WEBVTT - The Audible Ep. 80 | Jerome Baker 0:00:05.680 --> 0:00:08.280 All right, here we are week three, heading into Week 0:00:08.280 --> 0:00:12.000 three deaths by John Jemmy Kimbo Camper with you were 0:00:12.080 --> 0:00:15.200 on the audible. Uh and John, another another tough day 0:00:15.240 --> 0:00:17.720 for the Dolphins. But you know, John, I think we 0:00:17.760 --> 0:00:20.360 all understand that we're looking at this football team and 0:00:20.400 --> 0:00:24.320 this is gonna be a year of small victories, incremental growth, 0:00:24.400 --> 0:00:27.000 all those types of things. And I think we saw 0:00:27.040 --> 0:00:29.840 some pretty good things yesterday from a standpoint that I 0:00:29.840 --> 0:00:32.560 thought the defense came out. Uh, you know, New England 0:00:32.560 --> 0:00:34.360 gets the ball first drive, takes it down the field 0:00:34.360 --> 0:00:36.320 and you go, well, here we go, we go again, 0:00:36.960 --> 0:00:38.600 and then all of a sudden they buckle up. And 0:00:38.840 --> 0:00:41.640 I thought guys were in their gaps, guys were holding 0:00:41.640 --> 0:00:44.519 their you know, holding stand stand where they're supposed to stay. 0:00:44.920 --> 0:00:47.520 Tackling was a lot better, Awareness was a lot better, 0:00:48.120 --> 0:00:50.080 all those things. So I think when you look at 0:00:50.080 --> 0:00:52.000 the game, if you're looking for things to pull out 0:00:52.000 --> 0:00:53.640 of it, that would be the first thing that I 0:00:53.640 --> 0:00:56.040 would pull out on an offense, a defense that you 0:00:56.040 --> 0:00:58.840 know gave well, gave up fifty nine points the week before. 0:00:59.680 --> 0:01:01.680 Not how you go out and you do you know, 0:01:01.720 --> 0:01:05.160 you held them to nothing at halftime and you're feeling 0:01:05.160 --> 0:01:07.680 pretty good about where you are. And so I think 0:01:07.680 --> 0:01:11.400 that's something that that the team, the coaches, you and 0:01:11.440 --> 0:01:14.480 I and fans can kind of start wrapping their arms around, 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:18.520 because you know, in the last month, John, I think 0:01:18.560 --> 0:01:22.240 probably the last two preseason games, first two regular season games, 0:01:22.800 --> 0:01:25.640 the roster con is continuing to change and and people 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:29.559 are coming in and communication is hard to manage because 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:32.839 guys are coming in out. But even along that line, 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:36.319 you're starting to see a little incremental growth to this 0:01:36.360 --> 0:01:38.959 football team. Well, the thing I pulled from it was 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:41.399 exactly what you said, You're trying to look at schemes 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:45.880 defensively because the Baltimore Ravens had it so easy. You know, 0:01:45.920 --> 0:01:48.200 two Sundays ago, throwing the ball over the top of 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:51.400 the Miami Dolphin defense, being able to run it at will. 0:01:51.520 --> 0:01:53.480 You know, the first play was for forty nine yards 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:56.200 or fifty yards, And you look back at New England 0:01:56.240 --> 0:01:58.920 on Sunday and you go, yeah, they may have dominated 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:00.960 a little bit on off fense in the first half, 0:02:00.960 --> 0:02:03.000 but then you look to scoreboard and didn't tell that 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:05.880 tell I think the Dolphins defense was out there for 0:02:05.960 --> 0:02:09.600 thirty four first half plays and only gave up thirteen 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:12.160 points in that last touchdown, you know, the push off 0:02:12.200 --> 0:02:15.080 with Antonio Brownie gets the touchdown, there's no call there, 0:02:15.400 --> 0:02:18.160 makes it thirteen nothing after the missed extra point, and 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:20.720 you're going to the locker room thinking, okay, we're one 0:02:20.760 --> 0:02:24.600 explosive play away from actually making this a one score game. 0:02:24.760 --> 0:02:27.200 And now, if the offense was able to do anything 0:02:27.639 --> 0:02:30.000 on that day, you might have had a chance. And 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:33.639 that's taken away all the turnovers that turned into touchdowns. 0:02:33.639 --> 0:02:35.840 I mean, anytime you have two pick six is in 0:02:35.919 --> 0:02:38.760 a game, the chances of the percentages of winning that 0:02:38.800 --> 0:02:42.280 game go down drastically. But staying in the football game 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:45.400 and having a chance. If the Dolphins offense, which came 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:47.720 out in the second half and go three and out, 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:49.960 three and out, you know, they just kept giving and 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:52.280 setting the table for Tom Brady and you knew it 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:54.440 was only a matter of time because that defense was 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:57.560 getting worn down. So if you look for positives from 0:02:57.600 --> 