Speaker 1: You heard from uh Brandon and George that the offense
Speaker 1: may have won today's practice.
Speaker 2: Is that?
Speaker 3: Is that true?
Speaker 1: Ah?
Speaker 2: Those offensive guys, boy, I'll tell you what we won today.
Speaker 2: So don't let's not get that uh misunderstood defense one.
Speaker 2: Today they had a good couple of plays, you know,
Speaker 2: especially you know Purdies back out there ripping. It looks great,
Speaker 2: exactly what you would like to see out of the offense.
Speaker 4: Uh, it was a horrified battle. I'd say, finding.
Speaker 1: Practice, you might imagine that it wouldn't be hard for
Speaker 1: it because there's nothing to prepare for this weekend.
Speaker 5: But I mean, did you, you know, personally, make.
Speaker 1: Sure that there was intensity so that those pec those
Speaker 1: guys might say something like that.
Speaker 4: After a practice. I'm always trying to stir the pot.
Speaker 2: I'm always trying to get the juices going, you know,
Speaker 2: before the practice starts, you you start playing seeds, you
Speaker 2: know in each guy. Hey, Brandon, we're gonna see you know,
Speaker 2: uh I George, I don't know if it Brock he's
Speaker 2: been away for a while.
Speaker 4: I don't know.
Speaker 2: He's playing seeds man, you know, And then that's how
Speaker 2: he create that competitive atmosphere out there. It's all fun
Speaker 2: and games.
Speaker 5: That's some pretty notable coaches stepped down this weekend. And
Speaker 5: when Bill Walsh was here, he used to say, he
Speaker 5: can coach for a place for ten years and everybody's
Speaker 5: heard everything, and then you should move on. You've been
Speaker 5: with Kyle for six years now. I'm curious what's he
Speaker 5: done to keep things fresh? Is he a lot much
Speaker 5: the same as the guy when you got here? Does
Speaker 5: he do things differently? How is he ad justin adapted?
Speaker 4: I mean he's for sure the same guy, just better.
Speaker 2: Every year he's gotten better as a coach, just like
Speaker 2: he expects all his players to get better.
Speaker 4: His big thing is he really getting better getting worse?
Speaker 2: And with Kyle just being so true and authentic to
Speaker 2: himself and having had the experiences that we've had as
Speaker 2: a team, and you know, losing in the big games,
Speaker 2: starting not having slow starts to seasons, you know, he
Speaker 2: always looks and reflects back, reflects back on those prior
Speaker 2: years and like those skull that you earn, it's like,
Speaker 2: all right, how do we get better from that? Like
Speaker 2: what what did we learn from that in order to
Speaker 2: be better going forward? So every year, going into every season,
Speaker 2: there's always something new that we got to like work
Speaker 2: on and get better at to attain what we're trying
Speaker 2: to do here, you know what I'm saying. And so
Speaker 2: that's that's something that he's done a great job of
Speaker 2: every year, just continuing to get better as a coach
Speaker 2: and a leader for us.
Speaker 4: At How do they help you this time of year
Speaker 4: getting ready for another another platform? Yeah, man, I mean
Speaker 4: you you always remember those moments.
Speaker 2: I think it's important during those times like last year
Speaker 2: in Philly and you see the confetti coming down, you
Speaker 2: see them with their hats and T shirts on the stage,
Speaker 2: they're happy, and you're standing there, You're watching it all happen,
Speaker 2: and I could put myself right back there in this moment.
Speaker 2: And the the part that sucks is like you can't
Speaker 2: just blinking your right back into having an opportunity to
Speaker 2: go back and do it again, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 2: And so you start from ground one OTA's mini camp,
Speaker 2: training camp. You know, you gotta you gotta build the
Speaker 2: team back up again, and it feels like just yesterday
Speaker 2: we were doing that.
Speaker 4: But you blink and you we're here, like it's the
Speaker 4: start of playoffs and you're here.
