Speaker 1: Command this family. This is the game plan. We sit
Speaker 1: down with head coach Dan Quinn and talk about this
Speaker 1: exciting matchup with the Tennessee Titians.
Speaker 2: Then Brian and I talk impact players in this Tennessee game.
Speaker 1: Then we sit down and talk about the must watch
Speaker 1: matchups so we can get this w over the Tennessee Titans.
Speaker 1: All that more on the game plan. Welcome in head
Speaker 1: coach Dan Quinn into the game play coach, good to
Speaker 1: see you. Now we dropped a few games, soever we
Speaker 1: have a chance to get back into a wind callum
Speaker 1: today against the Tennessee Titians. What has been your message
Speaker 1: this week to the team.
Speaker 3: Man, it's been It's an awesome week because when you
Speaker 3: get challenged and you have a culture, and that's when
Speaker 3: it gets really fulfilled, not during the times that is
Speaker 3: going smooth, like how we live it, it's how we
Speaker 3: speak it, it's how we do all of that together.
Speaker 3: And so I'm actually pretty fired up about it, and
Speaker 3: I want to make sure that identity that we want
Speaker 3: is able to be fully expressed today about how hard
Speaker 3: we play the finish and if we do those things right,
Speaker 3: you know, the score will take care of itself.
Speaker 2: And something else that I think is interesting is like,
Speaker 2: you know, how have the guys kind of handled it?
Speaker 2: You know, because you're such a good harbinger of culture
Speaker 2: and identity, how have the guys handled kind of a
Speaker 2: little bit of this adversity and then embracing what you're bringing?
Speaker 3: I think number one, Like for us, it starts with
Speaker 3: the truth. You got to be able to live it.
Speaker 3: You got to be able to tell it, and you've
Speaker 3: got to be able to receive it. And as a
Speaker 3: ballplayer or as a coach, the execution and the winning,
Speaker 3: it's on everybody. It's not they didn't do that or
Speaker 3: this tide like, that's not how we roll. So the
Speaker 3: way we get down like we are all in this together,
Speaker 3: responsibility is for everybody, and so start off the whole
Speaker 3: week by tell the truth Monday, and that's where we
Speaker 3: begin it. And then make sure these are the things
Speaker 3: we got to do together for us to go. We
Speaker 3: got a lot more in us and it's up to
Speaker 3: all of us to pull it out.
Speaker 2: And I think that's something that's very unique and somewhat
Speaker 2: special about coaches who can take that responsibility. Like where
Speaker 2: does that come from?
Speaker 4: For you?
Speaker 3: I've always loved you know, the part of the game
Speaker 3: where how do you get better? How do you dig
Speaker 3: in and get further. I think the teams that you
Speaker 3: have to go up and down a little bit, go
Speaker 3: through the adversity. You don't want to say you have
Speaker 3: to learn how to lose it. You have to know
Speaker 3: how not to and by losing some you have to
Speaker 3: go through that space to go And it's not just
Speaker 3: enough logan to learn the lessons, you have to apply them.
Speaker 3: You apply them into the game. And you got to
Speaker 3: make sure your identity and all that brings us us
Speaker 3: gets to be you know, fully expressed in the way
Speaker 3: that we play. And so I'd love that it all
Speaker 3: went up, you know, but we're only three months in
Speaker 3: and nothing's been decided yet. And so that's why I
Speaker 3: love our team, what we stand for, and we can't
Speaker 3: get wait to get back out there.
Speaker 1: And Colt, you're you know, strange it to all the
Speaker 1: noise that comes within an NFL season, But some of
Speaker 1: these young guys have not dealt with this yet. How
Speaker 1: have you kept them locked in?
