Speaker 1: Welcome into the game plan.
Speaker 2: We sit with head coach Dan Quinn and give a
Speaker 2: midseason review and talk about this young developing team.
Speaker 3: Brian, you and I talked about impact players from the
Speaker 3: first time of the season, and.
Speaker 2: Then we get our ticket to a successful season.
Speaker 1: To end the show, all that and more on the
Speaker 1: game plan.
Speaker 2: Welcoming in head coach Dan Quinn.
Speaker 1: Coach.
Speaker 2: At this point, we are seven and four heading into
Speaker 2: a ten day stretch before we play the Dallas Cowboys.
Speaker 2: What is your message to the team right now to
Speaker 2: finish the end of the season strong.
Speaker 4: Well, a lot, And the first part is there's a
Speaker 4: two week block you know coming ahead that we have
Speaker 4: two home games, but that's the block, and then there's
Speaker 4: a buy and so all it is is for this
Speaker 4: two weeks and about our skills and how do we
Speaker 4: improve and constantly chasing that and being relentless about it.
Speaker 1: That's where it starts.
Speaker 4: So it's out on the practice field getting somebody reps
Speaker 4: in that spot.
Speaker 1: And if we get to that spot, I.
Speaker 4: Want to make sure over these two weeks, man, we
Speaker 4: can level up again, and so that would be the goal,
Speaker 4: and then we'll take the break to get ready to reset.
Speaker 4: For the last part, but first part two weeks like
Speaker 4: real improvement.
Speaker 3: Yeah, And like one of the things about being a coach,
Speaker 3: you jowys you I think about schedule, so kind of
Speaker 3: how do you leverage this kind of mini buy and
Speaker 3: then kind of use that second by to like I
Speaker 3: don't know, trampling yourself spring yourself into the last half
Speaker 3: of the season.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think you're on the right track.
Speaker 4: That's my mindset as opposed to this one is light
Speaker 4: in the next two weeks then into a buy. You
Speaker 4: don't want your skills to not have the work, so
Speaker 4: you've got to get your skill work in this week
Speaker 4: and next week to sharpen up. Then you can go
Speaker 4: get the break. But I don't want to go into
Speaker 4: it where you're limiting your skill work and your practice.
Speaker 4: So you really have to put it in this week.
Speaker 4: And that's the spot that we can get to having
Speaker 4: a couple extra days to get healthy into Monday and
Speaker 4: Tuesday of next week.
Speaker 2: That's a big deal and so we'll take advantage of that.
Speaker 2: Coach is always room for improvement. However, this season has
Speaker 2: felt very very special. Would have been some bright spots
Speaker 2: in your opinion on this season?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think even.
Speaker 4: Before the bright spots, there's a couple of things that
Speaker 4: you want to make sure at these games when you
Speaker 4: have the last two have been hard and you'd love
Speaker 4: for your team to go through it all and you know,
Speaker 4: just keep into this space where everything's going, but that's
Speaker 4: that's not how it is, and so you know that
Speaker 4: the adversity is coming. I'd love to say you can
Speaker 4: learn it without having to go through it, but with
Speaker 4: our first time going through it, you do have to to,
Speaker 4: you know, go through them, and it sucks, but you
Speaker 4: also gain a lot from it, and there's some hardness
Speaker 4: that you gain, there's some closing mentality that you can gain,
Speaker 4: but you do have to go through it. You don't
Speaker 4: become a tough person unless you go through these tough spots,
Speaker 4: and so this team is tough, but losing those ones
Speaker 4: here at the end, you know, so to speak, has
Speaker 4: been hard on us. But there's also we're going to
Speaker 4: come out the other side of it stronger and better
Speaker 4: and tougher for you know, fights that end up like that,
Speaker 4: and so that's something that I know is coming. What
Speaker 4: I've been pleased by. Offensively, we've done a really good
Speaker 4: job of taking care of the ball. That's been something
Speaker 4: that's going to be something we'll talk about today and
Speaker 4: ten years from today. It's about just how we do
Speaker 4: business together. Defensively, I'm starting to feel the energy of
Speaker 4: the hitting and the speed to go.
