WEBVTT - Press Pass: Frank Reich

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<v Speaker 1>I was a bob el Frank last week when I

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<v Speaker 1>ask you about Hurts and his lack of catch as

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<v Speaker 1>you mentioned that, you know, I mean, it was only

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<v Speaker 1>two weeks since he's been bashed from his injury, and

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<v Speaker 1>now it's another week. What are your thoughts on the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that he's not getting the ball or the tight

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<v Speaker 1>ends in general. Yeah, I mean, I think it's Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>we got a lot of good players. Last two games

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<v Speaker 1>have been plays, you know games. We've had fifty snaps

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<v Speaker 1>in each of those games. So we just have to

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<v Speaker 1>as a unit, played better offensively, get more snaps, played

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<v Speaker 1>better on third down, and so we can get a

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<v Speaker 1>chance to give coach a chance to call a few

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<v Speaker 1>more plays. If we can convert on third down. In

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<v Speaker 1>that way, the ball can get spread around a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit more. One play of thirty ords are more than

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<v Speaker 1>the least three weeks. Do you feel like just plays

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<v Speaker 1>out there to be made down the field or you

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<v Speaker 1>just got to take it with what you're given. No,

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<v Speaker 1>I think there's plays, and I think when we look

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<v Speaker 1>back on the film from the last few weeks, there's

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<v Speaker 1>a few plays, just a little something here, maybe we

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<v Speaker 1>missed something here. There were opportunities. I just say this way,

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<v Speaker 1>there have been opportunities that we've just missed for one

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<v Speaker 1>reason or another. When tight ends are required to do

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit of pass pro help here and there

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<v Speaker 1>are they put them later in the progression as they

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<v Speaker 1>get out down the field and the quarterback has made

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<v Speaker 1>a decisions that could that play into part of this. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's a fair statement that you know, when you're

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<v Speaker 1>when you're going to give Chip help, it doesn't have

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<v Speaker 1>to limit you, but it does change certain dynamics and

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<v Speaker 1>soum So maybe if you have a chance to be

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<v Speaker 1>vertically down the field on twenty plays, now if you're

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<v Speaker 1>Chip helping, it's only fifteen, So you know, just by

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<v Speaker 1>sheer numbers, there's a few less opportunities. But I think again,

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<v Speaker 1>the whole key is just being more efficient, getting more plays,

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<v Speaker 1>being more efficient overall, and I think the ball distribution

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<v Speaker 1>will take care of itself. I think he did watching

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<v Speaker 1>the film, Yeah, made really good improvements. He played aggressive,

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<v Speaker 1>he played with confidence. Um you know, he still got

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<v Speaker 1>a little help, not as much help, just seemed to

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<v Speaker 1>get into rhythm. Um, so that was that was good,

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<v Speaker 1>good for all of us. For him, I guess during

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<v Speaker 1>the week leading up to it to again, I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's a little bit set on down was a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit playing at home, a little bit playing playing with

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<v Speaker 1>the lead, you know, Um, a little bit, just a

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<v Speaker 1>few a little bit of him just gaining more confidence

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<v Speaker 1>and getting coached up, even a little bit more learning

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<v Speaker 1>from the mistakes that he made and attacking and playing

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<v Speaker 1>aggressive experience. When a quarterback slips a little bit with

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<v Speaker 1>his mechanics, what can that be attributed to? Um? You know,

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<v Speaker 1>if a quarterbacks slips in his mechanics, you know, sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>it's you know pressure, you know, the pressure of the defense,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, putting pressure on you. But um, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I really think in our in our case, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>whatever we said about how Carson's been playing, I look

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<v Speaker 1>at last week going up against that defense. I just

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't look at the exact numbers, but they've gone

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<v Speaker 1>up against them. That defense has gone up against some

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<v Speaker 1>pretty good quarterbacks, and I don't think anybody's had a

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<v Speaker 1>very good quarterback rating against them. And so it's always

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<v Speaker 1>a question of just taking care of the little things,

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<v Speaker 1>getting completions, making plays. I think mechanically, um, I think

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<v Speaker 1>everything is in good shape. Well there was fun interception

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<v Speaker 1>last week that that wasn't Carson's fault. You know. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>we had a receiver get impeded on his way to

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<v Speaker 1>where you know, the ball's gonna probably hit him right

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<v Speaker 1>in stride, and he was impeded and wasn't able to

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<v Speaker 1>get to the spot that he was supposed to get to.

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<v Speaker 1>So we made a throw that probably normally would have

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<v Speaker 1>been a completion and instead it ended up at an interception.

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<v Speaker 1>The other one, the other one was just a forced interception.

