1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,040 Speaker 1: Bill Balichick is here, hey, coach of the lollinglam Patriots. 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Is he joins OMF every single Monday here in the 3 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: Gillette Stadium. Coach, how are you happy? Holiday's Marry Christmas 4 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: to you? Thank you? Yeah? Am I on you and 5 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: clear there we go. Yeah, yeah, congratul congratulations on Saturday. 6 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: It it seems like you really enjoy coaching this particular 7 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: incarnation or version of this football team. Is that safe 8 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 1: to say? Uh? I enjoy coaching period. Yeah. So I'm 9 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: glad to be here, and I really respect these guys. 10 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: They work hard, they're tough and um, they come to 11 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:39,599 Speaker 1: work every day and so you know, they go out 12 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:40,959 Speaker 1: there and try to do the best we all do. 13 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 1: Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't, but it's not 14 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 1: from lack of effort or lack of Karrott. You've had 15 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: a day or so to review how everything went on 16 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 1: on Saturday. Was it was as clean a game outside 17 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 1: one turno? Was as clean a game as as it 18 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: looked on TV? Uh? Well, I thought, you know, we 19 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: certainly did enough good things to win. Um, you know, 20 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: obviously didn't handle the situation at the end of the 21 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: half very well. That was that was bad turn the 22 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: ball over once. Um, you know, I thought we missed 23 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 1: missed a couple of opportunities there. Um, but look, they're 24 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: a good football team. They're gonna make some plays too, 25 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: and um, so there's some things we can improve on. 26 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: But let me overall, I thought we you know, did 27 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: a lot of good things, certainly enough to win and 28 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 1: so that was that was good. That was you know, 29 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:24,960 Speaker 1: obviously a big stop at the end of the game 30 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 1: to you know, keep him from from tying it up. Um, 31 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: you know, offensively, we were able to control the game 32 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:34,279 Speaker 1: and the clock and head the ball for almost forty minutes. 33 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 1: So that's a good thing. Bill. You always tell us 34 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 1: in the summer that every team is different. They need 35 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:43,959 Speaker 1: to start fresh and rebuild everything. And I'm wondering, you 36 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: just talked about how hard this team works. A couple 37 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: of weeks ago in the Chiefs game. You talked about 38 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: they fought to the end and that would serve them 39 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 1: well moving forward. Was there a point where you sort 40 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: of checked off the mental toughness or the compete level 41 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: of this team and said, Okay, I'm not going to 42 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: worry about whether we're gonna work hard and try hard 43 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: and fight to the finish. Yeah, I mean there's never 44 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: really been any any indication to me that that wasn't 45 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: the personality of the team. But you know, as a 46 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: games get bigger and the games get tougher and situations change. Um, 47 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: you know, we all have to prove it every year. 48 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 1: So you know, there's some of us that have been 49 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: through it before and some of us that haven't. But 50 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:19,359 Speaker 1: in the end, we all have to go out and 51 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 1: prove it every year. So I think, you know, it's 52 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: it's something for all of us. I don't think it's 53 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: any individual thing, but collectively as a team, well, we'll 54 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: see how it goes here. Offense, certainly, how to spark 55 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,959 Speaker 1: on Saturday Night. Andy likes to oversimplify it, is it 56 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 1: just as much as as well as the offensive line plays, 57 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: that's the way the offense can go. Well, I think 58 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,080 Speaker 1: you need all eleven guys to play well in any 59 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: unit for it to really be successful. So the more 60 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: we can be consistent and um coach and play better 61 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 1: collectively as a unit, than the better off will be. So, 62 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: you know, we all have an important job to do. 63 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 1: Hopefully we can all do it as well as we 64 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: can and do our do our best job going forward, 65 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:00,639 Speaker 1: you know, because these are the most important games of 66 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: the year or so that's our goal. Speaking of the 67 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: old line, two things, how did Isaiah win play for 68 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: the whole game? And then when a new house had 69 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: to commit at right tackle, how did you handle that job? Hey, 70 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: you know, Marshall's uh, it's been been a lot of 71 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: tough situations this year as a left tackle or coming 72 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,079 Speaker 1: in kind of in the middle of the game last 73 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: week against Buffalo. So you know, we're we're fortunate that 74 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 1: those guys have been able to be there when we 75 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: needed them. And sometimes it's it's kind of three for two. 76 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: Sometimes it's two for two. But um, you know, again 77 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: it's a good defensive team. Um, they have a lot 78 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 1: of good players there, particularly on the front. You know, 79 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: Hughes and Murphy. Those guys are tough. They move those 80 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: guys around a little bit too. They have good depth. 