Speaker 2: You're here, right back where you wanna be with an
Speaker 2: opportunity to go do something special with the right type
Speaker 2: of guys. And uh, I think that's what the scars
Speaker 2: are for. You remember those moments, So it's like, how
Speaker 2: can I not give my all to this? How can
Speaker 2: I not make sure it's everything to me, my teammates
Speaker 2: obviously the coaches, And that's that's what those scars are for.
Speaker 3: The way you guys lost que unique way you guys
Speaker 3: lost last year? Did that sort of different type?
Speaker 2: Oh me, Yeah, it was kind of mixed emotions, right
Speaker 2: cause it felt like we never even had a chance
Speaker 2: to get going. We never had a chance to really
Speaker 2: like feel like we could compete in that game. Like
Speaker 2: we don't get me wrong, Like in the moment, we're
Speaker 2: feeling like, man, we could we could still do this,
Speaker 2: We could do anything, like especially the way that we
Speaker 2: finished last season. Hadn't w hadn't lost a game in forever,
Speaker 2: and it didn't matter if Brock went down or Josh
Speaker 2: went down. We were like, man, defensively, we're thinking, we
Speaker 2: just can get oh how many touchdowns on defense if
Speaker 2: we need to score, Like that's the mindset in that moment,
Speaker 2: and then you look back afterwards like we never had
Speaker 2: a chance, you know, and so it's like, just give
Speaker 2: us an opportunity where we're able to compete in that
Speaker 2: situation again, and and then we'll see.
Speaker 6: Obviously there's still some faces missing at practice, But is
Speaker 6: it kind of energizing to get like Urgarnstead, Gyre Brown,
Speaker 6: every Thomas.
Speaker 4: Georgia, the etcetera.
Speaker 5: Back today?
Speaker 4: Yeah? So good?
Speaker 2: Uh so good to see those guys out there in
Speaker 2: the uniform. You talk about a guy like Eric and
Speaker 2: how how big he is for us, uh and what
Speaker 2: we do. Just to see him in the uniform again
Speaker 2: today was great. Uh, gire band back. So it's just
Speaker 2: good to get everybody back out there moving around so
Speaker 2: that when the time comes next week when we need him,
Speaker 2: that everybody's ready to go. Right.
Speaker 4: You guys been banging heads since July.
Speaker 3: I thought maybe your best collective game was off the pot,
Speaker 3: the Jacksonville game.
Speaker 4: How do you feel with.
Speaker 3: The rest and how much do you think that rest
Speaker 3: is gonna help you guys in the division round?
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's really helpful. I I feel great, you know,
Speaker 2: I think the rest is much needed. And you talk
Speaker 2: about a lot of guys and didn't play many snaps
Speaker 2: in this past game either, So it's almost like you're
Speaker 2: taking two weeks of just letting the body recover and
Speaker 2: then mentally getting your mind right for what we got ahead.
Speaker 2: And I do think it'll be advantageous. And you mentioned
Speaker 2: it after that bye week and during the season, we
Speaker 2: came out flying, and we got to make sure we
Speaker 2: do the same thing this time.
Speaker 1: Jase Young might have an expanded role here in the
Speaker 1: first two games. What do you see from him since
Speaker 1: he got here in late October early November.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think just came in. It was exactly the
Speaker 4: type of guy that we.
Speaker 2: That we want, you know, and being a forty nine er,
Speaker 2: and he bought right into what we were doing. You know,
Speaker 2: you talk about he he already had ingraining him, like
Speaker 2: little things like running to the football, playing with that violence,
Speaker 2: like the stuff that you that we asked our guys
Speaker 2: to do, and on top of the talent and the
Speaker 2: ability that he has, and he just continued to get better,
Speaker 2: you know. And I think he's bought into his role too,
Speaker 2: Like he's not he's not like a me guy. It's like,
Speaker 2: oh this is my bag year, this this that like
Speaker 2: he wants to win. He wants to win a ring
Speaker 2: as bad as anybody here, So I'm really excited for him,
Speaker 2: uh in the postseason.
