1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: You know, it's always uh an honor to play in 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:06,760 Speaker 1: this game, to compete in this um for the FC Championship, 3 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 1: and mud proud of what our staff and team have 4 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: done to get to this point. Obviously, it's a very 5 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 1: strainings competition and um so to be here and you know, 6 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 1: to be one of the final four teams playing this weekend, 7 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:25,240 Speaker 1: it's a it's a great privilege and we embrace it 8 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: and are willing to jump in here with our best 9 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:34,199 Speaker 1: competitive effort week of preparation and you be ready to 10 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 1: go against against a great football team, Andy who have 11 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,879 Speaker 1: tremendous respect and admiration for us, as usually done, done 12 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: a great job with this football team. It's a well 13 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: balanced team that pretty much led from wire to wire 14 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: in the AFC, had a great year, great record, um 15 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: outstanding team, do a lot of things well obviously and 16 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: um SO that would be a big challenge for us, 17 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: and we're looking forward to the opportunity to compete. And 18 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:07,040 Speaker 1: let's see it about Sunday night. Preach you to raise 19 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:15,679 Speaker 1: your game. If you have a question, build The forecast 20 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: for Sunday is temperatures in the single digits, wind chill 21 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 1: below zero. How does that impact preparations for the game, 22 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: and perhaps we're going out for the Chiefs. Whatever it 23 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:30,479 Speaker 1: is it is, do you mind playing in severe cold? 24 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: I love to play a championship game. Schedule of every 25 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: want well, either does it change the play calling? Does 26 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: it make it harder to throw? I don't know. It's Wednesday. 27 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: We'll see what happened Sunday night. Right now, we're getting 28 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: rid for the Chiefs. Coach obviously, um, we're going to 29 00:01:55,760 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: coach busily. You facing a quarterback with a great skill set, however, 30 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: in his first full season in the NFL, do you 31 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: think that Patrick Mahomes is relative inexperience can play into 32 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: your hands. I think he's a great player on a 33 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: great team that's very well coached. They have a great 34 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 1: scheme and a great system. It's got a ton of weapons, 35 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,639 Speaker 1: so it'll be tough to handle. That's well their entire 36 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: offense as well their entire team. So we know we'll 37 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: need our best game, We'll need our best effort, and 38 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 1: that's what we're preparing to give. Patrick Mahomes. Ability to 39 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: extend plays is obviously notable. What would be the key 40 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: for your defense in those situations to how to react 41 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: to that well, will depend on the play and what 42 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: the situation was and so forth. He's yeah, he has 43 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: a great ability to throw and he can keep plays alive. 44 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:52,959 Speaker 1: But that's ben come in a lot of different situations. 45 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 1: So whatever they are, we'll try to follow our rules 46 00:02:54,800 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: like we always do and defendant the best we can, coach. 47 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 1: Is there any difference at all preparing for a team 48 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:05,080 Speaker 1: that you already faced in the regular season compared to 49 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: a team that maybe you haven't seen recently. Yeah, look, 50 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: we're gonna do the best we can to get ready 51 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: for this game. Last week we did the best we 52 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: could get ready for the Chargers. That's the way it 53 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 1: is every week. So we'll take whatever our resources are, 54 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 1: whatever the opportunities are, and do the best we can 55 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:24,799 Speaker 1: to be as well prepared and ready to go as 56 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: we'll need to be in Kansas City. Doesn't really matter 57 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 1: what else something else could be. It's what this is, coach. 58 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: Compared to that game in October, the location and the 59 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: weather will be vastly different. Are the teams also very 60 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 1: different from what they were then? Yeah? Absolutely, the game 61 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: is quite a while ago. I don't well, you know, 62 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: we've only we've gone through a lot a lot of experiences, 63 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: learned a lot. I think we're better than we were. 64 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: I'm sure they're better than they were. See what I'm 65 00:03:55,840 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: on Sunday night, Billum, the Chiefs were three for four 66 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: on fourth down last week. I think they're twelve or 67 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: fifteen for the year. How does their ability to not 68 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 1: only go for it but succeeds so frequently on fourth 69 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: down maybe change the way you guys will approach the game? 70 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: Where does it at all? Yeah, they're pretty good on 71 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 1: every down in every situation, So first, second, third, fourth down, 72 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:22,840 Speaker 1: they're they're good at all of it. So we're gonna 73 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 1: have to be at our best in all situations. Bill, 74 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: Speaking of differences between the teams, the Chiefs have different 75 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: players at safety. Houston is back compared to that week 76 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:40,600 