1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,320 Speaker 1: I guess we have to start with you know, you 2 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 1: had players last night questioning the effort and commitment of 3 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: other players. When you guys watched the film today, did 4 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:19,760 Speaker 1: you see that, did you discuss that. What's the reaction 5 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 1: to that kind of talk? 6 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 2: You know, I think overall, especially on defense, I think 7 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 2: our effort was good. I would say there was a 8 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 2: couple of one off plays where you know, maybe one 9 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 2: or two guys would like to have it back, and 10 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 2: but I think for the most part, we were you know, 11 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:43,199 Speaker 2: we were playing hard, and I think at the end 12 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 2: of the day, it comes down to doing our job 13 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 2: and executing at a high level, and we didn't do 14 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 2: that enough. 15 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 1: You know, we've been hearing that sort of same thing. 16 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: It's the run fits, it's execution. We've been hearing that 17 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: for for several weeks. 18 00:00:58,560 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 3: Now. 19 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: Is there is there something you guys need to do 20 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: differently to fix it? 21 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 3: You know? 22 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 2: I think, uh, I think it's the little details. I 23 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 2: think it's how we practice. It's uh, the way we 24 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 2: you know, treat our individual drills, how we hold each 25 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:26,399 Speaker 2: other accountable within practice and in the game. Realizing that 26 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 2: it takes all eleven of us, and it's not one 27 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,680 Speaker 2: guy that's gonna make the play. And you know, we 28 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 2: got to depend on each other and trust each other. 29 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 2: Obviously this you know, the past few games and uh, 30 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 2: you know, this hasn't been the outcome that we've wanted, uh, 31 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 2: you know all season long, honestly, but we can't just 32 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 2: splinter apart because of that. We gotta we got to 33 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 2: focus on what we can do better, uh, individually and 34 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 2: put it together on Sunday. 35 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: Thank you. 36 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 3: Hey, Michael, how's it? 37 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 2: Call man? 38 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 3: Good? 39 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 4: You mentioned accountability and holding players account you know, holding 40 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 4: each other accountable. You've played this game a long time. 41 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 4: How difficult is that to do? Sometimes? And I would 42 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 4: imagine every year every locker room is different. But how 43 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 4: different is it in a professional locker room to hold 44 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 4: guys accountable when you have completely different ranges of guys 45 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 4: that are, you know, in there together teammates. I mean, 46 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 4: maybe some guys feel like they're too honest or not 47 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 4: honest enough. Take me inside a little bit just in 48 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:40,839 Speaker 4: terms of the approach and what the challenges are when 49 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 4: you're trying to assess, you know, what's going wrong. 50 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's the NFL. You know, guys, everybody's treated fair, 51 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 2: but not equally right. There's guys with different salaries. There's 52 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 2: you know, some guys can get away with more. So 53 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:59,239 Speaker 2: it's not easy. You know, play the player, coach the player, 54 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 2: but you know that that doesn't change the fact that 55 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,079 Speaker 2: we're all depending on each other to get the job 56 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 2: done at the end of the day. And you know, 57 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 2: like I said earlier, it starts throughout the week. It 58 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 2: starts with guys holding each other accountable, you know, on 59 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 2: Wednesday during a padded practice, so the guy doesn't make 60 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 2: the same mistake on Sunday that he made the week before. 61 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 2: And you know, like I said it, it starts top down, 62 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 2: but ultimately the players are the one on the field 63 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 2: on Sunday, and you know, we got to hold each 64 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 2: other accountable to doing our jobs and uh to making 65 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 2: sure you know, everybody's on the same page and all 66 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 2: heading in one direction. 67 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 3: Thanks man, appreciate it. I'm rock, Mike. I'm I'm wondering how, 68 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 3: uh you know, like how intense, honest and and maybe 69 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 3: even a little ugly was the film session today. It 70 00:03:57,800 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 3: sounds like, you know, you guys, you. 71 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 4: Guys over a lot of stuff. 72 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, I honestly, we didn't get to watch too much 73 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 2: of the game, probably just you know, pointed out main 74 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 2: clips and main coaching points that that we need to 75 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 2: get corrected. And you know, I think I think more 76 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 2: than anything, it was kind of highlighting the fact that 77 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 2: there was a lot of good effort. I don't think 78 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 2: guys were playing soft or any of that out there. 79 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 2: I think it was you know, there was a lot 80 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 2: of good plays. Obviously, there's always going to be a 81 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 2: few plays that everybody on the field is gonna went back. 82 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 2: But yeah, it wasn't a crazy long film session obviously, 83 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 2: with you know, it being a short week. We got 84 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:42,599 Speaker 2: to move on to Dallas, and you know, we're tired 85 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 2: of saying it, but we got to flush this game 86 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 2: and we gotta, you know, we gotta be ready to 87 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:46,359 Speaker 2: play on Thanksgiving. 88 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: Thank you. 89 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 5: Last one, Mark Tnazero, Hey Mike, thanks for doing this. 90 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 3: Thanks to the time. I'm just curious when you hear 91 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 3: a teammate or anybody say that you're playing soft as 92 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 3: a football player, what's your reaction to that, Not you particularly, 93 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 3: but just as a group. 94 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I would never want to hear that as 95 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 2: a player, like you know, especially for me with the 96 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:17,799 Speaker 2: position I play a linebacker. If somebody thinks I'm playing soft, 97 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 2: that is, you know, that's an embarrassing statement to hear 98 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 2: and you as a team, you know, I hope our 99 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:28,479 Speaker 2: team would never carry that that identity of being a 100 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 2: soft team. I don't think we are a soft team. 101 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 2: But yeah, no, I you know, I wouldn't accept it. 102 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:38,039 Speaker 2: And uh And I think I think this team has 103 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,600 Speaker 2: the right mindset. I think we carry ourselves to a 104 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:45,839 Speaker 2: high standard and I think we just gotta you know, 105 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 2: we gotta stay focused. We can't. It'd be, you know, 106 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 2: the easy thing would be to splinter and and to 107 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 2: start point fingers. But you know, I don't think. I 108 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 2: don't think that's the group we have. I don't think 109 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 2: that's the leadership we have within the locker room. You know, 110 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,159 Speaker 2: all we can do now is stay focused. Obviously it 111 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:05,039 Speaker 2: hasn't been what we wanted it to be, but the 112 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 2: rest of the season is up to make up to 113 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 2: us to make it what we want it to be. 114 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 2: And I think everybody's focused on that. 115 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:15,039 Speaker 3: What was your reaction when you did hear guys like 116 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 3: decks and and it was. 117 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 5: A handful of handful of guys I know neighbors mentioned 118 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 5: it as well. Use that word because that is kind 119 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 5: of a dirty word in football and wasn't at all 120 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 5: addressed today in your meetings. 121 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 2: Honestly, I didn't really know anybody had said anything about 122 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 2: it till to not like, not too long ago. But 123 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 2: you know, I think that's just kind of frustration, you know, 124 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 2: immediately after the game. I don't think those guys were 125 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 2: talking about our team being completely soft. I think it 126 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,839 Speaker 2: was just you know, overall frustration from from how the 127 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 2: game felt it. You know, it felt like we got 128 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:50,040 Speaker 2: dominated out there. It felt embarrassing, and I think that 129 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 2: was stated, you know, collectively in the in the locker 130 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 2: room after the game. So you know, it's easy to 131 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 2: you know, kind of let your temper take over at 132 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 2: points like that, and you know, like I said before, 133 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:02,720 Speaker 2: we just we can't let it divide us.