Speaker 1: If we can.
Speaker 4: Sustain that over the whole game, that's when we'll really
Speaker 4: be at our best. And then on the special team side,
Speaker 4: I love the way our guys cover and hit, and
Speaker 4: you know the return side is coming along too on
Speaker 4: some of the kickoffs with Austin. So there's a lot
Speaker 4: to be pumped about with the group. But in the
Speaker 4: short term, going through the tough ones, it sucks, but
Speaker 4: you do have to go through it a little bit
Speaker 4: to find out, Okay, I don't want that again. This
Speaker 4: is how I'm going to do it moving forward. And
Speaker 4: so a lot of things to look forward to as
Speaker 4: we get into this next two game block.
Speaker 3: And you talk about the toughness there, and I think
Speaker 3: one of the things that sticks out to me is like,
Speaker 3: it is hard. It's hard to lose games. It's hard
Speaker 3: to lose close games. How do you and get the
Speaker 3: team make sure that you do take a positive turn
Speaker 3: Because you know you've coached teams and I've been a
Speaker 3: part of teams where they don't they're not built the
Speaker 3: right way. It feels like this is built the right way.
Speaker 3: How do you make sure that it is?
Speaker 4: You want to make sure you're consistent in your approach
Speaker 4: to them on the best of days and the toughest
Speaker 4: of days. And if you're into that spot where I'm
Speaker 4: always going to be like today, you know, that's a
Speaker 4: roller coaster for anybody to have to deal with those emotions.
Speaker 4: I want the players always know like there's a consistency here.
Speaker 4: We're going to relentlessly chase getting better. We're going to
Speaker 4: learn the lessons that happened and that are meant for
Speaker 4: you in that game, and how do we apply them
Speaker 4: by working your skills at practice so when we get
Speaker 4: back into that spot, you're able to go deliver.
Speaker 1: So's it's a whole approach, really, Logan.
Speaker 4: As you're going through it doesn't mean you're always you know,
Speaker 4: Pollyanna and things are great, like you have to get
Speaker 4: to the you know, right to it and say, all right,
Speaker 4: how do we get this part better?
Speaker 1: And that's what we chase.
Speaker 3: Is there a moment where you learned that that became
Speaker 3: like the way to do things like a like as
Speaker 3: a young coach.
Speaker 1: Man, that's an awesome question.
Speaker 4: I don't know if I learned it in that way, logan,
Speaker 4: but I do know the experience tells you that somewhere
Speaker 4: along the line to say, man, you do grow from
Speaker 4: these tough experiences. When you're going through them, you don't
Speaker 4: like them, and it's like, man, but I guess I'm
Speaker 4: old enough now to know there is some good on
Speaker 4: the other side of those and I love you know,
Speaker 4: with our teammate runner and pick the next guy's picking
Speaker 4: them up, the next one's there. You know, their ability
Speaker 4: to fight for one another is big, and you do
Speaker 4: have to have the tough loss to know how to
Speaker 4: also keep gaining on the tough win. And it might
Speaker 4: be like a song, but there's some truth to it. Honest,
Speaker 4: it seems like Kenny Rodgers way. But my point is this,
Speaker 4: it sucks to go through it, but you do have
Speaker 4: to do that to become the team you want to
Speaker 4: be in these tough moments. And so this team's getting
Speaker 4: battle tested right now. You know we've had late wins,
Speaker 4: we've had tough losses at the end, and so knowing
Speaker 4: that you know they've been in some battles. There's confidence
Speaker 4: that comes from that, but there's also that angst that
Speaker 4: you're mad and you want to get it right and
Speaker 4: get it fixed.
Speaker 1: And so that's what we intend to do.
Speaker 2: And close to your point, the NFL season is a
Speaker 2: very long time. This is the first time Jadan and
Speaker 2: Daniels has got to experience how long NFL season really is.
Speaker 2: What do you expect from him these next stretch of games.
Speaker 1: Well, Number one of this guy's a relentless competitor. He
Speaker 1: just is.
Speaker 4: And just like he and really all of his teammates,
Speaker 4: you wish progress just went on this steady line and
Speaker 4: that would be.