0:03:00.440 week one to week two, I will say the defense 0:03:00.440 --> 0:03:02.760 showed improvement. It looked like they played closer to the 0:03:02.840 --> 0:03:06.000 scheme that Patrick Graham was trying to get get out. 0:03:06.040 --> 0:03:08.640 You know, they made significant changes in terms of hey, 0:03:08.760 --> 0:03:10.480 you know, we've seen the ball go over our heads 0:03:10.480 --> 0:03:12.880 a number of times. Let's not make that mistake, especially 0:03:12.880 --> 0:03:15.160 against this group, you know, with with a B on 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:17.400 one side and Josh Gordon and the running attack and 0:03:17.440 --> 0:03:20.840 the way they can Tom Brady can manipulate a defense 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:23.160 with his eyes and with his feet, and the velocity 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:25.720 and the accuracy throws the football with. So I thought 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:29.200 those are some encouraging signs. The one thing that you 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:34.880 still I feel like need needs repair is upfront in 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:37.880 terms of being able to get up any semblance of 0:03:37.880 --> 0:03:40.440 a running game going on offense. You know that that 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:44.880 to me puts added pressure on a passing game that 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:47.440 you weren't gonna feel like that was gonna be carrying 0:03:47.440 --> 0:03:50.280 the Miami Dolphins. You felt like you'd have to play uh, 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:53.000 you know, four yards and three yards get in good 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:56.600 third down situations because if you if you're not successful 0:03:56.960 --> 0:04:00.000 on first and second down, your chances of converting, especially 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:01.960 see for a team that's limited in what they're doing 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:05.520 offensively right now or the success that they've had is 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:09.000 the percentages are behind your are against you. So you know, 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:12.160 you convert maybe one one third down conversion in the 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:14.480 first half, and your numbers look like that for the 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:17.039 rest of the game because you're not putting yourselves in 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:19.800 good positions. But I will say at least you found 0:04:19.839 --> 0:04:21.760 some semblance of a pass rush. You got to Tom 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:25.160 Brady twice, Jenkins had a sack and and and that 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:28.240 was good to see from from the inside. Uh. But 0:04:28.240 --> 0:04:31.159 but you want to be able to do that offensively 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:33.719 on a more consistent basis, be able to win on 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:35.760 first down. I don't know how many times I looked 0:04:35.760 --> 0:04:38.560 in as wow, it's second eleven. You know, it's uh, 0:04:38.640 --> 0:04:40.800 you know, it's a situation that's tough for good teams, 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:45.239 and teams that have established offensive line, established running games 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:47.960 have guys that are difference makers. You get them in space. 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:50.320 Dolphins right now are searching for that on office. Well 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:53.480 belong that line, John. I mean, you know the after 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:56.599 the after initial touchdown by the Patriots, uh, that the 0:04:56.680 --> 0:04:58.960 defense made him work, that they didn't work. There was 0:04:59.000 --> 0:05:01.279 no there were no gimmese to them. They were you know, 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:04.400 they fought, they worked for whatever they got, and the 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:07.800 Dolphins made him work forever whatever they got. And had 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:11.240 there been one of those drop balls with the Devonte 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:14.280 Parker drop and I'm not point. But it's just at 0:05:14.320 --> 0:05:16.599 the at the time of the game, if you make 0:05:16.640 --> 0:05:19.520 that catch, you're in the red zone, you're gonna at 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:22.600 least come away with three points, maybe a touchdown, and 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:24.080 all of a sus you know, maybe that's the spark 0:05:24.160 --> 0:05:27.320 that gets your offense a little one of those plays, 0:05:27.360 --> 0:05:30.320 you know, you know that that that this offense for 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:33.680 the first two weeks needs something they can rally around, 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:36.520 something that's gonna give them a little Hey we're contributing. Now, 