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<v Speaker 1>Cars and said that you know, every now and then,

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<v Speaker 1>it happens to the best of them. First, you would

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<v Speaker 1>not want to reign in Parson's uh, you know, aggressiveness.

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<v Speaker 1>But when you go against a team like this and

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<v Speaker 1>they play play some soft zone at times, it is

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<v Speaker 1>important to just try to not take too much and

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<v Speaker 1>try to go on all these guys. I think, uh, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>this team, although they play zone, I think they play aggressive.

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<v Speaker 1>You know they you know, just because you're playing zone

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't necessarily equate to soft. They have vision. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>different mentality. Uh, they have vision on the quarterback. So

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<v Speaker 1>now like you know you can if you're playing zone,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a gay vision on the quarterback and once he

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<v Speaker 1>let's go to the ball, it's jail break to the ball.

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<v Speaker 1>That's an aggressive mindset, um, but just a slightly different

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<v Speaker 1>way than playing man and playing pressure. UM. So in

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<v Speaker 1>either case, as a quarterback, you got to take what

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<v Speaker 1>the defense gives you. When it's a zone. You got

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<v Speaker 1>to be patient enough to hey, when when when the

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<v Speaker 1>underneath routes there, take if they if if you can

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<v Speaker 1>get them to bite up on the underneath route and

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<v Speaker 1>you could hit in behind them, You got to be patient.

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<v Speaker 1>You gotta trust your instincts. When it's man coverage, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you gotta take with you still gotta take what's the

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<v Speaker 1>defense gives you. But that that many times is predicated

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<v Speaker 1>on a matchup. It gives you a chance to go

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<v Speaker 1>down the field. So um, either case, it's quarterbacks making

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<v Speaker 1>good decisions and as players making plays down the field

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<v Speaker 1>when you're grading out. So when you're grading out that

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<v Speaker 1>first interception, you would say that that wasn't any any

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<v Speaker 1>I would say had nothing. I say Carson had nothing

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<v Speaker 1>to do with that interception. He was going to the

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<v Speaker 1>right place with the ball. The throw maybe wasn't perfect,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, but if the receiver's not impeded. It's in

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<v Speaker 1>my opinion, it's a catch. You find any reason for

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<v Speaker 1>the myriad of fumble snaps last week, different reasons, the

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<v Speaker 1>same reason. Yeah, yeah, I think coaches addressed that. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a little bit of you just can't take those

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<v Speaker 1>things for granted. Um, you got to make sure sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>as a quarterback when you're in the shotgun. The advantage

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<v Speaker 1>being in the shotgun as you can get your eyes

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<v Speaker 1>down field sooner, but if you're not careful, sometimes your

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<v Speaker 1>eyes come up a little bit quicker than they should.

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<v Speaker 1>Because you're such a good athlete, you catch you can

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<v Speaker 1>catch a million balls looking here, and as long as

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<v Speaker 1>a snap is right there, it's never going to be

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<v Speaker 1>a problem. But if the snaps a little bit off in,

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<v Speaker 1>your eyes aren't disciplined. So that's why we teach you

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<v Speaker 1>you got to have disciplined eyes in the shotgun, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>to make the catch first, and then you know, make

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<v Speaker 1>the catch first and then play football from there. Last

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<v Speaker 1>couple of weeks, you know, Carson's play is due the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that teams now I've got five six games to

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<v Speaker 1>look at on bailment ten and offense. The case like

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<v Speaker 1>as a rookie, like, how do you kind of adjust

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<v Speaker 1>to offset that? I think you know, in fact, the

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<v Speaker 1>more games you get on tape, at some level that's

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<v Speaker 1>true of every you know, defense has learned, they adjust,

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<v Speaker 1>But I think the same goes true for offenses. We

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<v Speaker 1>learn more about the defense. Yes, are they learning more

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<v Speaker 1>about us? Are they learning more about Carson? Yes they are.

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<v Speaker 1>Do they try to make some adjustments to do things

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<v Speaker 1>that we have attendance to do? Yes, they do. At

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<v Speaker 1>the same time, we're looking at the more film we

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<v Speaker 1>get to them, we see where their work week points

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<v Speaker 1>are that we're going to attack them and we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to make adjustments. So it's a little bit of a

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<v Speaker 1>game that goes back and forth. But without question that

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<v Speaker 1>is true. What your what's your level of confidence in

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<v Speaker 1>Ryan with the ball late in the game, fourth quarter,

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<v Speaker 1>close game, at this point. I mean, when a guys

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<v Speaker 1>on the field. I love our guys. I wouldn't trade

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<v Speaker 1>our guys for anybody. You know, we we use a

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<v Speaker 1>word around here a lot, and I know sometimes it

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<v Speaker 1>gets thrown around, but as family, and you know, not

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<v Speaker 1>every family's perfect and we all make mistakes. But when

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<v Speaker 1>we put guys out in the field, I can't play

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<v Speaker 1>like that. I can't coach like that. You got to

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<v Speaker 1>have confidence. And you know, now, coaches, it's a business.

