1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,880 Speaker 1: What exciting times we have going right now. You know 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: everybody's talked about how they you know, we want playoff 3 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:10,119 Speaker 1: football around here. Here's what we need. We need playoff 4 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:12,239 Speaker 1: fans to show up for this game and be as 5 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: loud as they can be. And you know, I know 6 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: it's New Year's Day, so yeah, I've one going on 7 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:21,319 Speaker 1: in New Year's you'd keep it going and take it 8 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: all the way through the game. I get plenty of 9 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 1: rest to be ready to be loud on on Sunday, 10 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: but I can't wait for it. It's it's gonna be. 11 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: It's gonna be exciting times here for our great fans, 12 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: all right, and for our guys on defense. Wait, did 13 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 1: you foresee this the opportunity for this team to take 14 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: it deep into the season with obviously a great chance 15 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: to make the playoffs when you when you join this program, 16 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 1: did you foresee that? Um? I think that it just 17 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,639 Speaker 1: builds over time. I really do camp because it's it's 18 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: one of those things that we've we've followed, you know, Dave's, 19 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: and we've advanced his plan and you know, and I've 20 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: talked to you already about organization alignment and all those 21 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: things that we just took it one day at a 22 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:06,960 Speaker 1: time and tried to be consistent. And here we are 23 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: and that's the same thing we're doing today, and that's 24 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,680 Speaker 1: the same thing we would do tomorrow, and you know, 25 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 1: throughout throughout this thing, because we found that that's, you know, 26 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:17,680 Speaker 1: the best thing for us and the recipe to go with. 27 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,680 Speaker 1: When you mentioned the organizational alignment and you look at 28 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: your defense and guys who are playing snaps significant snaps. 29 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: Now we're not with you in July, let alone, you know, 30 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: going on way back to the spring. What is it 31 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,960 Speaker 1: about what you guys are teaching coaching in your system 32 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: and maybe the guys who brought in that have allowed 33 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: them to take on roles late in a year when 34 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 1: they really don't have that foundation from the start. I 35 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: think that it's a credit to the players, first of 36 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: all the ones that that we've brought in, But I 37 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: think it has to do with our system. I talked 38 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: about having a position on this defense, and it's really 39 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: easy to teach, uh and it's flexible enough that you know, 40 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: if if we were playing somebody and this is what 41 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 1: he does best, we can put him in that spot, 42 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: you know. And I think it's worked really well for us. 43 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: You know, it's it's not easy to plan out, but 44 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 1: it's a lot easier to execute when you find out 45 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: who you have up and you know and all those things, 46 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 1: so you know, and and it's and it's taught everybody 47 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: in the room to have some resiliency and keep plugging 48 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: away because their opportunities right around the corner, and they're 49 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: gonna they're they're gonna play. And they say that that 50 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: you know that that's just not hot air that will 51 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,799 Speaker 1: go on to him. It's the truth. So I think 52 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: it's it's been a common combination of a lot of 53 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 1: things that that make it all work. But you know, 54 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 1: the system's flexibility. Our coaches are great teachers, and we 55 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 1: get people caught up pretty fasting wrong on that there 56 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: in seventeen the third and seventeen is that the one 57 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 1: that that put him in the field goal? After that? 58 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: Um I don't you know? They made a great play 59 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 1: first of all, credit to them, and that kids had 60 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 1: a heck of a receiver, So I clean that up. 61 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:15,399 Speaker 1: Um uh. But you know, it's it's one of those 62 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 1: things that you know, if you have an n Y 63 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: on your helmet or the throwback Giants on your helmet, 64 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 1: we're gonna we're gonna attack, we're gonna try to win 65 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: the game. UM. At that time, you know, we were 66 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 1: tackling them, keeping them in balance, keeping the clock running, 67 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 1: doing all the things you do that. You know, we 68 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: had the line for the kicker, and obviously he stretched 69 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: that out a lot further than what he's ever done before. 70 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: So you know, like I told the players, we executed 71 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: the way we need to execute. UM. And I'm still 72 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: gonna get to yours question, Pat, but but you know, 73 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 1: it's like it's like getting a half court shot hit 74 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: at the buzzer. You know, you just tip your hat 75 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: to the to the kicker of the field goal unit 76 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 1: and to that team. Um, nothing went wrong except we 77 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: just didn't get there and make the tackle fast enough. 78 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: You know, that's basically what the the guy. It's a 79 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: phenomenal player, you know. So it's it's I do it 80 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: all over again, just trying to win the game, because 81 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: that's that's who we are. That's just our mentality. And 82 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: I think the fans of New York appreciate that mentality. 83 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: Once again, we're gonna see it Sunday when they get 84 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,280 Speaker 1: loud and thurned out. That is that the perfect call 85 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 1: offensively for what you're trying to do right there. It worked, 86 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:37,840 Speaker 1: It worked against us, so you know we're in his 87 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 1: zone defense, so that's you know, they hit a crease, 88 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:45,720 Speaker 1: you know, and that's you know, like I said, you 89 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: just tipped the hat, and that's you know, they're gonna 90 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: We're gonna win a lot more than we're gonna lose 91 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 1: in those situations. And we were trying to win the game. 92 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: And that's why I made the calls that I made. 93 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 1: Keep shuffling being inside linebackers Jared Davis now Landing obviously 94 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: last week added to the active browser. How do you 95 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: see that position and specifically how he's Jalen Smith playing. 