Speaker 3: You know, it's interesting we talked to the rookies earlier
Speaker 3: because you know, this is you know, about fifteen games
Speaker 3: or so in a row for all the guys that
Speaker 3: have played in the preseason, so it's the longest they've
Speaker 3: ever gone without taking a break. And sometimes it's a bigger,
Speaker 3: bigger hurdle mentally than it actually is physically. And the
Speaker 3: whole process of going through the postseason, the draft and
Speaker 3: where money to go takes an emotional toll getting here
Speaker 3: in training camp and in season. So there's a lot
Speaker 3: left in that reserve tank, and most of the time
Speaker 3: it's the other guys on the team and you're gonna
Speaker 3: be just fine. And I can remember my rookie year
Speaker 3: getting about Thanksgiving as a coaching I'm gonna die and
Speaker 3: you just kind of work it through, and but you
Speaker 3: know that part is coming for them, and so I
Speaker 3: wanted to make sure they knew that and could see
Speaker 3: that in one another, and how.
Speaker 4: Do we help them help them through that spot.
Speaker 3: But they'll come out stronger on the other end of
Speaker 3: this game, knowing they'll have some time to reset and
Speaker 3: this is the last buy. So I told them the
Speaker 3: advantages there's another rookie class that'll have be as fresh
Speaker 3: at the end of the season as you guys will do.
Speaker 2: I mean, I think that's some people don't understand fans specifically,
Speaker 2: Like it's at the end of all, like college is
Speaker 2: a completely different animal. But it's so hard each and
Speaker 2: every week to get up for the game. It's got
Speaker 2: it because you're going for one hundred, you know, eighteen times,
Speaker 2: sixteen times, seventeen times in a row.
Speaker 4: Like how do you?
Speaker 2: How do you? What's your process to get yourself there
Speaker 2: each and every week?
Speaker 3: You want to make sure that the week can feel
Speaker 3: the same to you. So what do you do on
Speaker 3: a Monday? What do you doing on a Wednesday?
Speaker 4: And a Thursday and a Friday?
Speaker 3: And as the end of the week comes, it really
Speaker 3: doesn't have anything more with the team anymore.
Speaker 4: You know, you've done the preparation.
Speaker 3: It's in the computer, you know the information that now
Speaker 3: it has to be getting yourself ripped up to say
Speaker 3: this is how we play and this and that. And
Speaker 3: so that's what I do love about our team. The
Speaker 3: fight they're in it, you know, not going back out
Speaker 3: of anything. And so that's why all these close games
Speaker 3: they'll carry over. There is carryover to these close fights,
Speaker 3: and it will pay dividends for us. And going through
Speaker 3: them is hard, and all the wins and losses they're
Speaker 3: all like you learn a lot from them.
Speaker 4: They're all equally important.
Speaker 3: They're not equally enjoyable, but they're equally important because you
Speaker 3: have to apply what you learned into the next game,
Speaker 3: the next moment that comes up. And not every moment
Speaker 3: comes up in every game. You know, this is a
Speaker 3: four minute, this is two minutes, this is overtime, whatever
Speaker 3: that is.
Speaker 4: You just get ready for it.
Speaker 1: And coach, looking at this office, you talk about it
Speaker 1: gets hard, right, Well, this is a working quarterback in
Speaker 1: jad and Daniels, and he has looked great this season
Speaker 1: to say the least, but he's dealt with a little
Speaker 1: bit of adversity these last few games. What if you
Speaker 1: see from him dealing with that adversity and how have
Speaker 1: you helps him get through that adversity.
Speaker 3: Yeah, number one, see it in the practice. You know,
Speaker 3: full speed running, timing and throwing, and so seeing him
Speaker 3: get outside the pocket and make some plays with his legs.
Speaker 3: That's what makes Jaden special. Duel threat, have the right
Speaker 3: blitz on he beats him, has the right coverage on,
Speaker 3: he can go to them, and so the more we
Speaker 3: can get him into remaining a passer. Now there's the
Speaker 3: whole other factor where they want to stop him as
Speaker 3: the runner and you rip it down the field, and
Speaker 3: so getting back into all that that's a big deal.
Speaker 4: And that's what we're going to continue to work really
Speaker 4: hard at.
Speaker 2: I think a lot of fans don't understand kind of
Speaker 2: late season practice and how that changes, and like, how
Speaker 2: have you guys kind of structured that to make sure
Speaker 2: that he's still getting what he needs out appropri.
