WEBVTT - John Harbaugh: Ravens Press Conference 12/16/24 0:00:03.040 --> 0:00:05.520 Welcome into the Ravens Presspass podcast. The Ravens approved a 0:00:05.600 --> 0:00:07.640 nine to five on Sunday after a thirty five to 0:00:07.680 --> 0:00:10.680 fourteen victory over the New York Giants. The Ravens are 0:00:10.680 --> 0:00:13.440 now on a short week with the Pittsburgh Steelers coming 0:00:13.440 --> 0:00:17.600 to town for an AFC North showdown Saturday at four thirty. 0:00:17.880 --> 0:00:20.480 As the Ravens prepare for that game, today, we had 0:00:20.520 --> 0:00:22.720 a chance to hear from head coach John Harbaugh. 0:00:26.800 --> 0:00:33.080 Okay, appreciate everybody being here. Happy with the win, which 0:00:33.120 --> 0:00:39.120 we needed to keep pace, and now we're heading into 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:44.800 the challenge this Saturday against Pittsburgh, a very important game 0:00:45.880 --> 0:00:47.800 for a lot of reasons, and we're going to need 0:00:47.840 --> 0:00:51.320 to be at our very best. They're an excellent football team. 0:00:51.760 --> 0:00:56.000 We're ready for the challenge. What questions you guys have, John. 0:00:55.880 --> 0:00:57.960 We just saw a statement that was released about Dean 0:00:58.080 --> 0:01:04.280 Tate Johnson jually read noticipate team activities this week. After 0:01:04.360 --> 0:01:06.760 this week? Do you do you foresee him practicing with 0:01:06.800 --> 0:01:07.319 the team again. 0:01:07.920 --> 0:01:09.679 What I foresee really, to be honest with you, and 0:01:09.680 --> 0:01:13.960 all I'm really thinking about right now is Pittsburgh. I'm 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:15.920 getting our team ready for Pittsburgh. So he won't be 0:01:15.920 --> 0:01:24.600 here this week and next week will take care of itself. John, 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:26.520 I guess I just want to quick follow about that, 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:28.520 and then why did you just decide to handle it 0:01:28.560 --> 0:01:35.240 that way and not simply releasing I'm really interested in 0:01:35.319 --> 0:01:37.440 Pittsburgh Stealers. To be honest with you, I know you 0:01:37.440 --> 0:01:39.200 guys want to hear the story. There's a lot of 0:01:39.200 --> 0:01:45.800 moving parts there are. There are reasons for doing things 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:48.520 that are front office type reasons, you know. Do I 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:50.000 want to sit here and get into all the different 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:53.160 calculations that Eric makes, I really don't. I want to 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:56.080 think about Pittsburgh and our team get ready for Pittsburgh 0:01:56.120 --> 0:01:57.559 and the guys who are going to be here playing 0:01:57.560 --> 0:02:06.320 against Pittsburgh. That's that's my folk, because one hundred percent, John, 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:06.760 what are. 0:02:06.680 --> 0:02:08.519 The challenges all of you talked about how big of 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:11.760 a game this is obviously going up against the Steelers, 0:02:11.840 --> 0:02:14.000 but play on one a short we both you guys 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:15.880 are playing on the show. We just what are the 0:02:15.960 --> 0:02:19.680 challenges for those all the field challenges at this time 0:02:19.760 --> 0:02:21.560 of the year, and also just how big of a 0:02:21.639 --> 0:02:23.280 game is is in the grass game? 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:25.000 Well, I mean it's a challenge for both teams you know, 0:02:25.000 --> 0:02:28.600 we're both playing on the same deal. We both played Sunday, 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:31.000 we're playing each other on Saturday. So that's just a 0:02:31.200 --> 0:02:34.680 unique Justice schedule. Uh it's a little shorter game planning 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:38.200 type of operation than you would have, but we play 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:40.120 each other enough, right, I don't think that's a problem 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:43.320 for either team. And uh, guys got to do a 0:02:43.320 --> 0:02:46.200 great job taking care of themselves, you know, getting ready 0:02:46.200 --> 0:02:49.760 for the game that's gonna be in terms of their bodies, 0:02:50.040 --> 0:02:52.000 you know, and then making sure they get the game 0:02:52.080 --> 0:02:53.760 plan right. You know, we want to get our football right. 0:02:53.919 --> 0:02:56.720 That's what we wanna do. We wanna prepare it, you know, 0:02:56.800 --> 0:02:58.040 to the best of our abilities to go and go 0:02:58.120 --> 0:03:00.480 out there and play our best, you know, on point 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:02.919 in that game, just like we do every week. Really, 0:03:03.000 --> 0:03:04.720 I mean it's really not any different than any other week. 0:03:05.800 --> 0:03:09.679 So we're ready to do that and we're excited for it. 