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:39.560 Hey we're part of this team. We're playing comment. Yeah, 0:05:39.600 --> 0:05:41.720 we're doing this. And so you know, one of them, 0:05:41.760 --> 0:05:44.839 you know, you catch. There were six drop balls out there, John, 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:47.919 Each and every one of them could have changed the 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:50.599 complexion of the game at that given moment. Now, a 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:53.480 couple at the end it was too late. But some 0:05:53.520 --> 0:05:56.599 of those early, early, early balls that were dropped, you know, 0:05:56.800 --> 0:05:58.880 keep you in the football game, keep you you know, 0:05:58.960 --> 0:06:01.360 keep you know, keep your tension, keep you going there. 0:06:01.920 --> 0:06:03.560 And so they've got to get that done. But you're 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:05.720 but you're right. The other thing is he is the 0:06:05.800 --> 0:06:09.600 running game. It's just it's non existent. It is non existent, 0:06:09.640 --> 0:06:13.159 and you can't play football in this league. As much 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:15.280 as people want to talk about Now, it's a passing league. 0:06:15.279 --> 0:06:17.440 It's a passing it's a passing league. Well, you know 0:06:17.520 --> 0:06:21.200 what every coach every week when you're asking what do 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:23.760 you gotta do? We gotta run the football, we gotta 0:06:23.760 --> 0:06:27.200 stop to run. Well, if every coach says that, you know, 0:06:27.560 --> 0:06:29.280 the bell should go off on your head that hey, 0:06:29.320 --> 0:06:31.200 it's important to be able to run the game, run 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:33.560 the ball, important to try to stop the running game. 0:06:33.600 --> 0:06:37.160 And this team, you know, it hasn't been very difficult 0:06:37.800 --> 0:06:40.560 to stop the running game on this football team, which 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:44.200 puts a lot of pressure on that secondary, especially because 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:47.039 you don't have a pass rush up front that's putting 0:06:47.080 --> 0:06:48.800 the type of pressure. Now you say, got a couple 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:51.479 of sacks on on Brady, but you know, much like 0:06:51.560 --> 0:06:55.520 the week before against Lamar Jackson, you know, you you 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:59.719 got your guy standing back there. Wait wait, let that 0:06:59.760 --> 0:07:03.359 guy cross the whole field. It's tough to cover for 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:05.839 that long And and the Dolphins found that out in 0:07:05.880 --> 0:07:09.200 week one. Week two is a different animal because I think, 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:11.120 I mean, when you look at New England's passing game, 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:13.440 you put Tom Brady aside, and you look at the 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:16.160 players you're trying to defend at wide out, at slot, 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:18.880 and in the offensive backfield, when you've got three guys 0:07:18.960 --> 0:07:21.720 that can catch the football in space and make somebody miss. 0:07:22.080 --> 0:07:25.400 So that's why I was saying the offense could sustain 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:28.200 some drives and stay on the field. It takes some 0:07:28.280 --> 0:07:31.280 pressure off of the defense that actually played two good 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:34.040 quarters of football to start the game. You know, I 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:37.239 felt like it was a win going off the field, 0:07:37.600 --> 0:07:39.720 you know, I would. I think that the A. B 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:41.880 touchdown came with under two minutes left to go in 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:44.560 the quarter and the half and it only made it 0:07:44.640 --> 0:07:47.840 thirteen nothing. So, like you said, if if one of 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:50.800 those plays down the field, one of those drops early 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:53.480 in the game could have had an effect, you get 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:56.600 a little confidence on offense. Maybe you build from there, 0:07:56.600 --> 0:07:59.160 but you feel like, hey, those those dark clouds are 0:07:59.160 --> 0:08:02.200 moving in again. We can't run it. We're punning you know, 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:04.200 three and out at least seven or eight of them 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:07.760 in the game. That's that begins, that begins to take 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:10.360 over your demeanor, you know, and you have to find 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:16.640 some play or someone to rise above those those inabilities 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:18.840 to to stay on the field. Now that that being said, 0:08:18.880 --> 0:08:20.800 you know, you have another game where you go in 