1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: Cult, it sounds like and it seems like Daniels doing 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: a lot more this week than he than he was 3 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: last week. How you know, how is he looked to 4 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: you and uh, you know, what's what's your uh practice 5 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: week been like in terms of reps? Probably less than 6 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: last week. Everything. Yeah, I think I think Daniels moving 7 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:19,079 Speaker 1: around better. Uh you know, well you had to talk 8 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 1: to him and the trainers and Joe and kind of 9 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 1: see where we are with that. But it's it's, Uh, 10 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: We've had a good start to the week, good walk 11 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: through yesterday, Um, you know, good good third down day, 12 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,200 Speaker 1: getting ready for the Ravens. You know, they obviously present 13 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:34,559 Speaker 1: a lot of problems with their past rush and with 14 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: their blitz packages. I think that's gonna be the our 15 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: main focus on how to handle those, how to protect 16 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:43,599 Speaker 1: those and um that's kind of where we are you. 17 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: Uh you told us and and and a couple of 18 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: other places to uh you know how close you were 19 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:53,480 Speaker 1: to thinking about retirement. Uh during last off season before 20 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: before you came here. Has this season rejubilated you as 21 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: a season made you made you want us around a 22 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: lot longer. But you showed showing you that you can 23 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: play a little longer or or are you still going 24 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:08,639 Speaker 1: to go into this offseason with that as an option. Yeah, 25 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,399 Speaker 1: that's a great question. I Uh, you know, I think 26 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: a lot of where I was at last offseason had 27 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: to do with my health and just if I could 28 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: recover from that injury and you know, play the way 29 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: I wanted to play, and um, you know, I feel 30 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: I feel pretty confident in the way that that I've 31 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: played this year and and uh, you know, the first 32 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 1: time being out there, you know, in a in a while, 33 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: and and uh, it kind of rejuvenated myself. I I've 34 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 1: enjoyed it. I've had fun. Um. Yeah, I've really enjoyed 35 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: being part of this team and this group of guys 36 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 1: and these coaches, and uh, you know, obviously you'd like 37 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: to come out with a win last week, and I 38 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: felt like we did some really good things offensively. Um, 39 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 1: but if talking individually, talking about myself, I feel I 40 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: feel very confident that I'll keep going. Yeah, what are 41 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: your oppressions now that you've been around it for a 42 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: year at Darius Layton? What kind He's still a young receiver, 43 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: but what kind of weapon can he be? He put 44 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: up a lot of touchdowns here as a rookie and 45 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: then got off to a fast start here and he's 46 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 1: kind of quieted down on one of You've been around 47 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:13,239 Speaker 1: a lot of young receivers. What have you seen from him? Yeah, 48 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: I've I've been very impressed with with Darius. Uh. He's 49 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 1: he's fast, he runs Chris routes. Uh, he understands what 50 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 1: we're trying to do offensively. Um, you know, you can 51 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:24,919 Speaker 1: count on him being in the right spot all the time. 52 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 1: He's smart. Um. You know, I think you know with this, 53 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: with this group of guys on this team, everybody's you know, 54 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: needs experience, right, and he's getting some valuable reps last 55 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 1: year and this year, and he's he's uh, he's good 56 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:41,640 Speaker 1: to throw too. I mean he makes tough catches. He 57 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: works hard in practice. Um. You know, if I was 58 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: to say anything about our group, whether it's the receiver room, 59 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 1: the running back room, this this the skill positions in general, 60 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,079 Speaker 1: this is just a really hard working group of guys. 61 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: And I think Slayton fits that mold. And you know, 62 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 1: for me, that's a that's that's fun to come to 63 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: work too. It's it's knowing that when we step out 64 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: on the practice field, it's work time and we're gonna 65 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 1: figure out ways to get better and nobody's shining away 66 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: from that. And um, you know that that that part 67 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:16,799 Speaker 1: has been fun. And you know, specifically to Darius, he's 68 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:22,799 Speaker 1: he's right in that group with with everybody. Ye, it's 69 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: called does he remind you anybody you've been around in 70 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: your career, like his skill set or his length or 71 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 1: any anything remind you of a receiver you've played with? Uh, 72 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: that's a good question. Uh, no, one off the top 73 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 1: of my head. I just you know when you have 74 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: he he fits what you want from an ex receiver. 75 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: You know he can he can beat you deep. He 76 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: runs really nice slants and in cuts, and you know 77 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: he tries to get open every time. And um, you 78 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: know a lot of the things that we do have 79 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: having an ex receiver on the back side of all 80 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: all your all your progressions and all your place, knowing 81 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: that he's gonna win, that's that's a nice thing to 82 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: have and and we're certainly lucky to have him. Let's 83 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: take two more Cana zero Valentine can zero? Yeah, call 84 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: Merry Christmas early. Um. I have two questions. One just offensively, Um, 85 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: can you put your finger on why there's just the 86 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: point production hasn't been there. And we were talking to 87 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: Freddie Kitchens a little earlier and he said he felt 88 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 1: like the offense was close, but at the end of 89 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: the day, it's about the results. What do you you know, 90 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: what do you see man? That's missing? Um? You know, 91 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: when I think of the red zone, I think of 92 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: tight windows. I think of being accurate with the football. 