WEBVTT - Press Pass: Locker Room Sounds Off After The Win November 25 0:00:03.840 --> 0:00:05.560 They'll have to play a lot of man today because 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:08.280 who do I have. I mean, yeah, I mean, at 0:00:08.280 --> 0:00:10.200 the end of the days, this game is really it's 0:00:10.280 --> 0:00:13.640 it's not it's not that complicated. I got the guy 0:00:13.680 --> 0:00:15.680 in front of me, you know, we got the kid 0:00:15.720 --> 0:00:17.680 he the catches of the don't or you gotta ask 0:00:17.680 --> 0:00:20.280 to block me or I win. Those things are happening 0:00:20.320 --> 0:00:22.400 all over the field, and it's it's about you know, 0:00:22.520 --> 0:00:26.840 how many guys on your squad are winning their matchups 0:00:27.280 --> 0:00:31.600 um on any given down. And so you know, it's 0:00:31.640 --> 0:00:33.479 been fun to watch these guys, to be honest, to 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:36.720 watch them get kind of thrown into the fire, watch 0:00:36.800 --> 0:00:39.639 them compete, watch them you know, have to deal with 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:43.960 adversity and then fight through it um because quite frankly, 0:00:43.960 --> 0:00:46.320 our season is wrestling on everybody's shoulder, you know, and 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:50.680 so we'll continue to prepare these guys. But it's fun 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:52.440 and definitely I'm you know, probably be a part of 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:55.000 the scary fun. No, I mean, at the end of 0:00:55.000 --> 0:00:57.560 the day, it's it's a game. It's all still football, 0:00:57.600 --> 0:01:01.880 you know. It's from same rules, same ball, same everything, 0:01:02.160 --> 0:01:04.920 from Pop Warner to the league. So we're not gonna 0:01:05.000 --> 0:01:08.480 make this thing overly complicated. But um, you know, so 0:01:08.520 --> 0:01:13.360 when you block out the crowd, our record, what's pending, 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:15.760 it's all the same game. And I think you know, 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:18.520 coming these guys down, allowing them to play, giving an 0:01:18.520 --> 0:01:22.039 opportunity to be successful is the responsibility that not only 0:01:22.120 --> 0:01:25.200 I take, but everyone in leadership position does. We knew 0:01:25.200 --> 0:01:27.280 we had to give up. We pretty much one on 0:01:27.280 --> 0:01:31.959 one outside of manorlane. Plus were sifting inside out and 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:33.920 we knew we had the backers drop. We was one 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:36.200 on one with the ends now, so we had to 0:01:36.280 --> 0:01:38.840 just hold them off, give cars some time, some time, 0:01:38.920 --> 0:01:42.759 and it was fourth down. We don't get that pretty much. 0:01:42.800 --> 0:01:46.120 You know, it's it's the other way. Uh. Nelson felt 0:01:46.120 --> 0:01:48.280 that a statement players, that a kind of a statement 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:50.520 player of your offensive. I think it's the second time 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:54.040 you ran it today, and it's very precisely, very effective. 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:56.640 Of course, Well it's a play we ran in the 0:01:56.680 --> 0:02:00.240 first quarter, second quarter, and uh like like Nel and said, 0:02:00.280 --> 0:02:03.520 it's a stable play. We executed it. Doug believe in 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:05.640 us and we we we blocked it up. Well, deir 0:02:05.720 --> 0:02:10.680 Plitts didn't seem very effective in the second half. What changed? 0:02:10.760 --> 0:02:13.880 We made some adjustments made some adjustments. Uh, their guy 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:15.600 beat a couple of our guys earlier on in the 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:18.160 first hand. Uh really wasn't that they was doing that 0:02:18.240 --> 0:02:21.360 we hadn't seen. We know those guys. Uh, we watched 0:02:21.360 --> 0:02:23.440 the most time. We play them twice a year every year, 0:02:23.800 --> 0:02:26.160 and we just made some adjustments. Second half, that bigger 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:29.080 deal was different person wins to lead a full supporting 0:02:29.080 --> 0:02:33.360 to come back and coming up to worfesional professional. We 0:02:33.400 --> 0:02:35.840 needed it. We needed that as long as number eleven balling, 0:02:35.919 --> 0:02:39.040 we balling, So we gotta we gotta keep the defense 0:02:39.080 --> 0:02:41.400 off of him and letting ball. How much of the 0:02:41.480 --> 0:02:43.560 success in the running game was just sticking with it, 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:46.800 and then we'll continue to run in the entire game. Uh, 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:49.399 I mean, Doug just believe in us. We worked hard 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:52.320 during the week. Uh, coach stout putting in the running game, 0:02:52.360 --> 0:02:55.480 and he believed in us. We kept executing. He kept calling. 