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:11.120 And I can't wait for the guys to come walking 0:03:11.120 --> 0:03:11.800 in tomorrow morning. 0:03:12.440 --> 0:03:15.799 How much does that Last Encounters needed you with it 0:03:15.919 --> 0:03:17.560 all because of the fact that it was such a 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:19.400 winnable game, you. 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:21.079 Know, I just been watching I watched a game a 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:23.519 number of times now. The last actually last week. I 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:25.320 watched it, we got ahead with a bye week and everything. 0:03:25.360 --> 0:03:27.840 Watch it again this morning, and so much to learn 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:30.280 from that game, so much to learn from all the 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:32.040 games really that. But every game is at the same time, 0:03:32.080 --> 0:03:33.799 every game is different, even though they seem like they're 0:03:33.840 --> 0:03:36.000 the same. The scores are about the same. It seems 0:03:36.080 --> 0:03:39.880 like I'm talking about over over seventeen years and even 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:43.520 beyond that. But every game is different, you know, and 0:03:43.960 --> 0:03:45.640 try to learn from it and try to try to 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:48.120 try to do you know, where we're at, where they're at, 0:03:49.000 --> 0:03:50.520 what we need to do to try to win this game. 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:52.240 Play our best football is we're focused on. 0:03:53.000 --> 0:03:54.720 I know a lot of the players said that you 0:03:54.800 --> 0:03:57.200 didn't even when you play the Giants, didn't even address 0:03:57.240 --> 0:04:00.640 their record. That was not even brought up. You bring 0:04:00.800 --> 0:04:02.680 up kind of the magnitude because this is such a 0:04:02.720 --> 0:04:06.120 big game. When you bring up the magnification or you 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:07.080 know from from. 0:04:07.160 --> 0:04:09.560 This this game, probably don't have to. I mean, I 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:12.240 always talk to the guys about, you know, you know, 0:04:12.360 --> 0:04:14.320 big picture. We talked briefly about the big picture. Then 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:15.600 we always come back to want to know, you know, 0:04:15.680 --> 0:04:18.600 we start want to know that's our focus. Here's the 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:21.200 big picture. The big picture is this is our opportunity 0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:22.720 to win the division. You know, we have to win 0:04:22.800 --> 0:04:24.760 this game to have an opportunity to win the division. 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:27.360 And then let's do well everything we can do to 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:29.440 we want to know, you know, and put our best 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:30.000 foot forward. 0:04:31.800 --> 0:04:34.240 John, can you put into perspective just how big of 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:36.080 a game was for those rookies the step of what 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:38.400 they did against the Giants specially needed that now to stretch. 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:40.880 Yeah, I think that's a great point, you know, for 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:42.440 those guys to get a chance to play as much 0:04:42.440 --> 0:04:45.120 as they did in the fourth quarter, and even guys 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:46.640 who played throughout the course of the game, like Ted 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:48.240 you know, he played, he played here and here and 0:04:48.320 --> 0:04:51.360 there the whole game, played on special teams. They all 0:04:51.440 --> 0:04:53.320 played well. I mean that was great to see. 0:04:53.360 --> 0:04:53.400 It. 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:57.640 Just just appreciated seeing that. I think this rookie class 0:04:57.720 --> 0:04:59.640 is really good class. I think it's got a great 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:01.520 future and they're already contributing. 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:05.960 Yeah, movement over the last. 0:05:05.880 --> 0:05:06.520 Three four or five. 0:05:06.560 --> 0:05:09.479 When he said sideline back the spot an extra world aquad. 