Speaker 1: Awesome, but that's not how progress works.
Speaker 4: You know, that line goes up, put it down, and
Speaker 4: you keep going up. And so the ones that you
Speaker 4: don't have the performance that you love, you're learning from
Speaker 4: that and the.
Speaker 1: Next one comes up, and the next one comes up.
Speaker 4: And the best way to do that is back on
Speaker 4: the practice field. That's really where you make yourself as
Speaker 4: a ballplayer. All the skill work, all the throws, all
Speaker 4: the running, all the track tackling, all of that, so
Speaker 4: you get to Sunday and do it. And so he's
Speaker 4: a fantastic practice player, which makes him a great player.
Speaker 4: So that's the part that I expect to see over
Speaker 4: the next two weeks.
Speaker 1: Real quick, how do.
Speaker 2: You expect a guy like Jayden Daniels, right, who's just
Speaker 2: won so much, how do you teach him to deal
Speaker 2: with those lows, those ebbs and flows of the season.
Speaker 1: Because he's he's seen so much success in his career.
Speaker 4: He has, He's also you know, had his share of
Speaker 4: some adversity too, where it didn't go his way quite
Speaker 4: you know, in the right spots, from coming up through
Speaker 4: college and you know, his first part at LSU and
Speaker 4: going to win the job in a late circumstance through it,
Speaker 4: so it wasn't all just like his Heisman year.
Speaker 1: Season, you know.
Speaker 4: And but you do grow from those and you expect it.
Speaker 4: It's true of anybody, whether you're a coach, a ball
Speaker 4: player not. There's going to be those ups and down.
Speaker 4: But if you continually find the things you want to
Speaker 4: work at and you relentlessly go after it, like being
Speaker 4: relentless is not like well maybe or no halfway. Being
Speaker 4: relentless is like I'm all the way in and I'm
Speaker 4: going to find it and find the answers. Not you know,
Speaker 4: dance around it, and Jaden is a relentless competitor, so
Speaker 4: like there's no halfway, no maybe or we'll see how
Speaker 4: it works out. Like that's not how he gets down.
Speaker 4: So that's he and his teammates, you know.
Speaker 1: We'll do that.
Speaker 4: And so it's tough, but there's also a lot lot
Speaker 4: of good things that come from being tough and going
Speaker 4: through tough times, like you do gain it. It's you
Speaker 4: get stronger, you gain a little more confidence, and I
Speaker 4: expect that to be the case for us.
Speaker 3: Yeah, And I think also it's it's cool, like you know,
Speaker 3: being on the sideline and watching him come off, it's
Speaker 3: it's had a really nice support system here too, Like
Speaker 3: you know, the Mariota comes up to him to be
Speaker 3: just talking to him, Cliffs is talking to him, even
Speaker 3: Sam Hartman's got some stuff to say to him, and
Speaker 3: like just to be supportive. And how important is that
Speaker 3: you always talk about fellowship and camaraderie. It just seems
Speaker 3: like with that group specifically, they've got a really nice
Speaker 3: he's got a really nice support system that can help
Speaker 3: him kind of navigate some of this adversity not on
Speaker 3: his own.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and that was by design, but you.
Speaker 4: You also know when you put people together, you don't
Speaker 4: know the dynamic, and then this thing is just grown
Speaker 4: the way they support one another, look after one another.
Speaker 1: I remember telling.
Speaker 4: Jeff before the game, if you see it, make sure
Speaker 4: you can share it what happens in the game. So
Speaker 4: if it's two times, that's a coincidence. If it's three times,
Speaker 4: that's a pattern. Right, So if you see this happening
Speaker 4: or this specific coverage or a technique, make sure you
Speaker 4: can share it. You know, like tsa something, say something,
Speaker 4: but only if you're sure you saw something, like don't
Speaker 4: say something just to say something, huh. So I want
Speaker 4: to make sure they've got this really cool support system
Speaker 4: to go and we've got a very tough group. They're
Speaker 4: really connected and so they're upset, that's good, they're mad,
Speaker 4: that's good. You have to go through those tough experiences
Speaker 4: and we'll come back right, you know, battle it as
Speaker 4: hard as we can. And like I said, we've got
Speaker 4: this block to really really work our skills and.