81 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: So you know, I thought we were competitive. I mean 82 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: they you know, they made a couple of plays, but 83 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 1: we were able to, um, run the ball, have more plays, 84 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 1: have more time possession, and convert more third down. So, um, 85 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: not perfect, but you know, we certainly had our share 86 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 1: of i'd say, have wins on the offensive line. You 87 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: mentioned run the ball. It seems like two straight weeks 88 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: you've run the ball a little bit better. And you know, 89 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: Sony Michelle you mentioned on the conference called the other 90 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: day there were some runs. You know, maybe you thought 91 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: it was gonna be two it was blocked to two 92 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 1: when he got you five or four got you know, 93 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: to six. Was that the success you're seeing The combination 94 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 1: of the line may be blocking a little better and 95 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:24,280 Speaker 1: then the backs maybe maximizing some of their opportunities. Yeah, 96 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: of course it's um. You know, a lot of a 97 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 1: lot of good runs come when guys break tackles or 98 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: make guys miss rextront. Last week against cincinnati's probably a 99 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: twelve fifteen yard play beats of free safety and it's 100 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: a thirty yard touchdown. So Sony had one against Buffalo 101 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: where he broke off tackle there and ran through Milano's 102 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: tackle for maybe called five yards and ends up going thirty. 103 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 1: So sometimes the backs got to make them, and sometimes 104 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: we block them so that the backs can you know, 105 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 1: get a lot of yards before anybody gets to him, 106 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,720 Speaker 1: like we happened on a couple of screen passes. So 107 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 1: I think it's a common action of both. You know, back, 108 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 1: I got to make extra yards on their own, but 109 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: up front, we gotta get him started. A Landon Roberts said, 110 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 1: I'd run through all mother bleeper's face, offense, defense, special teams. 111 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:13,160 Speaker 1: I think that's why Bill likes me. Is that why 112 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: you like him? Yeah? You know Landon's Landon's a tough kid. 113 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 1: And you know Morgan State to Houston in a late 114 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: draft pick and a little bit undersized, but he's got 115 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: a big heart. He's tough, he's an impact contact player 116 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: and uh a food, really cares about football, works hard 117 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 1: as a good teammate. Um does everything we asked him 118 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 1: to do, spite, offense, defense, special teams, and so you know, 119 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: there's a lot to like about the kid. He's he's 120 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: a tough football player and he's committed to our team. 121 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: And that's why his teammates voted him the captain this year. 122 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: That's kind of respect he has. And you earn that. 123 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: You don't get that nobody hands out to You have 124 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: to go out there and earned every day, and he does. 125 00:05:57,839 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 1: He comes to work every day. Can I just ask 126 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: you my new question. We see him in the two 127 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: point stance as a fullback. Obviously, that's what he's in 128 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 1: at linebacker. But was there even an effort to get 129 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: him to do the traditional three point stance or is 130 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 1: it just about him being comfortable and seeing the field. Yeah, 131 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 1: I think it's more about his comfort level. And do 132 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:17,719 Speaker 1: you lose anything in the three point stance? Are you 133 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,599 Speaker 1: a little more power, a little more burst? I mean, 134 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 1: is there a give and take at all? Yeah? I 135 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: think the three point stance helps helps the players play 136 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: a lower pad level, gets them off to the lower start. 