0:02:55.520 --> 0:02:57.400 So when you're executing it, he gonna keep calling. The 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:02.480 momentum you guys get us going. Man, we've been losing 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:04.760 here at home and in the link. We definitely needed 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:08.080 this win for us. The fans get behind us rally 0:03:08.320 --> 0:03:11.320 and make a push. Crazy to think that you're still 0:03:12.480 --> 0:03:15.000 that's it. We're not thinking about that. We want to 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:18.400 know right now. Uh, we got rest guns Monday night. 0:03:18.720 --> 0:03:20.360 Try to get two and o and go from there. 0:03:20.440 --> 0:03:22.079 Just take it a week at a time. How much 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:24.160 do you guys like yourselves on being able to run 0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:25.760 the football the way today? I think the fans have 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:30.360 been looking you guys run more, man. I mean it 0:03:30.400 --> 0:03:32.720 felt good, you know, Like I said, Doug believed in us. 0:03:32.760 --> 0:03:36.160 We put in the emphasis this week running the ball, 0:03:36.680 --> 0:03:39.280 being visible, and we came out. I think Josh had 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:41.920 like twenty some carries. Uh, we got it done to that. 0:03:42.120 --> 0:03:44.080 On the ground. Did you sense that you were wearing 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:45.720 them down as the game went on, especially in the 0:03:45.720 --> 0:03:48.080 fourth quarters. Yeah, of course that guys are subbing out. 0:03:48.440 --> 0:03:50.960 Guys is laying on the ground. We just I just 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:54.560 kept telling Lane and Brooks and Kelsey, keep pushing, keep pushing. 0:03:54.560 --> 0:03:56.760 We got them. Is that the most of slow you 0:03:56.760 --> 0:03:59.600 guys have show this year's no line? Yeah? I mean 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:02.680 what I mean it felt good to lean on them 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:05.600 instead of set back and let them, you know, coming us. So, 0:04:05.680 --> 0:04:09.000 I mean it felt good. Appreciate Doug by, you know, 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:11.600 believing in us and and sticking with the run, and 0:04:11.800 --> 0:04:14.000 I mean we do that. We have Carson out too 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:15.960 with the play action in the neck. It so as 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:18.120 long as we can run the ball and and and 0:04:18.200 --> 0:04:20.719 get yards the rock, the pass game gonna gonna get 0:04:20.720 --> 0:04:22.880 going too. And it wasn't as a dramatic as the 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:24.960 sixty one yard that you hit, but it will serve 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:27.880 the purpose, right, Yeah, no doubt. You know, go ahead, 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:30.080 glad we have the opportunity, the offensive hyper job getting 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:32.120 us down there, and luck we put it through and 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:33.920 got a big win for us. Doug calls the time 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:35.520 out and we're just only three kickers. Mind at that 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:37.520 point when he calls that time out, I'm just kind 0:04:37.520 --> 0:04:39.480 of zoned to n them over by the kicking nut. Um, 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:41.240 you know, trying to hit hit one or two more 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:43.080 balls to make rself feel comfortable, get a feel for 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:44.960 what the wind's doing, and you know, trying to make 0:04:44.960 --> 0:04:47.200 a good kick kick. You guys need a win in 0:04:47.240 --> 0:04:49.280 the worst way. So I mean, what do you think 0:04:49.279 --> 0:04:51.960 I'm going to see that thing go with the rank? Um? Yeah, 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:53.600 I mean it's definitely a big one one, that one 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:55.760 that we needed, um, you know, in us since right now, 0:04:55.800 --> 0:04:57.080 this is just kind of the message this is this 0:04:57.160 --> 0:04:59.000 is the start of our season. Um, with where the 0:04:59.000 --> 0:05:01.640 divisions at right now. UM, definitely needed that one and 0:05:01.680 --> 0:05:03.520 hopefully we can we can build on it. Any any 0:05:03.520 --> 0:05:04.960 of your teammates say anything to you as you were 0:05:04.960 --> 0:05:07.240 walking out to build there that final kick, No, I 0:05:07.240 --> 0:05:08.720 think they know not to talk to him before them. 