93 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: I think of making contested catches. I think of protecting well, 94 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: you know, I think of you know, sometimes you gotta 95 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 1: get outside the pocket and make a play. And you know, 96 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 1: we just didn't do any of that last week. You know, 97 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 1: all the things I just mentioned, and we we can 98 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: be better as a whole unit on all of those. 99 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: And so I think that that's that's what you have 100 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 1: to do in the red zone. It's its own entity. 101 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 1: And you know, I've played a long time in this league, 102 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 1: and when you make the plays down there, you win games, 103 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: and when you don't, you know, you come up short. 104 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:08,840 Speaker 1: And Uh, I have no doubt that our team can 105 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 1: accomplish those things. We've done them throughout the year. We 106 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 1: just have to do it more consistently and just on 107 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 1: a on a larger picture, of thing. You know, two 108 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: weeks ago, you guys were in the driver's seat to 109 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: win the division, and now on Sunday you're facing potentially 110 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: elimination if you don't win and Washington does I just 111 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: wonder if that comes to fruition. Is that do you 112 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: view that as kind of a blown opportunity given where 113 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 1: you guys were, you know, just just a couple of 114 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: weeks ago. I see, you know, our entire team's focus 115 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: on this week. You know, this is this is a 116 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: this is a game that like we just got to 117 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,280 Speaker 1: go out and perform and compete and play and if 118 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:49,039 Speaker 1: we do our job, we're right where we want to be. 119 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: And I don't I don't want to think too far 120 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:54,600 Speaker 1: away from that. Um, what I will say is the 121 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: feeling in here, uh at practice in the locker room 122 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: is is the same sly I feel every week. You know, 123 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,679 Speaker 1: guys are walking around, we're working hard. This game matters, 124 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 1: and and we got to go out there and put 125 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: execute what our game plan is. And um, you know, 126 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,719 Speaker 1: take what we do out here and to the field 127 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:18,359 Speaker 1: and convert when we have to convert, um, make the 128 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,600 Speaker 1: big plays when the big plays present themselves, and and 129 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:25,599 Speaker 1: hopefully we we uh you know, collectively as a team 130 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: play well together, complimentary football and and go out there 131 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 1: and give it our best shot. That's that's uh, that's 132 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: sort of where we are and sort of where my 133 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: focus is. You hey, Colt, I just wanted to piggyback 134 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 1: on on Mark's first question a little bit. Um. We 135 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:46,279 Speaker 1: talk about offense with you guys. In offense, you know, 136 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 1: getting up and down the field is a grind for 137 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: you guys, and you know you've been talking a lot 138 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: about the red zone. But the other thing that's been missing, 139 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 1: you know when you when you look at the stats 140 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 1: and all that is explosive plays, is that lack of 141 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 1: opportunity is a game situation. Is there something you know 142 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,599 Speaker 1: that that you guys can do to sort of unlock 143 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: some of those big plays. Yeah. I mean one example 144 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: is we had a we you know, I had a 145 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: play action called uh there in the second half, you 146 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: know where we wanted to like we had run and 147 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: run and run. We wanted to take a shot and 148 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 1: you know, protection broke down a little bit. I had 149 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 1: to get out of the pocket and you know, none 150 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: of the routes developed. And you know that to me, 151 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 1: like we as an offense can do a better job 152 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: of when when we take shots, when we when when 153 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: those things present themselves, when the big plays present themselves, 154 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: we gotta take advantage of them, you know, and then 155 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 1: we have to do the little things the right way. 156 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 1: I mean, I felt like last week we moved the 157 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: ball very efficiently up and down the field. The only 158 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: punt it once. You know. So, however our offense takes 159 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: shape every week, is it's going to be different. You know, 160 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: defenses players differently. Uh, games are different. You know, you 161 00:07:57,640 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: only have fifty three plays in the game or whatever 162 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 1: we had. It's it's hard to it's hard to come 163 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: you know, come up with a bunch of explosive plays. 164 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: And so every game is different. And you know, for us, 165 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: I think most importantly is when when when there's opportunities 166 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: within the play calls to make big plays and to 167 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: make explosive plays. Nobody needs to feel like I've got 168 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 1: to go make this play. As a unit, as an offense, 169 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: we just have to make the play. And I know 170 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:29,679 Speaker 1: that's sounds kind of simple, but I there's been times 171 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:32,559 Speaker 1: where big play opportunities are there and we didn't make them, 172 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 1: you know, and we could we could we hurt ourselves, 173 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: whether that's a breakdown in in a route or a 174 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 1: missed throw or um breakdown in protection, little little things 175 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 1: and um, you know, I've I've played for a long 176 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: time and and you can't just call a play in 177 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:51,680 Speaker 1: this league and say, oh, this is gonna be a 178 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:54,320 Speaker 1: big play. You know some most of the big plays 179 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 1: in my career have come on plays that you didn't 180 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 1: really know if it was gonna be a big play 181 00:08:57,800 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 1: or not. I just turned out to be a big play. 182 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 1: And and so to me, I don't stress out about that. 183 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:05,079 Speaker 1: I let you know the play call, come in and 184 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 1: let's all as eleven guys, um execute this play. And 185 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,439 Speaker 1: we put enough of those good plays together, like several 186 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: of them are gonna be big plays, and we're gonna 187 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 1: score a lot of points. And I think, like Freddie said, 188 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: I do believe that we're really close.