Speaker 1: sixth meeting when they didn't have Barry and Murray in Houston, 77 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: and the starting lineup last week oh for nine on 78 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 1: third down, where the Colt's best third done offense during 79 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: the regular season. What are the differences that you see 80 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 1: in Kansas City's defense, particularly in that situation, from when 81 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 1: he first faced them. Well, they're pretty much a game 82 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 1: plan defense, so it shifts a little bit from week 83 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: to week on on who they're playing and what they're 84 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 1: trying to what they're trying to do. So we'll see 85 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: what they give us, and I don't know, we'll have 86 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: to be ready for the variety of things that they do. 87 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: And obviously the three outstanding players on the front that 88 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 1: are hard to deal with, so left to handle everybody, 89 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 1: but certainly those are you guys, Bill one of those 90 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 1: guys up front for the Chiefs, Chris Jones has had 91 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 1: a really good year. Josh McDaniels is talking about him 92 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: the other day. It seems like one of the things 93 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: he's able to do relatively consistently his back down passes. 94 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: Is that something that you guys have to try to 95 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: call plays around or is that more on Tom to 96 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: kind of realize where he is and have a feel 97 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: for what might work when when he's in front, they're 98 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,839 Speaker 1: trying to get his hands up, all right? What we 99 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: do with that every week? It's always you know, that's 100 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 1: always an issue. There are guys in front of the 101 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 1: quarterback when he throws the ball. So that's a combination 102 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,479 Speaker 1: of a lot of things. What the route is, the 103 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,040 Speaker 1: protection that goes with the route, and the location of 104 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 1: the defenders and the quarterback releases the ball. So let's 105 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: say they're all different on every single play. There's their 106 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: variables there, but we try to do the best we 107 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 1: can to keep the pocket clean in front of the quarterback. 108 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 1: Quarterbacks got to do the best he can to work 109 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,719 Speaker 1: around whatever the obstacles are, if there are any, and 110 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 1: the receivers have to position themselves in locations that are 111 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 1: where we're able to get the ball to him cleanly. 112 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 1: So only good team execution on that. But he's definitely 113 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: a problem. I mean, he's a problem as a rusher, 114 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: and he's a disruptive player in terms of batten down 115 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 1: balls or affecting the throwing lanes even if the ball's 116 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 1: not badded down with the quarterback and the receiver have 117 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 1: to make adjustments, and that's a degree of disruption, if 118 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 1: you will. Bill is containing Patrick Mahomes just as important 119 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: as getting pressure on him. And how do you balance 120 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:54,280 Speaker 1: that in this game? Yeah, again, it's we're gonna stop 121 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: the whole offense. It's not one guy. They quarterbacks good, 122 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,239 Speaker 1: The backs are good, tight ends are good, receivers are good, 123 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: lines good, coach is good. I mean, they're all good. 124 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 1: So we're gonna have to play good team defense, um, 125 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: and that includes everything. So that's they're all important, Bill, 126 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 1: when you're going against a team that has multiple elite 127 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: options in the past game like killing Kelsey, can you 128 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: describe the challenge of just figuring out how you want 129 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 1: to prioritize basically your defense, how to take them away? Yeah, 130 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 1: Well that's that's whatever team's deal with all your with them. 131 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: So that's that's what it comes down to, figuring that out, 132 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 1: trying to balance it between Russian coverage, um, and how 133 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: you want to cover. And there's plenty of other good 134 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: players out there too, UM, So you know, you just 135 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 1: have to decide how you want to how you want 136 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: to handle it. Con Late Hawkins, you know, you don't 137 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: want to be light on those guys either. So they 138 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 1: have a great offense, They have a great set of players, 139 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: and again Andy does a great job of putting them 140 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 1: in with the defense and compromising positions where you have 141 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: to make choices and the quarterback makes choices based on that. 142 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: They're hard to stop. That's why to lead the league 143 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: in points, lead league, in yards, leader league and scoring 144 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: leader league and everything. They're really good, Bill, and your 145 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 1: experience an opinion. You know, just having coach against Andy 146 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 1: for so many years, how much of his willingness to 147 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 1: implement and assimilate ideas It might not come from you 148 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 1: know himself, whether they college or any other shorts, It 149 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 1: doesn't matter to him. He'll just do what is best 150 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: for his offense, and that's helped him evolve over the years. 