96 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: Jane's playing well, you know, he's the first second downline 97 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: backer force. Uh, you know he's playing well. You know 98 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:19,479 Speaker 1: today we're gonna give him that day. You know, I 99 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 1: think that we're in tear of the season's catching up 100 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: with him a little bit. But you know we're gonna 101 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 1: play you see it. You know, we're gonna play who 102 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,360 Speaker 1: he thinks best and get him in there and go. 103 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: You've worked for decades to become a head coach. I'm 104 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 1: just curious where your reaction when you see Jeff Saturday, 105 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 1: you kind of pulled out of the TV story to 106 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: get that opportunity this year. Well, you know, it's it's 107 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 1: like you said, you just you have to worry about 108 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: the job that you have um and you know they've 109 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: they've done a nice job of building a program there 110 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,479 Speaker 1: and and you know, you know, the owner can do 111 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: whatever the owner wants to do. So if if you 112 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: sat there and got mad or you know, you'll be 113 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 1: riding that roller coaster of everything else of what happens 114 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,600 Speaker 1: in this league. And it just you know, there's nothing 115 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: that will surprise you the longer you're in it. So 116 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: you know, and Jeff, you know, Jeff's done a good job, 117 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: you know. So it's it a little disrespectful though today 118 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: guys like yourself and others run lead. I've paid there, dues. 119 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:21,279 Speaker 1: I don't look at it that way. I just try 120 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 1: to be the best at my job that I can be. 121 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:25,479 Speaker 1: And if it happens, it happens. Because I think that 122 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: it changes your personality if you start thinking that way. 123 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 1: You know, if you know, you sound like the little kid, 124 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,039 Speaker 1: why do you get the new baseball build? And I 125 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 1: didn't you know, so I just I just look at 126 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: it as let's go play some defense and you're ready 127 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 1: getting the playoffs? What do you feel like to get 128 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: to that opportunity? I can I answer that question. I 129 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:50,840 Speaker 1: I just think if you know, you get the opportunity, 130 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: it works out, you know, falling back on it, you'll 131 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:56,600 Speaker 1: you'll be what you're supposed to be. And I think 132 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:58,720 Speaker 1: if you look at it that way, you'll live a 133 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:02,280 Speaker 1: lot happier life. And instead of you know, saying, what 134 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 1: is me? And that's not fair? And he's so lucky 135 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: all the things that you always here. You know, when 136 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: you go back to your hometowns and visit, you know, 137 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: you're so lucky. No actually worked, you know. So that's 138 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 1: that's this way I look at it. And what do 139 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: you think of the job Drew Wilkins has done with 140 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: the outside linebackers here here? Obviously you guys go way back. 141 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 1: You brought him here for a reason. Yeah, he's a 142 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: phenomenal coach. And when I got interviewed here for the 143 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 1: defensive coordinator job, and you can ask Dave confirmed this, 144 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: I said, if it doesn't work out with me, you 145 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: need to hire this guy. He is a special talent 146 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: in this League, And I think he's done a great 147 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 1: job of that outside back of room. And I think 148 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 1: that our personnel has done a great job with the 149 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: the players that are in that room, and and I 150 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: think it's gonna do nothing but get better. How do 151 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: you game plan for for Nick Foles this week? Knowing 152 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: that other than Monday night you gotta go deep into 153 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: the archives to really how do you approach that present 154 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: that to your Well, I think it's just respecting the 155 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: game and and respecting what he's done. They just don't 156 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: give out Super Bowl m v P trophies, and he 157 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: has one of those, and he's you know, he's he's 158 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: got a Pro Bowl and and things like that. You 159 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 1: can tell that he has a live arm and they're 160 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: trying to push the ball down the field with him, 161 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: and um, you know, so been in it long enough 162 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 1: that I've gone against him, you know, when he was 163 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: at Philly and those other places, and it's it's gonna 164 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 1: be a challenge because he's got plenty of weapons to 165 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,199 Speaker 1: work with. He's got two NBA players playing tight end, 166 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:36,439 Speaker 1: and he's got a bunch of receivers with huge catch radius. 167 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: You know that anything that's close to him to catch. 168 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 1: So it's it's gonna be it's gonna be a great 169 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 1: challenge for us him make if you get the dory 170 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:46,679 Speaker 1: back this week? What does he change the defense? And 171 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:48,960 Speaker 1: you know if you know that, I don't know if 172 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 1: he necessarily changes the defense, but you know, just the 173 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: player himself and the person himself, I'd love it if 174 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 1: that happens, but I don't I don't know. You're gonna 175 00:08:57,240 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 1: have tough today about that if it's if we're close 176 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 1: on or not. When what goes through your mind, in 177 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: your player's mind when you look and see the Colts 178 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:08,679 Speaker 1: gave up seven sacks last week? What goes through my 179 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 1: mind in the player's mind. I can't tell you what's 180 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 1: going through the players mind. Uh so you know what's 181 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 1: going through my mind is is that you know at 182 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: that time, that's the first game he's played in a while, 183 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:23,840 Speaker 1: So you know it's it's going to do nothing but 184 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: get better for him, you know, seeing things and going 185 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:30,440 Speaker 1: to the the faster, faster pace of it. But you know, 186 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 1: there's definitely blood in the water.