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:11.640 Jake Q you kick the sixty one yearder to win 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:13.880 your last year. That enter hit at all when you 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:15.640 went out there to kick. You know what you did 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:18.880 last year wins yea. UM, earlier on the drive, it 0:05:18.960 --> 0:05:21.240 kind of entered my head. Just kind of a coincidence 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:23.640 that we're going the exact same way. But Um, other 0:05:23.720 --> 0:05:26.440 than that, not a whole lot. No, you were on 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:28.279 that on that drive, weren't around the wall watch for 0:05:28.320 --> 0:05:32.960 six times? Oh so man, Um, you know, I think 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:34.680 it says a lot about team. You know, you get 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:37.280 brought against the wall, so we don't have any more excuses. 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:38.960 It's it's it's Stewart died in the same way. But 0:05:39.080 --> 0:05:41.359 next week, UM, I guess the rest of him, So 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:44.560 he's next two weeks. I mean, we will be pivotal 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:46.479 in our season. When you were walking into the locker 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:48.240 room year you put up your hands in prayer. I mean, 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:50.560 is that what this wind felt like? Yeah? I mean 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:52.760 I was telling him it was our seasons on the line, 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:55.520 so we can talk about doing this. Doing that starts fast. 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:57.160 I mean if we don't win this one, um, when 0:05:57.160 --> 0:05:58.760 we talked about it a long time the off season, 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:01.320 so that's really it. I was telling them we were 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:04.080 more balanced. That helped their offensive attack, and it felt 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:07.440 good to run the ball so and do it effectively 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:10.960 so we can keep it going, get some discomented guys 0:06:11.000 --> 0:06:13.040 healed up and try to create some momentum. Does it 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:15.440 feel like new life? Because here you are now the game, 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:18.720 out of first place amazingly and facing a team that's 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:21.479 come there. It's like one of those dying fish down 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:23.160 the bank and you walk walked by them a couple 0:06:23.160 --> 0:06:24.480 of hours later, and they still got a couple of 0:06:24.800 --> 0:06:28.120 gulps left long soots that's where we're at. See, you 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:30.719 were the dying fish, so you're not dying, not dying. 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:32.960 We're we're find his new life. So it's it's just 0:06:33.080 --> 0:06:38.039 good force. What a um the ball. Here's an running 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:40.920 ball that's gonna be gratifying. I think fans didn speeding 0:06:40.960 --> 0:06:42.720 and run the ball on the ball, you guys as 0:06:42.720 --> 0:06:45.160 a line the same way. Yeah, I mean that was 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:46.720 our emphasis this week and we would try to get 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:48.520 it going. What's just gonna have been you know week one, 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:50.640 week two it had been been nice, but I just 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:52.480 feel like we were balanced, We're able to impose our 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:55.040 will and uh that was it. I was just probably 0:06:55.080 --> 0:06:57.800 where old line kind of came together and and uh 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:00.599 I was happy. Uh. You know, DBS, they faced a 0:07:00.600 --> 0:07:02.120 tough challenge this week. You know, we have a whole 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:04.440 lot of guys injured going against Odell Beckham, some of 0:07:04.480 --> 0:07:06.640 the best guys in the league, and I playing really well. 0:07:06.720 --> 0:07:08.680 So you know, a lot of young guys stepped up. 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:12.240 So sypher war Wrap, can we talk about that young guys. Gosh, 0:07:12.280 --> 0:07:15.080 Adams continues to see his role in Creaston. He's been 0:07:15.120 --> 0:07:17.520 doing very well with those opportunities. What have you seen 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:19.600 from him? I was telling me, man, he's a he's 0:07:19.600 --> 0:07:21.080 a silent killer man. He don't he don't say a 0:07:21.080 --> 0:07:23.040 whole lot um. You know, he's getting his knee healthy 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:25.680 from college. You can see that Bercy has yet has 0:07:25.720 --> 0:07:28.960 incredible speed, just a very smart player too. You know, 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:30.800 he don't say a whole lot. But it goes out 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:32.840 there and gets the job done and and soly just 0:07:32.840 --> 0:07:35.720 just having a good year. How big was the interception? 