Speaker 3: You may trim some periods down, but you want the
Speaker 3: speed logan. You know that the importance of touching the
Speaker 3: gas each week, so you stay your timing's ready. This
Speaker 3: overroute has to be this specific way, and it's all
Speaker 3: really important. So you may trim some parts down, but
Speaker 3: the further along you go in the season, you just
Speaker 3: become more efficient. This one, this one, this one to
Speaker 3: this one. You may only be out there sixty minutes,
Speaker 3: but you may have gotten in more than you used
Speaker 3: to at seventy seventy five minutes, just because the team
Speaker 3: is humming and going and they're out of the huddle,
Speaker 3: they're on the line, they can get two things more quickly.
Speaker 3: So it may not be as long, but it definitely
Speaker 3: needs to be as fast.
Speaker 1: And coach, we look at the offensive line. Another tough
Speaker 1: test taking on the Tennessee Titans. What do you expect
Speaker 1: from them today?
Speaker 3: Yeah, the Tennessee Titans provide a really good challenge overall. Defensively,
Speaker 3: they've really played well their third downs. They're aggressive at
Speaker 3: the line of scrimmage. So knowing that package, they've really
Speaker 3: come together quickly defensively, And for them, it definitely starts
Speaker 3: up front. They've got aggressive players they can rush, so
Speaker 3: it'll take a whole balance for us. Like and Logan's
Speaker 3: heard this, it takes all eleven to run the ball.
Speaker 3: It's the quarterback Cary and the play fake, it's the
Speaker 3: receiver blocking, it's the tight end on the backside. So
Speaker 3: all the guys will have a really important role in this.
Speaker 2: They got a guy it's kind of special, two special players,
Speaker 2: Sweat and Simmons Sums at that three technique and to
Speaker 2: kind of bounce in between. Can you talk about, because
Speaker 2: you are defensive defensive coach kind of at heart, why
Speaker 2: having that guy at that three technique can present so
Speaker 2: many different challenges.
Speaker 3: Yeah, for the listeners, you can see a defensive end
Speaker 3: outside and there's lots of ways to help on that
Speaker 3: player in a block and you've seen running teams a
Speaker 3: running back or a tight end may you know we
Speaker 3: call it chip or you're getting in the way. So
Speaker 3: he didn't have a free access. It's much more difficult
Speaker 3: to do inside. And so for a defensive tackle, like
Speaker 3: the running back can't be in the B gap those
Speaker 3: other things that are happening there, and so knowing that
Speaker 3: that's more difficult, that's what makes a player unique because
Speaker 3: now they're in spots where even if they want to
Speaker 3: slide somebody to them, there's ways that they can still
Speaker 3: get their one on one. And that's those guys they
Speaker 3: can really affect the game and.
Speaker 1: Coach another still a game about one seven Terry McLaurin.
Speaker 1: Now you have a lot of chances to have to
Speaker 1: scheme against the Terry mclaorn. What has been like coaching
Speaker 1: a guy like that and how important is he for
Speaker 1: this team?
Speaker 3: You you better never relax, you know, like taking your
Speaker 3: kids to the pool man you've never left unattended, Like
Speaker 3: this guy can go fifty nine minutes and fifty seconds.
Speaker 3: But the one time that you think you're okay, you
Speaker 3: know he is going to make you pay. I love
Speaker 3: you know his ability on the deep ball.
Speaker 4: That to me is what makes him unique where he
Speaker 4: can make.
Speaker 3: Explosive plays, the tracking, the deep ball, the finishing of plays,
Speaker 3: that's what really separates me.
Speaker 4: But I love the competitor that he is, honestly.
Speaker 2: But I'm also sure that like having a guy with
Speaker 2: his level of experience and the competitor is important for
Speaker 2: this kind of late season push. Yes, like that leadership
Speaker 2: for the young guys, young receivers, all this stuff. Can
Speaker 2: you talk about that a little bit?