137 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 1: He's a pretty low in a stance anyway, and you 138 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: know he plays a good knee ben. It's a pretty compact, 139 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:38,279 Speaker 1: explicit player. So I think it's not not that big 140 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 1: of a deal. I think the most important things are 141 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: gonna be comfortable and to be able to see who 142 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: he's got a block? Has there been and will there 143 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:47,840 Speaker 1: be a concerted effort to get to kill Harry more 144 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 1: involved in the offense before the playoffs? You know, ste 145 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 1: our goal every week is to try to score points 146 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 1: and win games, and so whoever that involves, I'm all 147 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: for it. So sometimes game plans, matchups and opponents and 148 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 1: game flow, the game changes that we can't control who 149 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: gets the ball on a lot of play. We can't 150 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: on a running play, but in a passing game, it's 151 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: hard to control. Who's gonna get the ball depends on 152 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: what we have called. But coverage are in. But you know, 153 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 1: Tom does a great job of finding the open guy. 154 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: You know, he used a lot of receivers, used the backs, 155 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 1: used the tight ends, used all the receivers, and so 156 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 1: he's very good at that. So I'm confident that he'll 157 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: get the guy to get the ball to the right guy. 158 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: As his jump the last couple of weeks been greater 159 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 1: than what you've seen out of him in earlier games 160 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: or practices before he came back and started playing again. 161 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: Who's at the kill kill? Yeah, I think the kill 162 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: has been a steady growth. It's you know, he learns 163 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: things every time he goes on the field. You know, 164 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: he missed half the season, even though he was here 165 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 1: and going to meetings and listening to the coaching points 166 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 1: and all, it's different doing it. And so I think 167 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: he improves every time he walks on the field, that's 168 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: in practice or a walk through or in games, so 169 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 1: he can continues to you know, learn get better. He 170 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: works hard. He's a smart kid. He's played multiple positions 171 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: for us, So hopefully he'll continue to trend in that direction. 172 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: I think he will because that's really the way he 173 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: approaches his job. He's very, very professional, and I was 174 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 1: ready to go, So that's you know, he takes the information, 175 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: works on it, tries to get better. If he makes 176 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: a mistake, corrects it, and tries to do everything next time. 177 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 1: You mentioned the end of the first half earlier and 178 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: maybe would I like to have executed a little bit 179 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: better there? Question? Just did you how much consideration was 180 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: there for the punt there? Because I think in the 181 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: time that it was reviewed, I think you ran Jake 182 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: out there and then ended up bringing the offense back out. 183 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 1: What was the consideration there in terms of going for 184 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: it versus probably thought about all our options there, and 185 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: you know, in the end, I'm good with what we did. 186 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 1: On many second thoughts about what we did, it just 187 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:52,839 Speaker 1: didn't I just didn't do it very well. So we 188 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 1: got to coach it better, we got to execute it better, 189 00:08:55,040 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: and that's you know, unfortunately, and then play better defense 190 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: for thirty three seconds or however long was they had 191 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 1: the ball. Just just a bad, bad, complimentary series of 192 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 1: plays both ways and spend the whole after trying to 193 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 1: get it by a touchdown and then you know, given 194 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: back and less than a minute. It's not not what 195 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,080 Speaker 1: we want, but fortunately we were able to overcome it. 196 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 1: And yeah, it's kind of thing you don't want to happen. Well, 197 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 1: your defense is putting together a tremendous statistical season. Uh 198 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 1: did did they remind you of any of your other 199 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 1: defenses or are there any comps that you can think 200 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 1: of in the in the past eighteen twenty years. No. 201 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 1: I think really it's where we ended up the season 202 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:45,839 Speaker 1: last year that this group is kind of, you know, 203 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: build off that a little bit and it's you know, 204 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:52,079 Speaker 1: a number of the same players, but we've certainly added 205 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 1: some and you know, our schemes a little different than 206 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: it was last year. But it's I think it's more 207 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 1: of a continuational last year than yeah, trying to match 208 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: it up to just some other long gone season. Right. 