Speaker 1: Do you have an update on Devin Smith? Yeah, if
Speaker 1: he has an a c L tear and we're probably
Speaker 1: gonna put him in a hour. Do you know when
Speaker 1: he's scheduled for surgery? Not yet? No, Todd? How how
Speaker 1: tough is that when you know Devin's by guys been
Speaker 1: trying to trying to figure it out all year and
Speaker 1: and then he goes through and has a you know,
Speaker 1: a really rough injury like that. I mean, it's a
Speaker 1: tough break for me. I'm along. He was starting to
Speaker 1: play faster and he's getting this find this place within
Speaker 1: the offense. But he's a young guy, so hopefully we
Speaker 1: can get it done. He can come back strong and
Speaker 1: next year. Todd, what did you, um, I guess if
Speaker 1: you can maybe expand on that a little bit, what
Speaker 1: did you see in particular something in terms of progress lately?
Speaker 1: I know you would express hope mid year that once
Speaker 1: he got past that rib deal that he would be
Speaker 1: all right, uh and started allop What did you particular
Speaker 1: scene from lately? He's grasping everything mentally, and he was
Speaker 1: playing faster. And when you learn more and you get
Speaker 1: the mental part of it down, your game starts to
Speaker 1: play faster. And they started playing faster from a route standpoint,
Speaker 1: from a block and standpoint, from a recognition standpoint. And
Speaker 1: and it's unfortunate that this happened because he was coming around.
Speaker 1: He was really gonna helpless And what Jeremy Curly left
Speaker 1: with a calf injury. What's the latest. He's got a
Speaker 1: calf conclusion right now and we're just treating it and
Speaker 1: we'll see how he's towards the end of the week.
Speaker 1: Do you have to make any contingency He's taught obviously
Speaker 1: you you lose Devon and Jeremy's up in the air,
Speaker 1: so your wide receiver depth is is thinner than it
Speaker 1: had been. What sort of contingencies are you considering? But
Speaker 1: we got Tompkins and depending on how Curly comes along,
Speaker 1: we're looking around with we may or may not do
Speaker 1: something with that spot. Tom What was your message to
Speaker 1: the team last night, Oh, no, different than the last
Speaker 1: couple of weeks. Just keep doing what we're doing and
Speaker 1: getting better and take it one game at a time
Speaker 1: and try to win out in December. It tough that
Speaker 1: you know, you guys are eight and five and you're
Speaker 1: obviously playing really well by you know, sort of remarkably,
Speaker 1: You guys don't control your own destiny at this point.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's what we were dealt in the bed
Speaker 1: we made ourselves, and we understand that we're just going
Speaker 1: to continue to get better as a team and just
Speaker 1: take it one game at a time. We're not gonna
Speaker 1: worry about what happens at the end. If we take
Speaker 1: it one game at a time, we'll be okay. God,
Speaker 1: one of the what are the challenges of a short
Speaker 1: week like this? So you guys are going through this
Speaker 1: year with the short weeks, bro, we just gotta make
Speaker 1: sure we prepare as an extra day is not normally
Speaker 1: a Thursday game, it's actually a Saturday games. Know, we
Speaker 1: do get a little time to prepare for it, and
Speaker 1: we just got to make sure they take care of
Speaker 1: their bodies and we understand mentally what we're walking into
Speaker 1: and just be ready to play. You think mentally what
Speaker 1: you walk into, what the atmosphere there, or just mentally
Speaker 1: what we're walking into as far as what we have
Speaker 1: to do to do our jobs. Not so much of
Speaker 1: the atmosphere there, but getting our mental approach down on
Speaker 1: our mental game down. Talk there any other injuries out
Speaker 1: of the game, yesterday. No, there wasn't. You were what
Speaker 1: I reach Y Todd? You were using a Damario Davis.
Speaker 1: It looked like a little bit different. He was on
Speaker 1: the line as a pass rusher. How do you what
Speaker 1: was the thought behind that? How do you think he
Speaker 1: did in that role? Well? I did a good job.
Speaker 1: Remember we had some different looks we were doing and
Speaker 1: just trying to confuse the quarterback and line up a
Speaker 1: little differently. So that was his role right there, and
Speaker 1: using three linebackers, and that was the package we had
Speaker 1: in that week. So I thought he did a good job.