Speaker 3: Yeah, there's a really unique core group of guys you
Speaker 3: talk about like the efficiency of a zach Ertz and
Speaker 3: like kind of the dog mentality of Noah Brown and
Speaker 3: Terry and what they can bring. And so there's unique
Speaker 3: things that they're able to offer their teammates, whether it
Speaker 3: be a practice skill or communication to the quarterback.
Speaker 4: I will be here.
Speaker 3: I saw it with Zone, this is where I'll be
Speaker 3: And so having that type of detail is really important.
Speaker 3: So who better you know to learn from from guys
Speaker 3: like that that know what excellent can look like And
Speaker 3: how do I know able to share that with the guys.
Speaker 1: And for a defense that we be going up against
Speaker 1: a quarterback and Will Levice who can bust out an
Speaker 1: explosive play. What has been your mindset going against a
Speaker 1: quarterback like this and what the challenges as he calls
Speaker 1: for defense.
Speaker 3: He's a strong player and he can extend play with
Speaker 3: his legs. He can get outside the pocket. In this system,
Speaker 3: they do have the ability to get outside, you know,
Speaker 3: to run keepers and play passes that go with it.
Speaker 3: And so for a player he's got as strong as
Speaker 3: arm as him, you know, a hard run fake and
Speaker 3: then being able to deliver the ball down the field
Speaker 3: to a guy like Calvin Ridley who can stop and
Speaker 3: start and has explosive plays with him. That's where you know,
Speaker 3: a quarterback like Levis has had already some very long passes.
Speaker 4: It's off of the run action. Yeah.
Speaker 2: I remember the first time I saw Patrick Mahomes play it.
Speaker 4: I'm not comparing.
Speaker 2: We'll love a spectry Mahomes, but he has this powerful
Speaker 2: arm and it has made the field feel so huge.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Can you talk about that arm strength and kind of
Speaker 2: how that changes the dynamic that defensive coach.
Speaker 3: It does because you're never on top enough. Yeah, right,
Speaker 3: you know there's well, yes, he would still throw at
Speaker 3: that bag and so those are things that you want
Speaker 3: to you know, stay alive for or when the second
Speaker 3: play begins and he scrambles outside the pocket, that he
Speaker 3: could throw it across the field.
Speaker 4: He could throw it down the field. And so is
Speaker 4: a very strong arm quarterback.
Speaker 1: And somebody you're very familiar with, Tony Pollard, will be
Speaker 1: facing him. What challenge is does a running back like
Speaker 1: that post a defense.
Speaker 3: Tony is really a dual threat running back where he
Speaker 3: can be in a slot, he could be you know,
Speaker 3: out of the backfield. So think of Austin in a
Speaker 3: lot of ways that we've used him out of the
Speaker 3: backfield in terms of catching the ball and getting extended
Speaker 3: down the field. One of the things I always admire
Speaker 3: about Tony was so smooth. He could set up somebody
Speaker 3: and then aggressively break them off and spin, you know,
Speaker 3: try to way to break leverage. And so in the
Speaker 3: open field with space, that's where I always felt in practice,
Speaker 3: you know, Tony was the most difficult to guard.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, I mean he's a special football player for sure.
Speaker 2: And I think the other thing that's interesting is watching
Speaker 2: you know, Bill Callahan's imprint on the offensive line just
Speaker 2: in terms of the volume of runs that they have. Yes,
Speaker 2: they got traps, they got way it was pin pools
Speaker 2: outside zone. How do you kind of make sure you
Speaker 2: got all the eyes dotted or what is it? Teas
Speaker 2: crossed the.
Speaker 4: I know exactly what you're saying.
Speaker 3: You're right because Bill's influence is very strong in the
Speaker 3: one game and so what have you been heard on?
Speaker 4: He's going to try to tack you there first? What
Speaker 4: do they do best?
Speaker 3: Those are going to be some things to go so
Speaker 3: for us to make sure that you better have the
Speaker 3: edges set for runners that have this type of bounce
Speaker 3: out ability and inside you better do a really good
Speaker 3: job tackling, you know, to make sure you know if
Speaker 3: they can hit a gap scheme, you've got to be
Speaker 3: at the right spot and you've got to make sure
Speaker 3: you can go and tackle.