Speaker 2: Coach use the word tough. I don't think there's anybody
Speaker 2: tough and than Brian Robinson. You we got him back
Speaker 2: on that field. What does his presence how does his
Speaker 2: presence impact this offense.
Speaker 1: It does a lot.
Speaker 4: If you think of him and eck And there's the
Speaker 4: slashing element and a downhill element and the things they
Speaker 4: can compliment together. I love when we put him in
Speaker 4: the backfield together one can split out, one can say,
Speaker 4: and so I love the balance that they bring to it.
Speaker 4: But for him to be back in it and be
Speaker 4: able to express himself and run downhill and be physical,
Speaker 4: it's such a big part of our offense. And as
Speaker 4: strong as to go tow he is on the inside,
Speaker 4: you know, still having Brian to be able to get downhill,
Speaker 4: that's a big piece for us.
Speaker 3: Yeah, And I think you know it's also when you
Speaker 3: watch Brian, I mean he runs with that kind of
Speaker 3: that toughness, you know, and so is Eckler too. They
Speaker 3: all do, even McNichols. I mean, they're really just a
Speaker 3: tough group of guys. And is that coming from Anthony
Speaker 3: Lynn just kind of this mindset or did they have it?
Speaker 3: And I'm already you know, you can't teach tough, they say,
Speaker 3: but I do find that some coaches can help kind
Speaker 3: of bring it out of you a little bit.
Speaker 4: I would say their whole group is I would agree
Speaker 4: with that, and not every position has that all the
Speaker 4: way through you've been a part of that, but this
Speaker 4: group does, and they're able to show it and demonstrate
Speaker 4: it in different ways, whether it's downhill running or going
Speaker 4: to pass protect and be into it and be accountable
Speaker 4: to one another. And so that's one of the coolest
Speaker 4: things logan like they're down for it, you know, in
Speaker 4: terms of whatever needs to be done, whatever takes.
Speaker 1: That's kind of the mindset.
Speaker 3: It does take some physical courage to pass protect like yeah, well, like,
Speaker 3: oh man, it's so block that guy. I see these
Speaker 3: dudes throwing down and that's like like the ultimate sign
Speaker 3: of brotherhood, in my opinion, is seeing somebody just being
Speaker 3: like I'm gonna put it on the line here for
Speaker 3: the quarter.
Speaker 4: And you see Jeremy leading the way for Austin they
Speaker 4: kickoff returns, and so for him, that's another example that like, yeah,
Speaker 4: I got your back, I'll run it like I'm gonna
Speaker 4: run it, but if there's a guy in the hole,
Speaker 4: I'm gonna take.
Speaker 1: It as for it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and going to the defense. Freaking Louisville another multi
Speaker 2: SAT game for him. Talk about how he's been able
Speaker 2: to fit in this defense and how he's been able
Speaker 2: to set the tone for the defense as a whole.
Speaker 4: Yeah, Frankie's done a fantastic job. He brings so much
Speaker 4: energy to our team, to our defense. And I think
Speaker 4: Joe's done a really good job of featuring the things
Speaker 4: that make him unique. And so for him, man, he's
Speaker 4: been awesome for us. I love the way he can play,
Speaker 4: the way he can hit.
Speaker 1: He's relentless.
Speaker 4: He just has a motor that won't stop, man, So
Speaker 4: I love what he brings. He and Wags have such
Speaker 4: a good balance at linebacker and how we can feature
Speaker 4: the guys and blitz and you know, playing and coverage.
Speaker 4: So it's been good to see that group, you know,
Speaker 4: just come together at linebacker and you know, be able
Speaker 4: to be featured in the things that make them great.
Speaker 4: Like there's nobody that's a better tackler than Bobby Wagon.
Speaker 4: Like he's literally the best in the world at one there.
