WEBVTT - John Harbaugh: Ravens Press Conference 9/23/24 0:00:03.200 --> 0:00:05.840 Welcome to the Ravens Presspass podcast. It is Monday, September 0:00:05.880 --> 0:00:08.319 twenty third, and the Ravens got the first win of 0:00:08.360 --> 0:00:10.880 the season on Sunday over the Dallas Cowboys. Today we 0:00:10.880 --> 0:00:13.000 had a chance to hear from head coach John Harbaugh 0:00:13.080 --> 0:00:15.760 during his weekly Monday afternoon presser. 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:23.560 Shit, you guys being here. Got back last night pretty late, 0:00:24.239 --> 0:00:27.360 most a lot of coaches. We came in, worked, went 0:00:27.400 --> 0:00:30.080 to sleep, got up, worked again. So we're getting into 0:00:30.120 --> 0:00:34.920 the grind now for Buffalo they play tonight, so probably 0:00:34.920 --> 0:00:37.120 watch it game on TV like like you guys, like 0:00:37.159 --> 0:00:39.879 everybody else, But do all the work we can up 0:00:39.960 --> 0:00:42.800 until that point and be a big, big tough challenge 0:00:42.840 --> 0:00:44.800 for us Sunday night football. 0:00:45.400 --> 0:00:47.600 Our crowd looking forward. 0:00:47.360 --> 0:00:50.160 To that, So be a big AFC game, and we're 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:52.800 gonna have to, you know, continue to improve a lot 0:00:53.479 --> 0:00:54.880 to be ready for that challenge. 0:00:54.960 --> 0:00:58.240 So what questions you have? First, happy birthday for you, 0:00:58.600 --> 0:00:59.640 Thank you Davison. 0:01:00.560 --> 0:01:04.120 With Justin Tucker, he's now missed the people in each 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:07.920 of the first games, which is not like all wide left. 0:01:08.600 --> 0:01:12.520 What do you mean from from the missus? And it 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:15.240 also I think the TV showed that you talked to 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:17.319 Justin after the like as soon as the game ended. 0:01:17.480 --> 0:01:19.080 What was part of that conversation as well. 0:01:19.720 --> 0:01:22.720 Yeah, from a conversation standpoint, just uh, and we're we're 0:01:22.720 --> 0:01:24.560 pretty close. You know, we've been together for a long 0:01:24.600 --> 0:01:27.800 time and we've had a lot of conversations and uh, 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:30.600 you know, we know each other. So that was just 0:01:30.600 --> 0:01:32.800 just two guys talking about you know, where we're at. 0:01:32.800 --> 0:01:36.360 And I just love the guy, respect him. Uh, he's uh, 0:01:36.520 --> 0:01:38.560 he's everything that you want and a player and a friend. 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:43.039 So that was really the basis of that. But beyond that, 0:01:43.319 --> 0:01:45.399 you know, for Justin, it's just a technique issue right 0:01:45.400 --> 0:01:47.520 now that he's working through. I think he's he's got 0:01:47.520 --> 0:01:50.920 a technique thing going on, and uh, he'll work through it. 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:54.080 He knows exactly what it is and just needs to smooth. 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:57.080 It back out. And I'm very confident that he will coach. 0:01:58.000 --> 0:02:00.080 What do you say, philis fourt's the biggest challenge as 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:02.040 far as it got scored in the fourth quarter in 0:02:02.080 --> 0:02:03.080 the past few games. 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:05.480 Yeah, I mean the two things go to go to that, 0:02:05.960 --> 0:02:08.760 you know, pass rush and pass coverage tie together, you know, 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:11.760 so we definitely were rushing the past her well, but 0:02:11.760 --> 0:02:13.560 we can be a little more consistent in terms of 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:16.720 our rush lanes and some of our games and things 0:02:16.760 --> 0:02:19.320 like that, and then being on point with that, and 0:02:19.320 --> 0:02:21.040 then coverage is just getting a little loose in the 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:25.160 fourth quarter for whatever reason. So that's something that we 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:27.600 just have to just understand. Sometimes the call is going 0:02:27.639 --> 0:02:29.400 to go against you. It may may be right, it 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:31.720 may not be right, but you can't let that change 0:02:31.720 --> 0:02:33.960 the way you play. You still got to play the 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:36.880 coverage the way it's played. If it's an inside leverage, 0:02:36.880 --> 0:02:39.359 you play inside leverage. You know, if it's if it's 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:41.040 supposed to be down on a route, it's supposed to 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:41.800 be down on the route, get. 0:02:41.720 --> 0:02:42.160 Down on it. 0:02:42.200 --> 0:02:44.480 So don't don't don't be playing like not to give 0:02:44.560 --> 0:02:45.679 up the big play all the time. 