1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: Nice to see you all here. Locker rooms not open 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: all here. Everyone's talking in the boat. What happened last 3 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: night in the league? Turn on espin two of your 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: former teammates, Damien and didn't talk about it. What are 5 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:17,639 Speaker 1: your thoughts on that? And have you guys talked about 6 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:21,439 Speaker 1: that here? To avoid something? Yeah, I think you know, 7 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: just Coach Belichick tries to use as teaching moments, so 8 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: talks about uh, not being not throwing punches, not touching 9 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 1: the referees, and uh, you know, staying on the sidelines. 10 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: So how hard is it just stay discipline in that boat? 11 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 1: You've been in moments where guy has been after you 12 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: or you know, things have gone on. How hard is 13 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: it to state discipline? It's it's an emotional game. So 14 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 1: I think, uh, I think I got a penalty in 15 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:49,239 Speaker 1: two thousand and two one. I think only got one 16 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: penalty for an unsportsunatelyn conduct and I kind of push 17 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: someone back um against Chicago, So that might be my 18 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: only unsportsumli conduct penalty is the only one. Deserved a 19 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: few more, but that was the only one that I 20 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 1: got called for. After you got called forward? Was there 21 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: a lesson learned there? Because of it, and that's why 22 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: you've never done it again again. This these seems they 23 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 1: happened so quick. It's an emotional game, so people play 24 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 1: emotion and it's a it's a physical sport, so try 25 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 1: to best you can do. Tom, you mentioned the gentle score. 26 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: I is you early in the league from that's bring 27 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: up again, what's going on that motivation kind of going 28 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: into this. It's a different team. It's a big challenge 29 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: for us to go in there and play a great 30 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: football team. So there's nothing about that game that's gonna 31 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 1: you know, that's not gonna impact the outcome of this one. 32 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 1: We want to win, they want to win. It's a 33 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: big it's a big game. It's a tough game. They 34 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: play well at home, and they got they got a 35 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: really good team and they're tough to beat. So they're 36 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: they're good in all three phases and uh, you know, 37 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: they've been a championship level team last couple of years, 38 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: So gonna be a great test for us. Speaking of tests, 39 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: you've got four games coming up now, all rating teams 40 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: Houston and in the SID You're gonna be right there 41 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: in the playoffers. How important is this next stretch for you? 42 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:12,839 Speaker 1: In the team. I mean, we're we're after the buy. 43 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: So all of them are not that the ones before 44 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: weren't important, but these are the ones that you gotta 45 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: This is when the team's really got to start to 46 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: elevate its its play. And we've learned a lot over 47 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: a lot of competitive games, a lot of competitive practices 48 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: tryin camp going all the way back to the spring. 49 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 1: So things i'd say, like the guy has been cast, 50 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: that's just kind of a where is what we are 51 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: is what we're gonna do, is how we're gonna win, 52 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: And these are things we're gonna have to do in 53 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: order to you know, achieve the results we want you 54 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:45,920 Speaker 1: at this point in the season. Allow yourself to score. 55 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:47,919 Speaker 1: We're watching to see how the Ravens and other teams 56 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: are doing. They really don't impact, you know, how we're 57 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: going to play the game. So I'd say from that standpoint, 58 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:57,079 Speaker 1: you know, however those teams play, they play, how we 59 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:00,239 Speaker 1: play is what we're thinking about. And you know, playing 60 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: good football is you know that's gonna be good for 61 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: all of us here. So that's what we'll try to do. 62 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 1: Oh Exaden, right, just get back on the football field. 63 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:08,359 Speaker 1: It's been it seemed like it's been a while since 64 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 1: you play. Yeah, it has, and you know we didn't 65 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: play great the last time out, So it's it's a 66 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: it's another good test for us, and we're gonna have 67 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: to get off to a better start. You know, you 68 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: do that on the road, it's gonna be tough to 69 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 1: overcome those. Any team that gets down seventeen nothing, twenty 70 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: one nothing, whatever, fourteen nothing on the road, it's pretty tough. So, Um, 71 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:29,639 Speaker 1: that's the way we want to play. Play from a head, 72 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: and you know we're gonna have to We're gonna have 73 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: to play well early to get off to a fast start. Tom, 74 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: when you look get all the year pass matches we 75 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 1: du schwards over the years to any back though too 76 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: stylistically more commonalities do you see in June towards defense? Well, 77 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: I think they're well coached. Um, I think they're they're 78 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: very fundamentally sound. I think he has a reason for 79 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 1: everything that he does. You know, he just doesn't you know, Hell, 80 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: let's just try this call. You know. I think there's 81 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: a method to what he's trying to accomplish as a 82 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:04,119 Speaker 1: as a play caller. So very smart coach. Um, he's 83 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: been one of the great coaches in the league for 84 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 1: a long time, so and they're playing great this year. Sorry, 85 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: elevate your game or how do you want to elev 86 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: get the game? Is it nice knowing that eventually you're 87 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 1: gonna get Chill in the offense done a lot, You're 88 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: gonna get Isaiah win and then Mohammasan who's still getting 89 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 1: ampscute as well. To feel like that offense can continue 90 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: to elevate itself. Yeah, those are those are you know, 91 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: good players that are playing you know, important roles. Um. 92 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,159 Speaker 1: The guys that are in there are the guys that 93 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: you know are doing a good job. And and uh, 94 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 1: you know, whenever you get guys back, that's that always helps. 