151 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 1: He's done a great job of that, probably as good 152 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:55,680 Speaker 1: as any coach that I've I've seen. Does a great 153 00:08:55,720 --> 00:09:00,079 Speaker 1: job of taking new ideas, new concepts and utilize in 154 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: them in a productive and efficient way. Depending on what 155 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: he's working with and how how they fit into what 156 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:12,079 Speaker 1: he's doing, or his personnel, or depending on exactly what 157 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 1: we're talking about here, but I'd say he's very creative. 158 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 1: He's got a lot of new ideas or takes on 159 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 1: new ideas, new concepts and develops them within the framework 160 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 1: of his system to just create more problems for the defense. 161 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 1: He does a great job of that. See it every year, 162 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 1: and he continues to even though the course of the 163 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 1: year from when we played him in October has come 164 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 1: up with more things to create more of a problem. 165 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,719 Speaker 1: So he's always tough to go against. He does a 166 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 1: great job of game planing, and he does an excellent 167 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 1: job of developing an offensive system that's you know, that's 168 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 1: it's very hard to defend and they have great players 169 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 1: doing it. So Bill, how big of a challenge is 170 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:00,959 Speaker 1: this defensive line for your offensive line? And when you 171 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:03,200 Speaker 1: have a team that has multiple guys who can rush 172 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,959 Speaker 1: the passer? How important is communication? And a match will 173 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: pick this well, it's important because the Chiefs too a 174 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 1: good job of moving people around in their front. They 175 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 1: have different alignments and different looks, different personnel combinations, and 176 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 1: some game plan pressure. So they could run a blitz 177 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: that they haven't run before that wouldn't be unusual for them, 178 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 1: or run coverage that they maybe haven't run in a 179 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: month or two months or so. That's there's an element 180 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 1: to the game planning from them that's unique to this game. 181 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 1: We don't know. I don't know if they know yet. 182 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 1: Maybe they're just putting it together now. I don't know, 183 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: but it might be something they've done, it might be 184 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,560 Speaker 1: something a little bit new. So communication, making sure that 185 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 1: we have everything accounted for is going to be important. 186 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: But if they just line up and play straight, that's 187 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 1: a problem too, because they have a very very destructive front, 188 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: very athletic front. If those guys catching edge on you 189 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 1: or you know, get I guess step into the gap, 190 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 1: they can they can blow the whole play up. So 191 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:16,560 Speaker 1: I'll do a good job and all those guys build. Um. 192 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 1: They have a corner who hasn't really played a whole 193 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: lot this year until late in the season, and Ward 194 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,280 Speaker 1: who I think started last two games regular season and 195 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: then the playoff games. Right, what have you seen from 196 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,839 Speaker 1: him and the time that he's played and what's allowed 197 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 1: him to kind of catch on here and establish a role. Um. Yeah, 198 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: but he's really been there. There a third corner in 199 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: nicol And and Fuller moves inside. Um. But they're in 200 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 1: there in that a lot nickel and dime in some 201 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 1: defenses there knows a lot. So he plays a lot. 202 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:48,559 Speaker 1: He's long, he's fast. Um. You know, they trade for 203 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 1: him from Dallas. He didn't really play much until later 204 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: in the year and then got an opportunity to play 205 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:56,960 Speaker 1: play well. He's um, gets his hands on the receivers, 206 00:11:57,040 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: he's he's broken up a number of passes always probably 207 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 1: I don't know, four or five pass breakups and a 208 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 1: couple of games here, two, three, games. So, um, he's 209 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 1: been a disruptive guy out there for him, that's um, 210 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: you know, stepped and done a good job for that. Really, 211 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: the two guys in the secondary they played you know, 212 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 1: a ton for him that are no longer playing or 213 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:21,680 Speaker 1: aren't playing much ones off the team now. So you know, 214 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:24,560 Speaker 1: that's been obviously a ship forward in the secondary. Even 215 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:25,960 Speaker 1: in the latter part of the season with the last 216 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 1: two three weeks of the year, Bill In the passing game, 217 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:33,199 Speaker 1: Kareem Hunt filled a particular role. How different is it 218 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 1: It seems as if the frequency hasn't changed at all 219 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 1: with Damien in there. How different is it, um, in 220 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 1: terms of the routes and where they're finding him as 221 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: opposed to Hunt. Yeah, well, again, they have a very um, 222 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 1: let's say, extensive passing game. They do a lot of 223 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: different things with their with their passing games, so that 224 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: includes the backs and the tight ends and the receivers. 