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<v Speaker 1>Coaches make decisions based on things, and you know, when

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<v Speaker 1>those decisions get made, they get made. But when a

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<v Speaker 1>guy's in the game, we have to play with confidence

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<v Speaker 1>and we have to coach with confidence. And I don't

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<v Speaker 1>see any other way to do it. Shotgun under center

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<v Speaker 1>where you want it to be, and as maybe use

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<v Speaker 1>some shotgun for Carson being a little more you're stealing

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<v Speaker 1>from the running game a little bit, but not being

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<v Speaker 1>under centered. I think our percentages in the breakdown of

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<v Speaker 1>one of our self scaut of where we are shotgun

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<v Speaker 1>understand or run passed from each is. Some of it's

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<v Speaker 1>very good, some of it's a little bit close, it's borderline. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think any of it's out of control. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, we tweak it here and there, we

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<v Speaker 1>look we look at that each week. Problems. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean we just not you know. The first problem was

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<v Speaker 1>just third and too long, you know, third and the

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<v Speaker 1>distance just being a little bit longer than you want it.

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<v Speaker 1>This last week we did a better job of keeping

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<v Speaker 1>it in the manageable situation. Um, and we've just missed

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<v Speaker 1>some opportunities. I mean, you know, And that's the thing

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<v Speaker 1>you go, I don't if you go four for eleven

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<v Speaker 1>and you have two misques, you can look at it

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<v Speaker 1>and say, oh, we could have been fifty percent and

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<v Speaker 1>we would have been great. Instead we stink. So that's

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<v Speaker 1>just the nature of third downs. You're gonna get ten

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<v Speaker 1>to fifteen of them a game, and they're you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna convert four or five, and then there's and

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<v Speaker 1>then there's gonna be two or three in there that

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<v Speaker 1>are gonna be tightly. You got to make those plays,

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<v Speaker 1>and we just haven't been making those plays. So, um,

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<v Speaker 1>we just got to bear down, tighten up, and do

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<v Speaker 1>a better job. Matthews mentioned yesterday, Seawan Lee has to

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<v Speaker 1>be account is he kind of the key Sean all

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<v Speaker 1>over the field. Now he's he's a smart guy. He

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<v Speaker 1>plays fast on his feet, he understands the game. He's

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<v Speaker 1>doing all kinds of things. So he preussures a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't pressure a ton, but when they do pressure,

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<v Speaker 1>he's a guy who he shows up a lot in

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<v Speaker 1>the backfield, So you definitely have to account for him.

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<v Speaker 1>Pretty good at covering Yeah, you know, it's smart, good

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<v Speaker 1>pattern recognition. You know, understands the concepts, good at looking

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<v Speaker 1>at the quarterback size, reading the quarterback size, see out

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<v Speaker 1>of a quarterback. As a coach, is it um? Is

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<v Speaker 1>it the poor decisions or is it the flipping mechanics?

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<v Speaker 1>And which is easier to fix? Um? Well, first of all,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I'm not ready to say that there's been

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<v Speaker 1>a bunch of poor decisions or a bunch of poor mechanics.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not going that far. I'm saying this is the NFL.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, just I watched the tape of guys all

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<v Speaker 1>around the league, and you know, when you're under pressure,

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<v Speaker 1>it's always have It's hard to have perfect mechanics. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>are there times that we can be a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>better here and there and other times that we're making

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<v Speaker 1>a poor decision at any position? Sure, but that's that's

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<v Speaker 1>life in the NFL. So we're four and two. We've

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<v Speaker 1>made a lot of good decisions to get to four

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<v Speaker 1>and two, and certainly our defense is special. Teams has

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<v Speaker 1>carried today for for us for a lot. But we're

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<v Speaker 1>still doing a lot of good things and Carson's doing

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of great things. Understand But to correct some mistakes.

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<v Speaker 1>And when you have which of those two areas I

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<v Speaker 1>guess worries a coach more the decision making or fundamentals,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, decision Yeah, I mean they're both important. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean it's you know, they're both critically important. You gotta

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<v Speaker 1>have both. It's a both and it's not an either

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<v Speaker 1>or in my in my opinion, you did a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of work on took a hard look at Zeke Elliott.

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<v Speaker 1>Would you think of him coming out? And I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think about a chance? Was strong fast? Um, you know

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<v Speaker 1>he he've it's not a surprise what he's doing. Very frank,

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, thank you,