Speaker 4: So that's like not that many people can say that,
Speaker 4: like doctors and lawyers, he's the best doctor in the world,
Speaker 4: but like he's the best tackler, you know, And so
Speaker 4: that's a rare trait and he's exceptionalized and so you
Speaker 4: see that rubbing off on Jeremy Chin and that are
Speaker 4: really starting to make their mark. And now that they've
Speaker 4: been in it for you know, half the season, you know,
Speaker 4: we expect more moving forward.
Speaker 3: And you mentioned Bobby and Frankie, and they strike me
Speaker 3: as very different personalities at least in terms of play style,
Speaker 3: and they kind of play the game differently. Did you
Speaker 3: talk about how they've kind of impacted each other? You
Speaker 3: know what I mean, because it's like, you know, Bobby's
Speaker 3: so quiet and he's like got this very kind of
Speaker 3: reserve and then Frankie just seems like he's about to
Speaker 3: lose his mind every single second.
Speaker 4: So Bobby is the person when he talks you really
Speaker 4: lean in because there's going to be something that has
Speaker 4: wisdom behind it.
Speaker 1: It was thoughtful.
Speaker 4: And Frankie's the guy he said, come on like the
Speaker 4: fire man anywhere. So they're this that they lead the
Speaker 4: team in different ways, but they're both impactful, and I
Speaker 4: think that's what authentic leadership is, as being yourself. You know,
Speaker 4: no one's asking Bobby to you know, you know, lead
Speaker 4: like Frankie does, and we're not asking Frankie to you know,
Speaker 4: lead like Bobby does. But being able to do it
Speaker 4: in their own way. I think that's what leading is.
Speaker 2: And Coach, I think with that leadership is so valuable,
Speaker 2: especially because you have some rookies getting big minutes on
Speaker 2: this defense. You just talk about what you see from
Speaker 2: them in the way that they've been able to just
Speaker 2: fit in this defense and honestly not even look like rookies.
Speaker 1: Mike Sandmer still is one. He had a very.
Speaker 4: Confident, playmaking, tough approach to him, And I think that's
Speaker 4: important because and Logan can speak to this as a teammate,
Speaker 4: when you know what you're going to expect from somebody,
Speaker 4: that's a really powerful thing. Like they know Mikey's going
Speaker 4: to battle and fight for it, like that's all he
Speaker 4: ever does. So there's not we don't know another way.
Speaker 4: And so he's getting to demonstrate who he is to
Speaker 4: his teammates, you know, on a consistent basis, and so
Speaker 4: tough receivers, tough matchups, he's just always down for the fight.
Speaker 4: And so he would be one that really jumps out
Speaker 4: to me.
Speaker 3: I mean, gosh, in that Philly game, Coach, I guess
Speaker 3: a couple he's drawn like some big boy, scary one
Speaker 3: on ones, Yes, and there was no flinch, no bat
Speaker 3: and I all know who's that guy. It's like, I'm
Speaker 3: gonna play a good technique and get this ball out.
Speaker 3: I mean it was it was really you got me
Speaker 3: fired up watching it. I mean, that's be pretty cool.
Speaker 4: He trusts it, yeah, trust the training that he put in,
Speaker 4: He trust his technique.
Speaker 1: He trusts and we trust him. Yeah, you know, obviously
Speaker 1: not too because.
Speaker 4: He moved his positions outside from inside as the season
Speaker 4: were on, and he was just always up for it.
Speaker 1: And so he's someways to the boundary and now he's
Speaker 1: to the field.
Speaker 4: And so it's been very cool to see him just
Speaker 4: absolutely be ready for it.
Speaker 2: And coach, before you let you go, like we said
Speaker 2: to start the show, ten days stretch before we play
Speaker 2: the Dallas Cowboys, how do you plan spend some of
Speaker 2: this time?
Speaker 4: The first part is going back through where you know,
Speaker 4: basically over the last two games, what were those closing
Speaker 4: time moments?
Speaker 1: What were the ones that were the most impactful? Part?
Speaker 4: How does it play on a first and ten instead
Speaker 4: of being second and one. It's a first down Again,
Speaker 4: those seems like small to me, or may seem like
Speaker 4: small too, but that's a big deal where the chain
Speaker 4: moves again, where we can control possession longer. And so
Speaker 4: it may be hitting into the right read, it might
Speaker 4: be you know, the blitzer being in the right spot.