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:11.880 Do you feel like you're getting a good feel for, 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:14.400 you know, what what you want there in terms of 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:16.640 what Chris Bard's doing or maybe more in the passing 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:19.680 situation won Harris and maybe playing against him. 0:05:20.480 --> 0:05:22.040 I do, I do, and we have a I think 0:05:22.080 --> 0:05:23.880 we're kind of finding that a little bit. And you 0:05:23.960 --> 0:05:26.000 know what, you know, you mentioned two guys. They played 0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:29.160 really well. My league played well. Uh, Chris played well 0:05:29.640 --> 0:05:31.720 and Trent played well when he went in. So to 0:05:31.800 --> 0:05:34.520 see that, I think, you know, from a standpoint of Trent, 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:37.240 it's it's good for Trent to you know, maybe takes 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:38.720 the pressure off a little bit, you know, let him. 0:05:38.760 --> 0:05:40.839 He's a young guy, you know, and he he plays 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:43.520 all heart, all heart, and he cares so much, so 0:05:43.600 --> 0:05:44.960 he can kind of take a breath a little bit 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:47.040 just in terms of his picture, his side of it 0:05:47.600 --> 0:05:49.000 and come back in there like he did in the 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:51.200 game and play well. Uh then for a leak to 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:54.960 get this opportunity, uh, to prove himself. You know, he's 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:57.680 been working hard for that opportunity and he's just he's 0:05:57.720 --> 0:06:00.240 done great with it. And Chris board same thing him. 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:03.480 He's even more of a veteran guy. And I know 0:06:03.520 --> 0:06:05.400 those guys appreciate that and they're and they're making the 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:05.800 most of it. 0:06:08.600 --> 0:06:11.440 So we training is that kind of a game plan 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:14.280 moving forward for now or sort of see how things 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:15.560 go with that. 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:18.000 Almost week the week, you know, week the week. 0:06:19.000 --> 0:06:22.040 John, we saw Jordan stout kickoff. Was that just a 0:06:22.120 --> 0:06:24.960 function of the score and you felt like, why not 0:06:25.160 --> 0:06:27.080 give the look, get some game reps on it, or 0:06:27.200 --> 0:06:29.200 is that kind of a plan going forward? 0:06:29.839 --> 0:06:32.760 That was it could be the plan going forward at times, 0:06:32.839 --> 0:06:34.400 but you know, the fact he can do it. Getting 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:35.920 getting him out there in the game was a big deal, 0:06:35.960 --> 0:06:37.360 you know what I mean, Jeff, I mean, he hadn't 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:39.239 really been out there in a game, a real regular 0:06:39.279 --> 0:06:42.080 season game yet, just to kind of get the field 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:43.760 for doing it, and you can see how good he 0:06:43.839 --> 0:06:45.599 is that. I mean, we've seen him in practice pretty 0:06:45.640 --> 0:06:48.320 much every day and when we do kick off strong 0:06:48.440 --> 0:06:52.479 leg to have that option, you know, is a plus. 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:55.320 You mentioned the rookie class. 0:06:55.480 --> 0:06:58.400 Nate Wiggins had a lot of action in this game, 0:06:58.560 --> 0:06:59.080 a lot of one on. 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:02.200 Ones with neighbors and held up really well. Where have 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:03.760 you seen Nate make strudes? 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:04.920 Uh? 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:07.960 When you watch corners, I mean, it's it's a technique 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:11.280 game out there, you know, it's it's a fundamentally sound game. 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:13.960 It's a tough position to play around the island, as 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:15.800 they say, and you have to do everything exactly right 0:07:16.960 --> 0:07:19.560 from from beginning to end, you know, from when the 0:07:19.680 --> 0:07:22.280 when the ball snapped and the receiver makes his release, 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:25.120 or if you're in zone, or you make a run 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:27.200 past read, if you're a primary force guy, if you're 0:07:27.240 --> 0:07:30.040 not all those different things. Where your eyes are at, 0:07:30.080 --> 0:07:31.600 where your feet are at, where your hands are at, 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:34.960 your leverage, there's a lot of detail to the position, 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:37.680 you know. And uh, I think he's making progress across 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:40.200 the board with that, and yet you know, he knows 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:42.040 he's got well, he's got a whole career's worth of 0:07:42.080 --> 0:07:44.560 improvement in front of him still. But he's he's he's 0:07:44.600 --> 0:07:46.120 doing a good job. He's made a lot of progress. 