prime time. 293 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:43,839 Speaker 3: Now we just have to go capitalize on them. 294 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 4: Coach of the night against the Jets, you got them 295 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:49,199 Speaker 4: into some third down situations and Deniko really kind of 296 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 4: showed up and it really looked like, Okay, that's the 297 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:53,599 Speaker 4: Deniko we remember from seeing them with the Colts and 298 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 4: the Titans, and it was really nice to see that. 299 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:57,319 Speaker 4: What do you kind of think, is he kind of 300 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 4: gets into the third or fourth game now he's kind 301 00:12:59,920 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 4: of we'll find a little bit of a groove, which 302 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 4: you think of Nico the other night. 303 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, I thought it was really like you said, what 304 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 3: we expected from him, and it was cool to see. 305 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 3: I know, his first game back, as I mentioned earlier, 306 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 3: he was trying to get his feet underneath him, getting 307 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 3: used to it. But now like you saw the presence 308 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,319 Speaker 3: that he has inside as a rusher, like his quickness 309 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 3: and his power match with the power against inside players, 310 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:23,719 Speaker 3: whether there's a guard or a center, like, he can 311 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 3: dominate inside. And so we want to continue to live 312 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 3: in that where we're putting him in those positions, try 313 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:32,559 Speaker 3: to get him some more one on one opportunities versus 314 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 3: guards where I feel like he will win nine out 315 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:37,719 Speaker 3: of ten of those matchups, and it's only going to 316 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 3: get better, you know. Moving forward with Denico so very 317 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 3: pleased with the game that he had. 318 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: Well, we talked about the weekend off, but you have 319 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 1: a day Monday before the mandatory day off Tuesday. So 320 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 1: in this kind of context, coach, how do you handle 321 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 1: the Monday of getting back into a normal game week routine. 322 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, this Monday all we call it a bonus Monday. 323 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 3: You know, we get a bonus day to prepare, We 324 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 3: get our guys just to we get a chance to 325 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:06,200 Speaker 3: just really dive deep dive and into a look into ourselves, 326 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 3: Like let's look and see where we can improve where 327 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 3: you're fundamentals, techniques and those things. We don't have to 328 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:15,320 Speaker 3: worry truly focus on an opponent right today, so as 329 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 3: we're watching film and those, it's truly on, Like, let's 330 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 3: just hit reset and let's go back to our day 331 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 3: one training camp fundamentals execution, and that's it's a great 332 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 3: moment at the season to go back and hit those. 333 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 3: Sometimes you get lost right in the game planning and 334 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 3: who you're playing against this player, this matchup. Like no, 335 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 3: let's just forget the matchups and let's just take a 336 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,120 Speaker 3: look at ourselves and see where can we get better. 337 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 4: So it's not a full by week from that standpoint, 338 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 4: you got a couple of days. Is that enough time 339 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 4: to get kind of a self scout done? Or do 340 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 4: you kind of just kind of quickie self scout over 341 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 4: the last couple of days, coach, kind of how do you, 342 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 4: I don't want to say, how do you You talk 343 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 4: about getting you know, getting improved, but do you do 344 00:14:57,800 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 4: a little bit of a self scout as you go 345 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 4: through the last couple of days. So like, okay, these 346 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 4: are things we did it because it's red at the 347 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 4: halfway mark. Hey, here's the things we did in the 348 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 4: first half. 349 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 2: These are the things we got to do better in 350 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 2: the second half of for sure. 351 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 3: It's definitely a self scout and I'm I'm always about 352 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 3: self scouting out there every four games just to get 353 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 3: a quick snapshot. But this time you're able to really 354 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 3: just you know, take a breather and digest information and see, Okay, 355 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 3: you know with our tendencies where we've been heavy, like 356 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 3: where can we change things up a little bit, and 357 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 3: where can we just lean into like putting our players 358 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:32,040 Speaker 3: in the best position possible for them to succeed. After 359 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 3: a snapshot of eight you know, well nine weeks, you 360 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 3: get to see, okay, this player is really you know, 361 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 3: excelled in this area, not so. 362 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 2: Well in this area, so we can lean more this way. 363 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 3: So it's a lot of that self reflection and really 364 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 3: looking into who we really are. And as I talk 365 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 3: through it with our coaches, it's like each season is different, 366 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 3: each team is different, and you kind of your team 367 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 3: kind of shapes itself throughout the season and you kind 368 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 3: of see, okay, this is our twenty five twenty four identity. 369 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 3: This is what we kind of need to do to 370 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 3: win games moving. 