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:39.960 That was good? How did boost your offense forgetting Yeah, 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:42.000 we knew we were getting the ball back next half 0:07:42.120 --> 0:07:44.200 and um, you know, if we could stop them, they 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:46.480 just know, no decreases the lead that much. So well, 0:07:46.480 --> 0:07:48.800 if we can every and then get everybody in tune 0:07:48.800 --> 0:07:50.440 on one play. No, Malcolm did a great job of 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:53.080 snacking it out the air. And as the captainee is, uh, 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:55.240 you know, Milchoel's always making plays like that. How much 0:07:55.360 --> 0:08:01.720 much different? Um? Definitely different. Um, I think we're doing 0:08:01.760 --> 0:08:05.400 a lot more. Uh, they're leading more towards the running. 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:07.920 I like it. And uh no four runn back committee. 0:08:07.920 --> 0:08:10.000 Who wants a lot of touches. I think today was 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:12.360 a great day to display how we can distribute carries 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:15.280 and making sure everybody stays and uh no, no perfect 0:08:15.280 --> 0:08:16.920 condition when the game comes down to a line like 0:08:16.960 --> 0:08:22.960 this and bunce. Yeah, definitely. I mean now a lot 0:08:22.960 --> 0:08:24.480 of people can see that. You know, in order to 0:08:24.480 --> 0:08:26.400 be an explosive offense, you have to be balanced, and 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:28.800 you can't just the key. Can't just key on one 0:08:28.840 --> 0:08:31.200 dimension to you know, win you a game. It may 0:08:31.200 --> 0:08:34.120 work sometimes but not all the time. You know, just 0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:37.800 to play it in the right half. Uh. You know 0:08:38.000 --> 0:08:40.360 we've we've played that kind of defense in Spurst this year, 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:43.720 but we did it at the right time in this game. Um. 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:47.640 And if we can do that for four quarters, you know, um, 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:50.439 we're tough to be. So it's what we expect. You know. 0:08:50.440 --> 0:08:52.679 I wouldn't use the word thrilled just because you know, 0:08:52.720 --> 0:08:54.760 at this point, you know, we are five and six 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:56.840 and we've got a long way to go, so we 0:08:56.920 --> 0:08:59.319 need more of that we're given. You are five and 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:03.040 six D anything else, Yeah, I mean that's I mean, yeah, 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:04.960 that's all you can ask for is playing my own 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:08.800 division a game out. Uh, we're focused on one game 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:10.520 at a time. I mean, that's that's what we should 0:09:10.559 --> 0:09:13.360 be anyways. But now it's clearer than ever that you 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:16.120 need to focus all your attention on on the next Sunday. 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:20.360 The young cornerbacks the form you know, yeah, they fought. 0:09:20.520 --> 0:09:22.280 I mean, you know they fought. These are guys that 0:09:23.559 --> 0:09:25.240 you can't say enough about them, You can't say enough 0:09:25.240 --> 0:09:27.559 about their coaches. You know, these are guys that people 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:30.160 haven't heard of outside our locker room. And uh, and 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:32.360 they're good ball players. Otherwise it wouldn't be in the league. 0:09:32.360 --> 0:09:34.800 But you know, experience makes a big difference. And you know, 0:09:34.800 --> 0:09:37.480 those guys are playing some scout team during the week, 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:40.680 they're playing scout team turn around, taking team reps. I've 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:43.280 never seen anything like it. Uh. And those guys went 0:09:43.280 --> 0:09:45.760 out and and did enough to win and uh and 0:09:45.880 --> 0:09:48.480 fought really hard. So congrats to them. They had a 0:09:48.480 --> 0:09:50.560 big part of those christ I'm sorry you've probably been 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:54.760 journey getting back into the middle of that line where 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:57.480 Giants have liked to pound runs inside and it's not 0:09:57.559 --> 0:10:00.679 as easy with Journon and Cocks standing there's two children. Yeah, 0:10:00.720 --> 0:10:03.240 it helps, Um, it helps. You know, as a defense, 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:05.079 we need to play better against the run and Timmy 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:07.959 will be a key there. And uh, you know, more 0:10:07.960 --> 0:10:09.840 than anything, Timmy's just a great teammate and a good 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:12.600 buddy of ours. So you know, seeing somebody go through 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:16.120 that uh, you know, that long road, it uh it 0:10:16.120 --> 0:10:17.800 makes you happy for him to get back, so as 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:21.199 an individual and as a teammate and for the team. 