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:46.960 He's doing well. 0:07:47.440 --> 0:07:50.320 Job with the kick and that justin Tuncker obviously didn't 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:52.000 have to be using a field goal game. But on 0:07:52.120 --> 0:07:54.640 the extra points it look like he went from a 0:07:54.680 --> 0:07:57.160 couple of times on the white hash. I believe he 0:07:57.440 --> 0:07:59.600 moved into the middle of the field as well. Was 0:07:59.640 --> 0:08:01.760 there a reason for them, was a win in fact 0:08:01.800 --> 0:08:03.239 or what kind of went into. 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:06.080 The Yeah, it was kind of a win decision that 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:09.480 he and Randy made. They've done that before in the past. 0:08:09.640 --> 0:08:11.880 He's kicked it from all three spots in the past. 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:15.840 But that's what they talked about in terms of going 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:17.720 to our right the right side of our bench, I 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:19.280 think it was he was on the right hash and 0:08:19.280 --> 0:08:20.480 then going the other way. I think he was in 0:08:20.560 --> 0:08:23.240 the middle, if I'm correct about that. That's how I 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:23.720 remember it. 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:27.240 Always put up some fantastic numbers. 0:08:27.280 --> 0:08:29.680 He just liked. Lamar has always kind of put up 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:32.280 these fantastic order. The one team that has kind of 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:35.880 been his challenge has been the Steelers. I'm sure there's 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:38.640 a lot of you know, intricacies to say it, but 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:41.360 is there something generally back the Steelers do they have 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:44.520 done well to kind of limit Lamar that other teams. 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:46.000 Have not been needed to do well. I mean they've 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:49.320 created plays, you know, they've created plays against us, They've 0:08:49.360 --> 0:08:51.760 they've had sacks, they've had some you know, timely sacks, 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:55.640 some timely turnovers, timely stops. You know, they've they've managed 0:08:55.640 --> 0:08:57.360 to do that, and that's that's what it is. That's 0:08:57.400 --> 0:09:00.319 what winning games is, you know, and have done a 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:00.839 good job of that. 0:09:01.960 --> 0:09:04.320 I'm assuming, like Ronner Rosencuardin had another really. 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:04.960 Solid game history. 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:06.320 I mean, do you feel like over the last month 0:09:06.760 --> 0:09:09.199 he's kind of gone for a really promising player to 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:10.800 just a good starter. 0:09:11.760 --> 0:09:13.920 I think Roger's doing a great job Chiles. I mean, 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:17.719 he's he's definitely playing winning football at right tackle. So 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:20.600 that's what you look for, you know. And if another 0:09:20.640 --> 0:09:22.680 guy kind of talking about those rookies, about the question 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:26.040 about the rookies, he's he's really establishing himself out there 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:28.520 and done a nice job. And you know, I like 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:29.800 to I like the way he looks out there. 0:09:30.440 --> 0:09:33.320 Similarly with with Tavi, if you know, you're talking about 0:09:33.400 --> 0:09:37.160 him last week, but how significant is it to have 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:41.360 him be, you know, seemingly like pretty dependable throughout the 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:43.960 course and continuing to get better kind. 0:09:43.800 --> 0:09:47.400 Of every week. Yeah, it's very significant. I mean he's 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:49.880 established himself probably as a three down player. You know, 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:52.800 he's gone from a rundown player to a guy that's 0:09:52.840 --> 0:09:55.880 out there all the time. Uh, you know, had a 0:09:56.040 --> 0:09:59.640 had a had a play where he retraced, you know, 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:01.440 on a on a draw. I made a great play. 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:04.120 He's kind of doing everything well right now. 