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:47.119 You just play the defense away. It's been played. 0:02:47.120 --> 0:02:49.480 And we've got really good players back there, and I'd 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:52.200 like to see them play that way from a conference standpoint, 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:53.880 the way they did the rest of the game. You know, 0:02:53.960 --> 0:02:56.320 we were we were forcing a lot of tight window 0:02:56.360 --> 0:02:58.799 throws in the first half. Play the same way in 0:02:58.840 --> 0:03:01.120 the third quarter, and then play even more that way 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:03.160 in the fourth quarter and make them earn it. And 0:03:03.200 --> 0:03:05.440 I do think sometimes we're just getting a little maybe 0:03:05.440 --> 0:03:07.320 it's on their brain, weighing in our brains a little 0:03:07.320 --> 0:03:10.480 bit about not letting that happen. Then there, then it happens. 0:03:10.520 --> 0:03:13.400 So uh we're capable of We just got to get 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:17.400 it done. Could would you were you giving the explanation 0:03:17.480 --> 0:03:22.600 of the away tackle? Uh, they said that he lifted 0:03:22.639 --> 0:03:24.120 them up and dumped him into the ground. 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:25.959 That's what they said that they saw. 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:28.520 After the tape. 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:31.240 Are there were a number of maybe calls that Joe 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:34.200 said dyck in the league and gave clarification on anything. 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:36.760 Yeah, I mean, you know, I'm not allowed to comment 0:03:36.800 --> 0:03:39.760 on that, you know, But like I always say, you know, 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:41.120 the best I can say is the things that we 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:44.400 that we can see are wrong, that we'll uh that 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:45.400 we'll coach our guys on. 0:03:45.560 --> 0:03:45.720 You know. 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:47.560 The things that we can say that we can't see 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:49.960 that are wrong, we'll ask the league about and if 0:03:49.960 --> 0:03:51.920 they confirmed that they're that you know that that it 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:53.839 you know, it wasn't a wrong played by the guy, 0:03:53.840 --> 0:03:54.440 we'll let them know. 0:03:54.480 --> 0:03:55.560 You know, It's all we can really do. 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:58.760 But uh, you know, there there are some some head scratchers, 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:01.440 but there's also someone that are And when you have 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:03.360 the number that we have right now, it's too many. 0:04:03.440 --> 0:04:05.840 I mean, I mean, that's just something that's got cleaned up. 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:08.480 So the ones that that maybe shouldn't be called and 0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:10.080 we can't do anything about those, but the ones that 0:04:10.120 --> 0:04:12.880 should be called, we got to clean those up. And 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:15.480 that's on us. It's our responsibility to do it. It's 0:04:15.560 --> 0:04:19.320 hurting us. I mean, it's costing us points in the end. So, uh, 0:04:19.640 --> 0:04:21.640 that's a matter of playing football the right way and 0:04:21.720 --> 0:04:24.440 all those situations. And I guarantee you we're going to 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:25.760 be on our guys that do it right. They want 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:27.680 to do it the right way. It's our responsibility to 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:29.200 make sure they do it the right way all the 0:04:29.240 --> 0:04:30.440 time as much as possible. 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:32.120 And we got to get better at that. 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:35.919 John, as you ever from a look like there's a 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:38.120 long conversation with Tolbert on the. 0:04:38.120 --> 0:04:42.680 Sideline after the legal clutching penalty or on a near safety. 0:04:43.200 --> 0:04:47.000 Did you get an explanation for why that wasn't potential. 0:04:46.480 --> 0:04:47.479 Ground in the end zone. 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:49.559 Yeah, I've never heard of this before, and I guess 0:04:49.680 --> 0:04:52.840 I don't know if it's something that kind of came 0:04:52.920 --> 0:04:54.760 up there, if they've seen this before, I'm not sure 0:04:54.839 --> 0:04:58.520 but they said that it's not it's not intentional grounding 0:04:58.600 --> 0:05:01.320 because somebody caught it, even though it's an illegal receiver 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:04.240 that caught it, which is a penalty. So basically they 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:09.080 get rewarded for having a penalty there. You know, that's 0:05:09.160 --> 0:05:11.400 kind of probably not what they what they want by 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:11.760 the rules. 