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:23.440 The interception at the end of the first half, i'mment 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:26.040 to that fuels because you came out and you held him. 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:28.679 The three points from the in the second half, it 0:10:28.800 --> 0:10:30.400 was big. I mean, you know those are the turnovers 0:10:30.440 --> 0:10:33.040 we hadn't been getting. Uh, you know, Fletch was doing 0:10:33.080 --> 0:10:35.040 a great job getting pressure all the first half. We 0:10:35.040 --> 0:10:38.000 were getting pressure and eventually, you know, he threw one 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:40.559 up in malk You know, the way he always is 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:43.040 is ready to make a play. And uh, you know 0:10:43.280 --> 0:10:46.600 Malxie key member of this defense and and and snow coinstance. 0:10:46.640 --> 0:10:48.199 He got to turn over the kind of spring and 0:10:48.280 --> 0:10:52.000 sprung us and that's uh, that's the difference in the 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:54.560 game as a turnover. Some of the guys said that 0:10:54.679 --> 0:10:57.920 this season begins today, will be really you know, now 0:10:57.960 --> 0:11:00.719 it comes to me kind of chase the playoff. I 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:02.600 know you anybody's gonna say one game man time, but 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:04.559 you get you have a sense that now that that 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:08.720 this is where the chase begins and whatnot. Well, I hope, 0:11:09.120 --> 0:11:12.920 I hope, I hope the season didn't really start today 0:11:12.920 --> 0:11:15.800 for anybody. I mean, I know there's different ways to 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:18.080 think about it, and guys got different ways to think 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:20.240 about it, and fans have different ways to think about it. 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:22.320 We should just show up every Sunday and try to 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:24.880 win one game. And uh, I know that's cliche, but 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:27.840 if we really don't have any other choice and thinking 0:11:27.840 --> 0:11:30.559 about the big picture on when he takes away from execution. 0:11:30.679 --> 0:11:33.720 So for us the picture small, um see little and 0:11:34.160 --> 0:11:36.960 get after it. Like you for getting yourself type up? 0:11:36.960 --> 0:11:38.439 What did you say to yourself to kind of getting 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:41.200 that's that's me every game, Like that's that's just what 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:42.959 I do. That's who I am. That's that's how I 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:46.200 get myself mentally, mentally ready to play football. You know, 0:11:46.240 --> 0:11:48.320 this is a this is a sport. This is a 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:50.880 gladiator sport. You know what I mean. You can't you 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:53.000 can't come out there and expect for things to go 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:55.320 easy for you. It's gonna be hard. You got to fight. 0:11:55.400 --> 0:11:57.079 It's a fight. Every player has a fight on it. 0:11:57.880 --> 0:12:00.080 You guys were able to kind of turn around and 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:02.640 shut down sake of the second half, Right, How good 0:12:02.640 --> 0:12:04.839 did that feel? Want you kind of get your footing back? Oh, 0:12:04.880 --> 0:12:06.280 we just had to play, you know, we just had 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:08.800 to play as a whole man all eleven, you know, 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:11.840 just the little things making sure you know, everybody getting 0:12:11.880 --> 0:12:13.679 to the ball with a guy like sake Coin he's 0:12:13.720 --> 0:12:16.720 never down. Finish him. You got to finish him, you know, 0:12:16.800 --> 0:12:19.240 because the second you don't there he goes. He's out 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:22.280 to feel for forty yards. So be special the angle 0:12:22.280 --> 0:12:25.160 field right now. Man, I feel good, Man, I feel 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:28.319 so good just to run out that tunnel, see our fans, 0:12:28.480 --> 0:12:31.320 be back out there with my brothers. You know, just 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:34.280 just put you put that working throughout the weekend. It 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:36.199 just feel good to be rewarded with him, you know, 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:42.280 