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:24.040 and and now you have a new right tackle and 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:26.520 you know, we've talked about this a little bit, and uh, 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:30.760 the you know, if there's any position on a football 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:35.560 team where communication is paramount, it's had offensive lines, and 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:38.880 this is an offensive line. Really for the last month, really, 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:41.000 really for the entire training camp, you really haven't had 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:43.880 five guys in there that we're gonna you know you, 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:45.640 I mean, I think early in the season, we're gonna 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:47.959 try to find those five guys. Let him stand there, 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:49.520 let them get to know each other, let them get 0:08:49.520 --> 0:08:52.560 there that communication, let you let him understand you know 0:08:52.640 --> 0:08:54.280 where I need help, where this guy needs help to 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:56.360 do all that stuff. But they haven't. There haven't been 0:08:56.679 --> 0:09:00.040 no consistency in the players that play there. You know, 0:09:00.160 --> 0:09:02.520 another guy in there this week, and you know I 0:09:02.559 --> 0:09:04.480 was talking to to Daniel Kilgore in a in a 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:07.800 postgame interview and said, how do you communicate when you 0:09:07.880 --> 0:09:10.200 got new guys? It's it's it's hard, but you know, 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:12.400 we we try. We do the best we can, you know, 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:14.000 and then we're doing it as well as we can. 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:16.720 But you know, so it's it's it's a little it's 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:20.199 it's really tough on them. I'm not saying there. I'm 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:23.600 not saying they're a physically dominating offensive line or they 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:27.959 ever will be a physically dominating offensive line, but almost 0:09:27.960 --> 0:09:30.200 feel at one point it's something like they're playing with 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:33.120 one hand time buying their back because two new guys 0:09:33.200 --> 0:09:36.400 next last week and one guy switching positions from left 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:39.319 or right. Now you've got another right tackle that comes in, 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:41.320 a new guy coming in, and you know they's just 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:43.880 trying to fit his way in there, and and you 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:46.160 still got a guard in there that they hardly played 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:49.080 it all during the preseason and you're still trying to learn. 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:51.880 And so it's what you talk about, really putting yourself 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:54.800 behind an eight ball with a unit that really is 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:57.640 gonna dictate what your entire offense is going to be 0:09:57.760 --> 0:10:00.160 like weekend in weekends, right, And I think the know 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:02.760 the plan was going in. Okay, let's throw the two 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:05.840 young guards in there, you know, with Kilgore and Shaq Calhoun, 0:10:05.920 --> 0:10:08.079 and see how if they can sink or swim. Well, 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:10.400 one of them was swimming and the other one has 0:10:10.440 --> 0:10:12.920 been replaced, and he's been replaced with uh, you know, 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:16.000 new talent in Issodora. So he comes in, didn't get 0:10:16.000 --> 0:10:17.960 a whole lot of playing time for the Dolphins in 0:10:18.000 --> 0:10:20.840 training camp. If any he comes in the first week 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:23.480 of the season and you're pairing him up with a 0:10:23.720 --> 0:10:26.680 new guy in Davenport that goes down the New England week, 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:28.959 so you have web coming in to start, So you've 0:10:29.000 --> 0:10:31.400 got a lot of flux up there in terms of 0:10:31.760 --> 0:10:34.400 knowing how a guy a double team somebody when to 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:37.800 come off on the second level, what angles do they 0:10:37.800 --> 0:10:40.719 want me to take, you know, And it's very difficult 0:10:41.080 --> 0:10:44.360 to get that synergy going on offense. It's very difficult 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:47.199 to call basic running plays and to feel like as 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:49.320 a runner you're gonna be able to press that hole 0:10:49.440 --> 0:10:51.960 because before you're getting to that hole, you're having to 0:10:52.000 --> 0:10:56.040 adjust because there's penetration in the offensive backfield. So I 0:10:56.040 --> 0:10:58.400 would say that's the first thing that needs to be addressed. 