1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,440 Speaker 1: What's going on, Mitch. With as trying as the season 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 1: has been for you guys to be able to sweep 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: a division rival like the Titans and a chance to 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,879 Speaker 1: wrap the season off up with another division win, what 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: does that kind of mean for this group and all 6 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: the work you guys have been doing. 7 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, you can call a spade a spade. 8 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:21,919 Speaker 2: This year has not been what we all thought it 9 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 2: would be, and that's you know, it's tested us being professionals. 10 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 2: And I think when you can put a game like 11 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 2: we did yesterday together, you know, it's just a celebration 12 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 2: of the hard work that you put in, right, because 13 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 2: we've been working. It's not from the lack of not working. 14 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:50,200 Speaker 2: So to answer your question, it was a great experience 15 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:52,239 Speaker 2: being in that locker room after a win like that. 16 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 2: And then we understand we're going into a hostile environment 17 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 2: against a divisional opponent who's very good. So listen, we 18 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 2: all want to end on a win. You got to 19 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 2: put your best foot forward as professionals, and that's what 20 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 2: we plan on doing on Sunday. 21 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: And does it mean anything that I mean, that's a 22 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: lot of the losses have been those close losses. One 23 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:20,320 Speaker 1: play here one play there. This was another one of 24 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 1: those games, but you actually kind of made the plays 25 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 1: late that needed to be made. 26 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it feels nice to be on the 27 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:31,479 Speaker 2: other side of those one score games, right, like, yeah, 28 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 2: we when you really look back and take a step 29 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 2: back and you see those games that we lost. Yeah, 30 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:40,559 Speaker 2: it's gut wrenching, it's heartbreaking. It where's in your soul? 31 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 2: So to end up with a game like that when 32 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 2: you're on the other end of that was let's soothe this, 33 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 2: to say the least. 34 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: Thanks Mitch, You're welcome. 35 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 3: Go to d Rock and then Mark Long. Hey, Mitch, 36 00:01:55,760 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 3: good morning, Good morning. You've been with Doug before. Can 37 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 3: you put your finger on with maybe why his message 38 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 3: completely hasn't been able to get through to the guys 39 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 3: this year. You know, I'm assuming he's sort of the 40 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,640 Speaker 3: same guy he was before and he hasn't changed. So 41 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 3: is there any reason you can kind of figure out 42 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 3: why maybe it just hasn't taken this year. 43 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 2: I'm more confused by message. 44 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 3: Well, he was talking about, you know, not making those 45 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 3: same mistakes at the end of games, winning those one 46 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 3: score games, not trying to force a play, letting the 47 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 3: play come to you. All those kind of things that 48 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 3: he's mentioned with us. 49 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 2: I mean, listen, when you're in the thick of it, 50 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 2: no one's trying to make mistakes, and no one's trying 51 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 2: to take something to the hands that in their own 52 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 2: hands where they think it's going to be detrimental to 53 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 2: the team. I don't think it's a lack of listening 54 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 2: to someone's message. I think it's just we all understand 55 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 2: that we could have done a better job executing the plays. 56 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 2: And yeah, I think there's a lot of unfortunate learning 57 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 2: yeah moments this year, and I think a lot of 58 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 2: guys will carry on throughout their professional careers. 59 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 3: Is this the kind of season that stings with you 60 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 3: or and sticks with you for a long time when 61 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 3: you had such high expectations and it went awry the 62 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 3: way it has. 63 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely. I don't know if it's gonna I mean, 64 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:27,679 Speaker 2: some guys use this fuel, some guys uses a learning experience. 65 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:32,799 Speaker 2: Some guys uses both. For me and the later years 66 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 2: of my career, I think this is it's been a 67 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 2: unique experience, to say the least. I learned a lot 68 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 2: about myself and I learned a lot about you know, 69 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 2: just traversing losses and trying to come in the next 70 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 2: day and the next week, and you know, progressing as 71 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 2: a player and as a person. So yeah, I think 72 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 2: that that question is a good one, and I think 73 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 2: it's going to be very individualized for each person. There's 74 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 2: ninety guys or so in this locker room a little 75 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 2: bit less. Each person's going to have a different answer 76 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 2: for that. 77 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 3: Is it easy for players to sort of compartmentalize the 78 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 3: stuff that's going on. You don't know if the head 79 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 3: coach is going to be back or not the next 80 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 3: year because of the uncertainty. 81 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 2: To be honest, it's one of those things that you 82 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 2: just this is in my lane. My lane is to 83 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 2: understand the game plan, put myself in position for guys 84 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 2: around me to be successful as possible. If you try 85 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 2: to get outside of your lane or outside of what 86 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 2: you know is in the realm of your control, that's 87 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 2: when you just play a game of mental gymnastics. Is 88 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 2: not first of all, not healthy, and it's not going 89 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 2: to help you do your job on Sunday. So that 90 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 2: might have to be another answer that's just individualized to myself, 91 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 2: But I feel like other guys share that same sentiment. 