mping up and down with the defensive lineman there could 0:12:42.280 --> 0:12:46.200 you bring? Oh? You know, I like to believe that 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:48.760 those guys already kind of you know, they they they 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:51.439 they already kind of energetic and things like that before 0:12:51.440 --> 0:12:52.800 I was even out there, you know what I mean. 0:12:52.800 --> 0:12:55.280 Though they are self driven guys. But I just feel 0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:57.120 like I add fuel to the fire a little bit, 0:12:57.240 --> 0:12:58.920 you know what I mean. That's all it is. So 0:12:59.160 --> 0:13:05.199 I'm just glad to be back beside those guys today. Um, 0:13:05.240 --> 0:13:07.559 I thought we played good enough to win. Obviously, that's 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:09.760 the that's the most important thing each and every week. 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:13.719 Um didn't start fast, obviously you're down a halftime, but 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:17.079 found a way to win, and right now, that's all 0:13:17.120 --> 0:13:20.040 that matters. Obviously facing a lot of adversity from an 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:22.880 entire team standpoint. Um, But at the same time, they 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:25.240 don't care about that when we're on the field. So 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:27.240 I thought it was a good team win. All three 0:13:27.240 --> 0:13:31.040 phases made plays and it was we needed it would 0:13:31.120 --> 0:13:36.080 feel like it's been a while, Yeah, and literally it was. Yeah. 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:39.560 I mean, that wasn't an easy game by any means, obviously, Um, 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:42.160 we needed it. Like you said, Um, if we were 0:13:42.200 --> 0:13:44.800 to lose that game this season, the playoffs pretty much 0:13:44.800 --> 0:13:46.720 would have been out of question at that point. Um, 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:49.400 So we needed this game and the guy spot. I mean, 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:52.320 it wasn't wasn't pretty by any means, But NFC East 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:54.680 games are never gonna be pretty. Um, there's no NFC 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:56.320 East win. I don't think I've ever been a part 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:59.000 of where I'm like, man, that's a really good win. Um, 0:13:59.040 --> 0:14:00.520 But at the end of the day, you have to 0:14:00.520 --> 0:14:02.600 find a way to win and felt good at get 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:04.520 back into the link and win a football game. Peter 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:06.280 Zi fella, you guys are wearing them down with the 0:14:06.280 --> 0:14:08.120 way you're able to effectively run the ball, especially at 0:14:08.120 --> 0:14:09.360 the end there. Did you kind of get that sense 0:14:09.360 --> 0:14:13.079 too when he wouldn't Yeah. I mean I thought Josh 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:15.720 played really, really really well today. I mean, I don't 0:14:15.720 --> 0:14:18.440 know if anyone expected that out of him. Um, but 0:14:18.559 --> 0:14:20.840 it was definitely something that we needed to really spark 0:14:20.840 --> 0:14:24.760 in the running game. UM. I thought Brandon Brooks, Lane Johnson, 0:14:24.760 --> 0:14:26.960 those two were rolling guys off the ball like they 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:31.400 always do. Um, I'm not gonna not give support to 0:14:31.480 --> 0:14:37.040 my guy, so I'm definitely gonna agree with whatever he says. Yeah, 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:40.160 so I was on the back side. Uh, technically it 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:44.000 was own coverage, so I'm I'm one of the primary guys. UM. 0:14:44.040 --> 0:14:47.560 I had like a corner stop route, corner return route. Um. 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:49.280 The guy kind of tried to undercut, so I had 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:51.360 to come back to the ball, shook him off, and 0:14:51.400 --> 0:14:53.120 saw I was at like the six yard line, and 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:54.680 at that point, the goal line is right there. So 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:56.120 I knew I was gonna do whatever it took to 0:14:56.120 --> 0:14:58.600 get in there. UM. Knew we needed to play at 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:00.920 that point. UM, So I did everything I could have 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:02.680 gat an end zone. I don't know what the final 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:04.960 number was on targets and catches, but obviously it was 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:08.080 more than last week. Yeah. Happy to be more involved 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:11.800 in the offense for sure. I mean I love being 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:14.240 the guy that they continually go to. Last week was 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:18.160 not our offensive display in any aspect. No one looked 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:20.200 at that film last week and was proud of whatever 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:22.160 it took place. I don't even want to acknowledge it 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:26.360 ever again, but yeah, the targets and the catches, they 0:15:26.440 --> 0:15:28.560 felt like, I mean, to start the game early with 0:15:28.600 --> 0:15:31.640 the catch helps helps your mindset the rest of the game. Um, 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:33.520 good to have the first one under your belt early. 