0:10:58.800 --> 0:11:02.120 You can't have as much penetration over the last two 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:04.960 weeks that we've seen, you know, against Baltimore and against 0:11:04.960 --> 0:11:08.600 New England if you're gonna have any semblance of establishing 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:11.240 a running attack. So that's the biggest thing for me. 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:13.520 I want to be able to get those five guys 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:15.360 if it's the same five guys that are going on 0:11:15.400 --> 0:11:18.040 the road against the Dallas Cowboys, you want to see 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:21.120 those guys play with a little bit more synergy, a 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:23.960 little bit more togetherness, and have the confidence of the 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:25.840 running backs to know if I'm gonna hit the whole 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:28.960 in between you know the garden tackle that there is 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:31.880 a window of opportunity that he can press and get 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:33.920 two or three or four yards on first down, if 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:35.920 not get to the back end of that hole. To 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:38.640 make the running game, have a little confidence and that 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:41.360 kind of feeds into your passing game, feeds into your protection. 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:44.040 That you guys are staying on the field for five, six, seven, 0:11:44.080 --> 0:11:47.600 eight plays and maybe you've got some more consistency upfront. 0:11:47.880 --> 0:11:50.640 That gives you the confidence that, hey, we're okay. You 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:53.080 know we're not searching when it's tough to as a 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:54.959 play caller, it's tough to know what to get to. 0:11:55.440 --> 0:11:57.720 If your basic maybe two or three plays that you 0:11:57.720 --> 0:11:59.520 have on your call list, you know those are out 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:02.160 the window after the second. Along along with that, John 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:04.840 you you also have the situation where if you can't 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:06.760 run the football, is tough to throw the ball because 0:12:06.760 --> 0:12:08.719 guys are pinning their ears back and I mean you 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:11.079 look at Ryan Fitzpatrick. You know, God bless. I mean, 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:13.280 he was fighting for his life again back there and 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:15.439 and just doing whatever he could, and at times he 0:12:15.520 --> 0:12:17.360 got out time. You gotta made room and and do 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:19.640 to get things going. But well, we'll talk about that 0:12:19.679 --> 0:12:21.640 a little bit more as we move on. Jerome Baker 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:23.760 is gonna just stopping by to just say, hell eose, 0:12:23.760 --> 0:12:25.320 We're gonna talk to him. We'll get back to this 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:33.520 here in a little bit. By Joan. Welcome back to 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:35.599 the to the audible. Hey, lets let's talk about the 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:38.480 start of this season. Uh, a couple of tough games, 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:41.679 but uh, it's about growth. It's about getting better each 0:12:41.679 --> 0:12:43.319 and every week. I think the from week one to 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:46.680 week two from a defensive standpoint, where your game really changed. 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:48.559 Seemed like you guys were ready to set the tempo 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:50.440 of the course of the game and and put some 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:53.520 pressure tackling with sharp again with sharp. What was the 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:57.040 difference between week one and week two. Um, we just 0:12:57.160 --> 0:13:00.320 got back in. Uh. Throughout the week, we just side 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:02.600 what we wanted to do. Um, that's tackling, that's running 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:04.199 to the ball. Just a simple things, get back to 0:13:04.240 --> 0:13:06.800 the basics. And uh, you know, Sunday it was just 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:08.959 a chance for us to go out there and show 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:11.640 ourselves what we can do. So we definitely moved in 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:13.640 the right direction. You know, definitely still have a long 0:13:13.679 --> 0:13:15.880 way to go. Well, what's the attitude of you guys? 