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:08.480 I know you're focused on this game, but you're still 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:10.599 in a you're in a span of three games in 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:14.079 eleven days. Well, this week, I think you're losing one day. 0:10:14.200 --> 0:10:15.840 This week we'll practice. 0:10:16.280 --> 0:10:18.400 Do you have to dress anything with practice this week? 0:10:19.240 --> 0:10:21.679 Lose one day will be kind of swat, Yeah, I 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:23.720 mean we will, we will. There'll be We'll still got 0:10:23.800 --> 0:10:25.200 to get our guys going, you know, and then we'll 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:26.640 still be out there tomorrow. We'll go out there and 0:10:26.720 --> 0:10:28.800 practice tomorrow and try to move a little bit and 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:33.280 I'll just kind of decide if practice goes along that, 0:10:33.480 --> 0:10:36.319 and then we'll for sure the full practice the next day, 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:39.640 and then uh, Thursday, you know, that'll be kind of 0:10:40.000 --> 0:10:42.000 see where they're at numbers wise, and how we're looking 0:10:42.040 --> 0:10:44.559 and feeling. So a little bit of a plan but 0:10:44.600 --> 0:10:47.000 also a little bit of a feel for next week. 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:48.760 We'll be kind of your usual Thursday where you're not 0:10:49.559 --> 0:10:53.000 you're doing much just because it's Wednesday. I'm sorry, because 0:10:53.000 --> 0:10:53.400 it's such a. 0:10:53.440 --> 0:10:56.800 Short you'll, right, the four day week, it'll be a 0:10:56.840 --> 0:10:58.920 four day week schedule, and we usually go one day 0:10:58.960 --> 0:11:01.040 fast and that on that on that week and then 0:11:01.120 --> 0:11:02.920 but again, you know, whether we do that or do 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:05.560 less or do a little more, I don't know, but uh, 0:11:06.280 --> 0:11:07.360 it'll be along those lines. 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:14.880 You've got penalties on the films, specifically from the defensive 0:11:15.360 --> 0:11:16.520 past coach penalty. 0:11:17.120 --> 0:11:19.640 Yeah, I mean, you know it's they're they're calling them tight, 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:22.720 you know, that's what sticks out, and uh, we play 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:25.400 we play man, you know. And when when you've got 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:27.400 you covered downfield and you've got your back to the 0:11:28.160 --> 0:11:30.400 to the quarterback, it's important, really important to get your 0:11:30.400 --> 0:11:34.079 eyes around play the ball. Not late. We got them around, 0:11:34.120 --> 0:11:35.760 but we were probably you know, I don't in the 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:37.480 eyes of the referees, a little late. So we've got 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:40.440 to learn from that. Uh, then be careful with uh 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:42.480 you know, you know we say to the guys all 0:11:42.480 --> 0:11:43.520 the time. You know, one of the things that we 0:11:43.600 --> 0:11:46.280 say is you cover with your feet, you play the 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:49.679 ball with your hands, you know, and and you play 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:52.160 the ball with your eyes as well. So we just 0:11:52.200 --> 0:11:53.960 got to keep working on that. It's a technique thing 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:58.120 and we've covered well, you know, so eliminating those passer 0:11:58.120 --> 0:12:01.920 reference penalties, it's a very costly penalty, especially downfield. That's 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:04.160 really really a big part of it. If like we said, 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:06.719 if they hadn't if those penalties hadn't happened, or just 0:12:06.760 --> 0:12:10.280 a few of them hadn't happened, they wouldn't have probably 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:12.959 had any points, you know, and that would I think 0:12:13.000 --> 0:12:15.480 we played to the level of that, you know, of 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:17.920 them not scoring, especially because we had a couple of 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:19.480 big stops and we had to stop on the goal 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:22.480 line and had to had to stop on downs right, 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:24.840 so and we had to turn over at the end. 0:12:24.960 --> 0:12:27.839 So you kind of want to get rewarded for that, 0:12:28.160 --> 0:12:29.880 you know. So if we can eliminate the penalties, that 0:12:29.920 --> 0:12:32.720 would be a little truer indication. I think of how 0:12:32.760 --> 0:12:37.960 we played with the two penalties that Brandon got. 