92 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 3: Thank you, you're welcome. 93 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 2: Nick. 94 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 4: You talked about what you learned through losing. What how 95 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 4: have you managed this? I mean when you're talking about 96 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:06,599 Speaker 4: you look at your career ninety two and fifty with 97 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,160 Speaker 4: you know, with twelve those losses coming this year, it's 98 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 4: got to be so different. And you talked about you 99 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 4: mentioned learning to maybe get up off the mat every week, 100 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 4: but what have you learned about yourself and maybe how 101 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 4: to handle losing? 102 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:31,239 Speaker 2: Well, it hasn't gotten easier, right, go ahead, I guess yeah, 103 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 2: you're as a competitor, and not only is that, but 104 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 2: as a person who you invest time throughout the week 105 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 2: away from your family, you invest your body, You put 106 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 2: yourself out in the line. You know you you're disappointing 107 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 2: when things don't go your way, to say the least. 108 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 2: And the first thing you do is you look at yourself. 109 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 2: And the one thing I learned is that that's all 110 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 2: you can worry about. That's all As a mature competitor, 111 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 2: you have to focus on the things in your control. 112 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 2: Like listen, I can't control other stuff. And I'm not 113 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 2: saying it wasn't my you know, I'm not trying to 114 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 2: underline that any other message. It's just the truth, it's like, 115 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 2: focus on the things I can control, go out there, 116 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 2: do your best to mitigate those, and then you have 117 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 2: a next another game plan and you try to mitigate 118 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 2: that and so on and so forth. So yeah, hopefully 119 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 2: that answers your question. 120 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, no, that's good. And secondly, this team blocks so 121 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 4: well and past past pro and then really struggles seems 122 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 4: like to open holes in the running game, especially in 123 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:45,039 Speaker 4: short guards. Is there a can you put your finger 124 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 4: on why that's why it's so jack und hide here? 125 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 2: Well, I think for both passing and run blocking, there's 126 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 2: so many different different variables that kind of go into it, 127 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 2: you know. I think with the run game, you know, 128 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 2: everyone's got to be on the same page, just like 129 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 2: the past game. There's so many different variables that play 130 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 2: into it. I don't know if I can totally give 131 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 2: you an answer that there's just one thing that sticks 132 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 2: out to me, you know, so we're just yeah, I 133 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 2: don't have nothing for you. 134 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 4: Can it be fixed? I mean, contractually, that looks like 135 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 4: most of this team, especially on offense, is going to 136 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 4: be back next year. Even the line looks like I mean, 137 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 4: I would bet money that four four of the five 138 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 4: are going to be back. Uh can you can you 139 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 4: get better from I mean, I know you can get better, 140 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 4: but can you fix maybe the running woes from your 141 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 4: from you know, in six months. 142 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 2: Now I can tell you next year. 143 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 4: Okay, fair enough, thank you. 144 00:07:58,280 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 3: This will be the last one. 145 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 5: Yeah, Mitch has a Do you think Mac Jones has 146 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 5: proven enough to you and the teammates and he might 147 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 5: be a starter in this league? 148 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 6: Uh, somewhere else in the future. And how far has 149 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 6: he gone since he began, since Trevor got hurt and 150 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 6: went out of the season, how far has Mac progressed? 151 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 2: Well? I think uh, you know, Mac Jones is not 152 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 2: only an infectious personality, really brings the guys along, really 153 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 2: great to have in the huddle. Uh, He's his confidence 154 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 2: is not cocky. It's hard to explain. He's got confidence 155 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 2: and his guys. He's got confidence in what he does, 156 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 2: and he does a great job of bouncing back from 157 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 2: mistakes but also learning from him not just kind of 158 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 2: lase fair run around with football. I think Mac has 159 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 2: a bright future in this league. And I think if 160 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 2: any team gave him a chance to make it, make 161 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 2: him the staple guy, they'd be lucky to have him. 162 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 2: It's have been a privilege these past few weeks and 163 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 2: months to play with him, just as it was with Trevor, 164 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:15,719 Speaker 2: especially as a guy who he kind of kind of 165 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 2: hated when you were in Buffalo with the Patriots, right Like, 166 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 2: he just we joke about all the time. He's just 167 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 2: such a great dude, vibrant personality, and one of the 168 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,200 Speaker 2: most like guys in the locker room. So I don't 169 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 2: know the answer to that. I wish I had a 170 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:34,960 Speaker 2: crystal ball like the run game, but I love the 171 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:38,319 Speaker 2: fact that he's getting this opportunity, he's putting his best 172 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 2: foot forward, making mistakes, learn from him, and then going 173 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 2: from there. 174 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:43,119 Speaker 5: Thanks. 175 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 3: Yep, that's everyone. Thanks Mitch.