209 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:11,439 Speaker 1: Does does Stefan Gilmore give you the opportunity to, I 210 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: don't want to say, design certain defenses, but does it 211 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:17,560 Speaker 1: give you the luxury of doing certain things when you 212 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:20,200 Speaker 1: got a player of his caliber out there? No? Absolutely sure. 213 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 1: Anytime you have players like that that either they have 214 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 1: to account for or you can match up UM and 215 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 1: take a tough match up away or try to take 216 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:32,319 Speaker 1: it away, try to neutralize it. That's sure, that's a 217 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:35,959 Speaker 1: definitely a big advantage and he's done a great job 218 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 1: for us all the year. STEP's always once the biggest 219 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 1: challenge UM, whether it's a particular player or a particular 220 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 1: assignment on a play, regardless of who the player would be, 221 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:48,680 Speaker 1: he's he's the first one to step up there and say, 222 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 1: you know, he actually, whatever you need me to do, 223 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 1: you know, you know, give me the toughest thing, and 224 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,959 Speaker 1: you know, I'll do my best to handle it. And 225 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: he'll actually voice that to you. He'll actually voice the 226 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 1: idea that I'm here for you, I can do this, 227 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 1: let me take care of this. Yeah, absolutely, yeah, absolutely yeah. 228 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 1: I say it's not that like that with everybody, but no, 229 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:12,679 Speaker 1: that's live coach for forty five years. That's not what 230 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,680 Speaker 1: they all say. But there are some and he certainly 231 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 1: falls into that category. And that's really respect him for that. 232 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 1: What will guys normally say all things, No, no, coach, 233 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: please please don't put me out there. Coach, I'm good, 234 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 1: he's fast, coach. No don't do it? You want me 235 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 1: to cover? Who? What were you saying? Yeah? No, It 236 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 1: really is fun to watch the guy because it just 237 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: it also seems like he has a very professional approach 238 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 1: to the game. Is that is that the case? Absolutely? Yeah, 239 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 1: he's very professional. Steph works hard, he um studies his 240 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 1: opponent meticulously, um like a lot of players do. But 241 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: he really he knows those guys inside now and and 242 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:00,959 Speaker 1: you know, has great concentration in that. You know, a 243 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 1: lot of guys can study an opponent and then in 244 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: the game things will happen and it'll be that he's 245 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 1: you know, he's on it. He'll he'll be able to 246 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: anticipate a route based on the way he's seen seen 247 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:16,679 Speaker 1: the player do it, and and um, you know, and 248 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:18,880 Speaker 1: have the and have the confidence to pull the trigger 249 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:20,439 Speaker 1: on it. You know, a lot of times you think 250 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:23,560 Speaker 1: it's gonna be something and then you don't. You don't 251 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:25,200 Speaker 1: react to it until it's a little bit too late. 252 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 1: He'll he'll pull the trigger and and hit it. So, man, 253 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:29,960 Speaker 1: he's done a great job of tackling. You know, I 254 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: thought the tackle he made last week on mixing, when 255 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:35,439 Speaker 1: mixing cut back on the on that toss play on 256 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: the sideline was a It was tough tackle on a 257 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 1: good back. So you know, it's not just his coverage. 258 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 1: Sometimes people want to focus on that, and it's certainly 259 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 1: critical for a corner. UM, but tackling and run force 260 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: and um, you know, jamming receivers and all that, two 261 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 1: other things to help the defense are important too. Does 262 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: all those well, we saw a couple of plays where 263 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 1: Tom made I guess non traditional Tom Brady plays leading 264 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 1: out with the cut block on the the Harry run 265 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 1: and then the run trying to get into the end 266 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 1: zone on the goal line. When your forty two year 267 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: old quarterback is doing that beyond the trying to score 268 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,199 Speaker 1: a touchdown, is there a trickle down effect? Is there 269 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 1: a value in that as a leader that you know, 270 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:15,680 Speaker 1: he's putting everything on the line so everybody else's fall 271 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 1: in line. Yeah. Absolutely. Um. You know, I think it's 272 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 1: great leadership from Tom and he's always given us that 273 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 1: um and a quarterback sneak there on third one. Um. 274 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 1: But I think we have a lot of guys that 275 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: do that too, and and uh, I think it just 276 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 1: speaks to the whole um, you know, toughness and mentality 277 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 1: and attitude of the team, and I think, you know, 278 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 1: when other guys do it and makes you want to 279 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 1: do it, not that you don't want to do it, 280 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:42,959 Speaker 1: but it makes you want to do it more. When 281 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:44,559 Speaker 1: you do it makes somebody else want to do it more. 282 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 1: It's a little bit of a contagious thing just to 283 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 1: give that kind of you know, effort. Um. You know, 284 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 1: I thought our receivers blocked well in this game, and 285 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:55,079 Speaker 1: that was you know, another thing that you know, carried over. 286 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 1: It wasn't just one guy, it was you know a 287 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: