WEBVTT - Press Pass: DeMeco Ryans

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<v Speaker 1>Are you concerned about the amount of injuries? Uh, not concerned.

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<v Speaker 1>You know that injuries happened or whatever. Every year, injuries

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<v Speaker 1>happened over times. It seems like we've had more this year,

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<v Speaker 1>and we had a lot of guys go down, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>in the game on Sunday, which is unfortunate, but you know,

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<v Speaker 1>injuries happened. Unfortunately. It's a part of our game where

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<v Speaker 1>the injury rate is. You know, you play long enough,

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<v Speaker 1>the injury rate is one hundred percent. So it's it's

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<v Speaker 1>something that comes with the game, mixing and matching different

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<v Speaker 1>guys in it out. Because of this reason, communication problems

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<v Speaker 1>you guys ever did together every years he's had some

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<v Speaker 1>of that or pretty working that kind of stuff. Our

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<v Speaker 1>communication is good, you know, all the guys that step

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<v Speaker 1>in do a good job of communicating. So I don't

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<v Speaker 1>I don't see where we had any lack of communication

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<v Speaker 1>issues amongst any of our guys. Louis Davis thought the

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<v Speaker 1>best of fact that when you face a quarterbacks like

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<v Speaker 1>a Drew Brees, you're really facing an offensive warden. They

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<v Speaker 1>were on the field and get out. How difficult to

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<v Speaker 1>does that make your job as the defensive signal court Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it makes it tough because Drew is such a great player,

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<v Speaker 1>smart player when when you can change the plays at

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<v Speaker 1>the line, he always gets his offense and favorable plays.

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<v Speaker 1>So no matter what defense we present to him, he

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<v Speaker 1>always has a check to get them in another play

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<v Speaker 1>or a better plays, so to say. So, it's tough.

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<v Speaker 1>But for us as a defense, you can't. We can't

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<v Speaker 1>really focus much on it. We just know we have

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<v Speaker 1>to play solid in our We have to play our

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<v Speaker 1>defense well. You know, we can't try to mix and

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<v Speaker 1>matter everything that they do, but we have to play

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<v Speaker 1>our technique and our defense as great as we can.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you guys in the playoffs two years ago,

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<v Speaker 1>three four times, right, it's pretty difficult because of what

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<v Speaker 1>he can. Yeah, I think it's tough to blissen because

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<v Speaker 1>he gets the ball out so fast. You look at

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<v Speaker 1>their offense, it's a lot of rhythm, a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>time in the ball comes out fairly quickly, a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of three step drops and uh, you know, if you

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<v Speaker 1>do pressure them, you just have to get pressure up

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<v Speaker 1>the middle, which I think will work moving him off

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<v Speaker 1>the spot a little bit. They don't give me anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a big part of their office, Billy said,

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<v Speaker 1>and this just watching they see look thro to the

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<v Speaker 1>back spot more album. They're pretty challenge the kind of

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<v Speaker 1>thing that you have to worry about. It if you

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<v Speaker 1>ran about the sea, you get short. But there's a

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<v Speaker 1>different break. Yeah, they have a lot of weapons. It's

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<v Speaker 1>one thing in the backs, you know they are they

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<v Speaker 1>have become more of a go to guys in the

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<v Speaker 1>in the offense now you know with Spiller Ingram all

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<v Speaker 1>those guys are doing a really good They do a

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<v Speaker 1>good job of catching the ball. So you see a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of a lot of screens on take all Over,

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<v Speaker 1>and they were on a lot of screens and a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of a lot of times try to get mismatches

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<v Speaker 1>against you know, the faster backs on linebackers or safeties.

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<v Speaker 1>So well are we have you know, our antenna's up.

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<v Speaker 1>We're alert of what they try to do with their

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<v Speaker 1>running backs because you know what they do, they get

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<v Speaker 1>the ball in the playmaker's hands. So we have to

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<v Speaker 1>definitely be ready for the for the screen game. Demko's

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<v Speaker 1>impossible to be a dominant defense opposite of a temple

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<v Speaker 1>of offense. You can be a dominant defense no matter

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<v Speaker 1>what the offense does. You know, the offense doesn't dictate

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<v Speaker 1>what the defense does. We we always dictate how long

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<v Speaker 1>we're on the field, you know, causing turnovers, scoring defense

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<v Speaker 1>can do at all. If you're a dominant defense, you

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<v Speaker 1>know all of that lies in your hands. It has

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<v Speaker 1>nothing to do with the offense. You guys have made

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<v Speaker 1>the bottom of the league in the plays against for

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<v Speaker 1>all three years under Chip. I would think that's not

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<v Speaker 1>all just because you guys can't get off. The third

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<v Speaker 1>downs are part of the place. Run on that sun too, right.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's a lot of third down, a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of third down. We're just not making plays. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like the drive in Washington, they hit us with the draw.

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<v Speaker 1>Now we're on the field, extra play we get off

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<v Speaker 1>the get off the field on third and long. When

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<v Speaker 1>they're running the draw, they're pretty much conceding, Hey we

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<v Speaker 1>make a tackle. We don't play all those extra plays.