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:12.240 So we'll see. 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:13.919 Maybe it's a loophole in the rule. I'm not sure, 0:05:14.520 --> 0:05:17.599 something they'll probably look at. But but because he because 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:20.320 because a receiver caught it, you can't call intentional grounding 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:22.440 even though it's an illegal receiver and there's no eligible 0:05:22.440 --> 0:05:26.520 receiver in the area which would constitute grounding. So that's 0:05:26.560 --> 0:05:28.440 kind of how they That's what he explained to me. 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:32.880 Going back to Justin Tucker, feels like maybe the first 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:39.599 slum of his career. How have you approached coaching him, 0:05:39.839 --> 0:05:43.640 working with him, and just something that seems foreign for 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:46.400 a guy that is the most accurate in. 0:05:46.680 --> 0:05:47.240 History, isn't that? 0:05:47.640 --> 0:05:47.839 Yeah? 0:05:47.880 --> 0:05:49.800 I mean Justin knows that we support him. I've tried 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:51.440 to make sure he knows that. You know, that's part 0:05:51.480 --> 0:05:54.640 of it, just relationship wise. I mean, the talent, the ability, 0:05:54.640 --> 0:05:57.279 all that stuff is there. You know that hasn't gone anywhere. 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:01.280 We see it all the time. But it's a technique thing. 0:06:01.320 --> 0:06:03.800 I think we're approaching from a technical standpoint. Randy Brown 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:05.960 does a great job coaching that part of it. That's 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:09.600 that's Randy's Uh, Randy's the foremost guy in the business 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:12.400 at that, So they work on that every single day. 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:13.360 Uh. 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:13.640 You know. 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:16.160 For me, I just try to encourage what I see 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:19.760 and understand with the technique as well. But uh, Justin's 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:24.040 a pro, you know, and I have a great belief 0:06:24.040 --> 0:06:27.400 that he'll he'll get the job done, He'll get. 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:30.479 Related to what you were saying about the pass coverage earlier, 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:34.080 to think you guys are second in giving the tight ends, 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:37.440 second in your passengers given up between the hashes. 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:38.919 Are you concerned? 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:41.880 I mean, especially when you look at the spinal defense 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:45.320 to some of your best players, you concern about what's 0:06:45.360 --> 0:06:47.080 going on in the middle of the field. 0:06:47.080 --> 0:06:50.800 Are going absolutely absolutely, it's uh it's the easiest place 0:06:50.800 --> 0:06:53.279 to complete passes in the middle of the field, you know, 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:55.080 and uh, you know, you got to get between the 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:58.400 quarterback and the football and uh, we're not doing a 0:06:58.400 --> 0:06:59.040 good job with that. 0:06:59.360 --> 0:07:01.440 So it's got to stop. We've got to pus stop 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:01.920 to it. 0:07:03.720 --> 0:07:06.240 You when you got to you're sort of closer. Second, 0:07:06.240 --> 0:07:09.400 look at the offensive line, did you come away? I mean, 0:07:09.480 --> 0:07:10.520 I guess what out your visions? 0:07:10.520 --> 0:07:11.360 Did you come away with them? 0:07:11.400 --> 0:07:13.840 Did that sort of redelli or confidence in that group 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:14.480 going forward? 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:15.120 Yeah? 0:07:15.160 --> 0:07:16.880 I mean I just think I think we took a step. 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:19.480 You know, we took a step offensive line as a team. 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:22.960 The good news is we came a long way and 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:24.480 the good news is we have a long way to go. 