371 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 1: Forward, all right, So this is a self serving question 372 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 1: for me meeting with the broadcasters before the game. We've 373 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 1: mentioned this before, but now you've been through the full 374 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 1: gauntlet of all the prime time cruise. Right, you had 375 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: Al Michaels and Kirk herb Street last week, You've had 376 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 1: Tarico and Collinsworth, you had buckan Akman last year, right, 377 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 1: we had Nansen Romo. Right, So what is that like 378 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,200 Speaker 1: meeting with those guys for you? What can you tell 379 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 1: the listeners about that? 380 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 2: Those are those are always fun for me? 381 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 3: Is you get to see these guys who you hear 382 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 3: all the all the time on the broadcast, but it's 383 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 3: always cool. They just want to know more about you 384 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 3: want to take a deeper dive into the players and 385 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 3: the impact players, and they want to know a little 386 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 3: bit more about the guys so they can tell the 387 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 3: story as they're on TV. So a lot of questions 388 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 3: on the guys that think it depends on the crew 389 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 3: some cruise are they're really dowdy and they know like 390 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 3: their roster really well. And has asked me to give 391 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 3: a one liner on all my guys. I'm like, wait 392 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 3: a minute, all your guys. That was an outlier for sure, 393 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 3: but for the most part, they're pretty inquiring. 394 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 2: I can't tell you. 395 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 4: Okay, we'll keep that one quiet. How about your TV 396 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:25,399 Speaker 4: preseason crew? They're pretty good my preseason TV? Yeah them 397 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:29,359 Speaker 4: every week? Would love Yeah, that'd be that would definitely 398 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 4: be awesome for sure, very good stuff. Uh when do 399 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:35,920 Speaker 4: you put in the game plan? When does that happen 400 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:38,160 Speaker 4: during a given week and is it different this week? 401 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:38,680 Speaker 2: Yeah? 402 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:40,880 Speaker 3: When we put into the we put the game plan 403 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,119 Speaker 3: in on Wednesday with our players, and that's more of 404 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:45,959 Speaker 3: our first and second down game plan. So as coaches 405 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 3: will go through it Monday Tuesday and kind of hash 406 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 3: out like, okay, this is kind of this would be 407 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:54,360 Speaker 3: our core of what we're doing first and second down. 408 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 3: And then we spend Wednesday evening really diving into third 409 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:00,880 Speaker 3: down and that's where come back Thirdnesday morning and we'll 410 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 3: implement our third down, goal line, short yardage, all right, 411 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 3: presentation to our players and our game plan. And then 412 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:10,879 Speaker 3: Friday is big red zone day and that's how it 413 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 3: spready red zone and then also I forgot also a 414 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,360 Speaker 3: two minute goes in on Wednesday as well. 415 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 2: So it's a lot to crunch in a lot of 416 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 2: different areas of the game. 417 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:24,399 Speaker 3: But you make sure you hit especially the situations. You 418 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:27,200 Speaker 3: want to make sure you really dialed into those situations. 419 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:29,200 Speaker 3: As I continue to look at it throughout the week, 420 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 3: I may have some thoughts that change. So I may 421 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 3: come in on Saturday morning with hey, guys, I know 422 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 3: we're thinking this way, but as I continue to watch it, 423 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 3: like I really want to flip the script and go 424 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 3: a different, different route. 425 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: So do you ever call something during a game that 426 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,160 Speaker 1: you might not have planned on for that particular week, 427 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 1: but it's gonna work right here in the context of 428 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: that game, And oh yeah, all the time. 429 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 3: That's how I try to make sure our guys are 430 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 3: just have a really good understanding of everything we're doing philosophically, 431 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:02,119 Speaker 3: like coverage wise, pressure wise, and to make sure I 432 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 3: always have I always tell the coach I always have 433 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 3: a few things in my back pocket that we have 434 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:09,400 Speaker 3: a game plan, but make sure they can always run 435 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:10,200 Speaker 3: these Well, that's. 436 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:12,159 Speaker 4: Why I was gonna you went right exactly where I 437 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 4: was going. And that is if you see something during 438 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 4: the week and you want to make a change, kind 439 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:20,680 Speaker 4: of you're going to make the change. There's no doubt 440 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:22,119 Speaker 4: obviously if you see it during the week. But if 441 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 4: it's something on Saturday Sunday and you haven't worked on 442 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 4: something potentially practice. Maybe it's something you did in week two, Yes, 443 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 4: but now in week ten or whatever it is, Man, 444 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 4: we haven't worked on it in a while. Does you 445 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:35,639 Speaker 4: have any hesitation about bringing it back and using it 446 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 4: even if you haven't worked on it during the practice week? Coach? 