225 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 1: They utilize all their personnel in a lot of different 226 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: ways and multiple players in the same spots as well. 227 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 1: So you know, they and some of its game plan. 228 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: So some things you could might get a new route 229 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 1: they haven't seen before that you're not working on because 230 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 1: of something that they want to attack you with. So, 231 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:20,680 Speaker 1: I mean, the backs are definitely a problem in the 232 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 1: passing game. Andy and and Patrick do a real good 233 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 1: job of utilizing them as they always have, and they're 234 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:31,960 Speaker 1: problem to cover, their problem to tackle, and schematically they 235 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 1: give you issues too, So I'll have to deal with 236 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 1: all of it. Bill. Yesterday, Matthew Slater recognized Albert McClellan 237 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:46,080 Speaker 1: and Ramone Humber specifically for the contributions they've made on 238 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 1: special teams. What did you identify in both of them 239 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 1: that you had experienced with the ramone previously when you 240 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 1: acquire them, and how have they helped your coverage units 241 00:13:55,280 --> 00:14:01,560 Speaker 1: in particular. Yeah, we'll both guys are experienced, Um, as 242 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,199 Speaker 1: you said, Ramon a little bit in our system that 243 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:05,320 Speaker 1: was on training camp, but very experienced in the league 244 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 1: between Baltimore and Ramone and New Orleans and Buffalo. So, um, 245 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 1: they played a lot of football. But you know they've 246 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 1: had a lot of accountability, dependability, good communicators. Um. You know, 247 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: punt team is a you know, that's a tough spot 248 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 1: to play. Those guys done a good job there and 249 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 1: then the coverage that they've given us on those units 250 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 1: obviously mclown has given us some big plays on the 251 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 1: punt rushes as well, so but they've been really professional 252 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 1: in their approach, their attitude, their dependability, their toughness, their consistency. 253 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 1: I mean, that's all been really good. So glad we 254 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 1: have them, and they've think really kind of solidified those 255 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 1: units because they're they're on all of them. So it's 256 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 1: helped us a lot. Bill Damian Williams came here for 257 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 1: a visit, I believe in twenty seventeen years. Is there 258 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 1: anything you remember about him during that time or anything 259 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 1: that sticks out to him during that visit? No. I 260 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 1: mean's a good football player, smart, versatile, I can do 261 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 1: a lot of different things, run the ball, catch past protect, um. 262 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 1: So we had a good visit with him. It was um, um, 263 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: he's a good guy to you know, to bring in 264 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 1: a visit and get to know um. You know, things 265 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 1: didn't really work out on that at that time, but 266 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 1: I'm not surprised to see him doing well at all. Bill. Yesterday, 267 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: Dante spoke about how important it's been for him to 268 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 1: be available to you guys consistently throughout the course of 269 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 1: the season, how that's been a little bit of a 270 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 1: a nice change for him versus some years past. I'm 271 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: wondering how important has it been for your defense and 272 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 1: has having him out there consistently maybe allowed you guys 273 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: to to build in terms of some of the things 274 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 1: that you've added to your defense maybe late in the season. Yeah, 275 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 1: no question, he's been daunt us had a real good 276 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: year for us. And his personal versatility is good because 277 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 1: then things we face defensively that we have to adjust to, 278 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 1: but it allows us to do other things defensively. He's 279 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: a very good communicator, again at all levels, so whether 280 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: it's a linebacker or defensive outside linebacker, inside linebacker, if 281 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 1: you will, part of the defensive line and pass rush, 282 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 1: and he's very very good at all in all those 283 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 1: areas to communicate, identify, recognize things, get us into the 284 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 1: right call or spout that we're supposed to be in. 285 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 1: And he's he's a very instinctive player to just again 286 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 1: kind of knows what to do, where to fit in rushes, 287 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 1: how to how to compensate on coverages, on play action 288 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 1: and things like that. So he's it's a very easy 289 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 1: versatile player. Certainly having him out there on a lot 290 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 1: of downs from on all three downs, including fourth down. 291 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 1: Really in some games he's contributed for US there, but 292 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 1: in all three downs, running game, passing, game pass, rush, 293 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 1: pass coverage, off the line, on the line, He's done 294 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 1: a lot of things. He's had a really good year. Coach. 295 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 1: It's been a few years. But obviously your last visit 296 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:15,919 Speaker 1: to Kansas City was not a good memory. Is that 297 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:19,920 Speaker 1: something you think you and Tom can use his motivation? Yeah, 298 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 1: I don't think that game has anything to do with 299 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 1: this one. We're gonna get ready for Sunday. Okay, Yeah, 300 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:27,399 Speaker 1: thank you.