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:37.400 And yeah, I thought the efficiency I think was there. 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:39.440 I don't know the exact catches targets, like you said, 0:15:39.520 --> 0:15:42.680 but the most important thing is efficiency to make you 0:15:42.760 --> 0:15:45.400 acknowledge it again, how important was it for Carson coming 0:15:45.400 --> 0:15:50.840 off of that game, which probably once a yeah, yeah, 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:53.080 it was huge. I mean I think people have been 0:15:53.160 --> 0:15:54.920 kind of clamoring for that. I want to see him 0:15:54.960 --> 0:15:56.600 do it in the clutch, and I mean, we have 0:15:56.640 --> 0:15:59.080 all the faith in the world in him. He continually 0:15:59.160 --> 0:16:01.160 puts us on the back, um all the time. He 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:03.480 plays at a high level, even at times when the 0:16:03.520 --> 0:16:06.480 protection isn't great. He's out there making plays and he's 0:16:06.560 --> 0:16:08.200 he's the guy I want to play. Within the fourth quarter, 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:09.680 He's the guy I want to play within the first quarter, 0:16:09.720 --> 0:16:12.680 and UM, I was happy for this entire team to 0:16:12.680 --> 0:16:14.520 get a win because, like you said, we needed it, 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:16.400 UM in the whole season. Still in front of us 0:16:16.480 --> 0:16:18.920 right now back down. Nineteen to three seemed like kind 0:16:18.920 --> 0:16:20.880 of a defining moment in this game, but maybe even 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:22.880 for the season if it plays album. What happened for 0:16:22.960 --> 0:16:24.920 you guys as an offense on the sideline or here 0:16:24.960 --> 0:16:27.720 in the locker room, that really kind of changed. Yeah, 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:31.960 we just uh never gave up. UM. Obviously, we had 0:16:32.960 --> 0:16:36.640 opening touchdown called back which was tough. UM. Had had 0:16:36.640 --> 0:16:40.520 another penalty OPI third down that was tough. UM. So 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:42.280 we were moving the ball in the first quarter. We 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:45.440 were kind of killing ourselves, UM, and we just really said, I, 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:48.280 let's stop beating ourselves. Let's get out of our own way, 0:16:48.520 --> 0:16:51.000 uh and go make plays. And guys did that from 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:52.920 that point on. Obviously, nineteen to three not the way 0:16:52.920 --> 0:16:57.560 you want to start the game, but it's how you finish. Obviously. UM, 0:16:57.600 --> 0:17:00.760 we're kind of in our division games. UH, so you know, 0:17:00.840 --> 0:17:03.280 each and every detail is important and we need to 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:05.280 work on those details, you know, starting the first day 0:17:05.280 --> 0:17:07.480 of practice so that when we get to game day, 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:11.199 it'll be all good, all gravy. So, um, we just 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:14.000 gotta stay patient, stay true to what we're doing, and 0:17:14.600 --> 0:17:17.520 continue to trusting each other. Josh, you were able to 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:20.000 kind of wear them down in the second half, especially 0:17:20.040 --> 0:17:23.040 with you know, a lot of the carriers. I mean yeah, 0:17:23.119 --> 0:17:25.480 I mean those big boys definitely the wear them down 0:17:25.960 --> 0:17:29.640 from the beginning of the game. Really. Um, we were 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:31.200 doing a great job of running the ball, they were 0:17:31.200 --> 0:17:33.639 doing a great job of pushing the power forward. We 0:17:33.680 --> 0:17:38.040 tried to um, stick with you know what we knew, 0:17:38.240 --> 0:17:41.600 you know, those core players that we have and just 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:43.880 you know, play old school football and just pound the ball. 0:17:43.920 --> 0:17:47.320 So uh A lot of credit again, uh to the 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:49.840 guys up front for allowing us to do that. Josh, 0:17:49.960 --> 0:17:51.679 twenty two carries? How much are you kind of a 0:17:51.720 --> 0:17:53.800 guy who as a running back, the more you get 0:17:53.840 --> 0:17:58.200