Speaker 1: And our defense seems to have improved each and every week.
Speaker 1: Our defensive coordinator, Joe wit Junior, I don't think we
Speaker 1: talk enough about him. Can you show him some love
Speaker 1: a little bit? And what he's been able to do
Speaker 1: with this defense that has made him so successful.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Joe is a really committed teacher, and I think
Speaker 3: that's one of the highest compliments that you can give
Speaker 3: a coach.
Speaker 4: Almost any time you hear the word coach.
Speaker 3: You could probably put the word teacher in if they're
Speaker 3: really nailing it, because that's such such a big part
Speaker 3: of what we do.
Speaker 4: And so the specifics of.
Speaker 3: You know, a design of a coverage of what it's
Speaker 3: supposed to look like pre snap to what it can
Speaker 3: look like after the snap, to make the quarter back
Speaker 3: have to decide what it is after he gets the
Speaker 3: ball in his hands. And so he's detailed, he's accountable,
Speaker 3: he's thoughtful about, you know, when to do the right
Speaker 3: things blitz back off play coverage, and so I really
Speaker 3: like that Joe's hitting his stride and the guys are too.
Speaker 2: And it's also so interesting watching Joe Wood Junior and
Speaker 2: just defense in general because it's such a reactive yes thing,
Speaker 2: you know what I mean, and thinking about, hey, this
Speaker 2: is cover three, but I got to have it fit
Speaker 2: versus three by one versus four by one versus you
Speaker 2: talk about that process and how you kind of make
Speaker 2: sure that you've got all your bases covered, you know,
Speaker 2: versus something that's so reacting.
Speaker 3: Yeah, in my next life, I'm definitely coming back as
Speaker 3: you made a mistake, there's no question, But you do
Speaker 3: have to have rules and principles, And there are certain
Speaker 3: routes with switch releases and certain plays that you just
Speaker 3: think of the play that Terry had in the game,
Speaker 3: you know last week, where there's a different combination of
Speaker 3: a receiver coming out and he can get behind someone else.
Speaker 3: So those are the nuances that go into different coverages.
Speaker 3: And so some coverages have weaknesses and strengths, well not
Speaker 3: some all, and how do you play into those strengths. Okay,
Speaker 3: that's a tough route against that coverage, but it'd be
Speaker 3: very good against here. So that's why the disguise is
Speaker 3: so important.
Speaker 1: Logan, what's talking impact players. Let's start with number sixty three,
Speaker 1: Tyler Biadis.
Speaker 2: He's got a huge, huge, huge matchup this week because
Speaker 2: he's got sweat on the interior. Is a huge defensive
Speaker 2: tackle rookie out of Texas who's playing really good football.
Speaker 2: And Simmons also ends up in the notes, so probably
Speaker 2: two of their best defensive players will be in in
Speaker 2: locking horns with them all day. And then on top
Speaker 2: of that, he's got the intellectual problem of kind of
Speaker 2: dealing with a very complicated blit scheme he's gonna have
Speaker 2: to target that he's shown all season he can handle
Speaker 2: whoever you put in front of him. You know, going
Speaker 2: to totoe with Dex Lawrence, these guys will be Keith
Speaker 2: piece of cake. But also the mental aspect getting those
Speaker 2: protections targeted. Big, big, big week for.
Speaker 1: Him and one guy that seems to impact the field
Speaker 1: on every level, Number eleven Jeremy San Yeah.
Speaker 2: So one of the things that they do is such
Speaker 2: a great job is they run the football at a
Speaker 2: very really high level, and he's been in terms of
Speaker 2: stepping up fitting runs and then also covering tight ends.
Speaker 2: They've got a lot of explosive plays from their tight ends.
Speaker 2: He's done a great job in those matchups. So big
Speaker 2: week this week is he's going to be kind of
Speaker 2: in between coverage, run defense. How do you handle those
Speaker 2: complicated looks. Can't wait to watch him play football.
Speaker 1: And like your boy friends, Ston says, the big guys
Speaker 1: of Snow.