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:40.320 Do you do you sit down with him and break 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:42.480 those out in the micro detail or is it more 0:12:42.640 --> 0:12:45.600 just sort of re emphasizing the broader rules that you're 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:45.920 just talking to. 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:48.640 It's micro detail. I mean, it's both. You look at 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:52.240 the it's always an application, you know, it's an application 0:12:52.360 --> 0:12:54.600 of the big picture, you know, the understanding of how 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:56.319 you do it any kind of any kind of a 0:12:56.440 --> 0:13:01.040 any kind of a technique. Right then you apply the 0:13:01.360 --> 0:13:05.520 principles of that to the situation, and you know, sometimes 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:07.280 it's unavoidable, you know, it's like, you know, there's not 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:08.719 much you can do there. We might have had to 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:11.439 play one of our players was in pursuit and another 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:13.640 guy kind of he should have stayed inside out on 0:13:13.679 --> 0:13:15.600 the ball. Care that's a principle. When you're inside out, 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:18.400 you know, inside hip, inside half, you know, you go 0:13:18.520 --> 0:13:21.400 full speed, drop your weight, run through the tackle. And 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:24.560 he ended up the ball across his face back inside. 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:27.360 It should never really happen. But when we watched the tape, 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:28.760 you know, I told him, I told him, I told 0:13:28.800 --> 0:13:31.040 him on the train. Man. When I watch the tape, 0:13:31.040 --> 0:13:32.640 I can see what happened. He got fooled a little 0:13:32.679 --> 0:13:34.160 bit by the angle of the other player, you know. 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:38.760 So sometimes there's mitigating factors. Other times it's pretty clear. 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:40.839 But we do. We break it down. We break every 0:13:40.840 --> 0:13:44.559 play down with every player about as detailed as you 0:13:44.600 --> 0:13:47.439 possibly can. That's that's where the position coaches really really 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:50.000 break it down. And then you know, for me, I'll 0:13:50.040 --> 0:13:52.280 pick my spots and the coordinators pick their spots. 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:58.760 John with Brandon Stevens in particular, people how sticky is 0:13:58.800 --> 0:14:01.800 and coverage and everything go good position so often and 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:04.040 finding a ball for it is an issue. Are there 0:14:04.120 --> 0:14:06.960 concerns with the penalties and the fact that teams could 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:09.400 be targeting him deep because they're seeing that same stuff 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:09.880 on field. 0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:12.600 Sure, that's what That's what teams do. You know, that's 0:14:12.640 --> 0:14:14.400 what teams do. They look for their opportunities. 0:14:15.920 --> 0:14:19.840 Similarly to the child's question about coach on the Stevens, 0:14:20.000 --> 0:14:23.440 when you look at Matta BKA's penalty on you know, 0:14:23.840 --> 0:14:26.320 I guess driving the quarterback to the ground. I know 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:29.720 technique wise that ten years ago that would have been great. 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:32.240 But how do you kind of teach these guys to 0:14:32.360 --> 0:14:34.120 hit the quarterback these days? 0:14:34.680 --> 0:14:37.240 Yeah, we do it with pads, so we we have 0:14:37.960 --> 0:14:40.360 sometimes it's the dummy we never put you just hard 0:14:40.400 --> 0:14:42.120 to put a live body in there and do that 0:14:42.800 --> 0:14:44.640 some of our I might I might volunteer a couple 0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:47.560 of our coaches to do that this week. Matt robertson 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:49.880 our outside backer coach seems like a good guy. Maybe 0:14:49.920 --> 0:14:52.040 he's kind of built like a quarterback. He's young. He 0:14:52.120 --> 0:14:56.200 probably take it so, but yeah, we try to drill it. 0:14:56.280 --> 0:14:57.480 I mean, it's to me it's as much as a 0:14:57.520 --> 0:14:59.400 field thing as anything. But it's not easy to drill. 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:02.440 Came around there a little bit blind, not making excuses. 0:15:02.800 --> 0:15:04.280 I think he was, you know, the quarterback was on 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:06.840 him pretty quick. But you know, it's something you just 0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:08.320 have to do. You know, you just have to hit him. 