lot of guys trying to you know, go in there 288 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 1: and make those extra blocks and help part runners. And so, 289 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 1: you know, hopefully those kind of things are just you know, 290 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:08,200 Speaker 1: contagious throughout the team. You mentioned your guys after the 291 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:11,680 Speaker 1: game on Saturday. This is like a playoff game. Miami 292 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 1: is basically a playoff game. Is that the type of 293 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 1: mentality you want to have before you actually get into 294 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: the playoff game in a couple of weeks. Well, no, 295 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 1: that's what it is. This is a playoff game. If 296 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: we beat Miami, we don't have to play in the 297 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 1: first round of the playoffs, so it's a playoff game. 298 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 1: If we don't, then we'll be playing a game next week. 299 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 1: You think it's hard for some guys to buy into that. Yeah, 300 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 1: it's a play If we win, we get a buy 301 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 1: But this is a team that's not going to the playoffs? 302 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: Is it? Guy? Is it easy for guys to overlook that? 303 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 1: I mean that they're living under a rock night here? 304 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 1: That's a true look, or that that's the truth. It's 305 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 1: absolutely the truth. If we win, it's the same as 306 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 1: a winning a playoff game next week. Other teams are 307 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 1: gonna have to win a playoff game next week to continue. 308 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 1: If we win this week, we don't have to do that. 309 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: So it is a playoff game. That's the way we're 310 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 1: going to trade it. And I don't I don't see 311 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 1: it any other way. All right, Bill, I'm gonna do 312 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 1: my Christian for you impression. I know I look a 313 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 1: little different. Where was you drive the week? Oh well, 314 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 1: I like all the all those drives? Uh yeah, I 315 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 1: think offensively, our last touchdown drive was certainly a good 316 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 1: one when you're able to you know, get the vallan 317 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 1: about that when it was thirty yard line and just 318 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: you know, run it in um and braxfast run at 319 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 1: the end was a you know it was a good 320 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 1: tough run. Um, but I was you know, I like 321 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 1: like that drive put us ahead. Uh you know twenty 322 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: two seventeen that we got two point conversions, so you know, 323 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 1: be ahead by seven points at that point in the game. 324 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: That was a big drive. All right, that's you drive 325 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 1: of the week. Excellent, appreciate Nay, did I do it? 326 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 1: How was my Christian for you? Impression? Good? Good? Better? Yeah? 327 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 1: We get you to do that for him? Now you 328 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 1: want me to do a low impression or no, I'll 329 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 1: stay away from that. Right, you got, you got, Hey, 330 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 1: you got next Monday as well. Don't forget next Monday 331 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 1: much better? Yeah? Um. Any any change in schedule with 332 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 1: the setday game, any extra days off or anything for 333 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 1: the guys or is it back to the grindstone? Uh? Yeah, 334 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 1: well we you know, we game Sunday off and then 335 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 1: we came in today today. It was kind of like 336 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 1: a normal Monday for us, So I think we're kind 337 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 1: of back on schedule. We'll you know, work through the 338 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 1: Tuesday Wednesday part of it, kind of flip those two 339 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 1: days around, but this will be you know, as much 340 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 1: of a normal week as you can make it during Christmas. 341 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 1: It's never normal during Christmas, but it's just you know, 342 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 1: I want to trust and a routine, particularly Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 343 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 1: Sunday leading up into the game. That's you know, I 344 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 1: think those final as you know Steve, as a player, 345 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 1: it's good to have those days before the game being routine. 346 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 1: If you juggle something, you know, six seven days away 347 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 1: from the game, that's one thing. But you kind of 348 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:42,560 Speaker 1: want to be in that routine the last you know, 349 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 1: three or four days as much as you can. So 350 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 1: that's what we've tried to do. Sweet to say you 351 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 1: weren't sitting and recliner drinking a beer watching nine hours 352 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 1: of football, you'll say, like, I was safe to say 353 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 1: you're actually working. Well, I was watching football. I was 354 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 1: watching Dolphins. Yeah. So, you know, we way a short 355 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: week on Buffalo. It was you know a lot of 356 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 1: times you towards the end of the week you're able 357 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:06,640 Speaker 1: to get ahead a little bit on your next opponent. 