95 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 1: But at the same time, you know, the guys that 96 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: have been in there doing a pretty good job. So, um, 97 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:41,840 Speaker 1: who's ever in there? We got about an execute, That's 98 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: what it's about. It's not about anything other than all 99 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: being accountable to do our job as best we possibly can. 100 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 1: And the more we can do that collectively, you know, 101 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: the better that transfers over to everybody playing with confidence, um, 102 00:04:56,480 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 1: because it's really a game about confidence and trust. Um, 103 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: you know, attention to detail and then you have all 104 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: the emotional aspects, knowing that you guys are a game 105 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: plan team, a game plan offense. For some of the 106 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 1: reasons you just mentioned, there's been a lot of change 107 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: with personnel things of that nature. Do you feel like offensively, 108 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: you guys are still sort of looking for an identity 109 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: or that you're still trying to find out what it 110 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 1: is that you do well for the second half of 111 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: those schedules. Yeah, I would say that, But at the 112 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: same time, I think that's that's well said. You're welcome. 113 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 1: But those things happen a lot, and they change over 114 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: the course of the whole season anyway, So they may 115 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:43,280 Speaker 1: be that way week nine, but you could, you know, 116 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 1: quote unquote, feel like you haven't figured out two weeks 117 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: from now, and then someone gets injured and then you 118 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,600 Speaker 1: got to start again. So a lot of teams I've 119 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: been on, you just keep trying to figure it out 120 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: week to week. And because the matchup is so different, 121 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: you know, we're gonna have to do some different things. 122 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: We know they have some strengths, so we're gonna have 123 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 1: to understand what those are, and we've got to adapt 124 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 1: and our players have to adapt. And the scheme has 125 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: to adapt and then we have to got an execute. 126 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:08,119 Speaker 1: So I think we're right. We're a game plan team 127 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: and I think that's a real strength of ours, and 128 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:12,720 Speaker 1: we got to continue to make that a strength by 129 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: embracing the different challenges that each team really presents to us. 130 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: So how's identity doesn't matter. Do you want to have 131 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: something that you can lean on every week and say 132 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 1: we can do this? Yeah? Absolutely, um, but it be again, 133 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 1: I think those things change too. So yeah, you'd like 134 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 1: to rely on a lot of things. You would say, oh, 135 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 1: we'll throw for three hundred every week and we'll rush 136 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 1: for one fifty and every time we call this play 137 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,720 Speaker 1: it'll work. But you know it's then it's like, how 138 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: are we going to do that? And I think that's 139 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 1: how you have to focus on, you know, how we're 140 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 1: going to do those things, how we're going to accomplish them. 141 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: We'd love to be able to count on everything. But 142 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:52,840 Speaker 1: now they have a lot of good players too, so 143 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: they make it pre challenging questions. M Lebron James apparently 144 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,600 Speaker 1: says last night that me and Tom radio one of 145 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 1: the same. We're gonna play so we can't walk no more. 146 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,919 Speaker 1: Aby like that. The Lebron James is looking at you 147 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,360 Speaker 1: as a role model and b if you approach them 148 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: about the TV telst them. We've been friends for a 149 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: long time, so um yeah, I've always you know, admired him. 150 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: He's a great athlete player, and I think he loves 151 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: the sport. He loves basketball, he loves a competition, So 152 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: I feel the same we about football. I'm pretty to 153 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: do a lot with emotions and like move guys around 154 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 1: in the formation. How much does that help you putfore 155 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: the snap, kind of decipher what the defense does you 156 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: guys send you somebody in motion across ye running back 157 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: out fives or whatever. Yeah, those are you know, a 158 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 1: lot of teams are doing that now. Um just and 159 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 1: emotions have been a part of offense for a long time, 160 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 1: but a lot of people are using basically all five 161 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 1: skilled positions except actually four the five Scille positions. One 162 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 1: guy's on the ball, U two guys are on the 163 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 1: ball at the tight end. So you know, usually you 164 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: know you're gonna have some type of you know, movement 165 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: in place, try to create you know, some things that 166 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: you can identify what's going on defense. So thank you, guys, 167 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 1: appreciate it.