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:27.400 And that's good news because that gives us an opportunity 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:30.480 to get a lot better. So I see great upside 0:07:30.480 --> 0:07:33.600 in our whole team. I also see upside and great 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:37.520 upside in our offensive line. But by no means we're 0:07:37.560 --> 0:07:40.120 we perfect anywhere. You know, on the offensive line, they 0:07:40.120 --> 0:07:42.320 played well. We got a lot of rushing yards, but 0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:44.240 there's plenty of things to get better. 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:45.680 At this line. 0:07:45.880 --> 0:07:48.920 A couple of the guys really made a point to 0:07:49.080 --> 0:07:52.240 shout out Daniel follow that yeah list for me. And 0:07:52.280 --> 0:07:55.840 you can get questions about coming into the possion in 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:58.600 reviewing the tape. What did you like about how he played? 0:07:58.680 --> 0:08:02.280 And you know, you know, improvement and everything. What do 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:03.240 you didn't make a difference? 0:08:05.120 --> 0:08:06.600 Well, yeah, I mean, you know, he's a young player 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:08.440 and he's growing. I think I think he just had 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:11.560 a little more a sense of like understanding of what 0:08:11.600 --> 0:08:14.520 it was going to take. You know, he wasn't playing tentative. 0:08:14.720 --> 0:08:16.760 Maybe he played a little tentative maybe early on if 0:08:16.800 --> 0:08:19.400 you want to just get dig into psychology. But he 0:08:19.440 --> 0:08:21.800 played with more aggressiveness. You know, he came off the ball, 0:08:21.840 --> 0:08:24.160 he moved people, he knocked people off the ball, he 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:27.440 got up on linebackers, he cut people off, he knocked 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:30.280 down blocks down across you know, he knocked tackles across 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:32.959 the center sometimes. You know, some things that made those 0:08:33.040 --> 0:08:34.480 runs really go. He was a big part of that, 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:35.320 along with the other guys. 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:35.480 You know. 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:38.320 So that was good, and yet there were other things 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:39.720 that he didn't do as well, and he knows that 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:42.440 he can keep getting better at so again, Daniel came 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:43.760 a long way in that game. I think he's kind 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:45.880 of indicative of that whole statement. And the good news 0:08:45.960 --> 0:08:48.400 is he's got a long way to go, and he's, uh, 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:50.160 he's capable of so much more. 0:08:51.440 --> 0:08:55.120 Head sets for years and then had a card and 0:08:55.559 --> 0:08:58.960 part of that, you know, this weaking particular, is there 0:08:59.160 --> 0:09:02.640 something with those bigger sets that we all against the. 0:09:02.559 --> 0:09:05.319 Cowboys, and you feel like some of the. 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:07.800 Packages are essential going forward in the coming week. 0:09:08.080 --> 0:09:09.640 Yeah, I mean we have, we have. We live in 0:09:09.679 --> 0:09:13.080 a lot of worlds football wise. With our versatility, it's 0:09:13.160 --> 0:09:16.600 it's uh, I think it's a strength. Sometimes it can 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:19.120 be considered not you know, some teams come out and 0:09:19.160 --> 0:09:21.200 they play eleven personnel of the whole game and spread 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:23.400 you out and don't motion anybody. Sometimes they use motion. 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:26.200 Different teams have different approaches. I think one of our 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:28.400 approaches is that we have a lot of multiple personnel 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:31.560 groups that we use. That's kind of the way we go. 0:09:31.640 --> 0:09:33.600 So from one game to the next, you'll probably see 0:09:34.080 --> 0:09:37.559 different emphasis in different places probably, But to be able 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:38.880 to you know, to be able to run the ball, 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:41.240 we call it must run when you really want to 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:43.120 run the ball and do it out of big groups 0:09:43.120 --> 0:09:45.880 that protect the edges and all that. That's that's something 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:47.880 kind of in our in our DNA a little bit 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:49.920 been that way a long time. So we want to 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:53.360 We definitely want to live in that world if we can. 