358 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 1: But you know, when we played Saturday against Buffalo and 359 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 1: you know the magnitude of that game, um, you know, 360 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 1: we kind of left Sunday for Miami rather than try 361 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:20,439 Speaker 1: to cram them in in a short week. So yesterday. 362 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,120 Speaker 1: It was a big, you know, big Miami game. I mean, 363 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:26,640 Speaker 1: obviously they played. You know, they played very competitively. They've 364 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 1: won four to last eight games and they you know, 365 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 1: they lost to the Jets by a point and lost 366 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 1: to the Redskins by a point. So, um, you know, 367 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 1: there's a lot of a lot of good football there. 368 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 1: They have a lot of good players. Offensively, They've lost 369 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 1: a couple of guys, but overall, the majority of that 370 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:45,119 Speaker 1: group is is there. You know, Blashes on IR and 371 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 1: Grants on IR. But the offensive line they've got to 372 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 1: Havin pour back and the tight ends obviously, the quarterback um, 373 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 1: and you know, the receivers other than Grant. You know, 374 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 1: that's been a pretty good group. So you know, they've 375 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 1: lost a couple of backs, traded Drake, which i was 376 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 1: their choice, and Balage, but um, you know it's a 377 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,439 Speaker 1: lot of guys that have played well for him throughout 378 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:09,679 Speaker 1: the course of the year. And you know, hung up 379 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:13,119 Speaker 1: five undred yards against Cincinnati, so um, you know, Cincinnati, 380 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:15,440 Speaker 1: you know, played us pretty well defensively. It's a good 381 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 1: front and you know they do some so five hundred 382 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 1: yards is five hundred yards, and yeah, that's right. Fitzpatrick is. 383 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 1: You know, he's a very aggressive quarterback and if um, 384 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 1: you know, if you don't take care of it, he'll 385 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 1: he'll hurt you. And if you lose leverage on him, 386 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 1: he can run and you know great plays with his 387 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 1: legs too to extend him or just pick up YARDI so, um, 388 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 1: you know, Parker's a problem. Wilson's a problem, Jesseki, he's 389 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 1: a problem. I got a lot of good players defensively. 390 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 1: We know they're they're very well coached, and they're sound, 391 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 1: and they're big, and they're strong, they're physical, and they 392 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 1: really try to, you know, knock the line of scrimmage back. 393 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:56,400 Speaker 1: And you know they're not a big you know, run 394 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 1: up field and run past the quarterback and all that. 395 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 1: They're they're more are just uh, you know, control the 396 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, you know, not knock. I'm sure they'll 397 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 1: try to, you know, knock knock the offensive lineback into 398 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: Tom's lap, so you can't. I don't have trouble stepping 399 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:13,199 Speaker 1: up in the pocket and that's what they do. They 400 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 1: do a good job. But they've got some big, strong 401 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 1: guys up there, led by Wilkinson, seem schematically with Chad 402 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: O'Shea Brian Flores. How much will players see sort of 403 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 1: what they practice against in training camp? How much of 404 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 1: it looks like some of the stuff they used to Oh, 405 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 1: quite a bit of it. Yeah, quite a bit of it, 406 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 1: but you know it's different players doing it, and they 407 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 1: certainly had their changeups. They've been very aggressive in the 408 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 1: kicking game with UM fakes and surprise on side kicks 409 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 1: and things like that. So they've made several plays on 410 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 1: that UM through the course of the year, and so um, 411 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:44,440 Speaker 1: you know, i'd say that part of it's a little 412 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 1: different than what um. They probably run more fakes and 413 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 1: this year than onside kicks, and you know we've run 414 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 1: on the last four combined. So m Yeah, definitely something 415 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 1: that they're they're very aggressive on. And you know Coach Floors, 416 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 1: you know, likes the blitz and still um, you know, 417 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 1: hit some big plays there. You know, they're in flee 418 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:07,159 Speaker 1: flicker against Cincinnati and so plays like that. You just 419 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 1: got up. You gotta reach your keys here. Good luck 420 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 1: on on Sunday, Narry Christmas, every great holiday this week 421 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 1: coach good news, bad news, good news, He's back next Monday, 422 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: A bad Yes, you're back next All that's good news. 423 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:22,199 Speaker 1: Wait to buy the bad news. You and I are 424 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 1: both combining the Okay, I'm rethinking Monday now. Merry Christmas. Yeah, 425 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 1: Merry Christmas to all the listeners. Yeah, thanks for supporting. 426 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 1: Have a good one next week. Appreciate it you, Bill Belichick, 427 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:35,160 Speaker 1: a little England Patriots. Oh, I'm if you're on sports 428 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 1: radio w EI.