Speaker 6: Perhaps it just said that he plays his best football
Speaker 6: in the playoffs. Obviously that's the goal of everybody on
Speaker 6: the team. But what do you see from him on
Speaker 6: these home stretches when you're in the postseason and he's
Speaker 6: right in front of you.
Speaker 2: I think he plays his best ball year round, you know,
Speaker 2: And I think, Uh, you wanna be a guy known
Speaker 2: for being consistent, uh, no matter what the situation is.
Speaker 4: But of course you want your you want your best
Speaker 4: uh ball to be played in at in this moment.
Speaker 2: And the way that you do that is you continue
Speaker 2: to do things that that you've done right to get
Speaker 2: you to this point. You know, you don't have to
Speaker 2: do something out of out of the ordinary to all
Speaker 2: of a sudden be playoff you know, such and such.
Speaker 2: It's like, just do the things that have brought you
Speaker 2: success up to this point, and that's the things that
Speaker 2: are gonna be able. It's the little things, you know.
Speaker 2: So a lot of teams they lose games this time
Speaker 2: of year. It's not about winning, it's about not losing
Speaker 2: the game. So we just gotta be on top of
Speaker 2: the details. Those little things, I think is what's gonna
Speaker 2: carry us to where we wanna go.
Speaker 3: Right, if you're talked about how play about playoff intends
Speaker 3: to be and how you know, in the regular season,
Speaker 3: you might see a guy like a pass rusher, like
Speaker 3: oh he he only turns it on on third down,
Speaker 3: or or you know, these guy dosn't try this. But
Speaker 3: then in the playoffs everyone is into it. He as
Speaker 3: he said, everyone's playing like Max Crosby.
Speaker 4: I like that. Yeah, it's nice.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so I I guess does that resonate with you?
Speaker 3: And is it a much higher level than a regular
Speaker 3: you know, we game game.
Speaker 2: Uh, it's for sure a much a much higher level
Speaker 2: in terms of his winner go home. This isn't a
Speaker 2: g a seven game series.
Speaker 4: You know.
Speaker 2: It's not the best team that wins the trophy at
Speaker 2: the end. You know, and in basketball you usually got
Speaker 2: a few chances to get it right when you've got
Speaker 2: the best players, But it doesn't matter if you got
Speaker 2: the best team. I feel like we've had the best
Speaker 2: team the last three four years and we still haven't
Speaker 2: gotten a ring. It wasn't about us having the best team.
Speaker 2: It's about how good can you play in those three
Speaker 2: hours that you're allotted out there? And that's the team
Speaker 2: that usually, uh is happy at the end of the year.
Speaker 2: And so the guys that turn it on for the playoffs,
Speaker 2: I don't really Uh, that's not something that I can
Speaker 2: truly like respectfully. I feel like if you just not
Speaker 2: turning it on, where were you all the way through
Speaker 2: from all the you know, the eighteen s eighteen weeks
Speaker 2: prior to that, so you know, we'll see. I think
Speaker 2: our guys are made of the right stuff. We've we've
Speaker 2: been going at it for the last eighteen nineteen weeks
Speaker 2: and uh, we're made of the right stuff. We just
Speaker 2: gotta make sure we play our best ball for three hours.
Speaker 5: Be watching the.
Speaker 6: Games impartially or will you be having any rooting interests?
Speaker 6: Maybe for to go but other maybe Mike, but other
Speaker 6: than that, any any partiality?
Speaker 4: Yeah, no, I'm uh.
Speaker 2: I'm excited to watch, just as a as a football fan,
Speaker 2: excited to watch and obviously seeing who we play. But
Speaker 2: I hope everybody loses, you know, I hope everybody loses.
Speaker 4: And and then who knows, and then we won't have
Speaker 4: to play. I'm just kidding. They're good good, alright, guys.
Speaker 2: Thanks,