447 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:38,120 Speaker 2: Yeah. 448 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 4: No. 449 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 3: The things that I that I'll pull back out things 450 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 3: that we've already worked on before, so it wouldn't be 451 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 3: foreign to our gays. And so when when I have man, 452 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:53,399 Speaker 3: we have such smart players with Jayalen E. Murray like Stingley, 453 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 3: it's so many smart guys. We're able to adjust on 454 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,880 Speaker 3: the fly. And that's what allows me to be able 455 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 3: to do those things and throw something at the guys 456 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 3: that we haven't ran in a while, just because of 457 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,639 Speaker 3: how sharp the guys are with any adjustments that I 458 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:06,159 Speaker 3: throw at them. 459 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:09,040 Speaker 1: Hey, you were asking the press conference about injured players 460 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 1: and guys who might replace whoever and who needs to 461 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 1: step up? How hard is it for guys to step 462 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:16,920 Speaker 1: up during the course of a season in practice? 463 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:17,200 Speaker 2: Coach? 464 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 1: How hard is it for them to impress the coaches 465 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:22,199 Speaker 1: when you're not having these training camps type practices now 466 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 1: where it's just full on every single day. So what 467 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 1: about that part of it. 468 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's very hard to do physically in practice right. 469 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 3: I think the main part of stepping up is when 470 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 3: your coaches and everybody around you trust you mentally with 471 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 3: the preparation. And that's where we are at this point 472 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 3: in the season. It's more the mental prep and guys 473 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 3: you trust that can go in and do things the 474 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 3: proper way, and that's where I think guys can step 475 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 3: up in that manner. Is not going to be a 476 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 3: physical like, oh I seen him, you know, have such 477 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:56,159 Speaker 3: great reps this week. Physically it's hard to do right, 478 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 3: especially when there are not many competitive reps throughout this 479 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:02,199 Speaker 3: just because we're got to make sure we're taking care 480 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:04,679 Speaker 3: of ourselves so we're healthy on Sunday, because we've. 481 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 4: Been around you enough to know that you care for 482 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,160 Speaker 4: everybody that comes in this building that puts on a logo. 483 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 4: And it's not like the cutdown day, but trade deadline 484 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:15,640 Speaker 4: can be one of those days where maybe somebody's coming 485 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 4: in that might take a job of somebody, or somebody's 486 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 4: going out, whatever the case might be. For a coach, 487 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 4: is it a little tougher kind of going through that 488 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 4: situation to kind of explain to players, like, you know, 489 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 4: if they come to you, hey, why are we doing this? 490 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 2: What's going on? 491 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 4: Is it kind of a tough week kind of the 492 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,680 Speaker 4: business of football going on as you head up to 493 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:32,359 Speaker 4: the trade deadline? 494 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:36,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean anytime we have those transactions with players, 495 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:38,919 Speaker 3: and in my seat in the past two years, as 496 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:44,160 Speaker 3: I've done it, like most most players generally understand. Yeah, 497 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 3: and that makes that That's one thing I was always 498 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,639 Speaker 3: kind of apprehensive about having it. It was always a 499 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 3: hard thing of telling a player no, or telling a 500 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 3: player we're moving in a different direction. But what's helped 501 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 3: me is just, man, how the players have handled it, 502 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,920 Speaker 3: Like they've helped me deliver the news and in a 503 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 3: different way, just because I see how how easy it 504 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 3: is to communicate that because I'm I'm just trustworth. I mean, 505 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 3: I tell the guys the truth, you know, and I 506 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,879 Speaker 3: try not to sugarcoat or tell them something that they 507 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 3: can come back and hey, coach, well you said, It's like, no, 508 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 3: I'm a man of my word, and what we say 509 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:23,399 Speaker 3: we stick by. And is really really great to have 510 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:25,920 Speaker 3: Nick who is the same way like, we're gonna tell 511 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 3: it straight and so players understand exactly where our position is. 512 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 1: All right, the AMG Bank ask coach question of the week. 513 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 1: In coach, I know you make a lot of tough decisions. 514 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 1: You get asked a lot of tough questions. This is 515 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:39,480 Speaker 1: gonna be one of them. When is the proper time 516 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 1: to start playing Christmas music? Because once Halloween ended November one, 517 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 1: I'm hearing it and it's too early. When is the 518 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 1: right time. 519 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:49,919 Speaker 2: It's a little too early right now. 520 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:55,479 Speaker 3: I think after Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving for me fair, after Thanksgiving them, 521 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 3: now it's time to start a little little Christmas music. 522 00:22:58,640 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 1: Good. 523 00:22:58,920 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 2: I'm good with that. 524 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 4: My wife, I've watched five Hallmark movies Christmas Hallmark movies 525 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 4: on Saturday already. I have my college games on my 526 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 4: computer and she was watching Hallmark all Christmas movies eighty 527 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:09,439 Speaker 4: five degrees. 528 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:12,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, twenty four seven through sixty five. 529 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:16,640 Speaker 3: Christmas movies are the best, Coach, Thanks a lot, good luck, 530 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 3: Thank you guys.