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:19.600 Uh is a group you know, trying to get better 0:13:19.640 --> 0:13:22.560 and and and and Like on the offense, guys are 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:25.480 coming and going trying to get people the combinations of 0:13:25.480 --> 0:13:27.440 people they want back there. So you're dealing with a 0:13:27.480 --> 0:13:30.120 lot of things as you're as you're playing some very 0:13:30.120 --> 0:13:33.800 good opponents week in week out. Um, it's definitely a beat. Um, 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:36.439 we see it as a challenge. You know, we kind 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:39.120 of settle into our roles and everything, so when it's 0:13:39.120 --> 0:13:41.120 a chance for us to go out there and perform, 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:44.040 we kind of take it as a challenge and really 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:47.000 show what we got. So we're definitely finds the defense 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:49.120 we're just constantly is getting better. So you lead the 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:51.480 team and tackles this week against New England? Are you 0:13:51.559 --> 0:13:55.040 getting more accustomed to what the scheme is all about? Defensively, 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:57.160 it looks like everybody the Fits are getting a little 0:13:57.200 --> 0:14:00.000 bit more where you're reacting instead of thinking about where 0:13:59.880 --> 0:14:03.040 you are going. When you watch yourself on film. Did 0:14:03.040 --> 0:14:06.760 you see that from week one to week two? Oh yeah, definitely. Um. 0:14:06.800 --> 0:14:09.640 I mean it's nothing like you know, game rep so uh. 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:12.400 The second game, I definitely felt more comfortable I understood, uh. 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:15.440 And sometimes the practice angles don't seem right, but at 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:18.319 game time, you know, you have a good U feel 0:14:18.360 --> 0:14:21.680 for it. So I'm definitely filling out the defense as 0:14:21.680 --> 0:14:24.240 a whole, and um, just constantly getting better every week. 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:26.240 Are you getting more accustomed to being in the middle 0:14:26.240 --> 0:14:28.080 of the defense because it seems like there's a lot 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:29.520 of room out there, you know, when you look to 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:31.720 your right, you look to your left, there's a lot 0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:33.280 of space and there's a lot of room to cover. 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:36.040 Are you getting more comfortable with what you need to 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:40.280 be to be at your best every week? Oh yeah, definitely. Uh. 0:14:40.400 --> 0:14:42.600 I kind of just lean on you know, other players 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:44.840 really h the D line and sometimes I can just 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:47.760 align a certain way, uh, and they kind of helped 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:51.440 me more than anything. So just understanding where my help 0:14:51.520 --> 0:14:54.280 is at, understand what's you know, the challenges I'm gonna 0:14:54.280 --> 0:14:57.240 have in certain calls. Uh, And that's pretty much you 0:14:57.240 --> 0:14:59.560 know what I do. So, UM, just as far as 0:14:59.560 --> 0:15:02.400 I understan and defense, we can't watch him. I had 0:15:02.400 --> 0:15:04.280 a pretty good idea of you know, the plays I 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:07.640 didn't make or I missed. Uh, I understood what I 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:10.240 didn't I did wrong. So that's always just a positive 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:12.160 to me. Does that hold true a lot? When you're 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:14.080 in a game, you go, man, I can't wait to 0:15:14.120 --> 0:15:15.960 watch that one on tape because I know I did 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:17.800 my you know, I did it perfectly. And then others 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:20.880 that you go, oh, yeah, that'll be one. I gotta 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:23.240 lean back in my chair a little bit. Oh yeah, definitely. 