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:09.760 You have to come off to the side. You got 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:12.240 to turn off to the side. And he knows that. 0:15:12.280 --> 0:15:14.240 He knew it right away. You know, he was disappointed 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:17.200 with it as well. So we'll drill that. We'll drill 0:15:17.200 --> 0:15:18.760 all those things, and those things will be drilled. You 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:20.240 go to practice, you talk about you look at it 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:21.840 on tape, you study it, you break it down in detail, 0:15:21.920 --> 0:15:23.760 like Child said, and you go out there and you 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:26.720 have a drill for it that applies to the specific situation. 0:15:26.920 --> 0:15:30.480 You're always chasing that that execution. 0:15:31.240 --> 0:15:34.480 John, you changed your story punt returner Tyle the Wallace 0:15:34.560 --> 0:15:37.360 to the King after the Philadelphia Eagles game. Is what 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:39.480 did you see over the bye week and over the 0:15:39.960 --> 0:15:43.880 practice week to promote keep from the practice squad to 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:44.760 that starting role. 0:15:45.600 --> 0:15:47.720 Yeah, Des has you know, been a really good player 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:49.600 in this league. You know, both as a defensive back 0:15:49.640 --> 0:15:51.400 and as a as a special teams guy and as 0:15:51.400 --> 0:15:55.000 a punt returner. So, uh, he's always been good back there. 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:57.520 You know, he's always caught the ball well, he's made yards, 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:00.600 and he looked good in practice. You know, he looked 0:16:00.640 --> 0:16:02.880 really fundamentally sound. He's just got a lot of experience. 0:16:02.920 --> 0:16:04.480 He's caught a lot of punts over the years, and 0:16:04.760 --> 0:16:06.120 he could see it. You could just see it in 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:09.240 practice definitely. You know, I was anxious. I was excited 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:10.560 to see him out there in the game doing it, 0:16:10.600 --> 0:16:12.880 and I thought he looked really solid sound out there. 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:14.880 And they got the got the big middle return. So 0:16:15.760 --> 0:16:16.520 he did a good job. 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:21.200 That's starting cool. Do you see that as a guy 0:16:21.440 --> 0:16:24.280 keeps that position until they made a mistake? Is it 0:16:24.400 --> 0:16:26.600 more of a fluid thing because ton of Walls was 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:28.840 there and then you kind of moved back. But how 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:31.760 do you go about the starting rotation or role of 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:32.800 that return duty? 0:16:33.000 --> 0:16:35.440 Just like every position, Yeah, just like every position. You know, 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:41.560 it goes based on circumstances, you know, production, performance, opportunity, 0:16:41.840 --> 0:16:44.000 you know all those things. In the end, it's what's 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:46.640 what's best for the team. You know what is best 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:49.840 for the team. And you know Dez will be the 0:16:49.840 --> 0:16:52.480 pump returning next week, you know, and starting in Thailand 0:16:52.480 --> 0:16:54.320 will be right there time we get down on Tayland 0:16:54.320 --> 0:16:56.280 Wallace at all, he's a young punk returner. He's only 0:16:56.360 --> 0:16:58.760 had what twenty returns or something like that in his 0:16:58.800 --> 0:17:01.120 whole career, he's done a great job. I think he's 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:03.400 had a couple of touchdown right, and some big returns. 0:17:04.240 --> 0:17:06.160 So I like the fact we have a little depth 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:09.280 now too, you know. So it's a it's a it's 0:17:09.280 --> 0:17:12.520 a good good situation for us. If you guys have 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:16.720 game help. What's that. 0:17:18.240 --> 0:17:20.479 Help us? We did? 0:17:21.119 --> 0:17:23.520 We did all right? 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:26.720 Didn't play? Is that just nothing? 0:17:27.400 --> 0:17:28.879 He had a pre he had a pre uh pre 0:17:29.160 --> 0:17:36.200 uh pre game issue uh uh injury issue uh soft 0:17:36.240 --> 0:17:40.359 tissue issue. Injury wise, not too serious, but probably would 0:17:40.359 --> 0:17:42.440 have been risky putting him out there as it turned out. 0:17:47.040 --> 0:17:49.159