Speaker 4: So making sure when these small winning time moments come
Speaker 4: that we deliver where that part. I want to make
Speaker 4: sure we get it right all the time. Somebody beat
Speaker 4: you on a good throw or good catch, or you know,
Speaker 4: they hit the right blocking scheme and you get to
Speaker 4: it and you can tip your hat, but make sure
Speaker 4: they have to really challenge us to win the play.
Speaker 1: Coaches.
Speaker 2: First half of the season has been fun and we
Speaker 2: were very excited to see this second half.
Speaker 1: Thank you for your time, Coach.
Speaker 4: No, man, you think you're excited. We are absolutely lit
Speaker 4: up to get rolling again and do it at home. Yeah,
Speaker 4: we can't wait.
Speaker 1: Thanks Coach.
Speaker 5: Logan.
Speaker 2: We talked to coach about some of these impact players,
Speaker 2: so let's look into it right now. First of Frankie
Speaker 2: Luvu coming off of a two sad games.
Speaker 3: Yeah, like you said, Frankie Loluvu, I mean, coach mentioned
Speaker 3: him and just the emotional energy that he brings to
Speaker 3: the team. Kind of get the physicality, the mindset. Obviously
Speaker 3: the production is great, but I think that juice has
Speaker 3: kind of changed the perspective of the defense, and that
Speaker 3: to me is why he's one of the most impactful players.
Speaker 2: Even though it's so impressed to me when you have
Speaker 2: guys like Bobby Wagner and Austin Eckley in that locker room,
Speaker 2: but you're the one giving this speech, you're the one
Speaker 2: getting guys rally, really says a lot about you. Speaking
Speaker 2: of Bobby Wagner, our next impact player, co said it
Speaker 2: the best tackler ever.
Speaker 1: It's a nice to think.
Speaker 3: How cool is that he says that. I mean, really
Speaker 3: it's pretty neat, right, And so yeah, Bobby Wagner obviously
Speaker 3: the leadership to me, and you know, Frankie, the energy
Speaker 3: Bobby is the leadership. Just kind of like follow me.
Speaker 3: I've been there, I know what I'm doing. That impact
Speaker 3: is so so important to this team, the production of
Speaker 3: the field of tackles, but also just getting everybody lined
Speaker 3: up and just really, you know, a Hall of Fame
Speaker 3: collegerate football player and he's playing that way right now,
Speaker 3: which is great.
Speaker 2: And a guy that's just impacting the entire NFL, turning
Speaker 2: a bunch of heads. Artworkie quarterback Jade and Daniels.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, obviously the team wouldn't be here without
Speaker 3: him in his production, like I think about earlier in
Speaker 3: the season and just how good he actually was. It's
Speaker 3: hard to overstate his impact and obviously a little bit
Speaker 3: of a struggle last two weeks, but man, I like
Speaker 3: just in terms of the poise, the composure, the physical
Speaker 3: skill set, he's a special guy and as he goes,
Speaker 3: this team and this organization will go. So definitely huge impact.
Speaker 2: And logan other than the tight end of course, quarterback's
Speaker 2: best friend is your center Tyler Biatis. We brought him
Speaker 2: in from Dallas. Hit coach Dan Quinn knew a lot
Speaker 2: about him, and he has been so impactful for this team.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think the thing about Tyler is he
Speaker 3: kind of maybe represents the whole offensive line and what
Speaker 3: they've done. I think the way he calls the line,
Speaker 3: sets the protection, sets the runs, and as a run blocker,
Speaker 3: the thing obviously physical in one on one situations, but
Speaker 3: the thing that's maybe stuck out the most is his
Speaker 3: ability to move and to get into space and just
Speaker 3: how they've been able to use some kind of like
Speaker 3: they did Jason Kelcey and Philadelphia really unique skill set
Speaker 3: and again it alleviates a lot of press. Sure on
Speaker 3: this guy elevates b Rob elevates Austin Eckler really just
Speaker 3: way more exciting than I thought he would know. It's
Speaker 3: weird to talk about a center like that. This is
Speaker 3: an exciting football player. But all these guys doing a
Speaker 3: great job. Can't wait to watch it back out of
Speaker 3: the season with them.