0:15:23.280 --> 0:15:25.560 I mean sometimes I make a mistake and I try 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:29.440 to tell PG or somebody before, uh, but you know 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:32.560 they don't have that. So um, it's always good when 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:35.800 you know the mistakes you make, just so you don't 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:38.400 have to really uh. I don't say coach it up, 0:15:38.400 --> 0:15:41.800 but you understood that you messed up on end. The 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:44.920 next time it happens with NFL, if you make one mistake, 0:15:44.920 --> 0:15:46.240 they're gonna come back to it and see if you 0:15:46.280 --> 0:15:48.760 can fix it. So it's always good when you can 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:51.600 just figure out the mistakes before you watch film. Well, 0:15:51.640 --> 0:15:53.200 this last week got a chance to spend a little 0:15:53.200 --> 0:15:54.880 more time in the field with the with your pal 0:15:54.960 --> 0:15:57.120 O Pal Ray Kuan McMillan. He's getting back healthy again 0:15:57.160 --> 0:15:58.960 and back on the field. How does it feel to 0:15:59.000 --> 0:16:01.000 have him end up next to you out there in 0:16:01.040 --> 0:16:03.360 the on the field. Oh, it's always good. Uh when 0:16:03.360 --> 0:16:05.000 he's out there. I mean, I've been playing for so 0:16:05.000 --> 0:16:08.000 many years. It's really just um a field thing, you know. 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:09.720 I al really don't have to say much. I can 0:16:09.760 --> 0:16:12.560 kind of just feel his presence. So um, it's definitely 0:16:12.560 --> 0:16:14.840 he's back healthy and you know, getting out to So 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:18.720 it's definitely fun. Different scheme this year, doing doing different things. 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:21.400 Do you do you like the way this defense sets 0:16:21.480 --> 0:16:23.560 up that the scheme sets up for for you, and 0:16:23.600 --> 0:16:25.160 then the rest of the guys are on there listening, 0:16:25.200 --> 0:16:27.040 just like see a lot of different looks, a lot 0:16:27.080 --> 0:16:30.320 of different fronts, and it changes up there, and uh, 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:32.080 it's gotta be it's gotta be kind of a fun, 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:36.200 fun defense to work within. Uh as you keep moving on. 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:40.600 For me personally, I love it. It's so many different Um, 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:43.080 there's so many different styles, so many different ways you 0:16:43.080 --> 0:16:45.800 can just confuse the offense. Sometimes I can be dropping, 0:16:45.840 --> 0:16:48.000 sometimes I can be rushing as a d n um. 0:16:48.320 --> 0:16:51.040 Sometimes I'm just covering it tight end or back For 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:54.080 me personally, it's exciting because you never know exactly what 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:57.920 I'm doing until the bass snap, so uh and just 0:16:58.000 --> 0:16:59.840 as deep as the whole we just throw so many 0:17:00.040 --> 0:17:02.920 friend looks. Um. You know these past two weeks you 0:17:03.000 --> 0:17:05.920 kind of just want to focus on, uh, the basics 0:17:05.920 --> 0:17:08.199 and get back to I'm doing the basic things right, 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:10.639 stopping the run, um, you know, get off the field 0:17:10.640 --> 0:17:13.080 on third and long. Simple things like that that you 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:15.040 need to do in this league. That's what we're kind 0:17:15.040 --> 0:17:17.679 of focusing on now. You know, both mentioned with ray 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:19.920 kuon back in the lineup. It was a nice goal 0:17:19.960 --> 0:17:21.879 line stand. You guys teamed up on a on a 0:17:21.920 --> 0:17:24.760 tackle right at the goal line. Um, take us through 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:28.280 how things are different down in the red zone compared 0:17:28.320 --> 0:17:30.560 to you know, things happen a little bit quicker and 0:17:30.640 --> 0:17:32.960 you have to trigger probably a little bit faster, especially 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:35.560 at the line of scriment. Yeah, goal one. It's one 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:38.479 of those places. Uh, if you see something you literally 0:17:38.520 --> 0:17:40.000 you have to do it, like you have to go 0:17:40.040 --> 0:17:43.000 shoot it. Um. Whatever you see, you have to believe it, 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:46.920 um because just if it's you know, third and goal 0:17:47.400 --> 0:17:50.159 at the one of one hard games a touchdown, so 0:17:50.280 --> 0:17:52.520 you kind of really have to. If you see it, 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:54.719 you have to go. You can't wait, you can't catch um. 0:17:54.800 --> 0:17:57.520 So uh, you know it. Just the goal on everything 0:17:57.680 --> 0:18:00.320 is just to tensifying every you know more, so you 0:18:00.359 --> 0:18:02.239 really have to just focus on the little things. And 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:04.760 just you know, Bo and I were talking earlier in 0:18:04.760 --> 0:18:07.640 the program, and what was the feeling like at halftime, 0:18:07.680 --> 0:18:10.199 because you had to feel pretty good about where you 0:18:10.240 --> 0:18:12.439 guys stood in terms of, you know, you give up 0:18:12.440 --> 0:18:15.119 a late touchdown, should have been probably passing interference, a 0:18:15.119 --> 0:18:18.199 little push off right on on wilts, but you go 0:18:18.280 --> 0:18:20.600 down thirteen nothing. What was the feeling like for you 0:18:20.640 --> 0:18:22.199 guys coming back out here. If we can get a 0:18:22.240 --> 0:18:24.280 three and out give our offense, or we can get 0:18:24.280 --> 0:18:26.240