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:55.160 That's only the topic. 0:09:55.559 --> 0:09:59.600 The tight ends in the versatility they share its perimeter blockers, right, Yes, 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:02.640 how important is that especially is you know, Mark and 0:10:02.679 --> 0:10:05.560 Isaiah pass catching guys to show themselves as blockers. How 0:10:05.600 --> 0:10:06.680 important is that in the offense. 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:08.680 That's such a great point, Ryan, I mean the perimeter 0:10:08.800 --> 0:10:12.400 blocking was okay the first two weeks. It was outstanding 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:13.920 in this game. Those guys, I'm gonna tell you what. 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:17.720 Mark Andrews might have had three four pancakes. Isaiah likely was. 0:10:17.880 --> 0:10:21.000 He was he's he was out there reaching guys. The 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:23.880 wide receivers had our best blocking game in a long time. 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:26.120 I mean, those guys were blocking. I can can think 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:28.280 of Nelson Agular coming down and getting the free safety 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:30.360 something well right over the ball one time, which is 0:10:30.440 --> 0:10:33.400 kind of you don't see that too often. Zay likely 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:37.040 Crack blocking down on defensive end. Those kinds of things 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:40.240 are really what make to me that kind of unselfish play, 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:43.240 you know, being willing to you know, there's one ball 0:10:43.280 --> 0:10:45.480 carrier and there's ten blockers, so to speak. I mean 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:47.880 even Lamars a blocker when he carries out a fake say, 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:50.040 you know, you're all helping. 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:51.400 The ball carrier one way or another. 0:10:51.920 --> 0:10:54.080 And our guys are really buying into that, you know, 0:10:54.120 --> 0:10:56.000 and that's something that we just got to keep building on. 0:10:56.679 --> 0:11:00.719 Andrews played in many fewer snaps then he wouldn't maybe 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:02.320 to Was that purely a matter of the style that 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:03.720 you guys ended up playing. 0:11:03.440 --> 0:11:04.640 Yeah, I mean you had a lot of big groups 0:11:04.640 --> 0:11:06.200 out there, kind of to your point about the personnel 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:08.160 groups and stuff like that. I think guys will play 0:11:08.720 --> 0:11:11.920 different amounts different games, you know, with our different guys 0:11:11.920 --> 0:11:12.320 that we have. 0:11:13.120 --> 0:11:14.480 I think I did not bring this up a week 0:11:14.520 --> 0:11:14.920 or two ago. 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:16.880 We'd go one way and then that someone wouldn't playing, 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:18.640 and then that question would be why didn't that guy play? 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:20.320 You know, I think that's probably gonna be something that 0:11:20.480 --> 0:11:23.360 would be every week. You know, they'll always be you know, 0:11:23.440 --> 0:11:25.960 somebody didn't get the ball thrown to him, or didn't 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:27.959 get many touches, or it wasn't on the field as much. 0:11:28.000 --> 0:11:30.400 It's probably gonna be a part of the game plan 0:11:30.440 --> 0:11:31.720 each week, and a lot a lot of it's how 0:11:31.720 --> 0:11:34.960 the game goes too, you know. But Mark did what 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:36.560 he was asked to do in the game, you know, 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:38.160 and just to just turn out that way. It wasn't 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:39.640 like he wasn't in the pass routes he couldn't have 0:11:39.640 --> 0:11:41.600 got He could have been thrown the ball just didn't 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:46.040 come his way, but the blocks came his way. You know, 0:11:46.280 --> 0:11:47.840 he was out there blocking those guys and he did 0:11:47.880 --> 0:11:48.440 a great job. 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:53.160 Nick Wagins got cleared and then he was essentially started. 0:11:53.520 --> 0:11:55.079 Did get hit with a couple of penalties. 0:11:55.080 --> 0:11:56.839 But what did you see from him? And where is 0:11:56.880 --> 0:11:57.360 he at now? 0:11:57.600 --> 0:11:57.760 Yeah? 0:11:57.800 --> 0:11:59.400 I think they competed real hard out there. 