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<v Speaker 1>So a lot of that I think is on us.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of people put it on the offense. But

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<v Speaker 1>I look at his defense. You control, you control how

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<v Speaker 1>long you're out there, You control, you know, how many

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<v Speaker 1>players you can make out there tackles on Sunday. What

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<v Speaker 1>did you see from him in that game, and how

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<v Speaker 1>does he help you do what you have to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Bennie is playing outstanding. I think he's he's playing with

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<v Speaker 1>really a lot of energy, a lot of tanassy like

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<v Speaker 1>he's meaning up front, and he's making a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>plays for us, beating up a lot of offensive linemen,

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<v Speaker 1>getting off of blocks, making plays. He's very disruptive and

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<v Speaker 1>for me sometimes he steals a lot of tackles because

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<v Speaker 1>he's he's making too many plays, but he does. He

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<v Speaker 1>does a really good job man just penetrating uh and

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<v Speaker 1>he causes a lot of disruption up front, so it

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<v Speaker 1>makes it tough on offensive lineman sometimes to get up

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<v Speaker 1>to the second level because Benny is so disruptive, a

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<v Speaker 1>great leader, being able to read the locker room and

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<v Speaker 1>one of three right now, how is the locker room

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<v Speaker 1>right now? Our locker room is fine. Everybody is everybody

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<v Speaker 1>is locked in. I feel like I feel the focus

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<v Speaker 1>is really locked in this week. Everybody is ready to,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, go into battle, gets the Saints and get

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<v Speaker 1>a win. And I think that's what it's all about. Men.

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<v Speaker 1>We work every week, working hard every week. These guys

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<v Speaker 1>bring the same attitude you know every week. You don't

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<v Speaker 1>see a big up and down with our locker room.

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<v Speaker 1>It's pretty even killed. But the guys are locked in

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<v Speaker 1>this week attitude. But is there maybe a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>more humility in the building? You know these last this

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<v Speaker 1>last week players, coaches kind of maybe looking at themselves

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<v Speaker 1>and a little bit more. I mean you should always be.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, for me, it's always a sense of humility.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's why I said, I don't see you know,

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<v Speaker 1>where guys got too high or anything. You know, there's

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<v Speaker 1>always been, like I said, a sense of humility around

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<v Speaker 1>here because again, you know, it's just that's the nature

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<v Speaker 1>of the game, and you can't get too high, too

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<v Speaker 1>low one weekend, one week out. Things change with your lunebackers,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly having to pay attention to those screen games, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>being heavily visits on the sill. Said put more on

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<v Speaker 1>the inside guys like yourself to create that pressure to Swood,

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<v Speaker 1>especially since you want to get pressure in the middle

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<v Speaker 1>of a right It's predicated on the calls, whatever casts

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<v Speaker 1>we have. Sometimes it's it's called for us, it's inside

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<v Speaker 1>line bikers to get pressure up the middle and sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>the outside pressure. So it's all predicated on different calls

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<v Speaker 1>that Billy Mays, Jordan has been very productive for rookie

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<v Speaker 1>year early on. How much of you had to help

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<v Speaker 1>him as far as wanting things like that, not much.

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<v Speaker 1>A smart kid, Jordan's really smart. He knows you know

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<v Speaker 1>where to be, knows his position, he knows his technique.

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<v Speaker 1>So there's not there's not much that I have to

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<v Speaker 1>tell Jordan when we're out there on the field together.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, Jordan is, He's done a really good job.

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<v Speaker 1>He stepped in and play really well for So there's

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<v Speaker 1>not much on my end that I have to tell

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<v Speaker 1>him that he doesn't know already. Really said, if you're

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<v Speaker 1>in that situation again, trying to protect the league for

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<v Speaker 1>twelve rest of twelve games, and you win the next

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<v Speaker 1>twelve games. But when you look back at it, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean a lot had to go wrong for you guys

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<v Speaker 1>to give up that league. Had He kind of balanced

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<v Speaker 1>how much you know they did versus how much did

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<v Speaker 1>you let happen. Yeah, I always look at it as

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<v Speaker 1>us we let we let a lot of stuff slip.

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<v Speaker 1>We let a lot of things happen, a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>you know, a couple of those big runs that we

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<v Speaker 1>let get out. That's why I look at the most

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<v Speaker 1>those runs. It shouldn't have happened. I feel like we

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<v Speaker 1>set the run down for most of the game and

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<v Speaker 1>then to let those two runs out the last drive.

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<v Speaker 1>That's more so on us than them. The respect how

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<v Speaker 1>there's not that many emotional episode flows with this team

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<v Speaker 1>kind of even kid, what do you contribute do? I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's just just maturity. I think for the leaders

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<v Speaker 1>and locker rooms, just knowing the maturity of the guys

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<v Speaker 1>and just relaying that to the younger guys. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't win a season just because you win one game.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't mean anything. Just because you lose three, there's

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<v Speaker 1>still there's still a long season. So you can't You

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<v Speaker 1>can't ride the wave of the outside world, what everybody

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<v Speaker 1>talks about on the outside. You can't ride the wave.

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<v Speaker 1>You just have to stay even kill, have to stay

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<v Speaker 1>focused on the task at hand, all right, Thanks guys,