Speaker 2: Yeah, these guys got a really unique matchup this week,
Speaker 2: not because of the guys they're playing against, but because
Speaker 2: of the scheme bo Bill Callahan and the offensive line
Speaker 2: coach brings a really wide array of different types of
Speaker 2: runs traps in wams which have hurt these guys this
Speaker 2: year because they're such penetrators, right, So can they be
Speaker 2: locked in with the different techniques? Can they find ways
Speaker 2: again to kind of put themselves in the best positions
Speaker 2: to be successful versus the traps, the whams, versus the
Speaker 2: bounces and perimeter runs. You see a lot of defensive
Speaker 2: tackles making a ton of plays for them so on
Speaker 2: those types of runs. So, really, these guys need to
Speaker 2: have a huge game.
Speaker 1: When you're a quarterback like Will Levis, who do not
Speaker 1: want to see any of these three guys, And when
Speaker 1: you're a defensive lineman, you definitely do not want to
Speaker 1: see Tyler Beyond is great and Pact clay is logan
Speaker 1: command is fany your ticket to a win? Are these
Speaker 1: must watch masters? Let's get Ryan to it. Tennessee's offensive
Speaker 1: line versus our dynamic pass rush.
Speaker 2: Yeah, No, I think this is gonna be a huge
Speaker 2: matchup because one thing about Will Levis is he does
Speaker 2: hold the football quite a bit. And while this offensive
Speaker 2: line is good, they're very young, they're developing, they do
Speaker 2: give up a lot of sacks, and I think that
Speaker 2: coincides with Will Levis. So can we play good coverage
Speaker 2: in the back end, and can we take advantage of
Speaker 2: some young players, specifically.
Speaker 4: At the right tackle.
Speaker 2: They've had a lot of different players in their young players,
Speaker 2: guys not a lot of experience, not a lot of
Speaker 2: playing experience in the NFL. Can Frankie Luvu Ken Fowler
Speaker 2: take advantage of that matchup? I think so. And again
Speaker 2: he's going to give you an opportunity. Unlike Dallas where
Speaker 2: they're getting the ball out so quick, these guys hold
Speaker 2: the ball for these deep shot plays. Let's get some
Speaker 2: sacks and logan.
Speaker 1: You mentioned Will Levis as if you know he's the
Speaker 1: next one up. Oh my god, Donald Levis is explosive
Speaker 1: playability versus Joe Witt Junior's mind.
Speaker 2: Yeah, again, Will Levis is all over the place. He's
Speaker 2: a little bit of like a wild horse. But the
Speaker 2: one thing he does have is he can throw the
Speaker 2: football down the field explosively. Right, So when I look
Speaker 2: at this, I'm saying that presents a really unique problem
Speaker 2: for Joe Woo Junior and coach talked about it. Right,
Speaker 2: when you've got a quarterback with a big arm, you
Speaker 2: got to make sure you're deeper than the deepest you're
Speaker 2: ready for that second reaction play. I think that's what
Speaker 2: he's got to kind of earn his money this week.
Speaker 2: Is they run the ball? Okay, can we put the
Speaker 2: ball in his hands? And then when we do put
Speaker 2: in his hands, can we limit that explosive opportunity because
Speaker 2: that's how they score points?
Speaker 1: And Will Levis ten touchhuns on the season, but nine
Speaker 1: interceptions and last but not least, defensive coordinator worse Jaden Daniels.
Speaker 2: Yeah, this one I think is really interesting because this guy,
Speaker 2: Dinard Wilson, does a really good job in terms of
Speaker 2: these zone pressures that are a little bit confusing. Looks
Speaker 2: like that all these guys are blitzing and unlike man
Speaker 2: pressures where you can really identify the coverage at pre snap,
Speaker 2: they're going to drop in his zones, dropping a cover two,
Speaker 2: dropping a cover three, dropping a quarters and what is
Speaker 2: this guy's processing ability like? And he's done a great
Speaker 2: job of that all year. But I think that's something
Speaker 2: that we really got to keep an eye on. Is
Speaker 2: that matchup these kind of unique blitz looks and how
Speaker 2: this guy handles.
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