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:01.439 I think Nate that was a learning game for Nate probably, 0:12:01.559 --> 0:12:03.240 you know, he he had some really good plays. He 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:05.000 knocked that ball out down there going in. That was 0:12:05.040 --> 0:12:08.040 a massive play for us. So proud of him for that. 0:12:08.640 --> 0:12:08.800 Uh. 0:12:08.840 --> 0:12:10.320 And then other times I think he learned, you know 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:13.520 NFL football sometimes. I mean, we got one passer inference 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:16.280 penalty where he didn't even touch the guy. So but 0:12:16.320 --> 0:12:18.000 he got another one where we grabbed the guy, you know. 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:20.120 So uh, you know, you gotta learn from that, and 0:12:20.160 --> 0:12:23.080 he will. Some of the leverages he'll learn from. But 0:12:23.160 --> 0:12:25.480 Nate's a competitor, He's tough, he wants to be good. 0:12:26.400 --> 0:12:28.800 Love everything about you know, who he is and where 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:29.760 he's going as a player. 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:34.600 Grab the you know the United session and film further 0:12:34.679 --> 0:12:39.160 warning they you know that context where you kind of 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:43.280 seen from Zach for a real tough job coming game 0:12:43.440 --> 0:12:46.160 from what the defense was last year. And second hear 0:12:46.200 --> 0:12:49.199 he hasn't been with you know what he wants. What 0:12:49.320 --> 0:12:53.320 are you kind of seeing as he addresses those issues and. 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:54.160 Really kind of. 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:58.559 Yeah, that's the challenge of coaching. You know, you want 0:12:58.600 --> 0:13:01.320 everything to go great, and you know we're coaching so 0:13:01.400 --> 0:13:04.280 many things. You know, the structure of the defense is 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:06.760 the same. You know, there's things that have been added, 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:08.640 but that's none of those things are causing any problems. 0:13:08.640 --> 0:13:11.880 It's just to base some basic execution. Really in the 0:13:11.920 --> 0:13:14.720 fourth quarter of games. That's really what the issue has been. 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:17.440 And uh, and that's got to get cleaned up. And 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:19.839 that's you know, guys knowing what to do and they 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:22.400 do and just doing it. So I think zactually doing 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:25.000 a good job of letting those guys. He's been very 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:28.160 clear about what he expects. He's done a great job 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:32.320 of making the corrections, uh, drilling the corrections, getting the 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:36.800 corrections practiced, you know, and and then the guy's got 0:13:36.840 --> 0:13:38.080 to go out there and do it and they will. 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:41.640 So nothing ever comes too easy. Sometimes it comes easy. 0:13:41.679 --> 0:13:44.200 And first three or four games and it's like, man, 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:47.000 this is this is the best of something that there's 0:13:47.040 --> 0:13:49.080 ever been, and all of a sudden it's not so 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:53.960 good anymore. You know, there's always this kind of process 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:57.920 and evolution and nothing ever, nothing's ever is good, nothing's 0:13:57.920 --> 0:13:59.960 ever as bad sometimes as it seems. Is that way 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:03.280 in football for sure. So I when I watch the 0:14:03.320 --> 0:14:06.160 details of the defense, you know, and we walked, we 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:07.920 talked through all that stuff, we can see where the 0:14:07.960 --> 0:14:10.800 issues are and and you just fix them, you know, 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:15.120 and then in steadily you play better. And it's not 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:16.840 so much that we have to that we have like 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:18.719 we're at this level and we're not good or we 0:14:18.800 --> 0:14:21.800 gotta It's just we gotta play more consistently. You know 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:23.360 that we played the way we played in the first 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:24.960 half should be the way we play the whole game. 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:27.240 I mean, just play that way the whole game. We're 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:31.000 capable of doing it, uh, and let's go do it. 