Speaker 5: Tyler badass like that. If you are not an impact player,
Speaker 5: shout out to all these guys for impacting this team.
Speaker 5: Can't wait to see what they do to end the season.
Speaker 5: Logan tickets to a winning.
Speaker 2: Season is crazy to think we're already past the halfway point. Now,
Speaker 2: our commanders have back to back losses, which is not
Speaker 2: something we want to see. However, how can we move
Speaker 2: forward and continue our winning season?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's good. You know, I know people
Speaker 3: don't like losing, but I think it's good that they lost.
Speaker 3: And I think some of the stuff the coach talked
Speaker 3: about really resonated with me is that like, in order
Speaker 3: to grow, you have to go through some kind of adversity.
Speaker 3: So I think if they can kind of take these
Speaker 3: experiences and say that's what it takes to be playoff
Speaker 3: caliber football teams like they were in it with the
Speaker 3: Pittsburgh Steelers. They were up on the philadelph Egals lay
Speaker 3: in that game, and the extra kind of strain the effort.
Speaker 3: If you can learn something and derive something from that,
Speaker 3: I think that's going to be so so valuable. And
Speaker 3: I think this team at every turn has shown that
Speaker 3: they can learn that way. So that's what I'm excited for, right,
Speaker 3: learn from those mistakes, apply it, and kind of say
Speaker 3: we have this next year on our arsenal. I think
Speaker 3: that's going to be a really important part of winning.
Speaker 2: And LOGI you talked about a little bit in a
Speaker 2: post game during the Thursday Night Football you said the things.
Speaker 1: That they can learn.
Speaker 2: Can you allude to that little band talk about what
Speaker 2: are those of those things that they can learn and
Speaker 2: use moving forward?
Speaker 3: Yeah. So I think the thing that sticks out to me,
Speaker 3: especially in that Philly game, was just the speed at
Speaker 3: which they need to play. Right when you go up
Speaker 3: against a different caliber team, when you get playoff style football,
Speaker 3: it's faster, it's more physical, and this is a pretty
Speaker 3: young team. I think Jane Daniels, you know, young football
Speaker 3: player obviously, for him to see those kinds of defenses,
Speaker 3: the types of defensive structures and say, oh, now I
Speaker 3: understand what open is versus this. That's incredibly impactful. I
Speaker 3: think for the offensive line, understanding the speed of some
Speaker 3: of these better defensive fronts also impactful. And I think
Speaker 3: the other thing is this group needs to get healthy,
Speaker 3: and I think they can because we got to buy,
Speaker 3: we got a mini buy. All those things are gonna
Speaker 3: play a factor.
Speaker 2: And we talk to a coach about it, right, using
Speaker 2: this ten day stretch effectively, how would you want to
Speaker 2: see these guys use these ten days and get ready
Speaker 2: for the Dallas Cowboy?
Speaker 3: Yeah? I think that's a great question and really important
Speaker 3: to winning obviously, And for me it's about self scout right,
Speaker 3: what have we done well? Where can we improve? And
Speaker 3: Dan mentioned some things that I didn't even think about,
Speaker 3: and that's why it's so fun to talk to him.
Speaker 3: It's the little details. Hey, the second and one? How
Speaker 3: do we make sure that's a first down? Here's a
Speaker 3: third and one? Third and two? How do we win
Speaker 3: this situation? How do I make sure this blitz gets
Speaker 3: home defensively? So if I can take this period, learn, evaluate,
Speaker 3: improve I think those are the things that really are
Speaker 3: are going to be the tickets to long.
Speaker 1: Long term success, tickets to a winning season.
Speaker 2: Is just fun to be able to talk about winning Logan.
Speaker 1: We love that.
Speaker 2: We will be back next Sunday with Coach on the
Speaker 2: game plan when we take on the Dallas Cowboys for
Speaker 2: Hicos dan Quinn, Logan Polsen, and Brian Colbert.
Speaker 1: This is the game plan and we'll see y'all next Sunday.
Speaker 3: Is