Speaker 1: What's gonna keep for you guys against the run last
Speaker 1: few weeks? The guys up front really play well and
Speaker 1: they take pride and you know, they take a lot
Speaker 1: of pride and run games. So we really try to
Speaker 1: make people undimensional and if we can do a good
Speaker 1: job at that and I give up many big players,
Speaker 1: we'll give ourselves a chance to win. Is this the
Speaker 1: kind of year you expected for Mo Wokerson or has
Speaker 1: he exceeded even your expectations. I knew he was a
Speaker 1: great player, was having a good year. Like I said,
Speaker 1: I don't think the season gets counted on a bunk sacks.
Speaker 1: I mean, the facts help out a lot, but I
Speaker 1: knew he was a great player. I expected him to
Speaker 1: play like this, you know, not knowing him or having
Speaker 1: coached him, you kind of get a feel as you
Speaker 1: go along. But we knew More was capable of doing
Speaker 1: these type of things. Well, you learned about him TODs
Speaker 1: along the way for me as far as being a
Speaker 1: great guy and a diligent worker. You know, he comes
Speaker 1: to work every day, he understands game situations. He's been
Speaker 1: the leader for us over there on defense, and he
Speaker 1: comes out to play whenever the player to be made,
Speaker 1: you know, somehow most steps up and makes it. Todd
Speaker 1: decides the sax, and he alluded to kind of being
Speaker 1: more than that. Well, you kind of appreciate about his game.
Speaker 1: Can you kind of give us an idea how he
Speaker 1: affects the game from a standpoint that it is not
Speaker 1: maybe as obvious or how often was to you know,
Speaker 1: scheme to count for him? He commands two blockers, number one,
Speaker 1: He can block them with the tight end. He holds
Speaker 1: up the tight ends when he's at end. But he's
Speaker 1: big enough the two gaps in there at tackle. But
Speaker 1: he's got very nimble feat so he has all ingredients
Speaker 1: and the tangibles of being a great player, and he
Speaker 1: understands what they're trying to do to him. He's he's
Speaker 1: very smart. He figures the game out and he helps
Speaker 1: to got along the line with him. Sometimes the fans
Speaker 1: and media get caught up in the Pro Bowl voting
Speaker 1: process more than you know coaches do. But Mose had
Speaker 1: a couple of close calls. He'd never made it. Um,
Speaker 1: do you think he's deserving this year? No? I don't know.
Speaker 1: I don't get the vote. I mean, I'm glad to
Speaker 1: have him. I think he's one of the best players.
Speaker 1: So whatever they vote when they vote on you know,
Speaker 1: as long as he helps us playing games, I'm happy Todd.
Speaker 1: Mike Mularkey said after the game on the Marshall touchdown
Speaker 1: that their headsets went out before that play? Were you
Speaker 1: aware of that? Did your headsets go out at that moment?
Speaker 1: I wasn't aware of that. And how if this didn't
Speaker 1: going on? Is that? Can you can you see how
Speaker 1: tough that you know? Is that? Um, you know, coaching
Speaker 1: on the defensive side, is that a really difficult thing
Speaker 1: to deal with in that moment? And you think that
Speaker 1: explains kind of the their breakdown on that play. I
Speaker 1: don't know. I think it's different for everybody there. But
Speaker 1: you want to communication and you want to headsets work, Tom,
Speaker 1: what are your thought really thoughts on dead Bryant? Great player, size, speeds, hands,
Speaker 1: tenacity for out runner. You know he's got the full packs.
Speaker 1: Every week we're gonna it's a great receivers. He's one
Speaker 1: of these, He's the next one up. But I know
Speaker 1: you always say, you know, take you one game at
Speaker 1: a time, But are you you know, do you at
Speaker 1: this point it's really coming out of wire. Are you
Speaker 1: rooting against certain teams? Uh? You know each week at
Speaker 1: this point, No, I'm just rooting for our team right now.
Speaker 1: Everything else will take care of itself. You don't going
Speaker 1: to the We don't go into the season rooting for
Speaker 1: a certain team, So I'm not going to end the
Speaker 1: season rooting for a certain team. I'm just gonna root
Speaker 1: for us and hope we do well.