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:36.080 John with Derek Henry, how impressed were you watching the 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:38.920 game back? I mean it's kind of vintage Derek that 0:14:39.040 --> 0:14:43.520 we saw yesterday and kind of his first breakout game. 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:47.560 Did you see his suit and his hat? Huh? Was 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:49.400 that impressive? That was? 0:14:49.920 --> 0:14:51.520 I was impressed with the suit and the hat. But 0:14:51.560 --> 0:14:53.200 that was a lot more impressed with the game. You know, 0:14:53.840 --> 0:14:55.800 as a football coach, man, I'd tell you that was 0:14:56.280 --> 0:14:59.360 that was that was that was fun. And you know 0:14:59.400 --> 0:15:01.480 it's like Derek's it's a team effort. Football is a 0:15:01.480 --> 0:15:04.440 team game. But we gave him some space or offensive line. 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:04.920 The scheme. 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:07.120 I thought the game plan was really good. Thought Lamar 0:15:07.280 --> 0:15:09.200 created some space for him as well. Like you said, 0:15:09.240 --> 0:15:11.400 you guys all said the perimeter blocking all that stuff 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:14.160 created the space that he needed to go be who 0:15:14.240 --> 0:15:16.560 he is, and he was who he is. He made 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:18.680 a couple of runs too with vision, you know, where 0:15:18.680 --> 0:15:21.000 he'd start inside and bounce outside there, you know, or 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:23.240 he'd cut back. You know, he saw some things that 0:15:23.960 --> 0:15:26.200 you know that not every back seats all the time. 0:15:26.320 --> 0:15:28.680 So and then once he gets that momentum going, man, 0:15:28.720 --> 0:15:33.400 he's tough, he's he's he's he's different. So yeah, I 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:34.240 was excited about that. 0:15:35.440 --> 0:15:39.280 He talked after the game that he challenged the offensive 0:15:39.320 --> 0:15:43.400 line to you know, improve and to push them to 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:46.280 support that he was working out with them and just 0:15:46.640 --> 0:15:49.600 what can you say about that kind of leadership and 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:53.960 how he approached it that resonates with your team. 0:15:54.120 --> 0:16:00.000 Yeah, well, he's highly respected and he's a really good person, 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:02.640 and he really supportive of the guys. You know, he's 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:05.640 that kind of a guy. So he challenges him in 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:08.640 a way. I think that is, you know, you're capable 0:16:08.880 --> 0:16:11.480 of of of so much more. Let's let's go be that, 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:13.400 you know, and then and then, like you said, dig 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:14.720 in there and work with him on it. You know, 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:18.520 that's I think what he talked about, right, So yeah, 0:16:18.640 --> 0:16:20.560 I mean you see it. He's on there in pre practice. 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:22.560 You guys saw him last week before practice working with 0:16:22.560 --> 0:16:25.680 the guys in the past protection stuff out there before 0:16:25.680 --> 0:16:28.600 when the special teams are going. So that's that's that's 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:30.880 genuine leadership coach. 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:34.080 With lamar Is tying to throw has kind of significantly 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:37.520 decreased on over the past three weeks, almost half a 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:38.800 second less from week one. 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:42.680 Lamar's time to throw drop significantly, I. 0:16:42.680 --> 0:16:44.960 Mean, getting getting the ball out quicker. Yeah. 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:46.960 Is that kind of something that's support of the game plan, 0:16:47.040 --> 0:16:49.640 especially going up against a guy like Michael Parsons. 0:16:50.160 --> 0:16:53.640 Yeah, I mean, I think on time rhythm passing is important. 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:55.320 You know, that's something that we want to we want 0:16:55.360 --> 0:16:56.840 to be able to be good at because it takes 0:16:56.840 --> 0:17:00.000 pressure off of the protection, It takes pressure off the route, 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:03.000 It takes pressure off Lamar. Uh, that should be a 0:17:03.000 --> 0:17:04.560 big part of what we do. I mean, even like the. 0:17:04.520 --> 0:17:06.280 Boot early to Charlie. 0:17:06.320 --> 0:17:08.800 You know that's that's a play action pass and misdirection 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:11.960